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2 Week Specials, Care & Community in Vietnam by Katherine Angus
Choosing my project
I decided to volunteer with Projects Abroad on the 2 Week Special in Vietnam as I was keen to experience a country as a volunteer rather than as a tourist. I had also been told that it was a beautiful and vibrant country.
Arriving in Vietnam, I was warmly welcomed by a Projects Abroad representative, who told me more about my placement on our journey from the airport. The following day, our project supervisors took the other volunteers and I around Hanoi. It is such a beautiful and lively city, although trying to cross the road there is one of the scariest things I've ever done. However, by the end of the trip it had become second nature!
On the first evening, a few of us went out to the supermarket. It was then that I knew I had chosen the right country. We were followed by local children waving and shouting 'hello' excitedly– I felt so at home.
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We worked in the skills class where residents are taught practical skills, such as cooking. We also helped the residents with class work, which was so rewarding. As our accommodation was also in the Village, it meant we could spend a lot of extra time with the residents. This was often my favourite part of the day, as we could just play with the kids who had come from class. There was a real sense of community in the village and we were immediately accepted. When walking into one classroom, a young boy ran over to hug each one of us! All of the residents look out for one another, and it is so heart-warming to see.
We also painted one of the houses and planted flowers outside the classrooms. At one point, whilst we were gardening, some of the kids came out and got involved. It was great fun! The Village residents are great - they have such amazing, fun personalities. The feeling of being recognised by a child, taken by the hand and lead to a classroom to sit and play is one I will never forget. Despite speaking minimal Vietnamese, I still felt like I really got a sense of each person's character there. I really felt I connected with so many of them.
Another memory I have is of a heavy rainstorm one afternoon. My normal reaction to poor weather would be disappointment. However, the kids at the Village taught me to look on things with a totally different outlook. Within minutes they were all outside running and playing in the rain, and soon enough we were all soaking! They have such a positive outlook on life, despite the fact some of them face tremendous challenges.
Travelling in Vietnam at the weekends
We would often go and explore Hanoi after work. We visited wonderful local restaurants, water puppet shows and explored the markets, all the time taking in the unfamiliar sounds and sights of the city.
At the weekend our supervisor took us to Ha Long Bay, one of the most idyllic places I have ever been. We were lucky enough to be able to go kayaking in the bay and this is an experience I won't forget - it was unbelievably beautiful! The following day we visited the Museum of Ethnology to learn more about Vietnam's many ethnic groups and the way in which they lived. This was a really interesting insight into traditional culture.
My volunteering experience
There are honestly too many memories and unforgettable experiences from my trip to Vietnam to write about them all - I could never do it justice! My only regret is that I didn't go for longer! The whole experience has changed the way I see things, as well as increasing my confidence and independence.
I have made amazing friends from all over the world, from my fellow volunteers to the residents of the Village. Projects Abroad helped me from the beginning and gave me lots of helpful advice. I felt I could speak to them whilst I was in Vietnam if there was ever an issue.
I miss Vietnam and The Friendship Village. I really hope to return soon.
Katherine Angus
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Location: Knoxville, TN, USA
Posted: Mon 18 Aug 2008, 23:36
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TiMidity++-2.13.0, with alsaseq support!
Subject description: Only tested in Puppy 4.00
<-- optional higher quality sound patches (37 MB decompressed)
TiMidity++ is a softsynth. It takes in a MIDI file, then uses a sound font or sound patch to transform it into normal audio. You can use it to convert MIDI files directly into the WAV format, or you can use it to play the file through the speakers. Another things it can do (the most useful IMHO) is run as a daemon to give you an Alsa port for MIDI playback. This lets all those other audio programs that normally play MIDI files through a port to use Timidity instead. In my case, I use it to let me play MIDI files from Audacious (using the Amidi-plug plugin). I believe it should also work with Rosegarden (a sequencer). The aplaymidi program can also use it. Basically it mimics what would happen if you had and properly configured a soundcard which is MIDI capible. This uses more CPU power than letting the card do it though. Not a huge amount - modern PCs should handle it fine - but if you're also doing some heavy lifting in other programs it could probably get pretty choppy (renicing it to a higher priority should help).
Note: When I compiled this, I didn't enable any interactive interfaces except for ncurses. If playing files with Timidity directly, you can either use it with no interface:
timidity /path/to/my/midi_file.mid
or you can use ncurses like this:
timidity -in /path/to/my/midi_file.mid
The best deal though, is to set it up as a daemon to create that Alsa port, then get your normal audio player to send MIDI through that. I don't know if you can do it with Gxine, but I think you can with Mplayer. I know you can with XMMS and Audacious. I just uploaded a version of Audacious with a working 'Amidi-plug' plugin over
. For XMMS you're on your own, but I think there are both 'Amidi-plug' and 'Timidity' plugins, either of which should be fine. The Audacious package I linked to is already configured to use this.
So, how to set Timidity up this way? Easy. I added a script at /etc/init.d/timidity_server to do it automatically at every boot. If you want to disable it, just remove the executable bit on that script (
chmod 644 /etc/init.d/timidity_server
to remove, and
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/timidity_server
to make it executable again). There's one catch: when you first install this the daemon won't be started automatically until you reboot. To start it by hand just run this:
/etc/init.d/timidity_server start
I mentioned that it uses a sound font or sound patch to make the audio from the MIDI file. Sound patches are a bunch of samples of audio from different instruments and what not that Timidity will transform appropriately to match the note which is supposed to be played. Sound fonts are essentially a group of patches combined into a single file, but not as simple as that. They also support more features than patches.
Sound fonts and patch collections can be quite large (up in the 70 megabytes or more). Because we are puppians, I tracked down and included a "very small" (~4 mb) collection put together by Shom. (
Shom's TiMidity++ page
For those who'd like better quality, I also made a package of the ~30 mb 'eawpatches' collection from
. When installed it will automatically set itself as the default To revert to 'minishom', go to /usr/share/timidity/ and symlink 'minishom/' to 'current/'.
Note: if you are using it as a daemon for Alsa, you'll have to restart it before a change in patches will take effect. The hard way is to reboot. The easy way is
/etc/init.d/timidity_server restart
Configuring Timidity to use any old patch or font you download is an exercise left to the reader. I did simplify things a little by setting up Timidity to look in /usr/share/timidity/current/timidity.cfg for the data, where the 'current' directory is actually a symlink. This way you can have multiple sound fonts / patch collections each in their own director of /usr/share/timidity (or elswhere and symlinked in, to save space in the savefile in case you use large ones). Within each directory you'll want to set up a 'timidity.cfg' file to use whatever fonts or patches you put in it. Then to switch, just change where the 'current' directory points. And as above, if you're using it as a daemon you'll need to restart it before the change takes effect.
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Location: Valåmoen, Norway
Posted: Tue 19 Aug 2008, 17:47
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This is really great!!! Only half the size of the official version. Thank you Pizzagood!
If you want to use a sf2 soundfont, is all very simple. Add the soundfont to /usr/share/timidity/timidity.cfg. In my attached example of timidity.cfg, The fluidR3_GM is first loaded, then the additions for GS - fluidR3_GS. Then, to get the best piano, the steinberg soundfont will override piano sounds from fluidR3.
dir /usr/share/timidity
dir ~/.timidity
soundfont /mnt/sda6/puppy/lyd/soundfonts/FluidR3_GM.sf2
soundfont /mnt/sda6/puppy/lyd/soundfonts/FluidR3_GS.sf2
soundfont /mnt/sda6/puppy/lyd/soundfonts/WST25FSteinberg_Piano-00Sep22.sf2
Remember that timidity also supports *.kar files. These are midi files with text info for karaoke.
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Posted: Tue 19 Aug 2008, 19:39
Post subject: The stark dissapointment in dealing with midi.
Thanks Pizzasgood and Zigbert for addressing these midi problems I have been saddled with for several weeks.Obviously I am not the only newbie who didn't know whether to scratch his watch or wind his arse
when it came to getting sound from Rosegarden ,timidity ,Qtractor and several others.Seems I read where another newbie quoted said "I have completely given up trying to get a decent home studio operational in Linux" I suppose he went back to brandx.I can't say I have done as you suggested yet but at least now I have some directions to try.Thanks,bill
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Posted: Wed 20 Aug 2008, 07:56
Post subject: What is and what creates /timidity_server ?
Hi men,In a preliminary foray in trying to understand how to use your gracious information ,I typed this in on the console.
#chmod 755 /etc/init.d/timidity_server and I get this in return:
# chmod 755 /etc/init.d/timidity_server
chmod: cannot access `/etc/init.d/timidity_server': No such file or directory
My question is ,What creates "timidity_server" is this just a open named file or directory ? and how do I create it ?
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Location: Knoxville, TN, USA
Posted: Wed 20 Aug 2008, 21:33
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It should come with the package I uploaded, which is also the only way to get that particular script since I wrote it myself. Also, it should already be executable, so you won't need to chmod it unless you change it to non-executable. The only step you should have to do manually after installing is:
/etc/init.d/timidity_server start
And that's optional - it will happen automatically after you reboot (assuming you haven't made the timidity_server script non-executable).
Pretty much all the script does is execute this command which I copied out of Gentoo:
timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os -EFreverb=0 &
It has some extra logic in there to let you stop or restart it without having to manually kill it, but nothing else. The above command should work with any timidity package, so long as alsa sequencer support was compiled in.
This is the './configure' line I used when compiling:
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-server --enable-alsaseq --enable-ncurses --enable-audio=alsa,vorbis --enable-network
The '--enable-network' part lets us play midis hosted over a network. Like this:
timidity http://www.lynnemusic.com/midi/bjorn__lynne-_the_spooky_pumpkin_head.mid
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Posted: Thu 21 Aug 2008, 12:17
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Thanks alot Pizzasgood.Your above post has clarified some questions I had and also opened some other questions I have "Like exactly ,how do you want a application to work (me)
I can't recall brandX ever allowing me to do setups as I wish they would work,and this "new choices" is something very foreign to my thinking.
I realize of course there are many things I am required to learn and understand but with the help of more experienced users ,the answers are out there.thanks again for your time and effort.cheers,bill
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Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
Posted: Sat 08 Nov 2008, 13:23
Post subject: re: TiMidity++-2.13.0, with alsaseq support
Subject description: timidity converts *.mid to *.wav
Thanks a lot, pizzasgood. Your Timidity++ works fine, just wish I could find a plug-in for gxine. No luck there after massive searching.
One of the other things Timidity is great at is converting *.mid files to *.wav files. Simply use the command:
timidity input.mid -Ow -o output.wav
Of course substitute the correct full path and filenames for input.mid and output.wav.
If you want to do a whole directory full of midis, save this handy batch processor (I called it midi_batch) to that directory and run it from the command line:
# For batch file conversion
# Find all files in a directory (-f for files, -d for directories to list)
# echo the file name
# use Timidity to convert from midi to flac (or wav)
for i in *
if [ -f $i ]
echo $i
echo $z
timidity $i -Ow -o $z
exit 0
I did not write this: copied it from an anonymous posting on yoten.blogspot.com, but it works just fine!
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Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Posted: Tue 31 Mar 2009, 04:36
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Thank you for the "Timidity pet" Pizzasgood. It works well. I have used the file manager to browse to /usr/bin and dragged the timidity icon to the jwm desktop. Now I can drag and drop a midi file from my midi file directory and it instantly plays the file. I also changed the icon to one of my choice with a right click on the new desktop icon and changed the icon with a further drag and drop (as per the instruction balloon that popped up)
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Location: Knoxville, TN, USA
Posted: Sat 04 Apr 2009, 02:41
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If you want to just click a .mid file to play it, you could right-click a .mid file, go to "file -> set run action", and set it to this:
timidity "$@"
Make sure the radio button above is set to "Only for the type `MIDI audio' (audio/midi)" so you don't change the setting for
audio files!
BTW, the desktop itself is created by ROX-Filer, not JWM. JWM just does the taskbar and the window decorations (titlebar and borders, but not scrollbars and such, which are usually GTK but could be other things (QT, TK, etc.)). I think in 4.2 JWM also handles those popout trays on the sides and top. Not sure.
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Posted: Tue 14 Apr 2009, 05:56
Post subject: right-click a .mid file, go to "file -> set run action...
Thanks again pizzasgood. I have done that as well now to.
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Location: Saint-Gérard / Walloon part of Belgium
Posted: Fri 22 May 2009, 03:37
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Hi Pizzasgood,
Many thanks for timidity++-2.13.pet!
I installed it with PetGet, "all dependecies installed", restart the PC and got a menu entry under Multimedia.
Clicking on it got...nothing happening..?
Re-reading your post a saw:
Note: When I compiled this, I didn't enable any interactive interfaces except for ncurses. If playing files with Timidity directly, you can either use it with no interface:
is that to say that there is no GUI?
How could I do to get one ... I remember (may be I am wrong.... that on timidity-2.13.pet there was one..? I uninstalled it before installing timidity++-2.13.pet)
Furthermore, how could timidity start automatically - as defaultmidiplayer - when clicking on a midifilekey found on a musicscore website (i.e. 8notes) to play it without loading it?
Many thanks for answering
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Location: Ukraine
Posted: Fri 22 May 2009, 04:23
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Dear charlie,
This is my version of Timidity that has a gui. Unpack and copy it into /usr/bin (first rename Pizzasgood's version timidity-org). Open a terminal and type timidity -ig. It should come up (GTK gui). Mine looks for config info in /etc and in /usr/share/timidity (timidity.cfg). To get timidity into your menu system, unpack the timidity desktop file and copy it into /usr/share/applications. Then, in a terminal, run fixmenus. After restarting your x server, timidity should appear in your multimedia menu as Timidity++. Good luck.
Hope this works for you....
With kind regards,
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Posted: Fri 22 May 2009, 09:28
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Is the gui depending on tk?
# timidity -ig
timidity: error while loading shared libraries: libtk.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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Posted: Fri 22 May 2009, 10:52
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Dear Sigmund,
This version supports a number of interfaces:
Available interfaces (-i, --interface option):
-in ncurses interface
-iT vt100 interface
-is slang interface
-im motif interface
-ik Tcl/Tk interface
-ie Emacs interface (invoked from `M-x timidity')
-ii skin interface
-ig gtk+ interface
-id dumb interface
-ir remote interface
-iA ALSA sequencer interface
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/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f42000)
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Since KDE 1.0, the legacy X11R4 and ICCCM session management protocols are supported. Legacy applications that define the WM_COMMAND property or support the WM_SAVE_YOURSELF protocol will be restarted with the specified command. The window geometries will be restored on a best effort basis.
Since KDE 2.0, also the standard X11R6 session management protocol XSMP is supported and used. The official documentation of the standard can be download from the X Consortium's FTP server ftp.x.org. Unlike these legacy protocols, the new X11R6 session management gives a chance to save application dependent settings when you log out. A text editor, for instance, would save the names of the loaded files and would reload them when you log in again. Another major advantage of the new protocol is the support for a clean and safe logout procedure even if the users decides not to restore the session next time. The protocol gives applications the possibility to interact with the user in case they are in danger to lose some data, and to cancel the shutdown process if necessary.
An introductive overview of session management functionality and the Qt API for it is available from doc.trolltech.com.
In KDE, the classes KApplication and KMainWindow hide all the ugly details from the programmer. Basically, a KApplication manages a KConfig configuration object sessionConfig() for you, that your application can utilize to store session specific data.
Please read the respective class documentation, especially the one of KMainWindow, for a detailed interface description. With the advanced functionality in KMainWindow, it's really just a matter of a few lines to get even a multi-window application to retains its state between different user sessions.
Here's just a brief overview how things are done. Again, see the respective class documentation for details.
Implementing session management in KDE is easy. If your main window inherits from KMainWindow, you have just 2 things to do:
That's all.
KMainWindow will save its position, geometry and positions of toolbars and menubar on logout.
These functions are called automatically by KMainWindow respectively by the session manager. Note that it is not determined if saveProperties() is called before or after queryClose()! Please read documentation of the respective functions before reimplementing them.
To save your application-wide properties (data that is only needed once per application, and not for each main window) reimplement saveGlobalProperties() and it's counterpart readGlobalProperties. Normally, you don't need these functions.
While KMainWindow::saveProperties() and KMainWindow::queryClose() will work out of the box, KMainWindow::readProperties() will not. You have to add some code to your main() function to implement session restoring.
Imagine you have an application with a main window MyWindow inherited from KMainWindow (or from KXmlGuiWindow, which inherits from KMainWindow). In your main() function, you would then create/restore the application windows with something like:
KApplication app;
if ( app.isSessionRestored() ) {
kRestoreMainWindows< MyWindow >();
} else {
// create default application as usual // for example: MyWindow * window = new MyWindow(); // # will be replaced with numbers that are guaranteed // to be unique in the application: window->setObjectName("MyWindow#"); window->show();
} return app.exec();
kRestoreMainWindows<>() will create (on the heap) as many instances of your main windows as have existed in the last session and call KMainWindow::restore() with the correct arguments. Note that also QWidget::show() is called implicitly.
About setObjectName("MyWindow#"): For session management and window management to work properly, all main windows in the application should have a different name. If you don't do it, KMainWindow will create a unique name, but it's recommended to explicitly pass a window name that will also describe the type of the window. If there can be several windows of the same type, append '#' (hash) to the name, and KMainWindow will replace it with numbers to make the names unique. For example, for a mail client which has one main window showing the mails and folders, and which can also have one or more windows for composing mails, the name for the folders window should be e.g. "mainwindow" and for the composer windows "composer#".
With this you can easily restore all toplevel windows of your application.
It is also possible to restore different types of toplevel windows (each derived from KMainWindow, of course) within one application. Imagine you have three classes of main windows: childMW1, childMW2 and childMW3:
KApplication app;
if ( app.isSessionRestored() ) {
kRestoreMainWindows< childMW1, childMW2, childMW3 >();
} else {
// create default application as usual // for example: childMW1* window1 = new childMW1(); childMW2* window2 = new childMW2(); childMW3* window3 = new childMW3(); // # will be replaced with numbers that are guaranteed // to be unique in the application: window1->setObjectName("type1mainWindow#"); window2->setObjectName("type2mainWindow#"); window3->setObjectName("type3mainWindow#"); window1->show(); window2->show(); window3->show();
} return app.exec();
Currently, the kRestoreMainWindows<>() template functions are provided for up to three template arguments.
KDE的会话管理服务器叫做ksmserver,他是kdebase的一部分。服务进程与KDE的窗口管理服务进程kwin进行交互,保存和恢复窗口信息,进行遗留的会话管理。 要启用会话管理, ksmserver必须X登陆过程的最后一个进程。这个会在startkde脚本的末尾体现.
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Most everything about the Mets these days is about the future. From Matt Harvey, to extending David Wright, to the trade of R.A. Dickey and protecting Zack Wheeler, we're talking about 2014 and beyond.
Sure, it would be great to compete now, but 2013 is mostly for establishing the foundation. It is the development of Harvey and Jon Niese; giving Wheeler major league experience – while avoiding free agency for a year – and hope Ike Davis and Lucas Duda improve their offensive efficiency while still producing power.
This trend should extend to the bullpen, where Bobby Parnell, despite limited save opportunities, has performed in the role that should hopefully define his career.Manager Terry Collins told Parnell at the beginning of spring training he would be the closer if Frank Francisco were not ready. Collins should pull Parnell aside tomorrow at Citi Field – today is an off-day – and tell him he'll have the job when Francisco returns.
Parnell spit the bit on previous chances, but is grasping the brass ring now. And, tightly. Parnell struck out two Washington Nationals in a perfect ninth Sunday to earn his second save of the season. Parnell is following up last year's strong second half with a blistering start.
He has a strong traditional statistic in a 1.35 ERA – mostly overrated for relievers – with an even stronger new wave stat of a 0.45 WHIP. He's given up three hits and a run in 6.2 innings. He's been virtually untouchable.
More to the point, he's pitching the way the way the Mets always hoped.
Collins and GM Sandy Alderson saw that coming at the end of 2012, when with Francisco on the disabled list, Parnell went 3-1 with a 0.96 ERA and paltry .196 opponent's batting average in 17 appearances.
The Mets might feel obligated to return Francisco to the closer role based on his $6.5-million salary, but they need to resist that temptation. It is not an obligation to return Francisco to the closer role, especially because it is anticipated he will not be re-signed this winter.
If Francisco were in the Mets' future plans, I might think differently. Parnell, however, is expected to be here next season and beyond. The Mets – namely Jerry Manuel – have jerked around Parnell to the point of messing with his confidence. They must not do it again by changing his role.
Perhaps this is nothing more than a hot stretch for Parnell; perhaps it is the beginning of something special. We need the time to see.
We don't know to what degree Parnell will develop. What we do know is Francisco will not be here next year and Parnell will. Parnell must stay in the closer role, and remain there in good times and in bad.
That's the way to build for the future, which is now for Parnell.
Thoughts from Joe D.
I don't think this will be an issue when the Mets activate Frank Francisco. Having the highest paid pitcher on your active roster doing mopup duty isn't exactly an ideal situation. But that's exactly the way the Mets should handle Francisco until he can work his way back into a more significant role.
I thought that Francisco two-year deal was an awful signing to begin with, but now that's past and his $6.5 million is just something we'll need to deal with and if it means ultimately eating it – so be it.
That said, I don't think the money situation will keep Terry Collins or Sandy Alderson from doing what is best for the team.
I would be absolutely shocked if Parnell were to go back to a setup role when Francisco returns. I just don't see that happening.


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In 2010 (Sophomore): Shepherd appeared in 15 games for Tech, starting on the mound in eight of them...in a total of 45.1 innings pitched, he logged 38 strikeouts en route to a 1-1 record and a 9.53 ERA.
In 2009 (Freshman): Matthew started eight games for the Golden Eagles and made 12 appearances his freshman season…had 20 strikeouts and 23 walks in 36.2 innings pitched …finished with a 3-3 record and 9.33 ERA…struck out five batters in five innings pitched in his first career start against St. Peters on Feb. 21, earning the win.
Sullivan East High School: Finished his senior campaign with a 2.21 ERA, earning all-conference and all-region recognition...won team's top pitcher award after his junior year…posted a 6-2 record with a 1.93 ERA throughout his junior season…a versatile athlete who played third base, shortstop, and second base in addition to pitching for coach Mike Breuninger.
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Hi there! Long time reader, first time poster. Right off the top I want to thank all of the folks who post here at this site. You have all, in one way or another, helped our myriad furry kiddies many, many times. The wealth of info at this site is a tremendous resource. Thank you all very much indeed.
I have read several recommendations on a home prepared mix, but wondered if it makes sense to substitute Taste of the Wild "High Prairie" instead of using a fresh meat as the main protein? I was thinking of mixing 1/2 to 3/4 cup TOTW, ~1/4 cup cooked basmati rice, ~1/4 cup cooked rolled oats and ~1/4 cup "veggie of the day". (Whatever veggies we have left from our dinner -- with the exception of those not recommended for dogs) I figured the TOTW would make an excellent protein as it also contains vitamins, minerals etc. Anyone see anything wrong with that? I plan to add fresh cooked meat periodically and will reduce the kibble accordingly.
I'm not a raw feeder, but I honestly see nothing wrong with that, my own dog gets cooked meat/veggies from our table mixed in with her kibble daily.
Hey TrueNorthist, welcome to the board.
I'm not sure how big your dogs are, so I can't comment on whether or not this will be enough food for your size dog, but my only concern with this plan would be that the TOTW is supposed to be an already balanced diet including both protein and carbohydrates. If you add rice, oatmeal, and vegetables to the TOTW, you may actually end up giving your dogs a higher percentage of carbs than they need in their diet. Maybe adding an egg or some fresh meat would help, but I don't know enough about the exact dietary requirements to really suggest a recipe. It's just something you might want to consider.
I'm sure someone with more knowledge on this subject will be along soon. We feed TOTW Pacific Stream and our dogs do very well on it. However, we do like giving them a little extra every now and then, such as a boiled egg, some plain meat, etc. My little girl pup goes wild over fruits and veggies too
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"To close your eyes will not ease another's pain." ~ Chinese Proverb
We must not refuse to see with our eyes what they must endure with their bodies. ~ Gretchen Wyler
Sorry for the slow reply. Madness around here at this time of year... In answer to some questions asked:
The two mutts in question are a 65 pound, 8 year old female Border Collie/Yellow Lab cross (Sam) and an 80 pound, 3 year old male Shepard/Newfie cross (Jed). I was feeding them Acana "Grasslands" for the past five years (Origens previously) but both would have recurring bouts of vomiting/diarrhoea from time to time which was getting progressively worse. Trips to the Vet revealed nothing except unusually high uric PH in both with high protein foods being cited as the cause. A switch in food was strongly recommended. The Vet recommended a switch to Medi-Cal "preventative" and that had disastrous results, so I decided to try TOTW and so far it has been very agreeable to both dogs. Although the uric PH improved a little bit, it was still considered too high. I figured that by adding the oats, rice and veggies I could reduce the protein a bit as well as give them some variety. For the past 4 months it has been working very well with the PH now nearly down to normal and no other issues showing up. I just wanted to find out if others have had any problems feeding such things over the long term.
Not sure what the first ingredient is, is that a kibble?
But to me it looks like a lot of filler (things that make them feel full) which makes it look like a HUGE meal. I personally don't find that it's enough vegi's in ration to the other stuff, and I don't know what you do for it, but you're missing calcium (Unless it's part of that first ingredient)
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Obsessed with researching all things dog, especially anything he eats.
Big on 'real food' feeding, and raw feeding. I've jokingly been called a 'real food activist' for dogs.
My Sparky is 4 years old (Dec 7th 2007), pure bred Pomeranian from a bad past. Got him when he was too young -found out later-. He has a laundry list of medical problems, but we're working to get him in tip-top shape!
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Banksy, the secretive British graffiti artist, is in residency on the streets of New York City, creating different works of art every day throughout October. Fans are using social media to locate and promote each piece as they pop up. Photo: AP
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Sew some felt heart brooches (these would also make sweet hair clips!)
Embroider a romantic wall hanging with a faux woodgrain design:
Sew little felt heart ornaments - these would look very cute in candy colours, maybe hanging from some spring twigs in a vase.
Make a cute pillow (cushion) decorated with a heart and lots of colourful buttons:
(This project was originally designed for weddings, as a ring-bearer pillow, but if you just leave off the ribbon it makes a cute mini pillow to add to your decor. Instead of sewing a strip of felt at the back for carrying the pillow, sew a square or rectangle sewn along three sides to make a little pocket and tuck in a love note or other special message before giving it as a gift)
Sew felt lavender sachets decorated with a heart on one side (using the template from this tutorial) and pretty ribbons and buttons on the other:
Make sweet and simple Valentine's cards or invites to a Valentine's Day party decorated with felt hearts (great for using up scraps leftover from other projects!) ...
... or hearts cut from pictures in magazines, sheet music or other patterned papers:
You can also add hearts to your gift wrapping:
Hosting a Valentine's Day party? Here are a few more ideas that could be easily adapted to fit the theme...
Use large sugar paper (construction paper) hearts instead of butterflies to make a pretty paper doily curtain or mobile:
Add little felt hearts to this felt bunting project to make a Valentine's decoration you can use year after year:
Or use hearts cut from coloured card instead of the butterflies in this tutorial to make napkin rings and cake toppers (the napkin rings would look extra cute if you cut a scalloped edge around the heart, as seen in this tutorial).
P.S. if you're planning some Valentine-inspired crafting, my Valentine's Felt Packs are now back in my Etsy shop :)


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A Letter to a Newly-Ordained Deacon
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Our local Deacons' Fraternity is meeting on Monday Feb 14. In my "reminder" e-mail this morning to all of them, I sent them a link to your letter. I also plan on reading it out loud at that session.
Great Wisdom!
Only the very best of Blessings!
Deacon Norb in Ohio
Thanks, Brother Norb. Give my best to everyone.ReplyDelete
As always your words hit home with me. I have an aunt who has been a nun for over 50 years and she is very resentful of Deacons. She feels it diminishes her service for one thing. There is no talking to her on the topic just a willingness to listen and pray. As an idea for a post why don't you address something to those of us still in formation. I'm sure you remember that it gets a little frustrating, lonely, confusing, and just down right difficult, at times. Thanks again for your service.
As a newly ordained deacon, I appreciated very much your thoughtful essay!ReplyDelete
Deacon William (Chip) Wilson
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Don't put family so far down the list! Your family is the foundation for your ministry. Keep it solid.
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Thanks for your note.
Couple of things: my "list" was not intended in any kind of "priority order" except for the deacon coming LAST. That was the point I was trying to make.
While I don't disagree with your comment in practical terms, I must make the theological/sacramental point that the foundation of ordained ministry is found in Christ and in the action of the Spirit invoked during ordination. That's the true foundation.
Building upon that foundation, of course, are the family and ecclesial communities within whom we live and serve. But even celibate deacons, including widowed deacons, find their true foundation in Christ.
God bless,
Wonderful letter, Bill. Thank you so much for reminding us of what we were called from and what we are called to be. I intend to share this with my brother deacons on our retreat this weekend. God's peace...ReplyDelete
Thought you might like to know that our archdiocesan aspirants and candidates were sent emails with link to your letter by their Director. That's a total of 29 guys. Pray for them.ReplyDelete
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In this memo, a veteran immigrant-rights strategist, Frank Sharry, offers his views on the politics and policy of achieving immigration reform.
This conference offers law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues.
Securing the Future seeks to define what policymakers and scholars mean by integration while attempting to sketch the contours of U.S. integration policy. The volume reviews evidence of immigrants' integration by examining the progress of the second generation, as well as trends in education, health, the workforce, and citizenship.
The culminating report of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future seeks to design a new and simplified immigration regime that averts illegal immigration, and at the same time, harnesses the benefits of immigration for the future.
This policy brief compares existing proposals for comprehensive immigration reform by President Bush and the 109th Congress with regard to changes to lawful permanent resident (LPR) admissions, the terms and conditions of nonimmigrant visas, and policy responses to the existing unauthorized immigrant population.
This policy brief examines and reflects upon lessons learned from the last major attempt to resolve the problem of illegal immigration under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Arguing that stable reform will require three "E"'s— enforcing immigration laws effectively, expanding visas, and earning legal status —it also offers recommendations for immigration policymaking and management.
The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) was the first legislative attempt to comprehensively address the issue of unauthorized immigration. The bill included sanctions against employers for the hiring of undocumented migrants, more robust border enforcement, and an expansive legalization program that was unprecedented.
This policy paper calls for a "Grand Bargain" between the United States and Mexico to address the areas of immigration and national security. Such a bargain would address the conflicting realities of the U.S.-Mexico relationship. The bargain would be composed of three completely integrated programs and two additional areas that need to be adressed.


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Chocolate & honey mustard: the Valentine's Day pair to avoid
"But there's mole sauce, right?" my boss remarked when I expressed my initial disgust at Lotteria's chocolate & honey mustard grilled chicken burger. There is mole sauce, it's true. And I love mole! Spicy chocolate is great! In fact, why not just do a mole burger? That would have been fine. What was not fine was . . .
It could just be that I am not built to eat Lotteria. The chicken sandwich was offensive before I even opened the chocolate. Half of the meat was actually fat and skin, and the bun was already getting soggy from the mayo splotch and sweet mustard sauce. The lettuce was entirely too biological in its sliminess.
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I wrote yesterday about how eclectic the original hearth tiles were. Although they were beat to hell when I bought the house, I saved as much as I could. I probably won't be able to reuse them, but I couldn't bring myself to throw them away.
About 30% of the tiles were just gone and the cavities had been filled in cement. What was left was scratched and cracked. The hearth tiles were an odd contrast to the surround tiles, because the surround tiles on both fireplaces were in fantastic shape and the hearth tiles were almost a complete loss. I can't really say why.
Above is one of everything from the dining room. As you can see there were 13 different sizes and colors of tile. The bright green tile with the ribbon and floral pattern, along with the 2 narrow maroon bars, made up the outside boarder.
There were 2 portrait tiles per hearth. That is the only one left intact and it is in really rough shape. They sat in the middle of the design at an angle. Each hearth had a man and a woman that faced each other. The larger triangle tiles were situated around the portrait tiles to create a rectangle that was parallel with the firebox.
The pale tile with the rosette, just above the portrait tile, was in-line with the portrait tiles and placed in a similar fashion: at and angle with triangles around. That made up most of the middle of the design.
There were 4 of the green pattern tiles with the floral swirl that were situated at the top and bottom and off-set from the portrait tiles. The other square and triangle tiles filled in the rest of the space. Like I said, it was a very unique and creative pattern.
Many of the tiles are marked Cambridge on the back. I found the same marking on the back of one of the surround tiles. It was loose, so I removed it and reaffixed it when I put in the cast iron fireplace cover a few years back. Below is a blurb about the Cambridge Art Tile Works Company from a web site called Recycling The Past.
Cambridge Art Tile Works 1886-1985
J.J.Busse, and his sons, John, Herman, Louis, and J. Henry, and another man named Herman Binz began making tiles in J.J. Busse's Brickyard in Kentucky. This was named the Mount Casino Art Tile and Enameled Brick Company. They established a second company, Cambridge Art Tile Works in 1887. Two years later, these two companies combined to create Cambridge Tile Manufacturing Company. Two men named Ferdinand Mersman and Clement J. Barnhorn joined Cambridge. Cambridge Tile took over the Wheatley Pottery in 1927, and they renamed it the Wheatley Tile and Pottery Company. Still in 1927, a company called Cambridge Wheatley Company was created, which sold both types of tile. Cambridge Wheatley stopped production in 1936, and Cambridge Tile Manufacturing Company kept its name. Cambridge continued to make tiles until 1985, when they closed.


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Hmmmmm... That's a good question. I'll have to consult my peers ( , ). I have a strong feeling they'll approve of it even though my personal gut reaction to it is "no way."
it's really more like Guts chopped off Ganishka's spiritual arm, more than mortally wounded him.
What the hell does this have to do with the roster? And he didnt reach the 1000 mark until the Trolls in the Qliphoth, so claiming he can kill 1000 on any given tuesday is just ridiculous.
Lucky for you guys guts is not part of the battle in vritanis (meaning you wont have to count thousands of bodies since theres gonna be lot of people in the next episodes!)
Can we all agree on an actual estimation of how many people/apostles/pseudo-apostles/ghosts/trolls/skeletons/animals Guts has killed so far?
What I really want to know is what percent of Guts kills are actually shown in the manga.
This is one of the most tedious fan works I have ever heard of considering that its a BERSERK kill roster. Great Job! I have to ask what was the most difficult episode to count up. I can't imagine how you did the all the cocoons and psuedo-elves!
Well about 25 kills after the guy from the Korbolwitz family tells Guts they still have 50 men left to kill him with it cuts to Casca telling Judo and the Hawks to hurry to get back to Guts to save him. When they get there he's already killed them all and is resting against the tree.
My subpoint is that while not all 100 were shown killed by guts if the poster above my last post remembers that there are still men left for guts to fight in that battle when it cuts away; then when it cuts back they are all dead. Done.
EDIT: I tried to search selecting a species and no kind of stats and the other way around (no species and stats) and I got an error. I'm almost positive that I wasn't supposed to do that but it's still something that could be validated.
Thanks for the comments, but I haven't updated this or even changed any of the entries for about 2-3 years.
This is not a feature I think is necessary. No kind of stats? That's the whole purpose of the kill roster. It's not a bestiary.
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HOLY COW, it's another milestone! Today is my 200th podcast! Isn't that fuckin amazing? I mean, who would have guessed there'd be such staying power. One thing for certain, I could never have accomplished this on my own. I have all the marvelous guests who have joined me over the past two years to thank for this longevity.
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I promised that I'd respond to your questions. This I do with my traditional Q&A sessions; like today's podcast.
I promised that we'd chat with interesting and controversial guests — authors, artists, sex workers, pundits and porn stars. I promised that we'd investigate the sexual underground and meet fascinating people on the cutting edge. And so I launched three different podcast series — The Erotic Mind series, the Sex EDGE-U-cation series and the SEX WISDOM series.
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Robert Pattinson's rough-around-the edges image is slowly dissipating. And we can be grateful to luxury fashion brand Dior for that.
Girls around the world latched on to the British actor thanks to his alter ego -- "Twilight" vampire heartthrob Edward Cullen, a clean-cut dreamboat of a bloodthirsty, undead man. And, well, RPattz, a lovably scruffy actor, appears to be resurrecting that image in the Dior Homme fragrance campaign, which debuted abroad (and online) in September. (Dior Homme Eau for Men will go on sale in the U.S. in February.)
"I was a brush-your-teeth-and-have-a-shower kind of guy," Pattinson, 27, told the Wall Street Journal. "I can't tell if it's because of my association with Dior or because I'm older, but I've started moisturizing. It's been a quite profound change in my life."
He's still got that self-deprecating charm, though. That hasn't gone anywhere.
"I like trying to do ambitious things," he said of teaming up with "violent and visceral" director Romain Gavras. Gavras directed the short film for Dio, which featured a brooding Pattinson reveling in what we believe to be the ultimate Dior-man lifestyle.
"That's what got me really enthusiastic about the campaign, that [Dior] wasn't shying away from anything," he said.
The campaign will make its official debut with American audience in February, when the ad airs during the Olympics, the WSJ said.
"This year, I'm trying to see what my niche is," the actor said.
And perhaps that has something to do with the aftermath of his breakup with "Twilight" costar Kristen Stewart? Pattinson recently unloaded his spacious Los Feliz home on "The Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons for $6.375 million, according to Hot Property. He listed the home in October 2013, several months after his May 2013 split with Stewart, with whom he shared the love nest.
In 2014, we'll see the result of his reteaming with "Cosmopolis" director David Cronenberg for "Maps to the Stars," which he described as a "darkly comedic Hollywood satire ghost story."
Pattinson is currently filming Werner Herzog's Gertrude Bell biopic, "Queen of the Desert," and has completed David Michod's drama "The Rover." He's also set to play photojournalist Dennis Stock in Anton Corbijn's "Life."
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21 comments:
- Heide said...
LOVE it!!! Love the quilt, love the inspiration for it, love the name -- just fabulous! Kudos!
- March 18, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- VeganCraftastic said...
Beautiful quilt, I love the little surprise block on the back too!
- March 18, 2011 at 9:55 AM
- Jenean said...
Gorgeous!!!!! Really, this is so lovely! Great job!
- March 18, 2011 at 9:56 AM
- SarahB said...
It's beautiful Heather! I especially love the little block on the back! Wonderful history behind your quilt already!
- March 18, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- Beth Gracie said...
this is GORGEOUS! so amazing, really!!
- March 18, 2011 at 10:25 AM
- Sarah said...
Thanks for sharing the inspiration behind your quilt. It turned out so beautiful!
- March 18, 2011 at 10:33 AM
- Andrea Pisano said...
beautiful, I love the block on the reverse side
- March 18, 2011 at 11:57 AM
- Leslie said...
this is really lovely....the symetricalness(is that even a word?) is really appealing to me. i love how amazing solids can look
- March 18, 2011 at 3:07 PM
- Kate said...
Lovely! Thanks for sharing your inspiration, and I love the name. :)
- March 18, 2011 at 6:04 PM
- Lori said...
It's gorgeous, Heather! I love the yellow artwork too. It would be gorgeous done in those colors as well. Of course, I am partial to yellow. Good luck with your entry!
- March 18, 2011 at 6:15 PM
- Stash Resolution said...
Heather - this turned out beautifully! Congrats on this accomplishment. :-)
- March 19, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Love love LOVE!
- March 19, 2011 at 2:23 PM
- liz at olliekate said...
that is so so pretty! I would love to make one myself and look forward to your pattern, thanks for sharing!
- March 21, 2011 at 10:36 AM
- Two Little Aussie Birds said...
love the quilt, so vibrant! You quilt just came up on 'interesting stuff' on flickr....
- March 22, 2011 at 3:03 AM
- Pondering said...
Oh please send me your pattern! I have finally gotten my friend excited about quilting with me when I sent her your blog! We will definitely need your help to do it!
- March 31, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- Dan R said...
- April 13, 2011 at 11:48 AM
- Jess said...
This is gorgeous.
Urban Patchwork
- August 24, 2011 at 1:57 PM
- Daniela said...
Absolutely beautiful and as we are dealing with Bauhaus alot I love the source of your inspiration. I am new to quilting so I would like to know how you actually pieced the squares? Is it three layers of squares ore did you piece it around one inner square? I am considering doing it in the original colorway...
- November 29, 2011 at 12:09 AM
- Heather Jones said...
Thanks so much, everyone. Daniela, the pattern is in the Fall Inspired of Fat Quarterly, available here. :)
It's in another colorway, but you can easily swap out colors if you'd prefer. It's basically a square, with logs/tiers around three sides (top, left, and right) to construct each square.
Please let me know if you have any other questions!
- November 29, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- Daniela said...
Thank you, that's exactly what I wanted to know. This might be the perfect backing for the giant star square quilt I finished yesterday. It'll come together faster than the chevron or stripe patterns I was also considering for the backing. Just fabulous, I'm excited enough to state that I might be doing nothing else but Josef Albers quilts for the future. Oh the possibilities :o). Have you seen this take on a Anni Albers quilt?
Crazy, I know!
Greetings from Germany
- November 30, 2011 at 12:54 AM
- Á Phàm Liêu said...
Thank for sharing!!!
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Stress and anger turn Bruce Banner into a giant green killer. It's sort of the same for Duncan (Ken Marino) in "Bad Milo!" The only little difference is that Duncan's displeasure manifests itself into a demon that emerges from his butt and attacks Duncan's sources of anxiety.
If you think that's unsettling, know that the critter, whom Duncan names Milo, also returns to his, uh, home after work. Ouch.
Looking like E.T. went through the dryer and came out pissed, Milo is such a part of Duncan's subconscious that injuring the monster also hurts his creator, like some freaky, living voodoo doll. It's director/co-writer Jacob Vaughan's twisted means of allowing one man's repression a nightmarish release (though the filmmaker keeps things light and doesn't allow Duncan to destroy annoying colleagues or jerky doctors). Coupled with the pressure Duncan feels to have a baby with his wife (Gillian Jacobs of "Community"), the film also provides this poor guy a firsthand sample of the watermelon-through-a-keyhole achievement of childbirth.
This bizarre horror-comedy, well-suited to its midnight movie run at the Music Box Theatre, delivers a higher quantity of weird than laughs, though I cracked up at Duncan's company offering severance packages highlighted by "thank you" notes. Even for a story about an evil colon creature, a few moments are needlessly gross. Yet "Bad Milo!" should entertain a certain pocket of comedy fans, particularly those happy for the rare chance to see the excellent Marino ("Wanderlust," "Wet Hot American Summer") play a nice guy. The movie also, after Lake Bell's "In a World ...," represents the second effort in two months to give a leading role to a "Childrens Hospital" star.
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The peak of office employee stress levels which ultimately starts with the screaming of vulgar language within the workplace. It can often times lead to assaulting fellow employees, abusing office equipment and/or stealing of company property, abusing sick days and ultimately poor production at work. A possible side effect is that the employee continues to take out his or her rage at their residence in the form of kicking small animals and drinking heavily.
With my pending at work and the amount of people calling me each day I'm on the brink of desk rage and one day I'm going to break and take it out on that weird guy that sits next to me.
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Ryan Giggs famously captained England schoolboys, before going on to represent his native Wales, but the list of players who could have sported the three lions is longer and more star-studded than you may think.
The mix of heritages and cultures that makes up Britain today is vibrant and exciting, but a bit of a headache for those responsible for selecting the England squad.
Back in 2010, some newspapers reported that Mikel Arteta was on the verge of an England call-up after five years of residency in the UK, but failed to recognise the numerous other clauses that prevented the Spaniard from pulling on the national jersey.
Raheem Sterling and Wilfred Zaha both saw national debuts in November 2012 against Sweden and there was some suspicion that it was Roy Hodgson's method of locking them into a future with England rather than them representing Jamaica or Côte d'Ivoire respectively.
For years, dual-nationality has been as much a curse as it is a gift to footballers: just imagine if Zinedine Zidane had suffered an early lack of self-confidence and tied his future to Algeria, or if Zlatan Ibrahimovic forsook Sweden and instead pulled on the white jersey of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
This list addresses the top five England players that got away. In some cases, the players had more International joy than they would have dreamt of with England.
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We reported earlier today Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood is retiring from baseball, but the oft-injured hurler promised to make one last appearance before hanging up his cleats. That appearance came today, and it was in a legitimate spot; down 3-2 in the eighth, Wood relieved starter Jeff Samardzija and promptly struck out White Sox outfielder Dayan Viciedo.
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The diagnosis of Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) may be made during childhood, typically after the age of about 7. Sometimes, however, it isn't made until adolescence or even adulthood, possibly when a young man finds he can't keep up in physical education classes or military training.
In diagnosing any form of muscular dystrophy, a doctor usually begins by taking a patient and family history, and performing a physical examination. Much can be learned from these, including the pattern of weakness. The history and physical go a long way toward making the diagnosis, even before any complicated diagnostic tests are done.
The doctor also wants to determine whether the patient's weakness results from a problem in the muscles themselves or in the nerves that control them. Problems in the muscle-controlling nerves, or motor neurons (originating in the spinal cord and brain and reaching out to all the muscles), can cause weakness that looks like a muscle problem but really isn't.
Other diseases have some of the same symptoms as BMD, and it has sometimes been misdiagnosed as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) or limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD). For this reason, it's important to go through a careful diagnostic process, usually involving genetic (DNA) testing, before making an assumption that the disorder is BMD.
Early in the diagnostic process doctors often order a special blood test called a CK level. CK stands for creatine kinase, an enzyme that leaks out of damaged muscle. When elevated CK levels are found in a blood sample, it usually means muscle is being destroyed by some abnormal process, such as muscular dystrophy or inflammation. Therefore, a high CK level suggests that the muscles themselves are the likely cause of the weakness, but it doesn't tell exactly what the muscle disorder might be.
DNA testing of the dystrophin gene to diagnose BMD is now widely available and is usually done from a blood sample. In many cases, the DNA test alone can tell families and doctors with a fairly high degree of certainty whether the disease course is more likely to be BMD or Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). You can ask your MDA clinic physician or genetic counselor what tests are available. For more on getting a definitive genetic diagnosis, see The Genie's Out of the Bottle: Genetic testing in the 21st century.
Female relatives of men and boys with BMD can undergo DNA testing to see if they are carriers of the disease. If they are, they can give birth to children who are themselves carriers or who will develop BMD.
To view a presentation by a genetic counselor, see the August 2012 video Genetics of BMD: Why Your Mutation Matters.
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The Smyrna High School boys soccer team got off to a good start in the first week of the season with a 2-1 win over Lake Forest on Sept. 11 and a 2-2 tie against Woodbridge on Thursday.
Head coach Bill Schultz said he's relatively pleased with the performance of his team last week and for the most part the Eagles are doing pretty well.
"They have the support of each other and they're working hard," Shultz said. "Looking at the big picture, the team is doing well."
The Eagles won their home opener Sept. 11 at home 2-1 against Lake Forest. Smyrna senior Dane Teel scored the Eagles first goal at the 30-minute mark with an assist by Robbie McKeldin. Just three minutes later the Spartans bounced back with a goal of their own as Ryan Sipple scored a goal on an assist by Tyler Cauthren.
Five minutes later Smyrna's Adolphus Crawford scored the third and final goal of the game with an assist by Andrew Gilbert. With the score 2-1, the remainder of the game was a battle of the strongest defense.
Goalkeeper Jacob Stoner had four saves.
Double-overtime game
The Eagles also played in front of a home crowd Thursday against Woodbridge; the game ended in a 2-2 tie after two overtimes.
The Eagles took a 2-1 lead at the 8-minute mark in the second half on a goal by McKeldin and assisted by Dylan Keller. Smyrna kept the lead for some time, but Woodbridge tied it up 2-2 in the 34th minute. And that is all she wrote as the game ended in a 2-2 tie.
Schultz said the Eagles played fair on the defensive end in the game but the team let in one goal early in the game, which kept Woodbridge in the game longer than the Raiders should've been.
"We didn't finish scoring wise," he said.
Challenges ahead
The next couple of weeks could prove to be tough for the Eagles. Games against the likes of Sussex Tech, Cape Henlopen and then a three-game week to end September will prove to be a challenge.
To win a few of those games, Schultz said the team needs to avoid injuries and continue to be supportive of each other on the field as well as have each player taking care of their own responsibilities.
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