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— The Steamboat Springs High School lacrosse team spent last week resting up and preparing for the start of the state playoffs.

The team knows it will open the playoffs this week against the No.1 team out of the Metro League, either Denver East High School or Arapahoe, but head coach Chris Polumbus didn't know the exact details just yet.

"The top two teams in that league play (tonight) and we will play the winner of that game," Polumbus said. "Hopefully, we can play by Thursday or Friday. I would like to get it in before the weekend because we have prom on Saturday."

Polumbus, however, said that her team has already stepped into a playoff mode and will be ready to go no matter whom they face this week in the first round.

Unlike other sports, there is only one state title in girls lacrosse. The state is divided into four different divisions based mainly on geography. The school's size matters very little in this state-playoff picture.

To win a state title, Steamboat will have to upset some of the biggest schools in the state and also some long-running lacrosse traditions. There are only 16 teams left in the state. That number will be cut to eight by May 7.

Making it to the next round is a task Polumbus knows will be difficult, but not impossible.

The Sailors wrapped up the regular season by upsetting one of the state's title favorites, Kent Denver in an 8-4 match here in Steamboat April 21.

"Sure it was a pretty big confidence-builder," Polumbus said. "We just have to remember that any team can beat any other team on any given day. We just have to be up for it."

Chances are Steamboat will learn whom they face and when sometime Tuesday morning after the results of the East-Arapahoe match are known and the two schools have worked out the scheduling issues.

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  • PhD in Counseling Psychology at University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1989
  • MS in Clinical Psychology at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1973
  • BA in English Literature at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1970
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My goal is to help my students to integrate knowledge, ethics and their newly developed skills into their future professions. In the classroom, we discuss issues and dilemmas, but we also focus on increasing self-awareness as a major part of the developmental process of becoming a counselor.

As a professor, I look toward my students’ careers, knowing that each of them, over time, may provide counseling and help hundreds of clients. It provides me with deep satisfaction knowing that they can impact so many lives in positive ways through their work.

  • More than 30 years of experience working as a therapist or administrator in a variety of public and private treatment centers, including:
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    • Psychiatric hospitals
    • Community mental health settings
    • University counseling and mental health centers
    • Child guidance centers
    • Child Protective Services and Head Start
  • Licensed psychologist in Texas
  • Extensive background in organizational development
  • Former instructor at Trinity University and University of Texas–Austin
  • Chair of the Master of Arts in Counseling at St. Edward’s for 11 years
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The Greek Philosophers on Myth and Cosmology

H eraclitus (flourished circa 502 BC), famous for the expression "panta rhei", all things flow, and for his cryptic way of expressing his thoughts, as well as his consistently bad mood and obnoxious comments.

       He thought that Homer "ought by rights to be ejected from the lists and thrashed" for his weak understanding of cosmological matters, and no higher was his opinion on Hesiod:

       For very many people Hesiod is (their) teacher. They are certain he knew a great number of things - he who continually failed to recognize (even) day and night (for what they are)! For they are one.

       Hesiod said that night "produced" day, whereas to Heraclitus there is no more difference between the two than the lack of sunlight in the former, but also - bearing in mind both the poisonous tongue and delight in innuendo of Heraclitus - this fundamental misconception of Hesiod would be a way of stating that not even this he got right, thereby portraying him as mentally little more than a child even among children.

       The worship of the gods he found outright mad, where people believed themselves to be purified with the blood from sacrifice, "as if one who had stepped into mud should wash himself off with mud", and that was not all:

       Furthermore, they pray to these statues - as though one were to carry on a conversation with houses.

Heraclitus, by Brugghen 1628.

       Though it is clear that he saw nothing divine neither in these practices nor their objects of worship, Heraclitus recognized something of divine nature as well as something moral, judgmental, in the cosmos. A multitude of gods he seems not to have accepted, but one, although with many names and different qualities:

       God (is) day (and) night, winter (and) summer, war (and) peace, satiety (and) famine, and undergoes change in the way that (fire?), whenever it is mixed with spices, gets called by the name that accords with (the) bouquet of each.

       Instead of "fire" in this fragment of his works, interpreters have also suggested "air", "myrrh" or "olive oil". What seems most likely in the drastic comparison between god's spread over celestial opposites on the one hand, and the bouquet of spices on the other, would be something in the line of olive oil.

       Heraclitus does, though, give fire a central place: "Fire, having come suddenly upon all things, will judge and convict them." Although to Hippolytus this seemed to point directly to the fires of hell and a punishing god, it should rather be interpreted as a cosmological statement, since Heraclitus also stated: "To god all things are fair and just, whereas humans have supposed that some things are unjust, other things just." The god of Heraclitus is of a cosmological nature, a natural order, not bothering with human affaires - somewhat the same as the all encompassing meaning his interpreters have given to his use of 'logos'. It seems as passive as a formula, not in any way a personality with a will of its own, not even responsible for the making of the world, which to Heraclitus is: "the same for all, no god or man made, but it always was, is, and will be, an ever living fire, being kindled in measures and being put out in measures." This is an automatic cosmos, governed only by its own natural laws, where fire is the basic element and its dynamics are what make things appear as well as dissolve. This grand, eternal process is completely impersonal:

       Things grasped together: things whole, things not whole; being brought together, being separated; consonant, dissonant. Out of all things one thing, and out of one thing all things.

       Another fragment has him simply stating: "All things are one."

       When man accredits meaning to it all, traces a higher will in what takes place and how things behave, he is merely fondling illusions, dreaming. And dreaming evidently intrigues Heraclitus - the strange difference between being asleep and awake - as to what the world really is: "for those who are awake there is a single, common universe, whereas in sleep each person turns away into (his) own, private (universe)." The implication of those opposite states of mind goes further:

       A person in (the) night kindles a light for himself, since his vision has been extinguished. In his sleep he touches that which is dead, though (himself) alive, when awake touches that which sleeps.

       This cryptic fragment has been interpreted in several directions, sometimes as night signifying the night of death, but also when read more directly it shows how Heraclitus marvels at the borders of being awake and asleep, implying clues to what death may be.

       Death is, to this somber man, a fascination. he does not claim to understand it, but to see its vast significance: "There await people when they die things they neither expect nor imagine." In this he states a firm distrust in what the myths have to say about the realm of death, but also the appreciation of the question's obtrusive importance to each and everyone. Something he still dares state about death, but this is in relation to his view on the elements of the cosmos. The soul, he claims, is made up of water, and therefore: "for souls it is death to become water", in the same way as it is death for water to become earth, out of which it has come into existence. This does not mean that the soul, by many philosophers compared to air, would to Heraclitus be water, but emanating from it much like vapor, nor does it mean that he regards death as final - but from his words on the matter, here and in other fragments, it is at least clear that he is not convinced of an afterlife, of whatever nature.

       Immortality he treats mostly as a paradox: "Immortals mortal, mortals immortal, these living the death of those, those dead in the life of these." This saying has been discussed by interpreters as to its meaning, and although the expression immortals was generally used by the Greek for their gods, this need not be the case here. What Heraclitus states, no doubt, is the uncertainty of it all - life ending or not, death real or not, a puzzle impossible to solve. If it is to refer to the gods being alive only in the imaginations of the people, then the immortals are mortal in the sense that they die when the people believing in them do, and at the same time people dreaming of eternal gods do in a sense make themselves immortal, if only in this way, akin to a dream.

       Heraclitus is vague on those grand matters, because he is uncertain, and what he can state firmly is little but the disillusioning fact that none can know any better. The world being such an uncertain thing, illusive and elusive, his research found a single means: "I investigated myself." It did not make him jolly.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, translated by R. D. Hicks, volume II, Loeb, London 1950.

Robinson, T. M., Heraclitus: Fragments, Toronto 1987.

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Guardians of Being

I was busy working at home and as I walked by McCoy sleeping, he made me stop. Dogs do that... they are spirits wrapped in fur that allow us stop and check-in if we're living in the present. I cannot tell anyone how many times I walk by one of our two dogs and they make me stop and observe or spend a moment or two with them. "Check!" As much as it is a "check-in" with them, it's also a 'check-in' with myself.
Another reason I was stopped by McCoy's sleeping presence were his paws. I was inspired by another photographer that photographed their dogs paws at an exhibit many years ago. So I've been on the "look-out" for the perfect moment to do this. Several factors take place here... first is that they're sleeping and unbeknowing of what is really going on. Second is the position and angle of lighting . I knew in the moment that I saw this that it was an opportunity that presented itself. I got in photographer mode and started to delicately walk to retrieve my camera. You know when you've got to hurry to do something and you think you're gonna miss it? Well, that's how it was, yet... with McCoy sleeping and oblivious to what my goings on were, I realized that I wasn't going to miss anything and that I could slow down.

Focus,... Snap, advance,... Re-adjust, Focus,... Snap, advance... Two will do. I know I've got it.

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Friday, May 27, 2011

Crossing Paths, Sharing & Passions

I met George @ Laguna Beach Cyclery which has recently become a part-time addition to my photography career. What better way to marry my two favorite passions in life! I learned a lot about George in our first meeting and was enthralled of his pursuit of riding 24 Hours of Adrenalin (mountain biking solo for 24 hours). It mirrored my pursuit as I'm preparing for the British Columbia Bike Race (a seven day mountain bike stage race). With both us having a purpose behind our ambitions, raising money for  non-profit organizations, there was a lot of great energy and the momentum started to pick-up. I offered to support George with my photography to be utilized in his PR and marketing. This has expanded to training together, helping each other with sponsorship acquisition and cheering each other on. We've been making incredible strides on a daily basis and we keep our arms open to receiving more!
George is raising money and awareness for Wheels 4 Life, which its headquarters are local here in Laguna Beach. He was inspired after seeing the first screening of the Wheels 4 Life documentary last October. Wheels 4 Life provides bicycles to 3rd world countries that lack adequate resources and transportation for people to make visits to the doctor, get groceries, attend school and visit families. This ran parallel with his experience: "The bicycle has been an integral part of my life. I've always had my two bikes, and there was a time when I lost everything and all I had was my clothes and the wheels to get myself around. It was what got me through that time and I'm grateful to be able to ride and want to share that awareness with others of those in less fortunate countries."
Other than cycling and raising money for Wheels 4 Life... there's also a plethora of inspiration and passion that yields to Georges character. He enjoys spending time with his fiance Jessica and six month old baby girl Rylee. Spending time in the ocean body surfing and stand-up paddling, eating and cooking healthy nutritious food, going to the farmers market,... and a hidden passion that I discovered the other day... playing the drums! "I've seen so much in my 13 years as a paramedic, Life is too short and I've got to live life to the fullest every day."

Join George on June 18th @ Laguna Beach Cyclery for a fund raising event benefiting Wheels 4 Life. Screening of the documentary is @ 8 p.m. Hope to see you there!

Monday, February 14, 2011

The Stronghold, Purveyors of Fine Denim

Most of the people, places and things I come across are found on prolific adventures. One of my favorite places to visit is Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice Beach, California. There are all sorts of gems and eclectic things in this little coastal town of California that there is always something new to see and experience with each visit. The Stronghold Building is one of those places of admiration that exudes and preserves a bit of history. First off, the building is of brick and dated from the early 1900’s. There is so much character there that The Stronghold denim parlor really helps blend the history and “vintage-ness” of the building by revealing what true denim is. The place looks and feels incredibly authentic with decor: brick, paisley rugs bordered with hardwood panels, period furniture and antiques. The personality is brought out by the denim company’s expertise of original and true hand dyed and tailored denim jeans which was started in the late 1800’s. Adding to the fine denim, is a variety of additional working wear, shirts, oiled raincoats, leather belts suspenders and boots that accent the fine craftsmanship with a touch of ruggedness. When a place such as The Stronghold and their personal, vibrating with energy of vintage coolness and fine relaxed denim clothing, I could not hesitate for an opportunity to do some photography, I did just that:

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Lastly, my dream is to do a period shoot of their clothing along with their fine list of customers and friends.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

The Venerable Bill Bracey

[ven-er-uh-buhl] - adjective

commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character

impressive or interesting because of age, antique appearance, etc

I was introduced to Bill Bracey by a good friend and had the opportunity to share a couple of meals with him at Ruby's in Corona Del Mar. After getting to know Bill, it dawned on me how great of a photographic subject he would be as well as become an addition to my portfolio of "distringueshed" images. I approached Bill with the concept of doing a photography shoot with him as the subject in a studio and explained the intention of doing such an exercise, he agreed to a sitting.

After prepping the studio with backdrop, camera gear, lighting and other photo paraphernalia, I added another component to the experience by interviewing Bill. I wanted to get to know him better, so that I could reveal his personality through a photographic image. Bill's background is quite extraordinary and worth detailing:

*  Stationed in Germany by the U.S. military and served 195 days of combat.
*  Employed by a prestigious elevator company and worked in sales offices
    through out Europe.
*  Married the love of his life, adopted one daughter and had one son. They
    were together over 50 years.
*  Was an avid skier in the Swiss and Austrian Alps.
*  An ongoing supporter and contributor to the cancer research and recovery
    program @ HOAG Hospital in Newport Beach, California.
*  Has impeccable attention to detail.

Below are a few of the images of Bill that reveal how "venerable" he is. Simple and stright forward, and subtle. A great way to honor such an individual and their life:

Monday, June 14, 2010

From the Archives

Today I was previewing some work for an advertisement and came across some photos in the archives that would interest and amuse many people. I love it when a vision comes to fruition. There is nothing like the final outcome of a vision and project! The gentleman in these photos is a former colleague from the corporate days, Adam. He was known as AL2 because we often used our first and last initials in the office, and he was the 2nd of two. Anyhow, Adam had this demeanor when it came to work in the non-profit energy efficiency sector. A former writer and editor for the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C., he was very serious about his work and critical of the outcomes. He could be very amusing with his pouts and whines being dressed in a full suit everyday. Adams tenure was short-lived as he found his calling to return to school and pursue environmental law at UCLA. While colleagues, I proposed a photo shoot without revealing what the actual image of the photos were to be until the day of. It was actually really fun shooting the photo series called the "Human Paper Tree" and it reveals Adams true passion and frustration with the inadequacies in the legal system our country so often faces. In the third photo of the series, I have him standing on the bench holding a classic leather brief and a very important document since I wanted to show that Adam has a much bigger presence in the forum of environmental policy.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Maiden of Sea (spring 09)

On an overcast Saturday morning at the beginning of the summer I was down at Oak Street beach in Laguna hanging out with a group of swimmers getting ready for a “dip” in the Pacific Ocean. These are not your every day pool lap swimmers… instead they are a hearty, affable group of five women that take their swimming and affinity for the ocean quite seriously. The plan was for a leisurely swim up the coast to Main Beach and back.

One of the swimmers in particular, Lynn Kubasek, is a maiden of the sea. She has her sights on long distance swimming and particularly is aiming to swim the Catalina Channel. That is from Catalina Island to Newport Beach, a good 22 miles in low – 60’s degree water.

I’ve known Lynn a good couple of years now and have enjoyed her presence and enthusiasm for life. Whenever one is greeted or re-united with Lynn, her smile and happiness radiates and becomes infectious. When asked how things are going, she tampers on the latest swim or an upcoming one… and how rad her artwork is coming along.

On this morning, I had an opportunity to get her attention before she took to her beloved sea. Whether it’s an overcast day and the water is less inviting to most, or a sunny one and the water is as clear as a fishbowl, this is the Lynn that you will see…

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Last night, Stephen Colbert finally came through with his own National Organization for Marriage (NOM NOM NOM) “Gathering Storm” commercial. (Guess all that teabagging stuff kept him busy this week.) And it was great, of course. He even gets in a dig at those horrible mercenary actors.

(Stephen sets it up for a few minutes, and the actual commercial starts at 3:25):

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“I won’t let them make you retroactively gay, Pee-Paw.”


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Lil B – “Unchain Me” Video

By Corban Goble / October 25, 2011 - 3:51 pm

Surrealist rapper Lil B was dormant for a second there, on the video tip — where’d you go, BasedGod? — but recently he’s been back on his usual, manic grind. Here’s the video for the soulful I’m Gay standout “Unchain Me,” which finds the (mostly) shirtless rapper workin’ some stuff out on the beach.

I’m Gay (I’m Happy) is out now via BasedWorld. Thank you, BasedGod.


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Stetson Law student mediation team wins ABA competition

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Tampa Bay, Fla. – A team of students from Stetson University College of Law won the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Regional Representation in Mediation Competition at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., on March 4.

The student team of Jason Martell and Emily Morgan beat a team from Roger Williams University. The team heads to a national competition in Washington, D.C., April 25-27.

A second team of students Sarah Olsen and Rob Varkonyi also competed.

“I was very impressed with our teams’ preparation, talent and professionalism,” said Professor Kelly Feeley, who coached the student teams.

There were eight teams competing from around the country in this regional competition. In all, 192 students compete from 49 schools in 10 regional competitions for a chance at making it to the nationals.

To learn more about the mediation competitions, visit the ABA online at http://www.abanet.org/dispute/mediation/home.html.


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The Barclays LIBOR scandal – the world seems to have shifted towards my last bill: those at the top must be held responsible.

The Prime Minister has said he wants responsibility in banking, right to the top. The National Association of Pension Funds wants bonus clawbacks from the people who made the related trades.  There’s endless talk of the irresponsible culture in banking. All that is addressed by my last bill.

Nick Robinson just mentioned politicians trying to catch up with people’s anger. I guess he has not spotted my proposed measures to make directors and staff of financial institutions liable for the consequences of their own actions. My last bill would:

  • enforce strict liability on directors of financial institutions
  • enforce unlimited personal liability on directors of financial institutions
  • require directors of financial institutions to post personal bonds as additional bank capital
  • require personal bonds and bonuses to be treated as additional bank capital
  • make provision for the insolvency of financial institutions
  • establish a financial crimes investigation unit

There’s no way to regulate away the consequences of leaving in place moral hazard in the financial system. As one ex-trader said earlier today, people are constantly calculating risk and reward and the rewards are huge. They should therefore carry their huge commercial risks too. If the taxpayer is due to take the risk, players in the financial system will undoubtedly make reckless decisions.

There’s no mystery why the culture in banking is the way it is. The people involved do not have liberty and responsibility under the law. They have licence to be reckless. That’s why I have been campaigning against injustice in the financial system as a priority.

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  1. Rick Hamilton says:

    Interesting that you are an engineer. Many of the top politicians in China were engineers during their great economic boom. We need more MPs with real world experience.

    What about our politicians being made personally liable? They waste taxpayers’ money like water and walk away scot-free. In the case of Gordon Brown, literally so.

    A real threat to their assets and cosy gravy train existence would do the EU ‘elites’ a power of good too.

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      Making politicians personally liable for the unfunded liabilities of the state is an interesting thought exercise. I suspect many people would not want the inevitable outcome.


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Saints Ambassador Corps members assist the Admissions Office with recruiting new students to USF. Members are trained to give tours, phone prospective students, and host overnight guests. Prospective members are interviewed and selected by the Admissions Office.

Student Government Association strives to bring the voice of all students to administrators, faculty, staff, and trustees to create cohesion and address all issues pertaining to student life on campus. The success and effectiveness of the Student Government Association relies on students actively participating in Senate, and Committees.

University Ministry students carry out their calling to serve at home and abroad in soup kitchens, shelter, schools and other agencies in need. USF students spend two weeks as part of a mission to Sucre, Bolivia, where they work in orphanages, hospitals and prisons.


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Stillers@Jags Pregame Outlook

September 07, 2001 by Still Mill

Stillers-Jags Preview  (Game #1)

The Stillers open the 2001 campaign against a bitter rival -- the Jacksonville Jagoffs.Although neither team made the playoffs last year, both teams have a strong dislike for one another, and this figures to be a rather emotional season opener for both clubs.The Jgas come into the game rather beaten up and ailing, but Coach Tom Coughlin will hardly allow that to serve as an excuse.The Stillers had a decent pre-season, and with relatively few injuries, come into the game upbeat and confident.�� It�s apparent that both teams want to win this key divisional game in order to get off on the right foot this season.

* When the Jags have the ball, they�ll bring a pretty good arsenal of offensive weapons.QB Mark Brunnel isn�t as much of a threat to scramble as he was 4-5 years ago, but he�s more than capable of sliding away from pressure &/or scooting from the pocket, and hitting receivers downfield for big plays.�� His splendid WR combo has been beat up all during camp, but if McCardell and Smith show up on Sunday in reasonable health, they will pose a tremendous challenge to the Stiller secondary, which will be forced to play without starting CB Chad Scott.Look for Jax to try to exploit Scott�s backup, D. Townsend, early and often.Townsend is a very good cover-corner, but may be under strict orders from the staff to give the softee cushion that Cowher often loves to use versus Jax.If so, the Jags will counter that with a steady diet of easy, pitch-and-catch 15-yard curls.The Jags O-line has been disheveled andbanged up.Boselli has a sore knee but should play.Rookie Maurice Williams will get the start at RT, which should please Stiller LOLB Jason Gildon, who�s been the brunt of all too many Leon Searcy bludgeonings the past 4 years.The Stillers were nicked up a bit by opposing TEs in preseason, so Jax�s big TE Jones might play a key role.The key matchup will RB Fred Taylor and the Jax patchwork O-line, versus the Stiller run defense.No one should be able to forget the last meeting between these 2 teams, in which Fred Taylor ran wild en route to a 4 TD, 234-yard effort, the most ever given up by a Stiller defense.Most of the yardage, as you should recall, came at, around, or just under the big Pro Bowl linebacker, Jason Gildon.�� Don�t think for a minute that Coughlin has forgotten the ease in which his team ran around their right end and up right tackle, and Coughlin most assuredly will continually send Taylor into that region to see if Gildon will perform his same Casper-The-Friendly-Ghost act as he did last November.

* When the Stillers have the ball, it�ll be the same ol� grind-it-out offense, led by RB Jerome Bettis.Mularkey will mix in some snazzy formations and pre-snap motion, but the bare essentials of the Whalecrap Offense will likely remain the same.Of course, the Jaguar secondary is nicked up, and there should be plenty of openings for Plex, Troy, Ward, and Shaw to exploit, so it would behoove Mularkey to exploit that weakness from time to time, beginning early in the game.Due to the hot weather and his asthma, Bettis will receive some breaks from Fu and Amoz.One problem for the ground game will be the absence of starting FB Dan Kreider.Witman and Cushing will take turns trying to plow holes in the Jaguar defense, but neither brings anything close to the kind of punch that Kreider brings to the table.�� The Stillers get a nice reprieve in that studly DE Brackens is out, so Gandy should have no problem dominating the backup.Marvel Smith will get a stern test from DE Wynn and OLB Hardy, and this should serve as a good litmus test to see if Smitty has gotten his technique back in order after a fairly horrendous preseason.Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this game will be to see exactly what top-secret tactics Coach Mularkey unveils against the Jags.Mularkey has supposedly kept his top-secret offense off-limits all of camp, in a Cold War-like operation purportedly designed to keep the Russians, er the Jags, in the dark as to how the vaunted 29th-ranked Stiller passing offense will attack.�� Should be interesting to see if the lack of practice in executing said offense in the preseason will allow Stewart and Co. to actually run the top secret offense.The key matchup will be the Stiller ground game, led by the O-line, against the suspect Jaguar run defense.�� Cowher won�t be looking for any kind of shootout, and he�d prefer to wear down the Jags and chew the clock on the shoulders of the running game.Although it�s hard to tell what new Def. Coord. Moeller will do, it seems to reason that Coughlin will counter with a variety of run-blitzes and extra men stacking the line in order to slow down The Bus and dare Stewart to throw the ball into deceptive, confusing coverages.

* Spec Teams: Give the Stillers a nice edge here.Brown has looked decent on his KOs, and the coverage teams should be ready and able.Hank and Troy give the Stillers 2 good threats in the return game.Jax has few weapons in their return game, and their kicking game has been sporadic.

* Synopsis: On paper, this has all the looks of a royal asswhipping.Of course, back in �96, just months after the Stillers nearly won Super Bowl 30, the vaunted Stillers ventured down to Jax on opening day and lost to a pitifully weak Jax team.�� Looking back at Cowher�s 9-year career, it turns out this was no aberration; rather, this is a sure-fire trend that Cowher has solidified year in and year out since his 2nd season (after winning his season opener as a rookie coach).Consider the past 8 openers:

�93 - lost a very winnable home game to San Fran.

�94 - got thoroughly whipped, dominated, and embarrassed in every phase of the game in a hideous home loss to Dallas.

�95 - at home, against a very weak, poor Lions team, eked out a sloppy 3-point win in OT.

�96 - at Jax, lost to the 3-13 (in �95) Jags in one of the shoddiest, most ill-prepared opening-day efforts ever witnessed in the NFL.

�97 - Once again at home against the Cowboys, got thoroughly whipped, dominated, and embarrassed in every phase of the game in a hideous 30-point loss.

�98 - in yet another sloppy opener, the Stillers sputtered, slumbered, and slothed themselves in an eked-out win over a very poor Ravens team that was plagued all day by a plethora of special teams blunders.

�99 - after the opening-day laugher over junior varsity Cleveland, the Stillers went to Baltimore, and in a repeat of the �98 opener, sputtered, slumbered, and slothed themselves in an eked-out win over a very poor Ravens team that was plagued all day by a plethora of special teams blunders and lousy QB play.

�00 - Facing the Ravens at home, the Stillers once again sputtered, slumbered, and slothed themselves throughout the entire game, and allowed the bumbling Ravens to steal a win at 3 Rivers.

Ergo, I cannot, in good conscience, predict anything other than a sloppy team-stink by Cowher and Co. this Sunday.The good news is that it�s a long season.It�s quite do-able to overcome an opening-day loss and make the playoffs, so don�t fret after the Jags win on Sunday, 19-13.

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Stillwater Offers OSU Game-Day Parking

September 3, 2010

Cowboy fans looking for game-day parking are in luck! This year you can park-and-ride in Downtown Stillwater for free or purchase season-long.

Downtown Game-Day Parking:
The Oklahoma State University Athletic Department and the Stillwater Business Improvement District, know as Downtown Stillwater are offering free parking and bus rides to and from the stadium for fans throughout the season, beginning Saturday, Sept. 4 for OSU vs. Washington State game.

There will be signs indicating where to park and where buses will pick up and drop off passengers. Parking is on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are about 500 available parking spots.

Downtown Game-Day Parking is available at the following locations:
* 7th Ave. and Lewis St. (across from Municipal Building)
* 7th Ave. and Lewis St. Parking Garage
* 8th Ave. and Husband St.
* 9th Ave. and Husband St. (Banc First)
* 9th Ave. and Lewis St.
After the game, buses will pick up passengers on Hall of Fame Avenue every 30 minutes and return them to Downtown Stillwater.

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Disney Publishes Plans for New Arendelle ‘Pavilion’ at Epcot (Frozen)

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'Frozen Meet & Greet Building' at EpcotThe perpetual hot button topic of Walt Disney World fans is what the next pavilion at Epcot’s World Showcase will be. Will it be Australia? Brazil? Russia? Israel? One of the marvels of the existing World Showcase is just how much space is available for development on property for additional pavilions. Now thanks to filings with the South Florida Water Management District office, we have our answer: Arendelle. Of course this doesn’t mean that Norway has been saved from handing over its Maelstrom attraction to Anna and Elsa of Disney’s Frozen, rather Queen Elsa has annexed the current ‘vacant’ lot located between the Mexico and and Norway pavilions for a project titled ‘Frozen Meet and Greet Building.’

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FIRST LOOK: ‘Frozen’ Series 2 POP! Vinyls, Mystery Minis from Funko

POP! 'Frozen' Series 2Funko has shared product images of its upcoming Frozen Series 2 available in February 2015. The series includes Anna and Elsa in both young versions as well as coronation versions, plus ‘summer Olaf.’

In addition, Funko will also be releasing Frozen Mystery Minis — also in February — and has even provided us with a distribution chart for the variants, with a happy Marshmallow being among the rarest (and frozen Anna a close second).

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Frozen ‘Melting Olaf’ Kit Proves Anyone is Worth Melting For.. Over and Over

'Melting Olaf the Snowman Kit'Do you wanna melt a snowman? Perhaps half-inspired by the popular line spoken by Olaf in Disney’s Frozen, half-inspired by some very twisted minds over at Running Press, the ‘Melting Olaf the Snowman Kit‘ will be available in March 2015 and will allow you to build Olaf and watch him melt before your very eyes over and over and over and over again. The publisher’s description is as follows:

Watch Olaf melt in front of your eyes! This fun kit includes reusable melting putty and plastic accessories that bring everyone’s favorite snowman to life: twig arms and hair, eyes, carrot nose, and charcoal buttons. Kit also includes a 32-page, full-color mini book.

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‘Frozen’ Novel, ‘A Frozen Heart,’ to tell Story from Hans’ Perspective

While Random House will continue the adventures of Anna and Elsa in a series of new stories, Disney Press will continue to examine the events of Frozen in new lights, this time from the perspective of Hans — and Anna. Due out May 26, 2015, A Frozen Heart is a 304 page novel for young adults that explores what’s going on inside the minds of Anna and Hans and explore their inner emotions as the events of the film unfold. It is written by Elizabeth Rudnick, who has not only written several junior novelizations, but most recently explored the inner thoughts of Aurora and Maleficent in her Maleficent adaptations.

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‘Frozen Fever’ Short to Play before ‘Cinderella’ in Theaters; New ‘Cinderella’ Character Posters

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Walt Disney Animation Studios’ today confirmed that its all-new short Frozen Fever, which welcomes Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Olaf back to the big screen, will open in theaters on March 13, 2015, in front of Disney’s Cinderella, a live-action feature inspired by the classic fairy tale.

Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, and produced by Peter Del Vecho and Aimee Scribner, with an all-new original song by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Frozen Fever marks the first project reuniting the Oscar®-winning original team from Disney’s Frozen.

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PHOTO: Disney World Gingerbread ‘Frozen’ Display with Anna, Elsa, Olaf, the Other, Reindeer

'Frozen' Gingerbread Holiday Ice Castle Graces Disney's Contemporary Resort (Kent Phillips, photographer)Freshly baked and opened at the Walt Disney World Resort’s Contemporary Resort is their annual gingerbread display, this year dedicated to the phenom Frozen. The gingerbread ice castle stands 17 feet tall and is located on the 4th floor Grand Canyon Concourse. In addition to Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff and Sven, the display features 14 ‘hidden Olafs.’ Frozen-themed merchandise, desserts and gingerbread treats also are available for purchase at the ice castle kiosk.

Ingredient fun facts:

  • 423 lbs. of chocolate
  • 514 lbs. flour
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  • 67 lbs. spices
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REPORT: ‘Frozen’ Songwriters Perform Deleted Songs (Including Elsa’s Rap)

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Photo: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.Last weekend, Frozen songwriters Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez held a benefit show for the lower school at Poly Prep in Brooklyn. Joined by stage veteran Kerry Butler and her husband — and ‘Sesame Street’ head writer and puppeteer — Joey Mazzarino, along with a spectacular Olaf puppet, the Oscar Award-winning pair led an audience of mostly students through the process of writing the music for one of the most successful animated films in history.

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Epcot Gets ‘Frozen’ in Spring for International Flower and Garden Festival

Walt Disney World today unveiled some of its plans for the 2015 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival (March 4 – May 17, 2015).

  • New topiaries include Anna and Elsa re-recreating the finale scene from Frozen, while other brand-new Disney character topiaries will include Chip and Dale taking a star turn in two whimsical front-entrance ‘Goofy About Spring’ floral vignettes. Topiary Goofy and friends will be in on the fun.
  • Fresh new menu items will debut at the festival’s Outdoor Kitchens where, for the third festival year running, guests can taste garden- and spring-inspired tapas-sized food and beverages and have their complimentary Garden Passports stamped as they stroll the World Showcase promenade.

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Hallmark Previews Itty Bittys Collection for 2015

Frozen Itty Bittys from HallmarkHallmark has recently released its 2015 Itty Bittys checklist (PDF), featuring all the existing open edition plush plus upcoming seasonal limited editions. While there appears to be nothing new for the DC and Marvel licenses, Hallmark has plenty of plans for other existing licenses as well as adding additional licenses such as Peanuts (Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus and Lucy) as well as Halloween versions of Shaggy and Scooby-Doo and, of course, Disney’s Muppets.

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‘Disney Parks Frozen Christmas Celebration’ to Air December 25 on ABC

'Disney Parks Frozen Christmas Celebration'If you have your DVR set to record the ‘Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade,’ you may want to take a few minutes to reprogram it. ABC has confirmed what has already been reported at both the Walt Disney World Resort via it’s Very Merry Christmas Party map and the Disneyland Resort — which is filming its half today — that the annual holiday program will in fact be dubbed the ‘Disney Parks Frozen Christmas Celebration.’ The official program description is as follows:

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  • 'You can't handle the truth': 96 percent of Americans admit to lying

  • Perjury is a pervasive act that is not often prosecuted, but experts say that if it is left unchecked, the act of flaunting the law and lying under oath could unravel America's basic financial, judicial and democratic processes.
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  • Editor's note: This article is part of "The Ten Today," a series that examines the Ten Commandments in modern society. This story explores the ninth commandment: "Thou shalt not bear false witness." As Lance Armstrong stood on the podium after winning his seventh Tour de France title in 2005, he was exultant. His yellow jersey and hat - trademarks of a Tour de France champion - glinted in the July sun, and his posture exuded confidence, if not a little defiance. He took the race announcer's microphone, and, like an imperious teacher lecturing a student, he addressed the crowd. "For you people who don't believe in cycling, the cynics and the skeptics, I'm sorry for you," he said. "I'm sorry you can't dream big and I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. ... You should stand around and believe. You should believe in these athletes. ... There are no secrets. This is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it. So, um, vive le Tour. Forever." When Armstrong said, "You should believe in these athletes," he might well have been talking about himself. For years, he vehemently denied rumors that he'd cheated to win. By the time the U.S. Anti-doping Agency filed an official report in 2012 that said the cyclist used performance-enhancing drugs, Armstrong had already been lying to the world for more than a decade saying he was clean. Now Armstrong, who admitted a little over a year ago to doping over the course of his career, has sold several of his homes, leveraged his assets and lost some $75 million in support from his sponsors, all while battling a host of legal contests and having his Tour de France titles and Olympic medal stripped. He is hardly the first high-profile, wealthy or influential person caught lying, but his story represents an undercurrent that flows all the way down to ordinary Americans and flaunts one of the most basic moral tenets iterated even in the Ten Commandments: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." The act of lying by itself is disruptive and unethical at best, experts say, but when it crosses over to perjury - lying under oath - at its worst, it is far-reaching and destructive in its effect. If left unchecked, experts say, prosecutable lies, cheating and rampant dishonesty from the powerful to the poor have the potential to destroy the social fabric of America - right down to its political and judicial systems. Dishonesty certainly destroyed Armstrong's record as the greatest cyclist who ever lived. "Lance Armstrong - he has been ruined," James Stewart, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and lawyer who studied perjury, said recently from his office in New York City. "The truth was embarrassing and damaging, but it wasn't nearly as bad as what happened as a result of all of this." The whole truth and nothing but the truth When Martha Stewart decided in 2001 to sell her shares in a bio-tech company because of an illicit tip, she was worth billions. The deal saved her about $45,000, but over the course of three years, through lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission, a trial and conviction, Stewart said, her decision cost about $1 billion in damages to her reputation and her company. She could have admitted her mistake, told the truth, and avoided the scandalous trial that nearly killed her empire and necessitated company-wide layoffs, but to the bitter end, Stewart denied doing anything wrong. In interviews, she portrayed herself as a hapless victim of a ruthless system and deferred responsibility in a letter she wrote the judge before her sentencing case. "I never intended to harm anyone and I am dreadfully sorry that the perception of my conduct has caused my family, my friends and especially my beloved company so much damage," Stewart wrote the judge, unrepentant. "My prayers are with you, and my hopes that my life will not be completely destroyed lie entirely in your hands." In the end, Stewart went to prison for five months. One might think the rich and powerful have the least reason to lie and the most to lose from getting caught, but history is replete with examples of politicians, business people, millionaires and sports stars who have committed perjury - and they're not the only ones guilty of lying. We all do it, experts say. According to a Reader's Digest poll in 2004, 93 percent of respondents reported one or more kinds of dishonesty at work or school, and 96 percent reported lying to or committing other dishonest acts toward those close to them. Kids lied to their parents about money, alcohol/drugs, friends, dating, parties and sex, according to the poll. Another scholarly study, "Lying in Everyday Life," conducted by a group of scholars at the University of Virginia, Texas A&M University and Pfeiffer College, showed adults lied about two times a day. Although psychologists generally acknowledge most humans lie at some point in their lives, one 2010 study, "The Prevalence of Lying in America: Three Studies of Self-Reported Lies," conducted by a group of scholars at Michigan State University, found that the majority of lies reported by respondents belonged to a small percentage. According to the study, half of all reported lies are told by 5.3 percent of the population. Still, as humans, the people around us affect our propensity to lie - so people who want to be more honest would best avoid that 5.3 percent. "We are all capable of cheating, and we are very adept at telling ourselves stories about why, in doing so, we are not dishonest or immoral," Dan Ariely, professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University, wrote in his book, "The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How we lie to everyone - especially ourselves." "Even worse, we are prone to 'catch' the cheating bug from other people, and once we start acting dishonestly, we are likely to continue misbehaving that way." Caught in the act As a former prosecutor in Brooklyn, N.Y., Doug Godfrey has his fair share of fascinating stories from the courtroom. But one of his favorites to tell happened decades ago when he was working on a series of cases against defendants who had been caught with illegal drugs. Each of the defendants had been caught with drugs that they just so happened to drop when they were running away from the police. It was a convenient happenstance for the police, who knew their case would be dismissed if they searched their suspects unlawfully. The judge, noticing the trend, told the courtroom, "I'm in fear for the citizens of Brooklyn, with all of these things falling out of their pants," says Godfrey, who is now a law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The implication was that police officers were being dishonest, busting people for drugs and searching them without a warrant. When they found drugs in this way, they claimed the narcotics happened to fall on the ground as their suspects ran away - a false justification of their actions after the fact. Law enforcement officials lie under oath to suit their needs often enough that a group of officers in New York City coined a slang word for it: "testilying." Still, despite his quip, the judge did nothing to quell the ironic dishonesty. Although physical evidence, including DNA testing and visual proof, are important to solving criminal cases, America's justice system relies on people telling the truth in order to function. Lying under oath, on tax forms or on financial statements - such as in divorce proceedings - are all forms of perjury, which is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. "It's the best we can do with a system that is going to be fair and not give too much power to the government and not let, on the other side, anarchy reign," said University of Nevada Las Vegas and William S. Boyd School of Law professor Chris Blakesley, who has studied international law and compared the United States' approach to perjury with other countries. "The system could not function without all of us taking seriously our need to tell the truth. I think that is the essence of the system here." The moral imperative to tell the truth is hardly a new concept. People were punished for lying even in ancient civilizations. In colonial America, where strict enforcement of a multitude of laws was carried over from England's modus operandi, people convicted of lying were sometimes branded on their faces and publicly flogged. Today, in some European countries, such as France, Italy and Hungary, defendants are not put under oath because it is assumed that they will lie, Blakesley says. In the United States, defendants are punished if they lie on the stand, falsify documents, or even omit pertinent information - but the charges are hard to prosecute, says Steven Duke, a professor at Yale Law School who teaches a course on criminal procedure. To successfully prosecute a perjury case, a prosecutor must prove the defendant willingly lied under oath about an objective fact and prove that the factual truth was different from their alleged lies under oath, Duke says. Defendants can also fall back on the claim that they had a memory lapse, he says, which is very difficult to prove otherwise in a court setting. Limitations on prosecuting perjury also make it a difficult subject to study; there is little data, but some experts say lying under oath is nothing less than an epidemic that must be quelled. For every perjury that is prosecuted in America, Duke says, hundreds or thousands of the crimes - including "testilying" - go unpunished because of the difficult nature of the cases. "Perjury is commonplace in America," Duke says. "I don't know if that was as true a century ago as it is now. ... I imagine that a century ago, more people believed that God punished perjury than now, when it appears that almost no one believes that." Changing the tide Even if there is a declining belief in God in America, that's not the only reason people lie under oath, experts say. And in fact, placing a hand on the Bible - which can be a reminder to some of their moral creed - and taking an oath does have some positive effect on truth-telling. "On the face of it, the idea that any reminder can decrease dishonesty seems strange - after all, don't people know that it is wrong to be dishonest even without reminders?" psychologist Dan Ariely wrote with Nina Mazar and On Amir in their study "The Dishonesty of Honest People: A Theory of Self-Concept Maintenance." "However, from the self-concept maintenance perspective, the question is not whether a person knows it's wrong to behave dishonestly, but whether she thinks of these standards and compares her behavior to them in a moment of temptation." There are several contributing factors to the perceived rise in examples of perjury, experts say. For one thing, prosecutors don't often prosecute people for perjury because it is difficult and there are limited resources to fight the cases effectively. For another thing, thanks to high-profile cases - involving such people as former President Bill Clinton, famed baseball player Barry Bonds and even Martha Stewart - where the punishment for lying appeared to be minimal, others feel safer in flaunting the law without serious repercussions. When politicians lie and get away with it, it erodes America's faith in the political system, says James Stewart, who wrote "Tangled Webs - How False Statements are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff." You can't have a legal system without people giving truthful evidence, Stewart said, and the ripple effects of dishonesty reach all the way to the public trust, faith in democracy and the function of capital markets and investments. When a president perjures himself while in office, it takes a toll. But more corrosive than that are the countless everyday cases of everyday people giving false testimony, committing tax fraud and being deceitful on financial statements, say, in divorce proceedings. To move forward, Stewart says, each individual should begin with themselves and reaffirm their commitment to being honest. From there, every effort should be made to be a good example and hold children and those around us to the same standard. For Armstrong and those like him who fear what will happen if they admit their guilt and stop their deceit, Stewart has this advice: tell the truth. "Once you've told a lie, you're stuck with it," Stewart says. "It's on your conscience forever."%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D151914%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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In many ways, our website is not for us. It’s for the people who come to visit it—and accordingly, the site should communicate in ways they understand and are comfortable with.

Surprisingly, the needs of internal and external audiences are not that different when it comes to easy-to-use navigation and compelling content. Both appreciate clear pathways to information; we can’t count on either to be familiar with certain terminology or the way an office or school is organized; and well presented, interesting content is good reading for everyone, whether it's a teenage prospect, a SMC staff member, or a retired alumni.

Because "internal" and "external" audiences share many of the same needs, we sometimes prefer to talk about the audience orientation of Web content in terms of the intended purpose of the content. In particular, we often describe two modes of communication in Web content: emotional and transactional. The former is often associated with "marketing," and by extension traditional "external" audiences; the latter with current students, faculty, etc.

It is our belief that too many higher ed websites keep these two types of content separate; sites contain a "marketing" area (usually the Admission section) and an "informational" area (often the rest of the site). We prefer an approach that integrates the two. There is, in fact, no need for a clear split between the two modes of communication; on well-built websites, the two modes of communication coexist throughout the site.

Emotional communications is about creating content and design that tell the story of the people, places, and qualities that make SMC unique. The goal of emotional communications is to attract the best applicants and faculty, connect with alumni,
donors and community members, and promote the College in the world. These communications should be as personal, authentic, and direct as possible, allowing site visitors to identify easily with the subjects and themes of the content. When it comes to transactional communications, the principal objective is providing quick access to services, policies and procedures, internal news or resources, contact information, and how-to or FAQ-type information that your various audiences need.

Internal audiences are often associated strictly with transactional communications and external with emotional, yet we'll reap great benefits if we can develop the right balance for both. Though students will tell us the only thing they really want is access to webmail and their course schedule, finding subtle ways to expose them to stories of fellow students, faculty or alumni doing interesting things can help foster a sense of pride in the institution and start to develop them as ambassadors. Prospective students and donors captured by emotional content should have a quick and easy pathway to applying and giving once they’ve made the decision to commit.

The primary audience for the top-tier pages of the SMC site is external—prospective students and their parents, alumni, peer faculty/institutions, and the general public. These are audiences that don't have pre-existing knowledge of paths to information, or go-to portals where links are collected; the top level pages are where they go to learn more about the College and access the information they need to apply, donate, reconnect, and start to feel a part of the place. At the same time, these pages must certainly also serve the needs of students, faculty, and staff—they should be able to access resources and information easily, and these pages should feel like genuine reflections of SMC.

Inside "information" pages of the site have both emotional and transactional components as well. Some administrative offices may feel that they serve internal audiences exclusively, but many, like health services, public safety, and the registrar, are visited by prospective students curious about the services and offerings of the College and should consider that group when developing their Web content. Academic departments carry the weight of being heavily trafficked by both prospective and current students as well as peer colleagues across the country and world.

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First-of-its-kind liquefied natural gas facility opens in Alberta

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CALGARY, Alta. -- A new liquefied natural gas facility has opened in Alberta, which facility owner Encana Corporation says is the first of its kind in the province. The Cavalier LNG facility is located about 15 km east of the town of Strathmore, Alta. and will play a “key role” in providing the alternative fuel to the heavy-duty transportation industry, according to Encana officials.

Eric Marsh, executive vice-president of Encana Corp. and senior vice-president, USA Division, said there is a “very strong value proposition for natural gas use in the transportation sector,” noting that LNG is 20-40% less expensive than gasoline or diesel in many regions. Marsh also pointed to the environmental benefits of LNG, including its production of up to 30% less carbon dioxide emissions than oil and 90% less smog-causing particulate matter.

The Cavalier LNG facility receives its feedstock from Encana's neighbouring Cavalier gas plant. The natural gas is then treated to remove impurities such as water, carbon dioxide and Mercaptan, and thereafter directed into a cryogenic heat exchanger where liquid nitrogen (-196°C) cools the methane to a liquid state (-160°C). The LNG is stored in cryogenic tanks on-site for truck fuelling or bulk tanker loading.

First customers of the Cavalier LNG facility include Calgary-based Ferus Inc., an energy services company specializing in delivering integrated solutions to the energy industry, as well as the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) which last year announced that it is testing two mainline diesel-electric locomotives fuelled principally by natural gas. Encana is providing complete LNG fuelling solutions to CN for this pilot project including the fuel, transportation and equipment. Officials say the CN project is the first of its kind in Canada.

"Natural gas is a viable transportation fuel for the rail sector, and CN's pilot project demonstrates the transportation industry's growing awareness of the economic and environmental benefits of natural gas," said David Hill, Encana's vice-president, operations, natural gas economy. "There is significant growth potential for natural gas in the transportation sector when you consider the sheer abundance of this resource that has been unlocked in North America through huge technological advances in unconventional production. Combining the on-road trucking with the rail and oil and gas supply chain segments represents around 30%, or 22 billion cubic feet per day, of total North American transportation fuel consumption."

As part of Encana's ongoing efforts to commercially develop natural gas for transportation, the company also owns and operates an LNG fuelling station in Louisiana, 10 mobile LNG fuelling stations and seven compressed natural gas (CNG) stations. Officials say the company has also committed to converting its entire fleet of more than 1,300 trucks and passenger vehicles to natural gas. In 2011 alone, the company saved approximately $11 million in fuel costs by using natural gas instead of diesel in company trucks and has converted close to 40% of its drilling rigs.

Last month, Encana announced plans to build a 190,000 litre per day LNG production facility near Grande Prairie, Alta. to produce high-quality LNG fuel specifically designed to supply the high-horsepower (HHP) market used in drilling rigs, pressure pumping services, and heavy-duty highway and off-road trucks.

"Recent announcements by Westport Innovations and Caterpillar Inc. to jointly develop natural gas technology for off-road equipment validates that the HHP segment is gaining momentum and wide market acceptance across North America," added Hill.


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Stock Quotes in this Article: BLK, ICE, PCLN, SWY, XL

BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Last week was a “consolidation” week for stocks; that’s a nice way of saying that performance stank in the S&P 500 over the past five trading sessions.

All told, the S&P gave back 1.01% between Monday’s open and Friday’s close, a pretty hefty single-week dip considering the extremely low-volatility rally that’s been in force since all the way back in November. But let’s put things in perspective for a moment: That sort of a price move would have just been regular trading noise this time last year when the VIX Volatility Index was sitting almost twice as high as it is now.

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Investors continue to look for signs of a top in stocks. With new highs just a stone’s throw away (and at a price level that failed the last two times it was touched), investors are searching out any excuse to sell. But from a technical and fundamental standpoint, the S&P 500 doesn’t look overbought -- it still looks exceptionally bullish.

So, to take full advantage of any upside in the week ahead, we’re turning to a new set of Rocket Stock names.

For the uninitiated, “Rocket Stocks” are our list of companies with short-term gain catalysts and longer-term growth potential. To find them, I run a weekly quantitative screen that seeks out stocks with a combination of analyst upgrades and positive earnings surprises to identify rising analyst expectations, a bullish signal for stocks in any market. After all, where analysts’ expectations are increasing, institutional cash often follows. In the last 194 weeks, our weekly list of five plays has outperformed the S&P 500 by 73.7%.

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Without further ado, here’s a look at this week’s Rocket Stocks.

If you don’t own shares of BlackRock (BLK), you’ve missed out on some significant upside in 2013. Shares of the $42 billion asset manager have rallied 19% so far year-to-date, doubling the broad market’s performance over that same period. That rally makes a lot of sense -- to an investment manager, a broad stock rally means higher assets under management for BLK and, in turn, more revenue. In other words, we’re in a very constructive market for BlackRock both fundamentally and technically.

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Bigger is better for asset managers, so BlackRock’s position as the biggest investment manager in the world (with $3.8 trillion under management) gives it some big scale advantages. Much of that scale comes from the firm’s 2009 acquisition of Barclays Global Investors, a move that fortuitously boosted BLK’s equity exposure just a few months after stocks bottomed after the crash. Timing has proven to be everything at BlackRock, and that good timing continues to be worth watching now.

Now BlackRock is working hard to grab more retail investors for its investment products. One big inroad comes from ETFs, which BlackRock offers under its iShares banner. The firm’s decision to partner up with major retail brokers to offer commission-free ETFs should help spur an increase in retail AUM as Mr. Market plows onward and upward.

Online travel site (PCLN) is coming off the heels of a correction from Fall 2012, but this momentum stock’s primary trend is still up. Priceline dug out an economic moat by becoming the most popular “Name Your Own Price” travel site, connecting bargain-conscious consumers with excess inventory that hotels and airlines were trying to fill at lower prices. While that’s niche has changed more recently, Priceline’s dominance in online travel hasn’t.

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International markets offer some big growth opportunities for Priceline right now. It’s becoming increasingly common for travel sites to pen “lowest price” guarantees with hotels, a phenomenon that effectively means that it doesn’t matter where you buy your next trip; you’re probably going to end up paying the same price anyway. But there is a lot more flexibility abroad, particularly in emerging markets in Asia and Latin America. There, consumers are looking for travel outlets that have the biggest inventories of rooms and air carriers, and experienced travel firms like Priceline are well positioned to take advantage as a result.

Priceline’s attractive balance sheet gave it the wherewithal to acquire Kayak (KYAK), a deal that’s been ongoing pending approval from UK regulators. The Kayak acquisition will give Priceline a travel media site that serves as a stronger online destination than a commerce site alone. With rising analyst sentiment in this Rocket Stock right now, we’re betting on shares.

Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) may be a relative newcomer to the financial industry, but it’s making up for its lack of history by buying someone with plenty of history: NYSE Euronext (NYX). Founded in 2000, ICE quickly established itself as a go-to exchange and clearing house for global derivatives markets. Today, the firm operates four regulated exchanges located in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.

While legacy players dominate the trading of fungible derivatives, ICE is a major player in the OTC market for “less commoditized commodities,” helping to match buyers and sellers of more specialized securities. The firm’s clearing business is a very attractive complement to its exchange and OTC trading arm -- it essentially lets ICE fill a role that a third-party would otherwise get a piece of. Buying NYSE Euronext will change that considerably, giving ICE control of an iconic financial market during one of its most competitive environments in history.

The combined firm will be able to provide its customers with conventional equity products as well as the OTC energy offerings that have made up the majority of InterncontinentalExchange’s revenues. With hefty margins and strong balance sheet health, ICE looks in good shape to acquire NYSE -- and this equity rally should help to balloon the value of its new asset quickly.

XL Group

$9 billion insurer XL Group (XL) is a leader in the property-casualty insurance and reinsurance business, providing wholesale insurance products for commercial and industrial customers as well as for other insurers. The firm has historically been one of the most innovative names in risk management products, helping firms to reduce the chances of getting wiped out by a catastrophe.

While the insurance industry has become extremely commoditized in recent years, there are still some advantages that come from scale -- and XL has scale. That gives XL the ability to underwrite big, hugely unlikely risks for large corporations that smaller insurance firms don’t have the balance sheet to absorb. New products are another big de-equalizer for XL’s insurance book; as the firm continues to offer new, innovative financial protection products, firms demanding those offerings have no choice but to pay what XL’s underwriting arm wants to charge them.

Like other insurance firms, XL took a substantial hit following the financial crisis of 2008. But also like peers, XL has made leaps and bounds to re-solidify its investment portfolio. Now, XL Group’s 22.8% ascent in 2013 doesn’t look like it’s coming to an end any time soon.

Mid-cap grocery stock Safeway (SWY) may not be the most exciting name on our Rocket Stock list this week, but the food and drug retailer is a way to harness the awesome relative strength in consumer stocks this quarter. The firm owns close to 1,700 stores spread across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, as well as an ownership stake in gift card company Blackhawk. Blackhawk’s not going to be a Safeway unit for long -- its IPO just got priced at $20 to $22 per share this morning, and will trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol HAWK.

Safeway is one of the best-in-breed stocks in the conventional grocery business. Safeway has been one of the first companies to embrace private label brands and so-called “Lifestyle” store upgrades that cater to a higher-end customer. Those two changes should be a big source of margin growth for Safeway, which operates in an industry where margin cushion is paramount.

With rising analyst sentiment in Safeway right now, we’re betting on shares for this week.

To see all of this week’s Rocket Stocks in action, check out the Rocket Stocks portfolio at Stockpickr.

-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.

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At the time of publication, author had no positions in stocks mentioned.

Jonas Elmerraji, CMT, is a senior market analyst at Agora Financial in Baltimore and a contributor to TheStreet. Before that, he managed a portfolio of stocks for an investment advisory returned 15% in 2008. He has been featured in Forbes , Investor's Business Daily, and on Jonas holds a degree in financial economics from UMBC and the Chartered Market Technician designation.


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My husband calls them "love pies" :-)  I always make them for him on Valentine's Day!

Whoopie Pies are fairly easy to make an are perfect for Holiday’s. You can also make your own Homemade Whipped Cream Cheese Icing to use as a filling.  My husband calls them “love pies” :-)  I always make them for him on Valentine’s Day!

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  • ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 2¼ cups cake flour, sifted
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ⅔ cup milk
  1. Preheat over to 325. Lightly spray Whoopie Pie Pan with nonstick cooking spray
  2. In large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla; beat until well combined.
  3. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add half of the dry ingredients into the butter mixture and mix on low speed. When dry ingredients are almost incorporated, stop the mixer and add the milk. Continue to mix on low speed until all the ingredients are combined. Spoon 2 tablespoons of batter into each circle. Spread batter to the edges. Should be ⅔ full.
  4. Bake for 11 - 13 minutes or until the top of the cake springs back when touched. Allow the cakes to cool in the pan for 8 minutes. Cool completely.
  5. I chose to fill with vanilla icing and roll in heart shaped sprinkles for Valentines Day. Other fillings include jam or flavored cream cheese.

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  1. Brenda J Hice says

    Your Whoopie Pies looked great. Can’t wait to make mine Monday to take to the Veterans at VA. Happy Valentine’s Day.

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On Trial: Letter of support

In September 2013 thousands of people took action against the DSEi arms fair and it faced daily direct action. Thirty faced arrest when they placed their bodies in the way of the arms fair’s deadly business. Some have already been cautioned, or issued with fines. Others are set to go to court on 4th November, and plan to put the arms fair on trial!

This letter of support for the protesters on trial was published in the Guardian on 1 November 2013.

In September, a group of activists (mainly women) took action to stop the DSEi arms fair at the Excel centre in London. They are being taken to court and charged for peaceful actions such as blocking military equipment from entering the arms fair.

But where is the wrong? Inside the arms fair, governments, military and private delegates were encouraged to spend on the latest military wares. Those who attended are fuelling murder, torture, and conflict across the world. They were not questioned, searched or arrested during their time in London, even though many of the attendees were from countries our own government identifies as having “the most serious wide-ranging human rights concerns.”

We, the undersigned, support the activists who have stood up for peace and human rights and we support the right to strongly oppose and challenge the arms trade. The activists being charged, and taken to court on the 4th of November for trying to stop this illegitimate trade, should be congratulated not convicted.

  • Caroline Lucas MP
  • Elfyn Llwyd MP
  • Linda Riordan MP
  • Mark Thomas
  • Michael Mansfield QC
  • Owen Jones
  • Peter Kennard
  • Peter Tatchell
  • Will Self
  • Algeria Solidarity Campaign
  • Bahrain Center for Human Rights
  • Bahrain Watch
  • Campaign Against Arms Trade
  • Colombia Solidarity Campaign
  • CND Non Violent Resistance Network
  • Disarm DSEi
  • East London Against Arms Fairs
  • Smash EDO
  • Action AWE
  • Anti-Raids Network
  • Bristol Solfed
  • Calderdale Solidarity Federation
  • Fitwatch
  • Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
  • Jewish Socialists Group
  • London Green Party
  • Luddites200
  • Netpol
  • Newham Monitoring Project
  • Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign
  • Palestine Solidarity Campaign
  • Platform London
  • Redbridge TUC
  • James O’Nions, Red Pepper
  • Reforest the Earth
  • South London Antifascists
  • South London Solfed
  • Stop G4S
  • Stop G8
  • Thames Valley Solidarity Federation
  • The Tower Hamlets and Jenin Friendship Association
  • Trident Ploughshares
  • Women in Black London
  • World Development Movement
  • Emily Johns, Co-editor, Peace News
  • John Hilary, Director of War on Want
  • Dr. Stuart White, Jesus College, Oxford
  • Sam Hollick, Oxford City CouncillorGlyn Robbins, Chair of United East End
  • Shelley Sacks, Professor of Social Sculpture, Oxford Brookes University
  • Dr Rebecca E Johnson, Executive Director, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy
  • Angie Zelter
  • Julia Oyster
  • Deborah Glass-Woodin
  • Bethan Tichborne
  • Helen Swanston
  • Rupert Eris
  • Tiggy Sagar
  • Valerie Cochrane
  • Philippa Cochrane
  • Kevin Meany
  • Jo Rowlands

Read the protesters’ statementsend your own message of support and come to court on 4th November to show your solidarity!

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Morro Bay may be beautiful above the ground, but below the ground it is a sewage-leaking disaster. This is the infamous footage that led then-Governor Scwarzenegger to declare the Morro Bay-Cayucos Wastewater system a STATE DISASTER for which FEMA money was awarded!

Morro Bay and Cayucos are still leaking sewage underground as well as pumping it into the ocean, all these years later. There are many reasons why it must stop:

  • Morro Bay Estuary has been designated a State Marine Reserve under the Marine Life Protection Act. This means the law will come down hard, as it did in 2009 on the California Men's Colony State Prison when they dumped chlorine and spilled sewage into a creek leading to the estuary.
  • Morro Bay has been proven to be the epicenter of disease for a listed species, the Southern Sea Otter.
  • Morro Bay-Cayucos made an agreement with the Ocean Protection Council to clean up their act.
  • Morro Bay and Cayucos have been warned by the California Coastal Commission that their EIR (Environmental Impact report) and plan for a sewer upgrade did not comply with the Local coastal Program.

Even with all this evidence, Roger Briggs, the enforcement officer of the Central coast Water Board has written a letter supporting the sewage and supporting the building of shoddy sewer plant that will continue to cut corners and pollute!

Roger Briggs has even come out against the Coastal Act itself by writing such a shameful anti-environment letter!

Take a minute to watch this video. It will take you into the bowels of the dirty world of Roger Briggs and the lackluster Morro Bay-Cayucos sewage dumping agenda.

You may never want to surf again.

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French oil giant Total reports strong profits in 2012

Published on Feb 13, 2013 4:05 PM

PARIS (AFP) - French oil giant Total reported on Wednesday an 8 per cent rise in net profit to 12.4 billion euros (S$20.7 billion) in 2012, excluding the change in value of oil in stock.

This is the measure, known as the current-cost accounting basis, which is most closely watched in the oil sector.

Net profit on an overall basis, the historic-cost method, fell by 13 per cent to 10.7 billion euros.

The statement said that a fall in production had been counter-balanced by high oil prices and a temporary rally of margins for refiners in Europe.

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