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Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas is encouraging potential teachers to attend the 2018 Great Arizona Teach-In Job Fair on Saturday, March 10. The job fair will be hosted by the Exceptional Student Services Division of the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel and Spa from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
"As I have traveled around the state to almost 60 locations on my 'We Are Listening Tours,'" Superintendent Douglas said, "I have heard unanimously from Arizonans of all walks of life that we need to pay our teachers more and find a solution to our teacher shortage crisis. Events such as the 2018 Great Arizona Teach-In Job Fair are incredible opportunities to help effectively address some of those concerns."
116 traditional district, charter and private schools will attend Saturday's job fair, as well as several other educational entities. At last year's event, 59 educators were hired right on the spot, while 88 in total were hired directly from the job fair.
A fingerprinting service, resume reviewers, as well as representatives from ADE will be on hand to counsel attendees on becoming a certified teacher in Arizona. The attending schools will be able to issue letters of intent and job offers to prospective teachers pending background checks.
"If you are a teacher in need of work or a school in need of teachers," the Superintendent continued, "there is no better place to be this weekend than the job fair. It is free for prospective teachers to attend and you can literally walk away from the event having changed your life and the lives of your potential students for the better in one day."
To register or learn more information about the 2018 Great Arizona Teach-In Job Fair, please visit http://teachinaz.com/. Media interested in attending should email or call the press contact listed above.

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When he was a small child, David Sedaris lived with his family in Binghamton which was in upstate New York. Some of his first memories were of the cold winters and show storms they experienced there.
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The Sedaris family spent most of their lives together in and around Raleigh, North Carolina.
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David Sedaris met and fell in love with a man named Hugh. The couple settled in Paris, France, where they bought a house together.
David's wealthy Aunt Mildred sponsored him to go to an exclusive camp in Greece when he was a youngster.
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Psychiatric Malpractice
In order to properly treat mental illness, it must first be regarded with as much validity and respect as any other illness. A patient in the throes of a manic state is as sick as one with the flu, and therefore has the same rights. Psychiatrists are entrusted with treating the mental health of a patient through medication and therapy. However, they do not always know best, and a patient may end up worse for wear. Some common forms of psychiatric malpractice include:
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There are numerous reasons for these lapses in care to occur, as well as numerous reasons for them to be brought to court. In order to have a solid malpractice case, there are four criteria that must be met:
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8 November 2017
The heroic mixed-fleet cabin crew at Heathrow and Manchester airports have finally forced a settlement from British Airways (BA) that has resolved their long-running dispute.
2,000 low-paid Unite members took a total of 85 days of strike action, which began in January 2017. Their upbeat singing "mixed fleet on fire" and dancing picket lines have been a feature of the struggle.
This year's struggle had its roots in the bitterly fought BA cabin crew dispute of 2009-11. One of the key triggers of that dispute was precisely the bringing in of cabin crew on new inferior contracts.
The mixed-fleet workers have taken action to raise their basic salary from a miserly £12,000 and to end their inferior terms and conditions. Many have felt that BA cynically pitched the contracts at this level with the view of creating a revolving door of new, young starters who move on every few years.
Therefore, in these circumstances, it has been a herculean effort by the union and the reps to forge a fighting force that could take on a vicious employer. Over 1,000 new recruits have been won to Unite during the course of this year's action.
The settlement deal will see workers get a pay rise of between £1,404 to £2,908 by March 2018, and some of BA's attempted vindictive strike-breaking measures have been lifted.
Those crew who went on strike will have their withdrawn travel concessions restored, along with being able to fully participate in the airline's 2017 bonus scheme. It will also see the settlement in full of Unite's legal action on behalf of crew who had been sanctioned for striking.
Many workers will believe that more could have been won if more practical solidarity could have been provided by the leadership of the Unite Bassa branch, which organises workers on the original contract and still number over 8,000 cabin crew.
The mixed-fleet workers have also shown that a new generation of younger workers can be won to the trade union movement and mobilised to take militant action.
They quickly realised the importance of seeking and giving solidarity to increase pressure on BA. On 3 August, they joined with other Unite members on strike in London at the Bank of England and Barts NHS Trust, with demos and other protests. They were a prominent part of the summer wave of strikes that saw groups of workers taking action, many of them against low pay.
The Socialist Party and the National Shop Stewards Network salute the mixed fleet workers and are proud to have stood shoulder to shoulder with them. We believe that the settlement is a firm basis to strengthen union organisation.
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The Divided Life of Cyprus
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus marked its 50th anniversary in March. The mission, which supervises cease-fire lines and maintains a buffer zone, has involved 32 countries that have contributed troops and police, among whom 184 peacekeepers have died. About 850 troops and 60 police officers make up the mission now, operating currently … Read more


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The Landmark Club Condominium is a luxury high rise waterfront condominium located in Aventura, Florida. The building has 184 apartments and includes the following amenities: a main pool, kiddie pool and jacuzzi, gym, his and hers locker rooms, tennis court, party rooms, assigned covered parking, business center, 24 hour security and valet parking.
The Landmark Club Condominium is located directly on the Intracoastal Waterway and boasts incredible sunset views of the Turnberry Golf Course as well as morning sunrise views across the ocean. We are in close proximity to Aventura Mall, with dining and entertainment options, as well as the pristine beaches of Miami.


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Saturday, February 10 | 2:00 pm | Nininger Hall
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Fresh off of an 84-77 win over Randolph College on Wednesday night, the Tigers will look to keep the momentum going as they travel to face the Eagles of Bridgewater College (13-9, 7-6 ODAC) on Saturday afternoon. Saturday will mark the only meeting between the two teams for the second straight year. Last season, they met in Fleet Gymnasium with the Tigers taking a 71-57 victory.
Following Saturday's game, there will be just two games remaining in the regular season, and the Tigers have the luxury of playing both of those at home, hosting arch-rival Randolph-Macon on Wednesday, February 14 and Roanoke on Saturday, February 17.
Hampden-Sydney comes into the season picked eighth in the ODAC Preseason Poll. Last season, the Tigers finished the year 11-16 overall and 6-10 in the ODAC while reaching the conference quarterfinals. This season, the Tigers return eight players from last year's team while adding eight new faces.
Through 21 games, the Tigers have shown a good balance with five players averaging at least eight points-per-game. Junior Malik Crute lead the way with 14.5 points-per-game while Kevin Quinn is adding 11.7. Senior big men Hunter Kuehn and Nick Chase round out the top four with 9.4 points-per-game each. Chaise Johnson has come on strong the second half of the season, averaging 8.8 points-per-game in his 12 appearances.
Brendan McHale helps the offense go, averaging 4.3 assists-per-game, which is eighth in the ODAC.
As a team, the Tigers score 71.0 points-per-game and shoot 44.1 percent from the floor, 34.5 percent from beyond the arc, and 72.2 percent from the charity stripe. The team also snares 33.3 rebounds-per-game and dish out 14.3 assists-per-game to 16.4 turnovers.
Tenth year head coach Dee Vick returns to helm after guiding the Tigers to the ODAC Quarterfinals last season.
Hampden-Sydney returned to the win column with an exciting 84-77 win over Randolph. The Tigers trailed by 11 late in the first half, but used a 17-0 run to take a lead that it maintained.
Malik Crute led the way for the Tigers with 21 points, five rebounds, three assists, two steals, and two blocks. Kevin Quinn and Nick Chase each scored 16 points and combined for seven rebounds.
Randolph's Sammy Hooper led all scorers with 23 points to go with five assists and three rebounds. Ryan Fields and Elijah Ford combined for 25 points and nine rebounds.
As a team, the Tigers shot 26-of-45 (.578) from the floor, 10-of-18 (.556) from three, and 22-of-27 (.815) from the foul line.
Randolph was 29-of-69 (.420) from the floor, 10-of-25 (.400) from deep, and 9-of-13 (.692) from the free throw line.
Bridgewater improved to 13-9 overall and 7-6 in conference play after defeating rival Eastern Mennonite 68-66 in Nininger Hall on Wednesday night. Bridgewater trailed 31-24 at halftime, but exploded for 44 points in the second half.
Bridgewater's Dimetri Chambers had a monster game with 28 points, seven steals, three rebounds, two assists and a block. Zach Breathwaite and Ken Stanciel each added eight.
Eastern Mennonite was led by RaShawn Latimer's 18 points and ten rebounds, while Isaiah Harris-Winn added 11 points and eight boards.
As a team, the Eagles shot 24-of-64 (.375) from the floor, 6-of-16 (.375) from three, and 14-of-19 (.737) from the foul line.
Eastern Mennonite was 22-of-62 (.355) from the floor, 7-of-27 (.259) from deep, and 15-of-20 (.750) from the free throw line.
Hampden-Sydney won its second straight game, downing the Eagles of Bridgewater College 71-57 on February 4, 2017.
Four Tigers scored in double figures, with Jake Duncan and Logan Samuels each scoring a game-high 16 points. JaVonte Reddick and Kevin Quinn added 13 and 12, respectively.
Bridgewater was led by Efe Balfour and Kenneth Turner who scored 12 and 11 points, respectively.
As a team, the Tigers shot 26-of-65 (.400) from the floor, 8-of-24 (.333) from three, and 11-of-18 (.611) from the foul line.
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10 Healthy and Easy Lunches
If you're anything like me, lunch is the hardest part of the day. You're going, going, going and then you have to stop to eat lunch. Here are ten quick, easy and healthy lunch ideas for your crazy schedule.
If you're anything like me, lunch is the hardest part of the day. You're going, going, going and then you have to stop to eat lunch. Here are ten quick, easy and healthy lunch ideas for your crazy schedule.
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Whether you're new to the gym or you're an old-timer, there are some basic etiquette rules you should be aware of. Following these guidelines will make being at the gym more pleasant for everyone.
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Scroll down to bottom for new video of Gawain taken 8/20 morning.
There are also videos of Gawain, Charlie Rose and Tawny taken just before the video on this page was taken with the 3 of them playing on the bed with us. Go to Sold Kittens/Sabrina's Sold Kittens for these videos.
We took these videos on 8/7. The 2nd one is a little dark. We get morning sun and late afternoon sun in the bedroom, but mid day the sun is behind trees outside the windows., You should be able to see the size difference between Lena & Theo and Gawain, but he really doesn't seem to care. He's still a little intimidated by mom and the other two... sort of like the younger child in a large family. I can relate. I was the youngest out of 5 kids. I had to work harder to win when we played family games. Gawain is kind of like that. but wait until next week when Lena and Theo are gone and we bring Sabrina's 3 into the bedroom... Then, he will be king.
When we first started playing with Gawain and Bell for these videos, we pulled out a toy on a long floppy stick with a fluffy ball on the end of it. It took Belle about 5 minutes to pull the ball off and break the toy so we decided for these videos to try to stick to the laser light. Gawain looses it from time to time but as soon as he sees it again, he's back in the game.
These 3 videos were taken the next day,. Lena and Theo are at the clinic for their spay/neuter surgeries. They're leaving this weekend. We put mom in the other room so I decided to take this opportunity for a little one-on-one time with Gawain. He was initially a little unsure of this toy, but as you can see from these videos, he got over his hesitation real quick. I'm handling the toy and the camera. It was hard keeping him in frame and moving the toy at the same time. But you'll enjoy his enthusiasm. (listen for his little cries when I stop moving the toy or if he can't reach it.)
Gawain is going to look much like Belle when he matures. She is a "black silver" which means she's got a lot of silver undercoat but the top coat is predominately black.
Watch in these videos as he takes on Lena. Both Lena and Theo are considerably bigger than Gawain, but he's all heart, just like his name sake.
Mike is trying to keep the kitties interested in the laser light. When we bring out toys on strings, mom dominates and over powers all the kittens. Belle is convinced that she's still a kitten herself.
8/20 videos of Gawain
I took several videos of Charlie Rose, Tawny and Gawain playing with us Sunday morning (8/20). To see the other videos of Gawain, go to Sold Kittens/Sabrina's Sold Kittens. Gawain is the "play-myster" of the group. We weren't planning to take videos so we didn't clear the clutter off the bed. I just decided to take the videos because the kittens were so cute and I knew the new owner for Sabrina's babies would enjoy them.
This video is of Gawain after we finished playing with them with the toys. Gawain wasn't ready to slow down yet so he's attacking Charlie Rose to keep the games going. They all been playing since 6am... the videos were taken a little after 9am. Once they wound down, it didn't take more than 5-10 minutes for them to completely crash. Gawain is looking around to see if there's a way to keep the games going. He had just been attacking Charlie Rose. He's motor was still in high gear. I missed that part. He's actually slowing down a little in the video below, and Charlie is pretty much done. They will sleep now for at least 3 hours.
Here's these 3 just MOMENTS after we finished playing with them and MOMENTS after this video above.
These are younger photos of Gawain. Sabrina's 3 babies are now in the bedroom with Gawain. Gawain is 2 wks older than the newbies to the bedroom, but he's closer to them in size and he's loving his new friends. We just put them together Saturday. We'll give them a couple days and then take some new videos and photos of the 4 of them.


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Big Tobacco's Guinea Pigs: How An Unregulated Industry Experiments on America's Kids and Consumers
Publication Date: February 2008
Publisher(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Topic: Health (Licensing and regulation)
This report from the RWJF-supported Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids details how the companies manipulate their products to recruit new users among young people, create and sustain addiction, and discourage users from quitting. It also describes the new generation of tobacco products designed to achieve these goals. Finally, it outlines how effective regulation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), can curtail the tobacco industry's harmful practices and save lives.


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Lodz, a city that expanded during the industrial revolution, is located in the center of Poland. It is a center of avant-garde traditions that had a significant impact on the development of graphic design in Poland. Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts Lodz continues the tradition of avant-garde of the XX century established by Wladyslaw Strzeminski, Katarzyna Kobro, Henryk Stażewski, Karol Hiller and Henryk Berlewi. The presence of Strzeminski and Kobro in Lodz of the 30's accumulated the dialogue of avant-garde environment with the rest of Europe creating the base for the future modern college of art. The form and the function dictated the direction of the educational and artistic development.
The new media reality requires a professional preparation of the students in the domain of the architecture of information, designing printed and digital materials and creating a functional interface. Despite the obvious changes due to common use of new media, the educational mission of Department of Graphic design remain unchanged – it aims to prepare the students to consciously and rationally cope with widely understood design problems. They are defined by the conditions and references to the contemporary language of the art of design and its function. Through our educational programs and methods, created with the attention to all detail, we face the needs of the surrounding environment and society. The educational content is divided among separate subjects: Editorial Graphic Design, Poster Design, Visual Identity Design, Multimedia Graphic Design, Spatial and Poster Design, Font and Lettering Design studios. The programs structure and the technological supply base as well as the educational experience find their confirmation in high assessment of the skills and artistic level of the graduates that are hired in many renowned design studios and advertising agencies in Poland and abroad.
The presentation will be accompanied by the exhibition of the chosen realizations of the Department of Graphic Design Studios.


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How to Create a New Drawing from a Template Drawing in AutoCAD 2014
When you start in either the Drafting & Annotation workspace or the old AutoCAD Classic workspace, AutoCAD 2014 creates a new, blank drawing configured for 2D drafting. Depending on where you live (your country, not your street address!) and the dominant system of measure used there, AutoCAD will base this new drawing on one of two default drawing templates:
acad.dwt for the Imperial system of measure, as used in the United States
acadiso.dwt for the metric system, used throughout most of the rest of the galaxy
In AutoCAD LT, the two default templates are acadlt.dwt and acadltiso.dwt. When you explicitly create a new drawing from within AutoCAD, the Select Template dialog box, appears by default so you can choose a template on which to base your new drawing.
You may be familiar with Microsoft Word or Excel template files, and AutoCAD drawing templates work pretty much the same way because Autodesk stole the idea from them (encouraged, of course, by Microsoft, although one could argue that it was the other way around).
A template is simply a drawing whose name ends in the letters DWT, which you use as the starting point for another drawing. When you create a new drawing from a template, AutoCAD makes a copy of the template file and opens the copy in a new window. The first time you save the file, you're prompted for a new filename to save to; the original template file stays unchanged.
Using a suitable template can save you time and worry because many of the setup options are already set correctly for you. You know the drawing will print correctly; you just have to worry about getting the geometry and text right. Of course, all this optimism assumes that the persons who set up the template knew what they were doing.
The stock templates that come with AutoCAD are okay as a starting point, but you'll want to modify them to suit your purposes or create your own from scratch. In particular, the stock AutoCAD templates are probably not set up for the scales you'll want to use.
So, the only problems with templates are creating good ones and then later finding the right one to use when you need it. The instructions here show you how to use an already-created template — say, one of the templates that comes with AutoCAD 2014 or one you get from a CAD-savvy colleague.
Follow these steps to create a new drawing from a template drawing:
Run the NEW command by pressing Ctrl+N or clicking the Application button and choosing New.
The Select Template dialog box appears.
The first button on the Quick Access toolbar runs the QNEW command instead of the ordinary NEW command. If you or someone else has changed the Default Template File Name for QNEW in the Options dialog box, QNEW will not open the Select Template dialog box; instead, it simply presents you with a new, blank drawing — possibly not the one you wanted. You can take advantage of QNEW, though.
Click the name of the template you want to use as the starting point for your new drawing and then click the Open button.
A new drawing window with a temporary name, such as Drawing2.dwg, appears. (The template you opened remains unchanged on your computer's hard drive.)
Depending on which template you choose, your new drawing may open in a paper space layout, not in model space. If that's the case, click the Model button on the status bar before changing the settings.
Press Ctrl+S or click the Application button and choose Save to save the file under a new name.
Take the time to save the drawing to the appropriate name and location now.
Make needed changes.
With most of the templates that come with AutoCAD, consider changing the units, limits, grid and snap settings, linetype scale, and dimension scale.
Save the drawing again.
If you'll need other drawings in the future similar to the current one, consider saving your modified template as a template in its own right.
A few of the remaining templates that come with AutoCAD include title blocks for various sizes of sheets. In addition, most templates come in two versions: one for people who use color-dependent plot styles and one for people who use named plot styles. You probably want the color-dependent versions.


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When I saw that my sock post from last November had been viewed a few times this week, I suddenly remembered that I had promised to blog the actual sock L. and I made for the OnlyDads tree. L was tickled pink with it and this is reminding me too, of my, as yet, unfulfilled promise to make another one. Big fat sticky note to self.
So if you fancy having a go, you will need:
- 1 sock – trainer-socks are probably a tad too short unless you want to make a beetle monster – although that could be an interesting variation on the theme!
- Two smallish plastic screw-on lids – ours were from 1 litre orange juice cartons. We opted for the same colour, but again, variation is always good!
- Two similar sized wine bottle corks
- Two metal can ring-pulls
- A length of sturdy string – ours was about 20cms long
- Various metal bottle tops / plastic juice carton tops
- One dispenser end from a washing-up liquid bottle
- Two googly / stick on eyes (if you don't have pre-made eyes, they are simple to make with paper and glue)
- A strong needle and some thread (I used nylon thread as it's more durable)
- Scissors
- A bradawl (thanks Twitter for supplying the name ..still laughing at some of the responses!) or very sharp ended Phillips screw driver
- Hammer
- Some strong glue
What to do:
The tail – preparation
- The carer prepares the materials in advance by punching a hole through the centre of all bottle tops to be used for the tail. A bradawl and hammer is the easiest way to do this, but make sure you are resting on something that doesn't matter (granite work-tops and glass-topped tables should probably be avoided!). I used an old wooden chopping board.
- Cut string to desired length for the tail
- Tie a generous knot about 5 cms in at one end of the string. (You will need some free string to sew the tail to the monster later.)
- Let child thread all bottle tops onto the string – this is an excellent exercise for concentration and motor skills. Also interesting if different types / colours / sizes of tops are used. It also keeps the child happy and occupied while you do the more strenuous work! :
The ears
- Using the bradawl, the carer pushes a hole through the side of each wine cork approx ½ cm from one end. Make sure the hole is clear – this takes some patience!
- Turn the sock over so that the heel is at the top
- Pinch up the heel of the sock and sew the two corks to the doubled material, through the holes you just made. Your sock monster now has ears! (We were pushed for time, but you could paint the corks first for variation)
The eyes – preparation
- Carer takes one of the screw-tops to be used as eyes. Punch two holes in the sides of the lid, one opposite the other. Repeat with the other 'eye'.
- Sew the two eyes to the sock through these holes so they are touching at the base (see pic)
The tail cntd:
- Once the child has threaded all tops onto the tail, tie a good sized knot in the string to secure them. (Tip: If the tops are threaded loosely enough to move a little on the string, they make a great sound when the puppet is moved. This was L's favourite aspect to the whole toy.)
- Add the squeezy bottle top over the end to finish it off ("like a dragon's tail" as my then 3yo put it.) We were lucky as our squeezy bottle end was the perfect size and fit snugly around the last metal tops so we didn't need to sew or glue it on. You may need to improvise here.
- Sew the tail into the open end of the sock with the free length of string, as shown below.
The finishing touches:
- The child can now stick on the eyes
- We then stuck the ring-pulls around the eyes as glasses
Et voila! Long live the sock monster :-)
As ours was made in a bit of a rush, he is very basic but there must be hundreds of variations to this. Ask your child what they would like to add – they will come up with some fantastic ideas I'm sure!
If you make one, feel free to link back in the comments. I'd love to see what you come up with!


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Herbalife 24 Biathlon Team, the first professional biathlon team that works between Norway and Sweden, have begun using POWERbreathe as part of their training.
Biathlon as a sport has its roots within the Norwegian army and top biathletes are apparently among the fittest athletes on the planet and are famed for controlling their heart rates by breathing correctly so that they're able to compose themselves between the skiing and shooting phases.
In Biathlon, the biathlete skis distances around a cross-country track that can vary from 6 to 20km. They then stop at a shooting range to shoot two or four times (half in a prone position and half standing), with the skiing distance and number of bouts of shooting depending on the type of competition.
For biathlon, each member of the Herbalife 24 Biathlon Team needs a combination of strength, physical fitness and endurance. This is where POWERbreathe breathing training will help, helping them to control their breathing, make the most of their vital capacity, improving endurance and helping them to recover quickly enough from their skiing in order to control their shooting.
Marie Alkire, shooting coach for the US biathlon team paints a wonderful picture of this very challenge when she says, "Try sprinting full out around the neighborhood track, then stopping to thread a needle." Your breathing needs to be controlled and not laboured, you need to be able to take a controlled deep breath, exhale slowly – and then shoot.
POWERbreathe breathing training should help the team improve their breathing strength and stamina while skiing, so that they arrive at the range ready to shoot.
Breathing is such an important part of biathlon training. Cross country skiing is an intense aerobic activity requiring both upper and lower body strength as well as cardiovascular stamina, and the biggest challenge in biathlon is going from a state of high adrenergic stimulation with rapid breathing and elevated heart rate to a condition of calm. The key to making this transition is the ability to control breathing.
Each Herbalife 24 Biathlon Team member has been provided with a POWERbreathe Plus and the team will be utilising a POWERbreathe K5 with Breathe-Link software for:
- Real-time breathing measurement and analysis
- Import and export of .bre files (breathing file extension) for data sharing
- Real-time, live test feedback graphical display with enhanced visual feedback
- Detailed, simultaneous plotting and analysis of data
- Detailed high resolution records of each session
- Creation of personalised breathing training sessions
- Automatic warm-up
- Automatic cool-down
Each member will use their POWERbreathe Plus before the biathlon to warm up the inspiratory muscles, alleviating the feeling of breathlessness from the start, and again at the end of the biathlon to help speed lactate clearance and aid recovery.
We hope to keep you updated with the Herbalife 24 Biathlon Team's progress throughout 2013, so please keep visiting the POWERbreathe blog for more information.


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The Founders' Story
How Brava came to be
It started at the dinner table, where many good conversations begin. Dan wished his mom could enjoy their family holiday dinner without jumping to the kitchen every five minutes to check on the meal. Together, they realized if an oven could help guide her cooking and deliver consistently great results, she would be less stressed and family time would be more enjoyable for everyone.
But it was not enough for this oven to be smart, it had to be easy to use, faster and produce better results than any cooking technology on the market.
Enter Thomas to lead the extensive scientific research into heating technologies and cutting-edge control systems. After much trial and error, and time in his garage, Pure Light Cooking™ was born.
With an early prototype in hand, the journey began in earnest to create a revolutionary product and company. John joined the team to help bring on market-leading investors, partners and colleagues, as well as expand the offering into food services and develop the direct-to-consumer strategy.
And off we went.
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Over and over again
We've brought together the finest experts across many domains — from electrical and mechanical engineers, software developers, scientists and mathematicians to chefs, creatives, technicians, product and operations managers, researchers and marketers — who all share a few things in common:
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♦ Michael Novak died in February. He was a pillar of First Things for more than two decades. Like our founder, Richard John Neuhaus, Michael had been an ardent proponent of a number of progressive causes. Some of his early books about post–Vatican II Catholicism can make you blush. But in the . . . . Continue Reading »


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May 16, 2008
Morningwood @ Water Music, Hoboken,NJ 5/15-16 2008
I'm at the George Augsburger-designed "Big Room" at Water Music in Hoboken, NJ with the band Morningwood , cutting drums on four songs for an upcoming EP on Capitol Records. MW's bassist, Pedro Yanowitz, is also an excellent drummer (having played for The Wallflowers among others) and did a fine job on the songs. Sam Koppelman (Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, Amy Winehouse) also played on the session.
I love the drum room at Water Music because it sounds great and you can track with a huge room sound but you also have the choice to tighten up the sound with gobo's and baffles. Producer Kato Khandwala had already tracked everything but drums because of scheduling issues, so the challenge was to fit the drums to existing tracks . We used the ubiquitous Eames 13" and 15" toms (which sounded huge in the room) and my one-of-a-kind 5x14" Drum Heaven Raw Brass snare drum, the Pearl Steve Ferrone, and Pedro's 1920s brass 7x14 Ludwig & Ludwig.
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In this week's blog, as well as covering the 3rd and 4th editions, I also touch upon the Neverwinter Nights (NWN) and D&D Online (DDO) versions of the game. After all, NWN is probably the prime reason you are even reading this today thanks to the great community of players that has come into existence since Bioware set up the forums for NWN. So, without more preamble, let me now discuss my recollection of playing with these various versions of the game.
Third Edition
Last week you may recall my disappointment regarding the huge expansion of supplemental material that was to quickly come with the second edition rules. For some, the extra materials may have been a great benefit, in the same way I thought of them when I first started playing D&D. However, by the year 2000, when I bought into the third edition rules, I had reached the point where I wanted to keep things "simple". Nuances and rules to the nth degree I had had my fill, and so I made a decision only to buy the core rule books from this edition onwards, which I did at this time. For the third edition rules my wife did buy the Manual of the Planes in 2001, but this was a useful addition (in the same way I felt about it in its original first edition release) and ended up helping me design the setting for my NWN1 module, Soul Shaker, which takes place on a demi-plane. That was the last book I was to acquire for this edition, although I did download and consider some of the core updates of the 3.5 edition of the rules that became freely available on the Wizards of the Coast website (WotC).
Fourth Edition
Towards the end of the 00's, the fourth edition rule set was released. To be frank, although there was a lot of hype and promise around the fourth edition rules, the main reason I bought a boxed copy of the core rules was simply to "complete" my set of the core rules available to date. Now, having glanced over the fourth edition and witnessed the amount of additional "core rules" that have become available for this edition, I believe I have definitely been left behind as a player. The boxed set is very well laid out and of excellent quality, but, in my opinion, the spirit and heart of D&D has been so changed in their coming that I can never see me using them as a means of playing the game. So much so, that I believe the fourth edition will be the last investment I make in such books. Since this edition, the D&D I knew and enjoyed playing has changed to such a degree that I feel as though the game is targeting a new breed of player. I will let you draw your own conclusions here. As you can probably tell by now, I will not be discussing the fourth edition any further in this blog.
The Pros and Cons (Third Edition)
1) The D20 System: Finally, the awkward number system surrounding the whole game was changed for a sensible one based around the twenty sided die. Attributes now ran along similar values and were no longer capped; experience tables were made fairer for all classes and armour classes improvements went into positive numbers instead of negative ones. Without doubt, this improvement alone went a long way to making D&D much more of an easier game to play without compromising its integrity. It was the "decimalisation" of D&D!
2) Skills (Also listed as a CON): Non-weapon proficiencies of the second edition had come of age by the third edition in the form of skills. I explained how this was to become a positive move in my blog on the second edition, so I won't say anything more other than in many respects it was a well thought out system covering many aspects of game play that could be easily implemented as required. However, I reserve the right to comment on it as a CON as well. (See CONS.)
3) Clearer Rule Definitions: The third edition of the rules did a lot to clarify many of the more vague rules behind such things as effects and conditions. This can be illustrated if one examines the details of creatures and their abilities of the Monster Manual. As an example, one may have once simply associated the ability to "regenerate" with trolls and vampires. However, once this ability had been described independently of the creature themselves, it was easier to recognise it as something that could be applied as an ability of an object with its own rules and definitions in play. Unfortunately, this kind of clarification can also rob us of some of the initial unique and special appeal the ability/creature had when we first encountered it, but this cannot be avoided if we want to also build worlds that work according to some sort of law or reason. There are so many other "clarifications" that fall under this PRO that I could not do justice here in the space I have, but suffice to say, many of the rules that were once inconsistent or vague from previous editions were given clearer understanding and made sensible in this edition of the rules.
1) Skills (Also listed as a PRO): The problem with the new system of skills that came with the third edition was not its overall implementation, but the way it allowed some of the more archetypal skills to become available to any class. In particular, I refer to the Open Locks and Disable Device skills. These two skills had now become available to any class who was prepared to invest some time in them, which were once the sole domain of the rogue (thief) class. A clause to the Disable Device skill made magic traps only possible to be disabled by rogues, but apart from that (and declaring these skills would be cross class to all classes but rogues) any class could still acquire these skills. In one quick swoop, the importance of the archetypal rogue/thief class had been crippled. If the "rogue" classification that was introduced in the second edition had been adhered to, we could have maintained the archetypal structure and minimised the classes who had access to the skill. e.g. Only other "rogue" classes (like the bard) may have had access to these skills and perhaps only then as cross class skills, leaving the skills as class skills for the thief only.
2) Restructured Class System (inc Prestige Classes): To be clear, I am NOT opposed to certain classes being brought back into the game, or even new ones added (within reason). However, as a game, I believe a structure or framework is required, which "new" classes should follow or fall into. After all, the problem with removing such a structure (that the second edition offered) is that you open the game up to abuse, be it official or unofficial. By abuse, I also mean as an excuse to "officiate" yet another class or sub-class to accommodate yet another style of play. The problem as I see it, is the third edition rules try to accommodate an archetypal system (like the first edition), but then also try to give reason (excuse) to allow more classes to be made or "tweaked" in various ways to satisfy a player's need to be unique in ways that role-playing once used to do instead. What used to once be a desirable style of play and interaction between player and DM forging a unique PC personality through play has turned into an exercise of character building through an ever growing set of rules to cover the many new nuances of classes coming into being.
3) Restructured Race System (inc Sub Races): Like the change in rules for allowing or building new classes, so the introduction of rules to accommodate new races has been taken further in the third edition rules. What was once a simple matter of choosing a particular race to play has now expanded into a selection of races that were once the sole domain of "monsters". Again, I do not wish to be misunderstood in what I am saying here. For instance, I can imagine a DM wanting/allowing a player to choose to play an unusual race in special circumstances (or even a special campaign), but such races should not become considered the norm to the point of being an expected consideration.
4) Magic System Complicated: Whereas the third edition made some good progress in clarifying many of the rules on conditions and abilities (see PROS), it appears to do the opposite when it comes to spell casting. Three particular rules stand out to me in particular: Counterspells, Meta-magic and Touch Attacks. Just out of curiosity, has anybody reading this blog ever played a counterspell, or played the meta-magic spells much? I know our group never did. And while I appreciate the thinking behind introducing the Touch Attack rule, was it really necessary? After all, can't we just say that armour (natural or otherwise) helps a target of a touch spell resist the effects of the magic by some sort of armour absorption? I know there are arguments about how this would make such spells less effective, but hey, guess what, so be it! The rules makes sense depending upon who we are arguing for, the wizard doing the attack, or the creature trying to protect itself! My argument is, having such a rule does more to complicate matters than actually effect any sort of game balance. Returning to counterspells and meta-magic, all I can add is that these just seem to complicate matters, period. If the third edition had just left spells to scale with level (without capping them), then we could ignore some of the power enhancing meta-magic feats straight way. As for the others, they just serve to complicate the rules anyway, and all of these meta-magic feats start to complicate which spell is available from which level. As for the counterspells rule, I do not even have the heart to counter an argument, it's that tedious!
There were, in my opinion, many great improvements with the third edition rules, from simplified combat and basic number calculations using the D20 system, to working with actions in play, through skills. However, personally, I believe the system took a backward step with respect to organising the archetypal class system. In my opinion, the second edition rules had started to lead the way for organising a system that could accommodate many styles of play and keep flexibility in the hands of the players, while being governed by a DM who knew what would or would not work for their world. By the third edition introducing rules on class and race variations, the once reasonably solid grounding for building a PC within known and accepted limits akin to a classic fantasy world environment had changed to one of an imagination that has gone too far beyond the classic and into the realms of "anything can go". While I appreciate the sentiment behind the slogan, "you are only limited by your imagination", I also believe an imagination works best within well established rules and guidelines (simple) where the practice of exercising an imagination can be fully enjoyed. Personally, I do not want yet another class and race "officially" added to the core rules (as a variant, prestige, optional choice or suggestion) just because someone built a campaign with a PC of a new race and class for it, or there was an NPC character with such abilities. The PCs should stick to the core archetypal classes and races and the monsters and NPCs should remain what they are - and "never the twain should meet" unless in conversation or combat.
Imagination Becomes Visual
Around 1988, when computers were starting to get "reasonable" soundcards and graphic cards, I remember talking to my friends at a pen and paper session about the possibility of playing D&D on them. Games like The Bard's Tale (1985) and Pool of Radiance (1988) had come and gone, but they were not capable of allowing more than one player to play at a time, and so did not appeal to us as a group of players. Imagine our excitement when, a few years later around the mid 90's, I found a very small snippet of information in a computer magazine about a game that was being built that was multi-player and AD&D second edition rules compatible, called Baldur's Gate. It was like a dream come true. However, we still had to wait a few more years before the game finally hit the shelves in 1998. Unfortunately, as much as I enjoyed the game, some of my players did not enjoy the change from pen and paper to computer, and, at the time, the cRPG was resigned to a SP game for me and our PnP game continued. For myself, however, I enjoyed Baldur's Gate and many of the genre that followed in those early years of the cRPG. Unlike many other games I purchased at the time, I have kept all of them and consider them a valuable part of my D&D collection.
In 2002, Bioware, the same people who had brought us Baldur's Gate, went one step further with their cRPG software and released Neverwinter Nights. This game not only delivered a D&D campaign in a three dimensional environment based upon the latest (at the time) 3rd edition rules, but also the ability to create your own campaign using a toolset that it provided with the game. Game editing software was not new at this time, but having one that came free with the game and was dedicated to D&D was. For me, this seemed like the ideal package and I was keen to start building, for a couple of reasons. 1) The thought of seeing my world "in the flesh" seemed ideal. 2) My health had declined since 2000 and I was finding it more difficult to manage "live" PnP sessions. The thought of preparing the game in advance at my own pace through using the software seemed like the ideal solution. There were complications and some objections to adapting to this format of the game from my group, but after some alterations to the game through scripting, we settled to a few years playing my campaign using this software.
In 2006, Obsidian Entertainment released Neverwinter Nights 2. This version had greatly improved graphics and its rules were based upon the 3.5 edition. While my group and I continued to play using NWN1, I started to build the next stage of the campaign with NWN2. Unfortunately, in 2007, just before I released my final module for NWN1, which was to be the last for my group before we took a break, the majority of my players left the group to prioritise other activities. Some of those that left had played from 1981. However, I still had one player who wished to continue, and I wanted to complete the campaign for my own accomplishment, so I continue to write the latest chapters of my campaign with NWN2, which I hope to release at some time in the future.
To complete the picture, I also mention Turbine's "Dungeons and Dragons Online" (DDO), based on the 3.5 edition of the rules, which was also released in 2006. Only last year, in 2010, this online version of the D&D game had areas of it that became free to play. As this version of the game chose to be based on real time play rather than turn-based actions, there are a number of differences that affects all areas of the rules. However, having taken a look (it is free after all!), I can see that while the game cannot possibly cater for the role-play aspects of D&D, it does well to cater for the feeling of PC advancement and "dungeon crawling". It has well designed areas and makes good use of a proper "z" axis, which the NWN series of games fails to deliver. A first person camera angle also allows the player to feel more immersed in their environment, which while NWN2 can come close to, the latter has other camera angles which tend to lead the player to play the game more akin to a top down perspective. This is better for managing combats designed in turn-based combat, but comes at the sacrifice of compromising immersion in the environment.
This month, April, marks my 30th year of playing D&D, which equates to two thirds of my life. Having played through the many versions of the rules and encountered it on the computer, I believe there are some conclusions I can draw. Please note that while I have been a player, much of my own experience has been as a DM, so my own conclusions are coloured from that perspective and may differ from players who have had more experience playing PCs than I have.
1) No Perfect Set. No one set of rules has yet accomplished the best set of rules to play by. If I was to choose one edition, it would be the third edition (plus some 3.5 updates) because of the many rules it cleared up and the inclusion of the D20 system. However, ideally, I would choose to remove the complications it adds (mentioned above) and return to a more streamlined class and spell systems of the second edition.
2) Nostalgia. We all wear "rose tinted specs" when it comes to recalling our experiences of the past. Yes, I enjoyed the first edition modules very much, but I also very much appreciate the improvements to the game that have been made over time. I suppose I could give the analogy of comparing the original series of "Star Trek" with "Star Trek: The Next Generation". How could one possibly beat the great personalities of Kirk, Spock and Bones? But, hang on a minute, I like the way the Next Generation has explained the cosmology of the Star Trek universe. In the same way, I love the experience I had playing the A, D and G series of adventures with my players, but I very much appreciate the ability to understand the cosmology of the D&D universe and experience it visually on a computer screen.
3) No Expansions. I would make the rules simpler again. By this, I mean I would do away with the many classes and associated rules, as well as peripheral supplemental rule books for every other aspect of the game. I would make systems more straight forward to allow quicker reference and learning, but without compromising their diversity. If possible, I would play with a DM who can adjudicate where need be ... and ensure players accept the ruling for the sake of the spirit of the game. If this is not possible (if designing a NWN module without a DM for example), then I would be sure to be consistent with the rules. E.g. DDO fails in this department, in that it allows its creatures to have unlimited "mana" to cast spells at the player's PC, whereas the player's own PC quickly runs out when casting spells.
There are many other things I could say, but this blog, which has already taken me a number of days to write, would take even longer. Maybe I will come back and comment in a future blog now and then, or respond to some comments (if I receive them) in more detail, but for now, this blog post ends!


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SERENITY OF Shabbos*
Man in his unrelenting toil looks forward to the Shabbos day. Throughout the Six Days of Work he cannot stop his laborious efforts to provide for himself and his family. As the sun sets Friday afternoon in anticipation of the Shabbos Queen, he finally allows himself to relax, to prepare for the Divinely ordained day of rest. Week after week, he struggles pouring his heart and soul into the endeavor of making a living. When can a person find time for the true purpose of his heart and soul? When can a person find time for himself and for his family? Effort, struggle and toil – then Shabbos comes and brings freshness to his weary soul.
Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch (The Hirsch Hagadda: Feldheim Publishers) paints a vivid and stirring description of the relationship of man and Shabbos. "The material world goes about its work without respite. Can one simply rest his hand, his head, and his soul and wipe away the sweat, smooth away the frown, and shake off the dust from the treadmill of life? …Then sent from Eden like the angel of G-d, Shabbos comes and approaches man: In the Name of G-d, Stop! …Have you no spirit, no heart, no soul assigned to your earthly existence wherewith to merit eternal life? …Do not deny your Heavenly soul – do not deny your G-d. Leave your work and come home with me.'
'Now indeed man stands where he belongs – his bursting chest relaxes, his violent pulse subsides. Now he takes off time for himself and casts off his burdens. He wipes his sweat-covered brow, and dusts off his body. The frown disappears, he raises his eyes and looks about – indeed, he smiles – and now he can hear the voice calling from the Garden of Eden.'
'lt beckons him to his wife's side, within the circle of his children. The light radiating from within him doubles the illumination of the Shabbos candles; The peace reposing in him adds spice to the Shabbos meal. Worry, tears, sorrow and sighing – all are banished from even the poorest of Jewish dwellings. Consequently, Shabbos is a delight to him.'
'The treasures of Paradise that Shabbos supplies from its stores – the peace and relaxation, the fullness of joy in the presence of G-d – are provided for in abundance and equality. Give mankind Shabbos and one has broken his chains and healed his wounds." Hence, Shabbos is a day of joy for one and all.
'And it was evening and morning, the sixth day." Chazal teach us that the addition of the extra 'ה', the definite article, refers to a particular "sixth day", the sixth of Sivan, the day that the Torah was given, and also alludes to the Five Books of the Torah. After man – the purpose of creation – was formed, the Torah states: "Thus the heaven and the earth were completed."
The Rema in Shulchan Aruch rules that 'workers and laymen that do not occupy themselves during the week with the study of the Torah should involve themselves on Shabbos even more than a talmid Chochom, that is occupied the whole week with studying Torah'. The Mishnah Berurah cites a Medrash that relates that the Torah came before G-d and said: When the Bnei Yisrael will enter Eretz Yisrael, all will be busy with their vineyards and fields. What will become of me?'. Hashem replied, "I have a companion which l will give you. Shabbos is its name. For on Shabbos they are not engaged in work and will occupy themselves with you." Shabbos and Torah are the chosson and kallah. Shabbos and Torah are inseparable.
*This is an adaptation of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch's exposition on the great benefit of the gift of the Shabbos as explained in The Hirsch Haggadah.
The essay can be read in its entirety here.
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To celebrate the premiere of Wes Anderson's new film The Grand Budapest Hotel at the Berlin International Film Festival, Prada has created a special window display at its Berlin address, and showcases collaborative pieces from the film.
Two windows and a dedicated inside set-up feature a selection of exclusive custom-made suitcases and trunks, designed by the luxury Italian fashion brand for two of the film's leading characters, played by Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton.
Taking inspiration from the brand's own vintage models from the 1920s and 30s, Prada has designed two exclusive trunks, as well as a black nappa coat for Willem Dafoe's character.
Visitors to the store can admire the intricate details of the models' wooden frames, wrapped in soft vachetta leather in oak and natural tones. The cases are lined in peach-pink sateen cotton for an authentic vintage effect, and were given additional custom touches by artist Mieke Casal, who painted the initials of the characters on the leather in typical 20s style.
This is the latest in a series of collaborations between Prada's creative director and Wes Anderson, the latest being a short film called Castello Cavalcanti.
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Caltech dropped three tight SCIAC baseball games to Occidental during their weekend set.
Game One - Occidental 13, Caltech 8 (Boxscore)
In a game that was played mostly in rain Occidental scored the first nine runs of the game and held on late. With The Tigers holding a 13-1 lead after five innings, the Beavers responded with four runs in the sixth and three in the seventh but couldn't draw closer.
Brian Penserini went 2-for-3 with two runs scored while Brendan Sheehan went 2-for-3 with four RBI's.
Game Two - Occidental 9, Caltech 3 (Boxscore)
The Beavers scored the game's first run in the bottom of the third when Sheehan drove home Mason Freedman. However the Tiger proceeded to claw ahead by scoring at least one run over the next five innings en route to the victory.
Sheehan continued his solid series with a 2-for-4 effort while Daniel Sexton put together a two-hit game as well.
Game Three - Occidental 3, Caltech 1 (Boxscore)
The Beavers scored the first run in the first inning when Sexton tripled and Sheehan scored.
Occidental responded with a run in the top of the third. The visitors eventually took the lead for good with a run in the sixth inning before adding an insurance run in the eighth inning. Caltech loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth inning but Sheehan struck out to end the game.
Albie Lavin threw six innings; giving up just five hits while allowing one earned run and striking out four. Eric Schroop finished the game with three innings of relief work.
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The Third International Conference on Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets is supported by CGFT
The third of biannual conferences organized by Emerging Markets Corporate Governance Research Network (EMCGN) and supported by Sabanci University Corporate Governance Forum(CGFT) will be held in Seoul, Korea on 28-29 of May 2011.
Accepted papers are announced on the Conference Web site:
Two of the accepted papers are authored by Sabanci University faculty members. The first conference in the series was hosted by Sabanci University Corporate Governance Forum in 2007.
Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey (CGFT) hosted the first International Research Conference on "Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets" (20 November 2007)
The conference has been an activity of Emerging Markets Corporate Governance Network (EMCGN) with the attendance of 145 researchers from 30 countries. Having been organized by the Global Corporate Governance Forum (GCGF) and Asian Institute Corporate Governance (AICG) and endorsed by Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey (CGFT), Yale University Millstein Governance Center, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), the conference has brought together the world's leading scientists such as Randall Mork, Stijn Claessens and Bernard Black with emerging countries' researchers and scientists. Articles presented during the conference were focused on governance issues in emerging countries and the relationship between political power and governance systems. Melsa Ararat, the chair of the organizing committee and also the coordinator of EMCGN has announced that the next conference is planned to be held in 2009. The bookproceedings which will include summaries of sessions and a conference synthesis report is planned to be published in the second quarter of 2008 by the Global Corporate Governance Forum.
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International Conference on "Family Firms and Corporate Governance" (20-22 May 2004)
Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey (CGFT) has organized an international conference in Istanbul on "Family Firms and Corporate Governance" on May 20-22, 2004.
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We are breaking the 24-hour rule, not to gloat nor even reflect, but to apply a lesson forward.
If you remember when Gene Stallings stepped down as head coach of the Crimson Tide (I hate to imagine what rule we're breaking here), many of the Alabama faithful cast a suspicious leer toward Frank Beamer, a coach at a polytechnic school who could not sport championship hardware. No, many Alabama fans had their man selected before Stallings even cleaned out his office.
That man was Mike DuBose.
If you remember, after Mike DuBose (ahem) left, many of the Alabama faithful were unworried by Dennis Francione's unsigned contract. It was all legal mumbo-jumbo, after all. These kinds of things take time, you understand. Furthermore, any talk of Francione leaving Alabama for Texas A&M, to be charitable, a sideways move, would be absurd. Francione is a perfect fit for Alabama, so why would he leave?
Francione's Aggies lost to Miami last night.
If you remember the NCAA sanctions that were handed down to Alabama, many of the faithful were surprised--nay, shocked!--at such harsh penalties. Were not other schools just as if not more guilty of malfeasance? Were not we a powerhouse in college football that the NCAA would not dare attempt to tear down?
The probation, after the sanctions, ended just this year.
If you remember the coaching search that resulted from Francione's late night exit and the coaching search that resulted from Mike Price's late night entry, many of the Alabama faithful were hopeful that Mike Shula, a favored son (in more ways that one), would be young enough, innovative enough, and hungry enough to lead the Tide through the roughest portion of those above-mentioned sanctions.
Alabama fans still get jittery in the red zone.
If you remember the last coaching search, there were many among the Alabama faithful who called for the head of one of their own. Having delayed and delayed, Mal Moore acted like he was the only man in the entire state who knows two shits about football. And when he opted to wait on Nick Saban to finish the NFL season and when he low-balled Rich Rodriguez and let him fly back to West Virginia to consult with his family and his alma mater, many of the Alabama faithful were at their breaking point.
Which brings us to the 24-hour rule.
If you remember where you were last weekend with just under four minutes left in the game and you saw Nick Saban on the sideline and saw him send in the field goal unit with his team down by a touchdown, you know why Mal Moore acts the way he does: he's right.
At least, he was.
Now, there are at minimum two people in the state of Alabama who know something about football, who know how to take pressure off a young kicker yet give him a chance to redeem himself, who know that you have to score more than 13 points to beat an SEC team, who know that defense is a part of the game and you use it to get the ball back, who know that many of the Alabama faithful don't know half of what they think they know and should be listened to only so that they may be conditioned, retaught, and corrected.
Brethren, have you learned your lesson?
Now, on to Georgia.
Roll Tide.
Friday, September 21, 2007
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This Saturday night on Syfy, the Mega Python will go up against the Gatoroid. That in itself sounds like a watch-worthy event, but add pop-stars Debbie Gibson and Tiffany into the equation and I'm thinking this movie is not to be missed. If the idea of these two once mega-stars throwing down isn't enough to sell you on the movie, check out this preview clip, which will give you a better idea of the kind of drama we're dealing with.
In the film, Tiffany plays a park ranger who pumps the alligators full of steroids in an effort to protect them, which causes things to get swamp-crazy and also insights a run-in with Debbie Gibson. You'll see the two clash in the video below. Warning: If you're averse to seeing girls slap each other, don't watch!
Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid premieres Saturday, January 29 on Syfy (9-11 p.m. ET) on Syfy.