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hey I plan on making an rc car that looks like a real racecar. some how I need to mount a trx 3.3 in the front of the chassis. any ideas?
Can you tell us a little more? What chassis? Are you wanting it to be exactly like the picture or just have a body that makes it look like one? What materials are you dealing with? Please tell us more.
Slash 4x4 built w/ RC4WD PRL RPM STRC TRX and MIP
all aluminum chassis, plastic body, want everything realistic.
Just hit the little tool button that say image and copy these urls. That way they will show up.
Sorry I can't actually view your chassis. School restrictions. I'll check it out later and see if I can help.
Slash 4x4 built w/ RC4WD PRL RPM STRC TRX and MIP
thanks. my biggest problem is drivetrain and axles.
any help please
You could use the E-Revo bulk and diff (being a sprint car lock the diff) with Slayer Pro arms, knuckles, pushrods, rockers, shocks and driveshafts. That could fix your diff and drive shaft problem, create a complete rear end and you know it's all going to fit together and work. You could also use the motor mount out of a slash with a dog bone straight to the rear diff. Making a layout to fit the build is going to be difficult let alone making the body, good luck mate.
Slugs are just naturally aspirated snails
I can make the body easily, my prob is axles, like the front axle in my cars I a straight 4 link bar, with coil over springs
Do you need a front axle?
Slugs are just naturally aspirated snails
this is the front axle out if my car
And you want to make the RC exactly like that?
Slugs are just naturally aspirated snails
Do you have or have access to a machine shop?
Projects such as yours usually require custom parts that just are not available off the shelf.
Whatever it is I just typed... could be wrong.
I could see getting some type of chassis platform set up and fabricating a body to look similar, but an actual scale model of it IMO will be a really tough task.
But hey wish you the best on whatever you do.
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hey what would be the easiest way to mount and electric motor in the front of the car and run a driveshaft to the rear. also do you have any advice on a shock to run without a spring that has rebound and stiffness. I need the rear to be a straight up shock but act as if it has a spring.
You can run the electric motor up front using a transfer case. Or perhaps a tamiya 3 speed tranny may work for you. It uses a servo to do the shifting, so you would need at least a 3 channel radio. Not sure if this tranny would be fast enough or not. They are typically used in crawler or scale trucks. Also, if you want to have a shock that acts like a shock with no external springs, just put the springs on the inside of the shock body. You'll have to experiment a bit to see what fits. Lowe's carries different spring sizes that you could use depending on how heavy your car is. You have a lot of questions that can only be answered through trial and error. You might benefit from browsing scale forums, as there are a lot more builds like this found on those. Also you're going to need a solid front axle and there is nothing Traxxas makes that will help you. Try Rccrawler.com or Scale4x4.com. I'm sure there are oval track forums out there that could be of service as well. Best of luck. This looks cool! Anything can be done with time, tools, and $$$$$$$........
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anyone try these. they are a perfect match but don't know how strong they are.
Perhaps something like this for an electric motor mount.
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hey guys just got email from my lhs they cut me a sweet deal and im going to get everything I need except axales, tie rods, spring bar, and body. cant wait

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Hi KLPNO,
When I say that humans look as fishes do, I thought of those coldly glaring individuals popularly called "fishy-eyed" because their eyes have the impersonal stare of a dead fish.
Hello everyone
I'd like to ask about the phrase "look fish-eyed".
The tank's driver, a surprisingly cheerful lieutenant named Neil Albert, said, "Comin' up on it, kids. We've now entered R-8."
"Shouldn't there be a fanfare or something?" Bowles asked.
"Yeah," Ndoci said, "like the lights all going dark or something."
Balidemaj chuckled. "We should all look fish-eyed now."
What does 'look fish-eyed' imply?
Hi KLPNO,
When I say that humans look as fishes do, I thought of those coldly glaring individuals popularly called "fishy-eyed" because their eyes have the impersonal stare of a dead fish.
Is R-8 a potentially dangerous place, or is it a place where they hope to track down/find someone or something? Because a 'fisheyed' lens is used in photography, and covers a field of vision of 180 degrees. I presume it is so called because fish have something like a 180 degree field of vision, unlike we humans. He is in effect saying, start looking all around, all over the place, either keeping a look-out for danger, or trying to find somebody/something as they drive along.
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R-8 is a very dangerous place because the area is infected with a very poisonous substance and the soldiers are wearing battlesuits covering every part of the body for protection. They were sent there to destroy towers the aliens were constructing.
Hi KLPNO,
I am in full agreement with DavidL's wisecrack regarding the right for the present case meaning of the expression "look fish-eyed".
Every educated person know that human eyes are set not squarely on the front of the face. Humans eyes are cocked slightly to ach side.
That human divergence causes no inconvenience when a person looks at distant objects. When he looks at close objects for long period he forces his eyes to twist towards each other (look fish-eyed) and so strains this muscles.
In the present case the meaning of the sentence "We should all look fish-eyed." could be "We should all be more attentive" "We should be all eyes." "We should keep both eyes open."


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There is something that has weighed heavily on the hearts of the entire Days of Y'Orr staff.
After a December Sabres-Bruins game, we went on Twitter and message boards and saw all the Sabres fans whining and crying… even though the Sabres won. We were baffled. So for our recap, we didn't even cover the game and just made fun of Buffalo. Ryan Miller. Lindy Ruff. Patrick Kaleta. The city itself. No one was safe. It was too easy. Sabres fans began sending us hate mail.
One guy even told us that if we ever step foot in the city of Buffalo that we are "fucking dead! DEAD!" Not sure if he's aware those kind of threats are illegal, but we're cool guys so we let it go.
Then Buffalo fans started bitching about how Chara sucked for starting stuff with Miller after the game. Then Justin wrote an ironic post, breaking down the after game scrum frame by frame to show it was actually Miller that started with Chara. The Buffalo fans didn't see the irony and called us whiners. Then we called them inbred idiots. We even got into a Twitter battle with some 40 year old dude who wouldn't stop typing "LOL" and talking like a teenage girl. Then we called him a pedophile. Patrice Purrgeron felt so awful he made a card for Buffalo.
That was mean of us Buffalo. We feel like we really screwed up a chance at a good relationship with the city and the Sabres. So today we would like to make amends and offer an olive branch in hopes our friendship can be salvaged.
After the jump, Days of Y'Orr apologizes for all the things we've said and discusses how awesome the Sabres are….
We're sorry that… Brett Hull is so super duper awesome and scored that awesome goal that year the Stars beat the Sabres in the Stanley Cup Finals. We're also sorry that not a single Sabre decided to cover one of the greatest goal scorers of all time and let him dominate in the crease.
We're sorry that Brett Hull is the greatest sports hero in the history of Buffalo sports despite never playing for the Sabres.
We're sorry you still can't get over this.
We're sorry that Ryan Miller let Sidney Crosby school him on almost the exact same move he used when Crosby beat Miller at the Winter Classic a few years back.
On the bright side, Buffalo is basically an offshoot of Canada anyway so you guys should technically be really happy that Miller blew it in the Gold Medal game.
I guess you could say Miller's pads on that play were… wide right.
We're sorry the only silver the city has ever seen is Miller's medal. I mean, even the Lightning and Hurricanes have won a Stanley Cup. We're sorry you guys never have.
We're sorry your football team wants to move to Toronto because the fans are better up there.
We're sorry the city's claim to fame is Buffalo wings. We're sorry you're most known for one of the foods that most contributes to America's obesity problem.
We're sorry you broke Hasek's back when he single handedly carried you for years and the rest of the team was terrible. Congrats, you broke a legend. Maybe he should've played quarterback for the Bills. Jim Kelly didn't fair much better.
We're sorry that players at the World Junior Classics hated going to your boring, terrible city and couldn't wait to get the hell out. Seems like almost everyone thinks Buffalo sucks.
We're sorry that your women are so gross and unattractive. At least that is what we've heard from several athletes.
We're sorry your head coach Lindy Ruff spends more time crying than actually winning championships. We're sorry he does not know basic hockey rules and screams at the refs even when the Sabres have quite obviously committed a penalty.
One of our all time favorite photoshops. Great job BostonBruinsFan.com
We're sorry your fans are total idiots: "A girl with a 'I Love Buffalo Sabres' t-shirt once tried to tell me that Derek Roy was one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL History." From reader Alex C. Wow.
We're sorry your fans also are either blind or have severe brain damage: "I went one of the Bruins vs Sabres playoff games last year and the people in front of us tried telling us Kaleta is a good a player and does nothing wrong!!! HAHA I responded if that is true then you can call me GOD!!" From reader Bruce C.
We're sorry Kaleta sucks so much. We're sorry he is one of the league's biggest pansies. We're sorry he was ever born.
We're sorry the Bills sign guys like this. So dumb.
We're sorry that neither the NBA or MLB think you are good enough to have your own team.
We're sorry the city hasn't won anything at all in over 40 years.
We're sorry that the only times the words "Buffalo" and "miracle" are used in the same sentence is when people recall that Titans touchdown late in the fourth quarter in the 2000 playoffs or when people say "It is a miracle I didn't catch any STD's in Buffalo."
We're sorry the Bills never could win the Lombardi Trophy. Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas sucked. Also, more proof of Dallas' owning Buffalo.
In fact, Buffalo's nickname — The Queen City — is proof to why they'll never be the best.
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We're sorry your city's nickname is The Queen City. This one writes itself.
We're sorry Buffalo gets snow from Sept through May. Bummer.
We're sorry the greatest athlete in your city's history is best known for murdering his wife and not what he did on the field.
We're sorry you have Montador, but, to be fair, we took Paille. If you play the Hurricanes in the playoffs just know that when Montador and Eric Staal are on opposite teams, they have fantastic offensive chemistry.
We're sorry Kaleta is your resident "tough guy." Seriously. Says a lot about the rest of your team.
We're sorry that even when that idiot Kaleta tries to take runs at players, he still fails.
We're sorry Matt Ellis still can't remember his name after running into Boychuk.
The list goes on and on. Basically, we're just sorry that the Sabres and the city of Buffalo suck. Can you ever forgive us Buffalo? Friends forever?!!!?!?
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MACOMB, IL – A retirement reception for WIU Department of Theatre and Dance Professor egla Hassan will be held Friday April 5 in the lobby of the Hainline Theatre.
The reception begins at 3 p.m.
Hassan has been employed at WIU since 1982 and has directed numerous theatrical productions, including 32 main stage productions and numerous studio and touring theatre productions during that time. She previously served as chair of the Masters of Fine Arts Directing Program and as a theatre professor, teaching classes in directing, theatre history and analysis.
Hassan received her master's degree in communications from Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, IN, and a master's degree in fine arts in directing from Western. In 2000, Hassan was named the College of Fine Arts and Communication's Outstanding Teacher, and she has received numerous other campus awards during her time at WIU.
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Posted 05 September 2011 - 12:15 AM
its a long read
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Keep up the good work!
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it has definatly been a long road this winter now that i have the subaru to drive this is getting some body work done as well as a cam and side draft carbs
+1 on the side draft carbs!
Posted 29 September 2011 - 05:22 PM
Yours is Looking Good! ... Could I Ask more info about the Above posted Picture?
Kind Regards.
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Also the Girl over it Looks Nice! ... ... I Like the Picture.
Kind Regards.
Posted 30 September 2011 - 11:34 PM
the girl on the hood in the pic above is a friend of mine i was trying to get the car into the ratsun.net calender and figured hot chick on top of my car should land me a spot unfortuantly it didnt but i got some nice pics out of it
my personal favs
Posted 30 September 2011 - 11:54 PM
as far as the pictures, you would've had my nomination. thats a pretty good lookin.... car ;-)
Posted 01 October 2011 - 11:23 AM
neat build.
as far as the pictures, you would've had my nomination. thats a pretty good lookin.... car ;-)
I like these old Datsuns. I think they are pretty wicked little rides.
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little mud work
sanding, primer, and parts removal
after a sponge bath to remove the sanding dust into the shop she goes
thats it for today tomorrow color goes on
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first coat
me laying the second coat
second coat
third coat out in the sun
its going to get one final coat on friday when ace restocks there paint and then re assembly begins again its not perfect but im happy with it for now
Posted 11 April 2012 - 07:28 PM
Looks good man, props!
Posted 13 April 2012 - 08:34 PM
because we had this at the house
so after we laid down one last coat of color we cleared it here are the results
not to shabby when you consider its rattle can and the clear is the first time i ever held a paint gun in my life tomorrow its supposed to be nice so its getting waxed and reassembled
Posted 13 April 2012 - 08:38 PM
Anyway, that looks really good. I don't see any runs or fisheyes. The clear really helped it as well.
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Well done
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FAIRBANKS — About a third of the employees at Fairbanks' primary mental health organization will lose their jobs next week because of budget cuts.
The staffing reduction is being made at a time when the Fairbanks Community Health Center is overhauling its operations and preparing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. It'll emerge from a short closure next week with a different name — Fairbanks Community Mental Health Services — and new oversight from the nonprofit organization that provides mental-health care in Anchorage, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.
Interim Executive Director Jake Poole, hired two weeks ago, said the need for aggressive action became clear as auditors inspected the financial problems. The organization had burned through about 45 percent of its annual budget in the past three months.
"Even though we were being optimistic and thinking things were going to fall into place, things were worse than they thought," Poole said.
Roughly 20 jobs are expected to be eliminated, but it's uncertain which workers will be let go. Those decisions will be made Monday, when officials from Anchorage Community Mental Health Services go through employee applications and decide which jobs should be filled.
Poole said some positions will likely be restored when the organization stabilizes under new leadership.
"That's not a great thing, but at least it's an opportunity," he said.
The self-insured organization is $1.2 million in debt. It was hit by a pair of large medical claims and has struggled with a backlog of Medicaid reimbursements, board president Barbara Burch said last month.
Though the organization almost didn't meet payroll in May, board members said they didn't know just how bad things were until last month, when a financial review found there was only enough money to survive until mid-September.
A state audit is underway to determine why the struggles weren't more apparent.
Poole said therapeutic services, which include regular and emergency sessions for mental-health clients, won't be affected by the cuts. But some transitional services won't be filled when the organization is reborn next week.


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EA81/82 15" wheel Clearance Allied Armament
Posted 03 October 2006 - 11:12 PM
We have several sets left in Black and a couple sets left in white:
Cost $250 a set + shipping.
Thank you for looking,
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Posted 08 October 2006 - 11:48 PM
2 sets and one spare.
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$500 and (i'll throw the last rim in for free).
Cool I'll be swinging by Tuesday to snag these. Thanks a lot.
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I want to buy a set of your wheels!!!!!
looking for 5 in black that fit a 82 brat.
You can contact me @ (three six zero) 320 eight three zero three
Or PM me.
I hope you still have some left.
Posted 23 November 2006 - 01:27 PM
im thinking that these might be good to help with the tire rubbing i have using the pugs on my rx.
We are clearing out the last of our subaru inventory, this includes our custom built wheels: http://alliedarmamen...com/Wheels.html
We have several sets left in Black and a couple sets left in white:
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From what I know I think we are completely out of the offroad wheels.
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The Commission proposes an extension of Community decommissioning support for Bulgaria until 2013
The European Commission adopted today a new Proposal for a Council Regulation on the extension of financial support to Bulgaria for the decommissioning of units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant and for the mitigation of the economical consequences.
President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso said, " I am extremely pleased that we are able to propose the extension of our support to the decommissioning of Kozloduy. This investment in a safer and more sustainable Bulgarian energy network illustrates our desire to see Bulgaria fully integrated into the common European energy market. I believe this is an important signal of European solidarity and our determination to treat all member states equally".
Financial support for the decommissioning of the Bulgarian Nuclear Power Plant would have ended by December 2009 if no new extension decision had been taken.
For Lithuania and Slovakia, being in a comparable situation regarding decommissioning, Ignalina and Bohunice, financial support for decommissioning had already been safeguarded up to the end of 2013.
In accordance with the Accession Treaty, Bulgaria has closed units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant for subsequent decommissioning. By end 2009 the EU will have provided €550 million as financial assistance for supporting Bulgaria in its efforts to decommission and to address the economic consequences of the closure of the nuclear power plants. The present Commission's Proposal covers a sum of € 300 million for the time period 2010-2013.
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Let it go. Agree with immadz. If this is how he behaves, he's not going to do well. In a way, he did you a favour and saved you a lot of time and future unpleasantness by showing his true colours so early.
I think your profile is perfect. It filtered out this jerk. Isn't that the job of the profile? To attract people you want and keep away judgemental losers like him?
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Rev. Lemler: Storm of fear can be transformed into love
Updated 9:47 pm, Friday, November 9, 2012
"We will not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof rage and swell..."
These words from Psalm 46 fit the present moment well, indeed too well. Hurricane Sandy brought raging waters, terrible winds, and great devastation.
Here we are two weeks later, but we know that this storm's aftermath will be with us for a long, long time to come.
Our hearts go out especially to those who have suffered in particularly challenging and debilitating ways during and after the seas churned and the winds blew.
The Scriptures of the Jewish and Christian traditions are very realistic about storms. There are stories throughout the Hebrew Scriptures about floods, storms, and rising waters. But I have always been struck by the candor and faith of the 46th Psalm. It is so realistic about the experience of raging and swelling waters, about tempest and storm alike. At the same time, it expresses such faith even in the face of troubled waters, winds, and times. The first line of the Psalm says it all, "God is our hope and strength, a very present help in trouble."
The Christian Scriptures of the New Testament also are brutally honest about storms, winds, and waves. My favorite stories are those in which the disciples are on the oft turbulent Sea of Galilee.
The winds pick up, and the waves get bigger and bigger. Those early followers begin to lose hope, becoming convinced that they are going to be swamped, drowning in the choppy waters.
But Jesus is there or arrives on the scene (depending upon which narrative you happen to read), and the effect is that of calming seas, of rescue, of relief. The words he says embody the spirit of the 46th Psalm. "Take heart, it is I, do not be afraid." He literally "en-courages" his friends and followers, which means to take heart and have one's heart restored.
So here we are on the other side of Hurricane Sandy. It was turbulent, and it was terrible. In and of itself, it challenged our hearts in many ways. Truth be told, it wasn't the only tumult that we have faced or will have to face in the future.
Rather, heaving waters and cyclonic winds are part of the life that we experience in other ways. We have just lived through a very "stormy" election season. We know the turbulence of sickness, uncertainties, betrayals, and serious loss in our living.
One writer in the areas of leadership and organizational life says that change itself is regular and ferociously churning and foaming in our time. He compares it to the whitewaters on which people raft, but his metaphor and image are more challenging and frightening than something we do well-equipped on a vacation trip.
No, it is like a flood, or hurricane waves and winds, or the storm that comes up unexpectedly when you were counting on smooth sailing in your life.
There will be storms. There will be hurricanes. There will be floods.
There will be rising waters and oppositional winds. So what are we to do? I find the words of the Psalmist and of Jesus of Nazareth to be similar and to the point.
"God is our hope and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the waters rage and swell." (Psalm 46)
"Take heart, it is I, do not be afraid." (Jesus of Nazareth). These are not cheap and easy words, saying that we just shouldn't worry about things. Nor are they pious and pat answers for things that are truly terrifying in life. Rather, they say that whatever we face, we face with God. They say that God's gifts to us in the most trying times are hope, strength, and great heart.
I will be praying about Hurricane Sandy for a long time coming. I also will pray about other cataclysms and challenges in human life, in your life, and in my life. My prayer... that even in the raging waters and the tempestuous winds, we will be able to connect with and accept the strength, hope, and heart that God offers to us. My prayer... that we will recognize the One who is our companion in the most turbulent times. My prayer... that our fear will be received by God and transformed into faith and love.
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Progress on an arena, a raging debate on downtown tourism and a brewing dispute over more liquor and gambling in the Victorian neighborhood.
The Savannah City Council will address those and other issues at its morning workshop and its afternoon meeting today.
The key items:
• TOURISM: Members of the Tourism Advisory Committee will present recommendations to council following more than a year's review of tourism ordinances and issues. Mayor Edna Jackson and Acting City Manager Stephanie Cutter have said they support a committee recommendation that calls for a moratorium on any new tour vehicles or expansion for at least six months.
"It's for the sake of coming up with a tourism management plan of what we already have here," said Vaughnette Goode Walker, chairwoman of the committee, adding that even with tourism growth, "...we want that visitor experience to remain the same."
In a separate vote, the committee also unanimously agreed it did not support removing language from a city ordinance that would lift a ban on double-decker buses, even though backers say the new buses are smaller.
• ARENA: Council members will review progress from a citizens' arena advisory committee. Alderman Tony Thomas has pushed for an update and an economic feasibility study after opposition has mounted on a cruise initiative he backs. City staff expect to have a request for proposals written by February, which will evaluate four sites: the existing Civic Center, Savannah River Landing, the Springfield Canal site and a spot near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Fahm Street. One location dropped from consideration is property at Interstate 95 and Ga. 204, a location favored by former City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney.
• LIQUOR: Residents of the Victorian Neighborhood Association are opposing an application for a package liquor license for Kelly Food Store, which would operate at 1220 Habersham St. They cite the proliferation of existing convenience shops. Two years ago, the neighborhood successfully fought a petition to turn the former Little Kings Restaurant and Beauty Shop into a convenience store with liquor and gaming machines.
"We just want to keep the neighborhood intact," said Maurice Norman, president of the association. "We already have in a one-mile radius 11 convenience stores that sell beer or wine."
All but one, he added, have gaming machines.
"That does nothing for the environment or the welfare or the well-being of our neighborhood," he said.
Other action
In other action, council is expected to approve:
• A mural policy for public art that includes an improved process for neighborhood notification before a work is installed.
• A $987,290 contract to clear the site and install a 10-foot sound barrier to protect the Tatemville neighborhood from noise from Interstate 516. The Industrial Company won the bid.
• Transferring $500,000 in SPLOST 2 funds for sidewalk and drainage improvements along White Bluff Road and Coffee Bluff Road. Chatham County approved the transfer of the special purpose local option sales tax funds to the city in December. The project was part of the 1993-98 SPLOST list, and Thomas has urged the county to release funds, saying the Coffee Bluff Marina project has further increased the need to get the improvements finished.
WHAT: Savannah City Council
WHEN: 10 a.m. workshop; 2 p.m. regular meeting
WHERE: City Hall, 2 E. Bay St.
ON THE WEB: watch live at savannahnow.com or follow reporter @LesleyConn on Twitter


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The idea of universal pre-kindergarten in public schools across Shelby County – or at least an expansion of pre-kindergarten access with the coming August merger of city and county schools – is one goal of the schools merger that has a broad consensus.
But Shelby County commissioners taking a closer look Monday, Dec. 17, across the three segments of pre-k classes now available in Shelby County found unifying them will be hard work.
"This patchwork of pre-kindergarten is very confusing," said county Chief Administrative Officer Harvey Kennedy during the discussion.
Memphis City Schools has approximately 4,000 children in pre-kindergarten, Shelby County Schools has about 280 and Shelby County Head Start has 2,400, according to the estimates commissioners got Monday during the preliminary discussion.
It is the first public discussion among commissioners, who will vote on the merged school system's budget next spring, since a half-cent countywide sales tax hike failed on the Nov. 6 ballot. Proponents pushed the tax hike as a way to fund a pre-kindergarten expansion with the half of the $60 million in revenue that would have been generated by the extra half-cent on the rate.
"We ought not just sit on our hands," said County Commission Chairman Mike Ritz as he pushed for a comparison of the pre-kindergarten systems in each public school system.
Ritz is looking for how students from the three types of pre-kindergarten classes perform. The first time those students are tested in a standardized way is at the end of second grade.
Ritz wants a look at the most recent batch of third graders rather than waiting three to four years for new results.
–Harvey Kennedy Chief Administrative Officer, Shelby County
The two school systems don't share information.
"Can't you ask them?" Ritz asked Memphis City Schools officials of Shelby County Schools information at the session. "I think I can help you get it."
Memphis City Schools officials said they don't even get a look at the attendance rolls for other pre-kindergarten programs including Head Start or private developmental day care when students enroll in kindergarten. They rely on parents to tell them.
"Has anybody really figured out how that would work?" Kennedy asked the city schools officials. "Has there been any planning with regard to the private, with the Head Start, with the Memphis City Schools, with the county schools? Has there been like a subcommittee to try to make that thing work and really define the cost of that?"
Memphis City Schools pre-kindergarten director Carolyn Harvey is on a task force that is looking at the goal of universal pre-kindergarten in Shelby County.
"That's the question – define universal pre-k," she told Kennedy.
In Memphis City Schools, about 12,000 children entered kindergarten this school year, three times the number of children who are in the system's pre-kindergarten classes.
The schools consolidation planning commission recommended a phased-in expansion of pre-kindergarten in the merged school system at a rate of 25 classrooms per school year.
"That is a very lofty goal," Harvey said.
Meanwhile, Shelby County Commissioners approved Monday a $981,897 contract for Head Start services to be provided by Porter-Leath.
In other action, the commission delayed a final vote on a "wage theft" ordinance.
Commissioner Steve Mulroy, the sponsor of the measure that provides for a county government investigation and possible Shelby County General Sessions Court proceedings on complaints of wage theft, moved for the delay as he seeks to build public support for the measure.
The ordinance has drawn criticism from the local hospitality industry and others concerned that the procedures could be a burden, especially on small businesses.
Mulroy had offered amendments to ease those concerns during committee sessions last week, but they were voted down in committee.
Third and final reading of the ordinance is now scheduled for the commission's Jan. 14 meeting, the first of 2013.
Also at the last commission meeting of 2012, commissioners approved a resolution to hire their own lobbyist for the coming session of the Tennessee Legislature. Commissioner Terry Roland sponsored the measure.
The commission voted down on third and final reading an ordinance offered by Ritz that would have set a rule for county government-funded parties, similar events and gifts that are given to and for employees. Ritz has tried before unsuccessfully to set guidelines that would make it more difficult for county elected officials to use their taxpayer-funded budgets for the gifts and parties.


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Mortal Kombat
The special one
The spectacle is handled well, even encouraging players to use characters they might otherwise shy away from. It offers a real challenge too, with the likes of Goro and Kintaro doubling-up against your solitary competitor. All that's missing is a branching storyline, as it would have increased replayability immensely if fighters were selected at the player's behest. That said this is still the genre's finest attempt at telling a meaningful narrative.
Take a swipe
The fluidity of the fighting, both from an animation and feel standpoint is far superior to previous entries too. Combos for example are now much more fluid, with a flurry of punches quickly turned into a special, followed by an uppercut and perhaps, with sufficient skill, a juggle. Yes, it's still far short of a Super Street Fighter IV's nuance, but MK has never tried to fill the shoes of Capcom's fighter, content to be its own master, a quality which remains true here.
Take the special bar, which charges when either dishing out pain or, more readily, when on the receiving end. Not a new addition to the fighting scene by any means, but it brings system a fair share of nuance. Fill it by a third and you'll be able to use a special version of a standard move, the next third offers the chance to break any combo – obvious tactical options there then – while fill it all the way to unleash the aforementioned 'X-ray' attack.
Fancy a quick knees up?
Kabal, for example, will rush into his opponent, thus dizzying them, before skidding into their shins, so breaking them, and finally embedding his hookswords into his opponents shoulder blades, fracturing both – all shown in zoomed-in X-ray vision, just in case watching the mayhem from afar just didn't do it for you in the gratuitous violence stakes.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Major League Baseball slugger Aaron Boone will be featured on January's episode of Sharing Miracles - a 30-minute public affairs television program that tells the compelling and inspirational stories of real patients. Sharing Miracles airs every week on more than 300 television stations nationwide.
A member of one of only three families in history to have three generations play in the major leagues (grandfather Ray, father Bob and brother Bret all played pro baseball), Boone is best known for an eleventh-inning, game-winning home run in the seventh game of the 2003 American League Championship Series. Clinching the series for the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox, Boone is said to have extended the "Curse of the Bambino" by one more year. Discussing Boone's famed home run on this month's episode of Sharing Miracles are Red Sox manager Terry Francona and four-time World Series champion Darryl Strawberry.
Speaking about his memorable hit - rated the ninth best home run in history by ESPN's Baseball Tonight - Boone says: "Just to have had a small place in the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry is very humbling. I'm reminded of it almost every day by people around the country, no matter what side of the fence they're on. It was an epic series, an epic game between two titans, and to be a part of it was special."
However, despite his notoriety for the home run, Boone says the at-bat most meaningful to him is one that almost never happened - his first time at home plate following open-heart surgery.
While in college, Boone was diagnosed with a bicuspid aortic valve, a congenital heart defect that required yearly check-ups, but no treatment. "Throughout my baseball career, I got it checked on every off-season, but it frankly wasn't a huge part of my life," he says.
However, that all changed in March 2009, when his cardiologist advised additional tests and a consultation with a surgeon. The decision was sobering, with Boone being told he needed open-heart surgery to correct his defect.
"Because my defect hadn't been a big part of my life for the last 15 years, the news really hit home. It was a reality check - here I was preparing for a major league season and my heart was the last thing on my mind," Boone continues. "When I found out about the surgery, my first concern was not playing baseball again. My priority was to have the surgery and be well."
After successfully undergoing the procedure, however, he focused on his recovery and rehabilitation and eventually realized that he was strong enough to consider a return to the sport: "I could see my body respond each day, each week, each month. Seeing myself improve really helped push me further and helped me do the necessary things to keep getting better."
That September - just seven months after being told that he needed open-heart surgery to live - Boone accomplished the unlikely and returned to baseball, playing first base for the Houston Astros in a game against the Chicago Cubs at historic Wrigley Field.
In this month's episode of Sharing Miracles, he explains what his experience taught him: "When it comes to dealing with an illness or a medical condition, you have to persevere. There will be moments when it's rough and it's no fun. But the most rewarding thing is to come out of that, to see yourself improve and to see your body return to health. That fight makes you stronger," Boone says.
Also featured in this month's episode is Daiichi Sankyo scientist Dr. Michael Stein, who discusses heart disease and the current research being conducted to treat and combat the disease: "This is a very exciting time in heart research and a very exciting time to be helping patients in changing the way that medical care will be delivered in cardiology in the future." In fact, more than 300 potential new medicines are currently being studied for heart disease and stroke.
Next month's episode will feature seven-time NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning, who survived life-threatening kidney disease and a kidney transplant, yet continued to play basketball upon recovering and win a championship.
Previous episodes of Sharing Miracles have featured Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden, an advocate of breast cancer awareness; actor Danny Glover, who suffered from epilepsy; legendary Major League Baseball manager and cancer survivor Joe Torre; Grammy Award-winning country music superstar Naomi Judd, who overcame Hepatitis C; pioneering rapper and actor Ice-T, who speaks about his battle with heart disease; baseball great Darryl Strawberry, who twice beat colon cancer; former Philadelphia Phillies star and ESPN commentator John Kruk, who overcame testicular cancer; Emmy Award-winning actor Joey Pantoliano, who suffers from clinical depression; Football Hall-of-Famer Mike Ditka, who suffers from heart disease; Super Bowl Champion Tedy Bruschi, who recovered from a stroke to return to professional football; and Super Bowl Champion and former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis, who has asthma.
Other guests on the show have included two-time NCAA tournament-winning University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, who has overcome cancer three times; NBA Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins, who has diabetes; Boston Red Sox star pitcher Jon Lester, who has battled leukemia; Emmy-nominated former star of Family Ties Meredith Baxter, who survived breast cancer; Olympic gold medal winners Mark Spitz (high cholesterol), Bruce Jenner (attention deficit disorder), and Greg Louganis (HIV); syndicated television talk show host Montel Williams, who suffers from multiple sclerosis; actor and Leave It To Beaver star Jerry Mathers, who is affected by diabetes; pop icon and Broadway star Deborah Gibson, who has suffered from devastating anxiety attacks; and Pro Football Hall-of-Famer and Super Bowl Champion Len Dawson, who survived prostate cancer.
The new episode debuts January 3. Sharing Miracles airs on 314 television stations across the country.
These include the following cities: Anchorage, AK; Decatur, AL; Harrison, AR; Jones, AR; Mountain Home, AR; Tempe, AZ; Bath, ME; Casa Grande, AZ; Chino Valley, AZ; Anaheim, CA; Compton, CA; Coralville, CO; Del Mar, CA; Gilroy, CA; Hayward, CA; Pacifica, CA; Pasadena, CA; Petaluma, CA; San Andreas, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Arvada, CO; Aurora, CO; Fort Collins, CO; Golden, CO; Greeley, CO; Longmont, CO; Northglenn, CO; Thornton, CO; Bridgeport, CT; Canaan, CT; East Haven, CT; Hamden, CT; Hartford, CT; Madison, CT; North Haven, CT; Plainville, CT; Simsbury, CT; Wallingford, CT; Brooksville, FL; Cape Coral, FL; Coral Springs, FL; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Fort Myers, FL; MacDill AFB, FL; Tampa, FL; Palm Coast, FL; Vero Beach, FL; Atlanta, GA; Dallas, GA; Douglasville, GA; Fort Oglethorpe, GA; LaGrange, GA; Lawrenceville, GA; Hilo, HI; Ames, IA; Des Moines, IA; Fairfield, IA; Mount Vernon, IA; Olin, IA; Muscatine, IA; Boise, ID; Coeur d'Alene, ID ; Moscow, ID ; Soda Springs, ID ; Addison, IL; Aurora, IL; Batavia, IL; Darien, IL; Galesburg, IL; Glen Ellyn, IL; Glenview, IL; Joliet, IL; Lake Forest, IL; Naperville, IL; Plainfield, IL; Romeoville, IL; Urbana, IL; Wheaton, IL; Austin, IN; Bloomington, IN; Connersville, IN; Fort Wayne, IN; Richmond, IN; Derby, KS; Haysville, KS; Lawrence, KS; Olathe, KS; Ottawa, KS; Covington, KY; Highland Heights, KY; Louisville, KY; Middlesboro, KY; Paducah, KY Bossier City, LA; Houma, LA; Lafayette, LA; Mandeville, LA; New Orleans, LA; Amherst, MA; Arlington, MA; Boston, MA; Boylston, MA; Brookline, MA; Carver, MA; Chelmsford, MA; Dracut, MA; Easthampton, MA; Foxboro, MA; Framingham, MA; Holden, MA; Hopkinton, MA; Leominster, MA; Longmeadow, MA; Lynn, MA; Marion, MA; Sandwich, MA; Wakefield, MA; Wilbraham, MA; Worcester, MA; Bel Air, MD; Columbia, MD; Easton, MD; Greenbelt, MD; Largo, MD; Rockville, MD; Bath, ME; Boothbay Harbor, ME; Bridgton, ME; Brunswick, ME; Farmington, ME; Madison, ME; Mexico, ME; Ann Arbor, MI; Byron, MI; Cadillac, MI; Farmington Hills, MI; Holland, MI; Kalamazoo, MI; Lake Orion, MI; Manistee, MI; Monroe, MI; Portage, MI; Romeo, MI; Waterford, MI; Wyandotte, MI; Blaine, MN; Bloomington, MN; Champlin, MN; Coon Rapids, MN; Duluth, MN; Fergus Falls, MN; Hibbing, MN; Hutchinson, MN; Inver Grove Heights, MN; Le Seuer, MN; Minneapolis, MN; Rosemont, MN; Spring Park, MN; Stillwater, MN; White Bear Lake, MN; Brentwood, MI; Hudsonville, MI; Blue Springs, MO; Columbia, MO; Independence, MO; Ste. Genevieve, MO; Hillsboro, MS; Jackson, MS; Vicksburg, MS; Great Falls, MT; Helena, MT; Albemarle, NC; Charlotte, NC; Knightdale, NC; New Bern, NC; Wingate, NC; Fargo, ND; Grand Island, NE; Hastings, NE; Lincoln, NE; Omaha, NE; Claremont, NH; Derry, NH; Durham, NH; Keene, NH; Londonderry, NH; Manchester, NH; North Conway, NH; Wolfeboro, NH; Bloomfield, NJ; Jersey City, NJ; Metuchen, NJ; Montclair, NJ; Piscataway, NJ; Pomona, NJ; Princeton, NJ; Statewide, NJ; Summit, NJ; Wayne, NJ; Albuquerque, NM; Los Alamos, NM; Rio Rancho, NM; Santa Fe, NM; Taos, NM; Boulder City, NV; Carson City, NV; Minden, NV; Chappaqua, NY; Fairport, NY; Penfield, NY; Staten Island, NY; Tivoli, NY; Webster, NY; Athens, OH; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Defiance, OH; Fairborn, OH; Hudson; OH; Macedonia, OH; Medina, OH; Middletown, OH; Norwood, OH; Troy, OH; Wadsworth, OH; Perry, OK; Oregon City, OR; Silverton, OR; Ardmore, PA; Berwyn, PA; Bethel Park, PA; Gettysburg, PA; Harrisburg, PA; McMurray, PA; Moon Township, PA; Pottstown, PA; Reading, PA; Wayne, PA; York, PA; Greenville, SC; Rockhill, SC; Union, SC; Clarksville, TN; Franklin, TN; Germantown, TN; Murfreesboro, TN; Arlington, TX; College Station, TX; Denton, TX; Houston, TX; Kingsville, TX; Cedar City, UT; Logan, UT; Salt Lake City, UT; Vernal, UT; Blacksburg, VA; Gloucester, VA; Herndon, VA; Norfolk, VA; Roanoke, VA; Suffolk, VA; Barre, VT; Bellow Falls, VT; Burlington, VT; Hyde Park, VT; Manchester Center, VT; Newport, VT; Springfield, VT; Waitsfield, VT; Bainbridge Island, WA; Bremerton, WA; Ellensburg, WA; Kent, WA; Longview, WA; Port Townsend, WA; Seattle, WA; Toppenish, WA; Dodgeville, WI; Eau Claire, WI; Fitchburg, WI; Hartford, WI; Janesville, WI; Lake Mills, WI; Kenosha, WI; Madison, WI; Merrill, WI; Muskego, WI; New London, WI; Reedsburg, WI; River Falls, WI; Sun Prairie, WI; Superior, WI; Waterloo, WI; Wausau, WI; Wenatchee, WI; Whitehall, WI; Wisconsin Rapids, WI; Huntington, WV; and Summersville, WV.
The show's corresponding Web site, www.sharingmiracles.com, is an interactive forum for people to relate their own personal stories of hope and survival. Every patient's battle is unique, but the collective power of shared experiences can offer great help and courage to others who are fighting for their lives.
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) helps uninsured and financially-struggling patients access information on programs that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free. To find out if they may qualify for help, patients should call toll-free 1-888-4PPA-NOW to speak with a trained specialist or visit www.pparx.org.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. PhRMA companies are leading the way in the search for new cures. PhRMA members alone invested an estimated $50.3 billion in 2008 in discovering and developing new medicines. Industry-wide research and investment reached a record $65.2 billion in 2008.
PhRMA Internet Address: http://www.phrma.org
For information on stories of hope and survival, visit: http://sharingmiracles.com/
For information on how innovative medicines save lives, visit: http://www.innovation.org
For information on the Partnership for Prescription Assistance, visit: http://www.pparx.org
For more information on public health emergencies, visit: http://www.rxresponse.org
For information on the danger of imported drugs, visit: http://www.buysafedrugs.info
SOURCE Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — More than a few New England Patriots fans left at halftime of Sunday night's game.
After all, their team coughed the ball up three times in the first quarter, trailed 24-0 after 30 minutes and was booed off the home turf at the break. The game-time wind chill, with a 22 mph wind blowing, was 6 degrees, it was a Sunday night, meaning there was Monday morning work and school.
A perfect time to make a run for it.
Those who exited early missed a wild second half and then an overtime that ended Monday morning and the largest comeback in Patriots history.
New England, led by quarterback Tom Brady, scored 31 consecutive points to take the lead, allowed the Broncos to tie the game, then got an incredibly lucky bounce to win in overtime. The Patriots escaped with a 34-31 victory, surviving the latest matchup of Brady and fellow future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning.
"If someone punches you in the face, do you turn around and walk away? Or do you fight back," New England defensive end Rob Ninkovich said.
They fought back, and then got the game-winning break.
After New England's second unsuccessful possession of overtime, a Ryan Allen punt was waved off by Denver return man Wes Welker, who allowed the ball to hit the ground. The ball then bounced off Denver cornerback Tony Carter, a former Patriot, and was recovered by Patriots safety Nate Ebner at the Broncos 13-yard line. After two Brady runs into the line, Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 31-yard field goal.
The 24-point deficit was the largest ever overcome by New England.
Because of a stiff wind, Patriots coach Bill Belichick decided to take the wind rather than the ball after New England won the overtime toss. The decision worked out.
Gostkowski's 21st consecutive field-goal attempt ended it, and New England (8-3) prevailed despite a dreadful first half.
"We didn't give ourselves much of a chance in the first half," Brady said.
After Brady led the Patriots to 31 consecutive points, Manning took his team 80 yards for the tying score, and the game went into overtime, where it looked as if it might end in the NFL's second tie of the day.
Then came the bounce.
"Regardless of how it goes down, you've got to put it behind you quickly in this business," Denver interim coach Jack Del Rio said. "You learn your lesson and go forward."
While the Patriots kept losing the ball in the first quarter, by the end of the game, the Broncos (9-2) also lost three fumbles.
Brady, 10-for-17 for 81 yards at the half, hit 15 of his first 17 second-half passes and threw for three touchdowns, two to wide receiver Julian Edelman, who caught nine passes for 110 yards. He was working against a banged-up Denver defense that lost cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie to a shoulder injury and seemed to have someone limping off on every play.
Brady finished 34-for-50 for 344 yards. Manning was 19-for-36 for 150 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
"A disappointing second-half performance giving them two short fields," said Manning, who lost his third consecutive matchup against Brady and the Patriots (with the Indianapolis Colts and the Broncos). "We just can't do that to our defense. We just didn't do a good job protecting the ball in that second half."
The loss overshadowed a career night by Denver running back Knowshon Moreno, who ran for a career-high 224 yards and a touchdown on 37 carries.
The Patriots scored 28 points in a span of 13:08 in the third quarter and into the fourth. Brady recorded the 56th 300-yard game of his career and also became the fifth NFL quarterback with 350 career touchdown passes.
Broncos linebacker Von Miller ran 60 yards with a fumble recovery 5:06 into the game, and three fumbles led to 17 Denver points in what looked like it might be a blowout.
Welker, a former Patriots favorite who was booed by the home crowd, caught four passes for 31 yards and dropped three passes in his return.
In their first 10 games, the Patriots fumbled 13 times, losing five. They coughed it up three times on their first 13 plays Sunday, making them the first team since 2007 to lose three fumbles in a first quarter. Running backs Stevan Ridley and LeGarrette Blount and Brady all lost the ball; Ridley and Blount were benched for the rest of the game.
Bolden finished with 13 carries for 58 yards and a touchdown. Patriots running back Shane Vereen added 10 carries for 31 yards and eight receptions for 60 yards. New England tight end Rob Gronkowski contributed seven catches for 90 yards and a touchdown.
NOTES: New England's previous record for the largest comeback came when the Patriots escaped a 23-0 hole against the Seattle Seahawks on Sept. 16, 1984, winning 38-23. … Broncos coach John Fox, who had heart-valve replacement surgery in Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 4, will return to Denver on owner Pat Bowden's private plane Wednesday. There was no word on when Fox would coach again. … The Patriots welcomed former WR Wes Welker with a pregame video tribute, but the fans booed him in the game. … Patriots CBs Aqib Talib (hip) and Alfonzo Dennard (knee), both questionable, played and contributed, while S Steve Gregory (thumb) and TE Michael Hoomanawanui (knee) didn't. … Denver TE Julius Thomas (knee) was scratched, while CB Champ Bailey, who has played in only two games this season because of a foot injury, hoped to play but was inactive. … The Patriots visit the floundering Houston Texans on Sunday, while the Broncos head to Kansas City for a rematch against the Chiefs.


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NEXT GAME: Saturday, Nov. 27, at Wilsonville. 1 p.m.
$6 adults, $4 students
By GERRY STEELE
Of the Baker City Herald
Baker senior quarterback Casey Mitchell probably summed up the Bulldogs' play against Siuslaw best.
andquot;We played hard in the first half. We just didn't come out as hard as we should,andquot; Mitchell said.
andquot;Then, in the second half, we started making the plays.andquot;
What that meant was the Bulldogs found themselves trailing 14-0 to third-ranked Siuslaw (9-2) seconds into the second quarter at Bulldog Memorial Stadium. Baker managed to cut the deficit to 14-6 at halftime. Then, as they have all season, the Bulldogs kicked up their play a level in the second half.
The fifth-ranked Bulldogs (9-1) rallied for 15 fourth-quarter points and a 21-14 victory in the OSAA/U.S. Bank/Les Schwab Tires Class 3A second-round football game.
andquot;One more time the character of these kids showed up,andquot; said Baker coach Dave Johnson. andquot;Down 14-0 14 minutes into the game, a lot of teams would have just folded. But, these guys continue to be gamers.andquot;
Bill Mitchell, Baker line coach, agreed.
andquot;These guys are just heartbreak kids,andquot; he said. andquot;They have to study their opponents for a half, and then take it to them.andquot;
It was Siuslaw who took it to the Bulldogs early in the first quarter. Following a short Baker punt the Vikings took over on their own 42. Eight plays later Siuslaw led 7-0 after quarterback Gabe Haberly bulled over from 4 yards out.
Siuslaw regained possession late in the period and added to its score on the first play of the second quarter. This time running back Daniel Lehman sneaked up the middle from a yard out.
That was the last time the Vikings, who entered the game as the highest-scoring 3A team in the playoffs with a 41.8 average, would cross the goal line.
Baker finally broke its own scoring drought with 1:14 left in the first half. On the scoring play, Mitchell rolled to his left,avoided the grasp of a Siuslaw defender, pumped once, then found Billy Phillips slanting across the middle wide open for a 5-yard touchdown. The PAT failed, leaving the Bulldogs down 14-6 at halftime.
A key play on the scoring drive was a third-down 36-yard completion from Mitchell to Kyle Johnson, giving Baker a first down on the Siuslaw 9. On that play, Mitchell rolled right, broke two tackles, and found Johnson. Johnson caught the ball falling backwards between two defenders.
Baker forced a Siuslaw fumble with about a minute remaining in the third quarter, with the Bulldogs' Tommy Ewing recovering on the Viking 29.
Seven plays later, Garrette Smith followed the block of Brett Smith off the left side for the touchdown. He then gave the Bulldogs a 14-14 tie when he hung on to the two-point conversion pass. Making the touchdown and the catch wasn't as simple as it sounded.
andquot;I almost didn't think I had it,andquot; Smith said of the touchdown. andquot;I pushed as hard as I could, rolled up to the line, and got it.
andquot;On the two-point try I took my eyes off the ball, bobbled it, then hung on. It was pretty intense,andquot; Smith said.
Siuslaw appeared to be on the verge of regaining the lead, marching the ball downfield. Then, Phillips stepped in front of a Haberly pass and intercepted it on the Baker 7.
andquot;I had a deep zone coverage, and he threw a bad ball,andquot; Phillips said. andquot;I just got lucky. I would have been burned if he hadn't thrown such a bad ball. The guys up front did a nice job of pressuring him into throwing a bad pass.andquot;
After stopping the Bulldogs, Siuslaw again drove deep into Baker territory. The drive stalled on the Baker 21 when the Vikings' Chris Voogd dropped a Haberly pass near the goal line on fourth down.
Baker then needed just four plays to get the winning score.
Mitchell provided the biggest explosion, scooting outside for a 48-yard gain, giving the Bulldogs a first down on the Siuslaw 26.
Then, after a short run, Mitchell found Matt Bunch in the front left corner of the end zone for the 23-yard touchdown. Bunch caught the ball falling down between two defenders.
andquot;I saw the ball, and there was a man between me and the ball,andquot; Bunch said. andquot;I figured I had to get in front of him to make the catch.andquot;
As momentum carried the defenders toward the sideline, Bunch was able to stop and come back toward the pass.
andquot;I was just trying to get back to the middle, to get to the ball,andquot; he said. andquot;I don't think the defender saw the ball.andquot;
Bunch said he made the catch with the ball about a foot above the turf.
andquot;Matt just made a great play and made me look good,andquot; Mitchell said, smiling.
Brett Smith's conversion kick gave Baker a 21-14 edge with 4:14 left in the game.
Baker defensive end Reggie Hill quelled a Siuslaw comeback bid on the next series when he batted a Haberly pass into the air near the line of scrimmage, then dove to catch the ball for an interception at the Siuslaw 34.
andquot;That was exciting,andquot; Hill said.
andquot;The quarterback was going to the quick, short passes, and all we could do on the line was get our hands up.andquot;
Baker drove the ball to the Siuslaw 10, but couldn't punch it in. However, the Bulldogs did run precious time off the clock, leaving Siuslaw just 54 seconds to try for the tying score.
Haberly moved the ball to midfield, but on fourth down Heath Paxton hit the Siuslaw quarterback in the chest as he let go of the pass, causing the throw to fall incomplete.
andquot;I'm very, very proud of these guys. They made the plays when they had to,andquot; Johnson said.
andquot;In that fourth quarter, we had the ball a ton. That's just great,andquot; he said.
Joel Richardson, Baker assistant coach, noted that it wasn't always the andquot;nameandquot; players making the plays against Siuslaw.
andquot;It was the guys like the Reggie Hills making those kind of plays, the guys who don't always get their names mentioned,andquot; Richardson said. andquot;Once again it goes back to the idea of 'team'.andquot;
Baker travels to top-ranked Wilsonville in the quarterfinals.
Siuslaw 7 7 0 0 14
Baker 0 6 0 15 21
S Haberly 4 run (Thrall kick)
S Lehman 1 run (Thrall kick)
B Phillips 5 pass from Mitchell (Kick failed)
B G. Smith 2 run (G. Smith pass from Mitchell)
B Bunch 23 pass from Mitchell (B. Smith kick)
Siuslaw Baker
First Downs 18 9
Rushing Yards 33-165 39-204
Passing Yards 139 93
Total Yards 294 297
Passing 12-35-2 5-13-0
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 10-67 6-40
Individual statistics
Rushing Siuslaw: Lehman 17-88, Haberly 16-77. Baker: Mitchell 13-80, G. Smith 10-60, T. Taylor 10-29, C. Taylor 6-25.
Passing Siuslaw: Haberly 12-35-2-139. Baker: Mitchell 5-13-0-93.
Receiving Siuslaw: Kreil 6-77, Holton 4-27, Lehman 1-20, Voogd 1-15. Baker: Phillips 2-24, Johnson 1-36, Bunch 1-23, C. Taylor 1-10.


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The ability to date Girlfriends, introduced in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, returns in Grand Theft Auto IV. Like GTA: San Andreas, two of the girlfriends are introduced in the storyline. The other three girlfriends are met online.
Aside from the amusing interactions between Niko Bellic and the women he dates, there can be several in-game benefits to starting a relationship with any of the women of Liberty City. Putting in a little bit of time to woo certain women can unlock their "special abilities;" these can help in particularly difficult missions later on.
Like the other relationships that Niko has with his friends in Liberty City, favor can be gained with girlfriends by taking them to different venues around the city. Unlike the male friends, however, dating is more than just worrying about the venue. To have a successful date Niko must cater to the women's tastes in three areas; Clothing, Vehicles, and Venue. Each woman has different tastes and will respond accordingly.
Reaching 100% fondness with all five girlfriends is NOT required to achieve 100% Completion.
Storyline Girlfriends
Michelle Stone
Michelle is introduced in the mission Three's a Crowd. After completing this mission, Niko is told to purchase some clothes from the Russian clothing store, after which he can call her to set up a date.
- Preferences
- Clothing Preference: Michelle prefers Russian clothes, though she doesn't dislike other clothing.
- Vehicle Preference: She likes almost any vehicle, excluding Police Cars and trucks.
- Venue Preference: She likes any place, though her favorites are Bowling, Darts, Pool, Burger Shot, and Cluckin' Bell.
- Notes
- To achieve 100% fondness with Michelle, be sure to achieve that goal before the mission The Snow Storm
Kate McReary
Kate McReary is introduced in the mission Harboring a Grudge. After completing Waste Not Want Knots, Packie McReary will call to suggest Niko take his sister on a date.
- Preferences
- Clothing Preference: Modo clothing and nice shoes
- Vehicle Preference: A nice moderate car; not too fancy but not too cheap
- Venue Preference: Darts, Pool, Steinway Beer Garden
- Notes
- It is not possible to be invited into Kate's house after a date at any time.
Internet Girlfriends
After the Brucie Kibbutz mission Out of the Closet, dates can be set up online through Love-Meet.net or Craplist.net. 12-24 in-game hours after setting up the date, and then the girlfriend will send Niko an E-mail. The date and time of the first date will be added to Niko's Cell Phone. The first date is very important as it will determine whether or not she will give her Niko her phone number so he can continue dating her. If an internet girlfriend's fondness is raised to a high enough level, her "Special Ability" will be unlocked.
If you have a bad date or do not ask to come in, the girl will dump you. However, wait a few in-game days and they will reappear on the site so you can try again.
Carmen Ortiz (SoBoHoe)
Carmen Ortiz' can be met on Love-Meet.net. Her profile name is SoBoHoe. The first date will be at 00:00 (midnight) on a Monday.
- Preferences
- Clothing Preference: Expensive clothing; Modo or Perseus; Change clothes for future dates
- Vehicle Preference: Expensive vehicles; luxury or sports cars and coupes
- Venue Preference: Bars or Strip clubs for early dates; Restaurants for later dates
- Special Ability
- Health Boost: Allows Niko to call Carmen for medical advice and a quick health boost; Currently has a bug that makes it not work during a mission sometimes.
- Notes
- A first date at a bar and the second and third at a a strip club should raise her fondness quickly.
- According to the LCPD's database, Carmen may be the second young woman to appear in the game's artwork; she was seen leaning down to a car with a guy in it.
- In a intermission scene for Elizabeta Torres she is seen dancing with Elizabeta at a house party.
- There is a slight possibility that she is bisexual, becuase of her interest in going to strip clubs and on her Love-Meet profile it says "Free Spirit" under 'sexuality'.
Kiki Jenkins (LawChick)
Kiki Jenkins can be met on Love-Meet.net. Her profile name is LawChick.
- Preferences
- Clothing Preference: She prefers clothes from the Russian Shop but is okay with Expensive clothing; Modo or Perseus; , doesn't like glasses.
- Vehicle Preference: Expensive luxury cars, not sports cars; Washington or Marbelle are good choices
- Venue Preference: Bowling, Darts, Pool, Perestroika, Split Sides
- Special Ability
- Remove Wanted Level: Allows Niko to call Kiki to remove up to three wanted levels. This ability even works on some missions.
- Notes
- Subsequent dates after the first can be set up by calling her between 6:00AM and 2:00AM.
- Since she likes clothes from the Russian store, she is a good choice for an early girlfriend.
- A first and second date at Split Sides and a third at a sports place should raise her fondness quickly.
- Sometimes she will send you a text message with a picture of her. Sometimes, she will send you a picture of her butt.
Alex Chilton
Alex can be met on Craplist.net.
- Preferences
- Clothing Preference: Perseus
- Vehicle Preference: Expensive sports cars; Turismo
- Venue Preference: Bowling, Darts, Pool, Perestroika, Split Sides, SuperStar Cafe
- Special Ability
- Store Discount: Allows Niko to call Alex to get a 50% discount from all clothing stores for the next 24 in game hours.
- Notes
- A few dates at Split Sides should raise her fondness quickly.
- You can check her blog titled 'Liberated Woman' at Blogsnobs.com. She often talks about her relationship and sex life with Niko and serves as a report on the outcomes of their dates.
- Her last name Chilton is possibly a slight reference to Hilton-- and based of heiress/socialite Paris Hilton. Paris is the Trojan equal of the name Alex.


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He was the BEST Choice..He is a MICHIGAN Man
Brady Hoke B1G Presser Notes
A recap of Brady Hoke's time in front of the cameras (and also off-camera media questions) at Big Ten Media Days today.
It's humbling to represent Michigan in the greatest conference in the country. It's the Wolverines' 132nd year of football. "I don't think we're rebuilding. Period." The players understand what Michigan means, and the team doesn't put stock into a rebuilding year.
The players are doing what they've been asked, but the team is still a long way from where we need to be. How you go through camp (attitude, toughness, discipline, accountability) will lead to how the team performs.
The expectation is always that seniors will lead the team. Fall camp is "funnest time of the year." Hoke thinks the guys will show up on August 8th in shape to play.
Fortunate at Michigan to have several great rivalries. "The rivalry with Ohio is as big a rivalry as there is in the sport." If you don't get excited for that game "you may not be human." Hoke says the team understands the importance of that game, and they talk about it all year. OSU is not a wounded team right now. They're a tremendous program with great tradition. Michigan has 42 B10 championships. "When you have schools that have those legacies, I don't see anybody as wounded." It doesn't diminish the rivalry that both teams have taken reputation hits recently.
Hoke is excited for Denard's potential in the offense. He's done a tremendous job so far, and ran the same offense in high school that he'll be running now. The mechanics of taking snap, play action, etc. is not new to him. Borges has done a tremendous job with him.
"We're smart enough to have elements that he does well from what he did in the past in the spread in our offense." They'll adjust the proportion of spread and pro-style elements in the offense depending on how the team executes in fall camp. They still need to worry about finding a tailback, which should happen within the first 2-3 weeks of the fall.
Why would you worry about changing schemes, when they were so successful last season? "Two sides of the ball in the game of football." As a defensive coach, when you play against a pro-style offense in practice, you build a toughness. This is a physical league, and you need to stop physical offenses.
The excitement of adding Nebraska's tradition, adding a championship game, brings even more fanaticism for the Big Ten conference. Even if it means playing OSU twice? "That game always needs to be played the last week in November. That's tradition. I think there are certain traditions you don't mess with." If you happen to play them twice in a row, so be it. It happens in other sports all the time.
Mattison doesn't just bring X and O benefits. Knowledge, teaching. "That's first and foremost: you've gotta be a tremendous teacher." There's a scheme knowledge that is good, but it's the relationships with 18-23yo kids, and motivation skills all tremendous. If the staff or head coach aren't thinking of the best interest of the kids, they aren't doing a good job.
Hasn't made decision on Stonum. There's no timeframe for making a decision, and he's not worried about team chemistry in waiting to see if Darryl does all the right things to earn his place back on the team. Redshirting this season is possible, but there's too much that can happen in between to be thinking about that.
As for other wideouts, Junior [Hemingway] and Jerald [Robinson] have done a nice job. Odoms "brings a lot of life to us." Presents problems in the slot.
Mike Martin, Ryan Van Bergen, and Will Campbell have worked hard this summer, along with Craig Roh. The seniors are "doing the things that seniors should do."
JT Floyd should be healthy enough to practice right away.
Recruiting: "This might sounds arrogant, but if it is, it is: We're Michigan." Great history, tremendous staff. lifeblood of a program is the guys who come in. Wants toughness, team players, etc. The coaches out on the road do a great job, but Michigan sells itself.
Recruiting is going well, but Signing Day is still a long way away. "We've got 5 or 6 left that we need to be a little picky about." They'll probably sign more than 25 prospects. Recruiting is strong in Ohio, but it's always been like that. Possibly started with Bo Schembechler's roots in Ohio.
Big House night game. "We're looking toward September 3rd first and foremost." First night game with a rival, but the place is going to be jumping with excitement, looking forward to it.
On Kellen Jones: "He's just not enrolled in school." There are no other players that he knows of who won't be on the roster this fall.
Hoke got a bit of time off, but he wasn't able to "turn off" coach mode. He has 115 sons to worry about every day.
Closes with "Thank you, and Go Blue."
in Jerald Robinson. Next year we can count on Roundtree, Robinson, Dileo, and our TEs to carry the load. We could use another deep threat in the 2012 class to round out the group, but our receiving depth could be servicable next year.
And Stokes should be a solid senior receiver next season as well.
I concur it is good to hear about J Robinson. I have been concerned about the WR situation looking to the 2012 and 2013 season (ya still far away). Knowing that J Robinson has been taking the steps to improve and establish himself as a good receiver will go a long way to shoring up the WR spot after Roundtree and Stokes graduate.
As a U of M student entering my senior year, I couldn't be happier to have Coach Hoke leading our football team.
We've got 5-6 left that we need to be a little picky about.
Did that excite anyone else besides me?
Yes indeed!
I'd feel a lot better about some of these comments (On not rebuilding and recruiting "We're Michigan.") if he were coming off a successful season. While it's great Hoke is confident in his team and proud of Michigan as a whole, not a single game has been won or lost. Ultimately you prove you're "Michigan" on the field, not in rah-rah pressers.
He wasn't proving anything today, he was stating fact: We are Michigan. Coach doesn't need to have won or lost any games for Michigan to be Michigan.
With this being my first post, I have to add that I started reading the blog 3 weeks ago and cant get enough of it!
I loved his comment about Michigan not being in a rebuilding year. Michigan players, coaches, fanbase, and recruits expect the best...
No slam to RR, but it does take a coaching staff that brings more than the "X and O benefits"... which is why I think we are seeing a strong recruiting class and happier fan base in a short amount of time!
Call me crazy, I dont see anyone breaking his determination, I think he will have a successful year!
I read it before it was posted on here just as I read the live updates from Angelique on twitter. I'm happy that Coach Hoke points that out. I just wish some fans would keep that in mind as well. Again, what I posted is my opinion about what I would be most comfortable with. While I realize it's not popular opinion here, I felt it could add to the discussion.
"I was left with a mess, we'll be lucky to win as many games as we did last year, Michigan isn't what it used to be, and please some recruit come to our craptacular program, pretty please??"
Yeah, that attitude will make us much better.
Woah, when did I say that? Please point out where in my post it says he should have been downright negative.
I would have preferred something like this, "No, I don't think we're rebuilding. When you're at Michigan you've always got to have high expectations. I think we have a lot of talent on this team in all three phases of the game. Anytime you change systems though, there are going to be bumps in the road. From what I've seen so far, our kids are doing a great job and will continue doing a great job."
On recruiting, "Michigan definitely gives you certain advantages in recruiting. With our tradition, our facilities, our great academics, and our tremendous fan base we've got a lot to offer. We've got some tremendous student atheltes committed to play for us, and will continue working to bring in kids that will make Michigan proud."
But believing your Michigan and a winner is part of becoming one. Advertising "well, maybe, we'll be good, eventually" isn't what you draw upon when you need it. We've folded too often recently. We need to know when times are tough, they can be overcome.
"Tradition is something you can't bottle.You can't buy it at the corner store. But it is there to sustain you when you need it most.I've called upon it time and time again. And so have countless other Michigan athletes and coaches. There is nothing like it. I hope it never dies."
-Fritz Crisler
Great quote. I'm still not sure where you're getting "well, maybe, we'll be good, eventually" from what I said. I said nothing of folding. In my preferred quotes I called out tradition. I'll agree to disagree and keep supporting Michigan the same way I always have.
Between what you're saying and what Hoke is saying that you object to. But I never meant to insinuate you were a "bad" or the "wrong kind" of fan.
is in better shape now than it was when Rodriguez got here, and I don't think its debatable.
Though how "bad" the actual state of the program is too. But it's not something anyone has any real interest going over again
Enter RR: We had just beaten Florida sandwiched between 2 national championships. Prior to that, we went to two rose bowls.
Enter Hoke: We just lost by 35 points to a middle of the road SEC team and got absolutely steam rolled by the big 10 elite. In addition, Purdue, Indiana, and Illinois are our Big 10 peers.
You can have your opinion, but don't say that you dont think it's even debatable.
about the talent available to a new coach taking over our program. I do think the talent we have this year is far superior to the talent on the team in '08. certainly on offense, it's far superior to what we had then.
Are you kidding? When RR get here we had just beaten Florida in a bowl game, had a future NFL first round pick as qb. Has brown and minor as RB. Had a bunch of good wideOuts. And, generally had a roster filled with 4 star talent. We are still a big name.
Now we are coming off of 3 embarrassing years, with violations, a blowout to MSU (bowl), owned by MSU and OSU, and generally not in a good place.
You are incorrect in all areas. We had average wideouts, walk on QB's, and only one talented RB who was always injured. And a TERRIBLE offensive line that started a guard who has switched over from defense two weeks earlier. The offensive talent was by our standards, awful.
Not knowing Michigan's tradition and not having the kahunas to say" Michigan sells itself" because of the tradition and tough man-ball is what RR did. In fact he did just the opposite- he mumbled about "....need time to adjust to the system" and "...the Michigan name no longer sells the top tier recruits...". Remember how that worked out for us??????
If you've forgotten just ask Toledo how fearful of Michigan they were or any other team during RR's tenure for that matter.
Thank God we have a coach now that knows Michigan football, that we are the winningest team in 1-A history, what got us the wins (tough hard-nosed football but not fearing to take risks offensively). And thank God that that new coach of ours inspires the team and is restoring the confidence and tradition.
He's not a pretender, he's the real deal and don't be afraid of that. You want a confident leader at the helm. Do you want a guy that stands there and waits for his team to deliver? No...you want a leader to inspire confidence to carry your program forward.
Sheepish is not a good trait for a coach. Hoke is the man! He knows what he's doing!!! Go Blue!!!
This man has gone to the Carr School of Media Management. Always keep talking, never actually answer a question and use the word "tremendous" a lot.
This is NOT a criticism. This is how the media, especailly the Detroit media, has to be handled. In fact, I think Coach Hoke did a tremendous job.
in his comment that we would "probably sign more than 25 prospects". I was under the impression that the biggest class we could sign was 26. Is that still the case?
26 is more than 25.
so long as there is room for them in the 85 limit and three of them are early enrollees so that only 25 new scholarship players enroll for the 2012 fall term.
Right now we only have room for 22 total. That means some combination of 4 tranfers, 5th year seniors not being asked back or medical scholarships need to occur before next season to permit 26 signees to be eligible to play in fall 2012 (and one of those must enroll early)
Nice to see Jerald Robinson get a mention!
pumps me up...I watched the press conference and wanted to jump thru the TV when he was taking about :this is Michigan"!!!!!
Wish I could've watched it.... I love the "This might sound arrogant, but if it is, it is: We're Michigan"
Not only did Denard run a similar offense in high school, he works his tail off as others have mentioned. I'm really pumped to see the offense in action.
Still skeptical about the defense... I mean, they can't really go anywhere but up, but it's hard to say how much they will improve...too many variables....
BTN.com posted it for streaming.
first off, welcome!
Nobody can blame you for being skeptical after what we saw last year on D, BUT never underestimate the power of strong leadership, especially when applied to young, impressionable men. I think the D is going to jump 40-50 spots nationally.
When asked about the first night game, Hoke says...
"We're looking toward September 3rd first and foremost."
A very Lloyd Carr type of answer.
was complicit and he doesn't want to see OSU get hammered because he thinks it will hurt the Big Ten conference. That being said, he is wrong to assist or enable OSU's discretions. Programs can be rebuilt but integrity and a reputation are harder to recover once you've proven you are willing to cheat. And I don't want the Big Ten to act like the SEC.
Hopefully he just means Tressel paid the price and OSU will face their own additional penalties, but I doubt it.
On the other hand, our NCAA violations were embarrasing
Here, Here!!!
"This might sounds arrogant, but if it is, it is: We're Michigan."
I'm liking this guy more every day. I hope he's successful in instilling that swagger attitude into all of the players
Has no one noted this yet? Go to the Daily article:
Look at the picture. The man is pointing at something. This is reassuring.
"Brady Hoke points Denard Robinson toward the door."
you're new, but Hoke's pointing habit is legendary in these parts. Stick around and you'll see it referenced a bazillion times every week. Hoke points and shit melts down without a fight...it simply has no other option.
I'm in love all over again!!!!
Yup...that's what he said. I don't suspect he's rethinking the comment either. Go F-ing Blue!
Brady looked nervous in his introductory comments. I think it was one of those moments where he could sense the magnitude of what he has accomplished in becoming head football coach at Meechigan.
Hoke gets criticism for saying what the media and fan base want to hear, but he is able to come of as genuine, because he does it with his own unique style. This is going to one of the funnest eras of M football in a while, I can promise ya.
At the beginning, he looks likes he's going to puke. He got his ultimate dream job, he's playing Broadway, he's going from critics favorite indy picture director to the next James Bond film. But by the time the press conference is over, he's just talking football, and has everyone eating out of his hand. It's a daunting thing to coach Michigan. Rich struggled with the press conferences at times, and it took awhile for Lloyd to go from grumpy to funny-scary-grumpy. Force of nature personalities like Bo are rare. But Brady's growth arc into the job has been amazing.
Yuck. I think poor Brady coughed up a little phlegm and couldn't just spit it into the trash. I'm afraid ol' Brady had to take one for those 115 kids
"But Brady's growth arc into the job has been amazing."
"Amazing" is so inadequate (like wife #2)...I'm sure you meant to write "tremendous".
I think that's his line now. ;-)


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- My mother's leukemia returned after eight years in remission
- She desperately needs a bone marrow transplant as soon as possible
- South Asian bone marrow donors are hard to find
- Barriers to donating can be psychological or cultural
Last fall, you could typically find my mom teaching, mentoring her students, nagging me to study for the SATs, taking my sister to soccer practice or cooking dinner.
She took on one new responsibility as well: driving another mother and her son to and from the Stanford hospital, where the son was undergoing treatment for lymphoma. Mom had never met them before last fall. Yet, when she heard that they were new to the area, she gave them support and gained friendship.
This type of behavior is not out of the ordinary for my mom. When one of her colleagues in Boston got diagnosed with breast cancer, Mom organized a food drop-off for the family. When she saw that a bright student was failing her class, she took him aside and bought him a textbook after learning he couldn't afford them. This Thanksgiving, she learned that a group of students could not go home for the break. Mom invited them over for a home-cooked dinner.
The day after that Thanksgiving dinner, my mom was diagnosed for the second time with acute myelogenus leukemia (AML), a cancer of the blood -- after eight years in remission.
Now, she desperately needs a bone marrow transplant as soon as possible.
Due to certain genetic markers, her match will almost certainly come from someone from her birthplace -- Kerala, in southern India.
But South Asian donors of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Maldivian or Sri Lankan descent are some of the least-represented groups in the National Marrow Donor Program. Some campaigns recruiting South Asians suggest that a South Asian like my mom has a 1 in 20,000 chance of finding a match, while the chance is 1 in 8 for Caucasians.
When the news of my mother's illness became known, it seemed like everyone we had ever met -- and even people we hadn't -- were asking how they could help us. Our friends in California set up an Internet-based food delivery system. Our friends in Boston flooded us with care packages.
Once we learned that Mom needed a transplant, her former students, friends, and colleagues -- even those she did not know personally -- started setting up bone marrow drives around the country.
On December 27, we got a belated but incredible Christmas present -- Mom's doctors had found 12 potential bone marrow matches! The drives stopped, and we breathed a sigh of relief.
It didn't occur to us that none of the 12 potential matches would work out, or that people would back out of donating their bone marrow. So we were shocked when we got the heartbreaking news that half of the potential donors had refused to follow up. The other six did, but were ruled out upon further testing. Our spirits were crushed.
Once more, those who care about Mom stepped up to bring us hope. They launched a campaign site, NaliniNeedsYou.com, and a Facebook site that has been seen by more than 1 million people (including more than 60,000 in India) and received more than 3,500 "likes" so far.
They also created a video (NaliniNeedsYou.com) that had 4,500 views in its first three days on YouTube and more than 100,000 views through the Stanford Facebook page.
More than 150 drives targeting South Asians were organized all over the world, held at colleges, temples, companies and festivals. Thousands of people signed up to be on the National Bone Marrow registry.
Although we have not yet found a match for my mom, at least six of these people have proved to be potential matches for other people desperately needing a transplant.
Two weeks ago, we found out that Mom had a match from India. We were ecstatic. But two days later, we found out that donor, too, was unwilling to donate.
Although donation is generally safe and painless, the chief barriers are psychological and cultural. There is a diversity of opinions about biological donation across cultures, with some more traditional ones considering the practice taboo.
This might be one reason why India, the world's second-largest nation, has a bone marrow registry of 39,000 people, according to DATRI, a nonprofit organization which drives and maintains registries worldwide. In comparison, there are 10.5 million donors on the United States' National Marrow Donor Program. Of those, only 208,000, or nearly 2%, are South Asian. In fact, we learned that the potential match two weeks ago -- a young man from India -- had been talked out of donating by his parents.
Being a bone marrow donor is easy. Screening is a simple swab of the cheek, and if you are found to be a match, donation is usually a simple outpatient procedure called Peripheral Blood Stem Cell collection. The donor receives injections for a few days before the donation to boost their own blood-forming cells. These new cells are then collected through an IV and filtered from the rest of the blood.
My dream is to give Mom the gift of life -- in the form of a bone marrow donor. Sadly, neither my sister nor I are matches. So I'll settle for challenging everyone who reads this to get on the Bone Marrow Registry. If you are already a member, I salute you, but I challenge you to spread the word, so that my mom -- or someone else's mom, dad, sibling, child or friend -- can receive the gift of life. Act now.
You can register at Join.BeTheMatch.org. If you would like to try to donate for Mom, please submit the code "nalini" so that your swab kits can be expedited.