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Jenna is super excited to be going to soccer evaluations tonight with Bethany and Joseph. She just dressed herself and I really should take her picture. She insist on wearing her knee high socks with shorts because it's "soccer-ish" she said. I love it that soccer is all about fashion!
A few weeks ago when she was sick {again} I bought her this paint with water book and she has loved it. It's been one of the best $1 I've spent! She likes doing anything crafty, coloring or painting.
These boys! Oh my goodness, they are such boys!
The other day Joseph saw pictures of when Brady was born and he said, "Yeah, he was cute...now he's just a monster!" Their relationship is under the true brother test right now as Brady is into Joseph's stuff all the time and always making messes. Okay, so all of our relationships are being tested right now! He messes up all of our stuff, he's at the insane age of not being able to turn your back or have a moments peace without paying for it. Paying for it big time!
Joseph does copywork in school everyday to work on his penmanship, sentence structure and spelling. Lately I have been giving him quotes of famous people to write. I picked Daniel Boone the other day because he is Joseph's favorite person in history. The quote was, "All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse and a good wife." Joseph handed me his paper to check and it read, "All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse and a good house." :)
Everyday Brady is carrying around a box of cereal or a bag of chips whatever he can find in his reach. He is always "hungy". Most mornings he greets me with a his arm down a box of cereal.
He calls monkeys, nonkeys and I love that.
He has learned the line, "Not fair!"
We were in line outside of an oil change place waiting to get our oil changed. Jenna made the comment that is was like going to the car wash. Brady HATES the automatic carwash, he is completely terrified of it and I don't blame him. He didn't say anything until we pulled in and he realized it wasn't a carwash. He quietly, almost relieved said, "It's not da carwash." Then a second later he very angerly and sternly yelled, "Jenna! It's not da carwash!!" He was mad at her for scaring him
I let him sip the last couple of drops of my coffee each morning. It's a game now and he'll say, "Drank all your coffee!" and then I tease him for drinking all my coffee.
The other night at supper he wanted a muffin and told him he couldn't have one until he ate all his vegetables. He pushed his plate away and said he didn't want it. When I insisted that he had to eat his veggies he broke out in crocodile tears and yelled, "NO MOMMY!" He ran away from the table and put himself in the corner. It was funny, we all tried not to laugh as he threw a fit in the corner. He came back to the table and said, "Sorry Mommy!" He thought that would get him the muffin and when it didn't he broke down again and took himself back to the corner without us saying to go to the corner and threw a fit. After a few more minutes he climbed back on the bench at the table and I told him he had to eat his food to get a muffin. He pushed his plate toward me and said, "I doe wan it Mommy, it's nassy!" After I told him again the he wouldn't be getting a muffin unless he cleaned his plate he started eating his vegetables, shoving them in his mouth! It was funny!
Anne Charlotte is 11 months old today! Wow! I wish I could slow this time down, it's going too fast! I am loving watching her grow and change though. She continues to be very calm and takes things slowly, I love that about her.
Both my babies are getting big!
I don't have any pictures of Bethany but I did want to write down this story about her. Alot of time as I'm rushing to get out the door I'll have Bethany get a pen and paper and write a grocery list for me. I was at the store the other night and pulled out my list to make sure I had everything. As I glanced down the list at the bottom she wrote, "I love you Mommy. Be careful."
I've been using all my computer time to make photobooks. I made Anne a photobook of her birth and now I have finished Brady and Jenna's. I can't wait to get them in the mail!! Bethany and Joseph's are going to be harder because their pictures are all film pictures.
Spring break is next week, I'm excited! Some spring weather would be really nice, it has snowed the past 3 days!

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The St George’s Day Extravaganza on Saturday proves that Sittingbourne is more than capable of hosting spectacular headline events.

The event was larger and better organised that last year and certainly from an outsider’s point of view looked to go without a hitch.
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I saw that someone wrote on Facebook that it reminded them of the events we used to have in Sittingbourne when they were younger, and I think that sums the day up very nicely indeed.

One of the star attractions of the day were the fabulous 'Dead Horse Morris' group who enchanted the crowds with their St Gorge’s themed performance where they acted, sang and danced to shanties.

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The Free Men of Blean entertained crowds with an amazing display of combat where warriors from different centuries were pitted against one another. I nearly wet myself when one young lady asked her father whether the man currently lying on the ground was really dead.

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Absolutely brilliant fun, and whilst undertaken in a slightly comical manner at times, the sparks as swords struck shields were very real indeed.

There were plenty of other activities including Swift Gymnastics, music from Ashleigh and the Key Street Band plus an exciting Tug of War, where it has to be said the scouting team did not fair too well for the second year running. There were also many classic cars and bikes along the length of the high street.

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With all the excitement in the High Street visitors may have missed the Swale Arts Forum and many volunteers who spent all day in one of the retail units in the Forum Shopping Centre making a giant 3D Dragon

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Daisy Glover aged 6 is pictured here helping to make one of the feet. The Dragon will be available for all to see at Artists in the Woods Xtra 2015 this year on Sunday 14th June.

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There was also a ‘Draw a Dragon’ competition at St. Michael's church where organiser David Cummings told us that approximately 80 children had entered and that there had been at the time of my visit about 100 people who come along to view the artwork exhibited.

The Sittingbourne Retail Association and everyone else involved should be very proud to have played a part.

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All financial experts say that passive income is a major key to fiscal success.

Wouldn’t it be great to have money coming in while you’re sleeping, vacationing or getting a body wrap? Because you are so busy running a spa, building a business, managing a team and servicing clients with a smile, here’s a way for you to earn passive income that can give you a much-needed break.

The benefits

It’s essential to set up an e-commerce solution on your Web site for various reasons: gift certificates, product sales and even treatment bookings. Although you probably are aware of this, you may wonder how to begin and what to expect. Well, take a look at the facts, according to NPD BeautyTrends and Media Metrix. Sixty-four percent of online beauty purchasers said that they mostly buy products that they have tried before. This serves as evidence of how important it is for you to remind clients that they can shop online for the products that you’ve used on them during a service. Also, “convenience” was cited more often than “discounts” as one of the most important reasons for shopping online.

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It is very interesting to note that only 5% of purchasers said that they mostly buy products they never have tried. Before you panic, however, realize that 31% said that they purchase both products they have tried before and those that are new to them. NPD BeautyTrends expects replenishment and brand equity to be the key components for online e-commerce success.

That’s all well and good, but how do you get started so that you can cash in on e-commerce?

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Keep it simple with these easy guidelines to help you understand the ins and outs of setting up your e-commerce store.

• Pay great attention to the design, look and feel of e-commerce sites that you like. Observe what cart they’re using, and call to discuss purchasing it—it’s that simple!

• Don’t necessarily pick a cart that requires the user to log in before they can shop. This may deter the customer from making a purchase. Although many sites do require this, they don’t have to, so check out both options.

• Find out what setup involves. You may want to hire a tech wizard to install this for you and then provide a few hours, as needed, to update the system at a later date.

• Examine the shop’s merchandising tools, and evaluate the features that come with them. Will they help increase your selling power? Can you display shipping offers, give special products VIP showcasing and offer customer testimonials, as well as a wish list?

• Administration tools should help you save time and effort when organizing products, product options, product categories, images, orders and customers. Make sure that it is easy enough to use.

• Do your research on processing companies that work with credit card transactions because they represent another essential aspect of the business. Some are terrific, but others can be taxing.

Read the fine print

My advice? Always read the fine print and see what hidden fees you will be charged monthly. In my experience, even when the company representative told me there were no hidden charges, they indeed were there. So while you’re asking about them, find out the terms of the contract and how you can get out of it, just in case.

Put your clients at ease with a secure processing system. There will be a 2–4% fee for online transactions, depending upon the credit card’s actual fee, and this is normal—it simply is because you don’t have the card “in hand.” Make sure that you do not store clients’ credit card information after they make a purchase. If your Web site were to be hacked into, all the credit card information could get stolen.

Ask the serious questions

What if things do go awry with your new e-commerce store, and this supposedly excellent addition to your site becomes less than perfect? This is when tech support makes the biggest difference in the outcome, as well as to your sanity. Are you going to panic, alienate an outraged client, lose an order and deal with chaos for hours, if not days? No way—because you did your due diligence beforehand.

Ask the sales representative some serious questions before giving the company your business, and inquire specifically about its troubleshooting protocols, as well as its inquiry response time. What are the company’s hours of availability? In which time zone is it located? Is a manager assigned to your spa, or will you be referred to just anyone? It is helpful to know now, rather than waiting until a problem arises and your blood pressure is boiling.

How can you tell if this is the e-commerce company for you? Ask for references. Request a few other customer names and contact information, and call them. They’ll tell you what you need to know—especially if they’re upset.

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But enough nay-saying and looking down the worrisome road—there are many wonderful positive aspects about bringing e-commerce to your Web site, including collecting a passive income, providing convenient one-stop shopping for your clients and showcasing products. And, with that, cashing in on e-commerce definitely will help you to get cash out of it.

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Injectable procedures appear to have experienced a boost during the 4th quarter of 2009, reflecting the common experience among surgeons that injectables increased while surgery decreased during the tough economy.

According to a survey done by MEDACorp, plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures were up during the fourth quarter for the first time since the downturn began in 2007.

The survey encompassed facial injectables, breast implants, laser procedures and Latisse for eyelash growth. The results of the survey indicate that procedures for botulinum toxins like Allergan’s Botox and facial fillers like Medicis Pharmaceutical’s Restylane increased the most year over year in the fourth quarter of 2009, each up 8.1%. Procedures for breast implants increased 3.5%, and laser work was up 1.6%.

Allergan’s Latisse for eyelash growth, which is the only product currently in this category, wasn’t included in the year-over-year comparison because it just received approval from the FDA in 2009. The survey showed that prescriptions for the drug began to slow during the fourth quarter of 2009, but direct sales of the drug to consumers continued to grow; six states currently require prescriptions for Latisse.

Results from the survey, which has been conducted since the beginning of 2007, showed that all of these procedures were occurring less often year over year beginning in the third quarter of 2008, while breast-implant procedures had begun to decline as early as the first quarter of 2008.

Leerink Swann analyst Gary Nachman sees the results of the survey as a good sign that the economy is really improving, but he tells investors to take it with a grain of salt. “We believe these encouraging results do need to be viewed with a degree of caution toward how they will be sustained in coming quarters,” he wrote in a recent investor report.

MEDACorp broke out the results to show procedures done by plastic surgeons versus dermatologists. The latest results show that procedures in the plastic surgeons’ offices were more popular during the quarter than they were a year ago. Nachman points out that surgeons have had to increase their product offerings during the downturn to include lower-priced treatments like injections.

The expansion of the plastic surgeons’ practices and patients’ choice to get lower-priced treatments indicates that consumers are still trying to hold on to their cash in these troubling economic times, but may have loosened up a bit about where they feel their money should be going.

As for where the economy is going next, physicians still think that growth in cosmetic procedures will continue — maybe a sign that things will be turning around for the American people this year (they had predicted double-digit growth for the fourth quarter). Yet, physicians weren’t quite as optimistic as they were last quarter and only project low-to-mid single-digit growth.

“The most optimistic projection was a 7.3% increase in breast implant procedures among the plastic surgeons. This is interesting, in our view, since this bigger-ticket procedure has been especially impacted by the economic downturn, and has appeared to be recovering more slowly than the less expensive injectibles,” added Nachman.

Where the cosmetic drug industry is concerned, Medicis’ Restylane and Perlane have been leading Allergan’s Juvederm on the facial filler front, while Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has pulled back on its support of its wrinkle treatment Evolence.


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Movie tie-ins can be a tough sell. To really succeed in this space, you need to prove to gamers that your efforts aren’t about trying to make a quick buck off a big name (see: Kick-Ass: The Game). In the past, Gameloft has brought their talent to movie games such as Avatar and Terminator Salvation. Iron Man 2 certainly shows the company’s ambition, but the experience is highly flawed.

Iron Man 2 follows the makeshift formula often found in superhero-based games in order to incorporate as many villains as possible. Your goal is to help Iron Man and War Machine take down a number of their foes. You’ll travel across Somalia, Manhattan, and other locations in order to bring a sense of security to the world. However, since new villains are crammed in every other level and the dialogue is super-cheesy, you never quite get a feel for what’s going on. This makes it hard to follow the story.

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The game is made up of nine levels, some of which contain great concepts. For example, at one point you’re flying between buildings in a fairly open-world version of Manhattan, while next you’ll be scouring the depths of the ocean in an on-rails level. Unfortunately, the execution of these concepts isn’t as solid as one would hope. The on-rails levels always stop the action when enemies show up, and you can’t enjoy the open environments since bad guys are constantly on your tail from the second you set foot in the area.

Control-wise, Iron Man 2 is a mixed bag. The analog stick and buttons themselves are generally responsive, and moving the camera is as easy as dragging across the screen. However, buttons are re-purposed too often. Your hover, jetpack, jump, and ground-pound moves are all controlled through a tiny sliding button. The same goes for all your weapons. We often initiated the wrong movement or attack by accident, which was aggravating. Also, the analog stick is extremely stiff in-flight.

One of the most disappointing aspects of Iron Man 2 are the graphics, which seem like a step backwards compared to other recent Gameloft games. The environments have a low draw distance, character models are blocky, animations aren’t fluid, and textures are low-resolution. Even so, the game slows down to a snail’s pace when the action is at its heaviest.

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Also worth noting are the voiceovers. Despite using pictures of the actors from the movie, the voices are your standard fare from Gameloft. The main characters sound okay, but some feel forced to the point where you may want to turn off the sound and just read the dialogue boxes.

Beating all nine levels takes around two hours and offers little challenge, other than struggling with the controls and frame rate. There is also an iPad version for $9.99, but it is technically the same game with slightly better (but still disappointing) graphics. If you must try this game out, go for the cheaper iPhone version. Iron Man fanatics may enjoy what is offered in this game, but for most people, we suggest spending your money elsewhere.

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Notice to all students declaring a STAT major on or after 8/21/2017 who are considering the MASDA degree. Due to SACS regulations, only 12 hours of 5xxx and/or 6xxx coursework taken as an undergraduate may be counted towards the MASDA degree.

Furthermore these 12 hours must be taken in one's final year of undergraduate study (the twelve months prior to graduation).

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MATH 1337 (Calculus 1)

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STAT 2331 (Introduction to Statistical Methods)

STAT 3300 (Introduction to Statistical Modeling/applied statistics)

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STAT 3312 (Categorical Data Analysis)

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Clean up the comments.  I issued a warning and deleted a whole slew of them but that doesn't seem to have done the trick.  Ban hammer is next so knock it off.

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Blues 3 Birmingham 2 (23-25, 25-22, 25-20, 15-25, 19-17)

'Twas a wet and windy afternoon in Cambridge as the Blues members travelling to the away fixture against Birmingham huddled outside Kelsey Kerridge in the dark and rain. Unfortunately this seemed to have set the scene for the whole trip, and indeed the match itself. Stuck in rush hour traffic that inched its way out of Cambridge and then into rush hour traffic in the driving rain around the outskirts of Birmingham, the Blues squad found themselves a frustrating 30 minutes late at the Birmingham Uni venue.

Confronted with a thermally-challenged hall and a bored 1st official who had been twiddling his metaphoric thumbs for half an hour, the team was put through a rapid ten minute warm-up before the first six were called to court. With instructions to try to get concentrated and into the game as quickly as possible, Steph Bee (acting Captain) and Veronica Kunze lined up as setters, Sofia Oikonomidou and Emily Longmore as middle hitters and Anna Woo and Jo Coulson taking the outside positions. Pascale Garaud completed the team as libero replacing Emily. As expected, the Blues found it difficult to settle into the new surroundings and immediately let a 5 point margin drift Birmingham's way. Both teams looked a little uneasy with the first set and gave away points through errors. Some intelligent serving from Veronica and Jo closed the margin slightly and Sofia tested the home team's defence and cover ability, finding that as a team they were much stronger at picking up the ball than attacking with it. Louiza Loizou replaced Anna late in the set, which ended as a war of attrition; Birmingham making fewer unforced errors than the Cambridge side.

Disappointed with the play from the first set the Blues were sent out into the second with renewed vigour (and slightly warmer). Friederike von Tiesenhausen was brought into the attack to replace Jo and the middle players were swapped to allow Sofia to work on blocking out the only strong middle attack that the Birmingham side possessed. Still displaying momentary lapses of concentration and making the setting team work harder than was strictly necessary, the general play lifted at the start of the set. Sofia, Emily and Friederike began to find gaps behind the Birmingham block that weren't being covered. As reverse attack options both Steph and Veronica started to swing and build up a respectable tally of kills. Sofia was able to start to undermine the confidence of the central Birmingham attack by dominating in the block, and in reciprocation could still find spaces around the defence of her attacks.

No changes were made to the team that started the 3rd set. The appearance of a second official started a run of appalling officiating in this set. Both of the referees seemed to believe that trying to remove the net with the follow through hand from a hit was a valid tactic, and the second ref didn't seem to have much of a grasp on rotational play. Coupled with the ineptitude of the scorers to press the right buttons for the scoreboard, the set collapsed into chaos at several points. Not to be deterred by these interruptions, the Blues cruised the set and recorded their most comfortable win margin. Amalia Skoufoglou made her debut as a middle hitter for Emily. Most notable was a run of ace serves from Veronica who seemed to be picking off targets from the baseline.

Looking to finish the match from a 2-1 advantage the Blues came unstuck in the 4th. A run of good serving from the opposition found the serve-receivers struggling, and hence the setting team working overtime to set up any sort of attack. Free-ball plays were not optimised and the ball seemed to keep coming back until the Blues made an error. Changes and time-outs did little to stop the run of play; Jo returned for Friederike, Amalia replaced Louiza on the outside. By the end of the set the coaching team were drawing lots to see who would have to streak across the court to put the Birmingham servers off their stride.

In a mirror play to the match against Oxford, the Blues stormed away to a good lead in the deciding set. Sofia, having switched position with Emily again, was finding no block in the middle and hitting freely into the Birmingham court. However, a number of unforced errors allowed Birmingham back into the game to tie at 13-13. The Blues then had to cling on through the next agonising 10 minutes, saving three match points and squandering one, before finally taking charge from 18-17. Defensive cover was more solid from Pascale, who had a good debut game as libero, and nice serving under pressure was seen from Amalia, Louiza (replacing Emily) and Veronica. The supporters bench was awash with bitten fingernails and clumps of wrenched-out hair.

The game ended in victory but it was extremely hard fought - the Blues making life extremely difficult for themselves at times, and taking home some important lessons to train on. Perhaps it was the case of no showers, getting changed in the hallway, no food and arriving back in Cambridge at 2.30am that served as reward!

Queen of the Court was Veronica Kunze for unrivalled serve prowess.

Quotes of the match; From the second ref after repeatedly being asked who was in error on the rotation fault that he had just called (wrongly), "Your setter. She was moving too fast." From Pascale, in the motorway services on the way home, after viewing the match stats from John, "Are you sure those libero stats are right? And how come both the setters have the best serve-receive?"

PositionSets PlayedAttacksKillsKill %AcesBlocksPass %Total Points
Steph BeeS5204200024
Jo CoulsonO5600001.55
Pascale GaraudS/Libero5-1.2
Veronica Kunze53782261215
Louiza LoizouO/Libero48338201.415
Emily LongmoreM41716012
Sofia OikonomidouM5481429411.5419
Amalia SkoufoglouS31218001.461
Friederike von TiesenhausenO313538101.436
Anna WooO1400001.25
Team Total5165362213352

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After weeks of speculation, a decision regarding the future of ice cream sales at a popular park in Shepton Mallet has been reached.

Collett Park, which is considered to be one of the hidden gems of the town has had two separate traders providing ice creams in the park for the last three years.

Carmelo & Sons which has operated from an ice cream van during the peak summer season since 2011 has sold ice creams alongside the Collett Park Café which was opened in 2014.

However, the future of Carmelo & Sons, who are based in Bristol, was thrown into doubt this year after its agreement to sell ice creams in the park came up for renewal in March.

At a meeting on Tuesday night, the Collett Park management committee voted not to put the contract out for tender at the present time. The decision means that the Collett Park Cafe will be the sole ice cream provider in the park.

However, it is understood that the owners of Carmelo and Salvina Licata, the owners of Carmelo & Sons had been made a series of unofficial promises from town council officials that they would be able to reapply if their contract came up for tender.

“We feel we have been very unfairly treated by Shepton Mallet town council with regards to our contract at the park,” the couple said.

“For the past six years we have traded at the park paying a good amount to the park charity with no problems whatsoever.”

In response to the allegations, a spokeswoman from Shepton Mallet town council said: “The council has inherited an agreement with the Licata’s that was never formalised terribly well.

“The Committee has agreed it must support the continuation of the onsite café that currently offers a wide remit of benefits to the community, including a schedule of free and charity events as well as the employment of local staff.”

Jo Murray, the manager of the Collett Park café said: “We are delighted that the town council have chosen to support us in our business venture.”


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Fluffer Nutter Stuffed Oreos

The best way to eat Oreos. Period!

These Fluffer Nutter Stuffed Oreos have been my go-to lately. Because it seems like there’s always a reason to give out a little treat bag for something or other– “Thanks for babysitting!” “You’re our favorite teacher!” “Wow! You’re in med school!” …yadda, yadda, yadda.

There’s always something, right?

And when it comes to little last minute gifts and niceties… there’s nothing better than chocolate and sprinkles.

Well….. except, of course, Oreos stuffed with peanut butter and marshmallow cream. and then dipped in chocolate and sprinkles.

I love that I can whip a few of these up in under a minute and know that they’ll look adorable, package well, and definitely make someone smile! PLUS– these taste unreal. For something so easy to make, they are surprisingly, fantastically delicious.

The best way to eat Oreos. Period!

Oh, and have I mentioned already a few hundred times how quick and easy?? Well. They are.

Simply open up your Oreo, schmear some PB on one side and a little marshmallow fluff on the other. Put ’em back together, and give it a quick dunk in chocolate and sprinkles. VOILA! Done. And it’s amazing.

You’re going to love life a little more after you try this…

Head on over to visit my friend, The Domestic Rebel, to get the recipe and instructions for the best way to put these together!

(I posted it over there last week while she was in NYC. She has some pretty amazing sweets over there, so go ahead and put your fat pants on before you click. You’ll need them!)

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  1. I always had fluffed butter peanut butter sandwiches growing up, so this must just be a next-level-in-life upgrade! You can never go wrong with Oreos and Chocolate!

  2. Oh my gracious and a half. These look amazing and I’m totally going to hop over to check them out!

  3. These look incredible and I love love love the image, the 2nd one. That stacked, cross-sectional shot, I would shoot like that all day, every day, if I could. Your shot makes me want to reach through my screen! Pinned!

  4. WHAAAT?! This is totally genius!

  5. Totally loving all the delicious chocolate, oreo and spinkle action going on here. They look divine and I love seeing the oreo insides when you take a bite!

  6. Whoa. This had never occurred to me before as an option! I think my life is about to change, yet again. How marvelous!

  7. Um, yeah – these look AMAZING!

  8. so stupid question….. do you eat the cream first or just layer on top of the cream???? i know it is retarded but i am kinda secretly hoping you eat it!!!

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The migrants — average age 16 — were fleeing two desperate places, Ethiopia and Somalia. They were headed to the shores of another, Yemen.

But early Wednesday morning, as they were about to reach land, they were thrown into the Arabian Sea by a boatman they had paid to take them across the water, according to the United Nations migration agency.

At least 50 of them drowned.

Their attempted flight to a country consumed by war was a measure of the desperation of thousands of people from the Horn of Africa, where successive droughts have led to acute shortages of food and water and to outbreaks of disease. Thousands have fled, usually paying smugglers to take them to Persian Gulf countries in search of work.

The route, across the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, takes them through Yemen, one of the world’s most dangerous war zones, where airstrikes and mortar shelling have become routine, and a cholera outbreak has affected more than 400,000 people.

And Yemen, too, is on the brink of famine. Nearly seven million residents rely entirely on food aidthe World Food Program says.

On Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration, a United Nations agency, said in a statement that it had found 27 survivors from among the people thrown into the sea. They described how their smuggler had tossed them overboard as their boat approached Shabwa, on the Yemeni coast.

“The survivors told our colleagues on the beach that the smuggler pushed them to the sea when he saw some ‘authority types’ near the coast,” Laurent de Boeck, the agency’s Yemen chief of mission, said in a statement. “They also told us that the smuggler has already returned to Somalia to continue his business and pick up more migrants to bring to Yemen on the same route. This is shocking and inhumane.”

The migration agency reported finding 29 bodies hastily buried on the beach. Another 22 people were still missing.

The agency estimates that this year alone, 55,000 people have left the Horn of Africa and come through Yemen seeking work in the wealthy countries of the Gulf. More than half were children.

In addition to Yemen, Somalia is one of the four countries around the world at risk of famine, according to the United Nations, a determination made on the basis of specific criteria, including the number of hunger-related deaths. Some 6.7 million people require humanitarian assistance, and more than 760,000 people are displaced within the country, according to the United Nations.

Ethiopia also faces acute hunger, though it has not reached the near-famine threshold; the United Nations says at least 8.5 million Ethiopians are in need of immediate food aid and children suffer from a debilitating form of diarrhea.


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Esperanza Spalding, Ayo & Others Strike A Pose, Sing Some Songs For Banana Republic

esperanza_spalding_ayo_banana_republic.JPGClothing retailer Banana Republic has enlisted a who's who of up-and-coming musical artists for their Spring 2009 City Stories campaign. No, they didn't go the typical route of
choosing folks like Mary J. Blige or Common, but instead they chose left of center musicians such as Esperanza Spalding and Ayo to don their duds, in addition to seven other diverse talents including Sara Bareilles, Liz Phair and OK Go. All nine artists not only modeled for City Stories but they also contributed music to the Banana Republic City Sounds Vol. 1 compilation available exclusively in BR stores while supplies last and on iTunes. For those who like us are totally enamored with Esperanza, her gorgeous photographs with her fierce afrobella style will only make you fall deeper in love.
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The phrase, "good things come in small packages", rings true when referring to model Amanda Sparks. She may be small in stature, but besides being a model she is also a cosplayer and active car enthusiast. I guess you can say she is "the whole package". Based out of Florida, Amanda

Hitting the Beach with Gee Robinson

To start off our model spotlights, we thought why not start oversea down in Australia. Staffer Blake Curtis headed out to Mona Vale beach in Sydney to meet with a model for an amazing shoot. We will introduce her as Gee, but to her close friends and family she is know as

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Philander back in 4-day action

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Cape Town - South Africa's Cricketer of the Year, Vernon Philander, makes his much awaited return to the first-class game when he turns out for the Cape Cobras in the latest round of Sunfoil Series matches.

This contest against the Warriors at Boland Park, Paarl, is a top-of-the-log clash with the home side only 0.94 points ahead of their Eastern Cape Rivals.

This will be Philander’s first appearance since he produced a superb all-round performance to be named Man of the Match in the final Test match against England at Lord’s back in August. His five-wicket haul in the second innings plus his maiden Test match half-century went a long way to clinching the series 2-0 for the Proteas as well as the No 1 position on the ICC Test match rankings.

The Proteas leave for Australia at the end of the month for their three-match Test series against the No 2 ranked team and, apart from continuing his phenomenal form of the past two seasons in South Africa’s four-day competition, he will be looking to fine-tune all aspects of his game.

After the disappointment of two weeks ago when the Cobras never got on the field against the Knights at the same venue, the teams will be pleased to see no rain in the weather forecast although there will not be too many jerseys left in the dressing room as temperatures will remain chilly.
Each team has a win and a draw to date. The Cobras had a convincing away win against the Lions before having their match against the Knights washed out. The Warriors thrashed the Titans in their opening match, but only a solid eighth wicket partnership between Simon Harmer and Adrian Birch, assisted by a liberal dose of bad light, saved them from defeat against the Dolphins in East London last weekend.
The Warriors have never been a force in the four-day competition. Indeed, the Eastern Cape franchise has only won fifteen of its 82 four-day matches to date despite their success in the limited overs formats. However, a solid performance in the corresponding fixture during the Christmas holidays last summer, also at Paarl, ended a long unbeaten run for the Cobras and played a major role in their failure to capture a hat-trick of SuperSport titles.
One man instrumental in that triumph was Harmer. The blond off-spinner routed the Cobras in their second innings with career best figures of eight for 72 and a match haul of eleven for 149.  He went on to be the leading wicket-taker in the series with 44, and was rewarded with a call-up to the South Africa 'A' team.

Coach Piet Botha is excited about the prospects for the 23-year-old product of Pretoria Boys High. “Harmer’s talents are not limited to his bowling, as he is a useful batsman and a fine fielder. He is a fine replacement for Johan Botha.”
The Warriors attack also has three useful seamers in Birch and Basheer Walters while they will also be strengthened by the return of Wayne Parnell from World T20 duty.

The batsmen have also been in form with consistent scores from Ashwell Prince, Colin Ingram, Davy Jacobs and his opening partner, Michael Price. Ingram was the Man of the Match at Paarl last summer as his scores of 140 and 92 not out trumped the efforts of Harmer. Another smile on the coach’s face comes from the availability of Jacobs, whose last few seasons have been dogged by injury problems. Botha said there was a leadership vacuum as a result of his absence due to injury while the stand-in captains were also being called up to the national squad.
Another factor in favour of the Warriors could be the slow pitch. While efforts have been made to breathe life into the Boland Park strip, the Warriors have often felt more at home at this venue than the Cobras. Botha feels that the pitch for the match last season was similar to that of St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth.
Nevertheless, the Warriors face a formidable task. The Cobras are oozing with talent, and the return of new captain Justin Ontong and Philander should beef them up even more. The squad for the first two matches has been retained with the addition of these two Protea players, and Beuran Hendricks might be the seamer to miss out.

There might be a bit more for Paul Adams to scratch his head over in the batting department. He would be hesitant to leave out a player of Justin Kemp’s experience.
Both Kemp and Qaasim Adams recorded ducks in their only innings in Potchefstroom and were given a chance to regain their form in the Western Province Provincial Challenge match against Border over the weekend. Adams responded with a career best score of 147, in challenging circumstances, while Kemp was unimpressive in his turn at the crease. Kemp does have the advantage of being a useful fourth seamer, but his bowling in the weekend’s match lacked penetration in helpful conditions.

Adams is still considering his options, with the final team to be announced on match day.

Cape Cobras: Andrew Puttick, Alistair Gray, Yaseen Vallie, Stiaan van Zyl, Justin Ontong (captain), Justin Kemp, Qasim Adams, Dane Vilas, Vernon Philander, Rory Kleinveldt, Johann Louw, Dane Piedt, Beuran Hendricks, Siya Simetu.

Warriors: Davy Jacobs (captain), Michael Price, Jon-Jon Smuts, Ashwell Prince, Colin Ingram, Kelly Smuts, Athi Dyili, Simon Harmer, Wayne Parnell, Andrew Birch, Basheer Walters, Lyall Meyer.

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Inzamam calls for consistency

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Cape Town - Pakistan chief selector, Inzamam-ul-Haq, has called on the Test team to show a lot more consistency in order to move into the game's elite.

Despite consistently producing top individual performers, Pakistan have struggled to string together results for a sustained period of time.

Speaking after the first day of the second Test in Manchester, Inzamam said: “We have done well in Test cricket but we have a chance of even securing top position in the Test rankings. But we need to work hard to improve our rankings in ODI and T20 cricket which have gone down since last year,

“And that can only happen when we start showing more consistency and continuity in our performances. The remaining three Tests against England are a litmus test for Pakistan to show they can be consistent.”

The former batsman believes the second Test will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the series: “England is always a tough side to beat at home. Our team played superbly to surprise them at Lord’s. But with James Anderson and Ben Stokes back they can come back. The second Test will be important in deciding victory of the series,”

Pakistan don't have a lot of experience playing in England, but Inzamam believes if his team show consistency they can achieve great results: “Most of our players don’t have much experience of playing in English conditions and this could benefit the host team,

“But if the weather is warm it is good for our team. If we show the same consistency we showed at Lord’s this can be a good match for us.”

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West Bromwich - Gary Cahill hailed Chelsea's Premier League title triumph as the perfect response to the critics who wrote them off earlier this season.

Antonio Conte's side were crowned champions after a 1-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on Friday in a triumph that was unimaginable when Chelsea slumped to dismal defeats against Liverpool and Arsenal back in September.

Conte, in his first season in charge, faced questions about his suitability for the English game, while many of his players were written off as fading forces.

But the Blues gave the perfect response, ignoring the doubters to clinch the club's second title in three seasons.

"You have to cherish these moments, you work so hard all season to be where we are. Consistently we have been the best team in the league," Chelsea defender Cahill said.

"People have written us off as a team and individually and this has shut them up.

"We are champions. There is no better feeling in football. It's another one in the cabinet."

Chelsea's title party at the Hawthorns was sparked by a most unlikely hero as Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi came off the bench to score his first league goal since August.

Batshuayi's close-range finish in the 82nd minute sparked wild celebrations from Conte, his coaching staff and Chelsea's jubilant players and fans.

Asked if it was the best moment of his career, Batshuayi said: "For sure, yes. It's good. It's the best day for Chelsea today.

"Everybody is happy, It's great to take the trophy."

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas admitted the pressure of trying to finish off the title race had contributed to a less than dominant display from his side.

"To be honest I thought it might be one of those days," he said.

"We were maybe a bit nervous because of the pressure, we knew we had to win to be champions."

But Fabregas saluted Batshuayi for the decisive contribution that capped an incredible year for Conte, who has had the Midas touch with just about every significant move he has made.

"This is the beauty of football. The winning goal comes from a player that hasn't been involved so much. Football is f*****g unbelievable," Fabregas said.

John Terry remains Chelsea's club captain despite hardly playing this season, but Cahill is the current holder of the armband and the pair will lift the trophy together during the official presentation next week.

"We will lift it together of course. Gaz has been playing week in and week out and has been a different class," Terry said.

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So the World Cup is over, Germany are fitting champions, Lionel Messi couldn’t add the ultimate title to his glittering CV and the host nation is left to ponder what might have been. So who could have forecast this? Actually, a huge variety of ‘experts’, theorists, modelers and systems tried to predict the outcome of the tournament, from Goldman Sachs to boffin statistical organisations. In his latest post for Sportingintelligence, and as a wrap-up of an ongoing evaluation of rates of success (click HERE for Part 1 and background and click HERE for Part 2 and HERE for Part 3Roger Pielke Jr announces the winners and losers from the forecasting game.

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Roger PielkeBy Roger Pielke Jr.

16 July 2014

Another World Cup is now history, and with it my World Cup prediction evaluation exercise. As a reminder, this exercise is based on rankings made before the tournament started with the details of the evaluation explained here.

So to the results. Overall, Andrew Yuan, whose predictions were popularised by The Economist, took first place, beating FIFA’s rankings by a single match. Of course, it is no surprise those two were so close as Yuan and the FIFA rankings had 60 of 63 identical match predictions.

After FIFA there is a three-way tie for the bronze medal, with Bloomberg, Elo rankings and Hassan and Jimenez sharing the third step of the podium. Of note is that the latter was produced four months ago, well before the national team rosters were even announced.

The full table is as follows, and article continues below:

One of the leaders after the group stage of the tournament, Danske Bank, performed the worst in the knockout portion of the World Cup, and slipped from the podium. By contrast, the worst performer during the group stage (Financial Times) was joint first during the knockout matches. With these methods, past performance is apparently not a good predictor of future performance.

None of the other methods outperformed the naive baseline based on TransferMarkt player values that I assembled prior to the tournament. Three methods actually under-performed that naive baseline. Were you to pick one of these methods (other than FIFA or Transfermarkt) at random prior to the tournament, you would have had a 10 per cent chance of beating FIFA and a 50 per cent chance of beating Transfermarkt.

The table above also shows how each method performed in the knockout portion of the tournament, in anticipating advancement from the group stage, and in anticipating the finalists. Interestingly, the overall winner was only one of two methods which failed to anticipate one of the finalists.

No method anticipated both Germany and Argentina in the final, and no method picked Germany to win it all. This website’s editor considered other models to predict the winner before the tournament, and made a personal forecast of an Argentina-Germany final, but he picked the wrong winner.

Here are some more general lessons to take from prediction exercise:

1: Prediction evaluation is highly sensitive to the methodology employed. For instance, were the evaluation method to award a three-game “bonus” to any method than anticipated a finalist, Andrew Yuan would fall from first place to sixth place. The weighting of results can consequently dramatically change the evaluation rankings.

In any prediction evaluation it is therefore important to settle upon an evaluation methodology in advance of the data actually coming in. It is also important to keep separate the roles of predictor and evaluator. It is obviously very easy to “game” an evaluation to look more favorable to a particular prediction method, simply by choosing a convenient evaluation metric. Be cautious with anyone who offers you both a prediction and an evaluation of their prediction, especially after the fact.

2: Beating a simple baseline is very difficult. We might debate how “naive” the FIFA rankings or Transfermarkt valuations actually are in practice. But both clearly outperformed more sophisticated approaches. The only method which actually out performed FIFA was one which successfully picked two of the three matches that they had different across the entire tournament. Was that luck or skill? None of the other 10 methods added any value beyond the FIFA rankings. Should they have even bothered?

Even though outperforming a naive baseline over a tournament is difficult, that does not take away for the entertainment value of predictions. For instance, FiveThirtyEight performed poorly according to the evaluation methods here, but nonetheless offered stimulating commentary throughout the tournament, in part based in its predictions.

3: Ultimately, we can never know with certainty how good a predictive methodology actually is in practice. Some systems that we wish to predict have closed boundaries, such as a deck of 52 cards. We can develop probabilistic predictions of poker hands with great certainty. In the real world, we can sometimes (but not often) accumulate enough experience to generate predictions of open systems that also have great certainty, like the daily weather forecast.

But other systems are not subject to repeated predictions and/or are so open as to defeat efforts to bound them. The World Cup, and sporting events in generally, typically fall into these categories. Arguably, so too does much of the human experience. Perhaps baseball, with its many repeated events over a short time period might be considered more like a weather forecast than a World Cup.

Ultimately, making good decisions depends on understanding the difference between skill and luck, even if we can never fully separate the two. A prediction evaluation exercise can help us to quantify aspects of our ignorance and lead to questions about what is is that we really know.

Ultimately, the answers to these questions cannot be resolved empirically.

After this exercise, there is one thing we all know for sure. Germany are world champions, despite being looked over by the predictions. I hope you enjoyed this exercise over the past month. I’ll be doing similar exercises in the future and welcome your suggestions. Get in touch via Twitter or via my blog, details below.

Roger Pielke Jr. is a professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado, where he also directs its Center for Science and technology Policy Research. He studies, teaches and writes about science, innovation, politics and sports. He has written for The New York TimesThe GuardianFiveThirtyEight, and The Wall Street Journal among many other places. He is thrilled to join Sportingintelligence as a regular contributor. Follow Roger on Twitter: @RogerPielkeJR and on his blog

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Outfielder Carlos Quentin is not in the Padres' lineup for Saturday night's game against the Atlanta Braves after leaving Friday night's game with knee soreness in the fourth inning, according to Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union-Tribune.  The team activated Yonder Alonso and sent first baseman Jake Goebbert to Triple-A El Paso. Alonso, who slashed .210/.250/.341 (OPS +69) before he missed 30 games with right wrist tendinitis, is playing first base and hitting eighth.

A two-time All-Star, left fielder Carlos Quentin missed the first 39 games of the season with a sore left knee, and has not been productive since his return on May 13, hitting only .178/.286/.318 (OPS+ 75) with four homers and 18 RBI.

Quentin has a line of .269/.370/.500 (OPS+146) in three years with the Padres. Perhaps most famous (or infamous) for charging and tackling Dodgers RHP Zack Greinke during an April 2013 brawl in which Greinke's collarbone was broken, the outfielder is a veteran of nine major league seasons (Diamondbacks, White Sox, Padres). He was Arizona's first round draft pick in 2003, making his debut on July 20, 2006. The DBacks traded him in December 2007 to the White Sox for Chris Carter. In December 2011 the White Sox traded Quentin to the Padres for Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez. Quentin, 31, is on a four-year $37.03 million contract that takes him through the 2015 season (mutual option for 2016).

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Sportswriter, Index-Journal (Greenwood, S.C.)

Discussion in 'Journalism Jobs' started by ScottJBryan, Mar 29, 2011.

  1. ScottJBryan

    ScottJBryan Member

    The Index-Journal, a 15,000-circulation daily in Greenwood, S.C., is looking for a talented, energetic sports journalist to join its award-winning team.
    We're looking for somebody who understands local sports matter and can convey that through stories and photos in our sports section. Our publication covers 10 high schools, two Division II colleges and various other sporting events in our four-county coverage area. The journalist hired will also have to occasionally shoot photos and design pages. Essentially, we're looking for a multi-faceted journalist, one who can write, report, shoot photos, copy edit and design pages.
    The Index-Journal is a family-owned daily newspaper in a beautiful section of South Carolina. Yes, we're a small daily newspaper, but we want to think big. We want to challenge the regular parameters attached to small papers and eschew the new way of thinking — smaller staff, less local copy, lower quality. We firmly believe the best way for a newspaper to succeed in this economic climate is to put out the best product possible. Period.
    We want somebody who puts pride in his/her work and has a passion for journalism. Want to mail it in? Skip this ad. Disenchanted by journalism’s “gloomy outlook”? Apply elsewhere. Want to work with an aggressive, talented and passionate journalism staff – we’re the place for you.
    This is the ideal job for somebody fresh out of college or a talented journalist looking to make the move up from a weekly, but a proven veteran looking to relocate to a charming Southern town is also welcome to apply.
    If interested, send a résumé, clips (writing and page design, preferred) and references (via regular mail or e-mail) to:
    Scott J. Bryan
    Associate Editor
    P.O. Box 1018
    Greenwood, SC 29648
    No phone calls, please.

    1.) Matt Anderson, who worked here for almost four years, is returning home to his native land – New Jersey. Matt is an exceptional journalist, a better person and a dear friend. He’ll be truly missed.
    2.) Location: Greenwood is about an hour from Greenville, a little over an hour from Augusta and about an hour and a half from Columbia.
    3.) The town: It's a reasonably-sized Southern town. We've got restaurants, a movie theater, a bowling alley, golf courses and more than enough bars and churches.
    4.) The staff: We have two full-time sports writers and a sports editor. The sports writers handle the bulk of the writing and desk work is limited (we have a universal desk that handles the bulk of the sports design).
    5.) The schedule: Afternoons, nights and weekends, of course.
    6.) Pay: About $23K-$25K. It depends on experience.
    7.) Newspaper stability: Like any newspaper, we’ve had some cost-saving measures. We’ve reduced the size of our paper and folded the features section into the A section. The sports section, for the most part, has maintained its level of space – four to five pages during the week, seven-eight pages on Sunday. Occasionally, we’ll have a three-page sports section, but that’s generally on days where we don’t need as much space. We have not had any furloughs. We received Christmas bonuses in December. We had a Christmas party. Because we’re a family-owned publication, we don’t have the corporate hoops to jump through.
    8.) Newsroom atmosphere: I love working here. I’ve been here almost four years, and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it. We have a talented staff, and we’re doing big things – the Index-Journal recently won first-place General Excellence in its circulation category in the South Carolina Press Association contest and a newspaper-record 14 awards. It’s a good place to work. Honest.
    9.) Hiring process: We intend to take applications for the next two weeks and move quickly in hiring a sports writer.

    If you have any more questions, feel free to PM me or send me an e-mail at sbryan@indexjournal.com. Please, please, please, no phone calls.

    Scott J. Bryan
    Associate Editor
    (Greenwood, S.C.) Index-Journal
  2. Haneluca

    Haneluca New Member

    I can't offer any knowledge on the job or the area, but Scott was very courteous and professional when I applied at the Index-Journal a while back. He stayed in touch throughout the hiring process, including when the position was filled, and I really appreciated that after not hearing a word from a lot of other potential employers.
  3. JJHHI

    JJHHI Member

    Scott Bryan: Still a good dude. 8)
  4. ScottJBryan

    ScottJBryan Member

    Thank you for the kind words, Haneluca and JJHHI.
  5. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Active Member

    Tough to say enough good words about Scott. If only I were much younger and not in the midst of my current drama ...
  6. kevin52085

    kevin52085 New Member

    I'm looking to move up from a weekly, and this one sounds ideal. Just applied.
  7. MattAnderson

    MattAnderson New Member

    Lots of good things about this job.

    As the above have stated, Scott’s been phenomenal to work for over the past nearly-four years. Can’t say enough about how good he’s been, both as a sports editor and in his current associate editor role. As for Scott Chancey, the sports editor, you won’t find many harder-working folks out there. And through all levels of the I-J management, I can say that there’s a tremendous amount of support in many different ways.

    As for covering the area, the coaches are phenomenal to deal with across the board. It’s a solid high school football area; this past season, two teams made it to state championships games, with one winning a state title. The rest of the high school sports are kind of hit-or-miss depending upon the season.

    As Scott said, it’s a pretty typical small southern city (although granted, I have no strong basis for comparison for other small southern cities). There’s the standard fare of chain restaurants, and it even has a few very good small independent places.

    More succinctly, it took a pretty large set of circumstances to get me to leave. It’s a job with a lot to offer.
  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I praise this place every time it comes up but let me add another twist that may make some of our younger members think even harder about this job.

    I know the people there and know the work they do. Now that I'm in a new position as SE of a metro paper, I'm getting killed by the quantity of applications and the quality is very good, too. LOTS of competition for jobs.

    Seeing the Index-Journal on your resume is going to jump out at me. Because it will tell me you've worked at a place I know has high standards and does things right. Of course, it also means I'm calling the people there because I know they'll give it to me straight!

    Youngsters, you need to go where people are going to bust your ass and make you better. You need things that will make you stand out in a very crowded field.

    This is one of them.
  9. scottchancey

    scottchancey New Member

    Hello, this is Scott Chancey, sports editor of the Index-Journal. First of all, I will miss Matt. He's an incredibly talented writer, and even better guy, and I wish him the best. I have been fortunate to have talented writers work for me since I moved here last April. To illustrate how much credence is given to writers who have worked here, Adam Regan was my other writer when I first arrived, and he is now the prep sports editor in Anderson, S.C. Yes, the bar is set high here, as it should be since we won first place in general excellence in our circulation category in South Carolina. But that's only one reason why sports writers will enjoy working here. For one thing, the atmosphere is about FUN. Let's face it, folks. If you're not having fun, you're not going to give it your all.
    And I promise you, you WILL have fun in our section.
    Our other writer, Ben Breiner is as great a guy as you can find, and he is one of the best feature writers I've had the opportunity to read. And Scott J. Bryan, our associate editor, is the former sports editor here, and he always will go to bat for us.
    And as for Scott J. Bryan as a person, you will be hard-pressed to find one better. As for the community, the fans are crazy about their sports, and want to buy those papers for the scrapbooks.
    This is the best newsroom atmosphere I've ever worked in, and I am very fortunate to be here.
    We look forward to having another writer join the "Sports Lounge."
  10. Ben.Breiner

    Ben.Breiner Member

    Oh, I guess I should chime in here.

    I'm the other sports writer at the paper with all of four months on the job. The town is not the biggest, but there are far worse places to work in this business. It has its pluses and the sports scene is pretty decent.

    I guess if I could sum up the job I'd go back to the advice an accomplished newspaper veteran told me when I was still in school. He said, "Go to a place where you can do good work and tell good stories."

    This is a place where a young journalist can do that.
  11. Georgiaguy

    Georgiaguy Member

    I need to chime in about both the I-J and the folks there.
    First the people are topnotch. I worked with Scott Chancey back when he was in Rome and he was a hard worker who would help you out anytime you asked.
    Scott Bryan, I worked with in Aiken and he works hard, but he tries to have fun with what he is doing.
    One good thing about both guys, they will work your tail off, but, you will never be asked to work harder than either of them, because they have both been through the ringer at other jobs and they know how bad that can make guys feel about their jobs. Also I am pretty sure both guys will let you take some chances and that is rare in newspapers now.
    The Index-Journal was always a good paper when I worked nearby, and I know over the last few years the paper has gotten better.
    If I was a little younger I would be applying for the job myself. Greenwood is not a metropolis, but it is a nice southern town, plenty to do there and plenty close enough if you want to go elsewhere.
  12. LevinTBlack

    LevinTBlack Member

    Is it two weeks yet? The wait is killing me. I put my name in the hat and think I have a decent shot. I really want the job because from what everyone has said it is a place with great sports guys and it is less than an hour from where my parents now live. It would be nice to have a great job and be close to family.
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Which quarter ...

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Platyrhynchos, Sep 3, 2007.

  1. Platyrhynchos

    Platyrhynchos Active Member

    ... thus far is the best design?
    I received an Idaho quarter in my change today, and it just took over the number one spot for me. Love that peregrine falcon on it. Of course, I really like birds (not just ducks), so that would naturally give it an edge.
    Next year will be the last year for the minted state quarters.
    What's your favorite?
  2. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    I want to know why there is a falcon on the Idaho quarter and not a potato.
  3. Platyrhynchos

    Platyrhynchos Active Member

    Don't know, Angola!. Maybe it's because taters are below-ground dwelling vegetables? Certainly not the positive image Idaho would want to paint, is it now?
    Anyway, linked here is the Idaho quarter. Pretty cool.

  4. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    Are they doing nickels now? I got a weird nickel yesterday, I thought it was foreign currency. What is the point of all this??
  5. Platyrhynchos

    Platyrhynchos Active Member

    Last year, I think, they started minting nickels with Jefferson not in a profile pose, and they have a buffalo on the back. Or maybe that was two years ago, because I thought of how stupid it was for Kansas to have a buffalo on its quarter while there are buffaloes on the backs of nickels.
    Anyway, that is probably the nickel you received.
  6. cougargirl

    cougargirl Active Member

    The Rhode Island (Newport Harbor/Narragansett Sound) and Maine (Portland Head Light) quarters are quite nice.
  7. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    I'm very partial to the Indiana quarter, mostly b/c it has the two things I loved best about living there on the back -- basketball and Indy cars.
  8. I like things with animal skulls.

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  9. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    You're just jealous that there is no bison skull on the back of your state's quarter, dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I didn't like the mountains on the back of Montana's quarter. They don't begin to truly represent how majestic the real things are. The bison skull I actually liked.
  10. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    The best state quarters are the ones on Conan.
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    I think the new nickels have something to do with the bicentennial of the Louis and Clark expedition.
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Who will be the coach?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Mizzougrad96, Nov 24, 2007.

  1. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    At Michigan?

    At Arkansas?

    At Nebraska?

    At LSU?

    At Texas A&M?

    At Auburn?

    I'm sure there are some other big-time programs (I don't count Baylor) who will be looking, but it will be interesting to see this many huge programs in a coaching search.
  2. Nick Saban will accept all five jobs.
  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    He has no interest in any of those jobs... :D
  4. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    You forgot Baylor ... but we all do.
  5. markvid

    markvid Guest

    Well played
  6. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Tuberville to Arkansas ... that's almost a fait accompli.

    Nutt to Nebraska ... that deal almost got done in 2003.

    Miles to Michigan ... duh.

    Franchione to Auburn ... up your butt, Rammer Jammer.

    That leaves LSU and A&M. LSU will hire from within and A&M will clean house, so anyone's guess.
  7. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I thought Tuberville was a candidate at A&M...

    I think Petrino will leave the Falcons to go to Auburn...

    Maybe Jimbo Fisher or Bo Pelini get either the LSU or Nebraska jobs...
  8. BigSleeper

    BigSleeper Active Member

    I can't see why Mark Mangino isn't in consideration for some of these jobs. To do what he's accomplished at a place like Kansas is none short of remarkable. I wouldn't be surprised if Nebraska made a run at him.

    I do not see Franchione getting a sniff of another major program for a while. I'd peg him in at SMU or Colorado State (if Lubick does retire).

    I see Nutt going to Baylor. For some reason, I can't see him going from one pressure cooker to another.
  9. Chi City 81

    Chi City 81 Guest

    No way does Nutt go to NU. If I were a betting man, I'd say it will be Pelini.
  10. hockeybeat

    hockeybeat Guest

    What about the U of Buffalo coach? I thought he was a shoe-in for the NU gig.
  11. BigSleeper

    BigSleeper Active Member

    Other thoughts:

    I would add UCLA to the list above. Dorrell's had his shot. He's done.

    Also, Washington State is sure to can Doba if they lose the Apple Cup today.

    Two names that will no doubt show up during coaching searches: Gary Barnett and Glen Mason.
  12. Football_Bat

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    If I were a betting man, I'd have bet $20 on Pelini becoming a head coach each year starting in 2004.

    I'd owe $80 by now.
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Yet another reformed athlete who turned his life around

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Starman, Feb 17, 2011.

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    Exhibit No. 327 bazillion

    Next up, Michael Vick
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