text: Are You Pregnant? Pregnancy Tests Print When to Take a Pregnancy Test Understanding How Pregnancy Tests Really Work By Rachel Gurevich Updated September 14, 2019 Medically reviewed by Meredith Shur, MD on December 31, 2016 © Verywell, 2017. More in Are You Pregnant? Pregnancy Tests Signs & Symptoms For many women, the decision of when to take a pregnancy test can be a major source of anxiety. Sometimes the stress is because they want to be pregnant. Sometimes it's because they don't want to be. For those of you who are worried you're pregnant (but don't want to be!), you may be considering a test because your period is late, or because you think you're having pregnancy symptoms. Or, perhaps, you're concerned your chosen method of birth control failed (or you forgot to use contraception). If you're trying to conceive, you may spend the entire two-week wait debating if and when to "pee on a stick." Should you wait until your period is late? What time of day is best? Whether you're hoping for a negative or a positive result, taking an early test may seem like a good way to find out if you're expecting right away. Unfortunately, taking the test early may give you a negative result, even if you are pregnant. How do you decide when to resist, and when the right time to take a test is? Does when you take a pregnancy test really matter? 1:13 The Longest 5 Minutes: Taking a Pregnancy Test The Best Time During Your Cycle The best time to take a pregnancy test is after your period is late. This will help you avoid false negatives and the false positives of very early miscarriages. If you're not already keeping a fertility calendar, proper pregnancy test timing is a good reason to start one. If your cycles are irregular or you don't chart your cycles, don't take a test until you've passed the longest menstrual cycle you usually have. For example, if your cycles range from 30 to 36 days, the best time to take a test would be day 37 or later. Something else to consider is whether you know if your period is even late. According to the FDA, out of every 100 women, between 10 and 20 will not get a positive pregnancy test result on the day they think is just after their missed period, even if they are pregnant. Even tests labeled for early pregnancy detection can't accurately detect a pregnancy before your period is late. The Best Time of Day The time of day you take a pregnancy test does matter to a certain extent. You're more likely to get an accurate result if you take the test in the morning. This is especially true if your period is not yet late, or if your period is only a couple days late. At-home pregnancy tests work by detecting the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your urine. Unless you get up in the night to pee often (or you drink water throughout the night), your urine is more concentrated when you first wake up. This usually means that the amount of hCG is a bit higher, and you're more likely to get a positive result if you're pregnant. However, you can still take a pregnancy test in the middle of the day, or even at night. You're just more likely to get a false-negative, especially if your period isn't that late, and especially if you've been drinking a lot of water and your urine is diluted. When You "Feel" Pregnant You may decide to take a pregnancy test because you're having early pregnancy symptoms, including: Breast tendernessMild cramps (sometimes called "implantation cramps")Very light spotting (sometimes called "implantation spotting")FatigueSensitivity to smellsSlight morning nausea Depending on whether a positive pregnancy test would be good or bad news, symptoms like these may fill you with dread…or excitement! But here's the good (or bad) news: pregnancy symptoms don't mean you're pregnant. In fact, you can "feel pregnant" and not be pregnant, or "not feel pregnant" and be expecting. The same hormones that cause pregnancy "symptoms" are present every month between ovulation and your period. Plus, many pregnancy symptoms can be caused by other things, like a cold, the flu, or even a few nights of poor sleep. How Pregnancy Tests Work Knowing how these tests work can help you understand when to take them. As mentioned, the tests detect the pregnancy hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), in your urine. Some tests also detect a variation of this hormone, known as hyperglycosylated hCG (H-hCG). The regular hCG is produced only after an embryo implants into the endometrium. H-hCG begins to be released earlier, sometime after fertilization. An at-home pregnancy test can't measure the exact amount of pregnancy hormone in your urine. What it can do is detect whether a minimum amount is present. Getting a negative pregnancy test result doesn't mean your urine doesn't contain hCG. It just means it doesn't contain enough to trigger a positive result. A woman's level of H-hCG is typically higher than hCG. If a pregnancy test detects H-hCG, you're more likely to get a positive result early. If a pregnancy test is not sensitive to H-hCG, and only detects regular hCG, getting an early positive result is less likely. Most pregnancy tests on the market are not great at detecting H-hCG. How Early Result Pregnancy Tests Work "Early results" pregnancy tests promise results three or four days before your missed period. These tests assume a 14-day luteal phase, which is the time between ovulation and when you get your period. The problem is that you may have a shorter or longer luteal phase. If your luteal phase is usually 12 days, four days before your missed period would be nine days after ovulation. That's way too early to test. For you, taking the test four days before your missed period would be pointless. If you have a luteal phase of 15 days, four days before your missed period is 12 days after ovulation. You still may not have enough hormone that early. However, you have a better chance than someone with a shorter luteal phase. If you're having fertility treatments and you've have had an hCG trigger shot like Ovidrel, then you should not take an early pregnancy test. An early test may detect the remains of the fertility medication. 99 Percent Accuracy If you read the instructions carefully, most tests promise 99 percent accuracy on the day of your missed period—but not for early results. If you expect your period on Wednesday, Thursday would be the day of your missed period. Surprisingly, these promises of 99 percent accuracy may not be true. In research studies, where they compared how much hCG the test claimed to detect and how much it actually detected, the tests were only 46 percent to 89 percent accurate. In one study, pregnancy tests indicated a positive result only 80 percent of the time on day 28 of the woman's menstrual cycle. Taking a Pregnancy Test Early Are you feeling tempted to take a test before your period is late? Consider the pros and cons before you do. Pro Very small chance of getting a positive result If positive, relieves some of the stress during the two-week wait Con High chance of a false negative result if pregnant Feelings of disappoint with negative result Possible of detection of an early miscarriage you may have missed if you hadn't tested early Expense Not accurate with hCG trigger shots such as Ovidrel The Best Early Pregnancy Test Let's say you want to take an early test, despite the possible downsides. Which test should you use? According to the research, the best early pregnancy test on the market now is the First Response Early Result, or, as it's sometimes abbreviated on fertility forums, the FRER. This is their manual test. The digital test, First Response Gold Digital Pregnancy Test, has previously been reported as less accurate. However, according to a 2013 FDA comparison between the two, the results show the same accuracy. This pregnancy test has clearance from the FDA to say it can detect pregnancy hormones six days before your missed period. That is five days before your period is due. How accurate is it that early? Here are the results from one study: One day past your expected period: detected 100 percent of pregnanciesOn the day of your expected period: 96 percent of pregnancies detectedOn the day before your expected period: 93 percent of pregnancies detectedTwo days before your expected period: 81 percent of pregnancies detectedThree days before your expected period: 68 percent of pregnancies detectedFour days before your expected period: 42 percent of pregnancies detectedFive days before your expected period: 33 percent of pregnancies detectedSix days before your expected period: 25 percent of pregnancies detected How do these statistics compare to other brands? According to this same study, E.P.T manual tests (not the digital one) detected only 53 percent of pregnancies on the day of a woman's expected period. The First Response Early Results test was more accurate three days before a woman's expected period than E.P.T.'s test was on the day of the expected period. When to Get a Blood Test You might be wondering if you should also have a blood test to check if you're pregnant. It is something to consider if you get a positive or negative result. Your doctor may order a test, or you may be thinking about ordering one yourself. Many labs now allow people to order and pay out of pocket for their blood work. Before you do that, there are a few things you should know. First of all, there are two types of pregnancy blood tests: qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative tests measure whether you have a minimum amount of pregnancy hormone in your blood. (The root word here is quality.) They pretty much give a yes or no answer as to whether you're pregnant. Or, more accurately, whether you have enough pregnancy hormone to get a positive result.A quantitative pregnancy test measures the amount of pregnancy hormone in your blood. (Here, the root word is quantity.) This is sometimes called a beta hCG test. These are usually done to see how a pregnancy is progressing. For example, your doctor may order a beta hCG test on Monday, and then another test on Wednesday or Thursday. The purpose would be to see whether the level of hCG is increasing as expected or not. This might be important if you had trouble conceiving or have a history of early miscarriage. A blood test isn't necessarily more likely to give you a positive result earlier. You might think having a blood test will give you faster answers to whether you're pregnant or not, but this isn't always true. In fact, there are some qualitative blood tests that require higher levels of hCG for a positive result than some at-home "early" tests. This depends on the lab. In other words, you can theoretically take an at-home test, get a positive result, and have a blood test that same day, and the blood test may come up "negative." However, you may indeed be pregnant. If your period is late by several days, and you're still getting negative at-home pregnancy tests, a blood test may be recommended. While rare, it is possible to get a negative test result on an at-home test but still be pregnant. If this is your situation, call your doctor, and don't just order a test on your own. There are other reasons besides pregnancy that your period may be late. You don't necessarily need a blood test to confirm a positive at-home pregnancy test. If the at-home test said you're pregnant, you're likely pregnant. That said, your doctor might still order one, especially if you request it. A Word From Verywell The best time to take a pregnancy test is the day after your expected period and in the morning hours, with your first urination of the day. However, when you're anxious to see results, it's understandable if you are tempted to test earlier. Before you reach for that early pregnancy test, carefully consider how you'll feel if the results are negative. If a negative test doesn't bother you, and you have the cash to spend on pregnancy tests, go ahead. If a negative result is going to make your heart ache or if you'd rather not waste money on extra tests, then wait until your period is late. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Get diet and wellness tips to help your kids stay healthy and happy. Sign Up You're in! Thank you, {{form.email}}, for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. What are your concerns? Other Inaccurate Hard to Understand Submit Article Sources Verywell Family uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read our editorial policy to learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy. Cole LA. The Utility of Six Over-The-Counter (Home) Pregnancy Tests. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 2011;49(8):1317-22. doi: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.211. 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Caves just don't get any more colourful than the Reed Flute Cave!
- The Reed Flute Cave is a subterranean complex located in the Guangxi Zhuang province of China's south, in the city of Guilin.
- The 'Reed Flute Cave' is also known as the 'Guilin Reed Flute Cave', the 'Palace of Natural Art' and 'Nature's Art Palace'.
- The Reed Flute Cave covers a distance of 240 metres (262 yards) in total, and is believed to have formed by erosion due to the movement of water.
- A variety of limestone stalactites, stalagmites, pillars and other rock formations are featured in the Reed Flute Cave, as well as stunning pools of water.
- The name of ' Reed Flute Cave' was inspired by the abundance of reed prominent at the cave entrance, which has been used to create flutes and pipes.
Part of the Reed Flute Cave
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- Writing can be found inside the Reed Flute Cave, dated to circa 792 AD, from Ancient China's Tang Dynasty.
- After being forgotten for some 1000 years, the Reed Flute Cave was rediscovered by the area's inhabitants in World War II, who sought protection from the Japanese military.
- The year of 1962 marks the date of official opening of the Reed Flute Cave to visitors, and millions of people have since toured the cave.
- The Reed Flute Cave contains many rock formations that take an appearance comparable to many objects of nature, including animals and a human, some of which have been given a unique name and legend.
- Man-made neon lights illuminate the Reed Flute Cave, colourfully enhancing the rock formation; and a fee is payable to enter the cave.

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Weekday Vegetarian: Enoki and Chestnut "Duck" With Green Onion Pancakes
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I'm doing so much cooking these days between this new vegetarian column and my regular posts on Planet Green that I have enlisted the help of Rebecca Vandevelde to make a meal a week for me. She's a vegetarian with a bend towards adventuresome foods. It's an interesting experience for me, because I get to taste all kinds of wonderful foods that I might not have thought of making myself. It's also pretty fantastic to sit at my own dining table and eat home made food that I didn't prepare.She made us green onion pancakes filled with enoki mushrooms and water chestnuts that were really delicious. These were reheated in the oven, and the pancakes got a bit stiff, which made them a hard to photograph, but we ate every scrap of them and totally enjoyed them.
Enoki and Chestnut "Duck" With Green Onion Pancakes
For the filling:
1/4 c soy sauce
1/4 c mirin
splash sesame oil
1 T brown sugar
1lb enoki mushrooms
1/2 lb water chestnuts, peeled and diced into matchsticks.
1. Mix soy sauce, mirin, sesame oil and brown sugar together in a bowl. Add mushrooms and water chestnuts and marinate for a few hours or overnight.
2. Place mushrooms and chestnuts in a pot along with the marinade and simmer on low heat for 45-60mins, or until mushrooms are soft but retain their shape, and chestnuts are cooked through and tender.
For the pancakes:
2 c flour (she used about half all-purpose and half besan, which is chickpea flour, to give a nuttier flavour and denser texture)
as many chopped green onions as you can handle
3/4 c hot water
1/4 t salt
1 T vegetable oil
1. Toss the chopped onion in the flour, and then add the rest of the ingredients and blend just until it comes together into a ball of dough. Knead the dough 5 mins and leave to rest for 30 mins. Separate into fist-sized balls, and roll out into flat pancakes. Let rest for 20 minutes. Fry in hot oil 1-2 minutes per side, or until each side is golden brown and cooked through, but not yet crispy. Drain on paper towel and sprinkle with salt.
2. Serve the mushrooms rolled into the pancakes, or serve separately and let guests make their own.
Recipe courtesy of Rebecca Vandevelde
More Weekday Vegetarian Recipes
Weekday Vegetarian: Book Review of In the Green Kitchen by Alice Waters
Weekday Vegetarian: Tofu and Wild Mushrooms
Weekday Vegetarian: Book Review of The Conscious Kitchen by Alexandra Zissu


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Above Portrait and all images ©Courtesy of the artists and Galerie Daniel Templon In his Metamodernist Manifesto, Luke Turner defined philosophy as a 'Pragmatic romanticism unhindered by an ideological anchorage.'Pierre et Gilles' work could be described as such, if the term wasn't so reserché. They approach their work with that seemingly incompatible naivety and cynicism that has defined so much of the 21st century. Starting in the 80s, Pierre et Gilles, romantic partners, artists, photographers, produce hand painted hyperreal photographs that at once mirror, mock, examine and fantasize the shiny plasticity of fashion photography. Pierre Commoy is a photographer, Gilles Blanchard is a painter. Pierre worked in fashi
Pierre et Gilles: Icare, Oiseau Meneur, 2013 & Le Fruit Défendu, 2011
Their work is unashamedly plastic, but haute couture plastic, laboriously handmade plastic, the finest and most fantastic plastic! Every review of Pierre et Gilles speaks about their combination of irony, detachment, post-modernism, baroque and the seemingly opposed forces of kitsch, sparkles, shining perfect bodies, and self portraits that have been heavily doctored to look flawless. But where is the evidence of an inherent irony? Looking at their work, all you see is exactly what Pierre et Gilles want you to see. Their work features: faces looking into the distance like a Kraftwerk cover! Shining bodies! Blank expressions! Fabulous costumes! Rhinestones! Underwater spacemen! Hairless soccer players and their penises! Sexy men! Sexy people in general! Smooth bright colors! (hello) Sailors! Religious iconography! There is not, however, any evidence of ironic detachment or cynicism other than the time period in which they were created. It is not Pierre or Gilles who say their overpriced kitsch is a commentary on the over-saturated market of fashion; that is their critics.
Pierre et Gilles, Ophélie, 2012
Pierre et Gille are naïve and sweet. As a society we are jaded and bitter, and we assume this must always be reflected in our art. It is perhaps impossible or unrealistic to think that a viewer can genuinely derive pleasure from looking at Jean-Paul Gaultier smiling and holding flowers. You see, the flowers and the painting; they are a condemnation of society's tacit acceptance of the horrors around the world. By showing Gaultier in a childlike self-portrait, Pierre et Gilles expertly critique their society, throwing light on all that is frivolous and exposing it to the world.
This is wrong. One should look at Pierre et Gille as if they are creating something that is aesthetically beautiful, funny, and sparkly because they want to create something that is beautiful, funny, and sparkly. There is no shame in authenticity, not everything has to be a critique of our larger failures. Jean-Paul Gaultier is holding flowers and smiling, surrounded by a border of flowers and wearing a sailor shirt because Jean-Paul Gaultier likes flowers, likes pastels, and loves sailor shirts. He sits in childlike wonder because it is slightly funny, adorable, and shows his worldview –surrounded by purposefully temporal beauty. The models are shirtless, hairless men and slim intense eyed women because that is what Pierre et Gilles thinks is sexy and should be put on a canvas with some sparkles. This aesthetic is acceptable in fashion, but when applied to photography and painting it is only accepted if it is done with some kind of ironic detachment. This is not fair. Pierre Gilles are not hiding anything, this is their world, this is their art. The work is authentic to itself.
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Soulmate level is the place you want to be in your energy & in your expectations to attract the love of your life (and nothing else). Once you open to it, the fastest way to manifest is to keep it at that level. Many of you who write without instant manifestation have reverted to old ways, where soulmate love is less likely to happen.
1. Stay hopeful. When you first are exposed to my work, you get very positive about love. Unfortunately, friends can naysay you into doubt again. Or your own pattern of negativity may reassert itself. Continue to find tools to stay upbeat about love and you will remain a powerful beacon of light for your One.
2. Continue to release anything that has blocked or delayed love from you. Likely culprits are an old love you're hanging onto, limiting beliefs about romance or a pattern of self-judgment. If you're done any of my work, you know how to release. Keep re-releasing until any delay is gone.
3. Don't look too hard or do back flips for soulmate love. If you are trying to be everywhere to increase your chances for romance or doing soulmate exercises to the point of exhaustion, you are working it to the point of disconnect. Be mellow, do what is fun and remember there are no odds about soulmate love because it is not random chance that brings you together. It is a magnetization that cannot be denied.
4. Quit digging up that plant! For most who do my work, soulmate love shows up out of nowhere. One minute it looks like a dating desert, the next minute you are happily in love. So if you bothered to go by "appearance" and got discouraged because nothing had shown up yet, you wasted your time. In fact, you can shoot yourself in the foot by digging up the plant too early to see if it's blossoming. In others, making an assessment that it hasn't happened and concluding it won't is counterproductive because you get discouraged. Better to see with the eyes of faith, notice how positive you remain and conclude that change is happening on the inner NOW and love is on its way to you.
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Hi! I'm just about to celebrate a major birthday. Family are flying in each day and we are taking the party to Palm Springs this weekend. But I wanted to say "hi" and give a shoutout to the many of you who just discovered my work at Agape's bursting-at-the-seams workshop last Friday (150 people showed up).
Now that you're open to soulmate love, read on to find out how to keep it at that level.
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Sacramento Uber and Lyft Accident Lawyer
In 2013, California became the first state to legalize companies like Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar. These unusual, community-friendly businesses aim to connect car-needy people to underutilized vehicles in the area. As with anything new, there have been lots of quirks to work out. Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar drivers are human beings, who are imperfect, capable of making mistakes.
If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident in Sacramento or surrounding areas and the accident involved a Lyft, Uber or Sidecar vehicle contact me today for free, friendly advice.Table of Contents
- Ride-hailing Companies
- About Lyft
- About Uber
- Uber Technologies Inc.
- How Uber and Lyft Accidents Occur
- When Uber and Lyft Accidents Turn Deadly
- Perils of Distracted Driving
- Uber and Lyft Operation and Insurance Requirements
- Insurance Requirements for Uber and Lyft Drivers
- Other Accidents in the News
Lyft began as an on-demand ridesharing network for shorter length trips within cities. Somewhat like Zimride, the app puts together drivers of cars with folks that need rides. Drivers and passengers compare each other on a five-star scale after each trip. These comparisons and ratings create the reputations of both drivers and passengers within the Lyft network.About UberUber was called "UberCab" when it was founded in 2009 by two friends Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick. The two had been in Paris the year before at a conference. They experienced some difficulty in finding a taxicab. It was pouring rain, and they were bogged down with luggage. Soon, they began brainstorming ways to solve this problem. It's been said, "find a need and fill it." And, so they did.Uber Technologies Inc.Uber Technologies Inc. is an American company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Classified as a multinational online transportation network, it creates, markets and runs the Uber mobile app. The app allows consumers owning smartphones to send a trip request, which is then forwarded to Uber drivers. Uber drivers use their own cars to give people rides. Uber service was available in 58 countries and 300 cities worldwide by 2015. There have been several other companies that have duplicated its business model. These companies include Lyft, Sidecar, and a handful of others.
People using the Uber app on their smartphone are connected with Uber drivers by GPS technology. The drivers use the Uber app as well. Sometimes Uber is called a ridesharing app. In Sacramento, Uber users can choose from several flavors of Uber, including UberX, UberXL, UberBlack, and UberSUV.How Uber and Lyft Accidents OccurPeople are injured as passengers in an Uber or Lyft driver's vehicle. Or, people in other vehicles can be hit by a Lyft or Uber driver. Pedestrians, motorcyclists, and bicyclists can be hit by Uber or Lyft drivers. Sometimes a distracted Lyft or Uber driver causes an accident. There are also collisions involving multiple Uber or Lyft vehicles. As you can see, there are a variety of ways in which an accident can occur involving Uber, Lyft, or other ridesharing vehicles or drivers.When Uber and Lyft Accidents Turn DeadlyWhat happens when these accidents turn tragic and deadly? One of the first tragedies in California involving an Uber driver occurred in San Francisco on New Year's Eve of 2013. In that case, the Uber driver hit and killed a 6-year-old girl. The insurance company for Uber denied coverage, claiming it did not cover Uber drivers between rides. Both Uber and the insurance company came under fire by the public for their cold response to the tragic death of this little girl. Her mother and brother sustained injuries as well. A few months later, Uber began providing additional insurance coverage for their drivers that had the Uber app in use at the time of an accident. The additional insurance provided was only for $100,000. This additional coverage was still lacking in serious accident cases. The mother of the child who died in San Francisco had about $500,000 in her own personal injury hospital bills.
The family of the victim filed a wrongful death lawsuit. They claimed the Uber driver was using the Uber app while looking for customers when he hit the child as she walked through a crosswalk with her brother and mother. The accident happened at Polk and Ellis in San Francisco. Court documents indicated that the Uber driver did not have a patron in his car at the time, but was looking for one. The last thing the mother of the victim saw before being hit was "the driver looking down at his cell phone." This tragedy has sparked conversation and debate on how to balance new transportation services with safety in California.
Perils of Distracted DrivingWe are all too familiar with the detriment of distracted driving. This case really brought attention to the gravity of what can happen when any driver fails to keep his or her eyes on the road. Our roadways are now being shared with these less regulated transportation service providers. Victims are left to pick up the pieces of their lives after tragedy strikes. Others are saddled with severe injuries which often last a lifetime. Some require long-term medical care. Others have lost wages and potential future earnings. It is important to preserve evidence and protect your rights to fair compensation for your serious injuries. Contact an experienced personal injury lawyer to assist you.Uber and Lyft Operation and Insurance RequirementsTransportation Network Companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft are required to obtain a license from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), set up a driver training program and run criminal background checks on all their drivers. Additionally, they are to have a zero-tolerance stance on drug and alcohol use.
Uber and Lyft are required to have a minimum of $1 Million Dollar per incident insurance coverage.
The laws change often and how Uber and Lyft drivers are insured varies from situation to situation. Of course, insurance companies have one thing in mind, and that is to spend as little money as possible on your injury claim.Insurance Requirements for Uber and Lyft DriversAs of July 2015, there a three specific periods where Transportation Network Companies' insurance policies kick in:
- When the Uber or Lyft driver logs onto the app but hasn't yet accepted a ride. In this scenario, the TNC's generally provide contingent coverage. This means, if turning on the app nullifies the Uber or Lyft driver's personal insurance coverage, then the TNC will provide insurance coverage. However, it is usually a lower amount. The CPUC requires a minimum of $50,000/$100,000 in coverage for injuries and death. Note: $50,000 per person, $100,000 per incident. And, in addition to the coverage for bodily injury, they are also required to carry $30,000 in property damage coverage.
- When the driver has accepted a ride but has not yet picked up the passenger, the coverage is the same as #3 below.
- The passenger has been picked up and the ride is in progress. In time frames of #2 and #3, the TNC's must provide at least $1 million in coverage for bodily injury or death caused by the TNC's driver. Additionally, they must carry $1 million of uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage. This provides coverage for the driver and passengers if they become injured by someone else, who does not carry enough insurance to cover all of the injuries.
In the first 60 days of 2016, there was the Uber driver who went on a shooting spree in Michigan, a drunk Uber driver who hit a bus in San Diego, and an Uber driver killed in a hit and run in New York. And in late 2015 there were several Uber accidents including an Uber driver's SUV that was hit by a drunk driver resulting in a fatality of the Uber passenger.
Sacramento Uber and Lyft Injury LawyerI'm Ed Smith, a Sacramento Uber and Lyft Accident Lawyer. If you or a loved one has been injured in an Uber or Lyft related accident please call me at 916.921.6400 or 800.404.5400 for free and friendly advice.
Follow this link to visit my comprehensive injury and accident information website: www.autoaccident.com.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Ana's Stand Free This Weekend for Downloading
This Sat & Sun my novel Ana's Stand will be free for download to computer or kindle. Take a moment to download your copy this weekend.
Should elderly patients be cared for by family members or by health care professionals?
Families should be the first choice in caring for an aging loved one, since the loved one will recuperate better in familiar surroundings. The entire family should be given a voice, on whether he or she will become a full-time caregiver. However, a reality is that some families are unable or unfit, so the hospital would be the proper choice in these circumstances. If a family is willing to care for their loved one, the aging member actually benefits for the closeness of the family unit.
First, the entire family should discuss their aging loved ones health care and make a plan, which can be instituted once it is needed. One family member may become the fulltime caregiver, while other family members come by and help as needed. This will give the fulltime caregiver a break, as well as peace of mind knowing their loved one is safe while they run errands. The entire family will transition into their new roles, by discussing and creating the plan before the emergency.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Learning All About Orcas
Did you know that the Killer Whale or Orca is the largest species of dolphin? They have 4 inch teeth unlike any other dolphin species, which you may have seen while reading a book or in a magazine. There a three groups of pods or herds that the orcas may live in and they eat differently as well. One is called transient and another being called resident, as well as the off shore group.
What does it look like?
The Killer Whale is identified by its black and white markings along with flippers on each side of the Orca, as well as a prominent dorsal fin. These majestic yet dangerous creatures are nicknamed, the cows of the sea. According to National Geographic (2012), these mammals can reach 22-32 feet long and weigh up to six tons. These mammals can live up to 40 to 60 years, but only when they are not killed due to whales and dolphin hunting.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Tiger Sharks
Where do they live?
This type of shark can be found living and hunting in the world's coastal waters. They prefer murky water and can be found in many different places. They have been found in rivers, estuaries, harbors, and lagoons. The tiger shark likes a warmer climate, so it can be found near Hawaii, but they have found near Iceland and the United Kingdom. Tiger sharks have excellent eye sight and generally prefer to hunt for its prey at night.
What do they look like?
This species shark can be identified by the shark's blunt nose and the dorsal fin is noticeably close to its tail. Juvenile Tiger Sharks have different colored dark vertical stripes that look similar the majestic Bengal Tiger's stripes. However, these markings begin to lighten up in color, as the shark matures into a fully grown adult. These types of sharks or the Galeocerdo Cuvier species of shark can reproduce.
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
Oh No...Mommy has Cancer!
|This is my story! Names Have been changed.
"Shh!" Molly whispered to her little brother Drake, who is four-years-old.
"Don't wake up Mommy! She just got home from the hospital."Kevin reminded them.
Molly stated "Mommy is sick and seems to sleep a lot lately."
"I know but your mother is very sick. Sleep helps her body to heal."
Molly is seven-years-old with big beautiful brown eyes like me. However, her complexion was olive color like her father. As she grows, she has more of my personality coming out of her. Molly has shoulder length golden brown hair that matched her father's eyes. She has my unruly hair but Drake has his father's hair type. Drake favored his father with his big brown eyes that, along with a few of his facial features. Nevertheless, he has chestnut brown hair which took after his mother Chelsey. She has complained about a sharp throbbing pain in her lower abdomen, since she was twelve years old. Nevertheless most doctors diagnosed her with Gastritis and each doctor informed her to get gas pills. In September of 2002, she began working for a landscaping and plant nursery. She cleaned up the weeds in the plant nursery while taking care of the plants and the office. All month long Chelsey had a horrible pain in her belly, but due to no health insurance.
She had no choice but to visit local emergency room to get the help she needed. She ended up staying in the hospital for three days, while the doctors pumped antibiotics in to her system. Chelsey finally got better, but the pain never really went away and she was advised to see a specialist. Thankfully, her visit to the emergency room actually helped her to get approved for a state medical insurance plan. The OB/GYN doctor she was referred to by the hospital, needed to recheck her in order to see if the infection had responded to the antibiotics that were given to her at the hospital. This specialist examined her and took a biopsy of her cervix, which is the removal of a tissue sample. He wanted to see if he could explain why Chelsey's lower abdomen was still in severe pain. The doctor sent the biopsy to the hospital lab to be examined and tested. The specialist nurse called Chelsey on the phone and asked her to come to the doctor's office that afternoon in Oct. 2002. Molly noticed that her mom was crying the next day when she got home from work.
"Did something bad happen at work?" She asked as her mother hugged her tightly.
"Nothing for you to worry about sweetie, Mommy is having a bad day right now." Chelsey replied trying to reassure Molly.
Molly began cleaning her mother's office when she saw some information about cervical cancer on her desk. This made her worry, so Molly got very sad because she knew people that had died due to cancer.
"Do you have cancer Mommy? Are you going to die?" She asked her mother.
Molly's eye began filling tears, as Drake crawled into her mother's lap and began crying as well.
"Yes, I have cancer, but tomorrow my cancer doctor will decide the treatment I will need to take. Then, I'll know more about what we can expect once I see the oncologist."
"Will you die mommy?" Drake asked with tears streaming down his face.
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Can this be True Love?
You are too good and sweet to be true,
My heart skips a beat whenever I hear from you.
I love the way you make me feel,
I believe your love honesty is for real.
I hope you say something each night,
To me you are my Mr. Right.
I am the sunshine and you are my doll,
Now, I am trusting you and giving you my all.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Confederate Battle Flag: Heritage or Racism?
Recently, the controversy of the Confederate flag, has led to racial tension with many supporters on both sides. However, for many southerners this flag represents their forefathers sacrifice. For some African-American's it symbolizes their ancestors fight to end slavery and become free Americans. However, for many southerners, the flag has become a part of their family's heritage. Many southerners proudly display the Confederate flag, as a symbol of heritage not hate.
the years, the controversy has boiled and caused most southern states to remove the flag. America's colorful history should never be forgotten, since it represents a time when two nations couldn't agree. So, many people do not see the Confederate battle flag, as a part of the south's changing heritage. The flag was called the "Southern Cross" or "the cross of St. Andrew" (Brunner, 2007) and has been a proud symbol of the south's heritage. During previous centuries the flag has been flown, next to the American flag and their state flag.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Author's Spotlight
Check out my new bookstore, inorder to purchase a copy of one or all of my books that has been published. There is something for everyone.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Honoring Keven Stephens
This blog is in honor of my best friend's boyfriend and the father of her 17 year old child. He passed away and is now living in heaven, where he is waiting to be reunited with Nicole and her daughter Courtney. In all the years that I have known him, we have become close friends who respected each other. I will miss Keven and I will always be there for Nicole and Courtney. See you Keven when our journey is over. May he rest in peace!
Tips on Building a Professional Portfolio
Are you a new freelance copywriter, who is looking for ways to promote your unique talent and skills to potential clients? If so, you may want to build a portfolio, which will help you showcase your talent to others. A professional portfolio online or offline can help you land freelance work, by advertising your experience and skill. However, be sure that you build a portfolio that catches someone's eye and their interest.
What is a Portfolio?
A professional portfolio will include samples of your older work, but be sure you choose only your best work. It will showcase your work in one spot, in order to show perspective clients what you can do for them. This way, the interested party can see exactly, what you kind of work you are experienced in. Be sure to include different samples, so they will know right away if your services will be able to benefit their company.
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Thursday, 17 March 2016
Vegan Tip (2)
Earlier this month Kyle and I were in Boston for the weekend and hit up a few restaurants while we were in town. Surprisingly, the city did not offer as many vegan options when it came to restaurants (relative to what we expected from the size of the city).
We came across an Italian restaurant that offered a separate vegan menu, which we were excited to try out. In a nut shell what happened was, the staff at the restaurant - server and chef included, were ill-informed of what veganism actually is.
Basically when our food came out, it was sent back, they apologised and re-made our dishes.
It may seem a tedious deed, but helping your server understand "dairy-free, animal-free" may be necessary.
Hope this is helpful.
P.S. If you get the the chance to visit Boston, Veggie Galaxy was a delight.
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Friends hey. Okay so a couple things. First of all, apologies for the radio silence last week, both here and on Twitter. There was indeed a show, so thank you to the brave souls who fought through the uncertainty and still came to party. Dope. Now onto a slightly more serious note: tonight will be the 3rd-to-last Parlour Car at Bar DeVille. Or the antepenultimate show, if you will. Bar DeVille has been sold, and we will not be continuing at the new bar set to reside at 701 N. Damen. We will, however, be rebooting Parlour Car at a new location that is yet to be determined. Anyway, come hang at our last three shows. They'll be way major fun like always. And we love you. Okay anyway cool let's peep this hot sweaty beef party for tonight:
Felonius Munk (Comedy Central; The Nightly Show; Second City)
Nick Rutherford (SNL; Drunk History; Good Neighbor; in from LA)
Chris Garcia (Comedy Central; @midnight, House Party; WTF pod; in from LA)
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WASHINGTON- Nat Wienecke, senior vice president of federal government relations at the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) issued the following statement.
"PCI is pleased the Senate passed legislation to protect consumers and continue the National Flood Insurance Program without a lapse. This four-month extension provides homeowners and businesses with certainty as we approach the peak of hurricane season.
"PCI and our members remain dedicated to working with House and Senate leadership to strengthen flood protection for the more than five million Americans who depend on flood insurance to protect their homes and businesses.
"We urge Congress to pass a long-term bill with reforms that will provide more consumer options and greater financial stability to the NFIP."


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A Brief History of the Terrace House
Introduced Style
Developers introduced the concept of the terrace house from Europe to Australia in the 1850s, especially cities like London and Paris which had been trailblazers of the style almost a century earlier. Early Terrace Houses in Australia adopted the Georgian form, often mirroring many of their European counterparts.
Boom Era – A Local Vernacular Emerges
Lyon's Terrace in Sydney, overlooking Hyde Park is probably the grandaddy of all Australian terraces, at least according to historian Brian Turner. The now long demolished three storey terrace was designed in 1937 and completed in 1841 features the distinctive double storey verandah which has become the hallmark of the Australian terrace. Lyon's Terrace became a prototype for the local vernacular was quickly formed in response to Australia climate and taste and evolved over time. The verandah functioned as both a screen for the hot Australian sun and a decorative feature.
Between the 1860s and 1880s extensive stands of terrace housing were built in the major capital cities of Sydney and Melbourne to accommodate booming populations.
While rare elsewhere, optimistic and growing cities around Australia followed. Regional sub-styles and variations also developed in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland. While similar parallels can be drawn to homes in parts of New Zealand, New Orleans and South Africa, the Australian Terrace remains a significant regional style.
Rows of terraced housing cropped up in areas close to transport – in particular rail and tram. Fashionable inner-city terraces were often built overlooking parks or close to the waterfront.
Dark Times for the Terraced Home
As early as the 1890s, many terraces had become slums and governments began talking about laws to ban them. By the 1920s terrace housing was banned in almost all parts of Australia and during the postwar 1950s, the Australian Dream was well and truly the quarter acre block. In the major cities they were frequently demolished in the name of slum reclamation or subject to large inner city urban renewal projects. The remaining Australian Terraces fell into disrepair and frequent tragic renovations often included unfortunate paint schemes, stripping their ornamentation or enclosing the verandahs.
Revival, Gentrification and Heritage Protection
However the timeless Australian Terrace has almost always been held with affection by their owners from renovation and restoration buffs to immigrants and new Australians many were passed from generation to generation.
The Australian Terrace Houses not only endured but as it became more scarce, they became highly sought after real estate in the late 1960s.
Terrace Houses continue to drive gentrification and high demand in the major cities. There has even been several revivals of their form and style in new medium density planning schemes. Appreciation for the style has seen many, but not all, older terraces protected by heritage controls. Some are sympathetically restored with period features intact, however many renovators choose to retain just the front portion and build modern extensions as a means of overcome local heritage controls. As a result, terraces in their original condition, unrestored are extremely rare.
Recent Times
Terrace houses have become a popular theme in reality television, particularly renovation shows, coinciding with a revival of interest in the potential of the style. The Renovators TV show in 2011 featured the "inner city terrace", with two terraces featured, the contestant's terrace at 12 Heggarty Street in Glebe as well as one in Birchgrove. Rival reality series The Block's 2012 series five is set at the row of four rundown terraces at 401 – 407 Dorcas Street in South Melbourne.


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Stephanie Cox-Batson was out for a jog last month when a photograph in an art gallery window stopped her in her tracks.
The shot, taken July 6, 1966, showed Martin Luther King Jr. surrounded by tense police bodyguards as he entered Soldier Field to make the biggest speech of a summer-long campaign to confront racism in the city.
The photo evokes the heat and drama of the moment as the bodyguards, aware of threats to King's life, trudge warily at his side. Behind them, the stadium's Grecian columns seem to float atop the waiting throngs in the stands.
"I just saw the strangest thing," Cox-Batson told her husband, Barry, when she returned from her run, "a picture of your dad in a gallery window, a photograph when he was with Dr. King."
The chance discovery sent Barry Batson out the door for a look. What he found was the best image he had ever seen of his late father at work, on the most important and dangerous assignment Barry Batson Sr. ever had as a Chicago policeman.
It was one of 90 photos in the first all-color exhibit by legendary Chicago photographer Art Shay, three of which showed King in Chicago on a visit that touched countless people.
But for the Batsons, the one image unleashed an emotional torrent of memories about the African-American family's connection to a remarkable moment in the city's history, and how Barry Batson Sr. spent every waking hour for days and weeks with one of the 20th century's most important figures, trying to protect him from harm.
"The word in the streets was that somebody would try to kill Dr. King in Chicago," said Helen Batson, 70, Barry Sr.'s widow. "My husband said 'It's not going to happen on my watch.' "
She was so excited when her son told her of the photograph, she drove from her South Side home to the gallery to see it. The image showing her late husband -- a trim, 6-foot, 4-inch man in a blue sports coat and brown fedora, at King's side -- was on sale for $1,500, and she wanted it.
"I called the gallery right away and asked Tom Masters not to sell it to anyone else," said her son, Barry Jr., a United Airlines pilot.
It was in 1966 that King shifted his campaign against racial injustice from the southern states to the northern cities. His first target was Chicago, where he rented a slum apartment on the West Side. Flying into town every week, he lived at the apartment for three or four days, launching a series of civil disobedience actions demanding open housing around the city.
King had electrified the world with his "I have a dream" speech three years earlier, and two years earlier had won the Nobel Peace Price.
Mayor Richard J. Daley and Democratic machine politicians, many of them blacks with sizable followings, weren't happy that King had singled out the city. They used considerable political prowess all spring and summer implying that he was an outsider complicating their efforts to right the wrongs he publicized.
But Daley also knew King, hated by white supremacists, was a prime target for assassination, and the mayor did not want that stain on his city. As King led marches and rallies confronting violent counter-demonstrators in all-white Chicago neighborhoods, Daley ordered police to do everything in their power to keep King safe, and asked district commanders to recommend their most trusted men for the job.
"My husband was a young patrolman, 32 years old and just three years on the force, but everyone knew he was honest and absolutely fearless," said Helen Batson. "He was a wonderful shot who really knew guns and how to use them. He had a reputation as somebody who worked hard and paid attention to his job, and he was a good family man who went home at the end of the day."
Among many police officers, feelings ran high against King as they escorted marchers walking into brick and bottle barrages in angry white neighborhoods. But Batson always told his wife that King was "a good man."
"My husband told me that sometimes Dr. King would be so nervous he would be shaking, but he was determined that he was going to go on doing what he had to do," Batson said.
"He kept his finger on the trigger," she said of her husband, "and if anybody came after Dr. King, my husband would have stopped it. I'm certain of that."
Each time King flew to Chicago, she said, her husband picked him up at the airport and drove him everywhere, staying with him until King retired for the night. One week Batson urged his pregnant wife, expecting their second child that August, to go with him to pick up King at the airport. She sat in the backseat and King sat in front while her husband drove.
"You're going to have a son, and he's going to make you proud," she said King told her as they chatted. Barry Jr., their only son, was born that August.
"After that, I rode along every once in awhile. One time when we dropped him at his apartment, he asked me if I wanted to see it. So we went up and his wife, Coretta, was there. He was just a regular sort of person to talk with, full of fun, but there was a spirit that followed that man that made me think he was different from anybody else."
Shay, on assignment for Time Magazine, often followed King that spring and summer. The Soldier Field photograph was one of thousands he took at Chicago marches and rallies, and he soon forgot about it. It was never published.
Shay's black and white photos, stretching from the 1940s to present, are highly regarded by museums and collectors. An archivist helping him organize hundreds of thousands images assisted him in putting together his first all-color exhibit at the Masters Gallery through Feb. 25.
A number of Shay's other photos of King are in the exhibit too, most notably some he made for Life Magazine in Memphis the day a sniper murdered King in Memphis on April 4, 1968. Helen Batson recalled how thunderstruck her husband was that night.
"He was almost motionless," she said. "He just sat there for hours, not wanting to talk."
Batson went on to a long career in the police department, most of it on the West Side, much of it as a community service officer where he taught basketball and tennis to kids in the West Side's poorest, most crime-ridden areas. "He was the father to 500 boys out in those streets," his widow said.
All four of the Batsons' children went to college. One daughter became a doctor, another a teacher, the third a sales executive. They had grown up knowing all about King and what he represented.
"Dr. King's message was a message of love, and my dad was always telling us that. He was always telling me to look for the good even in bad people," Barry Batson Jr. said.
"Dr. King inspired my parents' generation to go out and achieve, and they did. It made it much easier for my generation."
Stephanie Cox-Batson was out for a jog last month when a photograph in an art gallery window stopped her in her tracks.


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Umami Burger has decided to get in on the pumpkin spice latte craze with its own version of the beloved Starbucks holiday drink. Only the Umami latte comes with a beef patty and a bun. And no latte.
The Umami Pumpkin Spice Latte Burger comes topped with garlic aioli, tempura kabocha, spiced mascarpone and a coffee glaze. It's available now at all participating Umami Burger locations for $12.
That's $8 more than it will cost you to get a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL).
The burger comes with a little attitude. On the Umami Burger website, the company points out that many pumpkin spice products don't contain any pumpkin.
"The lattes are made with a flavored goop, the candles are just scented wax, and don't even get us started on "pumpkin" Oreos," reads the site.
There may be real pumpkin on the burger, but it's a little disappointing they couldn't figure out how to incorporate a little whipped cream topping on there too. For the hardcore PSL fans.
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It didn't take long for Cam Sutton to make his name known within the Tennessee Volunteer football program in 2013.
The three-star cornerback from Jonesboro, Ga., was the first freshman to get the infamous black stripe removed from his helmet back in training camp, and from there, it was his year.
Sutton recorded 39 tackles, nine pass deflections and two interceptions – one of which he returned for a touchdown – in his freshman campaign en route to being named to the 2013 Freshman All-SEC coaches first team.
But with so much success in year one of his career, Sutton is looking to be even better in his sophomore season.
"My main goal this year is to be more physical and (being better at) tackling in space," Sutton said after Tuesday's practice on Haslam Field. "That's what the coaches have set forth on myself and what I have set forth for myself as my goals this year."
The defensive standout, however, isn't just taking on a larger role as a defensive back. He's also taking on the role of a mentor.
Sutton, who was forced into the starting lineup from day one, starting in all 12 of Tennessee's games last season, has helped groom early enrollees D'Andre Payne and Emmanuel Moseley – as well as freshman on the other side of the ball – who will also be forced into playing time in 2014.
"I'm big brother to all the young guys," said Sutton. "Even if it's offensive guys, I still kind of help them whether it's academics or on the football field. (I'm) always staying on top of them."
Moseley, a 5-foot-11, 165-pound freshman from Greensboro, N.C., has stood out to Sutton.
"He's a pretty hard worker," Sutton said. "He's just always in there trying to get into film. He's always coming to me or to the other (defensive backs) asking questions and he wants to work. We need those kinds of guys on the field."
No Stone left unturned
During Tennessee's Pro Day on Wednesday, former center James Stone will have his opportunity to impress NFL scouts with his talent as he attempts to be selected in May's NFL Draft.
In the Vols' spring practices, however, his replacement – Mack Crowder – has gotten the chance to fill the shoes of his NFL-hopeful predecessor.
But while Stone was a decorated offensive lineman in his four years at Tennessee, his most important role came as an on-field leader – like the rest of his departing lineman.
That role has now been passed to Crowder.
"It's nice, but I have to take over his leadership role, which is pretty difficult," said Crowder. "But I think I'm up for the challenge, so we'll see what happens."
In his three years behind Stone, the redshirt junior learned his fair share, including a trait UT head coach Butch Jones stresses more than anything: consistency.
"Just how to bring the intensity everyday," said Crowder of what Stone taught him. "He was great at just never having ups and downs.
"He was just consistent and that's one of the best things to be as an offensive linemen is consistent."
Injury update
In Tuesday's practice, sophomore wide receiver Marquez North and senior cornerback Justin Coleman sported green, no-contact jerseys. Their status, however, was not mentioned following practice.
True freshman running back Jalen Hurd was also wearing a heavy brace on his left arm that he also wore in Saturday's scrimmage.


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Watch for real-life wedding planner David Tutera, host of WE's MY FAIR WEDDING, to stop by THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS on Wednesday, January 22, and Thursday, January 23. While it's likely he'll be on board to help Neil and Leslie out with their big day (they are recently engaged, after all!), Tutera tells Soaps In Depth that he'll be sharing screentime with Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren) and Judith Chapman (Gloria). "Tracey's amazing," he says. "And Judith is a character! I wasn't quite sure if she was playing the role of Gloria or if she's like that in real life!"
The reality star, who also executive produces his series on WE, says he wasn't sure what the policy was regarding ad-libbing on Y&R, but when he saw one of his scene partners doing it he decided to hop on board! "When you're doing a scene with Judith, she keeps going on and on," Tutera chuckles. "I'm like, 'Are you done? When do I start?' Then, I realized I had to start doing what she was doing!"
How would Tutera sum up his Y&R experience? "Painless, fun, easy, and exciting," he says. "I'd absolutely consider [doing this again]," he shares. "This is something I found really enjoyable."


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Keller Citizen
Timber Creek receiver continues to lead his position
The Metroplex is full of outstanding football talent, but the receiver leading them all is wearing a Keller Timber Creek jersey.
Erik Ezukanma is just a junior, but after Friday's game, the Timber Creek receiver continued to be at the top of the stats in yards and TD receptions.
Ezukanma now has 1,100 yards and 15 touchdown catches. And the successful season has been fun.
Ezukanma wasn't a starter until midway through last season, and he had a meager beginning.
"I came into this season thinking it would be like last year, with two touchdowns and about 25 catches," Ezukanma said. "But we have a nice quarterback (Cade Schrader) and O-line and returning starters coming back, and it boosted everything. It's better than it was."
Ezukanma spent the spring and summer working on his routes and giving 100 percent in all his drills, he said.
The Falcons played 7-on-7 during the summer, and the added time between quarterbacks and receivers was invaluable.
"I'm not surprised we're doing so well," Ezukanma said. "I'm not surprised we're leading the area in passing yards right now. We've got a lot of chemistry."
All that work is not rolled up into a single focus for the Falcons. Since the end of last season and strong into this season, the cry is, "GFB! Yes, yes, yes."
Ezukanma explained that GFB stands for 'gold football' and the only way to get one is to win the district title or take the first playoff game.
"Our number one goal is the golden football, and we've been chanting that since last summer," Ezukanma said.
Along the way toward a gold football, the Falcons have been leading the area in offense and passing, and having a receiver such as Ezukanma helps other receivers, as well.
When teams try to put double coverage on the 6-2, 180-pound Ezukanma, other receivers like Eric Mills, Jerome Jackson or Nick Nelson are going to make the defense pay.
Having such a potent offense is a point of pride for the team and for head coach Kevin Golden.
"(Coach Golden) wants us to get 600 yards (total offense) in a game as a goal," Ezukanma said.
But there are few personal goals for all the accolades and stats the Falcons and Ezukanma are garnering.
"I never really thought about getting up here (high in the stats)," said. "I just want to do whatever I can to win. I don't care about stats.
"We want to go to the playoffs and have a winning record," he said, noting the sting of last year's 3-7 campaign still lingers in their minds.
In addition to having a usual height advantage over corners, Ezukanma said his speed and ability to get separation is what has helped him have such strong performances.
"Corners play a lot of man coverage, and we love that. We do whatever we can to get open, and our quarterback is on the money," he said. "I feel like my speed helps me get a lot of separation from the corners and I can capitalize after the catch and run to the end zone."
Indeed, Ezukanma has also rushed for 289 yards and two scores.
"I can take the handoff every once and a while," he said. "It's special to me to be running routes all the game and when they call rushing plays, I get happy."


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Tech giants get behind new SOA programming model
Combining Service Component Architecture and Service Data Objects, a new SOA programming model aims to simplify the development of next-generation services.
A group of tech industry heavyweights today unveiled a new programming model for service-oriented architecture.
BEA Systems Inc., IBM, Iona Technologies Inc., Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Sybase Inc. and Xcalia S.A. have blended Service Component Architecture (SCA) -- which creates neutral interfaces, implementations and references that can be bound to different technology implementations -- and Service Data Objects (SDO) -- which accesses data residing in multiple locations and formats -- into what is being called the SOA Programming Model.
While the new acronyms might be a little scary for a marketplace already supersaturated with terminology, it adds up to a set of tools designed to build Web services that conform to a predetermined architectural pattern.
"Service infrastructure is a new category of software required for widespread adoption of SOA," said Edward Cobb, vice president for architecture and standards at BEA. "It needs a rich ecosystem of technologies, standards, processes and partnerships to make it a reality. These new specifications, the first of their kind, represent significant progress in helping the industry achieve that goal."
In fact Cobb characterized confusion over how to build out an SOA as a barrier to entry for potential users. He noted that while plenty of standards exist that enable developers to build services there aren't standards for how to build them.
"The programming necessary to utilize those service creation abilities has been very primitive so far," he said.
The SOA Programming Model will be available royalty free and includes:
- A Java language specification for implementing SCA service components.
- A C++ language specification for implementing SCA service components.
- A Java SDO specification describing a common rendering methodology for data exchange between clients and services.
- A C++ SDO specification describing a common rendering methodology for data exchange between clients and services.
According to Karla Norsworthy, IBM's vice president for software standards, JDO should be submitted to a standards body within six months while SCA may take a year or more to being its official standards life. She added that all Java elements will be put through the Java Community Process.
While it does represent a new thing to learn as part of the massive corporate culture shift required to build an SOA, the programming model's proponents insist it is designed to make life easier for those developing and composing the actual business services.
SDO uses a single application programming interface to access multiple data sources, such as relational databases, XML pages and EJB components. It follows a similar design pattern to the Eclipse integrated development environment framework, creating an integration point into which disparate applications can be plugged so they work in concert with each other.
SCA offers up a top-down development process. First, an SCA module is created, then business objects follow. After that service interfaces are defined, components are generated and an implementation is provided.
ZapThink LLC analyst Ron Schmelzer believes the details of how the model works are less important than who's behind it and what its implications are.
"These companies are getting together to define common services and a common architecture," he said. "Back in 2004 you might have been right to be a little skeptical about SOA, but these are some of the biggest vendors in the industry coming together to put this stake in the ground. We're now well past the hype days."
In fact, Schmelzer argued that IT shops that are slow to adopt to SOA "might have the rug pulled out from under them by their own vendors, which are all moving quickly in this direction."
Norsworthy added that runtime tools would be added to the programming model in the future and that the Eclipse Foundation plans to start up an SCA tools project.


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Polson High School Gets National Attention With Controversial T-Shirts – State Headlines
Two Polson High School students were asked to remove or cover up potentially insulting messages on t-shirts they wore to a school function.
UM Law School hosts national symposium on sexual assaults. 200 other universities now under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department.
CEO of St. Patrick Hospital Jeff Fee to step down at the end of the year, and his position will not be filled.
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