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Smoking while drinking may increase chances of getting a hangover
Here's another reason why picking up that cigarette while drinking is a bad idea: It may give you a worse hangover.
According to a study published Dec. 5 in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, college students who enjoy cigarettes during a night of heavy alcohol consumption are at a greater risk of having a hangover the next morning compared to students who skip the cigarette.
On average, people will get a hangover once their blood alcohol level reaches 0.11 percent, researcher Dr. Damaris J. Rohsenow, a professor of behavioral science at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University in Providence, R.I., said to HealthDay. However, 20 to 25 percent of people who reach this point won't have to deal with the misery.
Researchers surveyed 113 college students on the Web about their drinking and smoking habits and whether they experienced hangovers over an eight-week period. They discovered that out of the students who drank heavily -- about five or six beers an hour - those who smoked more on the same day had a higher chance of getting a hangover than those who didn't.
"At the same number of drinks, people who smoke more that day are more likely to have a hangover and have more intense hangovers," Rohsenow said in a press release.
However, the hangovers tended to be mild even with the smokers.
"It's not a whopping effect," she said to HealthDay.
The researchers don't know why the smokers had worse hangovers, but they believe that nicotine receptors in the brain are involved in influencing our drinking levels. Nicotine increases the release of dopamine, a chemical that increases pleasure and reward feelings.
Amanda Sandford, research manager at Action on Smoking and Health, told the BBC that the researchers might not be far off.
"Since alcohol and tobacco both interact with receptors in the brain it is not so surprising that smoking appears to increase the risk of a hangover in people who consume both substances," she said.
In order to ward off the hangover, Rohsenow suggested to HealthDay to drink lots of water and take a painkiller with aspirin or ibuprofen, but not acetaminophen (Tylenol), because it can cause liver damage when combined with alcohol. Drinking more to keep the hangover at bay, however, hasn't been studied, and seems counterintuitive, she pointed out.


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Arctic Monkeys have released their new single 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?'
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Isn't it wonderful. Thank you so much Sonny, I really appreciate it. I think it is perfect and definitely is totally me. I love it.
Very nice Marty and it is so YOU!!!! The season has begun..... I am soooo excited!! Now it is full-on Christmas, morning,noon, and night!!
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you are so kind.. It does look good~!
enjoy it in happiness and good health.
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Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful.
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Very you and so pretty Marty..Sonny has to be one of the sweetest gal I have met in blog town..Very caring and giving..Enjoy my dear friend..Pray all is well on your side of the mountain..Hugs and love GloriaReplyDelete
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I was just coming on here to tell you how much I love your header. I need to make a Christmas one too but never seem to find the time. It always takes me forever. Just so festive!! I love it.ReplyDelete
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I made my own but it's no where as nice
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What a pretty new dress your blog has on!! Such a sweet thing for your friend to do for you!! I guess I should work on one for mine as it has been ages-- I mean ages since I have changed it!!
Hope your Thanksgiving was so lovely and full of wonderful memories!! We had a nice one here though not spent with family.
Working on Christmas now- first of 4 parties is the 8th so I better get a moving!!
bee blessed
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Yay, Marty! Whoo hoo! Let the festivities begin, eh?
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Sonny is a dear to share her talents with you, dear friend!!!
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Good Evening Marty, What a wonderful friend Sonny is, to create something which is totally you. Have a lovely day, Best Wishes DaphneReplyDelete
Marty, What a cheerful Header, Just perfect for the season. Sonny must be a very special person, It is always nice to know people like that.ReplyDelete
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More than 30% of U.S. farm operators are women. At Top Producer's Executive Women in Agriculture event, three established women in agribusiness shared personal stories of their experiences.
Here's some of the advice they provided.
Celeste Settrini is from Salinas, Calif. She is a fresh vegetable commodity broker and works on her family farm. She says a lot people ask her why she's involved in agriculture. "My answer is because I love it. Agriculture is an extension of who I am."
She says she is blessed to be a woman in the agriculture industry because of all the support she receives. "Women are great cheerleaders for one another."
Settrini spends a lot of her time being an advocate for agriculture. "I may not be the best voice for agriculture, but you're not going to find many people who love it more than I do."
Christine Hamilton farms and ranches in Kimball, S.D. Her family also runs a foundation to aide in competitiveness for rural communities. Hamilton says she has always had a deep connection to the land, which has motivated her to spend her life in agriculture.
Agriculture is not always an easy field for women, Hamilton says. "There's a problem of being taken seriously, and our negotiating skills may not be as valued." But, she says, over time you can develop respect.
Her advice for young producers is to develop critical thinking skills and focus on being curious about new possibilities.
Pam Johnson is currently the first vice president for the National Corn Growers Association and will soon become the first-ever female NCGA president. She farms in Floyd, Iowa.
"There's a price to pay for being a strong woman," she says. But that doesn't mean you should be discouraged. She suggests waking up each day focused on meeting challenges, whether they are big or small. "Treat them as an opportunity and adventure, instead of something to be dreaded."
Johnson says life can be kind of isolated out on the farm. "It's very important as life gets more and more demanding that you do have good mentors. Surround yourself with really strong and smart people," she says.
The Executive Women in Agriculture event is being held Dec. 1-2. You can follow news and coverage from the event by visiting Top Producer's Executive Women in Agriculture site. You can also follow it on Twitter under the hash tag #ewa11.


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1. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Adam Warski Feb 19, 2011 3:56 AM (in response to Anthony DePalma)
well, putting the @Audited annotations doesn't cause the entities to be automatically audited - for that to hapeen you need two additional things:
1) envers jar in the classpath
2) listeners added to the hibernate configuration file
Without that @Audited doesn't have any effect. As this is an annotation, the envers jar doesn't even have to be on the classpath for the entity to be used - the annotations are then completely ingored by java.
As for the xml configuration, there are no plans yet, but it wouldn't be hard to add such a feature, so if you'd like to contribute, I'll be happy to help!
And in either case you can vote on the JIRA.
2. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Frank Westerhausen Nov 15, 2011 6:59 AM (in response to Adam Warski)
Hi guys,
i am following the cml configuration issue for a long time and would be happy to have it ! So I will give it a try to implement it. A few hints would be really nice ! After reading the other posts in the forum and a bit of source my approach is the following:
-> the starting point is AuditConfiguration class (there the audit meta data is created)
-> because the xml configuration doesn't support something like @Audited we need a second configuration (for example a custom xml file) to define the the @Audited information
-> is there a way to read the persistence data envers needs from the entity.hbm.xml files, load the aditional custom xml file with the version information, and combine both to get envers working ?
Any hints are appreciated !
3. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Adam Warski Nov 26, 2011 2:26 PM (in response to Frank Westerhausen)
first, sorry for the late reply - vacation, devoxx and then lots of work kept me away from the forum And thanks for the interest - it would be great to have a contributor for that feature!
I think the best approach is to modularize a bit and allow the audit configuration reading code to be pluggable & configurable via a properties entry.
If you look in EntitiesConfigurator, the point at which annotations are read is AnnotationsMetadataReader (line 77). So you would have to subsitute that for your implementation. The AnnotationsMetadataReader is a class which takes the entity class and returns a description of the audit-related annotations that are on it. Feel free to refactor whatever is needed to achieve the functionality.
4. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Frank Westerhausen Jan 16, 2012 7:00 AM (in response to Adam Warski)
Hi Adam,
during the last weeks i had time to work on the topic and got one step further I think. I first describe the goal from my point of view and then tell you how far I got up to now:
Overall Goal:
Extend the Hibernate Xml Configuration possibilities so that you can define the Envers functionality with it. Interpret and integrate the Envers-Xml-Configuration so that Envers works with Xml configuration.
Current Goal:
Write an self defined Xml configuration file which defines the Envers-Configuration. Integrate it in the code so that you can have an Xml configured Hibernate Project and use hibernate by providing the extra xml configuration.
What is working so far:
By now I implemented a simple Xml configuration for the Envers part, use it with a simple XML configured Hibernate project and it seems to work. It's still a prototype status and no inheritance is working, this i want to do as the next step !
At first a short explanation: I took the integration point you mentioned, the AnnotationMetadataReader. I wrote an XmlMetadataReader which reads an Xml-File as a configuration. From that point I look what you did in the annotaion reader try more or less copy the functionality.
1: For what you need the ModificationStore ? It just cann be the default value or null.
2: For the possible Envers-Annotations i will code Classes which implement the annotations and fill them with the values from the Xml configuration file.
3: For the inheritance part: Do you check all superclasses, check if they have audited properties and then add them ? I need a bit more explanation how the inheritance exactly works !
What would be the best way that you can have a look at the code ? Check out the hibernate project and create a branch ? Any other idea ?
5. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Adam Warski Jan 31, 2012 3:14 PM (in response to Frank Westerhausen)
Wow, great to see some work here!
As for your questions:
1. it's not used, I should remove it someday
2. yep, there are some imple already in AMR
3. well, best to see in the code. The rules are a bit tricky here, depending if you audit the whole class or not. Basically you can audit anything from the hierarchy.
As for looking at the code - fork the repo and create pull requests when you're done.
6. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Frank Westerhausen Feb 3, 2012 7:50 AM (in response to Adam Warski)
Hi Adam,
thank you for the answers ! I have another question. As the entry point you gave me the AnnotationsMetadataReader (line 77). Now I am trying handle the RevisonEntity in the Xml Configuration. For that I think I have to look and rewrite the RevisonInfoConfiguration class (which is created by the AuditConfiguration). I just want to know if I am on the right way ?
7. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Adam Warski Feb 3, 2012 8:26 AM (in response to Frank Westerhausen)
Yes, that's the right class. You could probably extract some common functionality for both (xml&annotation) cases.
8. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Frank Westerhausen Feb 18, 2012 7:38 AM (in response to Adam Warski)
Hi Adam,
i think did quite well. I just tried to reimplement your configuration by getting the information out of an XML file. I did the following up to now:
- definition of an XSD which allows the Envers Configuration in Xml
- inserted a global variable which allows to switch between the Xml and the Annotation configuration (the Xml file can be set in another variable)
- reimplemented the configuration on Xml basis
- adjusted the Ant-Task for DB Schema generation so that its working with Xml configuration
- wrote Tests for checking the some functionality: inheritance, components, self defined revision and revision listeners, relations, envers queries (not much so far, just basics)
I still have some questions questions:
- for what exactly you have the Method AuditPropertiesReader.doGetDeclaredAuditedSuperclasses ? It is just doing something if a class is audited and it has values in the auditParents.
- in which case the AuditPropertiesReader.computeAuditConfiguration method is important ? If the the class is not audited it checks if the class is in the declaredSuperclasses, if so it returns the Audit Annotation from
As the next step i will get the code from github and integrate my code. Do you have branches vor every version ? I need to use Hibernate 3.9 in our project, so it has to run there also.
If i checked it in will you take a look at the code ?
Did you programm tests which I can adjust so that they can run against Xml configuration ?
9. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Adam Warski Feb 24, 2012 2:45 PM (in response to Frank Westerhausen)
As for the global switch: maybe this can be a configuration property?
As for the questions:
* doGetDeclaredAuditedSuperclasses: that's to support auditParents. There are cases where you have a superclass and two subclasses, one of which is audited. If you then want to audit the parent of that class as well, but do not audit anything in the second entity, you need the auditParents. So you can specify on an audited entity which superclasses should be audited as well.
* doGetDeclaredAuditedSuperclasses - I can't find that method?
Hibernate 3.9? You probably mean 3.6?
If you check it in I will of course take a look, though I can't make promises on when.
There's a lot of tests in the Envers codebase.
10. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Daniel Witkowski Mar 4, 2012 6:11 AM (in response to Adam Warski)
I would also be interested in contributing to this feature. We need to use it with Hibernate 3.6.x branch.
As for now I have following problems:
1. can not find Envers source code for Hib 3.6
Official link on http://www.jboss.org/envers to source code on github (http://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-core/tree/master/hibernate-envers/) does not work
Link from documentation (http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/envers/3.6/reference/en-US/html/source.html) section 9.1 Building from source code - does not work
2. Github looks like has only 4.x release
Available here: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm under hibernate-envers project.
I am not used to community programming... so I would appreciate some help in finding source code and getting access (if possible) to code that Frank already created.
11. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Frank Westerhausen Mar 5, 2012 4:14 AM (in response to Daniel Witkowski)
Hi Adam, hi Daniel,
I meant Hibernat eversion number 3.6.9, i forgot the 6.
It would be really nice to have one more person who wants to implement that feature !!!
To contribute you have to clone the hibernate repository, then donwload it locally, then search the git-tag of the 3.6.x version. See also here: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/wiki/Contributing-Code. If your are not familiar with git you also need to get used to it.
I did that but i have to integrate my work into the repo (started a few month ago without clonig the repo). I hope will finish the integration of my work this week and then we can work togehter on the basis of my work.
The building of the complete hibernate project doesn't work on my computer, but the envers-sub project works, that should be enough I think.
12. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Daniel Witkowski Mar 11, 2012 3:36 AM (in response to Frank Westerhausen)
Hi Frank,
I was able to fork hibernate-orm, get 3.6.11-snapshot from github, configure it in eclipse, so it compiles and has no errors and run mvn package to get a working library.
So I am set up for adventure :-)
Where do we go from here? Will be you working on your fork or we should create a new and work on one toghether?
PS. Sorry for long replay but this is do-it-in-your-free-time kind of project...
13. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Frank Westerhausen Mar 19, 2012 5:34 PM (in response to Daniel Witkowski)
Hi Daniel,
I finally made it to push my work. Sorry for the late answer too, I also do this in my free time.
My Repo: https://github.com/frankwesterhausen/hibernate-orm
I made a branch: ENVERS-XML-CONFIGURATION. The points where I jumped in the code are the ones Adam told me. The XSD I made for the XML configuration is under src/main/resources (everything in the envers sub project). The JAXB generated Code to access the Xml configuration I put under src\main\java\org\hibernate\envers\configuration\metadata\xml\jaxb. With git you will see what i have done so far. Take a look and ask if you have questions.
The next weeks it looks good so that I will have some time to work on the project again. I want to programm some test cases to check the functionallity whick works right now.
14. Re: Are there any plans to offer an xml mapping configuration?Veit Guna Jun 7, 2013 6:40 AM (in response to Frank Westerhausen)
Any news on this? Did you finish the project or maybe envers has merged your changes into the mainline of development?
We have similar requirements to configure envers through xml.


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Top 15 Most Inspirational Olympic Moments
What makes for an inspiring Olympic moment? Is it the years of hard work and sacrifice that culminate in a gold medal? Is it competing because you love your sport, even though it's unlikely you'll ever win? Is it suffering an injury but finishing the race? Is it overcoming a stereotype and proving something to the world? All these factors and more play a part in the great moments of Olympic history.
As we await the starting trumpet at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Beliefnet looks back at the most inspiring Olympic moments ever. Some names you'll know, some will jog your memory, and some may even surprise you.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants to roll back some of the most controversial aspects of the U.S. "war on terror," but efforts to alter the global fight against Islamist militants will face the usual hurdle at home: staunch opposition from Republicans in Congress.
In a major policy speech on Thursday, Obama narrowed the scope of the targeted-killing drone campaign against al Qaeda and its allies and announced steps toward closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba.
He acknowledged the past use of "torture" in U.S. interrogations, expressed remorse over civilian casualties from drone strikes, and said Guantanamo "has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law."
After launching costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States is tiring of conflict. While combating terrorism is still a high priority, polls show Americans' main concerns are the economy and other domestic issues such as healthcare.
Conservative opponents said they would try to block the closure of Guantanamo and rejected Obama's call to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force, passed in September 2001 and the legal basis for much of the "war on terror."
"We have 166 prisoners remaining (at Guantanamo) ... the meanest, nastiest people in the world. They wake up every day seeking to do harm to America and Americans. And if they are released, that's exactly what they are going to do," Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss said in an address to constituents on Friday.
Obama called for an end to a "boundless global war on terror" but Republicans warned against being too quick to declare al Qaeda a spent force.
"To somehow argue that al Qaeda is quote 'on the run,' comes from a degree of unreality that to me is really incredible. Al Qaeda is expanding all over the Middle East from Mali to Yemen and all the places in between," scoffed Republican Senator John McCain after Obama's speech.
While Obama largely has a free hand as commander in chief to set U.S. drone policy, Congress has used its power of the purse to block him from closing Guantanamo.
Congress stopped earlier efforts to close Guantanamo by banning the use of federal funds to transfer inmates to U.S. territory.
Several Republican lawmakers said they would do it again. Even some of Obama's fellow Democrats are wary of being seen as supporting moving Guantanamo inmates to the U.S. homeland.
Obama has been frustrated by his inability to make good on a 2008 campaign pledge to shut the prison opened by President George W. Bush to hold men rounded up on suspicion of involvement with al Qaeda and the Taliban after September 11, 2001.
But two Senate Republicans, McCain and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, said they could support closing Guantanamo and moving some of its functions to the United States if Obama presented a workable plan.
Obama suggested a suitable site could be found on the U.S. mainland to hold military tribunals.
McCain and Graham have proposed that military trials could be held at Charleston Naval Yard in South Carolina. A high-security "supermax" prison in Illinois has also been proposed in the past for housing Guantanamo inmates.
Some Democrats who back closing the camp also say its steep cost - $900,000 per year per inmate compared with $65,000 at a U.S. supermax - might prompt some fiscal conservatives to rethink Guantanamo in a time of budget austerity.
Though aimed first at a domestic audience, Obama's speech at Washington's National Defense University was also the latest milestone in his campaign to reshape the global image of the United States - particularly in the Islamic world.
Pakistan said it appreciated Obama's acknowledgement that force alone did not work, adding that the root causes of terrorism had to be addressed.
"On the use of drone strikes, the government of Pakistan has consistently maintained that the drone strikes are counter-productive, entail loss of innocent civilian lives, have human rights and humanitarian implications and violate the principles of national sovereignty, territorial integrity and international law," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Reporting by Patricia Zengerle and Matt Spetalnick; Additional reporting by Nick Macfie in Islamabad; Editing by Alistair Bell and Eric Beech


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The Adelanto school board 'Won't Back Down'
The Adelanto parent trigger saga ended with the local school board rejecting parents' call to transform a school into a charter. Instead, the board voted to improve the school by forming a community advisory council, using the Alternative Governance Model, to oversee improvements such as an extended school day, new curriculum, and more technology.
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As school starts, we know we will continue to have to find a way to do more with even less than last year.
We have to fund programs and priorities that help level the playing field for kids who aren't from affluent areas. Only by working together can we can improve our public schools. That means voting for measures like Prop. 30, which provides millions in school funding, and leaning on legislators to put the necessary resources behind our students.
We all — parents, educators, elected officials, community leaders — share the responsibility for the success of students. We must all ask ourselves what we can do in our respective roles to make our schools better for kids and help to ensure their success.
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Unions, parents and communities are working throughout the country to create positive, sustainable change in our public schools in order to increase student achievement. Great examples and tips can be seen on CTA's website in our "Quality Education Investment Act" and "Parents and Community" sections.
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"Inspired by actual events" states the promotional trailer for 20th Century Fox/Walden Media's film Won't Back Down, which opens nationwide Sept. 28. But how closely does the film follow the events its producers claim inspired it?
Produced by the group that made the controversial documentary Waiting for Superman, this film tells the story of a mother (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and a teacher (Viola Davis) who team up to take over a struggling inner-city school. Set in Pennsylvania, the film centers on a fictional law modeled on California's "parent trigger" legislation.
In Compton and Adelanto, the only places where there have been attempts to invoke the parent trigger law, the supposedly grassroots parent effort was agitated, organized and largely paid for by Parent Revolution, a Los Angeles-based group dedicated to the proliferation of parent trigger laws throughout the nation. Parent claims of misrepresentation by some pro-trigger organizers and petition signature gatherers led many parents to rescind their signatures.
The real trigger-targeted schools were already making school improvement efforts, had new principals in place, and in some cases were showing remarkable test score gains. In contrast, the film presents an entrenched, failing, status quo system and a teacher who disciplines a slow learner by locking her in a custodial supply closet.
Lori Yuan, a concerned parent who helped lead the trigger opposition in Adelanto, is disheartened that Hollywood distorts and glamorizes a law that has wreaked havoc in both places it's been invoked. "Real change involves parents and all stakeholders working together and exploring all the options for improving a school. It shouldn't be a one-sided petition effort organized by people with a national political agenda who don't even live in the community."
CTA supports recognizing great teachers and is dedicated to increasing parental involvement in our schools, but Walden Media and the Walton family (which helped fund Parent Revolution and co-sponsored a benefit concert to publicize the movie) are vocal supporters of vouchers and charters, and are known for their anti-union views.
In the film, Academy Award winner Holly Hunter plays a local teachers union leader opposing the school takeover. "When did Norma Rae get to be the bad guy?" her character muses. Well, she didn't, and certainly not in the actual events that led to this movie. Won't Back Down may or may not be an absorbing film drama (at press time CTA had not seen a final cut of the film). But its skewed dramatization of real parent trigger events threatens to make it a propaganda piece for yet another harmful and divisive attack on public schools.
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Sneak peak at potential 2014 NFL Draft class
Philadelphia, PA – The 2013 NFL Draft just ended but that doesn't mean we can't start looking ahead to next year's annual event.
The 2013 class was considered by many to be one that lacked the flashier names and potential superstars of past years. That won't be the case a year from now with a ton of star power likely to be available.
Chief among those players is South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. The 6-foot-6 junior was an absolute force in 2012, terrorizing quarterbacks while playing in the SEC. To put that in perspective the conference set a NFL Draft record with 63 selections this year. Clowney has already been cutting his teeth against NFL-ready competition and with another year under his belt the transition to the professional level may be as seamless as any player before him.
In 2012, Clowney was sixth in Heisman voting and finished tied for second nationally with 13.0 sacks. Clowney made a big statement in important games as well, such as when he recorded 4.5 sacks in a 27-12 win over rival Clemson. Perhaps his most memorable effort was the punishing hit he laid on Michigan's Vincent Smith in the Outback Bowl that was still making the rounds on highlight shows in April.
Perhaps the only name that would grab more headlines next year than Clowney would be that of defending Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel. With the moniker 'Johnny Football' the Texas A&M freshman lit up the college football world last season en route to earning a trophy case full of awards and honors including the nation's highest. A stellar athlete with speed and an ability to make plays on the run, Manziel would bring instant excitement and publicity to any NFL team willing to make the pick. Manziel will be just a sophomore next season but after seeing Matt Barkley slip to the fourth round in this year's draft, Manziel may opt to come out in 2014.
Another Aggie, offensive tackle Jake Matthews, might actually go higher than the quarterback he will be protecting this season. Offensive linemen are never considered the 'sexy' pick but every team is in constant need of talented players in the trenches. Matthews may just be the best option for any team trying to rebuild up front, especially if he can repeat as a First-Team All- SEC member.
Another offensive linemen to watch is tackle Cyrus Kouandjio from the defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide. At 6-foot-6 and 310 pounds he is the ideal height and size for the professional level and as was mentioned with Clowney, is already seeing some of the talent he could come up against once he starts playing on Sundays.
Staying in the SEC, which seems to be the closest thing to an NFL feeder program at this point, another defensive player that could be picked day one in 2014 is Alabama's C.J. Mosley. The senior linebacker was a Consensus First- Team All-American and All-SEC performer in 2012 and a finalist for the Butkus Award. Mosley wasn't just great as an individual performer as he was one of the key cogs in the Crimson Tide's National Championship winning defense that ranked at the top of the nation in most statistical categories.
Though they would like to make you think so, the SEC is not the only conference in college football and won't be the only conference to have players drafted early in the first round.
Wide receiver Marqise Lee went into last season at USC as second fiddle to Robert Woods and without the name recognition of Matt Barkley. By year's end Lee was without a doubt the most dangerous offensive weapon for the Trojans and arguably of any team in the country. Lee won the Biletnikoff Award and was a consensus All-American selection in a sophomore season in which caught a FBS best 118 passes for 1,721 yards and 14 touchdowns.
The Pac-12 will also have some defensive players at the top of many NFL team's draft boards ,especially if UCLA defensive end Anthony Barr lives up to the considerable hype he has accrued. Under first-year head coach Jim Mora, Barr really strived in his junior season as he recorded 13.0 sacks and 21.5 tackles for loss en route to a First-Team All-Pac-12 selection. A talented and versatile athlete, Barr can shift from the end to outside linebacker which would make him extremely attractive to any professional squad.
Speaking of defensive playmakers, cornerback Bradley Roby of Ohio State is another first-round lock if he continues to play to the degree he did in 2012. Though he did not post eye-popping numbers (63 total tackles, 17 passes defended, 2 INTs) in 2012, he still considered entering this year's draft. Buckeye fans will be thrilled to see him back on the field this season though, especially after he was such an integral part of an Ohio State team that went 12-0.
Next year might just be dominated by the state of South Carolina as Clemson's Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins could join Clowney at the top of the national rankings and in the top 10 of the 2014 NFL Draft.
Like Roby, Boyd had to think before deciding to return to the Tigers for his senior season. After seeing fellow ACC member E.J. Manuel of Florida State be selected as the first quarterback in this year's draft, Boyd may be regretting that slightly but should also feel tremendously optimistic about 2014. Like Manuel, Boyd is a dual-threat quarterback that can run and pass. In 2012 alone he threw for 3,828 yards and 33 touchdowns, while rushing for 218 yards and five more scores. Like Manuel, Boyd was extremely accurate (67.2 completion percentage) but unlike Manuel, Boyd was actually named ACC Player of the Year.
Watkins however, did not enjoy similar success in 2012. After smashing records and gaining national attention as a freshman in 2011, Watkins missed the first two games of 2012 due to an arrest and then once he returned, played in the shadow of DeAndre Hopkins for most of the year. Hopkins, and his 1,405 receiving yards, were taken 27th overall in the 2013 Draft by the Houston Texas. That leaves a hole in the Clemson receiving corps that Watkins is more than capable of filling. Though his production suffered last season (57 receptions, 708 yards, 3 TDs) Watkins is a freakish athlete with lethal speed that should return to form and in doing so, raise the eyebrows of a number of NFL scouts.
There will be another signal caller that many teams may consider as the building block for their franchises in Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater. The knock against Bridgewater is of course that he played in the diluted Big East Conference and even worse this season will be in the American Athletic Conference. Those aren't exactly the same leagues as other star players on this list. However Bridgewater seemed just fine against some of the nation's best in January when he led the Cardinals to a steam-rolling of the SEC's Florida Gators in the Sugar Bowl. Bridgewater threw for 266 yards and two scores and was named the game's MVP, all while dealing with the country's No. 1 pass defense. Bridgewater was sixth in the nation in completion percentage during the regular season and could be even better this fall.


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City slickers roundup: 10 grand hotels
There's nothing like a grand hotel in the city when you're looking for a true escape from the humdrum of daily life. Here are some of our favorite urban -- and urbane -- selections:
Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Pa.
Leave it to a big-time steel magnate to build a fancy, big-city-style hotel in a smallish town to entertain his many important guests and clients in the manner to which they were accustomed. This Pennsylvania grande dame from the heyday of Bethlehem Steel stresses its historic background, and with good reason -- it stands on the spot of the first house built in town (in 1741) and housed a speakeasy during Prohibition (check out the once-hidden door on the ground floor) and has hosted countless high-profile guests over its 90 years. The dining-room floor made of original Moravian tile is a must-see.
437 Main St., Bethlehem, Pa. 610-625-5000. www.hotelbethlehem.com. Rooms from $139.
Hotel Brexton, Baltimore, Md.
Sleep like a duchess at this turreted Historic Hotels of America property in Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood. You won't find a pea under the cushiony mattress or elsewhere in the understatedly elegant room, a style befitting onetime resident Wallis Warfield Simpson, a.k.a. the Duchess of Windsor. But you will discover free breakfast in the basement dining room, a sweeping spiral staircase that leads to two suites named after the duchess and her duke, the former king Edward VIII, and plenty of space beneath the guestrooms' 15-foot-high ceilings to toss your tiara into the air.
868 Park Ave., Baltimore, Md. 443-478-2100,www.brextonhotel.com. Rooms from $99, including breakfast.
Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, Dover, Del.
What's that noise you hear? Silence. The din from the casino downstairs doesn't drift north, thankfully. Though you must cut through the gambling space to reach most of the restaurants, bars and entertainment venues, you can log time in the spa, fitness center and pool without running into a posse of one-arm bandits. Rooms overlook the city and the harness track; choose the latter, which glows under the evening sky. If the track pinches your gambling nerve, keep the jammies on and simply bet on in-room horse races. That way, no one will see your tears.
1131 N. Dupont Hwy., Dover, Del., 800-711-5882, www.doverdowns.com. Rooms from $135.
Donovan House Hotel, Washington
This Kimpton hotel in Washington breaks the chain of uninspired downtown hostelries with whimsical decor, such as swinging bubble-shape chairs in the lobby and stylin' guestrooms that include leather canopy beds, spiral cocoon showers and minimalist linens that whisper, not scream, for you to come to bed. For an escape from your close confines, head south to Zentan, the Asian restaurant, or north to the rooftop pool bar.
1155 14th St. NW, Washington 800-383-6900, www.donovanhousehotel.com. Rooms from $161.
The Dunhill Hotel, Charlotte, N.C.
Just 10 stories high in a downtown dominated by gleaming, overpowering skyscrapers, the Dunhill is small in size and ultra-cozy in feel -- and the only remaining historic hotel in Charlotte, N.C. That would be reason enough to visit, except that it's also a charming and gracious hostelry adorned with original paintings by a prominent North Carolina artist and served by a fabulous farm-to-table eatery.
237 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, N.C. 800-354-4141. www.dunhillhotel.com. Rooms from $219, including breakfast.
The Latham Hotel, Philadelphia
After a day exploring Philadelphia's Revolutionary War sights, check in to this historic yet of-the-moment retreat. The recently renovated apartment building turned hotel is perfectly situated for playing tourist without feeling as though you're surrounded by chaos. If only the Continental Congress members could have had such stylish, restorative digs, that whole declaring independence thing might have gone much faster.
135 S. 17th St., Philadelphia. 215-563-7474.www.lathamhotel.com. Rooms from $150.
Le Meridien Hotel, Philadelphia
Would you believe that this gleaming modern hotel in the heart of Philly was once the local YMCA? And what a Y -- fitted out like a robber baron's mansion, with elaborately carved woodwork and the high ceilings of haute living. Today the Gilded Age grandeur is lightened with sleek contemporary decor and furnishings. The rooms can be small, but just head to the spacious lobby to stretch your legs and study the quirky furniture over a drink before dinner in the excellent restaurant.
1421 Arch St., Philadelphia. 215-422-8200. www.starwoodhotels.com. Rooms from $195.
Linden Row Inn, Richmond, Va.
Yes, there's a vague Edgar Allan Poe connection, but don't go looking for ghosts in this gracious, antique-filled boutique hotel carved out of a row of seven antebellum Greek Revival townhouses right in downtown Richmond. Just enjoy the historic Southern ambience, complete with large, airy, high-ceilinged rooms, charmingly listing staircases and a long, romantic back veranda where you can rock the evening away before bed.
100 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. 800-348-7424. www.lindenrowinn.com. Rooms from $109, including breakfast.
Night Hotel, New York
The midtown Manhattan hotel is shadowy night to Times Square's blindingly bright day. The dramatic black-and-white theme wraps itself around the 72-room property like a skunk stole, appearing in the furnishings, the linens and pillows, and the risque photographs on the walls. Hanging in the lobby on the speckled cowhide couch, you may feel like a spy in a film noir, even if your most subversive plan is to visit M&M's World.
132 W. 45th St., New York, 800-336-4110, www.nighthotelny.com. Rooms from $279.
NYLO Warwick/Providence, R.I.
This boutique hotel 10 miles south of the Rhode Island capital is hardly an overstuffed softie; it incorporates a hard industrial edge with bare cement floors and walls, exposed brick, and silvery insulation tubes that rest like fat caterpillars on the ceiling. But the riverside property also has a silly and irreverent side, expressed in playful nautical-theme furnishings and egg-shape swing chairs in the lobby and restaurant.
400 Knight St., Warwick, R.I., 401-734-4460, www.nylohotels.com. Rooms from $79.


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5th March 2018
Sohini Datta, digital strategy expert from our office in Dubai, explores how AI (Artificial Intelligence), AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) are relevant to the communications profession.
When I graduated from college, back in 2007, if you didn't pick engineering as a career path, you subsequently became your mother's biggest disappointment. "What do you do on this Facebook all day?" she would ask me, a budding social media manager; time and again. My parents were engineers, my grandparents were engineers and so were all my cousins; I was the black sheep.
Time-lapse to now, and marketing is the new king of career choices. Wherever you are in the world today everyone is talking about and sometimes using three major technologies: AI (Artificial Intelligence), AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality). But what are these technologies and how are they relevant to the communications profession?
VR being the first child of the tech revolution had high hopes and a potentially bright future; and like all children; didn't live up to the expectations. Because it always needs an expensive head gear to experience, it consequently has low scalability options, making it an expensive technology to adapt for brands. Social VR experience gained momentum when Facebook bought the VR company called Oculus for $2 billion in 2014. However, an Oculus Rift headset costs around $600, automatically decreasing potential reach and affordability. Even though Google cardboard helps viewers experience VR from their phones at a cheaper price, it still doesn't take away from the fact that a virtual reality brand experience needs the use of a VR enabled device.
Should we recommend it for a brand's marketing? In an economy where the buzzword is 'thrifty marketing spends', all campaigns need to deliver maximum reach on minimum budgets and this is where VR fails being the expensive technology. However, Gaming, Automotive, Real Estate are some of the industries that have the budget and the need, which can help give VR a bit of stage time. A great example was when Mercedes Benz in 2016 showed off its latest SL model with a virtual drive on the Pacific Coast Highway in California. During the drive, users were able to look around the interior of the car, peer up through the sunroof, and watch as the car navigated the road. When transitioned to convertible mode, a glance to the right revealed the Pacific Ocean. This was a video developed for virtual reality, therefore to experience it viewers needed to have a VR enabled headset.
AR (Augmented Reality) is the middle child, born with even more potential and definitely higher expectations. AR makes the surrounding of the user better, unlike VR. AR includes everything from holograms, Bitmojis to Pokemon Go. Ever since Apple built AR technology directly into iOS11, augmented reality has become decentralized. This automatically makes AR less expensive and easier for brands to adapt. Brands can now reach millions of phones through AR apps, a great example of this being IKEA Place launched in 2017. The app lets you place furniture directly on your floor and even buy it from the app. As a technology, this has the potential to revolutionize the way we shop and learn.
But AI…oh AI, Mon'Amie. Artificial Intelligence, is both our best friend and best enemy, almost like our hi-tech frenemy. The Wikipedia definition of AI is intelligence displayed by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals. It is the favorite child you teach things, until it grows into being smarter than you.
AI today is everywhere, on your phone (Siri by Apple), in your house (Alexa by Amazon) in your car (Yui by Toyota) and they are potentially in your client's marketing goals (better insights for PR, chatbots for Facebook Messenger, programmatic ad buying). According to Forbes, Facebook now offers 11,000 chatbots via the Messenger app that allows its users to do everything, from ordering and paying for a pizza, to finding the right movie to watch. This is how AI essentially work, they are built to replicate human intelligence by analyzing big data and make data-based decisions. To think of it, this is how humans work too. We have analyzed so many experiences that today we can tell between a fake smile and a real one. But this is also where AI one ups us, they can analyze huge chunks of very complex data, faster than humans.
Will AI achieve better ads, reach the right audience, deliver tailored news? Yes. In return, will AI also take your job? Is the future dystopian? Please ask Siri or Elon Musk for answers…
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Blue Ridge Community College student Madeline Delp rolls across the Patton Auditorium stage in her wheelchair while rehearsing the role of Miss Jane Bennet in an adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel "Pride and Prejudice."
She throws back her long brown hair and to someone's friendly jibe quips, "That's just the way I roll."
Everyone laughs.
As Delp continues to move briskly across the stage, the wheels on her chair light up in bright colors of pink, blue and green. Director Jennifer Treadway remarks, "We'll have to do something to cover up those wheels — not exactly period."
More laughter.
But Delp has come a long way from sustaining a debilitating injury to her spine in an automobile accident when she was 10 to feeling comfortable being on stage in a major role.
"When it first happened," Delp says of her accident, "I was so shy. I didn't want to stand out in any way. I just didn't want to talk about it."
She recalls how in those early days, when the physical therapist first asked her about putting light-up wheels on her chair, she flatly refused.
Before the accident, Delp had been outgoing and active as a performer, even participating in a violin concert a week before her accident — in the same auditorium where she will perform in "Pride and Prejudice."
"It took a lot of people to help me come out of my shell," she says.
Delp credits her mother, Diana Reid, with being the biggest inspiration in her life after the accident.
"My mother had such a positive attitude," she says. "She pushed me when I didn't want to try new things."
The first step to recovery, and still a concern for Delp, is keeping her body in top physical condition. Ever since her accident, she has been committed to working out and going to physical therapy. Although she can walk with leg braces, maintaining the hope that she will regain full mobility someday, she realizes that her condition is "for the long run." Any improvement in her condition will take hard work and determination.
Despite learning to manage some of the early physical obstacles, Delp continued to struggle emotionally, lacking confidence and feeling extremely self-conscious about her condition. Then, after spending a year in a rehabilitation center in Detroit, surrounded by other young people learning to live with their disabilities, she too began to enjoy her life again.
"I realized I'm still the same person," she says. "There's so much more to me than the chair."
Coming back from Detroit, Delp felt ready for new challenges and actually began seeking ways to stand out and be noticed. As a student at North Henderson High School, she became involved in theater, performing first in the musical "Little Shop of Horrors" and then in "Alice in Wonderland."
She also began to embrace opportunities to speak out about her disability and encourage others, even speaking at her high school's baccalaureate.
After graduating, Delp began her studies in the college transfer program at Blue Ridge Community College.
Although she still had interest in theater, because of accessibility issues at the college, she thought being involved in theater classes was out of the question.
"I didn't think there was any way. I just didn't think it was possible," she says, but quickly adds, "I should have just asked." But she didn't. She continued to assume that in a wheelchair, she would not be able to participate in drama.
Then, in this her final semester at BRCC, Delp discovered that the drama department would produce a stage version of one of her favorite books — "Pride and Prejudice." She decided she simply had to be a part of it.
Encouraged by English instructor Sam Sonnier and other faculty members, she approached Treadway, director of the drama program at BRCC, asking if it would be possible for her to audition for a part.
Without any hesitation, Treadway said yes. Delp was cast, and Treadway began to work with student services and the maintenance department to make all the necessary arrangements.
"I'm so grateful that Ms. Treadway gave me a chance," Delp says, adding that her experience this semester has taught her to be more proactive.
"Don't ever assume you can't do something. Push the limits," she says.
Overcoming some of the hurdles of life in a wheelchair has taught Delp to use her differences in a positive way, and she's thrilled to work with a director and cast that capitalize on the differences her situation provides.
"One day I realized I should have fun with this," she says, "so I relish things like rolling down hills and being bride-carried down the steps of the Patton Auditorium."
Delp even takes part in the ballroom scenes, dancing reels and quadrilles with the rest of the cast.
Although her brightly shining wheels might need to be covered for a time, Delp is no longer afraid of the spotlight, unlike the shy, demure Jane Bennet she plays in "Pride and Prejudice."
"I'm spicier than Jane," Delp says, tossing her long locks over her shoulder again. "I don't want to hide anymore."
Student in wheelchair finds role in Austen classic
Blue Ridge Community College student Madeline Delp rolls across the Patton Auditorium stage in her wheelchair while rehearsing the role of Miss Jane Bennet in an adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel "Pride and Prejudice."


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Reese Witherspoon was recently spotted picking up her own takeout in LA (!!!), while carrying an aubergine calf leather Salvatore Ferragamo Fiamma Bag, which is the brand's new marquee style for Fall 2014. You can currently find Reese's exact bag for $2,242 at MyTheresa.com (but probably not for long, now that it's gotten the Reese Witherspoon bump, so get clickin').
This Ferragamo bag seems like a most appropriate addition to Reese's handbag collection, because everything she deigns to carry is top-notch. This bag has been building steam with celebs for a couple months now. The Fiamma first made its debut on the runway in Salvatore Ferragamo's Fall 2014 collection in February, and Amy Adams was the first celeb we saw carrying the Fiamma back in August.


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Ray Fields' Chevy
Ray Fields has always liked the lines of the '64 Chevy C10 and, in 1988, he bought one at the well-known Pomona Automotive Swap Meet located in Southern California. It had been used as a farm truck up in Bakersfield, and it was still in good condition with a 283 motor and factory air.
After some paint, wheels and tires to change the attitude, and some fresh wood in the bed, Ray took it all around his hometown of Lomita as a daily driver, and occasionally took it to local car cruises. He even found time to use the truck as a tow vehicle for several race cars up at Fomoso Raceway (just north of Bakersfield).
But after owning it for some time, Ray decided to sell his pickup, and it ended up going to Ohio. A few years later the new owners were visiting a friend in California, and stopped by to see Ray and have some breakfast. They told Ray they were thinking of selling the truck, so Ray worked a deal and bought his old truck back, and then had it shipped back to his home.
Once again the truck was put into service as a daily driver, that is up until last year when Ray had a minor accident with it. Taking the opportunity to refresh his ride, Ray decided to take the truck to Starlite Rod & Kustom in Torrance, California, for the appropriate work. A K5 Blazer front clip is now part of the truck, as is a power steering unit, disc brakes, and a rebuilt rearend. Starlite's Jack Fields did the bodywork and painted the vehicle its black hue, then added the chrome side trim and the 17-inch rollers.
Under the hood a 350/350 engine and trans combo out of a '71 Camaro went in—the latter rebuilt by Jayco Transmission in Wilmington, California. Inside the cab a 60/40 split back bench seat out of a '93 Chevy van was recovered in leather by Chuy's Auto Interiors in Carson, California, and a set of Nordskog gauges were set into a new dash panel. Topping off a Chevy van's tilt steering column is a Lecarra four-spoke wheel and, for a little more safety, shoulder belts were also installed.
Now with the truck together and back on the road, we envision Ray putting a lot more miles on his C10, as he now has definite proof of the old saying: What goes around, comes around.


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When starting out as a business owner, no doubt you considered all the aspects of owning and operating a business. One neglected area of business ownership is cash flow. Neglected that is until the business owner realizes outstanding billed invoices are not being paid in a timely manner and ongoing operations can't be funded since the necessary cash flow is not coming in as expected. What is the solution for a new business or one that does not have enough established credit to get a line of credit from the bank?
Small business factoring is one solution that offers quick access to cash collateralized by your own accounts receivable or outstanding invoices. First. let's consider the situation and how cash flow problems came about in the first place. Generally, invoices are sent to customers with Net 30 terms, meaning the balance of the invoice should be paid by the customer within 30 calendar days. As many business owners know, seldom do their customers pay within a 30 day time frame with many going unpaid for sixty days or more. Odds are, your customer is experiencing the same cash flow problems as you, their vendor.
So how can small business factoring be a solution for cash flow problems which plague small and mid-size business? Invoice factoring can provide much needed cash within days rather than weeks for your business. This type of business funding is simple in methodology. For example, once a business supplies goods or a service to a customer and an invoice is generated for the total amount due, rather than sending the invoice to the customer, the invoice is sent to a factoring company.
The factoring company will take the invoice and evaluate the financial worthiness of your customer and if they meet the factoring company's guidelines, they will send you, the business owner, a check for about eighty percent of the total value of the invoice. The other twenty percent of the outstanding invoice is held in reserve until the invoice is paid in full. Once the invoice is paid, the factoring company will send you another check for the remaining twenty percent less their fee.
The small business owner receives needed cash to operate his business within a few days allowing him to continue operating unencumbered by cash flow shortfalls. The factoring company assumes the risk of collecting the outstanding invoice and collects a fee from the total amount of the invoice. Small business factoring is an excellent solution for cash flow problems affecting your bottom line.


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Alexander leaves Stetson to take Lipscomb job
Nashville, TN – Casey Alexander resigned after two seasons as head coach of the Stetson University men's basketball team to take a similar job with Lipscomb, another Atlantic Sun Conference squad.
Alexander, a native of Nashville, made his decision to return home to take the reins of his former school's rival.
In his two seasons leading the Hatters program, Alexander posted a 24-36 overall record, including a 17-19 record in A-Sun play.
"I'm making this move with mixed emotions because there are so many people at Stetson I hate to disappoint, most notably our returning players and signees, because they are the face of the program," Alexander said.
He takes over at Lipscomb for Scott Sanderson, who stepped down as the school's coach after 14 years at the helm. Sanderson guided the team to a 222-201 record during his tenure, and this past season Lipscomb went 12-18, but beat Sweet 16 surprise team Florida Gulf Coast twice during the regular season.
"Lipscomb University is a perfect fit for my family and me," Alexander said. "We couldn't be more excited about this opportunity. The philosophy of the Lipscomb program is a great alignment with what we stand for."
Prior to taking his first head coaching role at Stetson, Alexander spent 16 years at Belmont under head coach Rick Byrd.


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Student Activities
When extracurricular activities are said and done, you only have one class. So keep studies your top priority and still feel free to pursue anything from a capella to recreational knitting. On the Block Plan, you can do it all and enjoy every second of it.
What's Your Thing?
We are CC students — opportunity seeking, multifaceted, and passionate. We thrive on packed schedules and new experiences. The rhythmic structure of the Block Plan gives us room to try anything that sounds intriguing, and 80 percent of us give back to the community while at CC.
We're passionate and proud of it, and together, we'll try pretty much anything - improv, club soccer, salsa dancing, you name it!
With more than 100 clubs and activities to choose from, a dull moment is tough to come by. Yet somehow, knee-deep in the day's events, we still find time to congregate on library couches, polish off a project, and say to ourselves, "Without the Block Plan, this day might have taken all week."


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Job in Jeopardy Over "Accreditation"
Hungary for Home Education Support
Ministering to Homeschoolers in Hungary and Romania
Hungarian Homeschoolers Need Our Help
Compulsory Attendance Ages: Ages 6-16
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Homeschooling is legal in Hungary under certain conditions, but is still in its beginning stages. It made its official beginning in 2000 when Hungarian church planters working under Westminster Biblical World Mission were encouraged to practice it by Chris Klicka and the mission working with him.
Hungarian Home Schooling Association
Chris Klicka's well-known book on homeschooling, The Right Choice: Home Schooling, has been translated into Hungarian and published by the Presbyterian Publishing House of Miskolc, Hungary. It has all the chapters relevant to the Hungarian situation (the first 14 chapters) and an excellent introduction to the Hungarian readership by Rev. Imre Szoke, director of the Hungary Home School Association. It can be purchased by emailing: firstname.lastname@example.com. It can also be seen at the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Central and Eastern Europe website. (Click the English version and go to "Publications").
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A week after being Tebowed, the Bears managed to get T-Jacked with their fragile season hanging in the balance.
Minus quarterback Jay Cutler and running back Matt Forte, the Bears admitted their defense needed to step up and carry them. Brian Urlacher said exactly that four weeks ago when a broken thumb sidelined Cutler. But facing another quarterback not known for skilled passing, Lovie Smith's defense made far too few plays, and career prospect Tarvaris Jackson badly outdueled Caleb Hanie.
The 38-14 beatdown by the Seahawks on Sunday at Soldier Field effectively ended the Bears' season, which not long ago looked so promising.
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The Safeway store on 120th Avenue in Broomfield will close in August leaving another shopping center anchor store vacant along 120th Avenue
Safeway, 6775 W. 120th Ave, which employs 54 people, will close Aug. 15. Employees, who were notified on Friday of the impending closure, will be moved to other Safeway stores in Colorado. The store is being closed because it is not meeting performance goals, according to the chain's corporate office.
The store "was not able to do as well as we had hoped it would do," said Kris Staaf, director of public affairs for Safeway's corporate office in Colorado.
Staaf said the company had been monitoring the store on 120th Avenue for more than a year, but decided sales were not meeting business expectations. The closure was not because of employee performance, she said.
"At a certain point, it doesn't make sense to keep it open," she said.
Bo Martinez, Broomfield economic development director, said he is disappointed to hear about the closure. Broomfield is working to fill the space with a new anchor store, he said.
Safeway "will be part of the conversation about what might happen, whether to lease or sell the property" to a new tenant, Martinez said.
Safeway owns the 66,000-square-foot space and the attached parking lot, he said.
The store, which opened in 1992 after moving from its longtime location on Midway Boulevard, will leave a major anchor vacancy in the shopping center. The store has been in Broomfield for at least 50 years, according to longtime employee Fred Allard, who celebrated his 50th anniversary with Safeway in March.
Staaf said the Safeway closure was "a business decision" and is not related to the March announcement that Cerberus Capital Management would merge the Safeway supermarket chain with Albertson's supermarket stores.
There is another Safeway store in Broomfield at 144th Avenue and Lowell Boulevard.
The announcement about Safeway's closure on 120th Avenue comes just after Hobby Lobby on the northeast corner of 120th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard announced it will move to Thornton sometime in 2015.
Hobby Lobby, just down the road from Safeway, is the last large anchor retailer in the Broomfield Plaza shopping center. Hobby Lobby's absence will mean both of the shopping center's big-box anchor stores will be empty.
The Broomfield Plaza shopping center's other large storefront was formerly the home of Kmart, which closed in 2012. The 89,390-square-foot building is still vacant.
Though Safeway will leave a hole at its the shopping center at 120th Avenue and Main Street, employees said they do not expect to lose their jobs.
An employee, who did not give a name because Safeway workers are not allowed to speak to the media, said workers were told they would be connected with jobs at other Safeway stores.
Yet the employee said workers are worried other Safeway stores might close, or that managers at new stores might not want to keep the transferred employees.
On Monday, some shoppers at Safeway said they were upset about the closure.
One regular shopper, Jim Fisher, said he had noticed some of the store shelves were emptier than usual and overheard an employee informing another shopper about the situation.
In the past few years, he saw a drop in the number of shoppers he saw in the store, and only a few checkout lanes were open, he said.
The closure is "definitely going to force people to change their shopping habits," he said.
Another shopper, Vern Bingham, said his family is not happy to change their regular grocery shopping routine.
"We hate that it's closing," he said.
Retailers in the Safeway shopping center also are uneasy, but are waiting to see what happens to their businesses after Safeway closes.
Bobbie McAfoose, manager at the neighboring Sally Beauty Supply, said it is not clear whether her hair care store will suffer after Safeway leaves. She hopes shoppers will still come into her store and other neighboring businesses, even if shoppers do not have grocery shopping to do.
"It will definitely affect the whole area. People run into the grocery store and pick up things for their kids to eat," she said. "But the biggest thing is the people who work there, and we just hope they all get new jobs."
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Designers Kenneth Cobonpue and Albrecht Birkner have come up with a novel use for bamboo: building a car.
The two have come up with a concept called the Phoenix Roadster, the world's first biodegradable car. It was built in just 10 days, is only 153 inches long, and, in addition to bamboo, is made from steel, rattan, and nylon. It's currently on display at the Imagine and Innovation in Milan.
"This project attempts to unveil the future of green vehicles using woven skins from organic fibers mated to composite materials and powered by green technology," Cobonpue told Inhabitat.
The outer "skin" of the vehicle is designed to last around five to 10 years, the average lifespan of a car. But if owners wish to keep their vehicle for longer, a new skin can be purchased and fit onto the chassis.


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Chicken and waffles harbor a lot of mystique. No one's quite sure where the combination originated or why it tastes so good together. What is sure, though, is that they're coming to South Slope.
As soon as late summer, the neighborhood below downtown will be home to King Daddy's Chicken and Waffle and Beer City Pretzel Company.
The eateries will set up shop in a brand new building, the first for the area since before the economic downturn of 2008. Construction on the 18,000-square-foot building will begin in the coming weeks at 44 Collier Ave., next to the forthcoming Burial Beer.
King Daddy's Chicken and Waffle is the latest venture of John and Julie Stehling, who have owned Early Girl Eatery on Wall Street since 2001. The new concept is a result of John's longtime love affair with fried chicken. "It's like bacon," he says. "It's something that's kind of dear to me."
While the menu will feature plenty of golden-fried fare, it will also include lighter items, such as entree-sized salads and grilled meats. "We'll definitely be health-conscious," John says. "There will be a lot of non-fried things on the menu."
Just don't expect the new place to be identical to Early Girl. The menus will not overlap at all, John says, and King Daddy's won't serve breakfast.
However, Early Girl's family-friendly feel will carry over. As a father of two young boys, John knows the trials of dining out with kids. "As a parent, I get tired of the same two or three food choices," he says. "Our audience is mainly Asheville families, people who want to go out to eat and want something that's going to make the whole family happy, rather than just pizza or burritos."
That being said, the restaurant will feature a bar on the second floor terrace of the building, and it will provide late-night service. The dining room will likely stay open until 11 p.m., and after that, food will be available through a take-out window.
The restaurant space benefits from more than 1,000-square-feet of partially covered outdoor space on the second floor (the highest level), plus additional patio space on the ground. John expects the outside seating will be a big draw.
Adjacent to King Daddy's, Beer City Pretzel Company will serve its twisted fare with dipping sauces made from local products. "We're going to have at least two dedicated taps to every local microbrewery in town," says Burns Aldridge, who serves as real estate broker for the building and co-owns the business.
Since there are more than a dozen breweries in Asheville, the tasting room will be a strong part of the business, but it's not a bar, Aldridge says. It will open during the afternoon and evening, but it won't stay open late. "We're more of a pretzel company, but you're going to have to sell beer with a pretzel," Aldridge says.
The space will also serve as a wholesale production facility. Aldridge hopes to supply nearby breweries with pretzels just as they will supply his shop with beer. That local cooperation is part of the new building's identity, he explains. "The building is all kind of a symbiotic relationship," he says. "People can sit up on the rooftop and wait for their table, or they can go and have a pretzel and a beer — or just a beer — at our place while they wait."
The building includes two other spaces. One will be occupied by an already established business involved in the craft beer industry. Those details haven't been made public yet. The other space, which measures about 1,400 square feet, is for lease. However, the tenant will be local, Aldridge says.
Most of the businesses in South Slope are local, and Aldridge says that commitment to Asheville is key to the neighborhood's identity. "It's the local feel," he says. "As opposed to these developers coming in, buying a lot and building a skyscraper or an apartment complex."


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Mama Moosey necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 146 diseños de 37 diseñadores freelance.
Moñasterio, Consuelo, Oña, Seberina- you don't have to use all of them 1 or 2 is fine
This is an artistic endeavor. The final logo can be a merging of any of the following pieces of inspiration, but no need to use them all:
The Name or Names: Moñasterio, Consuelo, Oña, Seberina. ***You can use just one, part of one name, initials, or monogram.... You choose which word/ name appeals to you-- again you don't have to list them all.
Graphic elements that fit the brand and style:
Angels, ornate crosses, swallow (bird), key, books, medallion, all are elements that are at play in my art.- No need to incorporate all- but one or two would be good.
Think French, Think Spanish.
Nothing modern, nothing that is a name with a graphic letter to the left margin. This is expressive. Old World in a Modern medium kind of merger.
Think if you were to design that Rum bottle logo back in the day for the pirate and the name Monasterio was the brand... what can you come up with?
collectors of antiquities, fellow artist, galleries.
Most are collectors 30-50 yrs of age. I want to appeal to not only the classic sense of style in a 50 year old woman, but the trendy 30 something at the play group as well.
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Clean lines that are easy to reproduce.
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**Students who do not notify ISSS and SJSU of changes in contact information will have problems with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) that may lead to withdrawal from the university and possible deportation from the country.


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What is the importance of my 2015 tax returns as far as financial aid is concerned?
Families with high school juniors or high school seniors who are contemplating applying for financial aid need to have their 2015 tax information in order. 2015 will be the only year that will be the base year for two consecutive years of financial aid disbursement. Seniors applying to college for the fall 2016 entering class will be providing tax information from the 2015 calendar year for both their freshman year financial aid award (PY) and their sophomore year (PPY). This is because the FAFSA will become available October 1, 2016 (vs. 1/1/17) for the 2017/2018 academic year. With 2015 coming to a close, I wanted to make you aware of what an unusual tax year this is and how large an effect it will have on financial aid awards for the next two years.
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It's almost Thanksgiving so of course that means planning for the December holidays should be well underway! To avoid a financial hangover in January, consider these tips:
Keep your gift list short
This might be a good year to evaluate who you buy for and who receives "just" a very heartfelt handwritten card. Close family and friends will make the gift list obviously but then be brutally realistic about who you should add beyond that. (By the way, my gift list is almost closed—there's still time to earn your way onto it!)
Set gift price limits in advance
Don't get sucked in by the "wow" factor when you shop! Set a holiday gift budget, broken down by person, and stick with it.
Give your time and talents
Sometimes the most valued gifts can be non-monetary—say a coupon for some free babysitting or the delivery of a home-cooked meal. If you have a unique skill, you could make a gift of your valuable service. As a financial planner, I'll be giving my friends a free financial consulting session.
It's just as easy to get carried away with decorations as it is with gifts.
If you're into internal and external holiday lights, make this the year you transition to LED lights that use roughly 10% of the energy of traditional incandescent ones. Look around online for the local stores that will let you to trade in your old lights and get a credit toward the LEDs.
And sometimes it's much more striking to decorate one focal point—a prominent tree or a central section of shrubs, for example, than throwing lights onto every possible surface.
Let me be the first (only?) to wish you a very happy but financially prudent holiday season!


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There are so many great new BBM features that BlackBerry 10 has to offer. Among those features is the ability to view updates from your contacts. You can access the update stream within BBM by clicking on the three lines located on the lower left of the screen. This will bring you to the updates screen where you can view all of your contacts updates. Furthermore, you can update your status to show what your listening to by toggling on the "Show What I'm Listening To" slider from within the BBM options menu.
The problem with with the "Show What I'm Listening To" option is that it literally tries to show everything that you are currently listening to. So if your browsing YouTube it will update your status to that, and yes it also means that if your browsing that "special" site you haven't told anyone about its going to display that as well.
So to avoid some awkward chats with your friends or an interesting conversation with your spouse, it may be best to just turn that little feature off. To do that all you have to do is open up BBM, slide your finder down from the top to gain access to the BBM "Settings" icon and disable "Show What I'm Listening To". If you have done it correctly it should look like the picture below.


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Contact: Denise Germann, 406 888-5838
WEST GLACIER, MT. - Search personnel found the body of alpine hiker Jacob "Jake" Rigby at approximately 2p.m. today. The body was located on the mountain known as "8888" in the southern end of the park. An initial investigation indicates that Rigby may have fallen approximately 800 feet on the north side of the extremely steep mountain.
Rigby's body was spotted by helicopter personnel during an aerial search of the high-probability area between Ole Creek and Park Creek Drainages.
The Flathead County Coroner has been contacted and incident managers are determining a plan to safely recover the body.
The extensive search effort began Monday, August 29 after Rigby was overdue from a personal day hike in the park on Sunday, August 28. More than fifty individuals helped with the search efforts, including thirty-one searchers who were searching and camping overnight in the steep and treacherous terrain. Flathead Valley Search and Rescue and Flathead National Forest assisted with the search.
Rigby, 27 years old, worked for the exotic plant team at the park for the past three summers. He also worked at other National Park Service sites during the winter season.
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BestBuy announced today that they will be teaming up with SanDisk and RealNetworks to create a music service that will supposedly compete with Apple's iTunes. It will officially launch on October 15 and the service will initially be teamed up with SanDisk's Sansa e200R digital music player.
The service will offer either individual song downloads for 99 cents apiece or a monthly unlimited subscription service for $14.99 per month. Good luck—that is all I have to say.
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TORONTO, Nov. 19 /CNW/ - Triax Diversified High-Yield Trust (TSX: TRH.UN) announces a distribution for the month ending November 30, 2004 of $0.07 per unit. The distribution shall be paid on December 15, 2004 to unitholders of record on November 30, 2004.
The Trust offers unitholders the opportunity to increase their holdings of units through the convenience provided by its Distribution Reinvestment Plan. All distributions that are reinvested will be used to purchase additional units of the Trust. In order to take advantage of the Plan on the upcoming distribution, unitholders should contact their investment advisor as soon as possible.
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Luther operates on a rolling admissions cycle, which means we begin accepting students in September and continue to do so each week until the class is full.
You may enroll at Luther beginning with the fall, January, or spring term. If you enroll mid-year, we encourage you to begin with the January term.
Although Luther does not have an application deadline, you should complete your application well in advance of the given term.
Once we've received your application, essay, transcript, test scores and educator's reference, your file is complete and we will send it to the admissions committee for review. You can expect to hear from us about two weeks later.
If you are accepted and decide to attend Luther, we require a $300 non-refundable enrollment deposit to hold your spot in the following year's class.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call 563-387-1287.
Transfer Students: Please visit the Transfer Students page for additional requirements.
International Students: Please visit the International Students Admissions site.
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Diebold posted a third quarter loss and a dip in sales, but optimistic by indications of growing customer demand.
The numbers might not sound great, but Diebold's top executives find them encouraging.
Wall Street investors also appear to like what the company reported for third quarter results on Wednesday, as the share price rose in above average trading.
"We saw positive results from our ongoing business improvement and cost reduction efforts during the third quarter," Andy W. Mattes, Diebold president and chief executive officer, said in a press release.
"After five months on the job, I am confident we have identified the appropriate steps to build on our core strengths and capitalize on key opportunities in the marketplace," he added.
Diebold posted a $21.7 million loss, or a loss of 34 cents per share, for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with a $16.2 million profit, or 26 cents per share, reported last year. Revenue slipped to $705.4 million, less than 1 percent lower than $709.9 million reported last year.
The company said the loss came because of a pre-tax goodwill impairment charge of $70 million in its Brazilian business. The charge is tied to a move by Brazilian financial institutions to conduct auction purchases for automated teller machines, as well as new competitors in the ATM business,.
Revenue gains in Diebold's core financial self-service and security business were offset by a decrease in the election and lottery business it has in Brazil. In the global financial self-service business, growth shown in international regions was offset by declines in North America.
Through the first nine months, Diebold is carrying a loss of $140.2 million, or a loss of $2.20 per share, compared with profits of $85.5 million, or $1.36 per share, during 2012. Revenue of $2.05 billion is down 4.9 percent from $2.15 billion last year.
The results went over well with investors, as Diebold's stock opened higher and traded actively Wednesday.
Shares closed at $30.10 — a 40 cents gain for the day — but had traded higher earlier in the day. More than 2.33 million shares traded, compared with a daily average of 844,400.
Mattes told stock analysts during a conference call that the company is encouraged by increased global order activity, and higher sales outside North America.
While sales in the North American markets are down 10 percent, the company sees opportunities with potential sales of branch transformation products, outsourcing and software.
Mattes said the company has 20 North American customers lined up to test Diebold's in-lobby terminal product. He also touted Diebold's deal to install Windows 7 software on ATMs for U.S. Bank.
The company's Electronic Security business saw increased orders during the quarter, Mattes told analysts. He said the business made gains with existing customers and added to new customers to services that will help generate recurring monthly revenue.
During the third quarter, Diebold resolved a dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission by agreeing to pay a $48 million fine. The company also offered early retirement to employees. Those expenses will affect fourth quarter results, the company said.
But while the company appears to be aimed in the right direction, Mattes cautioned more than once that Diebold plenty to address.
"There is still a great deal of work to be done before we can finalize our full potential as a company," Mattes told analysts.


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Just returned from watching practice and got my first look at the 53-man roster. Already, it looks different than the team that was settled upon last night.
The Raiders cut offensive lineman Seth Wand and replaced him on the active roster with veteran linebacker Ricky Brown.
Brown was cut by the New England Patriots and quickly re-signed with the only NFL team he has known his five seasons. For now, he figures to be a backup.
*The Raiders moved quick to sign the following eight players to their practice squad: Fullback Manase Tonga, wide receiver Eddie McGee, offensive lineman Alex Parsons, tight end Kevin Brock, defensive end Mason Brodine, defensive tackle Jamie Cumbie, linebacker Jeremy Leman and cornerbacks Sterling Moore.
All eight players were cut by the Raiders on Saturday and cleared waivers. The Raiders are at full capacity for their practice squad.
*Safety Stevie Brown was cut by the Raiders at the end of training camp last year, but he was re-signed one day later. Not this time.
Brown was cut Saturday, but he signed with the Carolina Panthers and is on their 53-man roster.
*Running back Taiwan Jones switched from No. 36 to No. 22, cornerback DeMarcus Van Dyke went from No. 38 to No. 23 and safety Jerome Boyd is wearing No. 30 again after sporting No. 40 during camp.
*Receiver Chaz Schilens is practicing with the rest of his teammates for the first time since he suffered an undisclosed injury against the Arizona Cardinals on Aug. 11.
At this rate, it would seem likely that he will be healthy enough to play against the Denver Broncos on Sept. 12.
The Raiders aren't required to disclose the nature of players' injuries until Thursday. The disclosure day typically is the Wednesday before a game. However, since the Raiders are playing on Monday night, they get an extra day to play the guess-the-injury game.
*Still no sign of receiver Louis Murphy and safety Mike Mitchell. This likely means that they won't be available for the Broncos game.
Coach Hue Jackson already has said that Murphy won't play in that game. He has been far less definitive in terms of Mitchell's status.
*Defensive tackle Richard Seymour is back at practice with the rest of his teammates. He reportedly had a hamstring issue the past couple of weeks. He missed Oakland's final two exhibition games and several days of practice before today.
Cornerback Chris Johnson also looked fine during practice, and he remains on pace to play against the Broncos.
*Nick Miller was the lone guy returning punts in practice. That portends his handling that role against the Broncos, though there's still time for Jackson to take a longer look at Denarius Moore and Jacoby Ford in practice the rest of this week.