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She was here for just a moment... and then, at only 24, Tamika Huston was gone. She simply vanished.
Left behind are both her family's anguish and the words of the man who admits killing her.
This collision of two lives came to a terrible end in late May of 2004. Tamika had quit her waitressing job and was looking for something better.
She loved to sing, and even tried out for the TV show "American Idol," and though that didn't work out, Tamika had decided to set her sights beyond the life she was living in Spartanburg, South Carolina. But she lived alone and it was several days before anyone realized they hadn't heard from Tamika in awhile.
Rebkah Howard, Tamika's aunt: She wouldn't just disappear. She knows without question that our entire family would be just, you know, devastated at not being able to find her. And I don't think that she would ever put us through that.
Rebkah Howard sounded the alarm that sent police to Tamika's home, where they found her dog, her cell phone, some uncashed paychecks, but no Tamika.
Howard: It was basically a year-long search for her. Very little clues— it was just heartbreaking.
But while other missing women were featured prominently on national newscasts, Tamika's story was not. That was despite the best efforts of her aunt Rebkah Howard, a Miami-based public relations executive. And so Tamika's case came to be a kind of emblem of what was missing from the national news media, and it sparked a discussion of the role race plays in deciding which news stories to cover, and which to ignore.
When we first brought you the story of Tamika Huston, we told you police had a suspect in her disappearance. But at the time, investigators had no body and no proof that a crime had been committed, and so police asked us not to reveal the identity of the suspect, and we agreed. Now, that investigation is nearing an end, and tonight, we can name the person charged in the murder of Tamika Huston.
His name is Christopher Hampton, a young man who'd been in and out of jail, he apparently began seeing Tamika just a short time before she disappeared. That is why her family members didn't know his name, and couldn't point investigators in his direction.
Spartanburg police lieutenant Steve Lamb had heard from Tamika's friend that she had recently started seeing a guy named Chris. But detectives had no last name.
Spartan Police Lieutenant Steve Lamb: They had only been dating a short period of time, less than a month. In this case, we were fortunate, in the next case, we may not be. But if there is a lead, or a possibility, we try to follow it, and try to find the truth.
An answer to the question of what happened to Tamika would take investigators down a twisting path. A few days after their investigation began, they found her car and in it, a key that didn't fit either the car or Tamika's home. Through a local locksmith, Spartanburg police traced it to an apartment complex, and eventually to the lock on the door of an apartment that, at the time Tamika vanished, had been rented by Christopher Hampton.
Now, add to good police work a piece of good luck: Lt. Lamb went looking for Hampton and found him in the federal lock-up on a parole violation.
Lamb: Christopher Hampton was already in jail, and was going to be in jail until around August. Instead of rushing in this case and going in, signing warrants on him for murder, we had time to prepare, time to build, and time to make a strong case against him.
Inside Hampton's former apartment, on the carpet, was a bloodstain. Tests matched it to Tamika's DNA.
County prosecutor Trey Gowdy: [A case] Being solved and being prosecutable are two different things.
What became significant after the blood evidence was found was the laughably inconsistent stories that the defendant told as to how that stain got there.
First, Hampton told police the stain was tabasco sauce, then said someone had vandalized his place, dumping ketchup and mayonnaise on the carpet. He even volunteered that he'd rented a carpet steamer to clean it up. Even stranger, Hampton made many of these claims in letters he sent to investigators from inside federal detention, long before he was charged in Tamika's disappearance.
Gowdy: He attempted to exonerate himself. That is unusual for folks who are not connected with crimes to write a letter and say, "Hey, by the way, I just wanted you to know I had nothing to do with this crime."
On the day Hampton was to be released from federal custody on his parole violation, Lt. Lamb felt he had enough. Christopher Hampton was arrested and charged with the murder of Tamika Huston.
Hampton led police to Tamika's remains, in a remote, wooded area where he had buried her. He confessed to killing Tamika, but said it was an accident— something he said during a jailhouse interview with Alexander Morrison, a local newspaper reporter.
According to Hampton, he and Tamika had an argument while he was ironing his work uniform.
Hampton: I just got mad. I just, just threw an iron... It happened so fast, I looked, I can't believe it. I was, I just walked out of the room.
He says that when he returned, Tamika was dead.
Reporter: If you could tell her family anything right now, what would that be?
Hampton: To be forgiven. I didn't mean for it to happen.
But Hampton's actions after Tamika's death raise more questions. By his own admission, he hid Tamika's body in his closet. Police also say that very night, Hampton had sex with another girl— just a few feet away from the woman he had just killed.
Howard: So, he has intercourse with the young woman who was actually 15 years old at the time, while Tamika is stuffed in a comforter in his closet. It was just a heinous crime. It was literally our worst fears realized.
Tamika's aunt Rebkah Howard doesn't buy Hampton's story of an accident.
Howard: He said in that interview to the newspaper that he wasn't a monster. I mean, if that's not the actions of a monster, I don't know what is. We have no idea how long Tamika was alive. We don't know if she died instantly. We don't know if she died over the course of the night in his home while he left there on the floor bleeding out, or when he stuffed her in the closet. We'll never know. We'll never know.
Christopher Hampton has pled not guilty. He goes on trial in April.
Tamika Huston's funeral is scheduled for November 5th. Until then, this secluded place where police found her remains is the only memorial for a woman whose family demanded that her story be told... no matter what the ending.
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Meteorologist Dylan Dreyer has a wet and chilly forecast for parts of the U.S. where crews are out trying to restore power lost in a storm almost a week ago.
As efforts continued Saturday to restore power to residents across much of the Midwest and Northeast after an debilitating ice storm, more snow is projected to accumulate Sunday night, officials said.
The new snow will hit weather-battered New England when moist air from the south collides with a cold air from the north Saturday into Sunday, according to the Weather Channel.
But thousands of residents from Michigan to Maine and even into Canada have been without electricity for six days, which forced many to ring in the holidays in the safety of a shelter.
On Saturday evening, an estimated 21,371 were still without power — and while many are just hoping that they won't have to usher in 2014 in the dark, progress was being made.
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A crew works to restore power to a house in Scarborough, Ontario, on Friday.
At the height of the outage on Monday night, 210,000 homes and businesses in Michigan were without power, Brian Wheeler, spokesman for Consumers Energy, told NBC News.
That number had significantly dropped, he said, to 14,905, by Saturday evening. Wheeler anticipated full restoration of power to their customers by the end of Saturday.
A frustrated John Johnson finally was able to borrow a generator from a neighbor Friday.
He "never in a million years" thought his tree-lined city neighborhood near Michigan State University would be without electricity this long. But it could be Sunday or even the middle of next week before his power is back after a weekend ice storm that tore off tree limbs and snuffed out lights.
"Hopefully, I make it through without any frozen pipes until the (utility) gets in here," said Johnson, 63, as he tried setting up the generator to warm up the house above 40 degrees before giving it back to his neighbor.
Tens of thousands of Michigan residents like Johnson are the unlucky ones still waiting. Some have abandoned their homes to stay elsewhere. Others are riding it out, either by choice — not wanting to leave pets or unattended houses — or because they have nowhere else to go.
Their Christmas plans were ruined or inconvenienced, and now their frustration is boiling over. They know the storm was bad and appreciate the around-the-clock efforts of line crews, but in East Lansing, for instance, residents are questioning the response by the local municipal utility.
"Where's the money going? The money we pay in power bills, the money that they spend to cut these trees down to keep the power lines open doesn't seem to really be working, in my mind," said Jon Irvin, 35.
In Maine, emergency officials say the number of power outages have been greatly reduced, but it could be next week before some parts of the state get electricity back, NBC affiliate WCSH reports.
Bangor Hydro Electrical Company said it may be New Years day before all of its customers see their power restored. On Saturday evening, an estimated 6,466 customers remained without power state-wide.
Yet, utility workers across New England are bracing for cold wind and snow on Sunday as they rush to restore power to homes.
Utility company linemen face a dangerous and physical task: Ice can weigh down power lines so much that they break, or tree branches can fall and take the lines with them. So, the linemen must clear some debris, if needed, and then shimmy up slick utility poles to restring lines — using belts and spiked boots.
"You have to take your time. You have to watch what you're doing," said Tony Carone, a 52-year-old lineman for Detroit-based DTE energy, who on Thursday working in Columbiaville. "It's not a good feeling — climbing up an icy pole."
In Surry, Maine, one Bangor Hydro customer approached a line crew and then made a threatening phone call Thursday after learning the crew wasn't working on the circuit necessary to restore his power. The utility temporarily had the crew leave the area until police investigated. No charges will be filed against the man, state police said.
Crime is being reported in isolated areas where families have abandoned their homes.
In Lansing, Mich., police were investigating at least two burglaries at homes where the occupants left after their power went out, according to news reports.
But those incidents appear to be isolated. Police in other parts of Michigan and in Maine said Friday they had no reports of storm-related break-ins.
Major Joel Maatman, with the Ingham County sheriff's office in Michigan, said residents in rural areas — like many hit by the storm — have past experience with bad weather and had generators that allowed them to stay in their homes.
"I've been here since 1975 and I don't remember an ice storm like this," said Maatman, who used a portable generator and wood-burning stove for power and heat. "I live out in the sticks, and you got to have a generator."
But "out-county where there is a lot of farming and open land, I think it's always on every police officer's mind that crime can occur," he added.
Authorities blame last weekend's storm for 17 deaths in the U.S. and 10 in Canada. At least five of those deaths have been initially attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning related to using generators.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Getting Fired 101, The Ohio Teacher's Edition: Go Full Racist On Facebook
from the how-does-this-guy-qualify-to-educate-children? deptThis is the week of All Hallows' Eve, when the near-entirety of a mostly staunchly monotheistic religious nation encourage their children to partake in a pagan ritual, because American hypocrisy is as endless as the ether to which it disbands. And, if you're David Spondike, it's all fun and games until some brown-skinned person urinates on a telephone pole. Then it's time for a fun little Confederate rant on Facebook.
I don't mind if you come to my neighborhood from the ghetto to trick-or-treat. But when you whip out your teeny dicks and piss on the telephone pole in front of my yard and a bunch of preschoolers and toddlers, you can take your nigger-ass back where it came from. I don't have anything against anyone of any color, but niggers, stay out!Don't read that last line more than three times out loud, or your brain might just implode for uttering anything so stupidly self-contradictory. As I mentioned, Spondike is a high school teacher in Akron, where the majority of the student body is African American. In other words, he extra can't get away with saying something so racist and stupid.
Wait, did I say racist? Sorry, here's Spondike with a follow up to tell me why it wasn't a racist thing to say.
"Racism" implies prejudging, which is clearly not what happened here. Making any excuse for allowing one race to use a word and condemning another race for using the same word is institutionalized racism in and of itself, regardless of the justification used.Yup, he's one of "those guys" who thinks simply using a racially charged term against a minority in anger isn't racist so long as you just say it isn't. Also, apparently there's this idea floating around some of my fellow white folks' brains that if it isn't okay for us to use racist terms then obviously it shouldn't be okay for the target of those words to use them either. A bit of advice: stop thinking that, because it's stupid. You can argue that if you want, but you apparently don't understand the history of word-adoption as an empowerment structure. Oh, and advocating that would put you squarely on the side of Spondike, meaning this guy:
Spondike also has a track record when it comes to disciplinary action brought against him at the school. In 2000, he was reprimanded for throwing a chair against a classroom wall, and using strong profanity against students. A year later, he was disciplined for spitting on the floor after a student in his class fell asleep. And in 2007, he was accused of physically abusing a middle school student, an allegation that was found to be unsubstantiated after investigation by the district and Akron police.Here's to hoping he never works in a school system again.
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Prostate brachytherapy
Brachytherapy is a procedure to implant radioactive seeds (pellets) into the prostate gland to kill prostate cancer cells. The seeds may give off high or low amounts of radiation.
Alternative Names
Implant therapy - prostate cancer; Radioactive seed placement; Internal radiation therapy - prostate; High dose radiation (HDR)
Brachytherapy takes 30 minutes or more, depending on the type of therapy you have. Before the procedure, you will be given medicine so that you do not feel pain. You may receive:
- A sedative to make you drowsy and numbing medicine on your perineum. This is the area between the anus and scrotum.
- Anesthesia: With spinal anesthesia, you will be drowsy but awake, and numb below the waist. With general anesthesia, you will be asleep and pain free.
After you receive anesthesia:
- The doctor places an ultrasound probe into your rectum to view the area. The probe is like a camera connected to a video monitor in the room. A catheter (tube) may be placed in your bladder to drain urine.
- The doctor uses ultrasound or a CT scan to plan and then place the seeds that deliver radiation into your prostate. The seeds are placed with needles or special applicators through your perineum.
- Placing the seeds may hurt a little (if you are awake).
Types of brachytherapy:
- Low-dose rate brachytherapy is the most common type of treatment. The seeds stay inside your prostate and put out a small amount of radiation for several months. You go about your normal routine with the seeds in place.
- High-dose rate brachytherapy lasts about 30 minutes. Your doctor inserts the radioactive material into the prostate. The doctor may use a computerized robot to do this. The radioactive material is removed right away after treatment. This method often requires 2 treatments spaced 1 week apart.
Why the Procedure Is Performed
Brachytherapy is often used for men with a small prostate cancer that is found early and is slow-growing. Brachytherapy has fewer complications and side effects than standard radiation therapy. You will also need fewer visits with the health care provider.
Risks of any anesthesia are:
- Allergic reactions to medicines
- Breathing problems
Risks of any surgery are:
- Bleeding
- Infection
Risks of this procedure are:
- Impotence
- Difficulty emptying your bladder, and the need to use a catheter
- Rectal urgency, or the feeling that you need to have a bowel movement right away
- Skin irritation in your rectum or bleeding from your rectum
- Other urinary problems
- Ulcers (sores) or a fistula (abnormal passage) in the rectum, scarring and narrowing of the urethra (all of these are rare)
Before the Procedure
Tell your provider what medicines you are taking. These include medicines, supplements, or herbs you bought without a prescription.
Before this procedure:
- You may need to have ultrasounds, x-rays, or CT scans to prepare for the procedure.
- Several days before the procedure, you may be told to stop taking medicines that make it hard for your blood to clot. These medicines include aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil), clopidogrel (Plavix), and warfarin (Coumadin).
- Ask which medicines you should still take on the day of the surgery.
- If you smoke, try to stop. Your provider can help.
On the day of the procedure:
- You will likely be asked not to drink or eat anything for several hours before the procedure.
- Take the medicines you've been told to take with a small sip of water.
- You will be told when to arrive at the hospital. Be sure to arrive on time.
After the Procedure
You may be sleepy and have mild pain and tenderness after the procedure.
After an outpatient procedure, you can go home as soon as the anesthesia wears off. In rare cases, you will need to spend 1 to 2 days in the hospital. If you stay in the hospital, your visitors will need to follow special radiation safety precautions.
If you have a permanent implant, your provider may tell you to limit the amount of time you spend around children and women who are pregnant. After a few weeks to months, the radiation is gone and will not cause any harm. Because of this, there is no need to take out the seeds.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Most men with small, slow-growing prostate cancer remain cancer-free or their cancer is in good control for many years after this treatment. Urinary and rectal symptoms may last for months or years.
D'Amico AV, Nguyen PL, Crook JM, et al. Radiation therapy for prostate cancer. In: Wein AJ, Kavoussi LR, Partin AW, Peters CA, eds. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 116.
Nelson WG, Carter HB, DeWeese TL, Antonarakis ES, Eisenberger MA. Prostate cancer. In: Niederhuber JE, Armitage JO, Doroshow JH, Kastan MB, Tepper JE, eds. Abeloff's Clinical Oncology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2014:chap 84.
Review Date:2/21/2017
Reviewed By:Jennifer Sobol, DO, urologist with the Michigan Institute of Urology, West Bloomfield, MI. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
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The Next Big Battle: Cable TV vs. The Internet
from the grab-some-popcorn deptLeading up to the New Year, I was inundated with submissions about the supposed "battle" between Time Warner Cable and Fox over fees. The quick background is that Fox wanted to get a cut ($1/subscriber) from Time Warner Cable and TWC claimed it wanted to fight it. Neither side was being particularly honest about what was going on, with TWC launching a hilarious website asking consumers to "vote" on whether it should "roll over" or "get tough" and if you voted for it to roll over, it told you that you were wrong, and asked you if you wanted to change your vote. I didn't write about the whole thing because it was an exact replica of what happened a year ago in a similar dispute -- and, just like in that dispute, the parties settled up just in time to keep Fox from being deleted from TWC's lineup. Of course, at the same moment, TWC also raised its rates. Of course, this was exactly what everyone expected all along, and TWC knew exactly what it was doing. Now it can blame the rate increase on News Corp., even though it had planned to do that all along. Other similar disputes will likely be settled in short order as well.
Of course, I find it amusing that the at the same time that content providers are arguing for service providers to pay them to carry their content on TV, those same service providers are suggesting that content providers should pay in the other direction on the internet. All the "net neutrality" battles are about the very same TV providers using their broadband divisions to claim that content providers should pay the broadband providers more to "carry" their services to users. It's just two sides of the same coin.
Still, the more interesting battle may be shaping up elsewhere. Some consumer groups are asking the Justice Department to investigate cable companies for their "TV Everywhere" effort, which they claim is almost certainly an antitrust violation of collusion to keep certain content from going on the internet. Not surprisingly, the cable industry and their lobbyists have hit back hard, claiming that the whole thing is ridiculous.
To be honest, I think it's a bit early to worry about collusion here. From everything we've seen so far, the cable industry is doing a pretty good job screwing up TV Everywhere on their own, so it's not like it's a huge problem yet. They're trying to turn the internet into cable TV with extra ads. Like the recording industry's many attempts to create their own online efforts, it looks like they're hamstrung by their own legacy view of the world. That isn't to say that there may not be an issue eventually, but it does seem a bit early to be ringing the alarm bells.
There's no doubt at all that the cable companies view "TV Everywhere" as an attempt to keep people from ditching their cable TV accounts and going internet-only. But if those efforts are stymied by terrible execution and implementation it won't do much good. People are already learning how they can watch TV over the internet (without a cable or satellite subscription) and if the cable companies really succeed in blocking TV content from going online in other ways, people will simply route around those blocks and get the content in an unauthorized manner. We've seen this game before, and it doesn't end well for the companies pretending to be gatekeepers. But that doesn't mean the Justice Department should be wasting money investigating them just yet.
Either way, both of these stories suggest a prime battleground for the next year: as the old TV businesses come to grips with the internet (finally). Just like other parts of the entertainment industry, it will be messy and annoying -- and incumbent players are going to make a lot of really stupid mistakes. But, in the end, we should start to get some pretty cool stuff out of it -- though, most likely not directly from the incumbent players, but from the upstarts and innovators on the margins.
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Secret Partner
And Apple appears to own the patents around this technology, though it seems a patent has yet to be formally issued. Some of the technology appears to have come from a company called Fingerworks, which was founded by two former University of Delaware professors and ceased operations in June, 2005. The founders may now be working with Apple, Reitzes says. Both Apple and Fingerworks are defendants in a patent lawsuit brought in January by Quantum Technology Management, a British outfit that says it owns a patent on "capacitive field sensing" that's being infringed by the two companies.


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Ground Beef
Lean, tasty ground beef for making your own patties, meatloaf, chili, or favorite dish. Extraordinary flavor and texture.
"This ground beef is the best I've ever tasted. It makes for the perfect grilled hamburger slathered with grilled onions and a slice of sharp cheddar." - Lora Zarubin, Home & Garden Magazine LMR Grass-fed Highland Beef comes in clearly marked see-through vacuum packs, Each box contains approximately 4 lbs of beef. You must select a minimum of three Ground Beef boxes (required to maintain temperature in shipment) or you can mix and match cuts using the Custom Beef Pack.
LMR Grass-fed Highland Beef is packed with dry ice in an insulated returnable shipping container. When unpacked, simply call FedEx and send the box back to us at no cost to you.
Recipes and cooking instructions included.
Long Meadow Ranch Grass-fed Highland Beef is produced from animals that have been fed exclusively on a diet of grass and were raised and prepared according to the standards of the Quality Highland Beef Program of the American Highland Cattle Association:
1. The animals are purebred Highland steers, heifers or bulls
2. The animals have been raised and handled in a humane manner.
3. No added hormones, anabolic steroids or sub therapeutic feed antibiotics have been applied/fed to the animal.
4. The animals will be slaughtered between 14 and 36 months of age.
5. The minimum live weight requirement is 900 pounds and minimum carcass weight is 450 pounds.
6. The carcasses will hang a minimum of 14 days, or longer depending upon back fat.
7. Each animal gains 1.5 pounds per day during the final 90 days of finishing.


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Would you date a guy who refused to let you take a bite of his dessert? I wouldn't.
ICYMI: At last week's Pacers-Magic game, the jumbotron cam caught a dude, Jake Moran, who refused to give his girlfriend, Georgia Arnett, a bite of his (amazing looking) ice cream. Naturally, the slight gathered a ton of attention, prompting Blue Bell ice cream company to gift Arnett a year's supply so she'll never have to be dissed again—which she says she plans to share with Moran. (Because she's a decent human being.)
The couple appeared on Good Morning America this morning to chat about the incident, with Moran defending his decision to keep his sweet treat to himself.
"I didn't want her to have my ice cream," he said. Okaaaaay...
On the one hand, an ice cream cone is kind of a gross thing to share—imagine if someone just, like, licked your sandwich, then put it back on your plate. But, when you're in a relationship and your tongues have been in each other's mouths—not to mention many other places–there shouldn't be an issue.
Besides, sharing food with your significant other is kind of something you just have to do—and, I would argue, it's something you should want to do, too. While it's annoying to have someone constantly eat off your plate, allowing someone to grab a forkful, or a lick, in this case, is not just an obligation, it can be a sexy way to share something delicious.
As we all learned in elementary school, sharing is caring. When dude refuses to share something yummy with you, it's bit of a red flag: If a guy doesn't share his ice cream, in what other ways is he less than giving?
Check out the video below to see the couple chat about the incident:
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ATLANTA - Utility regulators asked AGL Resources Inc. on Thursday to consider gradually phasing in a proposed fee that will allow it to collect $275 million from customers to replace aging and potentially brittle plastic pipelines.
Company executives say an intensive program to replace pipes rather than a smaller piece-by-piece effort lowers the chance of a major pipeline failure and allows the utility to get cheaper prices on piping and labor. A consumer advocacy group and one former regulator have questioned whether the company has shown enough evidence to justify so large a program and asked why all customers pay the same program costs, regardless of how much gas they use.
Under a tentative deal, AGL Resources would charge its customers $1.29 per month to start replacing some 756 miles of the oldest plastic pipeline. Like many gas companies, AGL Resources started using plastic pipes in the 1960s because they were cheaper than metal pipes, easier to install and less susceptible to corrosion. However, several failures nationally showed early plastic pipes could become brittle over time and crack.
Public Service Commissioner Doug Everett asked the company to consider phasing in the proposed charges instead of assessing a flat fee. Under that plan, company officials said the fee would start at 49 cents per month and eventually grow to $1.45.
Commissioner Stan Wise said he wanted the agreement to clarify that AGL could start replacing 756 miles composed mostly of the oldest plastic piping, but he wanted the company to offer more information before the state allows the replacement of nearly 2,600 miles more.
A vote on the plan is expected next month.
Since Georgia deregulated its natural gas market, AGL Resources serves as the monopoly that owns the distribution pipelines. Companies that sell gas over the system bill customers for the cost of using those pipelines. AGL is on the verge of completing a program to swap out bare steel and cast iron pipes, some of which were decades old, decayed and prone to leaks.


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Forty Under 40
Kara Lewis, 38
President, Winslow Asset Management
Kara Lewis' boss needn't exaggerate what she has managed to do. Ms. Lewis, he explains, has ascended to firm president by age 38, all the while raising four children under the age of 12.
"It ain't easy, and she does it very well," said Gerry Goldberg, chairman of Winslow Asset Management Inc. in Beachwood. "She's clearly able to multitask. I don't have to embellish that."
Prime example: Mr. Goldberg and Ms. Lewis actually concluded negotiations for her Winslow Asset job while she was on bed rest five years ago, pregnant with her third child, baby monitors on her belly.
"The doctors and nurses were floored," Ms. Lewis remembered.
A native of Kent and a 1995 graduate of Denison University, Ms. Lewis was promoted to president of Winslow Asset in late 2008. She has been instrumental in the money management firm's growth, Mr. Goldberg said, because she's built a network of consultants that refer institutional business to it.
The firm, which today counts $500 million in assets under management, directly manages assets for institutional and high-net-worth clients. Its institutional clients grew the most after Ms. Lewis joined the firm.
Her given goal was to get the word out to institutional consultants, some of whom she'd built relationships with during her six years with Oak Associates in Akron. Institutional consultants use "menus" to select money managers for institutional clients.
Winslow Asset's number of institutional clients has increased considerably.
"Her achievements and her maturity are beyond her years," Mr. Goldberg said.
She recently joined the Akron Children's Hospital Foundation Board, an involvement rooted in the premature birth of her third child, Cooper. "You would never know," she says of her now 5-year-old son.
And growing up riding horses, she also is serving a three-year term on the finance committee for the American Quarter Horse Association, helping to oversee management of a $100 million foundation and pension plan.


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Beware of hot models ahead.
In advertising, it seems the prettier the face or better looking the celebrity, the more they can help your product sell.
But in the minds of female consumers, new research suggests, where exactly that awesome face appears could do harm to your new-and-improved widget.
A study at the U.K.'s University of Warwick has found a subtle system in using beautiful people in advertisements.
And in-your-face just doesn't work, they point out, after testing consumer reactions to models in ads.
The researchers found close-up shots of pretty bodies turn off female consumers, while their subtle use — while still provoking negative thoughts from buyers — can turn the right wheels and lead to a sale.
"We find that if the idealized image is used subtly, viewers self-perceptions are negative but they respond more positively to the females featured in the ads and to the brand," Dr. Tamara Ansons, a researcher at the business school, told QMI Agency.
But when an image is front and centre, female consumers — men were not studied — thought more of themselves by finding faults with the model or belittling the celebrity.
"We argue that when the attractive image is blatant, viewers experience a threat, which they combat by denigrating the model, and this spills over to the brand as well," said Ansons, who believes men would likely react the same when seeing a buff male model.
"Based on our findings, I'd recommend that companies use attractive models cautiously in ads."


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Warring factions sink Boehner plan
In the end, it wasn't only hard-line GOP conservatives that sank Speaker John Boehner's plan to reopen the federal government and lift the $16.7 trillion debt limit.
The Ohio Republican, battered from three years of intra-party battles, was caught between at least three different GOP factions as he tried to craft a compromise agreement: Republicans who didn't want to slash government health care contributions for Capitol Hill aides, members who thought repealing the medical device tax was a giveaway to corporate America and conservatives, who thought Republican leaders were too soft on Obamacare.
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Boehner was unable to craft a deal that would satisfy all of the groups, forcing him to shelve his plan and show the world — again — just how hard it is for him to rule the raucous House Republican Conference.
No amount of political gymnastics would help him reach the crucial 217 vote-level to send a bill to the Senate. GOP aides said that Boehner was — at a minimum — 20 to 30 votes short of the target.
( QUIZ: How well do you know John Boehner?)
So a day that had started with some promise for Boehner ended in disaster. It put Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in prime position to strike a deal to solve Washington's fiscal crisis. And it all but ensures that the shutdown he started — and the unprecedented debt default he risked — will end on someone else's terms.
The real question for Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is what comes next. Do they have to show more opposition by amending the bill, and continuing the grind of a multiweek shutdown and debt default crisis? Or can they simply put a Senate-passed compromise on the floor, saying the fight is over? That would almost certainly involve relying on a hefty number of Democrats to ensure passage.
Boehner, Cantor and McCarthy face an ongoing dilemma: The House GOP Conference is like a balloon. Squeeze it one place, and a problem pops out somewhere else.
( PHOTOS: 25 great shutdown quotes)
They have few, if any, tools to discipline conservative and tea party affiliated members. And they never whipped today's proposal, assuming they could round up the votes for it without doing so.
Boehner's closest allies say they doubt he can afford another round of back-and-forth with his conference. They think this battle is over.
Tuesday showed the inability of House Republicans to choose a plan, and stick to it.
After singing the hymn "Amazing Grace" at a closed Republican meeting, Boehner, Cantor and McCarthy announced they would push a bill funding government operations through Jan. 15, and raise the debt ceiling through early February, while delaying the medical device tax in Obamacare and forcing the Obama administration to verify the income of those who receive subsidies under the health care law. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) urged Republicans to vote yes. Boehner, after the meeting, said nothing was settled in the plan, but vowed to avoid default.
( Also on POLITICO: Senate leaders finalizing deal)
"I have made clear for months and months that the idea of default is wrong," Boehner said. "And we shouldn't get anywhere close to it."
But the plan quickly ran into opposition from GOP conservatives, who wanted the government funding portion to run through mid-December, leaving them time to fight it out over Obamacare's individual mandate and the requirement that employers provide birth control.
So Boehner and the other leaders changed that CR date, and thought they could move forward. But then Boehner found himself juggling other demands.


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- Each napkin measures 6" x 6" and is made of white linen.
- Equally suited for both casual and formal dining, our napkins exude class and will dress up any cocktail party.


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UBS Social Innovators Program 2016
The UBS Social Innovators Program aims at selecting and supporting social entrepreneurs, who deliver innovative solutions to society's most pressing challenges at the national and international level.
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Sasha Kramer
Sasha Kramer – 2006 Ashoka Fellow and founder of SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods) – is working to promote dignity, health, and sustainable livelihoods through the use of ecological sanitation in Haïti.
Juan Pablo Larenas
Juan Pablo Larenas – founder of Sistema B - is taking the American B Corporation label to Latin America, in order to promote collaboration between businesses, government and civil society towards social innovation in Chile.
Peter Bloom
Peter Bloom – founder of Rhizomatica - is setting up mobile phone networks in rural areas of Mexico, to provide communities with cheaper and better quality telecommunication services than mainstream operators.
Carlos Atencio
Carlos Atencio – founder of Fundación Medicina Familiar – is responding to the failing healthcare system in Venezuela by introducing a new model of care, based on family practice medicine, and centered on community responsibility and participation.
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Emily Stone –founder of Maya Mountain Cacao (MMC) – is connecting the small indigenous Maya farmers in Belize and Guatemala with the ultra-premium chocolate industry.
Ashoka Visits Atlanta
Recently, the Kauffman Foundation ranked Atlanta as a top 10 US city for entrepreneurial activity and Forbes named it one of the best cities for female founders (1/3 of businesses are owned by women). We believe it is a hotbed for changemaking activity, and so we decided to visit and find out for ourselves.
US Social Innovation: Let's Redraw the Map
The next chapter of social entrepreneurship in this country should focus on helping social entrepreneurship thrive everywhere. That means building vibrant local support networks so that an early-stage entrepreneur in Detroit is just as likely as one in San Francisco to get the critical boost she needs. That means redrawing the social innovation map in the US...


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Not sure if this is old news but its new to me.
Set in year modern day (just like BF2, ed.)
Will ship with 8 maps, each supporting up to 40-players per team
Two playable factions, NATO and MEC (Middle Eastern Coalition)
Same ticket-based gameplay style as before
Maps are mostly urban, based in Middle East
Squads and Commanders are present, introduced are Battalions which consist of three to four squads.
Five playable classes; Sniper, Assault, Engineer, Medic and Support
Will feature 48 different vehicles (24 for each faction)
Will feature 34 different weapons (17 for each faction) and another 22 unlocks (for both factions), in total 56 different weapons.
Other unlocks include different types of ammunition, body armor, helmets, camouflage and accessories.


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The Grandmaster Trailer (2013)
Trailer for The Grandmaster.
With martial arts getting more popular in the Thirties, more people seek to learn them via the professionals at Foshan in Southern China. Some of the experienced masters like to challenge their counterparts and undergoing battles. To have their whole concentration, it is their practice to lock up the venues and no one is allowed to leave during battles. No food and no rest before reaching any results. Ip Man is a young rich man extremely talented in martial arts, but he chooses to keep a low profile. Yet this doesn't keep him out of these troubles ahead. One day he is trapped in this battleground so he has to use every means in order to get out of there. The masters are amazed by his abilities. Master Kung and his daughter Kung Yi are amongst, and the latter is attracted to this newcomer. A high warlord is assassinated by his own guard Yi Xian Tian. All masters in Foshan vow to take Tian down no matter what.
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February 01, 2013
Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai
The Weinstein Company
January 8, 2013
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Zhang Ziyi
Chang Chen
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A physician practicing in Rhode Island hospitals has been reprimanded by state regulators after she inadvertently identified a patient through a Facebook post.
Rhode Island's medical licensing board has also ordered Dr. Alexandra Thran to pay a $500 administrative fee and attend a continuing education course.
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The board said Monday that the 48-year-old physician wrote on Facebook about some of her clinical experiences at Westerly Hospital, without using patient names or intending to reveal patient information.
But, the board says, one patient's injuries were such that an unidentified third party was able to identify the person. It says Westerly Hospital terminated Thran's clinical privileges after the incident. A spokesman for Kent Hospital says Thran currently works there.
An attorney representing Thran did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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A vibrant city with a promising future and a rich past, Philadelphia has an abundance of history, culture, and recreation. Home to a number of prestigious universities — including the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and Temple University — the city provides its residents with a strong academic community. Moreover, Philadelphia's location in the east coast's "Biotechnology Corridor," which includes numerous biomedical and pharmaceutical companies, allows for collaboration on cutting-edge research and great potential for professional development.
But life in Philadelphia isn't all work: Philly provides its residents with many entertainment opportunities. In addition to its popular professionals sports teams — the Eagles, Phillies, 76ers and Flyers — the city is home to a thriving community of artists and musicians and world-class cultural institutions, such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia also boasts the largest urban park in the world, Fairmount Park, which maintains more than 100 miles of trails for running, cycling and riding. And for those interested in the city's past, tours through Old City visit numerous historical landmarks, such as the Betsy Ross House, the Liberty Bell, and Independence Hall.
While the city has 1.4 million residents, making it the sixth largest city in the United States, it is small enough to feel like home. This is due in part to the large number of communities that comprise Philadelphia's "city of neighborhoods." Each neighborhood has its own distinct feel and unique benefits, and a wide range of housing options is available throughout the city and suburbs.
Finding a Home and Getting Around
Looking for a place to live can be difficult, especially when you are unfamiliar with your new home town. Fortunately, Visit Philly's neighborhoods page offers a wealth of information about Philadelphia's neighborhoods, from University City (home to Children's Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania) to Fairmount to Queen Village.
For an overview of the city's real estate, see Trulia. And to see apartment listings, map-based sources like Padmapper and ApartmentList can be invaluable. If you're looking for temporary housing, consider the options presented on the University of Pennsylvania Off-campus Living Web site. The International House additionally provides students, scholars and interns with the chance to live in a multicultural atmosphere near Children's Hospital. In addition, the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians provides valuable information for those relocating internationally.
Many Children's Hospital employees choose to live outside the city in the suburbs. With the accessibility of Children's Hospital via public transportation, commuting from areas outside of Philly is easy and affordable. In addition, limited parking is available in the Hospital parking lots for a monthly fee.
Though one can easily drive, bike, or walk in and around Philadelphia, many Children's Hospital employees rely on public transportation. Philadelphia's Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, public transportation includes multiple bus routes, trolleys, regional rail lines, and local rail lines. For more information, visit the SEPTA Web site. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides a transit benefit assistance plan, which is valuable for those who frequently use local and regional public transportation.
To learn more about visiting and living in Philadelphia, see Visit Philly, the official visitor site for the city, or the Hospital's webpage.


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Troy Percival to Sign Angels Minor League Contract — and Then Retire
Troy Percival pitches for Lake Elsinore on a rehab assignment in August 2000.
MLB.com reports that Troy Percival will sign a minor league contract Monday with the Angels — and then retire, so he can end his career as an Angel.
Percival is currently a special assignment pitching instructor for the Angels. A resident of nearby Riverside, California, expect to see Troy at Rancho Cucamonga quite often this year.


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A field update from the ALDAW Network (Ancestral Land/Domain Watch)
Between July and September 2009, a mission organized by the Philippines-based Ancestral Land/Domain Watch (ALDAW) and the Centre for Biocultural Diversity (CBCD) at the University of Kent traveled to Southern Palawan in the Philippines. The mission was led by Dr. Dario Novellino (CBCD researcher and CEESP member). Palawan is part of the "Man and Biosphere Reserve" program of UNESCO and hosts 49 animals and 56 botanical species found in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The mission's actual 'matching' of collected GPS data to photographs shows that the Mineral Production Sharing Agreements (MPSA) of two mining firms [MacroAsia and Celestial Nickel Mining and Exploration Corporation (CNMEC) now operated by Ipilan Nickel Corporation (INC)] in the Mt. Gantong (a remarkable biodiversity hotspot) overlap with precious watersheds endowed with creeks and springs providing potable water to the local indigenous communities and lowland farmers. More importantly, under the ECAN Guidelines of the Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan (Republic Act 7611), such areas are part of the so called "core zones" of maximum protection where industrial extractive activities are not allowed. At an altitude of about 500m ASL the mission reached indigenous settlements inhabited by very traditional Palawan having limited contacts with the outside. Their sustenance totally depends on the available forest resources, and it consists of a heterogeneous economy where sustainable swidden cultivation is integrated with foraging and the collection of non-timber forest products (NTFPs). Overall, the mission moved from an elevation of a few meters ASL to an altitude of about 670m ASL, where one of the furthermost Palawan settlements is located. The geo-tagged images were then loaded into 'Photo GPS Editor' and displayed on satellite Google map.
All upland Palawan interviewed during the ALDAW/CBCD mission have declared that they have never been consulted about the entrance of mining companies in their traditional territories. According to indigenous representatives, the Palawan branch of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) – the government body mandated to 'protect and promote the interest and well-being of cultural communities' – is now siding with the mining companies.
On August 2009, the mission proceeded further south to the Bulanjao range, in the Municipality of Bataraza. Geo-referenced visual documentation was carried out in this ecologically diverse mountainous area whose vegetation consists of a unique type of forest growing on ultramafic/heavy-metal rich soils. The area is home to at least four plant species that are classified as vulnerable and two of them have already been included in the IUCN Red List. In spite of its unique ecological features, the Bulanjao range has been subjected to mineral exploration and development by the Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation (RTNMC). RTNMC is a Filipino-Japanese partnership holding a mining concession area of about 5,265 hectares. RTNMC and its partner, Coral Bay Nickel Corporation (CBNC) need to mine nickel ores as part of the expansion of their new Hydrometallurgical Processing Plant (HPP) project. However, one the conditions specified in the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) issued to them in 2002, is that "core zones" should not be included in the areas of mining operations and, this, of course includes the Bulanjao range.
Starting at an elevation of about 40m ASL, the ALDAW/CBCD mission followed the mining road to reach the highest portions of the Bulanjao range. Geo-tagging evidence indicates that erosion on the mining road, criss-crossing the mountain range, is occurring also at low elevations. During the rainy season the water creates deep clefts on the roadsides, hence penetrating the soil and fostering road collapse. No mitigating measures have been put into place to reduce erosion. A huge crater-like excavation has been found at 566m ASL. and land slides, induced by road construction, have been documented around the sources of the Sumbiling river, at almost 900m ASL. The latter is the most important water source for both lowland farmers and indigenous communities. Marylin Samparan , a local IP living in the area told the mission: "time will come when our children will no longer recognize the names of trees, the footprints of animals, the birds' songs. This will be the time when the forest will be gone, the mining companies will be gone, the rivers will no longer flow…and us? We will still be here". On 15 August 2009, the mining road had already reached an altitude of 859m ASL – and its location was determined through the following GPS coordinates (+ 8.59322548 N Latitude and + 117.36516571 E Longitude). Mission findings have now been compiled into two geo-tagged reports that can be downloaded through the following links:
- http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/palawan
- http://www.alyansatigilmina.net/content/story/january2010/geo-tagging-technology-reveals-mining-threats-palawan#attachments
- http://www.iapad.org/bibliography.htm
CEESP members are highly encouraged to support the ALDAW/Survival International Campaign for Palawan (Philippines' last ecological frontier) and the rights of its indigenous inhabitants. Please contact Artiso Mandawa, ALDAW 'national campaign coordinator' ([email protected]) to request a copy of the 'concern letter' to be sent to selected political figures in the Philippines. Posted letters (via 'snail mail') have shown to have an impact on Philippines' authorities, while e-mails are generally dismissed. Therefore, if possible, we suggest sending letters through post. Alternatively, for those who are unable to send their communication via regular mail, an 'action letter' can be sent electronically through the Palawan webpage of Survival International.


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[ncc-announce] Reminder: RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Moscow, 2-3 October 2007
Paul Rendek meeting at ripe.net
Mon Aug 20 15:14:26 CEST 2007
[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] Dear Colleagues, The next RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will be held from 2-3 October 2007 at the Marriott Grand Hotel in Moscow. Presentations on region-specific issues play a central part in the meeting agenda. Attendees will also be able to meet with RIPE NCC staff and the region's key industry players. Registration ------------ This meeting is free although you must register to attend. You can register online at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration/meeting.html?id=44 Presentations and Meeting Agenda -------------------------------- The presentations at this meeting are based on what you think are the most important topics for your region. The agenda (see below) has several slots reserved for presentations on issues affecting the local Internet community. We need your help to complete it. If you have ideas for presentations, please submit a proposal to <meeting at ripe.net>. Presentations can be given in English or Russian. Simultaneous translation between both languages is provided during the meeting. The preliminary meeting agenda is available at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/moscow-2007/agenda.html The agenda will be updated when presenters and topics are confirmed. Meeting Venue ------------- RIPE NCC Regional Meeting attendees who would like to stay at the Marriott Grand Hotel can take advantage of a reduced room rate. For more information and the online reservation form, go to: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/moscow-2007/venue.html Further Information ------------------- More information about the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Moscow is available at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/moscow-2007/index.html If you have any questions, please e-mail <meeting at ripe.net>. Regards, Paul Rendek Head of Member Services & Communications RIPE NCC


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Coaching Corner
Motivating players
The idea behind motivating your players is to find ways to eliminate any blocks they might have in performing to the best of their ability.
Ideally all your players should be fully motivated in every game they play, but this is not always the case. It is the coach's job to find ways to free the players' minds and unlock any negative, restricting beliefs that may be affecting their motivation and performance.
Typical things to look for in your players that may be effecting their motivation and performance:
- Anxiety
- Low confidence
- Shyness
- Fear
- Being over-hyped
- Aggressiveness
All of these blocks can seriously affect a player's performance. It is the coach's job to find ways to neutralise these fears and establish a more positive frame of mind.
Essentially, a lack in confidence can underlie all of these blocks and therefore it is imperative that the coach projects a confident and strong, yet caring, image on a consistent basis.
If the coach feels a player may be having problems off the pitch then a discrete conversation with the player's friends/parents/teammates can be an effective way of establishing what is wrong before approaching the player.
Make sure this is done in a caring and casual way as the player will feel extremely uneasy if he thinks that you are snooping behind his back.
A caring and discrete chat in private with a player like this will make a dramatic effect on his/her confidence and will hopefully motivate the player to perform as he/she knows that they are important enough to be talked to in such a manner.
All of these negative blocks can creep into your players for a variety of reasons.
Below are 3 circumstances that can cause different motivational problems to arise and ways to deal with them.
When on a losing streak
A negative run of results will inevitably affect your players' confidence, so it is essential that you remain calm and focused. In essence, whatever state of mind you wish your players to adopt you must present yourself.
It is no good getting upset and angry with the players as this will only heap more pressure on them. Mistakes creep into players' games when they are fearful and unsure of their ability, which is what can happen when on a losing streak.
It is important to show support and belief in your players and assure them, with confidence, that if they keep doing what they are good at then results will change and improve.
You can even go through the team individually and tell them what they are good at and what you expect from them on a match day. This simplifies things for players and gets them focused on what they are good at and stops any negative thoughts creeping in.
When on a winning streak
When faced with a winning streak there are different things to look out for. Complacency may creep into some players' games - this is something you can look out for in training and match days.
It is important that as soon as you see this sort of attitude creeping in, you stamp it out by giving the players a good jolt or talking to. This will get your players concentrating again as they will realise that you are not getting carried away but are firmly focusing on the job in hand.
Other players may become jaded and tired due to the pressures of flying high and the expectancy to win. If performing poorly, these players can be rested as this will give them time out to regain their motivation and develop a stronger will to get back into the team and keep their slot.
When placed mid-table with nothing to play for
This is a difficult position to be in as a coach as the players have nothing to play for and there is a decreased level of motivation throughout. The team will often find it hard-going against the more motivated teams below them and risk losing these games because of this.
A good idea as coach is to motivate the players by looking to next season and trying out new ideas to get the players thinking. They should realise that they have to perform in order to be in your plans for next season. You can try players out in different positions or implement new systems of play or even bring in a new player to keep everyone on their toes.
Always get across to the players that pride in their own performance is important and that keeping their own personal standards high is an attribute that is respected by yourself, as coach, and also by their fellow team mates.
The idea of being respected for their efforts is a massive motivational tool as this is essentially what all players look to achieve. They all wish for their performances to be recognized and respected. Use this!!
An overall summary of a coach's motivational skills can be assessed by being calm and supportive in all situations. Pre-match team talks should be conducted simply, concisely and with a supportive attitude by always stating your belief in the players' ability. Football is a team game and, as head of this team, the coach needs to be part of the group, albeit in an authoritative way.
It is the coach's place to be strong, supportive, confident and caring on a consistent basis always knowing when to give players a jolt and when to give a supportive word. By being in control and in charge of your group, whilst remaining part of the group, you can produce players that will run through proverbial brick walls for you and this is every coach's dream.
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State of the race: Advantage, Obama
President Barack Obama heads out of the national political conventions with a much clearer path to winning, top advisers to Mitt Romney privately concede.
The Romney campaign, while pleasantly surprised by Obama's lackluster prime-time performance, said the post-convention bounce they hoped for fell well short of expectations and privately lament that state-by-state polling numbers — most glaringly in Ohio — are working in the president's favor.
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"Their map has many more routes to victory," said a top Republican official. Two officials intimately involved in the GOP campaign said Ohio leans clearly in Obama's favor now, with a high single-digit edge, based on their internal tracking numbers of conservative groups. Romney can still win the presidency if he loses Ohio, but it's extremely difficult.
The Obama and Romney campaigns anticipate little movement in national polls before the first debate on Oct. 3, which both see as the most important day of this campaign. They also see eye to eye on their belief that the election will come down to whether Romney can persuade voters he understands the problems of ordinary people and that his solutions are at least marginally better for turning things around economically.
Where the two camps differ — and differ starkly — is on their theories of the case for navigating the final nine weeks. Romney, armed with more dismal jobs numbers, will run a one-size-fits-all campaign, wrapped around the message that the economy is bad, Obama is to blame and that change of leadership is absolutely essential. The Republican plan rests heavily on Romney's capacity to bury Obama with negative ads — and reap the benefits of his billionaire backers hitting the president even harder, and more relentlessly. This, more than anything else, alarms the high command in Chicago.
A Democratic official said the other big worry for the Obama campaign is that when you dig into the small slice of undecided voters (probably only 6 percent to 8 percent of the electorate, according to the campaigns), the demographics are not favorable to Obama: mostly white, many with some college education, economically stressed, largely middle-aged.
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"Many of them voted for Obama in 2008 and felt good about that vote, and still think Obama's a good person who really tried hard, but the economy sucks for them," said the Democratic official, who has access to reams of internal polls and focus groups.
Despite that, Obama officials have maintained for several weeks that there are too few undecided voters for Romney to get the bounce he needs from the debates. "Romney is not going to win undecided voters 4-to-1," a senior administration official told reporters on Air Force One on Friday. "If you are losing in Ohio by 4 or 5 points and trailing in Colorado by 2 points, if you are trailing in Nevada by 2 or 3 points, you are not going to win in those states.
"There is a small number of undecided voters so you are not going to see tremendous movement out of these conventions, even out of the debates. … [W]e have a small but important lead in battleground states that is a huge problem for the Romney camp. … Ohio needs to be tied, Florida needs to be tied at least."
Stuart Stevens, Romney's chief strategist, said the campaign will draw from "a cavalcade of devastating statistics that indicate where the country is," including an increased use of food stamps, higher poverty rate, bleak jobs figures and the exploding debt.


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May 31, 2011: EA Sports, which recently saw fans vote for Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis as the cover athlete for its Madden NFL 12, is following that up by naming former St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk as the cover athlete for its limited Madden NFL 12 Hall of Fame Edition.
In August, Faulk will become the first Madden NFL cover athlete to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Faulk appeared on the cover of Madden NFL 03.
The Hall of Fame Edition will be available on Aug. 30, with a limited run of 125,000 copies exclusively in the U.S. for the PlayStation3 and Xbox 360. MSRP is $89.99.
The Madden NFL 12 Hall of Fame version will come with several unique offerings. Under a deal with card company Panini America, each copy of the Hall of Fame Edition will include one of four exclusive Marshall Faulk trading cards, each hand-signed by Faulk.
In addition, a "solid, 18k gold autographed card" will be randomly inserted into one Xbox 360 and one PlayStation3 copy of the Hall of Fame Edition.
Panini America is also creating an exclusive "Madden Ultimate Team Platinum Pack." The Hall of Fame Edition Platinum Pack will feature a combination of 13 NFL Hall of Famers and former Madden NFL cover athletes. This includes Faulk, Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, Rod Woodson, Eddie George, Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb, Ray Lewis, Shaun Alexander, Vince Young, Larry Fitzgerald, Troy Polamalu and Drew Brees.
All cards feature ratings from each player's most productive season in the NFL and are fully renewable with contract extensions.
The Madden NFL 12 videogame featuring Hills on the cover will also be available in August. Hillis was chosen by fans as the Madden NFL 12 cover athlete through a five week voting campaign anchored by ESPN SportsNation. The Madden NFL 12 cover vote was called the "most successful fan engagement campaign in EA and ESPN history" with more than 12 million votes in total.
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After outing closeted actors inThe Little Dog Laughed and invoking ancient muses in Xanadu, Tony-nominated playwright and librettist Douglas Carter Beane puts nuns on the run in Sister Act, which opens April 20 at the Broadway Theatre. Based on the 1992 film and coproduced by the film's star, Whoopi Goldberg, the Alan Menken–Glenn Slater musical stars powerhouse Patina Miller as Deloris Van Cartier, a lounge singer who helps a convent choir sound heavenly while she hides in witness protection. During the show's London engagement, Beane was hired to rewrite the musical's book prior to its Broadway bow. Also preparing to premiere his musical Lysistrata Jonesoff-Broadway in May, the To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar scribe explains his personal connection to Sister Act's setting — and why Spider-Man thankfully stole his thunder.
By Brandon Voss
The Advocate: The Playbill for Sister Act still attributes the book to Cheri and Bill Steinkellner. You're modestly listed under "Additional Book Material," a credit also sometimes known as a "script doctor." Is that an apt description?
Douglas Carter Beane: That implies that I fixed things, but I actually did a complete rewrite. A script doctor would say, "This works, this doesn't work," but what I did was an overhaul. I didn't heed to the original book. I was just asked to keep all the songs in the same order.
Was this your first overhaul of an existing project?
Yeah. That never really interested me before, but the score is so good, and the whole premise is so amazing. I knew everyone would freak out in the beginning about getting a whole new book, but as awful as I knew that would be, I also knew it would be over soon and that everyone would be eventually be happy. I'm relieved that it all worked out.
Meanwhile, another Broadway musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, is getting a major script overhaul by another gay writer, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Can a gay man's touch save Spider-Man too?
I think so. Sorry, I'm trying to keep all references to sticky fingers off the table. [Laughs] It's great, because no one seemed to notice that we were overhauling Sister Act because they were all so concerned with Spider-Man. We were completely redoing a $12 million Broadway musical, but no one was paying attention to us because they were too busy watching the $65 million disaster down the street.
You worked with producer Whoopi Goldberg when she did a brief stint in Xanadu. Did she recommend you for Sister Act?
Yeah, Whoopi recommended me to the show's director, Jerry Zaks, whom I'd never met before. Nathan Lane, who'll be doing my play that I'm working on [called The Nance], also recommended me. I was lucky to have such high-end job recommendations. I should probably list them at the bottom of my résumé.
How hands-on was Whoopi in your rewriting process?
She's been very hands-on. She was there giving me notes on my first draft, and she was there giving notes the week before we froze the show. She's very direct and blunt, just like she is on The View, so you're not going to get a sugarcoated point of view from her. What happened on the film was that Paul Rudnick created the concept, but then he left the project. Many writers came in after him — Carrie Fisher, Robert Harling, Nancy Meyers — but Whoopi and Maggie Smith also started improvising on camera, so there's a lot of stuff in the movie that Whoopi actually wrote. She really knows these characters, so she's been very helpful and supportive.
How much did you look at the movie for inspiration?
I had it on my computer, so I watched it three times flying over to London. I wanted to get the structure down, and there are lots of hidden lines there that I wanted to expound on. Then I saw the musical in London three times in two days, and I watched the movie two more times on the flight back. After that, I never looked at the movie or the musical's original script again. I figured that if something was really good, I'd remember it.
What did you see as your ultimate goal as a writer when you first saw the show in London?
Glenn Slater's lyrics were so sophisticated and savvy in a wonderful Lorenz Hart way, and I felt that the dialogue should seamlessly match that. And the music by Alan Menken is so entrenched in the '70s, so I wanted the scenes to be that way too. I actually grew up in Philadelphia in the '70s, so I totally knew this world that Alan and Glenn had created.
How does their relocating the action from present-day San Francisco in the film to 1970s Philadelphia benefit the musical?
It puts it in the world of disco, which is great, but there are also just certain moments in time when cities are amazing places, and Philadelphia was an amazing place at that time. All this great music was coming out of this little town — Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, Hall and Oates, and warm, gooey disco like "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now." It was also when the whites fled the city for the suburbs, and the city was taken over by blacks and the gays. It was this complete structural change in society, and it was wonderful. You suddenly saw straight white people standing in line waiting to get into gay discos. So the new setting also allowed me to play up race, since Deloris is black and these nuns are mostly white.
You have a knack for writing dialogue for nuns. Were you raised Catholic?
No, I'm a big ol' Protestant, with Methodist ministers all through my family. Consequently, I have no bad feelings for the Catholic Church. People sometimes come out of the Catholic Church with all this rage, but I just have good feelings of happy nuns I met while doing county and state chorus in high school. To me, they were delightful and full of spirit.
Although never actually seen, there are multiple references in the show to a pair of "bachelors" who want to buy and convert the church and convent into their residence.
Yeah, the "bachelors who deal in antiques." That's a spin on an old Philadelphia expression, "Pine Street Bachelors," because Pine Street had all the antique shops. I knew I didn't want to have any lesbian nuns, but I wanted the audience to know that Philly was a very gay place and that it was a part of the world happening outside around them, so those bachelors are a running joke.
A drag queen also gets mistaken for Deloris in a bar.
I went to bars like that when I was a teenager. I had to represent my memories and my heritage of black and gay Philadelphia. I want people to know how friendly and wonderful it was during this crazy bubble of time. It's the Philly I grew up in.
You definitely included nods to your gay audience.
It's funny, because people will occasionally talk to me about my projects and say, "Well, you'll want to have some gay stuff in there, of course." I'm like, "Would you say that to a black writer? A Jewish writer?" But with gay writers, it's like, "Oh, get some camp in there!"
That said, your upcoming off-Broadway musical Lysistrata Jones, a modern retelling of the ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata, is about a group of girls who withhold sex from their boyfriends on the basketball team. Does it include any gay themes or characters?
Oh, sure. You can't do a show about college basketball without that. Please, that's what keeps me going to those games on Saturday afternoons. Lysistrata Jones is all about love and sex, so I would be remiss if I didn't bring in some gay themes.
The composer-lyricist for Lysistrata Jones is your partner, Lewis Flinn, with whom you have two adopted children. Tell me about your collaboration.
He writes amazing pop music, so I wanted us to write pop theater together — like, what would it sound like if Lady Gaga wrote a Broadway musical? But he had already written music for a lot of my plays. Actually, I first met Lewis when a director brought him on to write an original score for a play I'd written. I'd already selected found music for the show, so I was full of resentment when we met because I felt my vision wasn't being served, but I very quickly developed a huge crush on him.
Isn't it risky to keep mixing business with pleasure?
We've been married for 10 years; there's no pleasure left. [Laughs] It's actually a very easy collaboration. We have a shorthand that takes people's breath away because they think we're angry with each other, but that's just the way we talk creatively. We rarely argue.
Since it opened on Broadway in 2006, The Little Dog Laughed has been performed in theaters all over the world. Do you ever catch any of those productions, if for no other reason but to bask in the full-frontal male nudity that you made possible?
Right? I knew I was put here for a reason. Yeah, I do check them out once in a while. I was delighted that it caused scandal in Bergen County, N.J., last week, when they tried to shut down a community theater production because of the disgusting sight of boys kissing. The Genesius Theatre in Reading, Pa. — the very first stage I ever walked upon and the theater that made me a writer — is doing it in November, so I'll see that for sure. In the last month, I saw productions in the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Australia. It turns out that self-loathing among homosexuals and homophobia among heterosexuals is not particular to our country; evidently, it's a worldwide phenomenon, and I will continue making money from it.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the wake of sequestration, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) introduced an amendment today to provide the Obama Administration with the flexibility it claims it currently does not have to ensure "essential" federal employees continue to provide vital services, including meat inspections, control tower operations, and border security. To read the amendment, click here.
Blunt's amendment will apply the same standards used during occurrences of inclement weather or other government shutdowns to the sequestration cuts to each agency. The provision is co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Mike Enzi (Wyo.), Deb Fischer (Neb.), John Hoeven (N.D.), Mike Johanns (Neb.), Jim Risch (Idaho), and Roger Wicker (Miss.).
"We should do everything we can to protect Americans' safety and private sector jobs, and this amendment will allow us to put the American people first," said Blunt. "Government spending has grown 19 percent in four years and the federal debt has skyrocketed to more than $16.7 trillion. We can find ways to implement 2.4 percent in spending cuts without compromising private sector job creation or national security."
"President Obama is America's CEO," said Enzi. "It's time for him to accept his responsibility to effectively manage how the federal government runs and make cuts when necessary. By giving him the flexibility to make smarter cuts, he can focus on cutting the worst first while maintaining what America does best. There are plenty of things the federal government doesn't do well and those areas would be the perfect place to start cutting."
"Like many Nebraskans, I believe that we don't need to furlough meat inspectors or jeopardize defense readiness just to cut a fraction of government spending. Instead, I support replacing across-the-board reductions with smarter spending cuts that target wasteful, low-priority programs – it's a matter of setting priorities," said Fischer. "This important amendment will provide executive agencies with increased flexibility to make necessary spending cuts while also ensuring the federal government can continue to meet its core duties."
"The amendment will ensure essential service will continue under sequester to minimize impacts on the public," said Hoeven. "For example, this will ensure employees like meat inspectors and air traffic controllers will remain on the job."
"With the dramatic spending increases we have seen over the last four years, it's nothing short of embarrassing for Administration officials to cry wolf when faced with making what amounts to less than a three percent spending reduction," said Johanns. "This legislation simply gives agency and department heads the flexibility the President asked for so there is no excuse for essential services to be the first things on the chopping block."
"When governors of either party are faced with a fiscal shortfall in their state, they work to mitigate the budget cuts from impacting the most essential services," said Risch. "They do not look for ways to make it harder on their citizens. This amendment will take away the excuse by agencies that they do not have the flexibility to deal with the modest slowdown in spending required by sequestration."
Background Information:
Since Congress passed the Budget Control Act (BCA) in August 2011, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has failed to adequately plan for the sequestration cuts to each agency. In fact, according to several letters from OMB last year, federal agencies were instructed not to plan for sequestration.
Senator Blunt recently sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to use his authority to minimize the economic impact of sequestration as it relates to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The letter comes on the heels of recent comments by USDA that sequestration would result in an across-the-board furlough of as much as 15 days for all FSIS employees, including inspectors.
In his response, Vilsack claimed: "When Congress drafted the Budget Control Act of 2011 directing Federal agencies to reduce their spending at specified levels, it included no exemption for essential employees such as FSIS inspectors."
Blunt's amendment would address the Obama Administration's concerns by applying identical language used during occurrences of inclement weather or other government shutdowns to the sequestration cuts to each agency. This is the same language used in guidance from the Clinton Administration in preparation for the 1995 government shutdown.
In April 2011, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent a detailed memo to each federal agency outlining those that would be exempted from furlough during a potential government shutdown. Those employees are considered essential "to ensure the safety of life and protection of property," based on language contained in the Anti-Deficiency Act.
Specifically, Blunt's amendment:
• Defines essential employees using OPM's April 2011 shutdown guidance:
o "[A]n employee that performs work involving the safety of human life or the protection of property, as determined by the head of the agency."
• Provides agencies with funding flexibility so essential services are maintained while non-essential employees are furloughed.
• Ensures that transfers can only be made within agencies to maintain essential employees and may not increase funding for any other purpose.
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When the NBA indicated this summer that it was nearing a deal to put advertisements on its uniforms, in the form of two-inch-by-two-inch patches on the shoulder, we figured it was putrid but inevitable. But mostly we figured it was impending. Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said not one single owner was against the idea, so all that was left was to work out the logistics before players took the court as partial billboards on opening night—now less than two weeks away.
Never underestimate a billionaire's desire to make another couple million—but also never underestimate a sports owner's willingness to squeeze out every penny of what he thinks he'd owed. Uni Watch is reporting that the ad program is a no-go, at least for this season, and it's because the owners couldn't agree on how to share the profits.
Surely four square inches on a Miami Heat jersey is going to bring in more money, and be more valuable than, the corresponding four square inches on a Memphis Grizzlies uniform. Isn't Micky Arison entitled to a bigger slice of the advertising pie than Michael Heisley?
Sure, David Stern is against it. But he's powerless here, in the face of a blatant cash grab. No, the only thing standing in the way of free money is a few owners concerned that they won't be getting enough of the free money.
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Beaufort County Council
Finance Committee (T)
When: 4 p.m. today
Where: Large Meeting Room, Bluffton Branch Library, 120 Palmetto Way, Bluffton
What: Agenda includes discussion/ resolution on substituting the Beaufort, Port Royal & Sea Islands Visitor & Convention Bureau for the Beaufort Regional Chamber Of Commerce as the county's designated tourism marketing organization; at 5 p.m. county budget discussions on tax anticipation notes, transfer of funds to rural and critical lands debt service, and transfer of funds to CIP debt service; $10 million rural and critical lands borrowing
Beaufort County Council Redistricting Committee public hearing (T)
When: 6 p.m. today
Where: Large Meeting Room, Bluffton Branch Library, 120 Palmetto Way, Bluffton
What: Get public comments on County Council redistricting proposals
Bluffton Township Fire District Commission
When: 4 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Station 35, 357 Fording Island Road (U.S. 278.)
What: Agenda includes firefighter promotions, fire chief reports and an executive session on Station 30 construction contractual matters.
Beaufort County Disabilities
and Special Needs Board
When: 4 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Hilton Head Public Service District office, 21 Oak Park Drive, Hilton Head Island
What: Agenda includes director's reports on new building, on increased payments to Programs for Exceptional People and on county funding
Bluffton Town Council
When: 6 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Town Hall auditorium, 20 Bridge St.
What: Workshop items include board and commission annual reports, DuBois Park master planning update, and Beaufort County stormwater update. Action items include first reading of ordinance to add Rose Dhu Plantation parcels to a tax increment financing district; first reading of a town budget amendment, and a resolution to join the Lowcountry Economic Alliance. Executive session on personnel matters.
Details: Go to www.townofbluffton.sc.gov/Governing/tcagenda.7.19.11.htm
Beaufort County Council
Redistricting Committee (T)
When: 10 a.m. Wednesday
Where: County Administration Building, Executive Conference Room, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort
What: Discussion on redistricting plans
Beaufort County Development Review Team (T)
When: 11 a.m. Wednesday
Where: County Administration Building, Executive Conference Room, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort
What: Final review for proposed Parker's Convenience store on Lot 3, Gateway Village off U.S. 278, near Home Depot
Beaufort County Tax Equalization Board
When: 6 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Magistrate Courtroom, 59 Bluffton Parkway, Bluffton
What: Agenda unavailable
Beaufort County Transportation Committee
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services Clinic, 721 Okatie Highway (S.C. 170)
What: Agenda unavailable
Bluffton Tree Committee
When: 10 a.m. Thursday
Where: Bluffton Town Hall, 20 Bridge St.
What: Agenda unavailable
Beaufort County Airports Board (T)
When: 1:30 p.m. Thursday
Where: County Administration Building, Council Chambers, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort
What: Agenda unavailable
Bluffton Planning Commission
When: 6 p.m. July 27
Where: Town Hall, 20 Bridge St.
Note: Meetings marked (T) are broadcast on The County Channel on cable stations and online. Details at www.bcgov.net/about-beaufort-county/public-service/county-channel/index.php


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