Yeovil Town manager Darren Way spoke to local journalist Chris Spittles, in an interview for BBC Somerset, after his side had lost 0-2 against Lincoln City on Saturday 9th December 2017.
CS: Darren, a disappointing afternoon, and in the second half in particular Lincoln were too good for you.
DW: I think we were quite happy with the first half, but yes quite clearly we are very disappointed with the second half. It seems to be like a pattern with the margin of error. We go one-v-one with the keeper, and we just miss that opportunity. I thought it was a great goalscoring chance to put us 1-0 up. Within two minutes they countered down the other end, and it was a great finish from their lad (Matt Green).
CS: What disappointed you the most in that second half?
DW: I think that with having a young squad, I've seen too many occasions where tactics or energy - I think there was a little bit of fear that set in. Players weren't confident, and they weren't finding their right pass at the right time. I think we could have been out there for a long time, and no matter what I changed - it wasn't just one player; it was as a team. I didn't really see any commitment, and the supporters don't want to see that. They want to see players wanting the ball, even if it's not the right pass at the right time. They want to see more energy and they want to see more commitment. So I understand their frustration.
But it's a work in progress for me. I knew Lincoln were going to be very physical today. I have to say that they did very very well. We talked about them getting back behind the ball, which again they were disciplined and organised. I thought their two forwards had good percentages. So I knew it was going to be a difficult task. But I did challenge my players, and did say that it was a completely different game than the Checkatrade, because of the arena that they're playing in. When you go 1-0 down, there's a little bit of disappointment. The noise is a little bit different, and that's when you expect the personality and character to stand up and show a real good commitment and confidence to get the game back. We didn't do that.
CS: What did you make of the goals conceded? Two poor goals from your point of view.
DW: I think with the first one, considering they went one-v-one down the other end and then so soon get done on the counter, of course it was disappointing. There was no commitment, and there was no fight-back, and wanting to get on the ball. That was what was disappointing.
CS: I've had a chance to look at the table. I think it's goal difference that you're out of the relegation zone now. So you're right down amongst it.
DW: To be honest, it's not that the group are not trying. It's just sometimes understanding where we are. I've been in this situation now for two years. Gary Johnson was in this situation for Yeovil. Paul Sturrock was in this situation, so unfortunately I know the system that I'm managing. We're doing everything that we can to make it a success. As I've said there are still positives as we're in the cup competitions, so it's important not to be doom'n'gloom. But I know what I'm up against every year.
CS: What about you? You were booed off. Some of the fans at the end were shouting for you to go, Darren. We've had calls into the radio station saying they don't want you to be the manager any more. There's been fans on Twitter saying that they want you to go. What do you say to those fans tonight?
DW: I think you have to be very resilient. I think you have to be very strong. You have to show the players that you're determined and that you've got focus. You also have to understand, and I've been at this club for 17 years now, the majority of those supporters have shared joy and celebration. So I understand their frustration. As a supporter you want to win football matches, and the success that we had always makes that difficult for any manager to walk into this football club. But I'm very assured in what I'm trying to do, and I have to make sure I keep managing it, and not manage on emotions, because that is important. I don't want to come out and upset my team, because behind the scenes they're still trying to give everything, and unfortunately sometimes we get it wrong. But there's one thing, in that we stay strong and we stick together, and we've got another important game on Tuesday.
CS: We all know what a difficult club it is to manage, with so many managers having tried. It's the fifth season that Yeovil have been battling against relegation. Have you ever considered stepping aside and saying it's time for someone else to give it a go?
DW: I think the way I look at myself as a manager, I never give up. I think keeping this football club, when it was dead and nearly went into the Conference, took a brave character to turn around what I did that year. But let's make no bones about it. I've seen the budget that I'm working with, and even when you're coming up against a team like Lincoln, keeping this football club in the Football League every year is a good achievement. I know supporters don't want to hear that but unfortunately when you look at our budget that's where we are.
CS: Just finally, do you talk to the Board of Directors on a regular basis, and what are their feelings? One point from five games, and just above the goal difference now. Do you talk to them, and what are their feelings on the situation of where the team is?
DW: I think they walk in other boardrooms, so they probably know the budget of Lincoln, which is a lot more than ours. I don't want to use that as an excuse, but they know that someone else has got to manage that system. Unfortunately, and I've produced over the last two years, to promise to keep them in the Football League, and help them to balance the books with a cup run, on probably the smallest squad that we've ever had, and the least amount of staff that we've ever had. So we're up against it, and there's a real fight every week. I've stood the test of time, and that's what I'm trying to do in making sure this club maintains its Football League status.


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"Thyrsis" (from the title of Theocritus's poem "Θύρσις") is a poem written by Matthew Arnold in December 1865 to commemorate his friend, the poet Arthur Hugh Clough, who had died in November 1861 aged only 42.

The character Thyrsis was a shepherd in Virgil's Seventh Eclogue, who lost a singing match against Corydon. The implication that Clough was a loser is hardly fair, given that he is thought by many to have been one of the greatest nineteenth-century poets (but see line 80: "For Time, not Corydon, hath conquer'd thee").

Arnold's decision to imitate a Latin pastoral is ironic in that Clough was best known for The Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich, subtitled "a long-vacation pastoral": a thoroughly modern poem which broke all the rules of classical pastoral poetry.

Oxford's dreaming spires
Arnold's poem is remembered above all for its lines describing the view of Oxford from Boars Hill. Portions of Thyrsis also appear in An Oxford Elegy by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

References

1865 poems
Poetry by Matthew Arnold
Poetry based on works by Virgil

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Hornblower Cruises and the event and design production team, MWD Lifestyles, collaborated for this Taste of NFL event. We couldn't have been more excited to document this fun and stylish event. Take a look at some of the photos from this cruise!


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"use strict";
var ack = global.ack,
	assert = require('assert')

describe('ack.method',function(){
	it('#getName',function(){
		var myMethod = function myMethod(){}

		myMethod.prototype.nameTest2 = function nameTest2(){

		}

		myMethod.prototype.nameTest3 = function(){
		}

		assert.equal(ack.method(myMethod).getName(),'myMethod')
		assert.equal(ack.method(new myMethod().nameTest2).getName(),'nameTest2')
		assert.equal(ack.method(new myMethod().nameTest3).getName()==null,true)
	})

	it('#getDefinition',function(){
		var myMethod = function myMethod(a,b,c){
			var doNotInc=1
		}

		assert.equal(ack.method(myMethod).getDefinition(),'function myMethod(a,b,c)')
	})

	describe('#expect',function(){
		it('simple',function(){
			var myMethod = function(string){
				ack.method(myMethod).expect('string',string,true,String)
			}

			try{
				myMethod([])
			}catch(e){
				assert.equal(e.invalidArg.errorType, 'type')
			}

			try{
				myMethod()
			}catch(e){
				assert.equal(e.invalidArg.errorType, 'undefined')
			}
		})

		it('complex',function(){
			var myMethod = function(string, required){
				ack.method(myMethod).expect({string:{val:string,required:true,type:String}, required:required})
			}

			try{
				myMethod([])
			}catch(e){
				assert.equal(e.invalidArg.errorType, 'type')
			}

			try{
				myMethod()
			}catch(e){
				assert.equal(e.invalidArg.errorType, 'undefined')
			}

			try{
				myMethod('string')
			}catch(e){
				assert.equal(e.invalidArg.errorType, 'undefined')
			}
		})
	})
})

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Iekaterina Ivànovna Zelenko, , (14 de setembre de 1916 – 12 de setembre de 1941) va ser una aviadora militar soviètica. Avui dia continua sent l'única dona en haver realitzat una envestida aèria després d'estavellar el seu Sukhoi Su-2 contra un Messerschmitt Bf-109 alemany el 12 de setembre de 1941 quan va ser confrontada sense munició per un grup de set Messerschmitt Bf 109. No va rebre el títol d'Heroi de la Unió Soviètica fins a l'any 1990 perquè la ciutat on van caure les restes dels dos avions va ser presa per l'Eix abans que la seva mort fos notificada als militars, provocant que l'atac romangués desconegut per a les autoritats soviètiques fins al final de la guerra.

Primers anys de vida
Zelenko va assistir a set classes de l'escola a Kursk. Amb el trasllat de sa mare a Vorónej, Katerina va ingressar a l'Escola Vocacional Secundària d'aquella ciutat. L'octubre de 1933 es va graduar al Club Aeri de Vorónej i va ser destinada a la 3a Acadèmia Militar d'Aviació Orenburg Kliment Voroixílov. El desembre de 1934 es va graduar amb honors i va ser destinada a Khàrkiv en una missió a la 19ª Brigada de Bombardejos Lleugers. Abans de lluitar a la Segona Guerra Mundial, Zelenko va ser l'única pilot de combat a la Guerra d'Hivern entre soviètics i finlandesos.

Segona Guerra Mundial
En la vespra de la invasió alemanya a la Unió Soviètica, Zelenko va participar en el re-entrenament del personal de set regiments d'aviació que feien servir el Sukhoi Su-2. Després de la invasió alemanya, Zelenko va realitzar quaranta vols (fins i tot durant la nit) i va participar en dotze combats aeris contra combatents enemics. El 12 de setembre de 1941, el Su-2 de Zelenko va ser atacat per set Bf-109. Després de quedar-se sense municions, va llençar un atac cap avall que va trencar el Messerschmitt Bf-109 en dos quan l'hèlix del seu avió va impactar contra la cua de l'avió alemany. El Su-2 que pilotava va explotar i Zelenko va sortir disparada de la cabina de comandament. El combat aeri va ser presenciat per residents locals que més tard van identificar el seu cos. Va ser nominada de forma pòstuma per al títol d'Heroi de la Unió Soviètica, però només va rebre un Orde de Lenin perquè, per al govern soviètic, Zelenko havia desaparegut en acció i els militars no tenien coneixement de la seva envestida. El títol d'Heroi de la Unió Soviètica molt poques vegades s'atorgava als soldats desapareguts en combat perquè se'ls considerava "traïdors potencials". No va ser nomenada Heroi de la Unió Soviètica fins que Mikhaïl Gorbatxov li va concedir el títol el 5 de maig de 1990, quan la història completa de la seva mort va veure la llum i es van recuperar parts de l'avió sinistrat i de l'aeronau derrocada. El seu marit Pavel Ignatenko va morir en combat aeri dos anys després.

Premis i reconeixement

Premis
 Heroi de la Unió Soviètica (pòstum, 1990)
 Duess Ordes de Lenin (totes dues pòstumes; primera 1941, segona 1990)
 Orde de la Bandera Roja (1940)
Monuments i reconeixements
 El planeta menor 1900 Katyusha va rebre el seu nom.
 El seu retrat va aparèixer en un sobre soviètic el 1983 abans que fos guardonada amb el títol d'Heroi de la Unió Soviètica, així com al segell postal de la Federació Russa el 2014.
 Hi ha carrers, així com molts monuments i estàtues en homenatge a la seva figura en diferents llocs de Rússia i Ucraïna.

Referències

Aviadors soviètics
Herois de la Unió Soviètica
Militars soviètics de la Segona Guerra Mundial
Orde de Lenin
Orde de la Bandera Roja
Persones de la província de Jitòmir
Morts a Ucraïna
Morts a Rússia
Persones de la província de Kíiv


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#include <aws/servicecatalog/model/ListBudgetsForResourceRequest.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::ServiceCatalog::Model;
using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

ListBudgetsForResourceRequest::ListBudgetsForResourceRequest() :
    m_acceptLanguageHasBeenSet(false),
    m_resourceIdHasBeenSet(false),
    m_pageSize(0),
    m_pageSizeHasBeenSet(false),
    m_pageTokenHasBeenSet(false)
{
}

Aws::String ListBudgetsForResourceRequest::SerializePayload() const
{
  JsonValue payload;

  if(m_acceptLanguageHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("AcceptLanguage", m_acceptLanguage);

  }

  if(m_resourceIdHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("ResourceId", m_resourceId);

  }

  if(m_pageSizeHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithInteger("PageSize", m_pageSize);

  }

  if(m_pageTokenHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("PageToken", m_pageToken);

  }

  return payload.View().WriteReadable();
}

Aws::Http::HeaderValueCollection ListBudgetsForResourceRequest::GetRequestSpecificHeaders() const
{
  Aws::Http::HeaderValueCollection headers;
  headers.insert(Aws::Http::HeaderValuePair("X-Amz-Target", "AWS242ServiceCatalogService.ListBudgetsForResource"));
  return headers;

}


A new report says information leakages can expose campus IP addresses and security codes.
Eight out of 10 colleges included in a recent study were deemed vulnerable to cyber attacks that could cost IT departments thousands of dollars, highlighting the security downfalls of decentralized campus networks.
WhiteHat Security, a California-based web site risk management company founded by a former Yahoo information security officer, published a white paper last month saying that 83 percent of educational sites managed by the company are susceptible to viruses, hackers, and other security breaches. The white paper is the eighth in an annual series that examines web site security statistics.
WhiteHat's analysis is the latest national report suggesting higher education's decentralized IT networks create problems for technology officials in safeguarding the dozens of various web sites maintained on a campus—make colleges and universities an attractive setting for internet hackers looking to steal data.
Cross-site scripting, which often contain "malware-laced … web worms," allow web attackers to bypass a computer's access controls. The impact can be minor if the hacked web site does not contain sensitive information.
University networks, though, are jam-packed with personal data such as students' IDs and Social Security numbers. Cross-site scripting in a school's site can leave student and faculty information open to anonymous attackers.
Content spoofing is another common tool employed by internet hackers, according to the WhiteHat white paper. Web users receive a link that transfers to a screen instructing them to type in a user name and password. These sites are often hosted with interfaces that mimic a legitimate site, making it difficult for users to tell that they are on a fraudulent site designed specifically to steal their personal information.
Information leakage also has posed a persistent threat to campus computer security, according to the report. The leakage occurs when a campus web site "knowingly or unknowingly" reveals software version numbers, error messages, developer comments, source code, and internal IP addresses. A hacker can use any of this information to compromise campus networks.
Shannon Ortiz, director of IT security at Fordham University in New York, said relying on automated machine-run scans of a college's massive network can produce false-positives—a series of warnings that might not be harmful to campus computers—while destructive malware lurks in the background, slowing down internet connections across campus.
Creating a centralized IT infrastructure and having staff sort through potential security threats, Ortiz said, can help campus decision makers avoid network breaches that impact the college's bottom line.


A password recovery company has advised users of the Mac OS X Lion to disable the 'automatic login' feature of the operating system from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) due to a vulnerability that was discovered recently.
The vulnerability of the recently released Mac OS X Lion reportedly exposed the login passwords whenever the Mac is in sleep mode or is locked according to Passware, which provides password recovery software applications to law enforcement organizations. The same issue also affects the earlier version of the OS from Apple, the Snow Leopard.
The company indicated that it was necessary for users of the Mac OS X Lion to connect with the FireWire port of the Mac for them to retrieve the password through direct memory access. Sales of the latest OS from Apple started a week ago at the App Store with a price tag of $30. Apple has pointed out that the Mac OS X Lion provides numerous new features.
Fortunately this issue can be easily resolved by users when they disable the automatic login feature on the Mac OS X Lion. The users can also opt to shut down the computers since the passwords will not be saved in the memory once the computers are turned off. The FireWire port can also be disabled by the users to guard against this vulnerability on the Mac OS X Lion.
The company also indicated that its newest offering, the Passware Kit Forensic will be able to deal with the vulnerability on the Mac OS X Lion since the software will reportedly recover the login password.
When the automatic login feature is disabled, the computer will be secured even if the passwords are recoverable while the Mac is in sleep mode. With the automatic login feature in the Mac OS X Lion, anyone who works on the computer can access the device.
Users will have to type in their password into the computer using their profile in order to disable the automatic login feature of the Mac OS X Lion. Passware has indicated that it has already used the same system of accessing apparently secured data as ut was able to decrypt some hard drives that were encrypted using TrueCrypt and BitLocker.


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Joniak's Journal: Cutler, Stafford Could Be Set For Aerial Attack
Filed Under:Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Jay Cutler, Matthew Stafford
CHARLOTTE, NC - AUGUST 09: Quarterback Jay Cutler #6 of the Chicago Bears warms up before a preseason NFL game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on August 9, 2013 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)Jay Cutler. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
By Jeff Joniak-
Jay Cutler and Matthew Stafford may be headed for a gunslinger's showdown at Ford Field. My instincts tell me this could be a high scoring affair what with the bounty of skill position talent touching the ball Sunday on both sides. Cutler is building confidence in his unit daily and how he's working at his craft is impressing coaches and teammates. Stafford already hit the lottery, two years before the expiration of his contract. No one threw it more than the Lions quarterback in 2012 (700+attempts), and for nearly 5,000 yards. In Rich Gannon's best season with the 2002 Oakland Raiders, Marc Trestman coordinated an offense that dropped to throw 654 times. On average, Cutler has had a little more than 34 pass plays per game, while Gannon averaged 40 per game. I'm not sure in what direction the Bears offense will grow this season, but with Cutler's improved accuracy, protection, ball security, keen decision making, and clutch throws, it wouldn't shock me to see the ball in the air a lot… eventually.
Second Thought
In September of 1962, Detroit Lions Hall of Famer Yale Lary penned an article for Sports Illustrated that started like this: "Punting requires only modest coordination… I have always considered it remarkable that with so many boys in the country playing football, so few know how to kick a ball for distance and accuracy. There is, in fact, an acute shortage of good kickers." In 2013, that is not the case. Punters are drafted annually, with booming legs, and pinpoint accuracy. The article goes on to explain how the former defensive back crafted his style of punting, which included a three-step method coaches in that era typically didn't approve of. The Lions have a rookie fifth round draft pick from Appalachian State punting for them today. He also kicks off after punting just one year as a prep after a standout soccer career. Last week, Sam Martin was named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, a Lions first in two decades. He averaged 52.5 yards on six punts, with a 40.7 yard net average. For the season, his 42.7 net average ranks sixth in the NFL. As Bears punter Adam Podlesh once pointed out to me, until about six years ago, no punter in the history of the NFL had a 40-yard net average. After three games in 2013, 20 punters, Podlesh included, are averaging at least 40.0 net. In 503 punts, Lary's career gross average was a very good 44.3, but I can't find his career net average anywhere. He led the NFL in punting three times, but more impressively intercepted 50 passes on his way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Third Degree
Detroit and Philadelphia got a lot of attention lining up their defensive ends outside the shoulders of the tight end in 2011. The technique called "Wide 9" gave pass rushers a different angle of approach to the quarterback. However, the teams combined won eight games in 2012 and had difficulty sacking quarterbacks. The Lions still employ this technique, but according to Bears head coach Marc Trestman they are using it less this season. Running the ball against this look would seem to create inviting gaps, but only if the defensive tackles get blocked. Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairly are disruptive penetrators who create opportunities for other defenders to make big plays. The Bears have to limit the penetration of these guys. Get them blocked, stopped, and stalemated. Not simple. If the Bears can influence these two inside playmakers one or two steps in the wrong direction, they have a chance to win the snap.
Fourth And Short
Five of Charles Tillman's 33 career interceptions and three of his eight pick-sixes' have come against the Lions. It was October 2005 at Ford Field when Tillman swiped Jeff Garcia's across the body toss and took it back 22 yards for a touchdown with 8:43 left in overtime. I believe it's the first time I pulled out a "Fade to Black" to capture the moment. Tillman fired the ball into the wall at the back of the end zone , in a win that gave the Bears the NFC North division lead breaking a first place tie with the Lions. A similar outcome Sunday afternoon, gives the Bears a two-game lead over the Lions.
Jeff Joniak is the play-by-play voice of the Chicago Bears on WBBM Newsradio 780 & 105.9 FM. You can follow Jeff on Twitter @JeffJoniak.

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Riverways Superintendent Larry Johnson with one of the inmates at the South Central Correctional Center who painted the mural in honor of Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
Superintendent Larry Johnson was recently invited to visit the South Central Correctional Center at Licking, to receive a mural painting that features scenes from Ozark National Scenic Riverways. The mural was a surprise donation to the National Park Service, hand-painted by one inmate at the correctional facility. The artwork, which measures approximately seven feet tall by nine feet wide, was created using acrylic paints on heavy art paper and coated with acrylic spray to protect it while on display. It depicts beautiful imagery of Alley Spring, Big Spring, Rocky Falls and Akers Ferry, with the National Park Service arrowhead emblem as the focal point at the center of the mural.
"This mural is an outstanding piece of artwork and is beautifully done, considering the artist painted from photos because he was unable to visit the park himself. We are grateful for this wonderful donation and we thank the South Central Correctional Center and the artist himself for enriching others in this way," said Ozark National Scenic Riverways Superintendent Larry Johnson.
South Central Correctional Center participates in the Restorative Justice Program that is offered throughout the state by the Missouri Department of Corrections. Restorative Justice is based on the philosophy that when a crime is committed, a debt is incurred. The program holds the offender accountable, encourages them to reflect on the harm caused by their criminal actions, and provides a means for them to repay their debt to the community. Restorative Justice also provides the offender with an opportunity to leave the corrections system with an improved attitude and sense of belonging, and potentially with additional skills they can use after their release. Inmates at the South Central Correctional Facility have also created pieces of artwork, quilts and other items that have been donated to local organizations.
The mural was installed for display in the Van Buren Visitor Center by the volunteers from the park's Heritage Workshop. It will remain on display in Van Buren for the rest of 2018, after which it will be stored in the park's archive. For more information, contact park headquarters at (573)323-4236, visit the park's Facebook page, or website at www.nps.gov/ozar.


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The New And Improved S Corporation
Tax law changes have increased flexibility.
BY DAVID S. GIBSON
THE SMALL BUSINESS JOB PROTECTION Act of 1996 made a number of changes in S corporation rules that have made them more flexible and easier to operate.
THE ACT CHANGED THE RULES about who can and cannot have an ownership interest in an S corporation. The maximum number of eligible shareholders was increased to 75 from 35 and entities known as electing small business trusts now can be shareholders. In addition, certain tax-exempt organizations also now qualify.
BEGINNING IN 1997, BANKS CAN QUALIFY as S corporations unless they use a reserve method of accounting for bad debts. This means any "large" bank (which cannot use a reserve method) may qualify for S corporation status.
S CORPORATIONS MAY NOW OWN 80% OR more of a C corporation or 100% of a qualified subchapter S subsidiary. This provision—effective for taxable years after December 31, 1996—allows taxpayers to form tiers of corporations with an S corporation owning the stock of C corporations when the individual shareholder does not wish to do so directly.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE NOW has the authority to waive the effect of an invalid S corporation election caused by an inadvertent failure to qualify as a small business corporation or to obtain the required shareholder consents or both. The IRS may treat a late S election as timely when it determines there was reasonable cause for the failure.
THE ACT ELIMINATES THE FIVE-YEAR waiting period for S elections that were terminated in a tax year beginning before January 1, 1997. This means any corporation that terminated its election in 1996 or earlier may reelect without obtaining IRS consent.
DAVID S. GIBSON, CPA, is a tax manager with Imowitz, Koenig & Co. LLP in New York City. He is a member of the New York State Society of CPAs closely held and S corporations committee.
The Small Business Job Protection Act, passed by Congress in August 1996, was intended to provide tax breaks for small businesses as well as to impose tighter rules on expatriates, foreign trusts and entities doing business in Puerto Rico. Also included in the act were numerous changes to the rules governing the use of S corporations. Many of these changes—detailed in this article—improved the flexibility of this form of ownership, making it easier for such businesses to operate and for owners to transfer their interests during their lifetimes and at death. rules governing the use of S corporations. Many of these changes—detailed in this article—improved the flexibility of this form of ownership, making it easier for such businesses to operate and for owners to transfer their interests during their lifetimes and at death.
Who Can Be Shareholders?
The act changed a number of rules about who can and cannot have an ownership interest in an S corporation.
Number of permitted shareholders . The act increased the maximum number of eligible shareholders of an S corporation to 75 from 35 effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 1996. This significantly increases the number of entities that now may qualify as S corporations.
Electing small business trusts as eligible shareholders . Under prior law, a trust generally was not permitted to own stock in an S corporation, although certain trusts such as qualified subchapter S trusts (QSSTs) were—and remain—eligible. The act created (effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 1996) an electing small business trust (ESBT) that may be an eligible S corporation shareholder. In general, the difference between the two trusts is that the ESBT itself is treated as an S corporation shareholder whereas the beneficiary of a QSST is considered the S corporation shareholder.
To qualify as an ESBT, all trust beneficiaries must be individuals or estates (or, after 1997, certain charitable organizations) eligible to be S corporation shareholders (charitable organizations may hold contingent remainder interests). Also, no interests in the trust may be acquired by purchase (as defined in the act). Instead, the trust interests must be acquired by gift, bequest or similar means. Each potential current income beneficiary of the trust is counted as a shareholder for purposes of the 75-shareholder limitation. To be considered an ESBT, the trustee must include an election with the trust's tax return; such elections may be revoked only with Internal Revenue Service permission.
This provision permits taxpayers more latitude in doing estate planning by allowing them to more easily fund trusts with S corporation stock. This means taxpayers can more easily transfer their S corporation stock to family members to minimize their estate tax liability.
In notice 97-12, the IRS provided procedures for making the ESBT election: The trustee must file a statement with the service center where the corporation files its income tax return. The statement must
Contain the name, address and taxpayer identification number (TIN) of the trust, all potential beneficiaries and the corporation.
Identify the election as one under IRC section 1361(e)(3).
Specify the date on which the election is to become effective and the date on which the corporation stock was transferred to the trust.
Provide all information and representations necessary to show that all potential beneficiaries meet the shareholder requirements of section 1361(b)(1) and the trust qualifies as an ESBT under section 1361(e).
The trustee must file the election within the period required for filing a QSST election under Treasury regulations section 1.1361-1(j)(6)(iii) (generally, within the two-month-16-day period after stock is transferred to the trust). In the case of newly electing S corporations, the trustee may attach the ESBT election to Form 2553, Election By A Small Business Corporation. For purposes of the ESBT's consent to the S corporation election under IRC section 1362(a), only the trustee need consent to the S corporation election.
Exempt taxpayers as eligible shareholders . Certain tax-exempt organizations now qualify as eligible S corporation shareholders effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 1997. The organizations that qualify are qualified pension, profit-sharing and stock bonus plans as described in IRC section 401(a) and any type of organization—such as a school or church—that qualifies for tax-exempt status under IRC section 501(c)(3). For purposes of determining the number of S corporation shareholders, a qualified tax-exempt shareholder counts as one shareholder. Any items of income or loss flow through to the tax-exempt shareholders as "unrelated business taxable income" regardless of the source or nature of the income.
Expansion of postdeath qualification for certain trusts . Under prior law, a trust that did not qualify as an S corporation shareholder and that acquired S corporation stock at the death of a shareholder was allowed to hold the stock for 60 days without causing the S election to terminate. In the case of a grantor trust, the 60-day period ran from the date of the shareholder's death. For a trust that became a shareholder by virtue of a transfer under the terms of a will, the 60 days began on the date the stock was transferred to the trust. The new law—effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 1996—increases the 60-day period to two years. This gives estate administrators substantially more time to either qualify the trust as an eligible shareholder (to make an ESBT election) or to transfer the stock to other eligible shareholders.
Changes In Eligibility Rules
Under prior law, banks and thrift institutions to which IRC sections 585 or 593 applied were not eligible to be treated as S corporations. Such institutions are entitled to certain deductions and accounting methods—particularly the reserve method of accounting for bad debts—and Congress did not want individuals to have these benefits. Effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996, banks (as defined in IRC section 581) may qualify as S corporations unless they use a reserve method of accounting for bad debts. Accordingly, any "large" banks (as defined in section 585(c)), which are not permitted to use a reserve method, may qualify for S status as long as all other requirements are met. By changing this law, Congress seems to have decided that a bank should be able to elect S status if it is not using the reserve method since shareholders would not gain an unfair advantage over shareholders of other types of S corporations.
The IRS has issued guidance, in notice 97-5 (IRB 1997-2), concerning the termination of an S corporation with "accumulated earnings and profits" and "passive investment income" that constitute more than 25% of its gross receipts for each of three consecutive years. The notice generally says the term passive investment income does not include gross receipts directly derived from the active and regular conduct of a lending or finance business, provided the corporation meets the requirements of IRC section 542(c)(6) (lending or finance company excluded from the definition of personal holding company).
Financial institutions permitted to hold safe-harbor debt . One of the requirements a corporation must meet to qualify as an S corporation is that it may have only one class of stock. This is not as straightforward as it seems. A corporation is deemed to have a second class of stock if any one of several circumstances exists. One such circumstance is that if certain debt (such as a promissory note) issued by an S corporation is treated as equity under general tax principles and has as a principal purpose the contravention of rights to distribution and liquidation proceeds, then this debt is considered a second class of stock unless it qualifies as straight debt (safe-harbor debt).
Safe-harbor debt is debt that is a written, unconditional obligation to pay a sum certain on demand, or by a specified date. The obligation (1) cannot provide for interest or principal payments that are contingent on profits or payable solely at the borrower's discretion, (2) cannot be convertible (directly or indirectly) into stock or another equity interest of the S corporation and (3) must be held by an individual, estate or trust eligible to own S stock (regulations section 1.1361-1(l)(5)(I)). The act amended the third part of the definition to include creditors, in addition to those listed here, that are actively engaged in the business of lending money (such as banks). For these purposes, a bank does not need to qualify as an eligible shareholder. This is a significant change since now an S corporation may borrow money from a bank and still meet the safe-harbor test without being concerned the debt could be considered a second class of stock.
Before Congress passed the 1996 act, S corporations generally were not allowed to be part of an affiliated group of corporations. This meant they could not own 80% or more of another corporation. Also, an S corporation was not allowed to have another corporation as a shareholder.
Effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996, S corporations may now own 80% or more of a C corporation or 100% of a qualified subchapter S subsidiary (QSSS). However, an S corporation may not elect to file a consolidated tax return with a C corporation. A QSSS is any domestic S corporation wholly owned by an S corporation parent that elects to treat it as a QSSS. The QSSS, for tax purposes, is not treated as a separate corporation and all its assets, etc., are treated as assets, etc., of the parent S corporation.
This provision allows taxpayers to form tiers of corporations with an S corporation owning the stock of C corporations when the individual shareholder does not wish to directly own the C corporation stock. Also, when a shareholder for nontax reasons wishes to form several S corporations (the shareholder wants each business to be separate for liability reasons), he or she no longer must own all the stock directly and file separate income tax returns for each corporation. The taxpayer can cause one S corporation to own all the stock of the other S corporations and treat the subsidiary corporations as QSSSs. This would allow the parent S corporation to file just one income tax return—thereby reducing administrative costs and burdens. Before making a decision on such an organizational structure, however, the state tax implications should be examined.
Under IRS notice 97-4 (IRB 1997-2), when the parent corporation makes the election, the subsidiary is deemed to have liquidated under IRC sections 332 and 337 immediately before the election is effective. Such liquidations generally are nontaxable. When a corporation liquidates under section 332, that corporation must file Form 966, Corporate Dissolution or Liquidation , within 30 days of the adoption of the liquidating plan or resolution. In addition, the corporation must file a return for the short period ending on the date it goes out of existence.
The IRS and Treasury Department intend to issue regulations describing the manner in which a QSSS election must be made and the effective date of the election. Until regulations are issued, however, taxpayers should follow the procedures listed in notice 97-4 to satisfy the election requirements.
Inadvertent Terminations And Invalid Elections
The Small Business Job Protection Act extended the IRS's authority to waive the effect of an inadvertent termination (see IRC section 1362(f)) to allow it to waive the effect of an invalid election caused by an inadvertent failure to qualify as a small business corporation or to obtain the required shareholder consents (including elections regarding qualified subchapter S trusts and electing small business trusts) or both. Also, the IRS may now treat a late S corporation election as timely when it determines there was reasonable cause for the failure.
Under prior law, IRS authority to waive inadvertent terminations was limited to situations in which the S corporation had inadvertently terminated after making a valid S election. Accordingly, if a corporation inadvertently had failed to qualify as an S corporation or the required consents had not been obtained, the corporation's only recourse was to take steps to rectify the situation and become an S corporation for a subsequent year in which the corporation did qualify and obtain the necessary consents. Likewise, a corporation filing an S election late would become an S corporation for the next year in which all requirements were met. Obviously, the new law can be very helpful when unfamiliarity with the law results in improper organization of an S corporation. While this change is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982, it is unclear what the impact will be on inadvertent terminations that occurred during closed tax years.
The IRS has issued guidance in announcement 97-4 on how to obtain the relief discussed above. If a taxpayer believes reasonable cause exists for failure to file an election on a timely basis or for not filing an election, it must request relief in the form of a private letter ruling, the procedures for which are described in revenue procedure 97-1 (1997-1 IRB 11).
If a corporation wishes to obtain relief for inadvertent invalid elections, it must request a private letter ruling. In addition, the same rules that apply to corporations requesting relief for inadvertent terminations (regulations section 1.1362-4) apply to entities requesting inadvertent invalid election relief.
When corporations fail to obtain all the necessary shareholder consents on form 2553, regulations section 1.1362-6(b)(3)(iii) provides rules for obtaining section 1362(f) relief from the district director of the service center with which the corporation files its income tax return.
Reelections. Previously, any corporation terminating its S election had to wait five years to reelect S status unless the IRS consented to allow reelection sooner. The act eliminates the five-year waiting period for S elections that were terminated in a tax year beginning before January 1, 1997. Accordingly, any corporation that terminated its S election in 1996 or earlier may reelect without obtaining IRS consent.
Distributions During Loss Years
Under prior law, the adjusted basis of a shareholder's stock in an S corporation and the accumulated adjustments account (AAA) were adjusted by income and losses before determining the effect of distributions to the shareholders. Effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996, shareholders must take distributions into account before applying the loss limitation for the year. Accordingly, distributions during a year reduce the adjusted basis of a shareholder's stock for purposes of determining the allowable loss for the year, but the loss for a year does not reduce the adjusted basis (or AAA) for purposes of determining the tax status of the distributions made during that year. The treatment of distributions by S corporations during loss years is now the same as that for partnerships. Exhibit 1 illustrates this provision.
As the exhibit shows, the major difference is that under prior law the shareholder was getting a full benefit of the operating loss in 1998, which, if she were in the top marginal tax bracket of 39.6%, would save her an additional $119 ($300 X 39.6%) of tax while at the same time she would pay tax on an additional $300 of capital gain, which is taxed at a lower rate (28%). Therefore, the shareholder would defer $35 under prior law ([300 - 39.6%] X [300 - 28%] = $35).
Because of the wide variety of changes the Small Business Job Protection Act made in S corporation rules, CPAs—both those who work for S corporations and those who advise them—should study the provisions carefully. When applying the new rules, companies must continue to consider both the tax and overall business implications. For example, a business with 50 investors—which now qualifies to be an S corporation under the new law—should consider other nontax factors before deciding to elect to be treated as an S corporation.
If investors wish to specially allocate income, losses and distributions, for example, an S corporation would not be the appropriate choice since S corporations are not permitted to specially allocate those items to shareholders. Instead, they must be allocated pro rata based on the number of shares owned. These are the kinds of issue CPAs must consider when studying the applicability of the new rules to their clients or employers. To facilitate this, exhibit 2 , summarizes all the S corporation provisions, including some not discussed in this article.


الموعد النهائي لتقديم الطلبات: شباط (فبراير) 15 و 2019.
Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2019 call for Young researchers in computer science and mathematics from all over the world can apply for one of the 200 coveted spots to participate in the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), an annual networking event. The HLF offers all accepted young researchers the great opportunity to personally interact with the laureates of the most prestigious prizes in the fields of mathematics and computer science. For one week, the recipients of the Abel Prize, the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the ACM Prize in Computing, the Fields Medal, و the Nevanlinna Prize engage in a cross-generational scientific dialogue with young researchers in Heidelberg, Germany.
مؤسسة منتدى هايدلبرغ لحياة الفائزين (HLFF) annually organizes the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), which is a networking event for mathematicians and computer scientists from all over the world. The 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum will take place from September 22 to 27, 2019. The HLFF was established and is funded by the German foundation the Klaus Tschira Stiftung (KTS), which promotes natural sciences, mathematics and computer science.
The application period for the 7th HLF runs from November 15, 2018, until February 15, 2019. Young researchers at all phases of their careers (undergraduate/pre-master, graduate PhD or postdoc) are encouraged to complete and submit their applications by February 15 (midnight at the dateline).
Undergraduate students, graduate PhD candidates, and young researchers at the postdoctoral level can apply for the Heidelberg Laureate Forum.
In the latter category, we are not just addressing young researchers in classical postdoc positions but also those of you who recently completed your PhD – and are still strongly interested in scientific matters, even if you are now working in a non-scientific environment.
The Scientific Committee of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum will make the final selection of candidates.
Applications in all Categories: CV, educational certificates (degrees); awards, other scientific achievements (if any); names and addresses of people who can provide a letter of recommendation (1 to 3); indication of your field of research (Mathematics, Computer Science, or both); motivation letter (why you wish to attend).
My name is Ayebazibwe Jolly Esther and am interested in joining this a a Ugandan and have just completed my high school. Thank you so much.


Wedding cakes have long been a very traditional affair; a staple of any wedding with the enduring tiered style dating as far back as the 1800s, when Prince Leopold of Albany had an iced and stacked tiered cake, which was the first to be completely edible. A traditional wedding cake flavour would be fruitcake, and the decorations kept to traditional piping or sugar flowers. However, the styles of wedding cakes available these days are a far cry from the traditional cakes of the past. Wedding cakes now are designed to be the centrepiece of a wedding, and will often be the first thing that draws the guests' attention when walking in to the wedding venue. Therefore couples are making absolutely certain that whether it's a big showstopper, or a more discreet and simple affair, there is a very definite fascination about the cake, making it deserving of the centre-stage spot. This emphasis on the cake as a centrepiece has encouraged cake designers to push the boundaries in cake design and develop some very innovative styles of wedding cake. From the type of cake to the type of the decoration, there is a myriad of popular new styles to choose from. Cakes are becoming increasingly tall, with extra height tiers, separators, and tall pedestal stands. This style of cake has become very popular as the height guarantees it will be impressive. On the flip-side of this, another popular trend is for lots of individual cakes. These are especially popular as a less formal alternative to the traditional tiered wedding cake. Decoration-wise, there is also something for every taste. Gilded cakes, painted with metallics or brushed with edible gold and silver leaf, can be extravagant and 'blingy', or vintage and antique depending on the shade of the metallic. For an even more glitzy style, you can now have 'cake jewellery' adorn your cake too. Another equally beautiful trend is hand-painting on cakes. This is an elegant style with limitless possibilities. For those looking for something more simple, yet still innovative and stylish, there is the 'naked' cake. This is a type of cake that has no icing but can still be decorated like a wedding cake, with fresh flowers or a cake topper for example. It's a great option for those who don't like the thick layer of sugar-paste icing, but still want a centrepiece wedding cake!


Most people find it incredibly boring and the thought of having to sort or do anything with it makes people want to scream, right?
The thing is that the most expensive time of year is coming up and having a budget can really help to make sure you don't overspend and pay the price well into the New Year for going all out now.
If you'd like to start January with a clean slate and get to grips with your finances now and get your budget in shape than follow this 5-step process. It will not be a quick fix but you will feel so much better!
1. The first step to becoming more money savvy is to get your paperwork and filing system in place.
Open your post daily! Recycle the envelopes and any junk mail coming through your letter box. Everything with personal details needs to be shredded. Top tip: Don't ignore reminders, but action them straight away as a matter of urgency. You only create more paperwork by not dealing with it!
Create a "to do/to action" pile of paperwork that needs, well, an action; a phone call, a form to fill in, a date to put on the diary, etc. Once the action is done decide if you need to keep the piece of paper or if you can recycle/shred it. • Create a "to file" pile. This is all the paperwork you want to keep. Remember that 90% of paperwork never gets looked at again so be ruthless.
These could include: home, work, pension, health, pets, car, insurance, kids, bank, important documents, manuals, memberships, house purchase & renovations. Within these main categories create sub categories. For example, within home subdivide into: gas, water, electricity, cable, broadband, council tax/home insurance.
3. Thirdly, put all the paperwork in the sub category in date order, newest on top.
Decide for each category how long you want to keep things. You want to keep important paperwork like birth certificates your whole life, but a water bill you might want to keep only a few years. I've seen filing systems with hardly any paperwork since a lot is online these days and I've also seen filing cabinets go back 2 decades. It's a personal choice and do what feels good to you. If your run your own business do check with your accountant and the HMRC how long you need to keep certain paperwork.
4. Now you're ready to start working on your budget.
Decide in advance how far you want to go with this. If you only want an overview you can just make a list and write in the left column what your income is and in the right column what your expenses are. Your super decluttered filing system will make it easy to find out how much you pay each month in council tax for example. If you want a very detailed view of your money start with looking at your bank statements and account for all the money outgoing. You can use an excel sheet to write down when and how much you spend.
or use a budget planner from MoneySaving Expert Martin Lewis to help you. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/Budget-planning. There are also lots of apps available to help you save more money. Top tip: pay as much as you can by card instead of cash. It is easier to see where your money is going.
5. The last step is to make sure you start saving!
Once you know how and when you spend your money you will see where you can save. Maybe that daily lunch from the shop can become a weekly treat hence saving you tons of cash. Start saving money automatically into a saving account as soon as it comes into your current account. Do a weekly shop instead of going to the shops every other day.
I've helped lots of clients over the years sort out their paperwork and giving them a better grip on their financial situation. It really helps to be organised with paperwork and you save money at the same time. Win-win!


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Critical conflict in cancer cells
01-Dec-2021 - Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
The results of the study may possibly be used for future therapies
Imaging Core Facility / JMU
Neuroblastoma cells under the microscope. The staining represents DNA damage, the more intense, the more severe and dangerous the damage. Cells on the right have no RNA exosome and are therefore much more susceptible to such damage.
The cells of a certain tumour type, called neuroblastoma, divide very rapidly. This rapid division can have potentially fatal consequences for them. A new study shows how neuroblastoma cells deal with this dilemma.
Neuroblastomas occur predominantly in children. A specific subset of these tumours is very aggressive and difficult to treat. Researchers worldwide are therefore trying to find an Achilles' heel of the disease.
Around 50 percent of high-risk neuroblastomas attribute their malignancy to a protein called MYCN. The substance stimulates the activity of certain genes in the cancer cell that accelerate tumour growth. However, it is this very fact that makes MYCN partly responsible for a dilemma which could turn out to be a significant inherent weakness, since neuroblastoma cells are also characterised by increased division rates. Before each division, the affected cell must produce a complete copy of its entire genetic information. One of the two daughter cells then receives this copy, the other the original.
At the same time, however, parts of this information, namely the tumour-specific genes activated by MYCN, must be transcribed. "The cell has to coordinate these two processes," Dimitrios Papadopoulos explains; a postdoctoral researcher at the Biocenter at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the group of Professor Martin Eilers. "Otherwise, it runs the risk of suffering significant damage."
A complex copier creates the DNA duplicate
It is like trying to read passages of a book while simultaneously copying it. Obviously, errors may occur in the process. The neuroblastoma cell is no exception. A complex copier inside the cell gradually generates a duplicate of the genetic material, the DNA, in a process called replication. At the same time, another process takes place as well, transcription. A totally different machinery transcribes the DNA segments, which the cell needs because they contain the building instructions for proteins.
Replication and transcription run parallel to some extent also in healthy cells. In neuroblastomas, however, MYCN significantly worsens this situation. "This results in conflicts," says Papadopoulos. "As a result, the DNA thread can break, for example. If this defect is not repaired quickly, this means a death sentence for the cell." Together with colleagues, he has studied how cancer cells cope with this threat.
Supported by a cellular shredder
The cell thus uses two different mechanisms: On the one hand, MYCN can call a kind of shredder in the cell nucleus to its aid, the RNA exosome. It disables the creation of the transcripts required for protein production. This enables the DNA copier to do its job more easily.
If MYCN cannot recruit an exosome, it will alternatively recruit a molecule called BRCA1. This molecule can stop early transcription. In addition, the whole transcription machinery is removed paving the way for the copier.
The results of the study may possibly be used for future therapies, too. The researchers hope to disrupt the cooperation between MYCN and BRCA1 by using suitable active substances. "If we then also prevent MYCN from calling the exosome to its aid, significant DNA damage could accumulate in tumour cells," explains Dimitrios Papadopoulos. "This way, they might possibly be killed – in a highly selective manner without fear of damaging other cells."
Dimitrios Papadopoulos et. al.; "MYCN recruits the nuclear exosome complex to RNA polymerase II to prevent transcription-replication conflicts"; Molecular Cell; 2021
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My husband, Will, picked our sons up from school a few minutes ago. Sammy happened to be sitting on my lap, telling me about his day, and asking, shockingly, to watch Backyardigans.
And Sam is really leading a very different life than his brothers had. I read to them more, colored with them more, took them to the park and playdates more. They weren't forced to attend baseball games when they were tired and cold and grumpy. They weren't constantly being told, "Get in the car" to take or pick someone up from practice. Then again they didn't have attentive and loving big brothers, who read and played and teased and taught day after day after day.
The brothers adore Sam, and he eats up every second he can with them. Yesterday, they all "washed" my car. Then they "raced" leaves in the little river running down the street — the result from the alleged car washing. The delight of Will and Sam over this simple game was touching. And Nate is playing baseball with Sam in the backyard as I write this, praising his catching and hitting with uncommon enthusiasm.
The inspiration for this blog, Hebrews 10:24 says, "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds." It certainly isn't the case that the this is universally true in my home. Believe me, there is spurring and sparring in the other direction as well! But how wonderful to see these sons of mine loving each other well.
May dese brudders continue spurring each other on to love and good deeds!


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Left out again: Bulldogs fall short of achieving title dreams
Damian Swann and the rest of the seniors on Georgia's football team never made it back to the Georgia Dome after coming five yards short of winning an SEC championship two years ago.
As the Bulldogs learned again painfully Saturday in losing 30-24 to Georgia Tech, it's sometimes a thin line - a couple of fumbles at the 1-yard line, a decision by coach Mark Richt to squib kick after going ahead with 18 seconds left in regulation, an overtime interception - between winning and losing and having Yellow Jacket players walking off the field carrying pieces of the Sanford Stadium hedges, some in their mouths.
"These guys know, they know how good they can be," Swann, a three-year starting defensive back, said in a downbeat Bulldogs locker room Saturday. "They know how this program is about to change. Sooner or later, it's going to be to the point where it should be."
The Georgia Tech loss left some in the Bulldog fan base feeling again like Georgia (9-3) fell short of where it should be.
The Bulldogs, who tumbled seven spots to No. 15 in the Associated Press poll Sunday, could have been preparing now for a rematch of that 2012 SEC championship game against Alabama if Missouri didn't find a way to win six in a row after getting crushed by the Bulldogs 34-0 on Oct. 11.
"It's hard to sit here and act all giddy about what happened," Richt said Sunday night. "We want to win the East and win the SEC and we want to be a team competing and winning some national championships."
Richt liked how Georgia responded to adversity during a regular season in which star running back Todd Gurley was suspended for four games and sustained a season-ending ACL injury. The Bulldogs also had a new defensive coordinator in Jeremy Pruitt and first-year starter at quarterback in Hutson Mason.
"Obviously there were some things that were a little different that we had to manage," said Richt, who hosted five recruits on official visits Sunday. "I know that we're on the right track. I am so very excited about what's going on here at Georgia and what's happening with our recruiting, our staff and how we've established some things that have been outstanding and will continue to in some cases. I think we're getting our players to buy in 100 percent and when we keep doing that and keep recruiting like we are, great things are going to happen."
Georgia Tech's first win over the Bulldogs since 2008 wasn't what kept the Bulldogs from the league title game in Atlanta - it was Georgia losing to a pair of SEC East teams that finished with six regular season wins: Florida and South Carolina.
The Gators drilled Georgia weeks before firing Will Muschamp. The Gamecocks went 3-5 in the SEC with their only other wins coming against Vanderbilt and Florida.
Richt, finishing his 14th season, was asked how close Georgia is to being a national champion: "Well, how close were we to going to Atlanta and having a chance to get in the thing? We were probably closer than we think."
Now Georgia needs a bowl win - CBS' Jerry Palm projects an Outback Bowl matchup against Maryland - to avoid just the second back-to-back seasons under Richt without the Bulldogs reaching double digit wins. The only time that's happened was 2009-10 when Georgia went 8-5 and 6-7.
Georgia Tech fans can not only brag for the next year about how it won its ACC division title, but that it beat the Bulldogs.
"It means that we're the state champs and they have to take down that dumb 'We Run This State' sign for a year," Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said.
Said Georgia freshman tailback Nick Chubb: "I'm going to let it hurt so I can just fuel my fire and just come back. …I'm going to think about it in the offseason. I'm not going to forget what happened. Every time I'm in the weight room or running, I'm going to think about this."
BULLDOG NOTES
Georgia's bowl destination might not be announced until about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. The four playoff teams will be announced at 12:45 p.m. and the selection committee will announce the Cotton, Fiesta, Peach and Orange Bowl pairings at 2:45 p.m. … Richt on tailback Keith Marshall heading for a medical redshirt. "More than likely he would be a candidate for that at this point." Marshall sustained an ankle injury on Sept. 27 and hasn't played since. … Georgia attempted a fake field goal for the first time under Richt Saturday. Holder Adam Erickson flipped the ball back to kicker Marshall Morgan who ran 28 yards before being knocked out of bounds at the 3-yard line.


I have heard a lot of words used to describe PTSD: "tragic", "heartbreaking", "scary", "pitiful". The more I heard them, the more I believed those words. The more I used them about myself. I can't tell you how many times I have said, "I 'suffer' from PTSD." But the more I thought about it, the less I feel like I am suffering. The less those words remotely speak for me. However, I feel it is necessary to add that I certainly can not and will not speak for everyone who has PTSD. I can only speak for me.
Mirriam Webster defines suffering as, "pain that is caused by injury, illness, loss, etc. : physical, mental, or emotional pain, sufferings : feelings of pain." Something about that definition doesn't sit well with me. Maybe it's the way people apply the word suffering to someone with PTSD. The media makes me feel like because I have PTSD, I should be sitting in a corner drooling on myself. Or that anyone with PTSD is a danger to society.
I am also keenly aware that when PTSD is at its worst, it feels like you are being eaten alive from the inside out.
Although that certainly fits the definition of suffering, the reason I don't like to say that I am suffering is because my PTSD is more emotionally based and I have learned that, although they are painful, my emotions won't kill me. Only my actions would. This is a personal decision I have made: to avoid using the term suffering. There may be thousands of other veterans that feel differently than I do. Shouldn't that be the point? That we all have our own stories? Our own way we choose to describe who we are?
A couple of weeks ago I drove the kids to school. I travelled on the same road that I drive each day and passed the same houses and many of the same people doing their morning routine. But last Friday I noticed something. A box that had been upright and open on the side of the road all week was different. It had been rotated, and the lid was closed.
My brain immediately told me that someone had placed an empty box there and conditioned everyone to get used to seeing it as they travel their usual route. It's a typical technique used by people who emplace explosives on the side of the roads.
And it is crazy making.
Stop the car and both lanes of traffic and walk around to see if there are any wires or people hiding in the bushes.
Swerve to the other lane, but then I ran the risk of swerving from a decoy explosive (the box) and getting blown up by the real explosive on the other side of the road. (The one that certainly had to be there—somewhere).
Try to snap out of it and realize I am not in Iraq. Or Afghanistan.
It all happened so quickly. So I chose to breathe deeply, grip the steering wheel and continue driving. Nothing happened as I passed the box.
But the PTSD inside me was triggered.
I felt it building. I could taste an acrid bitterness in the back of my mouth. I felt the constant tingling in the back of my head and the tense feelings in my continuously balled fists. I felt hate in the bottom of my throat.
I hated lots of things – boxes, people, cell phones, cars.
But I still wasn't suffering. I was living through a trigger and looking for a way to process the rage.
The week following the "box" incident consisted of 3 hours of sleep each night, nightmares, anger towards anyone around me, and sudden urges to break things. All of those things eventually subsided.
And I know I will start the cycle over again at some point.
There are times when I don't feel like I belong in certain places and days when I am scared to be in public.
But there are also times when I am perfectly content with everything in my life.
I see my PTSD as more of a unique problem that I have to deal with, but it's not actually killing me so I won't say that I am suffering. The dictionary definition definitely applies to me, but my main point is that I don't like for anyone but me to tell me how I feel. Rather than applying a cookie cutter formula to any veteran with PTSD (PTSD=suffering), perhaps a simple solution would be to ask each individual how he feels about his unique story. His triggers.
Then, give him the space to be honest about that.
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Today on the way to night classes a box dropped put of a Penske truck in front of me (idiot had the door open – thank God I don't tailgate)…I haven't run over anything in the road since I was in the middle east, and still catch myself being suspicious about every box in or near a road. Anyway, the box was right where my wheel had to go – no room between it and the concrete barrier, and no place to swerve right (traffic was fast and dense)…so I ran over the damned thing. I'd seen the papers coming out of it when it fell, but there was something solid in it, as well, and I crunched over it. In the rearview I saw papers flying everywhere. Kept going…but I noticed I couldn't hear the music anymore, and I kept changing lanes like I needed to get off the freeway…and I was frantically find to find a bottle of whiskey (no, I didn't have one in the car). I felt the shakes and the tears. Found this article when I got to school and it struck true. It's anger and a desire for outlet. I'm not scared. I'm pissed off. Thanks for listening. I pretty much never post online, but right now I just needed to vent.
Interesting..I suffer with complex post which I am happy to say here to you as I know u know what I am talking about by the term ptsd. Usually however, I don't! If I am talking to some one else or wishing can tell someone why I am having such a hard time at any one point, it feels really uncomfortable to think of saying ptsd. Perhaps because it labels me as 'disordered' whereas my symptoms are completely natural for what I've been through.its like ptsd is this 'thing' that's happened to me and I've been subjected to, which it kind of is, but I want to be 'me' to other people.


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The Australian artist Mike Parr has literally gone underground for his latest 72-hour performance, being buried beneath the surface of a busy road in central Hobart, Tasmania, at 9pm on Thursday 14 June. The tarmac was resealed for traffic to pass above the steel container where Parr has been entombed, with a sketchbook and pencils, a meditation stool, bedding and water—but no food. After he re-emerges at 9pm on Sunday 17 June, concrete will be poured into the chamber.
The work, titled Underneath the Bitumen the Artist, was conceived in memory of the victims of 20th-century totalitarian violence and 19th-century British colonialism in Australia. It is the artist's third and final 72-hour performance for the Dark Mofo winter festival run by the Museum of Old and New Art. "We try to present new artists each year, but when Mike Parr asks to be buried under the streets of Hobart, it's hard to say no," said the festival's creative director Leigh Carmichael in a statement. H.M.


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Home Vanderpump Rules Vanderpump Rules' Kristen Doute Explains Why She 'No Longer Cares' if She Never Reconciles With Stassi Schroeder and Katie Maloney, Wonders Why it Was "So Easy" for Them to Cut Her Off
Vanderpump Rules' Kristen Doute Explains Why She 'No Longer Cares' if She Never Reconciles With Stassi Schroeder and Katie Maloney, Wonders Why it Was "So Easy" for Them to Cut Her Off
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Kristen Doute no longer cares about reconciling with Stassi Schroeder and Katie Maloney.
After being seen at odds with the two women on Vanderpump Rules due to the ups and downs of her since-ended relationship with Brian Carter, Kristen offered an update on her relationships with both Stassi and Katie before wondering why her former best friends so easily cut her from their lives.
"I don't care if we are never friends again," Kristen revealed to Hollywood Life on March 5. "I still love [Stassi]. She's still my sister, and she deserves to know that I'm proud of her. I've always reached out to her, and I usually get a casual, 'Thank you,' and that's it."
And when it comes to Katie, Kristen admits they still "talk here and there, mostly just not about work-related type things" but lamented that it's only "lighthearted bulls–t" and that "there's no real conversation."
Although Kristen and Stassi haven't had any heart-to-hearts as of late, Stassi did reach out to Kristen to congratulate her on her new book, He's Making You Crazy: How to Get the Guy, Get Even, and Get Over It.
"A few weeks ago she texts me just saying, 'I'm so proud of you, and congratulations, and I hope that it wasn't a hard process for you,'" Kristen recalled.
Katie has also been supportive of Kristen's new book and recently pre-ordered herself a copy.
According to Kristen, she's still not sure why her friendships with Stassi and Katie came to an end and hopes the remaining episodes of Pump Rules season eight will clue her in. And while Kristen doesn't understand Stassi and Katie's decision to cut her off, she's still hopeful they will one day reach a truce.
"But I think it has to be separate conversations. I don't think the three of us together is going to work as the first sit down. I think it needs to be Katie and I, Stassi and I, treat them as very different friendships and find out why each of them solely felt that this was so easy to just cut me off," she explained.
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Winston-Salem Anticipates City Park Development
By Will May 1 year ago
A 17-foot-deep pit of dirt and gravel the size of a city block might catch the eye of a passerby strolling down Fourth Street in downtown Winston-Salem. The poster on the chain-link fence surrounding the complex provides an even more impressive promise.
On the property, Mayfair Street Partners plans to erect a six-story Hyatt Place hotel directly to the west of the Pepper Building on North Liberty Street. They also aim to construct a seven-story high-rise comprised of 32 condominium units. Their plans also include planting trees and other shrubbery around the park, and constructing underground valet parking with the capacity to accommodate 168 vehicles.
"The key to this project as a catalyst, in my opinion, is to fill in a large and very obvious gap in the center of our city," said city councilmember Jeff MacIntosh of the Northwest Ward. "What this park, along with the hotel project … will do is elevate the perception that we are a real city with real city amenities."
According to Simon Burgess, Managing Director Partner at Mayfair, it all began on July 2016, when Mayfair Street Partners acquired the historic Pepper Building on the corner of West Fourth Street and North Liberty Street. They are currently renovating it into a Hotel Indigo.
The project is estimated to cost about $27 million, $3 million of which comes from city bonds. Burgess said the process is moving with steady progress. The plan is to open the Hotel Indigo on the third week of January 2019, and the other two hotels in 2020.
This development is only the latest in a series of development projects undertaken by the city, including the anticipated children's museum Kaleideum planned to stand opposite Merschel Plaza on West Third Street, a 119-room Hampton Inn & Suites on the corner of West Third and Cherry Streets, and the renovations on Passageway Park on Trade Street. With projects like these, the city aims to stimulate economic growth downtown. Some city residents have reservations about the project.
"I'm excited for all the new things happening," said Laura Garland, a resident who is employed downtown, "and I suppose construction is a necessary evil of that, but it has made traveling and traffic a pain."
Despite the inevitable complications associated with urban development, MacIntosh said that the feedback that he has received from his constituents has been largely positive.
He pointed to the estimated revenue that the hotels are expected to generate, a figure at around $20 million, as a significant factor. This is a much higher figure than many other downtown developments, and will benefit city residents.
The economic advantages aren't the only reason to develop this city block. Sgt. Kevin Bowers of the Winston-Salem Downtown Bike Patrol described how he handled numerous incidents of public intoxication and occasionally urination while on duty at Merschel Plaza.
"It was a safe area, but there was a lot of nuisance-type calls that we dealt with," he said.
Sgt. Bowers elaborated that the large concrete pedestrian walking bridge that spanned across Third Street was the subject of most of his calls to the park, and said its removal and construction starting made the unlawful activity move to other locations, like Winston Square Park on North Marshall Street.
Despite this, he said that he looked forward to the final product, and that the luxuriant new look planned will be a welcome change for downtown.
"I think it's going to look a lot nicer, and it's still going to attract people," he said.
Will May
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Will is the news editor for the OGB, and he is a senior English major with minors in environmental studies and journalism. He is from Glen Ellyn, Illinois. In his free time he enjoys playing music and pondering what he is going to do with his English degree.
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They… they ASSURED me there was PEANUT BRITTLE in that can!
Get a load of the whiny sons o' bitches at The Verge!
I have it on very good authority that this is the new mascot for the Volkswagen Group. Image from D23.com.
Given all the genuine stuff to get stressed out or worried about, I've got to thank The Verge for giving me something completely inconsequential to be irrationally annoyed by.
The story in brief was that Volkswagen did a beginning-of-April marketing stunt announcing that they were changing their US branding to "Voltswagen," to reaffirm their commitment to electric vehicles. The Verge chomped on that like a starving bass, running it as a top story on the site. Now, after finding out that the obvious marketing stunt was, in fact, a marketing stunt, they edited their story from press release regurgitation into a long-form tantrum.
Normally, I'd do the Nelson Muntz point-and-laugh and then move on, but the Verge writers' histrionics have actually made me kind of angry. First, instead of being good-natured — or even the wet blanket but appropriately skeptical approach that Ars Technica took — they changed the headline to say that Volkswagen lied about their rebranding! Here showing the same understanding of "lying" as the aliens in Galaxy Quest.
Worse, they made repeated references — in the byline of the rewritten article, and on Twitter — to "Dieselgate." Because, obviously, fooling a couple of gullible and clickbait-seeking internet writers is equivalent to a multi-billion dollar, years-long, massive environmental scandal.
But now we know the rebrand was nothing more than another lie from a company that's become known for something else: lying.
A butt-hurt, insufferably whiny baby
The reason this makes me so irrationally angry — apart from putting me in a position where I'm not just defending Volkswagen, but defending an April Fools prank — is that it's another reminder of how embarrassingly low journalistic standards are in 2021. Actually, that's a third strike against it: it makes me want to put "journalist" in sarcastic quotes, but I can't do that, because that's the province of all the knuckle-dragging losers on the internet complaining about Brie Larson and Kathleen Kennedy.
The writers can clutch their pearls and stand aghast at VW all they want, but the truth is that they simply didn't do due diligence for their non-story. They valued page views over newsworthiness. "They published a press release!" insists the article, ignoring the obvious fact that you're not obliged to run every press release as front-page news.
The undeniable fact of all this is that this stunt was not news. Even if it had been 100% real. Even for a company gigantic as the Volkswagen Group. It was so obviously as much a non-story as the results of the Puppy Bowl or the war between Left Twix and Right Twix. It's depressing that they think the problem is a company fooling them with a lame (and clearly publicity-grabbing) stunt, instead of how eager they were to "report" on the stunt in the first place.
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The History Department at The College at Brockport, State University of New York, is accepting applications for a tenure‐track Assistant Professor in Modern U.S. History to start August 2019. The department seeks a colleague who can be part of a collaborative team of faculty‐scholars dedicated to excellent teaching, research, and service to the college community.
Major Responsibilities The Assistant Professor in Modern U.S. History with expertise in public history and/or digital humanities will teach courses and engage students from across the college, including those in undergraduate and graduate History programs and a growing minor in museum studies and public history. Candidates should be able to teach: introductory survey (U.S. since 1865); upper division courses in modern U.S. history, area(s) of candidate's specialty and public history; and graduate seminars (including online learning) in our History Master's program. The successful candidate will maintain an active program of scholarship and publication and share in the collegial and constructive governance of the History Department and the College. Candidates should be able to work closely with students as an academic advisor, internship mentor, and independent project supervisor (e.g. public history projects, MA theses, etc.) and help coordinate the Museum Studies & Public History minor.
Department Description The History Department at the College at Brockport cultivates a close and diverse community of learning in which students work together with faculty in and out of the classroom while studying a wide array of historical periods, subjects, and methodologies. The Department's survey, upper division, and graduate courses on ancient and modern histories of regions spanning the world attract students from across the college and the History minor and major (many of whom are in the teacher certification program), interdisciplinary Museum Studies and Public History minor, and History Master's program‐‐ whose four tracks include ones in American History and Public History. Our students conduct research and many pursue internships and participate in study abroad programs. Our fourteen full‐time faculty‐‐ eight World Historians (including Europeanists) and six Americanists—are productive scholars, collegial partners in Department governance, and active citizens of the college and broader communities.
The College The College at Brockport, State University of New York, serves a diverse student body of over 7,100 undergraduate and 1,100 graduate students enrolled in 50 undergraduate majors and more than 50 masters' programs, teacher certification programs and advanced graduate certificates supported by more than 750 instructional faculty and professional staff. The College is an inclusive learning community that inspires excellence through growth, engagement, and transformation. The College is committed to cultivating diversity as an institutional and educational priority. Located in western New York, the College benefits from a small town atmosphere located near major metropolitan cities; 16 miles west of Rochester, 45 miles east of Buffalo, and 140 miles from Toronto.
Salary and Benefits Competitive salary and excellent benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, retirement, healthcare and dependent care savings accounts, life insurance, and disability insurances.
Application Instructions Preference will be given to application materials received by November 9, 2018, and application materials will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. Interested candidates should apply online at jobs.brockport.edu. For consideration, please submit 1) a letter of application that addresses required and preferred job criteria (including teaching approach and experience, and research interests), 2) a CV, 3.) contact information for three references, and 4) a writing sample/publication. In addition, have three references send letters of recommendation to: history@brockport.edu.


Special thanks to Ken Clark for showing me some of the trails in this venue.
Description: The Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is a 5000 acre tract maintained by the PA Game Commission. The 400 acre lake and 70 acre pond (plus smaller ponds and wetlands) are the home to many songbirds and water fowl. The main attraction, however, is the hundreds of thousands of Tundra Swan and Snow Geese that stop over here during their migration (February to mid-March). We were there during the tail end of the Snow Geese migration and were still able to witness thousands of them as they gathered around and on an island on the Lake. It is certainly an amazing sight. For more information visit their site.
The WMA also supports a network of trails ranging in difficulty from easy to moderately difficult. Circuits of less than a mile to over 8 miles can be formed. The Horseshoe Trail, a 140 mile hiking and equestrian trail, follows the southern ridges below the lake.
Described here is a moderate 8.0 mile figure-8 circuit with 2 or 3 vistas, pretty streams, some old ruins and a walk along the lake that can easily be shortened to 2 smaller loops by merely changing where you park your vehicle. The entire circuit entails 1500 feet of elevation gain.
This hike starts near the right parking area of the Visitor Center as you face away from it.
Train Notes: Some of the trails are blazed while others are not. Most junctions are signed. All are pretty obvious. Lower elevation trails have several perpetually wet spots. The worst are traversed by boardwalks.
From the parking lot pick up the trailhead sign for the Conservation Trail and proceed uphill through an open field to a clump of trees at 0.20 miles. The trail will be sporadically blazed with yellow metal triangles. At the clump of trees the trail goes in either direction but soon rejoin. Turn left here but soon turn right onto a footpath that goes through the woods that soon joins the other trail segment. Turn left here following the edge of an open area. The trail will alternate between going through woods to following wildlife clearing edges. In 0.70 miles from the last described turn the trail will make a left turn at a blaze to return back to the Visitor Center. Do not turn here but rather follow the left edge of a clearing out to a gravel road. turn right here and walk 0.22 miles to a parking area on the right and a gated access road to signed Game Lands # 46 on the left. Turn left here and begin a steady but short climb on this gravel road. In 0.20 miles cross through a power line swath and in another 0.15 miles reach the crest of the ridge and the yellow blazed Horseshoe Trail. Cross it and begin to descend following the Elders Run drainage on your right. In another 0.15 miles check out the stone ruins and spring house for an old house.
Continue to descend for 0.85 miles, crossing Elders Run on a bridge. Make a very sharp left turn onto signed Middle Creek Trail. This is an old railroad grade that parallels the creek for 1.21 miles all the way to its end at Kleinfeltersville Road and the Horseshoe Trail (You'll travel this trail segment later unless you want to do a 5.6 mile loop. In that case pickup these directions at the appropriate place). The tread is pretty rocky from the ballast that supported the train tracks years ago. The views of the creek are worth the discomfort of the rocks.Turn right onto Kleinfeltersville Road and cross Middle Creek on a bridge.
Immediately turn left onto Millstone Road and then right onto the continuation of the Horseshoe Trail. Ascend almost to the crest of the hill. In 0.74 miles from turning off of Millstone Road the Horseshoe trail will continue east on a relatively flat plane. There is no sign here but the obvious old route of the Horseshoe Trail goes left here. This serves as a connector to the Millstone Trail. Turn left here and use it to reach that signed and white blazed trail. Turning either left or right will take you back to the lake but a right turn takes you to a nice view of the lake , sprawling valley and surrounding mountains. Turn right here. After visiting the vista continue on the Milestone Trail. There is a large fallen tree blocking the trail as of this posting (03/2008) making it easy to lose the trail. There is an un-blazed trail that descends from the ridge prematurely. This is not the correct route. Look for the white blazes on the other side of the blow-down and in a few yards arrive at the trail's namesake, a millstone that had been quarried on site but abandoned due to a crack that formed during its attempted removal. From here the trail descends steeply over lose rock. Take care here! In 0.59 miles arrive at Millstone Road. Cross it and enter a lakeside parking lot. Almost directly across the grass find the trailhead for the Deer Path Trail. Follow it for 0.56 miles to the launch ramp parking area passing a nice viewpoint of the lake at about the midway point.
Turn right onto Millstone Road and follow it back out the Kleinfeltersville road. Retrace your earlier steps back to the Middle Creek and Horseshoe trail junction. Take the Horseshoe Trail and climb for 0.52 miles to the junction of the Valley View Connector on the right. Turn right and follow it to the white blazed Valley View Trail straight ahead and to the right. A connector leading back to the Horseshoe Trail is on the left. Turn right onto the Valley View Trail and soon arrive at a large boulder marking the vista. From here the trail descends easily for 0.43 miles using several short switchbacks.
At the bottom arrive at a parking lot. Follow the left edge of the lot out to a gravel road and cross it, picking up the continuation of the Valley View Trail. There is no sign at this point but it is blazed and obvious. Soon arrive at a short loop trail to the left and straight ahead. This is white blazed Spice Bush Trail. Stay straight and in 0.27 miles pass the return arm of the Spicebush Trail. Soon arrive at paved Museum Road and a small pond. From here you can see the Visitor Center. Follow the roads back to the parking lot.
Critique: Like many PA trails, major portions of this trail go through active hunting areas. It is highly recommended that all hikers wear orange just like hunters in order to be highly visible. Unfortunately, our group did not anticipate this, and when we could clearly hear shots being fired, decided not forgo taking the full circuit.
We did, however, still take the conservation trail and then walked along the lake via the road. There were dozens of swans and a couple thousand snow geese in the lake which made up for the fact that we had more of a long walk than a hike.
I look forward to going back with the proper attire and/or out of hunting season.
Critique: I did this hike on a beautiful Tuesday in November, and followed the directions as outlined in the trail notes. The visitor center was surprisingly busy for a Tuesday morning. It's an interesting layout, with a wall of windows looking out over the lake and binoculars provided for bird watching. However, the water is presently contaminated with E Coli, so bring your own drinking water.
Conservation Trail is nice low-key start to this trek. At one point I stopped along a low stone wall and could see 5 or 6 very active woodpeckers. The direction in the trail notes to head off trail at 0.70 miles was difficult to assess without GPS. I figured out (later) that this was the first of two left-pointing trail markers on posts. The other side of the post had a "hiking trail" sign. If you get to the second, and can see the picnic tables, just go straight to the road, turn right, and right again at the intersection, rejoining the gravel road in the trail notes to Game Lands #46.
Elder's Run trail is basically a gradual descent on a road, but the spring house and foundation with chimney are interesting. The Middle Creek Trail is an almost straight gradual ascent, but with a few ankle-breakers, just as the trail notes say. The creek is very scenic, however.
After ascending up the Horseshoe Trail, when it turns right, follow the large yellow circles to the left on a connecter to the white blazed Millstone Trail. Go right on the Millstone Trail, because the scenic overlook is not to be missed!
I really enjoyed the Horseshoe Trail sections, the Millstone Trail, and the Valley View Trail for their general remoteness and overall "trail" feel. The other sections were a little developed for my tastes, feeling more like a "nature walk," paralleling roads, or on roads, with a fair amount of traffic. My overall rating is based on the fact that the directions do an excellent job of putting together a scenic hike of reasonable distance without a lot of backtracking, but it takes a fair amount of road walking to piece the trails together, largely because the trails are limited by their geographic location.