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More than 20 years ago, Donna and Patrick Kilcarr started their family on a path that has traveled through the Reservoir wrestling team for much of the past decade.
Their two oldest sons — Payton, 25, and Bryce, 23 — both wrestled for the Gators and return regularly for their brothers' matches. Mason, a junior, and twins Trent and Troy, both sophomores, currently wrestle on the varsity squad. Reese, a 13-year-old member of the Howard County Vipers travel team, is waiting in the wings.
Their sister, Delaney, 8, was adopted from Russia 6 1/2 years ago. She likes wrestling with her brothers, but her future path may be off the mat.
"We had always hoped for a daughter, but it never happened." Donna said. "We always got boys. We decided there is more than one way to get a girl, and we went all the way to Russia to get her."
When the Kilcarrs walked into the wrestling room to have a photograph taken recently, the smell that met them was unmistakably pungent.
"Smelling this, it's nostalgic," Payton said. "It brings you back in time. The smell reminds me of punishment and reward — if those two things can go together. I've always thought they did."
For Mason, the smell generated a sense of pride.
"We just all have a weird connection through the sport," Mason said. "It's a sport that brings us all together, and we all love each other so much."
And those aren't just words. The family backs it up.
After a match earlier this season against Glenelg, Mason ran back into the gym after his team left for the locker room just to kiss his mother.
"It was either going to be a kiss or to ask for money," Donna said as she smiled.
While Donna and Patrick got divorced in 2011, they share the responsibility of transporting their children to various practices and matches.
"Donna does the lion's share, but I try to be as available as I can," said Patrick, the director of Georgetown University's Center for Personal Development and an adjunct teacher. "I grew up in a family with a father I hadn't seen much of in my life. I didn't want to be that kind of father. And now I look at my family, and they're all really wonderful. They genuinely care for both Donna and me."
The parents attend all the matches, as do grandparents and the other children who are not wrestling.
"There is no better thing than to watch your three younger siblings, who are all pretty good and carrying on the family tradition," said Payton, who routinely sends words of encouragement in text messages to his brothers before matches. "The bar is set higher with each one."
The Kilcarr boys have become more skilled through the years, learning that the sport is as much mental as it is physical, as well as the importance of keeping emotions in check during a match.
"I get nervous for them," said Donna, who was a stay-at-home mother for 22 years before returning to work as a substitute teacher. "Not that they'll get hurt, but it's such an individual sport and the spotlight is directly on them when they're on the mat. They don't like to lose, and it's really hard to see them low."
Mason wants to win a state championship, something a Kilcarr has yet to do. He also wants to be the first family member to wrestle in college.
"They're a pretty awesome family," Reservoir coach Andy McIntyre said. "They're all quality wrestlers. They know what it takes to be a good wrestler. They bring team chemistry. No one is worried about being in each other's shadow, and they're all very similar — very intense and very aggressive — with subtle differences. Troy is methodical, Mason is strongly intense, and Trent splits the difference.
"I'd think it would be pretty crazy dealing with six or seven kids at home wrestling. But they're all great kids."
Delaney, the youngest Kilcarr child, is currently more interested in gymnastics, but McIntyre said that even if she doesn't want to try out for the team — and Donna is doing everything she can to encourage her daughter not to wrestle — she is welcome to be the team manager when she gets older, if she wants to be part of the family tradition.
"Team manager would be good," said Delaney, whose brothers refer to her as "our little gem" and "a toughie."
Patrick is proud of his children, but when asked if there has been a special moment he remembers — a match or a victory — that has made him particularly proud, the memories he shares are losses.
The elder Kilcarr said that society today seems to reward every child on a team just for showing up and he wants his kids to earn their respect, not just have it handed to them.
"Losing, not getting what you want, is part of life and we have to deal with it with respect," Patrick said. "Wrestling teaches that and it carries over to the real world. Unless you're Cael Sanderson (who went 159-0 over four years at Iowa State), everybody loses. I want my kids to learn how to lose with honor and appreciate the opportunities they've had. If they win, they've earned it.
"Four years ago, at the [Maryland State Wrestling Association junior] states, Mason lost a match, as did Trent and Troy. Afterward, the father of another wrestler and the coordinator of the tournament wrote me a long letter about what fine young men my sons are. He admired the way they had slapped the other kids on the shoulder [in congratulations] as they had walked to shake the hands of the coaches. Their actions showed a deep respect for the other wrestler and the sport.
"It was very special to me, and I read the letter to them."
The family was introduced to the sport when Patrick, who wrestled in high school at Bishop O'Connell in Virginia in the 132- to 145-pound weight classes, started playing with his children on the living room floor. It was a tradition that continues to this day — now on the wrestling mat in the basement.
"They beat up on me," said Reese, the youngest son. "But it's always fun. It's a good beating up."
While all the boys have tried other sports — flag football, baseball, lacrosse — wrestling has always had their hearts.
"It started with Dad," Payton said. "He introduced us to the sport. Then I started wrestling when I was 5, and eventually wrestled with the Vipers. That's really when it all began. All of us really picked up on the discipline part and the team aspects."
Donna, who has been to countless matches since Payton first joined the Burtonsville Wrestling Club in 1992, said the sport suits her sons' personalities, and it has been a good character-building activity over the years.
"We should be wrapping it up in five more years, when Reese is done," she said, and then another realization struck. "Well, Mason is showing an interest in college wrestling. It would start a whole new path."


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Officer Doug Kibodeaux of the Beaumont Police Department released details and suspect descriptions in two weekend robberies.
Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012 at 5:48 a.m., officers from the Beaumont Police Department responded to an aggravated robbery in the 4200 block of Fonville.The female victim reported that a male subject had forced her into her van and forced her to drive to another location where another subject was waiting. The two suspects then forced the victim to make several transactions at her bank's ATM and withdraw all her money. During the incident, the subjects made threats and used what was possibly a box cutter to deliver minor cuts to force the victim to submit to their demands. After all the money was out of the account, the subjects got out of the van in an unknown location in the Southpark area, and they were last seen running on foot.
The suspects were described as a dark complected black male about 6 feet tall wearing a red hoodie, dark pants and black athletic shoes; and a second black male, also with dark complexion, about 5-feet-10 to 6 feet tall wearing a black hoodie, dark pants and black athletic shoes. The second man had facial hair on his chin and a scar on the left side of his face from his eye to his cheek area. Both wore black knit gloves.
At 7:51 p.m. just the night before, Saturday, Dec 29, 2012, BPD officers responded to a robbery at Chase Bank at 995 Washington. A female victim reported that she had just made a transaction at the ATM when she was approached by a male subject who was moving at her rapidly. She got back into her car, but the subject attempted to get into her car with her. She was able to fight the subject off, and he fled south on Park Street without getting anything from her.
The sus[ect was described as a black male 30-35 years old, 5-feet-7 to 5-feet-9 tall, 200 to 225 pounds, wearing black rimmed glasses and a baggy jacket with a hood.

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas—The Birmingham-Southern volleyball team dropped two matches today at the SCAC West vs. East Divisional, losing a hard-fought 3-2 match to Austin College and a 3-0 match to No. 9 Southwestern University.
The Panthers lost by the scores of 25-17, 11-25, 25-15, 22-25, 7-15 to Austin. Sophomore Alex Bothe led with 15 kills, while junior Shelby Moore added 12. Junior Lauren Reibe led with 33 assists, and junior Presley Dickson led with 15 digs.
Against No. 9 Southwestern, BSC lost by the scores of 15-25, 15-25, 16-25. Moore and freshman Kelly Foster led with six kills apiece, Reibe recorded 23 assists, and Bothe led with 10 digs.
"At some point we need to finish a five set match," Head Coach Judy Green said. "Today we struggled in both matches with our ball control. It was difficult to get into an offensive rhythm consistently. We got very good play from Alaina Smith and Kelly Foster this weekend. Obviously this was our toughest conference weekend and going 2-2 and beating Trinity on their home court was a nice accomplishment for our team."
BSC returns home this Thursday, Oct. 13, to take on Faulkner University in Bill Battle Coliseum at 7 p.m.


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Blue Ridge Mountain Resources is an Irving, Texas based independent exploration and production company engaged in the development of onshore natural gas and oil plays mainly concentrated within the Appalachian region.
- John K. ReinhartPresident & Chief Executive Officer
- Mike KoyExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
- Paul M JohnstonSenior Vice President & General Counsel
- Matthew RuckerVice President Resource Development & Planning
- Chris HutchisonDirector Marketing & Midstream
- Nicole ThurmondVice President Human Resources
- Darrel OvergaardDirector of Drilling and Completions Operations
- Michael JenningsChairman of the Board
- Gene Davis
- Don DimitrievichDirector
- Christopher JacobsDirector
- Matthew McCannDirector
- Paul SmithDirector
about John K. Reinhart
John joined Blue Ridge Mountain Resources in September 2016 as the President and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Mr. Reinhart served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer with Ascent Resources from September 2014 to April 2016. Before joining Ascent Resources, Mr. Reinhart served as the Senior Vice President - Operations & Technical Services with Chesapeake Energy from August 2013 to September 2014, leading over 1,400 employees in support of the company's development programs. Prior to that time, he served as Chesapeake's Vice President - Operations, Eastern Division from February 2009 to August 2013, overseeing the company's operations and development activities in the Marcellus and Utica shales. Mr. Reinhart joined Chesapeake in 2005 and initially held key positions in engineering and asset management in the Mid-Continent region and also established and managed the corporate Engineering Technology Group, which support corporate operations as technical advisors specializing in facilities, completions, drilling, artificial lift and chemical optimization. Before joining Chesapeake, Mr. Reinhart worked for Schlumberger from 1994 - 2005, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in technical, operational and leadership roles. Mr. Reinhart graduated from West Virginia University in 1994.
about Mike Koy
Mike serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the company he served as Chief Executive Officer for Denali Energy, LLC from 2014 to 2016. Prior to his time at Denali Energy, LLC, Mike worked for EdgeMarc Energy, LLC, a Marcellus and Utica focused company backed by a $750 million equity commitment from Goldman Sachs and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, in several roles including midstream, business development and as Chief Executive Officer. He began his oil and gas career in 1995 with BP where he held numerous roles in strategy & planning, operations, finance, mergers & acquisitions and business development while working in Houston, Alaska, Melbourne, Moscow and BP's head office in London. After a brief time with Maersk Oil in Copenhagen, Denmark, he joined Talisman Energy in 2009 as Vice-President Commercial for the North America Organization. As a member of the North America leadership team, Mike helped lead Talisman Energy's entry into several unconventional plays including the Marcellus, Eagle Ford and Duvernay. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master's of Science degree in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines.
about Paul M Johnston
Paul serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Johnston has 32 years of increasing responsibility and management experience in all facets of general corporate, finance, securities and regulatory-related legal matters. He is a former partner with the Dallas-based law firm, Thompson & Knight, LLP, representing both private and publicly held companies during a twenty-year career with the firm. Mr. Johnston also has seven years of in-house counsel experience, including as Vice President and Corporate Counsel for a NYSE listed Fortune 250 company, and most recently served for three years as General Counsel for an SEC registered investment advisor involved in the management of onshore and offshore hedge funds. Mr. Johnston graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History (with Honors) in 1977, and received his Juris Doctorate degree (with highest honors) from Texas Tech University in 1980. While attending law school, Mr. Johnston was a member of the Order of the Coif, and served as Managing Editor of the Law Review. Texas Monthly magazine listed Mr. Johnston as a Texas Super Lawyer in 2004 and 2005.
about Matthew Rucker
Prior to joining the company Matt served as a Production Superintendent overseeing Chesapeake Energy's Utica Shale production. As a member of Chesapeake Energy's Eastern Division leadership team, Mr. Rucker focused on the safe and efficient optimization of production in the Utica Shale and led an operating team of over 45 employees. During his service at Chesapeake Energy, Mr. Rucker held several engineering positions in the Marcellus and Utica Shale Asset Teams, primarily focused on strategic joint ventures, divestitures, acquisitions and resource development planning. Mr. Rucker graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering at Marietta College in 2007, where he continues to serve on the Marietta College Industry Advisory Council. Mr. Rucker is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
about Chris Hutchison
Chris serves as Director of Marketing & Midstream, overseeing all downstream activity. Prior to joining the company, Chris served as a lead commercial representative for Chesapeake Energy's Utica Shale. During his time at Chesapeake, Chris gained experience in various areas of energy marketing, including contract negotiation, gas scheduling and strategic commercial and financial evaluation. Prior to working the Utica Shale, Chris was responsible for Chesapeake's commercial efforts in the Haynesville and Barnett Shale plays. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Oklahoma State University and Summa Cum Laude with a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Central Oklahoma.
about Nicole Thurmond
Nicole serves as Vice President Human Resources with over 22 years of human resources experience and over 10 years of oil and gas experience. Mrs. Thurmond came to the company from GeoMet Operating Company where she served as Human Resources Director. She also held human resources positions at Momentum Telecom, Sealing Equipment Products Company, Office Max and Kenworth of Alabama. Mrs. Thurmond specializes in strategic human resources planning, employee relations, talent acquisition, merger and acquisition restructuring, benefits, and performance and compensation programs. She is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP). She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a major in Human Resources Management from Auburn University.
about Darrel Overgaard
Darrel serves as the Director of Drilling and Completions Operations, responsible for capital drilling program and operational activity. Darrel comes to Blue Ridge with over 26 years of domestic and international oil and gas experience, primarily in drilling and completions operations. Prior to joining the company, Darrel held engineering and management positions at Unocal, Shell International, Chesapeake Energy, and RimRock Oil & Gas. While at Chesapeake Energy, Darrel managed the drilling engineering & rig operations in the Permian, Arkoma, Appalachian, and Powder River Basins. Notable unconventional leadership experience includes the 25+ rig operation in the Fayetteville Shale, a 10 rig drilling program in the southern Marcellus, the first ~400 wells drilled in the Utica Shale, and a drilling program turnaround in the Niobrara Shale. Mr. Overgaard graduated with Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering from Montana Tech and was awarded the Gold Medal award for most outstanding engineering graduate in 1991. Darrel is an active member of the AADE and a lifetime member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
about Michael Jennings
Mr. Jennings served as President and CEO of HollyFrontier Corporation and its predecessor, Frontier Oil Corporation, until 2016. He also served as CEO of HollyFrontier's affiliated MLP. He now serves as Chairman of the Board at HollyFrontier and is a Director of both Holly Energy Partners and Ion Geophysical Corporation, all of which are NYSE-listed companies.
about Gene Davis
Mr. Davis serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PIRINATE Consulting Group, LLC, a privately held consulting firm specializing in turnaround management, merger and acquisition consulting and hostile and friendly takeovers, proxy contests and strategic planning advisory services.
about Don Dimitrievich
Mr. Dimitrievich is a Managing Director and Head of Energy & Power at Highbridge Principal Strategies. Prior to joining HPS in 2012, Mr. Dimitrievich was a Managing Director of Citi Credit Opportunities, a credit-focused principal investment group. At Citi Credit Opportunities, Mr. Dimitrievich oversaw the energy and power portfolio and invested in mezzanine, special situation and equity co-investments, and secondary market opportunities.
about Christopher Jacobs
Mr. Christopher Jacobs is a portfolio manager at Western Asset Management Company, headquartered in Pasadena, CA. He has over 20 years of experience in leveraged finance and holds an undergraduate degree from Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, an M.B.A. from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia, and is a CFA charterholder. Chris currently is a member of the Board of Directors of Everyware Global, Inc. and is a Trustee at Mayfield Junior School.
about Matthew McCann
Mr. McCann is the former Chief Executive Officer of TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd., a publicly traded oil and gas producer with assets primarily located in Eastern Europe and Turkey. He also serves on the board of directors of Incremental Oil & Gas, a publicly traded oil and gas producer with operated properties in Wyoming, California, and Colorado.
about Paul Smith
Mr. Smith serves as CFO and EVP Corporate Development at Vesta Energy, a privately held light oil producer in Western Canada. Prior to that he served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Talisman . During his tenure at Talisman, Mr. Smith led the disposition of $5 billion of non-core assets and strategically repositioned the company's North American business into four of the leading resource plays in North America.
Appalachia Basin
BRMR's position within the Marcellus includes West Virginia and Ohio leaseholds, with 53 currently producing operated wells and expansion plans well into the future. The utilization of updated planning and engineering principles will allow the company to substantially reduce cycle times and costs, effectively develop key acreage, and realize strong production results. The first Marcellus well was brought to sales by BRMR in December 2010.
Appalachia Basin
Blue Ridge Mountain Resources has 105,000 net acres in the liquids rich Marcellus Shale, with 97,000 acres undeveloped.
Appalachia Basin
BRMR is strategically placed within some of the best rock in the play and the Utica is a significant growth area for the company. Acreage is positioned across both the dry and wet areas of the play, allowing for flexibility around development planning.
Appalachia Basin
Blue Ridge Mountain Resources strives to achieve Flawless Operational Execution in all aspects of our business. This results in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations along with a work environment and practices that cause no harm to people or the natural environment either internal or external to the company. While operating with the highest level of Integrity in relationships with all stakeholders, we use a systematic approach to improvement. Always striving to be the highest performing oil and gas producer in the basins in which we operate.
Appalachia Basin
From the wellhead, gas production is moved through Eureka Midstream followed by a processing facility to extract the valuable liquids for wet gas, and finally through one of our firm transport pipelines, which have the ability to capitalize on some of the best hub pricing in the region.
Appalachia Basin
We are actively engaged in maximizing the value and productivity of all areas within the organization, and have already begun to reap the benefits of the vast experience of our leadership team.


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An ambitious young man wins an heiress'' heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend''s pregnancy.
After hitchhiking from Chicago, young George Eastman arrives at the Eastman bathing suit factory and arranges to visit his uncle Charles, the company's president, at his home that evening. Charles, a tycoon who recently met his nephew for the first time, introduces George to his wife Louise, daughter Marsha and son Earl. The Eastmans gingerly question George about his widowed mother Hannah, a religious mission worker in Chicago, and George, keenly aware of his lowly social position, responds with vague politeness. After Charles insists that Earl, who has a management position at the factory, find a job for his cousin, debutante Angela Vickers enters the room, mesmerizing George with her beauty. The next day at the factory, the condescending Earl assigns George to the assembly area, where the bathing suits are put into boxes, and advises him about the strict rules against dating fellow employees. George works tirelessly and at night in his modest apartment, composes a list of suggestions for improving productivity on the assembly benches. Yearning to succeed, George drives to the Eastmans' during one of their lavish parties and sees Angela arriving, but cannot bring himself to go inside. Instead, he goes to a movie and ends up sitting next to co-worker Alice Tripp. After the movie, George and Alice walk together, and she comments that George will always be different because he is an Eastman. The uneducated George maintains that he is not special and becomes momentarily lost in thought when he notices a boy singing in a sidewalk mission group. George then asks Alice about her life, and she reveals that she came from a poor family and, ironically, never learned how to swim. Outside Alice's furnished room, George and Alice kiss and agree to see each other again. Later, at the end of another date, the couple wind up in Alice's room and spend the night together. The next morning at the factory, Charles comes through the assembly area and, seeing George, offers to promote him and invites him to another party. When Alice learns that the party coincides with George's birthday, she reminds him that she had already planned a party for him and insists that he leave the Eastmans' early. At the Eastmans', George feels out of place and seeks refuge in the deserted billiard room. While playing pool by himself, George is noticed by Angela, and the two strike up a friendly conversation. Just then, Charles bursts in and insists that George call his mother about his promotion. Though embarrassed, George complies, while Angela hangs on his arm, teasing him. George and Angela spend a few romantic hours dancing, and when George finally shows up at Alice's, she is angry and informs him that she is pregnant. Though stunned, George reassures her, but later accepts Angela's invitation to a party at her parents' house. There, George and Angela confess their love, and George frets that Angela will be leaving soon to spend the summer at her parents' lakeside home. After Angela assures him that they can still see each other, they kiss with deep passion. Later, Alice goes to see Dr. Wyeland about her pregnancy, but he insists that he will help her only if she intends to have the baby. Although Alice tells George that he must now marry her, George protests and asks for time. Alice agrees to wait until the first week in September, when George will be taking his vacation. Sometime later, Angela drops by George's apartment to tell him that her parents have invited him to visit at the lake during his vacation. George calls Alice and begs for another week, stating that he will be with his uncle at the lake and might get a bonus. Reluctantly Alice complies, and George begins a carefree holiday with Angela. At secluded Loon Lake, Angela brings up the subject of marriage and piques George's interest when she tells him about a couple who drowned there the summer before. Alice, meanwhile, waits for mail from George, but instead sees a newspaper photograph of him with Angela. Back at the lake, during a Hawaiian-themed dinner, George receives a phone call from Alice, demanding that he come for her at the bus station. George lies to Angela that his mother is ill, and at the station, Alice threatens to expose George unless he marries her immediately. George gives in, and the next day, he and Alice go to the county courthouse to wed, but discover that it is closed because it is Labor Day. Seeing an opportunity, George suggests that they picnic at Loon Lake and spend the night at the lodge. Before reaching the lodge, George then pretends to have run out of gas and rents a boat under an assumed name. George rows Alice to the far side of the lake and, after night falls, listens with growing agitation as she chatters about how happy they are going to be. Sensing George's displeasure, Alice abruptly asks him if he wished she were dead, and George fights to maintain his composure. When Alice suddenly rises to come to him, causing the boat to sway, George tries to stop her, but the boat capsizes. George and Alice both go under, but only George makes it to the shore. Stumbling in the dark, George walks into a Boy Scout camp before locating his car and driving off. The next day, George returns to the Vickers', while at the courthouse, District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe is notified about Alice's death. After questioning the boatkeeper and the Boy Scout who saw George, Marlowe concludes that only Alice drowned. Detectives then interrogate Alice's landlady, who repeats gossip that Alice was involved with George. George, meanwhile, has a frank conversation about his background with Angela's father Anthony and impresses him with his honesty. Although Angela is unaware of the murder investigation, George senses the police will soon be closing in on him and asks Angela to believe in him, no matter what she may hear. After she swears her undying love, George says goodbye and is arrested by Marlowe. Determined to keep his daughter's name out of the trial, Anthony puts up the money for George's defense. Angela follows the proceedings while in school, but remains dazed by the desperate turn of events. During the trial, several witnesses implicate George, and Marlowe accuses George of bashing in Alice's head before throwing her overboard. On the stand, George admits that he had planned to kill Alice, but changed his mind before the boat accidentally capsized. Despite his candid testimony, George is convicted and sentenced to die. In prison, George is counseled by both his mother and a minister to look into his heart to determine whether he did everything he could to save Alice. Haunted by a vision of Angela, George confesses that he is unsure. Just before his execution, Angela visits George and quietly declares she still loves him. Accepting his fate, George then is led to his death.
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An Evaluation of the Food Safety Requirements of the Federal Purchase Ground Beef Program (2010)Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
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To ensure the safety of food distributed through the National School Lunch Program, food banks, and other federal food and nutrition programs, the United States Department of Agriculture has established food safety and quality requirements for the ground beef it purchases. This National Research Council report reviews the scientific basis of the Department's ground beef safety standards, evaluates how the standards compare to those used by large retail and commercial food service purchasers of ground beef, and looks at ways to establish periodic evaluations of the Federal Purchase Ground Beef Program. The report finds that although the safety requirements could be strengthened using scientific concepts, the prevention of future outbreaks of foodborne disease will depend on eliminating contamination during production and ensuring meat is properly cooked before it is served.
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- Analyzing data that the Agricultural Marketing Service collects could provide insight that could help evaluate and revise the purchase program's specifications. As part of its program to ensure the safety of the beef it purchases, the Agricultural Marketing Service routinely collects data from samples obtained from ground beef production lots. More detailed analysis of this wealth of data could provide information on correlations
- Keeping track of scientific developments associated with current and emerging pathogens of concern would allow the Agricultural Marketing Service to develop proactive strategies to protect vulnerable consumers, such as school children and the elderly. Partnerships with the Agricultural Research Service, the Food Safety and Inspection Service, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would allow the Service to keep abreast of scientific advances. The use of existing advisory committees such as the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods could provide input for purchase specifications.
- Proper cooking kills pathogens that may be present in ground beef, meaning that even raw ground beef containing bacteria levels that exceed Agricultural Marketing Service specifications would be safe to eat if cooked to Food Safety and Inspection Service standards in a U.S. Department of Agriculture-inspected facility. The committee found that there is no apparent health benefit of the Agricultural Marketing Service policy of not purchasing noncompliant raw ground beef that they know will be cooked according to Food Safety and Inspection Service guidelines in a U.S. Department of Agriculture- inspected facility.
- The committee found little information detailing the scientific (or any other) basis on which these corporate specifications were made, and as a result, was unable to make direct comparisons of the Agricultural Marketing Service specifications with those of the corporate purchasers.
- The purchase specifications used by 24 different large corporate purchasers of ground beef vary considerably, likely because they depend on the intended use of the meat. For example, distributors of fresh products may require standards designed to improve shelf life, while distributors of products that are cooked and then frozen will have different requirements. These differences lead to variations in the acceptable levels of bacteria such as E. coli, E. coli O157:H7, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella in the meat.
- The scientific basis for the current purchase specifications for ground and boneless beef is unclear. The committee found some requirements were based on industry practices, but the scientific foundation of these practices could not be ascertained. Internationally recognized bodies such as the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications of Foods and the Codex Alimentarius Commission have used scientific methods to determine how tests of the bacteria levels in food can be used to help improve public health. Following these scientific principles would provide a transparent and systematic process for establishing purchase specifications.
- The use of scientifically sound resources, such as data, formal expert consultation, and peer-reviewed reports, would further strengthen the Agricultural Marketing Service purchase specifications. A 2010 update to the Agricultural Marketing Service purchase specifications relied heavily on ad hoc expert opinion, which the committee determined to be the least preferred form of evidence.


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The sacrament of holy unction provides both physical and metal healing with holy oil blessed by the Holy Spirit. It is most commonly celebrated during Holy Week on Holy Wednesday, however, private services are also common. Everyone in the parish in good ecclesiastical standing may be anointed with the Holy Oil for the healing of spiritual and bodily ills. As this is one of the seven sacraments of the Orthodox Church, it may be administered only to Orthodox Christians - same criteria as for Holy Communion.
The oil carries God's grace both to renew the body and to cleanse the spirit. The service follows the apostolic tradition mentioned in the Gospels. "...Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven." James 5:14-15
The service is composed of Psalms from the Old Testament, hymns of direct supplication to God, and prayers to saints to intercede for the petitioner. In addition, there are seven readings from the Gospels preceded by seven other New Testament writings, notably the epistles of St. Paul and St. James. After each set of scriptural readings, a prayer is offered on behalf of the penitent by the priest asking for forgiveness and the sanctification of the oil.
At the end of the serice, the priest puts holy oil on the forehead, checks, chin, and hands of the parishoners in the form of the cross, saying: "O Holy Father, pyhsician of our souls and bodies, heal your servant [name] from every physical and emotional afflication."
Holy unction is a sacrament of great comfort to the faithful. It provides uplift and asks for patience to accept the will of God whatever the physical outcome.


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by Gary Aldrich - Volume 1, Issue 4
Reinventing government. The creator of the Internet. The inspiration for Love Story. The discovery of Love Canal. Finally, there's something to which Al Gore may lay exclusive claim: Our first PotHead Vice President!
In 1987, Mr. Gore said he last used marijuana when he was 24, and has maintained to the press and the voting public that his marijuana usage was "infrequent and rare" and ended in 1972.
Now reports are surfacing that indicate Gore's drug use is the one area where he has not taken enough credit.
John C. Warnecke Jr., a former Tennessean reporter, who worked with Gore in 1971 and remained a good friend through 1976, now claims they smoked marijuana hundreds of times over a six-year period. In fact, he claims that Gore smoked marijuana "more than I can remember. It seemed like all the time we were together we were smoking." Warnecke also claims that Gore pressured him to "stonewall," and he lied when asked about the marijuana question.
This news comes as no surprise to anyone who read my best-selling book Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House. As I detailed in 1996, the Clinton-Gore Administration demonstrated an easygoing attitude towards drug use that was shocking and dangerous. In the Bush White House, rare drug use by staffers was almost entirely limited to an individual's college days. During my time in the Clinton White House, a striking number of cases emerged in which the use of marijuana, once started in high school or college, continued into one's thirties, forties, and sometimes even later - literally decades of illegal drug use. Some admitted smoking pot on Inauguration Day!
Warnecke also admitted to taking hallucinogenics in the 1960s when he helped manage the rock group The Grateful Dead. This too should come as no surprise. All law enforcement knew that the parking lots of Grateful Dead concerts were notorious open-air drug markets. This band, a favorite of the Sixties counter-culture, openly promoted the use of illegal drugs. When Gore invited his entire White House staff to a Grateful Dead concert after the inauguration, I learned that the Veep himself was a dedicated "Dead Head." The vice-president's staff was no different from the Clinton staff, and was just as deeply entrenched in the drug culture lifestyle. This man had been thought a real "Boy Scout!"
Where is the reason to believe Gore has quit using drugs? The last time pot was smoked in our White House, it was during the Carter Administration - then by Willie Nelson. Will the Secret Service come forward and tell us if the Vice President is still smoking dope? That's doubtful, but there is good reason to wonder if anything is off limits to the happy-go-lucky Clinton and Al Gore Administration. Isn't it time to put an end to endless White House scandal?


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Operation Appreciation 2012
It's nice to be a part of something.
This year, we are proud partners with Operation Appreciation, a new, fun, and easy way to support our military families. At the time I write this, more than 38,000 people have signed Operation Appreciation's pledge to thank military families during the holiday season. Actor Geoff Stults, along with dozens of athletes and celebrities have taken the pledge and signed on to support our cause to show military families just how much we appreciate them. Watch their messages of support here.
As the person at our Association responsible for rallying support for military families, this initiative is music to my ears. As a military spouse, the thanks are truly appreciated.
While it's so important to recognize those in uniform, we must not forget the families that serve with them. When you consider all of the wives, husbands, kids, siblings, parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles affected, there are millions of people with an empty seat this holiday season—at the dinner table, at a school play, on the bleachers at a game, or sitting at home with their family.
Sometimes we struggle with how to acknowledge the sacrifices of military families in a meaningful way. What will make a difference? Operation Appreciation is a great place to start. Sign the pledge, share your own story, and learn about ways you can join the Operation Appreciation movement at www.OpApp2012.com.
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I just got back from NY for Fashion Week and it was a whirlwind trip and I'm still trying to catch up on posts. In the mean time here's some of the best Chanel-related news from around the web…
- Vanessa Paradis will be wearing custom Chanel designed by Karl Lagerfeld for her acoustic set at New York's The Town Hall venue. He shot Paradis last year at Versailles for a Vanessa Paradis DVD collector's set. WWD.
- Safe sex is always in style – especially when you "keep it classy" in Chanel (fake) condoms. Refinery 29.
- To sell or not to sell? That's the question Karl seems to have been asking himself this past week about his NYC Gramercy Park apartment. Apparently, he's decided not to sell… WWD.
- Lauren Conrad celebrated her 25th Birthday in Las Vegas complete with a Chanel bag birthday cake! PopSugar
- Chanel's new mirror sunglasses make it easy to check your lipstick… BlackBook


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Artificial intelligence vendor ai-one inc. will unveil a new approach to graphically represent knowledge at the SuperData Summit in San Diego on Wednesday. The discovery, named ai-Fingerprint, is a significant breakthrough because it allows computers to understand the meaning of language much like a person. Unlike other technologies, ai-Fingerprints compresses knowledge in way that can work on any kind of device, in any language and shows how clusters of information relate to each other. This enables almost any developer to use off-the-shelf and open-source tools to build systems like Apple's SIRI and IBM Watson.
Ondrej Florian, ai-one's VP of Core Technology invented ai-Fingerprints as a way to find information by comparing the differences, similarities and intersections of information on multiple websites. The approach is dynamic so that the ai-Fingerprint transforms as the source information changes. For example, the shape for a Twitter feed adapts with the conversation. This enables someone to see new information evolve and immediately understand its significance.
"The big idea is that we use artificial intelligence to identify clusters and show how each cluster relates to another," said Florian. "Our approach enables computers to compare ai-Fingerprints across many documents to find hidden patterns and interesting relationships."
The ai-Fingerprint is the collection of all the keywords and their associations identified by ai-one's Topic-Mapper tool. Each keyword and its associations is a coordinate – much like what you would find on a map. The combination of these keywords and associations forms a graph that encapsulates the entire meaning of the document.
The real-world applications are impressive. "It solves a lot of so-called Big Data problems because the system learns by itself," said Olin Hyde who worked with Florian on the project. "ai-Fingerprints work with existing computer languages and standards. So it only took us about a week to create a generic tool, called BrainBrowser, to find relationships in complex texts – such as summarizing news articles, searching for a job, or identifying new uses for a drug."
To build BrainBrowser, the team fed ai-Fingerprint results from Topic-Mapper into a natural language processing tool, OpenNLP, so that the computer could understand the rules of grammar then tag parts of speech, chunk phrases and classify words into categories (also called named-entity recognition). The ai-Fingerprint is continuously updated by Topic-Mapper so that the computer can understand how information changes over time – as it does in a human conversation.
Next, the team built a little tool in Java that converted the output into a continuous data feed using an open-standard format called XGMML. This format shares the knowledge of a document as a network of words, sentences and relationships.
Finally, they visualized the result with an open-source bioinformatics tool, called Cytoscape, to show the differences, similarities and identify anomalous information among documents. The result is a graphic representation of knowledge that can show clusters, extract summaries and compare many documents at the same time.
The approach is easy for others to replicate with other technologies. "We used Topic-Mapper with Java, OpenNLP and Cytoscape," said Florian, "But you could easily do this with Python, MATLAB and NLTK. Heck, you could throw a voice recognition tool on it, like Dragon or Nuance, and you can build an intelligent agent just like SIRI."
ai-Fingerprint works in any language because Topic-Mapper looks only at byte-patterns. "The approach can give false positives if you don't teach it the rules of language" warned Florian, "but it is very accurate once it learns the grammar from an outside source of information – such as a natural language processing system or an external database."
ai-one's engineering team sees ai-Fingerprints as a way to make it easier, faster and less expensive for their partners to develop intelligent systems. The team is now testing it for applications in advertising, financial analysis, medical research and search engine optimization (SEO).
"Our mission is to make powerful AI available to all developers. This is a big step in that direction," said ai-one's chief operating officer Tom Marsh. "We are eager to find academic and consulting partners who can build upon what we started."
"BrainBrowser is just a minimally viable product (MVP) to prove the concept," added Hyde. "The sky is the limit for those that want to build commercial applications. Just take the MVP code and customize to your needs."
A demo of the system can be seen on http://www.ai-one.com and the semsys YouTube channel. ai-one intends to provide the source code for ai-Fingerprint as part of its Topic-Mapper software development kit.


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State Comptroller Susan Combs has updated her school district ratings in a report that gives the highest rank to those that spend less but see higher student performance compared to the rest of Texas.
She noted that could be particularly important in this economic climate.
Faced with a budget shortfall, lawmakers cut school district funding by billions compared to what they would have received under previous law.
Here's Combs' news release:
(AUSTIN) — Which Texas schools and school districts successfully combine high academic achievement with cost-effective operations? Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has updated her groundbreaking 2010 Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST) and assigned new rankings to 1,237 school districts and charter schools, using the most recent educational data.
In the new report, 46 school districts receive the highest rating of five stars, compared to 43 districts that achieved the top ranking in the original study.
Five stars mean the district's spending is very low compared to peer districts, and students' academic performance is very high in comparison with the rest of the state.
"Today, many Texas school districts face the challenge of educating more students with less funding," Combs said. "FAST is an online tool they can use to compare their performance with similar districts. Users can compare districts using a variety of indicators such as dropout rates, transportation spending, state accountability ratings or math scores."
The 2009 Texas Legislature mandated the Comptroller to create a method to fairly compare the state's diverse school districts. When comparing district and campus spending, the FAST methodology groups districts and campuses into sets of "fiscal peers" that operate in similar cost environments, including factors such as regional wages, district size and student characteristics.
In addition to ratings for all Texas public school districts, campuses and charter schools, the FAST website at http://www.FASTEXAS.org offers examples of "Smart Practices" employed by school districts to achieve greater efficiency and enhance student performance. Smart Practices can be emulated by other districts, and they are also intended to spark new solutions to the cost of delivering a quality education.
"The FAST methodology produces unbiased comparisons that are realistic and useful to educators, parents and taxpayers who want to see how their public schools stack up." Combs said.
Based on the FAST formula, school districts and campuses receive ratings from one to five stars, with half-star increments. A district that achieves the highest rating of five stars ranks among the top 20 percent of all Texas school districts in academic progress, while keeping spending among the lowest 20 percent of fiscally comparable districts.
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Some men with prostate cancer should be offered "surveillance" rather than treatment, according to NHS guidance.
Doctors treating sufferers deemed to have intermediate or low risk prostate cancer should consider monitoring rather than radical surgery or radiotherapy, according to updated guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice).
Prostate cancer can be slow growing and many men will have cancer that will not cause them any harm in their lifetime, Nice said.
Meanwhile treatment options, including surgery and radiotherapy, can have serious side effects, such as erectile dysfunction, fertility problems and incontinence.
The updated prostate cancer guidance suggests that for some men with the disease, "active surveillance" should be offered instead of extreme treatment options.
The guidance sets out a new protocol detailing how men who choose this option should be monitored with blood tests, biopsies and physical examinations, to see if and how the cancer is developing.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with more than 40,000 cases diagnosed every year.
Professor Mark Baker, director of Nice's centre for clinical practice, said: "Prostate cancer can be very slow growing and while many men will have a cancer that won't cause them any harm in their lifetime, nearly 10,000 men still die every year in England and Wales.
"The updated guideline includes a number of new recommendations on the swift diagnosis and treatment of different stages of the disease and a new protocol for men who choose active surveillance, which involves regular checkups to see if and how the cancer is developing, rather than radical treatment.
"The aim of this Nice guideline is to ensure excellent treatment is provided for men who will benefit from it."
Dr John Graham, chair of the guideline development group, added: "All treatments for prostate cancer have serious side effects which can affect the quality of life, especially their effects on erectile function, fertility and continence.
"This is why it is so important that men are able to understand the treatment options available to them and, with the support of their healthcare professional, are able to make a choice to suit their individual needs, both clinically and related to their quality of life.
"It is important that information and support is available and easily accessible to ensure patients can make the most appropriate decision for them in terms of treatment. This guideline acknowledges that, and makes recommendations about supportive care."


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Rev. Jesse Jackson Visiting MedShare to Address East Africa's Famine
Rev. Jesse Jackson visiting Atlanta-based nonprofit to initiate humanitarian aid shipments to those suffering in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya
This afternoon, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, will visit MedShare to address East Africa's famine.
The U.N. fears that thousands have died due to hunger, and Rev. Jackson hopes to partner with MedShare to mobilize his influence to send humanitarian aid to treat those suffering from malnutrition in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya.
"According to the UN World Food Program, over 11 million people are in need of emergency assistance in the Horn of Africa," says Rev. Jackson. "In Kenya, an estimated 3.6 million people have been affected; this includes refugees, rural pastoralists, and urban poor who are unable to buy adequate food because of escalating prices. In Ethiopia, at least 4.5 million people are in need of assistance. I strongly believe that we can show how compassionate we are as a country by feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and sheltering the homeless."
"MedShare is honored to host the Revs. Jackson and Lowery, and explore opportunities for medical supplies and equipment that we can provide to address the healthcare issues that thousands of East Africans are facing as a result of the famine," says A.B. Short, CEO and Co-founder of MedShare.


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This week on Operation Kino, we don't have enough time to pay the bus fare, so we're sticking around to review the new Andrew Niccol thriller In Time, then moving on to a segment three discussion of Halloween and the kinds of movies we find scary. Before that, though, we kick things off with a lightning round devoted to Shakespeare adaptations (or were they written by Shakespeare at all? who knows!), then move on to tidbits, where Da7e is worried about the old Muppeteers being unhappy with the new version of The Muppets, David wants you all to see The Rum Diary, Patches has a few words to say about the new indie Natural Selection, and Katey wishes anybody would watch Bored to Death, because it's great. We end, as always, with your lightning round answers for dessert.
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This week, the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) launched the 2013 academic year (southern hemisphere) with a dramatic visual campaign entitled "My Israel."
The campaign, which touts Israel as a democratic and tolerant country, "is intended to present the Israeli story to the world through the eyes of nine Israelis who represent all shades of Israeli society," according to Leora Golomb, The Jewish Agency for Israel's National Shaliach to AUJS.
The campaign features the life stories of nine Israelis, who through their exceptional stories, capture the Israeli spirit and represent the Jewish State's multicultural nature. Among them are a Muslim who served in the IDF, the first female Ethiopian Knesset member, and a father who lost his daughter in a terror attack.
AUJS has put up thousands of the campaign's posters on campuses across Australia and New Zealand, has distributed thousands of stickers, and will run the initiaitve online, with a campaign website – www.aujs.com.au/myisrael – set up and through social media.
"We invite people from all over the world to contribute to this unique project and tell us about their Israel on the web site," said Golomb.
She noted that the preparations had taken months and that the positive campaign was intended to provide a response to anti-Israel activity such as "Apartheid Week" which takes place on campuses around the world.
"I joined the IDF to give back to a country that keeps giving to me:" Abdol Abugosh, A Muslim Arab who defines himself as a Zionist and served in the IDF.
Shuki Hasson, a Druze student: "My Israel is diversity, pride and freedom. It is where I can be a part of a small ethnicity without feeling a minority."
AUJS National Political Affairs Director Dean Sherr said that the campaign was part of a broad strategy of advocacy through education, one that rejected hate and animosity.
"Our aim with this campaign is to educate students with a positive message about the real spirit of Israel that is so evident to anyone who has actually visited the country," said Sherr, who is coordinating the campaign.
"The responses so far from the campuses have been very enthusiastic and the project has become a sensation all over the globe," Golomb said. She cautioned however that "Despite the positive nature of the campaign, on some campuses, anti-Israeli activists have attempted to rip down the posters."
But find out for for yourself: check out the videos and posters above, and then go learn more here: www.aujs.com.au/myisrael


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Updates in the Boston Marathon bombing case and a busy week on Capital Hill made for a politically-charged and news-driven episode of "Saturday Night Live."
The show began with a Fox and Friends segment that touched upon this week's positive jobs report and NBA veteran Jason Collin's landmark coming out announcement in Sports Illustrated on Monday.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Fred Armisen) soon joined the show and made sure the hosts knew his new primary focus was gun control. After spending a hearty chunk of his mayoral run on health issues such as portion sizes and cigarette smoking in public, the Fox and Friends team wanted an explanation as to why Bloomy cared about guns all of a sudden.
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"It's just the right time," Bloomberg said. "America's gun owners are ready to be lectured by a tiny, Northeastern Jewish billionaire."
Rather than use guns, Bloomberg said he thinks New Yorkers should handle their problems in other ways.
"Guns make ordinary confrontations much worse," Bloomberg said. "New Yorkers should settle their differences the traditional way, by yelling ethnic slurs at each other in the middle of the street, then quickly walking away."
The Fox and Friends anchor team ended the segment by mocking Bloomberg and sipping from a 16-gallon Big Gulp.
Weekend Update with Seth Meyers continued the discussion of the week's news by addressing the continued developments in the Boston Marathon bombing case, the on-going gun control debate and President Obama's statements about military action in Syria.
On Wednesday three college friends of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested after allegedly going to his dorm room and disposing of his backpack, which contained fireworks emptied of powder. Authorities said the situation began after a phone call with Tsarnaev where the suspect laughed off a text from his friends that said he looked like one of the Boston bombing suspects.
"You know when they say, If you see something, say something,' they don't mean, to the terrorist," Meyers said. "When Tsarnaev got the text from his college friends, he reportedly responded, 'lol, you better not text me.' So remember, if you use 'lol' you're no better than a terrorist."
After discussing President Obama's unwillingness to commit to military action in Syria to avoid several blunders during George W. Bush's tenure in the oval office, Meyers tackled a new proposal that would allow for self-background checks for gun buyers.
"The way the plan works is, it doesn't," Meyers said.
Political commentator James Carville (Bill Hader) then joined the show and also discussed gun control laws and the new proposal for self-background checks. Despite the fact that 90 percent of Americans are for background checks, a bill supporting the measure cannot get through Congress.
"What is it going to take before there is gun control in this country," Carville said. "Does the little fat kid from 'Modern Family' have to shoot Betty White"?
Carville proposed his own plan to limit gun violence in the country, which included locking up white males from the age of 12 to 30. During their confinement, they would not be allowed access to guns and would only interact with Xboxes and "high-speed porno" until they had "no more fight."
The prominent Democratic pundit had his own thoughts on why the proposed gun reform bill hasn't made it out of the Republican majority congress.
"I think after the last election, all the Republicans had a meeting and it went a little something like this, 'We lost. What are we going to do? Why don't we pretend we won?'" Carville said. "And it's working. They used to walk all over Barack. Now they just walk right through him like he's a ghost."
Carville then announced that he had his own ghost, Gram mammy Carville, who never leaves his side.
This week's host was "The Hangover 3" star Zach Galifianakis. In one segment, Galifianakis was joined by "The Hangover 3" co-stars Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms. "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm and "Game of Thrones" star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau also made surprise appearances. The musical guest was Of Monsters and Men, who performed "Little Talk" and "Mountain Sound."


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Long, flowing dreadlocks have become a signature look for Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith in Baltimore. On Sunday afternoons, he has seen Ravens fans adorning dreadlocked wigs, the kind you would buy at one of those costume shops that pop up out of nowhere around Halloween. Others wear T-shirts that are replicas of his purple Ravens jersey, with black screen-printed dreadlocks covering up his surname above his number 82.
"Around here, people are kind of obsessed," the second-year wide receiver said Wednesday with a smile.
In the famous biblical narrative, the great Samson, he of the magical hair and God-given strength, destroys temples, tames wild beasts, and defeats an entire army. But when his long locks were shorn, his power faded.
But to Smith, "it's just hair."
Of course Smith doesn't believe his growing talents have anything to do with his growing dreadlocks. And believe it or not, he has been debating whether he should get a haircut -- it would be his first since he started growing facial hair -- for nearly a year. He has discussed the pros and cons with some of his friends, including running back Anthony Allen, who cut off his dreadlocks last year. Admittedly, Smith has been chickening out.
"At this point, if I were to cut my hair, no one would know who I was, especially around here. I don't know. I think when I do cut it, I'm going to do it in a charity-type way, in a way that it can benefit my foundation or something else," Smith said, thinking out loud. He then declared. "But it's not going to happen this season."
Discussing a player's hair is rarely relevant, but it is this week with the Cincinnati Bengals returning to M&T Bank Stadium for the first time since last November, when Bengals cornerback Adam Jones desperately yanked the speedy wide receiver down by his dreadlocks. Smith had a career-high 165 receiving yards on six catches, which tied a career-high. He had already scored one touchdown already before Jones went all WWE on him.
After catching a short pass while running a slant route, Smith accelerated between a pair of Bengals defenders. He split them and had a clear path to the end zone when Jones grabbed his hair. Smith seemed stunned when he got up after the tackle.
"I've never been grabbed by my hair," Smith said. "I feel like he just aimed for it. You don't see it often. As many guys that have dreads, you really don't see it often in the league. That's why I was kind of the mockery of the week because of that. They got me good. But I don't know, my biggest memory? I remember winning."
Smith doesn't judge or begrudge Jones for the tackle, which was legal. Asked if he would tackle a guy by his hair if it was his only option, he quickly answered "no" before pausing to reconsider.
"I guess if we needed to, yeah," Smith said.
But that tackle isn't why he is considering a change. Honestly, he just sounds bored. Last season, the night before he exploded for three touchdowns against the flat-footed St. Louis Rams, Smith played with his hair in the mirror to see what he would look like if he reconnected with his barber. He doesn't have a new hairstyle picked out, maybe just buzzing it short.
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"So you can see my little peanut head," said Smith, who set new Ravens rookie receiving records last year with 50 catches for 841 receiving yards and seven receiving touchdowns. "My helmet size would be like a small. My head is pretty small."


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First and foremost, Blind Guardian is not a Christian band!
Why is the band called Blind Guardian?
Marcus in an interview answered:
"We found our name by making a list of proposals: Everybody wrote down what came to his mind and in the end we just liked BLIND GUARDIAN the most. The idea came from our song "Guardian of the Blind", by the way."
When will the band tour my country / hometown / backyard?
The band does NOT decide where to tour, it's up to the local promoters to check the demand for a band and then book it, so please don't post threads "Please bards tour my country" 'cause they are useless. The band surely wants to play everywhere they have fans, but if they are not invited by a promoter there's not much to do.
More info here.
Why isn't Oliver Holzwarth a full-time member of Blind Guardian?
Oliver Holzwarth, guest bassist, is not a permanent member because sometime in the future Hansi may decide to pick up the bass again (eventually he'd like to do it), so they don't want to integrate a full time band member that they would have to fire after some time.
What do my guitar heroes use?
For his guitar stuff and pedals, Marcus uses according to himself:
How many versions of Harvest of Sorrow are around? why they did not make a version in my language?I still use a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier, Gibson & ESP Guitars and
a Rocktron Intellifex for all my sounds.
There are no additional foreign versions of Harvest of Sorrow than the ones actually existing (Italian, French, Argentinian, Spanish and acoustic); that's because it was very difficult to translate them into more languages. Japanese, for example, was a language that was first tried but then discarded because of its difficulty. So if there's not a Harvest of Sorrow in your language, is not because your nation sucks or the band doesn't like it, it's just that it's difficult to translate a song in every language so they just went for the languages most used.
Do the bandmembers post on the forum?
- Since this version of the forum exists (August 2002), Marcus is the only "regular" poster out of the four bards (this does not mean that he's here every week, it's just that he logs in rather frequently so he's the one usually answering to the questions posted for the band). Thomen does pop up from time to time on very special occasions (for example he came to announce the resolving of his hand-health issues and the birth of his son), Hansi posted in the old forum a long time ago but never in this one, and Andrè never popped up at all, actually there's a famous inside joke on the board about his non-existance and him being just an hologram
Where can I buy BG stuff online?
Check the almighty www.emp.de
If you're not in Europe, try out www.jsrdirect.com, http://www.catacombscds.com/band/Blind_Guardian.html, and www.infinity1.com
Also, beware of eBay! Many Blind Guardian items for sale on eBay are not official merchandise, and subsequently are very poor quality. Make sure you know what you're buying and if it's official before you buy it. If you have any doubts, just ask the forum!
What are the BG songs about?
Here's a link to a page that analyzes the meaning behind some of the BG songs:


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How to Customize Your Mountain Lion Launchpad
Launchpad in Mountain Lion presents all the applications in your Applications folder in a view that looks like the home screen of any iOS device (that is, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch). Click Launchpad's Dock icon. It fills your screen with big, beautiful application icons.
Launchpad is configurable, just like home screens on i-devices. As you're about to see, you can rearrange app icons on a page, move them from one page to another, organize them in folders, and delete them. Say it all together now: "Just like on i-devices."
If your Launchpad has more than one page of apps, you see two or more dots near the bottom of the screen (directly above the arrow cursor). To change pages, press the left-arrow or right-arrow key.
To launch an app, just click its icon. In a heartbeat, Launchpad disappears, and the app replaces it on your screen.
For those who are unfamiliar with iOS or devices that run it, here's how these things work on your Mac:
To rearrange app icons: Click and drag the app to its new location.
To move apps to the next or previous page: Click and drag the app to the left or right edge of the screen. When the next page of apps appears, drag the app to its new location on that page.
To add an app to your Dock: Click and drag the app onto the left side of the Dock.
To create a folder for apps: Drag one app's icon on top of another app's icon to create a folder.
To add an app to a folder: Drag the app onto that folder to add it.
To move an app out of a folder: Click the folder to open it, and drag the app out of the folder.
To change a folder's name: Click to open the folder, click the current name, and then type a new name.
To uninstall apps: Click an app's icon, but don't release the mouse button until all the icons begin to wiggle. Apps that can be uninstalled display a Delete button (X); click to uninstall the app.
Press Esc to stop the wiggling.
If an icon doesn't have a Delete button, it's installed with OS X Mountain Lion and can't be uninstalled.


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A primary school in Holme.
Spring term starts on Monday 6 January 2020
These term dates are for Cambridgeshire Local Education Authority. Please verify these dates with Holme CofE Primary School.
|Term / Holiday
|First Day
|Last Day
|Autumn Term
|4 September 2019 Wednesday
|18 December 2019 Wednesday
|Autumn Half Term
|21 October 2019 Monday
|25 October 2019 Friday
|Spring Term
|6 January 2020 Monday
|1 April 2020 Wednesday
|Spring Half Term
|17 February 2020 Monday
|21 February 2020 Friday
|Summer Term
|20 April 2020 Monday
|22 July 2020 Wednesday
|Summer Half Term
|25 May 2020 Monday
|29 May 2020 Friday
We recommend that all parents check the staff training dates Holme CofE Primary School have published on their website.
|Christmas Bank Holiday
|25 December 2019 Wednesday
|Boxing Day Bank Holiday
|26 December 2019 Thursday
|New Year's Day
|1 January 2020 Wednesday
|Good Friday
|10 April 2020 Friday
|Easter Monday
|13 April 2020 Monday
|Early May Bank Holiday
|4 May 2020 Monday
|Spring Bank Holiday
|25 May 2020 Monday
|Summer Bank Holiday
|31 August 2020 Monday
We recommend that all parents check the staff training dates Holme CofE Primary School have published on their website.
|Christmas Bank Holiday
|25 December 2020 Friday
|Boxing Day Bank Holiday
|28 December 2020 Monday
|New Year's Day
|1 January 2021 Friday
|Good Friday
|2 April 2021 Friday
|Easter Monday
|5 April 2021 Monday
|Early May Bank Holiday
|3 May 2021 Monday
|Spring Bank Holiday
|31 May 2021 Monday
|Summer Bank Holiday
|30 August 2021 Monday
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What you need to know before you go
Banff offers all the fun and excitement of a major mountain resort town, high up in Alberta's Rockies. At more than 4,600 feet, it's the highest town in Canada. The peaks of Mt. Rundle and Mt. Cascade dominate the town's skyline, with wide snowy streets that offer a great variety of shops, bars, and restaurants.
Off Banff's snowy avenues, head into a pub or café to discover the warmth and friendly vibes of the Banff locals. The town is cradled by the Banff National Park, and you'll most likely spot the approachable and curious mule deer on the outskirts. In the summer, you can take in the great outdoors. Ride into the Canadian Rockies on the Banff gondola, hike forest trails, raft rushing rapids, and kayak on placid lakes against fairy-tale-like scenery.


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Welcome to the May 4 Archive of J. Gregory Payne, Ph.D
Students from Columbus State Community College present "Kent State: A Requiem"
Four decades after the event unfolded, "Kent State: A Requiem" examines one aspect of the tragedy.
Four students were killed on May 4th, 1970 when Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War on campus.
Columbus State theater students are the featured actors in this 2010 version of "Kent State: A Requiem"
Written by by J. Gregory Payne, the play honors the lives of the four lost students.
Columbus State Faculty member Frank Barnhart was the Director.
Known as "The Day the War Came Home" -- the Kent State shootings changed the course of history.
Performances took place at the Nestor Hall Auditorium November 17th-20th, 2011 with performances Wednesday through Saturday and a Thursday matinee
Dr. J Gregory Payne was the guest of honor as the Columbus State students showed him that through "A Requiem" Kent State is still relevant to them.
41 Years Later - Walk the Footsteps of the Students and the Guard, May 4, 1970
Welcome to the May 4 Archive Website. As you examine the 41 years of research here, refresh your knowledge of the
events of May 4, 1970 with this video that details the footsteps of students and the guard prior to the shootings. The
Kent State Reflections documentary dvd was shot at Kent State in May, 2008.
Also read about the first historic meeting between Mary Vecchio and John Filo at Emerson College's 1995 May 4 Retrospective ( links on the side)
Also see the video of this historic meeting which was covered by over 30 journalists from countries around the world. John and Mary will meet at
Kent State on May 4, 2009,for the first time since John shot the Pulitzer Prize winning photo.
Now available on the website are two mediated realities of the May 4, 1970 shootings at Kent State. NBC's Emmy Award
winning "Kent State," (1981) in which I was an historical (sometimes hysterical) consultant and my play, "Kent State: A Requiem,"
which presents the events of the weekend from the perspective of Mrs. Florence Schroeder, whose son Bill was killed at Kent State.
This play has been performed at over 100 colleges and universities in national and international tours. This is the Occidental College
production of 1978.
Kent State: A Requiem
Within this site, you will find historical research related to the shootings at Kent State in May 1970, which killed 4 students and injured 9 others. The site includes the book MAYDAY: Kent State which offers the most comprehensive personal accounts of the victims at Kent State with insights from family, friends and personal writings. In addition, MAYDAY includes a historical synopsis of the events preceding and following the 13 seconds of gunfire with an annotated bibliography and important links to primary documents such as the Portage County Grand Jury report, the Justice Department's summary of the FBI report, the President's Commission on Campus Unrest, the Akron-Beacon Journal special report among others.
Also, included is a panel discussion and the author's account of issues of dramatic license vs. historical accuracy in the making of NBC's Emmy award winning docudrama Kent State, with insights that apply to any historical recreation and the ethical issues facing the viewer. The site also includes historic first hand accounts of the meeting between John Filo, Pulitzer prize winning photographer and journalism student at Kent State, and Mary Vecchio, the young woman pictured over the body of Jeff Miller after the shootings. This meeting occurred at the Kent State - Jackson State 30 year Retrospective held in Boston in 1995, the proceedings of which include personal accounts from those shot, students present, law enforcement officials, historians, artists and others.
The site also includes important primary research on other commemorations and memorials related to the event and its aftermath. It includes pictures, video, links and soundbytes from productions including VH1's behind the music (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Ohio"), the author's play Kent State: A Requiem, performed at over 100 colleges in the United States and Britain, news clips on related Kent State topics, as well as personal papers and correspondence related to 33 years of ongoing research on an event occurring in an era labeled by the President's Commission as, "the most divisive time in American history since the Civil War."
It is in remembering the events of May 4, 1970 and the communication failure prevalent throughout all aspects of American society, from the President to each member of the public and to the lives of Jeff, Bill, Sandy, and Allison, that this website and research are dedicated. as Santayana said, "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
To a generation unfamiliar with the facts of Kent State, an excerpt from Kent State: A Requiem: "Kent State is not about the past - it's your tomorrow."
Allison B. Krause
Jeffrey G. Miller
Sandra L. Scheuer
MAYDAY: Kent State
The Era
The People:
Bill Schroeder
Sandy Scheuer
Allison Krause
Jeffrey Miller
The Survivors
Kent State the Movie
1975 Memorial Forum
1987 Conference
1990 Retrospective
1995 Retrospective
2005 Retrospective
Ethics of Docudrama
1970: Behind the Music
Virginia Tech
Relevant Media
Photo Collection
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The cuisine of the Canary Islands
Baby potatoes with mojo sauce
- 自治州 : Canary Islands
The Canary Islands, exquisite cuisine under the sun
The Spanish often refer to the Canary Islands as the "Islas Afortunadas" as the shine shines practically throughout the year, their only borders are the sky and the sea, and because their fauna, flora and culture, at time so different to that of mainland Spain, are real treasures. However, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call the visitor to these islands "fortunate"; not only because he can enjoy the sun, sea and environment but also because he has been presented with the opportunity to taste their culinary delights.
The typical person from the Canary Islands is noble, kind, with deep-routed traditions yet a great sense of humour, all of which are reflected in the cooking - the simple, nutritive and appetising dishes are the result of the Canary Island tradition.
Tasty and simple Simplicity is the key. The cooking is so simple that one of the main ingredients found in the majority of its dishes is the gofio. Gofio, roasted maize or wheat meal, can be served at breakfast, as an accompaniment to island stews and is even used to prepare a special variety of local nougat. Their "mojos" are equally straightforward - piquant sauces which are served with the majority of local dishes. The "mojo picón" (pepper, vinegar, olive oil, garlic, cumin, salt and paprika) and the "mojo verde" (made based on parsley and coriander, and with a milder taste), have become real culinary institutions in the Canary Islands. But there are many more variations of "mojos": they can be made using coriander ; garlic ; saffron , ideal with fish; the cheese ; the goat's cheese and tomato paste; and for special occasions, the unique "mojo palmero" which is from La Palma. The Canary Islands is on route to America and therefore in the past its cuisine became influenced by American products: the tomato and the potato or "papa". This tuber is the origin of which has undoubtedly become one of the most famous and typical dishes of the Canary Islands: the "papas arrugadas", small potatoes cooked in their skins in very salty water (if possible, seawater) and are served accompanied by a piquant sauce, usually "mojo verde" or "mojo rojo".
Fish and piquant sauces Fish is a vital component of the dishes of all islands and here the Canary Islands are no exception. The fish is of very high quality: wreckfish, damselfish, dentex, sea bass, white sea bream, bogue, mackerel... and most importantly, parrot fish. There are three typical ways of preparing the fish - in a casing of salt, lightly fried and baked, or "jareado" (dried in the sun and seasoned). Dogfish is the main ingredient of "tollos", a typical local dish... The traditional "sancocho" is also made with fish (salted fish, soaked overnight and then boiled with partly-peeled "papas" and served with a piquant fish, normally "mojo picón" or "mojo verde"). As can be expected, apart from fish, shellfish is also abundant in an archipelago. The most typical type in the Canary Islands are the limpets during the summer months which are usually grilled. However, we must not forget the "burgado" - a type of marine snail - and the clam. All types of meat are served in the Canary Islands. The visitor must not leave without tasting rabbit cooked in "salmorejo" - a type of thick gazpacho. But of course there is also kid or beef. And to finish off the meal, the visitor can choose between "bienmesabes" - honey with ground almonds, yams and "truchas navideñas" - small pastries filled with sweet potato, almonds and raisons or pumpkin strands in syrup, "quesadillas" - small cheese-flavoured rolls from the island of Hierro, "torta vilana" - made from eggs, potatoes and sugar from La Gomera, marzipan and macaroons from Gran Canaria, "rapaduras" - a honey and almond sweet from La Palma, and many other exquisite desserts.
A fruit paradise The climate in the Canary Islands, very different to the rest of Spain, is perfect for the cultivation of certain types of fruit which could be qualified as tropical. To only mention the banana, as it is the most representative product of the islands, is not sufficient. There are many other varieties of fruit. Papaya, melon pear, peach, mango, avocado and pineapple are some of the fruits that the traveller can find in the Canary Islands.
Wines and restaurants These islands also house ten wine Denominations of Origin: Abona, El Hierro, Lanzarote, La Palma, Tacoronte-Acentejo, Valle de Güimar, Valle de la Orotava, Icoden-Daute-Isora, Monte Lentiscal and Gran Canaria. The islands also have their own local drinks which are worth tasting, such as banana liqueur, or its own rum concoction, honeyed rum. Other liqueurs made with fruits are currently being developed. The visitor to the Canary Island archipelago must not leave without paying a visit to the restaurant called Mesón el Drago, which has been awarded with two suns in the CAMPSA Guide and is located on Tenerife island; Anthurium in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which has been awarded one sun by the CAMPSA Guide and specialises in typical products of the Canary Islands, adapting them to modern recipes; and, with the same classification, El Cucharón in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; El Jable and El Coto de Antonio in Tenerife. In the neighbourhood of Vegueta, also in Las Palmas, is the excellent restaurant called Cho-Zacarías.
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- Clay Matthews – makes sense. Not surprising.
- Ryan Grant – makes sense, he's played well and as usual, he's getting better as the season goes on.
- Chad Clifton – some serious crack smoking going on. Clifton's improved health has helped to stabilize a shoddy O-Line, but Clifton also has committed a huge number of penalties for a veteran and given up his fair share of sacks. This just doesn't make sense.
- AJ Hawk – more crack smoking. Hawk has played progressively better with each game, yes, but to throw him into consideration at ILB for the Pro Bowl is ridiculous – especially when you consider his competition at that position (including his very own partner in the middle, Nick Barnett – who has played considerably better than Hawk this year).
Packer Pro Bowl alternates may surprise you
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Packers Daily Links 12.30.09 - Railbird Central Says:
December 30, 2009 at 9:04 am |
[…] in the middle, Nick Barnett – who has played considerably better than Hawk this year)," writes Hayes. I have to agree. Barnett is a more worthy candidate than Hawk. Although his slow start to the […]
DaveK Says:
December 30, 2009 at 10:50 am |
I never get upset about pro-bowl stuff. In fact, it's almost better for teams if their players don't make the pro-bowl especially if they are in a contract year. Anyone think negotiations with Collins get any easier now that he is two year pro-bowler?
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December 30, 2009 at 11:59 am |
Who creates the alternates list?
andrew Says:
December 30, 2009 at 9:33 pm |
azwarrior no one creates alternate lists its all decided by votes.. nd aj hawk has good stats probably why he got voted in i agree he is not a pro bowl caliber linebacker.. but hopefully the packers will see him gettin picked for the probowl as more motivation to try nd keep him around instead of replacing him with chillar


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6:30 - 7:30
Main Library
Latino/Hispanic Community Room A/B
100 Larkin St.
San Francisco is rich in civil rights history – but you may have walked past certain street corners many times and not realized that battles were fought there for labor rights, lesbian and gay equality, freedom of expression, disability rights and more. Join Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi, coauthors of Wherever There's a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California takes us on a virtual tour that uncovers San Francisco's hidden history – from the Yick Wo Laundry, whose owner challenged anti-Chinese laws, to the Votes for Women Club where working women organized their victorious campaign for suffrage, to the site of a police raid on a lesbian and gay New Year's Eve gala that predated Stonewall.
Related exhibit: Wherever There's a Fight: A History of Civil Liberties in California, Feburary 10 - April 7, 2013, San Francisco History Center.