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Sharing his knowledge
Curly Horns started a topic Sharing his knowledge
-07-03-2004, 03:51 PM
By: Cliff Smelley, Telegraph Staff Writer July 01, 2004
Cleveland Browns player Gerard Warren hosts a football clinic for kids in the area.
He was a first-round NFL draft choice and is preparing to enter his fourth year as a starter on the defensive line for the Cleveland Browns, yet Gerard Warren, a 1997 Union County High School graduate, looks at Bennie Alexander and admits he's a little jealous.
Why? Because Alexander, a former teammate of Warren's at UCHS and the University of Florida, is an assistant coach at UCHS. Warren, who is also known as "Big Money," said coaching one day is something that interests him.
"I want to share the knowledge that was shared with me," he said.
Warren, the 25-year-old son of Charles and Joann Warren of Raiford, settled for sharing that knowledge during a football clinic on June 25 at Citizens Field in Gainesville. The clinic, which is being planned as an annual event, was attended by more than 50 youth ages 8-17.
"We had a fairly decent turnout and things went quite well aside from the Florida heat," Warren said.
The clinic was cut short because of how hot it was. Still, the youth who attended participated in basic football drills and interacted with Warren and other former UF players, including Andra Davis (a teammate of Warren's in Cleveland), Jabar Gaffney, Terry Jackson, Bobby McCray and Mike Nattiel. Some fun games and activities were also in the mix among the drills and the clinic concluded with an autograph-signing session.
Warren said the main thing he wanted to accomplish with the clinic was to allow kids to have a good time. He was satisfied to "see them go home with a smile on their face and know that they enjoyed themselves."
Warren has some free time now before reporting for the start of training camp on July 30. As he reflects back upon how he has changed from his rookie year in the NFL, Warren said he has become better at recognizing plays by an opposing team's offense throughout the course of a game as well as maturing both as a player and a person.
"The first year, to me, was like high school-just playing football and having fun," Warren said.
Cleveland was 7-9 during Warren's rookie season, then finished 9-8 in 2002 with a playoff berth. However, the Browns struggled last season, winning only five games.
The Browns' defense finished last season ranked 15th (out of 32 teams) in the league, allowing 309.9 yards per game. The defense allowed 14 points or less in eight games, yet the team's offense averaged only 15.9 points per game and finished ranked 26th in the league. Cleveland hopes to upgrade its offense with the addition of such players as quarterback Jeff Garcia (free agent from San Francisco) and tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. (first-round draft choice out of the University of Miami).
Still, there is some pressure on the defense to improve. The team will enter the season with four first-round draft choices, including Warren, on the defensive line. Warren said the defense just needs to become a cohesive unit, but he added, with a sound of frustration in his voice, that is hard to accomplish in the NFL nowadays.
"Free agency breaks down a team's chemistry," he said. "Every year brings in somebody new."
Warren said he is optimistic about his team's chances with the additions through free agency and the draft. He likens the Browns to the Union County Tigers after the 1996 season-desperately wanting to get back to the state championship game. The Tigers, following three consecutive berths in the state finals, went seven years before making it back to the championship game.
Cleveland, like those UCHS teams during that span, is hungry for a shot at a title.
"That's the spirit of the team right now," Warren said.
For his part, Warren just wants to play his best and make the people of Union County proud of him. One can detect the love Warren has for Union County in his voice. He especially has fond memories of playing football at Union County High School and for former head coach Robby Pruitt.
Pruitt helped him as much as anybody to play in the NFL, Warren said. Work ethic, determination, focus, integrity, character-Warren said he learned it all from Pruitt.
Warren said he has had a great relationship with all of his coaches over the years. Bradford High School assistant coach Steve Hoard, who was Warren's position coach at UCHS and who gave him the nickname "Big Money," was like a brother to him, Warren said. In fact, Hoard and every other coach he's had (including his current coaches) have shown care for Warren not just as a player, but as a human being.
"All of my coaches have been great," Warren said.
Union County head coach Buddy Nobles was the defensive coordinator at UCHS when Warren played there. Nobles watched Warren terrorize opposing teams' quarterbacks, but should Nobles be watching his own back now? Warren said he'd love to return to UCHS one day and become the head football coach.
"He better keep an eye on me," Warren said of Nobles.
You can almost hear Warren chuckling to himself when he says this, knowing that he really doesn't want to take a job at Nobles' expense. Yet in the same breath, Warren sounds serious about becoming a coach one day. When that day will come, if it comes, is uncertain, but Warren knows his playing days won't last forever. He knows his career could end the next time he steps onto the field.
"I tell people I'm one play away from never playing again," he said.
Fortunately, Warren has not sustained any major injuries during his career. Warren, who was the third overall choice in the 2001 draft, has appeared in 47 games with the Browns, starting all but one. He has 130 (109 solo) tackles and 12.5 quarterback sacks during his career.
Last season, Warren had 32 tackles, 25 of which were solo. He was second on the team with a career-best 5.5 sacks.
The Cleveland Browns start the 2004 season on Sunday, Sept. 12, when they host Baltimore.
A new start for DHS grad
by RamWraith
By Michael Mirer/Enterprise staff writer
No one gets excited about training camp.
So it's not exactly eagerness that Jason Fisk is feeling as he prepares for his 12th NFL season. But after an unhappy 2005, one in which he was stuck playing out of position for a struggling team, the impending season should feel like a breath of fresh air and a chance to have a new start.
"It's a necessary evil before you get to the fun part," said Fisk, 33. "We've got a chance to be a pretty good team."
The St. Louis Rams will be the Davis High graduate's fifth NFL team since he broke into the league with the Vikings in 1996 out of Stanford. He signed with the Rams in June after being granted his release from the Cleveland Browns in April.
Fisk said he had considered retirement after leaving the Browns.
In Cleveland, Fisk lost his starting job as a new coaching staff overhauled the team's defensive alignment, switching from four defensive linemen and three linebackers (4-3) on most plays to the opposite alignment (3-4). In the 4-3, defensive players are asked to attack the backfield.
In the 3-4, they are generally asked to occupy blockers so the linebackers behind them can make the majority of the tackles. Fisk, who at 6-foot-3 and 300 pounds is considered undersized for an NFL defensive tackle, was asked to play nose tackle for the Browns, a position that usually requires an especially enormous player.
As point of reference, Fisk's replacement in Cleveland is former Raider Ted Washington, who weighs 365 pounds.
The Rams offered him the chance to play in a system similar to the one employed by Tennessee, with whom Fisk went to the Super Bowl in 2000. St. Louis' new coaching staff also wanted him to play as part of a rotation at defensive tackle, taking about 25 snaps per game.
"That's a good amount for me," Fisk said. "Any more than that and my age starts to show."
Before the Rams reported for training camp Thursday, Fisk had been around his new teammates once this year, at St. Louis' mandatory minicamp last month. But he likes the atmosphere so far.
"You never know how you're going to fit in coming into a locker room," Fisk said. "I had some experience when I went back for minicamp. It's a good group of people, which will make it an easier transition.
"Everyone's on their toes a little bit," he said. "This is actually the third time I've come in with a new coaching staff. People watch themselves pretty closely because they don't really know what to expect."
He's spent his offseason in Davis with his family, working out at Peak Performance Gym and doing his running in the Greenbelt.
"I've done my own program, doing the things that work for me," Fisk said. "Mostly...
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-07-31-2006, 05:57 AM
Bernard Scott - New Chief In Town
by Ramone
After everyone thought that Bengals theoretically can't get any more 'issue' players, they showed how wrong we were. Here comes the Bernard Scott, running back from Abilene-Christian! Probabation officers must be their best scouts. Here's something about this guy (NY Times).
He did not play his senior season after being involved in an off-field fight. He has been arrested at least five times and is finishing 18 months of probation for giving false information to a police officer during a traffic stop. He is attending his fourth college since 2003.
But his explosive ability as a running back has provided ample opportunities for redemption, the latest one at Abilene Christian University. During a 93-68 victory last Saturday against West Texas A&M, Scott accounted for 353 all-purpose yards and 7 touchdowns.
A 5-foot-11, 200-pound senior, Scott leads N.C.A.A. Division II in scoring (17.5 points a game) and all-purpose yards (248.8). And he is one of eight finalists for the Harlon Hill Trophy, which is given to the top player in Division II.
Although Scott's talent has never been questioned, his off-field behavior could pose concerns for N.F.L. teams.
"Some people might hold it against me or whatever," he said. "But it made me a better person, because I've learned from my mistakes."
Candid when interviewed about some of his past legal troubles, Scott, 24, failed to mention that he was arrested June 28 on a misdemeanor charge of fleeing a police officer in his hometown, Vernon, Tex. He posted $750 bond, and the case is pending.
Abilene Christian Coach Chris Thomsen said he was unaware of the incident.
"I wouldn't have him on my team or wouldn't have him on our campus if I didn't trust the kid," Thomsen said. "I've seen him grow immensely as a football player and a person."
After abruptly leaving Southeastern Oklahoma State University following a redshirt season, Scott transferred to the University of Central Arkansas in 2004. He rushed for 1,026 yards and 11 touchdowns and was named the Gulf South Conference freshman of the year before being dismissed.
Central Arkansas Coach Clint Conque said he removed Scott for striking a coach who tried to break up a fight on the field in the spring of 2005. Scott denied that he hit a coach.
"He's a tremendous, tremendous football player," Conque said by telephone. "He hates school, doesn't trust a lot of people and obviously has some anger issues. I'm hoping that he's matured some, but he maybe is one of the best pure running backs as far as balance, skills sets, vision and elusiveness."
After a stint trimming trees in Florida, Scott returned home in 2005. While there, he said, he did not work and hung out with a rough crowd. "I was just running around doing foolish stuff," he said.
Scott resurfaced in 2006 at Blinn College in Texas, where he rushed for 1,892 yards and 27 touchdowns. He was named the most valuable player...
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Pete Carroll back in the NFL?
Does winning get old?
Colleagues: Carroll will try NFL again
By Scott Wolf
With a 17-game winning streak and victories in 28 of the past 29 games, it's difficult to see any problems in USC coach Pete Carroll's world.
The No. 1-ranked Trojans are winning with a frequency not seen since the glory years of the 1960s and '70s as they charge toward a possible trip to the Orange Bowl and a national championship.
"Winning is so much fun," Carroll said. "It's awesome to figure out how to keep it going. I think it's possible to keep it going."
Can winning become too easy? Can a coach bred in the NFL, where parity is the norm, be content winning week after week against the Washington States and Oregon States of the college world?
"I think he's going to get bored," said a close associate, who asked to not be identified. "It's not enough of a challenge for him."
Another friend -- Washington Redskins secondary coach Dwayne Walker, who spent a year with Carroll at USC -- said he wouldn't be surprised if Carroll returned to "the league," as those who work in the NFL call it.
"I know he enjoys what he's doing," Walker said. "He's doing and (has) done everything he set out to do at USC. Knowing Pete like I do, he would be one of the top coaches in the NFL. I still think there's a little bit left in him that wants to prove critics wrong, and try to come back and do in the NFL what he did in college."
Carroll disputes the idea that success breeds contempt, and he's too cagey to admit winning is too easy. But he doesn't argue that winning in the NFL is more difficult than in college football.
"The competition is more even in the NFL," he said. "I think it's an extraordinary accomplishment what the Patriots did, winning 21 straight games. Sometimes the NFL is harder."
USC assistant coach Todd McNair, who spent the past three seasons with the Cleveland Browns, is more emphatic about the contrast.
"(College football) is nowhere near as complex as the NFL," McNair said. "In the NFL, if a protection works one week, it won't work the next week."
For the ultracompetitive Carroll, it might reason that coaching at "the highest level" is vitally important, but he said college teams still impress him when he's watching game film -- most recently Boise State, which he observed while scouting Oregon State, this week's opponent.
"Boise State runs more formations than anyone I've seen," he said. "There's a whole wide range of offenses to face in college. In the NFL, they're sophisticated in a whole different manner. Everyone runs the same offense, but you've got more variants. They tweak more in the NFL."
Carroll...
Good story ... and apparently the Rams are interested ...
by MauiRam
ESPN.com: Page 2
Updated: May 1, 6:16 PM ET
Glasper learns the hard lessons of football
By Alan Grant
Special to Page 2
There's a difference between pain and injury. Pain is fleeting. Even in various degrees of discomfort, it's possible to function at a very high level of competency. Any athlete knows this. But injury is lasting. Injury has the power to rob us of our dreams. Injury makes us mortal.
Boston College safety Ryan Glasper, who went undrafted this weekend, knows pain. It's the kind of pain that accompanies many citizens of New Britain, Conn., or "Hard-Hittin' New Britain," as it's called. The city of 70,000, once a thriving factory town, is now known for its housing projects. As a kid, Glasper was innately rambunctious, engaging in activities like jumping off the second floor of a house onto a mattress. His mother, Brenda, suggested football was a great way to deal with his reckless sensibility. This proved a great solution. He was a natural at running into things.
The family had what he calls financial difficulties.
"I didn't really know it at the time," he says. "I was a happy kid. But looking back on it in retrospect, I can see we had it hard."
When it became evident Brenda could no longer provide a home, Glasper's Pop Warner football coach contacted Jude Kelly, the football coach at Southington (Conn.) High School. He and Glasper's mother determined that the best thing for the young man was a change of address and a school district that offered him better opportunity for growth.
Glasper moved into the Kelly residence and once classes began, so did the pain. There were only about five black kids in the school. His wardrobe was typical inner-city: Roca Wear, worn in a baggy style.
After playing through a hip injury as a senior, Glasper went undrafted.
"I wasn't wearing Abercrombie and Fitch," Glasper says. "I stood out, so they called me a thug."
In the first week, one white student called Glasper the n-word.
This led to a violent retort, the first of many. By the time that first semester ended, Glasper had been labeled a problem.
"Let's just say I was written up a few times," Glasper says.
He was something of a problem at home, too. Kelly was Catholic and attending mass was a regular habit for members of the Kelly household. But Glasper wanted no part of it, so he resisted the way any adolescent resists.
"I used to call him Pope Kelly because he went to church so much," Glasper says. "If communion started at 11:40, I would argue with him until 11:35."
But it takes just one...
Former UCLA Basketball Coach John Wooden Dies
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By BETH HARRIS, AP Sports Writer
Jun 5, 3:27 am EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP)—John Wooden, college basketball's gentlemanly Wizard of Westwood who built one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports at UCLA and became one of the most revered coaches ever, has died. He was 99.
The university said Wooden died Friday night of natural causes at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he had been since May 26.
Wooden remained beloved by many of his former players, several of whom visited him in recent days to say their goodbyes.
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Among them was Bill Walton, whose voice caught as he spoke of the man he hailed as a teacher first and a coach second.
"He's the greatest," Walton said the night before Wooden's death. "We love him."
Jamaal Wilkes said he recognized what he called "that little glint" in Wooden's pale blue eyes.
During his second visit Wednesday night, Wilkes asked Wooden if he recognized him.
"His glasses fogged up, and he had to clean his glasses," Wilkes said. "He looked at me and said, 'I remember you, now go sit down."'
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre and current UCLA coach Ben Howland were among Wooden's final visitors.
"I just enjoyed him and the twinkle in his eye," Howland said, noting Wooden told a few jokes from his hospital bed. "I'm just the steward of this program. It's always going to be his program."
Jim Harrick is the only coach in the post-Wooden era at UCLA to win a national championship. When the Bruins reached the 1995 Final Four in Seattle, Harrick repeatedly urged Wooden to attend. He had stopped going after his wife died 10 years earlier.
"You don't know how stubborn he was," Harrick said by phone from Orange County, Calif. "Finally, he did come, and it was a tremendous thrill."
With his signature rolled-up game program in hand, Wooden led the Bruins to 10 NCAA championships, including an unmatched streak of seven in a row from 1967 to 1973.
Over 27 years, he won 620 games, including 88 straight during one historic stretch, and coached many of the game's greatest players such as Walton and Lew Alcindor—later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
"It's kind of hard to talk about Coach Wooden simply, because he was a complex man. But he taught in a very simple way. He just used sports as a means to teach us how to apply ourselves to any situation," Abdul-Jabbar said in a statement released through UCLA.
"He set quite an example. He was more like a parent than a coach. He really was a very selfless and giving human being, but he was a disciplinarian. We learned all about those aspects of life that most kids want to skip over. He...
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Kim and Trump arrived in Singapore on Sunday to allow time to prepare for their meeting, the first-ever between a sitting US President and North Korean leader and one that North Korea hopes will forge new relations between the two countries.
"Great to be in Singapore, excitement in the air," Trump tweeted Monday morning. Security is tight throughout Singapore, with armed police roaming the streets and motorcades of the international delegations bringing traffic to a standstill.
Trump and Kim are staying less than a kilometer away from each other in five-star hotels, and will meet Tuesday at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island at 9 a.m. local time.
After the leaders shake hands for the first time on camera, they'll begin the summit with a one-on-one meeting with only their translators, according to a senior Trump administration official.
"North Korea has previously confirmed to us its willingness to denuclearize, and we are eager to see if those words prove sincere," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a news conference Monday.
"These discussions that will take place tomorrow between Chairman Kim and President Trump will set the framework for the hard work that will follow. And we'll see how far we get, but I'm very optimistic," Pompeo said.
North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday that Kim and Trump will discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and "building a permanent and durable peace-keeping mechanism" during their meeting on the lush hotel grounds overlooking the Singapore Strait.
North Korea has previously said it was willing to discuss denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, but experts worry about the different definitions of the term held by Washington and Pyongyang.
Consecutive US administrations have sought the complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear program, known among policy experts as CVID.
Pompeo reaffirmed that CVID is the ultimate goal of the Trump administration, and only then will sanctions relief begin.
"Sanctions will remain until North Korea completely and verifiably eliminates its mass-destruction programs. If diplomacy does not move in the right direction — and we are hopeful that it will continue to do so — those measures will increase," Pompeo said.
KCNA also reported that the two sides would discuss laying the groundwork for a new relationship between Washington and Pyongyang. North Korea has long sought to normalize its relationship with the United States and end what it calls the US "hostile policy" toward North Korea. Both Clinton- and Bush-era agreements called for the United States and North Korea to take steps to normalize relations with each other.
Speaking to reporters Monday, Pompeo said he believes that both the context surrounding tomorrow's summit and what's being offered to Kim are significantly different than in previous years.
"We're prepared to take actions that will provide them sufficient certainty that denuclearization isn't something that ends badly for them — indeed just the opposite, that it leads to a brighter, better future for the North Korean people," Pompeo said, though he declined to get into specifics.
Choe and Kim's teams met at a separate chic hotel, the Ritz-Carlton, in Singapore for more than 90 minutes Monday. The North Koreans were mobbed by reporters as they left.
Trump and some of his top aides met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for lunch Monday, during which the Singaporeans presented the US President with an early birthday cake — Trump turns 72 on June 14.
Lee told CNN that his country is paying some of North Korea's bill, following reports of questions over who would pick up the tab.
Trump also spoke with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the phone Monday. Moon has been a key player in the lead-up to the Singapore summit, meeting in person with both Kim and Trump last month.
On Monday evening, Kim went for a surprise tour of downtown Singapore, just hours before the landmark summit was due to get underway.
Flanked by his bodyguards, the North Korean leader joined Singapore's foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan and education minister Ong Ye Kung at the Marina Bay Sands — a popular tourist hotspot — and even participated in a selfie to document the tour.
Kim's departure for Singapore made front-page news in North Korea, where the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper carried images of a ceremony for Kim as he boarded the Air China plane Sunday local time.
On state-run KCTV, famed North Korean news anchor Ri Chun Hee informed the nation that Kim had arrived, declaring that Kim was "very happy" to be visiting Singapore, and that he thanked the "outstanding and beautiful nation" for its hospitality.
In Singapore, residents lined the streets as Kim's motorcade passed soon after his arrival. Journalists in the city to cover the talks and pedestrians alike stood outside the St. Regis Hotel, where Kim is believed to be staying, trying to catch a glimpse of the leader.
Soon after touching down in the city, Kim met Singapore's Prime Minister, who has spent $15 million (20 million Singapore dollars) to host the summit.
Lee described Kim as a "confident young leader" and said that "he wants to go onto a new path" when speaking to CNN.
"What he is prepared to deal and how an agreement can be worked out, well, that's a complicated matter. But I think he has an intention to do something, and that's why he's meeting Donald Trump," Lee said.


Vastu for sleeping position & Vastu for a sleeping room is a significant topic in Vastu Shastra. Insomnia is a big problem these days Vastu shastra sleeping directions are important to keep in mind, in his Vastu tips Dr. Chawla tells all about good things in for good sleep and healthy life.
Vaastu says North is not at all a good direction for sleep! Good sleep gives repairs to our body cells! Youth, vigor and vitality is maintained in a good sleep. Creams and beauty products are of no use if sleep is not good. Good sleep gives good fortune says Dr. chawla.
Dr. Puneet Chawla Vastu expert says energy cord has to be disconnected every night when you sleep. This energy cord stays in connection with everything we come in contact, so its disconnection is important.
Another vastu upay he gives is to wash and oil the feet every night before sleep, this too gives a good sleep. This avoids the bad dreams.
Lastly he says never sleep pointing the head towards the north direction. It makes ill.
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» Ty Dolla $ign Tributes Mac Miller With Emotional Tiny Desk Performance
Ty Dolla $ign Tributes Mac Miller With Emotional Tiny Desk Performance
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August 6th marked one-year anniversary of Mac Miller's Tiny Desk Concert. This was the first time he performed tracks from his album Swimming in front of an audience, and one of his last performances before his tragic passing. His friend Ty Dolla, gives him a touching tribute, a year later.
Ty is the most recent artist to be featured on NPR's Tiny Desk, on the heels of Lizzo's powerful performance last week. For his set, the R&B singer did a stripped-down rendition of "Cinderella", a collaborative track he and Miller worked on from his 2016 album,The Divine Feminine. Ty was joined by Thundercat on bass and Justus West on guitar. Both men were close friends of Mac, and played with him at his last Tiny Desk in August 2018. You can watch that HERE.
"This for the bro Mac right here man. It's been a year since that last show, so i'm honored to be able to do this with my boys. They was on the last tiny desk with him, so we just bringing it back. This for Mac Miller right here y'all," Ty said when he introduced the track. At the end of the song, the group can be seen taking a moment to take in the performance for their late friend. Dolla $ign and Thundercat ended the tender moment with a hug. Watch the full performance below:
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"Hey" everyone. Just letting you know that Salt Lick is still afloat here in sunny, warm Naples. Mr. M O, managing owner (aka Hank), arrives tomorrow and by the weekend we plan to set off with a compass bearing of 180 degrees. That means SOUTH.
Heard tornados in Nola itself. Hope all is well at home of Meghan. You'll be on the water the next few days. So lucky for y'all you had the BELLE MARINA. Give them hugs for me.


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Who is Edmonton's Ruth B? The latest online star to get a record deal
Millions of fans have found solace in her single, Lost Boy.
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Singer and Vine star Ruth B parlays six-second online videos into a deal with Columbia Records. Sony Music Canada
Six seconds is all Ruth B needed to change the course of her life.
What started as an off-the-cuff video ended up getting the 20-year-old Edmonton vocalist signed to Columbia Records, home to superstars such as Adele, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen and David Bowie.
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Ruth B's four-song EP, The Intro, is due Friday, Nov. 27.
Sound like a fairy tale? Not surprisingly, she credits ABC's fantastical series, Once Upon A Time, as the inspiration for the six-second clip she posted on Vine, a video-sharing service, last December. After binge-watching the TV show, Ruth B took to her Yamaha keyboard and sang, in a sweet but forlorn voice: "I am a lost boy from Neverland / Usually hanging out with Peter Pan."
Instead of giving her the hook, thousands of Vine users embraced the snippet — sharing it with friends and encouraging Ruth B to write her very first song, Lost Boy. ("I sometimes say I was harassed into writing it," she laughs.) Over a span of a few weeks, she recorded her progress in a series of Vine clips, then posted the finished results on YouTube and iTunes in January.
"I made it a point to make sure the song wasn't just about Peter Pan and pixie dust. I thought: 'If people are going to listen to this, I want it to have some sort of message.' So I made sure to integrate themes of everyone gets lonely and everyone needs a friend. I've been there, I think everyone's been there. And those are the majority of comments I get. People say: 'I feel like this song is about me'."
Her YouTube video has since notched 1.9 million views, while several fan-made clips have earned between two and five million each. Dozens of Vine and YouTube users have also posted their own covers of Lost Boy, helping the song go viral and raise Ruth B's online profile. She now has 1.8 million followers on Vine , and 341,000 on Twitter, while Lost Boy has more than 13.5 million streams on Spotify. (By comparison, superstar Justin Bieber's Sorry has almost 145 million streams.)
As her numbers started exploding, interested managers and record labels took notice and flooded her inbox with emails. With the help of her parents — her dad is a realtor, her mom is a home-care provider — and a music attorney, Ruth B went with Red Light Management, who also represent the likes of Tiesto, Alabama Shakes, Luke Bryan and Phish. After visiting with different labels in New York and Los Angeles, she signed to Columbia Records in July.
"It was overwhelming. Every day, I would wake up and get another email from a label. I thought: 'This can't be real'."
Ruth B — short for Berhe — is one of several Vine stars to make it into the mainstream, including Hayes Grier, a teen actor who recently competed on Dancing With the Stars, and Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes. The latter signed to a major label — Island/Universal — after earning a following by covering other artists.
Ruth B's very first Vine — posted on May 9, 2013 — was of her messy room. After uploading silly videos of her parents, cereal boxes and doughnuts, she slowly started singing covers of pop hits by Drake, Iggy Azalea, Coldplay, Lana Del Rey and The Beatles.
"Before I started singing (on Vine), the thought of capturing a song in six seconds was so bizarre to me and I didn't understand how it could be done. Then, I started doing them, and little by little, I would notice: 'These six seconds are changing my life. People are noticing and liking this stuff.'
"I kinda think I always knew this is what I was going to do, but it kind of crept on me this year. It all happened so fast. I don't know if I knew it was going to happen right away, but I always hoped. I'm a big reader and I've written short stories all my life, but I didn't put singing and writing together until Lost Boy. It's so insane."
She soon started writing more tunes — including Two Poor Kids, inspired by an obnoxiously affectionate couple on an ETS bus, and Golden, which are also available on her EP, The Intro. She wrote the fourth and final track, Superficial Love, after she signed to Columbia.
"The idea was to keep (the EP) as simple and raw as I could, so I decided it would just be me and a keyboard. I wanted people to hear the songs the way I know them, so I recorded them about a month ago. I went into a studio in Brooklyn and it took two days."
What are Ruth B's hopes for the EP? Modest. "I just hope it reaches the people that it needs to reach and that people enjoy the songs and people find solace in the songs. Music has always been a friend to me. There are songs that I listen to every day and I never get tired of them. That's what I want (my) songs to be. My biggest hope is that people enjoy them."
A full album and some live shows are in the works for 2016. Ruth B, who graduated from Ross Sheppard High School in 2013, only played her first gigs earlier this year.
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Trade Winds, by Christiaan De Beukelaer
Nov 23, 2022 Season 3 Episode 4
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Our guest today is Christiaan De Beukelaer, a sailor, traveller, and a researcher at the University of Melbourne.
Christiaan and Kat discuss his bookTrade Winds, A voyage to a sustainable shipping.
In 2020, Christiaan De Beukelaer spent 150 days covering 14,000 nautical miles aboard the schooner Avontuur, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel that transports cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Embarking in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he wanted to understand the realities of a little-known alternative to the shipping industry on which our global economy relies, and which contributes more carbon emissions than aviation.
What started as a three-week stint of fieldwork aboard the ship turned into a five-month journey, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced all borders shut while crossing the ocean, preventing the crew from stepping ashore for months on end.
Trade winds engagingly recounts De Beukelaer's life-changing personal odyssey and the complex journey the shipping industry is on to cut its carbon emissions. The Avontuur's mission remains crucial as ever: the shipping industry urgently needs to stop using fossil fuels, starting today. If we can't swiftly decarbonise shipping, we can't solve the climate crisis.
Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature describes Christiaan's book as "a truly fascinating account of a voyage, but also of an idea that is counter-intuitive in a world based on speed, but revelatory for a planet that is going to have to start taking real care of itself. There's a bit of romance here, and a lot of reality."
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Jack Black Wiki, Biography, Age, Height, Family, Career, Facts & more
February 17, 2021, 12:35 pm inActor, Singer, YouTuber
Thomas Jacob Black popular as Jack Black is an American comedian, actor, singer, and social media celebrity. He is renowned for his movies Jumanji: The Next Level, Goosebumps, School of Rock, and Bernie.
Besides this, he is one of the most successful vloggers on Youtube with more than 4m subscribers on the "JablinskiGames" channel. Jack often uploads challenge videos with famous Youtuber Pew Die Pie and others.
Jack is a singer as well. He founded an American rock duo named "Tenacious D" along with Kyle Gass in 1994. They had won Grammy Awards in 2015 for their song "The Last in Line".
Name Thomas Jacob Black
Nick Name Jack
Birth Place California, U.S
Date Of Birth 28 August, 1969
Profession Actor, comedian, singer, and media personality
Jack Black Age, Height, Weight
As per his date of birth Jack Black's age is 51 years. Talking about his physical appearance Jack Black's height is 5′ 6″ and his weight is approx 88 kg. He is a handsome guy with brown eyes and brown hair.
Jack ever since of his childhood was passionate about singing, acting, comedy, and humor. He appeared on tv at the age of 13 in a commercial for a game called Pitfall! in 1982. After completing his graduation at the University of California, Jack made his acting debut with HBO's comedy series named " Mr. Show". His performance in the show was commendable and caught the attention of critics.
Jack's popularity increased after acting in the 2000s comedy-drama movie named "High Fidelity" where his performance was appreciated by the various critics and audience. The movie proved to be a breakthrough in his career. Subsequently, he appeared in various famous movies such as Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Shallow Hal, Nacho Libre, Kung Fu Panda series, The Big Year, Jumanji series, and many more.
Besides, being an actor, Jack is a professional musician. In 1994 he founded an American comic music duo called "Tenacious D" along with Kyle Gass. they released several hit singles, eps, and albums. Some famous albums of the duo are Tenacious D, The Pick of Destiny, Rize of the Fenix, and Post-Apocalypto. In 2015, the duo received the Grammy Award for their song "The Last in Line".
Jack recently created a Youtube channel named "JablinskiGames" that has more than 4m subscribers. On the channel, he uploads personal vlogs, gaming videos, and podcasts.
Jack was born and raised in California, the U.S in a Jewish family from his father's side. His father Thomas William Black was a satellite scientist and his mother Judith Love Cohen, was an aerospace engineer.
Talking about Jack's personal life, he has been married to singer Tanya Haden, since 2006. They have two sons named Samuel Jason and Thomas David Black. Both are living happy and peaceful life.
Jack Black hails from California, U.S.
He has over 7.7m followers on Instagram.
He has gained over 4.88m subscribers on YouTube.
Jack Black has amassed 6m followers on TikTok.
Blue is Jack's favourite colour.
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As of now, in 2021 Jack's is estimated to be more than $50m, which he earned by acting, vlogging, commercials and brand endorsements.
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What is the age of Jack Black?
Jack Black is 51 years old.
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How Foxtel's in-house agency Felix delivers brand and efficiency gains
Subscription television company Foxtel doesn't do things by halves. Ranked in the top 10 Australian advertisers by spend, the marketing team is one of the country's most sophisticated, having developed a hybrid in-house approach to complex areas of marketing including data management and programmatic advertising. Over the past three years, the company has also established Felix — an in-house agency to rival Australia's best.
The in-house creative agency was originally conceived as a way to reduce the number of hands that touched the Foxtel brand and more effectively market its fully-owned channels and their many TV shows, according to Felix's founding General Manager Narelle Vine.
Felix has also realised a secondary aim of generating better efficiencies from Foxtel's creative and production budget.
"Efficiency was not the main driver for setting up Felix," says Vine, who built her career in creative agencies, and joined Foxtel to establish its in-house agency just under 3 years ago.
"But there are significant returns that can come to a business like this if you know what you're doing and you're getting a high-quality output."
Creative agency model under pressure
Vine joined Foxtel from her position as General Manager of Sydney agency The Works. Previously she had held roles in advertising operations, production and project management at some of Australia's best-known creative agencies including GPY&R, M&C Saatchi, Whybin TBWA, Saatchi & Saatchi and The Campaign Palace.
"Initially my interest was in creativity, but I happened to find I was good at the business and management side," says Vine. "I started out in advertising production and then moved into project management. It's about being uber-organised and better controlling money, time and resources."
Over the past decade or so, Vine saw the agency business, with its layered structure, come under increasing pressure.
"I could see the writing on the wall for advertising," Vine says. "There was lots of downward pressure on margins and staffing issues were a consequence of that. Clients were pitching their accounts all the time. The people who would survive and prosper were coming up with new models.
"I could see clients were in-housing," she says. "I wanted to dip my toe into the water client-side."
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Fortuitously Felix
Foxtel's in-house agency Felix operates as a creative partner to internal marketing clients.
The name Felix, partially inspired by the 'F' and the 'X' in Foxtel, means 'fortunate' or 'successful'.
Former Foxtel head of marketing Ed Smith brought Vine in to set up Felix as an in-house creative agency that could work with internal Foxtel channels to promote them and their programs using a range of different production models.
Smith says there were three main objectives at the time:
Speed up and lower cost of fast-turnaround social campaigns
Leverage Foxtel's existing expertise in using TV content from making TV and film promos
Reduce production costs for Foxtel's main campaigns.
"Foxtel ran an almost always on acquisition marketing program, most weeks investing more than $1 million in media, with major campaign creative being switched out every 6 to 8 weeks," Smith says.
"Our agency partners were greatly valued for their creative ideas, but we found that the total cost of production over a year wasn't efficient. There were many areas where we would turn around work more quickly and cost effectively ourselves, particularly with video work based on clips and re-sizing creative."
Smith says the efficiencies that could be reinvested were significant.
"For an advertiser with scale of Foxtel, and the skills our teams had as a media and TV company, we expected production efficiencies in the order of 20% to 30% once set-up costs were covered," he says.
Bringing creative in-house also opened up social channels and shortened response times, allowing the team to respond quickly if an execution performed well.
"Setting up Felix allowed us to cut up promos for shows to be broadcast 0 to 3 days out in a morning, run them on social media from lunch time and be optimising them — all in the same day," Smith says.
"Social promotion of content became a major new adverting channel for us during that time, and solving how we created fast, low-cost content for social platforms was a critical step," he says.
Another reason for building an in-house agency was to protect brand consistency and find faster and better ways to market the large number of channel and program brands involved in the subscription TV business, Vine says.
"Foxtel had a lot of agency relationships," she says. "And there is an enormous depth and breadth of content. It's a really big business with a lot of touchpoints to get your head around as an external person.
"It's a big ask to expect third-party suppliers to have that level of detail. We weren't always getting the best representation of our content because there was so much going on. And it can be expensive and time-consuming to manage all that."
A hybrid project management model
Felix handles thousands of discrete jobs a year. The level of professionalism and creativity is high, and the range of skills required is broad.
"A lot of people think it's not hard to set up an in-house agency," Vine says. "But there can be a big gap between the idea and the execution.
"Foxtel did have an understanding of what they were about to embark on," she adds. "It's enough to fully occupy a medium-sized agency in Sydney with one client.
"Foxtel knows the value of premium production, world-class creativity, strong strategic thinking, bolstering the brand and making the phone ring. You need high-calibre resources, and sometimes you have to bring them in from outside."
Felix runs a hybrid model, selecting the best process for different areas of the business including the Customer and Retail Group, encompassing Brand and Content, Acquisition, Business and Customer teams, and even internal and offshore call centres.
Some jobs are managed through Felix from start to finish. Its 40 or so staff span the range of roles required for print, design, broadcast and digital production, as well as other disciplines and skill sets.
"Foxtel needs collateral, scripts, marketing material, advertising campaigns, digital work, people and culture work, corporate social responsibility support — it's a massive organisation," Vine says.
"We manage the things that we can do ourselves," she says. "Many projects, we handle end-to-end. When we work with an agency partner, they do the high-level concept and strategy and we will manage the production.
"We may bring in external directors, depending on what the concept calls for – for example someone who's best-in-class when it comes to humour — but we have really deep production skills in-house.
"We do most of the execution, except in some specialised areas, such as high-end sound design."
At present, Felix doesn't create ads for Foxtel's own external advertisers to run on their channels — but it's an option for the future.
"We are really just focused on delivering for Foxtel and connecting with our customers, present and potential. That in itself is a huge undertaking for now," Vine says.
Establishing the in-house agency team
Thousands of discrete jobs a year go through Felix, one of Australia's best and most prolific in-house agencies.
When it came to establishing Felix, Vine says it was set up like a traditional creative agency but without the many layers and associated costs in time and money.
"Two of the first roles I hired were Head of Production and Head of Account Service," Vine says. "And Head of Design. We already had a Creative Director.
"We then started to map out our processes, and how we would work: infrastructure, hardware, software, project management, and how we would work together as teams.
"At the same time we were plotting out the number of people we would need. We started with broadcast people. We needed to import advertising and design people. We had to have designers, finished artists, motion, brand, retail, print, producers, digital people."
A marketing process for managing the vast workload of the in-house agency was established.
"We've got some fundamental structure points," Vine says. "Work comes into the Creative Communications Management team, which handles project management. It goes to traffic, which allocates resources and timing. Staff keep track of how their time is allocated as they would in a conventional agency.
"But we don't follow a lot of the conventions of advertising agencies, such as multi-layered structures," Vine says. "The mid- to senior level is where we have our people and we don't indulge in all those layers and titles."
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Ensuring quality of output
Among the recent work Felix has produced is the latest instalment of the Chris Hemsworth campaign featuring Foxtel's iQ3, the Foxtel app and Foxtel's Kids App; sports campaigns featuring singer Jessica Mauboy and promoting AFL coverage; and campaigns for marquee programs including Game of Thrones and Top of the Lake.
Felix was also involved in Foxtel's recent rebrand.
"It's much more accessible and inclusive now," Vine says. We're constantly pushing for work that is simple, single-minded and accessible. We're allowing the content to be the hero and the Foxtel brand is in support of that."
Foxtel's in-house agency Felix worked on Foxtel's latest brand campaign featuring actor Chris Hemsworth.
Vine says while there is still a stigma about the quality of work produced by in-house agencies in general, there are ways to beat it, such as establishing the agency as an internal partner rather than a supplier, upskilling staff and bringing in external expertise when possible.
"There's a total stigma about in-house agencies and I wanted to knock a lot of that stuff out," she says.
"You need to be on an equal footing with your colleagues. The agency needs to be seen as a partner rather than a service provider. The value of shared goals and culture is enormous in terms of team engagement, efficiencies and effectiveness.
"There is a real appetite in creative as well as account service for people to move from agencies to client-side but it can be hard to break in," Vine says. "Here you're not just getting a brief — you're able to contribute to the business.
"One of the challenges can be working on just one brand, but at Felix we're taking you into the world of broadcast and television and when you scratch the surface you could be working on almost anything.
"Foxtel has a lot of great things in place, such as career development, health and wellbeing programs, free Foxtel, tickets to events and a much more controllable work-life balance," she adds.
"Also, it's important to bring creativity in from the environments whose standards we want to match. We bring new people in on a contract basis for 3 or 6 months to complement our existing team and keep ideas fresh. The calibre of creativity's really important. You don't have to forego creativity and the culture that comes with that to work here."
Increasingly, Vine is hiring multi-skilled staff, or training up existing creatives in new skills. For example, 'preditors' at Felix write, film, direct and edit. A finished artist and retoucher on staff is learning grading, and digital designers code and develop as well.
"There's a lot of multi-skilling and merging," Vine says. "Those people are really valuable.
"We are constantly being asked to provide new and different resources. The business gives me funding and access to bring in new skills on an ad-hoc basis. We're able to shape-shift in that way."
The Felix dividend
Among the benefits of Felix to Foxtel are a better representation of the content that is being promoted.
"Working here, there's a passion for plots and storylines, and you are best placed to tell those stories to Australia," Vine says. "We are essentially brand leverage experts.
"There is also a real efficiency to being able to just walk around the corner and talk to the client."
Felix also charges its staff to the business on a cost basis. While there are costs associated with hiring and housing those staff, it remains a big advantage compared with using external agencies, which typically mark up their services by between 200% and 300%.
"The savings since Felix was established have been significant," Vine says. "The efficiencies we can deliver means the business can do more in other areas. It makes our life easier, our communications better and also delivers more to the business and to our customers."
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Daughter steals $750K from mom in nursing home to buy farm, AG says
Lisa Braniff, 59, of Mount Vernon, began using her mother's money for her own self purpose around 2015, the AG said.(WXIX)
Published: Mar. 11, 2021 at 12:09 PM EST
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (FOX19) - A daughter is now facing charges for taking around $750,000 of her mother's money to furnish her own lifestyle instead of paying her mom's medical and nursing home bills.
Lisa Braniff, 59, of Mount Vernon, along with her husband, stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from her mom over the course of several years, according to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
Braniff had power of attorney for her mother in 2015. It didn't take long after that for her to begin liquidating her mother's assets, Yost said.
Braniff's mother, the woman she was stealing money from, suffered from severe dementia, the AG said.
Instead of using the money to pay for her mother's health care at the nursing home, Braniff used the money for herself, the AG said. To this day, Yost says the nursing home is owed for years of care service.
Braniff even bought a farm on Daniels Road in Mount Vernon with the money, Yost said.
"Stealing from your own mom when she's in a nursing home — what a wretched abuse of trust," Yost said. "A power of attorney is not a license for theft."
In 2018 the money ran out, and Braniff was removed as her mother's caretaker, according to the AG.
The investigation began when Susan Wasserman was appointed guardian of Braniff's mother and contacted authorities about the situation, Yost said.
The 59-year-old Braniff was indicted this week for theft and forgery charges, according to Yost. Her husband, Joseph Braniff, 63, was indicted on theft charges, the attorney general said.
As for Braniff's mother, she died in December of 2020 due to COVID-19.
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Things finally seem to be moving along with our new house, which is under construction just across town. The hardwood floors are being laid, and most of the trim is in place. Our deck is also mostly finished, and interior painting and tile installation are up next.
Here are a few snapshots from the past couple of days. Bear in mind I took them with a phone while carrying a 22-pound toddler in a Baby Bjorn in 85+ degree heat and no climate control :).
The back deck. It's nice and long, with plenty of room for a big grill, which is one of two areas of which my husband is 100% in charge (the other being audio/visual).
A blurry front staircase. The newel post is a work in progress, but I designed it to have some heft, and a very simple raised panel design with a flat-ish cap.
Lovely mantel, isn't it? Unfortunately, it was in the wrong place. This one belongs in the adjacent living room.
Standing in what will be my kitchen, looking into the family room. A built-in "mother's desk" (note to self: need a new name for that) is being installed where you see the mantel (now removed) propped up against the wall.
Laying down floor boards in the kitchen. It's going to look so different once the cabinetry is installed!
A close-up of the crown moulding on the first floor. The dentil moulding was an interesting surprise – not what I had originally picked (and not what the builder ordered), but it arrived and I like it. It's just classic. I adjusted the living room mantel design to incorporate the motif, as well.
I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek inside this very active construction site!
Love the peek! Everything is looking great. I'm sure this makes you so excited for what lies ahead. Once the kitchen cabinets get installed you'll just start to feel like it's home. Kitchen's just seem to do that. It's a wonderful space. Show more as you can… it's so fun to see. Love it.
Thanks, Stacey! Some days I feel like this thing will never be finished. Seeing the progress really helps. I agree that the cabinetry installation will be a big turning point. That, and when there is finally some COLOR up in here! Won't be long… Thanks again for checking in!
Looks great, Kelly! Love the open spaces and continuity out onto the deck. It's really coming along now!


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Biography – RAIMBAULT DE PIEDMONT, JOSEPH-CHARLES – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
RAIMBAULT DE PIEDMONT, JOSEPH-CHARLES (he often signed Raimbault junior or sometimes Piedmont), royal notary, clerk of the court of Montreal, and on several occasions acting lieutenant-general, son of the judge Pierre Raimbault and Jeanne-Françoise Simblin; b. 1693 in France, and came to Canada with his parents not later than 1696; d. 17 Dec. 1737 at Montreal.
In January 1727 he received his commission as notary and clerk of the court; his registry contains 1,498 acts, covering the period 30 Jan. 1727 to 10 Dec. 1737. In 1727 Raimbault was also appointed king's attorney, succeeding his father who became a judge. Although according to Hocquart* he was "an unimpressive fellow," he "did his job tolerably well."
In 1732 he was condemned, under pain of a charge of extortion, to reduce his legal fees and to make restitution for any excess payments he had received. Although he resigned his post as chief clerk of court, he was nevertheless appointed acting lieutenant-general in 1733, for the third time.
His estate, included, among other things, "ten books containing the corpus of law and jurisprudence," possessions valued at 566 livres 12 sols, plus "seven old mended sheets."
On 30 Nov. 1724 he had married Charlotte Damours. They had no children. Charlotte married again five months after her husband's death.
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As a Partner and part of SGS's Management Staff, Mrs. Melton plays an active role in SGS's management and is responsible for all day-to-day operations, including coordination of instructors, training courses, and field activities.
Utilizing over twenty years experience, she assists with development and implementation of new course materials. Mrs. Melton has an AS in Occupational Health and Safety and holds instructor certifications in 40 Hour OSHA Outreach Instruction, 1st Aid/CPR, and Lead Management and EPA approved Asbestos courses. Mrs. Melton is the primary lead in OSHA related investigations for clients and has served as project safety manager on construction, environmental, and disaster response projects.
As a Partner and part of the SGS's management staff, Mrs. Stewart is responsible for development, execution, and implementation of regulatory as well as other training programs. She develops training materials including course outlines, lesson plans, student handouts, and audio visual aids. She serves as an instructor for OSHA, EPA, AHERA and DOT mandated training. Mrs. Stewart serves as an speaker at OSHA, EPA and other regulatory conferences and seminars. For the last 25 years she has been actively involved in safety and environmental management. Prior to joining Safety Guidance Specialist she was General Manager for the Occupational Health and Safety Division of Commercial Testing and Engineering.
Mrs. Stewart has an AS in Environmental Science, a BS and MS in Occupational Health and Safety. She has been actively involved in safety and environmental management for the last twenty years, offering consultation to guide company health, safety and environmental programs for the attainment of excellence, compliance and OSHA VPP certification. She is a member of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers and the National Environmental Trainers Association. Mrs. Stewart holds both the OSHA Outreach 10 Hour and 30 Hour certifications and has provided safety oversight on numerous long term and short-term projects.
As part of the SGS's contract staff, Mr. Adkins has more than twenty five years in workplace safety including firefighting, construction, oil and gas production, explosive safety, and confined space rescue. As part of a safety management team he has developed and managed ES& H policies and procedures for large scale projects and production facilities, enforced OSHA and other regulatory compliance issues, and provided training of employees and management on necessary OSHA, NIOSH, MSHA and NFPA regulations.
As a contract Safety Supervisor he performed safety inspections and Job Safety Analysis, conducted safety meetings, was responsible for accident investigations, and maintained jobsite safety records.
Mr. Adkins holds certifications in 40-Hour Hazmat; Advanced Rope/Confined Space Rescue, Hazardous Materials Incident Commander; Certified Tree Care Safety Professional; Medic First- First Aid/CPR/AED instructor; and Fall Protection Selection, Inspection and Use.
Mr. Alsip has over forty years of diverse and progressive safety management experience, over half of which was at corporate level. His back ground includes construction, mining, maritime and general industry. A former EMT and audiometric technician, he holds current certifications as an instructor trainer in first aid and surface mining, as an OSHA outreach instructor in maritime, construction and disaster worker, as well as Asbestos and lead abatement supervisor, rigging instructor and crane inspector. He is a registered Professional Safety Engineer in California, licensed blaster in Alabama, a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and an Emeritus member of the International Society of Explosive Engineers. Mr. Alsip serves as on of SGS's instructors for Spanish as well as English speaking workers.
Mr. Austin has over 17 years of experience working in safety for the petrochemical industry. His areas of experience includes being responsible for 18 plus safety compliance programs such as Hearing Conservation, Respiratory Protection and Industrial Hygiene Programs.
Mr. Austin is responsible for initial and annual compliance training for a number of programs centered on industrial hygiene requirements. Among other professional certifications, he holds a certificate in Industrial Safety Technology.
Mr. Berry serves as an OSHA instructor and field technician, working at industrial sites, monitoring safety procedures including PPE Requirement, Fall Protection, Confined Space Entry, Hot Work, Scaffolding, Hazardous Chemical Storage, Handling, and Clean Up. Mr. Berry serves as a site safety coordinator monitoring proper safety working conditions for various projects.
He has served as lead project manager for developing Lock Out/ Tag Out procedures for a large manufacturing facility in Milledgeville, Ga. Mr. Berry also served as safety coordinator working with road clean up crews to ensure proper work zone set up, and fall protection for crews pruning and removing trees after Hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Lt. Bitowf is a retired member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve qualified to wear the Marine Safety Insignia. His service includes tours of duty as ICS Operations Section Chief and ICS Logistics Section Chief during hurricane response operations.
He retired from the Mobile Police Department after 28 years. His various assignments included Director of the Mobile Police Training Institute and In-Service Training Coordinator.
As well as having a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Troy State University Lt. Bitowf holds an Alabama Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission Specialized Instructor Certificate and has completed an FBI course of study in Law Enforcement Instructor Development.
Mr. Flowers has worked in industrial and construction safety for the past 7 years. Mr. Flowers holds a BS degree in Occupational Safety and Health from Columbia Southern University.
His responsibilities Have included oversight of sites with as many as 500 employees, as well as supervision of field safety technicians. Along with safety program oversight Mr. Flowers has developed and presented regulatory training programs for a number of companies . He also holds competent person certifications in NFPA 70 E, Fall Protection, and Forklift /Aerial Lift Operation. Mr. Flowers is a Certified Rigging Instructor, First Aid, CPR & AED instructor, Fire Safety and Emergency Response instructor.
Mr. Fields has 30 plus years of experience in industrial safety. His areas of experience include fire brigade with extensive training at Texas A&M and LSU Fire School. He is a certified instructor for MSA and Survivair Air Systems. Mr. Fields serves as SGS's primary instructor for Confined Space and High Angle Rescue, is an OSHA Outreach Trainer 500 and 501 and a Hydrogen Sulfide Specialist as well as an instructor for the State of Alabama and Florida High Pressure Breathing Air Compressor Mechanic.
As a Corporate Safety Trainer, his training responsibilities included Confined Space and Structural Rescue from Texas A & M and LSU receiving Technician Certification upon completion. Mr. Fields started one of the first Rope Rescue Teams in this part of the country, and formed a number of other Rescue Teams in all types of industries as well as fire departments. Other certifications include Fall Protection Competent Person and Survey and Control of N.O.R.M under MSHA.
Mr. Lessley is experienced in all areas of industrial hygiene and occupational health and has further training and experience in occupational safety. He has supervised health evaluation studies and audits, managed sampling and inventory of various materials including asbestos, lead, and hazardous waste. He developed training programs for supervisors and workers dealing with physical, biological and chemical hazards. He holds a BS in Biology and an MSPH in Industrial Hygiene.
He holds a BS in Biology from auburn University and an MSPH in Industrial Hygiene from The University of Alabama in Birmingham along with additional studies at Tulane University. Mr. Lessley is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and has been a Certified Safety Professional, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional, Certified Asbestos Consultant, Environmental Information Association Field Instructor, Accredited Supervisory Air Monitor and an Asbestos Abatement Consultant. His professional affiliations include the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Inc., American Academy of Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Information Association, American Society of Safety Engineers, American Biological Safety Association and National Environmental Training Association. He serves as the Training Chair of the local BSA district and the Chair of Risk Management for the BSA local council. He has taught at Bishop State Community College, University of Southern Mississippi and Columbia Southern University.
includes the performance of noise surveys and safety surveys of facilities including marine terminal operations, crane operations, welding, maintenance areas, lay down yards, and crude oil refineries. She conducted contractor orientation for one of the largest construction projects in the State of Alabama. Her training Experience includes asbestos, Lead and first aid/CPR and she serves on the training committee of the local BSA district.
Mr. Lyles has 30 years of experience in training and operations in the chemical industry. During this time frame he acted as the Chemical Emergency Response Team Coordinator, Operations Training Coordinator as well as Safety Manager for a 65 employee facility that produced Chlorine and Caustic Soda. As part of his duties as safety manager, he was responsible for the Process Safety Management Program as well as implementing the OSHA VPP Program.
Mr. Nelson has eleven years in industrial/construction safety. As a corporate safety director he developed safety programs provided in house compliance training and coordinated all aspects of the program. As part of his work experience Mr. Nelson managed OCIP for large construction projects which included management of site specific safety program, coordinated activates of site safety representatives, and site safety audits. Mr. Nelson also managed "Safety by Objective" Program for a large international firm with locations throughout North and South American.
training services as well as on-site safety management.
Mr. Nisbet is experienced in Fall Protection, Lockout Tag Out, Electrocution, Confined Space, Scaffolding, Record Keeping, and Excavation. Jim holds a MIDOSHA certification d with OSHA 300 Log, Hearing Safety OSHA Authorized Safety Instructor.
As a pilot and Pilot Flight Engineer, he is a graduate from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, 3 Year Managers Program, and holds an Aircraft Structure and Power Plant License. He served a the FAA liaison with ORD, STL, DTW, MSP, and served as a member with FAA, ASAP Boards. He was part of CASS Review Engineering Team, and NTSB Accident Team. Mr. Nisbet worked with FAA during all NASIP audits, and developed a self audit process inclusive of FAA, EPA and OSHA disciplines.
Mr. Nisbet has completed US Coast Guard Accident Investigation Training, State of Alaska Emergency Medical Training, Human Factors Training, and is EPA Hazwoper and Hazcom Qualified. He has also taught the Maritime 5400 program for 6 OSHA inspectors and 5 shipping companies at the University of Cincinnati.
Ms. Peralta is fluent in Spanish and serves as a Spanish and English instructor in Asbestos and First Aid/CPR as well as being a translator. She has held several positions as a Liaison and Coordinator for business and trade development as well as Director for Hispanic Services for Construction and Industry Safety Training. She served on Mayor Sam Jones Transition Task Force for the Growth and Vitality of the City of Mobile, Alabama. She is a graduate of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth 2007 and attended the Accredited Louisiana Contractor Accreditation Institute in 2008. Ms. Peralta holds a Bilingual Instructor certification and OSHA Construction Outreach Trainer Certification from the University of Alabama.


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"If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty."
— Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe142
American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962
"But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals
Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten…"
— Nick Cave Australian musician 1957
"Ah, man, when Wolverine grows his face back, he's really gonna be pretty upset."
— Brian Michael Bendis, The New Avengers, Volume 2: Sentry
"There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living — cook books and detective stories."
— Rex Stout American writer 1886 - 1975
Rex Stout, page 3
Books, Cooking
"… one can't avoid the storms and calamities of life, but one can at least find the right partner to face them with."
— Lisa Kleypas, Tempt Me at Twilight
"The truth's not pretty of course. No one likes to look it in the face."
— Cornelia Funke author 1958
"Cause when you're fifteen
And somebody tells you they love you,
you're gonna believe them.
And when you're fifteen,
Feeling like there's nothing to figure out,
Well count to ten, take it in.
This is life before you know
Who you're gonna be,
You're fifteen."
— Taylor Swift American singer-songwriter 1989
Song lyrics, Fearless (2008), Fifteen.
Love, Life, Feeling
"Thirty-two's still a goddamn number
Thirty-two's still counts
Gonna make it count"
— Regina Spektor American singer-songwriter and pianist 1980
Songs (2002), Odeipus
"You're gonna have to serve somebody; well, it may be the devil, or it may be the Lord, but you're gonna have to serve somebody…"
— Bob Dylan American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941
Song lyrics, Slow Train Coming (1979), Gotta Serve Somebody
"You know when you're [driving] drunk, you're like [Imitates car driving and going over the bumps on the edge of the road], behind you, you hear [Imitates big rig horn] [slurring] "Shut up, stupid!" You know, if you hear the magical sound [Imitates police siren], one of two things will pop in your head. Either one, [slurring] "I'm okay, I'm fine…I can beat this." Or two, [police siren] "I'm gonna go to jail. Ima gonna jail. Hey, gonna hafta let you go babe, Ima gonna jail. Tell the kids I love 'em, bye.""
— Gabriel Iglesias American actor 1976
Hot & Fluffy (2007)
Love, Stupidity, Cars
"Her face was fair and pretty, with eyes like two bits of night sky, each with a star dissolved in the blue."
— George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin
Star, Night
"tiny: maybe there's something you're afraid to say, or someone you're afraid to love, or somewhere you're afraid to go. it's gonna hurt. it's gonna hurt because it matters."
— David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Love, Hurt
"Pretty pretty please,
Don't you ever ever feel
Like you're less than
Fuckin' perfect?
If you ever ever feel
Like you're nothing,
You're fuckin' perfect to me."
— Pink (singer) American singer-songwriter 1979
Song lyrics, Greatest Hits... So Far!!! (2010), Fuckin' Perfect, written by Pink, Max Martin, and Shellback
Feeling, Perfection
"You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face
And show the world all the love in your heart
The people gonna treat you better,
You're gonna find, yes you will,
That you're beautiful as you feel."
— Carole King Nasa 1942
Song lyrics, Tapestry (1971), Beautiful
Love, People, World, Smile
"Every now and again I get approached by "celebrities" [saying] "oh, you're doing a great job mate, I think it's wonderful what you're doing". Ok, and what you're gonna do? You're gonna make a freaking film now, aren't you? You're gonna make another bloody record! You're gonna stand in front of tens of thousands of people, you're gonna go on chat shows watched by millions of people! Are you gonna bring this subject up yourself? No! Why? "Me, me, me!" "I don't wanna affect my carrer!" I tell you… anyone in the public eye - come nowhere near me unless you are prepared to put your-bloody-self when your mouth is. Walk the talk or walk the other way!"
— David Icke English writer and public speaker 1952
Source: Icke's Remember Who You Are event, 2012
People, Way, Thinking
"Because if you're gonna make someone choose, then you shouldn't be surprised when they don't choose you."
— Alyson Nöel writer 1965
"He turned to face her again, his late-pretty composure crumbling. "But you're…"
"Pretty? Think again." She smiled. "I'm Tally Youngbood. My mind is very ugly. And I'm taking your car."
— Scott Westerfeld American science fiction writer 1963
Smile, Cars, Thinking
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Campaigners say that half-day places are almost impossible for working parents to make use of.
A campaign spokesman said: "Early years care is so important, but working parents continue to miss out.
"Very few people have bosses who are prepared to let them work for less than three hours a day, and many don't have grandparents who can fill gaps in childcare.
"We need much faster progress in eliminating half-day places except where parents specifically request them."
The research found that 21 of Scotland's 32 local authorities are offering an hourly rate below the national average cost of £4.03 an hour.
Campaigners concluded that Scotland is still "some distance from the fully funded, flexible, child-centred system that we need".


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Watching Jirisan? Here are nust-watch Korean movies and dramas of superstar Jun Ji Hyun
South Korean actress Jun Ji Hyun has turned 40 on October 30. The timeless beauty doesn't fail to amaze – be it on-screen or off-screen. Married to Choi Jun Hyuk, grandson of famed hanbok designer Lee Young Hee and the son of fashion designer Lee Jung Woo, the actress as a son and is one of the most in-demand celebrity endorsers and the highest paid actress in South Korea.
While the acclaimed actress has quite impressive portfolio with only six K-dramas in it, her movie titles are double that number with a stamp of phenomenal success. Her big-screen projects do not just win awards but also the hearts of many moviegoers. A handful of Jun Ji Hyun's flicks reeled in millions of viewers and are listed in South Korea's highest-grossing films of all time- The Thieves and Assassination.
On that note, here are the prominent works of the sensational actress to look out for when you need a little more of Gianna Jun:
Jun Ji Hyun has made her much awaited comeback with the mystery-thriller Jirisan which is currently being aired in South Korea. Set against the backdrop of towering views of Mount Jiri, where rangers and other employees of the Jirisan National Park climb through the mysterious and unexplored regions of the mountain, trying to rescue the survivors and lost trekkers. Seo Yi Kang (Jun Ji Hyun) is the park's top ranger who has vast experience in navigation, making her knowledgeable when it comes to tracking down lost individuals. The drama is centered on a mystery surrounding the mountain's many visitors; those who come to kill, and those who come to end their lives. It's also worth mentioning that Ju Ji Hoon, her current co-star in Jirisan, has also appeared in Kingdom (where she made a special cameo in season two and led its special episode, Kingdom Ashin Of The North).
The fantasy rom-com marks the actress' first drama after giving birth to her first child. Co-starring Lee Min Ho, the story is inspired by a historical tale about a mermaid contained in a short story anthology. The drama is basically how a mermaid from the Joseon era survives in modern society while she follows her one true love, a nobleman's son named Kim Ryung from the Joseon Dynasty, to modern-day Seoul but encounters Ryung's modern doppelgänger Heo Joon Jae, a highly skilled scam artist who first becomes interested in Shim Chung because of a jade bracelet worth $6 million that Shim Chung wears.
The iconic character in K-dramaland, Jun Ji Hyun as Cheon Song Yi, gained the actress more followers internationally. The fantasy rom-com co-stars Kim So Hyun as Do Min Joon, an alien who landed on Earth 400 years ago during the Joseon dynasty period. He possesses a near perfect appearance and enhanced physical abilities involving his vision, hearing and speed. Later, he discovers that he has three months left on Earth. And that is when he meets Cheon Song Yi, the biggest Hallyu star in Korea (which she is in real life as well). Ji Hyun also won the Daesang (Grand Prize) at the esteemed 50th Baeksang Arts Awards for her role, and was given the President's Award for this series. My Love From The Star was not only a sensation in the Korean wave but also was a cultural reset across the world. The food pairing chimaek (chicken and beer) started a food craze; the drama's filming locations were frequented by tourists; and on top of that, the YSL lipstick that Ji Hyun wore in a scene caused a shortage. OMO.
The 2015 historical crime drama film is one of the notable works of the actress. Set during the Japanese occupation, an agent tasked to assemble a group to assassinate a Japanese commander and a Korean collaborator by extricating three prisoners from Shanghai. However, the Japanese are tipped off, and a notorious hired gun is sent to take out the assassins first. The film is also one of the highest grossing films of all-time of South Korea.
ond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals and misunderstandings resurface. The Thieves also marks Ji Hyun and Kim Soo Hyun's first project together prior to My Love From The Star.
THE BERLIN FILE
A 2013-action thriller where a tense illegal arms deal in a Berlin hotel suddenly descends into mayhem after a "ghost" agent named Jong Sung appears on the scene. Secretly watching the deal go down is embattled South Korean intelligence chief Jin Soo, the North Koreans and the CIA, who are all left trying to decide whether the ghost is a double-agent or taking the fall for a more insidious plot. Myung Soo a young, notorious North Korean agent jumps into these treacherous waters to investigate loyalties of all involved and begins to implicate Jong Sung's wife, Jung Hee (Jun Ji Hyun), a translator at the North Korean embassy in the German capital. Caught between his love of country and his wife, Jong Sung must quickly prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice.
One of the highest-grossing Korean comedies of all time, Jun Ji Hyun's best known role as "The Girl" in the romantic comedy My Sassy Girl is based on Gyun Woo is a college student, more interested in picking up girls, drinking with his buddies and avoiding his nagging mother whenever possible. While riding the subway, a drunken girl then changes his fate forever. She's nearly unconscious on the train and vomits on an older guy. She then leans over to Gyun Woo and everybody assumes she is his girlfriend! Gyun Woo soon finds himself in a relationship he didn't ask for, but soon unable to forget this sassy girl. This is the first movie of the My Sassy Girl trilogy by director/screenwriter Kwak Jae Young. The second is the 2004 film Windstruck. The third is the 2008 Japanese film Cyborg She. They are unrelated except for having a sassy girl theme. Jun Ji Hyun is prominent for her award-winning films like My Sassy Girl, where she received the Best Actress trophy at the 39th Grand Bell Awards.
II MARE
The sci-fi romance film where Sung Hyun, who just moved into 'Il Mare' receives a strange letter. The letter is from a young woman in the year 1999, two years from the present. Her predictions about the past are amazingly accurate. Her warning about a flurry of snow on a certain day in January of 1998 and the ensuing flu virus turns out to be true. Eun Joo (Jun Ji Hyun) is convinced that her letter has travelled back in time to December of 1997 and starts writing regularly to her newfound pen pal. A professional voice actor, Eun Joo asks Sung Hyun to find her long-lost cassette recorder at a train station. Sung Hyun goes to the train station and gets a glimpse of Eun Joo, who of course, has no idea who he is.
WINDSTRUCK
This is the second of the My Sassy Girl trilogy by director-screenwriter Kwak Jae Young where Kyung Jin (Jun Ji Hyun), a police officer, on her day off, is forced back on duty when she is caught chasing down a bag-snatcher. The "bag-snatcher" turns out to be Myung Woo, a passer-by who was trying to catch the actual criminal. With a twist of fate, the two are paired together after Myung Woo volunteers to be on patrol looking out for unruly students.
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Ayushmann Khurrana carried a heavy camera rig on his bare body for the song 'Kheench Te Nach' from Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui
Actor Ayushmann Khurrana is known to experiment and present new stories and perspectives with every film of his. In his upcoming film titled Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, he will be seen in a completely new avatar. The actor built a bulky body for his character in the film. Directed by Abhishek Kapoor, Ayushmann plays the role of […]
Meghan Thee Stallion looks like a sexy icon in a white dress with cutouts
Meghan Thee has been making heads turn with her looks. She donned an all-white ensemble with pelvic cuts. The dress hugged her curves in just the right places. The sheer dress is worn over a white bikini set. The fitted dress featured a side tie up and a cleavage barring dress. She paired it with […]