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Gap View Ranch & Kennel is located on 100 acres nestled in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Gap View Ranch & Kennel was established in 1984 and has grown into one of the finest facilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Two separate kennel buildings provide housing and exercise yards for our dams, sires and puppies. The health and happiness of our dogs is paramount here at Gap View, so we pay careful attention to their day-to-day care and feeding and to the cleanliness of their environment.
We are also home to donkeys, horses, alpacas, and many exotic birds!

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Wootton to play in Senior Bowl
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern senior defensive end Corey Wootton (Rutherford, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) has been selected to play in the 2010 Under Armour Senior Bowl, the nation's premier pre-draft event that generally features the top NFL draft prospects from across the country.
The game will be played at 3 p.m. CT on Saturday, Jan. 30 in Mobile, Ala., at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The NFL Network will televise the contest.
Wootton started a school-record 49 games for the Wildcats and closed his illustrious career with 156 tackles, 38 TFL's (19.5 of those are sacks), 12 pass deflections and four interceptions. In two of his four seasons (2006 and 2008), he recorded a statistic in every major defensive category -- tackles, TFL's, sacks, pass deflections, interceptions, forced fumbles, recovered fumbles, QB hurries and blocked kicks. Wootton finished third on NU's all-time sacks list and fourth on its career TFL list.
Prior to the start of the 2009 season, Wootton was honored as a Playboy Preseason All-American. The 6-foot-7, 275-pound defensive end battled back from a major knee injury in the 2008 Valero Alamo Bowl to play in all 13 games this year, despite being slowed with a high ankle sprain he suffered against Purdue on Oct. 3. Wootton earned All-Big Ten honors three times during his career (first-team selection in 2008, and honorable mention in 2006 and 2009).
Wootton becomes the 24th player in Northwestern history to earn an invite to the Senior Bowl.
The Big Ten Network will re-air the Wildcats' 2010 Outback Bowl game vs. Auburn at 9:30 p.m. CT on Monday, Jan. 11. The BTN will air it 60-minute bowl wrap-up show at 9 p.m. CT on Thursday, Jan. 14
Senior cornerback Sherrick McManis, who along with Mike Kafka, is playing in the Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Game, is being honored by the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame as its 2009-10 Tri-County Male Athlete of the Year. McManis, who attended Peoria Richwoods H.S., will be honored Sunday, March 14 in Peoria.


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In my last post, I've written a simple method to retrieve the youngest child. Lars, colleague Sitecore evangelist, pointed me on my usage of iterators and indexes. So've decide to do some optimising on the code. The results when running the code 100 times where unbelievable:
Timing of section 'Unoptimized': 436,523636383954
Timing of section 'Optimized1': 24,8905936369008
Timing of section 'Optimized2': 34,3272678510816
Optimasation1 generally uses only iterators to loop trough the children:
IEnumerator children = parent.Children.GetEnumerator();
Item youngestChild = children.Current as Item;
while (children.MoveNext())
if ((children.Current as Item).Publishing.PublishDate < youngestChild.Publishing.PublishDate)
youngestChild = children.Current as Item;
return youngestChild;
I generally dislike the casting of the objects. Guess this could be resolved by taking advantage of the Generics model in the CLR2.0, but for now, collection converting is to expensive. Introducing a help variable in the while-loop isn't an option as poping another reference on the stack which will only re-used in 1 of n times will only slow down…
The second optimalisation is written based on the first experiences, but now as main goal constructing readable/manageble code:
Sitecore.Collections.ChildList children = parent.Children;
Item youngestChild = children[0];
foreach(Item child in children)
if (child.Publishing.PublishDate < youngestChild.Publishing.PublishDate)
youngestChild = child;
return youngestChild;
The meaningless iterator is replaced by a the ChildList which implements IEnumerable and the while is replaced with a nice foreach loop. Altough you would expect the code to be less optimized(as I walk twice trough the first item, etc), this code is actually faster :P. Results after a rerun (100.000 cycles this time):
Timing of section 'Unoptimized': 499207,361270776
Timing of section 'Optimized1': 33562,6385476366
Timing of section 'Optimized2': 32503,9732703458
The message Sitecore produces because of the page did load a long time was also quite funny ;): 11980 11:10:48 WARN Timing threshold exceeded for web page. Milliseconds: 592527,96. Threshold: 1000. Page URL: /Dummy.aspx
The coolest stuff about this bench is definitelly that I haven't done any codepath optimalisation. Haven't looked at a way to improve the algorithm, etc. Guess I can win some additional time altough I can imagine the time spent on those last optimalisations aren't interesting when you win just below the 2% of this code piece…
Still interested anyway in ways to improve this piece of code / functionality 😛


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Shatner (Senator, southwest region; third in succession to the King): Redoma Mandi project commencement speech
We planters are generally quick to dismiss the affairs of the world. Travel is slow and arduous for us. The activities of the off-island races often require super-planter dexterity. Foreign trade is rarely beneficial to those without the gifts to properly cultivate luffa and without the biochemistry to fully use its products. And so, usually, we live happily in the company of our own.
Not so this time. Our crisis transcends economics, transcends the differences between us and those on the mainland. The weather has not been kind to us; our crop yields are down, and we can ignore this no more. We subsist on fewer resources than we once did; most of us find ways to maintain our livelihood during this emergency.
But some planters have given up hope. Listen: planters among us are growing luffa structures and permanently implanting them in their own bodies. You've heard these structures referred to as grafts. They're a cop-out, a cheap way to avoid our true problem. A significant amount of luffa in one's body appears to slow the metabolism. So a person with grafts can go for longer on limited food. But that person is also dull and slow, not at all the vivacious person we expect a planter to be. Our very cultural identity is at risk.
If your children have commissioned and implanted grafts, my heart goes out to you. I know the lifelessness you see in them. If, however, you implant grafts yourself, or worse, graft luffa onto your children as a cost-cutting measure, then I say this to you now: you are forcing your own evolution down a path that ends in darkness; there is no place in our society for you.
Yes, the technology is impressive. The engineers who now develop grafts are brilliant, among the brightest of all planters. But they are evil. Worse, no arguments of reason, nor even regulation on our part, can quell this dullness growing among us.
Grafts are a cancer – I use the term quasi-literally – that will continue to spread through our civilization until conditions improve. I feel confident that if we can work together to restore our climate, the temptation of grafts will wither. The Council has the secrets we need to build our future and we must lend them our support.
So I go to Redoma Mandi. I will represent our great people faithfully, I will work tirelessly with the people of the mainland, and I will bring home the secrets of a better world.


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Merger and acquisition deals are supposed to be secret – involving only the acquiring company and the target company. Sometimes word about the specifics of a deal get out, either intentionally or unintentionally.
IntraLinks, a subsidiary of Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR), conducts an annual study in collaboration with the M&A Research Centre at Cass Business School, London that analyzes and reports on deal leaks. The most recent "2017 IntraLinks Annual M&A Leaks Report," reveals that although M&A leaks in 2016 remained stable compared to the prior year, overall the 8.6% leak rate probably represents a new normal versus the 8-year average of 7.7%, according to IntraLinks VP of Strategy and Product Marketing, Matt Porzio, who spoke with WooTrader about the study.
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Digging A Little Deeper
In an effort to peel back some of the individual statistics brought out in the study, WooTrader asked Porzio about the likely causes for the wide disparity in North America between a leak rate of 12.6% in 2015 versus one of 8.5% in 2016. Noting that North America is heavily weighted toward the U.S., Porzio indicated that the 12.6% leak rate in 2015 was actually outside the norm. The 8.5% tallied in 2016 was closer to the new normal. The main cause for the rise in leaks in 2015, Porzio explained, may have had more to do with the sheer number of M&A deals in that period, especially in the U.S.
"In addition," he said, "the actions of the SEC and regulatory bodies around the globe definitely had an effect (in 2016). Even if it hasn't been direct, people are starting to tighten things up just because they are worried about the regulations."
Enforcement Versus Self-Policing
According to Porzio, the enforcement actions of regulatory bodies have been accompanied by more and better self-policing by banks and companies engaged in M&A activities. As for the role of regulatory enforcement in the process, Porzio said, "I think it's dictating it (self-policing). Think about a large financial institution. Even though the fine may not be considered harsh, it's much more about reputational risk."
Porzio added that he knows some of the ethics and compliance officers in some of the top banks in the world and "this is something they are literally spending 2-day off-sites with their M&A teams, to coach them and have them advise and coach their clients."
Looking At Sectors
The part of the IntraLinks study that deals with leaks within sectors shows a lot of change from year to year. One of the big ones was the consumer sector which showed a 15.5% leakage rate in 2016 versus 7.7% the prior year. Porzio says one factor that presses dealmakers to even consider leaking is a need to 'juice' the deal due to low evaluations.
"Some of those consumer evaluations have kind of backed off," he said. "You could see someone saying 'I've got to optimize and maximize value for this deal. I know I can create some last minute competitive tension (by leaking).'"
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Attitudes Moving Forward
"At the end of the day," said Porzio, "while leaking shows an economic benefit, if you are that deal that leaks and you are personally held responsible, that's a black mark. The risk of that to the economic upside, I think people are starting to be educated to the fact that's probably not worth it."
"There are ways to create a naturally competitive environment," he said. This, Porzio says, is changing attitudes that used to be, "if I leak, I always gain." Now, Porzio says, people are realizing if they run a good process they will maximize value as well.


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Having a Valentines day party?
These free Valentine invitations are a beautiful way to invite your guests.
Choose from two romantic designs - both featuring hearts. Perfect for both kids and adult parties. I had so much fun designing these - I hope you love them as much as I do!
Two fantastic invitations for you to print. The invitations on this page print one per page - and then fold up to make a sturdy card.
This beautiful red hearts design is bright and bold. But make sure you stock up on red ink if you are printing a lot of them.
I would also recommend you only print a few at a time. The red color is very strong and can smudge if another invitation is printed straight away.
Worth the effort though - it looks stunning!
Red Hearts Invite
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Valentine Party Invites.
Red Heart Invitation
Isn't this cute? Let this Valentine bear do your inviting for you!
I really designed this one with kids in mind. Would be great for a Valentine's Day tea party.
Teddy and Heart Valentine Invites
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Teddy Valentine Invitation.
Cute Valentine Party Invites
According to Wikipedia valentine's day became associated with romantic love during the Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. Today, we often celebrate with a party.
Valentine day parties can be so much fun - for all ages. No-one will want to miss out, so make sure you get your invites out in plenty of time. And include all the details such as times and directions.
It is very easy to decorate your party to give a special romantic feel. You just need a little creativity. Pink and red balloons are almost essential! And if you can afford the heart shaped ones then they will add extra flair.
Every party needs a game or two to get everyone in the mood - how about trying to pin the heart on the donkey! Food can also make a difference. Little heart shaped biscuits or cookies would be perfect.
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Jesse James engaged to Kat Von D!
Sandra Bullock's cheating ex Jesse James has proposed to girlfriend Kat Von D, and she accepted. What a difference a year makes...or should we say, seven months?
Jesse James has taken serious flack since news broke last awards season that he'd been cheating on Hollywood darling Sandra Bullock. With the public in an uproar over James' affair with Michelle "Bombshell" McGee and possibly others, it looked like the philanderer was paying for his dalliances, but now it seems it all worked out for James and his "best friend" Kat Von D.
"You know sometimes the public and press gets it wrong. This is one of those times. 2010 was actually the best year of my life because I fell in love with my best friend. An amazing woman who stood behind me when the world turned their backs," James told People. "I have never met anyone so kind and loving and committed to making the world a better place every day. My love for her is beyond description. So honored that she said 'yes.' Growing old with her is going to be a [expletive] blast!"
After Von D was caught sporting a new sparkly bauble on her ring finger at the Art of Elysium charity gala January 15, James tweeted, "@thekatvond Baby? You make it so easy to do everything I can to show you how Amazing you are. I see it as clear as a bell. My other half."
"@FreeJesseJames Thank you always supporting me and believing in everything I do. But most of all, thanks for being my best friend," Von D responded.
The pair will split their time between James' Austin home base, where his kids are, and Los Angeles, where Kat's LA Ink tattoo parlor is located.
"Having two places we call home will be good for now," Von D told People. "In the end, home is where the heart is, and my heart's with him."
Von D was professing true love from the moment she and James went public with their "surprising" relationship last September, just months after Kat Von D split from rocker Nikki Sixx and the Bullock-James divorce was finalized. In recent months, Von D and James have gone overboard with their Twitter PDA.
Sandra Bullock, meanwhile, has bounced back from her painfully public breakup, with some help from her new little man Louis, whom she adopted on her own after the breakup. While looking hot as ever, Bullock has also gotten support from friends like Proposal co-star Ryan Reynolds, but told America to not get any ideas about them.
"I think there will be a collective sigh amongst women across the United States when I say he's not my lover," Bullock said. "He's just an amazing friend for 10 years... but I don't get his loving after dark."
SheKnows wishes Kat Von D and Jesse James congratulations and hopes outlaw James has learned a lesson about keeping it in his pants, so they can live happily ever after.


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"Workers shouldn't 'strike and go out and starve, but strike and remain in and take possession of the necessary property of production.'" So believed Lucy Gonzales Parsons, who died seventy years ago this week. In light of all the meanings the word "occupy" has come to gather in these times, William Loren Katz's essay about Parsons seems particularly relevant. I post his essay here for International Working Women's Day, with thanks.
On March 7, 1942, fire engulfed the simple home of 89-year-old Lucy Gonzales Parsons on Chicago's North Troy Street, and ended a life dedicated to liberating working women and men of the world from capitalism and racial oppression. A dynamic, militant, self-educated public speaker and writer, she became the first American woman of color to carry her crusade for socialism across the country and overseas. Lucy Gonzales started life in Texas. She was of Mexican American, African-American and Native American descent and born into slavery. The path she chose after emancipation led to conflict with the Ku Klux Klan, hard work, painful personal losses and many nights in jail. In Albert Parsons, a white man whose Waco Spectator fought the Klan and demanded social and political equality for African-Americans, she found a handsome, committed soul mate. The white supremacy forces in Texas considered the couple dangerous and their marriage illegal, and soon drove them from the state.
Lucy E. Parsons, arrested for rioting during an unemployment protest in 1915 at Hull House in Chicago, Illinois. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Lucy and Albert reached Chicago, where they began a family and threw themselves into two new militant movements, one to build strong industrial unions and the other to agitate for socialism. Lucy concentrated on organizing working women and Albert became a famous radical organizer and speaker, one of the few important union leaders in Chicago who was not an immigrant.
In 1886, the couple and their two children stepped onto Michigan Avenue to lead 80,000 working people in the world's first May Day parade and a demand for the eight-hour day. A new international holiday was born as more than 100,000 also marched in other US cities. By then, Chicago's wealthy industrial and banking elite had targeted Albert and other radical figures for elimination—to decapitate the growing union movement. A protest rally called by Albert a few days after May Day became known as the Haymarket Riot when seven Chicago policemen died in a bomb blast. No evidence has ever been found pointing to those who made or detonated the bomb, but Parsons and seven immigrant union leaders were arrested. As the corporate media whipped up patriotic and law-and-order fervor, a rigged legal system rushed the eight to convictions and death sentences.


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The Art of Autism is grateful to the following contributors to the Art of Autism: Shifting Perceptions book:
Keri Bowers – Preface. Keri is a mom extraordinaire who is the founder of Pause4Kids in Thousand Oaks. She is an international lecturer and the owner of Normal Films.
Elaine Hall – "It takes a Child" Elaine is a mom, an author, international speaker, and the founder of the Miracle Project.
Dr. Darold Treffert – "Myths, Autism, and The Artist" Dr. Treffert is an international expert on savant syndrome and has the website www.savantssyndrome.com
Dr. Colin Zimbleman – "At Society's Growing Edge" Dr. Zimbleman is a therapist at Star Autism in Ventura, California. He graduated from Pacifica University and has a degree from the Rhode Island Institute of Design.
Dr. Stephen Shore – "The Importance of Art and Music" Dr. Shore presents and consults internationally on adult issues pertinent to education, relationships, employment, advocacy, and discolsure and is the author of many books.
Dr. Rebecca McKenzie – "The Creative Potential of Those on the Spectrum" – Dr. McKenzie is a developmental psychologist specializing in autism. She lectures at the Faculty of Health, Education and Society at Plymouth University, United Kingdom.


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This just in from Dallas. A bomb threat has evacuated a major building in the downtown area.
#BREAKING: Thanksgiving Tower in downtown Dallas being evacuated due to bomb threat. pic.twitter.com/2ibu0Xn9Mi
— CBSDFW (@CBSDFW) 22 June 2016
Could this be terrorism or just a simple prank? In this day you can't be too careful. I don't understand why people choose to do things like this. Someone's idea of a sick joke or someone trying to inflict harm on innocents. Either way, I hope whoever did this is brought to justice!
More on this as it develops.
Are you affected by this? Share your thoughts in the comments!


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October 17, 2017
The Third Convocation of RTS New York City took place on on Sept. 7, 2017. Dr. Tim Keller delivered the keynote address, and Drs. Bill Fullilove, James Anderson, and Mark Reynolds also spoke. Watch the videos below to see Dr. Keller's message and the entire ceremony!
Dr. Tim Keller - Convocation Message
Third Convocation (Sept. 7, 2017)
Whether you're a prospective student, current student, alumnus, donor, or friend of RTS, we would love to hear from you.


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Amy Davies - January 30th, 2013
This week it emerged that a colleague's male friend confessed to not really reading fiction written by women. I say confessed – I don't think he felt embarrassed about it. It got a few of us to thinking; do men read books written by women, and if not, why not? Who are all these sexist swines we've be hanging out with, and why aren't they kicking it with our literary sisters?
After some scientific and thorough research amongst my peers (Twitter and Facebook shout-outs), it emerged that the colleague's friend was not alone. Of the twenty five males who sent responses with the last five or so books that they'd read, about 15 were written by women, which, using my GCSE maths qualification, is around 20%. And this was hugely increased by someone who had only read books written by women in the last few months (I like to call him 'the Pioneer'). The average was one or none.
In the interest of fairness, I asked my female peers to send in their lists. Of the same number of respondents, there were 30 female authors mentioned – around 40% (hey, I'm a marketer, not a mathematician). So this might imply that maybe there are just less books being published by women, surely? Nope. At the time of writing, 12 of the top 20 bestselling fiction books in the UK were written by women. Admittedly, three of them were written by E. L. James, and are about as helpful to the feminist cause as wet-look leggings are to most women. But still. They are there. Being published.
Alright, so there's less good books being published by women? Nope. 2012 saw Hilary Mantell win the Man Booker Prize for the second time, and half of the authors shortlisted were women. Lovereading's ten books in the week of writing featured six written by women, none of which featured the words '50 Shades.' In the 2012 Costa Awards, every category was won by a woman. Six of the ten books on the Richard and Judy Spring Book Club list are by women.
So what on earth is going on? Well, a couple of theories have arisen. One is that a lot of people who sent me their last five books were reading backlist titles; catching up on some classics, ticking off some literary lists and finally trying to read War and Peace, and historically, men have been published more than women. Remember 100 years ago when women didn't have a voice? Sadly, it's still ricocheting on to our modern day reading lists. In many '100 best books of all time' lists, women feature far less than men – the Guardian's definitive list , for example, has only 14. The slightly more modern Time magazine list (which includes only that published after 1923) has 22. Thank you, men of yore, for suppressing our female writers. Who knows what unbelievable stories have been lost?
Secondly, reading outside of your gender is probably a little bit (a lot) down to publishers. We create very different covers, write very different back cover copy and market and place books in different places according to who we think will like them. A bit like Facebook does with its ads, but not as accurately because we haven't stolen all of your information (yet). This especially apparent in so-called chick lit – they're simply not designed in any way to appeal to men, and pretty much all of them are written by women. I'm not saying men should read them (I'm not saying anyone should read them…) but it might account for why the women in the brief survey had read more books by women. By the same token, genres which have traditionally been seen as 'male', such as sci-fi and crime, have more 'masculine' covers and would be placed differently in advertising and publicity. In both these genres though, times are fortunately a-changing. The success of Scandicrime, following Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, has created a boom in crime novels and a nod towards slightly more gender-neutral marketing. Hey, look at that – you don't need a penis to enjoy a good murder investigation. It would seem though, that most crime bestsellers are still written by men, and similarly sci-fi/fantasy is mostly a male-only author camp.
Literary fiction is seemingly streets ahead in avoiding these traps – books sold on the value of their story, voice and that appeal to people regardless of gender, not because of it. Recent successful examples include Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, or The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. The covers are gender-neutral, and the stories appeal to us as humans, not men or women. No one really notices or cares if it's a male or female author. Obviously, not all books can appeal to such a wide audience, nor should they, but it's pretty obvious that women are writing some fantastic fiction that we're not all picking up.
It doesn't help that gender divisions in other areas of our entertainment lives are alive and well – you only have to open an issue of Cosmo to be bombarded with fashion and make up and increasingly devious and ridiculous new ways to stay thin like the celebrity du jour. Even those magazines designed to be for the 'thinking woman', such as Stylist, still hammer home the messages: wear more make-up, buy more clothes, cook like Nigella, have a great job, get married, have kids. It's no wonder there's a market for chick lit, where these lives are built into accessible, well-written, enjoyable stories, even though for most it's for escapism.
It would seem that perhaps this woman isn't giving men enough credit. They suffer the same literary sexism as us – if you love crime or fantasy novels, chances are it will have been written by a dude, so it's probably not an active choice to avoid that written by a woman. Similarly, a lot of our talented female writers are writing books which appeal solely to women for whom the socialised ideal of the perfect women is desirable. The solution? We branch out from our comfort zones and take a literary risk, once in a while. That, or change all future authors' names to George Elliot, and confound the system from within.
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It is very interesting, I agree, and there's definitely a reason why J. K. Rowling chose to publish under a gender-neutral name with the Harry Potter books.
If this anecdote cheers you at all – last year for my birthday my parents bought me Claire Tomalin's biography of Jane Austen, but my dad 'borrowed' it and devoured it before I could even get a look-in!
Personally I avoid female authors; I read a lot of sci fi and fantasy and I explicitly filter out female authors from my reading lists. You can call me a sexist, but after having tried to read Robin Hobb and many, many other female authors I discovered I just didn't like or enjoy books by female authors. Something about the book always alienated me and I couldn't quite relate to the characters. I would then check the author and boom– what do you know, it was a female writer. The only exceptions were the Harry Potter series when I was younger.
Its not that I believe female writers are inferior or lacking in any way to males, its just that I feel that they often write from a female perspective that other women can more easily relate to. And when they try to write a male protagonist, such as Robin Hobb's Fitz, its often from a perspective that is too emotional and not believable or realistic for me as a male. So there you go. When it comes to reading I am sexist, sorry.
[…] an industry that predominantly employs women, though perhaps not on the top tier. Is the issue that men don't read many books by women? And what do we do to make more women of color a part of the conversation in the literary […]
I keep hearing this about men, and maybe I'm a reading minority, but… I'm a male and when I look at the fiction books I've read in the last 4-5 years, they're almost all written by women — over 90%. Even books with male protagonists. And not "romance" fiction. My gut feeling is that female writers in general have a better innate grasp of interpersonal relations and human psychology. Their books resonate with more truth, and tell me more about the human condition.
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Proving once again that they have no priorities other than opposing the President at every turn, the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives wasted taxpayer time and money holding a completely hollow vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Continuing their temper tantrum since the Supreme Court upheld the majority of the health care law, House leaders conducted their 33rd vote to repeal, defund, or dismantle the act. You read that right: 33 votes in 18 months. Let's look at the facts.
Most significantly, the ACA was passed with bipartisan support. Any effort to impede it will stop at the House, since the Democrat-controlled Senate will stop it cold. Even if by some chance a bill made it through the Senate, what are the odds that the President wouldn't veto any effort to block one of his signature achievements?
These votes are purely symbolic and very juvenile. The Republicans voted as a block, with every single one present supporting repeal. Oh, and this is the party of fiscal responsibility, right? So why would they spend an estimated $50 million or more holding these votes that they know won't go anywhere? What price pettiness?
More significantly, the people that these men and women are supposed to represent are not interested in any more "anti-Obamacare" showboating. Two recent polls show that the Supreme Court decision has stabilized the health care debate on Main Street. A Washington Post-ABC poll shows support for the ACA up eight points to a 47-47 dead heat. More significantly a Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows that 56% of Americans are done with the debate and want Congress to move on to other matters; only 38% want to pursue efforts to block or repeal the law.
What do the people want Congress to do? Create jobs and fix the economy. How many times has the House as a whole voted on either of these issues? None. The President has put forth proposals that sit as bills languishing in committee. Neither the Jobs Act nor the Layoff Prevention Act have seen even a debate scheduled. Why? Because temper tantrums are more important than people's lives. So what if the most vulnerable Americans need affordable care, better jobs (or any jobs), and economic stability. They can't pay for campaign ads, so screw 'em.
Just to add insult to injury, House leaders made a strategic pick for the spokesman for this vote. Trying to dodge the "let's destroy the one thing that Black guy in the White House accomplished" label, they picked African-American Rep. Allen West (R – Self Loathing) to speak about the vote. He performed just as well as you might expect if you know anything about his history of nutty ranting.
I don't think it's symbolic. Now that we know that the truth is out there that this is a tax, we need to be able to let the American people know where we stand. […] The American people don't want this Patient Protection Affordable Care Act. It's heinous, it's onerous. They want it gone so we as their representatives are going to continue to do what they sent us up here to do which is every way that we possibly can make sure that this bad policy, this bad law is irradiated [sic] from our rolls.
Taking that simple paragraph apart for all the errors, lies, and abuses of language is just too exhausting. Just remember that Speaker Boehner thought this guy was the best spokesman for their actions. Well, maybe he was right…crazy is as crazy does.


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Title: It's Not the End of the World, After All
Rating: A nebulous zone between PG-13 and R. There's swearing and a suggestion of a hint of innuendo, but surprisingly nothing else. I believe it sublimated into anger.
Notes: This is somewhat belated and overlong response to The Day After Tomorrow Fic Challenge. Better late than never? The idea wouldn't go away. At any rate, it's technically a crossover, but it's completely Brimstone oriented for the most part, so I dumped it in that folder instead.
Disclaimer: Brimstone characters and concepts belong to assorted people who are not me. I'm not entirely sure who, exactly, they are, and I can't help feeling the urge to take away ownership rights for gratuitous abuse, but in legal matters they have precedence. The Day After Tomorrow concepts belongs to more people who aren't me, but presumably also aren't the first set of people either. I'm just doing this for fun.
Warnings: Gratuitous destruction of a Dodge Neon. The end of the world. Some cursing. And either innuendo or Zeke and Lucifer being... Zeke and Lucifer; I can't tell anymore.
Thanks Go To: To Canthlian, RosaleenDhu, Cheshire, and Z for beta-reading.
Zeke was hesitant to call the weather outside rain, for much the same way he'd have been hesitant to call Hell 'unpleasant'--it was basically accurate, but an understatement to the degree of ridiculousness. It was, technically, raining, it just felt entirely wrong to apply that term to the sort of torrential downpour that made him want to see if he could find Noah and wheedle a place on the Ark.
Possibly literally. These days it was hard to be sure.
It wouldn't be an issue much longer anyway, he figured; the last he'd heard the temperature was plunging faster on the coast, but it was still dropping fairly quickly here, which meant sleet or snow or--
The sound of ice pinging off the windows drifted past drawn drapes of his room's sole window.
--or hail. Though he imagined the snow would get here eventually.
The radio still worked, though the TV had been out for a while now, for the most part; he was amused to see that the emergency broadcasting system test had gone on as scheduled despite the fact that it was in all other ways obvious that this was, in fact, not a test. He'd half-expected to have company when that happened, the Devil with some sort of pithy observation about the nature of humanity, but so far he'd been entirely alone since he'd holed up in this run-down roadside motel--he'd been doing road trip thing again, and wasn't even sure where he was, aside from somewhere between Ohio and Wyoming--to wait out whatever was happening.
If it could be waited out. Zeke was starting to think otherwise. Actually, he'd passed that point a while ago, and was starting to wonder if he could make it through all the water to find some serious liquor and get as hammered as a dead man possibly could. He had a feeling, though, that he knew where that would end, and as bad as things were, Zeke still wasn't entirely sure he was ready to shoot his own eyes out.
He'd turned the radio off after he'd found out what happened to LA.
The problem was without television or radio or so much as a paperback novel he didn't have anything to do but think. He'd spent an uncertain amount of time lying in silence, sprawled on the motel bed, with its slightly faded but freshly washed calico comforter, listening to the click of ice on glass, and wondering if this was some sort of cosmic joke at his expense, or part of the Devil's plan--or possibly part of Somebody Else's Plan entirely. None of the options were really attractive for him personally, though he had to admit that the second had a certain elegance. Take some poor schmo from Hell and offer him a bargain to hunt down Hell's escapees in exchange for, once the job was done, a second chance at life on Earth, a second chance to be with his wife and live in a world that didn't involve pain and agony and eternal torment--and then neglect to mention if the job wasn't done in five years or so, well, too bad, because that world was going to end.
Ros was in LA. Had been in LA. Could still be in LA, Zeke guessed; he supposed it was possible she could be surviving the things that were happening there. A previously undiscovered pessimistic bent of Zeke's somehow doubted that, though; a sickening, sinking feeling in his stomach seemed to suggest that the happy ending he'd been still hopefully clinging to had just been called off, with a little under two dozen souls left to go.
At least, he thought with a sigh, this... whatever this was... didn't seem to be the work of one of those souls. Zeke had developed a steadily increasing... sensitivity, for lack of a better word, to things created with or done by Hell-given powers, and while this didn't feel exactly natural, he was pretty sure it wasn't being done or caused by one of the people he had been supposed to catch. The situation was still bad enough that he couldn't exactly call that a relief, but at least he wouldn't have that guilt to carry around, too.
The guilt of not getting done in time was more than enough, really. He sighed again, eyes closed, then tensed as he heard a sound.
Describing that sound was... difficult, really. Nobody else, he'd noticed, ever seemed to hear it, and you had enough difficulty explaining that you were hearing things no one else was without also getting into the fact that if asked to describe what that sound was like, you'd have to say... 'woosh'.
Kind of undignified for the entrance and exit of the Prince of Hell, but maybe the Devil had decided a fanfare would be tacky or something.
"You're wallowing again," came an entirely-too-familiar voice from somewhere near his ear. "I hate it when you wallow."
He cracked open an eye and turned his head slightly to the left, then blinked. The Devil was lying on his side beside Zeke, head propped on hand propped on elbow propped on pillow, a reproving, disappointed look on his face--though there was that definite edge of mockery in his eyes like there always was. Black suit coat over a t-shirt with what Zeke seemed to remember was a Lorax and the words, 'Save the Truffula Tree'; he couldn't see the pants without more effort than he really wanted to give, but he'd bet they matched the jacket. Not really that atypical for Lucifer, really, but maybe that was what surprised Zeke; the Devil had a tendency to fit into the situation in his own uniquely quirky manner, and Zeke would have expected at least a poncho. Though maybe not in bed.
Okay, weird thought there.
He decided to ignore it in favor of resuming his ceilingward stare and observing, dryly, "I was wondering when you were going to show up."
"What, to watch you moon over the fate of humankind in general and your charming wife in particular? Contrary to popular belief, I don't really enjoy the suffering of others that much, especially when it's angst. Quite frankly, angst is dull." Zeke opened his mouth to answer that, thought better of it--he made it a point to rile the Devil as much as the Devil riled him, sure, but it was just that, a point, and he really didn't need it right now. He shook his head, briefly raised his hands and dragged them down his face, then asked what he figured was the most important question. "Is this the Apocalypse?" A faint snort came from beside him. "What, in the four horsemen, seven seals, raining fire sense? Well, actually, the latter is happening here and there, but otherwise... no. Not remotely."
Zeke blinked and gave the ceiling a skeptical look; he figured the Devil would see it anyway. "You sure about that? Because it looks a lot like the end of the world from where I'm sitting."
"Technically you're not sitting, though, you're lying."
"...does it matter?"
"The Devil is in the details, Ezekiel," Lucifer said, sounding positively chipper.
He laughed a little at that, almost despite himself, and then sat up, taking stock of the situation. Static-filled TV-screen, check. Light the color of old, unpleasant dishwater leaking around the drapes, check. Hail still pinging against the window, check, except it was more sharply rapping--probably a sign it was getting bigger. Devil still lounging on his bed, check. The power was still on, God--or somebody--knew how, but he'd only turned on a single dim lamp, which meant that the Devil, damn him--if that wasn't redundant--had been right: he had been wallowing.
"All right, I'm sitting," he told Lucifer. "And you know what? It still looks like the end of the world."
"Ah, but that's not what you asked me about," the Devil answered, with a jaunty smile, and Zeke blinked.
"Yes it was," he said, giving the Devil a look which he was fairly sure he could interpret just fine. After all, he'd gotten good at reading the Devil's looks in the years he'd been stuck in this job, or at least at classifying them; the one Lucifer was giving him now in response to Zeke's came pretty close to being verbally represented by, 'What fools these mortals be,' but with a heavy dosing of, 'and why do I have to put up with them?'
"The end of the world and the Apocalypse are not actually synonymous, Ezekiel," the Devil said in a very patient tone, managing to sound a great deal like a college professor giving a lecture for all the incongruity of setting and position. "So no, not the Apocalypse," he went on, rolling off the bed and adding in an undertone, "and not really the end of the world, though that's a finer distinction and we can get to it later." Zeke raised his eyebrows and got ignored as the Devil strolled over to the window and pulled the drapes open. "This has nothing to do with Heaven," he went on, gesturing outside with a raised palm. "This is all about Terra. It's not even properly patriarchal like it would be if God were involved--no, this is a maternal thing through and through."
Zeke did try to think it through for a minute, but he was being distracted by the way the light manage to look even worse when seeing it clearly, and the fact that the hail was currently smashing the windshields in of the remaining few cars in the parking lot. "...what are you talking about?"
The Devil rolled his eyes in that, 'You're being deliberately dense, aren't you?' kind of way. "Maternal, Terra.... Honestly, Ezekiel, must I connect all the dots for you?" Zeke continued staring blankly at him and he gave a dramatic, put-upon sigh. "Mother Earth, detective. She's been grumbling for a while now and you've all been steadily ignoring her, and now Nature has decided to pitch a temper tantrum and see if that gets your attention."
Zeke blinked at him a moment and then deliberately looked out the window at the hail in time to see a chunk of ice only slightly smaller than a grapefruit have an abrupt meeting with a Dodge Neon. "A... a fucking tantrum? Isn't this a bit overkill for-" He broke off, gave the Devil a long look, and then shook his head. "Nevermind. Forgot who I was talking to."
Lucifer's eyes narrowed, and he crossed his arms. "And what, exactly, is that supposed to mean?"
"Well, you're the guy who tore Heaven apart over a philosophical snit. This probably looks about right to you," Zeke said lightly, and hid a smile as the Devil glared.
Sometimes, really, he didn't have a point; sometimes it was just fun.
"I can leave again, you know," the Devil said, and he sounded almost petulant. Odd man, well, odd being, really; people had gotten bits and pieces right, and usually Zeke thought he knew what to expect, but nobody had the whole picture, and Zeke had to admit he'd been surprised more than once.
Zeke dropped back into an arms-spread sprawl on the bed, closing his eyes again. "Fine. Go ahead and go. I'll get back to my wallowing."
He didn't hear anything for a long moment, which eventually made him curious enough to crack open an eye and see if the Devil actually had vanished. He hadn't; instead Lucifer was standing in front of the bed glaring down at Zeke with his hands on his hips and the light from the window providing a distinctly odd silhouette almost like a...
Another long moment of silence, and he was fighting not to squirm. It wasn't that he was afraid of the Devil, exactly... which was an odd thought in itself. It was just he could practically feel that glare as a weight, and when you factored in the silence....
"If you don't have anything to add, could you just go already?" he finally snapped, and was irritated to see the corner of Lucifer's mouth briefly twitch upwards. Zeke had the distinct feeling he'd just lost a staring match.
The Devil also turned out to be surprisingly petty.
"And leave you here like this?" Lucifer said, and shoved his legs out of the way to sit down on the edge of the bed beside him. "Wallowing isn't going to achieve anything, and in your present state.... Let's just say I'd rather not leave and then run into you a few hours later... back home."
Zeke's eyes narrowed. "You never can keep out of my head, can you." Not a question.
The Devil's answering smile was actually brighter than the light leaking in the window. Zeke sighed and closed his eyes again. "I'm not going to shoot my own eyes out. Now will you leave?"
"How remarkably petulant. I thought you were better than that, Ezekiel, I really did."
He gave a sharp exhalation that wasn't quite a snort. "Everyone I've ever loved is probably dead or dying right now. If I'm a little off my game, indulge me."
There was a lengthy, expectant pause in response. "I don't approve of self-pity any more than I do of wallowing, you know," the Devil finally said, in a low, dangerous sort of voice. "At least not when it's interfering with your brain processes; I need you more or less in good working order. You have a job to do, remember?"
Zeke opened his eyes and gave the Devil an incredulous look. "Why? The world is ending out there. Why do I still have to play your fucking hellhound?"
Lucifer rolled his eyes again. "If the world was really ending, Ezekiel, do you honestly think I'd be here talking to you? Don't flatter yourself; in the event of the true apocalypse I'll have better things on my mind than one stubborn little hunter. No matter how cute he is." He added the last sentence in an undertone, with a sidelong little look.
Zeke... blinked, at that, and then just decided to pretend he hadn't heard it. "Okay, okay, fine," he said, waving his hands. "No Apocalypse, check. Granted, I always figured that's what everyone dying meant...."
He got yet another eye roll; the Devil was using up his monthly quota at this rate. "Not everyone dying, detective. 'Almost everyone' I'll grant you--the population isn't so much going to take a drop as a plunge. And I want you to think about that for a moment--and about the fact that for my escapees, this isn't going to be much more than a minor inconvenience... unless you get unusually lucky for a change."
Zeke blinked again and frowned, then bit off a curse. He hadn't really thought of that, but yeah--even ignoring human survivors of this whatever it was, for the escaped Damned being drowned, frozen, electrocuted by lightning, sucked into a twister, or any of the other fun events the radio was talking about would be... a bit of an irritant at best, unless, like the Devil said, Zeke got lucky and some flying shrapnel happened to hit them in the eyes. Hell, Zeke didn't even really feel cold, anymore. And if people were going to survive....
He gave up on biting back the curse. "Fuck."
The Devil gave him the sort of smile people tended to give a dog who had just done a particularly cute trick. "Starting to get my drift, then, Zekey?" 'Zekey'? He made a face but didn't ask. "What's going on out there isn't so much the end of the world as a change in the world. In fact, it's actually the next Ice Age, which means that real estate on the Equator just had a healthy jump in value. And goodness knows I can think of plenty of your remaining lost souls who are going to find the situation... rather to their advantage," he said, with a sharp and nasty sort of smile that evoked some mental images that made Zeke shudder.
"All right, you have a point," he admitted, closing his eyes again. "So?"
"...so?" The Devil sounded incredulous.
"Yeah, so. So what? I wanted a second chance, remember? A second chance to live, a second chance to get it right, a second chance with-" With Ros, he thought, but he couldn't finish the thought. Didn't really need to, anyway, he supposed. "So why should I even fucking bother? Altruism? Like you could ever sell that. Job satisfaction? That's a joke." There was dead silence from Lucifer; he cracked open his eyes and found the Devil watching him with a narrowed gaze. "Is this the bit where you tell me that she's still alive? That she was somehow spared and I can still have that? Come on then, do your thing. Lie to me."
And then the Devil had somehow grabbed his shirt collar, knotting his fist in fabric and jerking him upright. Zeke found himself grabbing onto the Devil's arm, but it was more for balance than anything else; he didn't really try to get free. "Why?" the Devil hissed, and Zeke briefly wondered at himself, because he had clearly pissed Lucifer off, and he still. wasn't. scared. "I'll tell you why," he said, and then sort of shoved Zeke back, hard enough that he bounced off the mattress despite the fact he hadn't been lifted that far off of it.
"Why? Because if you're honest and stop wallowing, you'll admit it doesn't matter if your lovely wife is alive for you to go back to or not--and if I was ever going to make it easier for you and actually tell you which it is, Ezekiel, believe me that I am not going to now. The truth is, this hasn't been about your precious Rosalyn or our bargain for a long time now. However much you have wanted that, whatever it's worth to you, it's been a... bonus. A wonderful, delightful dream, but you'd keep on working even if she were seeing someone else, wouldn't you? This isn't about her, and this isn't about you, it's about them. It's about the fact you weren't just a cop, you were a good cop, a cop who cared, and you still are--and they're not just bad guys, they're very bad guys.
"Why, Mr. Stone? Because we both know, as much as I'd love to pretend otherwise, you're not really my hound; you don't hunt because I tell you to. If you're any kind of canine, Mr. Stone, you're a sheepdog--and right now there are wolves out there, and your flock is getting smaller by the second."
All he could do was stare speechlessly for a long moment, leaning half-upright on his elbows and essentially goggling at the Devil, who was glaring back with a level of intensity that made Zeke somewhat surprised the sheets weren't catching on fire. He'd been chewed out by the Devil before, yeah, but... it wasn't all that common a thing, and never this particular topic.
And the worst bit was, Lucifer was probably right.
After a long silence during which the sounds of things getting smashed with ice outside the window got steadily louder, Zeke finally swallowed and said, in a voice that ended up rasping a little despite his best efforts, "Woof."
The Devil blinked, then smiled slowly. "Was that an agreement?"
"Can you come up with another reason for me to be barking?" Zeke asked, a little incredulously, then wished he hadn't when Lucifer got a speculative look on his face. "Nevermind. I don't want to know. I concede that you may have a point, good enough?"
The Devil leaned backwards and nodded, still smiling. "It'll do. So?"
"So, are you going to stop wallowing and get on with it? It's not the end of the world, after all. Although that one R.E.M. song does apply."
"Oh, wait, that was after your time, wasn't it?"
"Did you know you're petty?"
The Devil drew in a sharp breath, a wounded look on his face, but it was so exaggerated Zeke knew better. "Why ever would you think such a thing?"
"I don't know; past history?" Another wounded look, and Zeke rolled his eyes and decided it would probably be easiest just to let the matter drop. "Okay, so, what, I'm supposed to go out hunting in that?" he said, gesturing out the window. The hail was tapering off as snow took over, and it showed all the signs of turning into a whiteout.
"Mmm," the Devil said, sounding speculative. "It does look a touch unfriendly, doesn't it? But I'm afraid it's only going to get worse, Ezekiel--I did mention an Ice Age, didn't I?"
Zeke gave him an incredulous stare. "You were serious?"
"Didn't I sound it? We're inland enough to blunt some of the worst effects--New York is going to turn into a solid ice cube, rather decorative actually, but I imagine rough on the few surviving inhabitants--but we're still entirely too far North, Ezekiel. This stuff can't kill you because you're already dead, but it can rather inconvenience you and since I'm certainly not going to bail you out...."
"Ice Age," Zeke said, flatly. The Devil nodded with shiny eyes and a shiny smile, like a kid with a new toy. "New York frozen solid." More nodding. "You're enjoying this," Zeke accused.
"Mayhem, destruction, and the definitive end of reality TV. What's not to love?"
Well that was... typical, really, Zeke thought. The not-quite-the-end-of-the-world, and Lucifer was chirping about the end of cruddy programming. Yep; the Devil was definitely petty. Zeke shook his head and decided to ignore him, getting off the bed and starting to get together his stuff for what looked like it was going to be a miserable journey south.
"If you're very good," the Devil suggested from the bed behind him, "maybe I can give you a bone."
Zeke ignored that, too. He had a job to get on with, after all.


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Editor's note: Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale has shared a diary with ESPN.com throughout the season for the third consecutive year.
March 2004
I love Sheryl Crow. I love her raspy voiced lyrics that say the truth poetically. I love that she looks like she's 25, although she's 42. I love the fact that Lance Armstrong is teaching her to bike and she is teaching him to play guitar.
And I'm not sure what that has to do with anything, except that I was thinking about her when I sat down to write this. Probably because my computer sits in a spot where I am bathed in sunlight when I type, and that in and of itself means "Soak up the Sun" is bouncing in my mind. But maybe a little, too, because Crow has a maverick way about her. And what basketball team doesn't need a little maverick in them about this time every year?
After skidding in January, taking a week off, and rolling in February, our team sits on the cusp of what might be. The regular season is over and Senior Night is in the books. Caton Hill and Maria Villarroel have one postseason left in their basketball careers.
It seems like only yesterday we were in Dallas gathering for Big 12 media day. I remember vividly the anticipation, the energy of what might happen, what could be. And here we are looking March right in the eye and though, as they say in southern Oklahoma, lots of water has flowed under the bridge, I am just as excited, just as hopeful, just as energized now as I was then.
I have a few more knots in my shoulders. And a few more grey hairs. But I really like my team (STILL!). And I love the way the NCAA format leaves the windows wedged open for those who have put themselves in a position to crawl through.
Ours has been an eventful season thus far. We've had moments of brilliance. We've had spans of ignorance. We've been impossible to guard and we've been the keystone cops. We have guarded the heck out of people and we've been run through like a cheap paper towel. I suppose such is the track record of the young.
But the one consistency has been our resilience. Perhaps that was borne last season and has been passed on to our true freshmen like an inoculation. Or maybe it's a result of bull-headed, confident leaders. Or maybe it's partly just the stuff our particular kids are made of. Whatever the reason, we seem to be responders: guys who just keep showing up intent on not being one of the millions who got tired and quit fighting just before they won.
Our "big 3" have been big. It's no secret that when Caton, Maria, and Di (Dionnah Jackson) have played well, we have won. Those three are a tough combination to thwart. Unfortunately, the road has been a bit rocky for our two seniors. Their determination, however, has been admirable. Not once during the tough times did Maria or Caton blame, whine or run. They just kept attaching themselves to their belief in our team and the great glowing goal of possibility.
The two of them are very different players and very different leaders. Maria grew up in Margarita Venezuela; Caton grew up in Lansing, Kansas. Maria has a 29-inch vertical; Caton, well, she really just can't jump very high. Maria laughs when Caton is funny; Caton laughs when Maria laps her. Caton has been at Oklahoma for forever and a day; Maria has been here for two short years. They both will leave a void when they're gone.
Teams always face the task of re-loading after seniors go. You get the points and rebounds and assists fairly easily. You miss the person for a long, long time. It is simultaneously the best and the worst part of coaching: adding people to your family and then having to let them go.
I spoke to Sunny Hardeman -- a kid I coached for seven years, three in high school and and four in college! -- last week. I hadn't seen her since before Christmas (she lives here in Norman!) and she hadn't called, so I chastised her. I know she has a mother already, but I'm in the mix there, too, whether she likes it or not.
I received an e-mail last week from Miranda Stacy Burcham, a former player who is now somebody's mother! It made me feel like it was 10 p.m. and I knew where all my children were. Steph Simon stopped by last week and visited for a bit, and when she left I felt better than I had in days. Stacey Dales e-mails me with regularity and I laugh out loud as I type back in turbo speed.
When you know someone the way you get to know them when you coach them for four (or five or seven!) years, you don't have to talk for hours to catch up (though obviously it's fun when you can). Sometimes it's just a hug or a wave across the gym or a note or a voice mail. But family sticks. Phylesha Whaley will always be Oklahoma and Oklahoma will always be Phylesha Whaley. She graduated and left here four years ago (I'm getting so old!!!) and goodbye was really hard. It always is. It was with Sunny and Miranda and Steph and Stace, and it will be with Caton and Maria.
But I take refuge in the knowledge that former players and teammates leave some of themselves with you. And no matter where they go, they are never very far away.
For more on coach Coale and the Sooners, visit Oklahoma's official athletic site.


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The PHPUnit Bootstrap is perfect when there is code to be run before tests are executed. The limitation however is there can only be one bootstrap per PHPUnit configuration file.
This is an issue if there are a set of classes that need to be included – we don't want to manually include every class every test could possibly need.
PHP's Autoloading feature comes to the rescue, allowing us to seamlessly include classes as they're required for tests.
The old way
Normally, you would have to include all the dependencies of classes you wish to test:
include_once('../classes/Foo.php'); include_once('../classes/Bar.php'); include_once('../classes/Baz.php'); // ... ad infinitum class FooTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase{ public function testNewFoo() { $foo = new Foo(); // ... } }
The PHPUnit Bootstrap way
Instead, we can let PHPUnit know we want to run a bootstrap file before tests are executed:
<phpunit bootstrap="bootstrap.php"> </phpunit>
Simply save this as
phpunit.xml in the same directory as where you run your tests.
The Autoloader
In a file called
AutoLoader.php, we're going to use PHP's autoloading feature to include classes as they're needed:
[Note: This requires a certain file-name convention of files. The filename should be the same as the class name (with the .php extension)]
class AutoLoader { static private $classNames = array(); /** * Store the filename (sans extension) & full path of all ".php" files found */ public static function registerDirectory($dirName) { $di = new DirectoryIterator($dirName); foreach ($di as $file) { if ($file->isDir() && !$file->isLink() && !$file->isDot()) { // recurse into directories other than a few special ones self::registerDirectory($file->getPathname()); } elseif (substr($file->getFilename(), -4) === '.php') { // save the class name / path of a .php file found $className = substr($file->getFilename(), 0, -4); AutoLoader::registerClass($className, $file->getPathname()); } } } public static function registerClass($className, $fileName) { AutoLoader::$classNames[$className] = $fileName; } public static function loadClass($className) { if (isset(AutoLoader::$classNames[$className])) { require_once(AutoLoader::$classNames[$className]); } } } spl_autoload_register(array('AutoLoader', 'loadClass'));
Putting it together
Finally, create the
bootstrap.php file which will include the autoloader and register your include directory:
include_once('AutoLoader.php'); // Register the directory to your include files AutoLoader::registerDirectory('../classes');
All done!
Now, your tests no longer have to include the classes you're after. PHP's autoloading (and the
AutoLoader class) will take care of it for you:
// No includes needed, hooray! class FooTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase{ public function testNewFoo() { $foo = new Foo(); // ... } }


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Some common employee benefits of a 401k plan include automatic enrollment, different investing options, the ability to contribute to the fund without paying additional taxes and the option to withdraw against the fund in the event of financial hardship. Other benefits include employer-matched contributions and financial and investing advice.
A 401k plan is a type of retirement savings system wherein the employer deducts a set amount of money from the employee's paycheck each month and transfers it into a special account. The employee is able to invest the funds into a set number of options. As such, the employee does not have to pay two sets of taxes on the funds. It is common for employers to match the employee contributions to the fund, though this is not a requirement. Some plans also allow employees to withdraw some funds from the account under certain circumstances, typically a major financial hardship such as medical bills or a death, without incurring penalties for an early cash out.
Another benefit of a 401k plan is that the employee may choose how to invest the money in the fund. Many companies offer financial advisers to work directly with employees to understand all available options, including the potential risks of investing. Advisers also help employees understand and complete the investment process and allocate money appropriately.


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Denver, Colorado might be at the heart of the wild, wild West, but that doesn't mean that it's unrefined. With some of the most beautiful performance halls in the nation, and more talent in its mile high city limits than a cowboy could corral in his entire lifetime, it's a fare bet to say that there is likely a classical music performance, of some kind, to be seen every night of the week, 365 days a year. Soloists, trios, quartets, orchestras of brass and strings, choirs of men and women – take your pick. While the tumbleweeds might be tumbling and the rattlesnakes, well, rattling, in Denver, there is never a lack of beautiful classical music to bring a little sophistication to your day. (Dayna Copeland)
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Denver Classical Music: Classical Music Around Denver
Below are our Denver Classical Music recommendations, with information on location, admission, transportation/parking, ensemble/venue history and other points of interest in Denver Art.
Augustana Arts
Consisting of a consortium of many performing groups that vary from season to season, Augstana Arts has made community outreach its primary focus since its inception in 1997. In addition to presenting performances by the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Women's Chorale, The Augstana Vocal Ensemble, and others, Augustana Arts provides subsided lessons and instruments-on-loan to children in lower-income Denver families through its City Strings program.
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Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra (Boulder, CO)
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Information
Public Transportation: Good (a short walk from RTD routes 203, 204, 225, BV, DASH, and SKIP at Broadway Street/Pleasant Street)
Handicapped Accessibility: Good – call in advance to reserve seats and companion seats
Performances/Programs: 12 – 15 concerts presented each season
Ticket Prices: Each performance is priced individually. Discounts include $5 tickets to classical concerts for children K-12 (with a paid adult ticket) and college students with valid ID (rush …more…
Colorado Music Festival (Boulder, CO)
(June 24 – August 3, 2012) This six-week festival at Chautauqua in Boulder includes several performances by both the Chamber Orchestra and Festival Orchestra, a mini-Violin Festival, and a World Music Series. Guest artists have included string trio Time for Three, soprano Jessica Rivera, fiddler Eileen Ivers, and others. ...more...
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
A young and emerging orchestra, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra was established in 1989 as the successor to the Denver Symphony. The CSO is the only resident full-time professional symphonic orchestra in Colorado. The orchestra's musicians are actively involved advising in the management of the orchestra and participate on the Board of Trustees and other committees. ...more...
Having grown into a 52-member choral ensemble, Kantorei's volunteer corps has been bringing a cappella music to the Denver community since 1997. The professional-caliber group exclusively enlists non-student, experienced choral performers. Kantorei has been recognized by the National American Choral Directors Association on multiple occasions, and has performed at distinguished venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York and St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Rome. ...more...
St. Martin's Chamber Choir
Timothy J. Kreuger has served as Artistic Director of St. Martin's Chamber Choir since he founded the 24-voice group in 1994. As professional propagators of serious music, every member of the ensemble has extensive training in the world of musical academia.
Performing predominantly sacred works a cappella, St. Martin's boasts a staggering, far-reaching repertoire of over 550 works spanning from medieval music to the present. The choir's seemingly encyclopedic representation of …more…


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5 Reasons to Leave Lettuce out of Your Salad
What makes a salad? A quick search turns up this succinct definition: "A cold dish of various mixtures of raw or cooked vegetables, usually seasoned with oil, vinegar, or other dressing and sometimes accompanied by meat, fish, or other ingredients."
Perfect. That's nice and vague, and yet when we think of salad, it's a bowl of green lettuce that we are envisioning.
With the chill of winter (finally) knocking on our door, it's time to think of salad with the season in mind, and that means it's time to ditch the lettuce. Save those tender greens for the summer and explore the incredible diversity winter-friendly veggies bring to the table.
1. Because lettuce is kind of crappy during winter.
Extolling the benefits of seasonal eating runs the risk of sounding cliché in a day and age when food labels can be anything from a marketing term to a lifestyle. But this call for seasonal eating is based purely on flavor. Unless you're living in a region where salad greens are still growing, chances are the lettuces you're getting at the grocery are pretty bland. Consider this: That lettuce had to travel to get to you, which means it's been refrigerated quite a while and steadily losing flavor along the way. And despite the best efforts of our crisper drawers, the flavor and texture of tender leaves of arugula, green leaf lettuce, butterhead, and romaine pale in comparison to their spring and summertime selves. But that doesn't mean greens are off the table.
2. And in-season greens are better — and cheaper.
Salads are meant to be fresh and full of bright flavors. One of the easiest ways to ensure that they are is to use ingredients at peak flavor. Thankfully there's a whole class of greens that like a good frost. The family of kales; collards; all the chards, endives, and bright and bitter chicories become, sweet, crisper, and more flavorful versions of themselves once there's a steady chill in the air. And because they are widely available at this time of year, those veggies tend to be far less expensive than they are in their off season. Whether you're shopping in the produce aisle or heading to a winter farmers market, this is the time to buy those greens at their best price.
3. Plus, you can have salad for lunch (and make it the night before).
Lettuce is tender. The leaves bruise easily and they go from crisp to wilted pretty quickly even when lightly dressed — but not winter greens. In fact, these veggies benefit from some extra time marinating in a dressing. When there's enough acid, tougher greens like kale and collards grow soft and tender, which gives them major make-ahead potential. Go ahead and pack a salad for lunch, and you know what? Toss the greens in a citrusy dressing the night before. You won't have to worry about that little jar of dressing leaking all over your lunch bag (which it always seems to do, no matter how tightly you close the lid).
4. There's more to a salad than lettuce, anyway.
Remember that definition of salad we talked about? There's no mention of lettuce in that definition, which means you can build a fresh-tasting, veggie-packed meal out of roasted squash, shredded Brussels sprouts, cubed sweet potatoes, shaved fennel, or thinly sliced radishes. All those sound good, don't they? And not a mention of lettuce in the mix. We don't wait for winter produce the way we wait for a summer-ripened tomato or ears of sweet corn, but just like winter greens, in-season winter vegetables like Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, and all those colorful tubers and squashes are at peak flavor this time of year.
5. So you can have heartier toppings — without weighting everything down.
We've all had a salad that was made with too many ingredients. Think about the last chopped salad you ordered: Maybe you ticked seven or eight items off the list and even after all that vigorous chopping and shaking, the nuts, cranberries, and clumps of shredded cheese ending up at the bottom of the bowl. Those ingredients are pretty dense and heavy compared to tender lettuce — so that's expected. That dressing-drenched lettuce never stood a chance. But that would never happen to a salad made with sturdy kale, or florets of roasted cauliflower, or torn radicchio. Take advantage of the textural benefits of no-lettuce salads with heartier ingredients, thicker dressings, and larger add-ins to build something that is satisfying and still fresh.
Join the No-Lettuce Salad Movement!
This week we're taking the lettuce out of the salad equation. Using everything from in-season roots to colorful winter veggies, we worked with cookbook author, Katie Webster to build hearty and satisfying meal-size salads that are full of fresh, crisp flavors without a lettuce green in sight.


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Trump administration announces new restrictions on travel
Some countries will face full bans. Others are more tailored, such as restrictions impacting Venezuela, which will only apply to certain government officials and their families
Travelers from eight countries will face restrictions on entry to the U.S, ranging from a total ban to more targeted restrictions, under a new proclamation signed by President Donald Trump Sunday.
The new rules, which will impact the citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, will go into effect on October 18. Officials stressed that valid visas would not be revoked as a result of the proclamation.
Some countries will face full bans. Others are more tailored, such as restrictions impacting Venezuela, which will only apply to certain government officials and their families
Trump's controversial ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries expires Sundays, 90 days after it went into effect.
The Department of Homeland Security had recommended the president go ahead with more targeted restrictions on foreign nationals from countries that the agency says refuse to share sufficient information with the U.S. or haven't taken necessary security precautions.
Trump appeared to preview his intentions as he spoke with reporters on the tarmac of a New Jersey airport Sunday, saying: "the tougher the better."
Officials haven't said which — or how many — countries will be affected by the new restrictions, which could take effect as soon as Sunday.
"The acting secretary has recommended actions that are tough and that are tailored, including restrictions and enhanced screening for certain countries," said Miles Taylor, counselor to acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke.
The current ban bars citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen who lack a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States" from entering the U.S.
Unlike Trump's first travel ban, which sparked chaos at airports across the country and a flurry of legal challenges, officials said they have been working for months on the new rules, in collaboration with various agencies and in conversation with foreign governments.
The recommendations are based on a new baseline developed by DHS that includes factors such as whether countries issue electronic passports with biometric information and share information about travelers' terror-related and criminal histories. The U.S. then shared those benchmarks with every country in the world and gave them 50 days to comply.
The citizens of countries that refused could now face travel restrictions and more stringent screening measures that would last indefinitely, until their governments complied.
Trump last week called for a "tougher" travel ban after a bomb partially exploded on a London subway.
"The travel ban into the United States should be far larger, tougher and more specific-but stupidly, that would not be politically correct!" he tweeted.
Critics have accused Trump of overstepping his authority and violating the U.S. Constitution's protections against religious bias. Trump had called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" during his campaign.


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AARP Statement on Passage of Budget Control Act of 2011
Aug 02, 2011, 01:35 ET
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP CEO A. Barry Rand offered the following statement after the House and Senate passed the Budget Control Act of 2011 to raise the debt ceiling. Throughout the past several months, AARP has been focused on preventing cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits for the millions of beneficiaries who have paid into the systems over their working lives:
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"We are relieved that Congress has acted on a bipartisan agreement to address the debt ceiling and prevent default to ensure that seniors will continue to receive their Social Security checks and have access to health care. We are also gratified that after hearing from millions of AARP members, the President and Congress did not cut Social Security, Medicare and long-term care in the first round of deficit reduction.
"Going forward, we are pleased that Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare benefits are protected if the so-called "super committee" fails to reach an agreement later this fall, but we will remain vigilant in our efforts to protect the health and retirement security of seniors and future retirees. We are concerned that a fast-track committee process will deny Americans a voice in the discussion about critical tax, health and retirement issues. We also are concerned about the potential use of a trigger that would arbitrarily cut provider payments under Medicare, which could unfairly shift costs to seniors.
"Seniors have worked their entire lives to achieve a level of health and economic security in retirement. As the deficit debate continues, AARP will continue to impress upon Congress the need to protect Medicare and Social Security from harmful cuts. With the compounded effect of loss of retirement savings and home equity, high unemployment and rising health care costs, cuts to the benefits seniors have earned could undermine the standard of living of not just those with limited incomes, but middle class seniors who have median incomes of only $18,500.
"AARP will continue to raise the voices of millions of Americans who rely on their Social Security and Medicare benefits and oppose benefit cuts for deficit reduction. Americans want a broader conversation around health and economic security, not one focused solely on deficit reduction.
"AARP believes that the American public deserves a seat at the table in any forum, including the newly created super committee, that discusses potential changes to these critical programs. We believe that our nation's leaders should work together to strengthen health and retirement security for current and future generations."
For more information, please contact AARP Media Relations at (202) 434-2560 or visit www.aarp.org/protectseniors.
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with a membership that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a whole. AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to either political campaigns or candidates. We produce AARP The Magazine, the definitive voice for 50+ Americans and the world's largest-circulation magazine with over 35.1 million readers; AARP Bulletin, the go-to news source for AARP's millions of members and Americans 50+; AARP VIVA, the only bilingual U.S. publication dedicated exclusively to the 50+ Hispanic community; and our website, AARP.org. AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We have staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.


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On July 21, 2010, at approximately 4:29 PM, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to the 16000 block of Hwy 105 East to A-Budget Storage involving the burglary of multiple storage units.
Patrol deputies found that five storage units had been burglarized and that the owner of the storage business had seen the burglars leaving and followed them to a motel in Cleveland, TX. The Liberty County Sheriff's Office was notified and detained a female suspect at the motel.
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Property Crime investigators arrived at both the motel in Cleveland and at A-Budget Storage. They arrested Crystal Scott, W/F, 11/9/79 and she was charged with five counts of Burglary of a Building. The investigation is continuing and more arrests are anticipated.
Anyone with any information regarding this case should contact either Det. Kevin Williams or Det. Chris Tate at 281-577-8943, or the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office at 936-760-5800 option # 1. If you wish to provide information regarding this case and wish to remain anonymous please contact Montgomery County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-392-STOP (7867).


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If you are planning to buy a gift for new born baby then blankets can be a good option as they is an essential item in baby's shopping. Every mother would love to get baby blanket as a gift on baby shower. Baby blankets not only keep the babies warm but also make it easy to carry the baby. You can explore the web, if you want to buy wholesale gowns for newborn baby girl.
Markets are full of adorable and unbelievable variety of baby stuff. Many popular brands make beautiful baby products and designers are also making baby items nowadays. Baby blankets are one of the most commonly bought baby item.
Blankets for babies come in beautiful range of colors and designs and the cost of blankets varies according to the size, quality, and design of blankets. Designer blankets are also very popular but are usually quite expensive.
The receiving blankets are the simplest of all and are usually of smaller size. Swaddling are large sized blankets used to wrap up the baby to keep him safe and secure as well as warm. Security blankets keep the babies secure and are best to use while traveling.
They have a soft lining that the babies enjoy and it keeps the baby calm and comfy. Personalized blankets are quite unique and are popularly used as gifts. They may have names printed on the blanket or even photos can be made on these personalized blankets.


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A few weeks back, we introduced the concept of an Electronic Press Kit (EPK), check out that introductory post here. We're happy to announce that SKIO Music now offers custom Artist Name URLs, and has made it even easier to create and share your own SKIO profile as an EPK!
It's becoming harder and harder to break through the noise in this digital age of music. The relative ease of creating, publishing and distributing means there are more creators at every level of quality trying to get noticed. Now more than ever, taking your brand seriously and going the extra step towards professionalism means the difference between hobbyism and legitimacy in this industry.
We've scoured the SKIO Music community and gathered our Top 10 remix tips from rising and pro creators alike. Some are obvious, some not so much. Did we miss anything? Check 'em out then enter our latest remix contest with Diego Miranda!


text: Sony videogame unit opens $15 mil review Published on December 14, 1998. Sony Corp. of America's videogame division 989 Studios has launched a review for its estimated $15 million new account. Proposals were sent to an undisclosed number of agencies. Presentations are slated to begin this week.Copyright December 1998, Crain Communications Inc. Most Popular In this article: News


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About 2 to 5 percent of children will have one before they're 3 years old. More kids, though, have what looks like a seizure but isn't. If your child isn't sick, and seems fine before and after the incident, it may not be a seizure, Here's how to tell:
Febrile seizure
What it looks like: Your infant or child develops a fever, then twitches, jerks, and stiffens. About three to five percent of kids will have one by age 5. It is most common in kids between the ages of 6 months and 5 years.
What to do: During a febrile seizure, it's best to lie the child on his side on a safe surface, like the floor (this is better than holding him). Don't put anything in his mouth, stay calm, and let the seizure pass. If it goes on for longer than ten minutes, call 911; sometimes medications are necessary to stop it. Even if it's brief, you should always call your doctor after your child has one.
The risk of having another is about one in three, with the chances increasing when the first seizure occurs before 15 months, if there's a family history of them, or when the fever associated with the seizure is low. They're difficult to prevent because they often occur as the fever first rises, before the parent even realizes the child is sick. Even so, treating any fevers with acetaminophen or ibuprofen (not to be given to children under six months of age) for the first day or two of illness may be helpful. Check with your pediatrician regarding dosage, and never give them the medicine more frequently than directed.
Febrile seizures can certainly be scary, but they don't cause brain damage. They usually disappear by age 5 or 6, sometimes earlier. When kids go a year or more without one and have had at least a couple of fevers during that time, they're probably home free.
Epileptic seizure
What it looks like: Your child suddenly becomes unresponsive and might move his eyes, face, or body uncontrollably. Afterward, he's sleepy or weak. These occur in only about 1 percent of children (the risk increases for developmentally delayed children).
What to do: Don't restrain him or put anything in his mouth. Call the doctor immediately, and time the seizure so you can report it.
Benign infant shuddering
What it looks like: Your infant shakes his head back and forth rapidly; it's actually a reflex often triggered by happiness.
What to do: Mention it to your pediatrician, just to make sure that's what it is.
Benign sleep myoclonus
What it looks like: Your infant or young child twitches a few times as he falls asleep. This disorder that usually goes away on its own by the time a child is 3 years old.
What to do: Gently wake your infant to stop the movements. Mention it to your pediatrician, just to be safe.
Breath-holding spell
What it looks like: Your child gets upset and holds his breath. He might turn blue, stiffen, or pass out, but he's fine in less than a minute. This is an involuntary reaction to anger, fear or pain. These spells can begin in infancy and usually stop around age 5.
What to do: Call 911 if your child turns blue and you're not sure why. These episodes are usually harmless, but tell your doctor.


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It first went wrong about a week ago when restarting immediately after having uninstalled about 10 programs using "add/remove programs". I got the error message on start up saying "file not found: hal.dll", and it would just go into a restart loop if I pressed anything. Adding to the problem, i'd been using the laptop with a monitor as the lcd screen was cracked, but the first few characters of whatever the laptop was saying were cut off because the lcd screen is a widescreen one (this only happens on startup).
I looked on the net and this forum and found that a windows xp disc is required in order to use a recovery console to sort it out. I've now got a dell windows xp reinstallation disk, but this doesnt seem to be what I need. What's now made this problem a nightmare is that in order to see the first characters etc (ie the left hand side) of the screen I managed to get into the bios setup and switch to lcd screen as the diagonal crack meant i'd be able to see the top and left half which is what i wawnted to see. However what I didnt realise is that the screen has now completely gone, leaving me totally blind to whatevers going on on the laptop.
Ideally I want to be able to use the laptop again rather than just recover the files (though that would be a bonus in itself). I have access to another laptop and was wondering if a usb hard drive docking station would allow me to resolve the problem if i plug the problem hard drive into it and connect it to another laptop. I'm on a very tight budget but could afford one of those (£17), but will it help, I really don't know if i'm looking at the right thing, and if not then how do i go about restoring the laptop, or at least my files?
Seriously if you can help you would be doing me a huge favour.


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