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Trisha - Your pictures are sooo gorgeous!! I think you've made my mind up on picking a resort.
One question - did you have to bring any of the decorations for your wedding site? It looks so pretty with the turquoise fabric - did the wedding planner actually have all that for you?
I actually DID bring that blue fabric with me. It's 10 yards of satin fabric which I bought at my local craft store (Hobby Lobby). It was $2.99 a yard, plus a 40% off coupon. I would do it again in a heart beat!!


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Arsenal duo to use League Cup disappointment as Premier League motivation.
Chelsea convincingly beat Arsenal by two goals to nil on Tuesday evening's League Cup clash at Emirates Stadium but Arsene Wenger has warned the club's weekend opposition, Liverpool, that they can expect the Gunners to show bouncebackability when the Premier League leaders host Brendan Rodgers' Reds on Saturday afternoon.
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'We will respond against Liverpool, don't worry,' said Wenger to Arsenal Player.
Between Arsenal's opening day blip against Aston Villa and their mid-October defeat to Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal continually wowed crowds with one-touch passing, team goals and ruthless attacking efficiency high on aesthetics. However, their form at home - which includes the loss to Villa, to Dortmund and to Chelsea - has not been lost on the club's critics.
'The home form is a concern but not as big as the statistics show it, because I felt in big games against Dortmund and [Chelsea] we gave easy goals away,' Wenger reasoned. 'There are positives and negatives, the negatives are we give the goals away, the positives are that we don't give many chances away. So we have to keep doing that and focus on the next game.'
See also: Arsenal to use Podolski as makeweight for £35m United, Chelsea target?
See also: Liverpool star hits out at exit talk to Arsenal: I'm not leaving!
The Premier League focus is one echoed by midfield pass master Mikel Arteta, a notable absentee from Arsenal's domestic cup encounter with the Blues. In 268 minutes of Premier League football, Arteta has swiftly emerged as the club's most accurate passer despite the presence of players such as Santi Cazorla and Mesut Ozil.
With an average passing distance of 18 metres, Arteta has a success rate of 94%, making two key passes. Cazorla and Ozil are less accurate… by as much as seven and eight percent respectively, but have far more key passes (in Ozil's case 16), which can be credited to their more elevated positions on the pitch.
Arteta, though, is in one of the heartbeat positions and the fighter will not settle for another top four finish this season, claiming the club will do all they can to maintain their monopoly on the summit of the division.
'I wouldn't take [top four],' he explained on TalkSport. 'I always expected us to do better than fourth place. It's very pleasing [to be top], it takes a lot of pressure off. We know how we've been over the last few seasons and how difficult it is to go into every game knowing how far away you are from your opponents. This is where we want to be and we will fight hard to stay where we are.'
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Use the guidelines above rather than being shown to a desk, given a manual to read, and left to figure things out alone. Just imagine how much information is NOT given to a new employee in this type of orientation.
Then, imagine what they think of their new job!
Bottom line take time to prepare for the new employee in an organized and effective manner.


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"She was money."
Ward Romans would typically have been enthusiastically referring to one of the hundreds of girls he helped mold into basketball players and upstanding citizens over the past 20 years as coach of the Nikiski basketball team.
Not this time, though.
Rather, he was referencing an older woman, one who shaped who he would eventually become both on and off the court.
Her name is Judy. She was his starting pitcher, his ace. She is his mother.
"You have that epiphany that I'm out here standing here as a 16-year old with my mom and all of her friends and it seemed surreal," Romans said of his first head-coaching position, guiding a group of 36-and-older women into battle on the summer softball circuit in Fairbanks. "This is a lady that can ground me."
From penciling in the daily lineups to shagging fly balls and even conferencing with his mom on the mound when she was in a jam, Romans learned the skills necessary to become a leader.
"That's really when I knew that I wanted to coach," he said. "At the end of that summer, I said this is something I could really enjoy doing."
Talk about foresight.
Thirty years, 12 Southcentral Conference basketball crowns and eight Alaska Class 3A state basketball championships later, Romans is officially hanging up his whistle, ending a memorable two-decade tenure as coach of the Bulldogs in hopes of spending more time with his family.
With a record of 411-125, Romans, 46, steps down as the architect behind a Nikiski program that became the state's standard for success, having qualified for 17 straight state tournaments and 18 overall, including this past season when the Bulldogs took fifth.
His 21 years of sculpting impressionable minds in the classroom as a middle school social studies teacher will travel with him, too, as he recently retired from public education with plans of moving to Anchorage with his family after his wife, Denise, accepted a job in the city.
"I've been blessed," Romans said. "I've been fortunate to be the caretaker of this program for the last 20 years. I count my blessings. Lots of really special relationships."
It all began, however, with that fateful group of slow-pitch-loving women, a squad Romans would coach for four years and lead to at least one Geritol League title before venturing off to college.
That experience taught him more than just the values of coaching, though.
"That is where I really learned the blessing of faith," he said. "Those ladies really believed that we could really do this.
"I really feel like I've been called by God to be a teacher and a coach."
When his team won it all, Romans' future unfolded before his eyes.
"What a powerful thing it was to watch them celebrate and them to look at me like, 'Thank you and it was fun that you coached us,'" he recalled. "And something clicked inside of me and said this is what I really want to do."
Not built in a day
Romans had never even heard of Nikiski.
Growing up in Fairbanks, where he attended Lathrop High School, spending four seasons on the gridiron as a fullback and linebacker as well as earning a 185-pound state wrestling championship as a senior, Romans returned home after graduating from Northern Arizona University, along with his wife, his high school sweetheart who was two years behind him at Lathrop.
Nikiski High School had yet to open in the summer of 1988 when Romans' phone rang, a voice on the other end inviting him to an unfamiliar place to teach and coach.
Romans, who had been serving as assistant football coach and wrestling coach at North Pole High School at the time, considered himself lucky.
"Breaking into the school system back then was incredibly hard in Alaska," he said. "We were the highest-paying state in the United States as far as pay scale and the peninsula always had a reputation of quality education."
He and Denise hopped in the car, drove through the night, rented a hotel room and showered all prior to a 9 a.m. interview.
By 10 a.m. he was offered the job.
"I was told I was the third person hired in the building and I've been here ever since," Romans said. "I felt very fortunate to break into the system."
Little did the school know what they'd be getting. And vice versa.
As Romans recalls it, Denise had just secured a valuable accounting job in Fairbanks when she sacrificed everything to move more than 500 miles south.
Coming full circle, he's now returning the favor.
"That's going to be a direct correlation to any success I've had as a coach," Romans said. "Any time I've put in as a coach, she was there with me or supporting everything I do."
Romans, who hasn't played competitive basketball since middle school, as he followed in his older brother Wade's footsteps on the wrestling mat in high school, spent his first year at Nikiski as the Bulldogs' football and wrestling coach.
After John Andrews led the girls basketball team to a 2-18 mark in the program's first season, Romans inherited the reins, including that of athletic director, and never looked back.
Well, perhaps once.
In his first game, with Denise by his side as his assistant coach, Romans notched a home victory over Seldovia.
"I'll tell you what I told Denise, I said, 'This is going to be so much fun.'"
The very next day, two-time defending Class 3A state champion Homer brought Romans back down to earth, demolishing the Bulldogs, 82-15.
"We never crossed half court in the first half," he casually said as if it happened yesterday. "I don't have a clue what I'm doing."
That lopsided loss, which Romans remembers vividly, laid the foundation for what would eventually become a blueprint for success.
A helping hand
Dave Cloud is one of the classiest men that Romans has ever met.
The Mariners' coach had just led an assault on Romans and his team and here he is, volunteering his time to talk shop with the rookie.
"After the game I felt terrible. I coached terrible. I know I didn't help the girls that day," Romans said of the blowout. "Thank goodness I don't have a film of it."
Cloud eased his concerns.
"He just was very encouraging to me and very helpful and it was a really neat moment for me and I'll remember forever."
At the time, Romans said, Homer was a noble team full of bright students who gave it their all each and every time on the court.
Sound familiar?
"It wasn't an accident that I tried to model our program after Homer's in that way," Romans said. "They played as hard as any team I've ever coached against in 20 years. They were the standard."
Nikiski eventually would inherit that role. But it took time.
The Bulldogs finished 8-15 in Romans' first season, the only losing campaign on the coach's watch, and failed to qualify for state, just the second time a Romans-coached team didn't make it, the other being 2008.
"It says I had great assistant coaches. I've had three assistant coaches in 20 years. They all had skills that if they wanted to be head coaches for sure," he said. "Each year our goal was to become the best that we could be and to do it in such a way to reflect the teams before in a positive light."
In his second year at the helm, Romans guided Nikiski to a 14-13 record and its first state-tournament appearance, during which the Bulldogs took fourth.
"We beat Seward in their gym to go to state and that was one of the biggest steps this program has ever taken," Romans said.
But that was just a taste.
The main course was still in the oven.
"I didn't have it mapped out, but there were a lot of hungry girls. It was a neat time," Romans said of entering his fourth season. "There were a good chunk of girls coming back and they were very excited about coming back. It was a great group."
The Bulldogs went 21-6 in 1992, one of 16 20-win seasons with Romans on the bench, and won the school's first state championship at Soldotna High School. They followed that with another state crown on the Stars' home floor the next season.
"It was pretty special," Romans said of the first two. "We had a home crowd for the most part. It was really a neat experience to see fans running on the court."
Romans said he never entered a season thinking his team would win a state title, yet he knew what it would take to accomplish such a feat.
"He had a tremendous vision for whatever he wanted to have happen at the beginning of each season," said Vern Kornstad, a Nikiski middle school teacher and Romans' assistant coach for 10 seasons. "He could see what the loss was with graduation and what would need to be shored up, filled in, changed, depending on whatever anybody else was doing or what the competition was.
"He's well-researched. He knew what the other teams were going to do and had an idea of what he wanted to do and how he wanted to get her done," he added. "He could sell that vision."
Nikiski came close to mirroring Homer's run of three straight 3A titles, but finished second in 1994.
Not to worry, though.
The Bulldogs went on to capture state crowns in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003 and their latest in 2006, capping a shimmering stretch of eight state championships in 15 years and an 8-1 record in state-title games.
"I do believe that there was a confidence because of all the work that these girls put in," Romans said of past teams. "I know that once we got to the state-title game, I know there was a confidence there that helped us."
Romans -- who also cited his younger brother, Pat, once the head football coach at Lathrop, as another source of coaching inspiration -- wouldn't comment on whether the championships would have flowed as freely without him on the bench.
Kornstad, now Romans' best friend, has other ideas.
"The kids would buy in. If he doesn't sell the vision, there's nothing to buy into," he said. "It definitely is kind of a two-way street in my opinion."
Only time will tell.
"The girls would have been here. We were really blessed," Romans said. "We've had some incredible athletes come through this school. ... I think once we had some early success, there was a roller effect where the kids and the community got excited about that. In some ways, some years there's been pressure to maintain that excellence for a long period of time and it is not an easy thing to do.
"I've enjoyed it. It's exciting and fun to see how good we can get."
Alaska's finest
The third word out of Sarah Herrin's mouth was 'blessed.'
While Romans felt privileged to have been a part of his player's lives, Herrin felt likewise about her former coach.
"Those four years, he doesn't just teach basketball, he teaches about life in general," she said. "I think players take a lot from him going onto life after basketball and after school."
She certainly did.
Having seen playing time her freshman season at Nikiski, something Romans dubbed as atypical, Herrin was part of the 2003 state-title team, learning quickly on the fly what it felt like to be a champion.
"My freshman year it was a big eye-opener," she said. "Being a freshman, I didn't always know what to expect."
She did her senior year, though, when Nikiski went 25-3, one of the program's best records, and won its last state crown with Herrin, named Class 3A player of the year, leading the way.
After playing two seasons of basketball at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Herrin transferred to the University of Alaska Anchorage, redshirted this past season and plans on taking advantage of her final two years of college eligibility in a Seawolves' uniform.
For that, she credits Romans.
"He brings the best out of you," Herrin said. "I think without him, I wouldn't be where I am today playing college basketball.
"He's the best coach, I think, that has ever come across the peninsula."
Herrin quickly corrected herself.
"Not in the area," she added. "In the state."
Romans was named Anchorage Daily News/Alaska Media Coach of the Year five times, including twice during Herrin's tenure.
"I couldn't have been so successful without him and my teammates. He brings the best out of you," she said. "We were just a product of him. Whatever he tells us to do we do."
Kornstad shared a similar allegiance.
He was a decade removed from coaching when he offered to help Romans, who in turn asked him to become his assistant coach.
"We had an awesome time," said Kornstad, who coached the Nikiski boys this past season. "He was a genius and I would just go around him, filled in whatever gaps he wanted filled in."
Over the ensuing 10 years, countless road trips and six state crowns, the duo would become like family.
"Our lives were really intersecting at that point," said Kornstad, whose classroom was across from Romans'. "With him retiring, I'm trying not to even think about it. I'll deal with it next year.
"There's not a more tender heart on the sidelines. He's just loud," he laughed. "For Ward, it was always about family."
Your way or the highway
Romans never made his players attend. It was purely voluntary.
But Herrin credits open-gym time in the summer as a primary reason for Nikiski's perennial success.
"We always joke around, there is no offseason. You're always going," she said. "If you want to make yourself better, there's always something to work on and that's what he stresses a lot."
When one season ended, another was just beginning.
"You take a little bit of time and get right back and excited and preparing for the next opportunity that this upcoming team has," Romans said. "I've done it for 20 years, it's the only way I know how.
"I don't know how anyone else does it in any other program. I know it's been successful for us."
Once a week, twice a week, whatever it was, open gyms obviously helped.
"It's up to what they want to do," he said. "They don't have to ask me twice."
But the time required to attain this towering level of success is ultimately what caused him to step down.
"It always comes down to that," Romans said. "The time commitment, the travel, the fundraising, all the duties that come with being the head of the program, it can be tiring, it really can."
Herrin understands.
"He's dedicated himself so much to the program," she said. "Basketball's a fairly long season and having that time in the summer for open gyms, he's always away from his family helping us. That just shows right there how much he's dedicated and committed to us. That's very special."
Kornstad, who learned how to run a practice and many other detail-oriented skills from the man he calls his "organizational mentor," saw firsthand the wheels turning in Romans' head.
"He could keep an amazing amount of information in his mind," he explained. "I never read the paper. I just got all the scores from him, who scored what, he'd just keep it all in his mind."
His family, friends and the relationships he developed over the past 20 years were what kept Romans roaming the sidelines.
From the support of his wife, to his eldest daughter Rachel, 18, helping with the team in her younger days before playing on it and graduating this past month, to his youngest daughter Brittany, 12, also assisting the team, Romans felt at home on the Nikiski hardwood. It was difficult not to.
"The only reason I could have stayed in as long as I have was because my family has been involved," he said. "Next to my faith in God, they're the next priority in my life. If Denise had ever said that I was spending too much time away from my family or not being able to follow my own girls, Brittany and Rachel, I would have stepped down."
In the end, it was his own decision. But clearly not an easy one.
Having stepped down once before in April 1999 before reflecting on his choice and rejoining the team, eventually claiming four more state titles in the process, Romans wanted to be confident in his actions this time around.
"After every season I'm tired, I'll be honest," he said. "I wanted to make sure it wasn't that I was just tired."
He was drained, but it was more. It was just time.
Informing his players wasn't easy, either, especially the juniors expecting him to be there for their senior seasons.
"The hardest part about stepping down is ... I feel like I'm letting people down," said Romans, a man at ease with his decision, yet uncertain of his legacy. "I don't want to live in the past and I can't look too far ahead in the future, or you miss what's going on right now."
His body of work speaks for itself.
"It's a legacy of enthusiasm. He's just 100 percent into whatever he's doing. It's a legacy of hard work. A legacy of caring," Kornstad said. "I hate even saying it in past tense, but it was intense. What he's into, he's into completely."
Family tree
Whoever takes over for Romans has big shoes to fill.
There's little doubt, however, that his unwavering philosophy of strong defense, rebounding and effort will carry on for years to come.
"There's great kids coming back. I know the administration will do a great job to take the program over," Romans said. "I see positives for the program, I do."
He couldn't select a favorite moment from his coaching career, instead choosing to talk of his many players' achievements, a sign of what players and coaches call his unselfish and humble nature.
"When people think about coaching over this long span it's easy to pick out those state championship years as being special, but every year there was something -- kids growing or kids working though something and me being able to be a part of it," he said. "That's what's fun about it, watching these kids grow from their freshmen year until they're a senior and then watching the teams grow along with them."
Influencing families such as the Berdahls (Annie, Laura and Tammy), the Glazes (Mary, Sally, Lindsy), the Carlsons (Charise, Becca and Lacey), and obviously the Kornstads (Wende, Angie), and all state-selections from Karen Rabung, player of the year in 2003, to Herrin, Romans learned a lot about himself in the process.
And so did everybody else.
"It was a lot more than just basketball," Kornstad said of serving as his assistant. "It was a way of life, a way of living, being connected in a family sort of structure. This is what you do and then you get the privilege of playing ball games together.
"I don't know that (Wende) would have ever played college basketball if it hadn't been for him," he added of one of his daughters, who played collegiately at two different schools.
Lives may have been changed, careers altered or paths chosen differently had Romans and his wife not taken a giant leap of faith to a small, tight-knit community on the Kenai Peninsula.
"We've talked about that many times," said Romans, who will seek a teaching job in Anchorage in private education. "We knew that it was God's plan that we came down here. It's been a great community to raise a family in.
"It was a good thing for sure that we moved down here. We know that now, we didn't know that at the time."
He's hoping leaving the area brings as much, if not more, happiness. And not just to him.
"What I'll miss the most stepping away from coaching is the teaching, the practices. It's family. It's intimate," Romans said. "You have the opportunity to teach and instruct and watch girls grow and fail and be successful. It's special.
"You can build family relationships. For four years I get the opportunity to work with these girls in an arena where they're volunteering their time to come. It makes it special."
He's still here. But Romans is already being missed.
"I'm just enjoying every chat, every visit, every moment we have left together," Kornstad said. "But I'm just trying not to think about next year yet."
Nobody in Nikiski is.
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Now fans of L.L.Bean Muddy Bean Boots ice cream will be able to enjoy it at home all year long.
Skowhegan, ME (PRWEB) August 08, 2012
Responding to unprecedented customer demand this summer at ice cream stands, Gifford's Ice Cream is packaging its popular L.L.Bean Muddy Bean Boots ice cream in quarts for retail sale.
Gifford's partnered with L.L.Bean earlier this year to create Muddy Bean Boots in honor of the outdoor retailer's 100th Anniversary.
Beginning August 13, Muddy Bean Boots will be available in quart containers at all Hannaford supermarkets, and availability will quickly expand to include additional supermarket and grocery chains throughout New England, New York state, New Jersey, Maryland, and eastern Pennsylvania. Quarts will also be on sale at Gifford's five ice cream stands in Maine.
"Muddy Bean Boots has been an instant success at our stands. The new flavor sold out on opening day in March, and demand for Muddy Bean Boots remains strong and is higher than I've ever seen for a new flavor," said Gifford's Ice Cream Vice President of Sales Lindsay Gifford-Skilling. "Now fans of the flavor will be able to buy Muddy Bean Boots in quarts at grocery stores and enjoy it at home all year long."
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Gifford's Ice Cream and L.L.Bean will celebrate the grocery store launch of Muddy Bean Boots with a press conference including remarks by Maine Governor Paul LePage at the Hannaford store on Route 1 in Scarborough, Maine, on Monday, August 20, at 1pm.
Following remarks by Governor LePage and representatives from Gifford's Ice Cream; L.L.Bean; Oakhurst Dairy, Gifford's sole supplier of fresh milk and cream; and Hannaford, the public is invited to sample Muddy Bean Boots and enjoy free activities and entertainment until 3pm.
"It's terrific to see the response to Muddy Bean Boots," said L.L.Bean Partnership Marketing Manager Kelly Warsky. "What started as a partnership to celebrate L.L.Bean's 100th anniversary will continue to be produced right here in Maine and enjoyed all year long."
Muddy Bean Boots was first introduced in March at Gifford's five family-owned stands in Maine, and in a still growing number of independent stands, restaurants, colleges, universities, hospitals and hotels throughout New England, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington, DC and Virginia.
L.L.Bean and Gifford's Ice Cream are donating a portion of the proceeds from the stand and foodservice sale of Muddy Bean Boots to support Healthy Hometowns, a non-profit Maine-based program that engages young people and their families in active, healthy lifestyles through outdoor recreation. Gifford's will also donate a portion of proceeds from the retail sale of Muddy Bean Boots to Healthy Hometowns.
About Gifford's Ice Cream
Gifford's Ice Cream sources its fresh cream and milk exclusively from independent family farms in Maine. The fifth-generation, family-owned company relies on antique 1940s Cherry Burrell freezers, coupled with a state-of-the-art freezing system, to achieve its ice cream's award-winning, creamy texture and fresh-churned consistency. Gifford's Ice Cream uses only the finest ingredients, including nuts, berries, fruits, premium chocolate, imported vanilla extract and pure, all-natural Maine maple syrup. It has earned numerous international and national "First Place" and "World's Best" awards for Gifford's premium ice cream and sherbet, and continues to expand its distribution and offerings. Visit Gifford's at http://www.giffordsicecream.com and http://www.facebook.com/GiffordsIceCreamMaine.
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L.L.Bean, Inc. is a leading multichannel merchant of quality outdoor gear and apparel. Founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean, the company began as a one-room operation selling a single product, the Maine Hunting Shoe. While its business has grown over the past 100 years, L.L.Bean still upholds the values of its founder, including his dedication to quality, customer service and a love of the outdoors. To celebrate the company's centennial, L.L.Bean is reigniting America's passion for the outdoors, with donations of nearly $3 million to organizations that engage young people and their families in outdoor recreation. Over the past 10 years, L.L.Bean has given nearly $26 million to local, state, regional and national conservation, human service, education and arts organizations. L.L.Bean products are rigorously tested, guaranteed to last and always shipped free The 200,000 sq. ft. L.L.Bean retail store campus in Freeport, ME, is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and welcomes more than 3 million visitors every year. L.L.Bean can be found worldwide at http://www.llbean.com, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.


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JACKSONVILLE – He smiled at the camera, then introduced himself:
"Offensive weapon...
"University of Michigan."
And perhaps around the time of that brief introduction on a Jaguars 101 video on jaguars.com nine days ago, something of an offseason social media sensation was born, as Jaguars (running back/wide receiver/quarterback) Denard Robinson became known to the football world as...
Offensive weapon?
That's right, offensive weapon, which is now the moniker by which Robinson – who was listed as a running back when the Jaguars selected him from Michigan in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft in late April – is now listed on the jaguars.com roster.
Just what is, "Offensive Weapon?" That's what Robinson was asked in the "101" video.
"That means I can play multiple positions," Robinson said with a smile.
Since the Jaguars drafted him in late April, there has been widespread speculation how he will be used. He showed striking speed and explosiveness during offseason workouts, and Jaguars General Manager David Caldwell – who has been intrigued with Robinson on and off field since scouting him while with the Atlanta Falcons the past several seasons – said earlier in the offseason the hope was to get Robinson 10-to-15 snaps a game.
Caldwell also said after the draft that Robinson could be used as a kick returner.
Publicly, Jaguars coaches said little specifically during the offseason about how they were going to use Robinson, but late in the offseason, his designation was changed from running back to offensive weapon.
How Robinson will be used has been a source of national speculation. Peter King of Sports Illustrated wrote in early June that the Jaguars "have some very interesting offensive wrinkles set" with which to use Robinson and wide receiver
"Will Robinson be a trendsetter?" Yahoo's Eric Adelson wrote. "It's possible. The NFL craves speed and versatility, and the Florida native has both."
Robinson, meanwhile, isn't so much worried about setting trends as finding a way to make plays for the Jaguars.
"I am in the running back meeting room, so that's where I'm going to continue to make my plays and just be an offensive weapon – go to receiver, or go to quarterback, or go to running back and make plays happens," Robinson said. "So, I want to be an offensive weapon."


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Blood-thirsty vampire bats sing duets with each other!November 1st, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 1 (ANI): Though vampire bats are known for their blood-sucking ways, a new research has indicated that the flying mammals enjoy such close and cuddly relationships with other members of their roost that they sing well-coordinated duets with each other.
According to a report in Discovery News, the study presents the first evidence for duet singing by adult bats.
Such singing, technically referred to as antiphonal calling, has previously been reported in two other bat species, but only between mother bats and their pups.
White-winged vampire bats, the closest living relative of the common vampire bat, appear to keep on singing into adulthood.
The calls are audible to the human ear, although we can only hear part of the whole sound, lead author Gerald Carter, a University of Western Ontario researcher, told Discovery News.
He and his colleagues conducted several experiments on 18 white-winged vampire bats, some of which were wild-caught in Trinidad, but are now housed in a temperature and humidity controlled facility in New Mexico.
Live chickens, which are the favorite victims of the bats, were herded into cages each night to serve as blood donors, with no chicken parasitized more than once every eight days.
The bats became very vocal when chickens were around.
They might be calling other individuals, such as kin, over to share, or they might be saying, Stay away, this chicken is mine, said Carter. Its mostly speculation at this point, he added.
The researchers were more interested in how the calls might function when individual bats were separated from their roost mates.
When removed from their group, single bats remained silent, but when the lights turned off, they called out like crazy.
Their fellow roost members responded with remarkable precision.
The responses are precise in time, about one-third of a second after the first call, explained Carter, who added that such duets were known to occur among primates, birds and elephants, but never before among adult bats.
After recording and analyzing the bat calls, the scientists further determined that each vocalization had its own unique sound structure.
Members of the same roost could even link songs to the correct singer when the caller was completely out of view.
Carter and his team therefore believe that the duets permit separated bats to reunite, with a little responsive singing help from their friends.
According to Carter, each call might communicate the individuals identity, location and feelings. (ANI)
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I hope you have already dismissed some of these assertions as false in your own mind before posting here, otherwise I don't really understand why you'd still want to consider an Akita at all. Of course most of these things are completely false. Who in their right mind would want an Akita as a pet otherwise??
I have to say up front that I don't support hobby breeding at all. There are SO many dogs in shelters (I volunteer with Akita rescue) and so many undeservedly put down because of so-called hobby breeders. Breeding should be taken extremely seriously, not as a hobby at all. If you are not going to be completely responsible for every puppy you produce, for their entire lifetimes (i.e. if you can't sell them, YOU will keep them and care for them for the rest of their lives; if their new owners cannot or no longer want to keep them, YOU will take them back, house them, and take care of them for the rest of their lives), PLEASE do not even consider breeding. There are enough unwanted dogs as it is and most of them lost their homes through no fault of their own, but through the irresponsibility of their owners, who treat their animals like throw-away objects, instead of family members, or even precious LIVES. Off my soapbox now and if you're still here I'll answer your questions to the best of my knowledge and according to my experience.
- Are they overly aggressive? I know they have a high prey drive and can't be left around unknown kids, but is their aggression out of control? Is it true that no one is safe in your home who the dog doesn't know? I hear some won't even allow eye contact with a stranger.
NO. I had a very dominant male that did not like strangers to stare him straight in the eyes. This is not an Akita trait though. In dog body language staring straight in the eyes is a challenge. If you see two dogs staring each other straight in the eyes, a fight is about to break out. All dominant dogs react to being stared straight in the eyes (holding the stare) somewhat, regardless of breed. I could stare at my dominant male Akita straight in the eyes and kiss him on the nose. So could my friends that he knows. With people that the dog trusts, this action is not taken as a challenge so he doesn't feel the need to answer the challenge. Never try this with a dog you don't know, any breed, Akita or not... it's how people get bitten in the face.
- Do they ignore commands, and how often or why? I see myself as a very sturn and dominate type personality, but in balance. Do these dogs know what respect is?
No. The only time any of my Akitas ignore commands is when they're too focused on something else to pay attention. Get their attention (really yummy food, what have you) and they'll obey commands they know. But they don't respect automatically like many labs do. You have to earn their respect through fair and consistent means. Trying to "dominate" them generally backfires.
- Are they nervous and unsure/uneasy dogs?
Not unless they weren't properly socialized as puppies.
- Some say they are not mentally stable. True, or just ignorance?
False. That's just retarded. Why would anyone keep a mentally unstable animal in their house?
- I hear they can turn on their own owners and bite. True? If so, is it above the norm?
- How do you describe their personality?
Extremely smart, sensitive, thinking (i.e. they will think before they leap, not the other way around), independent, aloof to strangers, very loyal to their family, generally dominant with other dogs, can be protective
- How's grooming?
A lot of shedding at least twice a year for several weeks at a time. Longcoats are a pain to groom.
- What's the best diet?
Grainfree, meat based
- Can they learn to tone down their dog aggression?
Depends on the dog. Most just want other dogs to respect their space (i.e. you leave me alone and I'll leave you alone), but there are some that are very dog aggressive and some that are very good with other dogs. If having an Akita that is friendly with other dogs is important to you, I suggest you get an adult. All puppies are friendly to other dogs until puberty. When puberty hits some can turn dog aggressive.
- Will he try to constantly dominate or abuse my girl when he matures?
Again depends on the dog. Their personalities vary so much from one dog to the next, but they are usually good with the dogs in their own home. If you introduce adult dogs (providing they're not truly dog aggressive), an initial adjustment period is required where some squabbling may occur (shouldn't be any real injuries though).
- How do you rate them as a guard dog?
Not good. They tend to think too much on their own. If they think someone is a real threat, they may not off by command, unlike dogs trained in schuzhund. Do NOT train an Akita as a guard dog. They already trust strangers less than most other breeds by nature.
- How do you rate them as a loyal friend?
Very good. An Akita that's bonded to you will give his life for you without hesitation. That said, not every Akita has that kind of bond with its owner.
- How do you rate their intelligence? My girl is brilliant, but she's a Border Collie mix, so I'm unclear.
Extremely smart, more so than any other breed I've owned (German Shepherd, Rottweiler, Pekingese). They don't generally demonstrate their intelligence by doing commands over and over though. Most of them get bored if you ask them to do the same thing over and over.
- Do they truly favor one person above all others? I'm single, but...
Yes. Some dogs do this more than others.
- How are they when left alone while at work? Do they behave?
All of mine do and I didn't have to teach them to. As puppies I'll find my shoes scattered about sometimes, but nothing destroyed or damaged.
- Do they make good jogging buddies?
Not really. Some do, but labs and border collies make better jogging partners. Akitas are kind of lazy. Many of them would rather walk at a leisurely pace.
- Do they enjoy play and how often? My girl loves fetch, but like keep away too. I hear some Akita's just want to do their own thing and destroy your yard instead of play with you.
Not really. They do as puppies and young adults. Again, they're kind of lazy and aren't energetic like labs and border collies.
- How do they accept displine and what's the best route? I don't spank unless super necessary.
Do not hit an Akita. They're really sensitive dogs emotionally. Using physical force damages the bond between the Akita and the owner. Some will just shut down. More dominant ones will up their ante in defense. Verbal discipline is all that's needed most of the time. They're happy to keep the peace if they understand what you want and have a good relationship with you. The most "discipline" I've ever had to use is a spray bottle (just say a firm "NO" and squirt them in the face with water). That worked even on my most dominant Akita.
- How's their health in general?
Bloat, hip dysplasia, cruciate tears, allergies, cancer at old age are the most common problems that I've heard of.
- How are they at different ages? Young, mid-life, old...
Young: friendly, energetic, sometimes mouthy, generally likes everybody, teenagers are testy
Mid-life: more calm, more discerning between family and non-family (aloof to non-family, loyal to family), more protective
Old: gentler, even calmer, lays around and sleeps a lot but always happy to go for a walk
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This half day camp combines outdoor and indoor adventures, such as: hiking historic trails, nature walks, touring public art, panning for gold, and related arts and craft projects.
The camp will run August 6th to 10th from 12:30 to 4:30pm daily.
Camp costs are $25/day and $125/week. Class size is limited so register today! Call 907-586-3572 or stop by the museum for more information.
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FT: Ethiopia 0-1 Ghana at CHAN
Watch Ghana play Ethiopia in a final Group C match in Bloemfontein at the 2014 African Nations Championship.
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King says:January 21, 2014 07:07 pmThey need to improve their game and also stop the over elaborating .
Boro says:January 21, 2014 06:26 pmThe local black star sucks! Jordan is tired. We are not able to win simple 50-50 balls. Just running and shooting aimlessly. The missing link in the team now is Mpong. He has been breaking our attack anytime we have the chance to attack the Ethiopianns either by wrong passing or being bullied. You see if you follow what you can get now rather than the future by following your stomach this will be the end result. I think Maxwell needs to be dropped from the BS technical team for Brazil because i do not see his technical ability or what he brings to the technical team. He should settle with his bribe money if it is true that he takes bribe and be dropped lower the perking.
SELFMADE says:January 21, 2014 06:16 pmThese local Black Shits will lose, they are just playing like drunkerd apes.
Viper says:January 21, 2014 06:06 pmThe players have abundant of energy,they just need to calm their tits down,why the "stomach direction ball?" Even today they have improved...
spellBOUND says:January 21, 2014 06:03 pmthat means the coach has no game plan.
Viper says:January 21, 2014 06:04 pmOh Massa,very painful,I don't actually believe they are the best we can muster from the league,these players certainly can't be the best we have in the league,I don't think..
2krazii says:January 21, 2014 05:44 pmLocal blackstars have no formula to their game play. Utterly disappointing. It is actually really painful watching them play.


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Young, Milly and Heskey have again been selected by Fabio Capello for another pointless friendly and one WC clash.
England face Slovenia in a testing friendly clash 4 days prior to our World Cup qualifier against Crotia on September 9th.
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Angelina Jolie has been voted the perfect new partner for Brad Pitt following his split from Jennifer Aniston.
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I've recently found myself having second thoughts about the Tea Party Movement. They are not the threat tof the Democratic Party like I first imagined, they are its savior. Not only are they destined to fail by design, they are going to drag the GOP right into the black hole with them, until the GOP throws them under the bus that is. But, if the tone-deaf strategy the Republicans have embraced going forward after getting shown the back of Obama's hand on Health Care Reform is any indication, not only will they not see the bus coming, they won't even know there was a bus until they read about it in their government-paid-for intensive care suite.
Now I must first admit, I hadn't taken the time to look into the Official Site of the American Tea Party Movement because the vile behavior I've seen on display at some of their rallies already made my mind up that I am not even remotely cut from the same cloth. The fact that they tried, and are still trying, to adopt the wayward Sarah Palin as their matriarch was also a distress flare so bright that a welder's mask should be required to look directly at it. But, I finally succumbed to the same primal urges that somehow compel me to peek at the carnage of a car accident as I'm slowly being waved by.
When I arrived at the site, the first thing I noticed was post after post of user submitted content, with topics about things like Global Warming alarmists, Castro-Care, American ignorance, Satanic Obama defying God in Christian America and a slew of others topics that are just so bang-zoom-to-the-moon out there to me, I actually found myself feeling pity above all else. But maybe that was just the luck of the draw, maybe I happened to make my first visit when the lunatics were rioting for control of the asylum. So I went straight to the horses mouth, the mission statement.
Clocking it at just over 500 riveting words, the breadth of this glorious proclamation intended to define a movement can be further condensed to these three phrases, Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government, and Free Markets. In the name of fairness, you can read the whole thing yourself here . It should take you all of three minutes to peruse the whole thing. Personally I was hoping for more from a movement that claims to find its roots in the mold of our founding fathers, because those guys could really lay on the eloquence whenever their pen hit parchment.
Here is the problem though. Where do they stand collectively on the society-defining major issues? Will they paint over their Pro-Life posters when it's time to discuss the death penalty? Will they be able to put a straglehold on the White Supremacists and Anti-Semite groups that are using their rallies as a recruitment smorgasbord when the time comes to air their views on immigration and civil liberties? Will they successfully toe the line between the "tyrants" of our freely elected democratic government and their contradictory position that it is not actually a government of the people, by the people and for the people? Will they embrace the fringe of their movement that are forming militias and contemplating acts of domestic terrorism?
They don't know, they don't have an answer. They don't have a leader and therefore no singular place to direct these kinds of questions, no one voice we can be directed to that can stand up and say THIS is what we are all about on any given issue. They are of course against such hideous and violent idealism when called to the mat, yet they are powerless to control its spread within even their own ranks without a hierarchy in place to condemn or support such actions.
At this moment in time they are an exercise in irony. Their biggest mouth-pieces right now are the bottom dwellers that are the poster children of hypocrisy. People like Mike Vanderboegh, the guy who started the window breaking business at Democrat offices in the aftermath of the Health Care Reform vote, a guy that is living on the very government entitlements that he was forced to "fall back" on after a congenital heart problem made it impossible for him to work, all the while sticking the concept itself with a pitchfork every chance he gets, a guy whose brother is a US Army Lieutenant Colonel that calls the US government the enemy!
And don't even get me started on these fools painting Hitler moustaches on posters of President Obama and calling his an agenda of Nazism, standing and walking shoulder to shoulder with some of the same pathetic hate-peddlers that emblazon themselves with swastika tattoos from toes to forehead and consider Hitler's birthday some kind of solemn holiday, talk about hypocrisy. In a logical world, shouldn't they instead be bowing before Obama if they idolize and bear the mark of the guy they are so desperately trying to make him out to be? These are the nuts falling from the nut tree right now and the gathering nets are filling up fast, all the while suffocating any struggling saplings that may have had at least some kind of reasonable hope to grow into a stout, respected tree on the American political landscape.
The GOP knows it too, they see in vivid color the backlash winding up. They are very worried about the Tea Party fracturing the purity of their far-right-from-center conservative base as they watch them lock horns with the same, albeit loosely defined at the moment, conservative idealism of the Tea Party Movement. To even loosen that once immovable cornerstone of the Republican party would be a harbinger of disaster. But, at the same time, they are attracted to the fiery activism of a somewhat-allied grassroots movement like a moth is to a flame. They saw firsthand the awesome force of the grassroots movement Obama started during his historic election and he's been kicking their collective backsides with it ever since, and they are now desperately seeking their own foil to his power. In the back of their minds though, they keep seeing what happened to the curious moth, so they have mostly kept the Tea Party at arms distance as best as they could so far, but the day is quickly coming when they are going to have to finally squeeze, or get off the pot.
If the Tea Party movement doesn't swallow its own tail and finish the meal itself before November arrives, the Republican party is going to have to swallow whatever portion is left, and that will spell heart burn and upset stomach. It will also cause those moderate and independent voters of a more delicate palate to be forced to find sustenance elsewhere. After all, it wasn't spicy or novelty foods that made McDonalds number one in the world, it was the food that goes down easy, standard menu items that a great majority can bring themselves to swallow. Our democracy bends to the same rule.
When Sean Hannity calls those at a Tea Party rally "a bunch of Tim McVeigh wannabes," and they CHEER?!!?, most of the center lane starts reaching for the left blinker, the images of dead and anguished Americans doesn't sit very well with true patriots and they don't want anything to do with it, no matter how much they may have embraced some of the Tea Party's basic principles and idealism concerning what the role of government should be in our lives.
Sarah Palin, and the Tea Party's infatuation with her, is another wild card that I don't think bodes well for the GOP. If there is one thing time has testified to when it comes to Sarah Palin, she loves to follow the spotlight around and the almighty dollar has no truer servant. When the flame of fame starts to dim, and by extension the money quits rolling in, she will more than likely reach for the kerosene bottle to get things going again, Palin-style.
I think that time will come when she inevitably finds it aligns with her best hopes for staying nationally relevant to finally step up and wholly take the reins of the Tea Party, and she will be taking a good portion of that conflicted conservative Republican base right along with her. If they make her an actual candidate next year to run for the presidency on a third-party ticket, I assure you the scales of Demos vs the GOP stand no chance of tipping in the GOP's favor. Even though the plurality of Americans from both parties think Captain Crunch is more than on par with Sarah Palin when it comes to taking the wheel of our nation to navigate the swirling, reef-laden waters of Washington, she will still tug at the heartstrings of the Tea Party faithful and siphon votes from the GOP.
So, to tie everything together, if the Tea Party can keep themselves relevant, and that will require naming some kind of leader eventually, the GOP is going to lose a good chunk of their most stalwart conservative supporters, and that's bad news in political contests that are often won and lost by a razor's edge.
If, on the other hand, the Tea Party consumes itself, most of the now vocal and FOX recognized "Tim McVeigh wannabes" are going to be forced to pick sides, and they are going to naturally gravitate to the same place they have always been, locked and loaded for the GOP, which means no net gain at all. They will simply have managed to take the long scenic route, paying high tolls for using the road in the process, only to end this journey at the same starting line they have always just walked up to for free in the past.
But, do you think the worst and loudest elements of the Tea Party are going to ever magically close their mouths now that they've tasted the national spotlight of recognition? I don't think so. And this will end up costing the GOP, in a guilt by association scenario, the centrists needed to win big elections, a crucial group that they've had moderate-to-good success wooing in the past.
So what do you think? Is the Tea Party movement really a threat to President Obama and the Democratic Party? To borrow a line from the queen bee Sarah Palin herself, I'm now thinking, "Hell No!" But it is one heck of a torpedo aimed at the USS Republican and it looks like sink or swim time is quickly approaching. If they choose to swim, it is going to have to come in the form of participating in actual governing for progress instead of blind, status-quo obstructionism, it will be the only way they can hope to stay afloat, and that in itself would be good news for all of us looking to move forever forward.
I never thought I'd say it, especially without wincing, but here goes … "Gooo Tea Party!"
Mr. Cantor, you owe me a watch. At first I thought I would be able to hold it high enough to spare it from its eventual fate, but today you had a little help from your party cohorts to fill the room with just too much of the brown stuff for me to save it, a chair to stand on wasn't enough and I couldn't get to the ladder in time. Feel free to divide the bill among yourselves, because you are not alone in causing the damage, but you sir decided to be the mouthpiece of this new, ludicrous Republican spin, so I guess that puts you front and center.
I listened in amazement to your address on Thursday, March 25th as you filled the airwaves with the same ridiculous Republican hypocrisy that has nearly brought any hope of real progress for our nation to a grinding halt. So let me take this opportunity to say…"ENOUGH!"
Let's forget for a moment that you got on your belly and decided to slither beneath even the lowest lying branches of decency, as you tried to cleverly wrap yourself around the Pandora's Box of religious fear-mongering that so conveniently can always be found in the low-lying places you like to inhabit of late.
Let's forget for now that you gingerly tried to constrict it just enough to crack the lid, so you could release a much needed distraction from the very real, hateful behavior we can all plainly see inching along to a destination of unthinkable atrocities.
Let's also forget that the Richmond Police told you before you spoke that the fearsome imagery you invoked of a bullet targeted at you because you are a Jewish-American, was actually from a random act of gunfire into the air that may just as easily have come from one of the nut-jobs that Sarah Palin so thoughtfully implored to "reload."
Let's even try to forget the juvenile behavior your "distinguished" colleagues shamefully displayed on a day all eyes were closely watching American history unfold.
And finally, let's throw every shred of dignity under the bus and forget the lessons of good sportsmanship we've all been taught in America as far back as our fist days on a recess field playing a game of kickball.
But, we can only forget and forgive so much! A mere 48 hours after you took the podium to direct harsh critisism at the victims of such vile hatred, the very same two individuals that were chosen to carry the Republican banner to the highest office in the land during the last presidential election, spoke volumes about the wretched, instigating behavior you and your party either can't, or won't see. A voice of dissent exercised his right to speak up while the enigma that is Sarah Palin was speaking at a rally for John McCain. Instead of rationally addressing his concerns, she told him to "stick around…and learn somethin'."
Now I'll concede that Sarah Palin is not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to discussing actual policy, and that droppin' a "g" here and there is the way she weaves her connective tissue to "Joe Sixpack," but that's not the problem I'm admonishing you and your party for Mr. Cantor, it's the 90 seconds that followed that threw the coal into my now stoked fireplace. I have no idea where security was at an event of that size, but the crowd decided to take matters into their own hands. The Wrestle-Mania matinee went from the very top of the bleachers all the way down to the exit door, with spectators, not security, putting their hands all over this young man like self-declared bouncers. See the video yourself here.
What did the woman that almost got within a heartbeat from the presidency do from the podium while this unacceptable episode played out right in front of her? Absolutely nothing.
What did the man that almost became our President do from his perch right behind her? Absolutely nothing.
It was a sickening display of leadership. It was another couple of nails added to the coffin of Republican dignity and earned respect you seem so determined to bury. It is this very kind of spinelessness that I would call fanning the flames of reprehensible behavior Mr. Cantor. It is high time you and yours quit kicking the can down the road and stand up to the problem instead of making excuses for it. It is time you start setting an example by deed and word that your countrymen should aspire to follow, instead of constantly acquiescing to the lowest common denominator. It is time you quit the misdirection game of playing spin-doctor and start exemplifying honor instead.
President Obama had his own heckler in Iowa recently. A young man was vocally angry about a component he felt was missing from the Health Care Reform bill that just became law in America. What did the President do? He acted like a statesman. He told that young man that there's no need to shout, then he addressed his concerns, not once, but multiple times throughout the rest of his speech, not with vitriol and a snarky attitude, but with decency and respect for his opinion. That is how you lead Mr. Cantor, that is how you capture the hearts and minds of those listening and put them right beside you on the high ground we should all try to inhabit.
While I am certainly not a Republican, I don't wish for your party to implode, my America would only suffer if that happened. I know you've all been doing your best lately to keep America lashed to a 19th century steam-powered locomotive, but most of us are ready to board a Maglev-bullet-train into the future. So what I do wish for, is an end to the ridiculous game-playing, an end to the daily finger-pointing, and an end to the utter hypocrisy you seem to have embraced. Only then can the real work of governing, the work you were all privileged enough to be chosen by your constituents to do, finally become realized. Only then will you be helping move our nation forward.
Just in case my effort to get through to you is on a frequency you just can't hear, let me put it in self-serving language you may understand. Who do you honestly think America will gravitate to in November? The party of "No?" The party of "Hell No?" Or the party of "Yes We Can," more recently know as the party of "Yes We Did!" We can do great things working together for common causes Mr. Cantor, and the day I see that finally sink in, I'll start addressing you by your full and proper title, but not one day before.


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I have nothing against being friends with benefits with someone, but I'm telling you now that you're setting yourself up for some serious pain by agreeing to this when you're still in love with him. You said it yourself, when you love someone, it's hard to be just friends. By being friends that fool around, you haven't suddenly taken that friendship up another level, closer to love, even if it feels like it. You're still just his "friend" and he's still going to see whoever he wants to, while coming back to you when he feels like it. This doesn't sound like a situation that is at all healthy, and I'm sorry if I'm bursting any bubbles.
If you love him and he doesn't want to "be" with you right now, you have to let him go--for your sake and his. Not only are you hurting yourself, you're going to ruin whatever friendship you have left with him by agreeing to this arrangment and then you'll have nothing left but pieces of what once was.
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One thing to remember though, is that he's already decided that he has stronger feelings for someone else, then there's no way right now that he'll ever come back to you, as sad as that may seem. I understand the pain though of hearing someone you really care about and have strong feelings for to tell you one day that he can't be with anyone and then a few days later deciding that he's going to even just date or sort of "reserve" himself for someone he has in mind.
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Is there anyone out there with Kentucky or Tennessee Cruce's?
I am looking for:
Lee Cruce married Luella Henderson(b. March 24, 1892in Obion Tenn., d. Nov.
6, 1936)
both of Obion, Tenn.They also lived in Hickman, Kentucky
1) William Cruce
2) Ollie Cruse- a few of the brothers spelled their name this way.
3) James Cruce
4) Robert(Bob) Cruse
5) Floyd Cruse
6Virginia Cruse
I am looking for any info on Lee's parents.I do not know a thing about
that side of the family.All of the brothers are gone now and I do not have
any contacts for the family now.Their father, Lee, was not talked about
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I hope someone might know of these Cruses. If so please contact me.
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DALTOE, Andréia da Silva. The divulgement of the political discourse: the metaphors by Lula and their forms of interdiction. Ling. (dis)curso [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.3, pp.585-606. ISSN 1982-4017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1518-76322011000300007.
In this study the forms of divulging, by the media, the metaphors by Lula (ML) during the period of his presidency of Brazil (2002/2006 and 2006/2010) are discussed from the perspective of Discourse Analysis according to Pêcheux. Based on newspapers and magazines texts, which published the ML during that time/space, it is investigated how most of the meanings attributed to such sayings push them to the room of error, of deviation from the norm, of the absurd and of ignorance, indicating a sort of unfamiliarity in relation to the ML. In this work one observes if such a defamiliarization is a symptom of a shaking of the stabilized meanings of political discourse, while discussing how those meanings divulged by the media in relation to the ML are built as the only possible interpretation.
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The Yavapai County Attorney's Office has scheduled an informal settlement conference in the campaign finance case against Attorney General Tom Horne.Read More »
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Proud Dad Dances For His Wheelchair – Bound Daughter At Pageant [MUST SEE VIDEO]
Fathers have a very almost unexplainable relationship with their daughters as proven here by one proud dad who dances for his wheelchair-bound daughter at the Summer PageantFest.
McKenzie Michelle Carey, 11 years old, was born with a life threatening disease called Mitochondria. Her beautiful infectious smile was even bigger when dad took the stage with her on stage at Summer PageantFest.
This video captures the essence of true love. NO MAN will ever love this little girl more.


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Roby Lakatos: Hungarian Rhapsody
Posted on May 23rd, 2016 in Features, Recent posts by Songlines Magazine.
The Hungarian violinist Roby Lakatos comes from an impressive Gypsy violin lineage, as Simon Broughton discovers
You can tell that Roby Lakatos is a character just by looking at him – the moustache, flamboyant clothes and his playing technique. He's renowned in the classical world – his last recording was his own take on Vivaldi's Four Seasons, he's revered among jazz musicians, having played with Stéphane Grappelli and American trumpeter Randy Brecker, and he's famed for his Hungarian Gypsy repertoire, the tradition into which he was born. Over seven generations, Lakatos is a direct descendent of János Bihari (1764-1827), the most celebrated Hungarian Gypsy violinist of his day. Pictures of him show a proud gait, a moustache (though not as big as the Lakatos variety), a head of dark hair and strong eyebrows. An intense, romantic figure to be sure, and his name – Bihari – means 'from the county of Bihar,' the area of the Great Plain, famed for its horsemanship and Gypsy culture. With an ensemble including violins, cimbalom and bass, Bihari was famous for playing verbunkos, a male dance with strongly accented dotted rhythms. The verbunkos, starting slow and ending fast, became the signature sound of Hungarian music at the turn of the 19th century.
Last October, Lakatos was a guest at the Amati Exhibition in London. It's a violin show for instrument makers, dealers, collectors and musicians. He was performing and promoting his own range of Lakatos Pizzicato violin strings made by Thomastik-Infeld in Vienna. "I make these strings and everybody likes them. They're very powerful and all violinists sound three times better," he says.
When Lakatos plays he creates fireworks – runs and swoops up the fingerboard, bowing that is too fast to fathom and a joie de vivre that makes it all look a piece of cake. That's why he's a legend.
Lakatos was born in Budapest in 1965 into one of the most celebrated dynasties in the Gypsy violin tradition. "The Gundel Restaurant was the Lakatos place for years. Already during World War I my great-grandfather was playing there," he says. From the 19th century, Budapest was famous for its Gypsy music and Gundel, close to the Széchenyi Baths in the City Park, was one of the prime places for the musical and culinary experience. Over the years its guests have included Yasser Arafat and Queen Elizabeth II.
"I started playing when I was three years old, but that was with a toy instrument. It got more serious when I was six years old," Lakatos tells me. "At nine years old I was playing with my father Toni in his band. It was Gypsy music from 7 to 9pm. But at this time I also wanted to play Brahms, and I went to the Béla Bartók Conservatory, but I didn't finish."
In 1985, Lakatos was invited to play in a restaurant in Liège, Belgium. "It was a three-month contract and after that I was planning to go back, but it was a big success, we were playing till four in the morning. Now I've been outside for 30 years."
Back in Budapest, Gypsy music was essentially café or restaurant music, adding a distinctive ambience to the evening. In the West, Lakatos realised he had to put this music on stage. This meant he broadened the repertoire to include classical and jazz as well as Gypsy – "all styles, Manouche, Balkan, Russian, flamenco and absolutely different to what was played at Gundel."
In 1986 a friend opened Les Atéliers de la Grande Ile, a Russian restaurant in Brussels. Lakatos played there for 14 years. "It had 360 different sorts of vodka and became a celebrated place," he says. "People came for the music. When there was a concert in Bozar [the main concert hall], all the musicians were coming there afterwards. That's how I got to know Yehudi Menuhin when I recorded with Stéphane Grappelli. He said 'Everybody in the musical world knows you, but the public doesn't know you,' and he helped me a lot from this moment."
Lakatos started recording for Deutsche Grammophon (and now Avanti Classic) and hanging out with the violin glitterati. In 2000, he commissioned a violin from Leonidas Rafaelian, "the living Stradivari in Cremona." But he has also had two Stradivarius on loan over the years.
Since the fall of communism in Hungary, Gypsy music in restaurants has declined. It's expensive to have a four or five-piece band, and there is something kitsch about this repertoire or the way in which it's played. Over the past 20 years there's been more interest in the rural Gypsy music as performed by Kalyi Jag, Parno Graszt and Romengo: voices accompanied by guitars, metal water pots and other household implements, rather than virtuoso fiddles and cimbalom. It's something closer to real Gypsy music than a 19th-century fantasy.
But in the past few years, there's been a slight revival in the retro tradition, largely thanks to Tcha Limberger who's stripped away a lot of the kitsch. And Lakatos, having not played in Budapest for 18 years, has started doing concerts there again.
And frankly, Lakatos clearly enjoys the kitsch, playing 'Fiddler on the Roof', 'Flight of the Bumblebee', Monti's 'Csárdás' and 'Schindler's Liszt' (pun intended). But from the Songlines perspective it's János Bihari and the Gypsy repertoire that's interesting. Bihari became a celebrity and toured the Habsburg Empire between 1802 and 1824, playing in Austria, Hungary, Transylvania, Bohemia and more. 'His musical cascades fell in rainbow profusion or glided along in a soft murmur,' wrote Franz Liszt in his book on Hungarian Gypsy music. Liszt heard him in 1822 when he was just 11, but the impression seems to have been overwhelming: 'His performances must have distilled into my soul the essence of some generous and exhilarating wine; for when I think of his playing, the emotions I then experienced were like one of those mysterious elixirs concocted in the secret laboratories of those alchemists of the Middle Ages.' Liszt himself went on to compose his Hungarian Rhapsodies, largely inspired by Bihari. They were written originally for piano and evoke the decorative violin ornamentation and the rippling sound of the cimbalom in the accompaniment. Johannes Brahms too, although he didn't hear Bihari personally, wove his music into his own Hungarian Dances for piano.
Bihari himself couldn't notate music, but he could certainly compose. His pieces were written down and have been passed on – especially within the Lakatos family. "My father played all the pieces," Lakatos says. Does he have a favourite? "I love 'Hejre Kati'," he says. "It's very technical, very virtuoso like Sarasate or Paganini and it's become my speciality."
This article originally appeared in Songlines #118.


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Mario and his magic mushrooms
Mario and his magic mushrooms
An interesting twist on Man / Robot relations
Some people should stay out of the water
Amy Poehler as an art dealer
Rodman is a boob man
A mother goes to the gathering of the juggalos to see if she should allow her 16-year old son to attend.
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Robin Williams and Louis C.K. in Season 3 of Louie.
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Bill Cosby: Chocolate Cake for Breakfast