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I be letting shit slide, sometimes I feel too nice
I must just kill a nigga to go through life
Every day somebody push me to the limit
They think I'm a sucker, but my mom a killer
So this shit's in me, it's breeded in me
Letting shit slide, carry on man, I let it ride
I look you in your face, never stop relaxing
I remember who you are, this a cold distraction
I got a lot of love in my heart but damn, why you do me like that?
All you niggas, you feel me?
You gon' die poor cause your mind sour
Take from another man, you might be dead next hour
Bloody showers, man I let shit slide
But it's killers on my back that's ready to ride
You must not care cause you ready to fly
You got off them drugs now your brains is fried
Realize that you're lucky to be here on Earth
Because my niggas playing God'll take you out that shirt
I hold shit back cause I know that's wack
Everybody makes mistakes, but don't do that
Not me, cause I ain't the nigga to try
Iron heart but I'll make a bitch nigga go fry
Put him on the chair, do he got nine lives?
Let's see, cause he thinking he real
I just flex off nothing, I just play my part
Nigga run up on me, he fixing to find where it start
The streets is no love, leave you broke and they rich
Unless you paying off goons and sucking they dick
I ain't never been a square, bitch, I rock how I rock
Put a bitch on ice with the cherry on top
Everybody think they hard in the ghetto
Rock niggas cause I got that heavy metal
You feel me? Shouts out to the world
Shouts out to everybody that be letting shit slide
Stay positive, you gon' be alright, go ahead let it slide
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Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has announced that the 2006 Conservation Security Program sign-up will be available thru March 31.
USDA announced preliminary selection of 110 watersheds for fiscal year 2006 based on the president's budget request. The preliminary selection included 12 watersheds in Texas. Based on available funding, CSP will be offered in 60 watersheds across all 50 states, the Caribbean and Guam.
In Texas, CSP will be offered in five watersheds: the East Fork Trinity, the Wichita, the South Wichita, the Upper Prairie Dog Town Fork Red and the Upper Beaver, which will be shared with Oklahoma. The sign-up will only include those producers who do not have an existing CSP contract.
"The selection of these watersheds encompasses over 5 million acres and represents a balance of resource needs, historic stewardship, potential producer eligibility, and the technology and adequate staff needed to successfully implement the program," said NRCS State Conservationist Larry D. Butler in Temple.
"Nationally, the selected watersheds reflect a cross-section of land uses, crop regions and landscapes. "A sign-up announcement will be published that will detail the specific program requirements within the watersheds," Butler said.
The contracts will be determined in a national selection process that will be described in the sign-up notice. Producers begin the application process by filling out a self-assessment to determine if they meet the basic qualifications for CSP. Self-assessment workbooks are available in hard copy at USDA Service Centers within the watersheds, and electronically at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/csp/ .
After completing the self-assessment producers should schedule an appointment to discuss their application with the NRCS local staff to determine if they meet specific CSP eligibility requirements.
According to Butler, all CSP applications that meet the sign-up criteria will be placed in an enrollment category and considered regardless of available funding. "Agricultural producers in these watersheds have been protecting our soil and water resources for years," he said. "Now they can be rewarded for that stewardship," Butler said.
CSP is a voluntary program that supports ongoing conservation stewardship of agricultural working lands and enhances the condition of America's natural resources. Additional information on CSP and a map showing the location of the selected watersheds is on the NRCS Texas Web site at http://www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/csp


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During one of her frequent trips to the United States, Mother Teresa of Calcutta granted an interview to a well-known American talk show host. The host began with a friendly tribute, lauding her heralded reputation for caring for the poorest of the poor, even calling her "extraordinary" and "saintly." It was a trap. His words of acclaim were designed to tee up his first question, a whack at the church: "Now Mother, aren't you just a little bit angry that the church isn't with you on this? After all, aren't you doing this work with the poor almost single-handedly?" With characteristic serenity and poise she replied, "Oh, but you see, when I do it, the church does it." Her response left the interviewer speechless, as though the petite founder of the Missionaries of Charity had just answered him in an alien tongue.
Of course, any of us familiar with the work of religious women and men in schools, hospitals, orphanages and social services understand what Mother Teresa meant. Their work was never a personal project, nor even just an undertaking of their particular religious communities. Rather, they were the church in action, putting the church's best foot forward, joining in the work of Christ. And in all of this, they were schooling the rest of us in what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and introducing us to a language, the language of the church, with which to speak about our lives. It was that language that left the interviewer perplexed.
Co-workers in the Vineyard
The memory of that incident flashed through my mind as I sifted through a massive amount of new data on the growth of lay ministry in the Catholic Church collected by a project called Emerging Models of Ministry. This multiyear project, funded by the Lilly Endowment, invited lay and ordained leaders to reflect on and describe the impact of what the bishops, in their document Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord(2005), call "the new realities of lay participation in Christ's ministry." There they note that all the baptized are called to work for the transformation of the world, and that most do so in the secular realm. Yet "lay persons are also equipped with gifts and graces to build up the church from within, in cooperation with the hierarchy and under its direction."
Through a series of symposia, surveys and focus groups, lay women and men, as well as bishops, priests, religious, deacons and diocesan personnel, participated in a national conversation about parish life. The result is a fresh view of the new and ever-changing landscape of pastoral life in our church today. It includes both the fertile growth that comes from groundbreaking and creative approaches by gifted people, and the rugged terrain of daunting uncertainties and shifting challenges.
And yet—within this impressive panorama of new and diverse talents, innovative organizational models and developing forms of leadership—another feature of the landscape grabbed my attention that should not be overlooked if we want a complete picture of this new reality in the church. It is the new self-awareness about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus that lay ministers have gained as a result of their ministry, and the almost instinctive way these lay women and men turn to the language of the church to describe their ministry and their faith lives. This is something we have never seen before.
The Legacy of Lay Ministry
A conversation I had with an elderly grandmother illustrates my point. Mary Alice has been a commissioned lay minister for some years. I asked her to tell me in her own words what lay ministry means to her. She prefaced her remarks by noting how our belief in the resurrection of the body has been a constant source of comfort to her. The prospect of eternal life heartens her in the face of life's trials. Yet now as she considers how lay ministry has so enriched the church, to the point that future generations will benefit from the works she and others are doing, she has come to believe with equal conviction that "something of me," as she put it, "will also continue to live on in the church after I die, because this is Christ's work and we believe nothing of his is ever lost. In many ways that is even more consoling, since I can see that lasting reality now."
Mary Alice's response is typical of the way lay men and women today are speaking about their involvement in church ministry and leadership. With unfailing consistency they unhesitatingly frame what their ministry means to them in a theological context, using the language of the church. I think this merits close attention for the insights it has to offer for understanding lay ecclesial ministry and its future development. Three are worth noting.
First, the fact that participants in the study quite naturally turned to theological language to describe what is happening in the church today should not be taken for granted. After all, there are alternatives, particularly for us who live in a culture dominated by the corporate and the political worlds. It would not be surprising, given this environment, for some to interpret the greater involvement of lay men and women in church leadership as but an adjustment by an organization lacking a sufficient number of ordained ministers. Lay ministry in such a view is the church's fallback position, its way of filling in the gaps created by a shortage. Others might claim that this new reality is about laypeople finally asserting their rights. They would frame the new reality of lay ministry as a sociological development in which the democratic tendencies in the broader culture have finally been accepted by, or have seeped into, the church. Yet that is not what we are hearing. Instead, those involved in lay ministry repeatedly demonstrate a positive predisposition to start with the language of our faith tradition. This is significant and should be encouraged, for it can only benefit the church's efforts to ensure, as the bishops urge in Co-Workers, that the development of lay ecclesial ministry will continue in ways that are faithful to the church's doctrinal and theological tradition, while responding to contemporary pastoral needs and situations.
Second, lay ministers like Mary Alice are not only giving a theological framework to their ministry but also to their lives. I was struck by Mary Alice's ability to express her awareness of the integration between her call to holiness as a disciple and her ministry of participating in the work of Christ in building up the body for the salvation of the world. Her comment that "something of me" will live on in the church because she is doing Christ's work is remarkably close to the language we find in Paul, for instance in Gal 2:19: "The life I live now is not my own; Christ is living in me. I still live my human life, but it is a life in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." It suggests that while the formation of lay ministers must begin with sound theological instruction, it does not end there. Attention must be given to helping these lay leaders develop the skills for the kind of theological reflection needed for integrating life and ministry.
Witnesses to the Faith
Finally, all of this requires us to value the contributions of lay ministers beyond the tasks they accomplish by sharing their unique talents and experiences. If part of the new reality is their ability to witness to it in the language of our faith, then we should not be surprised if in time lay ministers will complement the work of religious women and men in presenting to all the baptized what it means to be a disciple. Edward Hahnenberg of Xavier University in Cincinnati recently observed that lay ecclesial ministry is the fourth great ministerial wave in the church, following in the tradition of the monastic movement, the mendicant orders and the founding of women's religious communities in the 19th century. It may be too early to come to a firm judgment about the historical significance of lay ecclesial ministers for the life of the church. The fact that these lay men and women describe themselves as responding to a call, however, is a hopeful sign that the Spirit of Christ is at work in this new reality.
Something new is happening here. We have not seen this before. Lay men and women are seeing their service in building the ecclesial communion as a true ministry. And they are seeing their ministry as a living, ecclesial witness. They know and experience that "when I do it, the church is doing it."


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Redskins coach Mike Shanahan just announced that safety Brandon Meriweather tore the ACL in his right knee yesterday, and would miss the rest of the season.
That's less than 24 hours after Meriweather said he felt fine and that he could have returned to the game if the score wasn't as lopsided as it was.
"It was more thinking about the future than me going back in there when we were already up by so much, and the defense was actually playing great," Meriweather said, via the Washington Post.
Sunday was Meriweather's first game for the Redskins, after missing the first nine with a sprained MCL and PCL in his left knee, and having his returned delayed by an odd collision in pre-game warmups with a teammate.


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Furthermore the time spent on Kira would have been better spent on Shinn, Lunamaria, Athrun, Cagalli, Rey, Talia, and Durandal.
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Actually the idea that everybody was supposed to die in SEED was avoided because it felt too ridiculous for a TV series and voice actors grew attached to the character. Kira dying at the last second would go the idea that since he was "mankind's sin" he had to die totally killing the morale. What everybody had been telling him all along was that he was the same as the others not a guy from another universe.
There are times in the SEED Destiny films that the characters feel the same thing is happening again such as Shinn realizing he is the one invading Orb putting civilians in danger (not to mention he was fighting Kira in Freedom) becoming the type of person he hated.
Also, Durandal's plans are all based on his thoughts involving the First Bloody Valentine War. He got Meer because he wanted to people's attention in the same way as Lacus did in SEED. When talking about Shinn's SEED factor he compares him with Kira and wonders whether he could defeat him (even though Archangel hadn't appeared yet). I think it's in the final confrontation that Durandal tells Kira that the world went back to the war despite all his actions in the first war.
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I think destiny would have been better if it would not have ben produced in the first place.
It's obvious that it was only made to milk the cow after it became clear that Seed was popular.
And the reason why Destiny failed is because the story was nonsense and the characters where incredible dumb and annoying, especially Shin and his crazy girlfriend.
In my opinion "Destiniy" is an incredible big train wreck and I usually tend to pretend it never existed. The are god know how many revies and thread on the net that explain why.
This was one of the view shows where I facepalmed really hard every couple of episodes and it is this show that made me realize that I don't need to watch every crap to the end.
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I honestly dont understand how anyone could hate destiny i mustve of watched it 10 times and 60x for shinn pwning kira ep.....not even a nuke next to the cockpit could take out kira....damn bastard had god mode on throughout the whole damn show
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Lunamaria isn't crazy. The crazy one is Lacus stashing WMDs everywhere because her end goal was to trick Kira into fighting again so she could take over the PLANTS.
Kira's god mode was a huge reason why Destiny failed. Poor guy couldn't even get himself killed even if he tried.
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Take Kira or Lacus away and we would still have many more characters left that were incredible bad and an even more dumb story.
There is absolutely not one good thing, except for the OST, that I can say about this sequel.
In the end the overall consensus is that Destiny was bad and that for many many many good reasons.
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Only things I liked about SEED and SEED Destiny were some MS designs (aesthetically anyway for most) and the music. Not much else. Same with Wing and 00.
People love bashing Turn A Gundam because it looks so odd compared to others, yet completely overlook how, to this day, it's still the most powerful "Gundam" ever, making Hi-Nu Gundam, Wing Gundam Zero, Strike Freedom, and 00-Raiser look like nothing, lol.
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About that scene of Impulse piercing Freedom, everybody points out that Shinn didn't even reach the cockpít as both Freedom and Justice's cockpits are located above regular mobile suits. Hell, if Freedom had nuked half of the show's cast would have died. The case that actually confused me was Athrun and Meyrin being directly attacked by the Destiny suit.
Weird thing is that Destiny was a big hit in Japan surpassing the SEED's DVD sales but having a lower rating. 00 did a bit lower than Destiny while Age... everybody knows.
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I know you are just doing your best to talk smack about Lacus (and failing at it), but damn! instead you turn her into this kick-ass villain! Oh how I wish your bulls*it was actually true, would have saved Destiny. (not really)
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The fans couldn't find solace in Shinn, Lunamaria, Rey etc. They just loved the original character's too much, to care. They were given a chance and this is before the Show went to s***. Shoot, the show was already failing from the very start; with Cagalli and Athrun's regression, Cagalli becoming a wimp and being punked by shinn (which did not help fans like him), and Athrun going through the same development arc. So it was already showing chinks in the Armor at the very beginning.
"The show sucked because of 1 or 2 certain character's", who's the Mastermind behind that little line? Cause that's just a cop-out, when the show sucked because of bad writing. Simple.
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By the way, Destiny did not have low ratings, just lower average rating than SEED.
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Storing Your Tools
They live in my kitchen, fill my shed, line my drawers, overwhelm my closets, and get stashed in my guest room. Tools are the necessary baggage of my DIY lifestyle, yet a hindrance when entertaining, cleaning or trying to please the wife. Here are some ideas on where they should live instead.
Sure, if I had a garage, storage would be as simple as getting a workbench. I long for the day when I'll have a shop, a garage or even a basement to tuck things away in but for those of us who reside in apartments without bountiful storage, these solutions could help.
For most of us, tools are used only on occasion but but when needed, usually require the whole lot. Converted dressers make great incognito storage (See Crafty Nest's Chest of Drawers Turned Tool Storage here) and under-bed boxes make great places to store tools. Other options that are less conspicuous but probably do a better job organizing include classic tool chests in wood (See the Gerstner Rolling Bench or Ultimate Treasure Chest below) or in metal (See the Kobalt Chest below).
For more portable tool organization and storage, nothing beats a toolbox with wheels like those from Stanley. Those with a only a small collection could even get by with a beautiful Klein Leather Toolbag, or for the cyclist, the Timbuk2 Toolshed does the basic job.
- Craftsman 1470 pc. Professional Tool Set ($8,599.90)
- Chest of Drawers Turned Tool Storage
- Klein Leather Toolbag $332.90
- Timbuk2 Toolshed ($35)
- Stanley Mobile Work Center $39.99
FatMax® 4-in-1 Mobile Work Station ($99)
Gertsner Ultimate Treasure Chest ($1136.00)
Gerstner Roller Bench in Cherry ($3420.00)
Craftsman 43-1/2" 2-Drawer Deluxe Mechanic Cart ($250)
Kobalt 53″ Chest ( $1,898.00 )
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Little ole me in some new capri pants....and of course, this is what happens quite often when I wear something like this. lol. I love the way these tighties hug my ass, they feel so good rubbing against my clit as I walk. Its like having a tongue down there licking my clit each step I take. I hope you like these close up shots of me getting cock in me. I also get the pearl necklace to go with my outfit at the end. Hope you like. Mua, Amber
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Download and post this 8.5" X 11" English-Spanish flyer to help spread the word about the August 2017 total solar eclipse.
This 8.5" X 11" eclipse resource features a two-sided brochure and a bookmark. One side of the brochure identifies the bright stars and planets that will be visible during totality, the other side shows an image of the sun with key corona features... (View More) identified. The detachable bookmark lays out the eclipse sequence with instructions for using it in a pinhole projector activity. (View Less)
This 8.5" X 11" bulletin provides safety information for experiencing the August 21, 2017, solar eclipse. One side of the bulletin focuses on eye safety for viewing the eclipse, the other side provides links to other safety resources offering tips... (View More) on extreme heat, camping, transportation, etc. related to viewing the eclipse. (View Less)
This poster features details of the August 21, 2017, solar eclipse including the path of totality, the percentages of coverage outside the path of totality, and a timeline as it moves across the U.S. from Oregon to South Carolina.
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At that time I too wrote my reply as a post since I had recently become the owner of a Kindle e-reader. I talked about the history and development of the e-reader and my thoughts on the subject and wondered if I would truly become an aficionada of the e-book and stop buying and reading physical books. Of course the answer is a resounding NO to the latter. E-readers have not put much of a dint in my purchase of books nor my reading of actual books. I just seem to buy and read both now.
When I buy an e-book from amazon.com I have the choice of reading it on my Kindle keyboard reader itself, or on my computer using Amazon's Kindle Cloud reader, or on my computer using the Kindle Application for Mac. But there are more even more options for me.
Of course I now have an iPad2 so I can read the e-book there on the Kindle application for iPad. Or on my iPod Touch. Or on my new iPhone4S which I've had for a few weeks now. What's more I can take up reading on one device exactly where I left off on the previous one, since they synchronize across all devices when connected to the internet. How brilliant is that?
Now the reading experience is not as great on the smaller iPod Touch or the iPhone but I certainly do read the New York Times on the iPod Touch on occasion although I mostly read it on the larger screen of the iPad2. However it's perfectly readable on the smaller device, as are books.
Amazon want to lock you into buying from their store and reading on the e-reader which you purchase from them. At first they did not allow borrowing library books however that has changed recently, but only in the United States. However the iPad makes it possible to buy from any of the other e-book sellers since there is an app. for the iPad for them all, including an app. for borrowing e-books from the libraries.
Although I resisted the iPad for almost a year, finally I succumbed to that highly expensive "toy" and I have to say I love it for many reasons. But let's talk about it as an e-reader.
Using the Overdrive app. for the iPad I can borrow books from the public library for 21 days after downloading them. At the end of that period you can no longer access them, but you can return them early if you finish them before 21 days. So no library fines for returning books late!
Many Canadians seem to have Kobo e-readers and yes I buy e-books from them too and they have an app. for the Mac as well as for the various mobile devices. Barnes and Noble is a bit of an anomaly in that you can buy e-books from them from Canada and read them on the computer app. for Mac, but you cannot get their Nook app. for the iPad or iPhone in the Canadian iTunes store so that is a problem. I have contacted customer service but they seem to blame it on Apple, however you can get it from the US iTunes store so that makes no sense to me. All these apps are free by the way.
Of course there is the celebrated Apple iBooks app. and you can purchase e-books from them but they tend to be more expensive and the selection falls far short of amazon.com which has over 1 million e-books for purchase now.
Best of all my e-readers, I love reading the books on the iPad which has a very pleasing format for all the different apps and the slightest touch to turn the pages. It's fine for reading in bed but where it falls down is carrying it around all the time with me, as it is a bit large and heavy for a handbag. So I mostly take the Kindle with me which is a good size and weight to stuff in a regular sized handbag. It requires a fairly hefty push with the thumb to turn the pages so recently when I saw a Kobo Touch at a good price I added that to my e-reader collection. Yes I do love my "toys"! It's not as easy to turn the page on the Kobo Touch as it is on the iPad but it is quite acceptable and a nice size to take along with me everywhere. Since I am usually reading more than one book at a time it doesn't matter which device I have with me.
So that's my experience with the "hardware". But Miss Moggs also discussed one of the big beefs with e-books. The PRICE! They are certainly no bargain by any means. Compared with the original price of the hardback perhaps, but we rarely need to pay full price for a hardback. In fact you can often find the hardback heavily discounted at Costco or online for a dollar or so more than the e-book.
The publishers have come to agreements with the various e-book sellers and they set the prices according to the sellers, taking 70% of the money. Consequently you would think that they would be the same price at each outlet, but not at all. So you have to check around before laying down your money for an e-book. Not only that, but I bought Jodi Picoult's new book, Lone Wolf, on the first day it was released at $14.99. From Amazon. Just a few short weeks later it is now selling for $12.99!
Kobo seems to send me a discount coupon of 20-25% for one book purchase every week so that's how I started buying from them I guess. But it is sometimes cheaper to buy the same book at regular price at amazon.com than discounted at Kobo! How crazy is that when the prices are supposed to be set by the publishers. There is no tax when I buy through Amazon but 12% tax is added to Kobo prices. Not only that but the tax rate is different on physical books and e-books where I live. For physical books you pay only 5% but for e-books it is 12%. Oh well it keeps me on my toes, but it's all a bit of a mystery. Especially the fact, as Moggs mentioned, that sometimes the paperback is cheaper than the e-book.
Of course you can fill your e-reader with free e-books, those no longer under copyright and in the public domain. Some independents give away e-books for limited times and amazon.com has the "deal of the day", usually on an older book, while Kobo seems to have regular discounts for the moment on "selected titles" but there are some good books to choose there. I am not buying from Barnes and Noble again until they get the iPad app. sorted out for Canada, if they ever do.
I will be on vacation for three weeks in April so I have been gathering a collection of e-books to take with me. It certainly is very nice to have one device loaded with reading matter rather than a suitcase full of books. Of course I can't share with the OS which is a problem. Well he can carry his own books! I asked him if he would like my iPad2 if I bought the recently released New iPad but he just laughed. Darn!
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Deere and Co. has announced a plan to invest $70 million to expand the manufacturing capacity in its Waterloo, Iowa operations, where the company builds large farm tractors that are used around the world. Deere has previously reported strong demand for large tractors and said the investments will increase the number of tractors Deere can build in Waterloo by the middle of 2013.
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Mr. Speaker, we are not talking alternative facts, we are talking alternative reality for the hon. member. The only person who has actually come forward and spoken about the minister's role in Afghanistan has been Colonel Vernon. Colonel Vernon was the chief of staff to General Fraser during Operation Medusa. He said this on radio last week:
I've got no axe to grind, I'm a retired British army officer watching the Canadian press. I don't think so. The only person who could be vaguely annoyed by that is the Australian lieutenant colonel to whom [the minister] worked and actually I spoke to him yesterday and he's not at all miffed by it.
In fact he reiterated from Australia everything that I was saying.
So much for stolen valour. He reiterated everything that is being said:
You know, without [the minister's] input as a critical player, major player, a pivotal player I'd say, Medusa wouldn't have happened. We wouldn't have had the intelligence and the tribal picture [put together].
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As U.K. Royals Disclose Pregnancy, Name Game Begins
The closely watched British show known as the royal family had recently fallen into a lull. The Queen's diamond jubilee was far in the rearview mirror and the latest news was the duchess's new bangs, or "fringe," as the British call it.
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Just when you think things can't get any weirder, invariably they do. With the world awash in oil, the price of gasoline in these parts rose 20 cents or more in March, and the farmer's lifeblood, diesel, was up by about 7 cents.
Thanks to the global economy in the toilet, demand for oil is so stagnant that current per barrel prices of near $50 are little more than a third of the $147 peak last summer.
Supplies of natural gas, the key ingredient for nitrogen fertilizer production, are also abundant — current inventories are 218 billion cubic feet above the five-year average and 270 billion cubic feet above a year ago — but while the price for natural gas is down 60 percent or more from a year ago, fertilizer prices haven't shown corresponding decreases and are still significantly higher than five years ago.
Oil storage facilities within the U.S. are at near capacity, as is the government's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the largest stockpile of government-owned emergency crude oil in the world. Nearly three-fourths of the authorized 1 billion barrel capacity is now stored in the four underground storage sites created in salt domes along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast.
Supply is so much exceeding demand, even with production cuts by OPEC, that oil companies and traders are trying to capitalize on a situation called "contango" (try dropping that one in dinnertime conversation), which occurs when distant delivery prices for futures are greater than spot prices.
Here's where it gets creative: They're leasing giant supertankers, used to transport oil worldwide, filling them, and parking them offshore in the Gulf of Mexico or elsewhere — at a cost of as much as $75,000 per day.
Each tanker can hold about 2 million barrels, and it's estimated 80 million barrels of oil are involved in this waiting game. That's almost enough to supply world demand for one day.
They're buying the oil at today's prices and storing it, waiting for demand and price to go up so they can (hopefully) sell at a profit.
While consumers are getting some relief from the $4-plus gasoline prices of last summer, the reprieve hasn't been the result of crashing demand for oil, but the crashing of the global economy. Had it not been for the banking/fiscal fiasco that wiped out millions of jobs, shut businesses, derailed the housing market, destroyed decades of personal savings, and took the world to the brink of a depression, we'd still be paying through the nose to fill our vehicles.
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New Spring Titles: Sengoku Collection (Parallel World Samurai) and Polar Bear's CafePost Reply
Meanwhile, while people moan and cry for yet another series because the big titles are going to be announced toward the end of the announcement period ... one thing that's in short supply is all the moaning and crying because of titles that are announced but are not available in Argentina or Angola or Armenia or Azerbaijan ...
... the reason is that so far its Australia and New Zealand, 100%, UK and Ireland, 100%, the Netherlands, Denmark and the Norse countries, 91%, Portugal and Brazil, 91% for anime members, South Africa 82%, The Middle East, non-Francophone Europe, Turkey, Spanish America and Africa, 73% for anime members, Francophone Europe, R5 Asia and China, 64% for anime members, Southeast Asia and Korea, 55% for anime members.
I expect that is close to a high water, since once sublicenses get announced there will be at least a few "North America, Northern Europe and Oceania" style licenses ... but after a season where Southeast Asia got nothing but two shorties, its a big breakthrough on the region restrictions front.
8 years as a premium member, but no more
I have to thank you for getting Polar Bear Cafe. I admit I only took an interest because of the voice cast, but that's enough...I mean, come on. Sakurai Takahiro, Fukuyama Jun, and Kamiya Hiroshi voicing a polar bear, a panda, and a penguin? How can anyone say this is not epic? xD
I want world or Kore wa zombie desu ka? Of the dead ^^
I will still wait, before buying premium again. In last season I bought 3 months ahead of announcements. And there was 0 (zero!!) shows available in my region except, two 5-minute shorts. Well, now it's look promising. Worldwide licenses is way to go...
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oh, the girls get to the modern day, that's a bit different and really polar bears?
...welp there are 4 shows left to announce...and sadly rocklee adventures was the only one that got a good chuckle from me
meh, not that many shows that have my attention this spring. I'll give Sengoku collection a shot, but I still have some hope the only one I want gets licensed.
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Let's see Funimation licensed High School DxD, and is planning on doing a home video release of it. Funimation obviously outbid Crunchyroll, and Funimation never sublicenses to CR.
Milky Holmes 2 was a sequel to a series that was popular in Japan(the first season sold well), but bombed on Crunchyroll(it had the lowest streaming numbers of its season according to sources). Funico obviously outbid Crunchyroll. End of story.
Black Rock Shooter is a case where Funico outbid Crunchyroll to get it for a limited amount of time. It looks like Aniplex USA will license it, and maybe in 6 months, they'll sublicense it to Crunchyroll.
Kill Me Baby was a TBS series. Crunchyroll doesn't have the connections to TBS that Sentai has, and I think the only stuff that TBS has done that has been on Crunchyroll are Mooncake(one-shot live action movie) and Idolmaster(I forget where the @ goes) which was a delaycast(3 weeks behind I think it was).
Black Rock Shooter is most likely going to be licensed by Funimation, if it isn't already. I actually saw Black Rock Shooter on Funimation's website
http://www.funimation.com/black-rock-shooter They're planning on streaming/adding episode(s) every Friday @ 11am EST
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Hmm so far not so thrilled with the line-up but then again the spring releases are not really......anyway....
Here is to hoping that CR is able to grab some big titles in the end like the new Eureka 7 or Accel World cause seriously those are probably some of the very few that may actually be good this season. And maybe a new horror anime since Another ended T_T pupuuu~
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Unless Medaka Box shows up, I have no need for this premium membership.
on to the next...
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*sigh* guys please get something I will actually WATCH plz. At least get Accel World! I already know Zombie 2 is impossible, CR is probably getting that one.
Or Medaka Box. Please.
Sincerely, me.
Accel World doesn't premiere until Friday, so CR still has two more days to announce it, assuming it isn't delayed. Given that it is a Sunrise series, that isn't a possibility that can be ruled out.
Last season's new series from Sunrise (Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou) wasn't simulcast at all, despite being on TV Tokyo. That may have been due to being licensed by NIS America. The two from Fall 2011 were nabbed by TAN, although CR did get to simulcast one on delay. Back in the summer of 2011, it was Sacred Seven, which was again delayed (by a week as I recall), but that was handled by Bandai.
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Sengoku Collection sounds like it could be cute and interesting. So I will give that a try. The cafe one sounds kinda meh, but I'll watch a few episodes.
Poi is the new Desu!
I must say this is the worse season I've seen since I started watch anime on Crunchyroll. There is maybe three shows I'll which are Ozma, Space Brothers, and Hiiro No Kakera. The other shows so far announced this season, I've got no interest in watching. I know there are five more slots to be announced so far. I hope they announce more shows that suit my tastes. Thank god I still have Hunter X Hunter, Fate Zero, Fairy Tail, The Knight in the Area, and Bodacious Pirates to watch.
Hm, not bad. I was thinking of checking out Sengoku Collection and polar bears could be cute. I'm really hoping that we'll get an announcement about lupin or media box tomorrow, and sankarea and acchi kocchi on thrusday.
What they should really add to the spring titles is "Kuroko no Basuke", thats what i really want to see.
Hey, how you doing today? Healthy? Things going well?
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since the zetman anime sucked im really hoping for a good action series and those two seem to fit the bill quite nicely or hell even accel world for this week.
Yeah, I wasn't exactly impressed with Zetman. I'll give it time though. I found I really dislike hulu's player (video smearing, no readily apparent short +-5-10 jump ability).


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The Spring Ho Festival began from an idea conceived by Lampasas residents Milton Boone and Gary Martin in 1972.
Totally supported by volunteers, Spring Ho has evolved from its original second full weekend in July roots to now encompassing Monday through Sunday, with each day brimming over with activities.
The Spring Ho Festival continues as an all volunteer group supported not only by Lampasas and Lampasas County residents, but by those far beyond!
Consider yourself officially invited to the very next Spring Ho Festival! We believe that everyone can find a lot to like about Spring Ho!
What is there to do, well, there's the Spring Ho Beauty Pageant, the Hayloft Party Talent Contest, the Kiddie Fishing Derby, the County Fair, the Keystone Square Museum special exhibits, the Spring Ho Carnival, a Dance Contest, the Arts & Crafts Fair, a Pet Parade, the Diaper Derby, a BBQ Cook off,...
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two Spring Ho Dances on the Square in the National Registered Historic District in Downtown Lampasas, the famous Kayak Races, a huge Spring Ho Grand Parade, Washer and horseshoe Pitching contest, and loads music, singing in the Park and in Historic Downtown Lampasas and much more!
Oh, don't forget the 10k, 5k and 1 mile run! Here's a hint, they don't call Lampasas the "Start of the Hill Country" for no reason! Come on down, you can do it!
Lampasas and water have always had a tumultuous relationship. The historic May 1957 flood demolished a large portion of the town of Lampasas and almost destroyed the downtown business district.
However, the beauty and benefits of the springs and Sulphur Creek far out weigh the havoc that can, and many times does result when the storm clouds gather and the creek rises!
Lampasas without Hancock Springs, Hanna Springs, Cooper Springs and hundreds of other smaller springs as well as Sulphur Creek, well, it just wouldn't be Lampasas.
Visit the spring-fed Hancock Swimming Pool (yep, bring your suit for some swimming). Visit Hancock Springs and watch as seventy gallons of water per second flows out! Don't miss the remains of the historic bathhouse and the beauty of the restored historic Hostess House. Visit beautiful historic Downtown Lampasas located in the National Registered Historic District and don't miss the fabulous art in Campbell Park!


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I don't have a set weekly routine, but partake in both high altitude, multi-day hikes globally as well as local day hikes around Asia. While I think the Cloudventure is great on the trail for my more casual hikes, I'm not satisfied with its grip on "smoother" surfaces in wet conditions. I've used it a couple of times in the rain over the past half year, and had to be especially careful going downhill since I've almost slipped a few times. Now I only use them when I know the terrain will offer more traction. My mother also bought these soon after me, and has had the same issues. I would recommend those deciding between the regular Cloudventure and the Waterproof to go for the regular one. The waterproof function of the shoe was cancelled out by its grip on flat surfaces.


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Fresh from Japan, arm shields to prevent your arms from tanning in the sun. C'mon! When I was a kid, I'd stick my arms out of the window to tan!
You could just wear something long sleeved and have the air con on, or wear some sunscreen? Why am I even debating this? If you own this, then you are nuts.


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by Karyn Hodgens, Kids' Personal Finance Educator and Elementary Mathematics Specialist
All parents want their children to succeed in life. We teach them to say 'please' and 'thank you' and show them how to share and get along with others. We help them learn the numbers and show them how to write their name. And we spend hours helping them balance on their bike so they can take off into the sunset on two wheels.
In all of this, sometimes teaching our kids the life skills of understanding money gets short shrift. Often it's simply because we are not sure where to start or what to do. But the good news is, teaching our kids practical money skills is not that difficult, especially when we weave it into our children's daily lives.
Take, for example, teaching kids to set personal financial goals. It may seem lofty to teach 4 and 5-year olds to set goals but, believe it or not, given the opportunity, and with your guidance, these youngsters are quite capable of learning how to use their own money to purchase something they want. And since these lessons are done in the context of things that are meaningful and relevant to their lives, deeper learning takes place.
The "lesson" begins as soon as you hear your four-year old utter the words can I have? That's because the question, Can I have, creates a teaching opportunity that is immediately relevant and meaningful. The answer, Sure, let's create a goal that will help you save enough money to buy it, will help your kids learn important money skills that they'll take with them into adulthood.
Since it's important that kids experience success with their first financial goal, start with an item that has a relatively small price tag...under $10. Through an allowance or some Above-and-Beyond Jobs (extra things kids can do to earn money), help your child figure out about how long it will take her to achieve her goal. Print and fill in the My Savings Goal activity sheet. Then print out the paper coins (from the My Savings Goal activity sheet) and cut out and paste her target amount onto the activity sheet. Help her find a clear jar where she can begin to save her coins then have her tape on a picture of the item she is saving for. This will serve as a concrete reminder of her goal.
As she earns money towards her goal, have her color in the coins on the activity sheet. This is a good time to talk to her about the names of the coins and their values. This little one is called a dime. It's worth 10 cents. Have her describe some of the unique characteristics of each coin: rough edge, smallest, silver, etc. You can even talk about equivalencies such as ten dimes equals one dollar. Just keep in mind that learning takes time. Right now it's about exposing her to the coin names and values and introducing her to different equivalencies.
As her jar slowly fills up, not only will she be learning about coins, but you'll be reinforcing delayed gratification, not always an easy skill for a young child to learn. She'll need on-going words of encouragement from you and perhaps even little saving reminders. Soon, with your support, she'll walk into that store with her money jar and walk out with her coveted item. There is nothing like the sense of personal satisfaction for having accomplished something
you set out to do. We do not want to deny our kids this feeling. We also don't want to deny ourselves the opportunity to watch our child hand over her hard-earned money with heavy anticipation and excitement, knowing that she has learned some very important life skills that are preparing her for success in life.
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Karyn is co-founder of Math Unity LLC, an educational company specializing in elementary mathematics. She has a BA in Child Development, a Masters of Arts in Education with a Specialization in Elementary Mathematics and a multiple subjects teaching credential. Her passion is designing real-world lessons that resonate with kids and their interests. Karyn is the creator of Nifty Numbers, Math Medley, Gellin' with Geometry and Play and Take Family Math Night kits. These kits were designed to build strong family-school partnerships and get parents involved in fun and engaging math activities with their children. To find out more, visit www.FamilyMathNight.com


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Freeze on some CPRIT grants lifted
Texas' top political leaders Wednesday authorized the state's cancer agency to finalize researcher recruitment grants that had been in limbo since scandal prompted a moratorium on new awards in December.
Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus wrote the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas governing board that after "serious and thorough deliberation," they had concluded the state should honor its commitment to 25 researchers whose awards were announced before the freeze.
"We believe that CPRIT has sufficiently complied with our December directive to justify moving forward with this extraordinary priority," says the letter.
Other grants halted
The moratorium was imposed because of improprieties - conflicts of interest, backstage politics and bypassed procedures - in the awarding of three grants totaling more than $56 million.
The moratorium otherwise remains in effect and prevents the completion of 135 other grants awarded in August and December. It also forbids any new grants.
The letter said the three Republican leaders are "still concerned about ensuring the accountability of CPRIT before any new grants are awarded," stressing the need for CPRIT to complete reforms recommended in a January state audit.
The finalization of the recruitment grant contracts now awaits the approval of CPRIT's board. The board was scheduled to meet Thursday, but the meeting was postponed until the Senate confirms two appointments made by Perry March 1.
Wayne Roberts, CPRIT's interim executive director, said the agency is grateful for the decision and pledged to continue working with elected officials to determine how CPRIT should operate.
"We take this action as evidence some progress has been made, and we will continue to work to strengthen this trust during the coming weeks and months," Roberts said in a statement.
Roberts on March 4 wrote Perry, Dewhurst and Straus requesting permission, despite the moratorium, to complete the suspended researcher recruitment grants. Roberts wrote that a CPRIT inquiry found no problems with these grants and expressed concern that further delay placed the recruited researchers "at professional risk" because many had already given notice and were relocating.
'Great news'
The 25 researchers included four at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, four at Baylor College of Medicine, three at Rice University and two at the UT Health Science Center at Houston. The institutions went ahead with the hirings in most of the cases but haven't had the funding to fulfill some of the promised packages.
"This is great news," said Hua Xu of the UT Health Science Center, one such recruit. "I'll now be able to buy the equipment and hire the people I need to finally get to work on the research project."
Xu acknowledged this month that the longer the delay lasted, the more he was tempted by other job possibilities. He is now committed to UT, he said Wednesday.
The moratorium was imposed Dec. 19 at the request of Perry, Dewhurst and Straus, who said the agency needed to resolve its problems and restore public confidence before proceeding. CPRIT subsequently froze 160 grants, including the 25 recruitment grants.


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Love it when somebody has the backbone to step outside of the accepted prospect rankings.
"Let me start by saying these quarterback rankings are not reactionary. I've felt the same way about the top four since the end of the 2012 season, with Tyler Wilson holding on to his No. 1 spot since summer evaluations. I know the Arkansas product is not a popular choice when it comes to picking the best quarterback in the 2013 NFL Draft class. However, as we've seen in every single draft, prospects who are selected later than others can often emerge as better players"


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Can you find love online?
The only thing i know is that all my knowledge is but a grain of sand in the great beach of existence, but hey here goes. I have had this happen a couple of times and i also know a couple of people where it has worked out. But if going from my experience i'd have to say no you can't, it is not just a matter of connection/physical appearances or distance. The first time it happened to me the girl who i had been contacting for about a year just eventually one day vanished after talking for that long, maybe i'm just a fool but i wanted to believe that i had actually found something special. The second time was a few years later this time is was destroyed by that great leveler of cooperation between people called religion, after 2-3 months of being dragged along the end answer was no i can't unless you are the same religion as me or convert.
Now i have had attempted relationships on the real plain shall we say and i have come across similar problems, however you find out about these early on i tend to find so there is no damage. But when it is online the rules of engagement shift and change with more important questions being dodged or put on the back burner. I am sorry this may seem a pessimistic view but it is what i have come to know. I wish i could of met the right one by now through any channel of communication real or not, i wish i seemed to find nicer people generally but it doesn't happen this way. It can be very lonely and although i keep an eye open i do not hold out much hope.
(sorry for the grammar and the weird sentence structure i struggle to express things sometimes due to dyslexia. And so after that depressing comment you may want to microwave some chocolate icecream and have a very unhealthy chug of it) ^_^
i suppose it's possible, the same way you make friends online, but not very wise. the internet makes it easy for creeps to act like the perfect person for you. there's no real way of telling that they who they say they are. i for one, would never even begin a relationship online
School is officially vanquished forever. I'm free. //late replies
Is it possible? Yes. Would I try this? No
good bye
Go for it. You won't know until you try
NO, the only purpose of love is so you can have kids (blood related) and that when you are about to die you kill your partner so that they may stay with you eternally.
Sorry, will be back soon
I'm in love with someone I met online, and we've been dating for over a year as of November 23rd.
I knew them for about 3 months before we decided to get into a relationship, so I know it wasn't rushed or forced.
I may not have met them yet, but I will do so as soon as possible.
All this sounds pathetic, and yes, I would so much rather be dating them in real life. IRL>Online, but in some cases, the turmoil is worth it because of your significant other.
nico nico ni
Anyone can even if its one sided, the question is whether to pursue or not.
超忙しい〜 - I. Never. Log. Out.
I think it can happen. I've been quite in love with a girl I met online for the longest time. We met on a blog for our school and we instantly became good friends. We talked on there and then email, text and then facetime. Our friendship has been going for four years now and that means a lot to me because I can say nobody ever sticks around like that. Well, She told me she was going to graduate and she wished I could come see her for her graduation but knew it was impossible for me to do so. It made me really want to go and I saved up my money and got ahold of her sister and told her I was coming but not to tell her. So when I showed up at her house she was SHOCKED. To be honest I was a nervous wreck and when she opened the door I could barely get words out. When I saw her I was like, "Crap! She's even more beautiful than I though!". And now here I am. Madly in love with a girl I've only met once and hopping it turns into something more than just friendship. So wish me luck!!! Cause I need it haha
Dreams are your imaginations full potential.
well yeah but it can't stay online.
bored of opinions
I think is possible, yes, to be romantically involved via online. I've seen it happen. Your testimonies speak for themselves too.
I've never been so I can't talk from personal experience, but I think this is a very interesting topic.
What happens when the two people met in real life depends on the person. For example...
I mean, now you can see your partner thanks to Skype or any other program, so physical appereance may not be a problem.
I think feeling safe behind your monitor may help in falling romantically involved.
Online is the best place to find booty calls
I honestly think it doesn't matter where people meet, because in order for a relationship to survive, both parties need to be willing to put in the work and learn / grow together regardless of whether it's an online or real life relationship. It all depends on the people.
I apologize in advance for late responses and dropped conversations.
I dated a girl I met online. Now granted it wasn't a dating site (Xynga ftw!) and I had been hanging out with her in person for a year IRL before we started dating. We dated for like 3 months and I broke it off because it was getting serious and I was about to move for school and I didn't want to be tied down. 7 years later and we're still friends, and I would not change a thing (except maybe have tried to keep it on for longer).
To make a long story short - yeah it's good as long as you know them IRL. Otherwise you'll just end up like Manti Teo.
I guess its possible but theirs more chances that u will get Cat fished so ill stick to humans i can touch
I certainly think it's possible, albeit more difficult.


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Springfield, Ohio – Former Wittenberg University football standout Fred Mitchell, class of 1969, added yet another award to his lengthy resume when he was inducted into the American Football Kicking Hall of Fame on Thursday, Jan. 17, in Augusta, Ga.
A member of Wittenberg's Board of Directors since 2008 and a 1995 inductee into the university's Athletics Hall of Honor, Mitchell was recognized for his groundbreaking collegiate career and his contributions to the game of football. He was one of three 2013 inductees into the American Football Kicking Hall of Fame, which was established in 2008 by the Augusta Sports Council to recognize "remarkable accomplishments in American football" by honoring former professional, collegiate and high school kickers and coaches.
"I am so proud and humbled to be inducted along with former New York Jets punter Dr. Stephen Neal and the late NFL punting star Reggie Roby," Mitchell said. "I accept this honor on behalf of all of my former Wittenberg University teammates and coaches, especially Bill Edwards and Davey Maurer. And I continue to marvel at the successes of the many Wittenberg kickers who have succeeded me over the decades, most of whom were smart enough to kick soccer-style instead of the straight-on method with a square-toed shoe that I deployed."
Previous inductees into the American Football Kicking Hall of Fame: (2008) Sammy Baugh, Lou Groza, Jan Stenerud, Jim Thorpe, George Blanda; (2009) Ray Guy, Pete Gogolak, Ben Agajanian; (2010) Tom Dempsey, Yale Lary; (2011) Doak Walker, Leroy Mills, George Allen; (2012) Kevin Butler and Jerrel Wilson.
One of the first placekicking specialists in the college game between 1965 and 1968, Mitchell set an NCAA College Division record for career points by scoring, in addition to 12 school records and five Ohio Athletic Conference marks. A 1968 Lutheran Brotherhood All-American, Mitchell set a school record of 106 career extra points that held up for 30 years, while his record of 166 career points by kicking lasted for more than 20 years.
Mitchell, who later played semi-professional football with the Columbus Bucks and Chicago Heights Broncos, presented the idea in the mid-1970s to Wilson Sporting Goods Co. in Chicago to manufacture kicking nets, which are prominent today on the sidelines of NFL, college and high school fields.
A 1999 inductee into the American Football Association Minor League Football Hall of Fame, Mitchell has continued to break new ground in recent years. In 2009, the National Football Foundation created the Fred Mitchell Award, which annually honors the most outstanding kicker among the more than 750 non-Football Bowl Subdivision programs in the nation. The selection committee also considers community service as a criteria for the award.
Mitchell has enjoyed a lengthy and award-winning career as a journalist and author. He is the only reporter in the history of one of America's iconic newspapers, the Chicago Tribune, to serve as a beat writer for the Cubs, Bills and Bears in his career. He has been recognized with the Jim Murray Award as the outstanding sportswriter in 2000 by the American Football Foundation, the Bill Gleason Outstanding Sportswriter of the Year by the Pitch & Hit Club in 2010, and the Irv Kupcinet Media Award in 2010.
He also has written 11 books, including biographies with Chicago Bears Hall of Famers Gale Sayers and Richard Dent, Chicago Cubs Hall of Famers Ryne Sandberg and Billy Williams, and the best-selling Playing Through with Earl Woods, the late father of record-breaking golfer Tiger Woods.
Written By: Ryan Maurer