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Welcome to my blog and the place where I will post my photos and musings from my life as an ultrarunner. My nickname "Shining" was given to me by a group of very special students after I finished my first 100-miler, the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100. They were the inspiration that enabled me to finish this awesome race, and I try to live each day with a "shining" attitude!
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Slow and Steady gets the PR!
Up until yesterday's Mountain Masochist 50, I had never run a race when "everything came together." I had a goal of setting a PR (sub-9:40) and hoped to break 9:30, but more importantly, I wanted to run a smart race, bringing together all the lessons I have learned in the past 5 years of racing ultras.
I knew I was trained well (see my previous post), I knew the course, and the weather was absolutely perfect for a race in the mountains, with a low of 32 at the start and a high of 55 at the finish. My strategy this year was simple: start more conservatively than last year, and try to have a stronger second half by eating and drinking consistently and keeping my pace steady throughout. By the halfway mark, I was on 9:30 pace and feeling good. I had been sipping Clif Shots every 15 minutes, and switching out Sustained Energy, water, and Nuun with water with every bottle change. Most encouraging was the fact that I was able to run a lot of the uphill sections with minimal effort---something I chalk up to training with long tempo runs at 7:15 pace on hilly roads, big mileage weeks of 70+ mpw, and the 9,000 feet of climb at the Odyssey 40 in September---perfect training.
Another awesome piece of support came from my brand new Ipod Shuffle, which Rusty gave me last week, and which I switched on before entering the notorious loop section. The ultra gods were smiling down on me as almost every song that came up ended up being a favorite tune for running, so I was adequately pumped up by the last 3 miles of the race, knowing I had enough time to break 9:30. But the rocky, leafy sections of the last downhill stretch slowed me down a bit, and since I was totally thrilled with the day thus far, I decided to chill and enjoy myself as I crossed the finish line in 9:34! It was particularly cool to see my hubby, oldest son and daughter at the finish---the cap to a perfect day in the mountains.
I was humbled to be in the same event as some of my ultra heroes---Nikki Kimball, Annette Bednosky, Bethany Patterson, and Krissy Moehl were all contending for the top spots (here is a cool photo of the top 5 women celebrating, taken by Sue Norwood) and it was a thrill to talk to them at the pre-race. This was also David's last Masochist after 25 years as RD, and it was very cool to be part of the celebration. And very fitting---Holiday Lake 50k was my first ultra, and Masochist was my first 50 mile---so setting my Masochist PR on such a perfect day was the essence of "bringing it all together." Here are my photos! Also, here is a photo of Andrew Thompson and J.B. Basham, taken by Sue Norwood, as they finish their DOUBLE Masochist...they started running at 6:30 pm on Friday night from the finish line in Montebello, arrived 12 hours later at the start at the James River Visitors Center, and then turned around to run their second 54 miles. They finished the 108 miles at about 11:15 race time. Incredible.
5 comments:
- meredith said...
Congratulations on a wonderful day! I so enjoyed spending time with you this past weekend! Thanks for sharing your friends Saturday night.
by the way, I wrote about your great day... http://mersadventures.blogspot.com/
- November 6, 2007 at 10:21 AM
- Sophie Speidel said...
Thanks for the awesome company on that section, Meredith! It was fun to chat and hear about your Austin running scene.Great job at Masochist and best of luck to you for the rest of the season...keep me posted on your racing!
- November 6, 2007 at 10:41 AM
- Hart said...
way to run.. congrats on the pr.
- November 7, 2007 at 1:17 AM
- Loomdog said...
Great Job Sophie! Looking forward to running with you at hellgate in a couple weeks.
- November 7, 2007 at 8:20 AM
- Bedrock said...
Congratulations on your strong run. It was good seeing you.
- November 13, 2007 at 4:30 PM


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How Target Managed an Historic Data Breach
When hackers broke into the database of department store Target, they stole the payment-card numbers of 40 million customers and personal information of up to 70 million customers. WSJ's Jerry Seib and Monica Langley discuss how CEO Gregg Steinhafel managed the fallout and how the security breach affected the company's bottom line. Photo: Jenn Ackerman/The Wall Street Journal
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I've that he wanted to disclose more information between his own team was telling insured ... at first they were told by the secret service that ... the credit card information and forty million customers had been so and ... so they disclose that ... a few weeks later they found out that the ... personal information from mains or email or dresses ... that I think had been selling for up to seventy million people ... now some of these were sick victim would not actually identify who the people are ... so the executive says you're not required by law to ... disclose this ... the said no we're not we're not cut corners only disclose atop ... the problem is is is he disclosed that seventy million ... and it was forty it became a Beijing million ... that's one third of all Americans conservative saying ... target customers equal to one third of all Americans have been compromised so why didn't try to get more credit what it Mr. Steinhafel get more credit for being forthcoming ... um as opposed to being secretive ... that's a really good question What's and corporate governance experts tell me is ... that they do acknowledge his own that suited to the crisis NBN ... Bieri a outcry in letting customers know ... the problem they see is that he should be more ... that as a more physical presence as the CEO should step out ... and actually tell consumers what Target is going to date including pinot Conseil security ... so customers can fill comparable swiping their credit cards at the store Mr. thinking so what you need to go waited he personalize the response to this ... you know that's very hard for him I think because he prefers to let the ... bulls eye brand in his team's speak for itself ... and he's kind of this and Midwest modest person you I did spend some time with him and executive suite and hanging out in the Target store it ... in a workout with him I didn't work out of life to get close enough that they let me know and he's just on that time to get upright and foes like he's gonna get the job done what is said to me is when Target will not be judged by the data breach ... but how we handle the data breach that so he thinks what he does is gonna be a more more important in place is confronted him and that could very well turn out to be true write a mean if if Target emerges from this messy as it seems now ... as the company that comes clean ... with its customers on all fronts ... is not a potential plus return ... it could be ... clearly this is gonna be costly for Target ... and analysts estimate this could cost them a few billion dollars to seventy three billion dollar company is the second-largest retailer ... after Wal-Mart ... that ... you know all the things it is fitting in the place always decision cities making ... cost a lot of many the question will cost in lost sales are as well not Tesla sells the actual expenditures ... you know the data the data breach and that cardigan and so on or have turned in to make some for the Wii yet ... these have made some fraudulent charges of these fun at ... the banks and incorrigible have to pay that back to having a pretty neat chip technology ... so this will happen again your list and ... you know a part of one or two billion dollars not to mention lost sales ... but your point ... he may eat and all these one-time costs ... that may actually help the brain can get customers to come back in this were the key is to be store traffic ... so just fine if caught you you've seen lots of corporate crises you covered lots of them in your career ... this one is being handled if only what what makes it different and you think it'll be a model ... that's a good question I think that ... it will deliver the results will tell I mean is I awful is clearly choosing ... to not be as outcry is either CEO's the gold standard in this kind of crisis was Johnson and Johnson ... when the CEO was out front and pulled out ... all the time our office shelves nationwide ... so he's doing a similar ... I'm doing all ... that he's not is out front ... so personally ... personally that ... you know he believes that target ... is loved by customers and pain that he's alive for from Target he started ISM and merchandiser ... trainee right out of business school ... and I went with him to a Target store you know that it is natural habitat ... it was this the piano now wants to him ... he'll find his tune few carts in that ... in the lobby or there's the mannequins are out of place ... so he believes that all these details will add that ... to show ... that what they do in the big picture for the crisis in the de tails to run the company ... will will help cardigan ... for my plane leaves FSA he said in court for crisis management

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"Adam Levine and his girlfriend Behati Prinsloo are excited to announce they are engaged to be married," Levine's rep told People on Tuesday. "The couple recently reunited and Adam proposed this weekend in Los Angeles."
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History of the Illinois Lottery: 2000 - 2010
- January 4 - $2 Chicago Blackhawks Cash is launched, the first Lottery instant game offered in conjunction with a National Hockey League. Players can win up to $20,000 in cash, or one of 875 Blackhawks game jerseys. A related 2nd-chance drawing awards two players with 1-of-a-kind trips to a Blackhawks road game, including an overnight stay at the Blackhawks team hotel, and the chance to ride the team bus to the game!
- Jan 10 - The first midday Sunday Pick 3/4 drawings are held. Pick 3: 038; Pick 4:1170
- Jan 31 - The Illinois Lottery begins selling tickets to Powerball, the Mega-Millions-like game with drawings every Wednesday and Saturday.
- March 12 - A winning $20 million Mega Millions ticket is sold at Hennepin Food Mart in Central IL. Winners Dan and Julie Colby use part of the winnings to take a family trip with their children to Disney World!.
- March 17 - The 7th Raffle drawing is held, creating 509 winners, including four $1 million winners! The game's 500,000 tickets sell out early.
- June 1 - Mega Millions players can now purchase a "Megaplier" option that multiplies all winning prizes.
- June 8 - The Lottery begins offering Mega Millions subscriptions. Within two months, Mega Millions subscription sales total nearly $500,000.
- June 30 - The Lottery ends fiscal year 2010 with annual sales of $2.1 billion. This marks the Lottery's seventh consecutive annual sales record, and the third straight year of sales in excess of $2 billion. Instant games are again the top-selling product, with sales of over $1billion. Four "specialty" instant games raised over $5 million for the following worthy causes: Illinois veterans, MS research, the fight against breast cancer, and assistance for those living with HIV/AIDS.
- June 30 - Lottery winner Loyd Elam of Lincoln charters a bus to take 38 under-privileged children to a Chicago Cubs game in Wrigley Field. This marks the 20th and final year Elam has performed this annual community service. All told, 780 children received a major league "field-of-dreams trip," thanks to Elam's 20 years of generosity.
- Sept 15 - Gov Pat Quinn accepts the recommendation of a multi-agency evaluation committee and selects Northstar Lottery Group as the private management consortium that will run most day-to-day Lottery operations beginning next fiscal year (the state retains stewardship of the Lottery, and oversees Northstar's performance).
- Sept 15 - A first-of-its kind $5 Mega Millions/Powerball instant game is launched. Players can win instant prizes of up to $100,000. The game offers a multiplier feature that mimics the online games' game-play. In addition, the game contains a cross-promotion feature that permits Mega/Pball instant players to win a free, $1 online Mega/Pball ticket.
- Oct 31 - The eighth Millionaire Raffle drawing is held, creating 509 winners, including four $1 million winners! Once again, 500,000 available tickets sell out early.
- Dec 3-24 - The popular Pick 3 Green Ball Double Draw promotion is offered, once again. When a green ball is selected, a second set of winning Pick 3 numbers is drawn!
- Dec 8 - New colored balls (yellow, green, orange and blue) debut on televised Little Lotto drawings. The new balls are easier to read and feature a line under each number.
- Jan 19 - Chicago Blackhawks fan Cary Stolarczyk wins $1 million as part of an in-stadium promotion with the Lottery. To win, the Blackhawks had to score a goal at precisely the 10-minute mark of the 2nd period (Martin Havlat did the scoring honors).
- March 17 - 509 winners are selected in the Lottery's third St. Patrick's Day millionaire raffle. 500,000 tickets sell out in only 23 days!
- April 1 - The Lottery launches its first "Pick 3 Red Ball" promotion. If a red ball is selected from April 1-21, prizes increase by 20 percent! And yes, a red ball is selected seven times during the 3-week promotion.
- May 11 - Illinois residents can now purchase subscriptions to the Mega Millions game.
- May 15 - The Lottery launches a summer-long 35th Anniversary 2nd-Chance promotion. Consumers who mail in $35 worth of eligible non-winning tickets are entered in a drawing to win one of sixty $35,000 prizes awarded (five winners per week, or one per weekday) through September 1.
- July 1- FY09 Lottery sales total nearly $2.1 billion, the largest single-year sales in Lottery history; FY09 contributions to the Common School Fund total $625 million.
- August - $3,000,000 Cash Spectacular, the Lottery's first $30 instant game, is launched. It features 20 prizes between $1 million and $3 million, and has the largest prize-payout percentage of any instant game every offered by the Lottery. Overall possibility of winning a prize are 1 in 2.46.
- August 28 - The Mega Millions jackpot grows to $336 million, the then-2nd largest Mega Millions jackpot ever. During the 15-drawing run-up to $336 million, Illinois sold nine winning $250,000 tickets and 80 winning $10,000 tickets—plus more than 1.2 million other cash prizes for Illinois players. Jackpot prizes for this drawing were sold in California and New York.
- September - The Lottery launches a multi-media "cash-alanche" ad campaign designed to peak interest in Mega Millions when the jackpot is relatively small. TV, radio, digital and out-of-home executions depict Mega winners buried in cash.
- October 1 - The sixth Raffle game goes on sale, with 500,000 $20 tickets selling out in 30 days. Like previous raffles, there are 509 prizes awarded, including four top prizes of $1-million, and five $100,000 prizes.
- November - The Lottery launches 10 holiday instant games, including $10 Merry Millionaire, which contains the first-ever "scratch my back" feature (three instant-win play areas on the ticket's back).
- Dec 3-24: The Lottery runs its popular, perennial holiday promotion: Pick 3 Green Ball Double Draw. When a green ball is selected in a special drawing, a second set of Pick 3 numbers is drawn (with the Lottery paying out on both sets of Pick 3 numbers).
- Feb 18 - The Lottery launches Red Ribbon Cash, a $2 specialty game whose proceeds go to improving the lives of those living with HIV-AIDS.
- Feb 21 - Sales begin for the latest Millionaire Raffle game, which sells out in 22 days.
- June 16 - The first of 12 weekly drawings is held in the Replay For Riches summer promotion. Consumers submit $30 worth of eligible non-winning tickets for a chance to win one of 12 finalist prizes. Over 1 million entries are received during the 12-week promotion. Ascension Tristan of East Chicago is selected as the $1 million winner during a finale event held in late September at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field.
- June 30 - Fiscal year 2008 sales reach $2.078 billion, the largest single-year sales in Lottery history. FY08 transfers to the Common School Fund reach $657 million.
- September 16 - The Lottery launches $2 "It's Double Time!" All proceeds from this specialty instant game support the fight against Multiple Sclerosis.
- Oct 3 - Halloween Millionaire Raffle tickets go on sale. 509 winning tickets—including four $1 million winners—are selected on Oct 31, 2008.
- Oct 23 - Lottery Supt Jodie Winnett holds a press conference with Tammy Duckworth, director of the IL Dept of Veterans Affairs, to announce $2 Coin Craze, a new instant ticket that benefits Illinois Veterans. Coin Craze is the 6th instant game that benefits Illinois veterans to be offered by the Lottery. Over $6 million has been raised for Illinois veteran's groups to date.
- Dec 4-24 - The Lottery runs its popular, perennial holiday promotion - Pick 3 Green Ball Double Draw. When a green ball is selected in a special drawing, a second set of Pick 3 numbers is drawn (with the Lottery paying out on both sets of Pick 3 numbers).
- Feb. 5 - "$20 St. Patrick's Day Millionaire Raffle" is launched. A total of 500,000 tickets are sold sequentially throughout the state via the Lottery's online terminals. Consumer reaction is overwhelmingly positive. The final, 500,000th ticket is sold March 1. On March 17, a drawing is held to select the following winners: Four $1 million winners, five $100,000 winners, and 500 $1,000 winners.
- March 26 - Lottery Supt. Carolyn Adams passes away after a long battle with breast cancer. Memorial services are held in Chicago and Springfield for the late Superintendent. Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the Rev. Jesse Jackson are among the many dignitaries who attend Supt. Adams' funeral in Chicago. Gov. Blagojevich suggests changing the name of the Lottery's Ticket For the Cure instant game to the "Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure."
- April - Department of Revenue executive Jodie Winnett is named Acting Lottery Superintendent.
- June 21 - Summer Millionaire Raffle tickets go on sale.
The Illinois Lottery launches a record-setting summer promotion called "Million Dollar summer" with more than $300 million in total available cash prizes. This is the largest amount of available cash prizes of any promotion in Illinois Lottery history.
- June 30 - Fiscal year 2007 Lottery sales eclipse $2 billion for the first time ever.
- July 31 - Summer Millionaire Raffle drawing is held, with 509 winners (including four $1 million prizes) selected from the 500,000 tickets sold.
- Oct/Nov - The Lottery launches a 10-game suite of holiday instant tickets, including a huge, $15 game called Holiday Countdown (calendar-type game).
- January - The Illinois Lottery launches "Ticket For the Cure," a $2 instant game whose proceeds support the fight against breast cancer. This ticket is the first of its kind in the United States.
- February - The Lottery launches $2 "Veterans Cash," a first in the nation instant game that benefits Illinois veterans groups.
- March 27 - Pick 'n Play is launched, a new online game that combines the best of both instant and online games. To play, customers selected one or more play cards (that look like instant games without a scratch area) and take tem to the Lottery counter for purchase/activation; the Lottery clerk scans the play card, producing an online ticket that that is used to play game against the play card. The Lottery promotes Pick 'n Play through advertising, POS materials..
- April - The Lottery launches a huge, summer-long promotion called "Set for Life." Under the promotion, consumers mail in $30 in eligible non-winning tickets for a chance to win one of 16 great, lifetime prizes. Pick 'n Play online tickets, and a suite of six Set for Life instant games are eligible for the promotion. Sixteen winners (one per week) gather at a September finale event at Wrigley Field in Chicago, where the following prizes are awarded" $100,000 a year for life (one prize); $7,000 a year for life (five prizes) and $3,500 a year for life (10 prizes).
- May 12 - The Lottery partners with Chicago radio station WVON to provide women with free mammograms via a mobile examining truck. Free "Ticket for the Cure" giveaways at the event capture the spirit of the day.
- June 30 - The Lottery ends fiscal year 2006 with record sales of $1.989 billion, and record Common School Fund transfers of $670.5 million.
- August 1-31 - The popular Green Ball Double Draw Pick 3 promotion is reintroduced—the first time it is offered during the summer. If a green ball is selected, a second set of winning Pick 3 numbers is drawn.
- November - The Lottery offers two instant game firsts, as part of its holiday instant game lineup: $5 Gift Tag Bonus (five tickets in one, including four to:/from: gift tags); and $15 Holiday Countdown (the Lottery's first $15 game), a huge 7.5" x 11" game that opens like a countdown calendar.
- March 1 - "Shamrock Shuffle" from March 1 – 22 offers Pick 3 players a possible double chance to win on their tickets. If a "green" ball is pulled from a special barrel of mostly white balls, the Lottery will immediately hold another Pick 3 drawing and will pay out on both sets of numbers. The "green" ball was selected six times.
- March 4 - First Monday night drawing for Lotto is held.
- April 1 - The Illinois Lottery launches its first $20 instant ticket, $50 Million Spectacular. Total prizes available of $50 million with three top prizes of $2 million. The Game sells out weeks ahead of schedule.
- April 1 - "Road to Riches" promotion launches offering 20 weekly drawings starting May 5. Each week the winning entry will receive the keys to a new car that they will receive during a September 24 grand finale. The 20 winners will gather at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago to claim their car and, upon opening the trunk, find an additional prize of between $25,000 to $1 million cash. More than 1.6 million entries are received during the promotion, including 332,000 entries received via www.illinoislottery.com
- April 4 - A Monday draw is added to Lotto for a total of three draws per week.
- June 24 - First draw of "New" Mega Millions is held in Hollywood, when California becomes the 12th state to offer Mega Millions. Game changes include: matrix changes to 1/56 and 1/46, starting jackpot increases to $12 million, second prize increases to $250,000, and third prize increases to $10,000.
- June 30 - Illinois Lottery completes another record fiscal year (FY05). Highest-ever sales reached $1.84 billion, which allowed the Illinois Lottery to transfer a record amount of $614 million to the Common School Fund. Instant ticket sales had a record of $904 million.
- October - The Lottery launches a 19-day (Oct 1-19) Little Lotto Super Game promotion that offers daily prizes of trips for 4 to the Super football game to be held in Detroit in February 2006.
- November - The Lottery caps its retailer-selling bonus at $500,000, which is still one of the most generous in the industry.
- Dec. 31 - The final drawing of Numbers Now is held.
- Feb. 25 - "New Little Lotto" begins, featuring a new 5/39 matrix, rolling jackpots starting at $100,000, and a new prize level for matching just two numbers.
- April 12 - The Lottery launches its 30th Anniversary $3 million Second Chance Promotion. This is the highest total prize money offered for a second-chance promotion in Illinois. Players have the chance to enter and win 20 weekly drawings for $100,000, and a Grand Prize drawing of $1 million.
- June 28 - "Numbers Now" begins, replacing Extra for the Pick 3 and Pick 4 games. Numbers Now features the same odds—and 20 percent higher prizes—as regular Pick 3 and Pick 4, with prizes that are paid instantly and "announced" via a terminal jingle.
- June 30 - The Lottery ends Fiscal Year 2004 with the highest-ever sales totaling $1.7 billion, and Common School Fund transfers of $570 million.
- Sept. 23 - The Lottery holds its 30th Anniversary Grand Finale Drawing for $1,000,000. Karen Willemalck of Round Lake Park is the lucky winner. Throughout the promotion over 1.1 million entries are received.
- December - "Green Ball Double Draw" Pick 3 promotion is held from December 1 to December 24. Following each Pick 3 drawing a special drawing is held to see if a second Pick 3 number will be drawn, giving Players a second chance on their tickets. If a "green" ball is pulled from the barrel of mostly white balls, the Lottery will immediately hold another Pick 3 and will pay out on both sets of numbers. The "green" ball was selected eight times.
- Feb. 14 - Following the Lottery's "Thank you" promotion, 20 lucky players receive $10,000 in the "Fun for all Cash Give-away," which had nearly one million entries.
- June 1 - The Illinois Lottery once again becomes a division with the IL Department of Revenue.
- June 18 - Carolyn Adams begins her tenure as the Superintendent of the Illinois Lottery.
- June 30 - The Lottery ends fiscal year 2003 with the highest-ever Instant sales, $698 million.
- Aug. 20 - "The Flying Elvi," parachute into the fairgrounds and help Governor Rod Blagojevich and Superintendent Carolyn Adams launch the Lottery's first "Elvis" instant ticket during the Illinois State fair. This ticket offers seven top prizes of $10,000 and features five memorable photographic highlights of Elvis Presley's career (which the Governor recounts during the tickets' State Fair launch).
- December - Pick 3 "Double Draw" promotion offers a special chance to Players for the month of December. Following each Pick 3 drawing a special drawing is held to see if a second Pick 3 number will be drawn, giving Players a second chance on their tickets. If a "green" ball is pulled from the barrel of mostly white balls, the Lottery will immediately hold another Pick 3 and will pay out on both sets of numbers.
- January 25 - The Lottery announces its 1000th millionaire, Steve Harris of Effingham, during a press conference at the ESPN Zone in Chicago. Mr. Harris won the December 22, 2001, Lotto drawing for $9 million.
- April 10 - The nine-member states comprising the Big Game Group announces the upcoming launch of Mega Millions, a new multi-state, mega-jackpot lottery game. Tickets for Mega Millions game will be sold exclusively in Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and Washington. Tickets for Mega Millions go on sale Wednesday, May 15, 2002 and the first televised drawing is conducted on Friday, May 17, 2002.
- April 26 - The Illinois Lottery has a $12 million winner in the Big Game. Ultimately, this winner is the very last winner of the Big Game.
- May 15 - Tickets go on sale for "Mega Millions," which replaces the Big Game. The original Big Game Group is joined by the states of Ohio and New York to offer Mega Millions. Tickets cost $1 each and jackpots start at $10 million. Matrix is five numbers 1-52 and one number 1-52.
- May 17 - The first Mega Millions drawing produces one winner – in Illinois. Samuel and Frances Rice and their daughter, Caroline Southall of Chicago, were presented with the commemorative check for $28 million at a press conference on June 25.
- June 30 - The Illinois Lottery closes fiscal year 2002 with sales of $1.59 billion, which top the previous year's sales by more than $140 million. This is the highest year-to-year sales increase for the Illinois Lottery since fiscal year 1989 and the fifth-highest sales year in Lottery history.
- Aug. 26 - The Illinois Lottery launches its first Wheel of Fortune 20th Anniversary instant game. The three-dollar ticket offers over $5 million total in prizes with five top prizes of $40,000 each. A unique second chance feature of the ticket includes drawings for the chance to win an audition for the Wheel of Fortune game show.
- May 6 - The Lottery partners with the Illinois Bureau of Tourism to launch its unique "Illinois Road Trip" instant ticket, where players can win cash prizes, a Sport Utility Vehicle and mini-vacations to exclusive destinations across Illinois. The Lottery holds second-chance drawings for the SUV and trips throughout the summer.
- October 23 - The Lottery begins "Extra," an instant-win feature for two of its online games, Pick 3 and Pick4.
- May - The Illinois Lottery reached a total of $10 billion in transfers to the Common School Fund.
- May 9 - The Big Game reached a record setting $363 million jackpot, the largest in North American history. The jackpot was split by a family in Michigan and Joe and Sue Kainz of Tower Lakes, Illinois.
- June 2 - The Illinois Lottery launched a new instant ticket called Let's Make A Deal during its Big annual Millionaires' Reunion. A visit from Monty Hall was a highlight of the event.
- June 30 - The Illinois Lottery ended fiscal year 2000 with sales reaching $1.5 billion for the 12th consecutive year.
- Oct. 21 - The final Illinois' Luckiest (previously Fortune Hunt and then Illinois Instant Riches) TV game show aired. This show featured 25 contestants and a $200,000 grand prize winner.
- November - The Illinois Lottery launched it's first $10 instant ticket, Merry Millionaire. By the end of December, the Lottery had its first "Merry Millionaire," Peter Diventi of Rockford.


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Learn to go global during International Education Month
By Andrew Osegi
Here at Texas State University, November is an exciting month. Not only are students looking forward to heading home for Thanksgiving break, but they also have an opportunity to engage with different cultures from around the world during International Education Month.
Similar to the federally sponsored International Education Week (held Nov. 12-16), International Education Month aims to connect diverse members of the Texas State community by educating students about the global nature of the world in which we live and work. Continue reading


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Heartland Scheduled to Reintroduce Prowler
June 9, 2010 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Heartland Scheduled to Reintroduce Prowler
Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC today (June 9) announced plans to aggressively revive the iconic Prowler brand, launching production of the former legendary Fleetwood towable line late this summer in a dedicated production facility.
Heartland acquired the Prowler brand among a portfolio of 15 brands from Fleetwood Enterprises Inc., which filed for bankruptcy protection in March 2009. The decision to launch the Prowler series was based on its popularity and incredibly strong brand recognition in the marketplace, according to a news release.
"We view Prowler as arguably the greatest towable name in the history of the recreational vehicle industry," said Tim Hoffman, vice president of sales for the Elkhart, Ind.-based builder.
"The response from dealers and consumers alike has been overwhelming once people heard that we had acquired the Prowler brand," added Heartland Director of Sales Coley Brady.
He said Heartland is planning an invitation-only dealer showing for Prowler this summer. "As testament to Prowler's strength in the market, for 13 years straight Prowler was the No. 1 selling travel trailer and fifth-wheel brand combined (according to Statistical Surveys, Inc.) — a run that has not been repeated."
Brady said that Heartland will initially offer a wide range of towable products under the Prowler brand. "We have doubled our Louisville show space in anticipation of displaying a series of new product lines bearing former Fleetwood nameplates, Prowler being one," Brady said.
In line with Heartland's other towable offerings, the Prowler products will represent "an exceptional and exciting value at retail," according to Hoffman.
"Prowler will offer RVers unique, set-apart features at some very key price points," he said. "We have engaged an interior designer specifically for the Prowler launch to ensure that we are developing products that are totally in line with what today's buyer desires."
Hoffman added that "Prowler will feature intelligent differentiation from existing Heartland products that are obviously performing exceptionally well in a very competitive market."
Heartland currently markets more than 15 brands of fifth-wheels and travel trailers and has captured the No. 3 market share in the fifth-wheel category. Heartland's towable RVs are sold through an independent network of dealers throughout the United States and Canada. The company has more than 1,100 employees.


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MichaelTorfs needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 279 designs submitted by 61 freelance designers.
We, Michael and I, Nathalie, are two young entrepreneurs who are currently developing an online real estate company.
Like Virgin Airlines, we work based on a pick and choose principle, so the people can choose their level of involvement in the selling proces.
We need you to come up with a young, but professional looking logo.
ImmoNatie (translated: Real Estate Nation)
ImmoNatie (Transalted: Real Estate Nation)
The company in one sentence:ImmoNatie is an online realtor that offers- through an innovative e-platform- a transpartant and cheaper way to sell your property.
The company in two words:Online (real estate) transactions
The company in one word:Internetrealtor
If ImmoNatie would be a person, it would be..The Mac guy - Robin Hood
If ImmoNatie would be an object, it would be..An Iphone
If ImmoNatie would be a car, it would be..A Mini
If ImmoNatie would be an animal, it would be..A dolphin
We're going to add the following on the suggestion of the 99designs team:
Ratings System:
1 star - wrong direction
2 star - some elements we like
3 star - getting closer but need revisions or a different take on your design
4 star - design is being considered
5 star - made the final cut!
Hope this helps everyone
- proportion of text size to the total should be high enough so the logo stays readable
- clean, professional design, less is more
- a subtile touch of genious in the total
- horizontal orientated, not vertical
- format: vector: transparant background (pref: Illustrator)
- favicon included separatly
- figurative logo
- too many things going on.... less is more!
- crazy or written-like fonts, we need a readable typeface
- to much of mirror, metal, drop shadow effect, stays subtle in the beginning, if the logo on itself has the touch of genious, we can add subtile effects in the revisions
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By Scott Brown, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, November 13, 2011
But before you eviscerate the player beaten on the Ravens' winning touchdown a week ago, draw back the curtain and look at the man.
Go back to last November, when Gay arrived at a Pittsburgh shelter to serve Thanksgiving dinner.
Look at the arch of his eyebrows when Barbara Nicholas, the development director of the Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, informs him he is at a haven for abused women.
Watch Gay tell his story to women with cuts and bruises that are as raw as their psyche is wounded.
Gay tells them how brave they are for leaving a bad situation, something his mother tried to do when she was fatally shot. He tells them how courageous they are for taking refuge in a building where some of the windows are bulletproof.
He later stops at every table, individually talking with the women and children.
He listens to them. He hugs them. He understands them.
"It was just so real," said Nicholas, her voice catching a bit at the recollection. "It was such a genuine moment for everyone."
Moments such as these are why Joe Whitt Jr. wonders whether fans would be so tough on Gay if they knew what he has had to overcome. Whitt was Gay's position coach at Louisville. They have taken different paths to the NFL but remain close.
"People can say what they want about the football player -- that's fine," said Whitt, who is in his second season as Green Bay's secondary coach. "But the character, the man? You can't say anything about the man because I know what he is. I know I couldn't go through the things he's had to work through."
Rising from the depths
Here's something you might not know about William Gay: He graduated from Louisville in 3 1/2 years with a degree in sports administration.
He never took fewer than 15 credits in a semester despite the demands of major college football. And he always picked his own classes.
"I didn't want to be that guy that had to depend on academic advisors telling me what I need to take, telling me what I don't have to take because of football," Gay said.
That need for control may stem from the time he didn't have it.
In 1992, Gay was 7 years old and living in Tallahassee, Fla. His mother was in an abusive relationship with his stepfather. The day she tried to leave, he shot her, then turned the gun on himself.
Carolyn Hall was 30 years old.
The bottom dropped out of Gay's world. He moved in with his grandmother, into an already crowded house where space was so tight that Gay sometimes shared a bedroom with three others.
He lashed out for the next couple of years. He fought constantly and caused enough trouble that he nearly got kicked out of school.
The turning point came when his grandmother and an uncle told Gay he was on a track toward jail. Or worse.
Life is unfair, they told him. Get over it.
"I had to change, actually grow up," Gay said. "I wanted to succeed in life."
He became a good student, excelled in sports and earned a scholarship to Louisville.
He started parts of four seasons. He showed so much football acumen that he called the defensive signals as a senior -- almost unheard of for a cornerback. He also intercepted six passes his final season.
The Steelers drafted him in the fifth round in 2007. Gay has played in every game in five NFL seasons. He will make his 28th career start today in Cincinnati.
He is plugged in enough to social and mainstream media to realize that his 28 starts are 28 too many for some people. Gay is largely indifferent to the criticism; he has dealt with much worse. He will talk about his story, as deeply personal as it is, but he doesn't "broadcast" it.
"I don't want to use it as an excuse or something to say, 'If I don't do this, it's because of this,' " he said. "I hate to make excuses."
Criticism 'unwarranted'
One way to get blocked from Ryan Clark's Twitter account is to trash William Gay on it. And not just because of his backstory.
"I think a lot of the criticism he gets is unwarranted," said Clark, a Steelers free safety. "Yeah, people have made plays. People make plays on a lot of cornerbacks. But I think, as well as he's playing this season, that needs to be recognized also."
Gay, who signed a one-year deal in August, has allowed 23 catches in the 39 times (59 percent) his receiver has been targeted this season, according to STATS, LLC. Only one Steelers player has allowed a higher percentage of completions: Troy Polamalu, who has yielded 23 catches on 36 targets (63.9).
Gay had largely stayed under the radar until last Sunday. Ravens rookie receiver Torrey Smith got behind the 5-foot-10, 190-pounder late in the fourth quarter and caught the winning touchdown before a stunned Heinz Field crowd. Clark had been late in helping Gay on the play.
Gay took responsibility for the touchdown immediately after the 23-20 loss. He did the same thing three days later.
What didn't register much more than a blip was what had happened earlier on the Ravens' winning drive: Smith slipped behind cornerback Ike Taylor, who is having a Pro Bowl-caliber season, but dropped Joe Flacco's pass in the end zone.
"People don't know football. They don't come in on Mondays and watch what we see," said Taylor, who works out with Gay during the offseason. "Gay has gotten a whole lot better. I know how hard he worked in the offseason, and it's showing."
Active off the field
In a five-minute video he participated in for a domestic abuse campaign, Gay talks about going to the hospital after his mother was shot and asking repeatedly why he couldn't see her. He talks about the devastation of losing his mother at such a young age.
"If I had another chance to see my mother today, I would tell her that I love her and I know the courage she had to try to get out of her situation," Gay says. "I would tell her I truly believed in her."
Gay has done what he can to combat domestic abuse, the leading cause of injury among women 15-44 in the United States, according to the U.S. Surgeon General. He has donated his time for several public-service announcements. He is slated to speak to judges, parole officers and counselors, among others, about the need for preventive measures.
Gay has given the Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh a face for its campaign to combat domestic abuse. He also provides an example to kids living with domestic abuse and the sense of hopelessness that accompanies it.
"It's just great to have someone who is so thoughtful and considerate and really wise for how young he is to step forward," Nicholas said, "and do something so courageous and so meaningful -- not just for the women, but for the children."
Gay will return to the shelter in the coming weeks to serve dinner. He again will thank the women and children. He will tell them they are braver than they think. He will shine some desperately needed light into their lives.
Moments like these, away from the public, are why Whitt said, Gay "is somebody that I want my son to grow up to be like."
The son who grew up without his mother rolled up the jersey on his left arm after practice recently. He revealed a tattoo of a cross, framed by his mother's name and the date of her death.
"I know she's watching every day," Gay said. "It just brings joy to me that I'm doing things positive, and I know she's smiling. We'll be reunited one day."
In his words
William Gay's testimonial on how domestic abuse affected him can be viewed at http://vimeo.com/19524006.
Some numbers on domestic abuse, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
• 1 in 4 women will be a victim of domestic violence.
• 1 in 3 teenage girls will be physically assaulted by a boyfriend.
• Boys who witness domestic violence in their homes are 1,500 times more likely to perpetrate abuse later in life.


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Working in the outdoors doesn't mean you have to be a mountain climber guide or be employed by the Boy Scouts. There are lots of outdoor jobs that will earn you a good salary and some are seeing better-than-average growth, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS.
But just as the types of outdoor jobs you can get vary, so do the salaries, educational requirements and the places where you'll work. For instance, according to Bill Beckner, the research manager at Ashburn, Va.-based National Recreation and Park Association, a landscape architect would need four years of college and can earn on average $50,000 to $80,000 per year.
Meanwhile, a surveyor job requires four years of schooling plus four years of experience to get licensed and brings home an annual salary of as much as $80,000, according to Curtis Sumner, the executive director of the Frederick, Md.-based National Society of Professional Surveyors. With that in mind, here's a look at eight outdoor jobs that are growing or are poised to grow -- and what it takes to land a job.
Landscape Architect Jobs Wherever it's Green
Median annual pay: $62,090 Job growth: 16%
Projected by the BLS to grow at a rate of 16% from 2010 to 2020, landscape architects are in the business of designing green spaces for both the private and public sectors.
If you're looking to land a job in the public sector designing spaces in parks, or around highways or governmental buildings, expect a lot of competition. According to Beckner, those jobs have taken a hit with cuts in government budgets. Most of these outdoor jobs have been coming from the private sector in the design of green spaces for office buildings, parking lots or residential homes.
Landscape architects can make on average $50,000 to $80,000 per year, depending on their experience, and can either work for a landscape architecture firm or a mom and pop shop, or work for themselves, Beckner says. The BLS put their median pay at $62,090 per year, or $29.85 per hour, in 2010.
Surveyor Jobs to Grow Faster Than Average
- Median annual pay: $54,880
- Job growth: 25%
Even though the tough economy has hurt the surveying industry, this profession is expected to grow at a rate of 25% from 2010 to 2020, faster than the average for all occupations, according to the BLS. A surveyor's job is to establish the official boundaries for land, airspace and water.
According to Sumner, surveyors are part "detective, puzzle solver and mind reader."
Surveyors can do work for homeowners to oil companies and any firms that are engaged in construction. They can work anywhere in the country, but there's a catch. They have to be licensed in each state where they work.
Since the industry uses sophisticated technology to gather data, schooling and/or experience is a must to become licensed. Sumner says many surveyors run their own business and can earn $75,000 or more annually, although the BLS put the median wage at $54,880 per year, or $26.39 per hour, in 2010. Surveyors also are employed by large surveying companies, construction firms and civil engineering firms.
Archeologist Jobs: More Than Digging for Bones
Median annual pay: $54,230 Job growth: 21%
Tell someone you're an archeologist, and it may conjure up visions of people digging in deserts to uncover ancient bones. However, archeologists also are employed whenever federal money is used for a project such as to build a new road. Before any construction can begin, the archeological significance of a particular parcel of land must be assessed.
While jobs aren't in abundance as they are in the legal or medical fields, archeologists are projected to have better-than-average job growth of 21% from 2010 to 2020, according to the BLS. In 2010, the median pay for an archeologist was $54,230 per year, or $26.07 per hour, according to the government agency.
Archeologists typically have a four-year degree, a master's degree and in some cases a doctorate in anthropology with a concentration in archeology and can work on diverse jobs from surveying a pipeline being constructed to a new shopping mall being built, says Joel Irish, a professor in the anthropology department at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks.
Pest Management Technicians Always in Demand
- Median annual pay: $30,340
- Job growth: 26%
Every area of the country has pests to contend with, whether those pests are bedbugs or roaches, which is why the pest control field is one of those outdoor jobs that's projected to grow at a rate of 26% from 2010 to 2020, which is faster than the average occupation, the BLS says.
Pest management involves controlling or removing unwanted pests. Pest management technicians aren't millionaires, but they can earn a decent salary, considering you don't need a college degree.
According to Jim Fredericks, director of technical services at the Fairfax, Va.-based National Pest Management Association, pest management technicians typically earn $13 to $20 per hour, depending on experience, and are employed mainly by small, independent companies. There are a few large companies, including Orkin Pest Control of Atlanta and Terminix of Memphis, Tenn.
According to a 2010 BLS estimate, pest control workers can earn a median wage of $30,340 per year, or $14.59 per hour.
Termite Service Technicians Needed Regionally
- Median annual pay: $30,340
- Job growth: 26%
In the world of pest control, some technicians can choose to specialize in termite control. A termite service technician will visit multiple homes and commercial buildings per day, trying to resolve an infestation of termites. According to Fredericks, they typically use heavy equipment because there is drilling and digging trenches involved in resolving termite problems. All a termite service technician needs is a high school diploma.
"It's often a more entry-level position," says Fredericks, noting the average salary is $12 to $17 per hour. The BLS put the median pay in 2010 at $30,340 per year, or $14.59 per hour.
The majority of termite service technicians work for small companies, although there are a few large ones including Western Pest Services of Parsippany, N.J., and J.C. Ehrlich Co. of Reading, Pa.
Outdoor jobs in this field are expected to grow by 26% from 2010 to 2020, according to the BLS. But, they are more prevalent in areas such as the southeastern U.S. where there is a high concentration of termites, Fredericks says.
Environmental Scientists to Protect the Planet
- Median annual pay: $61,700
- Job growth: 19%
Environmental scientist jobs may grow only at an average rate of 19% from 2010 to 2020, according to the BLS, but for people who care about protecting the planet, it can be a rewarding career. Environmental scientists are tasked with identifying problems and finding solutions that protect the health of the environment and its inhabitants.
Environmental scientists spend their days gathering data and monitoring environmental conditions and typically work in all types of weather. According to the BLS, fieldwork can be physically demanding and may require travel to different locations.
To become an environmental scientist, you'll need a four-year degree. The median salary for an environmental scientist is $61,700 per year, or $29.66 per hour, according to a 2010 BLS estimate.
Masons See Growth in Physically Demanding Jobs
- Median annual pay: $45,410
- Job growth: 40%
Not what you would think of as a traditional outdoor job, but brick masons, block masons and stone masons spend most of their time outdoors constructing fences, walkways, walls and other physical structures. The work is hard, but there is a lot of demand for these jobs. The BLS projects a growth rate of 40% from 2010 to 2020, much faster than the average occupation.
Brick layers often lift heavy material and spend their days standing, kneeling and bending for long periods of time. Despite the risks, they can earn a good salary. The median salary in 2010 was $45,410 per year, or $21.83 per hour, according to the BLS.
Masons don't need a college degree, but most undergo a three- to four-year apprentice program. These jobs can be found around the country, with masons working for large and small contractors, through unions or on their own, the BLS says.
Recreation Workers Employed in Diverse Places
- Median annual pay: $22,260
- Job growth: 19%
The government has been a major employer for recreation jobs, but private groups such as athletic associations and recreational camps are putting together sports programs. This is driving the need for recreational workers, says Beckner.
Recreation workers create and lead leisure activity groups in arts and crafts, sports, games, music and other outdoor pastimes. They can work for nonprofits, senior centers, school and park districts, and operators of playgrounds and camps. Recreation workers also can find employment on cruise ships, organizing the daily activities on the ship.
Since most of the activities require being outdoors, the work is seasonal or on a part-time basis in many parts of the country, Beckner says. According to the BLS, recreation worker jobs are expected to grow at a rate of 19% from 2010 to 2020, which is about as fast as the average for all professions. The median salary in 2010 was $22,260 per year, or $10.70 per hour, , according to the BLS.


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CARPENTERSVILLE – More than a half-dozen Jacobs High School students spent Wednesday morning using their Spanish language skills outside of school, interacting with Hispanic residents at the Carpentersville FISH Food Pantry.
The opportunity to use Spanish in a practical setting, without textbooks, was a first for eight students from a Jacobs' advanced Spanish class.
"Why not use their Spanish in a real-life setting?" teacher Nancy Gullickson said. "The stuff in textbooks, when they get up to the [advanced] level is not enough anymore. They have to be able to apply it in the real world, so this is one way I can do it."
Gullickson has been taking students outside the classroom to apply their skills since she started at Jacobs in the 1990s.
In the past, her students have tutored Hispanic District 300 students in math and reading, and taught basic Spanish classes at Sun City Huntley and in the Dundee Township Park District.
Gullickson said she is a major proponent of "service-learning" education, which allows students to apply classroom learning to community service. Service-learning is embedded into Jacobs' foreign language curriculum and students will be graded on their community service.
Service-learning has been under stress since the Obama administration cited economic pressures and cut off federal funding for it earlier this year. Without governmental resources, students for the first time this year have had to cover some transportation costs, Gullickson said.
Some students at the food pantry spoke with Hispanic clients as they logged food requests into computers.Others worked in the back of the pantry, processing requests and packing canned goods, produce and toiletries into carts, which were delivered to the customers waiting outside.
Ryan Downing, a senior, said he appreciated the opportunity to give back to the community. "I get to learn how to use my Spanish in the real world and not just in class, like a requirement, but more like it's a privilege to use it," he said.
The pantry serves nearly 425 low-income residents a month in the Carpentersville, and the East Dundee and West Dundee areas. Many of the pantry's patrons don't speak English as a native language, said Mary Graziano, president of the pantry.
The students infused much-needed energy into the pantry's 32 volunteers, all of whom are retired, Graziano said.
Gullickson also took students from her advanced Spanish class to the pantry last week and said more will go in the coming week.
"We absolutely love when they come in," Graziano said. "They bring a fresh eye. They teach us stuff. They're great."


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Ever since Bruce Jenner appeared on a Wheaties box in 1977, companies have used endorsements by top athletes to boost their sales. As a result, major sports stars routinely receive multimillion-dollar paydays for lending their names to products, and the practice has become so competitive that a player's endorsement income can sometimes dwarf his or her salary or winnings.
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Or you can try to find a secular "minister" in your area if the local UU is too religious for you (the amount of "religion" in UU churches varies greatly depending on the community it is in, I have found). You can simply go with Justice of the Peace if you want it done for the legal purposes and then just have a nice secular bash afterward if you want the party aspect still.
My wife and I were married by our old high school English teacher who was also an ordained minister (of the ULC, which is an online ordination set up to get around having to belong to a church with dogma and all of the rest of the crap that goes with it just to be ordained. He got ordained specifically to be able to perform weddings for former students. We not only wrote our own vows, but most of our own ceremony. We stole from Scottish tradition, omitted any reference to god or anything supernatural, had some poetry readings about love and commitment, and ended it off with a very good friend of mine jumping up to yell "Now let's get pissed!" and proceeded to do so with copious amounts of fun, laughter, music and alcohol. We had our first dance, threw garters (I was wearing one too, since I was in a kilt, and it was hilarious!), threw the bouquet, etc.
Basically we kept what we wanted and tossed the rest. If you can find a minister who's willing to do that I certainly think it's a great way to go.
If you don't want all the pomp and circumstance (and expense) of the ceremony and reception, then simple Justice of the Peace is a cheap, fast, legal way to go.
Try looking for a Humanist Celebrant in your area. There's a search feature by state at the Humanist Society web here.
My wife and I got married in the courthouse officially, but plan to have a ceremony in about a month. Since the ceremony has no legal authority (technically we're already married), we can handle the ceremony however we want!
The downside to this plan is we still don't know exactly what we want. But I'll tell you how it goes in about a month.
It's easy, get a justice of the peace and a whole group of people together, and get marrieds. Marriage is whatever you want to make of it. Hell, I know people who have thrown themed weddings; I've gone to one medieval wedding and 2 Halloween weddings. When i worked for Disney, I even contributed to some Disney weddings.
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Family, friends, associates. Dead. You suddenly find yourself the prime suspect. What is the only thing worse than the 99% chance you've gone insane? The 1 % chance you haven't. Joe Vincent has always had a fascination with the concept of murder. Thrust into the darker side of humanity when he abruptly becomes the prime suspect in a series of related homicides, it becomes a race against time to uncover the truth about what has truly betrayed him; his l...


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thebreeze needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 168 designs submitted by 44 freelance designers.
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We help schools and sports teams raise money. Our brand is fast, easy, savvy and kid friendly. Users create a profile, and send emails to their friends and family members asking them to support a cause. We are modern, technology driven and made for speed.
Users include Students, teachers, coaches and athletes. Our audience is looking for a way to raise money or meet a financial need in their organization.
We are looking for something that says fast and athletic, but not aggressive (more cheetah than tiger). We want to convey a sense of competence, without becoming corporate or boring. Should be a fun, approachable, but mature look.
Looking for an aspect ration that is longer rather taller. Styled font is a plus, but readable is important as the logo needs to work in a single color relief as well as.
>warm colors (not purple) dominant. Cool accents of green and blue are ok. I am thinking of the african savanna
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Scientists find mystery coffin at Richard III site
LONDON (AP) — A team of archaeologists said Monday it has unearthed an unusual coffin-within-a-coffin in the central England parking lot where it found the skeleton of King Richard III, and that they hope to identify the remains within.
University of Leicester scientists have been digging at the Grey Friars site in Leicester after finding the body of Richard there in September. He died nearby in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field.
The team said it had discovered a fully intact medieval stone coffin during a dig in September but wasn't able to investigate it further at the time. When it was opened this week, the team said, it found a lead coffin within it, one likely to contain a "high status" individual.
Scientists think the lead coffin — which has a hole through which the deceased's feet can be seen — could contain one of the friary's founders, a medieval monk, or the remains of a 14th-century medieval knight, Sir William Moton.
The archaeologists say that tests must be carried out to determine how to open the lead coffin without damaging the remains.
The University of Leicester's Matthew Morris said no one on the team had ever seen a lead coffin within a stone coffin before.
"It was as exciting as finding Richard III," he said in a statement. "We still don't know who is inside — so there is still a question mark over it."


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Police: Girl May Die If Not Returned to Hospital
PHOENIX (AP) - Authorities in Arizona say a girl with leukemia and a heart catheter could die if she isn't brought back to a Phoenix hospital after her parents inexplicably removed her last week.
Phoenix police are asking anyone with information to come forward. They say U.S. Border Patrol stopped the girl's father, Luis Bracamontes, as he crossed into Arizona over the weekend.
The man provided no clues and denied being involved in removing her from the hospital. Police are now seeking her mother, Norma Bracamontes.
The 11-year-old girl had been receiving chemotherapy at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Police say an infection forced doctors to amputate her arm and insert a heart catheter. The device was set to be taken out before her mother walked her out of the hospital Wednesday night.
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And the Babe of the Week is…Siobhan McNamara!
Oh, California babes. You are our favorite.
Even competing against six other smokin' hot babe competitors this week, Siobhan managed to snag over 26% of the vote -- impressive! She now joins the ranks of those battling for the title of 'Babe of the Month.' Check out her victory dance:
Here's the deal: At the end of the week, each Babe of the Day will compete for your votes and the winner will become Babe of the Week. Each week's winner will then face off to become Babe of the Month, and those winners will then duke it out for – you guessed it – the Babe of the Year title. Only those lucky ladies will be inducted into GuySpeed's Hall of Fame, an honor reserved for the hottest of babes.


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A journey within,
Relive each day,
One and all,
Within me, I am applauding.
Kisses of the tender breeze,
Rustling of parched leaves,
Clutch a secret,
Gentle crawling.
Under the dark skies,
The stars are brighter,
Alone and together,
They keep on shining.
Promises from the wind,
Till the storm takes away,
Hope and that longing,
But keep on walking.
Here I am falling,
Pull me up.
There is someone- somehow,
Credence is shaking.
Those dreams still live,
A trance of solitude,
Loud and silent,
As I keep on falling.


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'He attacked me first,' says suspect in NYC subway push
NEW YORK – The homeless man charged with shoving a man to his death as a train barreled into a Times Square subway station says the victim instigated the confrontation.
Naeem Davis, 30, was arraigned Wednesday night on a second-degree murder charge and ordered held without bail in the death of 58-year-old Ki-Suck Han on Monday.
As he walked past reporters, Davis said, "He attacked me first. He grabbed me."
Prosecutor James Lin told the judge that Davis watched the train strike Han before leaving the station.
But Davis' Legal Aid lawyer, Stephen Pokart, said outside court that his client reportedly "was involved in an incident with a man who was drunk and angry."
Davis is due back in court on Dec. 11.
Davis has several prior arrests in New York and Pennsylvania on mostly minor charges including drug possession.
Han's death got widespread attention not only for its horrific nature, but because he was photographed a split-second before the train trapped him and seemingly no one attempted to come to his aid.
Han's only child, 20-year-old Ashley, said at a news conference Wednesday that her father was always willing to help someone. But when asked about why no one helped him up, she said: "What's done is done."
"The thought of someone helping him up in a matter of seconds would have been great," she said.
A freelance photographer for the New York Post was waiting for a train Monday afternoon when he said he saw a man approach Han at the Times Square station, get into an altercation with him and push him into the train's path.
The Post photo in Tuesday's edition showed Ki-Suck Han with his head turned toward the train, his arms reaching up but unable to climb off the tracks in time.
The photographer, R. Umar Abbasi, told NBC's "Today" show Wednesday that he was trying to alert the motorman to what was going on by flashing his camera.
He said he was shocked that people nearer to the victim didn't try to help in the 22 seconds before the train struck.
"It took me a second to figure out what was happening ... I saw the lights in the distance. My mind was to alert the train," Abbasi said.
"The people who were standing close to him ... they could have moved and grabbed him and pulled him up. No one made an effort," he added.
In a written account Abbasi gave the Post, he said a crowd took videos and snapped photos on their cellphones after Han was pulled, limp, onto the platform. He said he shoved them back as a doctor and another man tried to resuscitate the victim, but Han died in front of them.
Ashley Han and her mother, Serim Han, met reporters Wednesday inside their Presbyterian church in Queens. The family came to the U.S. from Korea about 25 years ago. They said Han was unemployed and had been looking for work. Their pastor said the family was so upset by the front-page photo of Han in the Post that they had to stay with him for comfort.
"I just wish I had one last chance to tell my dad how much I love him," Ashley Han said.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Han, "if I understand it, tried to break up a fight or something and paid for it with his life."
The suspect's last known address was in a working-class neighborhood in Queens. The only neighbor who even vaguely remembered Davis was Charles Dawes, 80, who stays with his son two doors down.
Davis "came and went, came and went, and he always looked serious," Dawes said. "But I haven't seen him for three or four months."
Subway pushes are feared but fairly unusual. Among the more high-profile cases was the January 1999 death of Kendra Webdale, who was shoved to her death by a former mental patient.
Straphangers said they were shocked by Han's death but that it's always a silent fear for many of the more than 5.2 million commuters who ride the subway on an average weekday.
"Stuff like that you don't really think about every day. You know it could happen. So when it does happen it's scary but then what it all comes down to is you have to protect yourself," said Aliyah Syphrett, 23, who sat on a bench as she waited at Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.
If she saw someone fall or be pushed, "I would try to help them, and also inform them that at the end of the platform there are steps.... If you can run to the other end you can come right back up the steps. But I guess at that moment you're panicked."
Diana Henry, 79, a Long Island resident, was waiting for a train at 34th Street. She stood as far from the platform as possible -- about a dozen feet back, leaning against the wall.
"I'm always careful, but I'm even more careful after what happened," she said. "I stand back because there are so many crazies in this city that you never know."


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Common name: Dab
Scientific name: Limanda limanda
Accession number: 073
Materials: Watercolour on paper
When painted: 1831-1841
MacGillivray's "Platessa limanda". It is likely that MacGillivray obtained his fish specimens from the fish market. It is probable that he would have looked for the best example of a particular type of fish and taken it home to paint it.


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No one likes to leave early from a good party, and a fun-loving dog is no exception. Felony, a white female boxer, was brought in early from a trip to the dog park because her owner wanted to watch a Texans game on television. The owner (identified on YouTube as fgemellaro) caught her on video voicing her objection, getting louder when he tells her to "shut up."
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April 20, 2008
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara softball team bounced back from a pair of losses on Saturday and defeated Big West foe No. 14 Long Beach State, 8-7 in a conference series closer on Sunday at Campus Diamond. During the game, senior Tisha Duran broke the UCSB single season home run record after hitting her 13th of the season over the left field fence in the second inning.
No. 14 Long Beach State, which captured the lead in the Big West Conference standings on Saturday after winning the first two games of this weekend's series, falls to 33-12 overall and 9-3 in league games with today's loss. The Gauchos improve to 25-20 overall and 8-4 in conference contests.
The first six batters on Sunday went down in order before Long Beach's Jennifer Griffin opened the second inning with a solo homer over the left center field fence to put 49ers ahead, 1-0.
Duran responded with her record breaking homer at the bottom of the same inning, tying the game at one run apiece. Duran, who also set a new Gaucho single season RBI record on Saturday, broke Lindsey Herrin's 2005 record of 12 homers in a season with her 13.
At the bottom of the third inning, senior Nicole Churnock led-off with a double to left center field and a bunt single from Ramos on the next play put a pair of runners on the corners. Ramos then stole second before a sacrifice fly to left field by Jessica Ziegler brought Churnock home and gave the Gauchos their first lead of the weekend. Junior Tiffany Wright singled during the next at-bat, driving Ramos home and stretching the lead to 3-1.
At the bottom of the fourth, Long Beach State hit three consecutive singles to load the bases. A fourth single to third base by Lacy Tyler brought Brooke LeSage home to cut the Gaucho lead to 3-2.
Bridgette Pagano followed with a fielder's choice and Griffin was called out while trying to cross home plate. The Gauchos were ambitious and tried to beat Pagano to first, but an overthrow by the catcher gave Danielle Linke ample time to come home, once again tying the game, 3-3.
Franciska Morlet hit an RBI single through the right side sending Tyler home and regaining the lead for Long Beach. Jessica Beaver followed with a single of her own, allowing Pagano to score. A fielder's choice during the next play ended the inning and the Gauchos trailed, 5-3.
The lengthy inning stretched on in the bottom half as senior Ericka Hansen led off with a single straight up the middle. One out later, sophomore Priscilla Perez walked. Churnock grounded out during the ensuing at-bat, but moved both base runners in the process, putting two runners in scoring position with two outs.
The Long Beach left fielder failed to catch a pop fly hit by Ramos allowing her to reach first and both Hansen and pinch runner Jackie Conlin to score, once again tying the game, 5-5. Still with two outs, Ziegler took a pitch to the helmet before Wright hit a double to left field bringing two more runs home. Wright advanced to third on a throwing error during the same play and then scored when Duran hit an RBI single to shortstop during the next play. At the end of the inning, UCSB held an 8-5 lead.
Long Beach would not go down easily and with one runner on and one out in the top of the fifth, Linke hit a two-run homer over the center field fence, putting the 49ers within one at 8-7. The Gauchos made a pitching change from MeLinda Matsumoto to Tami Weston and despite allowing two more base hits in the inning; they escaped without any further damage.
With the exception of an intentional walk at the top of the seventh, the remainder of both team's batters went down in order as the Gauchos held on for the 8-7 victory.
Wright led the Gauchos at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run. Duran was also 2-for-3 with her home run and two RBI.
In the circle, Matsumoto captured the win (7-8) after tossing 4.1 innings and allowing seven earned runs on nine hits with no walks and no strikeouts. Weston captured her first career save after pitching the final 2.2 innings and allowing no runs on two hits. She walked just one and struck out two batters.
Pagano (12-8) took the loss for the 49ers after pitching the final three innings and allowing five runs (none of which were earned) on three hits. She walked one and struck out four. Brooke Turner pitched the first three innings and allowed three earned runs on four hits with one strikeout.
The Gauchos will continue Big West action on the road next week at UC Davis. The three-game series will begin with a noon doubleheader on Saturday, April 26 at the Aggies' La Rue Field.


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A father has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault after telling a 911 operator he carved a pentagram into his 6-year-old son's back.
Just after midnight Wednesday, officers were dispatched to a home in Richland Hills, Texas, after the boy's father, identified by police as Brent Troy Bartel, called 911 and said: "I shed some innocent blood."
When the dispatcher asked what the man meant by that, the man replied: "I inscribed a pentagram on my son."
The dispatcher asked why, and the man said: "It's a holy day."
At the same time, the child's mother called 911 from a neighbor's home and said her husband was hurting their child.
Officers arrived at the home and found the child cold, standing in only pajama pants with a large pentagram carved into his back. The carving covered most of the boy's back, police said.
Officers wrapped the boy in a jacket and turned him over to paramedics. The child was transported to Cooks Children's Hospital for treatment. Child Protective Services and a crime victim liaison were working with the boy and his mother.
Police said Wednesday afternoon that the carving wasn't deep enough to require stitches and that the child is expected to physically recover.
At the scene, officers also recovered a box cutter they believe Bartel used to make the carving.
Bartel was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon-family member. He was being held early Thursday on $500,000 bond.
The father's call to 911 was placed at 12:10 a.m., just minutes after the day 12-12-12 began.
It is not clear what Bartel meant by calling Wednesday "a holy day."
However, Catholics celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12. The Dec. 12, 2012, date, along with Dec. 21, 2012, have drawn attention from numerologists and those concerned with doomsday prophecy.
On Wednesday, it's reported more than 9,000 couples will tie the knot and hospitals have seen a surge in scheduled Cesarean sections. NBC's Andrea Canning reports.
NBC 5's Lindsay Wilcox contributed to this report.
Cops: Dad carves pentagram into son's back
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10:00 pm
Wild! "In The Company of Moose" Biologist Vic VanBallenberghe has spent more time living with wild moose than anyone in the world. So much time in fact that he was absent for much of the childhood of his only son. Determined to learn more about the father he hardly knows, Vic's son, documentary filmmaker Jonathan VanBallenberghe, chronicles a season of his father's research at Denali National Park in Alaska and tells the story through his film. While capturing the most extensive, amazing, and up-close HD footage of moose ever caught on film and learning about this majestic animal, Jonathan recognizes the significance of Vic's life work, and a gap is bridged between father and son.G
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Saving The Ocean "Swordfish!, Part 2" Host Carl Safina goes out to the swordfish grounds with Larry, skipper of the Four Ladies and his crew Hoss and Shawn. The swordfish off the Eastern Seaboard are the only big fish in the world that are more abundant now than 20 years ago. Part 2 of 2G
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Saving The Ocean "Shark Reef" Host Carl Safina travels to Glover's Reef Marine Reserve, a coral atoll in the Central American country of Belize. Accompanied by a team of U.S. researchers, who've been studying the reserve for eight years, Carl catches, tags and releases a wide variety of sharks. In Belize City's fish market, he also visits a shark fin trader, whose trade now threatens sharks worldwide.G


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Acting chair Joe LaCava introduced the item on 7755 Sierra Mar's proposed redevelopment, noting, "The background on this goes back years."
"This project was denied previously and the applicant went back and worked with neighbors to resolve issues and reduced the project and now they're back because we had not seen the revised plans," LaCava said.
Land-use attorney Robin Madaffer and architect John Oleinik, representing Sierra Mar developers, presented a redesign for a project addition on the home site that LJCPA had previously denied in December 2008 because they believed its bulk and scale was inappropriate for the neighborhood and detrimental to its character.
"The project's been significantly revised, reduced almost 6,000 square feet and the entire second story removed except for one small portion over a garage," said Madaffer. "We think we've made significant modifications and the historical folks at the city have approved the revise."
A tenant living in the residence noted it's not designed for a modern lifestyle, as it lacks both a breakfast room and a den.
Heather Riley, an attorney representing a nearby Sierra Mar neighbor, Barbara Levi, saw it differently.
"The new project does not alleviate nearby property owners' concerns. It's still too large," Riley said, noting the original project would have tripled the home's size and that the revise still doubles it.
"This so-called revision still has significant adverse impacts on the home's historical resources," she said.
Architectural historian Diane Kane was called forth to assess the impact of proposed redevelopment on the Sierra Mar site.
On the question of historical authenticity, Kane said a litmus test involves answering two questions: "When [the remodel] is done, would you recognize it as historical, and would the home with the addition be historically designated," Kane said.
Kane said another standard for judging historicity is that an addition to a designated home "must in size, scale, proportion and mass be compatible with the original structure."
"By and large, this home's addition is not overly bulky and is sympathetic in its use of materials," Kane said, though she questioned whether the new addition differentiates enough from the original structure to "diminish its historicity."
From the audience, resident Mike Costello said he didn't like the idea that historically designated homes are given huge tax breaks. LJCPA member Dan Courtney questioned whether a trend was emerging in La Jolla for homes to be historically designated and then resold, passing along tax benefits to new buyers.
LaCava said tax breaks given as an incentive to have homes historically designated was "not at issue here."
After LJCPA voted to reconsider the project, group member Jim Fitzgerald moved to approve the project as revised noting the developers have "done a lot with the bulk and scale making every effort to integrate the historical building [into the remodel]."
The group vote was 11-3-1.
The advisory group also unanimously approved a proposed amendment that would require the city to automatically notify City Council members, advisory groups and other interested parties if a development project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
District 1 City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner updated the group on a new proposed ordinance going through committee that would reduce use of plastic bags citywide. Lightner also discussed public hearings on proposed water rate increases for the city scheduled for Nov. 21. The council has discussed raising the cost of providing water to the city's 1.3 million customers by 7.25 percent next year and 7.5 percent in 2015.


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Jasey Jay Anderson and Ursula Bruhin overcame cold, snowy, conditions and a format change in the middle of the race to take the Dual Giant Slalom at the U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships held at Stratton Mountain, Vermont.
For Anderson, it was his fifth podium visit in five contests in a row this season, which included two other U.S. contests, plus events in Canada and Japan.
He was happy to take another and praised the course. "It was a great set," he said. "The hill was good. It was perfect right out of the gate, you built up your speed, went into a turning section, had a nice knoll in the middle of the course, then it opened up again. I thought it was an excellent set. We could make some turns, and we could snowboard out there. I wish the conditions were better, but now the sun's coming out."
Indeed, the conditions were trying at the outset. Stratton Mountain received six to eight inches of snow overnight, which sent the mountain and the U.S. Open staffs into scramble mode to get the course ready for the day. They ended up starting late, then changing the format halfway through the race.
After the initial qualifiers, the field was cut to eight women and sixteen men, where they were supposed to go into a knock-out heat system. Each rider was to race head-to-head against another, and took two races down each of the two parallel courses. The rider with the fastest time of the heat would then advance up the ladder.
However, with the late start and the poor conditions, the riders, coaches, and event staff decided to just take the top eight women and top sixteen men, let them run two times (once on each course) and the lowest combined score of the two runs would win the race.
Swiss rider Ursula Bruhin realized that conditions were out of everyone's hands. "Sometimes the weather is hard and you can't do anything about it. It wasn't so fun because a lot of the people said the slope was not good enough to finish the race. But I'm happy I won."
She received some extra coaching to take the race. "Have two coaches at the race," she said. "They pointed out that I was making some old mistakes, where I leaned too far forward. Sometimes if I want to go fast, I bend my head down and then my balance is not centralized on the board and I fall out of balance and make mistakes."
Writer's note: Unfortunately, the race gained little fanfare and wasn't even filmed by the ESPN crews. Just several years ago, the U.S. Open featured a Duel Slalom and Super-G, but now has only one event for racers. Due to the dwindling interest in racing in the United States, Burton should just kill the hard-boot events altogether, and focus on crowd-pleasing events like the halfpipe, big air, and boardercross, which will be covered in full detail the rest of the weekend.


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So one day on a whim, I randomly decided that RTD needed improvement. This was the result.
The core mechanic-
Same as standard RTD. Roll a d6:
1- Epic Fail
2- Fail
3- Meager Success
4- Success
5- Epic Success
6- Overshot (Level up!)
Leveling Up-
Whenever a character rolls a natural six (Except in special occasions), they level up. When you level up, you gain 1 max HP, 1 Drama Point, and you train a skill.
A skill is anything your character can do. When a skill is trained, you gain cumulative bonuses to all actions involving that skill. You can be creative with this, using anything that's not too overpowered. (Combat, for example)
Example skills used in my campaign IRL:
Summon Zombies
Knocking Out
Resist Unconcious
Undead Stuff
Summoning Demons
Resist Burn
Become Taller
Combat consists of rolling for accuracy, adding your ACC bonus, any other relevant modifiers. On a 6, you do +1 damage. (This doesn't level you up)
This is compared against the target's dodge roll, 1d6, plus your dodge modifier, plus any other relevant modifiers.
Successful hits do Weapon damage, plus your damage modifier, minus the target's armor.
The world is randomly generated by the Dm, with a little bit of plot stuff added in.
Characters have the following skills, abilities, feats, and other stuff.
Name: Self-Explanatory
Player: See above.
Race: Can be any race, using a race build template. Determines starting combat modifiers.
Class: Can be any class, using a class build template. Determines starting feats and some gear.
HP: If you need this to be explained, you shouldn't be here.
Level: See above
Condition: Any ongoing effects.
Drama points: Can be used to boost a roll by one, with exceptions. Think of it as an Almighty Benny.
Fail points: Basically the anti-Drama points. Unmighty penny.
Accuracy: Boosts attack accuracy.
Damage: Boosts attack damage.
Dodge: Helps you avoid attacks.
Armor: Helps you withstand attacks.
Initiative: Helps you attack first.
Skills: See above.
Feats: "Special Moves" based on class build template.
Weapons: Self Explanatory
Armor: Self Explanatory.
Inventory: Self Explanatory.
Comments, Questions, etc. are welcome.
I do intend to run a forum game of this. Any takers?