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Photo by Justin Bailie.
Standing in her kitchen, the fun and laughter that seemed to overflow Arbogast at Waldo are muted. Her devilish streak has been replaced by a calm stillness that is underlined by the quietness of her home. Ruby has grown up and left home, and two years ago, Arbogast's husband of 25 years, Brian, died of complications from a series of brain tumors. He was an avid athlete and Arbogast's primary support at many of her top finishes. She doesn't talk much about his death, instead opting to live well and pursue her passions. She has a garden behind the house where she grows many of the fresh vegetables that fill her diet, and her office where she practices massage therapy is tucked into a front bedroom. A cat and dog help fill the space.
"Meghan has been through so much," says Lin gentling, the team's manager. "Yet through it all she has continued to live with grace and joy. She knows exactly who she is, and how she wants to live in this world. Her running is part of the way she expresses joy and love."
Running is part of how Arbogast has faced life's challenges. It's an outlet and a balm, and racing might be the greatest expression of that.
"If I'm pinning on a bib and lining up, I'm racing hard," she says. "I'm there to run and compete, and a good strong field is where I'm going to run my best. My goal is to not slow down. i want to be 70 years old and going hard. I want to run forever."
Recent Highlights
— Six-time > Western States 100M Top-10 Finisher (Squaw Valley, CA)
— Four-time > Olympic Qualifier for the marathon distance (PR of 2:45:43) (Sacramento, CA)
— 1st place > Bootlegger 50K (Boulder City, NV), 2012
— 1st place > Jed Smith 50M (Sacramento, CA), 2012
— 1st place > Dizzy Daze 50/50 50M (Seattle, WA), 2012
— Gold Medal > USA 100K World Championship Team (Seregno, Italy), 2012
— 2nd place > Miwok 100K (50+ age-group record) (Marin Headlands, CA), 2011
— 2nd place > JFK 50M (Hagerstown, MD), 2011
— Silver Medal > USA 100K World Championship Team (Winschoten, Netherlands), 2011
— 1st place > McKenzie River Trail Run 50K (McKen- zie Bridge, OR), 2010
— 1st place > Waldo 100K (Willamette Pass Ski Area, Eugene, OR), 2010
— 1st place > White River 50M (Crystal Mountain, WA), 2010


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Share Your Orders Thread
My first order from butiki teas has arrived. They were mainly oolongs
I want to know a bit about oblongs teas before moving on to black and greens
since I don't know anything about tea I would mix them up in my mind trying
different teas at the same time.
So I will be having oolongs for some time before moving to greens and blacks :)
Shared teavivre order with boxermama and Terri!!! Yay!!
Kettle, your method of trying new teas is a good one. I too am likely going to get all confused and mixed up when I try my teas, so I've only ordered blacks from butiki (actually that's a lie—I ordered one oolong and one white as well).
Keychange I wish I was better at multitasking teas so I can order more of everything,
I get distracted very easily with them with all the kinds and flavors so I picked one and
stick with it. I wish to be more adventurous about tea as the time goes by.
I just could not resist the new Verdant tea sale on Master Han's pu-er (25% off). I've been wanting to try them. I ordered 4 oz. of Master Han's 2002 shu pu-er for $17.55, a 250 gr brick of the 2012 sheng pu-er for $18.75, and 1 oz of Qianjiazhai Old Growth 2012 Sheng for $5.96. Total was $42.26 with free shipping. You can see the sale here: http://verdanttea.com/shop/tea-tour-sale/
Wonderful order, Javan! I'm so glad to see folks taking the opportunity to try Master Han's fantastic teas. Glad you also picked up an ounce of Qianjiazhai while you can… as of this morning, we're down to just about one 357g brick left- I know we're going to sell out of it soon!
AND I did it again….
Another Veradant Order.
-Master Han's Wild Picked Yunnan Black (1 oz.)
-Qianjiazhai Old Growth 2012 Sheng (7 g.)
-Laoshan Black Chocolate Genmaicha (7 g.)
Yay Yay Yay.
My bank account disagrees with all my recent purchases…
all the time in my case lately…3 orders in 1 month!
I'm tempted to make another order myself!
Thank you, BrewTEAlly Sweet! We made Laoshan Black Chocolate Genmaicha as our iced sample over the weekend (coldbrewed)- it was fantastic. Glad you got a sample of Qianjiazhai while it's still in stock with Master Han's black tea. It's so fun to try Master Han's teas together and back-to-back.. you can taste the influence of his land so much!
Yes, I really want to get my hands on Master Han's teas, this is the week to do it too.
@Lily Duckler I will have to try it iced when it arrives:) I cannot wait! I've never been a huge fan of unflavored teas, but Verdant has made me a major believer and im falling in love with them!
I'm trying David's tea for the first time. I'm excited to try it out. I hoped that I made a few good choices. Apparently the delivery from Canada to Michigan takes FOREVER, I'm on day 9 so far, hopefully it'll arrive soon.
Coffee Chai (Organic) – 250g (It was a great 40% off price)
David's Top 3 (variety pack)
Chocolate Orange – 50g
Love Tea #7 – 50g
If you get to visit one next month, try the Pumpkin Chai.
Love Tea #7 is my favourite DT Black Tea :) I hope you like it!
A couple of firsts
My first order with Butiki included:
The Darjeeling Delight Sampler: (1oz each)
Giddapahar Darjeeling Extra Special (black tea, SFTGFOP-1),
Glenburn Estate Darjeeling (black tea, FTGFOP-1),
Thurbo Darjeeling (black tea, SFTGFOP-1)
Castleton Moonlight Darjeeling (oolong, AA 2nd Flush)
and Lychee Oolong 1/2oz -Mom has been on the hunt for a Lychee Oolong she had at a wonderful restaurant while visiting NYC over a year ago. Even if its not it I'm sure she'll love this one.
I became a huge fan of Darjeeling after a pot of Castleton at the Bosie Tea Parlor. The sampler seemed a great way to compare a few others.
My sample requests were:
Classic Earl Grey – Earl Grey is my staple. There will soon be many varieties in my cabinet.
Organic Silver Needle
Strawberry Rose Champagne/Peach Tranquility 4oz – I'm in love with this. Pretty sure there are two tea leaves per ounce but I still love it. I'm totally out and I miss it.
Youthberry/Wild Orange 1oz sample
Well, my no buy lasted 11 days.
52 Teas Cotton Candy White
Sigh. I almost held out. I thought, I'd love this more than the black base cotton candy tea. This would be fun to review! But I needed this 1 picture (for a story) if I was going to review it for OolongOwl.com and I don't have it anymore. Then I found it on facebook. Darn it! Well, back on no buy again. Can I last till Black Friday? Probably not.
Verdant tea: 5/$5
52Teas: Rootbeer Float (too bad, I missed out on the re-blended Lemon Meringue Chai)
I'm hoping to see some good Labor Day deals.
Butiki time! :) Been a while since I've been in this thread, I've been very good!
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2oz Taiwanese Wild Mountain Black (soooo excited! I've been looking forward to this!)
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Mine road upgrades set to start
MARQUETTE – Marquette County Road Commission officials expect upgrades for Rio Tinto's transportation route to begin this spring along County Road 550.
Road commission Engineer-Manager Jim Iwanicki said the total cost of upgrading county roads AAA, 510 and 550 is expected to range between $36 million and $40 million.
"Those roads are going to be improved to an all-season trucking standard so that we don't have to put weight restrictions on them in the spring," Iwanicki said.
Dan Blondeau, a communications and media relations adviser for Rio Tinto in Humboldt, said the mining company will fund the cost of the road improvements.
"The Marquette County Road Commission is not using taxpayer dollars to complete upgrades to Triple A, County Road 510 and County Road 550," Blondeau said. "The community will have improved roads that are funded by a private company."
The route for Rio Tinto to haul its ore from its nickel and copper Eagle Mine on the Yellow Dog Plains to the Humboldt Mill processing center was previously approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
Trucks will move ore from the Mine along County Road AAA to County Road 510 and then County Road 550 to Marquette and then along Sugarloaf Avenue to Wright Street to County Road HQ to U.S. 41 to M-95 to County Road 601 to the mill.
The mining excavation operation reached the ore body last year and production at the facility is scheduled to begin in 2014.
Iwanicki said a detailed construction schedule and cost projection for the road work was still being worked out. In general, improvements to the Triple A road and County Road 550 are expected in 2014, along with work along County Road 550 to bridges over the Little Garlic River and Big Garlic River.
"Our intent is to upgrade all the bridges along County Road 550," Iwanicki said.
The road commission is still planning on removing three culverts from a branch of the Salmon Trout River, to be replaced with a bridge. That project – which was part of the remediation efforts planned for the now defunct County Road 595 project – needs approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the DEQ.
If the project is approved, a total of six bridges will built or improved along the entire transportation route.
Blondeau said traffic studies, based on the mine at full production, show Rio Tinto truck traffic will increase the current traffic by 4 to 6 percent along County Road 550, 2 to 3 percent along Wright Street in Marquette and 1 to 2 percent along U.S. 41.
"Rio Tinto will make 50 round trips between the mine and mill each day during peak production," Blondeau said.
The trucks will operate according to Michigan Department of Transportation guidelines. Some safety measures for the vehicles include electronic vehicle monitoring with global positioning satellite units to track location, speed, braking and other facets; driver training and drug testing; maintained equipment with pre-shift inspections; side dump trailers (no rear tailgate) to reduce noise; secured covers; truck washing prior to leaving the mine and mill and a contingency plan in place for accidents, with annual mock accident exercises held.
Blondeau said the city of Marquette has not expressed any recent plans to regulate the mine truck traffic outside current ordinances. He also said previous suggestions to potentially build a bypass for truck traffic around the city of Marquette are not currently being pursued.
"Right now, our discussions are for just existing roads," Blondeau said.
Iwanicki said the road commission approved a design and build team for either County Road 595 or the existing roads transportation route in December. With the County Road 595 project now dead, the team will now focus on the Rio Tinto trucking route.
"I'm currently working on finalizing the contract for that group to do the improvements," Iwanicki said.
The group is composed of four entities, including Payne and Dolan and Bacco Construction.
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Most founders were libertarians
September 1, 2011
Some of America's founders were scientists — and were good ones to the best of their ability, considering the prevailing culture they lived in, and to the extent their understanding, available resources, and equipment would allow. They had some ideas that were quaint, and wrong, as we can now see clearly because of advances made since then, looking back as we do from the early 21st century. Electromagnetism, DNA, and quantum physics were beyond them. However, no one could reasonably claim they didn't try.
Most of the founders of America were also libertarians, although the term hadn't yet been coined. They were libertarians to the best of their ability and to the extent that the world they were immersed in allowed them to understand liberty. Sure, they had inconsistencies that are pretty obvious to us now. No one is immune to the culture they find themselves a part of. That doesn't mean we discount the huge philosophical leap they undertook, over and beyond their contemporaries, but it also doesn't mean we should be content to remain where they were and not put our better understanding into practice.
For the time in which they lived, those who founded America were probably even more radical about liberty, compared to their neighbors, than I am compared to the average person today. That is pretty incredible.
What bothers me is that too many people today claim to value liberty, but can't seem to move beyond a late-18th century conception of its principles. They still believe some people are exempt, or unqualified for self-ownership. "Liberty is OK for me, but I'm not so sure you can handle it" seems to be a prevailing notion. That may have been fine for most people back when America was founded, but it is antiquated today, plus it invariably leads to egregious violations of basic human rights.
The founders even understood that rights did not depend on where you lived. Nowhere in the Bill of Rights will you see any claim that the listed rights — actually "non-negotiable prohibitions on government actions" would be a more accurate description — depended upon the citizenship of the person. Rights were rights, and things that were prohibited to government were always prohibited no matter who the government might have been targeting.
That is one thing the founders got dead-on right. Even if those who have governed since then have managed to obscure the truth.


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Welcome to The Original Hiking with Dogs.
Hiking With Dogs is free and open to every dog-lover, but It runs on donations. You also are required to read this page fully. This group is for anyone who wants to be outdoors in the company of dogs. Hikes will be setup in the Eastern part of CT. It's a fun group, like anything it is what you make of it.
*Post a Picture of you and/or your dog, Put Your's and Your Hikers Name in Your Description. -Bring a Leash-
We hike every Sunday, if you don't see an invite in your mail. Check the site. Sometimes not everyone receives them.
Anyone who would like to organize a hike/gathering at a favorite location or at a special time is welcome to send us a request. There should be parking for 20, If its a sunday hike. Less if its another day.
Anybody taking there dog on a vacation or day trip, etc and wanting to post pictures feel free. Post them to the latest hike!
Hike Description's: As Fred says "it ain't shopping with dogs" All the hikes have hills, its ct not vt, but peoples interpretations vary with all the variables. The Hikes have a stated start and stop time, and different trail characteristics. So to help you, we've got a vague system that tells you what the Hikers will be doing after the hike, to compare and measure it all. Most hikes are 2-2.5 hrs long....
Half Napper-Full Napper- Definite Sleeper! 1/2 the hikers will be napping, all the hikers will be napping and everybody will be sleeping!
If you have a medical condition and you need a better description definitely contact any organizer and we will tell you our interpretation. But we are all in agreement that we don't want to scare anybody away by saying a hike is hard. They are all basically the same just longer in length which is reflected in the time allotted.
Operating Principles - please read.
We really want to keep this dog hiking group fun and loosely-structured but under control. Here is a "charter" of sorts that we operate under: (we are not professional dog trainers, that's them other guys) We are just out for a good time.
Every human hiker is solely responsible for their own dog, and its behavior to others. We have dogs from 5-lbs to 90-lbs on any given function, and yes they mainly get along. It is a friendly group and we do work to keep it that way.
It is not the responsibility of the organizers or the other hikers to find your dog for you if he/she gets lost. That said, we have always - and will continue to - help search for any wanderers. But the final responsibility is yours; please keep your dog on a leash if they tend to run off and not come back. This seems to happen to first timers, no matter the hiking experience of your dog. Keep your eye on him/her closely your first hike.
Please have a collar, name tag and cell number on it. Carry your cell phone.
We are not necessarily an off-leash hike meetup, when we are not near other people and state law allows it, it seems to happen; any fines for not being on-leash in a state park or any where else are the responsibility of the dog's owner, not the organizers. You are welcome to keep your dog on a leash, lots of people do.
This meetup is open to all sorts of shapes and sizes, temperaments and dog breeds, from different backgrounds. It is your job to understand this. It is a very fun and friendly group, but please remember it is filled with lots of teethe! It is your job to remember to keep your dogs fun at a normal, respectable un-instigational level...who knows what sets who off...It is not recommended to allow your good friend to get him or herself into a situation that may prove painful in more ways than one...or worse. Even if it looks innocent and fun, Please respect and understand the breeds your hiking with. They are all different.
Hiking with Dogs Meetup is mainly for our four-legged friends to socialize with other dogs, and us to get some good excerise although many human friendships and bonds are often formed among the owners. Camping, paddling, playing cards etc with dogs is all good. The group is what you make of it...
The first time locating our hiking spots is not easy. - We hike off at 10:00 am with no regrets! Please set your schedule to arrive at 9:45 a.m. or 10 minutes earlier than that! Organizers and the group may decide whether to wait or not, if - you call or text your lost early enough. Dogs waiting around in a pack tend to get jittery and at times boisterous with each other. So plan your trip accordingly. We try to keep the problem to a minimum. Dogs full of energy- do not take to sitting idly while we wait. Please look at your directions the day before and call or text if you are unsure. :)
Good Hikers aren't born their made, but
The actions of your dog are solely your responsibility: They should respect their fellow dogs and any other dogs and people that we see... Please correct their behavior, we want you and them here. Do not promote bad behavior with positive treats training. Keep your eye on them. Leash up when coming across horses. Be prepared to leash up when coming across other dogs and people. We do provide a bucket for pet waiste.
Humping is not now, nor ever will be tolerated.
We who put the meetup on can not see all that happens on the trail, It's not our job to break up dog antics, but we do try. It's fully your responsibility to make your dog be-have. With that said - they're dogs! They are in a friendly environment on our hikes and problems and all weird things work themselves out in a hike or two. Come and enjoy the show, and show your buddy a real good time!
We are all under the State Laws and Statues. Know them and abide by them. We organizers, organize as a free group function for no benefit other than enjoyment.
HWD is free. But the web site is not and to put on functions is not free either. All members are asked to make a yearly suggested donation of $20 per household, organizers included, to keep the group running. This will cover the expense of the site, plus money for chips dips and bones, no alcohol (byob) for a few small picnics. After the operating expenses ALL remaining monies at some point will be given as charity in the support of veterans and/or dogs in the HWD name. Please Contribute - Join the group, attend a couple hikes then please donate and donate again on your yearly 'member since' date. We would prefer that you donate thru the machine though cash is accepted. You get an email for your records when making a cash or electronic donation.
Hwd's supports United States Military Veterans and Dogs, Service Dogs and any combination of. Bring your input to Jones/Chet
To Contribute: From a computer go to the home page and the ''chip in'' button will be on the left side of our home page. From a phone use the Groups button and then go to HWD site. At the top of the screen is a red bar. Click on the three circles at the right side of the red bar. Use option ''view on web'' go to home page ''chip in'' button.
Arthritis Awareness: You can't tell who will get this and who won't. My feelings from past/present experience; It is much better to work to prevent this horrible disease, than to deal with it solely if it arrives. A good vet, who deals with active dogs, will tell you the same as below. I wish I had known, that's why it's on our home page.
Think Joint Care. Everyday. In Every Way.
An overworked joint that is inflamed gives the disease a foothold, because using an inflamed (swollen) joint is very damaging. But you can not tell its inflamed, till your dog tells you.
On the 8th day God did not create dog food. Buy good stuff. Real - healthy - food is a good extra in the bowl. Some dogs actually like vegetables. They all like meat.
10% less food and treats, keeps the joints - work load down.
Glucosamine/Chondroitin, Fish Oil, Less Weight, Low Impact and Being Active equals good joint health.
Help a healthy dog out of the car! (That is a very impacting thing to do.)
A coated aspirin with food, used as an anti-inflammatory before hiking really works. Though some vets may have reservations do to stomach problems and their pricier drugs. Jones takes a 325mg ecotrin brand aspirin. Ask your vet and/or research the mg dosage yourself. My previous dog took one for nearly 8 years as he got this dreaded plague at 4-5 years old. He lived to be an active 12-1/4 under vet care. Jones takes an aspirin as prevention on game days. If he were to get arthritis, he would receive what ever works to help him at that point in time. Vet care.
Stay limber and active and Off the Concrete. (Any hard surfaces are no good.)
Dogs that distribute there motion with all there joints are probably less prone to inflammation as say, dogs that walk hard. But who knows. Its a roll of the dice.
The purpose of the above is for all of us to be knowledgeable and aware, pro-active if we choose, and always - with our fingers crossed.
Canine Massage:
Good Reading and Advice: The Whole Dog Journal
Advice for the Trail: Things to look out for:
* Dogs run ahead to the front and then come back looking for their master.- All ways acknowledge your hiker when they come back looking for you or they will get nervous and really go looking for their master! - NEVER ASSUME THAT HE/SHE SAW YOU! Pet them on their head. That seals the deal. Or your dog will go hiking the trail in reverse and both you and them will be upset, including the host!!! lol :)
*Anybody New To The Area: Take The Ticks and Lyme Disease Seriously.
* Ticks, Lyme Disease etc. Get your dog vaccinated for Lyme Disease, use frontline, advantix and switch them every year. Lightly use a spray in the spring/fall. Spring and fall are the worst times. Check your self and your dog a couple times.
* Bees in summer. Especially ground dwelling bees.
* Hurt or cut paws from sharp rocks and terrain - broken glass.
* Keep your dog off the thin ice in winter.
Paw Awareness:
Canine Pads should be very tough but pliable. They walk on everything in all weather. Most pads don't need much work, but you should check them from time to time, especially in the winter when they tend to dry out. If your Hikers paws feel like 40 grit sand paper, rock hard and dry...that's not ideal, they may be getting ready to split and put him out of commission for a bit. Try rubbing in some Bag Balm or similar. I use Vaseline, its cheap, easy, does the job and helps your hands, putting it on his. Don't over do it, soft paws are just as bad. Vaseline is also good protection against road salt and ice build up from the snow. Trimming the hair between his pads will help with ice build up too.
Nails: Dogs use there nails, some more than others, mine can extend his like a cat somewhat. They use them all over the trail, find a good length for your hikers and keep them that length. A length that gives him gripping power, but not so long that they grip and break off, the more gripping power- the more super power that they can become lol. Shorter the better. And if they do break off, protect the meat inside, they heal rather quickly, as the quick shrinks and the nail grows to cover it.
Contact Chet 203-824-2253 (voice or text on sundays and e-mail during the week) with any questions, concerns. We are out there to have a good time.
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Studio Session - Kendrick Scott Oracle
February 21, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: almazan, art blakey and the jazz messengers, ascap foundation, composer award, debut release, divination, fender rhodes, guitarist mike, intriguing name, Jazz Alive, jazz composer, jazz ensemble, kendrick, letters to a young poet, Live Music, new voice, npr, rainer maria rilke, seers, soothsayers, studio session, Studio Sessions, worth the wait
Drummer Kendrick Scott, a recipient of the 2008 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award, performs music from his debut release, The Source.
Hear the WBGO studio session on NPR Music.
Oracle. What an intriguing name for a jazz ensemble, one that conjures prophesy, divination, mythological seers and soothsayers. It's also reminiscent of Kendrick's inspiration, another drummer-led group. "Before you even heard the music, the name itself caught you. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. You're going to receive a message. It's almost like going to church."
Kendrick Scott brought his group, Oracle, to the WBGO studio to play music from his self-released debut, The Source. The quintet plays three Scott originals, including "Memory's Wavering Echo," words borrowed directly from Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet.
Every language has a poet. Consider the language of jazz, which happens to have many. New composers in jazz function like emerging wordsmiths. They inject the narrative of humanity with a fresh shot of adrenaline, and they reinvent the basic vocabulary of a cultural tradition. Kendrick Scott is a new voice in jazz. He is a drummer, a composer, and a 2008 recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award.
Kendrick Scott's music does not lay so easily in the beat, as one might expect from a drummer. "Whenever I'm composing, I'm actually singing melodies. I'll call my voicemail and sing a melody into the voicemail. Then when I get home, I sit down at the Fender Rhodes or at the piano and I'll try to harmonize it. And then I'll come up with some rhythms. Melody is first, harmony is second, and rhythm is actually third."
The results are often sprawling, cinematic compositions like the twofer, "Retrospect/View From Above." It's worth the wait, seven minutes into the medley, to hear guitarist Mike Moreno and pianist Fabian Almazan in cascading harmony. This kind of heightened interaction and listening is the result of directing live action in the moment.
Scott learned some valuable lessons when he recorded his debut release, The Source, on his own label, World Culture Music. He labored over every minute detail, until his mentor, Terence Blanchard, offered some advice about making records. "It's just a snapshot of who you are at this moment. This record doesn't define your whole life. And hopefully after this moment, you'll have more and more records to document that."
Our session with Oracle ends with "The Source," featuring an introduction from bassist Derrick Hodge, Kendrick Scott's bandmate in the Terence Blanchard Sextet.
Mysticism aside, it takes more than a drummer and composer to give Oracle its power. Scott says, "The band itself is the oracle, not just me. They send out the messages, and it's free for whoever is listening to interpret however they feel the music should be. You go to the oracle not to get the answer, but to find out what the question is. So you can get to the answer.
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Skip to comments.Mark Levin slams Romney for savaging Newt yet pulling back against Obama with Rev. Wright
Posted on 05/17/2012 4:28:17 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
Levin is livid over the fact that Romney repudiated anything to do with bringing up Rev. Wright in this campaign even though in the primaries he went full throttle against Newt Gingrich, even with false attack ads:
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What did you expect Mark ???
I heard it and loved every minute of it.
Keep it up! Hold his feet to the fire. Please, you are our only hope now to get this nimrod as conservative as we can. Please.
Romney had better wake the "F" up and start going after Obama the way the Left is going to go after him!
Romney's going to go with that winning strategy that President McCain used.
Yeah. Well. And? You knew he was a snake when you picked him up.
Savage is tearing Romney a new one for having McCain retreads advising him to dial it down.
Romney just comes out and gets it over with
There may be a strategy behind this. If Romney campaign declares it won't play dirty, may be, just may be it will shame Obama campaign in doing the same. Although I have serious doubts since I lived in Chicago long enough to know how Chicago democrat operate.
The thing to realize is that without fighting dirty, the Obama campaign has nothing else to run on. Obama's record stinks big time and should be the only issue in this campaign.
The entire premise is stupid.
No, you can't get control of a "face man". He does what his handlers tell him to do, and they really don't care what Conservatives want.
Whatever was Mark thinking when he gave up? Couldn't he detect the difference between "image" and "reality" in this guy?
>>You knew he was a snake when you picked him up.<<
Who picked him?
Not Levin, and surely you're not speaking of the FReepers, We're stuck with the dillweed.
Right you are! We will have to drag this Rhino over the finish line and kick him to the right. If not, we will have another McLame type campaign. This is going to be a nail biter for the next 6 mos. We have no choice now and I hope Mark L. and anyone else that can help will.
He insulted or ignored conservatives through the primaries. Expecting him to set up a conservative kissing booth now is foolish.
Savage can stick it where the sun don't shine. He's as responsible as anyone in the "conservative media" for causing Romney to win the nomination. He is the one who "savagely" bashed Newt Gingrich repeatedly during this primary and offered $1 million for him to withdraw from the race. Newt has openly discussed Obama's Kenyan roots and called his policies socialism. Newt would have not shied away from any relevant line of attack of Obama if he was the nominee.
As a resident of Florida we were bombarded daily with just horrible ads against NEWT...but OBAMA is merely in over his head and Rev Wright is out of bounds
I don't think so
I am voting for Virgil Goode for President and GOP in our Senate race.
No more establishment Mr Nice Mclame retred for me, thank you very much!
Wish sarah had run...sigh
My thoughts exactly Nana.I still say romnutts takes a dive in this election.Just watch.
If Romney didn't put the brakes on the Wright stuff, the Dems would have Carte blanche to go after Mormonism.
Ugh. Are you looking for a job opening as a political analyst at the RNC? Or are you just stuck in a sad state of denial that a huge, proven liberal and incompetent politician is the Republican nominee?
"Newt Gingrich did more for the conservative movement than Romney ever did." -Mark Levin, 5/17/2012
RINO's are always harder on conservatives than their fellow leftists.
If anyone is shocked by this, I would question their intelligence....or whether they have been paying attention.
Is Levin also going to be shocked when Mittens stabs the Tea Party and the conservative movement in the back?
How very "McCain" of Romney to not allow Obama to be vetted. Does he think Obama won't use ANYTHING available against him? Why does he think it's "racist" to inform people of Wright's reverse racism?
I called him the designated loser.
I might still be right.
Good for you, Mark. It's outrageous, but not the least bit unexpected.
"We will have to drag this Rhino over the finish line and kick him to the right."
You drag him... I'm not not touching that turd.
Hahaha! You must be a psychic. I think you're seeing the future!
I think you hit the nail on it's head. Romney may be a RINO but he is not stupid.
What we have here is a Mitt McDole.
Thanks for posting. I'll have to download the audio and listen tomorrow.
Nothing Romney does surprises or shocks me, including last week's "people of the same gender who love each other" should be able to adopt children. This is what he is, and he can't keep his true self hidden.
I will be voting for Newt in the California primary.
I think captainK has nailed the possible strategy by Romney.
They run very good hotels though, but are as whacked out as the marxists, and more ruthless.
"If Romney didnt put the brakes on the Wright stuff, the Dems would have Carte blanche to go after Mormonism."
Ha ha ha. Do you really think that will stop them? Surely you are smarter than the McCain/Romney braintrust. Ha ha
Just gave him a earfull in type!
LOL, right. If we all work at it, maybe we can get him as conservative as Bill Clinton. Or maybe not.
A colossal understatement.
Mark, you pulled your support for both Newt and Rick early and signaled defeat to Romney.
What did you expect?
That after years of a lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal the Tiger would change his spots?
Mark, you pulled your support for both Newt and Rick early and signaled defeat to Romney.
What did you expect?
That after years of a lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal RECORD the Tiger would change his spots?
Why would Romney care about that Mark?
He savaged both Rick and Newt in the primaries lying about their histories and their character.
You're backing a lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal Mark.
Good luck with that and get used to being disappointed and mad at him.
Then romney would be free to come out and defend Harry Reid from president Stoner's hateful anti-religious rhetoric. Harry Reid is Mormon.
If only the GOPe would fight as hard against Obama at they were smearing Sarah Palin.....sigh.
Romney needs to be beaten into submission. Levin is just the guy to do it.
If he wants conservative votes he'd better get with the program.
I owe you an apology for coming at you siedways the other day.
I'm sorry.
Yet he is supposedly against gay marriage. Could he not see how completely untenable this position was? He prefers "unmarried couples" to adopt?? What??
He is a first class dolt. We are sooo screwed.
LOL, right-——he thinks homosexuals can't get married, but they can have kids. Say what?
Mittens has already given his concession speech.
I guess I'll look for a political Party which wants to WIN.
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During the early morning hours on September 28, more than 500 Poet volunteers – students, staff, and faculty alike - gathered in Whittier College's Campus Center Courtyard with a hunger not only for breakfast, but to make a difference.
That Saturday marked Whittier's 19th Annual Helping Hands Day, a daylong initiative with a mission to instill in students a foundation of giving back to the community and enhance their understanding of the College's strong history and mission of service.
With their Helping Hands Day tshirts on their backs, Poets were divided into groups and dispatched to the front doors of nearby community sites to carry out service projects – everything from helping organize a food pantry to coordinating arts and crafts activities at a senior citizen home to supervising recreation activities for elementary school students. This year's partner organizations included Granada Middle School, Salvation Army-Whittier Corps, Bridge of Faith, Shelter's Right Hand, Lydia Jackson Elementary, Whittier Presbyterian Preschool, H.O.W. HOUSE, City of Whittier, St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Interfaith Food Center, Bolsa Chica Conservancy, Whittier's First Day, Boys & Girls Club of Whittier, and Posada Whittier, to name a few.
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Helping Hands Day is coordinated through Whittier's Office of Leadership, Experience, and Programs (LEAP) and Dean of Students' Office.
"Students at Whittier College are always looking for ways to make a positive impact and change the world," said LEAP director Shauna Young. "What we try to teach them at Whittier is that making a difference is possible especially if it's done collaboratively. Helping Hands Day is a way to demonstrate that by working together our campus can become a positive force of collective change in our society."
Since its beginnings in 1994, Helping Handing Day has expanded monumentally. This year's group of Poets volunteers was the largest in the event's history.
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Helibras Opens EC725 Plant, Partners with InbraAerospace
Eurocopter subsidiary, Helibras, has established a manufacturing plant in Itajuba that will focus on the production, assembly and maintenance of the EC725 in Brazil. The initial production at the facility will focus on a 50-aircraft order from the Brazilian Armed Forces. Helibras has delivered four French-produced EC725s so far, with the Itajuba plant to build the remaining helicopters. The new facility will also have the means to produce civilian versions of the EC225 to meet the needs of offshore oil and gas operators in the region. Helibras has also struck an agreement with InbraAerospace involving composite armor protection on the EC725. The company currently outfits Helibras' Ecureuils with armor. Through early October, a total of 15 suppliers have agreed to provide Brazilian-produced components for the EC725s.
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I was just curious as to how similar these two mic's are? More specifically, can the presence knob on the lyric mic be placed at a certain position where it causes it to sound similarly to the anthem mic?
I currently own the Lyric and I enjoy it however I have found that it requires a great deal of eq to get it sounding right for my guitar. That's not necessarily a bad thing, it just requires patience and an ear. However, every clip that i've heard of the Anthem with 100% mic sounds very natural and not very "eq'd".
So, why the differences? Is the anthem "mic only" more feedback prone than the lyric?


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I keep running into people who are always blaming co-sleeping, mainly bed-sharing to babies not sleeping well at night.. I have to say certainly from my experience and it seems from other's experience here it does not seem like most babies who do bed-share sleep particularly well. I understand all the advantages of bed-sharing and extended breastfeeding. I also understand baby sleep cycles,etc.. I guess I am just looking for evidence to the contrary. Does anyone have any anecdotes?
No announcement yet.
Does anyone know a baby who co-sleeps or bedshares who is a good sleeper?
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Naomi- Leader API of Frederick MD
Mother to O (4yrs) and E (1.5)
Yes, my first son slept deep and well and a lot at night starting pretty early. It is his personality I believe. My second son has a different personality!
We could redefine it to
a child who's nighttime needs enable the parents to get frequent uninterrupted sleep
I have breastfed and co-slept with both boys but have responded to each of their needs accordingly. I didn't force the standards developed by his older brother on the younger because they simply would not work! ...and this is true of any child!
I may get less sleep with the new baby but I do feel that attending to his nighttime needs is worth the price.
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Rebecca Ray API Leader, Austin, TX
Mom to Finnian, age 5 and Baby Beckett
I think that children who sleep separate from the parents still wake up at night. They've just had to learn that they soothe themselves back to sleep. I know that it's rare for ME to sleep for 8 or 9 hours without waking up at least once, sometimes more than that. It's human nature. I think it's important to be close to our children to meet their needs during the night. I'd rather my child disturb my sleep, searching for my breast to nurse and soothe himself back to sleep than imagine him lying in his crib, holding a lovey and sucking on his pacifer. Co-sleeping also offers most parents the opportunity to go right back to sleep, since we don't (usually) have to get out of bed to tend to our children's needs.
Hmm.. well I guess good sleeper would be a baby who sleeps about 4-5 hours at a time... Yes my DD is a bad sleeper.. she still wakes up every 1 or 2 at night to nurse.. we have tried night weaning and it did not go very well... I think she has pain from teething pretty often and that contributes (motrin or tylenol does not seem to do much)..so I have given up because I feel like if the nursing help to settle her back down then I will continue to do it..
I am sure you are right that babies who sleep alone still wake up just don't wake up their parents... I guess people have a different perspective and think that children sleep through the night f they don't wake their parents up...
It's good to know that some bed-sharing babies are capable of sleeping well..
Thanks for all your responses..
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AMY-bwing, bfing, cosleeping, attached mama to Conner, the love of my life and the best thing that ever happened to me! Born 3/15/2008
My baby is a "good sleeper". He started STTN at 2 months old and then at about 4 months old he started waking up once or twice a night which consisted of him whimpering, I half way wake up, give him a breast and we're both asleep again in a couple of minutes. He's 10 months old now and will usually wake up like this once, but sometimes he doesn't wake up at all and will sleep for about 8 hours. I feel very lucky because I think it is his personality, I know it isn't anything that I've done to make him sleep so well.
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layla- mama to sandrel(oct 03) and liesl(mar 06)
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my kids are such 'good' sleepers that i often check to see if theyre breathing.
theyve been like that forever it seems.
its just in thier genes i guess...
but even then im still sleep deprived because theyre only like that when they do sleep. they have evolved to not need sleep or something. lol
i think having a baby period is the reason people are getting such poor sleep
Z will have one 4 hour stretch followed by 3 hr stretches at night. Since she only catnaps during the day (5-20 min). I don't really count her waking up at night as really being awake. Her eyes are usually closed and she never really wakes up. I just latch her on and we both go back to sleep.
I could not honestly tell you how many times my daughter wakes up during the night... right now it could be 5 or could be 10 times, it just depend on so many factors... , develp stage, did she eat well, is she thirsty, is it too cold, too hot? Am I close enough, too close? It depends on the day.... in my opinion she is a good sleeper = she sleeps and is happy... and I am also VERY happy she is right by my side... it is great and waking up is even better!!
As someone else said, I wake up myself about 20 zillion times during the night even to go to the bathroon or eat something, always have, always will... in my opinion I am a GREAT sleeper not to say I am not exhausted... I find that you get used to being exhausted... with time and acceptance... it is what is... so I have to agree that it is probably a personality thing all the waking up....
My son slept by himself in a crib or bassinet since birth and slept through the night (8 hours and up) since about 2 months (yes I am lucky). At about 11 months he started having major issues taking a couple hours to fall asleep at night and waking up frequently. I decided to start co-sleeping and it was the best decision ever. He now takes a very minimum amount of time to fall asleep. He used to be rocked to sleep but now I just lay in bed with him and he falls asleep on his own. He doesn't wake up as often in the night, and if he does I can soothe him back to sleep very quickly. He's learned to find me and cuddle when he needs it. Co-sleeping is the best deicision I have made in a while. I believe my son's sleeping has greatly improved since we started.
Good to hear!
My 10mo son still wakes 4-5 times per night no matter WHAT we do! It's hard to shake the feeling that I must be doing something wrong, or that perhaps I'm doing a disservice to my son by not forcing him to find ways to self-soothe (which he CAN do, but doesn't always).
Reading this thread is good for morale- by nature, some babies are "easy" sleepers and some are "difficult" sleepers.
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Naomi- Leader API of Frederick MD
Mother to O (4yrs) and E (1.5)
Update....my 'bad' sleeper second child is now almost 16 mo and sleeps all through the night.. alone on his part of the bed for the first few hours and then the rest snuggled up next to me. He nurses a lot in the morning 6am-7am but he went to bed at 8...so not too shabby huh?
Originally posted by tkfour View PostMy son slept by himself in a crib or bassinet since birth and slept through the night (8 hours and up) since about 2 months (yes I am lucky). At about 11 months he started having major issues taking a couple hours to fall asleep at night and waking up frequently. I decided to start co-sleeping and it was the best decision ever. He now takes a very minimum amount of time to fall asleep. He used to be rocked to sleep but now I just lay in bed with him and he falls asleep on his own. He doesn't wake up as often in the night, and if he does I can soothe him back to sleep very quickly. He's learned to find me and cuddle when he needs it. Co-sleeping is the best deicision I have made in a while. I believe my son's sleeping has greatly improved since we started.
fairly good sleeper at 22 months.
I'd say my daughter is a fairly good sleeper now. I think it's just the developmental stage she's at but she'll sleep through the night most nights provided we keep somewhat to our routine. She was not always like that though. She was always a rotten sleeper from day one but at least in our case I really think that cosleeping was necessary for our family. I'm very certain Cadence would still have woken just as often, had she been in a crib, but I would have had to get up each time and nurse her to get her back to sleep. This way I just latched her on and dosed back off. Yes, I was sleep deprived for a year, but I think it would have been even worse if she were not in bed with us. I get up at 5:00 am after a somewhat late bedtime so we did whatever worked for us no matter what people said. She weaned easily at 17 months and at 22 months is still cosleeping nicely. I've read that kids generally are ready to leave their parents' bed by age 2-3. Any thoughts? I really don't think it would go over well now but could definitely see advantages to having a toddler free bed!


text: I find at Pacific there is only two turns which require hard brakes. Turn 3 and turn 11. Turn 2 and Turn 9 not really...but that might be because I'm used to my GSX-R brakes. In any case the only time the rear of my bike really becomes light to the point where bad clutch control wouldn't matter is turn 3. But when I see videos of others going into that turn their downshifting is really chattering the rear of their bikes. I've never had that issue though. In any case .... Jo what's your problem? On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Randy Grein <randygrein at comcast.net> wrote: > We'll have to agree to disagree Chris - although I agree that you need to > balance ultimate braking force with control. Some corners won't work; if the > entry chute is too short, the corner is too wide or apex speed too great for > the bike. An SV, with slower top speeds will have fewer opportunities. At > Pacific there are 4 hard braking corners - 2, 3, 9 and 11. The entry for 2 > is wide enough that some lines don't really have a long braking chute (but > the fastest one does, as does the 2 inside lines). Most lines for 3 have > VERY long braking chutes, even the fast inside line has an initial braking > chute that qualifies. Later in 3 the turn and banking passes my ability to > generate brakies and precision is more important than absolute braking > effort. Turn 9 has a decent braking chute only if you're going slow on the > inside; on the fast line from 8 to 9 you're heeled over quite a bit - no > brakies there. I've seen people execute brakies going into 11, but it's > short enough that it's hard to get it right. > > Keep in mind I'm not talking about getting big air, more bouncing the tire > off the pavement. The higher the back end goes the less braking force you > can apply. (Of course, you know that.) > Randy Grein > > > On May 10, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Chris Burgess wrote: > > Um... >> >> "The important thing to remember is unless it's raining you can and should >> lift the rear wheel under braking. Keep that in mind; the ideal corner >> entry >> has no weight on the rear wheel until you tip in, and you can't brake on >> air. " >> >> I completely disagree. There is only one time at Pacific (for example) >> wher >> eyou would be lifting the rear on braking and that is turn 3. Otherwise >> you >> shouldn't be or you are introducing toooooo much chassis pitch which >> unstabilizes the bike. >> >> -Chris >> >> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Randy Grein <randygrein at comcast.net >> >wrote: >> >> I think we're a little far out for a physical meet but I'll give you what >>> I >>> have online; generally I'm pretty good at corner entry - it's getting my >>> carcass out of the hole that's the problem. (grin) >>> >>> MOST people who have corner entry problems with downshifting never raced >>> a >>> 2 stroke and end up trying for more engine braking. Bang a couple of >>> downshifts, dump the clutch and wonder why the rear is hopping all over. >>> Compensate for that and you end up either braking early, miss your >>> turn-in >>> point or just go slow. The important thing to remember is unless it's >>> raining you can and should lift the rear wheel under braking. Keep that >>> in >>> mind; the ideal corner entry has no weight on the rear wheel until you >>> tip >>> in, and you can't brake on air. Add to that the uncontrollable nature of >>> engine braking. Under most braking conditions you'll want to ease in >>> (quickly) to a maximum rate, hold that level for a period of time and >>> then >>> taper off smoothly. In contrast when you let out the clutch rear wheel >>> braking is greatest (by 2-4 times) as the engine spins up, drops as >>> engine >>> RPM stops accelerating and drops rapidly as the bike continues to slow. >>> The >>> slipper clutch allows a set amount of engine braking and no more, >>> matching >>> ideal racing requirements which is why they are so popular. >>> >>> If you want to experience maximum deceleration with high accuracy pull in >>> the clutch. Do this first during practice, in a race you'll end up on >>> your >>> head. As you have time while braking bang the correct number of >>> downshifts >>> with the clutch still in, then blip the throttle to get the engine near >>> redline and EASE out the clutch. When in doubt use one less downshift >>> than >>> you think you'll need, power needs at maximum lean are pretty minor and >>> it >>> will keep the rear wheel from spinning. In fact, you can usually begin >>> acceleration MUCH sooner and carry a higher corner speed. >>> >>> This technique works best on wide and decreasing radius corners; you're >>> in >>> the entry zone for a long time and even a small increase in speed can net >>> big gains. Ideally you'll want to get used to using a little rear brake >>> as >>> well. Without having excessive engine braking to contend with the rear >>> brake >>> becomes very useful when near the edge - not when straight up, but as you >>> tip in and all the way to your apex. 1st gen bikes have a bigger rotor >>> and >>> too much rear brake for racing, using a smaller GSXR or 2nd gen rotor >>> reduces braking leverage and it becomes quite controllable. The important >>> part is to limit rear brake to a small fraction of front braking. Feet >>> are >>> not nearly as sensitive as fingers and you don't want to spend a lot of >>> attention on that brake pedal that could instead be used for feeling >>> grip. >>> >>> History, and why this works: I mentioned 2 strokes earlier; they have >>> next >>> to no engine braking and were THE purpose-built racebike motor for over >>> 30 >>> years. The common engine lube was premix, and shutting off at the end of >>> a >>> straight cuts off cooling fuel AND lube making seizures common. The >>> solution >>> was, and is to pull the clutch at the end of the straight and (usually) >>> blip >>> the throttle during braking. Modern water cooled 2 strokes generally had >>> good enough carbs to make blipping unnecessary so it's just a matter of >>> banging shifts, letting out the clutch at the right time and tossing it >>> in. >>> With one less thing to worry about a good 2 stroke rider has a higher >>> entry >>> speed, a more precise apex and a higher apex speed. This is especially >>> true >>> with decreasing radius corners which throw in yet another variable. Rain >>> does too. Slam a downshift under braking and the rear tire breaks loose >>> and >>> slides. You lose all braking effect and most of your steering until it >>> hooks >>> back up; if you're leaned over at the time you fall before that happens. >>> Use >>> a bit of CONTROLLABLE rear brake instead and you can outbrake the field, >>> both straight up and leaned over. Just keep in mind what I said earlier - >>> you are applying a SMALL amount of rear brake over a very long distance >>> to >>> scrub off speed. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Randy Grein >>> >>> >>> On May 10, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Jo Rhett wrote: >>> >>> Anyone on this list willing to spend a few minutes talking to me about >>> >>>> downshifting? Not street, just race corner entry downshifting. I'm >>>> really >>>> struggling with this on my z-built superbike. Obviously a slipper >>>> clutch is >>>> probably a good answer, but I'd like to learn how to do this better >>>> without >>>> the technology assist. >>>> >>>> Beer or favorite poison of choice for time to talk about it? Dinner on >>>> my >>>> tab? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jo Rhett / velociRaptor Racing >>>> #553 WERA / AFM >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> WERA #104 >> OMRRA #104 >> WMRRA #104 >> http://www.burgiracing.com >> >> 2011 Sponsors >> KFG Racing - http://www.kfgracing.com >> Vortex Racing - http://www.vortexracing.com >> > > -- WERA #104 OMRRA #104 WMRRA #104 http://www.burgiracing.com 2011 Sponsors KFG Racing - http://www.kfgracing.com Vortex Racing - http://www.vortexracing.com


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Many people think that when a cat gets fat, there is simply more to love. However, no matter how cute, fluffy or lovable you think it makes your cat look, cat obesity is a serious health issue for felines.
The major concern for overweight or obese cats is the increased risk of diabetes. Feline diabetes often requires you to feed your cat a special diet, inject insulin daily or give medication to regulate your cat's blood sugar, according to the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. In addition to this, obese cats have an increased risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and some types of cancer - conditions that may be painful for your pet and expensive for you.
Even if your cat does not develop one of these common obesity complications, excess weight can cause pain in the joints of cats. VCA Animal Hospitals reports that obesity causes and enhances inflammation in cats with osteoarthritis. In addition to the physical wear and tear on joints, veterinarians now know that excess fat tissue secretes hormones and chemicals that also increases inflammation and soreness of the joints.
The best treatment for obesity is to prevent your cat from gaining excess weight. It is important to provide your cat with a nutritionally balanced cat diet. Speak to your veterinarian about choosing the most appropriate food for your cat and what size portions your cat should receive to stay at their healthy weight. Adding exercise to their daily activities is important to keeping a lean body.


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By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD
Anxiety disorder is a mental ailment that leads to unnecessary anxiety over different activities and events.
Anxiety is a common condition which often runs in families and maybe triggered by stress.
Even children may develop anxiety disorders but women are more prone to the condition than men.
Anxiety disorder is characterized by constant unrealistic worry or tension even if there is little or no cause.
The worries flit from one problem to another like family, work problems, health, finances etc.
The worries are often difficult to control and may leave a patient severely distressed.
There may be accompanying difficulty in concentration, tiredness, irritability, sleep problems, jumpiness or restlessness and palpitations.
Physical symptom of headaches, muscle weakness, palpitations, stomach upsets, nausea etc. may also be seen. (1, 2)
Sometimes the worry may stem from certain objects or rituals.
Anxiety disorders encompass various subtypes of mental disorders. Anxiety alone may be a symptom of each of these conditions. These include (3, 4, 5) –
Anxiety disorders are the commonest of all psychiatric ailments.
At least one in 20 in Britain suffer from anxiety disorders.
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Anxiety Causes
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Stocks Rebound Sharply; S&P 500, Nasdaq Rise Over 1%
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Major U.S. equity indices rebounded Tuesday as investors cheered the growing services sector and took cues from strength in the European markets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 99 points, or 0.7%, to 13,979.
Breadth was highly positive, with winners outnumbering losers 28 to two. The most prominent blue-chip advancers were Bank of America (BAC) , UnitedHealth(UNH) , Hewlett-Packard(HPQ) and JPMorgan(JPM) .
Walt Disney (DIS) shares rose 0.7% on Tuesday. The entertainment giant reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of 77 cents a share on $11.34 billion in revenue. Wall Street analysts expected earnings of 76 cents a share on revenue of $11.21 billion after the close.
IBM(IBM) and United Technologies (UTX) shares drifted lower.
The S&P 500 rose 16 points, or 1%, to 1,511.The Nasdaq jumped 40 points, or 1.3%, to 3,172.
The VIX, known as Wall Street's fear gauge, slid below 14.
In the broader market, all sectors were in the green. The biggest gainers were technology, capital goods, consumer cyclicals and financials.
Volumes totaled 3.59 billion shares on the New York Stock Exchange and 2.14 billion on the Nasdaq. Advancers outpaced decliners by a ratio of 2.7-to-1 on the Big Board and 2.6-to-1 on the Nasdaq.
Major U.S. stock averages slumped Monday, dragged down by political uncertainties in Europe and disappointing factory orders here at home.
"Now one day does not make a trend," said Joe Cusick, senior market analyst at optionsXpress, referencing Monday's declines and January's positive returns. Cusick noted that, historically, if January ends in the green, the year typically ends in positive territory.
"Actually there have only been four years in the S&Ps when January showed a positive start that the end of year performance was not better than the January return," he said.
On Tuesday, the ISM Non-Manufacturing Index showed a decline to an as- forecast 55.2% in January from a downwardly revised 55.7% in December, indicating continued growth at a slightly slower rate in the U.S. services sector. The employment index in the non-manufacturing ISM report increased 2.2 percentage points to 57.5%, indicating growth in employment for the sixth straight month.
"Despite the decline in the month, the January
Survey respondents expressed a measuredly optimistic view on the business climate, with one in the retail trade saying that there seems to be "some stabilization in recent months. Business seems a little more confident, and consumers are participating once again."


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The fence or the ambulance
To the editor:
Which is wiser? To put a fence around the edge of a cliff, or an ambulance down in the valley? Which is better? Prevention, or cure?
There's an old poem that asks that question, and the answer is obvious. If you build a good fence around the edge of a cliff, you greatly reduce the need for an ambulance down in the valley.
Of course, real life isn't so clear cut. In real life, you know that we need both the fence and the ambulance. No matter how careful we are to maintain our health and safety, most of us will eventually need some major health care.
That is what makes our current health care debate a difficult one. We all want a good, strong fence at the edge of the cliff, and we all recognize the need for an ambulance down in the valley.
But what constitutes a good, strong fence, and how should it be built? Under the old system, each individual was responsible for constructing his or her own fence. Each of us was responsible for seeing to his or her own health insurance. Under the old system, the fence at the top of the cliff had millions of strong sections, and millions of people and their families were prevented from falling. On the whole, it provided a great deal of protection to large numbers of people at a relatively reasonable cost. And when someone needed an ambulance, the ambulance was there.
Under the new system, the fence has been taken out of the hands of the individual citizens and placed under control of the federal government. The fence will be as wide and as strong as Washington bureaucrats decide it will be. They have promised that no one will fall through. They have promised that if someone does, a better ambulance will be there to pick him or her up. And it will cost less. We'll see.
Most of us had satisfactory experience with the old fence and ambulance. I'm quite skeptical about the new one. After all, the federal government doesn't have a very good record when it comes to building fences. I hope they're more serious about protecting our health than they are about protecting the border.
Michael A. Thom
New Ulm


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Tom Basiden, 28, TV chef featured on world renowned Jamie Oliver's show Fifteen, was recently charged with stealing millions of British pounds worth of Cartiery jewelry. Baisden was the "inside man" in a staged warehouse robbery in Southend, Essex, England in May 2001.
Fifteen is an apprentice program where young disadvantaged chefs aged 18 to 24 are given the opportunity to work in high end kitchens under the likes of celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver. All of the chefs come from difficult backgrounds and this "second chance" or sorts turns many lives around.
Baisden story starts at age 16, when he began working for the freight-handling firm called Serco at the Southend airport in 1998. Realizing how poor the airport security was, Baisden called the police warning them of the possible security threat. When police did nothing, Baisden decided to try his hand at robbing the warehouse, organizing an elaborate hoax to make the robbery look real on his watch. Accomplices gagged and bound Baisden and stole £3 million worth of jewelry. Baisden himself was rewarded £100,000 for his part in the raid.
After graduating from Oliver's Fifteen experiment, and reassessing his life's path, Braisden called the police and described the crime he committed. Described by police as "an extraordinary act of frankness and candor," Baisden is awaiting sentencing for the charge of theft and conspiracy to steal.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 15, 2008) - Three U.S. women's beach volleyball teams and two men's teams advanced to the third rounds of their respective SWATCH FIVB World Tour events on Thursday. The women are playing in Seoul, Korea, where the No. 2-ranked team of Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) and Elaine Youngs (El Toro, Calif.) played two tough matches on Thursday-against Mika Saiki and Chiaki Kusuhara of Japan and Dalixia Fernandez Grasset and Tamara Larrea Peraza of Cuba-winning both 2-1. They will play the United States' seventh-ranked team of Jen Boss (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) in Friday's third round. Boss and Ross won both of their Thursday matches, 2-0. The 13th-seeded U.S. team of Tyra Turner (Fort Meyers Beach, Fla.) and Rachel Wacholder (Laguna Beach, Calif.) has also made it to the third round after winning their first-round match and upsetting Brazil's fourth-ranked team of Talita Antunes and Renata Ribiero (19-21, 21-19, 15-12) in the second round.
"We were expecting a lot more in Australia, but we did not deliver," Turner told the FIVB about the team's last SWATCH FIVB event finish. "Today we played a lot better, especially in the second match against the Brazilians. We let the first set get away from us after leading the Brazilians 17-11. Rachel started setting me higher and we were able to comeback against a very good team."
Turner and Wacholder will have to face China's fifth-seeded Chen Xue and Xi Zhang in Friday's third round. On the men's side, top-ranked Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and seventh-ranked Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Fla.) have advanced to the third round of their SWATCH FIVB World Tour event in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy. Both teams breezed through their first two rounds with 2-0 victories. On Friday, Dalhausser and Rogers will play eighth-seeded Dmitri Barsouk and Igor Kolodinsky of Russia, the team they defeated in the final of the 2007 FIVB World Championship. Gibb and Rosenthal will meet second-seeded Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos of Brazil in the third round.
Among the other U.S. men's teams competing in Italy, the teams of Stein Metzger (Honolulu, Hawai'i) and Mark Williams (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Casey Jennings (Las Vegas, Nev.) advanced through qualifying on Wednesday to make it to Thursday's main draw, where both fell to the consolation bracket with losses. Metzger and Williams, ranked 17th, will play Emiel Boersma and Bram Ronnes of Netherlands on Friday while 20th-ranked Fuerbringer and Jennings will face Norway's 19th-ranked Jorre Andre Kjemperud and Tarjei Skarlund. Complete results and photos are available on the FIVB beach Web site at www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/index.asp


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It is official, Tuesday is TeaDay all day here on TeaChat. So, come and celebrate and share many cups of tea with all your fellow TeaChatters. While you are here, tell us what you are drinking (or drank) throughout the day. Also, don't forget the Daily TeaPoll
Kudos to Henley for the Daily TeaPoll question today!!! Many thanx, Henley. Anyone have a Poll question(s), please PM me. Thanx. I could use a lot of suggestions here.
So, how many teas do you have open, how many would you prefer to have open, and why? This is a very good queston. Please answer the poll, but also feel free to comment along with sharing what is in your cup. This is good ummm, TeaChat!!!


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Elizabeth Corley, chief executive, Allianz Global Investors New normal: More than five years since the credit crunch began in 2007, there is growing acceptance that the old times will not return. The impact has been deeper and more far-reaching than even the most bearish of people anticipated. There is a real opportunity for the financial industry to rise to the challenge and deliver what clients need. Whether the whole industry adapts sufficiently is another question, but I am confident leading market participants can and will.
Views from the top: the new normal
As the financial services industry digests a wave of incoming regulation and adjusts to a new climate, Financial News asks leading executives: Has the financial industry begun to accept a new normal?


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Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has created a set of geometric pitchers with Art Deco flair. Ideal for serving drinks or displaying flowers, his Facet jugs range from 9" to 13.5" h. Made of white-glazed ceramic, they cost $1,688 each; silver-plated brass versions are $3,128 each.
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