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CAMP LEJEUNE � Sgt. Marquel Curtis remembers the first time he was shot at.
CAMP LEJEUNE � Sgt. Marquel Curtis remembers the first time he was shot at.
It was in Fallujah in 2004.
�I was with my buddy,� Curtis said. �My sergeant sent me out to get some material to make a fighting position. I looked over to him and I had to second guess myself. I said, �Is this real? Am I getting shot at?��
It wasn�t the last time Curtis and his fellow Marines would be the target of hostile fire in Fallujah. For more than a month toward the end of 2004, troops, including members of the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, went into the central Iraqi city to weed out members of the insurgency who claimed the city as a stronghold.
But more than nine years later, militants have taken Fallujah back, leaving behind questions for those who lost both blood and brothers-in-arms in the fight and drawing unsettling parallels for those who fought in Vietnam only to have Saigon fall back into communist hands 39 years ago.
Curtis was a 19-year-old private first class with 1/8 when the battalion entered Fallujah in early November 2004.
�When we arrived, it was dead silent,� Curtis said. �It was vacant when we entered. They knew we were coming. We sent out messages saying we were coming. It was really quiet.�
Things got loud, though. Very loud. According to former Sgt. Monty Devenport, who also served with 1/8 during Fallujah, said ear protection was a necessity when the fighting heated up.
�Without it, you�d physically hurt,� Devenport said. �You�re hearing your weapon, friend�s weapon, their weapons. Then you�re hearing the bombs, which are so much louder than your guns. It was loud.�
After entering the city, troops were tasked, in part, to go door to door in the urban area approximately one hour west of Baghdad to find insurgents and nullify the threat they posed to the troops and anyone else in the city. Soldiers and Marines kicked down the doors of the deserted city that had housed more than 300,000 people with no one knowing who, if anyone, was waiting for them.
�It was dangerous,� Curtis said. �Sometimes, I was the person that kicked the door open and I had no idea what was going to happen. It was an adrenaline rush, but at any given moment, I could get shot. It�s impossible to explain.�
Curtis said his superiors made it clear that they were preparing for a historic battle that would drive a major blow to the enemy and pave the way for law and order in Fallujah.
�You think to yourself, �I�m gonna be part of history,� but at the same time, you�re there for a month and you�re wondering, �Is this going to be my day?�� Curtis said. �You don�t know what�s going to happen day to day. You don�t know if you�re going to survive or end up in a body bag.�
Curtis and Devenport both survived the battle, but 95 of their brethren did not, including members of 1/8. For Devenport, the death he witnessed in Fallujah hit him on a personal level.
�(1/8) lost 22 guys in Iraq, and 17 or so in Fallujah. That was the worst part,� Devenport said. �A lot of the guys we lost were young guys. They were killed before they could buy a beer in the country they were fighting for. It stung when they died because they did on our watch and we had to make sure they were OK. You understand that people die in war, but you still feel like you let them down.�
While in Fallujah, Devenport said the day was spent fighting and �putting your training in use,� but after the gunfire subsided at night, an internal battle began.
�When you�re fighting, that�s the only time you get a break from being scared,� Devenport said. �During your down time, though, you get scared. Maybe your buddy got hurt or one of your own died. You�re crying and you get mad. You�re angry at the entire world for what you�ve been in. You�re angry because it seems like (the Iraqis) don�t care about what we�re doing over there. But, when it�s morning, you gear up, you�re on the move again and it�s all done.�
After the coalition of American, British and Iraqi troops took the city from the insurgents in December 2004, the 1/8 took their leave and said their final �goodbye� to Fallujah. For Devenport, it was a sweet farewell to an almost otherworldly city.
�Fallujah wasn�t hell, but it�s in the same area code,� Devenport said. �There was nothing worse than sitting in that city.�
Curtis said he was �relieved� when his battalion received orders to leave Fallujah, looking forward to leaving the city behind to its inhabitants.
�It was relieving that our job was done and that we helped people who couldn�t help themselves,� Curtis said. �I hoped that the people of Fallujah could finally live in peace.�
Nine years after leaving Fallujah behind, Curtis and Devenport still work closely with the military. Curtis is still in the infantry and Devenport now works with a company that helps prepare Marines for foreign deployments by immersing them in an environment similar to what they�ll experience once they�ve shipped out.
Fallujah now is also similar to how it was back in 2004. On Jan. 4, al-Qaida linked militants reclaimed the city from the Iraqi government. The city, in many respects, is right back where it was when the 1/8 entered nearly a decade ago.
�I�ve got mixed feelings about it,� Devenport said. �On one hand, I�m saying if they don�t want it, they don�t deserve it. On the other hand, I feel like we should take it back.
�It�s a low blow. We fought long and hard to take that city. It�s as if they didn�t care about the freedom we wanted to give them.�
Curtis said he found out about the fall of the city, his thoughts turned to his colleagues who didn�t make it out of the city.
�They made the ultimate sacrifice,� Curtis said. �What was it all for? I don�t want to blame the Iraqis, but I felt like they didn�t do their job. Why did we go over there? Why did we do what we did? Why did we fight that battle?�
Devenport and Curtis said they drew parallels between the fall of Fallujah and the fall of Saigon in 1975 that ultimately ended the conflict in Vietnam. According to retired Marine John Johnston, who did four tours in the Southeast Asian nation, the hurt he felt nearly 39 years ago is still with him now.
�I cried when Saigon fell,� Johnston said. �It was such a waste ... all the people who lost their kids over there. We�re sending people to die over there for no reason. It was crazy then and it�s crazy now.�
Retired Sgt. Maj. Joe Houle did a tour in Vietnam in 1966. When Saigon fell back under the control of communist North Vietnam, Houle felt that two decades of American fighting in Southeast Asia was for naught.
�I felt worse for the kids over there,� Houle said. �We were getting to them. We were making a difference to them ... a light at the end of the tunnel. They blew that candle out when Saigon fell. I would venture to say the Iraqi veterans feel the same way.�
Devenport said the anger he had while serving in Fallujah is still with him, though he said it�s mostly due to a nation that doesn�t seem to know or care about what he and his �brothers in arms� did during that month in late 2004. He hopes Americans come to understand and appreciate what coalition troops did while serving in Fallujah.
�I hope they understand what we gave up for that land and why we feel the way we do,� Devenport said. �This was no insignificant event and it seems like the American people don�t care. They don�t even know where Fallujah is.
�But, I gained the kind of perspective the average person will never get.�


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The evening featured the Installation of Officers by the Master of the Massachusetts State Grange, Brother Matthew Johnson, and his suite. Guests for the evening included State Grange First Lady and Master of Heritage Pomona Grange Lisa Johnson, Member of the Agriculture and the Environment Committee and Master of Laurel Grange Peter Carter, and Overseer of the M.S.G.Y.L.A. Brett Johnson.
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Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. JOHN CONYERS (D, MI-14):This bill expands existing Federal hate crimes law to groups who are well-known targets for bias-based violence--they are sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and disability. These crimes of violence are directed not just at those who are directly attacked; they are targeting the entire group with the threat of violence.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. LAMAR SMITH (R, TX-21): Every year thousands of violent crimes are committed out of hate, but just as many violent crimes, if not more, are motivated by something other than hate--greed, jealousy, desperation or revenge, just to name a few. An individual's motivation for committing a violent crime is usually complex and often speculative. Every violent crime is deplorable, regardless of its motivation. That's why all violent crimes should be vigorously prosecuted. Unfortunately, this bill undermines one of the most basic principles of our criminal justice system--equal justice for all. Under this bill, justice will no longer be equal. Justice will now depend on the race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or other protected status of the victim. It will allow different penalties to be imposed for the same crime. This is the real injustice.
Proponents support voting YES because:
Rep. CONYERS: Some 650,000 men and women are leaving the Federal and State prisons each year. While the vast majority of the prisoners are committed to abiding by the law and becoming productive members of society, they often encounter the same pressures & temptations that they faced before prison. More than two-thirds of them are arrested for new crimes within 3 years of their release. This exacts a terrible cost in financial terms as well as in human terms. The Second Chance Act will help provide these men and women with the training, counseling and other support needed to help them obtain & hold steady jobs; to kick their drug and alcohol habits; rebuild their families; and deal with the many other challenges that they face in their efforts to successfully rejoin society.
Opponents recommend voting NO because:
Rep. GOHMERT: The programs that are sought to be renewed are ones we don't have information on how successful they were. I can tell you from my days as a judge, there was some anecdotal evidence that it looked like faith-based programs did a better job of dramatically reducing recidivism. In addition:
CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants) is a membership organization of families of prisoners, prisoners, former prisoners and other concerned citizens. CURE's two goals are
To place a moratorium on executions by the Federal Government and urge the States to do the same, while a National Commission on the Death Penalty reviews the fairness of the imposition of the death penalty .S.486 & H.R.912:
To reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed [by examining DNA evidence more thoroughly].
Title: To provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes.
Summary: Provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any violent crime that is motivated by prejudice based on the race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of the victim or is a violation of hate crime laws.
Title: To reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed.
Sen. FRANKEN: Last year, 90,000 people were raped. Thanks to modern technology, we have an unparalleled tool to bring sexual predators to justice: forensic DNA analysis. Rape kit DNA evidence is survivors' best bet for justice. Unfortunately, we have failed to make adequate use of DNA analysis. In 2004, then-Sen. Biden and others worked to pass the Debbie Smith Act, a law named after a rape survivor whose backlogged rape kit was tested six years after her assault. Unfortunately, because many localities simply did not use the Debbie Smith funds they were allocated, the promise of the Debbie Smith Act remains unfulfilled.
In 2009, Los Angeles had 12,500 untested rape kits; Houston found at least 4,000 untested rape kits in storage, and Detroit reported a backlog of possibly 10,000 kits. Those are just three cities. Hundreds of thousands of women have not seen justice.
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A bill sponsored by 21 House members would make it illegal for Transportation Security Administration agents to touch passenger's private parts during a pat-down. The bill would also prevents agents from taking children under the age of 18 away from parents to perform a search.
"Air travelers are subjected to aggressive, humiliating pat-downs, many of which would land the average stranger off the street in jail," Rep. Brett Hildabrand told the Kansas Eagle. "But because the federal government has given someone a blue uniform and a badge, we are told that person has authority over our bodies and we must endure."
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Abby Wambach (pictured) and her U.S. teammates will face Australia on October 20, 2013, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo: Mexsport)
CHICAGO – The United States will face Australia in women's international friendly on October 20 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, the United States Soccer Federation announced on Monday.
The match will mark the first time U.S. head coach Tom Sermanni has faced his old team. Sermanni guided Australia from 1994-1996 and from 2005-2012, when he lead the Matildas to the quarterfinals of the 2007 and 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments.
"It's always a special occasion when you come up against a team you were formally involved with, especially if it was significant as was my tenure with Australia," said Sermanni. "It will be very interesting to be on the other side knowing the ability and the character of the Australian team. I know it will be a difficult game."
The U.S. is ranked No. 1 in the latest FIFA Women's World Rankings and is unbeaten in 2013 with a 10-2-0 record, scoring 43 goals and conceding eight.
"I've been delighted with how our team has played over the year as a whole," commented Sermanni. "The players have embraced how we've tried to play and we've gone about our performances in a really professional manner, which can be difficult to maintain at times when you go into games with everyone expecting you to win. We're certainly looking forward to facing an Australian team that will be a great challenge tactically and physically."
The Americans are a perfect 9-0-0 playing under a roof and have never lost to Australia in 23 all-time meetings (21-2-0).
Forward Abby Wambach leads the U.S. in scoring this year with nine goals, increasing her career total and world record to 161.


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It's Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story [1] from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark's Daily Apple community please contact me here [2]. I'll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading!
My story of how I gained and lost 130 pounds is intertwined between psychological drugs and diet. First, I'd like to give a bit of history. I've been on different medications for "ADHD", "Insomnia", and "Bipolar" disorder since I was 8 years old. I'm now 24, so two-thirds of my life has been neurologically influenced by drugs.
It started when I was 8. I was having issues concentrating at school, and rather than looking at my diet or questioning the educational merits and practices at my public school, a neurological disorder was determined to be the culprit. I was sent to a psychiatrist who – after some "tests" – diagnosed me with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder; in order to cure this "diseases", I was put on Ritalin which is an amphetamine that is similar to another well known drug – cocaine.
When I was on Ritalin, I began to respect and never question authority. Much like a zombie, I just existed without actually living. About 5 years later, at the age of 13, I was put on Adderall – another type of amphetamine. This can cause issues with temper, heart problems, and insomnia.
My emotions began fluctuating more often and going through puberty didn't help. I got into a few fights and got into more than a few arguments. As a result, I was then sent to another psychiatrist who diagnosed me with Bipolar disorder, at the age of 13. I was then placed on a bipolar drug, known as Depakote, that would begin to truly destroy my individuality.
Depakote, normally prescribed to patients to prevent seizures, causes massive weight gain as well as, in my case, a drop in IQ and ambition. I had always been quite energetic, but this completely wiped me out. In order to compensate for the drop in IQ, my dosage of Adderall was raised. And then, in order to compensate for insomnia due to Adderall, I was put on an anti-schizophrenia drug called Zyprexa that also causes weight gain and severe drowsiness. All this happened within a year.
Then the inevitable happened, and my body crashed. One night, at the age of 14, I collapsed to the ground. I was suffering from atrial fibrillation – i.e. severe irregular heart beat – brought on by the mixture of drugs, the largest culprit being the Adderall. I was sent to the hospital, where an electrical cardioversion – the restoration of the heart rhythm through the use of electrical shock – was used to get my body into working order.
As a result, I was taken off of Adderall and put on a heart medication. Adderall, being a stimulant, was the drug that prevented the weight gain side-effect of the other drugs that I was put on – which I was on due to the side effects of Adderall. On top of this, the heart medication I was given slowed me down even more. By preventing my pulse to get high, the drug didn't allow me to exert enough energy while exercising, and a lowered my ambition to do anything. So the inevitable happened again, and I began putting on a massive amount of weight. From the ages of 15-18, I went from being 180lbs to 330lbs.
(320LBS at the age of 18)
When I got up to 320LBS, I was incredibly unhealthy. I had such severe acid reflux, that I was vomiting twice a day and had chest pains all the time. I couldn't do a single pushup; I had terrible skin and severe sleep apnea as well. As a result, I switched psychiatrists again. The psychiatrist I saw didn't deal with insurance companies, normally dealt with the elderly, and wasn't as keen to giving children drugs. He looked at my drug history and was shocked. He began weeding me off of all my drugs, and gave me a very light mood stabilizer so that my body wouldn't go into shock. I immediately began losing weight.
At first I simply switched my diet to predominantly whole foods (still consuming grains, though) and started losing 2-3LBS a week. Within a year I lost 80LBS.
(At 260LBS)
My weight loss stopped, so I took an unhealthy approach of almost starve dieting. I was going all out on the elliptical machine for 2 hours a day, while consuming a high carbohydrate low-fat diet. I felt like hell, but I continued to lose weight.
Once I was at 230LBS, my body refused to lose any more weight. Then a friend told me about the Low-Carb Diet and Mark's Daily Apple, and everything got better after that. I knocked out all grains, table sugar, processed food, and the majority of post-agricultural food. I began eating a lot of fatty meat, which I had always been told to not eat, and plenty of fruits and veggies. Though I do not have the budget to only eat grass-fed beef, pastured raised chickens, and organic veggies – college students do not make much money – I still do the best I can to live the Primal life. After I implemented these changes the weight began shedding quickly, I was able to get off my heart medication, my skin cleared up, my joints stopped hurting, and my acid reflux issue diminished significantly. I recently cut out dairy (except for whey protein) and lost even more weight and my psoriasis and acne – which I have had issues with my whole life – went away.
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I'm now at 200LBS and feel amazing – I can do one armed pushups and pull-ups and run a half-marathon without the need or want for neolithic junk. The majority of my health issues are gone and the Primal Blueprint diet, along with other positive life changes, has helped my concentration and depression tremendously.
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Things seem to be piling up sometimes and since the end of the year is close a few working projects are gathering here. Three such projects to be exact and all require a few trips outside the office, paperwork that needs to be finished and revised and they take a lot more time than usual. Therefore for a few days my free time will be heavily shorted and my online presence scarce. I will be back on posting sometimes next week though.
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It'll be sad to not see you post reviews. I hope you come back soon. :)
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Thank you, but it is only for a short while :)
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U.S. Women's Update: Destinee's Motivation to Return
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 7, 2014) – The current U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Weekly update released on Jan. 7 includes briefs on U.S. players.
DESTINEE'S CHILD MOTIVATES HER COMEBACK ON THE COURT: Destinee Hooker-Coulter, a silver medalist with the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team, added yet another fan to her thousands of followers in December 2013. And this fan is the most special to her and her husband, Steven Coulter Jr. Hooker-Coulter, 26, and her husband welcomed the birth of their first child, daughter Keitany Coulter, in the early morning hours on Dec. 12. Since her birth, Keitany has provided inspiration and motivation to her mother to come back to volleyball even stronger than before. "My daughter has brought so much joy to my life," Hooker-Coulter said. "It only motivates me to get back on the court and play not only for me, but more for her. I love her so much. She's my heartbeat. I'm motivated more than ever and nothing is going to stand in my way." For the full feature, click here.
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'ATHLETES ABROAD' GIVES INSIGHT INTO ATHLETE LIVING OVERSEAS: Rachael Adams, a middle blocker on the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, and Geena Urango launched on Jan. 1 the website Athletes Abroad, a consolidated location housing blogs written by male and female volleyball players as well as other sports athletes competing around the world. According to the Athletes Abroad website, the site was created to fill a void allowing new and veteran foreign athletes playing overseas to conveniently seek relevant information, connect and share informative and funny stories when it comes to living overseas as a professional and foreign athlete. Adams went on to say "We know how hard it is to be a professional athlete and live overseas for more than half of the year away from friends and family. To keep up with everyone all over the world, many people create personal blogs to share our experiences. As a way to congregate everyone's lives virtually as well as give advice to those first experiencing this way of life, we created 'Athletes Abroad'. On our website, there are different categories that will be our focus: Living, Love, Travel, Food and Health, Countries, and Athletes. Think of it as an athlete lifestyle website." Athletes Abroad currently includes 14 female bloggers including National Team athletes Kayla Banwarth, Lauren Gibbemeyer, Jenna Hagglund, Sonja Newcomb and Adams. The site includes Max Holt, Erik Shoji, Murphy Tory, Andy Hein and Dustin Watten. To follow Athletes Abroad and get the inside skinny on how athletes live overseas, visit the group on Facebook by clicking here or visit on Twitter at @AthletesAbroad1.
2013 YEARBOOK: Take a look at the 2013 U.S. Women's Yearbook with 118 pages recapping the season through match-by-match pictorial recaps, team and individual season stats, player bios, analysis of the season from the coaching staff and much more. Click here to view the yearbook.
PAOLINI WITH HITACHI IN JAPAN: Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.), a middle blocker with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is playing for Hitachi Rivale in the Japanese V-League top division. Hitachi edged Hisamitsu Springs 28-26, 20-25, 25-27, 25-20, 16-14 on Dec. 21. Paolini totaled 20 points with 16 kills on 31 attacks, three blocks and an ace in the victory. However, the tables were reversed on Dec. 22 as Hitachi lost a tough five-set match to Okayama with scores of 25-13, 25-27, 17-25, 23-25, 15-5. Paolini pocketed 18 points for Hitachi with 15 kills on 34 attacks, two blocks and an ace.
LARSON-BURBACH WITH DINAMO KAZAN IN RUSSIA: Jordan Larson-Burbach (Hooper, Neb.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is competing once again for Dinamo Kazan in the Russia Super League. In the Russia Super League, Kazan (8-0) dominated Hara Morin 25-22, 25-14, 25-19 on Dec. 20. Larson notched nine points with six kills, two aces and a block to go with a 42 positive reception percent on 12 chances. For a photo gallery of the match, click here. Kazan, the only undefeated team in the Russia Super League, resumes regular season action on Jan. 8 against Ufimochka-UGNTU. In CEV Champions League, Kazan advanced to the Playoff 12 Round where it will face Russian rival Dinamo Moscow in a home-and-home series on Jan. 15 and Jan. 22. Kazan concluded the League stage atop Pool F with a 5-1 record, while Moscow finished 4-2 in Pool B for second place.
HILDEBRAND WITH AMIL IN BRAZIL: Kristin Hildebrand (Orem, Utah), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is playing this winter with Volei Amil in the Brazil Super League. Amil rallied to defeat Unilver 21-18, 14-21, 18-21, 21-14, 15-9 on Dec. 17 in Round 11 of the Brazil Super League. Hildebrand secured 10 points to go with 20 digs in the victory. Amil powered past Uniara 21-12, 21-13, 21-17 on Dec. 20 as Hildebrand notched a match-high 11 points with 11 kills on 18 attacks. Volei Amil, currently in third place with a 10-2 record and 29 points, concludes the first half of the Brazil Super League on Jan. 7 against sixth-place Brasilia Volei (5-7, 18 points).
BERGSMA WITH MINAS IN BRAZIL: Alaina Bergsma (Chandler, Ariz.), who trained with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team in the summer of 2013 after winning the 2012 AVCA Division I National Player of the Year, is playing for Minas Tenis Clube in Brazil this season. Minas was handed a heart-breaking 16-21, 21-13, 21-18, 18-21, 17-15 loss by Sao Bernardo Volei on Dec. 17 in the 11th Round of the Brazil Super League. Bergsma netted a match-high 19 points with 15 kills on 52 attacks, two blocks and two aces. Minas lost to Rio Do Sul 21-14, 21-17, 16-21, 21-14 on Dec. 20. However, Bergsma totaled a match-high 18 points with 16 kills on 33 attacks, one block and one ace. Minas, now 2-10 with seven points, concludes the first half of the Brazil Super League on Jan. 7 against sixth-place Sao Cristovao Saude (6-6, 18 points).
SCOTT WITH BRASILIA IN BRAZIL: Danielle Scott (Baton Rouge, La.), a five-time U.S. Olympian playing middle blocker and two-time Olympic silver medalist, is competing in Brazil this club season with Brasilia Volei. Brasilia earned a key 21-17, 21-14, 20-22, 21-15 victory over Sesi Sao Paulo on Dec. 17 in the 11th stage of the Brazil Super League. Scott collected nine blocks as part of her 11-point performance in the victory. Brasilia could not maintain the same level in its next match, losing to Molico/Nestle 23-21, 21-18, 21-12. Scott totaled seven points in the loss with three kills, three blocks and a block. Brasilia Volei, currently in a sixth-place tie with a 5-7 record and 18 points, finishes the first half of the Brazil Super League on Jan. 7 against third-place Volei Amil (10-2, 29 points).
KIM GLASS WITH BANANA BOAT/PRAIA CLUBE IN BRAZIL: Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.), a 2008 U.S. Olympic silver medalist, is playing in the Brazilian Super League this winter with Banana Boat/Praia Clube. Banana Boat downed Uniara 21-10, 21-13, 18-21, 21-15 on Dec. 18. Glass tallied 10 points and 11 digs in the victory. Banana Boat captured a hard-fought 14-21, 21-13, 21-18, 21-15 victory over Sao Bernardo on Dec. 20. Glass did not play in the match. Banana Boat, currently in fifth place with an 8-4 record and 23 points, finishes the first half of the Brazil Super League on Jan. 7 against 14th-place Maranhao Volei (2-10, 5 points). To follow her blog, click here.
HODGE, FAUCETTE WITH EVERGRANDE IN CHINA: Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.), a 2012 Olympic silver medalist, and Juliann Faucette (San Diego) are playing in China this winter with Guangdong Evergrande, which is under the direction of 2008 U.S. Olympic head coach "Jenny" Lang Ping. Evergrande dominated Henan Xin Yuan 25-20, 25-8, 25-15 on Dec. 21 to move to 6-0 in the regular season. Hodge picked up 18 points with 16 kills on 21 attacks, one block and one ace. Faucette added 10 points with nine kills on 12 attacks. However, Evergrande lost its first match of the season with a 25-20, 25-16, 25-19 setback to Beijing Automotive on Dec. 24. Faucette led the team with seven kills on 12 attacks, while Hodge played just the first set netting three points. Evergrande recovered in its next match to top Shanghai 25-19, 27-25, 17-25, 25-21 on Dec. 29. Faucette moved over to outside hitter and scored 27 points with 25 kills on 55 attacks, one block and one ace. Hodge did not play in the match. Evergrande won its second straight match with Hodge by defeating Jiangsu 25-18, 25-17, 25-19 on Jan. 2. Faucette tallied nine points in the victory. Evergrande dropped its second match of the season on Jan. 5 to Shandong, 31-29, 25-20, 25-18. Faucette recorded 10 points in the loss. Evergrande, now 8-2 overall in its regular season pool, holds a two-match lead over second place Shanghai and Beijing Automotive (6-4).
BOWN, SPICER WITH SHANGHAI IN CHINA: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), a three-time U.S. Olympic Volleyball Team selection and silver medalist in 2008, and former U.S. National Team member Nellie Spicer are competing for Shanghai in the Chinese League this winter. Shanghai lost a five-set match to Jiangsu 22-25, 18-25, 25-22, 25-20, 23-21 on Dec. 21. Bown pocketed 17 points 15 kills on 24 attacks, one block and one ace. Shanghai came back to defeat Shandong 25-19, 25-23, 25-20 on Dec. 24. Bown totaled 12 points in the victory, including three blocks. Shanghai was not able to keep the momentum going as it lost to Evergrande 19-25, 27-25, 25-17, 25-21 on Dec. 29. Bown led Shanghai with 15 points including five blocks, while Spicer came off the bench to start the last two sets and score three kills and 36 assists. Shanghai rebounded with a 25-22, 24-26, 25-23, 25-14 victory over Beijing Automotive on Jan. 2. Bown charted 21 points with 13 kills on 17 attacks, six blocks and two aces. Spicer started the first three sets to contribute 23 assists and one kill. Shanghai overpowered Henan Xin Yuan 25-18, 25-12, 25-16 on Jan. 5. Spicer started all three sets helping Shanghai to convert 42 kills on 58 attack attempts, including three kills of her own. Bown did not play in the match. Shanghai is tied for second place with a 6-4 record, two matches behind Group II leader Evergrande (8-2).
LLOYD WITH CONEGLIANO IN ITALY: Setter Carli Lloyd (Bonsall, Calif.) is competing for Imoco Volley Conegliano in the Italian Serie A league for this winter season. Conegliano lost to Italian Serie A1 leader Rebecchi Nordmeccanica Piacenza 21-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-17 on Dec. 22. Lloyd tallied three blocks in the loss. Conegliano bounced back to defeat Openjobmetis Ornavasso 25-21, 20-25, 25-18, 25-18 on Dec. 26. Lloyd set her team to a 36 kill percent while scoring four individual points with two blocks, an ace and a kill. Conegliano, now in fourth place with a 5-3 record and 15 points, resumes the Italian League regular season on Jan. 12 against sixth-place Pomi Casalmaggiore (4-4, 12 points). In CEV Champions League action Conegliano has advanced to the Playoff 12 round where it will take on Russia's Omichka Omsk in a home-and-home series with matches on Jan. 15 and Jan. 23. Conegliano ended the League phase with a 4-2 record and in second place in Pool E. Omichka concluded Pool A with a 4-2 record and in second place.
THOMPSON WITH VOLERO ZURICH IN SWITZERLAND: Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.), a silver medal-winning setter on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team, arrived in mid-November to play for Volero Zurich in the Swiss League. In the CEV Champions League, Volero meets Italy's Rebecchi Meccanica Piacenza in a home-and-home Playoff 12 round with matches on Jan. 16 and Jan. 21. Volero finished the League round with a 4-2 record and in second place in Pool F, while Piacenza led Pool B with a 5-1 record.
FAWCETT WITH EXPRESSWAY IN KOREA: Opposite Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio), who was part of two medal-winning U.S. teams this past summer, is playing for Korea Expressway in the Korean Volleyball League for the second consecutive year.
ADAMS WITH TAURON MKS DABROWA IN POLAND: Rachael Adams (Cincinnati, Ohio), a middle blocker on the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is playing in Poland this winter with Tauron MKS Dabrowa Gornicza. In the Polish Orlen League, Tauron had its 12th round match versus league-leader KPS Chemik Police on Dec. 21 postponed until Jan. 22. Tauron, now in fifth place with a 6-5 record and 18 points, Polski Cukier Musynianka on Jan. 8 in its next Olen League match. Adams is maintaining a blog during her travels, and is open to the public at rachadams.com.
HILL WITH ATOM TREFL SOPOT IN POLAND: Kim Hill (Portland, Ore.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is competing this winter with Atom Trefl Sopot in the Polish Oren Liga. In the Polish Orlen League, Sopot had its last match of 2013 match versus Polski Cukier Musynianka postponed until Jan. 30. Atom Trefl will now play BKS Aluprof Bielsko-Biala on Jan. 8. In CEV Champions League, Atom Trefl will face Turkey's Eczacibasi VitrA Istanbul in the Playoff 12 Round with home-and-home matches slated for Jan. 15 and Jan. 21. Atom Trefl secured its spot into the Playoff 12 Round by finishing Pool C with a 4-2 record for second place, while Eczacibasi went 6-0 in Pool D.
AKINRADEWO, BANWARTH, JACKSON WITH RABITA IN AZERBAIJAN: Middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), a 2012 U.S. Olympic silver medalist, libero Kayla Banwarth (Dubuque, Iowa), Cursty Jackson (Los Angeles) and Brittnee Cooper are part of Rabita Baku for the 2013-14 club season. Rabita Baku was selected to host the CEV Champions League Final Four scheduled for March 15-16. Baku had concluded the League Round with a 6-0 record to lead Pool A.
WILLOUGHBY WITH IGTISADCHI IN AZERBAIJAN: Kim Willoughby (Napoleonville, La.), a 2008 U.S. Olympic Games silver medalist, is competing for Igtisadchi of the Azerbaijan Super League in 2013-14. In CEV Champions League action, Igtisadchi challenges Turkey's VakifBank Istanbul in a home-and-home Playoff 12 Round series with matches on Jan. 16 and Jan. 22. Igtisadchi ended the League Round with a 3-3 record and in third place in Pool B. VakifBank concluded Pool C with a perfect 6-0 record.
GIBBEMEYER, CRIMES AND DOSTY WITH LOKOMOTIV BAKU: Middle blocker Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.) is playing for Lokomotiv Baku in the Azerbaijan Super League. In addition, former National Team middle blocker Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and American Whitney Dosty are playing for Lokomotiv. In CEV Cup action, Lokomotiv will face Polski Cukier Fakro Muzyna in the 4th Final Round home-and-home series on Jan. 14 and Jan. 21. To follow her blog throughout the year, visit laurengibby.blogspot.com.
HAGGLUND, MIYASHIRO WITH VILSBIBURG IN GERMANY: Libero Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii), a libero on the 2012 U.S. Olympic silver-medal team, and setter Jenna Hagglund (West Chester, Ohio) are playing for Rote Raben Vilsbiburg in the German league this winter. In addition, Americans Dominique Lamb and Michelle Bartsch are competing on the squad. Vilsbiburg resumes league action on Jan. 11 against Aurubis Hamburg following the holiday break.
HOOD WITH ILBANK IN TURKEY: Outside hitter Regan Hood (Dallas) is playing for Ilbank of the Turkish League this winter. Ilbank resumes the regular season against CET Halkbank on Jan. 11 following the holiday hiatus.
ALISHA GLASS WITH FENERBAHCE IN TURKEY: Setter Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) is competing this winter with Fenerbahce in Turkey. In the Turkish League, Fenerbahce faces Eregli Bld on Jan. 11 following the break for the holidays. In CEV Cup action, Fenerbahce will face LP Salo in the home-and-home series on Jan. 14 and Jan. 21.
HARMOTTO WITH ECZACIBASI IN TURKEY: Middle blocker Christa Harmotto (Hopewell Township, Pa.), a 2012 Olympic Games silver medalist, is competing for Eczacibasi VitrA Istanbul in the Turkish professional league. Eczacibasi plays Besiktas on Jan. 11 to open the 2014 portion of the Turkish League regular season In CEV Champions League action, Eczacibasi ended Pool D with a 6-0 record to advance to the Playoff 12 Round where it will face Poland's Atom Trefl Sopot in a home-and-home series on Jan. 15 and Jan. 21. Atom Trefl finished the League Round with a 4-2 record and in second place in Pool C.
OPEN TRYOUTS: The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team will hold its annual open tryout Feb. 21-23, 2014, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (OTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo. The tryout process will be used primarily to identify prospective athletes for the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team. Athletes not invited to participate with the National Team may be invited to attend a second tryout as part of the U.S. Collegiate National Teams program (formerly U.S. Women's Senior A2 Teams). To be eligible for the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team through this tryout, athletes must have concluded their collegiate eligibility. This program could begin as early as the spring of 2014, or when the athlete's academic year or professional club season has concluded. Athletes with remaining collegiate eligibility will be eligible for the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, as well as the U.S. Collegiate National Teams program, which consists of two different options if selected. For the complete press release, click here.


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By Dr. Tyeese Gaines
American children visit the emergency room as often as 825,000 times a year -- not for broken bones or bellyaches -- but to urgently see a psychiatrist. Yet, aside from the select few who are suicidal, a threat to others or severely debilitated, most are discharged and sent home.
It turns out that a surprising number of ER patients are being seen for behavioral issues or a minor psychiatric crisis. A review of 2,900 records of ER patients ages 17 and younger showed the majority were brought to the hospital because of issues such as disruptive classroom behavior, verbal altercations and running away, according to a 2011 John Hopkins study.
Experts question whether these children need to visit the ER at all and whether they are unnecessarily taxing an already overstretched emergency care system.
"If somebody comes in with pneumonia, we give antibiotics and they're fine," said Dr. Muhammad Waseem, pediatric emergency physician at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in Bronx, NY. "But, with mental health, they require significant resources, time, and services."
Several reports confirm that pediatric ER visits for psychiatric complaints have risen over the last decade and continue to increase. National data presented last fall found that visits over an eight-year period -- from 1999 to 2007 -- had increased by 20 percent.
"[Parents] don't know what to do," says Dr. Gary M. Blau, clinical psychologist and chief of the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch of the U.S. Center for Mental Health Services. "They're not sure what mental health conditions are and whether to be concerned about them or not."
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"Often the parents themselves feel unsafe, or the home situation is unsafe, such as for a younger sibling," says emergency medicine doctor Dr. Audrey Paul. "They are in a state of crisis."
The ER, however, is not the best location for pediatric mental health concerns, according to child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Jacqueline Smith at University of North Carolina Hospitals.
"The emergency department can be traumatizing for a child," she says. "Also, appropriate staff may not be readily available for assessments or recommendations, leading to very long waits for these children."
Paul agrees. "It's loud. It's overcrowded. And, privacy is an issue."
Given the limited amount of available mental health beds for admitted children, Paul -- who is a pediatric ER physician and an associate professor of emergency medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine -- shares that these children can sometimes stay in the emergency department for over 24 hours.
Similarly, nationwide, children with mental health complaints are twice as likely to wait four hours or more than those with other ER complaints, subsequently contributing to ER overcrowding and limiting care to the other children waiting to be seen.
Some studies suggest that the increase in visits do not actually correlate to an increase in psychiatric illnesses among children.
"Unruly behavior can be the result of a psychiatric or medical illness, but it can also be the result of parents having difficulty setting limits," Smith says. "If behavior is simply unruly, it should be addressed, but perhaps not in an emergency room."
Tanya Haney-Miller, a school counselor in New Jersey, says that it sometimes comes down to discipline.
"A lot of parents are fearful of [child protective services], and parents don't want anyone in their business," she says. "They'd rather avoid disciplining their child because they think that the main way of disciplining is hitting. Some don't know another way."
Waseem acknowledges that parents have it rough, making it hard to give troubled children the type of attention and support needed to defuse such issues.
"Parents are living in a high-stress situation," he says. "They don't have adequate time. With economic issues, both parents are forced to work in order to sustain, and there is no one to adequately supervise the child."
Children are exposed to these same high-stress environments which can lead to psychological outbursts after just a minor exposure to emotional trauma, Waseem adds.
He also points out that just because many of these children are discharged doesn't mean the visit wasn't warranted. At times, the complaints are issues that can be solved in the emergency department during a long ER stay.
Blau, too, says not to discount the demand for ER psychiatric care. The rates of mental health among children are significant: the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that one in five adolescents has a diagnosable mental health disorder.
All of those interviewed felt that the lack of outpatient resources was a key factor in the increase in ER mental health visits. The most at-risk and economically disadvantaged patients make up a large amount of the visits.
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"There are simply not enough child and adolescent mental health providers, particularly psychiatrists," Smith says. "As more parents lose insurance coverage, so do their children. This increases the number of children requiring community mental health services, straining that system. Out of frustration, parents turn to the emergency department."
In some cases, even the outpatient resources that do exist, such as counselors and schools, still refer patients to the ER for behavioral issues rather than solely psychiatric ones.
"If the schools had programs in place to deal with these things, many of these visits could be avoided," Paul says. "But, a lot of after school and community based programs have been cut."
Haney-Miller says that despite her opinion that ER psychiatric evaluations often fall short of expectations, there are protocols to follow.
"Sometimes, it's not even a thorough evaluation," she says. "But, we still have to send them. It's policy." Haney-Miller adds that with certain mental health crises, the children can't attend school until a psychiatrist evaluates them.
"They can opt to go to their private physician," she says. "But, if they don't have insurance or they have Medicaid, there may be a huge wait for the clinic, and they're not allowed to return to school."
Several schools near Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center have mental health services embedded into their programs, according to Waseem. He says in six months, his ER only received three children from those schools.
"They are not referring their psychiatric children to the ER," he says. "They are managing themselves."
However, Blau cautions against broadly discouraging parents from bringing their children to the ER for evaluation.
"While there is truth to the overuse of the ER," he says, "that one time a parent doesn't go, there's a tragedy."
Dr. Tyeese Gaines is a physician-journalist with over 10 years of print and broadcast experience, now serving as health editor for theGrio.com (NBC News). Dr. Ty is also a practicing emergency medicine physician in New Jersey. Follow her on twitter at @doctorty or on Facebook.
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Original recipe taken from "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" by Peter Reinhart.
Makes 6 small or 3-4 large pizzas
4 1/2 c rice flour mix
2 t instant yeast
1/4 c olive oil
1 3/4 c ice water
1 T sugar
Method: 1. Mix together the flour, salt and instant yeast in a big bowl (or in the bowl of your stand mixer).
2. Add the oil, sugar or agave syrup and cold water, then mix well (with the help of a large wooden spoon or with the paddle attachment, on low speed) in order to form a sticky ball of dough. I added in extra rice flour to make it a more managable dough. 3. Flour a work surface or counter with rice flour. Line a jelly pan with baking paper/parchment. Lightly oil the paper.4. With the help of a metal or plastic dough scraper, cut the dough into 6 equal pieces (or larger if you want to make larger pizzas).
NOTE: To avoid the dough from sticking to the scraper, dip the scraper into water between cuts.
5. Sprinkle some rice flour over the dough. Make sure your hands are dry and then flour them. Gently round each piece into a ball.NOTE: If the dough sticks to your hands, then dip your hands into the rice flour again.
6. Transfer the dough balls to the lined jelly pan and mist them generously with spray oil. Slip the pan into plastic bag or enclose in plastic food wrap. (I just wrapped each dough ball in plastic wrap.)
7. Put the pan into the refrigerator and let the dough rest overnight or for up to thee days.
NOTE: You can store the dough balls in a zippered freezer bag if you want to save some of the dough for any future baking. In that case, pour some oil(a few Tbs only) in a medium bowl and dip each dough ball into the oil, so that it is completely covered in oil. Then put each ball into a separate bag. Store the bags in the freezer for no longer than 3 months. The day before you plan to make pizza, remember to transfer the dough balls from the freezer to the refrigerator.
NOTE: If you want to make the dough in one day, just let the dough rest about an hour. Not in the fridge.
8. On the day you plan to eat pizza, exactly 2 hours before you make it, remove the number of desired dough balls from the refrigerator. Place on a sheet of parchment paper and sprinkle with a gluten free flour. Delicately press the dough into disks about ½ inch thick and 5 inches in diameter. Sprinkle the dough with rice flour, mist it again with spray oil. Lightly cover the dough round with a sheet of parchment paper and allow to rest for 2 hours.
9. At least 45 minutes before making the pizza, place a baking stone on the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven as hot as possible (500° F/260° C). NOTE: If you do not have a baking stone, then use the back of a jelly pan. Do not preheat the pan.
10. Press the dough into the shape you want (about 9-12 inches in diameter - for a 6 ounces of dough).
NOTE: Make only one pizza at a time.
12. Place the garnished pizza on the parchment paper onto the stone in the oven or bake directly on the jelly pan. Close the door and bake for about 5-8 minutes. (I had to bake mine longer, about 10-15)
NOTE: Remember that the best pizzas are topped not too generously. No more than 3 or 4 toppings (including sauce and cheese) are sufficient.
13. Slide the garnished pizza onto the stone in the oven or bake directly on the jelly pan. Close the door and bake for about 5-8 minutes.
NOTE: After 2 minutes baking, take a peek. For an even baking, rotate 180°.If the top gets done before the bottom, you will need to move the stone or jelly pane to a lower shelf before the next round. On the contrary, if the bottom crisps before the cheese caramelizes, then you will need to raise the stone or jelly.14. Take the pizza out of the oven and transfer it to a cutting board or your plate. In order to allow the cheese to set a little, wait 3-5 minutes before slicing or serving.
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Who Should You Start?
The most important decision in Fantasy Football, after the draft, is WHO DO I START? It is so important to start the right guys each week, because otherwise you are not optimizing your roster. How many Mondays and Tuesdays have you been kicking yourself, saying, "I would have won, only if I had started him?"
We were tired of that, now we never kick ourselves because we created a formula, called the FFCPI. It stands for the Fantasy Football Champs Performance Index, and it accurately orders fantasy football players according to their expected output for the upcoming week. Players are assigned ratings (from 1-99), the higher numbers representing a better probability of higher fantasy performance. But more about the FFCPI in a moment. Let's get one thing straight: When you submit your starting lineup for the week, on Saturday or Sunday, you can only by definition choose from a pool of your current existing players. You drafted your team, made some trades and picked the waiver wire clean. These are the guys you are going to war with! The decision on which to start each week is the most important decision you make in fantasy football!
Relying on the FFCPI to Win
Back in 1999, (after winning several league championships); the Fantasy Football Champs formally invented the FFCPI. We wanted to put together a computer application that would more efficiently do what we were doing. We were looking for a system, a mathematical, computer driven formula that would accurately forecast expected fantasy output. It had to be not only unemotional, but also take into account other features about the players, other than just their natural ability.
We decided that most other experts made one crucial mistake. They put too much emphasis on the individual level of talent of the quarterback, the running back, wide receiver or tight end and never factored in things like: strength of schedule, bye weeks, whether the team was coming off a win or a loss, home field advantage, how performance was affected by the field temperature, grass or Astroturf and the level of skill of the opposing defense. By not plugging in these other variables the experts were missing the boat. So we created the definitive formula and have used it ever since. The result is the most accurate weekly cheatsheet you can get your handd on. As a matter of fact, the weekly cheat sheet is so accurate; it's unfair to the rest of your league!
The FFCPI takes the guesswork out of who you should start each week. It takes the emotions out of your selections. Simply stated, do not make another move without consulting the FFCPI first. This is the system that has propelled us to numerous league scoring titles and championships, not to mention losing one league in 2000, when another owner used our beloved FFCPI against one of us in the Super Bowl to make a roster change. He has since been barred from subscribing to our site.
Remember, that in order to win on a consistent basis you must maximize your starting roster each week. The system (the FFCPI) has two major steps. Firstly, our expertise is utilized because we assign every player a raw "relative strength". These ratings are reviewed every week and tweaked as things change. The second part is a proprietary formula. Once again, the FFCPI takes into account everything from the level of competition, home field advantage, player's tendencies, to what they ate for breakfast. All this is plugged into a computer and spat back to us in the order that you see every week.
The FFCPI is released on Wednesdays and updated right up until game time on Sundays. The major strength of our system is that it is unemotional. The FFCPI doesn't have any favorite players. The FFCPI doesn't have a player that helped it to a championship last year. It jumps on players who are going to be hot and sends them to the bench when they are going to be cold.
Most owners will ride a hot player all the way to the North Pole. The FFCPI doesn't do that. Most people hate to admit they are wrong, and benching someone you drafted high would be doing just that. So they fall in love with the players that they draft, and they fall in love with the players they labeled as sleepers. So when they don't perform as expected, they stick with them and say, "They'll come around. I have a gut feeling about him." The FFCPI can help by taking the emotions out of your selections. It flat out tells you who has the best odds of succeeding in a given week, with no human emotions attached.
Ok, I am about to make a major point here- so listen up! No one has to tell you to start your studs each week. No one has to be told to start Adrian Peterson. The FFCPI is really designed to select your 2nd and 3rd tier starters. When you are looking for your second or third wide receiver or your second running back and it's a toss up, the FFCPI's effectiveness is immeasurable. Remember you "Always Start your Studs", but you maximize the amount of points you put up every week by making as many as possible of these secondary decisions correctly each week.
Although most league scoring systems vary, let's agree to the following (at least for illustration purposes): Most winning fantasy football teams (for the week) put up between 100-150 total points (in typical performance scoring leagues) … and … Most losing fantasy teams (for the week) put up between 80-100 total points. The difference between beating your weekly opponent and losing to him is usually within about a 20-point range (10-20% either way) and sometimes (most of us know this all too well) it's much closer than that (a matter of a few points). If winning teams average about 125 points a week and losing teams average 90 points that's a difference of 35 points.
Now, I'll agree that 35 points is a lot to make up, not that many players score that much in a given week (maybe only 2 to 3 times in a given week). However, there are dozens of players that score between 20-30 points in a given week. Chances are if you were able to change just two of your decisions each week, after Sundays results, you might go 16-0 at the end of the season. If your league starts one quarterback, two running backs, three wide receivers, one tight end, one kicker, one defense (9 players total that means that each player is averaging about 15-20 points per week). We already stated that the difference between winning and losing is about 20 points a week. That means in order to win you have to only be right on one or two more of your starting decisions!
This is where having the FFCPI can really help. It can help you make those two extra incremental starting decisions each week. Players listed above (with a higher number, i.e. ranking on the FFCPI) other players generally outperform players listed below them about 70-80% of the time. That means you have about a 3 in 4 chance of making the right starting decision by consulting the FFCPI. This system should easily allow you to pick up between 2-3 extra wins per season if followed correctly. That could turn a mediocre 8-8 season into a tremendous 11-5 campaign with a trip to the playoffs and then to a possible championship season! Remember what Vince Lombardi said, "The difference between being great and being average is just giving an extra 10%." In baseball the difference between being a career .300 hitter (going to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown) and being a mediocre .250 hitter (and possibly getting sent down to the minors) is an average of 2 hits a week over the course of a 500 at-bat season.
The FFCPI is the only weekly cheat sheet available that holds itself accountable. Every week it is reviewed on the website. It is uncanny as to how accurate it has been; in terms of not only gross output of the players but also the degree to which it correlates to the order of their rankings. We know you will be very impressed with the results. We are very proud of them. You will also find that a lot of players (particularly earlier in the season) that were considered sleepers early, were more highly ranked then some more popular names. That's why we say "the FFCPI picks your starters and uncovers more sleepers!"
Generally speaking, studs and "A" players are ranked higher on the FFCPI because they have so much more individual talent than "B" players. But, also remember that the raw relative strength numbers we input into the model consistently change as the season progresses. We do months of work before the season starts, computing all the variables. We spend about 40 hours a week constantly monitoring all the changes that happen, when they happen. Now, is this something you could do yourself? Well the truth is, maybe some of you could. But do you really want to do all that work yourself on 200 players when we do it for you for less 2 bucks a week? Oh yeah, one more thing: The FFCPI gets it right!!! It's our secret weapon for winning.
Start Your Studs
Always start your studs, especially early in the year. It is less painful for your stud to underperform in your lineup, than watching him blow up with a huge performance in the week that you decided to bench him. Start your studs, even if your backups have a great match-up. Just remember that your stud is in that class by consistently doing well against the best defenses in tough match-ups.
What to Look for in the NFL Schedule
Look for teams that have favorable match-ups, namely in Week 14-16, which is the fantasy playoffs in most leagues. An average player can post better numbers in a season if his team plays an easy schedule. This is also where you can stash some players late in fantasy drafts, and employ them in your lineups for a good match-up. Again, do not bench a stud to get these players into your lineup though. This plan is best utilized for your No. 3 receiver. You have to look for advantages anywhere you can to be successful in fantasy football.
Weather Conditions
Adverse weather conditions could directly impact fantasy production. A team is going to have trouble throwing in the snow or rain, which in turn will result in that team pounding the ball more on the ground. We at FF Champs update the weather conditions around the league on game day, advising which players are worth holding out. This is also very important to monitor for kickers, which is why we like to draft ones that play their home games in a dome.
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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Off the grid: Distant 'subdivision' nothing like others
ADDRESS: 839 Rockfish Woods Circle
NEIGHBORHOOD: Howardsville
SIZE: 1,800 fin. sq. ft.
LAND: 6.727 acres
CURB APPEAL: 7 out of 10
LISTED BY: Roger Voisinet, Remax Realty Specialists, 974-1500
We here at On the Block have a general antipathy to reviewing houses in subdivisions. Let's face it– how many ways can we describe three bedrooms, two baths, a family room with fireplace (gas), huge ugly fans and Hardiplank everywhere, and generic granite-stainless-center island kitchens? As Ronald Reagan famously said, "A tree is a tree..."
However, more than subdivisions, we despise a foolish consistency, so this week we took ourselves off the grid and out to Nelson County for a tour of "Rockfish Woods." Like many of its Albemarle cousins, this house on a "circle" in the development– in fact, the circle is the development– has a communal place to swim, the ubiquitous fans, and Pella vinyl windows. Ugh.
But any such list of similarities is wildly deceiving, because this "subdivision" consists of only a few houses, and this one is the original homeplace of the tract– built in 1780. We're not in Cory Farm anymore, Toto.
The swimming place turns out to be the Rockfish River, a short walk from the house via deeded community access through 5,000 acres of adjoining land owned by a paper company. No comparison can be drawn between sitting on concrete by a chlorine pool and splashing about (or casting a rod) in a wild rushing river with nothing but forest on every side.
And unlike the dull identical facades of every house in a typical development, here the "front"– with a porch with columns, white railing, and wide steps– is actually the original rear. What was the front is now the back (also with columns, but no railing or steps), facing a large paddock with a barn and four horses (who don't convey).
This reversed orientation means the house's one bathroom is right inside the front door. The impression is weird– practically c0ming face-to-face with a claw-foot tub as you drop in for a visit. The owners report that the original 1780 house was a typical two-over-two, and the bathroom and adjoining new "living room" are later additions created by enclosing the original back porch. Obviously, in 225 years many things change, but it's interesting that just one difference– the location of the road and the approach– could result in such a disorienting interior.
In addition to the living room and bath, a combination laundry/utility room and a separate closet were created in the enclosed porch space. As expected in such an old house, the floors are wide heart-pine (some now covered with wall-to-wall) except in the bathroom, which has big Florida tiles. Exposed beams are also typical of 1780, and these are pretty. What's unexpected here is the height of the ceiling– almost 11 feet– which provides a feeling of spaciousness at odds with the sense of near-claustrophobia we felt touring other houses of this vintage like Cochran's Mill on Rio Road.
Up what the owner calls "winder stairs" are two bedrooms (but no bath). Here's where the one similarity to traditional subdivisions is evident: in their frenzy to keep warm their first year, the owners replaced rattly, drafty windows with vinyl Pellas, an error they ruefully acknowledge. But the lapse is somewhat forgivable when they point out a fascinating and surprisingly large "hidey-hole" under the rafters off the guest bedroom– a place ideally suited for meditation, pouting, or any other activity requiring solitude and isolation.
And if all that weren't enough to separate this house from a typical Wayland's Grant cracker box, get this. It's completely powered by a solar panel out in the pasture with the horses. People who live here never have to open a Dominion Power bill: the place exists totally "off the grid." This means that in the event of sleet, hail or blizzard, the folks tucked up at 839 Rockfish Woods still have lights, TV, radio– anything electric powered.
Heat is propane-fired hot air, but a woodstove in the kitchen fireplace can help keep those costs down. Also in the kitchen is the original porcelain farmhouse sink. There's no dining room, but a family room adjoining the kitchen has room for a table.
Outside, the fenced yard is surrounded on one side with huge boxwoods and has a tiny shed with a tin roof like the original house once had– now it's regular old shingles, alas. The "back" yard, as mentioned, is the paddock and barn.
It's a long way from Charlottesville to Howardsville on the James, and probably for someone commuting to town, the cost of gas would offset any savings from the solar power. But for a retired or environmentally conscious couple who didn't need to leave often, Rockfish Woods offers all the benefits of a subdivision without any of the tedious ticky-tack.
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Military athletes are coming together to compete against civilians for charity in the Civilian Military Combine (CMC) competition on Saturday in Camelback, PA.
Noted as a "one-day enlistment" on the CMC website, the CMC attracts a community familiar to CrossFit to perform tests of strength, endurance and agility with an added military element.
Competitors running alongside military heroes to support charities, such as Livestrong, Operation Home Front and Heroes of Tomorrow, will be challenged with four strength elements and a five-mile mountain race with military obstacles. The strength event, named The PIT, consists of two bodyweight resistance exercises and two lightweight resistance exercises designed to equalize the playing field between power athletes and endurance runners to better determine the best overall conditioned athlete.
Competitors accumulate as many repetitions as possible of the barbell thruster, the burpee, the box jump and the kettlebell swing before running 5.4 miles of mountainous terrain with more than 20 obstacles. Some of the military-themed obstacles include ladder walls, water crossings, mud pits, foxhole tunnels, hurdles, log carry and ranger ropes.
The race structure was developed by strength and conditioning coaches from the CrossFit community, United States Armed Forces and USA Triathlon.


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You already know that there are a lot of features in development inside Market Samurai.
But unless you're a part of the Market Samurai team, chances are you don't know about all of the cool new features that the Market Samurai team has been working so hard on.
So let me take you behind the "Shoji Screen" here at the Samurai Dojo, and show you what we're up to right now!
You're Getting These Ones Right Now…
Have you been using Market Samurai in your internet business daily?
If you haven't, shame on you – but if you have, then you've already seen all of the updates that we have released in the past few weeks.
These updates were like flying Samurai roundhouse kicks that knocked-out a series of annoying glitches that some Market Samurai were battling.
PLUS… a whole bunch of new feature improvements were added.
Most of these improvements were behind-the-scenes – performance enhancements that turn your Market Samurai into a leaner, meaner, faster internet marketing warrior.
Others were more prominent – like the new "DoFollow" Backlink source option added.. Check it out:
…And More are On Their Way…
As I'm writing this, the team is releasing the final touches on Market Samurai v0.79 (chances are they'll beat me to the punch, and it will be out before I finish this blog post!)
Market Samurai v0.79 contains even more performance enhancements – these ones are designed to speed up the gathering of SEOC data, and several other types of data.
PLUS it contains some enhancements around SEO Digger keyword generation that speed up data gathering in these areas too!
After this is released, the Market Samurai development team will focus their efforts on a series of (big) new features.
These features will be releases as-they-are-completed over the coming weeks and months – so expect to have Market Samurai ask you if you would like to update to the latest version fairly regularly for a while yet, while we give you more and more features and updates.
So What's On The Cards?
Well, obviously there are 3 modules in-development right now… the 3 "Coming Soon" modules that are already inside Market Samurai.
But there's one more to add…
It's something that has been kept very quiet – a mystery module…
Details haven't been released around how this module works (or even what it will do) yet.
It's taken us several months to get Market Samurai this far – and it's going to take us several more months to complete all of the remaining features.
While we're developing new features, we'll focus the bulk of our efforts on a single area of functionality…
The good news is that as soon as each area is complete, it will be released direct to you via Market Samurai's automatic update system for immediate access – and as an owner of the full version of Market Samurai, you'll receive access to all of these new features for free (despite planned price rises in the future).
…Before I forget…
Finally, several people have asked about the Market Samurai registration system.
For several weeks, we've held back on "flicking the switch" on the Market Samurai Registration System.
Currently, all copies of Market Samurai think that they're registered (because we have turned off the activation system on our servers). However, very soon we'll have completed some changes to the activation system on our server and will be flicking the switch to turn the activation system on.
This means you will be asked to enter your Market Samurai trial version or full version registration key.
For the moment, there's nothing to worry about. We'll give you roughly 1 week's notice, and email you with your details (as a reminder / just in case you've lost the original email).
In the mean-time, keep an eye out for our ongoing roll-out of Market Samurai updates.
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It is no secret that I am a chocoholic. The funny part is that I was not a fan of chocolate until I was pregnant with my second child. If offered a choice between a sugary, fruity candy and a chocolate bar, I would have chosen a fruity candy, hands down, before my second pregnancy. But, once I was pregnant with Hannah, this strange force came over me. All of a sudden I had to have this double fudge chocolate brownie ice cream every night after dinner. I really should have bought stock in Edy's, as I swear I kept them in business during that pregnancy. This sudden obsession with chocolate did not come without consequences, I gained 65+ pounds during that pregnancy. OUCH! 65 pounds of sheer, chocolate bliss. 🙂 My craving for chocolate has never gone away since. I love chocolate. I can't get enough. So, when I saw that Peanut Butter & Co. made a peanut butter with chocolate in it, I couldn't wait to get my hands on some. I happened to be in Wal-Mart yesterday and came across a jar of Dark Chocolate Dreams. I picked up up, saying a little prayer that it was gluten-free, and as I looked down the label, imagine my surprise when it said "Gluten-Free" right there on the label! YAY!! This PB was mine! It even had a $.55 off coupon right on the lid. There was no reason not to buy it, at least not from my point of view. 😉 Aaron might beg to differ. I couldn't wait for breakfast this morning to have some of this heaven on my rice cake and then top it with black cherry preserves. It did not disappoint. Wow. Why has it taken me this long to discover this amazing product? What better way to start the day than with peanut butter, chocolate and a piping hot cup of coffee? The bonus to this is that the nutritional value of this peanut butter is about the same as my Skippy Natural. It has 10 less calories, 3 g less fat, and a lot less sodium. There is no refined sugar or hydrogenated oil in the Dark Chocolate Dreams; it is sweetened with evaporated cane juice. This is a win-win in my opinion. The only downside that I can see is that it is a little pricier than my Skippy Natural. It is, however, cheaper than the Almond Butter I bought last week and it tastes better, too! 🙂
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This diagram will be modified big time, because we have nothing now. So when I make it, all the managers will look at it, and we'll spend some time messing with it until it's correct.-superboyac (June 01, 2010, 06:07 PM)
This diagram will be modified big time, because we have nothing now. So when I make it, all the managers will look at it, and we'll spend some time messing with it until it's correct.-superboyac (June 01, 2010, 06:07 PM)Hi superboyac !Just an idea, but if it's going to be a work-in-progress, an online solution, such as http://www.dabbleboard.com/might be a good approach, initially at least.Just my 2 cents !-PPLandry (June 01, 2010, 07:26 PM)
I've worked with SmartDraw on some client projects. It's very similar to Visio although I thought it was much easier to use for general purpose diagramming. I never tried using it for process mapping, but it should be able to handle a diagram like yours. They have a free 30-day eval available so it wouldn't cost anything but your time to give it a try.I also bounced your question off an MBA/MsME buddy of mine who works for one of our giant defense contractors. He speaks well of something called TeamFlow. I can't vouch for it personally since I've never used it. But my pal is a pretty savvy project manger, and he thinks it's a very capable product. The publishers also offer a 30-day eval copy if you want to give it a test run. -40hz (June 01, 2010, 09:53 PM)
^ I've only used Visio for network design/mapping and website planning so I don't think I'm going to be of much help for what you're doing. The book I used to learn it was Micosoft Office Visio Inside/Out from Microsoft Press. Fortunately I did that during some downtime so I wasn't under pressure to learn it by using it for a live project. I'll ask around and see what I can find out for you. -40hz (June 02, 2010, 05:48 PM)
"What I need is something that can do Business Process Modeling."
This is kind of a big deal for me and the organization.
"If you can't describe your processes, then you don't know what you are doing." - W.E.Deming.
"Action that is not based on sound theory is irrational, by definition." (W Edwards Deming; and refer also Kepner-Tregoe)
"Action that is not based on sound theory is irrational, by definition."
There are so many technical terms, and strange, complicated lingo for all of this. What does this have to do with IT?
* Who is it that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Job 38:2* My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Hosea 4:6
Because of the training challenges, varying skill levels, frequent change of personnel that are responsible for the documentation and ultimate infrequent use of the software, the best practices could be summarized with the ancient imperative to Keep It Simple. (I'll leave off the second "S").-steveorg (June 11, 2010, 05:30 PM)
You might also want to add process improvement into that mix, because you are likely to stumble over potential areas for significant process improvement once you start to scrutinise a process.-IainB
I found the best way is by living through them. -steeladept (June 16, 2010, 10:11 AM)
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Generating a Core Set of Outcomes for Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs." J Interpers Violence. 2018:886260518792988."
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The "Bravest Girl in the World" has stood up to President Barack Obama.
Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old shot by the Taliban for promoting girl's education in her native Pakistan, confronted Obama at the White House on Friday about U.S. drone strikes.
In a meeting that included first lady Michelle Obama, the young activist challenged one of Obama's premier counterterrorism strategies.
"I also expressed my concerns that drone attacks are fueling terrorism," she said in a statement released today. "Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people. If we refocus efforts on education it will make a big impact."
The U.S. government has said strikes by the unmanned aircraft are a necessary part of the fight against militant groups, including the Taliban.
In an interview that will air Sunday at 7 p.m. with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Malala said she is far from done serving.
"I want to become a prime minister of Pakistan, and I think it's really good. Because through politics I can serve my whole county. I can be the doctor of the whole country," she said.
In a statement, the White House saluted Malala's continuing efforts to promote education for girls.
In a proclamation marking Friday as the International Day of the Girl, Obama said, "Across the globe there are girls who will one day lead nations, if only we afford them the chance to choose their own destinies."
"Every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream."
CNN's Bryan Koenig and Conor Finnegan contributed to this report.
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Single line phones might work in some homes, but more and more homes need multiple phone lines. From fax lines to phone lines for the kids, very few homes can get by with only phone line.
With telephone distribution equipment, you can ensure that all the rooms in your home have phone connections when they need it.


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On-Site Vastu Visit by Dr. Kunal Kaushik
If the client calls Dr. Kunal Kaushik for Vastu Consultation at the site itself then that is proven to be more beneficial for the client as Dr. Kunal Kaushik is able to check the energy levels in the premise using numerous Vastu energy Scanners and Instruments. These Scientific Vastu Instruments are very useful in determining the energies present in the premise and therefore On-Site Vastu visit are the preferred mode of Vastu Consultation. Also, there are various other factors that make On-Site Vastu consultations way better than On-line Vastu advice one of those very important factors are that during On-Site Consultation, Interior decoration advice can be easily discussed and followed. Thirdly, During an On-Site Vastu Consultation Dr. Kunal Kaushik can check the ground vibrations immediately upon reaching the site which is not possible during an Online Vastu Consultation.
We are pleased to offer our professional Vastu services. Here is the scope of work / consultation.
- Observation Based Vastu Services (The very common Vastu guidelines being provided by most of the Vastu Consultants in World)
- Interiors and Placement Advice According to Vastu.
- Highly technical Vastu services of International Level- The most advanced methodology. (Dr. Kunal Kaushik is the only Vastu expert in the world who uses more than 12 Scientific Instruments, Scanners And Sensors for Vastu Consultation)
Highly Technical Vastu Services:
- Checking the Earth vibrations,(MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR)
- Checking the Parallel vibrations,
- Checking the Hard & Soft Energy,
- Checking the Radio waves,
- Checking the Magnetic Deviations,
- Checking the Geopathic Stress,
- Sick Building Syndrome Check,
- Checking the Telluric Energy,
- Checking the Diagonal Field,
- Checking the Cosmo Telluric Channel,
- Checking the Cardinal Points,
- Checking the Global Field,
- Premise Aura Scanning, (Using ACESS Technology)


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Tiny VicesKenneth Cappello, Allan Macintyre, Jason Nocito, Robin Schwartz, and Jaimie Warren
Availability: Limited quantities
The Tinyvices limited edition includes all five books from the debut of the series as well as a signed and numbered photograph by each of the five featured artists: Kenneth Cappello, Allan Macintyre, Jason Nocito, Robin Schwartz, and Jaimie Warren. Commissioned exclusively for Aperture, the collector's edition is limited to twenty-five and is packaged in a custom-made box designed by Tim Barber, curator of tinyvices.com.
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