text:
GM Glen Grunwald will have to be creative for Knicks in free-agency period
Glen Grunwald is a man of few words, but the Knicks' general manager will have to be a man of many moves when free agency begins Monday.
Fifty-four wins, a No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference and a trip to the second round was a major improvement from past years, but the Knicks want more next season in what should be a vastly improved conference.
The two-time NBA champion Heat will be the favorite again. The Nets acquired Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce from Boston in a blockbuster trade that probably puts them ahead of the Knicks now. The Bulls will have Derrick Rose back. The Pacers, who beat the Knicks in the conference semifinals and took Miami to seven games in the conference finals, could have a healthy Danny Granger or use him in a trade.
All of that puts the onus on Grunwald to make some creative moves. He has done so the last two offseasons, pulling off unexpected sign-and-trades for Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton, among other transactions.
But the Knicks, who have seven players under contract and drafted Tim Hardaway Jr. on Thursday, don't have as much flexibility as they did in those years.
They have only the $3.18-million mini-midlevel exception, which can be divided up on multiple players, and as many minimum contracts as they need to use to fill out the roster.
Keeping unrestricted free agent J.R. Smith and restricted free agents Chris Copeland and Pablo Prigioni are priorities. But the Knicks are expected to have competition for each.
The most they can give Smith is the average salary, which is expected to start at about $5.6 million next season. The Knicks likely will have to dip into the mini-midlevel to re-sign Copeland and maybe Prigioni, so that could hamper them even more.
"Crazy things happened the last couple years that I didn't think were going to happen, and they may happen again," Grunwald said. "We just have to let it play out. We have to be opportunistic. We have to be ready. We have to be ready for the players when they're ready to sign with us for what we can offer."
One of those crazy things was Houston changing its original offer to Jeremy Lin last summer, derailing the Knicks' plans to bring him back.
There are some big names in this free-agent class, including Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Monta Ellis, Josh Smith, Andrew Bynum and Al Jefferson. All will cost more than the Knicks can spend.
Because of the rules in the latest CBA, it would be nearly impossible for the Knicks to take back a signed player in a sign-and-trade anyway. But they can send out a signed player in this kind of transaction, which could be important if they can't retain Smith, Copeland or Kenyon Martin.
Free agents who might be in the Knicks' price range include Will Bynum, John Lucas III, Anthony Tolliver and Chris Wilcox. The Knicks could pursue Randy Foye, Dahntay Jones, Devin Harris, Carlos Delfino, DeJuan Blair, Jason Maxiell, Brandan Wright and Elton Brand if the price is right.
But the Knicks hope proven veterans whom they can acquire in trades will become available.
With the Celtics overhauling their team, Rajon Rondo could be on the market. The Knicks could try to put together a package for him, but other teams likely would be all-in for one of the league's best point guards and could have more draft picks and expiring contracts to offer.
Grunwald said he would like to keep the team's core together. The Knicks, however, likely would be willing to part with anyone not named Carmelo Anthony for the right deal.
"We think we need at least one more point guard," Grunwald said. "We have needs at the wing position and all the big positions. We've got our work to do now in free agency."
The Dolan family owns
controlling interests in the
Knicks, Madison Square
Garden and Cablevision.
Cablevision owns Newsday.
We're revamping our Comments section. Learn more and share your input.


text:
This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared how kids get involved in cooking and feeding. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants.
|Preparing to make a cake
|The best part of helping out!
I think it's very important for them to learn not only about food preparation but also safety in the kitchen. Real-life tasks, such as cooking, help kiddos develop common-sense and "real-life smarts", so to speak. Which are, in my opinion, so very important.
I clearly remember Maddie telling me a while ago that she had to help me cook or else she wouldn't ever learn how to cook for herself. And she's right. Who else is going to teach them the tricks of making tortillas? Of building the perfect lasagna? Or of making delicious, chewy {healthy} cookies?
|"Yes, I'm going to lick this clean!"
And I don't just focus on teaching Maddie (and one day Elsa). I want Isaac to know just as much about cooking too. Sure, he may not be as interested, but he should still know how to prepare a meal. I'm sure that will come in handy for him one day when he's trying to win over the love of his life!
My mom taught me so much in the kitchen. And she had so much patience with me, or at least that's what I remember!!! And although at the time I didn't realize it, everything she passed on has come to be extremely helpful to me in my kitchen.
All I hope is that I can do the same for my kiddos.
Visit Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama to find out how you can participate in the next Carnival of Natural Parenting!
Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants:
- Baking & letting go — Cooking with kids can be a mess. Nadia at Red White & GREEN Mom is learning to relax, be patient, and have fun with the process.
- Family feeding in Child of Mine — Lauren at Hobo Mama reviews Ellyn Satter's suggestions for appropriate feeding and points out where her family has problems following through.
- Children with Knives! (And other Kitchen Tools) — Jennifer at True Confessions of a Real Mommy teaches her children how to safely use knives.
- "Mommy, Can I Help?" — Kat at Loving {Almost} Every Moment writes about how she lets her kiddos help out with cooking, despite her {sometimes} lack of patience!
- Solids the Second Time Around — Sheryl at Little Snowflakes recounts her experiences introducing solids to her second child.
- The Adventure of Toddler Tastebuds — The Accidental Natural Mama shares a few things that helped her daughter develop an adventurous palate.
- A Tradition of Love — Kelly at Becoming Crunchy looks forward to sharing the kitchen traditions passed on from her mom and has already found several ways to involve baby in the kitchen.
- The Very Best Classroom — Alicia C. at McCrenshaw's Newest Thoughts reveals how her kitchen is more than a place to make food - it's a classroom!
- Raising Little Chefs — Chef Mike guest posts on Natural Parents Network about how he went from a guy who couldn't cook to a chef who wanted to teach his boys to know how the food we love is made.
- In the Kitchen with my kids — Isil at Smiling like Sunshine shares a delicious soup recipe that her kids love.
- Papa, the Pancake Artist — Papa's making an incredible breakfast over at Our Mindful Life.
- Kids won't eat salad? Try this one! — Tat at Mum in Search is sharing her children's favourite salad recipe.
- Recipe For a Great Relationship — Cooking with kids is about feeding hearts as well as bellies, writes Hannah at Wild Parenting.
- The Ritual of Mealtimes — Syenna at Gently Parenting Twins writes about the significance of mealtimes in her family's daily rhythm.
- Kid, Meet Food. Food, Kid. — Alburnet at What's Next? panicks about passing on her food "issues" to her offspring.
- Growing Up in the Kitchen — Cassie at There's a Pickle in My Life shares how her son is growing up in the kitchen.
- Harvesting Corn and History — From Kenna at School Garden Year: The kids in the school garden harvest their corn and learn how much history grows in their food.
- My Guiding Principles for Teaching my Child about Food — Tree at Mom Grooves uses these guiding principles to give her daughter a love of good food and an understanding of nutrition as well as to empower her to make the best choices for her body.
- Kitchen Control — Amanda at Let's Take the Metro writes about her struggles to relinquish control in the kitchen to her children.
- Food — Emma at Your Fonder Heart lets her seven month old teach her how to feed a baby.
- Kitchen Fun? — Adrienne at Mommying My Way questions how much fun she can have in a non-functional kitchen, while trying to remain positive about the blessings of cooking for her family.
- Kitchen Adventures — Erica at ChildOrganics shares fun ways to connect with your kids in the kitchen.
- Kids in the Kitchen: Finding the Right Tools — Melissa at Vibrant Wanderings shares some of her favorite child-sized kitchen gadgets and where to find them.
- The Kitchen Classroom — Laura at Authentic Parenting knows that everything your kids want to learn is at the end of the ladle.
- Kids in the Kitchen — Luschka from Diary of a First Child talks about the role of the kitchen in family communication and shares fun kitchen activities for the under two.
- Our Kitchen is an Unschooling Classroom. — Terri at Child of the Nature Isle explores the many ways her kitchen has become a rich environment for learning.
- Montessori-Inspired Food Preparation for Preschoolers — Deb Chitwood at Living Montessori Now shares lots of resources for using Montessori food preparation activities for young children in the kitchen.
- My Little Healthy Eater — Christine at African Babies Don't Cry shares her research on what is the best first food for babies, and includes a healthy and yummy breakfast recipe.
- Two Boys and Papa in the Kitchen: Recipe for Disaster? — MudpieMama shares all about her fears, joys and discoveries when the boys and handsome hubby took over the kitchen.
- Food choices, Food treats — Henrietta at Angel Wings and Herb Tea shares her family's relationship with food.
- learning to eat — Catherine at learner mummy reflects on little M's first adventures with food.
- The Night My 7-Year-Old Made Dinner — Melodie at Breastfeeding Moms Unite! shares how her 7-year-old daughter surprised everyone by turning what started as an idea to play restaurant into pulling off making supper for her family.
- Cooking With a High-Needs Toddler — Sylvia at MaMammalia describes how Montessori-inspired activities and a bit of acceptance have helped her overcome hurdles in cooking while caring for a "high-needs" child.
- Kids in the Kitchen – teaching healthy food choices — Brenna at Almost All The Truth shares her belief in the importance of getting kids into the kitchen using her favorite cookbook for kids to develop healthy food choices now and hopefully into the future.
- Make Milk, Not War — Tamara at Tea for Three remembers the daily food fights as she struggled to feed a picky eater.
- teaching baby birds about good food. — Sarah at Small Bird on Fire writes about the ways in which her family chooses to gently teach their son how to make wise food decisions.
- 5 Ways to Enhance Your Baby or Young Toddler's Relationship with Food — Charise at I Thought I Knew Mama shares simple ways to give your child a healthy beginning to her lifelong relationship with food.
- Toddler at the Table: 10 Creative Solutions — Moorea at Mamalady shares tips for preventing meal-time power struggles.
- How My Child Takes Responsibility During His Mealtime... — Jenny @ I'm a full-time mummy shares how she teaches and encourages her 32 months old son on adopting good manners and responsibilities during his mealtimes...
- Kids in the Kitchen: 6 Tips Plus a Recipe — Kristin at Intrepid Murmurings shares six tips for overcoming some of the the difficulties of cooking with multiple young sous chefs, and a recipe they all can agree on!
- How BLW has made me a better parent — Zoe at Mummykins shares how baby-led weaning has changed her approach to parenting.
- My Budding Chef — Jenny at Chronicles of a Nursing Mom is no cook but is happy that her daughter has shown an inclination and manages to whip up yummy goodies for their family.
- Kids in the Kitchen: An Activity for Every Age — Gaby from Tmuffin describes how she keeps her kids busy in the kitchen, whether they are one week old or two years old.
- The Phantastically Mutlipurposed Phyllo — Ana at Pandamoly shares how Phyllo is used to create enticing dishes at home! Anything can be made into a Struedel!
- Kitchen Kids — Laura from A Pug in the Kitchen shares her children's most favorite recipe to make, experience and eat.
- Independence vs. Connection in the Kitchen: won't you please get yourself your own snack already? — Lisa at Organic Baby Atlanta wishes her daughter would just go make a mess in the kitchen. But her daughter only wants to do it together.
- Grandma Rose's Kitchen — Abbie at Farmer's Daughter reminisces about her childhood and dreams of filling her kitchen with people, love, noise, and messes.
- Healthy Food Choices for Kids — Jorje offers one way to encourage children to make their own healthy food choices at MommaJorje.com.
- Cooking food to thrive rather than survive — Phoebe at Little Tinker Tales is trying to foster a lifetime of good food habits by teaching her children about the importance of avoiding junk, cooking healthy meals, and learning about the whole food process.
- Evolution of a self-led eater — Sheila at A Gift Universe shares the story of how her son grew from nursing around the clock to eating everything in sight, without her having to push.
- 10 Ways Tiny Helps In The Kitchen — Jennifer at Hybrid Rasta Mama explores the ways in which her toddler actively participates in kitchen-related activities.
- The Complexity of Feeding a Child — Feeding children a healthy diet is no straight-forward task, but Lisa at My World Edenwild shares some general guidelines to help your child thrive.
- Lactation Cookies — That Mama Gretchen shares a fun recipe that will benefit both mamas and babies!
- 50 of the Best Books, Websites, & Resources to Inspire Kids in the Kitchen — Need inspiration to get your kids in the kitchen? Dionna at Code Name: Mama rounds up some of the best books and websites that can serve as a source for ideas, recipes, and cooking with littles fun.
- A 4-year-old's smoothie recipe — Jen at Grow With Graces and her son set out to make a smoothie without the usual ingredients. She let him improvise. See how it turned out.
- Independent Food Preparation (My Toddler Can Do That?) — Megan at Montessori Moments shares simple ways for children to prepare their own healthy snacks.
- Follow Your Gut — Amy at Anktangle shares her philosophy about intuitive eating, and how she's trying to foster her son's trust in his own inner wisdom when he feels hungry.
- A TODDLER-STYLE LUNCH + RECIPE — Manic Mrs. Stone photographs how to have messy fun during lunchtime with a helpful toddler.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Can I make Ableton control the start of an pattern in my EMX-1?
For example:
Let's say I want the next pattern to start on the next 1 in a 4/4 beat in Ableton.
Atm I'm stuck with starting a pattern manually with the play button, and therefore need to start it exactly on the beat so that it sounds tight.


text:
QUESTION OF THE WEEK- What are you doing to survive the recession?
Derek Tucker: "Actually working two jobs right now, also doing a little side work just to get by. I got two kids, so I have to do what I gotta do to make ends meet."
Fran Smith: "I'm just being a little bit more cautious about spending money, and do I really need it? Just conserving, recycling a lot, things like that. Being more creative."
Dee Papit: "Not spending money."
11 comments
This isn't a recession.
It's a full blown DEPRESSION.
And no matter what the financial experts say, it's far from over. The families that have been hit hardest will never recover. Just one example, 25 and 30 year veteran auto workers that have been laid off will never find jobs with the salary and benefits that they have recently lost. And there's thousands of other examples out there nationwide. I've never seen anything like it in my lifetime.
"I've never seen anything like it in my lifetime."
You mean you didn't have an internet to spend all day on last time it happened? What is there to "see" here in C'ville that's so bad? The real financial experts may not always be right, but at least they have some real data to go by. They don't just cruise around in their SUV's imagining they know everything about everything.
You really think the cops you like to blather on about are the only ones who are overpaid, under motivated, and incompetent? Those descriptors certainly don't apply across the board to American workers, but union contracts certainly made it difficult for the auto industry in particular to rid itself of those to whom it does apply. The salaries and benefits you mentioned were ridiculously high compensation for assembly line workers making products that rarely matched the quality of imports.
The union workers were overpaid for forty years.. so if you average it out they owe US money.
You are worth what the next guy will do your job for plus a little extra because they have seen your work. Thsts it.
If all you ever learned how to do was put a door panel on a car and have no other skill you ARE geting paid for your skills.. which is nothimg.
The consumer has cut back, business had cut back , but the biggest union in the world (government workers) are still blowing money likes it 1999.
That is what is prolonging the recession.
Fire them and lower taxes so people can start manufacturing things without the govenment getting 30% upfront plus a percentage of any profits on the back side.
I just started dating richer guys.
capitan o'ndustrie, it's obvious that somewhere along the line you subscribed to the belief that American auto makers make about $70+ an hour. It's the furthest thing from the truth.
You need to watch the HBO special about the GM plant that was recently closed.
Since you bring cops into this thread now, I suppose you also believe that most of them are working at the poverty level? Keep on believing that garbage too. Counting court time and the abundant overtime available to cops in the Charlottesville and Albemarle area, a cop is just plain downright lazy if he/she can't make $75,000 a year. Then add in the numerous benefits they receive on the taxpayer's dime.
And frankly, I do know everything while I ride around in the biggest SUV ever produced in this country. Thank You. :)
Shirley, you go girl!!!
GSOE, it's obvious you're a d*uchebag. How is it in any way "obvious" what I think American auto workers make? What part of "over paid" did you take to mean I think local cops are "working at the poverty level?" Please read (and think to the best of your ability) before you spew.
You lost this debate when you resorted to slimeball namecalling. With such a short fuse and quick temper, you're actually good cop material.
Nice try Gasbag! But I'm sorry, you lost the debate a few steps back when you resorted to the the age old logical fallacy of the straw man argument. You see, rational debate involves responding to points that other people make and constructing a response according to the rational rules of logic. You've failed here on both accounts, which is certainly no surprise, that being SOP for you.
You are welcome to step back if you are able and maybe explain your apparently baseless assertion that we are currently in the midsts of "a full blown DEPRESSION." List a few data points if you'd like and explain how your interpretation of them is superior to those of the economists you dismiss.
Also you've "never seen anything like it in (your) lifetime." Seen what, where? What have you "seen" that is so awful? How does it differ from before? How does what you've "seen" this time around compare to tall those other depressions you've "seen?"
Of course I don't actually expect anything other than your usual blathering, but maybe you have some heretofore hidden capacity for backing up what you rant about?
If you want it in fancy words and color charts......
This article may be reproduced with appropriate attribution.
part 1 of 2
* Global stock markets have mounted a sharp recovery since the beginning of the year. Nonetheless, the proportionate decline in stock market wealth remains even greater than at the comparable stage of the Great Depression.
* The downward spiral in global trade volumes has abated, and the most recent month for which we have data (June) shows a modest uptick. Nonetheless, the collapse of global trade, even now, remains dramatic by the standards of the Great Depression.
* World industrial production continues to track closely the 1930s fall, with no clear signs of 'green shoots'.
* World stock markets have rebounded a bit since March, and world trade has stabilised, but these are still following paths far below the ones they followed in the Great Depression.
* There are new charts for individual nations' industrial output. The big-4 EU nations divide north-south; today's German and British industrial output are closely tracking their rate of fall in the 1930s, while Italy and France are doing much worse.
* The North Americans (US & Canada) continue to see their industrial output fall approximately in line with what happened in the 1929 crisis, with no clear signs of a turn around.
* Japan's industrial output in February was 25 percentage points lower than at the equivalent stage in the Great Depression. There was however a sharp rebound in March.
* The parallels between the Great Depression of the 1930s and our current Great Recession have been widely remarked upon. Paul Krugman has compared the fall in US industrial production from its mid-1929 and late-2007 peaks, showing that it has been milder this time. On this basis he refers to the current situation, with characteristic black humour, as only "half a Great Depression." The "Four Bad Bears" graph comparing the Dow in 1929-30 and S&P 500 in 2008-9 has similarly had wide circulation (Short 2009). It shows the US stock market since late 2007 falling just about as fast as in 1929-30.
* In fact, when we look globally, as in Figure 1, the decline in industrial production in the last nine months has been at least as severe as in the nine months following the 1929 peak.
* Similarly, while the fall in US stock market has tracked 1929, global stock markets are falling even faster now than in the Great Depression (Figure 2). Again this is contrary to the impression left by those who, basing their comparison on the US market alone, suggest that the current crash is no more serious than that of 1929-30.
part 2 of 2
* Another area where we are "surpassing" our forbearers is in destroying trade. World trade is falling much faster now than in 1929-30 (Figure 3). This is highly alarming given the prominence attached in the historical literature to trade destruction as a factor compounding the Great Depression.
* To sum up, globally we are tracking or doing even worse than the Great Depression, whether the metric is industrial production, exports or equity valuations. Focusing on the US causes one to minimise this alarming fact. The "Great Recession" label may turn out to be too optimistic. This is a Depression-sized event.
* To summarise: the world is currently undergoing an economic shock every bit as big as the Great Depression shock of 1929-30. Looking just at the US leads one to overlook how alarming the current situation is even in comparison with 1929-30. The good news, of course, is that the policy response is very different. The question now is whether that policy response will work.


text:
I have three children under the age of 7, and they watch a lot of television. I'm worried that it's too much. Should I limit their TV viewing?- Kylie
Television can be a source of learning and entertainment. But too much TV can take away from other activities, such as exercising, playing with friends, reading, and doing homework.
Studies have shown that kids who watch too much TV are more likely to be overweight — and, depending on the content of what they see, more aggressive. Excess TV viewing also has been linked to poor grades, sleep problems, and behavior problems.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children under age 2 not watch any television and that older kids not spend more than 2 hours a day watching TV or otherwise using a screen (via DVDs, video games, computer use not related to school, tablets, and smartphones). Also, the content of what they do view should be nonviolent and educational.
Reviewed by: Mary L. Gavin, MD
Date reviewed: July 2013
© 2016 Brenner | Site Policies & Statements
The information on this Website is for general informational purposes only and SHOULD NOT be relied upon as a substitute for sound professional medical advice, evaluation or care from your physician or other qualified healthcare provider. If you have a medical problem or a health-related question, consult your physician or call Health On-Call at 336-716-2255 or 1-800-446-2255.


text:
Morton's The Steakhouse Map
300 S. Charles St. (W. Conway St.)
410-547-8255 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
Use this map to Morton's The Steakhouse to get there and back safely. If the "Get directions" pop-up does not appear, click the green arrow to get driving directions to and from this restaurant.
GAYOT's Annual Restaurant Awards honor America's best chefs, as well as promising newcomers and a top restaurateur.


text:
System 1
BioAmp™ adds thickness and strength.
Activ-Renewal™ gives a more youthful-looking scalp and fuller, healthier looking hair.
Transactive Delivery System™ delivers essential nutrients onto the scalp which improves the appearance of thinning hair and creates an environment for fuller, healthier looking hair.
NIOXIN Cleanser™
A daily volumizing cleanser that gently removes residue and DHT from the scalp and hair to promote a healthy scalp environment. It also provides nourishing vitamins, proteins and amino acids.
NIOXIN Scalp Therapy™
A daily volumizing scalp and hair conditioner that moisturizes and improves resilience, while promoting a healthy scalp environment with soothing essential oils, special anti-oxidants and enzymatic complexes.
NIOXIN Scalp Treatment™
A daily leave-in scalp treatment that delivers essential botanicals, nutrients, antioxidants and vitamins onto the scalp and hair to help safeguard against residues and DHT buildup on the scalp. May cause temporary redness after application.


text:
Could this be iPad's Killer Application ?
February 16, 2010 By 21 Comments
In an earlier post earlier post I countered the view held by many that the iPad will kill the Kindle. I believe these two devices target different and overlapping market segments and can coexist. However, I also believe that the iPad is a so


text:
By Dorene Internicola
NEW YORK, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Along with the usual reasons for losing weight, like fitting into a bikini and improving health, fitness experts say raising money for a good cause is another incentive for people to get in shape.
Entering a charity run in memory of a loved one or a bicycle ride for a worthy cause has pushed many couch potatoes from their sedentary lifestyle on to the path of fitness.
Kelly Flynn, running coach for Team In Training, a charity sports endurance program from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, has been teaching novice runners to tackle the Boson Marathon since 2005.
"The people who've never run before and have a motivation, like a loved one, are the easiest people to coach," said Flynn, a 40-year-old Boston-based attorney. "They stick it out. And when they cross the finish line, they've become running junkies."
Flynn, a soccer and softball player in her teenage years, said it was the death of a high school friend from lymphoma that inspired her to become a running coach for charity.
"I saw a flyer (from Team in Training) and went, on a lark," she said. "His death was my catalyst."
Team in Training, which is 25 years old, has raised more than $1.4 billion, with more than 600,000 people from across the country taking part in different endurance events to raise money for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Flynn, whose 200-strong team soon will start training for 2014, has helped to train more than 800 Boston marathoners and her teams have raised over $4 million.
For Sarah Jane Constantine, a self-described recreational runner, marathon running was a bucket-list dream until she started running for charity.
"I didn't think at 39 I was going to start marathoning," said Constantine, a 41-year-old manager for a pharmaceutical company in Boston who has raised money for cancer research.
"That's what I'm most proud of," said Constantine, who finds some way to exercise every day, from running to strength training to swimming with her daughter.
Constantine dedicated her first marathon to her stepfather, who died of melanoma at 44. Last year it was for her daughter's school friend's mother, who died of lung cancer.
This year she plans to run for the cancer-stricken daughter of her husband's co-worker.
"You feel helpless," she said. "I'll be running for money for research and treatment."
Charity events are a nationwide staple of Flywheel Sports, a chain of indoor cycling studios founded in 2010. New York-based co-founder and creative director Ruth Zukerman said the fundraising events her company holds throughout the year are beneficial for people new to the sport, for charities and for her business.
"A lot of people come to these charity rides who've never been to us before. Typically some 80 percent of the people are new," she said. "They come to us to give, they love it, and they become clients of ours."
Zukerman said her regulars often approach her with their own pet causes to raise money, which attracts even more newcomers to indoor cycling.
"Some of our celebrity riders, such as (actresses) Kyra Sedgwick and Jessica Alba, draw a lot of attention because of their names," she said.
Last spring Alba hosted a class in Los Angeles to raise funds for Baby2Baby, which redistributes baby gear and clothes to the needy. In December, Sedgwick will host a ride for the Food Bank for New York City.
Zukerman believes charity fitness is here to stay.
"So many typical charity events involve going to speeches with a tedious sit-down dinner," she said. "People see this as an opportunity to contribute in a newer, fresher, more fun way." (Editing by Patricia Reaney and Chris Reese)


text:
Paul Cunningham necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 141 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
ExchangeServerPro.com is a tech website written by an IT professional, focusing on the primary topic of Microsoft Exchange Server. The blog covers news, product reviews, tutorials, and problem solutions. A new logo design is desired as part of an ongoing site overhaul and push to establish the blog as a stronger authority in its niche.
The blog is primarily read by IT professionals of all levels who seek guidance and solutions for Microsoft Exchange Server and related topics. In addition an IT/Business Manager audience also visits for some of the higher level, strategic content.
This contest is for a new logo design for ExchangeServerPro.com.
The overall design aims to look authoritative without being too cold and corporate. Some "edginess" in the design is acceptable but nothing overly trendy that will quickly date.
Microsoft's Exchange Server homepage:
Current ExchangeServerPro.com design (Thesis WordPress theme with minimal customizations):
The winning logo design will:
- scale well to different sizes
- work in both color and black and white/grayscale
- adapt well to different platforms such as blog header, Twitter/Facebook profile, ebook/whitepaper covers
- not include any elements such as commercial fonts or imagery that will cost additional money
The winning logo must be available as a layered Adobe Illustrator file.
***Updated Notes***
- don't worry about business card mockups, they aren't necessary
- I don't like blue or green
-please make sure you demonstrate how the logo adapts to be a Twitter/Facebook avatar (eg 100x100 pixel icon) as this is an important part of the use of the logo
- some logos emphasized the word "Exchange" and make it look like "serverpro.com" is the websites URL, please avoid doing this
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


text:
SEATTLE — Reshanda Gray had 20 points and 12 rebounds Friday night to help the No. 23 Cal women's basketball team win 70-65 at Washington.
Gray's jumper extended the Golden Bears' lead to 68-65 with 1:01 to go, and both teams failed to score on their next possessions.
With 5 seconds left, Washington worked the ball to Kelsey Plum for a tying 3-point attempt. Cal's Brittany Boyd stripped the ball before Plum could get a shot, and Boyd made two free throws to cap the scoring.
Gennifer Brandon had 10 points and 12 rebounds off the bench for Cal.
After trailing 54-46, Cal (15-7, 7-4 Pac-12) pulled even at 56 and took the lead for good at 65-64 on Brandon's jumper with 2:29 left.
Boyd had 12 points and nine assists and Mikayla Lyles added 12 points and four 3-pointers for Cal. Jazmine Davis and Talia Walton led Washington (12-10, 5-6) with 20 and 19 points, respectively. Plum added 16 points and nine assists.


text:
Wabash Alumni Hold Mini Reunion In Turkeyby Larry Blount '65 • April 19, 2005 Share:
It started as a chilly, blustery, rainy day. The Easter egg hunt at the American Consulate had to be cancelled. However, by the afternoon the rains gave way to sun, and the Consul General, Dave Arnett, '65 and his wife, Vivi, were hosting a significant gathering of Wabash alumni at their private residence overlooking the Bosphorus. The gathering included six alumni, three from the class of 1965, and three more recent Turkish graduates. The picture, from left to right, include: Larry Blount, '65; Donem Tokgoz, '03; Gokhan Erkiralp, '95; Dave Arnett, '65; Eric Farber, '65; and Selcuk Pultar, '98.
Eric and Kay Farber have been teaching English in Istanbul since August 2004. Larry and Susan Blount were visiting the Farbers, in an extension of a 3-week tour of Turkey. Dave Arnett is completing his third and final tour with the Foreign Service in Turkey, and retires to Sedona, AZ at the end of July. And the three Turkish Wabash graduates are pursuing promising careers in their native land. The Arnetts were most gracious hosts, entertaining us with cocktails, Turkish hors d'oeuvres, and stimulating conversation.
If you haven't already visited Istanbul and other parts of Turkey, you owe yourself a great adventure. We found the Turkish people engaging and warm. The country has a wealth of historical and cultural sites dating back to the very beginnings of civilization. It literally lies at the crossroads between Europe and Asia. Turkey is secular, democratic, and Moslem. And it has much to offer to both Western and Moslem societies about the potential for living with one another in a less confrontational world. And as the newest and largest candidate seeking to join the European Union, we found the political environment fascinating. Go, you will not be disappointed.


text:
Heather White Multi Stick
Heather White Multi Stick
Add To Cart
wear daily, change often
Big Willy Style is inspired by a special needs athlete with an enormous love of sports. We are a retail clothing awareness brand that donates a percentage of sales to programs that support special needs athletes. Soft, casual wear shirts with lacrosse, soccer, basketball and hockey designs... and hats too. Wear them daily and change them often because that is how Big Willy rolls!


text:
Companies hiring7 companies found
Qatar Museums
Our purpose as an organisation is to be a cultural instigator for the creation generation. This is an ambition that we will deliver together as a group of museums and heritage sites to help fulfill the cultural goals of the 2030 Qatar National Vision. Our brand purpose also aligns with our organisational vision to develop, promote and sustain the cultural sector at the highest standards.
Queensland Art Gallery - Gallery of Modern Art
The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art is Queensland's premier visual arts institution and a major cultural destination for Queensland. Located on the South Bank of the Brisbane River, as part of a unique and thriving Cultural Precinct, QAGOMA has recently outlined a new strategic vision aimed at furthering its international profile as a leading exhibitor and collector in the Asia-Pacific region.


text:
Obama's smoking problem
Malaysia's government is battling a smoking epidemic that threatens its young people — and it fears Barack Obama's big Pacific trade deal will make the health crisis even worse.
When the president, a reformed smoker himself, landed in Kuala Lumpur this past weekend for his third stop in a weeklong Asia swing, he visited one of the other 12 Pacific Rim countries hoping to close the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free-trade agreement that American and Asian businesses value at billions of dollars in sales into new markets.
Story Continued Below
Following Obama's meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, the two leaders addressed a room full of reporters, but it's not clear whether any progress was made on the trade deal. Najib said Obama "fully understands our domestic sensitivities, and we will sit down and try to iron this out with the intention of trying to work out a deal in the near future."
( PHOTOS: Obama's trip to East Asia)
However, one thing neither leader talked specifically about during the media event was a brewing tension surrounding the negotiations: the way Malaysia's health officials fear the deal might sabotage their country's efforts to fight its smoking problem.
Malaysia worries that it will suffer the fate that Uruguay, Australia and Thailand did in other trade deals: dragged into an expensive, yearslong international legal fight over its right to block cigarette companies from advertising.
When Malaysia's trade negotiators have pushed a carve-out for tobacco in a section of the deal that would otherwise allow businesses to challenge whether a country's laws and regulations meet its international trade obligations before an independent panel, the United States has balked and instead called for an approach that Malaysian officials think would leave their country exposed.
"The U.S. government's proposal on tobacco does not go far enough. It is insufficient to protect the government's sovereignty to do their utmost to protect public health," said Mary Assunta, a senior policy adviser for the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance. "Tobacco companies should not interfere with this, nor challenge governments using the free-trade platform."
( Also on POLITICO: Obama and the strong leader myth)
Smoking is a raging health problem in the Southeast Asian country of 30 million. Sixty percent of its 21-to-30-year-old population smokes, and nearly half the country's men average more than 11 cigarettes per day — all of which is running up a $900 million annual health care tab for smoking-related illnesses.
Obama's visit to the country gave anti-smoking groups a chance to raise visibility around the issue and solicit help from the U.S. president.
"Today, 80 percent of the world's smokers reside in the developing world, where the tobacco industry is focusing their business, using any excuse including free-trade agreements to challenge legitimate government efforts to reduce tobacco use," Molly Cheah, head of the influential Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control, wrote in an open letter to Obama.
Cheah urged Obama to make his visit "more significant" than the last time a U.S. president stopped in Malaysia — Lyndon B. Johnson, in 1966 — and "leave behind a legacy in tobacco control for the world."
( Also on POLITICO: G-7 to impose sanctions on Russia)
The dust-up over tobacco has also drawn broader attention from public health advocates and U.S. lawmakers who say it's a crystal-clear example of why the trade deal should not give businesses the right to challenge countries' laws at all. It ranks among the top complaints of Democrats whose opposition already has halted Obama's trade agenda from advancing in Congress this year.
"All Americans should be concerned with 'investor-state' provisions in TPP that allow foreign corporations to mount trade challenges that weaken or dismantle public health or consumer-protection laws," Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said. "Nowhere is this threat clearer than with Big Tobacco and anti-smoking efforts, which is why TPP must explicitly prohibit trade challenges to anti-tobacco laws."


text:
A culture of perfectionism.
A few days ago, Fintan, seven, came home from school looking a little disconsolate. I thought I knew what might be up.
(If you would like to support my continued writing of this blog and my ongoing campaign to raise awareness about giftedness and all issues pertaining to it, please donate, by clicking on the gold button to the left of the page.
To read about my fundraising campaign, please go to: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2011/01/fundraising-drive-in-support-of-my.html
and here: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2011/01/fundraising-drive-first-donation.html
If you would like to read any of our scientific research papers, there are links to some of them, here: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2011/02/research-papers-by-valentine-cawley-and.html
If you would like to see an online summary of my academic achievements to date, please go here: http://www.getcited.org/mbrz/11136175
To learn more of Ainan Celeste Cawley, 10, or his gifted brothers, Fintan, 7 and Tiarnan, 5, please go to: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/scientific-child-prodigy-guide.html
I also write of gifted education, child prodigy, child genius, adult genius, savant, megasavant, HELP University College, the Irish, the Malays, Singapore, Malaysia, IQ, intelligence and creativity.
There is a review of my blog, on the respected The Kindle Report here:http://thekindlereport.blogspot.com/2010/09/boy-who-knew-too-much-child-prodigy.html
Please have a read, if you would like a critic's view of this blog. Thanks. You can get my blog on your Kindle, for easy reading, wherever you are, by going to: http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Knew-Too-Much/dp/B0042P5LEE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1284603792&sr=8-1
Please let all your fellow Kindlers know about my blog availability - and if you know my blog well enough, please be so kind as to write a thoughtful review of what you like about it. Thanks.
My Internet Movie Database listing is at:http://imdb.com/name/nm3438598/
Ainan's IMDB listing is at http://imdb.com/name/nm3305973/
Syahidah's IMDB listing is at http://imdb.com/name/nm3463926/
Our editing, proofreading and copywriting company, Genghis Can, is athttp://www.genghiscan.com/
This blog is copyright Valentine Cawley. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited. Use only with permission. Thank you.)
Labels: academic perfectionism, Fintan Cawley, In the eyes of a child, mathematics, maths, on being competitive


text:
Back in the 80s, I spent some time as a Labour Party member. In much of the country, Labour was still the defender of organised labour (the clue's in the name), but in London, a variety of fringe groups and interests from outside the traditional labour movement had made Labour their home.
One of the favourite tricks of the middle-class London left was "positive discrimination" – what Americans call "affirmative action". They felt that Labour was lacking non-white faces, so decided to fast-track some into the ranks. This was a strange thing to do: black and Asian workers were rapidly climbing trade union power structures on their own merit. Some very talented socialists from India and the West Indies had migrated to the UK and had joined the Labour Party. These black activists didn't need a hand up: Bernie Grant, a fiery Jamaican activist won a parliamentary seat in Tottenham; Bill Morris, another Jamaican, was ascending the trade union ranks on his own merit and would soon lead the UK's biggest union, before taking the most powerful union job of all, as leader of the TUC. But the middle-class left were impatient, and perhaps were uncomfortable with black class fighters like Grant and Morris.
The result of the "positive discrimination" era was not good, either for Labour or the black and Asian communities. The people who gained careers in London Labour had no base in the communities, and no respect from them. They were not picked based on talent, but on the colour of their skin. Rather than bring the black communities into Labour, it helped alienate them. A number of embarrassingly untalented individuals, selected by Labour, were now claiming to speak for black Londoners, and black Londoners were not impressed.
One of the fruits of this process seems to have been Diane Abbott, a Hackney MP. Abbott has always made left-wing noises, and for many years I thought she was a genuine socialist. Then, when it came time to send her son to secondary school, she exposed her lack of political belief or solidarity with the people of her poor, Hackney constituency, and sent him to private school. Abbott, a Cambridge graduate, had exposed a simple fact that local Labourites should have noticed years before: she had nothing in common with the poor communities of Hackney other than sharing her skin tone with some of them.
Her choice of school surprised me, and many others who had considered ourselves Abbott supporters; we hadn't understood that her socialism was skin-deep. It was only when she began to appear on the late-night BBC1 programme This Week that things began to click into place.
Abbott was a regular on this political discussion programme, alongside Michael Portillo, who had been a right-wing minister in the Conservative Thatcher and Major governments. I began to tune in to the programme each Thursday, eager to see Abbott espousing left-wing values, and attacking Portillo's right-wing ones. It didn't work out like that for two reasons: first, Portillo was revealed to be an intelligent, thoughtful man, who had drifted to the centre ground in his years since leaving power. And second, Abbott seemed incapable of explaining her own beliefs. Time after excruciating time, Portillo would gently help her outline a concept before explaining why she was wrong. After watching the programme for some time, my respect for Abbott had collapsed, while I had developed some respect for Portillo (a man I had despised for his record in government).
Bizarrely, when Gordon Brown stepped down as leader, Abbott stepped up as the "candidate of the left" (see Charlotte Gore's post on Labour tokenism in selecting Abbott); if we needed a sign that the Labour left was defunct, this was it. Abbott was soundly defeated (perhaps Michael Portillo wasn't available to help write her speeches). Even more bizarrely, Ed Miliband appointed Abbott to a front-bench position after he won the leadership election. Abbott's job seems to be to make left-wing noises and placate whatever remains of a genuine left in the Labour Party. And admittedly, she does tweet good links (no doubt, thus persuading those who don't pay much attention that she is some kind of progressive).
If any more evidence were needed of Abbott's ideological emptiness, it came last week. The coalition pushed through an attack on benefits for some of the poorest people in Britain. The Labour hierarchy instructed their MPs to abstain; but there was a rare rebellion! Over 40 Labour MPs stood up for their principles (and the lives of millions of people who are struggling to survive).
And as for Abbott, whose constituency is one of the poorest in the country? She abstained, of course. Diane is clearly enjoying her stint in front-bench politics, and voting against the Labour machine would have meant standing down from a nice job which she no doubt realises she has no chance of getting a second time.
As Ken Loach and others wrote in yesterday's Guardian, The Labour party has failed us. We need a new party of the left. They're a decade or two late in noticing, but hey – better late than never. Given that there are still 40 Labour MPs with principles, perhaps now is the time to get moving – before the entire Labour benches are filled with empty, principle-free career politicians.


text:
Latvia/ 4.2 Specific policy issues and recent debates
4.2.4 Cultural diversity and inclusion policies
Only the rights of ethnic minorities are recognised on a cultural policy level; other cultural minority groups based on common interests such as gender or sexual orientation are not on the agenda of cultural policy.
Native inhabitants of Latvia are Latvians. Only one ethnic minority is recognised as an autochtonous minority: the Livonians or Livs that were the indigenous inhabitants of Livonia, a large part of what is today north-western Latvia and south-western Estonia. Only a small group of them has survived into the 21st century: there were 180 Livonians living in Latvia in 2011 (Inhabitants Register of Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, 2011). The other minorities living in Latvia have general cultural rights (freedom of artistic expression) and the rights of ethnic minorities ("to preserve and develop their language and their ethnic and cultural identity") recognised by the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia (1922, c. 8).
However, the ethnic representation is not homogeneous. Latvians constitute less than 2/3 of the inhabitants.
Table 1: Inhabitants of Latvia, by ethnic origin at the beginning of the year, 1935-2014
1 905 936
2 666 567
2 377 383
2 001 468
1 467 035
1 387 757
1 370 703
1 229 067
168 266
905 515
703 243
520 136
26 803
119 702
97 150
68 695
1 844
92 101
63 644
45 282
48 637
60 416
59 505
43 365
22 843
34 630
33 430
25 025
93 370
22 897
10 385
5 402
3 839
7 044
8 205
5 594
62 116
3 783
3 465
2 886
6 928
3 312
2 652
1 882
4 255
29 410
25 001
54 134
Source: Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia.
Today in Latvia the Russian speaking population constitutes about 37% of the population and is larger than the ethnic Russian minority because a majority of Byelorussians and Ukrainians also have Russian as their mother tongue (Population census, 2011).
The situation is even more complicated because of the fact that not all the inhabitants are citizens of Latvia. According to the population census in 2011, 83.5% of inhabitants were citizens of Latvia, 14.3% were non-citizens of Latvia (a special status of non-citizens is defined by the "Law on the Status of those Former U.S.S.R. Citizens who do not have Citizenship of Latvia or of any Other State", 1995) and 2.3% - citizens of other states. A large number of Russians are non-citizens: in 2013, 195 734 Russians living in Latvia were non-citizens (Inhabitants Register of Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, 2013).
Cultural policy goals
The vision of a national culture policy includes an "open and consolidated society" and a "dialogue-based, diverse, excellent and accessible culture process" (The National Culture Policy Guidelines). However, the strategic aims of cultural policy reveal that this vision is to be reached through the step by step process of building national culture within a strong national state. The guidelines also include concepts of cultural pluralism and intercultural dialogue, however, when it comes to the performance indicators, they concern the indigenous minority Livs, the identity protection in Latgale culture-historical region, and Latvian art and culture.
Concerning other ethnic minorities, Latvia has chosen the "social cohesion approach" – a strategy aimed at integrating immigrants and having them learn the language and traditions of the host country. Since 2011, the Ministry of Culture is responsible for integration (in 2009-2010 it was the Ministry of Justice).
The Guidelines for Social Integration Policy have been in the development phase for several years and have experienced many alterations and editions. Finally, the Ministry of Culture has elaborated a new proposal and, after public debates in 2011, the Cabinet of Ministers has endorsed the National Identity, Civil Society and Community Integration Guidelines 2012-2018. The Guidelines have been criticised because of their excessive focus on Latvians and identity issues. Guidelines include also some of the national Roma integration policy measures (see Information on Roma integration policy measures in Latvia). The programme Livonians (the Livs) in Latvia 2008-2012 addresses the rights of Livs.
Policy instruments
The main cultural policy instruments concerning the rights of ethnic minorities are legal and financial instruments.
The main laws providing civic and cultural rights to national minorities are: the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia (1922) and the Law on Free Development and Rights of Cultural Autonomy of National and Ethnic Groups (1991), which aim to ensure the rights in accordance with the international norms for cultural autonomy and cultural self-governance of national and ethnic minority groups.
In 2005, Latvia adopted a Law to ratify the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities of the Council of Europe, and in 2007 a Law to ratify the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions.
The main financial instrument is direct subsidies to cultural and other institutions of ethnic minorities. The Ministry of Justice regularly supported the NGOs of ethnic minorities.
The Ministry of Culture regularly supports the Association of National Culture Societies of I. Kozakēviča, which unites more than 20 organisations of ethnic minorities, called national culture associations or unions (LVL 17 526 in 2008, LVL 11 715 in 2009; 12 350 LVL in 2010; 15 100 LVL in 2011; 15 000 LVL in 2012).
These subsidies are mainly intended to maintain the ethnic identity of diverse nationalities, and for the most part to preserve traditional culture (folk groups, dance, festivities etc.). The experts of the study Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (2007) point out that "interpreting minority culture as a traditional culture might diminish the numbers of people who would wish to maintain their ethnic identity".
As to public institutions, public support is allocated to the mainstream cultural organisations of the ethnic minorities, such as theatres producing and presenting performances in the Russian language. The Ministry of Culture supports the Riga Russian Theatre, and the Russian language productions at the Daugavpils City Theatre and the Latvian Puppet Theatre. For the most part, cultural diversity is supported by the allocation of public support to the organisations of ethnic minorities. There are no programmes or financial support schemes that would encourage other cultural institutions to carry out audience development activities or cultural programmes to address cultural diversity and achieve more diverse audiences. The staff of Latvian cultural institutions tends not to be culturally diverse.
Some mainstream organisations pursue cultural diversity at least in the language sphere. There are several initiatives, such as the Symphony concerts for kids and their parents (both Latvian and Russian language programmes) by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra; several museums offer pedagogical programmes also in the Russian language for pupils from bilingual schools. All minority groups and organisations are eligible to apply for grants to the State Cultural Capital Foundation and the Latvian Society Integration Foundation.
A good example in the field of integration are the activities of the association "Trepes" ("Stairs") which is aiming to integrate socially and physically disadvantaged youth groups in social and cultural life. In 2011, with the support of Riga City Council, 100 children got the possibility to visit museums and participate in creative workshops during their school holidays.
Another example of integration is the participation of Riga Central Library in the project "Prison Fellowship Latvia", by opening a branch in the Prison of Brasa in Riga. The project included training for prisoners that will take over the position of librarian in the prison library.
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia runs a project Latvia - Dreamland, addressing those inhabitants of Latvia who are not citizens of Latvia.
There is a lack of data about cultural activities outside the public sector, although Russian cultural life – guest performances and concerts from Russia, and other activities play an important part of the cultural life in larger cities, such as Riga or Daugavpils and they are mainly financed by the private sector.
Education in national minority languages is a precondition for maintaining the cultural identity of national minorities in Latvia. The Latvian government provides education in eight national minority languages, which is more than in the most European countries. State-financed education in Latvia is in Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Hebrew and Romani. Courses in state-financed universities are taught in Latvian, while some private educational institutions have opted for languages other than Latvian as the medium of instruction.
Upon regaining its independence in 1991, Latvia inherited from the Soviet Union a segregated education system – Latvians went to Latvian language schools, while Russians and other minorities attended schools with Russian language instruction. In the early 1990s Russian schools taught virtually no Latvian language and produced graduates whose poor Latvian skills hampered them from competing in the job market and for university admissions. The phasing in of education reform took place gradually, starting from 1995, and was fully completed in 2007.
In 2009, a reform was started in the education system to enhance efficiency that led to the closure of schools with smaller numbers of pupils. As part of minority schools have a small number of pupils, the debate on the future development of such schools has been raised. One of the development strategies for such schools suggests transforming them into multifunctional centres for minority culture and education.
Further reading:
- general information on the education system in Latvia;
- analytic report Minority education in Latvia (2004) (PDF document);
- research "Financing and Governance of Education for Children with Special Needs in Latvia: Focus on Equity, Efficiency, and Effectiveness"(2012); and
- summary of the study Roma Rights to Education: Implementation in Latvia
Policy impacts
The survey (2009) shows that cultural consumption is lower in the group of those who does not speak Latvian in their families than among Latvian speakers: during the previous year, the respondents participated at least in 7.5 and 9.6 cultural activities respectively. In the professional arts sector, the difference between those who speak Latvian at home or another language is even larger. Latvian speakers attend museums, exhibits, theatres and opera more often than those who speak other languages at home.
Although ethnic minorities attend and consume cultural activities on a less regular basis than native inhabitants, the analysis of major barriers for art attendance does not reveal reasons for this. Possibly, the barriers hindering arts attendance among ethnic minorities might be due to perceptions, beliefs and attitudes, motivation and cultural factors.
Chapter published: 17-07-2018


text:
Hey, I am new to the world of programming; however I do know some of the basics. I took a programming class in college, unfortunately I didn't give it too much attention. Now, I really want to learn more about programming. In my college class, we used Java as our language, and we used BlueJ to write our classes and methods and such. I dl'd BlueJ to my computer however I've had problems with it finding Java to get it to run. I was wondering if you guys could help me get started with a good program to use. I'm not looking for anything to fancy, just some program I could use to learn the basics of programming.
Also, what is the advantage of learning Java over other languages? Should I invest some time in learning other computer languages as well?


text:
- Announcement:
- Boardite Facebook Group
- Views:
- 11,548
Threads 1 to 1 of 1
Forum: Pon De Verandah - Chit Chat
Lighthearted chit chat and reminiscing. A likkle a dis and a likkle a dat. Discuss the daily board happenings here. Post a good brain teaser or trivia questions for other boardites. Jokes are always welcome. A place for general non-contentious discussions that may not fit any other topical forum.


text: Collegiate Flags > Marine Corps Flag Official March Madness Flag View All Marine Corps Flag ITEMS Quantity $29.95 Out of Stock Add to Cart IN STOCK Standard & Express Shipping Available Order by 2pm CST (M-F) — Ships Same Day Item ID#: WN-43136719 Tweet Wish Our Official March Madness Flag is constructed of 100% polyester, measures 3'x5', has quadruple-stitched fly ends, and two metal grommets. The logos are screen printed into our pole flag which results in a durable and quality finished flag.The college logos of this 3 by 5 foot flag are viewable from both sides (opposite side is a reverse image).Fly your Official March Madness Flag with our 23' tailgate flagpole or from your home with our aluminum 6' flagpole and aluminum adjustable flag bracket. Authentic Merchandise and Officially Licensed by Wincraft, Inc. Customers Also Bought... Flag & Pennant Accessories Aluminum 6' Flagpole - Heavy Duty $21.95 Out of Stock Add To Cart Aluminum Adjustable Flag Bracket $10.95 Out of Stock Add To Cart Tailgate 23 Foot Flagpole $66.95 Out of Stock Add To Cart USA 3x5 Ft. Flag $28.95 Out of Stock Add To Cart


text:
Rural U.S.A.: persistence and change
Thomas R. Ford
Iowa State University Press, 1978 - Social Science - 255 pages
From inside the book
18 pages matching rural industrialization in this book
Page 234
Where's the rest of this book?
Results 1-3 of 18
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Quality and Conflicts in Land
People on the Land
The Changing Character of the Nonmetropolitan
9 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agriculture American behavior black population Census centers changes cities costs country music cultural decades decline dependency ratio differences economic employment energy environmental farm policy farmers federal fertility future groups growth higher household increased Indian Indian-Americans individual inmigrants labor force land larger living major marriage metropolitan areas metropolitan counties Metropolitan Statistical Areas Mexican-Americans migration million modern natural environment needs nonfarm nonmetro nonmetropolitan areas nonmetropolitan counties North Dakota occupational opportunities organization outmigration pattern percent percentage persons places population density problems production programs proportion public services regional role rural America rural and urban rural areas rural communities rural development Rural Development Act rural environment rural industrialization rural population rural poverty rural residents rural society Rural Sociology rural women rural-farm blacks rural-nonfarm rural-urban sectors small towns social status Table traditional trends U.S. Bureau United urban areas workers
References to this book
All Book Search results »
Rural Nursing, Volume 1
Angeline Bushy
Snippet view - 1991


text:
Entertainment » Music
Watch: Troye Sivan Reacts to Teens Reacting to Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan appeared on the popular "REACT" series on YouTube to watch a group of teen fans react to his popular debut album "Blue Neighborhood" and the powerful music videos that accompanied his songs.
One fan in particular — Sergio — really impacts Sivan.
"Watching him get sad about this, really makes me sad," the singer said when he watches the fan react to the "Blue Neighborhood" video trilogy.
"It fires me up. Seeing people that don't know that I'm watching them have real honest reactions to something that I've made and care about so much is so crazy," Sivan says.
Also in the video, the singer talks about transitioning from a YouTube star to a musician and the latest chapter in his journey — an actor. Sivan appears in the upcoming gay conversion therapy drama "Boy Erased" alongside Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and more.
Check out the video below.


text:
Rumours the age pension will being targeted in the federal budget are causing worry amongst older Australians and a seniors advocacy group has appealed to Tony Abbott for answers.
The Council on the Ageing (COTA) wants an urgent meeting with the prime minister as speculation mounts the federal government could hike the retirement age or tinker with the assets test in the May 13 budget.
COTA Australia president Ian Yates said the flurry of pre-budget speculation in the past fortnight had prompted a flood of calls from concerned older Australians.
"It puts a lot of people on edge," Mr Yates told AAP on Tuesday.
"We have people concerned that they were going to lose their home, or they'd have to reverse mortgage it, when they're having trouble making ends meet anyway."
In the letter, Mr Yates reminded Mr Abbott he had pledged not to make changes to pensions in the lead up to the September election.
But recent comments by Treasurer Joe Hockey about the unsustainability of the age pension system had "brought this commitment into question".
Mr Yates said 1.5 million Australians relied almost entirely on the pension for income, and although it may seem an easy target any changes could have budgetary implications in areas like health, housing and unemployment.
He said no consultation had been offered, and given it was such a complex policy area it was time the experts got round the table to discuss the best way forward.
The prime minister's office has been contacted to confirm whether or not the letter has been received.


text:
from: http://artfulparent.com/2012/06/making-melted-bead-suncatchers.html
Now that Maia is on summer vacation, we have been using Daphne's nap time toread and, often, to work on an art or craft project together.
The melted bead suncatchers were surprisingly easy to create yet are very durable. Unlike most suncatchers and stained glass projects we make out of paper or contact paper, these melted bead suncatchers will last and last and will also withstand the elements for outdoor use.
We started with cheap, translucent pony beads. I bought ours at our local A.C. Moore, but they are available on Amazon and Discount School Supply as well.
Maia and I each arranged the pony beads into a single layer in metal baking dishes. She started with a cake pan but was soon daunted by the size and switched to the smaller muffin tin sections.
By the way, I was skeptical about melting the plastic beads in my baking dishes. I half thought that they would never come out and I'd be stuck with ruined pans, but that wasn't the case. As soon as a bead suncatcher was cool, it popped right out and didn't leave any visible residue at all!
Here are Maia's beads, ready to be melted and fused together.
While Maia created several smaller suncatchers, I used the cake pan to make one large suncatcher. I arranged my beads to form a sun as you can see in the partially completed design above.
We melted the beads in the oven at 400 degrees F for 25 minutes. They could probably have used a few more minutes, but I was starting to freak out about the melting plastic smell. I don't know why it came as a surprise to me, but it did.
I opened all the windows, turned on all the fans, and took the kids outside to play while the beads melted. I didn't want any of us to breathe the fumes. Once the suncatchers were melted, I took them outside to cool on the hood of the car.
(By the way, once the suncatchers were "cooked," I sprayed some Febrezearound the house and the smell went away immediately. Awesome! I don't know much about the stuff, though, and wonder if it just masks the smell (it didn't seem like it — I used one without a scent) or if it somehow removes the particles from the air or makes them inert. I'm awfully curious now.)
UPDATE (5/23/12): We've since made all of our melted bead suncatchers on the gas grill outside, thanks to a comment from Lou. It works great and only takes about 10 minutes! Some readers have been using a toaster oven outside, which may be another good solution.
Once the suncatchers were cool, I inverted the pans and they popped right out! As you can see from the somewhat pebbly surface, they probably could have used a few more minutes in the oven.
Harry drilled a small hole in each with the power drill, then strung some old kite string through the holes to hang them up.
We hung the melted bead suncatchers on the front porch to catch the morning sunlight.
Aren't they lovely? Maia has already said she wants to make more and I have to admit that I'm eager to try different colors and designs myself. I think they would make great gifts as well.
By the way, look how the round beads melted into hexagons. We thought it was pretty cool how they melted to take up the space around them so evenly.
Although when the beads were more widely spaced or set on their sides, some melted into rectangles and pentagons.
Now we have a riot of colorful melted bead suncatchers to join the melted crayon stained glass bunting on the porch!
Perhaps it's time I just give in and admit this is a stained glass and suncatcher blog. :)
If you're looking for more melted bead suncatcher ideas, here are my melted bead suncatcher posts so far:
- Making Melted Bead Suncatchers (Basic info for getting started)
- A Melted Bead Suncatcher Mobile (And how to make shapes)
- A Melted Bead Suncatcher Spiral (The beginning of our freeform experimentation)
- More Melted Bead Suncatchers :: Free Form Experiments
- Melted Bead Suncatchers :: Beautiful Free Form Hearts
- Melted Bead Stained Glass in Frames — Mondrian Style!
- Melted Bead Suncatcher in an Embroidery Hoop Frame
- A Melted Bead Jack-O-Lantern Suncatcher
- Melted Bead Words
- Melted Bead Fairy Wands
- Melted Bead Suncatchers 7+ NEW Ways (Includes ornaments, die-cut wood frames, spiral mobiles, and shapes within suncatchers)


text: Self Storage » New York Self StorageTonawanda Self Storage 10x30 Self Storage Tonawanda Self Storage Search Results We've found 1 Tonawanda Storage Facilities that meet your criteria - Click on any one of them for more information. Refine Search Size 5x5 5x10 5x15 10x10 10x15 10x20 10x30 Features Climate Controlled Drive-up Access Auto/Boat/RV Neighborhood None Found StorEase Self Storage 33 Peuquet Parkway Tonawanda, NY 14150 866-381-7930 More Info Need New York storage in another city? Need storage in another New York zip code? View additional New York self storagefacilities?


text:
All kinds of stuff for RC Cars
Expert reviews from Bobby on the hottest rc cars!
Need reviews or recommendations for your next electric or nitro gas car? Get the 411 here!
Please post tutotials, tutorial photos, tutorial videos here
There are no posts in this forum.
Use this control to limit the display of threads to those newer than the specified time frame.
Allows you to choose the data by which the thread list will be sorted.
Order threads in...
Note: when sorting by date, 'descending order' will show the newest results first.
Forum Rules


text:
Mattew Lybolt
PhD Graduate
University of Queensland
Understanding of the links between coral reef ecosystems, the goods and services they provide to people, and the wellbeing of human societies.
Examining the multi-scale dynamics of reefs, from population dynamics to macroevolution
Advancing the fundamental understanding of the key processes underpinning reef resilience.
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Matt finished his PhD under Professors John Pandolfi, Jian-xin Zhao, and David Neil at the Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at the University of Queensland, and returned to Florida. Back in the realm of implementing national-level policy as a consultant, Matt is working to help government agencies and private-sector firms to avoid and minimize their ecological footprints while keeping in compliance with laws and regulations. While this is rather a long way from palaeoecology of marginal coral reefs in Moreton Bay, he keeps his ties to the field and to Australia as best he can. Now with a young daughter and twin babies, Matt and his wife Karen are more-or-less chronically sleep deprived. Matt hopes to maintain his links to the CoE and collaborate with any interested researchers in the future.
New research shows that conservation initiatives often spread like disease, which helps scientists and policymakers to better design successful programs that are more likely to be adopted.In a st
Millions of people across the globe are suffering from malnutrition despite some of the most nutritious fish species in the world being caught near their homes, according to new research published in
An internationally respected group of scientists is calling on world leaders to urgently accelerate efforts to tackle climate change.Almost every aspect of the environment and ecology is changing
Scientists say bolder actions to protect coral reefs from the effects of global warming will benefit all ecosystems, including those on land.In an article published in Nature today two researcher
Abstract: Because coastal fisheries have been a major provider of food and economic growth in modern human history, the inherent characteristics of fish populations have been studied by researchers f
Abstract Climate change is the fastest-growing global threat to the world's natural and cultural heritage. No systematic approach to assess climate vulnerability of protected areas and their communit
Abstract: This presentation will provide an updated prognosis of the overgrazing collapse of kelp beds driven by the range-extending sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) and outline antidotes cur
Abstract: Disturbances are fundamental to structuring many ecosystems, yet climate-driven alterations to disturbance regimes may prevent recovery in many biomes. Coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef
Abstract: Outbreaks of the corallivorous Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS; Acanthaster cf. solaris) have been responsible for 40% of the decline in coral cover on the GBR over the last 35 years. With
Abstract: Complex interdependencies between social and ecological dynamics underpin many important environmental problems. To account for these complex dynamics, over the past several years my collea
Abstract: Coral reef restoration is gaining momentum globally in response to the threat of climate change and associated coral bleaching. In Australia, as part of the Reef Restoration and Adaptatio
Abstract:Developing global environmental policies, and implementing these at a local level has proven extremely challenging. I will present research using ethnographic techniques and multi-level
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Facial oils: The benefits, myths, and uses with Dr. Gervaise Gerstner
By The Beauty Experts at: L'Oréal Paris
Cleopatra used it to enhance her beauty in harsh desert conditions. Make up artists have been sneaking it backstage for years. The beauty elite have been hoarding, and paying a small fortune, for their stash since the first batches snuck out. Finally, one of the best-kept secrets to healthy, glowing skin is making its way to a drugstore near you. We're talking facial oils; concentrated concoctions formulated with essential oils smoothed all over your face. And it's not as bizarre as you think.
How can oil be a good thing? And why would you want to slather it on your face when you spent half your life trying to get rid of it? We thought you'd ask, so we turned to celebrity dermatologist Dr. Gervaise Gerstner for reinforcement on the ultra-hydrating, rejuvenating, nourishing, beauty benefits of facial oils. So slide on up, and listen.
"Facial oils are an excellent way to get antioxidants and vitamins quickly into the skin," explains Dr. Gerstner. "Oils are absorbed quickly, and soften the appearance of fine lines."
So far so good, right? Essential oils are derived from botanicals, many of which are naturally packed with antioxidants, and create a protective barrier against harsh and uncaring external factors, like pollution, environmental toxins, even over cleansing. Still light weight, and incredibly aromatic, the oils penetrate surface layers of your epidermis and maintain moisture for a brighter more radiant appearance. Just like all those plant-based super-foods that are so good for you, facial oils actually nourish your skin with intense moisture. We like what we're hearing.
But what if your skin tends to be oily in the first place? Would you really want to add more oil? Dr. Gerstner, to the rescue again. "Facial oils should not cause oily skin to break out. Use a small amount at first to test," Dr. Gerstner advises. "The oils absorb instantly so the skin does not look greasy or shiny but rather has a sheer glow." We all know, glow is good.
For those with normal, dry, or combination skin, Dr. Gerstner shares her regimen. "I put four or five drops on at a time. One on my forehead, one on each cheek, one on my chin and jaw line." And if you're not ready to give up your favorite moisturizer, you don't have to. Facial oils are great for layering. "You can definitely use both. It is best to apply oils right after freshly cleansed skin in the morning and at night right before applying your moisturizer or you can even use alone."
Aside from the nourishing, moisturizing, hydrating beauty benefits, facial oils continue to gain popularity because they feel and smell amazing! With ingredients like English lavender, rosemary leaf, geranium, orange peel, and rose flower, the aromatherapeutic qualities are calming and satisfying. But it's the silky smooth, super soft finish that converts are raving about. One application, and you're hooked! Thanks to smart and resourceful beauty companies, you no longer have to be among the beauty elite to indulge in the beauty benefits of facial oils. We feel younger already.
Weekly World New, Ancient Beauty Secrets
Wall Street Journal Online, At My Vanity
Discovery Health, Tips to Banish Dry Skin
Webmd, The Skin (Human Anatomy)


text:
Honeywell's feature-rich 6280 Color Graphic Voice Touchscreen Keypad family feature a high-resolution 7" widescreen TFT display that doubles as a digital picture frame. There is a choice of silver and white color schemes, three language options and voice annunciation of alarm conditions. The new intuitive user interface features icons and menus that make system operation easy to navigate. The 6280 uses the same icons as Total ConnectTM 2.0, helping to reduce end-user training and costly false alarms.
The digital picture frame and video viewer features let end-users create slideshows and view home movies on the brilliant, high resolution TFT display. Homeowners can customize the slideshow with family photos, vacation pictures and more.
The choice of two color housings and three languages (ideal for homes with multilingual members) opens up new opportunities and markets that previously were untapped. Silver blends perfectly in stainless steel kitchens and garages. White, a popular classic choice, blends seamlessly with lighter decors.
Honeywell has created a handheld demo (6280WHD) that includes a sales informercial video that highlights the features and end-user benefits of the 6280. The video can be played by simply pressing a button.
*Voice annunciation option in English only.
- High-resolution, 7" widescreen 640 x 480 TFT display
- 16 million colors capability to display vivid images
- Intuitive touchscreen display with icons and menu driven prompts (English only)
- Digital picture frame, slideshow or home movies through standard SD card
- Available in two colors
- Silver: Ideal for kitchens with stainless steel appliances, garages and basements
- White: Blends seamlessly with most lighter decors
- Voice annunciation of type and location of alarm (English only)
- Family message center that lets end-users record and playback messages
- Entry/Exit countdown displayed
- Authorized end-user can easily add or delete user codes
- View zone lists with status
- End-user can quickly and easily bypass zones
- Embedded infomercial video in keypad to help in the sales process
Additional Info
Additional Info
|Part Number
|What's in the box
|(1) Honeywell Color Touch Screen Keypad w/ Voice - Silver
Write Your Own Review
|8.23" W x 5.59" H x 1.13" D
(Standard four-wire connection)
|Black Ground
Red +12VDC (Aux Power)
Green "Data in" to control panel
Yellow "Data out" from control panel
|Current Draw
|Backlight OFF, Sound OFF - 12V, 180mA
Backlight ON, Sound OFF - 12V, 260mA
Backlight ON, Sound ON - 12V, 305mA


text: After Hill's first basket, the sold-out crowd at Cintas Center in Cincinnati went wild. Andy Lyons/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andy Lyons/Getty Images Sports Terminally Ill Player Scores First Basket Of NCAA Season November 3, 2014 College freshman Lauren Hill has a rare form of brain cancer. One of her dying wishes was to play college basketball, and the NCAA allowed a game to be moved up by two weeks so she could. Terminally Ill Player Scores First Basket Of NCAA Season Listen · 2:35 2:35 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/361017197/361069873" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript


text:
Please keep a view on this section for the latest information concerning the forum.
If you are a new member, please introduce yourself here and instantly become a participating member to our forum.
Sit back and kick you shoes off and relax in our Coffee Room.
Discuss the theories around the most mysterious events in history


text:
Festival Antique Car Show, Pompano, FL Nov. 22, 2009Posted on November 22nd, 2009 No comments
Today my wife and I drove up to Pompano, FL to meet our buddy Patrick at the Festival Flea Market Antique Car Show. Man, did they have some nice rides! My favorite had to be the 1960 Imperial Crown, in original Rose Pink, complete with push-button tranny. Colleen really dug the '67 Cobra, and Patrick liked the '64 Lincoln 4 door convertible, mildly pimped with 22″ rims and custom speaker system seamlessly built into the trunk. I can go on and on about the cars, but I know you really just want to see some kool pix so here goes…


text:
- Race:
- German Grand Prix
- Championship:
- FIA Formula One World Championship
- Drivers:
- Fernando Alonso
- |
- Jenson Button
- |
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Circuits:
- Hockenheimring
The German Grand Prix prompted a result similar to that of the European GP, also held in Germany, earlier in the year.
In the European race, Kimi Raikkonen's suspension failure gave victory to Fernando Alonso's Renault. In the German GP, Raikkonen's McLaren suffered a hydraulics failure which gifted the lead - and the win - to Alonso.
"I'm delighted with this win. We knew that the McLarens had the pace but we have been reliable all year. We just need to find more pace now," he said.
Raikkonen led Alonso on lap one, the Spaniard thinking of points and not pushing too hard against the fast but fragile McLaren. All was looking well for the Finn until the car slithered to a halt on lap 36 with the hydraulics dead. That allowed Alonso into the lead where he stayed until the end of the race. Second place fell to Juan Pablo Montoya who had been delayed by Jarno Trulli's Toyota during the race. Trulli's increasing lack of co-operation for quicker cars was exponential to the car's decreasing pace. He copped a drive-through penalty for holding up the Colombian.
Jenson Button took third for Honda suggesting things were on the up, while Giancarlo Fisichella's fourth place helped to extend Renault's advantage in the Constructors' Championship.


text:
First step is to turn on your controller, connect it to your device and turn on your drone. Open the DJI GO App. Once you have a connection, click the top right hand corner to go settings and scroll down and look for advance settings and click it. Look for "Multiple Flight Mode" and enable it.
To access this mode, the drone must be in the air. You need to move the top right switch of your Phantom 3 Standard controller all the way down and you will see an icon on the left hand side of your device that shows that the multiple flight mode is enabled. Click the icon that appears directly to the left, now all you have to do is pick the Intelligent Flight Mode that suits your purpose.


text:
The Ramada D'MA Bangkok Hotel is situated in Pratunam, Bangkok's wholesale fashion and shopping district. Nearby is a lineup of garment bazaars and shopping malls as well as the airport expressway and the Airport Rail Link's Makkasan Station.
Apart from a full range of facilities and deluxe accommodations, the hotel features a beautifully landscaped pool area on the eighth floor, overlooking the city. There is also a fitness facility adjacent to the pool area, as well as a pool side snack bar with free Wi-Fi internet access for the hotel's guests.
The guest rooms are equipped with elegant, quality furnishings and a pleasant decor with a full range of amenities as well as high speed broadband internet access (on request), and are ideal for the business or the leisure guests. Guests can dine onsite at the hotel restaurant, and the hotel also has a lounge.


text:
The women's 5000 meters led off the meet with stellar results. Lipscomb put seven women in the top 10 (out of 47 competitors), three under 18 minutes and eight under 19 minutes. Six of Lipscomb's top seven women ran their all-time personal records in the meet.
Dani Walker led the way, finishing first overall out of 47 competitors in a new school record of 17:47.98, barely edging teammate Tessa Hoefle who finished second in 17:48.18. Both women ran their all-time personal best times, and eclipsed the previous school record of Susan Worden (17:53.46) set in 2006.
Close behind Walker and Hoefle, Catherine Beals broke 18 minutes for the first time in her career, finishing fourth in 17:56.92. Ashley Lehman ran 18:01.66 for fifth place overall. Shelby Marvel ran a career best 18:07.10 for seventh. Rounding out the top 10 in the race, Emily Longden ran a PR of 18:27.95 for ninth place and Missy Dowd dropped about 50 seconds off her all time PR, running 18:33.99 for tenth.
"The weather was great for the women's 5000m," said head coach Bill Taylor. "However, the race didn't go the way we had hoped. No other runners would take the lead or push the pace, so our girls did most of the work. We would have liked it to be a more competitive race.
"That being said, with just 600 meters to go our top girls were on pace to run around 18:08. So they dropped the hammer for that last lap and a half and showed some serious power at the end of the race. It was pretty impressive."
Taylor had been waiting for the 5-K record to fall since he started coaching at Lipscomb.
"It took a bit longer than I would have liked to get it, but now that it has, I expect it will continue to get broken for many years," Taylor said. "I expect it to be in the 16s soon.
"The best thing about this race though was the number of PRs posted. This was also either the first or just the second 5000m of the year for all of these women. I saw some great things from this group today."
Taylor singled out Missy Dowd for her efforts.
"Missy ran so tough and has improved so much in a very short amount of time," Taylor said. "You can't understate how incredible a 50-plus second PR is in one race."
Four other women's school records were set on the day.
Sara Stephens broke her own 400 meters school record from last year. Her time of 56.97 was good enough for second place overall, and was under the previous meet record.
O'Neisha Smith made her collegiate track debut in style, setting a school record in the high jump, with a terrific leap of 5-6. The former Georgia state high school high jump champion has only been training for a week, joining the track team after competing for the Lady Bisons basketball team. Her leap earned her a second place finish out of 22 competitors and she surpassed the previous meet record.
"Sara ran an incredible 400 meters," Taylor said. "It was a complete race.
"O'Neisha did a terrific job in the high jump. She handled the transition so well, and created some more excitement for our team."
In the pole vault, Taylor Mason and Anna Belner became the first Lipscomb women ever to clear a height, both hitting a mark of 2.45m. Taylor and Anna just started learning to vault this year.
The 4x400m relay set the final school record on the day for the women. Katie Bunker, Amanda Twigg, Dani Walker and Sara Stephens broke their own school record of 3:56.83, set last week, with a time of 3:56.19 for third place overall, also under the previous meet record.
One men's record was set on the day; Dillon Seigenthaller in the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 16.37. No previous mark was on record.
Tucker Peabody again led the other top finishes for the men, posting a victory in the men's 100m and a second place finish in the men's 200m. His 100m time of 11.08 was into a headwind. His second place time of 21.82 was his all-time PR and was under the previous meet record.
In the men's 5000m, Isaiah Greer, Tim Muller and Geoff Musick finished fifth, sixth and seventh out of 45 competitors. Isaiah and Tim posted identical times of 15:31.01, while Geoff was just behind in 15:35.81.
Alex Jerkins led the way in the throws with a fifth place shot put finish and an eighth place in the discus.
Jonathan Williams was the top middle distance finisher for the Bisons, finishing fourth in the 800m with a new PR of 1:57.73.
Lipscomb earned a pair of seventh place finishes in the men's jumps, with Adam Austin in the high jump, and Ryan Powell in the long jump.
Bobby Bassett led the team in the men's 400m, posting a sixth place finish in 50.33.
In the women's javelin, Taylor Mason finished fourth of 26 competitors with a toss of 36.96m.
Katie Bunker led the women in the 800 meters, finishing third out of 46 competitors in a time of 2:18.40. Amanda Twigg, Priya Pappu and Alyssa Miller finished fifth through seventh for the Lady Bisons. Amanda and Priya finished fifth and sixth overall out of 48 competitors in the women's 1500 meters earlier.
"We actually struggled a bit in the middle distances," Taylor said. "Maybe my expectations are a bit unrealistic though. We've had so many great marks and performances this indoor and outdoor season, that we start to expect every meet to be incredible."
Taylor stressed that the weather was major factor to overcome.
"It was a tough day too. In the women's 800 meters nobody would push the pace so all our women had to have big negative splits just to get the times they got. Katie, for example, ran a 71 first lap, so she had to go 67 on her second. That's tough to do, especially on a windy and very hot day."
"The wind was significant and the heat waseven more impacting," Taylor said. "You could tell it was taking more and more out of us as the day went on. Unfortunately most of the team has sunburns, so we have to do a better job of coping with the conditions.
"I thought we competed very well, even when the conditions were tough. It's another step in the right direction."
The Bisons and Lady Bisons will compete in the Shamrock Invitational March 17-19 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.


text:
I will soon be heading out for the 2nd annual Arm of Hades guild meet. We had a whole lot of fun at our last meetup and this year we've decided to get together for a whole week. Twenty of us have rented a lodge in Indiana, where we'll be playing Rock Band, board games, golf, drinking a teensy bit and likely doing a whole lot of talking about WoW.
The 10 hour drive begins at 6am. I feel bad for the people I'm travelling with. I am not pleasant in the morning.
So, I'm going to be away from the blog/Twitter for a bit. I do have an awesome guest post lined up and may even squeeze in a post or two of my own depending on the internet situation. It may take me a little longer than normal to approve and respond to comments.
See you in a week!
(and good luck on Ragnaros!)