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July 2, 2012
Maria Sharapova
S. LISICKI/M. Sharapova
6‑4, 6‑3
THE MODERATOR:Â Questions, please.
Q. How frustrating was it and how crucial was the first set?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah, certainly had chances; I didn't take them. But I think I a lot of the credit goes to my opponent. She played extremely well today and did many things better than I did on this given day. You just have to hand it to her.
Q. Was her serving very well? Was that the key point?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah, I mean, that's a big part of her game. I mean, here it helps her extremely, extremely well.
Q. Were you surprised because you were coming in feeling very good and she just played well, or was it because you played a long French Open and you weren't quite feeling yourself the last couple of weeks?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I feel extremely well. Why shouldn't I?
No, like I said, she did many things much better than I did today. Of course, could have done things differently, absolutely, but not on this particular day.
Q. You mentioned the level of her game today. In general, what are your thoughts on the place she might take among the top players, yourself included?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: She's always had that potential. Obviously she did really well here last year getting to the semifinals. I haven't really followed her results too much in the last year.
You know, I mean, if she plays at this level, of course she belongs at the top. If she serves as well as she did today and is as aggressive as she was, there's no doubt she has a lot of potential.
You know, it goes for saying that it's not just about one tournament; you have to do it for as many tournaments as you play or as much as you can obviously.
Q. Beyond the serve, what do you consider the best parts of her game?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Well, she stays really low. She's a strong girl. She hits the ball really hard. If you don't get a good first ball on her, I mean, she likes to be the aggressive one and likes to start the point with a really heavy shot.
Q. Was there a turning point in this game when you started to realize it was going to get tough today?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: There's not one moment in the match where you think like that. I mean, I was down 2‑5, got back on serve, and I had opportunities for it to be 5‑All. Played a few sloppy points and she raised her level.
That just wasn't a good combination for me. And, yeah, I mean, that was the first set. She came after the rain delay really firing.
Q. Could you step back for a moment and talk about the European swing, Stuttgart, Rome, Paris, then the loss here.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah, I'm really proud of what I've achieved. Obviously, as tough as it is to sit here being an athlete after a loss ‑ it's only been 30, 40 minutes, you know ‑ you always try to take away as many positives as you can.
Obviously, you can only use it as motivation. It will be nice to rest for a little bit and be in a home atmosphere. I've missed it for over two months.
But, yeah, once I relax a little bit, I'm sure to use this as great motivation and keep going after the many goals that I have.
Q. Is the Roland Garros‑Wimbledon back to back as tough a challenge in women's tennis as anything?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: It is, but it's certainly no excuse. Everyone has to go about it as best as they can, yeah.
Q. You talk about the motivation you would take out of here. How would the possible loss of the top ranking that you have worked your way into play into that?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I'm not sure. I don't know. It's all kind of irrelevant at this point. Obviously what I achieved a few weeks ago doesn't just go away in a few minutes. I'll have that for the rest of my career.
But the tennis world always keeps going. You have to raise your level at that point, even when your opponent plays really great tennis. Just today wasn't my day.
But as far as that motivation, of course you want to stay at the top as long as you can. Obviously everyone guns for that spot, as it is the top spot.
Q. What were the main differences in her game from when you played in Melbourne?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I don't really like to compare previous encounters because they're always different. That was a three‑set match on hard court. This is grass; it's completely different; it's not comparable.
Q. Is it tougher to win Wimbledon today than it was when you last won it?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I don't know. I don't know how to answer that. I mean, nothing is easy, certainly not a Wimbledon title.
So I don't know if it's easier or tougher now than it was years ago but I don't think it's ever easier.
Q. Do you think there's more players perhaps that might be able to catch a hot day?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Well, anyone can. I think anyone has a chance. The girl I played today obviously performed well here, so it's not a big surprise she can go out and play a great grass court match.
Q. Was today one of those days where you said it doesn't matter how hard you fight, change strategy, if the quality doesn't come, she's going to get you anyway?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Maybe I can think about it like now, but not really during the match. You always try to find ways to get into it, even if you feel your level is just not there. Maybe you're just a little slow, you try to pump yourself up.
Maybe if I look back now, I think yeah. But not in the moment of the match.
Q. Last week with Nadal's loss there was plenty of discussion on the depth on the men's tour where on any day any top 100 player could beat one of the best. What are your thoughts on the lessons about the depth on the women's tour?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Well, I don't think it's a lesson really for the players. I think it's a lesson more for the storylines. We never really underestimate any opponents, and that's the reason why‑‑ if people are going to be considered favorites in matchups and tournaments, obviously everyone's job here is to have those storylines.
At the end of the day, the reason we start at the first round is you have to go through all those opponents to get to the final stage of a tournament, whether it's a Grand Slam or the middle of nowhere. That's the reason we go out and play.
It could be the No.1 seed against someone that's, you know, come out of the woods. It doesn't matter, you still have to go and play and win.
On any given day, of course there can be an upset. That's the sport. That's why we watch.
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Shortly before 8 am on 16 March 1968, C Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Regiment, 11th Brigade, Americal Division, on a search-and-destroy mission in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, entered the hamlet of My Lai (4). By noon every living being the troops could find was dead - more than 400 women, children and old men had been systematically murdered.To this day, the My Lai massacre has remained the most shocking episode of the Vietnam War. Yet this infamous incident was not an exception or aberration. Based on extensive research and unprecedented access to US Army archives, and tracing the responsibility for these atrocities all the way up to the White House and the Pentagon, War Without Fronts reveals the true extent of war crimes committed by American troops in Vietnam and how a war to win hearts and minds soon became a war against civilians.
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With a quarter of all drivers over the age of 65 by 2020, the European Union Road Federation (ERF) have led the calls for better road markings to reduce accident rates.
In a paper entitled 'Marking the way forward towards a safer future', published on 13th December, ERF believe that as the population becomes older, their reaction times and visual abilities will also decline and as a result they will need clear and visible guidance on the road.
With the value of a human life set at'¬1.84m, road fatalities cost a staggering '¬51 billion across Europe in 2012 alone, the report urges member governments from across the continent to make good on the pledge to invest in road infrastructure.
With research proving that targeted investment in road infrastructure, such as improved markings at high risk sites, can generate crash cost savings up to 60 times the cost of construction, low cost measures such as road markings are invaluable in not only saving lives but also money.
Markings provide drivers with much needed guidance on the road, allow for increased reaction time and significantly help avert the risks of run-off accidents and head-on collisions. Nevertheless, as a result of budget cuts implemented by governments across Europe in recent years, the quality of road markings across the continent has deteriorated significantly and in some cases, they have even disappeared altogether.
"The systematic under-maintenance of roads and road markings in particular represents first and foremost a hazard to the road user," George Lee, Chairman of the ERF Working Group on Road Markings explained.
"There is plenty of empirical evidence and research findings that proves that road markings greatly increase driver comfort and can produce spectacular rates of return for road authorities, which are outlined in the report."
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"We know that this is feasible from a technological point of view and believe that any additional costs will be more than compensated by increased safety levels and reduction of accidents. This is why after all, our proposal has been endorsed by a wider range of stakeholders. Thus, what we are calling for in practice is for member states to honour their pledge made at the Leipzig summit and allocate to road administrators sufficient funds to keeps roads safe."
In addition, as outlined by EuroRAP and EuroNCAP in their consultation paper launched in November 2013, the absence of visible road markings also essentially negates the large potential safety benefits that can arise from the introduction of Lane Departure Warning Systems in new vehicles.
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Sachin Bansal is the Founder and CEO of Flipkart, leading E-Commerce Provider in India. CakeMail – CakeMail is a Web-based email marketing application that allows companies to create, send and track email campaigns. As well as reminder emails, newsletters are a great way at staying in touch with customers and can be the starting point of a great customer experience when used to acquire new clients. Additionally, there are more detailed analytics on specific geographic locations where emails were opened and the devices, email clients and Web browsers they were opened with.
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SEC Charges Nicor's Former CEO, CFO, Treasurer with Financial Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday filed a civil lawsuit against Nicor Inc.'s former CEO, CFO and treasurer alleging that they committed financial fraud between 1999 and 2002.
The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division (No. 07C-4483), alleges ex-CEO Thomas Fisher, ex-CFO Kathleen Halloran and former treasurer George Behrens "engaged in or approved improper transactions, and misrepresented Nicor's gas inventory in order to meet earnings targets and increase the company's revenues under a performance-based utility rate (PBR) plan" administered by the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC).
The SEC is seeking injunctive relief, disgorgement, civil penalties and officer and director bars against the former Nicor officers.
"Fisher, Halloran and Behrens engaged in a scheme to manipulate Nicor's earnings through fraudulent transactions and mislead investors by making improper disclosures regarding Nicor's financial performance. This case, like others, shows that the commission will not tolerate accounting ploys and misleading disclosures by senior officers who are intent on making their numbers," said the SEC's Merri Jo Gillette, director of the Chicago regional office.
According to the 31-page complaint, the trio in 1999 devised a method by which Nicor could profit by accessing its low-cost last-in, first-out (LIFO) layers of gas inventory. As a result, the former officers engaged in or approved improper transactions, and made material misrepresentations in financial statements and documents filed with the SEC.
The executives, said the SEC, also failed to disclose material information regarding Nicor's rigged reductions in gas inventory levels that enabled it to improperly manipulate its earnings and to increase Nicor's revenues under a PBR plan. In addition, the former officers are said to have materially understated Nicor's expenses during the first and second quarters of 2001 by improperly bundling a weather-insurance contract with an agreement to supply gas to Nicor's insurance provider at below-market prices. They also were said to have caused the losses on the supply agreement with the insurance provider to be improperly charged to Nicor's utility customers.
The SEC said the improper transactions enabled Nicor to understate its expenses and to manipulate its earnings to achieve earnings targets. As a result of the manipulative scheme, Nicor materially overstated its reported income for the years ending 2000 and 2001, and for each of the quarters within those years and the financial statements filed with those reports.
Additionally, the former officers are charged with failing to make disclosures required by generally accepted accounting practices (GAAP) about the effects of LIFO inventory liquidations on Nicor's reported income. Nicor, through Fisher, Halloran and Behrens, also failed to disclose in either the "Management's Discussion & Analysis" section of its 2000 and 2001 annual and quarterly reports, or in financial statements filed with those reports, that it had recorded material increases to income resulting from the liquidation of its LIFO inventory, and that the continued liquidation of Nicor's low-cost inventory was not sustainable, the complaint stated.
In March, Nicor and its former controller Jeffrey Metz agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle charges brought by the SEC that they engaged in improper transactions, made material misrepresentations and failed to disclose material information regarding Nicor's gas inventory in order to meet earnings targets and increase the company's revenues under the PBR plan administered by the ICC (see Daily GPI, March 30).
Nicor reached a tentative agreement with the SEC agreeing to the fine last year (see Daily GPI, July 10, 2006). The settlement negotiations followed a two-year investigation that began in 2002, which in 2004 resulted in Nicor dismissing four employees in connection with their involvement in "potentially fraudulent" conduct in its PBR plan that it said then may have violated SEC rules (see Daily GPI, Aug. 10, 2004).
Fisher, 61, served as chairman, CEO and president of Nicor and of Nicor's principal subsidiary, Nicor Gas. He began his career with Nicor in 1967, and over the course of his career, Fisher served as CFO of both companies as well as vice president of operations. He retired in April 2005.
Halloran was CFO and executive vice president of Nicor and Nicor Gas between May 1999 and November 2003. Before 1999, she also held other financial-related positions at Nicor, including the positions of treasurer and controller. In November 2003 Halloran, 54, was named chief risk officer. She resigned from the company in August 2004.
Behrens, 51, had been Nicor's vice president of administration and treasurer, and before stepping into those positions, he served as Nicor's vice president and controller. He resigned in June 2006.
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Police seized opioids, cocaine, crack, and semi-automatic pistol magazines this week during the arrest of two people in Leamington.
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Nikki Grahame at the Film Premier Ice Age 3
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Oklahoma State University and Ohio State University are in a battle over the trademark of "OSU." Oregon State is saying, "Never heard of 'em."
A survey says 43% of workers say they don't get enough sleep to be safe at work. I read that right before grabbing a nap inside the trash compactor yesterday...
President Trump has suggested that he should be up on Mount Rushmore. Those who are mostly in favor of the idea are the ones that want to push him off.
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A study says too much sugar could increase the risk of depression in men. Now I'm even sadder.
Katie Couric is leaving Yahoo News after three years. Katie says she's proud of the three years she spent there... but not enough to say, "Yahoo."
A study says blowing out birthday candles on a cake increases bacteria on the cake by 14 times... (sing) "to you!"
J-Lo and Alex Rodriguez posed for a photo in front of a giant LOVE statue. Not sure how they managed to get both of their heads into the shot.
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Nature's Flavors offers three main types of fragrances. They all cater to different applications, it really just depends on what you are searching for. We offer fragrance oils that are oil soluble, fragrance oils that are alcohol soluble, fragrance powders, and fragrance emulsions. Now, you may be wondering what the heck all these are! Well friends, let's dive in.
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CLEVELAND — It's one thing to suffer a life threatening heart conditioning, but add a mental health issue on top of that is quite another, but that's exactly what happened to Danielle Sczerowski.
She's the kind of woman who takes care of everyone, but one day last summer on her way to work she knew something was very wrong so she drove herself to an ER. There she learned she had a five point five centimeter aneurysm where her heart meets her aorta.
Three weeks later she had open heart surgery. The whole ordeal threw Danielle for a loop. She considered herself healthy and athletic but now she had a new routine to monitor her blood pressure that involved taking several medications daily. What she didn't expect is the depression she felt a month later. She said it was the lowest point in her life.
"Nobody said I would have depression after this type of thing nobody said anything about possible mental problems going on after that I was just kind of blindsided but it got worse and worse it got to the point where I had to scream out and call my doctor," she said.
Dr. Claire Sullivan is a cardiologist with University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Centers and says it's important for patients to discuss their mental health with their doctors especially after a major medical event.
"About one in five patients with cardiovascular disease also has an overlying mental health issue, whether it's anxiety or depression so very common and unfortunately it can negatively affect outcomes for patients with heart disease as well," she says.
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The 4th Annual Workplace Wellbeing Symposium: Mental Health, A Workforce Crisis will take place March 18th.
Employers have a compelling interest in promoting positive mental health in the workplace, because adults spend most of their waking hours at work. Poor mental health not only exacts a high toll on workforce health and well-being, it also negatively impacts productivity. The costs of depression and other mental health disorders are often underestimated because the indirect costs such as work absenteeism and poor performance at work (presenteeism) are costlier than the direct costs associated with medical care and prescription drugs.
The one-day event will blend the latest research with case studies and an expert panel showcasing best practice strategies. Participants will have the opportunity to network with local and regional thought leaders and industry experts. Agenda here.
Darcy Gruttadaro, J.D., Director, Center for Workplace Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association Foundation will deliver the keynote address.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from 7:30 am – 2:00 pm
WHERE: Corporate College Conference Center 4400 Richmond Road Warrensville Heights, OH
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Written by Ben McCool (Memoir, Pigs) with art by rising star Mario Guevara (Solomon Kane, Victorian Undead), this full-length graphic novel is a stunning re-imagination of Sergei Eisenstein's famed film, Alexander Nevsky (1938).
Alexander Nevsky is a central figure in Russian history, having lived during one of Russia's darkest periods–the invasion of the Teutonic Knights. Alexander Nevsky helped establish the Russian nation by defeating the Teutonic Knights, invaders from the last vestiges of the Holy Roman Empire, with an army comprised of ordinary citizens who were poorly-equipped soldiers but fought for their freedom. This ragtag band, against overwhelming odds, defeated the invaders in an epic battle on the frozen lake Peipus–a spectacular achievement that is still celebrated in Russia to this day.
In 1938 the great Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, much acclaimed for his masterful interpretation as seen in "Battleship Potemkin" (1925) and "Ivan the Terrible" (1944), brought the story of Alexander Nevsky to life on the silver screen in an innovative and brilliant way, by developing new film techniques that remain in use almost 100 years later by some of the greatest directors of our time.
Now, following in the steps of Eisenstein, IDW is proud to present one of the most compelling historical graphic novels ever produced–one that is as relevant today as it was at any time in history!
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Elizabeth Pulie
For Adolf Loos, objects which lacked the autonomy and industrial qualities he associated with contemporaneity were "full of references to abstract things, full of symbols and memories. They are medieval."1 The paintings by Elizabeth Pulie recently installed in Sutton Gallery also link the pre-modern with the Middle Ages, challenging notions of decorative design and its relation to abstract painting. Elizabethan Gold is a suite of heraldic designs painted in gold liquid leaf on deep crimson, green and blue and installed in a tableau reminiscent of a 19th century salon hang. Pinned to cover one wall of the smaller gallery are pages of a repeated gold and black daisy pattern entitled William Morris Gold. Central to the connection Pulie makes between these two sections is Morris's conception of the medieval arts as one source for design but more importantly as the origin of his philosophy for 19th century artist-craftsmen, a vision of medieval society as egalitarian and communal and the source of a living spiritual and artistic tradition.
In her literal taking of various motifs and styles as found designs for her practice, Pulie situates her paintings at one end of a conglomeration of histories. Her motifs are the types dismissed as ornamentation by the male "pioneers" of modern design in the twentieth century, men whose definitions of "honesty" and "morals" were at odds with the adherents of the Arts and Craft movement. Antithetical to the modernist project of reductivism and simplification, the practice and definition of decoration, ornament, design and pattern became embroiled in the subjective vocabulary of taste, with its baggage of contradictions; authentic/debased, tradition/corruption, integrity/vulgarity, fine art/craft. Pulie and Morris connect across the modernist despair of decoration; Morris's practice as a retort against the sham materials and mechanical routine involved in the multiples of industrial production meets Pulie's hand-painted wall-paper, an even less viable commercial proposition the was Morris's.
Combining handwork with the services of a photocopier in Morris Gold Pulie has subverted Morris's abhorrence of industrial and machine production in lieu of the handmade but she works in sympathy with his idea that the machine should function to free the worker from drudgery. She joins with Morris in critiquing the system of art production and consumption, seducing the home decorator with a penchant for floral interiors. Watch out for her individually produced daisy panels in the commerce-driven ' Home' designer liftouts of our daily newspapers.
Pattern is woven into the social fabric of the artistic and commercial spheres. Elizabeth Gold consists of samplers from the imperial reign of the Motherland, redolent with power and class divisions. Loos "symbols and memories" are the histories and traditions of design and ornament that provide mythical or social character beyond pure decoration. In both the social and the decorative, Pulie's installations cannot rest comfortably, being both regal and domestic yet honest and outrageous in terms of their corruption of 'original' sources.
In applying her traditional craft, Pulie places her work in the realms of culture, taste and commerce, reflecting on their relevance across public and private economies. What is being produced, exchanged and accumulated within this index of gold? Her pre-industrial and post-industrial references have implications for contemporary political and moral histories, in particular British colonisation and the associated social and cultural importation and dependence that came with the project of 'modernisation'. The heritage that Pulie re-presents is now a state-sponsored tourist industry representing the romanticised symbols of Ol' Blighty, a reminder of that old euphemism; all that glitters is not gold.
1. Adolf Loos, "Review of the Arts and Crafts" in Spoken into the Void, Collected Essays 1897-1900, Jane O. Newman and John M. Smith (trans). MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982, p.104.


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Belvedere Free Public Library
A November ballot question will decide if the Belvidere Free Public Library will remain open, or if it should be defunded and have town residents join the county library system. (Steve Novak | For lehighvalleylive.com)
The Belvidere Free Public Library was established by a public referendum.
It could be closed by one, too.
The choice goes to voters in November: Should the town continue to fund its local library, or should it instead join the county system?
"This is a financial question for the people of Belvidere," Mayor Joseph Kennedy said Tuesday.
Library representatives have said it's politics.
"There has been an aggressive movement by a small amount of people who have an agenda," said Teresa Aicher, the library's director. "It's been very frustrating the way things have been handled."
The town council voted 5-2 on May 16 to put the referendum on the ballot, with Kennedy joined in the vote by Charlie Makatura, Kathleen Miers, Louis Miller and Laurel Napolitani. Dissenting were Desmond Fitzgerald and Walt Tutka.
The library at 301 Second St. dates back to 1937 and operates on a thin budget, open mostly afternoons and evenings. It boasts more than 2,500 members, according to its website. Aicher said 2,231 different library cards were used last year.
Belvidere residents can already pay for a county library card -- the headquarters is in White Township, about 2 miles from the town library. The town can only join the system by public referendum, said county library Director Maureen Baker Wilkinson. If voters approve, residents would pay a county library tax instead of the town's current library tax.
Finances have proven to be a source of contention for the Belvidere library in recent years. The town funds the library at the minimum required, which this year was about $60,000.
Aicher said she applies for grants to cover the budget's balance and has scaled back staff and hours. Kennedy said a trust fund that is also used is dwindling.
Some on council balked in 2012 when Aicher asked for, and was granted, $6,234 for unused vacation time. Library board President John Clemmer said political attacks have continued recently.
"There have been personal diatribes and assaults on our staff causing significant harm. We will not accept this condition and call upon all the good people of Belvidere to join us in demanding an end to this unacceptable behavior," Clemmer said in an open letter to residents. The letter included a warning to "perpetrators" that "prosecution will be considered" -- Clemmer said the town code allows a $500 fine for threatening or otherwise interfering with library staff.
Aicher said the library was not informed ahead of the council's vote that a referendum would be considered.
The mayor called the political accusations "bloody nonsense," saying Aicher is doing the best she can given the current budget.
With expenditures including a new public works building and firetruck looming, the town must choose how best to use its money, Kennedy said. Town meetings are being scheduled to discuss the referendum.
"The library is just a small part of the finances that the town of Belvidere is going through right now," he said. "I think it would be fair to start asking the taxpayers some of these questions."
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Susan Kay Wright of Rome announces the engagement of her daughter, Winnie Anne Wright to Aaron Paul Kirk. Winnie is the daughter of Susan K. Wright and the late Sam W. Wright. Aaron is the son of Kathleen Kirk and the late Robert Kirk of China Grove, North Carolina.
The bride-elect is a 2008 graduate of Rome High School. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Alabama in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Information Science/Communication. She associated with the Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
Miss Wright is currently employed by the CBS affiliate THV Channel 11 in Little Rock, Arkansas as a multi-media journalist.
The groom-elect is a graduate of Appalachia State University in Boone, North Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice. He is employed by Walden Security in Little Rock, Arkansas.
A wedding date has not yet been set.


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Note: the uniform for NCDOC has changed
This is not an attempt to speak negatively about the North Carolina Department of Corrections. But let's face it: Firearm training for the North Carolina Corrections Officer is absolute garbage - and many Correctional Officers and Administrators know it (which makes them co-conspirators). So the question is "Why do they continue to let their Officers perpetually backslide into oblivion?" I honestly don't know as it beyond me. But when it comes to firearm training NCDOC is so garbage in fact, that I can bet 10 to 1 that an Inmate Transport Van can be hijacked by a minimally trained bad guy.
Many people will disagree with me on this but I have often made the prediction to people that it's only a matter of time before an Inmate Transport Van will be hijacked. There have been times when Correctional Officers have actually lost Inmates for whatever at the hospitals here in North Carolina (imagine that).
I can say the firearm training of NCDOC is garbage is because not only was I there to empirically observe this fact. It's also because I can also say without a shadow of doubt that the training is seriously outdated; by at least 30 years. Going back in my mind I can recall when I took the firearm qualification course (2014) and qualified with a Smith & Wesson M&P .40 pistol with a magazine drop safety – which for all intensive purposes are a God damned abomination.
But even more than that I was seriously astounded by how far out of the loop the instructors were when it came down to teaching firearms. Not to say that they were bad people and unread, but they would in fact be what a VODA Client calls "textbook robots". During the block of firearm instruction, I noticed when the instructors were asked various questions by Officers, especially questions being asked by the female Correctional Officers within the class; their reply was always "let's stick to the script".
The lesson plan for the NCDOC Correctional Officer in reguards to firearm training consist of the following:
"LESSON PLAN # HOURS LAST UPDATED 116 26 6/1/2006 FIREARMS Firearms safety procedures in handling and using firearms during training and when on duty. The purpose, characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of the three (3) standard weapons including handgun, rifle, and shotgun are discussed and demonstrated. Trainees fire formalized courses of fire for all three (3) standard weapons in light and low/limited light situation. In addition, some chemical agents and chemical weapons are presented."
Although this direct quote from the NCDOC training syllabus is vague, I can however, guarantee you that the vagueness present here is a direct reflection of the firearm training given to the Correctional Officers wihin North Carolina department of Corrections.
Smith & Wesson M&P
The block of instruction for firearm training was approached not from what I do at VODA Inc. which is teaching from an Applied Gun-Fighting Method and Application, but rather it was only approached from a stand point of Marksmanship and safety (hell you can Google that). It was then and still being my professional position that the mechanics of pistol deployment were not taught extensively enough for North Carolina Correctional Officers. It should also be understood that the deployment of the pistol was taught from a basic "safety" stand point.
And to be honest with you, I actually really feel bad for them because these Correctional Officers are out on the street performing their transport duties and possibly conceal carrying on their off time and they really don't know how to effectively and efficiently operate the firearm in their possession. This potentially (more likely than not) makes the NC Department of Corrections Officer a high-risk liability when it comes to effectively operating a firearm.
For those that want to know what my score was on the range; it was 97% out of 100% (not bragging because I'm actually not proud of that because I was not challenged). SIDE NOTE: I must say I found it strange that the Adminstrator
Mr. Dunkin (Office of Staff Development and Training Administrator) exclusively stood over me for the entire shoot and personally scored my target way before I was known in the capacity that I am.
But even though I Scored a 97% and not 100% because they [NCDOC] would not count the head-shots I took instead of counting them as "two points" which were due in part to the three times we had to perform mandatory combat reloads during the qualification process. I still managed to piss people off without saying a word. It was during this time and only this time in which the firearm training actually "felt real". Furthermore, it is also my assessment that the Correctional Officers that generally perform Inmate Transports Duties (mostly hospital visits) ARE NOT ADEQUATELY TRAINED ON THE FIREARMS THAT THEY CARRY TO DEFEND AGAINST ANY CREDITABLE THREAT.
Now as you well know I'm not about complaining rather I'm always about seeking to provide Solutions - I'm a Consultant, and providing Applications and Solutions is what I do. In order to fix the issues that the Correctional Officers face in North Carolina I would recommend the following Corrective Actions:
Getting rid of all the old Administrators over the firearm instructional program
Getting rid of the "Good Old Boys Club"
Getting rid of the current block of firearm instructors
Possible implementing actual Police firearm training (attending BLET period)
If not the implementation of Police firearm training (as they are not always a good source either) at least be open to seeking consultation for the implementation of another shooting standard from either myself (VODA) or another external source
Require firearm qualification twice a year
Make firearm training as real as possible
These are just some of the recommendations I would suggest when it comes to training for the Correctional Officer. It should also be noted that the firearm training should be made more challenging and require not only mental and physical strength, but skill, cognitive development and ability.
Now I cannot speak on what the S.O.R.T. Team does because I have had limited interaction with them, but I have a hunch that this perspective may roll over to some of their members as well. It should also be stated that this doesn't mean all Correctional Officers are shitty Shooters but, I have to say that most of the ones I have seen actually are.
The good news is that many Correctional Officers are seeking outside help (from myself and others). So, this lets me know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel! For those that are seeking outside help they are doing so because they either know and or feel that they are getting shitty training when it comes to firearms; especially when its time for qualification time.
But there is also another side to the coin. It was once said to me by a Correctional Officer that had some years on me:
"You don't want to shoot too good."
Taken back by his words I was compelled to ask "Why?" He stated:
"Because they look at you as being either too aggressive, or they see you as wanting to kill someone".
A Correctional Sergeant also once said to me:
"We don't carry guns like that so we don't need all that training."
Another interesting thing happened while I was on the range. An Administrator once told me:
"It's obvious that you know way too much, I need you to pretend you have a G.E.D.."
And although she was a very nice and respectable woman I couldn't help but think in my mind: "What the fuck?" Whatever happened to "Do the best that you can?" It was these two statements that were made that revealed three things to me in regards to NCDOC:
North Carolina Department of Corrections promotes mediocrity
North Carolina Department of Corrections doesn't encourage the Correctional Officer to be the best that they can be
When there is an Correctional Officer that has a strong desire to achieve more he or she is seen as a "problem" and is often times ridiculed, alienated, stigmatized or subjected to be sent to either Master Control or Central Control "fishbowl" as a form of indirect retaliation.
Here's the thing, YES, I have learned and experienced a lot but it doesn't make me want to "kill" anybody, I will however, definitely shoot to stop someone if warranted. In addition, even though Correctional Officers here in North Carolina "don't carry guns like that" which is ass backwards if you ask me considering the fact that Correctional Officers are considered Law-Enforcement here in North Carolina. When it comes to carrying a firearm, I professionally always have, currently do and will always carry a firearm. Lastly, I have spent over $90,000 to obtain multiple College Degrees, it is just way too insulting for me to pretend to only have a motherfucking G.E.D.
But even more than them [NCDOC] needing to consider scrapping the current firearm training and replacing it something new. I would recommend first and foremost assessing the mental state of the Correctional Officers on hand. Remember, it does not matter how well you shoot (or in this case the lack thereof); if the attitude of the Correctional Officer is not corrected then NC DOC will continue to have the perpetuation of issues pertaining the substandard Shooters that it faces within the current ranks of Correctional Officers that they currently have.
Note: Updated NCDOC uniform (if most only showed up to work actually looking like this)
NCDOC. 2006. "SYLLABUS_BCO.pdf". Retrieved 1/18/2017 (http://www.doc.state.nc.us/osdt/Forms/SYLLABUS_BCO.pdf)