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The Bransons won a lifetime supply of gasoline for the four team members, not oil. And it was valued in gallons not a cash value at the time.They definitely came out ahead on that, because the median price of gasoline in the U.S. has gone up considerably since their season (i.e., I don't think anyone in the U.S. was paying $3.00/gal. at the time, and now, you cannot find any gas anywhere in the U.S. as low as $3.00/gal. at anytime during the year. (I know that where I'm at the lowest it has been since the beginning of 2012 has been $3.09/gal. last spring, and the lowest this spring has been $3.27/gal. (a few weeks ago); then it went up to $3.79/gal. in less than 48 hours.)But as I said, the Bransons cleaned up on the gasoline prize.
All TARA prizes are awful.
Leg 1 A Sony PlayStation 3 and BRAVIA for each team member.Leg 2 A Sony VAIO for each team member.Leg 3 A vacation package worth US$3,000 to Colombo, Sri LankaLeg 4 US$2,000 eachLeg 5 Trip for two to the Philippines and US$3,000, and a helicopter ride to Legazpi Airport to be given after all teams had departed in the next leg.Leg 6 A vacation package and a dinner for two at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, worth US$5,100Leg 7 had a virtual pit stop with no prize given for the first team. A special prize of an upgrade at any Hilton hotel was awarded to Ethan & Khairie for being the fastest team to complete the Hilton bed-making challenge.Leg 8 A 4-day ski vacation at Niseko, Japan worth US$6,000 for the first place team.Leg 9 A year's supply of Caltex with Techron worth US$5,000Leg 10 A trip to Hilton in the Maldives worth US$6,000
I'm pretty sure BP gave them credit cards to use (which they used during season 8 since for that season only production had teams used the production provided credit cards for both gasoline and airline travel.)
What's a catamaran?It's a boat.Oh, uh, yay...?
Tanzania and Poland flightwise is such a trainwreck <3
Quote from: αirlinesguy on June 08, 2013, 09:30:57 PMTanzania and Poland flightwise is such a trainwreck <3Dustin and Kandice started leg 8 while Eric and Daniel and Guidos hadn't even finished leg 7.looks like we never had anything like that except for season 21's Turkey-Russia flight. i love airport Dramas, but recent seasons do not show that much.
Just out of curiosity, has TAR ever had a season with teams consisting of a returning racer and a different partner? For the life of me, I can't remember.
The thing is most of the racers say: "I would only race again with my previous partner". IDK, I really like seeing teams go back, not only half of it... just my opinion.
Quote from: David on December 04, 2013, 09:27:10 AMThe thing is most of the racers say: "I would only race again with my previous partner". IDK, I really like seeing teams go back, not only half of it... just my opinion.Didn't they ask Flo back, but only with Drew and not Zach? She turned them down because she only wanted to Race with Zach. I guess that's why they went with another hybrid dating team with Eric & Danielle who apparently weren't even really dating.
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NEWPORT – Colleges and universities in the United States are failing to prepare the next generation of leaders for the upcoming age of cyber threats, according to a new study from Salve University's Pell Center.
The study – "One Leader at a Time: The Failure to Educate Future Leaders for an Age of Persistent Cyber Threat" – was compiled by Pell Center Fellow Francesca Spidalieri.
Cyber threats have the potential to undo all the economic, social and military advances enabled by technology and the Internet," according to a Salve release, which stated: "Ultimately, these threats can touch, if not harm, every institution in American society – from the U.S. government to banks and hospital, universities, corporations and more."
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Although the report says that some American universities have started to develop new content for cybersecurity education, it also uncovered an imbalance between the need for leaders with a basic knowledge of the Web and the marginal role that cybersecurity plays in most graduate programs."
"America's future security hinges on its ability to prepare leaders for the challenges of the digital age. Our universities have to be part of the solution," added Ludes.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Hayah Academy Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Hayah Academy Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Egypt View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message cseeley24Joined: 20 Aug 2006Posts: 19Location: Egypt Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:31 am Post subject: Hayah Academy Does anyone know anything about the pay or benefits to a foreigner hired locally for the school Hayah Int. Academy in 5th Settlement? I have an interview this week and have no idea what to ask. Thanks. Back to top stoth1972Joined: 16 May 2003Posts: 674Location: Seattle, Washington Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: If you're a qualified teacher, then I would ask for around $25,000 equivalent, if not a bit more (they might pay partially in pounds and partially in dollars, but I'm not sure). Add on to that figure for accommodation (I think they will give an amount of money as opposed to an actual flat, but I'm not sure). They might not even give you the chance to set a figure, but at least you have that in mind. Visit www.oanda.com to do the conversion so if they throw out a number is pounds, you have a good idea of how much that is. If you're not qualified but experienced, I would expect a bit less. I will post more when I talk to a friend working there. She's been there for 2 years going on three and is quite happy. I've known others who left it with a less-than-positive experience (the school let go a number of teachers last autumn when it wasn't working out. I've heard both sides of the story. Some felt it was unjust, others working there said the school was in the right.) Back to top stoth1972Joined: 16 May 2003Posts: 674Location: Seattle, Washington Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: Hayah International Revision to my previous post: You might expect around $24,000 USD/year equivalent (that would include your accommodation money), though if you're already in Egypt, do not expect the airfare. Back to top USteacherinCairoJoined: 10 Jan 2007Posts: 3 Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:53 am Post subject: Run for the hills I would advise any foreign teacher considering a job at Hayah to turn around and walk the other way. I spent five months at this school before accepting a mid-year offer elsewhere. Luckily for me I declined the housing benefit offered to foreign teachers. Many of my colleagues who accepted the benefit now feel trapped at a school that is significantly less than what they advertise themselves as being. Also, many of the certifications and acreditations the school claims to have are rumored to be bogus. Rather they are applications pending approval based on further review of the school's ability to comply with or meet standards in which they were deemed to be lacking. I don't want to be to hard on the school, I know several people (in grades K-3) who have had good experiences, but the majority of foreign teachers working there, are largely dissastified with the school's administration. Back to top cseeley24Joined: 20 Aug 2006Posts: 19Location: Egypt Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: Happy at HIA Hi. I am the person who originally posted this forum and I did accept the job with Hayah. I am so so happy there. I was hired as a local so the salary is not $25000 a year but it is very good compared to other schools. The atmosphere is great and the admin is one of the best of Egypt- if you have ever worked anywhere else in Egypt- then you would really appreciate them. I would never consider working anywhere else while in Cairo. Back to top stoth1972Joined: 16 May 2003Posts: 674Location: Seattle, Washington Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:29 pm Post subject: cseeley24, can you send me a contact name and email for applications? A friend of mine is trying to apply, but their website (shown above) isn't working. Back to top cseeley24Joined: 20 Aug 2006Posts: 19Location: Egypt Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: Hi. i am currently in an airport travelling so i do not have the info but as soon as i arrive (in about 20 hours) i will try to get online and give the info for you. good luck to your friend. Back to top chrisdJoined: 23 Jun 2008Posts: 18Location: Crossville, TN Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject: Hayah International Academy A few weeks ago I was contacted by Dr. (Mod edit) Desseau, the Superintendent of Hayah. She asked that I send her my philosophy of education. I wasn't told why. I supposed she wanted to know how I expressed myself in English and if I had any strange ideas about how children should be schooled. She must have accepted what I wrote, because she then emailed asking if I wanted to be interviewed. This lady's name does not appear on any of the previous posts and I don't know if she is new to the school. From the time she first contacted me I have been quite drawn by her sense of humor and candor. She has been surprisingly forthright with answers to my questions about posts on this site, as well as those on the International School's site. Most of the administrators I have encountered who have their PhD's come across as pretty stuffy, self-important people. Not this person. If she is anything like the first impression she gives, she sounds as if she would be a delightful person to work with. After I have my interview (in 2 weeks), I'll let you know what I think. Back to top cseeley24Joined: 20 Aug 2006Posts: 19Location: Egypt Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:46 am Post subject: DR. DEB DESSAU Hi. I have been at Hayah for the last 2 years. Dr. D is indeed new to the school, she is the superintendent. I can tell you that she is very down to earth, reliable and honest. she is very forthcoming about any flaws she sees in the school and does not mind constructive critisism. I enjoy working with her and talking to her when i see her in the halls. you can trust anything she says to you and i think that you would enjoy working in Hayah. it is the first school in egypt that is run right. good luck at your interview!!! (MOD edit for names) Back to top chrisdJoined: 23 Jun 2008Posts: 18Location: Crossville, TN Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: 7/7/08: I promised a post after my interview with Dr. Deb D, the fairly new Administrator at Hayah. We talked for almost two hours. My impression of this lady has not changed since me first communication with her several weeks ago. She is personable and very open to any questions, positive or negative. I would go so far as to say that she is unusual among the school administrators I have come to know. She seems like someone who is serious about her position, but would also be fun to work with. She answered all my questions and I felt as if I got a "feel" for the school and the working conditions there. She was even willing to give me a sense of the salary they pay for someone with my credentials (please don't ask me what this is as I have always believed salary issues are not other people's business). Pay is offered as an annual salary and teachers are paid monthly for 12 months, although teachers do not work during the summer and are off the entire month of December. Dr. D obviously likes her job, the school, her fellow workers and the students. Hayah requires a 2-year contract, may pay for accommodations and will take care of work permits and visa and will reimburse airfare to and from Cairo. Private tutoring may be done but not for students of the school. If I remember correctly, a minimal amount of health insurance is provided. Each year the school adds another grade level. This coming year they will add 10th grade. In 2 more years, the school will be "fully functional" with all 12 grades in place. The students at Hayah are from wealthy families. According to Dr. D, students are teachable and very easy to like and they readily and fondly attach themselves to their teachers. I will know by tomorrow if I have been offered work at this school. I am also interviewing at a school in Jerusalem and have been contacted by the American University of Beirut asking if I would be interested in being considered for a position there. I have read all the negative reviews of Hayah and believe that most of them are historical issues that Dr. D has worked hard to overcome. (MOD edit for names) Back to top chrisdJoined: 23 Jun 2008Posts: 18Location: Crossville, TN Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: Hayah International Academy I have been reading old posts and realize that I never followed up with a final post re: my position with Hayah. I contacted Dr. D. with the intention to accept the position I had been offered. It was then that Dr. D. told me the Board of the school had frozen any further hires for the 2008-2009 school year due to financial reasons. Dr. D. was disappointed for me, as I was for myself. She indicated that I could reapply next school year if I was available. In other words, the contract that was sent me was withdrawn. I do not blame Dr. D. for this. I think it was an honest situation that there was no need for further increase in their staff at this time. 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On January 30th the Vancouver Canucks started what was to be the longest road trip in NHL history. During this time they traveled a total of 20,737 kilometers. The first game of the colossal fourteen game expedition began with a win against the Leafs, it ended on March 10th with an overtime loss to Phoenix. In a span of fourteen games the team finished with a respectable 8-5-1 record, the final outcome of this journey could have ended much worse, especially when you consider that Vancouver have been playing without two of it's best defensemen.
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During this mammoth voyage it's clear that the players pulled together and helped each other out, when it was needed, allowing the team to overcome the rigors of being away from familiar surroundings where fatigue is not the only concern.
This coming Saturday the Canucks will play their first game on home ice since January 27th when the team hosts the Senators. The Senators won their last game against the Oilers and will face the Flames before meeting the Canucks. Vancouver last met Ottawa on February 4th in a 3-1 loss for the Canucks, like every game this wont be easy.
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I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for those types of videos where a car is in beautiful motion, but it's completely slowed down and you can see all the details. There's fire and brimstone, noise and speed. And you can catch so many things you normally miss.
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Dang, another Asian male with control issues!!!!Yep, control issues just like between Ron and Christina......will do them in..........oops.......didn't Ron and Christina win?
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Skip to comments.Software that tracks people on social media created by defence firm
Posted on 02/13/2013 12:10:27 PM PST by 444Flyer
Exclusive: Raytheon's Riot program mines social network data like a 'Google for spies', drawing ire from civil rights groups
A multinational security firm has secretly developed software capable of tracking people's movements and predicting future behaviour by mining data from social networking websites.
A video obtained by the Guardian reveals how an "extreme-scale analytics" system created by Raytheon, the world's fifth largest defence contractor, can gather vast amounts of information about people from websites including Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare.
Raytheon says it has not sold the software named Riot, or Rapid Information Overlay Technology to any clients.
But the Massachusetts-based company has acknowledged the technology was shared with US government and industry as part of a joint research and development effort, in 2010, to help build a national security system capable of analysing "trillions of entities" from cyberspace.
The power of Riot to harness popular websites for surveillance offers a rare insight into controversial techniques that have attracted interest from intelligence and national security agencies, at the same time prompting civil liberties and online privacy concerns.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
(snip)"Riot can display on a spider diagram the associations and relationships between individuals online by looking at who they have communicated with over Twitter. It can also mine data from Facebook and sift GPS location information from Foursquare, a mobile phone app used by more than 25 million people to alert friends of their whereabouts. The Foursquare data can be used to display, in graph form, the top 10 places visited by tracked individuals and the times at which they visited them."
Does Foursquare tell the user that his/her information is being passed to law enforcement?
Remember the law that made cell phones incorporate GPS, so that "911 operators would know where you were?" Of course they didn't tell people that the information was available to law enforcement.
I know it is, and I don't care.
When citizens are now considered potentially guilty while expected to pay for generous pensions and salaries of bureaucrats who watch us, it isn't much of a step to instead become a "subject" and considered as a "threat" by those same operatives with a political agenda that may disagree with your own.
The internet was set up as the ultimate honey pot to collect our political and other thoughts and beliefs under the guise it was all anonymous.
People are dolts if you think they don't mine data. If you own a DVR they track everything you watch and when, guaranteed. Amazon and others, they track what you buy and where you ship it. I am against this latest craze of giving cars black boxes. Just another intrusion on your privacy.
Another article I read about this compares this government program to "stalking".
"But if you aren't doing anything wrong then so what." I used to hear some say that back in the Bush era when the warrantless wiretapping started, and the naivety of the fools that said it raised my hackles then.
When "they" start taking liberties and our liberties by doing it, it all becomes a tool for "them" to use to further enhance political power. They/them = tools of the "Powers that Be" that can be of any political ideology, because politics is about power, not ideology.
Too bad they won't use it against the ferals playing the knock-out game or the ones flash mobbing and stealing property. It will be used to stifle legitimate dissent against a tyranny. The one thing the government FEARS is individual direct action. The Lone Wolf. And they should.
I don't use twitter, Facebook, or Foursquare. I have minimized my online presence as much as possible. I only use online accounts where absolutely necessary and I still feel too exposed.
I do not understand the desire to publish to the world everything about yourself.
I typed "big daddy" on a post just now and ta-da! there was an ad for "big daddy" nail polish on the very next thread link I clicked. Howdy, Big Brother.
Our Overlords learned well from the "Arab Spring".
Ok, Big Bro, turning on the computer in the other room right I posted the above isn't funny.
I know if I were a deep-cover foreign agent I would certainly be spreading my business all over Facebook.
This software will be used by democrats to keep winning elections.
Harold Finch! Please pick up the white phone nearest you...
It seems to me that the way around this is to create a garbage data generator, that would create plausible fake identities with fake personal information in social media, perhaps many times more than the real data out there.
The reason to do this is a vulnerability to fake data in data mining software. Garbage in still equals garbage out.
Please forgive my ignorance but I'm not a tech or networking pro.....I had thought that all of this had already been in place for years....some elements of it perhaps a decade or more. I had been under the impression that this was the entire 'actual' purpose of Facebook and perhaps most other 'social networking' sites....to create a 'fun' venue where people would be eager to disclose all of their personal data so that it could be mined by advertisers and government entities, and that software has been scouring such sites in the manner discussed here for a very long time.
I'm wondering what is new and groundbreaking about this Riot software? I believe that I have read about pretty much all of the mining elements they're discussing here over the course of recent years and I confess to being baffled as to what is so terribly new here.
The next generation of gas rationing - it isn't your day, the government disables your car.
Take information from ALL social network profiles and create a timeline similar to Facebook timeline, showing a person's activity.
Review the location data embedded in all of the photos you take, create a map of where this person is when pictures are taken. You get a map of where the person has been and when. Useful to verify an alibi, or create a schedule of when and where the person goes.
Build maps and networks of relationships between people, identifying influencers and opinion shapers within social networks - across all social media sites, using software that does it almost at the touch of a button.
The potential for the government has been described like "Big Brother online". Shut down those few people and profiles, the discussion on a topic you don't like goes rather quiet. Or track sentiments and groups and find those public discussions that you want to diffuse or undermine. Or those groups growing more disgruntled and start sending friend requests to join in to those groups, so you can listen to their discussions and get invited to invitation only chat rooms. Or look for changes in behavior that show they have moved "offline" to discuss matters.
Defense contractors have also developed software that lets you create a dozen different social profiles and maintain them simultaneously, so that one "update" is spun and posted on all of them to make the accounts look like real people.
Combined with crowd-sourcing tools and artificial intelligence that rates the "tone" of a thread and author on a particular topic, and we're approaching the point where the government can have a system admin query "show me everyone who hates this legislation / public figure, is actively protesting it and has lots of people listening". Search, then shut down or infiltrate.
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PAHA considers additional security after recent violence
According to a press release from the Port Arthur Housing Authority (PAHA), the agency is "deeply concerned" regarding violence in the Prince Hall Village neighborhood on W. 14th St. in Port Arthur. PAHA released the statement and indicated they would take measures to combat the issue at their next meeting citing a "heightened security risk" to tenants in the housing authority's system due to the close proximity of the problem property as a reason to increase policing at nearby PAHA-run properties. .
Port Arthur Mayor Deloris "Bobbie" Prince recently held a press conference on April 9 addressing recent violence in Port Arthur, specifically around Prince Hall. In response to Prince's concerns and the concerns expressed by the community of Port Arthur, PAHA will consider adding more police patrols at their next meeting on April 22.
"Although the Prince Hall Apartments are not owned or managed by the Housing Authority and while there are no PAHA Section 8 residents at Prince Hall, the Housing Authority is deeply concerned the violence at Prince Hall… The PAHA is committed to our residents and strives to provide a safe environment for our families. The recent violence poses a heightened security risk for our tenants, which has caused the PAHA to re-evaluate the security measures… It is the Housing Authority's intention to take swift action for additional security measures and keep the public informed accordingly."


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Man found 'masturbating vigorously' in Portland, says he did it because he hates the city
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) - Portland Police say they've arrested a man for allegedly "masturbating vigorously" outside a nonprofit.
Someone called 911 on May 3 reporting they saw a man exposing himself outside New Avenues for Youth on Southwest Ninth Avenue. When officers responded, several witnesses pointed out the suspect, whose "erect penis was exposed to the public while he masturbated vigorously," court documents say.
When an officer asked him why he was doing that in public, the man said he was on meth, wanted to go back to prison, and said he "[expletive] hates Portland," documents say.
Terry Lee Andreassen was arrested on felony charges of public indecency.


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SAUK CITY, Wis., July 12, 2011—More than 2,000 motorcyclists are expected to gather for the 26th Annual Freedom Ride to Benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association July 15-16 in Sauk City.
The Freedom Ride is the longest single dealer Harley-Davidson fundraising event to benefit MDA in Wisconsin. Consistently ranked as one of the top 10 Harley-Davidson MDA events in the nation, the ride has raised over $1.7 million net since its inception in 1985.
Registration for the 26th Annual Freedom Ride is Friday, July 15, from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday, July 16, from 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at Sauk Prairie Harley-Davidson.
Registration is $25 per rider. All proceeds benefit local MDA clients. However, riders can also become "pledge riders" and receive different prizes:
Pledge Amount – Prizes
$100- Pin or patch and a Pork Chop Dinner
$150- Pin or patch, Pork Chop Dinner, T-shirt and waived registration fee
$800 "Summer Camp Club" Member- Pin or patch, Pork Chop Dinner, T-shirt, $75 Sauk Prairie Harley-Davidson gift card, invitation to the Summer Camp Reception following the ride
$1000- Pin or patch, Pork Chop Dinner, T-shirt, $100 Sauk Prairie Harley-Davidson gift card
$2000- Pin or patch, Pork Chop Dinner, T-shirt, $100 Sauk Prairie Harley-Davidson gift card
Additionally, For ever $100 raised, Pledge Riders will be entered into a raffle to win a 4-day trip to Las Vegas to attend the 2011 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon.
Friday night's pre-ride festivities include a bike show, poker run, and family activities and live music by Boys Night Out.
The ride leaves Sauk Prairie Harley-Davidson, 836 Phillips Boulevard, Sauk City, Saturday at 12 p.m. sharp and travels through the rolling hills of scenic Southwestern Wisconsin. The ride will stop in Loganville before returning to the VFW Park on the Wisconsin River. Post-ride festivities include a raffle, bike games, Pork Chop dinner, live music by Lube and a drawing.
All of the money raised will help benefit local MDA clients and services. MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat 43 neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive services and far-reaching professional and public health education. For more information about MDA's programs and services, call (608) 222-3269.


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Angelina Jolie: '1 is Too Many'
Angelina Jolie speaks out for those who can't in this new video for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
The 36-year-old actress is the official UNHCR ambassador, and has been working with the group for years to fight for refugees across the world.
In the past, Angelina and her partner Brad Pitt have visited refugee camps in Kenya, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, to name just a few.
In this video, Angelina implores us that "1 is too many."
Visit UNHCR.com for more information.


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Medicine from the heart . . . Katrina Austria, MD
On Thursdays, the Daily Voice showcases selected Thursday Morning Memos, reflective essays about clinical experiences written by faculty, alumni, residents and students of the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health and, occasionally, contributors from other departments. Thursday Morning Memos is UMass Medical School's homegrown version of narrative medicine, in which the authors process their experiences through writing. To learn more, visit: http://www.umassmed.edu/news/articles/2011/personal_stories.aspx.
|Family medicine resident Katrina Austria, MD, focuses on home visits with these reflections on the power of photographs.
Photographs. Snapshots of life's moments that people choose to hold onto. They are a reminder of how a person truly was when life was at its fullest. The moment is forever in the present, frozen in time. For me, photographs serve to remind me that my patient is a person, and exists in a special light for her or her family and friends.
During a day of home visits with a hospice nurse, I was welcomed into the homes of many hospice patients. These families were from many different socioeconomic levels, different walks of life, but each of the homes shared obvious similarities: the patient was always in his or her hospital bed in the center of the family room, surrounded by photographs on every wall, mantle, and in some cases, the ceiling. I found myself drawn to the photographs; I was challenged to match younger versions of the family members and caretakers in the room. I could not ignore the stark contrast of the hospice patient juxtaposed with vibrant versions of themselves.
"Do they find happiness when they see these pictures?"
"Do they feel depressed, angry that they no longer look like the person in the photos?"
"Can they still remember the moments captured in the photo?"
"Do they even recognize themselves in the photo?"
As a family medicine resident, I have the pleasure of having the ability to care for several members of the same family. I can appreciate the connections, the sources of stress and pleasure as I see my patients and their family members in clinic. Every day, I have to take into consideration working with the patient and his or her support network to find the best management. It is easy when you can see a person in his or her usual state of health, and at times with spouse or kids in tow. It becomes obvious that the patient has a life, and that others are connected and affected by this person's health.
This support network is not always evident when you meet a patient in the hospital, when they might be at their sickest. Family members may have already left by the time you've arrived to admit them. It's as if they were magically whisked into the emergency department from some nebulous place, and the thought of family does not come to mind right away. You tend to be more immediately focused on the chief complaint. You forget that a loved one may be worried at home because you're trying to figure out how to safely replete the sodium. You just forget.
I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. T during my hospice rotation. I did not meet her at first, but learned about her through a sit-down with her husband and eldest daughter. From this interaction, I pictured a weak pathetic elderly woman, dying from malignancy, who needed help with everything. But at least she had her family, right?
After the sit-down, we went to Mrs. T's bedside. Indeed, she did appear small, weak and quiet compared to her family. It was almost as if she wasn't aware of her prognosis. But truly, she was being stoic. She was aware of what was happening to her body, and the fear of what would happen to her family after she was gone was slowly building. Tears began to flow from her small timid eyes. Mrs. T had fought so hard to hide these tears. She knew that her family would be even more scared if she revealed her sadness. Everyone agreed that the most important thing was to make sure Mrs. T was comfortable through hospice care.
A few hours later, when Mrs. T was discharged home, I had the opportunity to observe a hospice home consult. I remembered Mr. T saying that his wife would be more comfortable at home. "She decorated everything to her style, in her colors. She would want to be home." I drove to the family home and saw a familiar "No smoking, oxygen in use" sign on the front door and knew I was at the right place. I also noticed that the front door was totally painted in a Tiffany blue. My favorite color. "This must be her color as well," I thought.
I was welcomed into the home by Mrs. T's oldest daughter. Their home was lovely. Tiffany blue was evident in paintings, carpeting, and kitchen. I was secretly jealous of the decor! What I couldn't help but notice were, once again, all the photographs on the walls and tables. The Mrs. T in the photos was a more robust, life-loving, smiling vibrant woman. I could hear her laughing, getting excited for parties, choosing a tie for her husband to match her own outfit. The photographs revealed a time when this family truly looked to Mrs. T as their pillar of strength. This is the Mrs. T that they still hold in their hearts, the Mrs. T they wish they could have forever. The family still had Mrs. T, and they would do all they could to keep her and honor her.
Experiences like these help me appreciate when loved ones choose to capture moments in photos. It is a reminder of how they wish their mother or brother could be. It reminds us as physicians that we are not only caring for the patient, but also for the people who hold the patient close in their hearts.


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A tip for making good content into great content
This is a standard method of writing for press adverts.
If you look at car adverts in Sunday magazines, it's clear that they have all been subjected to the Traffic Light Test.
But it works just as well for the web, and it's something anyone can do. Here's how
1: Mark out your content
To do the test, take your content, and use three highlighter pens on it (you can do this in Microsoft Word, using the highlight tools).
- If the content describes a benefit to the user, mark it in green.
- If the content describes a feature, mark it in orange.
- If the content describes neither a feature nor a benefit, mark it in red.
2: Red means stop
Scrap (or edit to reduce) anything that's marked in red. It's not necessary, it's not giving information, and it just stops people from reading.
Typically, you can expect to lose up to 50% of your content by doing this. But that's a good thing, because nobody reads lots of text online. And you're only getting rid of content that turns the reader off.
3: Turn orange into green
Everything marked in orange is a feature. Why not change it into a benefit?
Here's an example: imagine you're writing about a car, and have to describe its emissions.
The car has a CO2 rating of 183g (combined urban/motorway figures).
That's perfectly accurate, but is just describing a feature. It relies on the reader figuring out the benefit. Readers are lazy, so you need to do the work for them. Change your feature into a benefit by saying:
The car has low, tax-efficient, environmentally-friendly emissions.
Doesn't that sound like a better car? It's the same information, but now it speaks to the reader in a more effective and personal way. And it's got actual benefits, rather than dull facts.
4: Green means go
The end result should be that your content will be shorter and punchier. It'll have (almost) nothing in red, and as few orange areas as possible. Basically, you've made every part of your content into a benefit for the user, and removed anything that's not necessary.
When it's all (or predominantly) green, you can go ahead and publish.


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Author Notes: I first learned to make Chicken Adobo from Hilda, a close friend of my mom's, who told amazing stories of her WWII years hiding out in the mountains of the Philippines with her physician father and family, always keeping one step ahead of the invading army. It is the fastest chicken preparation I know of and I always have on hand the 5 ingredients it requires. I love the play between the deep complex soy sauce flavors and the tart vinegar, with the underlying notes of garlic, bay leaf and black pepper spice. Because it is the Phillipine National Dish, there are endless variations. Sub coconut milk; add mangoes or okra; experiment!
I have adapted this recipe from Hilda's and one by E. Zamula of Potomac, Md. in an old Gourmet. —LE BEC FIN
Serves: 2
pounds chicken thighs, skin on and bone-in; extra fat pockets or skin flaps removed
cup white vinegar
cup water
cup Japanese soy sauce
tablespoons minced garlic
whole bay leaves
teaspoons whole black peppercorns
tablespoons cornstarch, optional
cup cold water
- Beginning with skin side down, sear chicken in hot oil til lightly browned on both sides. Add vinegar through peppercorns, bring to a simmer, cover and cook 15 minutes. Uncover, turn thighs over, simmer about 15 minutes til chicken is done. Serve with plenty of sauce over rice.
- If you want a thicker sauce, remove chicken from pot.Add cornstarch to water and stir with your fingers til smooth. Add to pot, stir to combine and bring to boil so sauce thickens.Turn down heat, return chicken to pot , spooning sauce over, and serve.
- Serve with lots of rice!
- Note: Because this is the national dish of the Philippines, there are hundreds of variations. You can use cider or cane vinegar instead of white vinegar (but some vinegars, like sherry or balsamic, are too strong to substitute 1 for 1.) Most recipes use 2:1 vinegar to soy sauce. Some add more water. Some use coconut milk.
- Note: I usually have some leftover sauce, rich in chicken juices/collagen. It can be frozen and re-used in a new batch, adding ingredients as needed or water to thin.
- Note:Filipinos also make this same recipe with pork chops.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipes with 5 Ingredients or Fewer
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Vinegar
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Mangoes
More Great Recipes:
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Drivers need to use extra caution and should plan extra time to get to their destination this holiday weekend because of road construction in the area. Tim Ehrich Iowa Department of Transportation Construction Supervisor says projects in southeast Iowa and throughout the state are causing detours, reduced speed limits and drivers should be prepared for delays. He adds that traffic fines are doubled in work zones. Besides work on the major highways in the state, there may be work on county roads as well.
A list of road projects in southeast Iowa are:
Elm Avenue will be closed to through traffic for almost five miles south of 250th Street.
Bridge deck overlay work on Iowa 92, just east of Delta in Keokuk County, will cause traffic to be detoured beginning Aug. 27. Motorists traveling westbound on Iowa 92 will be rerouted south and west on Iowa 149 and then north on Iowa 21. Motorists traveling eastbound on Iowa 92 will be rerouted south on Iowa 21 and then east and north on Iowa 149.
Bridge repair on the Iowa River Bridge on Iowa 92 at Columbus Junction has traffic restricted to one lane. Traffic is being maintained with temporary traffic signals.
Placement of asphalt shoulders on U.S. 218/Iowa 27 in Henry County from Iowa 78 to Iowa Avenue has traffic restricted to one lane in each direction.
Pavement reconstruction on I-80 in Iowa City between mileposts 244 and 248 has traffic shifted onto the median and eastbound lanes to accommodate paving operations on the westbound lanes. Two 12-foot wide lanes are available in each direction with narrow shoulders and temporary barrier rail. Eastbound truck traffic is being directed to use the inside lane. All ramps remain open to traffic.
Bridge repairs on I-380 from the I-80 interchange north 1.5 miles are restricting lane widths in both directions. Traffic is being shifted to two 10-foot wide lanes in each direction.


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I was wondering if we could get a group of Tennisopolis members to go to the great Indian Wells tournament. If we can agree on a day or two, it would be really cool to hang out and have a ball.
The dates are March 5-18. It is free on the first day. There's lots of food vendors, beer garden, tennis equipment and clothing vendors, opportunities to get player signatures (I got Laver and Nadal) test out racquets on a real court at Tennis Warehouse tent, fast gun radar, nice picnic type grass in front of a giant video monitor...
Mark Mayor, the Tennisopolis creator, will be there and we're looking to have a hit on a local tennis court as well. Love to play doubles with a bunch of people!
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I won a free day pass ticket for tomorrow Tuesday from groundspass.net!!! Anyone like to carpool with me??
Anyone coming out today (Wednesday 3/14)? I have a friend that needs a ride
Sorry, I'm officially broke. lol
he texted. Is it really a 4 mile walk from the bus stop to the grounds?
sure, could very well be
I can't make it today either. Can he take a cab to the grounds?
He took a cab back to the hotel. He'll have somebody come get him tomorrow (Thursday). You guys missed a good day of tennis! Very nice matches earlier today.
Can't go to them all. Would go broke. lol
I like those packages they have posted. Everything from lodging to tix. Are there shuttles that take you from your hotel to the grounds if you choose one of their packages? Has anybody here tried one?
Ok, one more day to the show! The wife and I are leaving tomorrow at around 7 or 8 a.m. Hopefully we won't get lost, ha ha ha!
Chin, I haven't purchased any of the packages. I would call them and ask those specific questions. If they give you a list of hotels included with the lodging package I would call those hotels directly and ask about the shuttle. Seems like a reasonable accommodation! Mark may know since he travels in from out of state.
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Andy Samberg, Neil Gaiman, Trent Reznor, Aziz Ansari, Adam Savage & More Tell Congress: Don't Pass PIPA Or SOPA In Our Names
from the protecting-artists? dept
We fear that the broad new enforcement powers provided under SOPA and PIPA could be easily abused against legitimate services like those upon which we depend. These bills would allow entire websites to be blocked without due process, causing collateral damage to the legitimate users of the same services - artists and creators like us who would be censored as a result.When even the very people that the entertainment industry insists its "protecting" with these bills are being quite vocal against them, you have to wonder why they're being pushed so hard? Once again, it seems that these bills aren't about protecting artists at all. They're about protecting the gatekeepers, who want to control those artists...
We are deeply concerned that PIPA and SOPA's impact on piracy will be negligible compared to the potential damage that would be caused to legitimate Internet services. Online piracy is harmful and it needs to be addressed, but not at the expense of censoring creativity, stifling innovation or preventing the creation of new, lawful digital distribution methods.
We urge Congress to exercise extreme caution and ensure that the free and open Internet, upon which so many artists rely to promote and distribute their work, does not become collateral damage in the process.


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This plot shows forecasted surface conditions at a particular forecast time for several major cities. The plot contains a contour analysis of 12 hour quantitative precipitation and station model plots of surface conditions for the valid time.
This plot shows forecasted weather depiction charts used in aviation. The data plotted are cloud cover, forecast weather, cloud ceiling.
Helicity is used to indicate where rotation/shear is high enough to allow thunderstorms to organize into severe or supercell storms. In the lack of helicity, storms develop vertically and the precipitation will snuff out the updraft killing the thunderstorm. Severe storms need helicity to maintain an organized structure allowing hte storm to develop to severe limits. A value of 400-500 is often needed to produce severe storms. Often this is used in conjunction with CAPE to determine severe storm location.


text: The benefits of TV Topics: Television, Learning, The Weather Channel Pages: 1 (371 words) Published: November 1, 2013 Do you like watching TV? It is all around us. People spend a lot of time watching it. There are three main reasons why TV is good: you can get information, you can get enjoyment, and you can learn. First, TV is good because of information given. There are some great channel on TV such as weather channel and discovery channel and culture. For example you can check the weather by TV and know about how the weather is change not just in area you live event about around the area you live. Another thing we can say is discovery channel. This channel it can help to know about geography and animal all around a world. I really like to watch culture channel. In culture channel you can watch a wide variety of features on historical, and philosophical. Watch TV is great for get a lot of information. Second, there are a lot of enjoyment on TV for children and family and elderly. For example children can watch TV in the free time and enjoy watching specially cartoon. Also in family time family member could watching TV during the time and have a good time. Furthermore elderly people can have a great time during the watching TV because they can sit in home and just turn the TV on and watch the TV channel they like and have a pleasure time. TV is wonderful to have an enjoyment time. Third, the TV can improve your English skills. You can learn English by reading a subtitles and listening to the TV. For example you can put the subtitle on and try to read the subtitle this can be the good way to improve your reading and even learn some new vocabulary. Additionally you can develop your listening skills with listen to TV program and even you can improve your pronunciation. In fact to improve your listening and your pronunciation is better to watch the news such as weather channel and information news channel. Overall, there are a lot of good activity and good information we can include for TV such as information from news and enjoyment and learning English. My suggestion to you is... Continue Reading Please join StudyMode to read the full document


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Western Einland was a region to the west of the Volusparn Sea which was made up mostly of rolling grass prairies and forests, with numerous cities and towns sprinkled throughout. Most notable is the city of Drackmire which was at one point devastated by wildmages, the new ruling class then outlawed magics of all kinds within the city's walls.
A young sorceress named Xanaphina was imprisoned, where she befriended the thief Faile and both were soon rescued by a virtuous group of paladins, lead by Axion, seeking to eliminate injustices against humanity within the walls of Drackmire. They fled to the nearby town of Ashcroft only to discover that a blight had befallen the town and the local priest had gone missing. Suspicious signs pointed to the well out back of the priest's house, where the group discovered a hidden tomb built for forgotten heroes. It appeared that most of the heroes had died in battle, and many were now risen from the dead. The group ventured further into the tomb and eventually discovered a secret meeting between a Lich, a Wraith, and a Balor. Valuing their plot over anything else, and fearing that the old heroes had somehow risen from the dead to stop them, the Wraith fled north, the Lich fled South, and the Balor fled to the east.
The party follows the wraith (the restless spirit of the Paladin Ceril) north to the abandoned town of Fairweather, where they battle ghosts and eventually put the wraith's spirit to rest.
The lich is actually the priest of Ashcroft, Doringal (Brightworth) and was defeated at the battle of Cerillia by the paladin Axion.


text: Most just set, anabolic steroids how they operate by raising the testosterone ranges in your blood. This leads to a chain response of results - largely excellent, while some negative, which in turn bring you new muscular dimension, power, and leanness. Let's understand far more.Testosterone is a excellent mass developing hormone. With the first injection, nitrogen ranges are raised in the muscle group. Because nitrogen holds protein, it also means that there would bva an elevated nitrogen presence in the muscle. This is why a lot of folks on steroids rave about their capacity to basically utilize far more grams of protein consumed each and every day! IGF-1 also raises in muscle tissue. This leads to hardness and strength.Satellite cells - individuals surrounding muscle cells - also come to existence. The progress that takes place at the cellular degree is long term, which is why many folks will retain some really serious dimension, even many years after their very last jab of test. Androgen reception is the subsequent issue which is positively affected by the employed of anabolic steroids. The negatives come as effectively - the DHT chain response from this higher androgen receptor exercise can also lead to male pattern baldness - or balding years ahead of it would have occurred naturally. Even so, it also means there is new muscle development thanks to the androgen receptors.When you supplement with Testosterone you will find it increases your red blood cell count. This signifies there will be better sum of oxygen in the bloodstream, supplying an further repetition (or three!) when you're teaching challenging. These added repetitions lead to new muscle progress, of course. A larger quantity of red blood cells also allow for swifter recovery. As a substitute of needing an whole day off the health and fitness center soon after a brutal chest and triceps day, you'll be recovered and ready for back and biceps the subsequent day. Quite a few bodybuilders come across they are in a position to hit some lagging muscle groups (or even all of their muscle groups) up to two instances per week, top to significantly greater and more rapidly benefits, thanks to this boost red blood cell count.It must be noted that to a level, the benefits seen from synthetic testosterone like as Sustanon 250 or Testosterone Propionate are dose dependent. A cycle of 400 mg per week will supply very good outcomes, but a cycle using 800 or one thousand mg per week will deliver a lot larger outcomes. It's not like taking an aspirin - your headache will be gone with one, or 3 of individuals. steroids explained In the case of steroids, the unfavorable facet impact will also explode with higher dosage. There arrives a stage of diminishing returns appropriate around 1500 mg of any artificial testosterone, where the outcomes cease arriving but the facet effects begin to stack up.Anabolic steroids - how they operate - now you know all the solutions! It is up to you, even so, if you're prepared to use them efficiently and accountable. Get on your own a good stack of Deca-Durabolin and testosterone Enanthate, or possibly just a cycle of Sustanon 250, and run a 10 week cycle. Appreciate the outcomes - specifically given that you now know how these benefits are in a position to come to fruition!


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The Bronte Myth examines the treatment of the sisters in other biographies, critical works and works of fiction in order to see what their public image has been over the years and to compare that image to the facts that are awailable. Lucasta Miller concludes that much of what has appeared in print is colored by the writers own preconceptions. The first biography of Charlotte for example was by Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell. She felt that Charlotte needed to...


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'Rat Pack' show restores Joey Bishop's role in Vegas history
There are many shows that have paid tribute to the swinging "Rat Pack" days of Frank Sinatra and his crew in Las Vegas, but they often leave out the guy who was the real comic engine of those free-wheeling nightclub performances: Joey Bishop.
The Philadelphia-born comic -- who would later become a talk-show host with Regis Philbin as his sidekick -- was the unofficial "Rat Pack" emcee, keeping some semblance of order in a show that changed nightly, depending on the mood of Sinatra and pals Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford.
The peak season of this amazing collection of superstars came in the winter of 1960, when Sinatra and his cohorts shot the film "Ocean's Eleven" during the day and blew off steam every night with a club show that became the hottest ticket of its day.
"Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack," which will be playing the Palace Theater in Waterbury on Friday, Feb. 8, puts Joey Bishop back into his rightful position, which allows the show more room for nightly improvisation than in the other touring shows.
Bishop is played by Sandy Hackett, son of the legendary comedian and actor Buddy Hackett. He said in a recent phone interview that the idea for the show began with a casting announcement for another Sinatra project.
"I got a call from Joey Bishop -- I called him Uncle Joey -- and he said that HBO was doing a `Rat Pack' movie and `You should play me,' " Hackett recalled.
"I had my agent chase down the people who were casting it, but we found out that it really wasn't about the `Rat Pack,' but about the Kennedy election," the performer added of the eventual TV film with Ray Liotta that was mostly about the relationship between Sinatra and John F. Kennedy in the run-up to the 1960 presidential election.
Hackett put the idea of playing Joey Bishop in the back of his mind until his mentor and friend died in 2007.
"When he passed, his girlfriend had all of the stuff from the `Rat Pack' days," Hackett said of the notes and memorabilia Bishop had gathered. "She sent me a box of stuff that nobody had ever seen."
Looking through the archival footage and other material, Hackett realized that "Joey was a powerhouse ... he just kept coming up with so many things."
The performer realized he had the makings of a unique `Rat Pack' show that he could produce in his hometown of Las Vegas.
The show was an immediate smash hit and Hackett has gone on regular tours with it, as well as maintaining the long-running casino version.
"Joey was the hub of the wheel. He was the guy who kept the comedy and the flow going," Hackett said of the way Bishop could smooth out the rougher edges of his friends' wildest tendencies.
The mix of Hackett's many years of experience in comedy -- a profession he grew up in thanks to his dad (who died in 2003) -- with all of the original Bishop material to draw on, gives this "Rat Pack" show a special charge.
"I'm playing Joey Bishop, but I'm a Hackett -- spontaneity is part of my make-up. The comedy vein is wide open every night and it's great fun," he said. The comedy angle of Hackett's show separates his vision of this piece of show-business history from the "Rat Pack" revues that are strict re-creations.
"Comedy has to be (present tense) or otherwise you have stagnant piece of work -- ad-libbing keeps everything fresh," he said.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — In the days, weeks and months leading up to the NBA Draft, the decision makers around the league play a revolving game of chess with agents about their players and where they might draft them, if at all.
It's a complex, high-stakes game with very specific rules and constraints that only a select few play well enough to actually win. And even when they do win, we don't find out about it sometimes for years.
Free agency, on the other hand, is a wicked venture that plays out every July, with the biggest stars holding most of the leverage and the desperate teams flush with cap space ready to do whatever it takes to win their favor. The winners and losers in free agency are revealed rather quickly. Spend wisely (like the Miami Heat three summers ago, with the aid of cap space and key sign-and-trade assets LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade on South Beach) and you can move into elite company immediately. Spend frivolously (see the Detroit Pistons' 2009 summer of Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva) and you'll be making an annual date for the lottery.
That superstar list this summer is short, starting with the top unrestricted free agents Dwight Howard and Chris Paul, and falling to a second-tier that includes Josh Smith, David West, Andrew Bynum, Al Jefferson, Andre Iguodala, Paul Millsap, Monta Ellis, Manu Ginobili and others.
There is also an intriguing list of restricted free agent crop includes talents like Brandon Jennings, Jeff Teague, Nikola Pekovic, Tyreke Evans, Tiago Splitter and others that some teams with cap space will poke around at in an effort to fill out their rosters.
Because unlike the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics, whose blockbuster deal on Draft night changed both franchises dramatically before the July 1 start of free agency, not everyone was prepared to handle their heavy lifting in that manner.
With Doc Rivers fleeing the Boston rebuild for a championship chase in Los Angeles with the Clippers, that leaves Howard alone as the eye of this summer's free agent storm. And he's already reportedly set up a timetable of his own to have his future decided. July 10 is his decision day.
That leaves us with a distinctly different free agent landscape than we expected as recently as last weekend and the need for some clarity on exactly who and what will be in play July 1, as well as what teams figure to be the major players in the free agent sweepstakes …
There are as many as 14 teams that could be $10 million under the salary cap, meaning there could be close to $300 million in collective cap space available for spending this summer. And that doesn't include the sign-and-trade assets teams will have at their disposal to make deals.
That said, not every penny of that available cap space will be spent. But it's out there. And you better believe the agents representing all of these free agents, restricted and unrestricted, have their designs on every penny.
With so much money and so many teams flooding the market, the agents are counting on someone being willing to overpay. League rules require teams to spend 90 percent of the cap, the figure was $49.337 million for the 2012-13 season and is expected to rise $3 million more for the 2013-14 season.
Expect there to be more short-term deals instead of the long-term monster deals of the previous CBA that teams fretted over, seemingly always after the fact.
"It's a different world than what everyone is used to," said a longtime Eastern Conference executive. "Everybody has to wrap their head around a new way of doing things, we do and the players and their agents do, too. The 'future' used to mean four and five years down the road. Now it's more like two and in some cases three years for the guys who don't change your culture."
Howard has already let it be known that two of the NBA's Texas powers will get the first crack at selling him on leaving the Lakers, with the hometown Hawks also under consideration before finishing up with whatever pitch the Lakers make before his July 10 decision.
There is no indication that he will entertain recruiting/sales pitches from anyone else.
NBA's com's Fran Blinebury details what the Rockets and Mavericks are selling, while I take care of the Hawks. They all start with a baseline of the four-year, $89million maximum salary deal that any team (that isn't the Lakers, who can offer a five-year, $118 million deal) with the available cap space can offer.
The closing scene for commissioner David Stern at the draft on Thursday night, when Hakeem Olajuwon came onstage to wrap him in a bear hug, might as well have been a direct message to Howard.
Houston thinks big.
Even in 1984, when the prize of Michael Jordan dangled in front of their eyes, the Rockets made the 6-foot-10 center Olajuwon the No. 1 pick in the draft. Now the franchise that has a linear history of All-Star centers from Moses Malone to Olajuwon to Yao Ming can offer Howard possibilities that are as big as all of Texas.
But the appeal of the Rockets is more than just history. It is a future filled with young talent a world of possibilities. There is not another landing spot for the big free agent that can instantly pair him up with a rising All-Star. James Harden did not just bring credibility back to the Houston franchise a year ago, he showed that he is one of the unstoppable scoring forces in the league and possesses that right stuff to rank with any offensive forces in the league, including those named LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
While Howard wants to be known and used and marketed and paid as a "franchise player," in Houston he would not have to do it alone. He could play off Harden's slashing ability and his excellent passing skills to once more be a scoring monster in the paint. While he would still be forced to fit in with a rehabbing Kobe Bryant and an aging Steve Nash with the Lakers, in Houston everything would be geared around him.
The Rockets can also offer a coach in Kevin McHale who comes with a Hall of Fame resume and perhaps the best low post fundamentals for a big men in the history of the game. McHale has been champing at the bit to play a game with an inside force, and would be an excellent teacher to tap into Howard's skills and take him to the next level. What's more, if Howard seeks more high level knowledge and assistance, Olajuwon still lives in the neighborhood and could provide occasional one-on-one tutorials.
There is also the benefit of Houston itself: a laid-back, but dynamic locale that is the fourth-largest city in the United States, but does not have the white-hot glare of living in the Hollywood spotlight. Howard could recapture some of the relative peace and quiet that he once had in Orlando, while not at all sacrificing his chance to play for NBA titles. The Rockets already have a pair of championship trophies in their case and are ready to think big again.
If it's all about bells and whistles and having the red carpet rolled out for Howard, nobody does the welcoming thing better than Mark Cuban.
If it's about being made to feel that you are the biggest, shiniest, best new thing in the world, no place on the planet does that better than Big D.
Remember America's Team? Howard could be America's Center in Dallas and you can be sure that Cuban will spare no expense and spend every waking breath to proclaim it.
What's more, if the goal is to pair up with another All-Star who could get him back to the NBA Finals and contending for a championship the fastest, Howard couldn't find a more willing playing partner than Dirk Nowitzki.
While a 35-year-old Nowitzki is closer to the end of his career than 23-year-old James Harden in Houston, it means that Dirk and the Mavs have a greater sense of urgency than the Rockets. As soon as Howard signs on in Dallas, Cuban and team president Donnie Nelson will move heaven and earth to put the supporting cast in place.
Nowitzki has the experience and the know-how that it takes to win a championship. He understands the situation and at this point in his career, is willing to make the sacrifices to his own game to win another title. Dirk has won an MVP award in the regular season and The Finals and is not seeking individual accolades, just one more sip of champagne before retirement. A year after his game was curtailed following knee surgery, he'll be back to his old tricks, which would mesh perfectly with a dominant inside force. With their size and their complementary styles, there might not be a better instant fit for Howard anywhere in the league. Playing with an accommodating Dirk could be more appealing to Howard than trying to sync up in Houston with a guard (Harden) who needs the ball in his hands.
Dirk's advancing age also means that in just a few short years he'll step aside, leaving Howard to stretch out inside the throne room of the franchise at a time when he'll still be young enough for Cuban to reload. It is said that Howard likes the idea of having the baton passed to him. In addition, the Mavs could still have cap room in the summer of 2014 to pursue his next running mate.
When healthy, Howard is also the most dominant defensive force in the NBA and few coaches in the league place more of a premium and do a better job emphasizing and coaching defense than Rick Carlisle. Think back to what Carlisle was able to do with Tyson Chandler as the anchor in the middle when the Mavs went on their championship march in 2011. Then consider that Howard is a quantum leap forward as a defender.
Two years after blowing up his own championship team by allowing too many of the pieces to walk for financial reasons, Cuban has owned up to the mistake and is back in the business of trying to make a big splash by using his big, oversized personality.
If it's about being made to feel special, nobody does that better than Cuban and Dallas.
The Hawks are hoping that the tug of home will give Howard reason to pass on the headaches and pressures in Los Angeles and skip both sites on that Texas two-step and become the face of the franchise just miles away from where he grew up in Southwest Atlanta, something Hawks general manager Danny Ferry would love to see happen.
There is no storied, championship history or Hall of Fame big man legacy for Howard to carry on here. But how big would he be if he were to come home and lead the Hawks to championship heights? He'd rank as the greatest athlete to call Atlanta home and rank somewhere right behind Martin Luther King Jr. on the list of Atlanta's most beloved sons.
The Hawks boast a new coach, Mike Budenholzer, whose spent the past 17 years immersed in a system that should be the model for how to play to an elite big man's strengths. The Spurs crafted their dynasty around Hall of Famer David Robinson first and then Tim Duncan after him. If Howard thinks the Lakers, under Mike D'Antoni, didn't use him properly this season, he'd have no worries in a Budenholzer-crafted system that would revolve around him.
There is no ensemble cast already in place for Howard to join, no new set of oversized expectations for him to try to live up to if he were to come back to his hometown franchise, which is starting for a superstar anchor to lead them to the upper echelon of the Eastern Conference standings. The Hawks offer a near blank canvas to work with on the roster, meaning they will fill out a crew that complements Howard the way his supporting cast in Orlando did when they played for a championship in 2009.
A fresh start in a familiar place could also come with some familiar faces as well. Howard and Hawks center/power forward Al Horford battled for years while playing competing against one another in the Southeast Division. They could be the devastating a 1-2 punch in the post that Howard and Pau Gasol never were with the Lakers. And if Howard really wants to have someone he trusts watching his back, he could suggest Ferry make sure that his pre-school classmate and longtime friend Josh Smith not be allowed to escape via free agency himself. That's a frontline trio that would rival any other group in the league, including that crew in Brooklyn.
Howard's insistence on not going somewhere and joining someone else's team can only be fulfilled in one place, the only place he could truly call home.
Howard is obviously not the only free agent target on the market, but until his July 10 decision (that's his date, not anything being placed on him by an outside entity) he will remain the most scrutinized individual on the market. And rightfully so, because no matter how much damage you think he has done to his own brand and reputation with his actions of the past year and a half, the seven-time All-Star and three-time Defensive Player of Year remains the most intriguing big man talent in the league (when healthy).
And if you don't believe it, just watch how these organizations mentioned above go all out in competing for his favor the second the free agency period kicks off at 12:01 a.m. ET on July 1.


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Ken Bennett of Reelsboro is the new potentate for more than 5,500 Sudan Shriners in Eastern North Carolina and he is proud of the work done by the fraternal organizations, which is holding its annual Winter Ceremonial in New Bern this weekend.
Ken Bennett of Reelsboro is the new potentate for more than 5,500 Sudan Shriners in Eastern North Carolina and he is proud of the work done by the fraternal organizations, which is holding its annual Winter Ceremonial in New Bern this weekend.
He and his wife Juanita were formerly introduced Saturday morning when they departed their parade vehicle and were the first Shriner dignitaries on the reviewing stand, welcomed by longtime announcer John Moore.
Bennett�s road to being the head of one of the largest Shriner groups in the world began 40 years ago when he became a Mason at Bayboro Lodge No. 331. But, he didn�t begin with the idea of someday being a Shriner potentate.
�I joined because I had a dear friend (Elmo Goodwin) who was a Mason and I envied his personality and his attitude,� said Bennett, who added that he attributed those qualities in part to Goodwin�s involvement with the Masons.
By 1983, Bennett was Master Mason at the Bayboro Lodge and he joined the Sudan Shriners in 1997, again through the urging of another good Shriner friend, the late Ed Weeks.
Bennett joined the Shriners unit, the Truckers, and was actively driving them in parades until three years ago when other Shriner duties demanded his attention.
�It was tremendous fun,� he said of participating in parades throughout the coastal area. �There is no experience greater than to see a little child in the crowd waving and smiling. It makes it all worthwhile.�
Children are at the core of the Shriners� work, helping injured and burned youngsters with free transportation and medical treatment at its 22 hospitals in North America.
�We�ve got some of the best Shriners in the world here and we will continue to support the childrens� hospitals,� he said.
The Shriners are an aging organization and like most potentates in the past decade, his goals for the coming year include boosting membership.
Another project is to continue work on the Sudan headquarters at Broad and East Front streets in New Bern, which has been a landmark in the city for decades.
�We want to bring the building back to its glory and luster,� he said, noting that in the past year the trademark dome had been repainted from yellow to cr�me color and a new gutter system had been installed.
Refurbishing rooms, lots of painting and restoring one of the largest dance floors around are other projects.
�Most of this work is done through volunteers,� he said if the dozens of individual Shrines, clubs and units who have given time, money and labor.
Bennett is a native or Reelsboro, where he still lives on Bennett Farm Road. He grew up the son of Milford and Isla Bennett. His father died in the early 1980s and his mother will celebrate her 100th birthday in June.
His father work in civil service at Cherry Point air station and farmed about 60 acres on the side.
�That was a big farm then, it�s a small farm today,� said Bennett, who put in time in the tobacco fields and also worked at the A&P Grocery in New Bern. Bennett, born on Christmas Eve in 1943, attended then Alliance Elementary School and later graduated from Pamlico High School.
He also worked at a number of area electric companies over about a dozen years, which set the path for his career. He has owned Tryon Electric since 1962.
Bennett is the second Shriner potentate from Pamlico County in recent years, with Tommy Boyd serving as the Shriner leader in 2005.
Charlie Hall can be reached at 252-635-5667 or email@example.com.


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The following activity occurred Monday, Jan. 28, to Sunday, Feb. 3, as reported by the Lewiston Police Department. LPD logged a total of 96 response calls during this period.
Monday, Jan. 28
•Upper Mountain and Garlow roads, traffic stop/warrant execution. Patrol reported the arrest of a female, 29. Charges not listed. Patrol met with Amherst Police Department. Vehicle towed.
•Locations on Balmer Road and on Ridge Road, separate one-vehicle accidents. Statements taken from both drivers; vehicles towed. Report filed.
•900 block of Balmer Road, assist. LPD on location with Niagara County Sheriff's Office for a neighbor problem.
•1700 block of Mount Hope Road, assist. LPD on location with State Police and NCSO for a custody dispute/possible weapons. Report unfounded. Investigation conducted by State Police.
•4400 block of Townline Road, check situation. Patrol reported an elderly female involved. NCSO on location.
Tuesday, Jan. 29
•3800 block of Rhode Island Street, assist. LPD on location with Town of Niagara Police Department. Patrol reported a 21-year-old female had cut her wrist and fled the area. Patrols located subject a short time later and transported her to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
•2000 block of Saunders Settlement Road, civil issue. Patrol advised complainant on how to proceed.
•700 block of Upper Mountain Road, subpoena served. Male listed on call.
•700 block of Center Street, check situation at a pharmacy. Patrol spoke with a male, 44, regarding an unknown white female. Investigation to continue.
•100 block of South Seventh Street, check welfare. Female, 59, listed. All OK.
•5900 block of Hyde Park Boulevard, check welfare. All OK.
•Lewiston-Porter High School, suspicious vehicle. Plate number logged; all OK.
Wednesday, Jan. 30
•5300 block of Elm Drive, suspicious vehicle. Patrol located an open door on a vehicle and checked with resident.
•Mohawk Street at Kathleen Court, alarm response. Homeowner on location; all secure.
•2400 block of Ridge Road, property damage complaint. Patrol spoke with a female, 65, who reported her mailbox was knocked down over night. Report filed.
•5300 block of Military Road, check situation. Unruly patient at Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center. Staff on location reported all OK.
•2200 block of Saunders Settlement Road, animal problem. Dogs running in roadway. Patrol checked; nothing showing.
•Saunders Settlement Road, vehicle/traffic stop. Male, 43, placed under arrest for aggravated unlicensed operation, unlawful possession of marijuana and criminal possession of a controlled substance, seventh. Bail of $250/$500 assigned. Vehicle towed.
•5200 block of Chew Road, 911 hang-up/check welfare. Unable to locate caller; unfounded.
Thursday, Jan. 31
•Lewiston Road at Power Vista, one car accident. Statement taken from the driver; vehicle towed. Report filed.
•200 block of North Fifth Street, loud party. Area checked; all OK, call unfounded.
•1900 block of Lake Road, alarm response/open door. LPD on location with NCSO. Residence cleared and secured.
•Buffalo Street, Sanborn, reckless driver. Patrol checked area; negative results.
•300 block of North Second Street, open door. All appeared OK. No one home and no key holder. Door secured by patrol.
•5900 block of Garlow Road, criminal mischief to shed. Patrol spoke with a male, 44; suspect unknown. Investigation to continue; report filed.
•2200 block of Saunders Settlement Road, vehicle/traffic stop. Patrol reported the arrest of a male, 33, for operation while the registration is suspended revoked. Suspect released on uniform traffic tickets to Lewiston Town Court. Vehicle towed. Report filed.
•Upper Mountain Road, reckless driver. Negative results.
•2900 block of Saunders Settlement Road, agency assist. LPD on location with NCSO for a robbery in progress at a pharmacy.
•Niagara University, Gallagher Center, larceny. Female, 35, reported a wallet and all its contents taken from a locker. Report filed.
•Saunders Settlement Road and University Drive, suspicious vehicle. Vehicle towed.
Friday, Feb. 1
•4400 block of Dickersonville Road, warrant execution. LPD on location to assist NCSO. One male taken into custody.
•400 block of Center Street, alarm response at a bar/restaurant. All OK.
•Dickersonville Road, two-vehicle accident. Statements taken from the drivers; report filed.
•2400 block of Ridge Road, animal problem. Caller reported 12 pigs and a dog in roadway. NCSO on location and handled.
•Locations on Garlow and Upper Mountain roads, the 5400 block of Walmore Road, on Printup and Chew roads and Upper Mountain and Walmore roads, reports of vehicles in ditches. Calls handled.
•4300 block of Calkins road, shooter complaint. Nothing showing.
•900 block of Center Street, AED response. Male, 16, complaining of chest pains taken to Mount St. Mary's by Lewiston No. 1 EMS.
•Ridge Street, criminal mischief. Patrol reported the arrests of three males, ages, 17, 16 and 15, from an incident involving a brick and a car window. Report filed.
•900 block of Center Street, vehicle/traffic stop. Twelve-hour hold placed on vehicle. No further details.
Saturday, Feb. 2
•300 block of North Seventh Street, mental health response. Male, 16, taken to hospital.
•NU campus, Clet hall, intoxicated female. Female, 19, taken to Mount St. Mary's.
•1700 block of Upper Mountain Road, attempt to locate. Patrol reported a vehicle in driveway; Niagara Falls Police Department notified.
•1500 block of Saunders Settlement Road, mental health response. Female, 30, taken to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center by Rural Metro. Report filed.
•Locations on the 5900 block of Military Road, at Military and Lewiston roads and on the 1900 block of Saunders Settlement Road, separate reports of property damage accidents. Statements taken from the drivers; calls weather related. Reports filed.
•900 block of Swann Road, vehicle in ditch. Call involved a Town of Lewiston plow vehicle; other driver GOA.
•700 block of Center Street, larceny at a pharmacy. Patrol secured store video from an earlier incident as evidence. Female, 39, placed under arrest. Appearance ticket issued for Lewiston Town Court. Report filed.
Sunday, Feb. 3
•700 block of Center Street, alarm response. All secure.
•2700 block of Upper Mountain Road, possible burglary in progress. Patrol located a male operating a snow blower in driveway in the early morning hours. Subject advised of noise ordinance.
•Location not specified, vehicle/traffic stop. Male, 45, arrested for facilitating aggravated unlicensed operation. Uniform traffic ticket issued for Lewiston Town Court. Vehicle secured. Report filed.
•NU campus, intoxicated male. Male, 18, taken to Mount St. Mary's by Upper Mountain.
•300 block of Carrollwood Drive, Youngstown, assist. Caller reported two suspicious males around a vehicle. LPD assisted NCSO on call; subjects GOA.
•2400 block of Upper Mountain Road, larceny. Statement taken from a male, 24. Male, 28, listed as a suspect. Complainant observed the suspect remove a carton of cigarettes from the business. Patrol unable to locate suspect at this time. Photo evidence secured.
•900 block of Upper Mountain Road, neighbor problem. Neighbors reported as arguing over the use of an elevator. Resolved by patrol.
•Power Vista Drive and Hyde Park Boulevard, hit-run accident. Statement taken from one driver; patrol unable to locate second vehicle or rightful owner. Plate number logged. Report filed.
•600 block of Sara Court, hit-run accident. Patrol reported incident involved four vehicles. Driver No. 1, a female, 75, was located and issued uniform traffic tickets to Lewiston Town Court from the incident. Two vehicles towed; no injuries. Report filed.
•400block of Baker Drive, hit-run accident. Vehicle No. 1 unknown; vehicle No. 2 parked. No injuries or tows. Report filed.
•1300 block of Swann Road, burglary. Statement taken from a female; investigation to continue.


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I am a credentialing student in California and am in a class teaching us how to use SDAIE (Specially designed academic instruction in English). I am worried that, as a young teacher, I will run out of ideas using SDAIE. Can anyone share some stories of first incorporating this kind of teaching into a classroom?
As a European teacher, I'd never heard of it. I'm reading up on it at the moment. When America wakes up, you should get some answers.