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MADISON, Wis. – Pine View Living, Inc. of Milwaukee, an assisted living facility, violated federal law by firing an employee for filing a job discrimination complaint against Pine View with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Wisconsin state Equal Rights Division, the EEOC charged in a lawsuit filed today.
According to John Rowe, director of EEOC's Chicago District, which includes Wisconsin, the agency's investigation revealed that Rae L. Anderson was fired from her job as a resident assistant at Pine View's community-based resident facility in Sun Prairie, a Madison suburb, after she filed a complaint on March 6, 2009, alleging that Pine View had discriminated against her on the basis of race and retaliation.
Retaliating against an employee for complaining about job discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The agency seeks lost wages and compensatory and punitive damages for Anderson, an order barring future discrimination, and other relief. The suit, captioned EEOC v. Pine View Living, Inc. (Civil Action No. 11-cv-601, was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin in Madison.
"Federal law protects the right of employees to complain when they believe they have been the victims of employment discrimination," Rowe said. "Here, the EEOC contends that Ms. Anderson was doing what she had a right to do, but Pine View chose to punish her rather than to fix the underlying problem."
EEOC Chicago Regional Attorney John C. Hendrickson said, "Title VII's anti-retaliation provision means what it says: Don't retaliate. The EEOC vigorously prosecutes employers who try to prevent employees from exercising their statutory rights. We will not allow employees to be punished in violation of the law."
The EEOC's Chicago District Office is responsible for processing charges of discrimination, administrative enforcement and the conduct of agency litigation in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, with Area Offices in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. Further information about the Commission is available on its website at www.eeoc.gov.


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Friday, January 31, 2014 - Jiri and Milan - CZECH UP
Jiri and Milan - CZECH UP
Milan Neoral is one very sexy guy. We brought him in for a Czech Up with Jiri Tucek. Milan arrives, to have some treatment on a damaged knee. Jiri tells him to strip down to his underwear so that he can check him out. Milan lays on the examination table and Jiri gets to work checking his legs. He oils the legs and massages them working his way up to Milan's groin and, pulling the underwear aside, massages that as well. Jiri takes his work seriously, and likes to make his patients feel comfortable. So he massages Milan's chest as well and also kisses his nipples. At the same time Jiri slips a hand into Milan's underwear and gropes him. Then he moves down and kisses his balls. Milan's cock gets very hard and soon Jiri pulls it out and sucks on it. He removes Milan's underwear and really sucks on that hard cock. Then Jiri gets naked as well and his own cock his rock hard. As he continues to suck on Milan's dick he wanks himself. Milan then grabs Jiri's cock and wanks it. Milan is moved onto his knees, and bent over so that Jiri can rim his sexy ass. His tongue works on the hot hole for a while. Then Jiri moves Milan again and begins to fuck him. Jiri's dick slides in and out of Milan's ass, stretching the hole real good. Milan turns over and wanks himself and Jiri fucks him some more. Soon Milan shoots his cum all over one leg as Jiri's dick is deep in his ass. Jiri continues his fucking until he is ready to blow too and then pulls out and shoots his cum all over Milan. It seems he is fully rehabilitated.
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We brought Roman Madlec in for a screentest and paired him up with Jaro Grygar. Jaro starts off with a brief interview with Roman, and then he leans over and begins to kiss him. Roman then stands up so that Jaro can drop his pants for him. Taking hold of Roman's cock Jaro sucks, briefly and then kisses him again. Roman's cock is hard in Jaro's hand,as they drop his pants too. Jaro sucks on Roman's hard cock as he wanks his own. Then Roman kneels on the bed, cock to cock with Jaro, who starts sucking again. Jaro's dick is hard too as he sucks. He sits and takes Roman's dick in his mouth again before standing and sliding his dick into Roman's mouth. That cock is so long and rock hard as Roman's mouth closes around the head. He sucks on it, wrapping his fist around the shaft as he does so. Having shown that he can suck Roman moves Jaro onto his knees and begins to play with his ass. He fingers the hole and rubs the cock and balls. Then Roman slides his dick into Jaro's waiting hole. He fucks that ass nice and deep, with long, slow thrusts. Then, with the ass opened nicely, he speeds up, fucking nice and deep. Jaro moves to missionary position and Roman wanks him as he fucks that hot ass. Moving onto his shoulders, cock deep in his ass Jaro wanks himself. His balls are so tight as he wanks and he squirts a big cumshot, right up his chest. Roman is ready to cum too and pulls out of that ass and shoots that cream all over Jaro. Then, after a great screentest for Roman they go off to the shower to clean up.
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On Wednesday the new Czech government was sworn in. Now we can start the count-down until it's downfall. My personal bet is two years. Only time will tell. For the moment, the political crisis is over.
The deep-freeze has moved on, and today was lovely in Prague.
Meanwhile down to work:
Milan Neoral's Czech Up, with Jiri Tucek starts things off today. Then we have Mark Kalo in his session stills and two very good looking newcomers, Vlado Tomek and Ondra Radni in a joint session stills. We also have scene 1 of a fully re-mastered movie, Ice Dreams.
Our castees today are also very good indeed. They are Petr Sobotka, Ondra Radni and Vlado Tomek. They all look good, and I am choosing two guys as my pick, Ondra and Vlado. They feature together, in a sessions stills, so it would be unfair to choose between them here.
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I'm more of a foreign car guy and always have been. Small, light, good handling, high rev motors. At times though, I get a kick out of the American hot rod and muscle car scene. I also get a kick out of the subcultures that develop around specific activities and hobbies. The bicycle and hot rod crowds couldn't be more different and mingling between the two is a goof and a bit of fun.
With that, the town of Bothell held it's annual street fair last weekend. A small car show included at no extra charge. Call now, operators are standing by.....
Super clean classic Nova. Old school American car expert I'm not - so have no idea what year this is. Whatever year, really well done. Agree?
Fairly clean Pantera to gawk at. Interesting car - Italian design and American V8 powered. I'd like to drive one of these just once. I'd imagine it being fairly crude, but sorta light and decent handling.
Pantera engine compartment. You just place the grocery bags on top of the transmission. Will that be paper or plastic?
My favorite ride of the show. Some old school hot rod pick up truck. Again, expert I'm not - don't remember what exactly this is.
Race seats and NOS bottle, just the items needed to impress the local Prius driver. This truck also appeared used, not perfect - and that's always a plus in my book.
Super clean restored Bug. Well done, though I don't dig the color combo. This VW has also been listed in Craigslist for weeks now. Asking $12,500, seems pretty steep. I'm a air cooled VW fan and amazed at what some people are asking for nice specimens.
Rear view of 'Cuda. I still remember seeing one of these for the first time as a young kid in the '60s. Yeah, I'm old.
Okay, that car show is over and now time for another one (of sorts). I've occasionally searched for a 1991 - 1996 era Chevy or Buick wagon online. Last of the old school, rear wheel drive, V8 powered beast. I thought it would make a cool family and bike hauler. Part hot rod, part mini van, something out of the norm, fairly cheap to buy and way different then what I usually drive. Despite my fascination with these oversized freaks of nature, I've never driven one.
Since my car blew up months ago, we've been living with one car (quite successfully thanks to bike geek me), but I've cranked up the search a bit for something used. At times, the second car is useful, but since it sits in the driveway most of the time - looking for something cheap, but semi-reliable. I'm all over the map looking at various rigs, from Toyota Yaris with remaining warranty, to early '90s era Miyatas, to mini vans, to air cooled VWs.
A few days ago, noticed a '96 Caprice wagon at a local used car lot. Time for further investigation. I check it out and take the family for a test drive. What a goof - huge smiles all around. Fits 8 people, with the rear seats folded down two people can easily camp back there. Chevy 5.7 V8 motor allows the monstrosity to accelerate way faster then you'd think. From what I've read online, 17 - 22 mpg, lame - but inline with many SUVs and mini vans. Smurfy, cushy interior. Years ago I'd gag at it, now a source of amusement. 79,000 miles, super clean body, asking $4400. I can picture some cheap black mags on the thing and 4 bike rails on the included roof rack. Windows are already blacked out. The mind considers the idea of owning this white beached whale.
Sales Dude tells me to take it home for the night. I tell him I need to work the next day - don't worry about - bring it back tomorrow night. Whoo hoo, extended test drive. I drive it home cracking up the whole way. Once home, break out the flashlights and call the neighbor for serious inspection. Everything looks great, except for a fair amount of rust underneath the whale's great white belly. This whale has sampled some salt in it's diet. It all appears to be surface rust to me. It also has a bit of an oil leak under the pan and the rear differential is seeping a bit. Otherwise, everything else looks great and it runs really well.
Neighbor declares it not worthy of purchase - but he admits it should be fine for years - just not for him. After blowing it around the neighborhood a bit, complete with big grins, I crawl back under it with a screwdriver and flashlight to poke around some more. Besides two small pinholes in the front wheel wells, most of the rust appears to surface rust on the frame and other areas. Nothing pokes through and I think its structurally sound. I decide to drive it to work the next day and have a ex-mechanic coworker give his opinion.
The drive to work is a goof, I dig this stupid rig. I bring cardboard to lay on, flashlight, screwdriver and rag to wipe hands off. Thoughtful me. Two coworker dudes crawl under there and poke around. They both declare it a bit rusted, the underbelly of the beast is a little sick. Far from perfect, but same opinion that it should last for years.
We're talking a $4000 car here, if it ran for 4 years - cheaper per month then what people pay for iPhone service. Still, I elect to return it and walk away. On the return trip, I still dig the thing - it's just stupid fun. Totally no pressure Sales Dude takes back the keys and I tell him a few people have declared it a touch too rusty. Visions of my hot rod family/bike hauler/camping freak mobile will have to pass. I'm a bit bummed as the wife and family pick me up.


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Virat Kohli has been sending fans into a tizzy for a while now. When he is not smashing run after run to destroy the opposition's bowling attack, he is winning hearts with his adorable displays of affection for his wife Anushka Sharma.
Now, it looks like Virat is all set to follow Anushka's footsteps and make his 'debut'. The cricketer took to social media to share a poster of 'Trailer: The Movie', in which he is seen in a superhero avatar. He captioned it, "Another debut after 10 years, can't wait!"
Interestingly, the poster reveals that Virat's 'debut' will release on September 28, the same day that Anushka's film Sui Dhaaga: Made In India hits the theatres. Does this mean that they will clash at the box office? Let us wait and watch.
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While fans are waiting with bated breath to watch Virat on the silver screen, this might just turn out to be a promotional campaign for a brand he endorses. The poster says that Trailer: The Movie is bankrolled by Wrogn Productions. It is no secret that Virat is the brand ambassador of the clothing brand, Wrogn.
Recently, at the India Today Mind Rocks 2018, Anushka had revealed that Virat was "okay-okay filmy". She said that she and Virat do not let their professions come in the way of their relationship.
"We try to create a proper work-life balance. Both of us really love doing what we do professionally. Our priorities are very clear in life. But at the same time, we try and find time to do something together. We don't take our professions too seriously. We don't draw our identity only from that. We are very simple and like doing normal things. For the world, it is about our professions. But in reality, it is as normal as anyone would be in a relationship," she said.
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Car Buying
How to Prepare for a New-Car Test Drive
Shopping for a new car can be an exciting adventure. For some, however, it can be a difficult chore fraught with an overwhelming number of choices, crowded dealerships and a test drive that's just not helpful. That's why it's a good idea to have a solid plan in place, one that's made of a series of simple steps and ends with new wheels in your driveway and keys in your hand.
Once you've done your research and narrowed your choices to two or three models, you're ready to get behind the wheel and find out if that new car is as good in the real world -- your world -- as it is on paper.
These seven tips will help you make the most of the time you dedicate to test driving the vehicles you're considering. Follow them and you're likely to have a rewarding and informative experience without too much hassle.
Plan Your Day
How many vehicles can one person drive in a single day? That depends on many factors. Generally, however, shoppers will be hard-pressed to complete more than three thorough drives in a single day. Regardless, you need to be thorough, so don't try to do too much. If you want to drive four models before making a decision, try to split the test drives into two days. If you can't dedicate all day to visiting dealers, plan several afternoons when you can visit one dealer at a time.
Because you don't want to rush, make sure you don't plan your dealer visits when you have an important engagement later in the day. Planning your drives ahead of time also will give you confidence in your mission. You'll be more mentally prepared for the task because you'll know what you need to do.
Tell Them You're Coming
Give the dealer a call and let him know you plan to stop by for a test drive. It will help to expedite your visit, giving you more time in the vehicle and less time waiting around. Calling ahead also will help the dealer see that you're seriously considering one of the models he sells.
If you've already chosen a specific trim level or options that you think will suit you, tell the dealer when you schedule your drive. He can then make sure that the vehicle you drive is equipped like the one you're considering.
Come Prepared With People and Stuff
Your test drives should mimic closely the way you use your car in day-to-day driving, so you need to bring the people and items that typically ride with you. If you have a family, take them along. Try a child safety seat to see how it fits. Throw your golf bag in the trunk. See if your lanky teenager can sit comfortably in the backseat. If you're single and typically drive alone, bring a friend. You'll need the help of a sidekick anyway.
Obviously, driving a new car is more fun that heaving your gear in and out and asking your family or friends to spend the day car shopping with you. But you won't regret spending time with the parked car or testing it for its practicality. Be patient before starting your drive. Sit down, adjust your seat and mirrors and familiarize yourself with the controls before setting out. Have your sidekick take notes on any advantages or drawbacks you mention.
Check the Key Features
Some features of a vehicle attracted you to it, which helped that vehicle make the cut for a test drive. Take some time to examine these, whether you do so when parked or while driving. Ask the salesperson to explain or demonstrate them if things are not totally clear to you. Try them yourself, too. Think about how often you might use a particular feature. If that feature is optional, think about whether or not you think it will be worth the extra money in the long run.
Drive a Variety of Roads
Most dealers or new-car salespeople have routes that they like to use for test drives. Some are good, with a comprehensive mix of roads and driving conditions. Others are too short or offer too little variety. You don't have to suffer an unsatisfactory drive route.
Drive on a variety of roads, dividing your time between surface streets, highways and neighborhood lanes. If possible, drive on the roads that you typically use. If the dealership is not close to where you live or work, try to find roads that are similar to ones you frequent. Experience the vehicle in both light and heavy traffic. Park in a tight space and try backing out. Be sure your sidekick is ready to record your observations.
Be Patient and Expect the Same
If you rush this process, you may make an ill-informed decision when buying a car. Execute it correctly, though, and you'll largely eliminate any regrets you might experience. So you need to be patient when test driving vehicles.
The test drive isn't the final step in getting a new car. You'll still need to make a decision on which model is best, choose trim and/or options and negotiate a deal, so it's best to approach the task with patience. You want to be thorough, not quick. You don't need to make a decision until after you've completed all the test drives you planned.
You should expect the same from the dealer and salesperson. If necessary, remind them that you need their patience as you test a vehicle. Most will be accommodating. If you feel like you're being rushed, find another dealer with the same model or scratch that model off your list.
Stick to Your Plan
It's possible that the first vehicle you test drive is the best vehicle you've ever driven and that you'll be happy owning it for years. It's not too likely, though.
More likely is that you'll need to comparison shop, which means driving each model on your list. Stick to your plan and spend the necessary time looking at each model you're considering. Even if that first vehicle you drove turns out to be your favorite, the other drives aren't a waste of time. They'll help you to be certain that you've made a good decision.
If you've already narrowed down your list to a few vehicles that you find attractive and affordable, start preparing your test drives. Invite your friends and family. Make a day of it. You'll make a better car-buying decision, and you'll probably have some fun behind the wheel, too.


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Passing through the main butterfly gates, you've entered the Children's Adventure Garden. Cool off in the timed fountains and get the first aerial view of the entire garden. A welcoming orientation area, our Entry Plaza is large enough to comfortably accommodate 200 people.
Walk under a waterfall or look out from atop the magnificent cascades. The soothing sound of slowly falling water welcomes you into this serene area.
While it's a great place to take a break, this rooftop garden retreat also provides an important function; it insulates the building below and reduces our overall energy consumption.
When you're relaxing at The Moody Oasis, you'll enjoy a panoramic view of White Rock Lake. Be sure to look through the scopes at the many historic buildings and houses across the lake. You may even catch a glimpse of some of the wildlife that calls White Rock Lake home.
This generous wood walkway curves through the treetops offering a bird's-eye view of life in the trees. Make sure you listen carefully so you don't miss unique birdcalls or insect sounds. Use the scopes on the skywalk to pick out nests and hopefully see other critters scamper about the Garden.
This is your special garden. We know you like to touch, smell, build, crawl, splash and jump. You can do all of this in First Adventure. How many parts does the ant have? Do other insects have the same number of parts? Why does the bird's foot look different from the opossum's foot? Can you find their tracks along the sandbox wall? What animals besides chickens hatch from eggs? This garden presents lots of questions and provides lots of answers.
*Please note First Adventure is limited to our youngest learners and we may limit access to school groups.
Inspired by Native American carvings, the Petroglyph Walk features large rocks with symbols and designs on them, depicting the special "engravings" used by ancient Americans to communicate important messages. Can you invent some ideas for carvings you might create?
You know people are alive, but did you know that plants are alive and have parts that must work together to keep the plant well? Plants have different body parts just like you. Every part does something special to help the plant survive. Today you get to enter a world of giant plants to see how all the parts work. You may build a big flower puzzle, make your own growing plant pictures, or see how water moves through a healthy plant. Real plant parts sometimes look different, but they all work much the same way.
The Kaleidoscope gallery uses color, light and structure to demonstrate how nature influences art and architecture. There are patterns in nature that we can use to create art and solve math equations. You will find these patterns in sand, water and landscapes here, but will be challenged to use them in new and unique ways. Discover tessellations, fractals and patterns and create your own artistic designs on our touch screens.
For ages, people have enjoyed stories told live on stage. Our puppet theater will engage guests with songs, dramatic characters and tales inspired by happenings in nature. The Glade is a natural space and provides the opportunity for visitors to take a seat and become part of the stories presented by our actors, puppeteers and celebrity guests. Find a seat and join the show!
Here you will witness the transformation of water, solar and wind energy into electricity. Use interactive wind models and a variety of turbines to determine which machines are the most effective. Test wind speed using fun anemometers and step inside our wind machine to feel its power. Archimedes' screw and other machines will teach about harnessing the power of water.
Did you know that wetlands clean the water, provide habitats for many plants and animals, and help control flooding? They are a great resource for our state. The plants in our wetlands are all native Texas wetland plants. This gallery gives you the opportunity to walk on trails, over bridges, around the wetlands, and to see the plants and animals that make up large parts of our great state.
Our version of a bounce house in the air, our very special, 32-foot fabricated tree lends itself to 'sky-walking' as you are suspended over the trail below. Walk in the Clouds allows kids to scurry about in safe, canopy netting. Pretend to be a squirrel or raccoon; crawl, walk or jump around the nets; and enjoy a view of the ground below. Brave the trees the way small animals do and feel the thrill of life high in the sky.
Here you will see how plants and animals live and thrive together in a woodland ecosystem. Walk the woodland trails and you will see that habitats provide shelter, space, food and water to the plants and animals that live there. As you pass the signs for habitat needs, look around at all the models and exhibits that show how people, plants and animals interact and how they adapt to changing environments. They might change their behavior or develop a new skill like climbing. The way they look might change over time. A change in their coloring could help them blend into their environment and avoid becoming prey.
Our guests will learn so much from the interactive technology and special programs inside the Exploration Center, including teacher-led chemistry and biology labs. This innovative indoor space features a plant lab, smart tables, soil specimen workstations, CSI-style mysteries, and the signature OmniGlobe.
Located in the Globe Theatre, the five-foot-tall OmniGlobe is one of five in Texas and is the largest in the state. A touch-screen transforms the sphere into a high-tech model of the planets. View everything from weather events to population density on this striking machine.
Learn all about the forces that affect our ever-changing planet. Earth's geology, weather and its place in space are all explored here. Inset in the pavement is a geologic timeline that tells the time periods from the prehistoric to today. You will also see illustrations of the fossils of organisms that lived during each of those time periods. Explore a cave or visit a station that simulates erosion. Get hands-on with your planet!
As you enter the Living Cycles Learning Gallery, the first thing you notice are the words inscribed in the stone pathway describing the life cycle of a plant. As you walk the circle, you will learn about how plants grow. Sit and enjoy some beautiful photography showing the fascinating life cycles of insects, birds and plants. Walk through the pollination zone to learn all the ways flowers have adapted to attract pollinators and their pollinators have adapted to reach the nectar inside flowers.
This exciting discovery trail is perfect for young explorers. Traverse the switchbacks and follow tracks left behind by forest friends. Can you guess which native animal may be just around the bend? Look for interactive clues and facts about the living things you could encounter in the wild.
Follow a circular maze through winding paths of tall bushes. Read cardinal directions, find cryptic clues and peek through periscopes in order to figure out which way to go in this secret garden. You'll encounter whisper tubes, periscopes, a floating granite ball and dance chimes along your path. The castle's flag is in the middle of the garden, but beware of the dragons' breath as you pass through a row of menacing statues. You may even find some paths have changed since you began your adventure.
Vines have evolved to climb toward the life-giving sun. The vines in this garden are planted on posts and run along cables that support their growth. Look closely at the trees, vines and bushes around you. Are any of the plants flowering? Did you know those flowers will eventually become fruit? Enjoy witnessing the entire life cycle of climbing and food-producing plants here.
Everything that is alive must eat, and the choices we make about what we eat keep us healthy, strong and smart. From ancient times to today, man has gotten food from plants. Did you have cereal at breakfast today? It came from a plant. Bananas and fruit juice come from plants, too. Bread is most often made from a plant called wheat. The vegetables on your plate and your chocolate dessert were grown for you to eat. Stroll through The Incredible Edible Garden and learn about the value plants provide to our health.


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The Cardinals will try to extend their winning streak to five games in Philadelphia on Sunday, but one of the offensive pieces that has helped spur them to a string of victories may not be able to be part of the effort.
Running back Andre Ellington popped up on Thursday's injury report with a knee injury, as opposed to the indigestion or familial frustration that led many others to their own compromised states on Thanksgiving. There aren't many details about the nature of Ellington's injury, which he appears to have suffered during practice as he wound up as just a limited participant.
Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic reports that Ellington had his knee wrapped on Friday morning, but that he said he was hopeful of playing against the Eagles. The team will release its final injury report of the week later in the day, which will give us a better idea of whether to share that hope.
Ellington has run for 262 yards over the course of the Cardinals' winning streak, which has vaulted them to a 7-4 record and a spot in the NFC playoff race.


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There are things you expect to see in Arizona and things you don't. You expect to see saguaro cacti; you don't envisage surfers. But there we were, standing in front of the FlowRider at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale watching a 15-year-old boy from Kelowna performing surf tricks on a giant wave. He made it look so easy.
The FlowRider looks a little like a miniature ski hill with water rushing up it at high speed to create a massive surfing wave ideal for boogie boarding or wakeboarding. They say that even the desperately unco-ordinated can be taught to surf on a FlowRider, so I decided to put that promise to the test and my teenagers decided to join me.
A small crowd had gathered near the FlowRider to watch the action.
"I think it would be wise for you girls to wear a T-shirt over top of your swimsuits," advised my husband as we got in line to give FlowRider a try. Thinking he was being overly protective about their modesty, our teenagers completely ignored the well-meant advice. Moments later, one of them almost lost the top half of her bathing suit while she was being pummelled by the high-pressure water following a spectacular wipeout.
Back on the boards with T-shirts over our suits, we each took turns practising our surfing skills on the giant wave. After multiple attempts, each member of the family did indeed manage to stand up on a wakeboard and surf. It was a thrilling experience and one that we never would have expected to find in the middle of the Arizona desert.
There are plenty of amazing activities for families to experience in the Scottsdale area of Arizona. Though the destination has long been known as a getaway for retired Canadian snowbirds, in recent years it has come into its own as a family-friendly vacation destination. With a host of great family activities and attractions, the city was voted by Sunset Magazine as the best place to raise kids and by Travel and Leisure Magazine as one of the best warm weather family destinations.
Top Four Family-Friendly Activities near Scottsdale & Phoenix
- Hang 10 at the FlowRider: Surfing in the desert is a new feature of the Westin Kierland Resort's adventure water park. Riding the FlowRider's simulated wave uses a combination of the skills of surfing, snowboarding and skateboarding. At the moment, it is only open to resort guests. (kierlandflowrider.com)
- Musical Instrument Museum: The largest museum of its type in the world, the MIM contains more than 15,000 musical instruments from countries all over the globe. The museum is interactive and wireless headsets allow guests to listen to recorded performances from many famous artists. (themim.org)
- Desert Botanical Garden Night Tour: The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix will mark its 75th birthday in 2014 and to celebrate, the garden will be having after-dark Luminaria tours for 31 nights in November and December. The gardens will be lit up each evening with more than 8,000 hand-lit Luminaria bags and thousands of white twinkle lights. There will also be Chihuly's artwork on display. Hand bells, cider and carollers will bring out the holiday spirit. If you aren't visiting during the holidays, there are other after-dark events hosted at the gardens throughout the year. (dbg.org)
- Butterfly Wonderland: Home to America's largest butterfly atrium, Butterfly wonderland in Scottsdale has a 3-D theatre, a butterfly emergence gallery, honeybee displays, an ant colony and large freshwater aquariums and touch pools. (butterflywonderland.com)
Scottsdale's Top Four Family-Friendly Resorts
- Westin Kierland: A large waterpark with a 274-metre lazy river, a huge waterslide, multiple pools and the FlowRider surf machine are the highlight of this resort. There's also a great on-site kids program with daily activities organized by age group. Eight restaurants, a spa, tennis courts, 2 nearby shopping malls and an excellent on-site golf course ensure there is something for every family member. (kierlandresort.com)
- Fairmont Scottsdale Princess: The Sonoran Splash recreation area at this resort features two large waterslide towers. The resort has five pools in total, tennis courts, a kids fishing pond, an on-site golf course and one of the best spas in the country. Kids' activities and great on-site restaurants make this resort popular with families. (scottsdaleprincess.com)
- Four Seasons Scottsdale: Sitting in the shadows of Pinnacle Peak, this resort has large casita-style rooms — some with outdoor wood-burning fireplaces great for making s'mores, patios and telescopes with star charts. There is also a complimentary kids program and activity area for children ages 5 to 12 with activities ranging from cooking classes to scavenger hunts. An on-site spa, tennis courts and two excellent golf courses keep adults busy while their kids play. (fourseasons.com/scottsdale)
- Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch: Hyatt's 2.5-acre water playground has 10 swimming pools, 45 waterfalls and a three-story high-speed waterslide. The resort also has a host of other activities to enjoy including tennis, golf, running and biking trails, gondola boat rides, horseback riding and a daily kids camp for children ages 5-12. (scottsdale.hyatt.com)
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Rainfall during late summer boosted crop growth and development in the north Florida Panhandle but delayed some hay baling and lowered the quality of some hay, according to the state's agricultural statistics service.
Extreme heat in July hindered some peanut blooming and affected the growth of cotton and other crops. Silage harvesting neared an end in some localities during early July. Tobacco harvesting progressed rapidly during July with collection centers at Madison and Live Oak opening late in the month.
Cotton condition was rated mostly good to excellent by early August with a few growers reporting a significant amount of squares falling off plants, probably due to heavy rainfall. Frequent showers shortened the spraying interval for some peanuts while growers in some areas irrigated fields to insure proper soil moisture.
In the first yield forecast for 2002, Florida cotton growers expect to average 706 pounds per acre from 119,000 acres to be picked. This compares to 612 pounds per acre averaged from 124,000 acres harvested last year. Production is expected to total 175,000 bales. Last year's production was 158,000 bales.
Peanut producers indicate that 92,000 acres will be dug in 2002, up 10,000 acres from last year. Yield is expected to average 2,600 pounds per acre, down 450 pounds from the 3,050 pounds per acre last year. Production, at 239,200,000 pounds, is down from the 250,100,000 pounds produced last year. Growers report the crop is in mostly good to excellent condition with 95 percent of the crop pegged by the first week of August.
Tobacco producers expect to pull 13,440,000 pounds, up 1,740,000 pounds from the 11,700,000 pound harvested last year. Acreage is set at 4,800 acres, up 300 acres from the 4,500 acres harvested in 2001. Yield is expected to average 2,800 pounds per acre, up 200 pounds from the 2,600 pounds per acre for the 2001 crop. Florida producers escaped damage from diseases that plagued tobacco in other states.


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OpenXava 4.2.3 released
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Randazzo appeared in 45 games and made 27 starts in the outfield in her first season at Northridge ... batted .197 for the season with 13 runs, 15 hits, three doubles, one triple, one home run, four RBIs and three stolen bases ... finished the year with a .975 fielding percentage with 38 put-outs and one assist ... had a season-high two hits on three different occasions ... scored season-high two runs against UCSB on April 22 ... had a stolen base in three different games ... hit her first home run of CSUN career against Stanford on Mar. 6 ... added six runs and a double during the Big West season ... had three multi-hit games.
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Randazzo played two seasons for the Mounties ... member of the 2009 state champions ... received her AA degree in Kinesiology in 2010.
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Randazzo played four years of softball for the Lancers ... earned all-league honors for her play following her junior and senior season ... also a member of two league championship teams ... also played four years of basketball ... graduated in 2007.
Born on Dec. 5, 1989 ... daughter of Corinne and Stephen Randazzo ... has a brother, Stephen, and a sister, Kelcie ... favorites include the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Vince Vaughn and Italian food ... says the best thing about being an athlete is staying in shape ... would have liked to meet Abraham Lincoln ... cannot imagine going a week without her truck ... majoring in Exercise Science.


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BitTorrent Announces Plans To Help Artists Get Paid While Giving Their Creations Away For Free
from the pira¢y-is-the-new-paid-content dept
Following the footsteps of Youtube, BitTorrent is experimenting with ways to help artists make money while still giving away their work for free. The first experiment goes live today. Torrentfreak has the details:
The idea is simple. BitTorrent Inc. helps artists to promote a bundle of free content to their 150 million users. This bundle includes a piece of sponsored software such as a media player or anti-virus package that can be installed as an option. When a user installs the free software, both the artist and BitTorrent get a cut of the proceeds.The first artist featured is DJ Shadow, who's releasing a package of exclusives and some sponsored software. Hidden Transmissions From the MPC Era (1992-1996) will be promoted to existing users with banner and text ads and new users will be given that option when installing uTorrent. Getting DJ Shadow on board with free distribution and torrent services is a bit of coup on BitTorrent's part, considering he's made statements in the past decrying what he perceives to be a continuing devaluation of music by file sharing.
"We believe we can make digital distribution even more viable for creators and fans. So, beginning now, we'll be testing new ways to drive profitability for creators while delivering even more meaningful media experiences for our users," BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker comments on the announcement.
[I]f you're holding your breath, waiting for me to boost my cool-quotient by giving my music away for free, it's not going to happen. The fact is that I feel my music has value. You may disagree, and that's fine. But I know how much energy I put into what I do, and how long it takes me to make something I'm satisfied with. Giving that away just feels wrong to me. It's not about money per se; I can donate a large sum of money to charity and not think twice, but I won't give my art away. I'd rather sell it to 100 people who value it as I do than give it away to 1000 who could care less. That's MY choice.I point out this statement not to "name and shame" DJ Shadow or as a cheap dig at what could be perceived as a hypocritical act, but rather to show that BitTorrent's experiment would seem to have a chance of succeeding. Given DJ Shadow's stance, it's highly unlikely that he would have signed on to give away his music for free (and linked his name with a service often mentioned in the same breath as "copyright infringement") if he didn't see legitimate potential in the plan.
BitTorrent obviously hopes that showing artists the monetary potential of the uTorrent platform will garner it more recognition as a legitimate platform. Several more campaigns are due to roll out this summer, with BitTorrent closely tracking the response to each experiment.


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Here's our last Bike to Work Week Employee Profile about one of the many commuters who ride to work here at Performance HQ. They ride different bikes and different routes, but they've all got great advice on how to make your commute easier and more fun!
Tony DeRubeis .
What do you do at Performance?
Spin Doctor Pro Bike Build Coordinator.
How often do you ride to work?
1-2 times per week.
How far do you ride?
42 miles round trip.
What bike do you ride?
I ride a Scattante XRL cross frame with a Frankenbike parts kit.
Why do you commute by bike/what's your favorite part of commuting by bike?
It's a good workout, plus it's more enjoyable than driving, it saves money and it's better for the environment!
Any advice for someone who's thinking about commuting by bike?
Any distance commuting by bike is better than driving – driving half of your commute and biking half is better than driving the whole thing. And commuting by bike is like stealing time – if your 30 minute drive takes 60 minutes to ride, you get a 60 minute workout while only taking 30 minutes out of your day.


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Hoflich wrote:Have you seen his FB shirtless BBQ pictures?
I printed that, placed the pic next to my desk along with a box of tissues and lube.
i have seen them and must agree w/ you 100% also, the one of him in the headress is just pimpin. now if were wearing only the headress....mmmmm mmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


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One of my favourite conference, the SMX London, will be held on the 18th and the 19th of May. I have been offered to speak on the Brand & Reputation Management Strategies session with Mel Carson, adCenter Community Manager – Europe, Microsoft and Mikkel deMib Svendsen, Creative Director, deMib.com. Both great guy's. The conference is
Session description: "With the proliferation of blogs, social media and other "consumer generated content" sites it's getting more challenging for organizations to manage perceptions about their products and services. How can you respond to negative opinions, much less find them? How can you correct misleading information on sites you don't control-including search result pages? Learn how to "take back the web" in this session."
You can find a great summary of last years conference at the DataDial Blog and a Video Round-up at You Tube. Not sure that the Video does the conference full justice but at least some climbs into what is going on.


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Pitch a technical problem to Paul R. Adams as unsolvable and Pratt & Whitney Co.'s top aeroengineer turns sleuth. The questions roll: Why? Try a new approach? What tools will make it work?
Adams learned early that few engineering problems are hopeless. Fresh from University of Michigan in the early '80s, he tested cruise-missile motors for a tiny propulsion maker whose rival was giant Pratt & Whitney Canada. There, he learned to ply technical snags with time and focus.
Embracing that notion, combined with 14-hour days, put him on the fast-track at Michigan gas-turbine builder Williams International. Adams' career there took off faster than the Williams jet-pack flown in the '60s TV series, "Lost In Space,'' developed by legendary turbine engineer and Adams' early mentor, Sam Williams. (The jet-pack was a progenitor to the cruise-missile motor.)
"If they figured out you knew how to solve a problem, they just gave you another problem,'' he said of his grind at Williams that cemented him as one of that company's top engineers. During his 16 years there, Adams also had a starring turn in Williams' successful transition to building engines for the then-burgeoning market for business jets, Pratt Canada's sweet spot.
Now 30 years into his career, Adams, 52, is one of the youngest chief engineers in the history of Pratt & Whitney. Last October, he was put in charge of the East Hartford jet-engine maker's global operations and engineering organizations, including new product development, technology strategy, manufacturing operations, and managing its supply chain.
Adams once had his sights on the CEO chair at Williams but fell short. His jump to Pratt & Whitney in 1999 was in time to have a key hand in the $1 billion, 20-year development of what Pratt bets will be its most lucrative propulsion system ever — the geared turbofan.
Connecticut, too, has embraced Adams. In May, he joined rarefied company as an inductee into the Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering (CASE). He was honored for his contributions in that arena and to the state's economic well-being, through his leadership of the Pratt team that developed the geared turbofan.
"He just has a great will to succeed,'' said friend and fellow CASE alum Mun Choi, the University of Connecticut interim provost who is former dean of its engineering school. "He's so passionate about what he does … That kind of passion is very important in a leader.''
Adams' other knack, supporters say, is talking engineering like a layman, without all the jargon — ideal for his role as a UConn engineering school advisor.
He can go on about the attributes of the geared turbofan and how the intersection of propulsion technology and airline economics revived Pratt's interest in a concept it had explored and shelved in the '70s as impractical.
Eventually, though, heightened competition from engine rivals such as Fairfield's General Electric and Britain's Rolls-Royce, and a dwindling market for spare and replacement parts for an aging fleet of '60s- and '70s-vintage engines caught up to Pratt. So it swung for the fences with its quieter, more reliable and fuel-efficient geared turbofan. Pratt branded the engine PurePower.
Adams rebuffs credit for PurePower or the F135 engine Pratt developed for the F-35 Lightning II fighter; those were team efforts, he says. However, there is one feat Adams says he is proud to claim, one that was harder to pull off.
That was convincing thousands of Pratt engineers that development of the PurePower had exposed a recurring flaw in its engine-design process, costly to both it and Hartford parent United Technologies Corp. in time and money.
Rather than begin design of each new Pratt engine on a fresh sheet of paper, Adams pushed to mimic car builders who craft a scaled-down model from clay before embarking on a full-size production model. Years earlier, Williams International used a similar design "scalability" aesthetic to punch its way into the business-jet market.
Once the basic engine architecture is in place, variations of the design can be sized up or down, according to the needs of customers and aircraft configurations, Adams said.
He also had to convince a potentially more powerful skeptic, his boss at the time, Pratt President Steve Finger. Now retired, Finger couldn't be reached for comment.
"I got squeezed from both directions on this one,'' Adams said.
Ultimately, he won over both camps. Today, Pratt says the PurePower has drawn more than 2,800 firm orders worth billions from aircraft builders and airlines worldwide — assuring Pratt of more replacement-parts sales for decades to come. The PurePower is configured for the newest single-aisle jets from Canada's Bombardier, Airbus, Japan and Russia. Eventually, it might also power wide-body jetcraft.
The scalability episode also illustrates for Adams a key difference between an inventor and an innovator, which is how he sees himself.
"Invention is the art of creating new ideas,'' he said. "Innovation is defining new ways of creating value. I can invent anything any day. The question is: Is it of value?''
These days, overseeing Pratt's engineering-procurement bulwark means Adams spends more time clad in a suit in meetings. However, he says he manages time to hobnob with other Pratt engineers in forums and on the shop floor.
"I wouldn't call myself an innovation guru,'' he said. "But I'm also responsible for developing a culture that embraces innovation.''
But there was a period in Adams' life where aerospace innovation nearly took a backseat to filmmaking.
Adams took a theater course at Michigan because it was one of the few electives available and a way to meet girls. (It also helped, he says, overcome his fear of large audiences, a handicap for a manager at a company Pratt's size.).
To help one aspiring film-maker stay afloat in her classwork, he helped with her script-writing assignments and found his creative spark.
"I thought for a period of time,'' Adams said, "I could be the suburban Spike Lee.''
Luckily for Pratt, he stayed in engineering.


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Zac Brown Band Take It Slow in New 'No Hurry' Video
With the summer months quickly approaching, the boys of the Zac Brown Band kick-start the lazy season in an appropriate fashion, releasing the accompanying video for their latest chart-climber, 'No Hurry.'
Set off the coast of an exotic tropical hideaway, the new clip features a combination of live concert footage and home videos of the guys enjoying the perks of a carefree, island life. The video carries on the band's tradition of beautiful destination video sets following the release of 'Keep Me in Mind,' which showcased the scenic mountain beauty of Red Rocks, Colo.
'No Hurry' looks to be the final release from their 2010 platinum album, 'You Get What You Give,' with confirmation that the Grammy Award winners plan to release their follow-up project, 'Uncaged,' this July. 'No Hurry,' which was penned by Brown with help from Wyatt Durrette and James Otto, is currently Top 10 and climbing.
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We know, we know, the fridge is filled with leftovers. But we couldn't resist reader Tessa's great, easy recipe, and figured it might come in handy for feeding all the randoms family and friends lounging around the house. Plus you could always substitute turkey for the beef for a yummy, healthier twist.
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- 2 lbs ground beef
- 2 cans diced tomatoes
- 2 cans tomato sauce
- 2 cans kidney beans
- 2 green peppers
- 1 onion
- 1 package pre-cooked bacon chili powder
- Tabasco
- Salt
- Pepper
Brown and drain 2 lbs of ground beef. Put into crock pot. Dice peppers and onions and add to meat in crock pot. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in diced tomatoes, undrained. Drain kidney beans and add to mix. Add in tomato sauce (you don't have to use both cans, it depends on how thick you prefer your chili). Sprinkle in Tabasco and chili powder to taste. Simmer chili all day on low to medium setting. Serve in individual bowls, top with shredded cheese and enjoy!
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Today, in the pouring rain, the 2007 racing season begins. I'll ride the south end of the lake with the Wines of Washington team for about a 3 hour ride. On Sunday, another 3 to 4 hours with Mike Rogers.
This year is already promising with more of the older guys racing masters and I'm upping the training ante with a Tacx Cosmos. I'll blog more about that once I've spent some painful, sweaty time on it.


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The Agape Health Clinic has been a success, according to the only paid personnel for the program, Director Jeannette Gaider. The remainder of the staff operating the program for the medically-uninsured are volunteers.
From Oct. 11, 2011, through September 2012 the clinic received 936 volunteer hours of service in the treatment of 236 patients from a variety of health care providers. Of the 236 patients treated at the clinic 206 were from Pratt County.
Not only were basic medical services provided to the uninsured, but also there were 35 dental patients treated during the period.
The estimated cost of the free dental procedures alone was $17,658.
Initial medical visits (124) were estimated at a cost of $125 each, or $15,625 and return visits (111) were estimated at a cost of $65 each, or $7,215.
Testing was necessary for treatment of patients attending the clinic and the cost of those tests amounted to $24,979.65 during the period.
Additionally, there was $29,666.83 in PAP costs associated with the program and a total expenditure of $102,348.11 in services provided to the uninsured during the period.
This stopgap program for the medically uninsured may not have a life past 2014 when national health insurance takes full effect, but it has been extremely beneficial in recent months.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech football coach Watson Brown has completed his staff for the 2010 season, naming two assistant coaches and adding two former Golden Eagle players as graduate assistants.
The staff's new assistant coaches are Larry Crowe and Ron Sigler, while Chris Grimes is the graduate assistant to work with the defense and Brandon Barnes will serve as the staff's administrative assistant.
"We're ready to go, and I really like the makeup of this staff," Brown said. "I feel fortunate to be able to bring in two coaches the quality of Larry and Ron. They are not only outstanding, experienced coaches, but they are exceptional men. I believe our players will benefit tremendously from working with coaches such as Larry and Ron.
"Chris and Brandon are also going to be good for our program," Brown added. "They both played here, understand what we're trying to do with this football program, and they are also outstanding young men."
Larry Crowe is a coaching veteran with experience in both the college and professional ranks. He will work as a volunteer assistant coach with the team's tight ends, kickers and punters in his first season and will also serve as the program's recruiting coordinator.
A native of Hueytown, Ala., Crowe was a standout athlete both at Hueytown High School and later at Jacksonville State. As a player, he went to the NCAA Division II World Series twice with the Gamecocks and played three seasons at shortstop from 1972 to 1974.
Crowe, 60, returned to his alma mater as a coach from 1976 to 1980, working with the baseball team, before taking a position with the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL in 1981. Under head coach Raleigh Dotch, the Stallions won the Eastern Conference championship in 1985.
He was at UAB as an assistant coach to begin the 1986 season, helping to establish the Blazers first as a club team through the ranks of Division III, I-AA and eventually to I-A alongside Brown. At UAB, Crowe coached the tight ends and special teams.
He was on the staff at UAB until 2007, working as Director of Football Operations and coaching the special teams, before taking the same position at Samford University in 2007. After one season (2008) out of coaching, Crowe returned to the profession in 2008 as the offensive coordinator at Billingsley (Ala.) High School.
Ron Sigler will work with the team's talented group of wide receivers.
A native of Mobile, Ala., and a graduate of UAB, Sigler played his collegiate career under Brown at UAB and began his coaching career under the Golden Eagle mentor as a student assistant with the Blazers. He has spent the past 11 years as an assistant coach at Midfield High School in Birmingham, Ala.
Sigler, 36, was a standout athlete at McGill-Toolen High School in Mobile, competing in football, basketball and track & field. His college career was spent playing on Brown's team at UAB from 1993 to 1996. Originally a runningback, he moved to the slot receiver and eventually played the H-back/tight end role in Brown's system because of his athletic versatility
He earned his degree in psychology from UAB in 1997 and in 1999 he embarked upon his career in coaching as an assistant at Midfield High School. He spent the next 11 years as the offensive coordinator at Midfield, helping the team to eight area titles and the AHSAA playoffs in nine of the 11 years. The team won an average of nearly 10 games per year and his potent offense averaged 37 points per game.
Chris Grimes returns to his alma mater to fill a role as a graduate assistant coach. A former cornerback known for his hustle and hard-hitting style of play, Grimes will work with the defense.
After a redshirt season in 2003, Chris became a fixture on the field for the Golden Eagles during the next four years, playing in 39 contests and starting 25 contests. He chalked up 158 total tackles including 101 unassisted tackles from his cornerback spot
He earned a reputation of being an extremely hard-hitting defender with a knack for getting to the ball and making punishing tackles. In addition to his stops, he also recovered seven fumbles during his career, caused two fumbles and broke up 16 passes. He had three career interceptions and finished with eight tackles-for-loss.
He was a two-way player for coach Don Thomas at LeVergne High School, starting at tailback and free safety. He rushed for 3,650 yards and finished his prep career with 231 tackles for the Wolverines.
He recently served as an assistant coach at LeVergne High School under head coach Will Hester. In that position, he coached the defensive backs and special teams.
Chris graduated from Tech in 2008 with a degree in multidisciplinary studies.
Brandon Barnes, 25, will provide support to the Golden Eagles in his first season as administrative assistant. Barnes was a starter in the offensive line during his four-year career with the Golden Eagles from Tech 2004 to 2007.
He graduated in December 2007 with a bachelor's degree in sociology, specializing in criminal justice. Now back at his alma mater, he's enrolled in the MBA program.
A native of East Ridge, Tenn., Brandon was a team co-captain and three-year starter for coach Tim James at East Ridge High School. A standout on both sides of scrimmage, he helped the team to consecutive playoff appearances including the region title as a junior. He was also a three-year letterman on the track & field team, finishing as state runnerup in the shot put as a junior.
After his prep career, Brandon originally signed to attend East Tennessee State, but when the school's football program was eliminated he made a smooth transition to Tennessee Tech. He played all but one game as a redshirt freshman in 2004. He was a regular in the offensive line for the next three years, including starting 22 consecutive games over the final two years. With Barnes up front, Tech had seven different OVC Offensive Player of the Week winners during his career.
In 2007, Barnes became just the fourth offensive lineman to win Tech's Sonny Allen Leadership Award.
In his role as Administrative Assistant, Barnes will work in a variety of assignments to support the Tech coaching staff.


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Beyonce is making Super Bowl weekend performances something of a habit.
A year after performing for the big game at the Superdome in New Orleans, Beyonce performed for a smaller crowd Saturday night as Jay Z brought his wife out for a surprise cameo during his concert for DirecTV's "Super Saturday Night" party on the eve of the Super Bowl.
Dressed in a slinky black lace dress, Beyonce sang her hit "Drunk In Love," which, of course, her superstar husband guest stars on. As he rapped, she danced in his face, and when the smoldering song ended, the two embraced, and shared a kiss.
It was arguably the highlight of Jay Z's electric set, which lasted for more than an hour as he delivered hit after hit, from recent songs like "Holy Grail" and "Tom Ford" to songs deep in his catalog, including "Big Pimpin'" and "99 Problems."
He warned the audience he would not tolerate non-engagement.
"I want y'all to know y'all at a rock `n' roll show, not an (expletive) board meeting," he told the crowd, which included boldface names like Kate Upton, Jamie Foxx, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Chris Tucker and Aaron Paul. "I need y'all to loosen the (expletive) up!"
The crowd largely obliged, waving their hands and flashing his trademark "Roc" sign as Jay Z, dressed casually in a knit cap and black outfit, got them rapping along to his hits; he even orchestrated a crowd surfing moment.
This is the second time Jay-Z has performed at DirecTV's Super Bowl eve party; last year, he joined frequent collaborator Justin Timberlake as the two performed their hit "Suit and Tie."
Jay Z was the biggest performer of the pre-Super Bowl bashes in New York, which featured musical performances around the city in the days leading up to Sunday's game. Saturday's performances around New York included the Foo Fighters and Zac Brown at the Bud Light Hotel (a docked cruise ship), Drake at Diddy's Revolt kickoff and Kendrick Lamar at the Maxim party - his third performance in the last two days.
The actual Super Bowl entertainment will be Bruno Mars performing with the Red Hot Chili Peppers at halftime; opera singer Renee Fleming is to sing the national anthem while Queen Latifah will perform "America the Beautiful."
As far as the actual game, the Denver Broncos will face the Seattle Seahawks at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.


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Rupert Saunderson sure made the right choice when he decided to trade careers from advertising to shoe design. The spring 2013 shoe collection sure strengthens this belief by bringing some fabulous options to the table and reinterpreting the season's hottest trends. Rupert made sure that the new season alternatives are as colorful and as fab as they get. Glam filled touches with a playful allure are the suggestions offered by the label and the alternatives are fairly diversified. If the spring 2012 shoes were focused on elegance, this time S... Read More


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with much love from your brothers and sisters.......
Happy Birthday to Ann
You already turned your calendar page? Where did November go? Thank you for your kind thoughts.
Love you all.
Thank you, Judy - we were all remiss in being so late with this. Didn't mean to be so behind - we can trust you to keep us on the mark, even if our Happy Birthdays to Ann on the blog are behind times. (That means she's really younger than she is, right?)


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Everyone is talking about Industrie 4.0, digitization, big data and cloud technology just to name a few. Here you can find definitions and descriptions of most terms regarding the fourth industrial revolution.
Robotics, automation technology and digitization will shape the next half-century in the same way that the Internet, smartphones and computers have shaped the past half-century. Our grandchildren will grow up as the first generation 'R' of 'robotic natives' – and we have to start taking responsibility for this today!


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Movie News: 'The Hobbit' Clip; Jennifer Lawrence on 'Hunger Games' Beach; Cate Blanchett, Evil 'Cinderella' Stepmother
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: Sorry, boys, but when Jennifer Lawrence hit the beach in Hawaii for filming of a scene for the upcoming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, she was fully dressed from head to toe in her Quarter Quell outfit. Shooting on the movie is nearing completion; it's due out on November 22, 2013. [EW.com; Image Credit: FameFlynet Pictures]
Cate Blanchett: Disney is "re-imagining" one of the studio's most famous projects: Cinderella. Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass) wrote the script for the live-action feature, Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go) is set to direct, and Cate Blanchett is in talks to play the evil stepmother. Little is known about how the well-known story will be "reimagined," though we should get some idea from who is ultimately cast as the title character. [The Wrap]
Joe Carnahan: Director Joe Carnahan's career got a big boost from the dark action thriller The Grey early this year, and he has multiple projects in development. The latest is Undying Love, based on a graphic novel by Tomm Coker and Daniel Freedman, which follows a former solider who falls for a beguiling vampire and then must take on the Hong Kong underworld. If all goes as planned, Carnahan will rewrite the script and direct. [Deadline]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Clip: Peter Jackson's highly anticipated first installment of The Hobbit trilogy debuted last night in New Zealand; while we wait eagerly for the movie to open in theaters in the U.S. on December 14, we can feasts our eyes and ears on the first clip to be released, featuring Bilbo (Martin Freeman) and Gandalf (Ian McKellen), which debuted recently on the Syfy channel. [The One Ring]
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Post a YouTube link to your favourite 10 seconds of music ever
Right click + copy video URL at current time + paste on DiS with title of song/composition/etc above it.
It can only be 10 seconds. No more than this.
Cardiacs - Insect Hoofs on Lassie
that album has about 50 genuine candidates for this thread
kudos for isolating just one ;)
I mean, I see you and raise you
this subthread should now be dedicated to isolating 10-second chunks from the above youtube
This bit
Those bass notes are so incredible http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4PV3xaBgII&feature=player_detailpage#t=1185s
soft machine - moon in june
there's two from this song. 10.00-10.10 and 14.35-14.45. both are my favourite 10 seconds of music ever, ignoring cardiacs for a second (wouldn't want them to monopolise this thread!!)
the guitar fret noise into organ chord intro in 'desire' by talk talk is probably my favourite 20 seconds of music ever, barring the 'all is worth a kiss' part of Dirty Boy. idk, van der graaf generator probably feature quite a lot in this too
anyway, here it is
The live version is great because of the lighting
1:50 to 2:00 - favourite part in my favourite song...
It's essentially a chugging mini-chant that only appears once in the song. Listened to in the context of the whole thing, it always gives me tingles. It was a real sudden jolt of life when I heard the song for the first time, and I remember thinking "where did that come from?" Stuck with me ever since.


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Former Hedge Fund Founder Steven Fortuna Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court For Insider Trading
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEVEN FORTUNA, who co-founded the hedge fund S2 Capital LLC ("S2"), was sentenced today to two years of probation for his participation in an insider trading scheme in which he obtained and traded on material, nonpublic information ("Inside Information") about various publicly-traded companies from employees at other hedge funds. FORTUNA pled guilty in October 2009 to three counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and one count of securities fraud pursuant to a cooperation agreement with the Government. He was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein.
According to the Information, statements made during FORTUNA's guilty plea proceeding, and the Government's sentencing submission in his case:
From July 2008 through March 2009, while working as a portfolio manager at a hedge fund he co-founded, FORTUNA obtained Inside Information concerning various technology companies from employees at other hedge funds for the purpose of trading on that information. The Inside Information was disclosed by company insiders in breach of their duties to their respective employers.
For example, in July and August 2008, FORTUNA obtained Inside Information concerning Akamai, Inc. ("Akamai") from Danielle Chiesi, a portfolio manager at New Castle Partners, a hedge fund. Chiesi told FORTUNA that Akamai planned to report that its revenue guidance for the following quarter would miss expectations and that, internally, the company believed that its stock price would fall following the quarterly earnings announcement. FORTUNA executed trades based on that Inside Information, and earned approximately $2.4 million in profits for S2.
As part of the conditions of his probation, FORTUNA, 50, of Westwood, Massachusetts, was ordered to serve six months on home confinement with electronic monitoring, and 120 hours of community service during each of the years of his probation. He was also ordered to pay forfeiture in the amount of $200,000, and a $400 special assessment fee.
Mr. Bharara praised the investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He also thanked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
This case was brought in coordination with President Barack Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, on which Mr. Bharara serves as a Co-Chair of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Working Group. President Obama established the interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to wage an aggressive, coordinated, and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general, and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch, and with state and local partners, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes.
The case is being handled by the Office's Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Antonia M. Apps is in charge of the prosecution.