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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Behind a team hitting percentage of .370, the MIT women's volleyball team defeated Mount Holyoke College, 30-15, 30-23, 30-9, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship Tournament quarterfinal match on Tuesday. The No. 2 seeded Engineers will face No. 3 Springfield College in a semifinal match to be played at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy on Friday, Nov. 3. With the loss, No. 7 Mount Holyoke concluded its season with an overall record of 9-15.
The Lyons' 3-2 lead in the opening game would be their last as MIT (31-4) registered the next four points. Mount Holyoke stayed within striking distance, but it could only narrow the gap to two points (9-7). Strong serving runs by Alex May and Lindsay Hunting helped the Engineers build a 19-9 advantage and eventually take the game.
After trading points to start the second stanza, Tech took a 7-3 edge. Following a service error, Mount Holyoke's Briana Shepherd directed a three-point spurt from the service line that evened the contest at seven. MIT won the next three points, however, the Lyons cut their deficit to one (10-9). The game remained closely played until the Engineers posted a five-point run, the largest of the game, for a 28-21 advantage.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 1:37 pm
Post subject: Sail Making Materials and Dimension Polyant
Today I was repairing a "brand Name" sail which had a catastrophic tear in the panel(s) above the boom. This particular sail has a lot of graphics and seams in that panel and the materials failed in a big way. At first, I thought "this sail must have a high center of effort which is launching the rider as a flying canonball into the sail. But then, I remembered seeing this kind of failure before in this brand of sail. Matter of fact, it seems to be a frequent occurance. As I worked on, I remembered I needed to place an order for some monofilm and x-scrim from Dimension Polyant.
When I got to a stopping point I got on the phone to order the needed materials from Dimension Polyant which consisted of some monofilm and some Ezzy proprietary spectra x-scrim. While on the phone, I asked the service person if Dimension Polyant provides the films and scrims for the "brand Name" sail I was working on. He said "no, they don't provide very much material to that brand.
I thought about it afterwards, and looked closer at the materials used in the "brand Name" sail. Aha! I've seen this before! Some years back, Aerotech used these same or similar materials and I was getting a lot of sails in with the very same type of failures. As near as I can tell, Aerotech has gone back to Dimension Polyant materials, I can't tell for sure. If you are buying Aerotech's, ask them!
This is my point.....Dimension Polyant is a US company that provides premium grade materials for surf sails and their prices are very reasonable. If you consider a 6 meter sail has about 6 meters of monofilm and x-scrim in it's construction and the price difference between a cheap product (about $4 per square meter) and a premium product like Dimension Polyant (about $6 per meter) amounts to about $12 per sail. Not much considering the short lifespan of the cheap material and the extended lifespan of the Dimension Polyant products. It doesn't seem worth it so some exec can live in a $15 million dollar home instead of a $5 million home.
I'm asking you to please demand from your sailmaker that they use Dimension Polyant in building their sails. If they do not or will not boast that they primarily use DP then run like hell! You will not be getting the premium product you are looking for. Some of the Brands I know to primarily use Dimension Polyant are: Ezzy, Sailworks, Windwing, Goya, Simmer (some), Northwave, and World Sails. These brands are well known for their consistantly high quality products. Others may or may not, of course, I can't know for sure.
There is a big difference in materials and I ask you to support a premium US goods manufacturer like Dimension Polyant. Please, demand it in your new sails!
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You can add some more brands to your list.
KA Sails uses Dimension Polyant materials.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 2:09 pm
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Yes, there is only ONE brand of car to buy, everything else is junk.
We all need to buy boards made from the exact same materials, because it's the best and longest lasting.
You getting launched is a reflection of your basic knowledge of the sport, it's equipement, and it's materials.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 3:18 pm
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For some, overpriced, fragile, disposable sails are the best option, wouldn't you say. Seems Insane! Perhaps a chill and some time to reflect. It is a valuable argument for some that it's really all about the graphics. Forget about quality and durability...not me! Never have and never will. When the others step up, they'll be welcome in my world and appropriately endorced.
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Frankly, I really like the idea of buying local, particularly for a better material product. You would think that would gain some traction here.
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of course not all manufacturer have to buy from Poliyant they can buy from who ever they think has the good stuff. What Tom wants to say I guess is buy at least some quality stuff. The difference can be easy 30 to 50 more days sailing for you and $ 10 less profit for them.
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My experience is that sails made with the Dimension Polyant products last at least twice as long, maybe 3 times as long. I actually own some '98 Windwings made with DP that look almost brand new. And... up in my attic is a 2003 Aerotech Charge 5.0 which lasted 9 sessions. The third session, it tore a panel from tension. I repaired it for the owner. The fifth session, the panel above it developed a tension tear. I repaired it for the owner. The very next session, the sail tore again, this time on the next panel up. I repaired it again. The ninth session, the disgusted Owner brought it back to me, tore again and said he'd had enough of it and to use it for parts. I saw a lot of similar failures for a number of years in the Aerotechs. Now, the same failures are showing up in the referenced "brand Name". Lately, I'm seeing fewer of those problems with the Aerotechs but I'm not sure if they are using DP products or just using heavier duty cheapie materials.
I have owned a couple KA sails, but not for several years. The wave sail I had stretched out the clue within three hours of 28 mph wind flatwater blasting, the very first time I used the sail. The fabric at the clue developed pronounced wrinkles in the x-scrim. The only other sail I'd ever seen do that was an Aerotech Charge 7.0 that I owned. I have never seen a sail do that since. It hasn't happened with years of use of my Ezzys, Simmers and Goya's.
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Jurg, you're such a likable and engaged dealer that I would love to see you become a Goya or perhaps Simmer dealer. It would be a marriage made in heaven! Great products and a great dealer...as good as it gets!
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Hello Thombiz
For your information Aerotech has been using dimension Polyant x ply since the late 1990's. The only other times we have used anything else we were using $32 dollar a yard Cuben fiber or $13 dollar Pentex. Not a cheaper material.
For some reason you seem to enjoy trashing Aerotechs name but keep your latest brands problems a secret. Our warranty rate has been consistently under 1% a year. We were the first company to offer a 100% grid wave sail as well as as slalom sails.
We also do in house sail repair and I have seen things go wrong with every brand ours included. Once in a while you run into a sail that just has problems. Sometimes these are caused by the owner and sometimes something went wrong in manufacturing. I have also seen issues with dimension polyant material from delaminating to color fade. Overall they have done a great job and that is why we continue to support them. It is easy to make a heavy sail that is durable that sails like crap.I have one team rider who just turned in his Technora 7.5 Phantom that has seen around 200 days of use and the sail still looked pretty good Our goal has always been to offer a light sail that holds up extremely well and offers the consumer performance and value as well.
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Actually, I hate to bash Aerotech sails. Some of the sails are actually very well made. I have friends who have Aerotech sails which have performed exceptionally well for many many years, far exceeding the expectations of the the owners. But then, there are those Aerotech sails which should be avoided. OK...the materials I often see with catastrophic failures are: x-scrim where you can see the strings from one side of the material, but not from the other side. This stuff is awful! It is fragile, weak, and fails far earlier and more often than any other material, including monofilm, period. The most common color for this material is white! You guys seem to love this material because you used it for so many years. Remember, you can see the strings from one side, but not the other. I would love to have the money to send some of it to a materials testing lab to get some scientific evidence of it's true mediocrity. When you compare this material to the DP similar white 5 mil x-scrim used by Sailworks where you can actually see the strings from both sides, the Sailworks is far far superior and it is a simple fairly common inexpensive product. Sailworks also uses this same material in blue, red, and yellow. I almost never see a failure in the Sailworks selected material (a T-725 product with colored glue). This very same 5 mil T-725 material is used in Simmers and Goya's and performs beautifully. If you like, I can go on.
I want Aerotech sails to be great! I really want to be able to recommend them to every buyer. They are one of the few manufacturers left who design RAF and Cammed sails compatible with the widespread and popular Powerex and similar masts most people own. Bashing Aerotech is no fun. Having a customer come in for a repair on a 6 month old sail and trying to explain why it failed without an impact is no fun either. Seeing someone with a limited budget not get durability is no fun either. You are a bright person and you already know about the material problems so lets not blow smoke at each other.
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"That's my wife's favorite song on the album," Moore tells Taste of Country. "She did a good job of picking 'Small Town U.S.A.' and 'If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away' [being singles]. Those both went No. 1, so hopefully she'll get this one right, too."
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DETROIT — The first report by Detroit's emergency manager declares that the city is broke and at risk of running completely out of money — a financial meltdown that could mean employees don't receive paychecks, retirees lose their pensions and residents endure even deeper cuts in municipal services.
If Detroit cannot avert disaster, the only remaining option appears to be bankruptcy, a threat that looms large over Kevyn Orr's urgent efforts to make deals with creditors and debt holders. Experts say he will have to seek concessions from those groups to keep the Motor City afloat.
"On a cash-flow basis, we don't have it. We're broke," Orr said today at a news conference. He said the city can make payroll through the rest of the year, but that some other bills and obligations are not being paid or are being deferred.
"We can't continue to do what we've been doing," he said. "It's probably a little worse than I expected. It's severe. I mean it's dire."
In March 2012, Detroit borrowed $80 million from Bank of America to avoid running out of money. But the outlook has not improved in the last year.
"No question his first attention has got to be turned to making sure he has enough money to pay the bills he has coming in," said James McTevia, president of McTevia and Associates, a Detroit-area turnaround firm. "If I'm a creditor getting paid for my current goods and services, I'm going to be more apt to work out on something I'm owed."
Orr, a Washington-based turnaround expert and bankruptcy attorney, was selected by Gov. Rick Snyder to oversee Detroit's finances. In his report, Orr described the city's operations as "dysfunctional and wasteful after years of budgetary restrictions, mismanagement, crippling operational practices and, in some cases, indifference or corruption."
"Outdated policies, work practices, procedures and systems must be improved consistent with best practices of 21st century government," Orr wrote. "A well-run city will promote cost savings and better customer service and will encourage private investment and a return of residents."
Detroit's net cash position — the amount of money in the bank after bills are paid — was a negative $162 million as of April 26. The budget deficit that a few months ago was believed to be about $327 million could reach $386 million before July 1.
The city also owes more than $400 million, including $124 million for public improvement projects. Its long-term debt tops $14 billion.
Orr avoids using "bankruptcy" in the 41-page report to the state treasurer, but the inference is clear, McTevia said.
Orr may choose to go before a bankruptcy judge "when he gets his back against the wall and he can't meet payroll and he has to have court protection," McTevia told The Associated Press today.
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said bankruptcy wasn't inevitable.
"There's a whole process you go through, and the process includes trying to work with people to not have that happen," the governor said.
The deficit is "a huge challenge," he added. "So the hurdle there is very high, but again we should try that first."
The bulk of the city's revenue comes from property and business taxes. But Detroit's population dropped by 250,000 between 2000 and 2010. And outside of downtown and a few other areas, business growth virtually is nil.
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Before Yale: Swam all four years of high school… Four-year varsity letter winner… Competed at the Ohio State Championships all four years… Team captain senior year… State meet finalist… All-American… Member of state champion 400 freestyle relay in 2012… National Merit Commended Scholar… Four-year member and two-year captain of Centerville's Science Olympiad Team.
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There are a number of factors to consider in choosing the appropriate string type to maximize your game: Composition, Gauge, Tension, and Construction. Each of these factors affect the durability of the string, and the power, control, and feel of your shots. There is a tradeoff between the durability and playability, because factors that make a string more durable (polyester or kevlar composition, higher gauge, and lower tension) also make the stringbed less elastic and create a more blunt feel when you strike the ball.
Strings tend to break because of two reasons. The first is that each time you hit the ball, the cross strings dig slightly deeper into the mains. Eventually, after numerous hits, the crosses cut right through, and one of the mains breaks. The second reason is that occasionally a mishit outside of the sweet spot will stretch a string enough to snap it.
Strings come in so many varieties because there is no single 'best' string out there. However, there is a best string type for each player's particular playing style, and as you develop your game and experiment with different types of strings, you will gradually discover which strings are best suited to your style.
Natural Gut: Natural Gut provides the greatest feel and playability of all string types and is very popular in hybrid stringing (see our article on hybrid strings) among professional players. It is very elastic, providing a lively, cushioned feel with high levels of both power and control. However, it's not widely used by recreational players because it's the least durable and most expensive of all the string types.
Synthetic Gut/Nylon: Synthetic gut is the most widely used type of string by recreational players because it provides a balance of durability and playability at a low cost. There are a wide variety of synthetic gut/nylon strings available, each offering different playability characteristics. Depending on how the nylon filaments or strands are woven, the strings can help provide more power, control, or spin. The two main types of nylon strings are Multifilaments and Solid Core. These are described in further detail in the "Construction" section below.
Polyester: Polyester strings are extremely durable, but the tradeoff is that they have a very stiff feel and a low power level. Many ATP and WTA Pros have been switching to polyester strings, especially Luxilon brand strings.
The string's gauge is a measure if its thickness (diameter). Thicker strings (lower gauge) offer more durability and control, but less power. Thinner strings (higher gauge) tend to break more easily, but provide greater power and a softer feel. A number convention is used in the U.S. for string gauges according to the following table:
String Gauge Unstrung String Diameter (mm) 15 1.41-1.49 15L 1.33-1.41 16 1.26-1.34 16L 1.22-1.26 17 1.20-1.24 17L 1.16-1.20 18 1.10-1.16 19 1.00-1.10
Gauges 15-17 are the most common and most popular sizes. The L stands for "light," meaning it's a slightly thinner version of the gauge. Note that some of the diameter ranges overlap. This is because the actual diameter varies between manufacturers since there are no exact size standards set for each gauge. So if you're comparing different string brands, be sure to check the diameter measurement in addition to the numerical gauge.
Simply put, stringing at a lower tension results in more power, while higher tension results in more control. However, if you go into the extremes results are not magnified.
Since Synthetic Gut/Nylon strings are made up of smaller nylon filaments, manufacturers have created a number of different types of synthetic strings by weaving or wrapping the filaments in a variety of patterns. As mentioned earlier, there are two main types of construction: Multifilament and solid core. Manufacturers have developed variations on these types to create different playability characteristics.
Multifilament strings are a bundle of nylon filaments without a central strand. These provide a soft, cushioned feel which is gentler on the arm, but as they wear down, they tend to fray because it breaks down one filmament at a time.
Solid Core Strings, on the other hand, do have a core nylon strand in the center and have one or several layers of smaller filaments wrapped around the center strand. Solid core strings are more durable than multifilament strings because of the central strand. Additional layers of wraps increase the durability.
Other string types are essentially variations on these two basic types. There are multifilament cores with wraps, which are more durable than regular multifilament strings. There's also Textured string, which wraps one filament around the outer layer, enhancing spin and control.
Hybrid Stringing
- The mains are dominant in providing the overall feel of the hybrid, so use the string with the characteristics you want more of as the mains.
- Mains and crosses can be strung at different tensions, but the mains should be a couple pounds tighter than the crosses. Do not vary the tensions by more than 5 lbs.
Hybrid Stringing is the practice of using two different string types on the mains (vertical) and crosses (horizontal) of the racquet. This results in a blend of playability characteristics from each string that can't be found with a single string type. While any two strings can be blended in a hybrid, there are a couple things to keep in mind for the best outcome:
Among more advanced players, the foremost reason to use a custom hybrid is to increase durability without sacrificing playability. The mains are usually the first strings to break since the crosses dig notches into them. So hybrids created for durability use a more durable string (like Kevlar or Polyester or a 15-16 gauge string) for the mains and a more resilient and playable string (like Synthetic Gut with a higher gauge) for the crosses. This makes the string durable, but the crosses soften up the feel making it much easier on the arm than a Kevlar or Polyester string alone. Kevlar and Polyester strings also retain tension better than Nylon, so this type of hybrid will feel more consistent over the life of the stringbed.
Custom Hybrids can offer blends of power and control tweaked to fit your needs. Professionals like Roger Federer or Andy Roddick use hybrids that offer controllable power, choosing a blend of Natural Gut with Polyester.


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The Basilica of "Santa Maria delle Grazie", Holy Mary of Grace, was built during the second half of 15th century and a large portion was designed by the famous architect Bramante. He added in particular the beautiful gallery covering the external of the dome and the small cloister, shown in the 360 photo. Just outside the Basilica is the building with the famous painting "The last Supper" by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Italy's and perhaps the world's capital of fashion and design, Milano is home to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, which is possibly the world's oldest shopping mall. The city is currently undergoing an architectural renaissance, which will culminate in a new skyline for the Expo 2015, which will be hosted in Milano. Visitors can take advantage of an extensive public transportation system, which includes metro, buses, trolleys and trams.


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Lizotte, Rutgers University https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08381.v1 Version V1 Analyze Online Slide tabs to view more At A Glance Data & Documentation Variables Data-related Publications Export Metadata Staff Project Description Summary View help for Summary This data collection provides information on crime on 150 selected college campuses and cities in the United States in the period 1978-1979. The collection covers violent crime and property crime on campus and in cities, and the number and sex of police officers assigned to campus duty and in cities. Aggregate socioeconomic information for campuses includes the amount of financial aid received, while information for cities includes the percentage of residents who were unemployed or below poverty level, female labor force participation, and household activity ratio. Campus demographic variables itemize the percentage of males and females residing on campus, percentage of Blacks attending school, number of foreign students, student-faculty ratio, total number of students on campus, students per acre, and students per 1,000 city residents. Aggregate demographic variables for cities are provided on total population, percentage of residents aged 15-19 or 20-24 years old, total number of households, number of single mother-headed households, and percentage of Blacks in the city. Citation View help for Citation Lizotte, Alan J. Crime on Campus, 1978-1979: A Survey of 150 College Campuses and Cities . Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-11-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08381.v1 Export Citation: RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.) EndNote Subject Terms View help for Subject Terms cities colleges crime rates demographic characteristics higher education nonviolent crime police officers police protection population characteristics property crimes school enrollments universities violent crime Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage United States Distributor(s) View help for Distributor(s) Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Scope of Project Time Period(s) View help for Time Period(s) 1978 -- 1979 Methodology Sample View help for Sample The data consist of an initial sample of 150 college campuses and cities that reported their crime rates to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reports in 1978. Universe View help for Universe All college campuses in the United States. Data Source View help for Data Source Crime rates and police strength for both cities and campuses were collected from the 1978 Uniform Crime Reporting data. Other campus variables were collected from three sources: (1) Cass, James, and Max Birnbaum. COMPARATIVE GUIDE TO AMERICAN COLLEGES: FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND COUNSELORS. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1979, (2) BARRON'S PROFILES OF AMERICAN COLLEGES, AN IN-DEPTH STUDY: SUNY AT OSWEGO. Woodbury, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 1978, and (3) THE COLLEGE BLUEBOOK (seventh edition). The variable "Percent Black on Campus" was obtained from the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Office for Civil Rights. RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND SEX ENROLLMENT DATA FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, FALL 1978. Washington, DC: OCR, 1981. For universities reporting incomplete information on campus variables, other editions of these publications were consulted. These editions include: THE COLLEGE HANDBOOK, 1981-1982 (nineteenth edition), PETERSON'S ANNUAL GUIDE TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDY DATA, and Cass, James, and Max Birnbaum. COMPARATIVE GUIDE TO AMERICAN COLLEGES; GENERAL EDITION FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1973, (sixth edition). City statistics were obtained from the 1980 United States Census except for unemployment rates, which were obtained from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS, UNITED STATES, 1909-78. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1979, and United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. STATE AND METROPOLITAN AREA DATA BOOK, 1979: A STATISTICAL ABSTRACT SUPPLEMENT\; REGIONS, DIVISIONS, STATES, METROPOLITAN AREAS (SMSA'S), SMSA'S BY POPULATION SIZE CLASS. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1980. Method of Data Collection View help for Method of Data Collection aggregate data Version(s) Original Release Date View help for Original Release Date 1985-10-09 Version History View help for Version History 2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was: Lizotte, Alan J. Crime on Campus, 1978-1979: A Survey of 150 College Campuses and Cities . ICPSR08381-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08381.v1 2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions. 2000-09-18 The SPSS data definition statements were updated and SAS data definition statements were created for this collection. Missing data codes were standardized by ICPSR and the data were reformatted. A revised codebook, including a data completeness report, was created for the reformatted data file, and original hardcopy documentation from the principal investigator was converted to Portable Document Format (PDF). 1985-10-09 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:Standardized missing values.Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes. Notes The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution. The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.


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Bella Swan is in a very tight spot. On one side is her coven, the vampires who saved her life. On the other are the werewolves she has come to befriend. She herself is a vampire, but that doesn't change anything-to her. When more and more things start to pile up in Bella's life, will she be able to handle it? Or will she crack from it all and reveal the truth? The sequel to Faker. Banner by the one and only Iris!
So, this is the sequel to Faker! I hope you enjoy this!
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Chapter 1
My life was beginning to once again have some normalcy. Well, at least as normal as it could for a vampire who could disguise herself as a human and was best friends with a werewolf.
I also couldn't forget the psychotic vampire who was intent on getting revenge through my death. With my coven teasing me about it pretty much everyday, who could? Like right now, as we stalked through the dark forests of northern Michigan.
We were in the Upper Peninsula, since we couldn't hunt anymore in Washington. According to KJ, the leader of our coven, no one was allowed to know we were vampires. Not even other vampires. So we had to leave the state to hunt, so that the werewolves wouldn't catch our scent.
"So, Miss DSD, have you caught anything good?" Alex asked. I stopped tracking a small doe and looked at him. He was grinning at me.
"DSD?" I asked in a dry voice. Aaron laughed along with Alex, and Becka fought a smile.
"Remember that day you told KJ about you know what? And how he said you were on a 'downward spiral of depression?' Well, we decided that we were going to call you DSD girl from now on," Aaron said happily.
I groaned. "It's so nice to see what you all do while I'm in school," I muttered darkly. They all beamed at me. None of them went to school anymore, since Alex made the people in charge of graduating forget they hadn't finished their credits. I had chosen to finish school the right way, much to their dismay.
I suddenly caught the scent of something much larger than a doe. I sprung forward, and dove at the huge black bear that was so prominent in these parts. I drank all of its blood, and stood up, feeling satisfied.
The others were pouting. "You always get the good kills," Alex whined. I just grinned, getting my payback for the DSD comment.
"Come on. I'm taking you home now. I want to get a good kill today without you stealing it first," Becka said grumpily. She took my arm forcibly and appeared in my room. I fell forward on my bed, and she was gone.
"Spoil sport," I muttered as I quickly changed into pajamas. Charlie thought I went to bed three hours ago, and I didn't feel like telling him the truth. I could hear his heart starting to accelerate and his snores become less consistent. I dove under the covers just as he got up.
He peeked in my room on his way to the bathroom. I wasn't sure why he still checked on me in the middle of the night. I was old enough where I wouldn't wander off—much—and I was mature enough not to run away in the night, or so he thought.
I let myself drift off into sleep, even though I would have preferred not to. I needed something to do at night, and since Becka took me home, I would just have to sleep.
The reason I didn't want to sleep much anymore was because of my nightmares. They had gotten much worse in the past few days, since I had found out my best friend was a werewolf. I fell asleep thinking that, and knowing I was about to go through torture again.
I was in the dark and empty woods again. Except this time, the woods weren't as empty as usual. Something large and terrible was following me, stalking my every move.
It had a horrible stench, one that made me wish I could succumb to unconsciousness, even though I was a vampire. But I knew that I wouldn't pass out. No, my mind wasn't done with me yet.
I ran faster through the still woods. No sound existed except for me and my pursuer. I ran faster still, trying to get away.
A large wall started to grow in front of me. The sheer size of the cliff made me hopeful. I would be able to climb it, while my assailant would be unable to.
But all hopes were turned to despair when I got closer. The cliff was too smooth; there would be no way for me to climb it.
The disgusting scent grew larger, and I knew that the wolf was close. I also knew that I couldn't talk it out of fighting me. Any trust it had disappeared as soon as it had caught my scent, and found out I was a vampire.
It came forward, blending into the darkness. A mammoth black wolf, one that humans would have fainted at the sight of. I wished again that I could too.
It growled, showing its large teeth. It was a menacing face, one that made every instinct in me tell me to either start to fight or run for my life.
I knew what the monster wanted. It wouldn't let me get away alive, but that was what I fully intended to do, whether it like it or not.
It ran at me, and I felt a shock run through me. Behind it was a pair of golden eyes, wise and beautiful. The most familiar eyes I had ever seen. The dark figure dove forward and pushed the wolf away from me. I was in shock, and watched the two forms fight.
Finally the wolf ran off. He knew that once I regained my composure he wouldn't last long.
The small figure turned toward me, exposing her small white face and short black hair to me. She smiled gently.
"Bella," she whispered, her voice trailing on the wind. It all became too much for me, and I felt myself go lying forward to wakefulness.
I sat up, looking around wildly. I let my mind calm down before I sat up and looked at the clock. It was six thirty. I might as well get up now.
I walked into the bathroom and took a long shower, letting the warm water calm my fretful nerves.
This dream was different. None of them had starred in any for a long time, and when they had, they never helped me. They were always the cause of me waking up screaming. Not this time, though.
My mind seemed to be trying to tell me something, but I just shook it off, and mentally sent away the dream, along with all the others. I didn't want to have it again.
When I dried off, I went into my room and got dressed into jeans and a sweatshirt. I didn't need to look nice; I was just going to see Jake.
It was Monday, and spring break here in Forks. Most of the families went away to some warmer place away from the wet Olympic Peninsula, but I stayed. I needed to be here for Charlie and Jake, to help and protect them both.
I went down into the kitchen, and looked around. No Charlie. That must mean he already left for work today.
I hurried out to my truck, and started my trip down to La Push, to my human haven.
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Long-Term Research Shows Full-Season Corn Hybrids Perform Well Even in Delayed Planting Scenario
DuPont Pioneer, university studies indicate yield, profit advantage over switch to early hybrids
DES MOINES, Iowa, May 2, 2013 – Growers across the Corn Belt are either anxiously waiting to get into their fields or are in the early stages of planting their 2013 corn crop. If cool, wet weather continues, planting will be delayed for many growers and prompt questions about switching to earlier season hybrids.
Long-term research studies from DuPont Pioneer and several universities show that adapted, full-season corn hybrids usually offer the best yield and profit advantage when planting delays are not extreme.
"The cool, wet weather this spring is causing planting delays in many areas, leaving growers questioning whether they need to make hybrid maturity switches," says Mark Jeschke, DuPont Pioneer agronomy research manager. "It is important to weigh your decision carefully. If you switch to a shorter season hybrid too soon, you are giving up higher yield potential and profits."
According to Jeschke, hybrid changes should be based on expected grower returns including yield, drying costs and test weight discounts. Early hybrids should be used under extreme late-plant or replant situations.
Full-season hybrids typically make full use of a growing season. Even when planted late, these hybrids often outperform early maturing hybrids, adjusting their growth and development to reach maturity in a shortened growing season.
Long-term studies by both Pioneer and universities which included a range of hybrid maturities across planting dates extending from April through June have shown a clear yield and profit advantage for full-season hybrids.
"If growers have questions about switching, including replacement hybrid availability, they should consult their Pioneer sales professional," says Jeschke.
University research shows that full-season hybrids adjust to late planting with a reduction in their growing degree unit (GDU) requirement of up to six units per day of planting delay. For example, hybrids planted May 20 may require 150 fewer heat units to reach maturity than the same hybrids planted April 25. This adjustment reduces the risk of fall frost damage to these hybrids.
Pioneer studies across several years reinforce the university findings. Pioneer focused on hybrids planted across the central, north-central, north and far-north regions of the Corn Belt. Hybrids were planted from early April to mid-June and grouped into full, medium and early maturities at each location. Several hybrids were included in each maturity group so that true maturity responses could be measured, rather than just specific hybrid responses. The studies looked at differences in corn grain yield response to planting date, as well as moisture, test weight and gross income response. The data provides growers more relevant planting information for the different regions in which they farm.
For example, in the central Corn Belt, results indicate that early to mid-April planting is best for the greatest corn yield potential. Full-season hybrids – hybrids with a comparative relative maturity (CRM) of 111 to 115 – yield better and produce better grain at harvest than early maturity hybrids. Growers should not consider switching full-season hybrids to earlier CRM hybrids until the last week of May.
Soil conditions permitting, April planting also is recommended in the north-central Corn Belt. Growers are encouraged to plant full-season hybrids (103 to 110 CRM) until the last week of May in this region.
Maturity planning is most critical in northernmost states because of the risk of cool weather or early frost. Pioneer recommends producers in northern Corn Belt areas (central Minnesota and north-central Wisconsin) stick with full-season hybrids (98-105 CRM) until approximately May 27. This recommendation also carries into far-northern areas (northern Minnesota, North Dakota and Quebec, Canada) for hybrids that are full-season there (97-100 CRM).
Growers with questions about specific hybrid characteristics and environmental effects should talk to their seed sales professionals.
DuPont Pioneer is the world's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, providing high-quality seeds to farmers in more than 90 countries. Pioneer provides agronomic support and services to help increase farmer productivity and profitability and strives to develop sustainable agricultural systems for people everywhere. Science with Service Delivering Success™.
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Glazed Ham and Cheese Rolls
You will probably notice a slight theme this week. I've been featuring food and drink that would be great for your next get-together, party, baby shower, bridal shower, book club meeting. You get the idea. If you missed the Sparkling Strawberry Punch recipe, be sure to check it out HERE.
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This next recipe came to me by way of a co-worker a few years ago. I thought I had something truly unique and top secret. It turns out…not so much. I would show up with these at various parties and someone else would show up with them too.
But you know it's gotta be a good recipe if lots of folks talk about it and share it with friends. It's very easy to throw together and folks really do rave about them. So really, you can never have too many.
1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter
1/2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp. brown sugar (dark or light)
1/2 tbsp. mustard (yellow or dijon)
1 (12 oz) package King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (package of 12)
black forest ham, 12 slices or 1/2 pound
Monterey Jack cheese, 12 slices or 4 oz shredded
raspberry preserves, for serving
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- 1 stick salted butter
- 1/2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbsp brown sugar, dark or light
- 1/2 tbsp mustard, yellow or dijon
- 1 (12 oz) package King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (package of 12)
- 12 slices black forest ham, (1/2 pound)
- 12 slices Monterey Jack Cheese (8 oz shredded)
- raspberry preserves, for serving
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- In a small pot, melt stick of butter with Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and mustard until thoroughly melted and combined.
- Meanwhile, take rolls out of package and slice through all the rolls (while still attached), cutting them in half horizontally.
- Brush the glaze mixture onto both sides of the rolls (be generous with the glaze), covering well.
- On one side of rolls, add on sliced ham, then top with cheese.
- Put top on rolls and then brush the tops with leftover glaze mixture.
- Place rolls into a baking dish.
- Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 25 minutes.
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Slice and enjoy! Serve rolls with a bit of warmed Raspberry Preserves. Let guests slather a bit of it on their warm rolls. Such a fantastic combination of flavors. I have been known to add a bit of pineapple juice to the glaze mixture when I have it on hand. Pineapple pairs so nicely with ham. Add about a tablespoon.


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Oil price extends gains amid cold US weather
LONDON (AP) — The price of oil rose Wednesday on prospects U.S. demand will hold up amid cold weather, offsetting worries about a slowdown in emerging economies.
By late afternoon in Europe, the benchmark U.S. crude contract for March delivery was up 42 cents to $97.78 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It gained 76 cents to close at $97.19 on Monday in New York.
Brent crude, a benchmark for international oil used by many U.S. refineries, was up 20 cents at $104.93 on the ICE exchange in London.
Northeastern U.S. is bracing for a second storm of the week, forcing classes to be canceled and government and business offices to close. Anywhere from a few inches to a foot or more of snow is expected to fall on East Coast states, and some places are expected to get freezing rain and sleet.
The cold is expected to increase demand for heating fuels, driving up the cost of crude oil as well.
Expectations for higher demand offset lingering concerns about an economic slowdown in China and some emerging markets that have caused turmoil in stock markets.
Also helping were U.S. economic indicators released Wednesday that were mostly upbeat. A private payrolls firm, ADP, said hiring continued at a steady pace in January, while a survey of the services sector showed continued growth.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline inched up 1.1 cents to $2.614 a gallon.
— Heating oil added 2.7 cents to $3.01 a gallon.
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"To be alive. Not just
The carcass, but the spark."
- Gregory Orr
Without some knowledge of joy, there would be no poignancy to desolation. This is mirror to the philosophical point that without some experience of injustice there would be no reason to invent the concept of justice. The This untitled painting from the Phillips Collection by Armenian émigré artist Mark Rothko (1903-1970) may surprise you but it is a painting where the luminous aspect of Rothko's work is undeniable. Although the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas is better known, the first gallery devoted to the artist was the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. Designed by Duncan Phillips himself in 1960, specifically to display four of Mark Rothko's paintings that he had purchased recently, the room was described by Rothko as a kind of "chapel."
" With their embrace
They chose
Each other,
Which is
To choose death
And all that comes
Before it:
And joys
And infinite
Unintended harms.
Large choice
For such small arms."
- To Embrace (from Eden and After)
For Gregory Orr, lyric poetry is "a means of helping individuals survive the existential crises represented by circumstances such as poverty, suffering, pain, illness, violence, or loss of a loved one." Here, Orr refers to the tragedy of his childhood: that he was the accidental instrument of his brother's death, from, Burning the Empty Nests (1973) to his latest collection River Inside the River (2013).
The book contains three related sections, beginning with a version of the creation myth from Genesis "Eden and After". His Eden is static and eventless, a place to escape from, his Adam and Eve long to speak, to sing, to embrace language and each other.
Second is "The City of Poetry", where Orr names the poets in whose work he has found refuge in times of trouble, inviting readers to join with Sappho, Dickinson and Neruda.
Murder and thief
If half the rumors are true.
My best guess is that he wrote
"Ou sont les neiges d'antan" –
"Where are the snows
Of yesteryear" – a refrain
That followed a list
Of famous beauties he once knew.
I don't claim he was the first
To lament that bodily beauty
Vanishes like melting snow,
But when you think of the city,
Remember Villon."
In the penultimate section of River Inside The River, Orr with disarming clarity writes, "I'm an old man / Made young again / By the poems I love". We have the capacity, whether we exercise it or not, to redeem tragedy through art.
Orr writes in short stanzas, making music out of the surrounding silence (visible as space on the page). He distills language into emotion, as Rothko distilled emotion into paint.
Around a summer oak,
Words crowd around
The beloved –
Respectful, yet eager.
They sense her infinite
Possibility; they're drawn
To his heart, large as a star.
Only some will be summoned,
Only some will be sung." - excerpt from the final section of River Inside the River
In 1951, Wallace Stevens said " in an age in which disbelief is so profoundly prevalent or, if not disbelief, indifference to questions of belief, poetry and painting and the arts in general are, in their measure, a compensation for what we have lost."
Mark Rothko had said something similar already, in 1947, "Without monsters and gods, art cannot enact our drama: art's most profound moments express this frustration."
For further reading: River Inside the River by Gregory Orr, New York, W.W. Norton: 2013.
Image: Mark Rothko - untitled, 1968, Phillips Collection, Washington,D.C.


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Sage vs. Old Westbury - Sage wins 3-0 (25-8, 25-19, 25-16)
Bard vs. Farmingdale State - Bard wins 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-17)
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's volleyball team fell in both conference matches today, losing 3-0 to Sage and 3-0 to Bard in a Skyline Conference Play Date in Farmingdale, N.Y.
In the game against Sage, senior libero Theresa Rokee (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) had nine digs, while freshman outside Alyssa Siegel (Carle Place, N.Y./Carle Place) led with four kills.
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The Keystone Symposia conference "Frontiers in HIV Pathogenesis, Therapy and Eradication" is taking place this week in Whistler, Canada. A poster presentation at the meeting by Jana Blazkova (click here and scroll down to see the abstract) from the laboratory of Anthony Fauci at the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) seems likely to place a proverbial cat among the pigeons when it comes to the use of HDAC inhibitors as a strategy to reverse latent HIV infection. HDAC inhibitors are a class of drugs that target cellular components involved in the repression of gene activity, and many studies have reported that they can cause expression of HIV proteins by latently infected, resting CD4 T cells. At the HIV Persistence Workshop in December 2011 and at CROI earlier this month, preliminary results from a small phase I clinical trial of the HDAC inhibitor vorinostat (also known as SAHA) in people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) were reported by researcher David Margolis. Analysis of cell-associated HIV RNA expression from large pools of resting CD4 T cells sampled from six participants indicated that a single 400mg dose of vorinostat led to a significant, roughly 5-fold increase compared to baseline measures, with the effect being relatively consistent (ranging from 1.5 to 10-fold). The results generated considerable press coverage due to being widely viewed as a first step toward disrupting HIV latency and perhaps curing the infection.
Jana Blazkova's poster presentation offers data that suggests that the impact of HDAC inhibitors may be far more limited than has been hoped. Blazkova and colleagues -- including latency expert Tae-Wook Chun from NIAID -- sampled resting CD4 T cells from 27 individuals with suppressed viral loads on long term ART, and then tested the ability of different compounds to induce expression of HIV RNA by latently infected cells in the laboratory. Three HDAC inhibitors were included: vorinostat, valproic acid and oxamflatin. A pan-stimulator of T cells, anti-CD3 antibody, was used as a control along with prostratin, a compound which activates latent HIV via a different mechanism than HDAC inhibitors. The study found that, after exposure to the HDAC inhibitors, the amount of virion-associated HIV RNA in culture supernatants (the fluid in the culture outside of the CD4 T cells) was not significantly different from that seen when no treatments were added. In contrast, there was the expected significant increase in the amount of HIV RNA in the supernatants after addition of anti-CD3 and prostratin.
Additional analyses showed that there was no correlation between the amount of HIV RNA detected after exposure to HDAC inhibitors and the frequency of resting CD4 T cells containing HIV DNA. For both anti-CD3 and prostratin, the correlation between these two measures was statistically significant. Comparison of the envelope gene sequences between the HIV RNA and HIV DNA also showed that the RNA detected after HDAC inhibitors appeared to be inducing a very limited subset of the diverse sequences that were detectable in the latent HIV DNA.
Blazkova's study is in press at the Journal of Infectious Diseases and it is likely that there will be further discussion of the data once it is published.
Richard Jefferys is the coordinator of the Michael Palm HIV Basic Science, Vaccines & Prevention Project Weblog at the Treatment Action Group (TAG). The original blog post may be viewed here.
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2009: White House -- 'We control news media'
Shocking confession offered by Obama administration to foreign government
A Politico column criticizing the Obama administration's media tactics is drawing attention, but four years ago, the White House communications director disclosed that Obama's presidential campaign focused on "making" media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was "controlled."
WND exposed the video of Anita Dunn speaking to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference.
Her comments were given further national attention after the popular Drudge Report posted the WND story.
Dunn stepped down two weeks after the story was released, although she said she was staying on in an advisory position.
"Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control," Dunn told the Dominican officials.
"One of the reasons we did so many of the David Plouffe videos was not just for our supporters, but also because it was a way for us to get our message out without having to actually talk to reporters," said Dunn, referring Obama's chief campaign manager.
"We just put that out there and made them write what Plouffe had said as opposed to Plouffe doing an interview with a reporter. So it was very much we controlled it as opposed to the press controlled it," Dunn said.
Dunn said that whether it was a Plouffe video or an Obama speech, "a huge part of our press strategy was focused on making the media cover what Obama was actually saying as opposed to why the campaign was saying it, what the tactic was."
The White House, she said, was "making the press cover what we were saying."
Dunn was speaking at a Jan. 12, 2009, event hosted by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, which seeks to promote collaboration between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic. The event was held in Santo Domingo and was attended by the country's president.
Tipping the balance of power
A Politico column this week by Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen described how with more technology, and fewer resources than many media companies, "the balance of power between the White House and press has tipped unmistakably toward the government."
"This is an arguably dangerous development, and one that the Obama White House – fluent in digital media and no fan of the mainstream press – has exploited cleverly and ruthlessly."
The column said the White House has been bypassing the media, even shutting down interviews with "many of the White House reporters who know the most and ask the toughest questions."
In one of many examples cited, Allen and Vandehei recall that when Obama nominated Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, Kagan gave one interview – to White House TV, produced by Obama aides.
"The balance of power used to be much more in favor of the mainstream press," said Mike McCurry, who was Bill Clinton's press secretary during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Nowadays, he said, the White House "gets away with stuff I would never have dreamed of doing."
"When I talk to White House reporters now, they say it's really tough to do business with people who don't see the need to be cooperative," McCurry said.
See video of Dunn's remarks:
ABC News White House reporter Ann Compton told Politico the way the president's "availability to the press has shrunk in the last two years is a disgrace."
"The president's day-to-day policy development – on immigration, on guns – is almost totally opaque to the reporters trying to do a responsible job of covering it," she said. "There are no readouts from big meetings he has with people from the outside, and many of them aren't even on his schedule. This is different from every president I covered. This White House goes to extreme lengths to keep the press away."


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After considering submissions covering a wide range of subjects and methodologies, this year's selection committee came to a consensus abut the winning submission stating Bausman's discussion was clearly grounded in scholarly tradition and astutely aware of historical and theoretical contexts.
The ICFA is an International Scholarly Literary Conference held annually in Orlando, Fla. Each year the association presents an award and stipend to the graduate student presenting the most outstanding paper at the association's conference.
The award is presented to the winner at the award's banquet and the essay is published in the association's Literary Journal.
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I came downstairs to find Cameron eating his breakfast. As we greeted each other with the traditional good mornings, Cameron said, "What medicine can I take for a headache?"
My initial reaction was, "Uh oh. He never complains of little aches and pains. I hope he's not coming down with something."
I gave him an ibuprofen, and prompted for water consumption. As I began my morning routine, I started to think about all the over the counter medications we have available to us ... and then I started to realize how infrequently Cameron feels poorly. Aside from the allergy pill and the inhaler he manages himself, he's had little experience with determining what medication to take and when to take it. Yet another independent living skill to develop.
As if on cue, Cameron returned from school that day, and said, "I have an important question to ask. How often can you take those headache pills?" Good of him to ask! He took another pill, and at bedtime I suggested he take another. "Are you sure? It hasn't been quite six hours." Maybe this skill development won't be as difficult as I thought.
Guardianship is just one of the many questions I'm dealing with since Cameron has reached the age of 18. Specifically, with regards to medical care. While I'm a bit concerned with Cameron's ability to sign for himself in all things legal, the thought of him being able to deny medical care, for whatever reason, and the healthcare providers being required to abide by his wishes has left me a bit nervous. Cameron has an extreme aversion to needles. I worry that something causes a visit to an emergency room, a nurse comes at him with an IV needle, and Cameron protests, "No! No! No!" What's a hospital to do in that case?
I decided to graduate Cameron from the pediatric practice he had been going to, and scheduled his annual physical with the internist I see myself. I really like my doctor's approach, as he is very reluctant to get out his prescription pad. He supports reasonable alternative approaches. At my last visit, I had explained a bit about Cameron, and floated a question about guardianship. I was worried that the doctor would not even allow me in the exam room, based on HIPPA [3] regulations. While the doctor seemed to encourage medical guardianship, my own research proved that HIPPA isn't as restrictive as I had thought. Healthcare providers are allowed to provide information to family members, without written consent from the patient. While providers may have their own requirements in this regard, it is not a HIPPA requirement.
How is this going to help me, however in the ER scenario where I'm not there, and Cameron is screaming "No!" at the needle coming towards him?
As part of the initial physical, our doctor does extensive screening. So much so that the lab I took Cameron to for the blood draw was concerned they would be taking too much. But after consulting their matrices, it was determined it was safe to fill up all those tubes with Cameron's blood. I warned Cameron on the way to the lab that they'd probably need about seven tubes. He was a bit miffed that the tube count was closer to 12. As the nurse was preparing for the jab, I coached Cameron on deep breathing and relaxing. I told him to close his eyes and visualize a place he'd like to be. My visualization would always be a beach, but I'm sure this would not be the case with Cameron. I just had to ask Cameron what he was visualizing. "The sausage sandwich I'm getting after this." Of course! It had to be food!
Cameron did great during the draw, and reported to the family at the dinner table that evening that it wasn't that bad. I think he'll be fine if he's on his own with medical care decisions. But I'm going to make sure he understands what it means if he says no when I'm not around.


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|UPDATE: I am paying the delivery fee and will tip my driver #WM34 @PapaJohns
|8.4 18:17
|I'd like to make a Papa John's run but it's snowing #WM34
|8.4 18:03
|No one in this house had heard of "Chloe x Halle" #WM34
|8.4 17:49
|8.4 17:48
|WWE: You'll never get to the fireworks factory #WM34
|8.4 17:35
|RT @CRZ: Remember that Simpsons episode where Homer's at the video store and a movie's playing and they're all "you wanna rent that?" and Homer's all "no! you just showed me the best scene, suckers!" That's how I feel about that movie ad with that Rock promo in it #NXTTakeOver
|8.4 17:31
|Wow those ribbons really make that trophy look less like fallopian tubes #WM34
|8.4 16:54
|Hahaha Ross talking during the bit you're not supposed to talk during #WM34