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DENVER — It's not as if Niwot wrestling coach Scott Sanchez has a canned speech he opens up every time he prepares a Cougars wrestler for his first experience at the state finals.
Yet years of experience nonetheless have taught Sanchez that keeping it simple inevitably remains the best approach whenever a newbie hits the bright lights of the Pepsi Center floor.
That strategy paid dividends for the Cougars on Thursday. Each of Niwot's two representatives at state, sophomore Clay Robinson and junior Joey Lambert, were making his first state appearances. Both Niwot athletes came out victorious in their state debuts to advance to Friday's quarterfinals.
"It is a whole other atmosphere with the lights and all that," Niwot coach Scott Sanchez said. "We just tell them to wrestle their style and don't change up. Do what's been successful to get to this point and good things will happen."
Robinson felt as if he wrestled tentatively during a regional final defeat last week, and he made certain to not make the same mistake Thursday. Robinson quickly asserted control in his 106-pound first-round match against Randen Espinoza of Palisade, ultimately recording a pin at the 1 minute, 20 second mark.
Lambert, competing at 132 pounds, also came away with a pin in his state debut, taking down Tristen Wolf of Conifer at the 4:40 mark.
Lambert (26-13) will take on Isaac Naro of Pueblo South in the quarterfinals on Friday, while Robinson (34-6) will face Broomfield's Darek Huff.
"One of my friends who I wrestled with for a long time who wrestled last year said, 'Don't look up,'" Robinson said. "I was trying my hardest not to get nervous and to not get overwhelmed."
Both Erie and Mead split their four first-round matches, with victories highlighted by each team's most prominent state title contender.
Erie received victories via pins from 132-pounder Brandon Wetsch and 160-pounder Ladd Bunker. Wetsch took down Michael Brierton of Palmer Ridge at the 1:28 mark, and Bunker was even more impressive in the opening round of the 160-pound bracket, needing only 57 seconds to eliminate Pueblo South's Mitchel Chavez from title contention.
"This year the goal is to take gold," said Wetsch, a junior who is making his third consecutive state appearance. "I made sure to get my head positioned right and attack first."
Mead recorded victories from 113-pounder Sage Budd in addition to 182-pound state title contender Kyle Couch, who recorded a first-round pin against Jake Beighey of Green Mountain in just 35 seconds.
"Gabe Alvarado's match (at 170 pounds) was tough — we gave away some points and thought that maybe there were some other ones there we didn't get," Mead coach Ty Tatham said. "That was a little bit tough, but everyone wrestled well. Everybody went out there and wrestled hard and got after it. On this night, that's what you want to see. Hopefully it will continue the next two days."
Budd will have a tough challenge in Friday's quarterfinals as he takes on Broomfield's Drew Romero, a two-time state champion.
It was a rough opening day for Longmont. The Trojans qualified five wrestlers for state, but only one recorded a victory during Thursday's opening rounds.
That honor went to 195-pound junior Jaime Ramos-Vega, who pinned Rhett Hanson of Mullen at the 1:43 mark. Ramos-Vega will take on Joey Sanchez of Eagle Valley in the quarterfinals on Friday.
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DENVER — First-round results Thursday from the Colorado Class 4A state high school wrestling tournament held at Pepsi Center.
Team Scores — Windsor 34; Discovery Canyon 25; Thompson Valley 24; Broomfield 17; Roosevelt 16; Pueblo Central 15; Pueblo Centennial 14; Berthoud 10; Mesa Ridge 10; Montezuma-Cortez 10; Air Academy 8; Eagle Valley 8; Erie 8; Golden 8; Montrose 8; Niwot 8; Falcon 7.5; Palmer Ridge 7.5; Durango 6; Elizabeth 6; Mead 6; Valor Christian 6; Ft. Morgan 5.5; Arvada 4; Canon City 4; Cheyenne Mountain 4; Greeley Central 4; Longmont 4; Pueblo County 4; Weld Central 4; Palisade 3.5; Vista Ridge 3.5; Mullen 3; Northridge 3; Pueblo East 3; Sand Creek 3; Conifer 2; Evergreen 2; Frederick 2; Lewis-Palmer 2; Pueblo West 2; Rifle 2; Summit 2; Thomas Jefferson 2; Woodland Park 2.
106 pounds — Dalton Robertson, Weld Central dec. Junior Casillas, Vista Peak, 8-4; Procopio Valdez, Mesa Ridge dec. Tyler Erzen, Elizabeth, 4-3; Michael Ramirez, Pueblo South maj. dec. Vincent Hoffman, Mullen, 15-5; Vladyslav Kazakov, Thompson Valley pinned Anthony Nieto, Erie, 1:46; Sam Turner, Discovery Canyon tech. fall Adam Lee, Denver West, 16-0; Josh Villa, Windsor pinned Terrell Banuelos, Montrose, 2:46; Clay Robinson, Niwot pinned Randen Espinoza, Palisade, 1:20; Darek Huff, Broomfield pinned Abraam Arreguin-Almanz, Mitchell, 2:52.
113 pounds — Drew Romero, Broomfield dec. Emmanuel Sandoval, Montrose, 10-4; Sage Budd, Mead dec. Davis Baxter, Pueblo South, 7-2; Jesse Ortiz, Frederick dec. Caleb McElfresh, Mitchell, 8-2; Collin Williams, Thompson Valley pinned Jeremiah Gonzales, Pueblo Central, 1:02; Brandon Gonzalez, Mesa Ridge dec. Brandon Rivas, Greeley Central, 9-4; Rylen Thalhammer, Palmer Ridge pinned Matthew Lavengood, Durango, 3:58; Austin Veen, Valor Christian dec. David Brown, Delta, 4-2; Joel Salomon, Windsor pinned Brad Kadlubowski, Lewis-Palmer, 3:47.
120 pounds — AJ Rees, Discovery Canyon pinned Darian Manzanares, Pueblo Centennial, 1:33; Tylar Francis, Roosevelt pinned Dylan Alvarez, Broomfield, 3:34; Juan Lopez, Northridge maj. dec. Donald Sisneros, Mullen, 16-2; Nick Wittrock, Summit dec. Leon Sanchez, Mesa Ridge, 5-3; Gavril Houston, Elizabeth dec. Domnick Archuleta, Greeley Central, 5-3; Marcus Martinez, Pueblo South dec. Oscar Ruelas, Rifle, 4-2; Aaron Carrera, Pueblo East maj. dec. Levi Gross, Montezuma-Cortez, 9-1; Jonathan Lewis, Windsor maj. dec. Zion Rivera, Thomas Jefferson, 9-1.
126 pounds — Bobby Amond, Cheyenne Mountain pinned Jeriah Garcia, Denver South, 1:05; Ben Hewson, Thompson Valley pinned Matteo Ambriz, Windsor, 2:57; Jimmy Fate, Berthoud pinned Shane Anderson, Delta, 2:55; Layth Dieyleh, Thomas Jefferson dec. Trenton Fair, Pueblo East, 15-9; Dalton Hannigan, Palisade tech. fall Eloy Valdez, Longmont, 16-0; Jacob Kay, Evergreen dec. Tyler Hanenberg, Air Academy, 6-0; Brandon Aragon, Pueblo Central dec. Keaton Regenor, Discovery Canyon, 2-1; Ian Wingstrom, Ft. Morgan tech. fall Isaac Rider, Rifle, 18-3.
132 pounds — Tanner Williams, Thompson Valley pinned Nate Butler, Air Academy, 5:47; Alex Kingsley, Berthoud pinned Kenny Ojeda, Thomas Jefferson, 2:54; Joey Lambert, Niwot pinned Tristen Wolf, Conifer, 4:40; Isaac Naro, Pueblo South dec. James Engle, Pueblo Centennial, 7-0; Sonny Espinoza, Pueblo Central pinned Conor Lococo, Windsor, 2:00; Steve Turner, Discovery Canyon pinned Coy Zang, Rifle, 2:30; Travis Myers, Pueblo West dec. Justin Ray, Palisade, 4-3; Brandon Wetsch, Erie pinned Michael Brierton, Palmer Ridge, 1:28.
138 pounds — Ryan Daves, Montezuma-Cortez pinned Matt McFadden, Cheyenne Mountain, 1:33; Jacob Gerken, Ft. Morgan dec. Tyler Thalhammer, Palmer Ridge, 5-1; Hunter Shively, Conifer dec. Eric Palomino, Northridge, 3-1; Dallas Rohrig, Rifle dec. Erik Romero, Pueblo West, 8-6 OT; Joseph Sisneros, Mullen maj. dec. Matt Combs, Mountain View, 11-3; Parker Simington, Thompson Valley dec. Jayme Wilson, Widefield, 7-3; Matt Sandoval, Montrose dec. Nathaniel Rykerd, Lewis-Palmer, 4-3; Jace Lopez, Roosevelt pinned Noel Estrada, Thomas Jefferson, 1:10.
145 pounds — Phil Downing, Broomfield pinned Nick Rocha, Pueblo Centennial, :56; Austin Zuniga, Pueblo South dec. Paris Salas, Golden, 6-0; Dominique Hughes, Mesa Ridge pinned William Schell, Erie, 2:17; Dylan Burgett, Elizabeth pinned Trevor Garcia, Palisade, 3:34; Chad Ellis, Berthoud dec. Austin Sethman, Air Academy, 6-2; Kennan Wyatt, Pueblo Central maj. dec. Zach Chavez, Thompson Valley, 10-0; Erik Guy, Palmer Ridge, tech. fall Justice Ramos, Montezuma-Cortez, 15-0; Tyler Oberg, Discovery Canyon dec. Paul Robeson, Greeley Central, 7-2.
152 pounds — Kennan Willits, Pueblo County pinned Jeremiah Clymer, Mountain View, 3:06; Caleb Miranda, Pueblo Centennial pinned Joe Johnson, Thomas Jefferson, 5:09; Nick Tarpley, Durango dec. Jarod Albo, Broomfield, 3-2; Kennen Lanteri, Windsor maj. dec. Jeremy Jaquess, Sand Creek, 11-3; John Holst, Valor Christian dec. Hunter Brasfield, Delta, 11-4; Jeff Burbach, Discovery Canyon pinned Devin Rothrock, Golden, 4:41; Mark Espinoza, Pueblo South dec. Drake Greeott, Longmont, 15-9; Cody Soulka, Falcon pinned John Leonard, Elizabeth, :50.
160 pounds — Francisco Marquez, Thompson Valley pinned Connor Orban, Broomfield, 3:34; Spencer Urban, Roosevelt pinned Ricky Ray, Discovery Canyon, 4:53; Ladd Bunker, Erie pinned Mitchel Chavez, Pueblo South, :57; Kyle Soulka, Falcon tech. fall Adam Bryan, Palmer Ridge, 16-1; Thomas Chisholm, Woodland Park dec. Ivan Wolf, Longmont, 4-3; Marcus Velasquez, Montrose pinned Kevin Paredes, Elizabeth, 2:47; Seager Oliver, Montezuma-Cortez pinned Johnny Ray Vallejo, Pueblo Central, 2:34; Vinny Gonzales, Windsor dec. Caleb Smith, Pueblo West, 12-6.
170 pounds — Adrian Mack, Discovery Canyon pinned Brad Blackstock, Golden, :52; Chandler Montes, Pueblo Central dec. Cole Nielsen, Eagle Valley, 8-1; Chaz Polson, Valor Christian dec. Justin Barron, Falcon, 13-8; Joseph Keller, Windsor pinned Sheldon Berg, Mesa Ridge, 1:49; Josh McLaughlin, Thompson Valley dec. Michael Ibarra, Mullen, 7-1; Caleb Cuneio, Air Academy pinned Fernando Ramos Vega, Longmont, 5:43; Joseph Glenn, Lewis-Palmer dec. Gabe Alvarado, Mead, 6-3; Zach Stodden, Broomfield maj. dec. Justin Barham, Glenwood Springs, 15-3.
182 pounds — Kyle Couch, Mead pinned Jake Beighey, Green Mountain, :35; Ty LaFramboise, Eagle Valley dec. Tony Molinaro, Pueblo County, 10-4 3OT; Tremell Stanley, Mesa Ridge dec. Alfredo Rosales, Delta, 10-5; Josh Semmler, Roosevelt pinned Dillon Tussey, Conifer, 2:42; Jacob Hawthorne, Vista Ridge tech. fall Braxton Stewart, Palisade, 15-0; Ian Cheatum, Golden pinned Martin Gonzalez, Thomas Jefferson, 2:42; Cosme Martinez, Windsor pinned Luke McAnich, Broomfield, 4:30; Trenton Gustafson, Montezuma-Cortez dec. Anthony Abbott, Canon City, 11-5.
195 pounds — Garet Krohn, Arvada pinned Toby McBride, Ft. Morgan, 3:09; Ben Self, Air Academy dec. Patton Graff, Thompson Valley, 5-2; Joey Sanchez, Eagle Valley dec. James Garrett, Mesa Ridge, 6-1; Jaime Ramos Vega, Longmont pinned Rhett Hanson, Mullen, 1:43; John Lieder, Pueblo Centennial pinned Devon Strover, Harrison, 5:34; Logan Longworth, Weld Central dec. Pheonix Versey, Palmer Ridge, 8-3; Brandon Brauser, Windsor dec. Demetrius Zissimos, Broomfield, 8-7; David Traynor, Discovery Canyon tech. fall Kyle Collins, Delta, 17-2.
220 pounds — Andy Armstrong, Eagle Valley pinned Mason Barber, Mountain View, 1:04; Hunter Reinert, Pueblo South pinned Victor Garcia, John F. Kennedy, :21; Connor Eakes, Broomfield dec. DJ Wolski, Vista Ridge, 7-2; Jacob Winter, Windsor pinned Nate Smith, Falcon, 4:56; Garrett Benell, Canon City pinned Brock Howes, Arvada, :55; Damian Garcia, Pueblo Centennial pinned Noah Lennox, Golden, 5:53; Daniel Gustavson, Durango pinned Jorge Cortez, Mead, 1:55; Evan Lancelot, Pueblo Central pinned Kenny Hardwick, Pueblo County, 4:50.
285 pounds — Dakota Gulley, Golden pinned TreVaughn Hawkins, Denver South, 1:00; Demitrius Miller, Pueblo Centennial dec. Jacob Robles, Pueblo East, 8-7; Tuli Laulu, Sand Creek maj. dec. Marcus Garcia, Delta, 8-0; Austin Harris, Broomfield dec. Chris Palacios, Longmont, 4-1 OT; Jesus Casillas, Montrose dec. Billy Dabney, Cheyenne Mountain, 1-0; Robert Bishop-Cotner, Windsor pinned Tyler Bender, Wheat Ridge, 1:12; Jorge Guerra-Munoz, Greeley Central pinned Zach Rios, Mullen, 5:42; Justin Petrash, Air Academy dec. Matt Isaacs, Thompson Valley, 9-3.


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A long drive by Mike Napoli, a lucky bounce and a bullpen mix-up. A most weird recipe put the Texas Rangers on the brink of their first World Series championship. Napoli delivered the biggest hit of his charmed season, lining a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning that sent the Rangers past the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-2, last night for a 3-2 edge.
A long drive by Mike Napoli, a lucky bounce and a bullpen mix-up. A most weird recipe put the Texas Rangers on the brink of their first World Series championship.
Napoli delivered the biggest hit of his charmed season, lining a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning that sent the Rangers past the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-2, last night for a 3-2 edge.
"We're a focused group," Texas star Michael Young said. "We're hungry. We're looking forward to Game 6. We've already been to their park so we know what to expect."
Napoli's go-ahead stroke came off Marc Rzepczynski, right after a potential double-play ball slipped away from the St. Louis reliever. More bruising, at least to the Cardinals: Rzepczynski wasn't even supposed to face Napoli.
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said he called down to the bullpen earlier in the inning and wanted Rzepczynski and closer Jason Motte to get ready. Instead, bullpen coach Derek Lilliquist heard only Rzepczynski at first. La Russa called again to ask for Motte and this time Lilliquist heard "Lynn," as in reliever Lance Lynn.
"I was more frustrated the double-play ball went off the glove and the fact we had numerous chances to add runs. That's probably more frustrating," La Russa said.
"The other part just happens. I mean, it's loud down there, and sometimes you call down there and you have to wait until the crowd and a guy gets up late. I mean, this is not unusual," he said.
Whatever, it cost the Cardinals dearly.
Texas will try to wrap it up in Game 6 tomorrow night in St. Louis, with Colby Lewis facing Jaime Garcia.
The weather forecast for Busch Stadium is daunting, calling for rain and temperatures around 50.
After Napoli put Texas ahead, the slugging catcher capped off his night of double duty by throwing out a would-be base stealer in the ninth as Albert Pujols struck out.
"Pujols is going to put it in play, he's a good contact hitter," Napoli said, "and they were just starting the runner, 3-2. As soon as I got it, I just got rid of it and put it on the bag."
And just like that, Texas was one win away.
If the Rangers eventually do win that elusive crown, the Texas fans who stood and chanted Napoli's name may forever remember his two-run hit.
"Just trying to get something to the outfield, you know, get a sac fly, get that run across the board," Napoli said. "I was trying to stay short and I got a pitch I could handle over the middle of the plate and put it in the gap."
If the Cardinals lose, there's no doubt which play will stick with La Russa for a long, long time.
It was 2-all when Texas put runners on first and second with one out in the eighth, and Rzepczynski was summoned. David Murphy followed with a bouncer back to the mound, a possible inning-ending double play in the making.
But the ball appeared to glance off Rzepczynski's hand and trickled harmlessly away for a single that loaded the bases. In the dugout, La Russa immediately threw his hands to his head, a true "Oh, no!" moment.
The mix-up then kept the lefty in to face the right-handed Napoli, and it didn't work.
Napoli, who came close to a three-run homer in his previous at-bat and hit a big homer in a Game 4 win, sent a drive up the alley against the pitcher with the nickname "Scrabble." The double off Rzepczynski sure spelled good things for Texas, with excitable manager Ron Washington waving the runners around from the dugout.
Darren Oliver earned the win and Neftali Feliz closed for his second save of the Series and sixth of the postseason.
Adrian Beltre and Mitch Moreland hit solo home runs off Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter, helping Texas come back from an early 2-0 deficit.
Later, it became a battle of the bullpens and Texas prevailed.
Octavio Dotel gave up a leadoff double to Young in the eighth, struck out Beltre and intentionally walked Nelson Cruz. That left it up to Rzepczynski, and the game quickly slipped away.
La Russa appeared stunned by the turnaround. Later in the eighth, because of the mix-up, he brought in Lynn and had him issue an intentional walk to the only batter he faced. Motte eventually ended the inning, but it was too late.
Fittingly, Napoli had a role in the final play. Lance Berkman struck out and the ball hit Napoli's shin guard and trickled up the first base line, where the catcher picked it up and tossed to first base to end the game.
Pujols drew three intentional walks, including a pass with two outs and none on in the seventh. The St. Louis slugger then nearly used his legs to put his team ahead.
Pujols was running hard on a 3-2 pitch that Matt Holliday hit for a single to left-center. Pujols chugged around the bags and third base coach Jose Oquendo initially waved him home, only to put up a late stop sign.
Would Pujols have been safe on shortstop Elvis Andrus' wide throw to the plate? Maybe. But it became moot when Berkman was intentionally walked to load the bases and David Freese flied out against Alexi Ogando.
Beltre's homer made it 2-all with two outs in the sixth. He dropped to one knee after following through on a meaty cut. He connected on a big curve from Carpenter, who had easily handled Josh Hamilton and Young to start the inning.
Beltre's other homers this October came in a bunch. He hit three in a first-round playoff game at Tampa Bay.
Napoli almost gave Texas a cushion later in the inning. With the crowd standing and chanting his name as "Nap-Oh-Lee" flashed on the scoreboard, the catcher's bid for a three-run homer was caught on the warning track in right-center field, just shy of the 407-foot mark.
The homer let Wilson avoid becoming the first pitcher to lose four times in a single postseason. The eccentric lefty who alternates red and blue gloves between starts had another uneven outing, working around five walks.
Wilson walked six while losing Game 1 to Carpenter and the Cardinals.
Moreland atoned for some glove woes with a home run in the third, hitting a drive halfway up the second deck in right field.
The Cardinals scored twice in the second, cashing in two leadoff walks sandwiched around a wild pitch.
Yadier Molina notched his fifth RBI of the Series with a single that left fielder Murphy overran and fumbled for an error. Skip Schumaker followed with an RBI grounder to first that Moreland boxed around, preventing any chance at a double play.
Murphy made a diving catch to end the inning, denying Nick Punto a run-scoring hit. Punto carried his bat all the way to first base and tried to break the wood by bending it over his right thigh.
Already ahead 2-0, the Cards threatened in the third after Wilson slipped coming off the mound trying to field Rafael Furcal's leadoff bunt and made a poor, backhanded flip that skittered past Moreland. But with runners at the corners, Wilson got Holliday to bounce into a quick double play. Not so surprising, really — Wilson induced the most DP grounders in the majors this year while St. Louis hit into an NL-record 169 double plays.
Holliday flied out with the bases loaded, after an intentional walk to Pujols, to finish the fifth.

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With the release of Friday's jobs report -- the last one before the election -- we thought it made sense to update one of our favorite charts comparing Obama's first term vs. George W. Bush's first term, when it comes to jobs. We first saw the one made this summer by Invictus at The Big Picture.
The left side of the chart shows the first Bush years. The right is Obama's.
The red line represents the trajectory of private sector jobs, while the blue and green lines represent the trajectory of state and local government jobs. All are set at 100 to the beginning, just for the sake of normalizing each number to the same point.
As you can see, under Bush's first term, private sector jobs never got to their start point, while public sector jobs soared.
Under Obama private sector jobs have now easily surpassed the level they were when he started, while public sector employment is way down, with no comeback having yet commenced.
SEE ALSO: Now it's time for the truth about this economic recovery >


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I have just read the following question about measurable and non-measurable sets. Does there exist a measurable subset of $\mathbb{R}^2$ all of whose projections are non-measurable? As with many such questions, there is an easy solution based on the general principle that measure-zero sets in the plane can be very nasty: you can just take your favourite non-measurable set in $\mathbb{R}$ and think of it as a subset of $\mathbb{R}^2.$
Just for fun, here is a meta-question: is there a way of somehow ruling out any use of this principle and thereby obtaining a more challenging question? One idea that fails miserably is to insist that the subset of $\mathbb{R}^2$ has positive measure. That fails because all you have to do is take the union of a nasty measure-zero set with a token nice set of positive measure that doesn't cause any of the projections to become measurable. And that is easy.
Here is a different idea, which comes with a warning that I've only just thought of it so the question has a very good chance of not being interesting. Let X be a measurable subset of the plane. Does there necessarily exist a measure-zero subset Y of X and a projection $\pi$ such that $\pi(X\setminus Y)$ is measurable? In case asking for Y to be a subset of X is too much of a restriction, an alternative question would be for Y to be an arbitrary set of measure zero and consider $\pi(X\Delta Y).$


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Ryan149322 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 266 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Lola is an offline + online game for wine lovers.
Offline, "Lola" covers the label of a wine so it can be tasted "blind". In other words, the consumer tasting the wine will not know who made the wine, where it is from or how much it costs.
After tasting the wine, the consumer will go to our website to record impressions of the wine, and thereafter, have the wine revealed!
I like white space.
I like blacks, grays and other neutrals.
The highlight colors for button text, and other highlight areas should match either of the Lola logo that are attached.
The site should be modern, clean and easy for the consumer to read and navigate.
Aim for sexy.
Page 1- HOMEPAGE (see 2 mockups attached)
Homepage Goal - Consumer Enters Code and Registers/logins
After the consumer enters code and clicks the "Play Lola" button, then the page will stay the same but the box will change to prompt registration.
Options for login/registration will be most prominently Facebook and LinkedIn. There will also be a small text link that says "or click here to register with email validation".
- at the top, include a small text link available to "Login" and "About Lola"
- at the bottom, include links to "About Lola" and "Wine Merchants"
PAGE 2- GUESS WINE - See 2 mockups attached
Goal: consumer completes guess
Consumer will answer basic questions and will have the option thereafter to answer more advanced questions.
- show Lola logo and a secondary wine merchant logo with equal prominence. Wine merchant logo also attached.
Header- Congrats on completing the basic questions! If you want to play the advanced game, you can also log guesses to any of the additional fields below!
- See page 4 on the attached file titled "Mockups Nov 28". This is the same information we will display, except that we do not need to show a Leaderboard. (Also note - my design is ugly, so do not feel a need to work from it! Just use the content.)
This is a page where the consumer can see history of the wines he or she has tasted and link back to their "Discover Wine" pages. I have not created a mock-up for this page, but content for the page is described below.
h6. Details (written in consumer point of view)
- Show my picture
- Show the wines I have tasted and the dates I logged the guesses (list in chronological order with most recent log at the top)
- Show the rating I left for the wine
- Show the image for the wine
- Show the merchant logo where I purchased the wine (links to merchant website)
- Allow me to click a wine to see the reveal page for that wine
No Burgundy!
I like white space
our wine bottles will feature blindfolded women, so any way to incorporate that into the design would be really cool
I have attached three examples, but you can find more here:
Don't worry, I will purchase the rights to any photo you use. I have already purchased the rights to the 3 images attached to this brief.
Note that the file "MockUpsNov28" is old. Other than as noted for the "Discover Wine" page, those mockups will not totally overlap with the content requested in this description. When in doubt, use the content described not that mockup file.
The other mockups attached are new and were created for this contest. Those mockups have accurate content.
Thanks and good luck!


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first set of eyedrops from being washed out of your eyes.
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This month we are taking a look at the candidates.
Today's feature are the candidates for undesignated seat #7 of the Committee on World Anthropologies. Committee member objectives are to identify significant issues that are shared among anthropologists from different nations, to develop clear objectives for drawing US and international anthropologists together in ways that benefit anthropology globally, and to engage a diversity of international voices and perspectives and involve both academic and applied anthropologists in this endeavor.
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Zoe Crossland
My research in Madagascar, the UK and Argentina takes me to three continents, and has encouraged an interest in how anthropological knowledge and techniques circulate outside the US, as well a concern to find ways to foster scholarly exchange internationally. In looking for ways to cultivate conversations between colleagues and students in different parts of the world I have usually seized particular opportunities as they presented themselves, seeking funding on an impromptu basis, as grants become available. While this kind of action has some limited impact, I am interested in working within the institutional structure of the AAA to find more consistent and sustainable ways to promote international collaboration.
The AAA is particularly well-placed to do this, given its wide reach and its membership's varied experiences. In thinking about global inequalities and discrepancies in the intellectual work of anthropology I would value the chance to work with colleagues in the context of the AAA. I hope in this way to build upon my own experiences developing collaborative international fieldwork, conference grants, and publications; and to learn more about the possibilities for fostering access and collaboration across all dimensions of scholarship, including teaching, research and dissemination.
Ritu Khanduri
Serving on the Committee on World Anthropologies (CWA) will offer an opportunity to further my commitment to the Committee's objectives, namely, to enhance and increase interaction with US and international anthropologists, and benefit anthropology globally. The CWA has identified three areas in which these objectives may be pursued: conference participation across the globe, broader publication in the CWA column, and access to research publications. My research and writing engage globalization processes, media, science and gender in the context of colonial and contemporary India. In addition, I have already begun working toward achieving the CWA's objectives since having been selected as AAA's Leadership Fellow in 2010. For more than a year, as a Leadership Fellow I have managed and edited the Anthropology News column titled, "J Drive." This monthly column highlights the work and research of early career scholars in non-US institutions, and where applicable, collaborators in the US. As a member of the CWA, I look forward to serving in a larger capacity, continuing my work promoting the research of international scholars, and collaborating with colleagues to advance the CWA's initiatives.
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During the course of making my book, I tried to solve the problem of representing the extreme income inequality in the United States using several different graphic approaches. In some cases, I was working with a single data set like The World Top Incomes Database or the Congressional Budget Office. In others graphics, I combined this data with data from Forbes, IRS, and AR: Absolute Returns + Alpha.
Treemap was created using R and the people icons were added in Illustrator, while the cumulative share graphs and the dot plots were create in OmniGraphSkecher.


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While I new what phonological awareness was and how to teach the different aspects of it, I spent more time pushing letter and individual sound recognition and less time counting words in a sentence, segmenting and blending syllables, onset-rime, alliteration, and rhyming. Do not misunderstand me. I did all of these things with my students. We read books with word play, counted words in sentences and in the titles of books, we played rhyming and alliteration games, and worked with word families. However, in hindsight I should have spent more time on these skills and less time drilling the letters and sounds.
If you are like me, then you have listened to sessions and read books and articles about phonological awareness for years and you know it represents a critical step in helping young children understand that letters or groups of letters can represent phonemes or sounds, but have you really thought about what that means? I realized recently that I missed the boat entirely and have spent most of my time teaching in reverse.
This version of the phonological awareness continuum comes from the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines, but you can search phonological awareness continuum on the internet and find all sorts of variations on it. While the other versions may vary slightly, one component consistently remains the same throughout them all... hearing individual phonemes in words is always at the top of the structure and it is always the smallest component on the continuum. This was a bit of an aw-haw moment for me so I thought I would share it with everyone just in case you were like me and you were seeing things backwards.
With this continuum in mind, I reflected back on my literacy instruction and what I would need to change in it. I needed less time drilling letters and sounds- even if all of my students were actively engaged in the games, activities, and songs I was using to teach the letters, I realized I needed to have less of a focus on individual sounds and more of the same types of activities related to rhyming, alliteration, onset- rime, segmenting and blending chunks, and sentence segmenting. Then as my students developed in these skills, I could then move up the pyramid and spend more time on individual phoneme segmenting, blending, and manipulation.
If your students are well developed in phonological skills then they will have a head start in making sense of how letters and sounds operate in print. The ability to segment sentences and syllables, blend syllables, identify beginning sounds, rhyme, segment and blend onset rimes is important for using letter sound knowledge effectively in reading and writing. A student's level of phonological awareness at the end of kindergarten is one of the strongest predictors of future reading success.
Phonological awareness also interacts with and facilitates the development of vocabulary and word consciousness. This point is made far less often than others. Phonological awareness and memory are involved in several activities connected to word learning. They are attending to unfamiliar words and comparing them with known words, repeating and pronouncing words correctly, remembering and encoding words accurately so that they can be retrieved and used, and differentiating words that sound similar so their meanings can be contrasted.
So... my lesson learned was spend more time on rhyming, alliteration, and segmenting and blending bigger chunks of letters and sounds and gradually work up to spending more time on individual letters and sounds as students are developed in the other areas. It's not an all or none type of relationship, but rather it is spending more time at the bottom of the pyramid in the beginning, touching on all areas all of the time, and gradually spending more time at the top of the pyramid as students are ready.
Here are a few phonological awareness activities I found that I thought kids would really enjoy playing and that would target all of the areas on the pyramid.
Sentence Segmenting Activities
This is one of my department's model teachers. She uses small wooden blocks to segment the sentences in their morning message each day. For morning message, she models touching and counting the blocks while the students count with her.
Have students add small balls or counters to a cup as they say the sentence out loud.
Syllable Segmenting/Blending/Rhyming
Use LEGO blocks for counting syllables in a word. Picture cards are great for the little ones. This idea came from This Reading Mama.
Teach syllables using photos of your students. These syllable counting ideas came from Karen Cox at Prekinders. These syllable counting ideas came from Karen Cox at Prekinders. Karen also has a great syllable counting unit on TPT. You can click here to check the unit out.
Use musical instruments to beat or tap out the syllables in words. This idea came from JDaniel4's Mom.
My students always loved these dabber units. Working with a dabber always made learning more fun for them. This unit contains a variety of great literacy activities and small group instruction. Check out the unit by the Printable Princess here.
Have students throw a snowball in the air. Then pick up a snowball and find their rhyming partner. This idea came from Kindergarten Rocks!
Pick an object and say its name out loud. Then look for another object in the basket that rhymes with the first object. Read more about this activity from the Imagination Tree here.
I love this simple yes/no version of rhyming bingo. You can download a free copy here from Heidi's website Heidi Songs. Check out all of Heidi's great songs that teach and free downloads on her home page.
Onset Rime Segmenting and Blending/Alliteration
Rather than having students only identify the beginning sound of a single word, have them sort words by their beginning sound so that they have the opportunity to make some comparisons and listen for similarities and differences.
Phoneme Segmenting/Blending/and Manipulation
Hop out the sounds in words- from Mrs. Ricca's Kindergarten
Segment phonemes using a variety of manipulatives- from Make, Take & Teach


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Monday, December 5, 2011
Getting Local with Research
I know some people feel differently and would rather exhaust the resources on microfilm before having to look elsewhere. If I lived in Salt Lake City I would probably feel that way. Anyone with access to the vast collections at the Family History Library would surely have a preference for microfilm.
I straddle two research worlds - that of house historian and genealogist. When I began to focus and specialize on house histories my point of view began to change. When I read In Small Things Forgotten by James Deetz my thoughts regarding how to view and conduct research changed even further.
Instead of tracing people strictly through documents I began to want to explore and understand their world more. When you are a house historian this is a very easy thing to do because all the research, primarily, is focused on one town.
material culture and wanted to be able to find and touch the objects that my ancestors or research targets had touched. These include historic homes that are still standing in the towns they lived in and the gravestones in the cemeteries. It also includes church buildings, commercial buildings, stone walls, town pounds, old pathways and forgotten railway tracks. It can even include oil paintings and antique furniture.
Along the way I discovered that good family history research is really a combination of archival research (tracing the documents) and material culture research (exploring the physical objects).
As I got local to look for houses and gravestones I also discovered that an awful lot of unique archival documents are hiding themselves away in Town Hall basements, historical societies, town libraries, private collections and manuscript collections. These documents can take the researcher through brick walls and beyond to help put your ancestor into proper context.
That, of course (hopefully, as it did for me) will lead researchers to local history (as well as regional and national history) to better understand the events that surrounded and impacted their ancestors lives.
Wrap all this together and what do you get? Locally focused research. Some people refer to this as location based research.
I have to admit that conducting locally based research has so affected my point of view that it has impacted my ability and desire to do research on my far flung ancestors in New York, Pennsylvania and beyond.
I really have a strong desire to visit the town(s) of my research. I don't feel settled until I've done it. This was the case recently when I working on finding Nathan Brown's parents. I had to visit Warren, Rhode Island and Charlton, Massachusetts and see the towns as he saw them and walk the streets and meander through the cemetery.
A lot of people will disagree with me that this is necessary for genealogical research. And for strictly genealogical research that's true. But for myself, I can't be satisfied that I really understand what I am researching until I get local.
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Great post Marian!ReplyDelete
- SJ McKayDecember 5, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Ahh, you've hit the nail squarely.ReplyDelete
In addition to archival research and material culture research I might add acquiring a sense of prevailing social mores and the attitudes accompanying them.
I'm an indexer by trade and therefore tuned into the "nitty-gritty details without glorification" mindset but to me, for genealogy that doesn't work; it seems like only a portion of what's needed.
Thank you very much for the reminder.
SJ, in Maine
- AnonymousDecember 5, 2011 at 12:11 PM
Hi Marian,ReplyDelete
Yes, you got to get 'local'!
Walk the streets, imagine what the Ancestors looked at, and what they held in their hands, etc.
Great post. I enjoyed it
Peace & Blessings,
"Guided by the Ancestors"
I remember how I trembled when I held an 180 year old piece of paper written by an ancestor that was located in a local archive. I remember the excitement when walking the land that they worked. It is such an advantage to visit an area and walk in the footsteps of ancestors. I do most of my research through online resources or microfilm but only because my parents moved from Ohio to California thus leaving me thousands of miles from the states where my ancestors lived and worked. I cherish the trips (never enough of them) that I have been able to make.ReplyDelete
I too am a paper person, and prefer to do research in the original paper records, but I volunteered in the county courthouse and saw the condition of some of the old records. I trembled when ever I had to make a copy of the oldest and most fragile of the records, so I am glad they have been scanned put online, and the paper originals are now stored in a climate controlled archives so they will be available hundreds of years from now.ReplyDelete
I totally understand what you mean about wanting to touch what they touched. I have often stood in places and wondered if my ancestor(s) stood in the very same spot.ReplyDelete
I feel a major stroke of excitement when I see something that appears to be written in the subject's own hand. I'm sure most here will get that but others would think us nuts!
I love original records but because so many that I work with are old and fragile, it would be preferable to use microfilm or digital copies and only use the originals as necessary. It makes me cringe to turn the pages of some of the old books and literally have them disintegrate in your hand. Those little flecks of dried paper fall off, never to be returned to the original condition. We are very lucky to have alternate preservation options and such diligent archivists these days!
For the first five years of my search, I was only interested in following the document trail to stretch my family tree. Eventually I reached the point where to progress further mandated trips out to the east coast (I live in the midwest) to dig around old written records that can't be found online. I stopped for awhile.ReplyDelete
Then I started digging into the lives of my closer ancestors and trying to understand the context they lived in and found my true passion. This past summer, I spent a rainy afternoon poking around my 3rd great grandfather's barn imagining him building it, working in it and spending a rainy day sitting on the threshold overlooking the valley just as I was. Those are the memories that stick with me and drive me to continue researching their lives. For now, those undiscovered distant ancestors can wait until I happen to be out in their proximity sometime in the future.
I loved this post, Marian.ReplyDelete
So very true! That feeling of unrest, discontent, almost physical need to see where they lived, what they saw, what the town was like...all those things! You described it perfectly!ReplyDelete
Very good post, Marian! I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of Deetz's book the next time I'm at the library. I read a book about a Jamestown VA archaeological dig years ago and it really stirred my imagination into the lives of my ancestors during that time period. And there is nothing like being able to touch a artifact that was once touched by an ancestor!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 9:59 PM
I agree with your post. Local history, family history and genealogy all go hand in hand. I am not just interested in names and dates on a family tree. I want to know/see/understand where my ancestors lived, what went on in their everyday life and how the events impacted their lives and the lives of future generations. I decided awhile ago to take an active role in preserving the history of the communities where my ancestors lived and encourage other family historian/genealogist to do the same.ReplyDelete
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Alternative weapons provide opportunities
I was discussing the upcoming archery deer season with Gary Cox, owner of Trophy Hunter's Archery in Lumberton last week. Cox indicated that each year more and more folks were becoming involved in not only the deer hunting, but also all sorts of other hunting offerings. Feral hogs have become really a top-notch challenge for archers. There is an overabundance of the feral pigs, and archers are chomping at the bit to go after them. What's really great is that the same archery equipment that works for the whitetails is also good for taking the hogs.
Most folks who enter the archery world, according to Cox, want to become proficient enough with bow and arrow to consistently bring home the venison. In doing the preparation for that, they spend hours flinging shafts at targets. By doing this at various known distances, many of the archer become very accurate with the archery equipment.
Folks of all ages can really get involved in shooting the bows and arrows. There are plenty of archery tournaments around, and most of the television outdoor hunting programs are archery related.
The really high tech equipment that is available is amazing. The bow and arrow crowd has come a long way from the traditional longbows and wooden arrows. The accuracy has also been greatly advanced.
There are many places in our state as well as other states that will allow archery-only hunting. These types of hunting spots may be loaded with game but too near to other property or too small for guns to be used. Practice your archery skills until you can consistently hit the a spot at known distances. Do this until you feel comfortable shooting and then it's OK to head afield.
Muzzleloader rifles and guns have also become so popular that in many states they have their own special hunting seasons. In most cases, they are legal to take along hunting during the regular open seasons, also. There are many calibers for these rifles. They have become so advanced that in many cases, rifle scopes are used. The longer ranges seem to be no problem for the modern muzzleloader. Here, again, it is necessary to learn what the proper powder and projectile load for your rifle is. Once that has been established, then spend some time on the rifle range before heading afield. The muzzleloader of modern times are highly accurate and capable of taking almost any North American game animal.
What really intrigues me is that more and more hunters have begun using handguns as hunting tools. There are many conventional calibers of handguns that are well suited for hunting almost any game animal. The larger magnum calibers such as the .44 and the .357 are well suited to take afield. Thee big-bore revolvers are capable of taking down whatever they hit. Then with the proper pistol scope, they are capable of being highly accurate at longer ranges. Feral hogs are probably the most sought after game of the handgunner. They are plentiful and great confidence builders for beginning handgun hunters.
Hunters that have included their handgun when hunting deer, elk, black bear and such have, for the most part, gone to the single-shot pistols with break-down loading and hammer firing. These handguns use ammo that was designed for center-fire rifles. As with any firearm or archery equipment, it is important to practice shooting until you are familiar with the firearm or bow and arrow. These high-powered rifle cartridges will certainly do the job coming from a center fire handgun as well as they do coming from a rifle. It's just a matter of the shooter becoming as accurate as the handgun is.
So if you are blessed with a hunting area or several hunting areas with plenty of game, then you might consider using a handgun. Should the area be loaded with game, but the acreage small, the archery idea could be a great choice.
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This is just the 12th test between the two sides, the All Blacks having won the previous 11 encounters. The All Blacks have scored 644 points including 92 tries against the Italians, while conceding just 9 tries in the 108 points against.
Italy is one of just five nations to have conceded 100 points or more against the All Blacks, and that happened at the 1999 Rugby World Cup when they lost 101-3. Their best result against the All Blacks came at the 1991 World Cup when they lost 31-21.
The two sides last met in 2009 in Milan, with the All Blacks winning 20-6. That game is best remembered for the large number of penalties the All Blacks conceded at scrum time (8), with Wyatt Crockett receiving 4 and Neemia Tialata 2 plus a yellow card in the 77th minute.
Wyatt Crockett is the only All Black in this weekend's match 23 who played in that 2009 test against Italy. There are 10 Italian players in their match 23 who remain from the 2009 encounter.
That game in Milan was the test match victory that saw New Zealand move back into first place in the IRB World Rankings, and they have not relinquished that spot in the three years and 40 test matches since.
It will be Beauden Barrett's first start in an All Black test, having made three appearances off the bench to date. He has scored 9 points for the All Blacks, all from penalty goals against Ireland in June this year.
Kieran Read will play his first game as All Black captain in what will be his 46th test match. Read has scored 7 tries to date, but has yet to cross the chalk in 2012 with his last test try coming against Argentina in last year's Rugby World Cup quarter final.
Italy's Sergio Parisse (No 8 and captain) and Martin Castrogiovanni (tighthead prop) will be making their 90th test match appearances. Castrogiovanni was the main cause of the All Blacks' scrum woes in that 2009 game.
If the All Blacks can win this weekend it will make it Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith's 35th test win as a midfield pairing, which will set a new record for most wins for a test centre partnership. The record is currently held by England's Will Carling and Jeremy Guscott who won 34 of their 44 tests. This game will be Nonu and Smith's 41st test together.
Italy are currently on their best winning streak since 1998, having won their last three games (Canada, USA and Tonga).
Referee Alain Rolland is making his 64th test appearance this weekend. He has refereed the All Blacks on 14 previous occasions, and it will be the third time this year (South Africa in October and Australia in August). The All Blacks have only lost twice (South Africa 2009 and Australia 2010) when Rolland has officiated.


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US: Ex-Willbros official who sought Nigeria contract is indicted
A federal grand jury in Houston has charged a former executive of a Willbros Group subsidiary with conspiring to bribe Nigerian officials as part of an alleged scheme to win a major natural gas pipeline contract.
Jason Edward Steph of Sunset is accused of conspiring to funnel more than $6 million in bribes to Nigerian officials to help land - and then keep - engineering, procurement and pipeline construction work with a joint venture controlled by Nigeria's state-owned oil company.
Steph, 37, who has been living in Kazakhstan, was arrested near Dallas, Justice Department spokesman Bryan Sierra said.
The four-count indictment unsealed Monday accused Steph of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Steph worked from 1998 until April 2005 for Willbros International, a subsidiary of Willbros Group, which provides construction, engineering and other services for the oil and gas industry, the Justice Department said in a statement.
Willbros is headquartered in Panama City, Panama, but maintains administrative offices in Houston.
From 2002 until leaving the company, Steph served as Willbros International's general manager for onshore operations in Nigeria.
Willbros International, together with a German partner, was bidding on a natural gas pipeline project in the Niger Delta known as the Eastern Gas Gathering System.
To help ensure its $387 million bid would be a winner, according to the indictment, Steph - together with a former Willbros executive based in Houston, two Nigerian consultants and others - allegedly schemed to dole out cash to officials from Nigeria's national oil company, the Nigerian government, and a political party and other players.
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The Justice Department contends most of the money was laundered through the consultants, who typically received 3 percent of Willbros' contract revenue in exchange.
The indictment alleges that Steph and Jim Bob "J.B." Brown, a former managing director for Willbros International in Nigeria, became concerned that the company's failure to continue making payments would dampen Willbros' prospects for winning a second phase of the project valued at $141 million.
According to the indictment, Steph and Brown then obtained money from outside sources to continue making improper payments.
Previous guilty plea
Last year, Brown pleaded guilty to taking part in bribery schemes in Nigeria and Ecuador.
If convicted, Steph faces a maximum 65 years in prison and fines of up to $1.8 million or twice the amount allegedly involved, whichever is greater.
A spokesman for Willbros Group declined to discuss the case. Steph could not be reached for comment.
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Looking at the light filtering through numerous panes of colored glass art, Phyllis Sipple said glass crafting is her new serenity.
"I started it at about the time I was diagnosed," she said. The craft was something she enjoyed, and she frequently walked to and from the workshop near Pinckney Hall.
One day she experienced a sudden sharp pain in her right breast.
"I was walking home from glass crafting and my right breast began hurting like anything. It was just out of the blue. Of course I wasn't going to grab my breast on the street but that is what I wanted to do," she said. "I wondered if I had possibly gotten a piece of glass stuck in it, but I thought that was silly. It was February and I was wearing four layers of clothes."
When she got home she found she had a very inflamed, red, hard breast.
After consulting with her physician, she was put on antibiotics and a mammogram was ordered, earlier than her regular appointment in April.
"The mammogram on the right side didn't show anything so my doctor referred me to Dr. (Virginia) Herrmann," she said. "By the time I actually got to her it had subsided."
Then the ball started rolling. Herrmann told Sipple that she thought she knew what had happened to the right breast but she was more concerned with something found in the left breast.
"She told me she felt a ridge. I didn't feel a thing," Sipple said.
That was February 27, 2009. On March 4, Sipple had been scheduled to have a colon resection operation as the result of a stricture caused by diverticulitis. She was not looking forward to it.
The two women had a discussion about Sipple getting a biopsy done. That caused concern because Sipple did not want to go into the hospital for the operation with any chance of an infection or open incision. Yet Herrmann told her "I don't think you should wait."
Sipple had the biopsy on Friday and was told that she should hear something on Monday.
"I wasn't overly worried. I'd had regular mammograms and they had all been normal, so I was optimistic and hopeful," Sipple said.
Monday came and as hours passed Sipple began thinking it couldn't be bad news because Herrmann was no doubt dealing with more serious patients. When the phone rang, it was 4:50 p.m.
"I think everyone knows where they were and what they were doing when they're told they have cancer," Sipple said.
"The first thing she said was 'So, how are you? Wasn't it a beautiful day?' I was on the phone standing at the kitchen counter and my husband was sitting on the other side," Sipple recalled. "I knocked on the counter to get his attention and mouthed the words 'It's cancer.' I just knew she was going through pleasantries before she told me."
When Herrmann confirmed her suspicion, Sipple said she was "so in shock."
"You know how it is when you're hit with something unexpected and you blurt out the first thing that comes to your mind? The first thing I said was 'Gee, does that mean I don't have to have the colon surgery?'" Sipple said. "I was thinking I got a reprieve. Oh, goody, goody, I have cancer and I don't have to have the surgery."
Herrmann didn't say anything for a minute and then, when Sipple realized what she'd said, she started laughing and the doctor joined her.
"She said she'd check but told me that I needed to go get an MRI right away because if I had the surgery I would not be able to lie on my stomach and the MRI was needed to support the biopsy findings," she said.
Arrangements were made and she hung up the phone.
The next few hours were spent at tennis matches on Hilton Head in which her grandsons were playing. She spent most of the evening avoiding her daughter-in-law because "I didn't want to spoil the evening for her so I didn't want to tell her.
"I think it showed in my whole face that I had cancer. I felt like everybody at the tennis banquet knew," Sipple said.
She was looking at a lumpectomy and radiation to treat the cancer which turned out to be lobular invasive. When a second and then a third cancer showed up, Sipple underwent a mastectomy.
"This all began with an inflammation that came out of the blue," she said. "It is a serendipity kind of feeling. I feel like some bigger being was looking over me. I feel very fortunate. It just makes you believe in a higher power."
The original inflammation was a simple infection, something that managed to enter the breast through the nipple and disrupt the health of the right breast.
Now Sipple is back working on her glass and even took a six-week class while visiting family in North Carolina this summer.
"A couple of months ago I got over what I described as dread. I thought I had lost a year. Now I don't feel like the other shoe is going to drop," she said. "I'm staying on my regimen, trying to eat right, exercising, enjoying the family, doing some pleasurable stuff. I feel like I'm on the right path. I feel like I'm in control."
She said she set little goals for herself during her treatment and recovery, such as attending the Meet the Author meetings she had arranged as president of La Dolce Vita.
"I made every meeting and I don't think it showed that I was tired," she said. "I could have been wimpy but I didn't want to."
Sipple said she feels every case of breast cancer is different and women need to find their own paths.
"They have to know themselves and know what treatment is right for them. I don't think you should be complacent about your care," she said. "Appreciate that you are an individual and that what happens to you is not happening to others and vice versa. One size does not fit all."


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Our child life specialist is assigned to help you and your child cope with the hospital experience. We understand that each child is unique. Therefore, we offer personalized care that keeps your child's family, culture and special needs in mind. Therapeutic play and age-appropriate games are utilized to help your child feel more comfortable in the hospital.
Should the referring physician deem it helpful, pre-admission and preoperative teaching can be arranged, and informative handouts can be provided to explain common medical words and abbreviations.
Our program also includes:
- Audiovisual and book library for all ages
- Board and card games
- Infants' mobiles, tapes and toys
- Arts and crafts
- "Medical" play including doctor's bags and dolls
- Movies and video games provided on request in the rooms and if available
John Beverly Rankin Playroom
With the generous funds provided by the family and friends of John Beverly Rankin, a playroom is open to ambulatory patients with physician's permission, where play is unhindered by procedures or equipment. Supervised computer and Internet access is also available.
Nutrition Care
The hospitals of Bon Secours Richmond Health System provide comprehensive care for children with nutritional disorders and special dietary needs. Registered dietitians are important members of the care team. They are specially trained in nutrition science with experience in childhood growth and development and the management of specialized pediatric nutritional needs.
Our nutrition care services include:
- In-depth nutrition assessment
- Individualized medical nutrition therapy for children
- Patient and family education on therapeutic diets, specialized formula preparation and meal planning
- Consultation with the patient's primary physician to provide nutritional recommendations
- Coordination of care with the medical team
We will work with you and your child on nutritional problems that include:
- Disease-specific diets
- Failure to thrive
- Childhood obesity
- Diabetes management
- Gastrointestinal disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease
- Food allergies and intolerances
- Developmental feeding issues
- Nutrition support
We'll partner with you to create a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere for you and your child. We will take the time to explain your child's nutritional needs so you fully understand the medical concerns. We can also help you develop an effective, realistic and healthy meal plan that considers your lifestyle and your child's individual needs and preferences. At Bon Secours, your child's health is our first concern.
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We have been blessed with wonderful sponsors who have met 100% of the girls education needs, which is a major achievement. The girls at Saint Monica's are well on their way to a quality eduction, and a brighter future.
Now we want to make sure the home runs smoothly as well.
Running a home for 35 girls in Nairobi, Kenya is less expensive than you might think, around $7000 US per month. That covers everything! This includes staff wages, rent, utilities food and medical care. We're looking for 600 people who can afford $12 per month. This will insure that our girls needs are met each and every day.
$12 per month. That's just three Grande Latte's at Starbucks. It's one movie ticket. Or a pedicure on just one foot. 🙂 Can you afford $12 per month? If you can, donate now and help us insure the future for 35 deserving Kenyan orphans.


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Fulton Kids Club is a program (started by one of our leaders at TGC Chelsea) that works with elementary school students living in the Robert Fulton Housing Development on 17th St. & 9th Ave. The program will meet every Monday night from 6:30-8pm. FKC provides dinner, games, and a Bible story and discussion time.
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Windflowers (Anemones) are a group of perennials with colorful poppy-like flowers that flutter in the breeze.
Anemones 02 | 14 x 14 | $375 each
Each pieces is layered with plaster by hand. Expect subtle differences in the finished fossil.
Limited Edition of 25
I lay the individual flowers onto hand-rolled clay. One by one, I carefully remove them to expose all of their beautiful details left behind. After placing a wooden frame over the clay, I pour my plaster/concrete mix. Once the mix has set, the clay is peeled away to reveal the relief. I create a mold from the original to create a limited edition of 25. You will receive a certificate that is signed with date, title, and number in the limited edition (of 25). As my fossils are always made by hand, imperfections are bound to happen. Their purposeful imperfections are unique to each piece making each of them a true one of a kind. Rest assured, care will be taken to guarantee you love your Ron Nicole
SHIPPING All works are still made by hand, and will take 2-3 weeks before they are shipped out. Handmade takes time so I am unable to take any rush orders at this time.
The sculpture has a copper loop in the back for easy hanging.
Dimensions: 14 x 14 inches
Color: Black with White Details
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They may lack the glitz of silver and gold, but industrial metals are a key ingredient in the modernization of the developing world.
Overshadowed by the historic rise of gold bullion over $1,900 an ounce and the tripling in silver prices in less than three years, copper, palladium and other metals have also seen sharp increases.
Those gains are expected to continue as rising long-term demand for raw materials meets head-on with supply constraints.
"A lot of the attraction of industrial metals today is emerging market demand,'' says Joe Foster, gold analyst for the Van Eck Global Hard Assets Fund, which invests in metals and other commodities.
Like commodities in general, metals help investors diversify as their performance bears little resemblance to that of stocks. "We find metals, particularly palladium, platinum, copper, lead, and tin to be of very good use as diversifiers within our portfolio,'' says Jonathan Citrin of advisory firm Citrin Group in Birmingham, MI, who allocates 17 percent of client portfolios to metals.
But Citrin cautions that investors should understand the benefits and how to access metals before adding them to their portfolio. He uses exchange trade funds, ETFs, and exchange traded notes, ETNs, exclusively because they provide direct exposure and ample liquidity. ETNs are bond-like securities that trade throughout the day and track the performance of a benchmark index.
Precious metals and industrial metals, also known as base metals, can also be tapped through stocks, mutual funds and futures and options contracts.
Futures obligate investors to buy or sell an asset at a negotiated price sometime in the future, which is a way to bet on future price movements. Options, meanwhile, give you the option to buy, or right to sell, an asset at a certain price in the future.
Van Eck's Foster prefers to access metals through mining stocks like Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton rather than futures. He says that earnings for mining stocks often go up faster than increases in metals prices and the value of a mining company's mineral reserves are also boosted by higher prices.
Here are ways to invest in each metal:
Don't let its recent price of $1,780 per ounce fool you — platinum is a key ingredient in making of catalytic convertors for autos as well as electronic components.
You can track the price of platinum through ETFS. Etfs Physical Platinum Shares, is an ETF that holds bars of platinum. The ETF trades daily but maintains wide bid-ask spreads that make it difficult to profit from short-term movements. TheFirstTrust ISE Global Platinum Index Fund tracks platinum through 23 global stocks engaged in mining and production of the precious metal.
Platinum can also be traded through futures and options on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Also tracking platinum futures is the iPath Dow Jones-UBS Platinum Subindex ETN.
Palladium is used in many of the same ways as platinum. Investment options include futures as well as Etfs Physical Palladium SharesETF, which like its platinum counterpart sports wide spreads. Investors have poured into these white metal ETFs since the start of 2010 with ETF holdings now representing 30 percent of worldwide palladium supply and 20 percent of platinum supply, according to metals distributor Johnson Matthey.
Copper, Cobalt, Iron, and Lead
Copper is one of the most widely used metals but also one of most scarce. You can participate in the copper trade through mining stocks like Freeport McMoRan, BHP Billiton, and Rio Tinto or the First Trust ISE Global Copper Index Fund, an ETF which tracks 27 stocks actively engaged in copper mining.
Copper is also traded through futures and options contracts on the CME as well as two ETNs: iPath Pure Beta Copper and iPath Dow Jones-UBS Copper Subindex , which invest in futures contracts on different exchanges and employ different approaches.
This metal, which is derived primarily from the mining of nickel and copper, is critical to the production of lithium ion batteries used in hybrid car engines and is also used in metal alloys.
Cobalt is one of the least accessible of the base metals, with the only direct investment option being futures contracts on the London Metal Exchange. You also can gain exposure through the thinly traded China Sun Group High Tech, a cobalt compound producer and indirect exposure via OM Group, a specialty chemicals company.
Nickel is a key component in production of steel and other metal alloys. The metal is currently suffering from a combination of oversupply and falling demand. Prices have dropped about 15 percent from a high of $28,500 per ton in February and are expected to stay weak due to uncertain global economic growth.
You can invest in nickel though the ETNs iPath Pure Beta Nickel and iPath Dow Jones-UBS Nickel Subindex or through nickel-focused mining stocks Norilsk Nickel and Vale.
Like nickel, iron ore is also a primary component of steel. Prices for iron ore have nearly tripled since 2008 as global steel demand from China and other emerging markets has returned. You can gain access to iron prices through global mining stocks and steel stocks like Nucor and ArcelorMittal.
Primarily used in batteries, lead is typically found in the same deposits that produce copper and zinc. Lead was the worst performing metal on the London Metal Exchange for the six months of 2011 but has since rallied. The soft metal is accessible through theiPath Pure Beta Lead ETN and iPath Dow Jones-UBS Lead Subindex .
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Finally back in the Rose City after an offseason that took him on a scouting trip to Argentina, the MLS Player Combine in Florida and then Philadelphia for the MLS SuperDraft, Portland Timbers head coach Caleb Porter was sounding understandably relaxed.
Not only did he at last get a weekend for some quality family time, but he also had a chance to look back on an offseason that probably couldn't have gone much better.
Heading into the first two rounds of Thursday's draft having already landed their top offseason targets – former Seattle Sounders attacker Steve Zakuani and the Argentine duo of striker Gastón Fernández and center back Norberto Paparatto – the Timbers were playing with house money, so to speak. So when Generation adidas and University of Maryland forward Schillo Tshuma fell to Portland at No. 17, well, it was just icing on the cake, Porter told MLSsoccer.com in a phone conversation over the weekend.
"Going into the offseason, we had a plan in place, and we followed that plan, carried it out," Porter said. "The only real question of how things were going to go was the draft, and I think the draft went really well for us. So I think at this point we're pretty close to being the team we're going to have and have everybody in place prior to the preseason, which I think is really important."
Indeed, with a week to go before the Timbers open preseason camp, there will be plenty of time to get their new players on the same page while fine tuning a squad that brings back just about everyone from last year's Western Conference regular season title winners. And while it would be pretty easy to pencil out Portland's two-deep depth chart today, Porter said Tshuma just might surprise some people with how big a role he plays this preseason.
"He's a very exciting, young, dynamic attacking piece," Porter said. "And usually you're not getting those guys late first round, usually those guys are snatched up. … I'd be surprised if he's not pushing to play, but at the same time we're not relying on him to play."
With a few of Portland's key attackers recovering form injury – namely Zakuani and midfielder Diego Valeri – and winger Rodney Wallace out until midseason at least, Tshuma could get "thrown into the fire, especially in the preseason," Porter said.
At the very least, Porter is extremely excited about his future with the club.
HIGHLIGHTS: Schillo Tshuma
"I was looking to find a young attacking player to develop and work with because I really enjoy that, and again it's part of our succession planning," Porter said. "We had eight guys that we thought we'd get in that 17 spot, and honestly weren't prepared for him to be available and as soon as he was we didn't have to think twice about it."
And Tshuma, a native of Zimbabwe, who starred for two years at Maryland after coming to the Washington, D.C., suburbs in 2008 as part of a partnership between Grassroots Soccer and Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., is ecstatic to mesh his talents with Porter's attack-orientated tactics.
"Just hearing my name being called out by the Timbers, it's one of the best moments of my life," Tshuma told MLSsoccer.com in a phone conversation following the draft. "I didn't believe it at first."
Now he's just one more weapon in Porter's arsenal.
"We're all ready for year two and trying to take that next step, although there are not a lot of steps to take," Porter said. "… We don't need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. We just need to do what we did last year and do it a little bit better than we did at the end of the year."
Dan Itel covers the Timbers for MLSsoccer.com


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SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE: Brandeis University closed, Friday, February 8
To the Brandeis community,
Brandeis will be closed on Friday, February 8. All classes and public activities are canceled.
In order to aid in the clearing of campus roadways ALL student vehicles must be moved to their ASSIGNED parking lot by 2 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 8.
Vehicles found in violation will be subject to towing at vehicle owner/operator expense.
Your cooperation is appreciated
For more information about student activities go to: www.brandeis.edu/
If there are any changes to university operations or scheduled events, further updates will be provided by midnight tonight.
All weather-related updates will be posted on the Brandeis University homepage www.brandeis.edu/
Additional Information
PARKING: The City of Waltham has issued a parking ban on City streets beginning at 8 am tomorrow morning.
BOSTON/CAMBRIDGE SHUTTLE: Please note that the Friday and Saturday Boston/Cambridge shuttle has been canceled. The Boston/Cambridge shuttle will run on Sunday on its usual schedule.
CAMPUS SHUTTLE: Our campus and Waltham shuttle service will run Friday and Saturday evening with Crystal bus mini vehicles instead of our campus vans.
GOLDFARB LIBRARY: The Goldfarb Library will close on Friday evening at the normal hour (6 pm); it will be closed on Saturday and it will re-open Sunday at noon. Farber 1 and Farber Mezzanine will be open on Saturday from noon to 8 pm, and the Cafe will be open, to provide study space, but there will be no access to physical library collections. Students who check out reserve reading materials on Friday after 4 pm (and before closing at 6) will be able to keep those materials until Sunday at noon."
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"Oops, I beeped, I must be stealing. I'll have to be frisked by that fat man with the long baton."
"I'm just trying to do my job here sir."
"Could you just come with me for a second. Right this way."
Security Guard (Latin name: Securus dooshius) often known colloquially as Is that guy following me?, is a species of human being which is world famous for its stalking and predatory nature, amazing talent for apprehending completely innocent people and its lack of actual knowledge about vital areas of its occupation, including:
- The Law
- Peoples Rights
- Anything to do with catching criminals
Security Guards were invented by The Man around 12 A.D. They soon spread to every corner of the globe and began populating malls, supermarkets and anywhere else relatively worthless crap is sold. They are distantly related to other humans in the genus Securus such as - Police Officers, Nightclub Bouncers and small children dressed in police costumes holding walkie talkies and batons. They spend most of their time eating, talking amongst themselves, watching women undress, putting security tags on 66 cent plumbing supplies and frisking suspected criminals.
Origins and History[edit]
Jerusalem: 2,000 Years Ago[edit]
The oldest Security Guard fossils appears to date back to just under 2,000 years ago. From the dating of these fossils archaeologists theorise that security guards were created by The Man to stop Jesus and his gang of meddling kids from stealing bread, cigarettes and packets of gum from the various food convenience stalls he owned around Jerusalem. This new species of human was such a success that many more were bred to fight the growing number of petty thieves and their thieving monkeys in the Middle East.
Italy: 600 years ago[edit]
The next major leap for the the security guard happened in the Italian Renaissance. However, they still didn't realize their buddy was being thrown off a wall or stabbed and thrown in a pile of hay when it happened right in front of them. An Italian renaissance-era security guard was an ancestor of Captain Oblivious.
21st Century[edit]
As of the 21st century, the security guards primary method of transportation is a Segway. However, in areas where there is a Segway shortage, they still get along by walking (but generally cannot be bothered to run). Modern hobbies of the security guard involve watching shoppers pick their nose or scratch their buttocks on security cameras. But they continue to watch the cameras hoping something more interesting will happen.
Anatomy and Physiology[edit]
Scientists have been debating whether or not security guards can truly be considered human over the last two millenia. While they look to the untrained observer to be fully human, truly skilled observers will quickly note several differences, which help to distinguish the security guard, (Securis dooshius), from true humans. Security guards are known to be larger than true humans, with a body mass index score of ZOMG. Security guards, unlike most true humans, have an affinity for standing in one place staring into a corner. Security guards are known for their uncontrollable sobbing at the sound of a shop alarm.
It is also generally noted that security guards have no penises, a genetic mutation obtained by spending so much of their time being pussies. Conversely, in the rare "female" instance of the species, the penis can in fact be found somewhere under the folds of belly fat just above the kidneys.
Some researchers believe that these genetic differences stem from a missing chromosome, sort of like Downs Syndrome, but more retarded, less funny and with less of a propensity to randomly hug you when you walk past them.


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As NBC's "Today" and ABC's "Good Morning America" continue the battle for ratings dominance, the two shows are poised for a golden faceoff at Saturday's Daytime Emmys. The veteran breakfast chatfests are both nominated for top morning program and, considering their increasingly heated rivalry, the category promises to be one of the most closely watched when trophies are handed out during the ceremony, to be telecast on HLN. Not that those involved in the morning-show wars need a reminder of the stakes. "In television, there are a lot of different awards," says "Today" exec producer Jim Bell. "But this is the one that tends to stand out for most people. It's the one that people that don't work in television are aware of." Considering the award's high-profile nature, it's hard to believe it didn't exist a few years ago. The morning show category was only established in 2007, after Brent Stanton became director of the Daytime Emmys for the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and realized there was no specific recognition for excellence in morning programming. "I was astounded," says Stanton, who notes that the ayem shows had previously been lumped into the special class program category, where the competition included everything from "Talk Soup" to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Bell says, "I shared that disbelief. I was like, 'How can there not be?' (Morning shows) are a hugely popular part of the television landscape. They're one of the most-watched, most competitive, most diverse and hardest (kinds of) television to produce. I mean, you go from war zones to Wall Street to cooking to concerts. That doesn't happen anywhere else." Even with the Academy's recognition of morning shows as a special breed, the category can still be difficult to break into. According to Stanton, seven programs were submitted for consideration this year, though only "Today" and "GMA" emerged with nods after being scored by a panel of judges on a 10-point system based on three criteria: content, creativity and execution. "It really does depend on the raw scores that come back from the judges (to) determine how many nominees there are going to be in any given year," Stanton says. "Today" and "GMA" have dominated the category in victories, with one or the other winning every year (and sharing bragging rights with a tie in 2007). While NBC's genre pioneer was still the undisputed ratings champ in 2011, the calendar year on which nominees are being judged, it may be hard for voters to ignore all the recent buzz surrounding ABC's "GMA," which in April beat "Today" in the weekly ratings for the first time in 16 years and has since come out on top several times. "Momentum is what it's all about," says "GMA" senior exec producer Tom Cibrowski. "You get the momentum, you want to keep the momentum. You can't let your foot off the gas pedal. "We know our competition is very strong in this category," he adds. "But it's a super-charged time filled with energy and excitement for the on-air team and the entire staff here at 'GMA.' " Daytime Emmy producers are no doubt hoping some of that excitement rubs off on their own broadcast, which has suffered ratings woes in recent years with the decline in popularity of daytime dramas. In an effort to stay relevant, the awards are featuring more categories in the live show - - 21 as opposed to 15 last year -- including morning program. "We love soaps," says Gabriel Gornell, who's producing this year's telecast. "At the same time, we need to acknowledge the shift in programming from daytime dramas to daytime content. So many people start their day with a cup of coffee and a morning show, and we want to pay tribute to that."
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