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Is Dementieva Continuing a New Sporting Trend?
There is no doubt what the biggest story in tennis has been this week. Elena Dementieva, the Russian Ice Queen, has left us almost as abruptly as she arrived.
Dementieva strove to show us that, after Kournikova, Russian women could actually compete at the top of the game and weren't there to earn the WTA megabucks in sponsorship and marketing campaigns for their pinups.
And compete she did. She never lifted a major and many of her fans claim she is the greatest player of the last generation not to do so. But she does own an Olympic Gold as well as a Silver and that's more than many could ever hope to achieve.
But we know how well she has done. We have followed her intense battles with Serena Williams over the years and admired her elegance and shot selection as she graced the worldwide courts in search of fame and glory.
What is very intriguing is her decision to hang her racquet up at 29. She is citing motherhood as her new dream. And few can deny her that wish. But this action hasn't always been the case, and what does it mean about modern sport and the athletes that compete?
It is a well-argued cliché that the tennis tour has evolved in to a physically and mentally demanding money monster which can suck the life out of the most physically astute of athletes. To keep up with the Serenas and the Rogers you have to fight for every available ranking point and, in the case of many players, play through injury for fear of falling too far behind in the tables and the seedings for the major tournaments.
One shocking statistic following the early exits of Fernando Verdasco and Thomas Berdych this week was that they were both competing in their TWENTY SIXTH ATP Tournament of the year. No wonder they looked exhausted.
It makes it almost impossible for a lady chasing the Top 10 in the rankings to spend near enough as much time with her newborn kids as she would like. Kim Clijsters doesn't play as many tournaments as she used to for this reason. But then she is good enough to play the big guns without as much practice anyway. Many others are not.
It mirrors the fight between career and family women in the twenty-first century and the usual debates over how to juggle work and children arise once more.
But what about the other factors of modern sport? Dementieva reached two Grand Slam finals, two WTA Championships semi finals and was ranked at No. 3 in the world at her peak. She won 16 WTA Titles, a WTA Championships in doubles and amassed a career record of 575-271 (singles) and 152-85 (doubles). A good record, yet not the greatest. How much did she earn for her troubles in her twelve years on the tour? Answer: $14,117,437. And that was just prize money. She would have earned a bucket-load more through endorsements.
The modern sportsman earns so much in their short careers that they can afford to cut their terms short and not have to worry about their futures. This wasn't the case even fifteen-twenty years ago where only the best of the best could expect to live over-comfortably after retirement, unless they chose to go in to coaching/punditry/another line of work of course.
In sports like American football, rugby, baseball and football, stars earn obscene amounts of money for a day's work which makes them millionaires at such tender ages. The stories of when players go wrong are endless but it also means that they can almost pick and choose when to play without having to worry about their finances.
As fans we would never dream of finishing early as all we want is to experience being a top tennis pro for as long as possible. But imagine if you're knees were starting to give you great pain and you were already sitting on $15m. Would you go on?
In recent years we have seen many early retirements in tennis. And the trend goes back too. From Bjorn Borg to Clijsters and Justine Henin we have been robbed of top talent at an "early age" but what does it say of those three that they later returned?
Now we also have Taylor Dent, James Blake, Rennae Stubbs and Lleyton Hewitt talking of possible quits.
Has Dementieva made a rash decision? Will she regret her choices and look to hit the comeback trail in two years' time? Of course it will be harder for her being in the 30+ threshold by then but just look at Kimiko Date Krumm and you really do have to think twice about it.
It is not just tennis either. In football, top stars like Carlos Tevez have voiced exasperation at having to adapt to foreign cultures so often and all the travelling involved in modern day sport. They have voiced quit sentiments. Eric Cantona left early to become a film star, as did Vinnie Jones, while Ian Wright quit at the peak of his powers to chase a career in British television. Gavin Henson and Danny Cipriani of rugby fame have recently had spells out of the game to spend time with their celebrity families and chase television ventures. While in Formula One Michael Schumacher left and later returned to the sport.
Is this a trend that will continue as the years go by where stars become disillusioned with life in, and then out of, sport? Will we continue to be left shocked at the sudden departures of our favourites and then relieved later on as they announce their return? Will this make the sport more exciting?
It certainly fits in with the "instant gratification needs" of Western Society in these days of post-modern thinking. Jump in, earn a few million, try to win a Slam, move on to something new. Many tennis purists will argue that it undermines the sport and brings in a sort of circus atmosphere and I'd have to say this is probably my thinking too.
I am a hopeless sporting romantic and love the stories of hard graft and achievement against the odds. I love seeing the emersion of the likes of Roger and knowing there is greatness to come. I love the Goran Ivanisevic's of the wildcard world winning Grand Slams and I love reading up on the stories of the likes of Ernests Gulbis coming from small towns in struggling countries escaping to fame and glory.
Will it ruin tennis? I don't think so. But it will certainly mean a demise in the long-staying Champions of the Martina Navratilova ilk. Watch this space to see if Elena returns to us. That will give us an indication of if the trend is a bad thing or not.
By Maud Watson
Blast from the Past – My biggest praise this week goes to Australian Lleyton Hewitt. Not only did he defeat six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer in the final of Halle, but he did so after having undergone two hip surgeries. The match had more than shades of the old Hewitt who was at the top of the game nearly ten years ago, with the Aussie chasing down everything that Federer threw at him. While it has to be said that Federer's game did go off, there's no doubt Hewitt played a large part in making it so. Down a set and 0-40 at four-all in the second, Hewitt refused to succumb. Federer clearly became a bit rattled and began to press, ultimately resulting in Hewitt snapping his 15-match losing streak against the Swiss. Wimbledon is a different prospect with the matches all being best of five, but given his status as a former Wimbledon champ and his current run of form, Hewitt's suddenly looking like a decent pick to go deep at SW19.
Back on Track – After the dismal circumstances under which Sam Querrey made his exit at Roland Garros, it was nice to see him quickly back on the horse and in the winner's circle this past weekend at the Queen's Club. Querrey held his nerve to take a tight two-set victory over compatriot Mardy Fish, whom it also has to be said put together one of the nicer weeks of tennis he's had in awhile. And as a sidebar to Querrey's win and Hewitt's, I think it's safe to say that while it's tough to bet against the big boys at the majors, this Wimbledon feels a little more wide open than it has in recent memory.
Undecided – Well, the Swiss Miss may not be done after all. No, Martina Hingis isn't contemplating making yet another comeback to the singles game, but she is seriously considering the possibility of coming back to play doubles on the WTA Tour, naming American Lindsay Davenport as her current choice of partner. Hingis has already committed to playing 14 matches in World Team Tennis for the New York Buzz this summer, and given her level of talent, it's hard to imagine it will take her long to shake the dust off her game. She'll also be teaming with former partner Anna Kournikova to play the Legends Doubles event at Wimbledon, and I'm sure many are hoping that a potential return of Hingis to WTA Tour doubles will entice Kournikova to eventually follow suit.
Salt to the Wound – Brit Alex Bogdanovic has made no secret of the fact that he wasn't thrilled when he learned he wouldn't be receiving one of the Wimbledon main draw wildcards despite the fact that he meets the ranking criteria. But he didn't give up hope at having another shot at winning a main draw match and opted to take his chances in the qualies. It was there in the second round that he came up short against talented Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, losing by a heartbreaking 24-22 in the third. I'm not a huge Bogdanovic fan, and I perfectly understand the logic behind not granting him a wildcard. But at 24-22 in the third, you gotta feel a little sympathy for the guy.
More Returns – This week has marked the return of a couple more players to the main tour just in time for the Big W. Eastbourne has seen Belgian Kim Clijsters bounce back nicely from the foot injury that kept her out of Roland Garros, as well as Frenchman Gilles Simon, whose absence from the 2010 season has been long and frustrating. While it's a big ask for either to set high expectations for Wimbledon (Simon much more so than Clijsters), it's great to see them notching some wins under their belt and gaining some momentum as they're shortly to head into the heart of the summer season. And in case anyone missed it, former No. 1 and French Open champion Thomas Muster will be making a return to the Challenger Circuit at the age of 42. I'm not quite sure what the thought process was behind this return other than for love of the game, but to each their own. Maybe he was inspired by Kimiko Date Krumm.
By Maud Watson
Serbian Turnaround – Over the course of the last year or so, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic have experienced varying degrees of a downward spiral in their careers, but signs seem to indicate that they are well on their way to turning things around. Earlier this spring, Jankovic snagged the Indian Wells title, and she showed great mental toughness to defeat both Williams sisters back-to-back in Rome. With a few more big wins under her belt, she may just find the consistency that took her to the top of the game in 2008. My bigger praise, however, has to go to Ana Ivanovic. While she lost early in Madrid to countrywoman Jankovic, she did put together a great run in Rome that included wins over Azarenka, Dementieva, and Petrova. She's gotten herself a new coach, she's lost some weight, and most importantly, her mindset couldn't be better. Ivanovic acknowledges that she's faced her worst fear in experiencing her playing slump and is ready to begin the climb back up the rankings. Kudos to both, and I hope that they'll once again strongly factor into the top of the women's game.
Chaos Reigns – Roland Garros is just over a week away, and with the decimation of the seeds in Madrid, the women's field couldn't look more open. After winning Stuttgart, many (myself included) thought that perhaps Justine Henin was worthy to wear one of the heavy favorite tags, but her upset by Aravane Rezai, which included a bagel in the third, might suggest otherwise. Serena Williams has looked decent for a player who hasn't competed since the Australian Open, but with her failure to twice serve out the match against Jelena Jankovic in Rome and a listless performance against an inspired Nadia Petrova in Madrid, she hasn't exactly looked solid. Throw in that names like Wozniaki, Sharapova, Safina, Dementieva, Kutznetsova, and last week's Rome champion Martinez Sanchez have all made an early exit in Madrid, and the time may be ripe for a dark horse to step up and take her first Slam victory at the second major of the year. And yes, I realize that the seeds that have fallen in Madrid haven't exactly had the greatest past couple of months, but that only sets the stage further for a surprise victor or finalist in Paris. But then again, the champions are champions because they can turn it on when it counts. One thing is for sure…it should be an interesting two weeks at the French Open.
Turning Back the Clock – First there was the return of Kim Clijsters that was then followed by the comeback of Justine Henin. Now there's another news item that harks back to days gone by. With her three-set victory over Francesca Schiavone this week in Madrid, Venus Williams has guaranteed that she will be the No. 2 player in the world when the new rankings come out on Monday. Younger sister Serena currently holds the No. 1 ranking, and the occasion will mark the first time since May 2003 that the sisters have held the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. While the Williams sisters aren't dominating the game as they once did when they previously held the world's top rankings, their longevity and ability to come up big on the sport's grandest stages, which has led to their return to the top, deserve tremendous applause.
Zero Pressure – That's what American Andy Roddick should be feeling as he goes into Roland Garros. Roddick opted to skip Monte Carlo and Rome and do his Paris preparation in the Spanish capital. A stomach virus has since forced him to alter his plans, however, as the virus resulted in his withdrawal from the Madrid Masters before even playing a single match. Not that Roddick has probably ever held great expectations on the red dirt, given that it is his worst surface, but this year in particular he should really be swinging freely. Who knows? Perhaps possibly mental lower expectations will ultimately lead Roddick to his best finish in Paris.
Off into the Sunset? – A lot of tennis fans, myself included, are wondering when Spaniard Carlos Moya will decide to hang up his racquet. The 33-year-old Moya has rarely played in recent months, and his showing against Benjamin Becker this week was dismal. One wonders if he is able to play Roland Garros, which is currently his plan, if that won't be the last we see of him. Having won a major, reaching the No. 1 world ranking, and even winning the Davis Cup, Moya has nothing left to prove. And with Moya and his girlfriend Carolina Cerezuela expecting their first child later this year, he may find it the perfect time to call it a career.
By Christopher Rourke
This Final match, the first Grand Slam final of the 2010s brings the two greatest female players of the 2000s into battle for the fourteenth time. Their first match took place at 2001 US Open, where Serena defeated Henin in the fourth round, 7-5 6-0. The nineteen year-old Henin, had been a semi-finalist at Roland Garros that year and was the finalist at Wimbledon, losing to the defending champion, Venus Williams. Many would argue that these two players are not merely the two best players of their generation – but the greatest female players *ever*. Both of these players have the singular ability to hit winners from any part of the court – still exceptional on the women's Tour – and the capacity to utterly dominate their opponents. As such, they remain the most aggressive players at the top of the women's game. This was demonstrated emphatically by Serena in her quarter-final against Victoria Azarenka. Finding herself 4-6 0-4 down, and seemingly out, of the match Serena cut down her groundstroke errors, and began hitting the ball much harder, hitting return winner after winner, producing yet another serving clinic, hitting 17 aces and many other unreturnable serves to close out the match – dragging out a titanic performance, seemingly from nowhere. Serena struck 57 winners to Azarenka's grand total of 22. She made the match totally about herself, her own performance. As Azarenka said: "She [Serena] started playing unbelievable from 4-0. I'm really impressed with her… . She has very powerful shots. You don't see many girls serving 200 in the third set". In very similar fashion, after struggling through her second, third and fourth round matches against players ranked in the top 5 and top 30, and producing a solid 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 win against the former world no.3 Nadia Petrova, Henin demonstrated her full all-court mastery in her semi-final match against China's Jie Zheng. In a match that lasted only 50 minutes, Henin struck 23 winners to Zheng's grand total of 3 and won 10 out of 13 of her net approaches.
As such, this final represents the fourteenth meeting between the two principle goddesses of tennis, a clash that can be allegorised to a battle between the warriors Artemis and Athena. Here, the splendid Rod Laver arena is the grand stage equivalent of mount Olympus, Rod Laver arena being the Centre Court of the the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Remarkably, this will be Henin and Serena's first clash in a Grand Slam tournament final, because the players have repeatedly found themselves in the same half of a Grand Slam tournament draw – in all six on their Grand Slam meetings.
Here, I will review how these extraordinarily gifted players match-up, stroke for stroke, in primary features of the game.
Serena Williams
Serena Williams has the best first serve and the one of the best second serves in the women's game. Though not struck quite as hard as her record-breaking older sister's, Serena can hit all parts of the service box, and hit 'flat', slice and kick serves with ease. Serena consistently leads the 'ace' and 'points won on 1st serve' categories, at every Grand Slam tournament. At this tournament, Serena has struck a total of 53 aces, to
Henin's 23. Venus Williams, a quarter-finalist, finished with a total of 21. On numerous occasions, Lindsay Davenport described Serena's serve as the 'best serve in women's game' and the best serve that she had faced in the entire length of her career. Of Serena's serve, her fourth-round opponent, Samantha Stosur said: "I think the three breakpoints I got, she hit two aces and were a completely unreturnable and they were all over 190… Couple times I actually guessed where she was going and she still got me…. (.)more so than even the power, the variety. When she's on, she's able to hit it within ten centimetres of whatever line she wants. When she's got that trajectory and is so close to the lines, it's not easy to return. She doesn't hit every serve over 190. She goes 160, 170, and you think it's not that fast. But when they're on or very close to the line, they're still very hard to get". Serena's serve exhibits a perfect confluence of
technical excellence and simplicity of production.
Henin has a good, and very powerful serve – she has been serving up to 190 kmh at this year's tournament. However, she has not been serving as well as she did back in 2003 and 2006 – 2007. Henin's serve has always earned her some free points, and allows her to begin most rallies from an offensive position. However, both Henin's first and second serve can break down, and critically during key points in matches. This occurred in the Brisbane final, when Henin held two match points, serving at 5-4 in the third set against Kim Clijsters. This brittleness occurs partly because Henin has continuously reworked and reformed her service motion during the length of her career, as far back as the autumn of 2001. Thus, as Sam Smith has pointed out, Henin's service motion is never "fully part of her". Any frailty on Henin's service will be brutally exposed by Serena, the most fearsome, and destructive, returner in the women's game.
RETURN of SERVE
Serena / Henin
Both players have very destructive returns and frequently hit outright winners on both second *and* first serves – which has the effect of immediately demoralising their opponents. Serena's return-of-serve [look out for her forehand crosscourt return-of-serve from the 'deuce' court] can be a little more powerful than Henin's but Henin gets slightly more of her service returns back into court. In her 2006 – 2007 prime, Henin was winning as much as 55 – 60%+ points on the return-of-serve, more than any player on the women's Tour. Both players are roughly equal in this feature of the game.
Serena possesses a very powerful forehand – and has recorded, from the data that i have collected, the fastest groundstroke in the 'Hawk-Eye' era; a forehand meassured at 154 kmh [= 96 mph] in her quarter-final match against Ana Ivanovic in Dubai on the 19th February 2008. However, Serena's forehand can break down, primarily because as she needs a lot of set-up time to prepare for the full-length of stroke. To explain, on the take-back, Serena often takes the racquet face as far back as [behind] her head and completes the swing with the racquet face lying down the length of her back, over her left shoulder. The whole stroke is comparatively long and requires both good timing and excellent footwork to be fully effective. See: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2114649/safina_vs_s_williams_forehand_r45_view_slow_motion/ – this is only moderate swing-length for Serena's forehand.
Serena likes to perform the stroke with full extension, and when she doesn't have the time for this, the stroke can lose a lot its potency and effectiveness. There are some players on the Tour, notably Elena Demenetiva [specifically from 2007 onward], that exploit the mechanics of the stroke by taking the ball very early off their much shorter swings, hitting shots directly down the length of the court, straight at Serena. This takes away Serena's set-up time on the ball, and forces Serena to improvise by using an almost 'emergency'-type swing, tamely brushing up against the ball, yielding a midcourt ball that can easily be attacked by the opponent. However, when Serena's footwork and balance are fully co-ordinated with the stroke production on forehand, it can be utterly devastating.
Henin's forehand is equally as powerful as Serena's, and certainly at average rallying speeds – but is produced from a far shorter and more compact swing, so is more functional, and efficient, especially when placed under direct pressure in a rallying situation. At coaching conferences, Henin's forehand has been isolated in seminars as the best in the women's game. My last coach, a performance coach based in the UK, explains that, almost unique among women players, Henin's stroke production on the forehand closely resemble that of an ATP player. Henin's forehand is both technically and (uniquely, in the women's game) biomechanically excellent.
Henin's backhand received enormous attention from the tennis establishment when she broke into the top of the game in 2001 because it is a single-handed stroke that combines both high levels of power and variety. However, much like Serena's forehand, Henin requires a good deal of set-up time to unleash her single-handed topspin backhand – and many players exploit this by taking the ball early and hitting the ball very hard into the corner of the 'ad.' court. This forces Henin to employ her slice backhand, as a defensive response to keep herself in the rally. Early on in their head-to-head series, Serena directly attacked Henin's backhand, knowing that she could rob Henin of time on the ball, and force defensive replies. Many other players employ this strategy now, though some players find it hard to adjust to Henin's slice -which can cut right into the court. Historically, though, Serena has been able to pounce upon defensive shots coming off
Henin's backhand, and take control of the rally.
Serena's backhand remains one of the more powerful backhands in the game, is technically sound and rarely breaks down. Also, Serena is able to create acute angles off her crosscourt backhand, even when placed under pressure.
Both Henin and Serena can volley well, especially at critical points in a match. However, Henin is a superlative volleyer, with exceptional feel – and she has wide repertoire of volleying shots. Henin has the ability to hit volleys from behind the service line – and still create winning shots from a very difficult position on the court. Henin is probably the best volleyer in the women's singles game, and certainly at the elite level. Henin volleyed with increasing frequency towards the end of her first career, circa 2006 – 2007, and seems to be picking up from where she left off in this feature of her game.
Serena's speciality is the forehand drive-volley, which she can play to spectacular effect. Her drive-volley is the best, the most destructive, in the game – a shot that she helped to popularise at the top of the sport. However, Henin has an almost equally good drive-volley, and has employed it frequently during this year's tournament.
Henin has sublime footwork around the ball, perhaps the best in the women's game. She rarely overruns the ball and is especially economical in her movement. In marked contrast, and especially for a player of her ability, Serena has relatively poor footwork. It can take Serena a full set of matchplay before Serena has properly conformed her footwork to the stroke production on her groundstrokes – as clearly evinced in her quarter-final match against Victoria Azarenka, where appeared off-balnace for almost a set and a half of matchplay.
Again, Henin is exceptional in this feature of the game – and normally retains superior balance than Serena on the fundamental strokes.
Though athletically restricted because of her height and natuural wing-span [Henin stands 1.67 m), Henin is one of the best technical movers in the sport and covers the court remarkably well. Serena used to be an especially athletic player, able to retrieve many balls hit past the sidelines and return them with ease. However, though she still covers the court well, Serena is no longer one of the very best athletes on the women's Tour – players such as Elena Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jelena Jankovic have all overtaken Serena in terms of court coverage and athletic output.
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Serena and Henin are roughly equals, when examined across all features of the game, which serves to make this rivalry especially compelling.
Two external factors may effect the outcome of this match, however – Serena has clearly been injured from early on in the tournament, and her multiple leg and ankle injuries seem to have become more serious in her last two matches, inhibiting her movement, specifically in the 'ad.' court. Serena has made no attempt to retrieve what are, for her, easily makeable balls, hit within metres of her reach. This is potentially concerning as Henin has the perfect game to exploit weaknesses in movement and court coverage, hitting to short angles off wings, to both sides of the court. In particular, the short angles produced off Henin's crosscourt backhand could be very damaging – and telling – for Serena.
On the other hand, Henin has struggled both mentally and especially physically to complete some of her matches in Melbourne, appearing physically exhausted in the closing stages of her third and fourth round matches. Henin has spoken, quite honestly, of how her body has yet to fully adjust to the demands of playing physically and emotionally draining matches, having been absent from tournament play for a full twenty months. Henin's very quick semi-final win will help her enormously in this regard going into Saturday's final. However, the and the greater question may well prove to be Henin's level of mental resilience in a Grand Slam Final – Henin's first since September 2007.
By Maud Watson
Rivalry Renewed – Australian Open tournament organizers couldn't have planned it any better if they had tried. The women's final will pit current Australian Open Champion Serena Williams against former world No. 1 Justine Henin. Though Serena has never said as much herself, the media has been speculating that the return Henin has provided a new source of motivation for Williams, who may want a piece of the Belgian who was her main rival before Henin shocked the tennis world in 2008 by retiring while she was still at the top of the game. It will be interesting to see how Henin's nerves hold up in what is just her second event back since returning to the sport, but there can be little doubt that sparks will fly. And one can be sure that this is only the beginning; those sparks are going to get brighter and more intense as the 2010 WTA season unfolds.
A Niggle in the Knee – After a relatively positive start to the season, Spaniard Rafael Nadal had to be disappointed to have to pull out of his semifinal encounter with Scot Andy Murray due to his niggling knee problem. All credit to Murray who played a brilliant match and would have won anyway, but there has to be concern in the Nadal camp going forward in 2010. For a man who bases his game around tracking down every ball and bludgeoning it around the court, a bad knee is a death sentence for his career. He's going to have to seriously consider overhauling his game, or his career, which started so brilliantly so early, may now well be over.
The Captivating Croat – Put me down for jumping on the bandwagon of Croat Marin Cilic. After putting together a stellar run at the 2009 US Open, he followed it up by going even further at the first major of 2010. He was the tournament's marathon man, who showed nerves of steel with his five-set victories over Bernard Tomic, current US Open Champion Juan Martin Del Potro, and American Andy Roddick. He may have bowed out to British No. 1 Andy Murray in the semifinals, but there's no doubt that this young up-and-comer is going to be a Grand Slam champion in the near future.
Change in Weapon – U.S. Olympic skier Bode Miller has stated that he plans to temporarily trade in his skis for a tennis racquet as he attempts to win a wildcard into the US Open qualifying draw. Miller has reason to think he might be successful, as he is no stranger to the game of tennis. He won the 1996 Maine State Singles, and his family owns the Tamarack Tennis Camp in Easton, New Hampshire. If Miller does make it into the US Open qualifying draw, it could definitely create more pre-tournament buzz than ever before.
The Chinese Charge – For the first time in tennis history, China had two players in the semifinals of a Grand Slam event. Na Li and Jie Zheng gave the world's largest nation something to smile about as they fought their way into the final four of Melbourne, which included Na Li's narrow escape from the jaws of defeat against Venus Williams in the quarterfinals. While Na Li and Jie Zheng both lost in the semis (to Serena Williams and Justine Henin respectively), their continuing success bodes well for the future of tennis in China.


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PARK CITY, Utah — A 62-year-old man has died after he struck a tree while skiing at Deer Valley Resort Tuesday.
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Ann Stoler Lecture
By Jen Adams | Tuesday, October 20, 2015
By Jen Adams
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Thursday, November 12
5:00 p.m.
Goodell Hall (Bernie Dallas Room)
Professor Ann Stoler
Department of Anthropology
New School for Social Research
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So I thought it would be a nice idea to document my pregnancy on my blog. Not only for myself to look back on but for everyone else to see how I'm getting on with the ever wonders of pregnancy. I am going to kick off with my 19 week update.
far along? 19 Weeks, 5 Days
far along? 19 Weeks, 5 Days
weight gain: I
know I have put on weight, obviously as I am now half way through my pregnancy J but I don't think I will be
documenting my gain on my blog!
clothes? Yes, only a few items though. I have
purchased, black leggings (which I live in), Topshop Leigh Jeans, and a few
long sleeve t-shirts. I desperately need to find a winter coat as it is
freezing in London!
marks? No stretch marks, thank god! I am
using Bert's Bee's Oil and Cream. I do believe that if you're going to get them
you will, no amounts of cream/oils will prevent this. But I like to use them
anyway J
moment this week: Feeling
the baby more!
anything? Having the odd drink, as
it's getting closer to Christmas/NYE everyone will be drinking and celebrating
with champagne etc and i'll be stuck with some form of non-alcoholic alternative. Boo! Oh well, I know it's for a good cause.
Movement: Yes, I feel movement all the time; this little baby of mine moves
and kicks so much. I love it! Daddy hasn't felt a kick yet, but I am hoping he will very soon, I'm sure he thinks I'm making it up!
cravings: Hot chocolate's from
Starbucks with lots of cream!!!!!!
making you queasy or sick: Nope, I
want to eat anything and everything.
Gender: We won't be finding out. I want to find out, but Freddie
doesn't want to L Only 4 months to go, and it'll be a lovely surprise and more
of a reason to push, I suppose!
signs: Nope
Symptoms: Massive boobs, heartburn, acid reflux and a general
feeling of being pregnant. My doctor called me and said I am low in Vitamin D,
so I will need to take extra tablets for this as well as my prenatal vitamins.
button in or out? In, but
when I poke my finger inside it feels like it's about to pop out.
rings on or off? Off L
my knuckles are swollen.
or moody most of the time: Happy in
the morning, but miserable come the evening.
Looking forward to: Our 20 week scan which is on Tuesday! I cannot wait to
see my little chubs (nickname for baby) again!
So that's my first pregnancy update, just want to mention how excited I am about starting up my blog again. It's always been something I throughly enjoyed but didn't stay committed to, which is such a shame. But I'm back in full force and ready to blog pretty much every other day if not once a day 🙂
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DAVENPORT, Fla. – The St. Joseph's (Maine) men's lacrosse team held Wentworth Institute of Technology scoreless over the final 24:53 of the game, erasing a two-goal deficit and claiming a 12-10 win in non-conference action at North East Regional Park.
With the win the Monks improve to 2-2 on the season while the Leopards fall to 2-2.
Wentworth junior Kyle Doner (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) put the leopards on the board off of a feed from freshman Calvin McKenna (Seattle, Wash.) at the 10:25 mark. From there, St. Joseph's scored the next four times and led, 4-1, after one quarter of play.
Sophomore Ben Coakley (Flemington, N.J.) stopped the run with a goal of his at the 12:41 mark of the second quarter and started a string of three Wentworth goals in a span of 2:07 to even the score at 4-all. The Monks reclaimed the lead with three straight, including two from sophomore Zack Hamilton (Pepperell, Mass.), and led, 7-4, with 3:15 left in the first half. The Black & Gold rebounded to score four goals in a span of 1:45 as senior Jacob Eldred (Goffstown, N.H.) scored twice and Doner had a pair of assists making the score 8-7 with 20 seconds left. Hamilton found the back of the net with nine ticks remaining before halftime to even the score at 8-all.
Two minutes and twenty-four seconds into the second half, Eldred gave the Black & Gold a 9-8 lead when he scored his third of the game. Doner notched his third of the game from sophomore Danny Bartosiewicz (North Grafton, Mass.) with 9:53 left in the quarter, giving Wentworth a 10-8 lead.
St. Joseph's used a goal from freshman Tony Bottari (Nashua, N.H.) with 2:20 remaining in the quarter to pull back within one at 10-9 which began a four-goal spurt to rally for the win. The Monks evened the score when freshman Devin Linscott (Nashua, N.H.) scored the first of his two fourth quarter goals with 8:02 left before Hamilton put the Monks ahead 11-10 less than a minute later. With 4:55 left, St. Joseph's went ahead by a pair after Linscott scored. Wentworth had chances to narrow the gap, including putting a pair of shots on goal late, however, could not score.
Hamilton finished with four goals while Linscott had two goals and an assist. Sophomore Shane Puleo (Nashua, N.H.) had a goal and an assist in the win. Sophomore Logan Skinner (Irving, Texas) scooped up seven ground balls.
Doner finished with three goals and three assists while Eldred had three goals and an assist. Bartosiewicz scooped up a game-high eight ground balls while sophomore Anthony D'Avolio (Reading, Mass.) caused three turnovers.
Skinner made 14 saves while sophomore Randy Ryan (Clinton, N.J.) made seven saves. Wentworth had advantages in shots (45-32) and ground balls (47-46) while being successful on 22-of-27 clear attempts.
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I made the chocolate cake (kind of) from scratch. It wasn't from a mix, anyway. I found a recipe online and followed it to make the cake. The frosting is just... I dunno, normal frosting? My mom taught me how to make frosting when I was really young so I would stop pestering her to make me some just so that I could eat it.


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Our return to the Shire is filled with expectation and exultation. September 22nd approaches, the 111th birthday of one Bilbo Baggins, and the 33rd birthday of his favorite nephew (and heir), Frodo Baggins.
Coming fresh from reading The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring starts on a very familiar note. The Shire is a small, familiar, community; the type of community where everyone knows everybody else's business. We get a fanciful and happy setting, one where someone going on an unexpected journey sixty years ago is still one of the most outrageous things gossiped about.
"Bilbo was very rich and very peculiar, and had been the wonder of the Shire for sixty years, ever since his remarkable disappearance and unexpected return."
Like the rumors of his death, the rumors of Bilbo's wealth were greatly exaggerated. Though our Mr. Baggins is certainly well off, it has been clearly stated that Bilbo came back from his adventure with the two small chests rather than enough riches to fill his halls like a dragon's hoard.. Bilbo has a reputation for being incredibly generous, with both gifts and money, and the amount he spends on his last birthday sounds staggering. I'm wondering if he had some sort of business interests with the dwarfs, or if the economy of Hobbiton is incredibly limited. On the other hand, he was a reasonably well off hobbit beforehand, and I believe gems generally have a very high value per weight as compared to gold.
The hobbits overall remind me of the archetype of old timers with black socks pulled up to their knees while wearing socks and shorts, complaining from their porches about "kids these days" and the shenanigans of their neighbors. They talk about things being unnatural and queer... things like sailing boats on a large river, or the potential harm coming from someone learning their letters. By and large, gossip and griping seems to be the regional pastime, along with eating, a mostly harmless activity. Though one thing they did get right, though not any way they could have imagined, is their speculation about Bilbo's extended youth. "It will have to be paid for," they said. "It isn't natural, and trouble will come of it!"
"If that's being queer, then we could do with a bith more queerness in these parts. There's some not far away that wouldn't offer a pint of beer to a friend, if they lived in a hole with golden walls. But they do things proper at Bag End. Our Sam says that everyone's going to be invited to the party, and there's going to be presents, mark you, presents for all - this very month as is."
Thanks, Gaffer. Even as harmless and ineffective as the community gossip may be, it's only right that someone stands up for Mr. Bilbo. After all, the only thing Bilbo did wrong is to have an adventure and remain friends with folks from beyond the Shire. It must be the Tookish side of the family.
Some of the gossipy and codgerness of the Shire likely comes from the close-knit and extended nature of both the community and its families. Obviously our story focuses most on the family lines tied to Bilbo and Frodo, but the Birthday Party clearly gives representation to whole hobbit clans. I thought it was of particular interest that Frodo is related to Bilbo from both sides of the family, though through graduations that avoid that whole messy inbreeding issue.
We're introduced to Gandalf as part of rumor and as one of the many "odd" visitors coming through Bag-End.
"...and the old man was Gandalf the Wizard, whose fame in the Shire was due mainly to his skill with fires, smokes, and lights. His real business was far more difficult and dangerous, but the Shire-folk knew nothing about it."
In The Hobbit, Bilbo clearly has little idea of who Gandalf is, beyond association of the name with memories of grand fireworks. Gandalf's long association with hobbits may be something of a conceit where he enjoys passing as little more than a simple conjurer, at least until he decides to stir things up a little bit. Undoubtedly, part of his long association is part of his wizardly accumulation of knowledge and worldly lore, especially as the hobbits largely sidestep notice in Middle Earth. It is however clear that among the hobbits, his presentation as little more than an old man is deliberate, unlike when he spends time among the other races where folks associate the name Gandalf with power.
Everyone knows Bilbo is up to something. The gossiping busy-bodies about the Shire, his family, his friends. Only Bilbo and Gandalf know the full scope of his plans.
The party itself is more like a faire than a party, with tents and pavilions. There are open air kitchens and a tent on scale to envelop a huge tree. The party itself is a full day affair, filled with entertainments, and of course, lots of food. This is a hobbit party after all, and as we all know, hobbits are serious about their enjoyment of and revelry in food. I do love the idea of giving presents on one's birthday. Of course, I'm utter shit at presents most of the time, but I could totally manage some sort of fun little party favor present for all guests. Or I'd just give people books (like I don't do that most of the time already).
Bilbo's dinner speech has always been one of my favorite moments in the story. It's both irreverent and serious.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
Otherwise of importance here is the acknowledgement of Frodo coming of age, and into his inheritance, and Bilbo saying "goodbye" to the Shire for the final time. This time he won't be coming back, but declaring him dead won't matter. Poor Otho and Lobelia Sackville-Bagginses. Color the general hobbit populace less than amused at the whole mad spectacle (ie. anything that may put them off their appetite). Of course, regardless of the rudeness of Mr. Baggin's little joke, what really matters to the locals is that he didn't make off with the food as well.
I don't think I picked up on Tolkien's love of numerology in earlier reads, but numbers clearly play an important role. The Hobbit largely starts out with Bilbo fulfilling the role as the 14th member of the party, an "auspicious number." Here in the first chapter of The Fellowship of the Rings we learn about the importance of Bilbo's age (111), Frodo's age (33), and the number of guests invited to the "small" family dinner at Bilbo's birthday party (12 dozen, or the sum of Bilbo's & Frodo's ages).
Those in on the joke aren't exactly of placid mindset either. To Frodo the Ring is more of a magical trinket than an item of great power, but he really likes his uncle. Gandalf knows something is off about the ring, but not quite what, and it's not until Bilbo starts revealing that he feels "all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread." or that he starts freaking out about leaving the ring behind and calling it "precious" that he realizes quite how significant the ring may be. Then Bilbo is off on the road with some dwarfs, singing a song that is very similar to what he sings on returning to the Shire all those years ago. Now the Ring is in Frodo's custody, with Gandalf warning against it's use.
Gossip really is a mainstay of hobbit life, and for all that Frodo has long been established as Bilbo's heir, and the further public announcement that Frodo has now come into his inheritance, curious treasure hunters come knocking. Who knows how a rumor of a free estate sale was started, but the rumor spread and Frodo has his hands full trying to keep interfering neighbors from doing damage. I love the presents that Bilbo has selected for his neighbors and relations, particularly the bookshelf. There is quite a bit of sass in the selections and dedications.
But eventually things are settled down and straightened out, thanks in part to the help of good friends and relations like Merry Brandybuck. Then Gandalf shows up for a final warning to protect the ring and to not use it, then he's off, leaving Frodo to settle into his new life and to start feeling the tug of an adventure of his own.
The film introduces us to Frodo immediately, without the preamble focusing on Bilbo's odd status in the Shire. While the story will grow to encompass multiple threads, at it's center we are presented with Frodo, who is framed as "rather eager and curious for a Hobbit," wanting to know everything that is occurring in the world at large. A rather un-hobbitish attribute if you don't mind me saying. We also meet Gandalf, with the ever famous "A wizard is never late... nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to," and laughter.
We get nearly a word-for-word translation of Bilbo's revelation about feeling "stretched thin," pulled in before the party, and I think this fits well here. I'm glad they kept it, as this stands to me as an important line. We also get clear references and tributes to The Hobbit, perhaps part of the initial hope that they'd get to make that film at some point in addition to giving us context to Bilbo's desire to see the mountains again.
The party itself isn't the full day affair of the text, but is still a respectable affair with fantastic catering. While it's Bilbo's party, it serves to provide a snapshot of hobbits and to establish relationships of our four future Fellowship hobbits. Samwise Gamgee may be an employee/apprentice to an employee of Bilbo, but the relationship between Sam and Frodo is clearly one of childhood friends rather than employee and employer (or apprentices in each role). Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took are solidly cast as both a team and as troublemakers.
The speech itself is not limited to a particular "small" gathering of a gross of hobbits and is slightly shortened. It's a solid speech that didn't need tinkering to come off strong, so it works well (and they kept my favorite line). What strikes me as interesting is the level of surprise displayed by both Frodo and Gandalf. The following scolding delivered by Gandalf back in Bag-End I'd say supports the idea that he didn't know the ring was going to be used.
The Ring itself also gets established as perhaps not just a notable artifact, but as a character in its own right. The behaviors of Bilbo and the Ring stays very true to the book, with Bilbo's sudden un-hobbitlike paranoia and possessiveness concerning the ring. Throughout The Hobbit there are references to the Ring having a mind of its own. Now, early on in The Fellowship of the Ring Jackson gives us shots framed by the Ring's point of view. It's hard to really convey the idea of an object having a mind of it's own, but combined with music and lighting this visual framing really gives us the feeling of malevolent thought from an object. This brings our viewing section to an end as Frodo enters as the master of Bag-End for the first time, and is warned with deep feeling to keep the ring secret and safe, and to never use it, while Gandalf disappears into the night in pursuit of answers.
Overall, the film opens very true to the book, with pieces moved around here and there. We get reference to "the long expected party," and Gandalf's reputation as a troublemaker. Other details, like the early treat of firework for the hobbit children, are not true to the text, but enrich the setting detail. I think the casting of Ian Holm and Ian McKellen was inspired, to the point that I had trouble imagining anyone else as Bilbo when I heard about the casting of The Hobbit. There is fantastic interplay between the two of them.


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Umm... This stage still lacks perspective, I stopped adding some because it already has too many elements and animations. If I add more it will slow mugen down, but overall I hope everyone likes it.
There's an Overlay effects on this stage, but I recommend not to enable it. It will slow mugen down.
-Thanks to Phantom D for the Resources
-Thanks to GLB for the perspectives.
- The blue fireworks are from Darek (I wanna ask permission on him about it, but I heard he quit mugen.) If anyone has a contact on Darek please post his link, I want to ask him if he's ok with it.
- Thanks to Dissidia for letting me use his fireworks effects.
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- Thanks to GLB for giving me permission to use NewAgeMugen as my Stage Ad.
-Thanks to Syn for the ClubSyn logo
- Thanks to MFG for letting me use DTK's MFG logo design.
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HHS: Medical errors decline
December 4, 2014 in Medical Technology
An estimated 50,000 lives were saved, 1.3 million fewer patients escaped harm and healthcare avoided $12 billion in spending. This according to a report released by the Department of Health and Human Services earlier this week.
Much of the improvement was the result of a reduction in hospital-acquired conditions from 2010 to 2013.
The efforts were due in part to provisions of the Affordable Care Act such as Medicare payment incentives to improve the quality of care and the HHS Partnership for Patients initiative, according to HHS. Preliminary estimates show that in total, hospital patients experienced 1.3 million fewer hospital-acquired conditions from 2010 to 2013, which translates to a 17 percent decline in hospital-acquired conditions over the three-year period.
"Today's results are welcome news for patients and their families," said HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell, in announcing the results Dec. 2. "These data represent significant progress in improving the quality of care that patients receive while spending our healthcare dollars more wisely."
While the results are likely to be a ray of light in the up-to-now gloomy outcomes reported on the healthcare quality and safety front, they are tempered by testimony given this past summer at a Congressional hearing on patient safety.
"Medicine today invests heavily in information technology, yet the promised improvement in patient safety and productivity frankly have not been realized," said Peter Pronovost, MD, an expert in the topic and senior vice president for Patient Safety and Quality and director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins, at the hearing.
Pronovost has been among the critics of the government program, raising questions about the program's design and lack of transparency.
[See also: Deaths by medical mistakes hit records.]
Also, the watchdog organization the Leapfrog Group continues to spotlight the failings that go on in hospitals day in and day out.
For example, the most recent survey from Leapfrog shows that on computerized physician order entry, even more than a decade later, big problems remain. The increase in uptake of CPOE technology is promising for patient safety. The most recent survey from The Leapfrog Group shows that on computerized physician order entry, even more than a decade later, big problems remain. The increase in uptake of CPOE technology is promising for patient safety. But, deploying CPOE is not enough.
[See also: Double down on patient safety and Medical errors hit home.]
HHS data show that in 2013 alone, almost 35,000 fewer patients died in hospitals, and approximately 800,000 fewer incidents of harm occurred, saving approximately $8 billion, Burwell noted.
Hospital-acquired conditions include adverse drug events, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central line associated bloodstream infections, pressure ulcers, and surgical site infections, among others.
HHS' AHRQ analyzed the incidence of a number of avoidable hospital-acquired conditions compared with 2010 rates and used as a baseline estimate of deaths and excess healthcare costs developed when the government's Partnership for Patients initiative was launched. The results update the data showing improvement for 2012 that were released in May.
"Never before have we been able to bring so many hospitals, clinicians and experts together to share in a common goal – improving patient care," said Rich Umbdenstock, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, in a press statement. "We have built an 'infrastructure of improvement' that will aid hospitals and the healthcare field for years to come and has spurred the results you see today."
To drive progress on how care is provided, HHS is focused on improving the coordination and integration of healthcare, engaging patients more deeply in decision-making and improving the health of patients – with a priority on prevention and wellness, according to Burwell.
The efforts include the federal Partnership for Patients initiative and Hospital Engagement Networks, Quality Improvement Organizations, and many other public and private partners.
In 2011, HHS set a goal of improving patient safety through the Partnership for Patients, which targets a specific set of hospital-acquired conditions for reductions. Public and private partners are working collaboratively – including hospitals and other health care providers – to identify and spread best practices and solutions to reduce hospital-acquired conditions and readmissions.
Patrick Conway, MD, CMS deputy administrator for innovation and quality and chief medical officer, said in a news release: "As a practicing physician in the hospital setting, I know how important it is to keep patients as safe as possible. These collaborative efforts are rapidly moving healthcare safety in the right direction."
"AHRQ has developed the evidence base and many of the tools that hospitals have used to achieve this dramatic decline in patient harms," added AHRQ director Richard Kronick, in a press statement. "Additionally, AHRQ's work in measuring adverse events, performed as part of the Partnership for Patients, made it possible to track the rate of change in these harms nationwide and chart the progress being made."
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2009:21 The geological history of the Baltic Sea a review of the literature and investigation tools
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2009:19 Review of SKB's Quality Assurance Programme
SKB is preparing a license application for the construction of a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Sweden. This application will be supported by the safety assessment SR-Site for the post-closure phase. The assessment of long-term safety is based on a broad range of experimentalInnehållstyp: Publikationer
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For the non-sorbing tracer uranine, both the finite and the semi-infinite populations play a distinct role in controlling BTC. For the sorbing tracers Cs and Rb the finite population does not saturate, but acts essentially semi-infinite, thus the BTC behaviour is comparable to that obtained forInnehållstyp: Publikationer
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Opening of fractures induced by shear dilation or normal deformation can be a significant source of fracture permeability change in jointed rock, which is important for the performance assessment of geological repositories for spent nuclear fuel. As the repository generates heat and later coolsInnehållstyp: Publikationer
2008:10 International Expert Review of SR-Can: Engineered Barrier Issues
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The sinoatrial node (SA Node, or SAN), also called the sinus node, is the initiator of electrical impulses within the heart, triggering the heart to beat, or contract, by firing off electrical surges. Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a disorder of the heart's electrical impulse formation within the sinus node. It is also a disorder of the conduction of the electrical impulse out of the sinus node. Sick sinus syndrome will also affect subsidiary (backup) pacemakers and the specialized conduction system of the heart. Pacemaker refers to the generation of electrical impulses within the muscle tissue, which set the pace for the heart's rhythm.
On an electrocardiogram (ECG), the irregular contraction of the heart (arrhythmia) will be visible. Tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome, in which the heart beats too slowly, and then too quickly, is a variant of sick sinus syndrome. Clinical signs of sick sinus syndrome in animals will become apparent when organs begin to dysfunction because they are not receiving a normal amount of blood supply.
This syndrome can affect both dogs and cats. If you would like to learn more about how this disease affects cats, please visit this page in the PetMD health library.
Some dogs will not show any symptoms of sick sinus syndrome, especially if they tend to be fairly inactive under normal circumstances. Generally, the symptoms that will present are:
The causes for this condition are mostly unknown. Some of the suspected relationships to SSS are genetic, since some breeds, like the miniature schnauzer, appear to be predisposed; another cause is heart disease that is cutting off the blood supply to or from the heart and disrupting normal heart function, including the electrical functionality; and, cancer in the thoracic or pulmonary (both refer to the chest) region may also lead to SSS.
Your veterinarian will perform a complete physical exam, including a blood chemical profile, a complete blood count, a urinalysis, and an electrolyte panel to verify proper organ function. You will need to give your doctor a thorough history of your dog's health, including a background history and onset of symptoms, and possible incidents or recent health conditions that might have precipitated this condition. The history you provide may give your veterinarian clues as to which organs are being affected secondarily.
A provocative atropine response test may be done to assess sinus node function. This test uses the drug atropine to stimulate the firing action (sending electrical impulses out) of the SA Node. Dogs with SSS generally will have no response, or will have an incomplete response to the atropine.
An ECG may be indicated in certain breeds which are predisposed to SSS, as these same breeds are often predisposed to other diseases of the heart valves (the valves that separate the four chambers of the heart). Hence, if there is a heart murmur, disease of any of the heart's valves should first be ruled out.
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The internet is a major part of our daily lives, as college students and as American citizens. In our globalized world, it has become an essential resource for us. Yet, because of the Trump administration, an argument that lessened under the Obama administration in 2015 has been renewed: The debate over net neutrality. Net neutrality is the idea of a free and open internet, and without it, internet service providers (ISPs) could limit one's access to information. This means that users could have to pay more money for access to different sites or faster speeds, essentially changing the way we use the internet.
The new Federal Communications Commission chairman for the Trump Administration, Ajit Pai, is a strong opponent of the current net neutrality rules. He wants to change them, but this would be difficult because of the probable backlash from the community. The FCC relies on public support for their issues, like any other government agency, and restrictions on the Internet is unlike to garner much support.
However, if these laws do change, it could damage everyone, including college students. College students rely on the internet for everything from education to entertainment. Internet services are already expensive as is, so students could not afford a raise in prices. College is expensive enough as is, and paying for the internet could increase the disadvantage that low-income students have when trying to earn their education.
Many people today rely on the internet for both their work and private life. So, we must protect it. Net neutrality rules should be kept in place in order to promote regulation and reduce exploitation for the good of all of its users.
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So, the pattern that I started with the colors is "Mocking Bird". I am not sure what the fabric is that I had in my stash but after looking at the colors next to it I figured it was a go. I am not the best at selecting fabric. Guess I need to learn and now is the time to try.
I also got some work done on the class project. I really cannot wait to finish this one and try my hand at finishing this myself.
Coni, if you think you have issues with Stewey not picking up his toys take a look at what my Josie is up to tonight. Not only did she pull out most of her toys she then decided she was too bored to play any more. I think the two of them need to meet and have a lesson on how to pick up their toys. Cannot leave all that fun to their Mommies.... Can we.....
Recently while reviewing several other blogger's sites I ran across a finished project of Haberdashery Designs that I have to try. It is called Voodoo Boy. I have picked up a 28 count black joblean (spelling - not sure about) and from my stash of threads I found some the brightest DMC colors. I have several of these to make. Voodoo Boy seems to be a needed stress release for some workers I know. The names are being left off to protect the innocent.


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This simple salad is one of our favorite ways to eat carrots because they absorb the dressing making every bite a delicious medley of sweet carrot and tangy dressing.
We toss organic shredded carrots with organic lemon juice that we've freshly squeezed, Savory Spice Shop freshly ground and toasted cumin, organic parsley, organic extra virgin olive oil and Real sea salt.
Pint serves 4. Half Pint serves 2. Price includes $1.25 jar deposit.
Keeps well for at least 4 days.
After that it lasts and tastes good but will lose its crunch. I, Susanna, actually like to saute it briefly sometimes for a different carrot experience or add it to meat for tacos.