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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - In the days leading to the 2012 Georgia College Athletic Auction, Saturday, April 14 at 6 p.m. in the Centennial Center, Bobcat Nation will sit down with a few current and former Georgia College student-athletes for a few personality profiles.
The Athletic Auction helps to support student-athlete scholarships and other capital projects for the athletic department. Individual tickets, which admit two people, can be purchased for $125 and include free food and drinks along with entry to the $10,000 reverse raffle.
The second student-athlete is former All-American goalkeeper player Mary Rob Plunkett (2007-11). Plunkett was a standout for the Bobcats, both between the pipes and in the classroom. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
First, it provided me with friends that I will have for the rest of my life and some of the best memories that I will always cherish from my time that I was in college. From my first season as a freshman the team became more than a team and more like a family or your best group of friends, people that you knew you could count on no matter what. And with each new class, it was just adding to the ever growing family.
Being on a college team also taught me lessons that I don't think you can learn anywhere else. I learned how to manage school, practices and games, friends and being a normal college student, and family all at once. I think one of the things that I'm most thankful for and think that being on the soccer team did for me was show me how to be a true team player. When to step up and be a leader and also when to stop, listen, and do what I'm being told.
What are your plans for the future and how will this scholarship help you reach these goals?
I am pretty confident in my statement that I would not be where I am today if I had not been at Georgia College and apart of soccer program and athletic department as a whole. Right now I am finishing up my first year of a two year graduate program studying Sport Administration at UNC that is college sport specific. If I had not participated in college athletics I would not have found my love of college sports and found out what I really wanted to do after college. The opportunities that everyone in the athletic department gave me allowed me to truly figure out if being in college sports was what I really wanted to do, and without those opportunities I would not be where I am today.
Starting this summer I am going to be working full time for the next year with the athletic operations department at UNC as part of my graduate program. Once I graduate I plan to continue working in college athletics. My plan, as of right now, is to continue to work in operations and move into facility and capital projects planning and fundraising. I would like to work in capital projects from the fundraising and finance stand-point to utilize my business degrees that I got a GC and then also be able to address it from an operational stand-point that I will be gaining as an intern and working in the field. Eventually I would like to become a senior associate athletic director/ SWA. The type of school continues to change but I definitely want to be in the southeast and in a college town.
What are some of the learning experiences you've taken away from your time as a student athlete at GC?
How to deal with adversity. No one comes thinking that they are going to play for three different coaches. But stuff happens and you have to adjust and take every situation as a time to grow and get better and deal with things. I've learned that what you put in is what you're going to get out. This is something that I've been able to take away from playing and into graduate school and working. I learned this not only from practicing but from rehabbing and class with projects and tests. I've learned that things aren't always going to be easy and fun but if you put in the work and really invest yourself you're going to get the outcome that you want (or at least a whole lot closer to what you want).
I've learned that the score at the end of the game isn't the only thing that matters. When playing the score was important and seemed to be the only thing that mattered but now when I look back on my experience in whole, I can only specifically remember a few games. Of course there are games that stand out and wins that were great and loses that hurt but it was the experience all together that I remember and the atmosphere and the feeling of accomplishment and the relationships that I gained from being a student-athlete that I remember the most and wouldn't change for anything!
I could probably write an entire paper about this but let me know if you want more!
What made you choose / pursue Georgia College?
The babysitter that my sisters and I had growing up went to GC and loved her experience and time in Milledgeville. When I started talking to different schools, GC was always in the picture because of how great she made it seem. GC was the first school that I actually made a visit to and I remember it being a kinda nasty and rainy day but I really liked the campus and everything. I found myself comparing every other school to GC after I visited and always seemed to come up with something that I didn't like or something that I liked at GC more than the other schools. Then when it came time to choose a school my parents asked me a simple question, "where would you be happy if something happened and you could no longer place soccer?" My parents wanted me to be at a school that I would be happy at and not just a school that I would go to and play soccer and not have that well rounded college experience. The answer to that question was really simple and I knew that the one school that I would be happy at no matter what was Georgia College. Once I was able to decide that, Georgia College was the place that I wanted to be for college and soccer was almost just an added bonus.
It was the first place that I actually visited as a recruit and every place after I always compared back to GC.
How have you personally seen the Athletic Department grown since you have been here?
In my time at GC we had three different athletic directors, an interim athletic director, and I played for three different soccer coaches. My first year was Stan's last year as the athletic director. Jud replaced Stan and Jud really gave me the opportunities that got me started volunteering with the athletic department and let me get my hands in anything that I wanted. When Jud moved on to Flagler, I was there while Jimmy moved into the interim position. It was during this time that I learned and decided that I had/needed to go to graduate school and get my maters degree if I really wanted to work as an administrator in this field. Wendell was then hired and is still there.
I was able to play under three different coaches, each teaching me something new as both a player and now looking back life lessons and things that I can take when I am hiring coaches in the future. I was able to play under the coach that started the program and then was apart of the two transition periods between coaches.
I've seen athletic training expand with the hiring of a full time assistant athletic trainer, Eva. That hire really benefited the soccer program immensely, not only because Eva is great at her job but we were also able to have a trainer that was invested personally in our program and wanted us to be the best that we could not only as athletes but as people and did any and everything she could to get us that way. It was huge for our program and the athletic training department to have her back as an assistant. It gave soccer one of the best and someone that could devote so much time to us, since they weren't having to go to class and do thesis work and all of the other duties that GA's had.
I was also around to see Ginger move from being both the softball coach and administrator to moving exclusively an administrator. I was around for the hiring of Mo as the head women's basketball coach from being the assistant and how great of a hire that was. I remember hearing around the department how during the hiring process we, GC, just couldn't lose Mo or have him leave. That really resonated with me and something that I remember to this day; be that person that an organization can't lose.
Background info
Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia. Went to Westminster Schools of Augusta (6-12) where I played soccer and basketball in high school. I played club soccer with Augusta Arsenal, and played with others that played at GC (Jamie Nevin, Caitlin Smith), current member Kesler played at the same club. I have two sisters, senior (Frances) and freshman (Anna) in high school, who both play soccer. Family was always supportive of my soccer career and me in college and what I wanted to do, they were always my biggest fans. I came to GC in the fall of 2007 and graduated in May 2011. Had the best 4 years I could ask for at GC and look back at my time in Milledgeville with great memories and no regrets at all. I'm now a graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill where I'm studying Sport Administration (1 of 9 in our cohort), where I've been able to bring the perspective of a Division II background and student-athlete perspective to our classes. I love water skiing and wakeboarding and any other water sport, the lake is quite possibly my favorite place. I also like to snowboard and travel. What made you choose / pursue Georgia College?
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.

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In taking its premier super-tourer and stripping it down to the essentials, throwing in a darker spirit without losing any of its original prowess, Honda has re-molded the classic Gold Wing to produce a motorcycle that will appeal to the more aggressive rider – aggressive in style as well as in performance.
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2010 VFR1200F, the long-awaited follow-up to the previous Interceptor.
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Village Post Offices: A Step Forward or Step Back for Postal Retail Services?
The U.S. Postal Service recently announced that it would study approximately 3,700 postal retail facilities which are candidates for consolidation. Many policymakers and Postal Service customers have expressed concern over the effect these potential consolidations will have on access to postal services and as well as the social life of rural communities where the local post office acted as a gathering point for the community.


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Steven F. Siconolfi, Dean
The School of Health Sciences and Human Performance (HSHP) educates students to participate in the health, health care, and sport continuum. Health and physical education programs provide students with the background, understanding, and experience for teaching healthy lifestyles. Students in exercise science programs learn to use exercise as a modality to safely guide children and adults -- whether they are well, at-risk, or have diseases -- to an improved level of physical function. Athletic training students are prepared to manage and rehabilitate injuries that may result from exercise or sport participation. Prevention of and recovery from injury, trauma, or disease are aided by our physical therapy students who learn to help people become strong and flexible; occupational therapy students who learn to help people gain function and engage in occupations of daily life; recreational therapy students who learn to help people lead a better quality of life; and speech language pathology students who learn to help people improve or regain speech, language, or voice in both school and community settings. Adding to the continuum are three other degree programs, where students learn to help shape the policies that affect health and health care on a local and global level, to help manage and promote the world of sport, and to help people plan and use their leisure time in meaningful ways.
The strength of these programs comes from a dedicated faculty who believe in and practice their areas of expertise and who fully support the integration of the liberal arts and sciences in their professional programs. Students have the flexibility to elect courses in areas other than their majors, with the option of declaring a minor from a variety of programs at Ithaca College. Most programs require students to learn in the work environment, and many offer experiential learning opportunities on campus as well as off campus.
All of our students may select a minor or concentration to complement their degree programs and increase the breadth of their education at Ithaca College. Some degree programs require a minor or concentration.
The minors offered within the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance include coaching, exercise science, health, health services administration, integrative health studies, nutrition promotion, nutrition science, outdoor recreation, recreation, and sport studies. Many students choose minors offered by other schools at the College.
Community Service: Faculty, staff, and students in HSHP participate in many community activities. Ithaca College's partnership with the senior care facility at Longview is supported by HSHP's Project CARE (SLPA and TRLS), a quilting group (OT), Seniors with Seniors (OT), a faculty lecture series (HSHP), a driving study (OT), volunteer work with people who have Alzheimer's disease (TRLS), activity observations and participation in labs (PT), a walking group (TRLS), and nutritional assessment (HPPE). Several departments are involved with the Center for Life Skills at Longview and with an interdisciplinary pediatric assessment team. The exercise and sport sciences department has developed a mentorship program with the Ithaca Youth Bureau and area elementary schools. The Sir Alexander Ewing-Ithaca College Speech and Hearing Clinic provides services to the Ithaca community, as does the occupational therapy/physical therapy clinic.
Student Profile: We currently enroll over 1,315 full-time students (67 percent female in undergraduate and 79 percent female in graduate programs) in 22 different degree programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The class of 2007 had a median composite SAT score of 1160. Student retention is high, with more than 82 percent of the incoming HSHP students graduating from the College. Some 42 percent of HSHP students come from states other than New York or from outside the United States.
Diversity: The School of Health Sciences and Human Performance is committed to increasing diversity among faculty, staff, and students. Seven percent of the class of 2007 is from minority groups. With the recent hiring of faculty of color, we have increased the percentage of diversity among faculty to a figure greater than in the HSHP student body. Diversity, however, is more than numbers. The interdisciplinary course Health Care and Culture explores cultural dimensions of health from the client and provider perspectives. Our OT and PT students are in a pilot project that allows them to participate in a course on multicultural psychology. Our health policy studies program is working with other units at the College to develop a yearlong academic enrichment program with a theme of politics, race, culture, and health. Our sport management and media department offers such courses as Gender Issues in Sport and Sport and the Civil Rights Movement. Our TRLS majors are required to complete a course entitled Inclusive Community Leisure Services. Our SLPA department offers diversity courses, including courses on communication disorders in multicultural and geriatric populations. Students from all majors are encouraged to explore these options.
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Curry gets 0, Davidson routs Loyola (Md.) 78-48
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By MIKE CRANSTON, AP Sports Writer 14 hours, 57 minutes ago
DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP)—By the third possession, Davidson's Stephen Curry had figured it out. Loyola (Md.) was double-teaming him. Everywhere, on each possession, no matter what the scenario.
So Curry decided to test the triangle-and-2 defense taken to the ultimate extreme. He went into the corner and two defenders followed him, setting up a 4-on-3 for his teammates.
Curry decided to keep standing there, and his teammates kept scoring—for 40 minutes—in a 78-48 head-scratching win for the 24th-ranked Wildcats that will be remembered for some time.
The nation's leading scorer was held without a point and took only three shots. But the game was never in doubt because Davidson played the entire game on a virtual power play.
All this was courtesy of a bizarre coaching move by Loyola's Jimmy Patsos.
"We had to play against an NBA player tonight," Patsos explained. "Anybody else ever hold him scoreless? I'm a history major. They're going to remember that we held him scoreless or we lost by 30?"
Some will remember the catcalls Patsos received from the fans when he stuck with the defense well after the game was decided. Davidson coach Bob McKillop was so annoyed he kept Curry in the game until the final minute.
"It seemed to me they were willing to risk the game at the expense of locking Steph up," McKillop said. "When you put two people on somebody and you do it for 30 minutes and at the end of the game, you have to wonder what the reasons for that are."
Curry, the darling of last season's NCAA tournament, had scored a career-high 44 points in a loss at Oklahoma this month. He followed that up with games of 30 and 39 points.
"If Oklahoma can't stop him, how is Loyola College going to stop him?" Patsos asked.
Trouble is, Davidson (5-1) has other options, and they often scored at will even if Curry didn't reach double figures for only the second time of his career.
Andrew Lovedale provided the muscle inside with 20 points and 10 rebounds, Bryant Barr hit six wide-open 3-pointers and scored 18 points. Will Archambault hit three more 3s and scored 13.
And Curry, coming in averaging 35 points a game, joked that he had the best seat in the house.
"Every dead ball I asked them how long they were going to do this," Curry said he asked his shadowing defenders. "They really didn't say anything. They weren't very conversational about it."
Marquis Sullivan scored 16 points and went over 1,000 for his career for the Greyhounds (2-4), who hold the distinction of being the first team to hold Curry scoreless. The trouble is they shot 34 percent and trailed by as many as 34 points.
Plus, Brett Harvey, Loyola's top scorer coming into the game, didn't score as he spent most the game standing next to Curry in the corner.
"I know the fans are mad at me, but I had to roll the dice as far as a coach goes. I'm not some rookie coach," said Patsos, a former longtime assistant at Maryland. "I won a national title as a top assistant coach to Gary Williams. For 13 years I spent on Tobacco Road. I coached a couple of No. 1 picks in the draft. And we scored 48 points. That's the problem that Loyola basketball had today."
But Curry's teammates also overwhelmed the undersized Greyhounds.
Lovedale missed just once in his first seven shots. Archambault then had a layup on Curry's only assist of the first half before drilling a 3-pointer to complete an 18-0 run for a 22-9 lead.
It was the second time in the four-round NIT that Loyola surrendered 18 straight points. The Greyhounds went five minutes without scoring against Boston College and nearly seven this time.
They fell farther behind even with Curry on the bench with two fouls. He was shuttled in and out of the game over the final 10 minutes, yet Barr made four 3s to close the half for a 39-17 lead.
Barr's fifth straight 3—with no one around him—in the first minute of the second half continued the onslaught.
Curry didn't attempt his second shot of the game—a long straightaway 3-pointer that clanged off the rim—until 14:57 remained. He then missed a foul-line jumper in the closing minutes.
"I don't think irritate is the word. Just confused," Curry said. "When they're down by that much and still allowing us to get open shots. It kind of surprised me."
It turned out pretty good for his teammates.
"Their coach obviously wanted guys other than Steph to beat him," Barr said. "If you're playing 4-on-3 against us, somebody is going to hurt you."
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yeah i watched parts of this game and didn't notice much when i had it own except the fact that Davidson was destroying them, and after reading this article, it makes me even more sorry for this coach of Loyola. What an idiot.
And he's a history major as mentioned in the article (which i am too, so i feel a bit offended), and he will be remember, not by holding him scoreless, but by throwing the game away to make a point. This doesnt teach his players anything. Doesn't help them learn from an experience guarding a player like curry. Overall stupidity
And he's a history major as mentioned in the article (which i am too, so i feel a bit offended), and he will be remember, not by holding him scoreless, but by throwing the game away to make a point. This doesnt teach his players anything. Doesn't help them learn from an experience guarding a player like curry. Overall stupidity


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keyNotes Consulting necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 120 diseños de 46 diseñadores freelance.
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keyNotes Consulting is an IT services company that specialises in solutions based on the Lotus Notes platform. We provide clients with a range of services such as application design/review/ testing, project management and resource mentoring. Our staff are professionals with many years experience in the field. They are innovative problem solvers who enjoy their job and enjoy life in general.
Our target market is small to medium business that either has a Lotus Notes environment themselves, or supports an environment for their own client - but doesn't have the full internal expertise to do it all. We find the industry of our clients is irrelevant - they all are simply looking to deal with professionals with the right experience.
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So, you want to allow some person less-privileged access to your git repository. For example, you don't want anyone pushing to master except a select few. You've got it all figured out with gitolite or whatnot by using SSH public keys as an identity that determines privileges.
Your only problem is this: ever so often you need to go over to that person's computer, sit together on some merge, and push into those higher-privileged repositories. But you can't: you're working on his/her computer, if you push you'll be using their SSH key, and you just don't have permissions.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could just type:
git admin push
…then enter your password, and get it done with? Of course it would be nice! Here's how to do it. It's not limited to "push" of course – git admin will be a prefix for any command you want to run using the alternative privileges. (And you could make many such aliases, one per SSH key you want to use – though I don't see a good use case.)
First we pick a name for the SSH key that will reside on user's computers and will be used for this purpose. Let's call it "admin".
1. Create an SSH key secured with a passphrase that you (and other admins) will know, and that you will copy to the server and configure as having higher privileges:
$ ssh-keygen.exe -f ~/.ssh/admin Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /c/Users/me/.ssh/admin. Your public key has been saved in /c/Users/me/.ssh/admin.pub. The key fingerprint is: ed:1c:45:35:40:e7:e0:a6:58:a8:ce:35:e9:35:bd:00 me@PC
Next – we need to create a bunch of scripts to make this thing modular – let's put them all in the same place.
2. Create a script called "ssh-as.sh" that runs stuff that uses SSH, but uses a given SSH key rather than the default:
#!/bin/bash set -e set -u ssh -i $SSH_KEYFILE $@
3. Create a script called "git-as.sh" that runs git commands using the given SSH key.
#!/bin/bash set -e set -u SSH_KEYFILE_NAME=$1 SCRIPTS_DIR=$(dirname $0) shift SSH_KEYFILE=$SSH_KEYFILE_NAME GIT_SSH=$SCRIPTS_DIR/ssh-as.sh git $@
4. Finally, add the alias (using something appropriate for "PATH_TO_SCRIPTS_DIR" below):
# Run git commands as the SSH identity provided by the keyfile ~/.ssh/admin git config --global alias.admin \!"PATH_TO_SCRIPTS_DIR/git-as.sh ~/.ssh/admin"
5. Use it:
git checkout master ...stuff... # Note: "git push" (to master) would fail due to insufficient privileges # (in our office we use gitolite to limit pushing to some branches) git admin push <enter password: ....> git checkout some_branch # Note: "git push -f" would fail due to insufficient privileges # (we use gitolite to limit history rewrites in all but one's own branches) git admin push -f <enter password: ....> git admin ...whatever other command that requires more privileges in gitolite or whatever...
We use it also for limiting destructive writes (push -f), I even limit myself so that if I want to push to master or do a "push -f" I must use git admin, just to remind myself what I'm doing. We use gitolite and I've created two separate identities for myself, one of which has higher privileges and uses the key used by "git admin".
That's it!
Update: An alternative approach using SSH .config is given here and basically boils down to adding multiple remotes to your git config using SSH host aliases. Each host alias uses a different SSH key, so to use different privileges one must push/pull to the different remotes. This approach is slightly simpler to set up (no scripts involved) but requires adding a new host alias to SSH for every host and also a new remote in every git repository you set up (may be nuisance if you have many repositories or, less likely, many remote hosts that you work with.)


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MONTREAL (Reuters) - Red Bull's triple world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday to capture his first Formula One victory on North American soil and extend his overall lead to 36 points.
The 25-year-old German cruised to his 29th career win without resistance, taking the chequered flag 14.4 seconds clear of Spain's Fernando Alonso, driving a Ferrari.
Briton's Lewis Hamilton, who had won in Montreal three times before, made it a podium of champions by finishing third for Mercedes after being passed by Alonso in the closing laps.
Vettel's Australian team mate Mark Webber was fourth and Germany's Nico Rosberg, winner of the previous race in Monaco for Mercedes, fifth.
Vettel's win was his third from seven races this season while Alonso roared from sixth to second to leapfrog Kimi Raikkonen into second-place overall.
Raikkonen, the 2007 champion, finished ninth in his Lotus to equal Michael Schumacher's record of 24 successive grands prix in the points.
Despite his domination of the sport in recent years, Vettel had never won in either Canada or the United States before breaking his drought in emphatic fashion on Sunday - even if he skimmed the wall at one point.
He made a clean getaway from pole position and led for almost the entire 70-laps. The only time he was not in front was a brief period when he made the first of his two pit stops to get fresh tyres.
Vettel lapped half the field, including Raikkonen, before reaching the half way point of the race and only five cars finished on the same lap as him when he crossed the line.
McLaren failed to score, at a circuit where they have won four times in the last five years, for the first time in 65 races.
Former champions Williams also ended up empty-handed, despite Finnish rookie Valtteri Bottas starting third on the grid, for the eighth race in a row.
Vettel now has 132 points, ahead of Alonso (96), Raikkonen (88), Hamilton (77) and Webber (69).
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Feb. 28, 2005
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -
Senior third baseman David Figoni and hot swinging designated hitter Matt Aidem lead the 7-6 UC Santa Barbara baseball team up against Cal Poly for a one game non-conference match-up on Tuesday, March 1 at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. Figoni, the current team leader in hits (19), home runs (2) and total bases (27) is riding an eight-game hitting streak in to Tuesday's ball game against the Mustangs. Aidem, UCSB's hottest hitter, has a team high .500 batting average (10-for-20) and has a slugging percentage of .700 The Gauchos have dropped their last four ball games and are looking for sophomore right-hander Brian Tracy (1-1, 3.00) to stop the slide. Tracy will probably make his second start of the season on Tuesday.
Entering Tuesday's match-up, Cal Poly holds a 10-8 record, losing two of their past three games to Santa Clara this past weekend. Left fielder Matt Cooper leads the Mustangs with a .328 average (19-for-58), six doubles and three home runs. First baseman Bret Berglund has a team leading 22 hits and 17 RBI. Tuesday's probable starter Evan Reed is 0-0 with at 9.00 ERA this season. He has made only one appearance for the Mustangs this season, giving up one earned run on one hit, walking one and striking out two in 1.0 inning of work.
Tuesday's game is slated for at 2:00 pm start and can be heard on the radio at AM 1340 KIST. After the game, the Gauchos will head up to Seattle this weekend to face Washington in a three-game series.


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One Way Or Another by Leslie Wells
First of all, a disclaimer: Joe and I go way back. I acquired his first six novels at the New York publishing house where I was an editor. It was a wonderful experience to work with Joe on Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, Rusty Nail, Dirty Martini, Fuzzy Navel, and Cherry Bomb. To me, what made the books really sing were his break-the-mold protagonist, Jack (Jacqueline) Daniels, and the many snort-beer-out-your-nose-hilarious scenes. Not to mention that Joe was willing to go on a huge cross-country tour that he set up himself; sleeping on friends' couches, booking his own signings and speaking events. I remember his excited calls to me, reporting that he'd sold a bunch of copies at a number of great bookstores. Needless to say, I was very sad when the publisher decided to discontinue our small line of mysteries, and Joe and I were unable to keep working together.
Actually, this wasn't the first time I had to stop editing an author I liked, and whose work I admired. With a tightened economy and large conglomerates devouring smaller houses like amuse-bouches, many of us were experiencing lack of support for authors with whom we'd worked for years—in Joe's case, more than five. An editor puts loads of labor and love into developing her list of writers, and an author who produces a new book every year or two is icing on the cake. It means a spot on your list that you don't have to go out and acquire. You know they will deliver; you have a good working relationship; they know what to expect from your editing, and vice versa. And as anyone who isn't wet behind the ears knows, not every book you publish will earn out.
Much of publishing is about building an audience; continuing to publish through the titles with lower sales in the hope and belief that the next book will gain an even larger readership. Some houses stay the course when they believe in an author; others can't, or don't.
Here's a story from back in the day: the first company that I worked for published John Irving. He had written three previous novels for another house, all with rather small sales. Then a very smart editorial assistant, Jane Rosenman, read the manuscript of The World According to Garp and highly recommended it to her boss, then editor-in-chief, Henry Robbins. He pre-empted the novel, and the rest is history. (Jane went on to have a great career, and is now with the 5E editorial group.) But that was before Bookscan, and before an author's track record was considered equal to or more important than the impact of the read itself. If an author's new novel was on submission today, after three previous small books—what's known as a "bad track"—it's my guess that many publishers wouldn't go near it with a ten-foot pole, no matter how good it was. In some ways, it's easier for an editor to acquire a first novel than it is to buy an impressive second or third book, if the previous novels netted smallish quantities.
All this is to say that it's great that indie publishing has come so far, and is such a wonderful option for writers today. Many of my author friends have now chosen to self-publish, as opposed to enduring the nail-biting beauty contest of wooing a traditional publisher. Of course the latter can be rewarding; there are many dedicated editors who love their jobs, and are great at what they do. But if a writer decides that he or she doesn't want to go that route, it's nice that independent publishing is such a terrific option.
I myself have experienced being published from both sides of the fence: by a traditional publishing house, and now as a self-published author.
My first novel, The Curing Season, was pre-empted by a top editor at a major New York City house. The art director came up with a lovely cover, the book received some great reviews, and overall I was very pleased with the outcome.
For my new novel, Come Dancing, I decided to take a different tack. So many of the authors I know are choosing to go the indie route that after checking out traditional publishing options, I decided to try it myself.
To backtrack a bit: writing my novel took almost five years, since my day job as an editor takes up all of my weekday hours. (I'm now a freelance editor, ever since the publishing company I was with for two decades was sold.) I wrote draft after draft, and because even an editor needs a good editor, I asked several for their input. Peternelle Van Arsdale, a tremendously gifted freelance editor, was particularly helpful to me. Finally I was convinced that I had a fast-paced, entertaining book with an interesting setting and engaging characters. I was ready to take a deep breath and put it out into the world.
Now for the fun part: I asked the talented designer, Laura Klynstra, to come up with an eye-catching jacket.
Amy Bruno of Book Junkie Promotions (who did a fantastic job putting together my virtual blog tour) asked two bloggers if they could provide early reviews, and to my great relief, they wound up liking it. Then I wrote my own flap copy—a fun assignment after years of coming up with other authors' jackets! My teenager helped me upload the book. I used Smashwords to send it out to all the various ebook venues, and Createspace for the paperback.
After that, I e-mailed every single person I knew, and asked them to buy it.
Here's the Amazon page with the description and early quotes:
Knowing I didn't have the technical know-how to set up my own website, I asked Kassiah Faul of Creative B to do one for me. When I was browsing other authors' websites, hers were the ones that really stood out, so I felt very lucky that she had time to do mine. I included two bonus scenes that aren't in the novel, to attract readers to the site: http://www.lesliewellsbooks.com
Next I set up a Goodreads giveaway, which allowed hundreds of potential readers to sign up for a print copy of the book. After the giveaway, many who did not win a free copy downloaded the ebook and reviewed it. I also set up listings on websites that promote daily deals. I try to hit ten different deal sites on the days that I reduce the ebook price to 99 cents. (I'd read that most ebooks do well with a lower price point, and so far I've kept its regular price at $1.99.) The freedom to price my book as I want seems like a huge benefit in a time when zillions of titles are available. And at this point, I'm aiming more for a wider readership and garnering good reviews than earning big bucks.
I also read a number of ebooks to learn more about the whole process. Smashwords founder Mark Coker's free guides to publishing and marketing were extremely helpful, as were his youtube videos. I had read that in addition to setting up a website, it's great to blog on a topic that will be helpful to readers, and about which you have some expertise. I figured that my subject was how to improve one's writing, so every Monday I blog about writing tips: http://on.fb.me/ZjgreK
Joe asked me to include some of my tips:
1. Show, don't tell. This is one of the cardinal rules of fiction writing, but often it's hard to be aware of when you're telling rather than showing. Instead of explaining your characters to the reader, try to reveal who they are through their actions, dialogue, and thoughts. Here are some examples:
Carl was a modest guy who wasn't comfortable accepting praise. When his manager said the new ad campaign was working well, Carl just ducked his head and went back into his cubicle.
Showing the action, rather than describing it, can be much more effective:
"Hey, great job on that new ad campaign," Tom said. "You really knocked it out of the park."
"Thanks," Carl muttered. He glanced down at the Styrofoam cup in his hand. "Guess I'd better get back to work." He ducked into his cubicle and began shuffling papers.
Here's another example:
"I've just started seeing someone," Julia said. She didn't want to sound like she'd been sitting by the phone all this time.
"I've just started seeing someone," Julia said noncommittally. (This shows how Julia was feeling, as opposed to telling the reader how she felt.)
2. Less Is More (Or, When in Doubt, Leave it Out). A common habit among writers is using too many words to describe something. It's tempting to toss in a few extra adjectives or adverbs once you're on a roll, picturing a scene in your mind. Or to add to a list of items in your character's apartment, for instance. But most readers don't want to have to wade through excess verbiage—particularly when you're using two words where one would do, or where both words mean essentially the same thing. Take a look at these examples:
Meticulously and carefully, Dr. Pedantic graded the exams.
Edited sentence: Dr. Pedantic graded the exams meticulously. (Meticulously and carefully are similar in meaning, so only one is needed.)
The waiters cleared the table of cutlery, plates, and bowls. Patrick gestured for more champagne.
Edited sentence: As Patrick gestured for more champagne, the waiters cleared the table.
3. Just Hanging Out: Dangling Modifiers. The phrase "dangling modifier" probably brings up bad flashbacks from your middle school grammar class, but it's good to avoid this common mistake when writing. A dangling modifier occurs when we use a descriptive phrase that is not near the noun that it describes—or the noun isn't even present in the sentence.
Here are a few examples:
At the age of ten, my family moved to a new neighborhood. (Your family was ten? Then your parents were … nine?)
Edited sentence: When I was ten, my family moved to a new neighborhood.
Running to catch the subway, my manuscript fell out of my backpack. (The manuscript was running for the D train?)
Edited sentence: As I ran to catch the subway, my manuscript fell out of my backpack.
Upon entering Jack's apartment, his huge collection of albums caught my eye. (This implies that the albums grew legs and walked into the apartment.)
Edited sentence: As I entered Jack's apartment, his huge collection of albums caught my eye.
(Many more tips are on my blog.)
So far, the indie experience has been amazing. I loved being able to choose my own jacket, write my book's description, control the way I promote and market my novel, and change the pricing at the click of a button. And I like the fact that my novel is available in all the ebook venues, from Amazon to Barnes & Noble, Apple ibooks, Scribd, and so on. I'm now working on the sequel to Come Dancing, and the reviews I've received so far have been immensely helpful as I write the next novel about Julia and Jack—a book publishing assistant and a famous British rock guitarist.
Questions or comments? I'd love to hear from you: email@example.com
My official bio:
Leslie Wells left her small Southern town in 1979 for graduate school in New York City. After receiving her Master's in English Lit, she got her first job in book publishing. She has edited forty-eight New York Times bestsellers in her over thirty-year career, including thirteen number one New York Times bestsellers. Leslie has worked with numerous internationally known authors, musicians, actors, actresses, television and radio personalities, athletes, and coaches. Leslie blogs about writing tips, New York City, rock and roll, and the Eighties: http://www.lesliewellsbooks.com/blog/
Joe sez: Leslie was great to work with, and I recommend her for anyone looking for a good editor.
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Pictured: Margaux Black picked up the win for Harvard in
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ITHACA, N.Y. – The Harvard softball team upped its conference record to 3-1, splitting a doubleheader with defending Ivy League champion Cornell, dropping game one, 8-4, and capturing game two, 7-6, Saturday. The Crimson improves to 9-15 overall while Cornell moves to 15-8 on the season.
Both teams took some time to figure out the opposing pitchers in game one, but the Big Red broke through with three runs in the third and two more in the fourth to take a 5-0 lead. Harvard built some momentum in the top of the fifth as Jane Alexander and Jessica Pledger ripped consecutive singles to put two runners aboard. Jess Ferri launched her first career homerun to center and Stephanie Krysiak followed with an RBI single to bring the score to 5-4. The Big Red responded with two runs in the bottom of the fifth and another in the sixth to take game one, 8-4.
Melissa Schellberg and Emily Henderson finished the first game with two hits apiece while Ferri had a game-high three RBI while taking the loss for Harvard. Elizabeth Dalrymple was credited with the win for Cornell, striking out 12 over seven innings of work.
Harvard wasted little time plating runs in game two as Whitney Shaw drove a three-run homer to center to give the guests an early 3-0 edge. After scoring one run in the bottom of the third, Cornell banged out six hits, including a triple by Morgan Cawley, and scored five runs in the third to take a 6-3 lead. Harvard tied the score a half inning later as Ferri knocked an RBI double to center and Schellberg scored Eve Rosenbaum with a sacrifice fly. With the score tied at 6-6, Shaw drove her second home run of the game, a solo shot to left in the top of the fifth, to help the Crimson regain the lead. Margaux Black held the Big Red in check down the stretch, going 4.2 innings in relief and allowing no runs and just three hits to get her first win of the season.
Shaw finished the game with two hits and four RBI while Ferri turned in a 2 for 3 performance from the plate.
Harvard steps back out of conference in its next action, squaring off against Holy Cross in a doubleheader April 6.


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Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I hope you all have a great day.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
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November 23, 2006, 10:29:42 AM »
Thanks Odinn, same to you. Don't eat too much!
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
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November 23, 2006, 12:33:05 PM »
Happy turkey day you turkeys.
Now get to bed early so you can get up at 3AM to go stand in line for 3 hours.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
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November 23, 2006, 12:51:19 PM »
Yep, Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Menard, as I told a friend of mine yesterday (who is comtemplating going shopping with his wife tomorrow), you could not pay me enough to go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. There's not enough money in the treasury.
Best to all...
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Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Sadly, I'll be one of the ones up early in the morning. Going to try and get my hands on a 52 inch HDTV at WalMart tomorrow morning.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
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November 23, 2006, 01:08:46 PM »
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Around here no one is all that fond of turkey and no one really feels like expending the effort to cook, so our tradition is to go out and stuff ourselves on prime rib and lobster.
I can hardly wait.
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November 23, 2006, 05:15:12 PM »
Food wise, this Thanksgiving was the absolute worst I've ever had.
It was fun to be with family that I haven't seen in awhile but the food, which is always prepared by the same relatives every time and is usually very good, was atrocious this year.
We did not have real turkey.
They picked up some cheap crappy pre-processed turkey that was so bland, not even salt or mixing it with mashed potatoes or anything else made it taste good.
Who the heck buys fake processed turkey product for Thanksgiving!?
(You either buy a real bird or don't do it at all I say)
I could tell it wasn't "
" turkey just by looking at it.
You know those cheap turkey slices you buy to put on sandwiches?
It was like that only thicker slices.
It even looked pre-sliced.
There was no stringy white or dark meat that I love cut right off the bird...just this off-white color cheap looking stuff.
Even the mashed potatoes were bland and the baked beans were too runny.
About the only things that were good was the ham they'd prepared and the store bought rolls.
Never in my life have I had a Thanksgiving dinner this bad.
Matter of fact, it all made me upset to my stomach and I feel sick right now as I type this.
One of the best things about Thanksgiving in my opinion is really good turkey and all the leftovers.
That didn't happen this year.
On a scale of 1-10, I rate this year's so called feast a 1.
As soon as my sister and I got in the car to leave, all we both did was b***h about how bad the food was this year.
Turns out she didn't like it either.
Put it this way, take the worst buffet you've ever been to and times it by ten.
It was that bad.
Oh well, at least I didn't have to pay for it.
I don't think I'll be eating with them next year.
Now I think I'll go lay down and try to digest this awful food.
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Quote from: Ashthecat on November 23, 2006, 05:15:12 PM
One of the best things about Thanksgiving in my opinion is really good turkey and all the leftovers.
That didn't happen this year.
On a scale of 1-10, I rate this year's so called feast a 1.
One of the best things about THANKSGIVING is giving thanks for the things that we have....like having SOMETHING to eat. Some people don't even have that.
Sorry your meal was less than you expected.
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Don't get me wrong, I had fun hanging out with my relatives.
It's always nice to see them but they really fudged on the meal this year.
My uncle's wife's father (not related to me) is an 82 year old WW2 veteran and every year, we all get together at the American Legion hall in Coggon, Iowa.
It's a pretty nice place with WW2 memorablila on the walls.
They always set up a big buffet line.
Usually, the food is outstanding.
I like talking to him...he served in the ETO in WW2 as a combat engineer and he always has some really great stories to tell. He's one vet who doesn't mind telling you all about some of the experiences he had while over there.
That, and I beat him 3 out of 5 hands at
Gin Rummy
while waiting for the food to cook.
So I guess that I'm thankful for that part of it all.
I just wish the food had been better.
And yes, I thanked them for the meal.
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The last few years, my parents always take my uncle & I to Shoney's for the "all you can eat" buffet
This year, the stuffing was a little pasty, but the creamed corn was particularly good
, and the turkey wasn't dry
. Plus, the folks with kids didn't start showing up until we got around to desert.
I don't mess with those ThanksGiving day sale anymore, but they really used to bug me. Years ago, I had this job as an insert loader in a newspaper bindery. All throughout November, we'd see all the advanced copies of ads, and familiarized ourselves intently with each of them. Unfortunately, being a newspaper, we always had to work on holidays.
(What's the word I'm looking for?) Now that I don't work there, or get the paper anymore, I don't see the ads at all, and thus, don't have to think about it anymore.
I can just relax & focus on that L-Triptophane rush.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all, inspite of life's problems, we have a lot to be thankful for.
and now my wife and I go forth to stand in line for several hours to purchase a Wii system.
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I hope everyone had a good day. We were at my sisters (the regular-sized one). At a ton, spent hours talking, and finished up with playing hide and seek through the house. My son, who is almost two, does not quite understand hide and seek. He would hide with you in a good spot, then start pointing at you and yelling, "You're it!"
Little Andy also ate a huge amount. At the end of the night, after dessert, his belly was so big that his shirt would no longer cover it.
A few years ago I had a sudden revelation. Since then, I live by the following: always go to the birthdays, baby showers, weddings and get together at the holidays, because you are always going to be at the funerals.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
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Decent holiday, good food (even the stuff I cooked came out okay and people liked it), good times with family, but some had to leave early (due to illness and to not get others sick, travel time back home), and others like my sister couldn't make into town.
We found out I have a hidden talent: I can rock my cousin's 5-month old to sleep with ease, even the parents can't do that. Not a parent and I have a love-hate relationship with the little ones. Strange.
For me one of the better turkey days in recent years.
Wasn't going shopping today no matter what, but had planned to hang out with visiting relatives or make plans for the weekend. But today I got up and my stupid phone line problem reoccured, had to go elsewhere to call it in. Took most of the afternoon, for it to get fixed. Figures on the one day I actually needed the phone, hopefully fixed for good now, or else the cell phone idea WILL get serious consideration. Oh well, such is life.
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Quote from: Andrew on November 24, 2006, 03:53:48 PM
I hope everyone had a good day. We were at my sisters (the regular-sized one).
Which only begs the question: what happened to the abnormally monstrous one?
Anyways, I don't really have much to add [Thankswhat?] since that's not a holiday we celebrate here. Though the Ashes have just started, so that's a celebration in itself [Cricket-related stuff, look it up chums!] Nothing like beating the Poms senseless to really put you in that holiday spirit.
Though when I was younger and much better looking a friend of my brother's and their family who were from Atlanta would always have a thanksgiving feast at their place, so even though it's not an Aussie tradition, it was just a fun excuse to hang out with friends and splash around in their pool, whilst pigging out on some tasty food.
Hope you all had a good day/night, ate well [except Ash who will never taste again from the sounds of it] and enjoyed the company of friends and family.
Also Andrew, I like that revelation you had, and it's a good way to make sure you keep in contact with people since I find that I've been slipping in that area due to my own laziness, and have just started to make more of an effort to even just call up friends that I haven't seen in a while to just say hello and a quick catch up.
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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
June 2014
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Scientists show how organic matter in sea spray contributes to atmospheric particles
Scientists developed an approach to determine how sea spray chemistry contributes to aerosol particles in the atmosphere. Photo courtesy of co-author. Enlarge Image.
Results: When tiny sea organisms called phytoplankton die, they produce oils, proteins, and other molecules that tend to stick to ocean water bubbles. Rising to the surface, these bubbles break and form sea spray. The remains of the organisms are lofted into the air where the carbon they contain can influence the chemical makeup of the atmosphere. In a new paper published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, a multi-institutional team of researchers including scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory described a method to understand which types of these carbon-containing materials are prevalent in different parts of the ocean. They also determined how likely these materials are to stick to ocean bubbles that ultimately affect the chemical composition of the ocean surface and subsequent sea spray.
The team included scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Alaska, Harvard University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and University of California San Diego.
Why It Matters: Covering more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface, the ocean plays a key role in regulating climate, in part because the spray from ocean waves acts as seeds for the formation of cloud droplets. Cloud droplets that form from sea spray also help shade the planet from some of the sun's rays by reflecting sunlight back to space. Understanding the chemistry that makes up these droplets and why it changes is important to knowing how the climate will react. This understanding also helps improve how natural aerosol particles like sea spray are represented in global climate models that predict how the climate will change over time.
Methods: The researchers reviewed relevant literature to collect measurements of organic material chemical properties. Their reviews covered a broad range of publications, including studies in food science and other applied fields. They also gathered information about the concentrations of various types of organic compounds in different parts of the ocean. By applying basic physical chemistry concepts, they investigated how classes of organic molecules similar to those found in different parts of the ocean stick to sea spray surfaces, thus influencing their chemistry.
What's Next? As a next step, scientists will simulate the composition of sea spray particles in the atmosphere and its effects on cloud properties. In addition, the research team plans to collaborate with laboratory and computational chemists to better understand how organic molecules interact with each other at the ocean surface to stick to bubbles and enter sea spray. By linking the chemical composition of aerosol particles to the output of ocean models, researchers will be able to better understand how changes in ocean biology and chemistry will affect climate in the future.
Sponsors: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research funded this project via the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing and the Earth System Modeling Programs, with additional support from the National Science Foundation.
Research Team: Scott Elliott, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Susannah Burrows and Xiaohong Liu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (X. Liu now at the University of Wyoming); Clara Deal, University of Alaska; Michael Long, Harvard University; Oluwaseun Ogunro and Oliver W. Wingenter, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Lynn M. Russell, University of California San Diego.
Research Area: Climate & Earth Systems Science
Reference: Elliott S, S Burrows, C Deal, X Liu, M Long, O Ogunro, L Russell and O Wingenter. 2014. "Prospects for Simulating Macromolecular Surfactant Chemistry at the Ocean-Atmosphere Boundary." Environmental Research Letters 9: 064012. DOI:101088/1748-9326/9/6/064012


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Because of their unassuming manner, Frank and Carol Morsani easily blend in with all the other patients arriving for a doctor's appointment, when they enter the building named after them—the Carol and Frank Morsani Center for Advanced Health Care. But that's just who they are; quietly living out their vision of making a difference in the community.
"You have to be visionary to make things happen. Our vision is to help improve people's lives, because we can. One person can make a difference, and lead the way, and that's what we want to do," said Frank.
Both Frank and Carol have positively impacted the community USF System through a shared vision that believes in building up the community by supporting the university. For example, their support of the Morsani Center, allows patients to experience the future of medical care in a sophisticated climate with an emphasis on customer service, while providing students with an advanced learning environment. The naming of the building after the Morsanis was a Board of Trustees decision to acknowledge their generous leadership gift to USF that helped launch the USF: Unstoppable campaign. That gift also made possible the NFL-quality football practice complex and a new stadium for the women's softball team. Both athletic facilities opened this year (2011), adding superior training and competition venues to the athletics program, as well as enhancing recruitment of future student-athletes. Their gift was to be used, as Carol describes it, "wherever it was needed most."
"It's how he [Frank] was raised - to give back to your community - and I picked it up from him when we got together," said Carol. "We want to make improvements in our community wherever we can."
And they have done just that. Married for 60 years, residents of Tampa for more than 40 years, and now 'officially' retired, the Morsanis have earned a reputation as beloved and well-known philanthropists, business leaders, and community advocates. Carol, as director of the Frank and Carol Morsani Family Foundation in support of education, the arts, and healthcare, has made an impact in numerous community programs, including serving as founding Honorary Chair of the Women in Leadership & Philanthropy (WLP) program at USF. Frank, as Chairman of Automotive Investments, Inc. and Trustee of the Morsani Family Foundation, is known as a die-hard advocate of education and building leadership within communities, and a seasoned fundraiser. He received national recognition when appointed by Presidents Bush and Reagan to two terms on the Small Business Council, and chaired the Board of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
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There were some signs early on that finding a restaurant operator for Beale Street Landing might be difficult.
Construction work on the Beale Street Landing building was underway a year ago. A year later, contract negotations with a restaurant operator have fallen through.
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The date for the restaurant to open kept getting pushed back and the contract remained unsigned long after it was announced that Beale & Second Inc. had tentatively agreed to operate the restaurant.
Riverfront Development Corp. President Benny Lendermon said last month on the WKNO-TV program "Behind The Headlines" that the partners intended to be built out and up and running in April but that he doubted the details would be worked out by then.
Finally, negotiations on terms of the opening of the restaurant were "suspended indefinitely" by the RDC over the weekend, according to a written statement from the corporation issued Monday, April 29.
"This decision was made after consensus could not be reached on several key issues during the final stages of negotiations," the statement reads. "At this time, both parties have agreed not to move forward."
Meanwhile, Bud Chittom, one of the partners in Beale & Second, opened Jerry Lee Lewis's Café and Honky Tonk on Beale Street over the weekend at what was the old Pat O'Brien's bar and restaurant at 310 Beale St.
The Beale Street Landing restaurant has been booked for several special events including weddings and private parties in the last month and future bookings will be honored as the Riverfront Development Corp. seeks a new restaurant operator.
"We don't want to rush into a situation based on an arbitrary timeline," Lendermon said in a written statement. "Rather, we want to make the right strategic decisions for our patrons and users of Beale Street Landing."
–Benny Lendermon President, Riverfront Development Corp.
The building still includes the ticket offices and souvenir shop for Memphis Riverboats, the company that offers daily river cruises that moved into the facility in March at the start of the local river cruise season.
Beale & Second wanted to open before the Memphis in May International Festival begins this weekend with the Beale Street Music Festival because once the festival begins its month-long run, access to the landing and the adjoining Tom Lee Park that it is also a part of is even more limited.
Riverside Drive partially closed for staging of the festival over the weekend with two-way auto traffic diverted to the northbound bluff lanes. Riverside Drive between Union and Georgia avenues will be closed May 2-6, May 11-19 and May 24-26.
Among the items still being discussed when the decision was made to suspend talks about the restaurant contract was access to parking. The landing footprint includes a gated parking lot and access by those on foot still involves crossing Riverside Drive at Beale Street.
Lendermon has also acknowledged that the RDC wanted the restaurant operator to be a number of things in line with the various reasons people come to the riverfront. For some it would be for a formal sit-down dinner. But other customers might just come in to get a drink or sandwich. Still others might come for an after-work drink or to watch the sunset from inside an air-conditioned restaurant.
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Christopher Schwarz shows how to easily and properly sharpen the iron for the jointer plane. Included by popular demand, and with thanks to The Schwarz.
The question that is likely to follow is: Will a similar technique apply to the iron for the smoothing plane? Answer: Yes. You just vary the count (see below, and watch the details in the video).
In its simplest form, you count to ten (or to twenty) while honing the outermost edges. Then… Oh, heck – please watch the video.
Using this technique will make you the sharpening guru you have always wished you were – guaranteed! But you will need a $10 blade holder, and some stones, or sand paper, whatever you use to sharpen. Be consistent, and admire your sharpening skills as they move into the stratosphere — OK, I exaggerate. As a bonus, you will be able to tell your friends that you put an arc to chord of only 0.008″ (8 thousands of an inch!) on that iron – they will be impressed!
I am first to admit that in the last two years I have been doing a much better job with my blades; but from now on I will follow Schwarz's technique of sharpening. I just know I will be able to get them much sharper than I have to date. And my arc to chord is on the money.
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New X Factor Judges Britney Spears and Demi Lovato Make Their First Official Appearance
It's official: Britney Spears and Demi Lovato are your new X Factor judges. The ladies stepped out in NYC today at Fox's upfront presentation for the official announcement that Britney and Demi are joining the show. Rumors started swirling months ago about Britney's involvement and a reported $15 million contract, but no confirmations were made until today. Returning judge Simon Cowell took the stage together before bringing out the rest of his team, saying, "I'm thrilled to be able to confirm the return of L.A. Reid, the addition of Demi Lovato and the superstar Britney Spears."
Britney made a brief cameo in a sexy white minidress and posed for photos with Demi and the guys. Before leaving the stage, Britney chimed in about her judging role: "I am so excited about this . . . I'm ready to find the true star." The second season of X Factor returns this Fall, but will you tune in to see Britney and Demi?


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Mondays are hard enough as it is, so why not swing by The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Command's mobile canteen Monday morning for free coffee, donuts and a little bit of Salvation Army history.
May 14 to 20 is National Salvation Army Week, and in Central Oklahoma, you can join in with fun events and learn all about how you too can be a part of helping more than 130,000 neediest citizens in Central Oklahoma.
National Salvation Army Week gives us the opportunity to share with you our mission in Oklahoma and around the world. It's also our way to say thanks to all the volunteers, donors and supporters who help The Salvation Army feed, shelter and provide a hopeful future to those in the most need.
HERE'S OUR EVENTS FOR NEXT WEEK! You are invited to come one, come all!
Monday, May 14:
* FREE COFFEE & DONUTS from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation lot located at NW 10th and Broadway in downtown Oklahoma City. Drive up and we'll give you a sweet treat and a cup o' joe to get your week started right. See what our Emergency Disaster Canteen looks like and say hi!
* Norman Corps Parent and Youth Banquet at 318 E. Hayes to highlight the youth activities and summer camp in Norman. Events start at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 16:
* ICE CREAM SOCIAL and OPEN HOUSE at The Salvation Army Warr Acres Senior Center. Did you know that The Salvation Army has FIVE senior centers in Oklahoma City? During lunch on Wednesday, you can pop by for a tour and ice cream social at The Warr Acres Senior Center, located at 4301 N. Ann Arbor.
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* Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast – at 8 a.m. Thursday at The Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club, 2808 SE 44th. Join us for a fully-catered breakfast and a celebration of The Salvation Army volunteers. Do you know someone who has volunteered for us in the past year? Invite them! Honors, awards and thanks go to everyone!
* Norman Corps Women and Men's Ministry cook out! Come by for some grilled goodies and learn more about how you can be a part of the ministry at 318 E. Hayes.
The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma will be open to YOU every day for tours of our facility. If you've ever been curious about our services, our volunteer opportunities or how we accomplish the mission of "Doing the Most Good," please call Heide at 405-246-1100 to have a tour!
Also, we are honored to receive a Governor's Proclamation declaring May 14-20, 2012 as Salvation Army Week in Oklahoma.
So, how do you "Do the Most Good" within your local community or around the world? We'd like to hear from our supporters, including volunteers, employees, and fans and followers on social media, how you volunteer and help your communities.


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How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Brian, who has a knack for finding shoddy electrical work, did the dirty work and found this mess. Now it's your turn to identify the violation.
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In 334.15(B), which covers Type NM cable, the NEC states, "Cable shall be protected from physical damage where necessary by rigid metal conduit, intermediate conduit, electrical metallic tubing, Schedule 80 PVC conduit, or other approved means." Clearly, the NM cable shown here is in need of physical protection.
Another concern with this installation relates to the basic rule in the first sentence of 314.17, which says, "Conductors entering boxes, conduit bodies, or fittings shall be protected from abrasion and shall comply with 314.17(A) through (D)." Again, this installation fails to meet this requirement.
Additionally, this setup doesn't satisfy the rule put forward in the last two sentences in 314.17(B), which states, "Except as provided in 300.15(C), the wiring shall be firmly secured to the box or conduit body. Where raceway or cable is installed with metal boxes or conduit bodies, the raceway or cable shall be secured to such boxes and conduit bodies."
Last but not least, although it's somewhat hard to see, it appears as if the grounding conductor is spliced to a pigtail without a wire connector. Section 250.8(A) identifies the acceptable methods for connecting grounding and bonding conductors. This rule reads as follows: "Grounding conductors and bonding jumpers shall be connected by one the following means: (1) listed pressure connectors; (2) terminal bars; (3) pressure connectors listed as grounding and bonding equipment; (4) exothermic welding process; (5) machine screw-type fasteners that engage not less than two threads or are secured with a nut; (6) thread-forming machine screws that engage not less than two threads in the enclosure; (7) connections that are part of a listed assembly; and (8) other listed means." Simply wrapping one ground wire around another is not acceptable, because under fault conditions this type of connection is likely to come undone, which will "open" the fault-return path.


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A natural process by which the beta cells of the pancreas, which make and secrete insulin, create new beta cells. Diabetes researchers are keenly interested in exploiting the mechanisms behind this phenomenon to some day prevent, treat, or cure Type 1 diabetes.
It has been known for some time that mammals (including humans) eventually regenerate some types of cells to replace injured cells. There is now growing evidence that we have some ability to regenerate beta cells. In pregnant or obese individuals, for example, the mass and number of beta cells expand considerably to meet the body's increased insulin requirements.
Beta-cell regeneration raises tantalizing possibilities for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes. The autoimmune destruction of beta cells is gradual, and recent research suggests that many people with long-standing diabetes still appear to have some residual beta-cell function, sometimes even decades after diagnosis. The body's natural regeneration of beta cells may be hampered by high blood glucose levels, which can damage newly regenerated beta cells, and by the autoimmune process that caused diabetes in the first place.
If researchers could intensify blood glucose control, learn how to turn off the autoimmune response, and give people something that would stimulate beta-cell growth, perhaps regeneration and restoration of functional beta-cell mass might occur, even in people with established Type 1 diabetes. Alternatively, perhaps people in the very earliest stages of Type 1 diabetes could be treated to delay the onset of — or prevent — full-blown clinical diabetes.
Understanding beta-cell regeneration could be a boon to islet transplantation as well. The success of the Edmonton Protocol has shown that islet transplantation can essentially restore insulin independence in individuals with Type 1 diabetes for several years. However, there are not nearly enough donor pancreases available each year to provide islets to everyone who could benefit from an islet transplant. In many cases, it takes multiple donor organs to induce insulin independence in a single transplant recipient. Ideally, this problem could be solved by exploiting the principles of beta-cell regeneration to grow large numbers of functional beta cells from donor organs in tissue culture and then transplanting the expanded beta cells. At the very least, researchers hope that beta-cell regeneration could be used to enhance currently used islet transplantation methods.
Researchers are eager to identify and study substances that can be used to stimulate beta-cell regeneration. One key player is a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). GLP-1 has a number of positive effects in diabetes, including the regeneration of beta cells, protection of those cells against apoptosis (programmed cell death), enhancement of insulin secretion after meals, and suppression of the release of glucose from the liver after meals. A number of pharmaceutical companies are now developing and testing long-acting analogs of GLP-1 in both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. In fact, a synthetic, longer-acting GLP-1-like molecule called exenatide, marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly and Company as Byetta, received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April 2005 as an adjunctive treatment for Type 2 diabetes.
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases is sponsoring a clinical trial to study the effects of exenatide in people who have had Type 1 diabetes for at least five years but whose pancreases still make some insulin. The trial is designed to determine whether exenatide can improve the pancreas's ability to make insulin and help control blood glucose. Other researchers also plan to study whether giving GLP-1 or GLP-1 analogs to people receiving islet transplants can improve the success rate of transplantation.
Another potential treatment is the combination of two growth factors called gastrin and epidermal growth factor (EGF), which has been shown to promote beta-cell regeneration in rats. Researchers at Waratah Pharmaceuticals in Woburn, Massachusetts, developed this combination for therapy, calling it Islet Neogenesis Therapy (INT). In 2004, an extended phase I clinical trial of INT in people with Type 1 diabetes, designed to test the safety of the therapy, showed no serious or unexpected side effects.
In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2005, researchers from Waratah and the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, cultured human islets for four weeks in medium containing neither agent, gastrin or EGF alone, or a combination of EGF and gastrin. The islets were then cultured for another four weeks in a control medium. At the end of the second four-week period, the group receiving the gastrin-EGF combination had three times as many insulin-producing beta cells as they started with.
Next, the researchers implanted human islets into NOD-SCID mice — mice with a deficient immune system — so as to sidestep transplant rejection and autoimmunity. They then injected some of the mice with the EGF-gastrin combination. In the mice treated with EGF-gastrin, there was an increase in beta cell numbers and insulin levels within the islets. When they injected glucose into the mice, there was a brisk secretion of insulin from the human islet grafts, demonstrating that the beta cells were functional. Research into the promise of beta-cell regeneration continues.
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La Plata County's Road & Bridge Division is responsible for maintenance and construction on 653 miles of county-owned roads serving nearly 56,000 county residents. Of these roads, 222 miles are paved and 431 miles are gravel. Across the Road & Bridge Division's four districts - Marvel, Durango, Ignacio & Bayfield - county crews ensure that this vital infrastructure system serves residents and visitors year-round.
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