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What should the postal vehicle of the future look like? The U.S. Postal Service recently put that question to its carriers and vehicle maintenance personnel and is currently reviewing the feedback. It's an important question because the delivery fleet is aging and the Postal Service needs to quickly replace it. In fact, our recent audit on the topic found the current fleet can only meet delivery needs through fiscal year 2017 – and that assumes no unexpected decrease in vehicle inventory or increase in the number of motorized routes.
About 142,000 long-life vehicles (LLVs) out of the 190,000-vehicle total delivery fleet are near or have exceeded their expected service life. Replacing these aging vehicles is daunting, particularly given the Postal Service's financial constraints.
But fleet replacement isn't just a major challenge; it's also a big opportunity. Because the LLVs are up to 27 years old, they aren't as fuel efficient as newer models. They also lack many of the safety features now considered standard for vehicle fleets, such as back-up cameras, front airbags, and anti-lock brakes. The next generation of vehicles can incorporate the latest safety and environmental bells and whistles, which will protect employees, cut down on fuel costs, and help the Postal Service meet its sustainability goals. Also, given the growth in packages, new vehicle designs could address the challenges of larger and irregularly shaped items.
The Postal Service has a short- and long-term vehicle fleet acquisition strategy, but we found the plan lacks details such as vehicle specifications and green technology features. Also, despite 3 years of effort, the plan has not been approved or fully funded due primarily to the Postal Service's lack of capital. Given the urgent need to upgrade the fleet, we are encouraging the Postal Service to make some incremental purchases while formalizing a more specific long-term plan for the next generation of LLVs.
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Looking not just to win the NCAA Division I women's basketball championship, but also to be the first team to win 40 games in one season and to do it without a single loss on the way, the Baylor Lady Bears achieved all that last night with an 80-61 win over Notre Dame.
Superstar Brittney Griner again led Baylor. She had 26 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks.
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Russia's Wild wins parallel slalom to complete snowboard sweep
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- Facing a nearly impossible deficit against a four-time world champion he'd never outraced, all the unorthodox choices snowboarder Vic Wild made to keep his career alive converged over 30 glorious seconds of perfection.
His banged-up body patched together by the best doctors his adopted country can provide, his perfectly assembled board riding like a lightning bolt, his newfound fans screaming his name and waving a very different kind of red, white and blue, the man who eschewed his homeland for his heart, made Olympic history.
Gold for Russia. Again. And maybe more than a little vindication too.
Wild rallied to victory in the men's parallel slalom on Saturday, stunning Austria's Benjamin Karl in the semifinal then edging Zan Kosir by .11 seconds to cap four dizzying days that validated his decision three years ago to marry Russian snowboarder Alena Zavarzina and move to Moscow with his talent in tow.
The 27-year-old native of White Salmon, Wash., but now residing in Moscow won the parallel giant slalom Wednesday then bookended it with an even more stunning triumph in the Olympic debut of the shorter, trickier parallel slalom race.
The roars of "Vitya" still ringing in his ears after a raucous flower celebration, Wild exhaled; the pressure valve that's been a fixture in his life since he left the U.S. was finally released.
"I continued snowboarding because I thought I could do something special," he said. "I thought I had never reached my potential (in the U.S.) and I wanted to see how good I could get. That's why I'm a Russian."
Yep, a "full-on Russian," as his brother, Mike, calls him.
One who was burned out and frustrated by a lack of attention from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, which pours more resources into the halfpipe and slopestyle, where Americans captured five medals.
Wild's relationship with Zavarzina led to a Siberian wedding in 2011. His new passport provided better support from a lightly regarded Russian team anxious to make a splash in Sochi.
It culminated in the kind of success Wild refused to dream about while competing for his native country. He even received congratulations Saturday from President Vladimir Putin, who praised Wild for proving that "sports fate smiles on the most talented, driven and strongest in spirit."
Wild's win in the PGS came 10 minutes after his wife earned bronze in the same event. Zavarzina didn't make it out of the elimination round on Saturday, but was there at the finish line as her husband put together the run of a lifetime.
A rare miscue in the first round of the semifinals left Wild trailing Karl by 1.12 seconds -- the equivalent of a football team losing by 10 with 1 minute left. Sprinting down the decidedly faster blue course, Wild's hand crossed the line a scant .04 ahead of Karl. Wild flexed in euphoria after finally topping the 2010 silver medalist.
"I thought this would be a great place to beat him for the first time," Wild said. "It's one of best experiences I ever had on the snowboard."
He did it on a busted shin that received treatment from the Russian Olympic hockey team doctor -- and on a snowboard assembled by a wax technician who turned it into a five-foot bullet.
Though Wild understands the mixed reaction back home, he refuses to let it get him down.
"No matter what you do in your life, people are going to hate you," he said. "That's just the way it is, but I've had so much support."
The kind he couldn't find while skiing for USSA. Wild talked about having to travel with the Japanese team on the road while competing as an American and knows all too well the plight of former U.S. teammate Justin Reiter, who failed to make it out of qualifying on Saturday.
Reiter sometimes lives out of the back of his truck to keep expenses down, but he was there between races for Wild, offering advice as the number of racers dwindled from 16 in the early heats to one gold medalist.
Before Wild, Chris Klug was the closest thing there was to a famous American-born snowboard racer. Klug's big day came 12 years ago at the Salt Lake City Games when he won a bronze medal -- after having a liver transplant 19 months earlier.
"Those should've been American gold medals," Klug said.
However, the USSA doesn't regret putting its money where the medals are.
"Vic found a very unique opportunity with Russia in the lead up to Sochi and took advantage of it," USSA executive vice president Luke Bodensteiner said. "Good for him and we respect his decision."
Though Wild's golden runs will won't change much in the U.S, the $250,000 he'll earn from Russia for his work at the Extreme Park will certainly help him and his wife upgrade from their 300-square foot apartment.
"I'm pretty content with my life," he said. "I've got a great wife to go home to. The medals help ease the mind and allow me at least to move and to not be so tight."
Julia Dujmovits of Austria won gold in the women's race. Anke Karstens of Germany took silver and teammate Amelie Kober overcame a badly injured elbow to earn bronze.


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The Ormers have the Bourdelots on the ropes after last weeks dominating performance, but Jersey isn't beaten yet. A win in one of the two Matches played in St. Helier will keep them alive to see the final match.
Both teams lineups have been fortified with new talent and they've both got something to prove out there.
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What is funny about both of these words is that they are -ly forms being used unusually as adjectives, rather than adverbs. Funnier still is the very limited way in which we use them. Typical adjectives can modify nouns in two ways:
Attributively -- that is, within the noun phrase:
the sick parrotand
Predicatively -- after a linking verb
The parrot is/seems/feels/smells sick
Poorly only goes in predicative position:
The parrot is/seems/feels poorly.*the poorly parrotThat's not so odd, since there are some other adjectives, like glad, that only like to be in predicative position.
(* always indicates ungrammatical/unnatural phrasings)
But badly is funnier still. It doesn't like to be in attributive position, and seems only to go in predicative position after the verb feel:
I feel badly?The parrot is/seems badly*the badly parrotUsing badly as an adjective after feel creates an ambiguity between the adjectival interpretation and the adverbial interpretation:
The parrot feels badlyNow, why would people go out of their way to add an -ly to the familiar adjective bad when (a) they don't need to, and (b) it introduces an unhelpful ambiguity?adjective reading: 'The parrot doesn't feel good.'
adverb reading: 'The parrot isn't good at feeling.' (perhaps because parrots don't have hands!)
I have two hypotheses. First, maybe people use badly after feel because they're trying to say the opposite of I feel well. Well is an adjective in that case, but it's also an adverb (as in The parrot sings well), and the opposite of the adverb well is badly. So, if you want to say the opposite of I feel well, then it might seem like you should say I feel badly. This could be considered to be a case of hypercorrection (see sense 2 in the linked Wikipedia definition).
My problem with this hypothesis is that I can imagine myself saying I feel badly, but not I am badly. It's hard to search for such things on the web (since you get lots of examples like I am badly dressed or badly in need of a haircut), but the two examples I've found of of I am badly meaning 'I am unwell' are both by French speakers using English--an interference error from French. If we're just using badly to match well, then it would stand to reason that one could say I AM badly, since one can say I AM well. But I can't find much evidence of native English speakers doing that.
My other hypothesis relates more to how I would use I feel badly--which may not be how everyone else uses it, so let me know if you're different. If I'm feeling unwell, I'd say I feel bad (or, if I'm trying to be misguidedly Britishy, I feel poorly). But if I'm regretting something, I might say I feel badly about killing your parrot. (Just an example--no parrots were harmed in the writing of this blog.) I feel badly is limited in this case to emotional states, rather than physical ones. It turns out it's not just my hypothesis, as I've just found this, which makes the same conjecture. Hm, should've done that bit of the research before writing all this.
Now this is NOT the sense of badly that the OED lists as dialectal in Britain. That one means 'unwell, indisposed'. They don't have a lot of examples of it, and the last one is from 1966. So, it looks like badly='regretful, hurt, otherwise emotionally unwell' IS an Americanism.
According to a 1993 addition to the OED, poorly has come to be euphemistically used to mean 'seriously ill'. I believe that this is specifically BrE. They give these examples:
1979 Guardian 31 Jan. 4/4 Last night Adrian was said to be 'poorly' in the burns unit of a hospital. 1988 Times 8 Jan. 2/7 Yesterday he was on oxygen and I was up with him all night. He hasn't needed oxygen today but he is still quite poorly. Ibid. 15 Nov. 3/6 Nine children were..still receiving hospital treatment... Two were in a 'poorly condition'.I nevertheless maintain that I was justified in using poorly to describe my post-Pimms hangover last weekend. I was verily hospitali{s/z}able.
So: Americans do you use poorly? If so, how sick is a person who is poorly?
And: BrE speakers, do you use badly? If so, is it an emotional or physical state?


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Introduction Staff Nurse V Assistant Department Manager Float Pool by Employment Services Team TYPICAL DUTIES Supervises staff and assists with management of the unit or units; assists in planning and implementing staff schedules; assists in assigning work to professional, para-professional and technical staff in order to best utilize the skills of personnel and to maintain a high quality of patient care; evaluates performance of and disciplines assigned personnel, including subordinate supervisory staff; participates in the selection of new employees. Supervises staff and assists with management of the unit or units; assists in planning and implementing staff schedules; assists in assigning work to professional, para-professional and technical staff in order to best utilize the skills of personnel and to maintain a high quality of patient care; evaluates performance of and disciplines assigned personnel, including subordinate supervisory staff; participates in the selection of new employees. Participates in formulating, interpreting and implementing policies, procedures, and standards of nursing care; assists in coordinating the services of the unit with other hospital divisions; may oversee and coordinate insurance billing and reimbursement-related procedures for the unit; may develop and implement various quality control measures; assists with development and maintenance of the department budget. Participates in initiating the nursing process and performing clinical patient care, including therapeutic measures prescribed by medical authority within the limits of the Nurse Practice Act and department policy; participates in preparation and implementation of written nursing care plans for individual patients. Evaluates the total nursing needs of the patient including physical, psychological, spiritual, cultural and socio-economic; participates in planning, coordinating and administering total patient care; evaluates symptoms, reactions, and progress. Participates with clinical staff in working with patients and families through teaching, counseling, and other methodology in order to help them understand, cope with, and accept illness, treatment, and therapy; assists in self care strategies; may supervise and participate in therapy groups, individual counseling and family conferences as necessary; may provide crisis intervention, crisis stabilization and follow-up therapy; may make crisis referrals as required. Keeps records of patient's health care treatment and/or hospital stay; prepares reports and standard forms; initiates and completes performance improvement and other studies in cooperation with management. Maintains and updates knowledge base and nursing skills by reading literature, attending workshops, lectures, conferences, and classes as may be required by the Administration of the Department of Health Care Services. Participates on committees as assigned; may represent the department to outside organizations as assigned. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS KNOWLEDGE Theory, practices and techniques of nursing, particularly in area of specialty; current trends and developments in the practice of nursing; goals of patient care; current medical treatment methods, standards, equipment and supplies; nursing staffing patterns; basic principles of management and supervision; leadership skills; safety principles and practices; applicable Federal and State laws as related to patient care. ABILITY Assign, supervise, train, assist and evaluate members of a nursing service unit; prepare and maintain records, charts, reports, and statistical data; deal with patients empathetically and respectfully while performing treatments prescribed; instruct patients in self care and preventative health strategies; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; maintain a safe facility environment; maintain cohesiveness and communication as a team during high stress; establish and maintain effective customer service; coordinate the several types of services which may be necessary for appropriate care; assist other staff in understanding current psycho-physiological aspects of illness; set priorities; work effectively under pressure; supervise and participate effectively in performance improvement processes; provides and promotes a positive learning environment. PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS Mobility -Constant walking; frequent operation of a keyboard; standing for long periods of time, pushing/pulling, bending and squatting; occasional sitting for long periods of time, running, climbing stairs and climbing; Frequency of Lifting -Frequent restraining lifting/turning of heavy objects or people; Visual Requirements -Constant need for overall vision, color and depth perception, hand/eye coordination, and field of vision/peripheral vision; frequent reading and close up work; Dexterity -Frequent holding, reaching, grasping, repetitive motion and writing; Hearing/Talking -Constant hearing of normal speech; frequent hearing and talking on telephone or radio; occasional hearing of faint sounds and talking over public address; Emotional/Psychological Factors -Constant concentration and public contact; occasional exposure to hazardous materials; frequent exposure to emergency situations, including trauma, grief and death, decision making, working weekends and nights; occasional work at heights, working alone and overtime; Environmental Conditions -Frequent exposure to assaultive behavior by clients; occasional exposure to noise, cold/heat, and hazardous materials, dirt, dust, smoke, fumes and poor ventilation. Equal Opportunity Employer San Joaquin County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and is committed to providing equal employment to all without regard to age, ancestry, color, creed, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation or belief, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. For more information go to www.sjgov.org/department/hr/eeo . Accomodations for those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): San Joaquin County complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and, upon request, will consider reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. BENEFITS Health Insurance : San Joaquin County provides full-time employees and part-time employees eligible for benefits with a choice of three health plans: a Kaiser Plan, a Select Plan, and a Premier Plan. Employees pay a portion of the cost of the premiums.Dependent coverage is available for all plans. Dental Insurance : The County provides employees with a choice of two dental plans: Delta Dental and United Health Care-Select Managed Care Direct Compensation Plan. There is no cost for employee only coverage in either plan; dependent coverage is available at the employee's expense. Vision Insurance : The County provides vision coverage through Vision Service Plan (VSP). There is no cost for employee only coverage; dependent coverage is available at the employee's expense. For more detailed information on the County's benefits program, visit our website at www.sjgov.org under Human Resources/Benefits. Life Insurance : The County provides eligible employees with life insurance coverage as follows: 1 but less than 3 years of continuous service: $1,000 3 but less than 5 years of continuous service: $3,000 5 but less than 10 years of continuous service: $5,000 10 years of continuous service or more: $10,000 Employees may purchase additional term life insurance up to a maximum of $200,000 at the group rate. 125 Flexible Benefits Plan : This is a voluntary program that allows employees to use pre-tax dollars to pay for health-related expenses that are not paid by a medical, dental or vision plan (Health Flexible Spending Account $2550 annual limit with a $500 carry over); and dependent care costs (Dependent Care Assistance Plan $5000 annual limit). Retirement Plan : Employees of the County are covered by the County Retirement Act of 1937. Please visit the San Joaquin County Employees' Retirement Association (SJCERA) at www.sjcera.org for more information. NOTE: If you are receiving a retirement allowance from another California county covered by the County Employees' Retirement Act of 1937 or from any governmental agency covered by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS), you are advised to contact the Retirement Officer of the Retirement Plan from which you retired to determine what effect employment in San Joaquin County would have on your retirement allowance. Deferred Compensation : The County maintains a deferred compensation plan under Section 457 of the IRS code. You may annually contribute $18,000 or 100% of your includible compensation, whichever is less. Individuals age 50 or older may contribute to their plan, up to $24,000.The Roth IRA (after tax) is also now available. Vacation : Maximum earned vacation is 15 days each year up to 10 years; 20 days after 10 years; and 23 days after 20 years. Accrual rate is prorated for part-time employees eligible for benefits. Holiday : 14 paid holidays per year. Educational Leave : Each fiscal year, department heads grant 40 hours to full-time employees or 24 hours to part-time employees eligible for benefits of educational leave that are not carried beyond the end of the fiscal year. Sick Leave : 12 working days of sick leave annually with unlimited accumulation. Sick leave incentive : An employee is eligible to receive eight hours administrative leave if the leave balance equals at least one-half of the cumulative amount that the employee is eligible to accrue. The employee must also be on payroll during the entire calendar year. Bereavement Leave : 3 days of paid leave for the death of an immediate family member, 2 additional days of accrued leave for death of employee's spouse, domestic partner, parent or child. Merit Salary Increase : New employees will receive the starting salary, which is the first step of the salary range. After employees serve 52 weeks (2080 hours) on each step of the range (1840 hours for part-time employees), they are eligible for a merit increase to the next step. Standby Pay : Employees designated by appointing authority to be in standby status is compensated at 33.33% of their regular hourly rate. Educational Supplement: Any bargaining unit nurse who meets at least one of the following criteria will receive an Educational Supplement equal to 5% of their base salary: For those classifications that require an Associate's Degree of Nursing, the nurse has a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing. (Nurses who work in Mental Health may substitute a Bachelor's Degree in Pyschology or Social Worker for a degree in Nursing.) For those classifications that require a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing, the nurse has a Master's of Science in Nursing. Possess National or approved International certification in the specialty area in which the nurse currently is assigned. Possess CCRN Certification and active ACLS Certificate. Provide proof of completion of a critical care class and active ACLS Certificate. License/Certificate Fees : The County provides reimbursement for specific classifications under the CNA MOU for fees required to renew State required license/certification. Fees associated with initial license/certification will not be covered. Pre-Employment Physical Exam : If required, will be conducted at San Joaquin County General Hospital at no cost to the employee. Job Sharing : Any regular, permanent full-time employee may agree to job-share a position, subject to approval by a Department Head and the Director of Human Resources. Educational Reimbursement Program : The County offers an Educational Reimbursement Program. Eligible employees (civil service and part-time eligible for benefits) may be reimbursed for career-related course work taken on the employee's own time up to $850 per fiscal year; an employee enrolled in an approved degree program may be reimbursed up to$800 per semester for a maximum of $1600 per fiscal yearper fiscal year. Parking Supplemental Downtown Stockton : The County contributes up to $17 per pay period for employees who pay for parking and are assigned to work in the Downtown Core Area. School Activities : Employees may take up to 40 hours per year, but not more than eight (8) hours per month, to participate in their children's school activities. Selection Procedures Applicants for part-time recruitments who meet the minimum qualifications are either referred to the hiring department for further selection or they may be required to take a written examination. If a written examination is given, the top candidates may be referred to the hiring department for further selection. Testing Accommodation: Candidates who require testing accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) must call Human Resources Division at (209) 468-3370 prior to the examination date. Physical Exam : Some classifications require physical examinations. Final appointment cannot be made until the eligible has passed the physical examination. The County pays for physical examinations administered in its medical facilities. Pre-employment Drug Screening Exam : Some classifications require a new employee successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen as a condition of employment. Final appointment cannot be made until the eligible has passed the drug screen. The County pays for the initial drug screen. 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Chad Billingsley (11-9, 3.01) vs. Matt Cain (7-9, 3.60).
COMMENTS: No comments after last night's disastrous loss.
Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture, and life in general.
Chad Billingsley (11-9, 3.01) vs. Matt Cain (7-9, 3.60).
COMMENTS: No comments after last night's disastrous loss.
Kemp, CF
Ethier, RF
Kent, 2B
Ramirez, LF
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Blake, 3B
Berroa, SS
Billingsley, P
Ethier again! Love it. Although Loney batting behind Ramirez gives him more opportunities to GIDP.
Urgh, Kemp stole second base, He reached first by single. Ethier's up.
Rowand robbed Ethier.
Manny HBP. King James is up.
King James flied out on the first pitch.
Orange-lack already scored, defeating the Dodgers 1-0. One out.
Epale, Karina! Hard to tune in again after last night's debacle.
It was heartbreaking. Theme of the week.
Epale, Orel!. I 'm watching on TV.
4-0 D'backs, 2nd inning. First place will not be ours today...again.
It ain't over till it's over, Orel. We gotta have faith and hope.
Another triple for Ethier!
Ethier with a triple!
Ethier's lifetime average against Matt Cain: 521.
Your optimism is indefatigable, Karina!
Game is tied! good work, Ethier and Kent.
It is. It worked, they just tied the game. Besides, we know this is a young aces match, therefore not many tuns will be scored.
King James with another interesting choice of shades.
SF men at the corners, one out.
Giants are stranding men too....
Bills got out of the jam!
Do you like Loney's new sunglasses?
I don't know yet, i guess it's the colored glasses...
Dodgers are stranding more men than Gilligan's Island!
Dodgers have stranded seven men in 4 innings.
3-1 Giants. This sucks.
Bills is getting singled to death.
Kemp saves Bills' bacon!
He's been getting himself in jams since the game started. The giants have left 13 runners on base, so this score could be considered minimal damage.
Hahahahahahahaha, Orel!
Kemp triples! One-man wrecking crew!
Kemp trying to save saving Bills bacon with his bat, another triple!
Yay, Andre!
Ethier with the RBI single!
C'mon Manny, tie this up. Or better....
Troncoso is on the bullpen.
AMS (Another Man Stranded)
Dbacks 6-Braves 1
Kemp is a stud
Kemp with a double, a triple and a stolen base.
Ethier hit a triple and a RBI single.
Pierre? grounded out.
I think Torre should consider this sample size.
Was that Giants fan who interfered with Kemp's ball in play smart or dumb?
Dumb, as most fans' interferences.
My mom is in the room right now when Ethier is at the plate.
Ethier draws a walk! he definitely owns Cain.
Two on, two out, Manny up....
Lets go Manny
Ah, but the fan prevented Kemp from getting a triple.
Ethier is a handsome young man.
How lovely would be some long ball right now?
It would be lovely.
woooo manny
Odds on Broxton appearing in this game?
It is lovely. Good job, Manuel Aristides!
126 pitches for Cain. How little does Bochy trust his bullpen?
russ is in a slumb :(
Mom sees Ethier drawing the walk, she says: that's the handsome young man!. She asks if he started, i say he did, then she goes to ask how he has done so far, i tell her, she says:
"Not only he's handsome, he seems to be a good ballplayer. I don't see why he can't start everyday"
Today is the 16th anniversary of Wilson Alvarez's no hit-no run.
Nice avatar, Damon!
berroa is horrible I can't wait for furcal to come back. Shit Hu would probably do better than berroa/ozuna
Vin just said Nomar might be back Tuesday.
Thanks Orel. It's not a dodger one but you really can't go wrong with the ryan express
Kuo in....
That was an unforgettable baseball moment in your avatar, Damon.
trancoso should only be pitching in mopup
"Tim McClelland, I love you pal, but boy are you tough." —Vin, on McClelland's late strike calls
No damage done. Dodgers still win. Kemp, Ethier and Kent are next.
On the TV they said Brox is not available today.
Blond Kuo?
Kuo is a better hitter than Pierre. And faster than him too
I feel you're in a bitter mood, Damon.
Go Kuo! Go Kuo!
Winn singles, and we still got lucky on the play.
Smart approach to the ball, Ethier.
Now, i'm worried.
Martin with the fancy-pants sliding catch of Vizquel's botched bunt!
Rancho Ardiendo. One out. Bad defense by Blake.
Game tied. Do you hear my heart breaking?
I can't fucking believe this.
Velez, if you hurt my son Martin, we'll have a great problem.
Dodgers can't afford to lose Martin, even when he's in a slump.
This is humiliating. A couple of walk-offs in a 3-game series, against the Giants.
This is the end of a very forgettable week.
I don't believe what I just saw.
I'm worried about Martin.
I hope this bullpen straightens up tomorrow. Phillies are a very offensive team. If not, they are way in much trouble.
4/3 vs. SF (W, 5-4): Sax
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Is This Anything?
So here's the muslin of what I came up with, made out of old curtains! Not bad, eh? What do you think? The only thing I'm really having trouble figuring out is the length of the lapels, and that's why the lapels are two different lengths in the muslin. In these two illustrations below, they vary quite a bit. The one on the left is from the pattern envelope, and the one on the right is from VoNBBS. See where they end in respect to the bustline?
I toyed around a bit with the length on my muslin, as you can see in the picture above. (The left lapel is shorter than the right.) Which do you think is better? Also, remember that the seam allowances will make everything 5/8" shorter.
I'm leaning towards the shorter lapel version; I think it's a bit kickier.
But, nit picking aside, I'm pleased as punch with myself that I might have figured this out. Especially since I already had planned a skirt to go with this version of the bolero. Vogue 8603, view A, which is a knock-off of a Nanette Lepore piece. It has ruching on the hips and a gathered ruffle in the back. Cute, right?
The whole ensemble will be made in a wool gabardine in a color I've been describing as "plum," but that could be inaccurate.
Anyway, I'd love your thoughts and feedback on my muslin!
32 comments:
Congrats on your drafting. You should pick whichever length looks best on you. I note both illustrations show the lapel hitting just below the sleeve length, so that could be a guide. Also, is there a facing piece? If so that might give you a length.
Secondly, the skirt -- ruching? not on these hips, baby! I've looked at that pattern, and while it's pretty in the abstract, in person I fear it would draw attention to all the wrong elements of my figure. I look forward to seeing it on a real person, though.
Together -- I think these cropped jackets look great with skirts that are trim and show off the waist, so they should be a nice match.Based on the two Vogue illustrations rather than the muslin, I prefer the slightly longer/ Doris one, which I find more elegant. To me, there's too much of a differential between lengths front and back on the VoNBBS picture, and the way it starts just under the bust line tends to focus the eye on that area (making Vogue lady's bust look much bigger than in the longer version, although it might also be because her bolero is white on a black dress which makes it stand out more). Looking at the muslin, I'd also go for the longer one (bearing in mind it'll be the length of the shorter one by the time seam allowances kick in).
ReplyDeleteI like the one on the left!! And I agree....the thought of ruching over the hip? eeek!
did you think of printing out the illo in the book and scaling it to your other pattern sizes? I have done that to replace pattern pieces and it's actually worked out fine. And you'd even have your notches and dots correct.You are amazing that you were able to draft the missing piece. I think you're right that the lapel on the left is kickier, more you, more fun. This jacket is going to be so darling. I can't wait to see the final version on you. I don't know how you have time to do all the sewing you do and work full time. We need to learn your secrets of time management.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousOctober 15, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Well done! I think shorter IS indeed kickier, and the ruching looks awesome!
-Sandra - AnonymousOctober 15, 2009 at 11:44 AM
I am only 5'3" so I would choose the longer one to lengthen my torso...I think that the shorter one would make me looked chopped...but that's if it were on me. I agree with the comment that a good guide would be to follow the length of the sleeve and keep them the same. I do like the curtains you have used, very pretty! I once made a jumper (1980's) out of a floral bedsheet and someone said to me, "I have sheets just like that" and I replied, "I use to!".
I think plum will be a lovely Autmun color for you :) - AnonymousOctober 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM
I would opt for the longer length & to add my southern 2 cents worth - the old curtains idea as not only very "Von Trapp" of you, but very "Scarlet O'Hara" as well!
ReplyDelete That's right: hip ruching! In my imagination, it will make my hourglassiness look even more hourglassy. But, you know, I've been wrong before.
There should be a facing piece, but Doris lost that too.
Hmm, secrets of time management? I'm by no means an expert, but maybe I'll post on the topic! Thanks for the idea.I'm also in the shorter lapel camp. I think the main difference between the two illustrations is the length of the back in relation to the front, not the length of the lapel in relation to the front edge (if that makes sense).
Also, I really like the skirt you've chosen. Personally, when I wear rushing, it is usually in the waist area, and it makes my waist look smaller than it really is, so I'm not at all convinced that it would make your hips look bigger.I think the longer lapel would end up looking better. I can't imagine many women would want the end of a jacket lapel to point to their bust, effectively accentuating it, if it's medium to large size. If you're relatively small busted then the shorter length could work. But my preference is the slighter longer look. I think it will look fabulous with the ruched skirt and I can't wait to see it finished.
ReplyDeleteThe line of the shorter (on the left) version is lovely! And the skirt is luscious. Like others of your readers, I've been eyeing that pattern and wondering if ruching on the hips will be the best disguise ever for a less than svelte silhouette ... or if it will make an unsightly situation worse. I expect your outfit will be stunning.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousOctober 15, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Love the left lapel, but have question about the draft, did the CB seam end up on the bias? Don't know which fabric you're using, but if the front ens up on the straight grin, then the shawl collar won't roll properly and the front hem wil end up following biasline, and may unreasonably stretch to begin with.
ReplyDelete I think the left lapel is the more accurate, because it looks like the bottom edge runs more parallel to the floor, which is what the two drawings look like they do. And it just looks crisper, somehow.
And I like the front ruching on the skirt. But maybe that means you don't necessarily want a "crisp' front. Maybe softer would be better.
I have to go. There's a hair over in that corner that needs to be split, pronto.- elizabetheOctober 15, 2009 at 8:50 PM
How do you solve a problem like Doris?
How do you pin her pattern pieces down.
How do you shape the pieces lost by Doris?
With missing lapels, and facings lost, not found.
Many's the thing you wish that you could tell her
Many's the piece she should have put away.
But how do you find a way
To scold her today
When you know she did her sewing in the past
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Doris
You'll have to draft that bolero lapel by hand. elizabethe, you are quite the poet!
Gertie, you are quite the designer!
I think you should make the one that you like best on you! Personally, I think it is difficult to make a decision based upon the way it looks on a dummy. I am long and don't think any dummy would be shaped like me! The long lapels would probably be short on my body!- AnonymousOctober 16, 2009 at 1:09 AM
You are just too amazing! Like the shorter version unless you are making it for a dressier mode.
ReplyDelete Gertie, a friend of mine has a very similar skirt with ruched hip panels, and it does indeed make her hour glass figure even curvier - so good choice of pattern I think. Also, started reading your blog a week or so ago and am finding it most inspiring, and it might even prompt a bit of winter sewing! Cheers, emily
ReplyDeleteBravo at your pattern drafting! :D Looks like you did a superb job at it--both lapel versions are looking fantastic. ;) Though like you, I'm leaning towards the shorter one; it just relates to the rest of the design better.
I really love that skirt pattern--it's so sassy! The entire thing made up in plum wool is going to be absolutely stunning--you are going to look fantastic Gertie! :)- elizabetheOctober 16, 2009 at 2:21 PM
I was so inspired by your curtain muslin, it just demanded a response. - AnonymousOctober 18, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Another vote for the shorter one. Great job drafting... Can't wait to see it made up!
ReplyDelete The left one, no doubt. It's got a lot more energy in the lines than the right one, I think.
The skirt makes me think of Burdastyle's Kasia (http://www.burdastyle.com/patterns/kasia), a free pattern that looks great on all different shapes. Loads of ruching on the hips there.
And hips make figures more hourglass-shaped, who doesn't want that :-)?
Oh, btw, congratulations on becoming a Burdastyle blogger, I didn't know that you are there, I am (I'm Ichigogirl there), this blog inspired me to take up sewing vintage (thank you!) so I do look forward to your blogposts there as well!


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HO CHI MINH CITY, March 30 (CDN) — A Protestant prisoner of conscience who had called for democratic freedoms in Vietnam was released earlier this month after serving a three-year sentence for "propagandizing to destroy the Socialist Republic of Vietnam."
Attorney Le Thi Cong Nhan's sentence had been reduced by one year after an international outcry over her sentencing. She was released on March 6. Remaining in prison for another year is her colleague, Christian lawyer Nguyen Van Dai.
The 31-year-old Cong Nhan had also supported a labor union that sought to be independent. Now serving an additional three-year house arrest sentence, Cong Nhan said in a surprisingly frank interview with Voice of America's Vietnamese language broadcast on March 9 that she has no intention of giving up her struggle for a just and free Vietnam and accepts that there may be a further price to pay.
Cong Nhan, arrested in March 2007, received a Vietnamese Bible from a visiting delegation of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom – with official permission from Vietnam's minister of Public Security – early in her incarceration, but she had to struggle constantly to retain it. Twice she went on a hunger strike when authorities took the Bible away from her.
She had become a Christian shortly before her arrest, and she told Voice of America that while in prison she was able to read the entire Bible.
"In prison the Lord became my closest friend, my teacher, and the one who carried my burdens with me," she said. "When I was released from prison, I received many words of praise and of love and respect – I became a bit worried about this, as I do not consider myself worthy of such. I believe I must live an even better and more worthy life."
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"As a direct result of my prison experience, I am more convinced than ever that the path that I have chosen is the right one," Cong Nhan said. "Before prison I was just like a thin arrow, but now I have become a strong fort."
Luis Palau Allowed to Speak
While Christians in several parts of Vietnam are still subject to abuse from local officials, the country's national authorities have continued to allow high-profile Christian events. On March 17, renowned U.S. evangelist Luis Palau was allowed to address more than 400 pastors in a day-long event at the New World Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Palau, who had arrived in Hanoi with his entourage on March 13, had addressed nearly 200 Hanoi area pastors at an evening event at the Hanoi Hilton on March 14. The two events were streamed live on www.hoithanh.com, a popular website that reports on Protestant news in Vietnam. Hundreds of Vietnamese in Vietnam and abroad were estimated to have watched the presentations.
The events were deemed significant, if not historic, by Vietnam's Christian leaders. Very rarely is a prominent foreign Protestant leader allowed to address Vietnamese leaders, especially one from the United States.
The events were significant also in that they brought together leaders from virtually all segments of Vietnam's fractured and sometimes conflicted Protestant groups, Christian leaders said. The gatherings included leaders of open churches and house churches, registered and unregistered churches, and urban and even ethnic minority groups from Vietnam's remote mountainous regions.
Two representatives of a Mennonite church headed by activist pastor Nguyen Hong Quang, however, were turned away by police.
Palau and Mike McIntosh, pastor of San Diego mega-church Horizon Christian Fellowship, strongly challenged the Vietnamese church leaders to strive for unity. The assembled pastors were challenged to put aside past conflicts and suspicions for the sake of the Kingdom of God in Vietnam, with Palau saying that unity was a requirement for God's blessing on their churches and nation.
Some Vietnamese leaders responded by expressing remorse for their divisions and committed to start working toward reconciliation.
Organizers and participants said they hope such short events will lead to larger gains. Though the Luis Palau Association had originally planned for a two-day event for 2,000 pastors, most agreed this was an unprecedented first step toward a bigger goal. With an invitation from all segments of the Protestant community in Vietnam in hand, the Luis Palau Association is prepared to help organize evangelistic festivals in Vietnam in 2011, the centenary of Protestantism in Vietnam.
"There is still a long way to go, but we are seeing miracles piling up," said one senior Vietnamese leader. "It could happen!"
One prominent overseas Vietnamese leader wondered if Palau's visit to Vietnam could be compared to Billy Graham's visit to Moscow during the Soviet Communist era.
Also sharing testimonies during the March 17 event were Rick Colsen, a top Intel executive, and John Dalton, Secretary of the Navy under President Clinton.


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New Hampshire had the Eighth Lowest Rate of Injury Deaths in U.S.;
New Hampshire scored a Six out of Ten on Key Indicators of Steps States can take to Prevent Injuries
Washington, D.C., May 22, 2012 (Scores were revised January 3, 2013 to reflect changes in seven state laws) – New Hampshire had the Eighth lowest rate of adult injury-related deaths for Americans with 50 per 100,000 people suffering injury fatalities. Overall, the national rate is 57.9 per 100,000. The total lifetime medical costs due to fatal injury in New Hampshire were $6.1 million.
The Facts Hurt report, released by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), concludes that millions of injuries could be prevented each year if more states adopted additional research-based injury prevention policies, and if programs were fully implemented and enforced. TFAH and RWJF worked with a committee of top injury prevention experts from the Safe States Alliance and the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Prevention (SAVIR) to develop a set of indicators of leading evidence-based strategies that have been shown to reduce injuries and save lives.
New Hampshire scored six out of 10 on key indicators of steps states can take to prevent injuries – nationally, 21 states scored a five or lower. Two states, California and New York, received the highest score of nine out of a possible 10, while Montana scored the lowest with two out of 10.
No. | Indicator | New Hampshire | Number of States Receiving Points |
A "Y" means the state received a point for that indicator | |||
1 | Seat Belts: Have primary seat belt laws. Source: Governors Highway Safety Association |
N/A | 32 and Washington, D.C. |
2 | Drunk Driving: Mandatory ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers, even first offenders. Sources: Governors Highway Safety Association |
3 | Motorcycle Helmets: Universal helmet law requiring helmets for all riders. Source: Governors Highway Safety Association |
N/A | 19 and Washington, D.C. |
4 | Booster Seats: Meet AAP standards — require booster seats to at least the age of eight. Source: AAP 2011 State Legislation Report |
N/A | 33 and Washington, D.C. |
5 | Bicycle Helmet Use: Require bicycle helmets for all children. Source: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011 State Legislation Report |
Y | 21 and Washington, D.C. |
6 | Intimate Partner Violence: Allow people in dating relationships to get protection orders. Source: Break the Cycle, 2010 Survey of Teen Dating Violence Laws |
Y | 44 and Washington, D.C. |
7 | Teen Dating Violence: Receive an "A" in the Break the Cycle Report. Source: Break the Cycle, 2010 Survey of Teen Dating Violence Laws |
Y | 6 and Washington, D.C. |
8 | Concussions: Have a strong concussion law. Source: Momsteam.com and the Network for Public Health Law |
Y | 43 and Washington, D.C. |
9 | Accidental Prescription Drug Overdose or Use: Have active prescription drug monitoring program. Source: Alliance of States with Prescription Monitoring Programs |
10 | Ecodes: More than 90 percent of injury discharges of patients of emergency departments received external cause of injury codes, which help researchers track trends and develop prevention strategies. Source: HCUP E Code Evaluation Addendum – Updated Information for 2009, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Total | 6 |
Injuries – including those caused by accidents and violence – are the third leading cause of death nationally, and they are the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of one and 44.
Approximately 50 million Americans are medically treated for injuries each year, and more than 2.8 million are hospitalized. Nearly 12,000 children and teens die from injuries resulting from accidents each year and around 9.2 million are treated in emergency rooms. Every year, injuries generate $406 billion in lifetime costs for medical care and lost productivity.
"There are proven, evidence-based strategies that can spare millions of Americans from injuries each year," said Jeff Levi, PhD, Executive Director of TFAH. "This report focuses on specific, scientifically supported steps we can take to make it easier for Americans to keep themselves and their families safer."
The report found that many injury prevention activities have been scientifically shown to reduce harm and deaths, for instance:
- Seat belts saved an estimated 69,000 lives from 2006 to 2010;
- Motorcycle helmets saved an estimated 8,000 lives from 2005 to 2009;
- Child safety seats saved around 1,800 lives from 2005 to 2009;
- The number of children and teens killed in motor vehicle crashes dropped 41 percent from 2000 to 2009; and
- School-based programs to prevent violence have cut violent behavior among high school students by 29 percent.
The report also identified a set of emerging new injury threats, including a dramatic, fast rise in prescription drug abuse, concussions in school sports, bullying, crashes from texting while driving and an expected increase in the number in falls as the Baby Boomer generation ages.
"Seat belts, helmets, drunk driving laws and a range of other strong prevention policies and initiatives are reducing injury rates around the country," said Amber Williams, Executive Director of the Safe States Alliance. "However, we could dramatically bring down rates of injuries from motor vehicles, assaults, falls, fires and a range of other risks even more if more states adopted, enforced and implemented proven policies. Lack of national capacity and funding are major barriers to states adopting these and other policies."
"While tremendous progress has been made in preventing and treating injury, it remains a leading cause of death for people of all ages and the number one cause of death for children," said Dr. Andrea Gielen, ScD, Past President, SAVIR, and Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. "Texting while driving, the increasing numbers of falls in older adults, domestic violence and the astonishing rise in misuse of prescription drugs mean we need to redouble our efforts to make safety research and policy a national priority."
The report was supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is available on TFAH's website at www.healthyamericans.org.
Score Summary:
A full list of all of the indicators and scores, listed below, is available along with the full report on TFAH's web site at www.healthyamericans.org and RWJF's Web site at www.rwjf.org. For the state-by-state scoring, states received one point for achieving an indicator or zero points if they did not achieve the indicator. Zero is the lowest possible overall score, 10 is the highest. The data for the indicators are from a number of sources, including: the Governors Highway Safety Association; the American Academy of Pediatrics; Break the Cycle; the Network for Public Health Law; momsTeam.com; the Alliance of States with Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs; and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
9 out of 10: California and New York
8 out of 10: Hawaii, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington
7 out of 10: Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico and Tennessee
6 out of 10: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin
5 out of 10: Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and West Virginia
4 out of 10: Mississippi and Nevada
3 out of 10: Idaho, Kentucky, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wyoming
2 out of 10: Montana
Note: Rates include all injury deaths for all ages, for injuries caused by accidents and violence (intentional and unintentional) 1 = Highest rate of injury fatalities, 51 = lowest rate of injury fatalities. Rankings are based on combining three years of data (2007-2009) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System to "stabilize" data for comparison purposes. The data are age-adjusted using the year 2000 to standardize the data. This methodology, recommended by the CDC, compensates for any potential anomalies or usual changes due to the specific sample in any given year in any given state. The numbers are based on how many deaths per 100,000.
1. New Mexico (97.8); 2. Montana (86.5); 3. Alaska (85.8); 4. Wyoming (84.7); 5. Mississippi (84.3); 6. Oklahoma (83); 7. West Virginia (82.2); 8. Louisiana (80.1); 9. Arkansas (76.9) 10. (tie) Alabama and Kentucky (76.5); 12. Tennessee (75.6); 13. South Carolina (71.7); 14. Nevada (71.3); 15. Arizona (70.7); 16. Missouri (70.2); 17. Colorado (67.8); 18. Florida (66.8); 19. North Carolina (66); 20. Idaho (65.3); 21. Utah (64.8); 22. Georgia (61.4); 23. Vermont (61.3); 24. Oregon (61.2); 25. North Dakota (61.6); 26. South Dakota (60.7); 27. (tie) Indiana and Kansas (60.4); 29. Washington, D.C. (60.2); 30. Pennsylvania (59.4); 31. (tie) Maine and Wisconsin (58.7); 33. Texas (58.5); 34. Washington (58.1); 35. Delaware (56.9); 36. Michigan (56.8); 37. Maryland (56.1); 38. Ohio (55.9); 39. Virginia (53.4); 40. Iowa (52.5); 41. Nebraska (51.3); 42. Minnesota (51.2); 43. Rhode Island (50.4); 44. New Hampshire (50); 45. Illinois (48.7); 46. Hawaii (48.3); 47. Connecticut (47.9); 48. California (47.6); 49. Massachusetts (41.1); 50. New York (37.1); New Jersey (36.1).
Trust for America's Health is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to saving lives by protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority. www.healthyamericans.org
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change. For more than 35 years the Foundation has brought experience, commitment, and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of those it serves. Helping Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need – the Foundation expects to make a difference in our lifetime. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org.
The Safe States Alliance is a national, non-profit organization and professional association whose mission is to serve as the national voice in support of state and local injury and violence prevention professionals engaged in building a safer, healthier America.
SAVIR is a national professional organization dedicated to fostering excellence in the science of preventing and treating violence and injury. Our vision is a safer world through violence and injury research and its application to practice.


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NEW YORK (AP) - Justin Bieber's mom wants to set the record straight: She's not interested in the political fray on abortion as she promotes "Crescendo," a new film she hopes will raise $10 million for centers that help pregnant girls.
Pattie Mallette, an unmarried teen herself when she had Bieber, signed on as an executive producer after the film was finished. She said Thursday that she connected personally with the story about a suicide and abortion attempt by Beethoven's mother.
"The press has been saying that I'm producing an anti-abortion film and taking this big stance. You know, I haven't shared my stance with anyone and I'm not here to make a political statement, so there's been a lot of assumptions made."
Mallette, in numerous interviews and her autobiography, "Nowhere but Up," has recounted her own suicide attempt, pressure to have an abortion when she became pregnant at 18 and struggles with drugs and alcohol before becoming a Christian.
The movie does include some producers who have anti-abortion beliefs, she said, but her goal is simple: to support residential programs like the one that helped her after her parents kicked her out of the house in Canada.
"The pregnancy center that I lived in is now closed because of lack of funds, so I thought it was a really important thing that they're doing to raise money," Mallette said.
The movie will be released Feb. 28 worldwide.
Mallette has had her share of mom moments of late with her only child, who at 18 is the youngest singer to have five chart-topping albums and will be both host and musical guest for the Feb. 9 episode of "Saturday Night Live" on NBC.
Like his Instagram photo (since deleted) of his butt crack. What ran through her head?
"I thought, I'm a mom, I don't want to see that," Mallette sighed, shaking her head. "I don't want to see him doing that kind of stuff. But, you know, he's 18. He's making some of his own decisions and he's going to make some mistakes and he's going to make some good choices, too."
What of reports of pot smoking and partying with "sizzurp"-downing hip hop singers _ sizzurp being a purplish mixture of cough syrup with codeine and promethazine, a carbonated soft drink and pieces of Jolly Rancher candy.
"It's hard, you know, as a mom of an 18-year-old because that's the time when you just gotta start letting go," she said. "And, you know, I had to make some of my own mistakes. I gotta kind of let go and let him make some of his own mistakes and just hope that I put all the right things in him."
And what of Bieber's relationship with Selena Gomez?
"I have no idea if they're on-again, off-again," she said. "It's a constant thing. Today I'm not sure where they stand. I try to stay out of it. He's 18. He doesn't want me getting involved in his romantic life."
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The containers have plant code of 3783 and a sell-by date 08-13-13. The company also is recalling containers with sell-by dates between 06-08-13 and 08-27-13.
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It's no doubt impressive when today's compact sedans — which are loaded down with hundreds of pounds of safety gear and chassis reinforcements not found on vehicles from decades past — top the 40 mpg mark. However, it's even more impressive when midsize sedans approach that mark as well.
You know about the compact 2011 Chevrolet Cruze and 2011 Hyundai Elantra which can hit 40+ mpg on the highway. Hyundai's 2011 Sonata midsize sedan can achieve 35 mpg on the highway in its base configuration. GM is now flaunting its 2012 LaCrosse which will come standard with eAssist technology (which will provide up to 37 mpg on the highway) and will be priced at roughly $30,000.
"It's a very integrated powertrain system, with no compromises in driving performance, shift quality or ride and handling," said Daryl Wilson, LaCrosse lead development engineer. "We believe this combination points to the future of vehicles powered primarily by an internal combustion engine."
The LaCrosse will be powered by a traditional 2.4-liter direct injection four-cylinder engine which generates 180 hp. The engine is mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission. However, GM also includes its next generation "mild hybrid" system which it calls eAssist. On the LaCrosse, the eAssist electric motor provides an additional 15 hp and 79 pound-feet of torque during acceleration. Other features to improve fuel economy include an engine start/stop function and regenerative braking.
A 115V lithium-ion battery mounted in the trunk powers the electric motor, but it encroaches on cargo-hauling capabilities. Maximum cargo capacity drops from an already lackluster 13.3 cu ft to just 10.9 cu ft.
However, the benefits in fuel economy are huge. EPA ratings jump from 19/30 mpg (city/highway) to an impressive 25/37 mpg. The city rating falls short of Lincoln's MKZ Hybrid which pulls in an impressive 41 mpg, but that vehicle is priced higher at $35,180.
"The eAssist system is more than just the next-generation BAS system. The ability to integrate regenerative braking with the latest lithium-ion battery technology creates a system that delivers significant fuel-efficiency gains that customers will enjoy," said Steve Poulos, global chief engineer of the eAssist system. "Being able to provide electric boost to the powertrain system during heavy acceleration and grade driving enables the LaCrosse transmission to operate more efficiently, while the added functionality of engine start-stop and fuel shut-off during deceleration provides added fuel savings."
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Start packing your bags Tameka Foster.
Usher has made it clear to ex-wife Foster that he's selling the mansion she's been living in since their divorce and she needs to move out.
Sources close to the couple tell TMZ, Usher's lawyer sent Tameka Raymond a letter informing her the 12,000 sq. ft. Georgia home — which Usher owns — is going on the market and she needs to find new digs.
Usher has allowed Tameka to live in the home for the last few years — but per their 2009 divorce agreement, Usher has the right to sell the pad at any time as long as he gives 60 days notice.
According to sources, Tameka didn't take the news well, seeing as she has no income of her own and has been financially dependent on Usher since the divorce.
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Four For Friday- He Is Going To Kill Her
Not much to say this week except I will be here all weekend blogging and have been working on the rankings so should have more parts of that this weekend. If you would like to follow me on Twitter I am @entylawyer
For the past few months things have been getting worse. What was always a volatile relationship has turned more violent than volatile. Family members have tried to help this C list reality star offspring of this former A+ list entertainer(singer). From people I have spoken to who have been inside the home of our C lister, things are bad. There are drugs everywhere. There is cash everywhere. It is like watching Scarface. The significant other of our C lister thinks he is the next Scarface. The thing is he sucks at business. He just uses the money of our C lister to make it seem like he is making millions of dollars. Instead he is spending every cent she gets in the second it comes in and has made her sign all types of documents which have basically cost her most of her future income for the next few years. When he doesn't keep her drugged up he beats her. He has all kinds of recordings of her doing anything he can think of just to keep her in line. He says he will release it all if she tries to leave him. She is scared of him and loves him at the same time. When he is wasted the beatings can be rough and there have been shots fired more than once. Everyone knows he is going to end up killing her one night. She will try and leave and he won't like that and will shoot her and kill her. The family hopes she can escape, but she has no place to go that she would accept help from.