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More Powerful Than We Know: Interview with Tim DeChristopher
I knew I would probably go to jail, but my mindset was: "It's worth it to keep this oil in the ground."
—Tim DeChristopher
UPDATE: On March 3, Tim DeChristopher was found guilty on both charges.
Two years ago, in the waning days of the Bush administration, Tim DeChristopher was a 27-year-old college student who went to a protest. The rights to extract oil and gas from public lands in Utah were being auctioned off, and DeChristopher, concerned about the eventual impact of those fossil fuels on climate change, was determined to stop the auction. Someone mistook him for a bidder and offered him an auction paddle. He began bidding on land parcels, eventually winning 22,500 acres (for a total bid of $1.8 million, which he had no means to pay) and calling attention to what the Department of the Interior later determined was an illegitimate auction.
On Monday, a federal court will convene to decide if DeChristopher is guilty of two felonies for his actions that day, charges that could land him in prison for up to 10 years and lead to fines of $750,000. You might think that kind of consequence would dampen someone's resolve, but DeChristopher is more convinced than ever that ordinary people have the power to stop even the most entrenched interests—provided we recognize that power.
[For more detail on the upcoming trial—and how the U.S. tries cases of civil disobedience—click here for the rest of the interview.]
Brooke Jarvis: From to to , this is certainly a time when the power of people's movements is evident—and particularly as the success of one movement inspires another to begin. What can we learn from the uprisings of recent weeks?
Tim DeChristopher: Throughout the few weeks of the uprising in Egypt, there was never really any doubt that the protesters would eventually take out Mubarak. It was totally clear: They knew they had this level of power and were committed to exercising it. What we're missing is that commitment to exercising the citizen power that we already have. In Egypt, once they made the decision that they were going to be a powerful force, there was no stopping them.
Brooke Jarvis: Thinking back to that morning of the auction, when you made the on-the-spot decision to start bidding—if you knew then where all of this would lead, would it have influenced your decision at all?
Tim DeChristopher: I would do it again in a heartbeat. In a general way I'd actually been preparing for this for a long time, building up the general commitment to take this level of risk, to be ready when the time came. I knew I would probably go to jail for it, but my mindset was: "It's worth it to keep this oil in the ground." Which happened. But what I didn't expect was what it's meant for other people or the activism and opportunities that have arisen from it. I feel like I've already gotten far more out of it than I anticipated, and the costs are at least as worth it now as they've ever been.
Brooke Jarvis: I'm interested in the question of how one prepares for decisions like this. For example, many people think Rosa Parks was a woman who just didn't feel like getting out of her seat, rather than someone who had been part of the civil rights movement for more than a decade, who had been involved with the NAACP and the Highlander Center, and who knew quite well what her decision could mean.
Tim DeChristopher: I'd certainly been involved in activism for a while, but unlike Rosa Parks I don't know that I really had built up the skills I needed beforehand—in that sense I jumped off the cliff and built my wings on the way down. For me, the more important preparation was making the commitment that I was going to take this level of action and that I was going to be an effective agent of change. That's why I was ready to see the opportunity. You know, there were other activists at the auction who, I think, would have been willing to take the same risk had they seen the opportunity, but they didn't. I think that had to do with my intention: I was there to stop that auction. Even though I didn't have a specific plan, I felt that I could be powerful enough to stop it. And I think that mindset was what allowed me to stop it.
Václav Havel, a leader of the revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989, spoke about how the first and most important thing they did in overcoming the tyrannical regime was to just start acting as if they lived in a free and democratic society. They basically started pretending that they had that kind of democratic power, and that started to make it true. I think the same thing is true on a level of personal activism: when we make that commitment to be a powerful agent of change, we make it true.
Brooke Jarvis: How does that idea apply to the ?
Tim DeChristopher: One of the dominant characteristics of the climate movement is a sense of disempowerment. We're fighting against these entrenched interests, against the richest and most powerful corporations in the world, often in collusion with our federal or state government. We think that they're big and powerful and we're small and weak, so we're just not going to be effective at overcoming them.
Glenn Beck thinks the spread of protests is a little too convenient. But this is what happens when ordinary people discover their power.
I think that's why we see a lot of the spineless strategies of the climate movement, like trying to appeal to corporations for small changes, or drafting bills like Waxman-Markey. We start with these sell-out compromises because we believe that we're small and weak.
From a disempowered perspective, we look at opinion polls and we think, "Oh, only so much of the population agrees with us and only 10 or 15 percent really understand the urgency of the issue. We need to get the majority on our side, to appeal to them in whatever way we can." I think that's a losing strategy. We're missing out on the fact that even if 10 to 15 percent of the U.S. population really get the issue of climate change, that's 30 or 40 million people. That's more than enough to bring the fossil fuel industry to its knees. If even a tenth of those people were willing to engage in significant nonviolent civil disobedience, that's an incredible force. To begin with, there's no way they could all be arrested—that would double the population of prisoners we currently have in this country, and we . They wouldn't know what to do with us. And that's with just a tenth of people who really understand the problem.
We think we have no power when in fact we have more than enough power. Right now, we have a big enough movement to win this battle; we just need to start acting like it. That's the message that the climate movement really needs to internalize. On an individual level, it means making the commitment that we're going to be powerful and effective agents of change; on the movement level, it's about making the decision that we're really going to win this battle.
Brooke Jarvis: What does that look like, more specifically? What are the pressure points where activists can be most effective?
Tim DeChristopher: Mountaintop removal sites in Appalachia are a key point. If we as a movement , we could do it this year. With just a fraction of the total members of, say, the Sierra Club, we could send several hundred people a day over the line at these sites, and shut them down—every day, over and over and over.
Poet Wendell Berry talks civil disobedience during a sit-in in at the Kentucky governor's office.
Or if we picked the oldest, dirtiest coal-fired power plants on the south side of Chicago—they're in poor minority neighborhoods where people are mounting a grassroots resistance. As a movement, if we decided we wanted , we could do that. We could rally the resources from that region and send dozens or hundreds of people a day to blockade the gates—every day, over and over. We've got plenty of manpower, we've got plenty of resources.
Or we could pick Congress as a strategic site. Just with the number of students who showed up at two years ago, we could have hundreds of students every day of the year standing up in sessions of Congress and speaking truth to power, reminding them that it's our future that's being sacrificed when they're selling out to the fossil fuel industry. We could have people doing that over and over and over, making it absolutely clear that our status quo energy policy is a war against the young.
There are lots of possibilities. We just have to make the commitment that we are part of a movement powerful enough to accomplish our goals.
- : "If the government passed a bill out of line with the values of the community, people were expected to break that law and then take their case before a jury of their peers, which could then decide whether or not that person's actions were justified."
Making nice doesn't work. It's time to try something else.
It took a while, but protests in Wisconsin show that poor and middle class Americans are ready to push back against the policies that hurt them most. Madison may be only the beginning.


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GREENWOOD, S.C. – The No. 7-seed Georgia College baseball team (32-17) punched its ticket for the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament Championship game Sunday after eliminating No. 5-seed UNC Pembroke (38-16) 13-5 in a game that started late Friday night and ended in the wee hours Saturday morning.
Lefty starter John Clark (Duluth, Ga.) went the distance for the win, allowing four earned runs on 14 hits. The sophomore fanned 13 Brave batters while not walking a single one. The 13 whiffs are a career-best for Clark and the most for a Bobcat pitcher since Matt LaMothe (Troy, Mich.) fanned 14 against Clark Atlanta University Feb. 15.
"My slider was tough today and was a pleasant surprise," said Clark. "I just had to work on staying ahead of hitters."
The blowout started off tight early, as it took until the bottom of the fourth for either squad to plate any runs. UNCP broke the scoreless drought with a three-run inning.
The Braves had a pair of RBI singles and a run-scoring double in the rally, and held that lead until the sixth inning.
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Not content, Georgia College added a run in the seventh on an error, then five more in the eighth, the big blow a grand slam to right center from Sandlin. He finished 2-for-6 with six RBI, tying for second-most runs batted in during a PBC Tournament contest.
Anderson had three RBI and two runs on a single hit, while first baseman Clay Ardeeser (Loganville, Ga.) continued to mash the ball around the yard, adding a 3-for-6 effort with a double, RBI and run scored. Designated hitter Cody Maas (Alpharetta, Ga.) also was 3-for-6 driving in a run, and third baseman Jeremy Donaldson (Winder, Ga.) hit 4-for-5, scoring three times. All-PBC shortstop Daniel Bick (Alpharetta, Ga.) added two hits in five trips as well.
Clark improved to 5-1 on the season with his longest outing, throwing 131 pitches, an even 100 going for strikes. The lefty gives the Bobcats three complete games in their three wins this week at the PBC tourney.
The Bobcats advance to the PBC title game for the first time since 2006, when they lost to Columbus State University 8-4. The Bobcats have played in four PBC Championship games all-time. Georgia College is in search of its first PBC Tournament Championship and the accompanying automatic bid to the NCAA Southeast Regional.
Georgia College will take on the winner of Saturday's CSU/University of Montevallo matchup, set for a 3 p.m. first pitch. The title game will come Sunday, May 12 at 1 p.m.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Analyzes business needs to help ensure Oracle solution meets the customer s objectives by combining industry best practices, product knowledge, and business acumen. Exercises judgment and business acumen in selecting methods and techniques to deliver functional and technical solutions on non-routine and very complex aspects of applications and technology installations. Provides direction and mentoring to project teams, and effectively influences customer leadership on key decisions. Supports the business development efforts by pursuing new opportunities and extensions. Collaborates with the consulting sales team by providing domain expertise. Resolves complex customer issues by recommending and implementing solutions. Demonstrates expertise in multiple business processes across two or more product families or ability to architect and design technology solutions encompassing multiple products and make decisions based on impact across the stack.
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A design wall is indispensable. I use it every single day. Before I had it, it was hard for me to imagine why I needed one. Now I can't imagine life without one.
I use it mostly for auditions. Don't let that word scare you. It just means "to try something out." I audition fabrics. I audition units like Flying Geese or Nine Patches. I audition blocks, sections and especially borders.
It's impossible to see how something is going to look unless you can put it up on a vertical surface and stand back from it. Once you begin doing this, your creative decisions become easier and you become more confident. Your quilts improve!
There are just four things you'll need to make a design wall similar to this.
#1. Large sheet(s) of 1/2″-thick foamcore, also known as foam board. I bought three and they were 40″ x 60″ but they come larger and smaller, too. (More on that below.)
I found them at an art supply store, but don't let that scare you off—it's just lightweight paper-covered styrofoam. It's inexpensive.
#2. Gray (not white, black or tan) flannel or stretchy cotton knit, large enough to cover foamcore plus about 6″ extra length and width. I found a wide gray print that was the perfect color on the back. The pink flowers on the front don't matter at all! Prewash the fabric to remove any sizing (so things will "stick" to it more effectively).
#3. Duct tape
#4. Tiny finishing nails about 1.5″ long (they don't have much of a head)
Decide how large your design wall can be. I recommend making it as large as you can, within reason. There's no need to make it higher than you can reach. Make it only as wide as the widest quilt you'll make. If you're unsure, go big. If you have limited space, just make it as large as you have room for. You'll still use it and love it.
Buy enough foamcore to fill the space you've chosen. You can patch together several pieces to get the size you need by butting them up and using duct tape on both sides to secure. I bought three pieces that were 40″ x 60″. Two went side by side and the third was cut up and added to the bottom. My finished size is about 80″ x 80″. (I can't reach the top but since I learned that the hard way, you don't have to.)
Lay the foamcore on the floor and spread the gray material on top, right side up. Pin the fabric to the sides of the foamcore with straight pins, stretching as needed to cover it.
Pull the gray fabric to the back of the foamcore and use duct tape to secure it. It doesn't have to be pretty—it probably won't be. Remove the pins if necessary (depends on how stretchy your fabric is).
Position the design wall where you want it and attach to the wall with the finishing nails. The heads will kind of disappear into the fabric because they're so small.
It doesn't take many nails because the foamcore is very lightweight. I used four or five on each side.
Stand back and enjoy the view!
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With the current interest in rssCloud and PubSubHubbub (PuSH), I've been thinking about all the bandwidth that's consumed by the RSS elements that describe the feed. When a client requests an RSS feed 10 times in one day, it gets the basic details of the feed over and over again. When clients request the Workbench feed, they get 1,800 characters containing optional RSS elements that I haven't changed in years, except for the PuSH element I added last month. Workbench has 1,900 feed subscribers, so if they average 10 checks a day, they're consuming 32 megabytes every day on information they know already.
James Holderness directed me to RFC3229+feed, a method to request partial RSS feeds that omit elements that a client has already seen. That's useful and has been adopted by some feed publishers and clients, but as far as I can determine, the approach still sends all of the channel elements that describe the feed itself. I wanted to float an idea here to see if it would be useful:
This channel-level RSS element identifies a URL that contains the full details about the feed. The details would be expressed as an RSS feed without any item elements.
An optional ttl attribute could contain the number of days the publisher would like clients to cache the information before checking it again:
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RICHMOND, Va. – VCU Women's Soccer fans will notice a familiar face roaming the sidelines this fall. Former graduate assistant Jamie Corti returns to the Rams as an assistant coach in time for the start of the 2012 campaign. Corti spent last season as an assistant at her alma mater UNC Greensboro.
"We are thrilled to have Jamie back at VCU and on staff as our assistant," said Co-Head Coach Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak. "Jamie is extremely driven and holds herself to the highest standard regardless of the task at hand. Whether she is on the recruiting trail, out on the field, or in the office, it is easy to see the enormous effort she puts in. Her deep knowledge of the game and strong work ethic makes her the perfect complement to our staff. Jamie really shares our same values and has always been an excellent mentor for the players. There's no doubt that we have significantly improved our staff by bringing Jamie on board."
During her two seasons as a graduate assistant from 2009-10, Corti was part of a VCU squad that posted 13 shutouts, while ranking third in the Colonial Athletic Association in both goals allowed and goals against average in 2010.
Corti first joined the Rams in the fall of 2009 after spending four seasons as the cornerstone of UNCG's backline. She started the final seven contests of the 2005 campaign and never looked back, earning the starting nod in 65 of the Spartans' 66 games over her final three seasons. Corti anchored a stifling defense that allowed just 0.92 goals per game over her final three years, while posting a total of 33 shutouts (41 during career).
She garnered numerous accolades during her collegiate career, including being named All-Southern Conference First Team in both 2007 and 2008. Corti helped lead UNCG to a league title in 2006 on her way to earning a spot on the All-Tournament squad. The championship was part of three NCAA Tournament trips with her in charge of the Spartans' backline.
Corti's success was not just limited to the field as she achieved Honor Roll status during each of her five seasons at UNCG (redshirted in 2004 due to injury).
After growing up in Florence, Italy, Corti and her family moved to Apex, N.C. prior to her high school days, where she quickly became an All-State defender at Apex High School.
She graduated from UNCG with a bachelor's degree in elementary education, and received her Master's degree from VCU's Center for Sport Leadership in 2010.


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Watching Stoke City play at home at Britannia Stadium is always entertaining — whether you're watching the match in-person or on television. Officially the loudest supporters in the Premier League, Stoke City fans always make a game at their windy ground a spectacle. And out of all of their 19 home matches a season, the one today against Arsenal is always the pick of the bunch.
The hate-hate relationship between Arsenal and Stoke City is a either a joy or abomination to watch, depending on what side of the fence you sit on. It's must-see television, and it's always eventful no matter which teams wins or loses. EPL Talk reader Ian Cranson's Knees, a devout Stoke City supporter, will be at the match and shared the above photo of the view from his bedroom window overlooking Stoke City's Britannia Stadium. What a lucky gentleman to live so close to a football ground!
Kicking off at 8:30am ET (1:30pm BST), Stoke City plays Arsenal, which is then followed by Liverpool against Manchester City. While the match at the Britannia Stadium is must-see TV, so too is Liverpool against City, but for different reasons. The Reds sit at the bottom of the table, and despite some relatively decent results in the Europa League and preseason friendlies, the jury is still out whether this is a better team than last season, or the same bunch of players who underwhelmed. City, on the other hand, has a chance to make a statement of intent to let their rivals know that they mean business in their pursuit of a second successive Premier League title.
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Attention Pregnant Moms – Finally,
a safe and proven system
what will show you…
How to Defy the
Baby-Weight Myth AND Attain Holisitc Health for You and Your Baby with this All-New Fitness and Nutrition Breakthrough….
Dear Mom-to-be!
I know this is an exciting time for you. I'm sure everyone is
rushing to give you advice …bear with me because I have something
exciting to share with you…
For a moment, think about a mom who just breezed through their pregnancy.
You never heard them complain and they always seemed to glow. Sure,
they had some tough days – but it seemed they were able to take
it in stride.
Here's the amazing part – they probably looked better AFTER
their pregnancy then before! Now, you may have mixed feelings about
this – right? Part of you wants to scratch the goodie-two-shoes
eye out (we're being honest here!); the other part of you wants
her secret!
If you want the key to a fit and healthy pregnancy then you'll
enjoy this quick note –
But first, I want you to take a deep breath and try to forget about
the pregnancy horror stories you've heard. Yes, your body will
be going through some incredible and exhausting changes. Yes, you will
have mornings that you wish you could stay in bed…
But, the next 9 months could ALSO be a healthy milestone for
• Steadily improve your fitness level safely and comfortably
throughout your pregnancy.
• Avoid many of the physical aches and pains like swollen ankles
and wrists, sore back, and strained shoulders.
• You can ease the roller-coaster hormone-induced emotional battle
and feel great the ENTIRE 9 months of your pregnancy!
• Actually BOOST your energy levels and put more pep in your
step (your girlfriends will wonder how you are doing it).
• Have confidence that you are eating the right foods to give
you and your baby the nutrients you need to stay in top physical condition.
Oh, and one more thing –
Ignore the Baby-Fat Myth!
You can ignore the baby-fat nonsense. It is 100% possible to drop your
baby fat within months of delivery. I know because I've experienced
it myself…
My name is Laura Flynn. My friend and fellow coach Michelle Ladd and
I have some exciting news for you…but first let me tell you a
bit about my story.
I'm passionate about your health. I've spent my career
as a nutritionist uncovering ways for women to manage their health and
feel great at the same time! I don't believe that fitness and
nutrition should be torture. I also know you are busy (and are about
to get a lot busier!).
I'm also a proud mommy.
When I first learned I was pregnant I quickly became obsessed with
my nutrition. I wanted my baby to be healthy. I didn't want to
be shackled by my own belly! And, I didn't want to spend years
losing my baby weight.
Sound familiar?
Here's the problem. All of the books I read (and I studied dozens
of them) just didn't feel right. Some put me on a diet that would
have made a Billy goat puke! Others were just plain wrong (even dangerous).
But that was only half of it…
I work out regularly and didn't want to get soft on my routine.
But I also didn't want to be unsafe. So I needed what I call a
"goldilocks workout" Not too hard, not too soft –
but just right.
However, I ran into the same frustrating problems. Either I read books
written by Marine drill sergeants that thought my pregnancy was a "challenge
to be overcome" (ugh) or guides that assumed that my "condition"
made me an invalid!
I had enough. I decided to use my 11 years of diet and nutrition expertise
to create my own program.
I also had an ace up my sleeve.
My close friend Michelle Ladd offered to help me solve the fitness
side of the puzzle.
Michelle is a respected Exercise Physiologist, trainer, and holistic
lifestyle coach. I call her the "Girl Whisperer." she understands
in her bones what it takes to keep women healthy and incredibly fit.
Her clients look amazing (and no they didn't start out that way).
She is tenacious and a fitness encyclopedia. When we sat down to craft
a "Pregnancy Friendly Nutrition and Fitness" regimen, we
both were blown away by what we created.
The best part is that it wasn't theory. I immediately put our
new regimen to work in my day-to-day routine.
The results were more than I hoped for…
How I lost ALL of My Baby Weight in just
8 Weeks
Not only was my pregnancy easier than I imagined (minimal morning sickness,
great energy level, no stiff joints, or swelling), I also created healthy
habits that erased my recurring constipation and hypoglycemia.
I felt great and was even able to bring my sweet tooth under control!
Here's what you've been waiting for. With Michelle's
blend of strength, cardio and stretching exercises I only gained 29
And shed every last pound of it in 8 weeks.
I knew we were on to something big…but I wanted proof.
So we taught our system to a few (brave) women to see if my story was
a fluke…
Here's what they had to say –
"I had
the most amazing labor – 1hr 9 mins!!!!!!
I ended up at 75kg, 10kg / 22 lbs total preggy
gain, AMAZING and I couldn't have done it without you!!
I taught up to 6 days prior to my due date and felt great
for it, I continued to walk for a few more days also. I am down
7kg from the day I had him at 75kg, 68kg, so sitting just
3kg above my pre-pregnancy weight of 65kg!!!!!
Everyone is saying I look very well, no
puffiness, skin is great etc. I am soooo proud to say I have fed
bubs so well and I couldn't have done it without you, THANK
Shar Twyman
Perth, Australia
difference in the way I look and feel
"As an experienced fitness professional,
I thought I knew everything about pregnancy exercise and pregnancy
nutrition. How wrong I was! The FHP Guide opened my eyes
to key changes that made a huge difference in the way I look and
feel. Even in the late stages of my pregnancy, I felt
functionally strong, in great posture, and without the aches and
pains that so many of my pregnant friends think is normal.
Thanks so much."
Sarah Bucher
Toledo, OH
might just start a revolution for holistic mothers worldwide
The combination of her traditional dietetics
education, extensive studies in natural and alternative health
and nutrition, real-world experience as a working mom, and her
"tell it like it is" personality, make for an inspirational
role model and coach."
Dr. Tamara Strickland, ND
Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
Columbus , OH
and easy to follow program
"As a new mom-to-be, and working
full time, I really needed a practical and easy to follow
program to keep me and my growing baby healthy.
The Fit and Healthy Pregnancy Guide gave me all of that and more!
It helped me to gain only an optimal, healthy amount of weight
and deliver a beautiful baby boy."
Michelle Woodham
Columbus, OH
benefit every mother and child
"As a pregnant mother of an eleven-year
old boy, it was hard for me to find the time to eat "right".
Laura's FHP book gave me direction by helping me understand the
benefits of eating better, but also how EASY it
can be. After the birth of my daughter, I maintained
a high energy level while nursing with the right quality foods,
and it helped me to lose weight while still giving my
baby proper nourishment. The awesome guidance that Laura
has provided has been invaluable to my family and me. Her
passion and insight on real healthy eating can benefit every mother
and child."
Leanna Anderson
Columbus, OH
Mother of two
happy with the results
"'Fit and Healthy Pregnancy' has terrific
advice for all levels of fitness. As a marathon runner, I thought
I was in pretty good shape before I became pregnant; however,
The Fit and Healthy Pregnancy Guide pointed out some much needed
changes to my fitness routine. I also used the nutrition section
as a guide for my eating. I haven't seen another product
like this anywhere and have been really happy with the results.
Joy Pochalita
Excited Mom-To-Be
Arlington, VA
we want to put our all-new
Fit and Healthy Pregnancy System
In your hands Now!
First, let me explain why this is a System. Along with our Fit and Healthy
Pregnancy Guide, we also offer coaching and specific fitness aids. You
will have everything you need for the entire 9 months.
Here's what you'll learn with the Fit and Healthy
Pregnancy System
• Easy exercises and stretches that anyone at any fitness
level can do just about anywhere (I'll show you exactly how to
perform the exercises with clear step-by-step illustrations).
• The safe way to add cardio to your exercise routine and boost
your energy.
• Equipment-Free exercises that will keep weight gain
minimal and keep you limber.
• How to customize your stretching program for your fitness level
and body type. (And the 3 "Secret Muscles" that pregnant
women need to stretch….).
• The secret to eliminating 90% of pregnancy aches, pains,
and discomfort – it has to do with your spine and it's the
foundation of my program.
• How to keep your "bump in front" and fight gaining
weight in the wrong places.
• A custom-designed strength training program that is
simple, safe and guaranteed to keep your joints and ligaments pain free.
• How to prevent the pregnant slouch that leaves you looking
worn out and "bigger" than you are…I'll show
you how to nip this common problem in the bud immediately!
• Key precautions you must take to keep you and baby
• Real-world advice on Fatigue, stretch marks, morning sickness,
high-blood pressure, miscarriage, gestational diabetes, C-Section, and
• Why some fats are essential for a healthy pregnancy
(you won't hear this anywhere else).
• The right nutrients for boosting your baby's brain development.
• The "Baby Blues remedy" every mom should
have in their cupboard; and
• That's just the beginning!
We're excited about what you'll learn. The great part is
that everything you'll discover is safe, fun, and easy to implement
in your day-to-day routine.
Here's What's Included in the Complete Fit and Healthy
Pregnancy System:
When you order the System we'll give you immediate access to:
The Fit and Healthy Pregnancy Guide:
Value: $47
134 pages of proven and practical nutrition and exercise insight. The
guide includes easy nutritional information and full-color illustrations
of exercise routines.
Email Coaching:
Value: $1,125
We worked hard to put every scrap of what we know about pregnancy-friendly
nutrition and exercise in the Guide. But, we know that you may have questions
that the guide doesn't cover.
So we'll send you our personal email addresses for any questions
you may have. We'll be there for your entire pregnancy.
Fit and Healthy Pregnancy Childbirth Hypnosis
Solution CD
Value: $27
Hypnosis for birthing is a safe alternative for large amounts of pain
killing drugs, and is approved and used in hospitals and clinics around
the word.
Now is your chance to grab this ground-breaking Childbirth Hypnosis
Solutions Audio CD in an instant down-loadable format for FREE!
Just think about how relaxed you'll be preparing for your big day knowing
that you will:
• Welcome your baby into the world in a calm and connected way
• Have a simple and successful delivery
• Be able to disconnect from the pain... and focus on the joy
of the experience
• Promote bonding between you, your baby and your birthing companion
• Encourage a rapid post-natal recovery
This hypnosis CD takes you step-by-step through a complete session
designed specifically for the soon-to-be mom.
It couldn't be any easier! All you need to do is sit back and relax,
and listen to the CD for 20 minutes a day to reap all of the benefits.
If you add up the value of the complete Fit and Healthy Pregnancy System
you'll see that it's easily worth $1,200. This is what it
would take to get Michelle and my personal attention your entire pregnancy.
Fit and Healthy "Stress-Free" Hypnosis
Value: $27
Hypnosis is a fantastic and easy way to feel relaxed during your delivery,
but it also works on the everyday stress that us pregnant women feel
from time to time (sometimes feels like ALL THE TIME!) ;)
Sit back and listen to the session, and relax away all of your worries
and stress. You deserve a time out period for yourself, and we're giving
you the perfect tool for it.
Here's the good news.
For the first 100 moms who purchase the system, we'll lower
the price to just $27 (one-time). Although the regular price is $127 for
the complete system- we wanted to get the System in your hands.
Here's why…We want your feedback! You see we can go on
all day about how amazing this system – but the best ambassador
of the System is you! So we've lowered the price, with the hope
that you will give the Fit and Healthy Pregnancy System a try –
and report back on your experience.
That's the deal. Promise us you'll keep in touch and we'll
be happy to offer the system at a deep discount of just $27.
If you order your System now, Michelle and I will immediately send
you 3 bonus guides:
Free Bonus #1:
Comprehensive Two Week Shopping Lists
Have you done this…Find a great recipe, go to the store and get
back home to find out that you've forgotten something? Yep –
I thought so. Well that won't happen with any of our Fit and Healthy
We've created a convenient two week shopping list that you can
take with you to the grocery store. Get all your ingredients in one
This is an awesome time-saver.
Value: $9.95 – FREE When You Order Now
Free Bonus #2:
The Fit and Healthy Recipe Rolodex
All the exact recipes that are highlighted in the FHP manual are spelled
out in this special bonus packet.
Each recipe is tagged from easy to complex, and Good - Better - Best,
so you can choose the appropriate ones for your particular day and time
Here's just a sample of the delicious meals you'll soon discover and
And YES, these are all good for you and your baby:
• Coconut Pudding
• Cream Cheese Breakfast Pastries
• Thai-Style Pork Stew
• Melon Chicken Salad
• Broccoli Cheese Scramble
• Chicken with Sweet and Sour Sauce
• and many more...
Value $9.95 – FREE When You Order Now
Free Bonus #3:
Eye-Opening New Book – "In the Beginning"
Linda is a professional wellness coach with a wide variety of cutting-edge
strategies and techniques to ensure that both you and your baby are
happy and healthy, including...
A Special Five Minute Morning Energy Routine - to keep you on the top
of your game... both mentally and physically and Linda's List of
the Top 15 Hidden Toxins in your Home. These can seriously jeopardize
you and your baby!
The Simple Test to find out which foods and products are a good match
for your particular body... and which ones your body views as a toxin
- no matter how "healthy" it is.
The Health Recovery Process - An easy, do-it-yourself treatment to
correct your allergies to foods and products so that you can eat them
again without suffering negative reactions.
How to teach young children age appropriate (and fun) energy games
to release any negative feelings, and heal themselves... and the world.
Value $24.95 – Free When You Order Now
One Last Thing, Just In Case You're
Wondering –
Michelle and I are proud to back the entire Fit and Healthy
Pregnancy System with our 100% Money-Back Guarantee. It's
simple. Order the System now and start putting the program to work.
Go ahead and try the recipes and see how easy and convenient it is to
eat healthy for you and your baby. Turn to page 34 of the guide and
begin the stretching and strength training exercises.
Get the information you need on almost all the health issues related
to your pregnancy. For 60 days, keep a close eye on your weight and
overall health. If you are not thrilled with how you feel and look then
email one of us and we will promptly refund your money.
No hassle, no questions. We can't be any more fair than that.
a holistic pregnancy book that I can truly recommend to my
Laura and Michelle have done an excellent job of debunking
the myths of pregnancy exercise and nutrition, and putting
together a clear plan for any woman who cares about
herself and her baby.
This book will be in my office and
required reading for all of my expecting mothers.
Eric Serrano, M.D.
Family Physician
Columbus, Ohio
So you don't have to wait another second to start living
a life of optimal health and wellness for both you and your baby. You can download, read and/or print out the PDF file of The FHP Guide immediately after you click below and fill out the simple order
form. Don't delay – click the order button now.
In Health & Happiness,
Laura & Michelle
P.S. We're not sure how much longer we'll
be offering this complete system at just $27. We really want to keep
the price as low as possible; in order to do that we can only provide
email coaching to so many…so hurry and order now to lock in your
introductory price before we increase it –
P.P.S. - We've gone to every length to be as descriptive as possible of what you'll find in The Fit and Healthy Pregnancy System, but in the event you have any more questions, I've included an FAQ that I think will help you out.
Fit and Helathy Pregnancy FAQ
Q: Is my credit card information safe?
That is a great question! I understand that many people are still just now making their first purchases online and are a little nervous about using their credit cards on the Internet. These days, online payment processors have advanced to the point that they are actually MORE secure than many other forms of payment.
In many ways, ordering online is actually a safer method of payment than giving out the info on the phone or on a mail-in stub, where an actual human is going to have access to your info. With a secure online form, a human will not have access to your info, only the merchant bank.
Our merchant account uses SSL (secure socket layer) technology to protect your information from being viewed by any third parties. Even as the website owner myself, I don't have access to any credit card information that you input for the order. Only the bank processes the information.
We use Clickbank to process our orders. Clickbank is the most popular and frequently used credit card processing company in the world for online downloadable products. Clickbank has an outstanding reputation and security has never been a problem.
You'll notice that when you get to the page where you are inputting your card numbers, the beginning of the web URL will change from http to https. That indicates that you are on a secure page and the info cannot be found by a 3rd party. Keep that in mind on any websites where you are using your credit card. Always look for the https at the beginning of the web address on the actual page where the card info is requested.
Q: What if The Fit & Healthy Pregnancy System doesn't work for me?
Then it's free. Our system has been tested in the real world with moms-to-be at every level of health and fitness, with overwhelming success. We are confident that it will work for you as well. If, on the off chance, you're not thrilled with your results after using the system for 60 days, we'll promptly refund 100% of your investment. You can even keep the entire system and all the bonus materials.
Q: How long does it take for The Fit & Healthy Pregnancy System to arrive?
No more than about 1-3 minutes (the only variable is your Internet provider). As soon as you complete your purchase, you'll be given instant access to E-Manual and all of the bonuses in the system. No need to wait and wait until it arrives in the mail, or pay additional fees for shipping.
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You can order online no matter what country you're located in. We've processed orders from over 63 countries so far. Our secure credit card processor will automatically convert the US dollars to your country's currency.
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The Flash CS5 Spray Brush Tool
The Spray Brush tool paints with instances of a single symbol from your Adobe Flash Creative Suite 5 library. You can use the Property inspector to dial in settings for scaling, rotation, and brush angle.
Follow these steps to paint with the Spray Brush tool:
Click the New Layer button, found below the Timeline, to create a new, empty layer to paint on.
Select the Spray Brush tool from the Tools panel (click and hold the Brush tool to find the Spray Brush tool).
The Property inspector displays options for the Spray Brush tool.
In the Property inspector, click the Edit button in the Symbol options area.
The Select Symbol dialog box appears, prompting you to select a symbol from your library.
Choose a symbol and click OK to close the dialog box.
In the Symbol options area, use the Scale Width and Scale Height sliders to reduce or increase the scaling for each instance painted on the stage.
In the Brush options area, enter values for the width and height of the brush, and the brush angle, if you want.
Click and drag on the stage to begin painting.
The Spray Brush paints with the symbol you selected using the settings you chose in the Property inspector. You control the size, scatter, and scaling.
The Spray Brush tool creates groups from all the paint droplets it leaves behind. You can break apart these groups by choosing Modify→Break Apart, or edit its contents by double-clicking the group on the stage.


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Latest News
Imprisoned Uighurs stage rare public Guantanamo protest
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — A group of Muslims from China awaiting a court-ordered release staged a self-styled protest inside their prison camp Monday, waving signs demanding their freedom written in crayon on their Pentagon-issued art supplies.
''We are the Uighurs,'' said one sign. "We are being oppressed in prison though we had been announced innocent.''
Another: "We need to freedom.''
The U.S. government has for months been seeking a nation to offer asylum to some 17 Uighurs with Chinese citizenship who fear persecution and perhaps torture if they are returned to their communist-controlled homeland.
Attorney General Eric Holder has said he was willing to resettle some in the United States. But some members of Congress have rebelled, casting them as terrorists and creating a deadlock on the future of the men whom a federal judge ordered released from these remote prison camps in October 2008.
Instead, the military moved the men to a small razor-wire ringed compound called Camp Iguana, away from the 220 foreign captives here still held as enemy combatants. As detainees approved for release, they have been receiving increasingly greater liberties -- such as weekly telephone calls, takeout fried chicken and pizza and a wooden hut set aside to serve as a mosque.
Monday, they staged the polite protest for about five minutes for visiting reporters before guards hustled the journalists away.
''As you can see, they are pretty much free men,'' said a Navy chief who supervises sailors guarding the men at the half-acre compound. He called the protest ''their own doing,'' and permitted a dozen reporters visiting the prison to film the signs.
Unclear Monday evening was how much of the video would survive a censor's review.
Frustrations had been building at Camp Iguana across days of visits by both attorneys and reporters seeking to document what may prove to be the last days of the controversial prison camps, which President Barack Obama has ordered emptied by Jan. 22.
At one point Monday, one of the Uighur men called out: "Obama didn't release us. Why?''
Last week, the group approached a visiting TV crew and asked to deliver an oral statement. Guards waved them off, saying that U.S. military censors would destroy any such images.
The U.S. military says it seizes and destroys photos of detainees, even those in which the captives pose for news photographers, under an interpretation of the Geneva Conventions that shields prisoners of war from public humiliation.
Prison camp commanders have been seeking to afford the Uighurs greater freedoms short of giving them the run of the 45-square-mile base that has a port, airstrip, harbor and school system for sailors' children.
For example, the military has ordered 20 laptop computers to let the men set up a virtual computer lab and acquire some DVD-driven high technology skills in anticipation of their release.
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Monday, December 12, 2011
Stitching with the Flip Pal
Read the instructions!
When you open the Flip Pal software you will get a little menu like this. On the left hand side under Help / Manuals make sure your read the option "How to Scan and Stitch Large Originals." That's where I learned that there should be at least a one inch overlap to get the best stitch. I hadn't done that with the first two attempts.
The photo I've been scanning is an 8x10 of my grandfather and I. For first two attempt I did four scans to cover the whole photo. Armed with the new information I went back and did six scans - three across the top half of the photo and three across the bottom.
Watch those hands!
I took the lid off the Flip Pal and used it upside down to scan my photo which was resting on a desk. I have a tendency to grab the left and right sides with my hands to move the Flip Pal around. Inadvertently this caused me to press the scanning button before I was ready. I must have done that four or five times before I learned the lesson. Try grabbing hold of the corners instead of the ends so you don't have this problem.
Stitch Away!
With your now properly overlapping scans you are ready to stitch. In the Toolbox Menu select the top middle option - Stitch Scans (see image above).
You with then see this rather plain screen. Press File, then select Open.
Next select the photos that you want to include in your stitch. It's easiest to select the first photo, press Shift (and hold) and then select the last photo to grab all the images at once.
The Flip Pal will then run through a series of five steps while you patiently wait. It can take up to a minute to stitch all the photos.
At the end Flip Pal shows the completed scan. Success! Flip Pla saves the stitched version as a new image.
Here's the raw version before cropping. You can see the wood of the desk surrounding the photo. The black area is part of the image that was not scanned originally. I'm going to crop the desk and the black areas and then my photo will be perfect.
As you can see the stitch software does a pretty nice job! You can't detect any lines where the individual pieces were stitched back together.
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I love the way the Flip Pal does its stitching and I love the picture you used. You are looking at your Grandfather with such wonder!ReplyDelete
Thank you for this instructional post! I don't have a Flip Pal yet, but hope to next year and I'll need this good advice! Thanks again, Marian!ReplyDelete
I used the Flip Pal to scan a framed stitched sampler made by my second great grandmother. See From Maine To Kentucky: Chapin Family Sampler. It took a few tries, but I am pleased at how well it came out, especially through glass!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the info on stitching. I have been debating whether to get a Flip-Pal scanner. I will use it primarily to scan 8 1/2 x 11 documents, though I am sure I will use it for photos too. Because I plan to use it primarily for documents, I've been debating whether just to get a portable scanner with a paper feed.ReplyDelete


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Three cheers to Rebecca of In the Garden for coming up with a great way to beat the winter blues: a "rainbow challenge." Her suggestion was for us to post pictures of flowers in all colors of the rainbow in one post. I'm taking a slightly different angle: a series of posts, each focusing on one color. I've been thinking about a red post for a while, so it seemed like the perfect place to start. Here are some of my favorite images, starting with an early October shot from my front garden.
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The Marine Corps' top enlisted leader, Sgt. Maj. Micheal Barrett, testified before the Senate Armed Services commitee on Wednesday, telling members he truly believed that lower pay for Marines would "raise discipline."
Not surprisingly, all hell broke loose, as many grew upset with the sergeant major, who also offered anecdotes from talks with "thousands" of Marines who he said didn't care about compensation and benefits.
The comments came as Congress mulls a 2% pay raise for all service members, while some defense officials have requested a 1% raise instead.
"So much for the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps being the enlisted man's representative to the Commandant, I'm really glad I'm not in any more," wrote one commenter on Reddit's military section.
The backlash grew so wide Barrett had to pen a letter of explanation, writing that "recent reporting of my testimony may have left you with a mistaken impression that I don't care about your quality of life and that I support lower pay for service members. This is not true."
"'Recent reporting,'" Military Times' Leo Shane tweeted, "Also known as 'statements I made to Congress."
Barrett wrote:
"Nobody wants less ... But if we don't slow the growth of our hard-earned, generous compensation/benefit entitlements that we have enjoyed over the past decade, we won't have sufficient dollars for what we need — investment in our warfighting capabilities and our wonderful Marine and family care programs. We're not done fighting or serving as America's Expeditionary Force in Readiness and we need to be more prepared for what's around the corner."
The sergeant major also sat down with Marine Corps Times for an interview to offer further explanation on Friday, which will be published next week.


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There are two ways that hormones can help the doctor check a baby or young boy for undescended or absent testicles.
One way is a blood test that checks the levels of certain
hormones, including one called Müllerian-inhibiting substance (MIS). The test results can help the doctor tell if the testicles are present and undescended or if they are absent (anorchia).
MIS is
produced by the testicles and can be detected in a blood sample from a boy
until he reaches
puberty. If a boy who has an undescended testicle has
measurable MIS in his blood, it is a good sign that one or both testicles are
present. If MIS cannot be detected in the boy's blood, then both testicles are
likely absent.
Blood tests may also check the levels of two other hormones: luteinizing hormone (LH) and
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). When the testicles are absent, these hormone levels are both higher than
A second way to check for undescended or absent testicles is to get an injection of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormone for a few days. This hormone stimulates the
testicles to release
testosterone. The doctor then will check if testosterone levels go up. If both the testicles are absent, testosterone
levels will not increase. HCG
also stimulates enlargement of the testicles, making it easier to locate the
testicle during a physical exam.
Sometimes the results of these tests are not clear. For example, a boy may have normal levels of LH and FSH, but the hCG test does
not produce an increase in testosterone. If the results are
not clear, the doctor may need to do surgery to find and evaluate the undescended
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John Pope, MD - Pediatrics & Peter Anderson, MD, FRCS(C) - Pediatric Urology
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At this time of the year, properly ordering teams in a Power Rankings is about as easy as completing a third-and-15 in the playoffs. It's just so hard to predict how each team will perform in this league from one year to the next.
Going back to 2000, 74 teams have made the playoffs after failing to crack the postseason the year before. This includes the 2003 campaign, when eight such teams made the playoffs (and the prior season's Super Bowl participants, Tampa Bay and Oakland, went a combined 11-21). The least amount of new teams we've had during this span is five (2002 and 2010). So, your chance of making the playoffs in consecutive seasons is less than 50 percent.
And obviously, it's also extremely difficult to repeat as Super Bowl champions. Hence, my placement of the New York Giants at No. 6 in these rankings. During my tenure with the Cowboys, we played in five Super Bowls and won a pair, and I know how difficult it is to sustain that kind of excellence into the following season. There are just so many distractions after winning a Super Bowl -- public appearances, enhanced media attention, etc. -- as well as roster turnover. It's impossible to bottle the magic that's present in every championship run.
After giving up the most yards in the NFL in 2011, the Packers drafted for defense in April, spending their first six picks on that side of the ball. Green Bay's moving its top pass rusher, outside linebacker Clay Matthews, to the right side, with rookie Nick Perry manning his old spot on the left. Perry possesses speed, quickness and competitiveness -- three characteristics that equal success for pass rushers. On offense, left tackle is still a question mark. Marshall Newhouse, who allowed a team-high 11 1/2 sacks last season, begins the season protecting Aaron Rodgers' blind side.
The Patriots most likely will be favored in all 16 of their regular season games. Like the Packers, though, left tackle is an area of concern. With Matt Light's retirement, Nate Solder will take over on the left side in his second NFL season. And also like the Pack, New England also spent its first six draft picks on defense. After all, the Pats are coming off a season in which they ranked 31st in total defense. But as long as you have Brady and Belichick, you can't be too worried.
The Eagles need to keep quarterback Michael Vick healthy, and that's why the loss of All-Pro LT Jason Peters really hurts. Peters ruptured his Achilles tendon twice this offseason, essentially ending his 2012 campaign before it began. The team did well picking up Demetress Bell to fill in, though. Bell's certainly not Peters, but he's a capable replacement. Philadelphia boasts a very talented offense, but the defense only played well in spots last season.
An outstanding defense returns almost entirely intact for the 49ers, who will be challenged early, with three of their first four games on the road. Can Randy Moss provide a boost to last year's 29th-ranked pass offense? Moss has more explosion plays -- 167 plays of 25 yards or more -- than any other wide receiver in NFL history. But will he still be able to stretch the field at age 35, after spending last year on the couch?
After being sidelined in November with a Lisfranc injury, can Matt Schaub play 16 games? The Texans have a very good running game, with two running backs (Arian Foster and Ben Tate) capable of 1,000-plus yards. But Houston must replace two starters from last year's offensive line ( Mike Brisiel and Eric Winston). Once again, the defense should be very good, despite Mario Williams' departure in free agency. The Texans have a bunch of talented young defenders, and everyone will get better in Year 2 of Wade Phillips' 3-4 system.
As mentioned above, the Giants face a daunting task in repeating as Super Bowl champions. Having a gifted quarterback in Eli Manning eases some of the pressure, not to mention an outstanding head coach in Tom Coughlin and that game-changing defensive line. Running back Brandon Jacobs and receiver Mario Manningham are the two biggest losses, but all the other key stars are back.
Obviously, this is entirely predicated on Drew Brees being behind center. Without him, this team is almost unrecognizable. That being said, I was extremely impressed with the Saints' focus during the practices I attended last week. This group's doing a remarkable job of handling a traumatic offseason. (For my entire behind-the-scenes look, click here.) The Saints boast one of the NFL's young stars of the future in tight end Jimmy Graham and a huge matchup problem in running back Darren Sproles. The defense must be better than it was in 2011, though, and I think it will. It's a more sound approach under Steve Spagnuolo -- no more reckless blitzing like under Gregg Williams. One player who could break out: second-year hybrid defender Martez Wilson.
The Ravens came just one play away from Super Bowl XLVI, but the loss of outside linebacker Terrell Suggs to an Achilles' tendon tear really hurts. Is this the season Ray Lewis and/or Ed Reed finally hit the wall? With all these questions on defense, the Ravens' offensive backfield of Joe Flacco and Ray Rice will be the key to this team's success in 2012.
The Steelers had a good draft, highlighted by two projected starters in offensive guard David DeCastro and offensive tackle Mike Adams. Antonio Brown and Mike Wallace are excellent receivers, but new offensive coordinator Todd Haley will try to establish the run more than Bruce Arians did last year. Running back Isaac Redman looks like one of those hidden gems -- nobody knows where he came from or how he got there, but he's ready for this challenge of starting in place of the injured Rashard Mendenhall.
Jim Schwartz is one of the top young coaches in the NFL today. His Lions boast a top young QB in Matthew Stafford and the premium receiver in the game, Calvin Johnson. But Detroit needs a better running game to maximize its aerial attack. Can the defense hold up over the course over the season? The secondary's a big concern, but the Lions' talent up front can cover up a lot of issues, especially if Nick Fairley starts to play up to his potential in Year 2.
Change is afoot in Atlanta with two new coordinators: Dirk Koetter on offense, Mike Nolan on defense -- both upgrades for the Falcons. Matt Ryan needs to take that next step for this team to follow suit. This is a make-or-break season for left tackle Sam Baker. Defensively, the Falcons still need to find a pass rusher. John Abraham turned 34 last month and Ray Edwards just isn't the impact player the Falcons thought they'd signed last offseason.
With his unique skills as both a running and receiving threat, Matt Forte is the key to this offense. Michael Bush is a fine acquisition that greatly increases backfield depth, but he's just not as dynamic as Forte. There should be plenty of carries to go around -- if Forte doesn't continue his holdout into the season -- as new offensive coordinator Mike Tice likes to run the ball. Jay Cutler should have a big year now that he's reunited with wide receiver Brandon Marshall.
The Bills had a fine offseason, shoring things up on both sides of the ball. Defensively, they landed one of the crown jewels of this free-agent class in Mario Williams, and also brought in defensive end Mark Anderson. On the other side of the ball, they secured new deals with two integral pieces: wide receiver Stevie Johnson and running back Fred Jackson. Chan Gailey deserves more credit than he receives. He improves every team he coaches.
If Peyton Manning is healthy, this is a top-10 team. Denver has a pair of talented young receivers in Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker who should flourish with an accomplished quarterback delivering the football. The Broncos also boast one of the AFC's best offensive lines. Denver made the playoffs last season with a (mostly) stout defense and timely offense. Things will look much different in 2012.
With a young quarterback who played well in 2011 and an excellent 2012 draft -- particularly the first two picks, CB Dre Kirkpatrick and OG Kevin Zeitler -- the Bengals have a chance to move up and win the AFC North. Speaking of the divisional race, Cincy faces a test right off the bat, kicking off the season with a visit to Baltimore on Monday night. Defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer is one of the best in the business and should get a head-coaching job at some point.
The Cowboys helped themselves on defense by signing cornerback Brandon Carr and drafting fellow corner Morris Claiborne. Dallas was decent in 2011, but their time is now. Four key starters -- quarterback Tony Romo, tight end Jason Witten, nose tackle Jay Ratliff and linebacker DeMarcus Ware -- will be in their 30s when the 2012 season begins. Though they do have some young talent, too, including Tyron Smith, who's moving from right tackle to the blind side in his second NFL season.
This team is an enigma. On offense, quarterback Philip Rivers needs to play better and tight end Antonio Gates needs to stay healthy. Defensively, the Chargers are handing the keys over to new coordinator John Pagano, so we'll have to see how that transition works out. Two new linebackers who must contribute are rookie Melvin Ingram and veteran free-agent acquisition Jarret Johnson.
Can Cam Newton improve from his Rookie of the Year campaign in 2011? The answer is yes. He'll be better with a year under his belt and a full offseason. Newton's dedication to the game is reminiscent of Peyton Manning -- he's always looking for ways to improve. The Panthers need to improve their defense, though, which ranked 27th in points allowed last year. Luke Kuechly will help, though -- he looks like one of the best linebackers to enter the league in the past five years.
It's hard to figure out this team. First of all, is either of the two quarterbacks -- Mark Sanchez or Tim Tebow -- good enough to lead you to the playoffs? Also, if Rex Ryan's team wants to win games with defense, the Jets need to field a more consistent running attack to help control the game and give the D some rest.
Does this team have a quarterback? It does have some good players on both sides of the ball. Russell Okung is a fine young left tackle, and center Max Unger is one of the most underrated offensive linemen in the game. Defensively, the Seahawks have put together one of the best young secondaries in football, led by safety Earl Thomas, who looks like he'll be a Pro Bowler for the next 10 years. Seattle remains a very hard place for visiting teams to play. CenturyLink Field is a noisy joint and it's routinely drizzling.
This could be a real surprise team, but it all depends on quarterback Matt Cassel. Can he play like he did in 2010? If Cassel performs, this team could definitely win the AFC West. Kansas City is loaded with young talent, especially at the skill positions. The Chiefs are relying on three studs who were injured last season to return to form: safety Eric Berry, running back Jamaal Charles and tight end Tony Moeaki.
It's a new day in Oakland, with a brand new GM (Reggie McKenzie), coach ( Dennis Allen) and supporting staff. But the biggest key on offense remains the same: keeping Darren McFadden healthy. Quarterback Carson Palmer is no spring chicken, but I think he can still get it done, especially with a good group of young receivers. Defensively, the back seven must improve.
The big question in Arizona is at the quarterback position, where Kevin Kolb and John Skelton are duking it out for the starting job. Personally, I like Skelton's upside. He has the size that you want at the position and throws a very good ball. Outside of quarterback, the Cardinals have a bunch of top-tier players. Larry Fitzgerald and Patrick Peterson are stars on opposite sides of the ball. Not to mention defensive tackles Calais Campbell and Darnell Dockett, as well as linebacker Daryl Washington, who are all Pro Bowl-caliber players.
They weren't bad last season at 9-7, but for the well-coached Titans to take the next step, they'll need big seasons from running back Chris Johnson and second-year quarterback Jake Locker. Matt Hasselbeck's a great competitor, but he's 36 years old and prone to injury. It's time to hand the keys over to Locker. Wide receiver Kendall Wright was a surprising draft choice for a team that usually thinks defense first, but he's already exceeded coaches' expectations in offseason workouts.
This is the first head-coaching gig of Joe Philbin's career, but I think he's going to be pretty successful. Offensively, the Dolphins lack receivers. (Yes, even after the signing of Chad Ochocinco.) That means they'll need another productive season from running back Reggie Bush. I think they've finally found a quarterback of the future in Ryan Tannehill. Is he good enough to start this year? He just might be, but Miami shouldn't force the issue if he's not ready, as the Dolphins have a capable place holder in Matt Moore.
Mike Shanahan has always done a fantastic job of developing quarterbacks. (Donovan McNabb should not count, as Shanahan didn't get him in his formative stages.) Robert Griffin III is the real deal. The only question is whether he'll be able to hold up in the long run. I don't think he'll have a Cam Newton-like impact in Year 1 -- because who does? -- but he'll certainly be a productive player. The defense, however, is only middle of the pack.
This is an interesting team with a new coach in Greg Schiano. College coaches have not had a lot of success in the NFL in the past, but I think this one will. The free-agent signings of wide receiver Vincent Jackson and guard Carl Nicks were huge upgrades. But quarterback Josh Freeman must return to 2010 form for this team to compete in a loaded NFC South.
Can Christian Ponder get the job done? He's very smart, but I'm not sure he has the physical skills required to be a successful NFL quarterback. He just doesn't jump out at you at all. Jared Allen is as good as any pass rusher in the league, but the Vikings are an older team for the most part. And unfortunately, they play in the very tough NFC North, which boasts three potentially great teams in 2012.
Jeff Fisher takes over a team that managed just two wins in a disastrous 2011 campaign. Fortunately, he has a fine signal caller in Sam Bradford. Bradford's injury history is a concern, but he has everything that it takes to succeed at quarterback: accuracy, smarts and athleticism. I have no doubt that he's the type of QB who can lead a team to the playoffs. The Rams had a good draft, highlighted by defensive tackle Michael Brockers and cornerback Janoris Jenkins, but they still have a lot of holes to fill, particularly at receiver. Danario Alexander would be great if he could ever stay healthy.
After Indianapolis and Washington, Cleveland is the next most likely team to start 2012 with a rookie quarterback behind center. The key to Brandon Weeden's success in the passing game is receiver Greg Little, who showed flashes as a rookie last season. Rookie running back Trent Richardson will also make an instant impact on the offense. They have some nice young talent on defense, but Phil Taylor's torn pectoral muscle really hurts.
A new era begins in Indy with Chuck Pagano at coach and Andrew Luck at quarterback. Luck clearly has fantastic potential in the long run, but his rookie season could be difficult. With the exception of 33-year-old Reggie Wayne, the Colts don't really have any receivers. It'll be interesting to see if Luck can win more games than the three Peyton Manning won as a rookie starter. I think he will, but not by much.
New coach Mike Mularkey needs to quickly find out what kind of quarterback he has in Blaine Gabbert. As a rookie last season, Gabbert left much to be desired (to put it nicely). Can he make big strides with the benefit of a full offseason? Justin Blackmon definitely isn't starting his NFL career as planned, with a DUI arrest earlier this month, but there are huge expectations for the rookie wideout on the field. The contract stalemate with Maurice Jones-Drew doesn't bode well. Even if he eventually rejoins the team, will he suffer a Chris Johnson-like letdown after a prolonged holdout? Mel Tucker is just a fantastic defensive coordinator; he should receive a head-coaching opportunity in the near future.


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2013 Fall New York Fashion Week Beauty: Marc Jacobs Makeup
Marc Jacobs Channels Punk-Rock Chic For Fall 2013
Marc Jacobs Channels Punk-Rock Chic For Fall 2013
Marc Jacobs has been known to pull out all stops for his runway beauty, and with custom-cut wigs — and a huge nail polish surprise — he didn't disappoint for Fall 2013. Lead stylist Guido (for Redken) turned every model into a brunette, cutting each girl's hair into a punk pixie backstage. And makeup artist François Nars put his focus on a dark eye makeup look that featured just a touch of shine.
The look: A greasy smoky eye, brunette punk wigs, and red nails.
The inspiration: Rocker girls like Joan Jett and Marianne Faithfull.
Overheard backstage: Marc Jacobs is releasing a new nail polish line this year.
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Physical Therapist Assistant Department
Welcome to the Physical Therapist Assistant Department at Broome Community College!
Currently we offer an Associate in Applied Science degree in Physical Therapist Assistant.
The field of Physical Therapy is constantly changing and growing. What I love best about the profession is the diversity in clinical settings (hospital, schools, long term care, out-patient clinics and wellness centers to name a few), interventions we use in a treatment plan (exercise; modalities such as water, electricity and sound; and rehabilitation techniques)and the individuals we serve (aged birth to 100 years +)
This PTA program began in 1989 and we graduate approximately 20 – 24 students a year.
I hope you will find your experience here at BCC in the PTA department to be exciting, engaging and successful. The faculty of the PTA department is here to help with your success through advising, education and future Physical Therapy career counseling. We hope you find time to visit this site often since it will be updated as new information becomes available.
Denise Abrams, PT, DPT, MA


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Posted by Editoress on 02/11/10
"As a racer, I really couldn't have asked for more. Fantastic course, professional registration and venue, great food, awesome marshals... I could go on and on. If this first year is any indication, this event will just keep on growing and turn into another Ontario must-do race." said Marc Risdale of the Hamilton Cycling Club on the first winter mountain bike race, The Frostbike, which was held in Port Colborne on February 7, 2010.
Competitors traveled from across southern Ontario and the Western New York to enjoy expertly groomed trails, the comradery of fellow hard core mountain bikers and an abundance of prizes from Niagara bike shops. The cycling event was a part of Port Colborne's 10th annual Winter Sportsfest, a community celebration that raises money for local charities.
The Frostbike, a modified time trial event with three riders per wave, allowed competitors to select who they raced against and provided two laps of the course to produce the best time. The first riders left the start gate at 11:00 am. Upon the completion of the course riders and volunteers were treated to a chili lunch at nearby Funky Monkey Bar & Grill where awards were given. Top riders of the day were Andrew DeCal from St. Catharines, top male finisher at 37:01, and Sara Byers-Ogilvie also of St. Catharines who placed top female with a time of 44:16.
"It was a great race and an amazing day. The course was great and the Funky Monkey was a great host. Nothing but really positive feedback." remarked Jean-Claude Roberge who took third in the male aged 30 to 45 category.
An appearance was made by El Nino, aka Todd Fiore from Hamburg, New York, decked out in a vibrant red cape and luchador mask. Fiore commented, "I think I speak for all the WNY crew when I say thanks so much SHCC and all the crew. We all had a great time. It's great to see such a well run race within driving distance and this time of year. Looking forward to many more!"
Race results include: Top male - Andrew DeCal. Top female - Sara Byers-Ogilvie. Female 35 and under - Jenn Smith 1st; Bonnie Symes 2nd; Amanda Schottlander 3rd. Female over 35 - Melinda Davie 1st; Sara Lee 2nd; Kim Jones 3rd. Male under 30 - Brandon Etzl 1st; A.J. Kendrick 2nd; Ryan Jakob 3rd. Male 30 to 35 - Derek MacAulay 1st; Steve deBoer 2nd; Jean-Claude Roberge 3rd. Male 45 and over - Al Davis 1st; Carl Clarke 2nd; Tim Sparrow 3rd.
Wade Smith, event organizer summed up the day, "I had a great time, getting the opportunity to race on trails you had a hand in creating is the best feeling ever...Thanks to all those that helped make it a race that has set a high bar for us next year." Cyclists can look forward to the ShortHills Cycling club's main event, the second Canal Days Mountain Bike Race (CDMBR) on August 1st which takes place on a larger scale than The Frostbike.
"I think we can say the race was a complete success and that the SHCC has officially set the new standard for winter mountain bike racing in Niagara.", stated Tim Lee, President of the ShortHills Cycling Club.
For complete results and photos visit the official website at www.thefrostbike.com
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