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Fifteen make-or-break seasons in the AL
Continuing where we left off on Thursday with the National League, let's take a look at one "make or break" player from each American League team.
These are players who have a lot riding on their performances in 2014, either because of what it will mean for themselves, what it will mean for their teams or, in many cases, both.
Continuing where we left off on Thursday with the National League, let's take a look at one "make or break" player from each American League team.
These are players who have a lot riding on their performances in 2014, either because of what it will mean for themselves, what it will mean for their teams or, in many cases, both.
Garrett Richards, Angels: Clearly, the Angels need somebody -- anybody -- to step up behind Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson and give them a playoff-caliber rotation to go with what should be an elite offense. Hector Santiago and Tyler Skaggs were the key offseason acquisitions in that regard, but don't forget about Richards, whose pure arm strength is an intriguing asset, even if his big league results have been spotty. After posting a 3.72 ERA and 6.71 strikeouts per nine innings in 12 starts down the stretch in 2013, he has a great chance to prove he can solidify himself as a big league starter. The Halos, playing in the unforgiving AL West, need that.
Dexter Fowler, Astros: The Astros aren't expected to contend on the heels of an 111-loss season, but the organization made significant strides this winter in shifting the conversation toward a better future, and Fowler's arrival could be key. Most label the acquisition of Fowler a steal, and it's up to him to prove it by realizing the star potential he flashed at various times in Colorado. His primary objective? Besides simply staying healthy, it's hitting righties -- he batted .237 hitting left-handed last year.
Yoenis Cespedes, A's: Aside from a strong showing in the Home Run Derby and the Division Series, Cespedes had a forgettable second season in the bigs, and that's an unsettling development for an A's team that needs to maximize all of its talent. The A's saw improved focus from Cespedes in September and October that they hope carries over.
"If he's focused, he can drive in 120-plus runs," hitting coach Chili Davis said. "I see him as a guy that has the ability to be one of the top five players in the game if he wants to be."
Brandon Morrow, Blue Jays: Toronto had one of the worst starting rotations in baseball last season and did nothing to address it, despite fielding a roster purportedly built to win now. It is incumbent upon Morrow, then, to provide major internal improvement simply by staying on the field and building upon the 2.96 ERA and 1.115 WHIP he had in 21 starts in 2012. The Blue Jays will be careful with Morrow after injuries limited him to just 54 innings last season, and he's never worked more than 179 1/3 innings in a season at the big league level. But he's a prototypical power pitcher who could be a huge asset, and he has every incentive to stay healthy, lead the staff and encourage the Blue Jays to pick up his $10 million option for next season.
Asdrubal Cabrera, Indians: Entering his free-agent walk year, Cabrera needs to build up his value if he wants to strike paydirt next winter. And an Indians lineup that was strong but streaky last season could really reach another level if Cabrera's production can resemble what it was in 2012-13, when he hit .272 with a .778 OPS, 41 homers, 67 doubles and 160 RBIs. Cabrera was haunted all winter by the double play he hit into at a pivotal point in the Wild Card loss to the Rays, and he enters 2014 motivated to do more.
"Even though he's been in the league [several] years," said manager Terry Francona, "this is a big year for him, personally and for our team."
Dustin Ackley, Mariners: All that money the Mariners invested in Robinson Cano means nothing if he doesn't have adequate talent surrounding him. Ackley, who is shifting from second base to left field, could be the one leading things off, and his career has left quite a bit to be desired, given all the hype about his pure hitting skills when Seattle chose the one-time University of North Carolina star second overall in the 2009 Draft. Safeco Field probably hasn't done Ackley any favors, but he's shown very little power in the big leagues, and his .315 on-base percentage isn't up to snuff, either. The Mariners have to hope his second-half performance (.285/.354/.404) in 2013, after a brief demotion to Triple-A Tacoma, was a sign of things to come.
Mike Moustakas, Royals: Take your pick between Moustakas and Eric Hosmer, but at least Hosmer has shown some stretches in which he can truly carry a Major League lineup. We're still waiting on Moose to put it all together, and his .222/.275/.332 slash line against lefties has opened the door to whispers that he might be best positioned as a platoon player -- something no 25-year-old former first-round pick wants to hear. The good news is that he arrived to camp looking lean and mean, and there have been encouraging signs thus far in Cactus League play.
"He feels really good about all the work that he did this winter," Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. "And to get some early results helps. It just kind of validates the work that he did."
Tommy Hunter, Orioles: If it's fair to boil the Orioles' last two seasons down to a single stat (and, admittedly, it probably isn't), then their record in one-run games is the most obvious choice. They went 29-9 in one-run games in 2012 and made the playoffs, but then went 20-31 in such games last year and finished six games back of a Wild Card spot. So the ramifications of their decisions to trade closer Jim Johnson to the A's and back off in their pursuit of free-agent closer Grant Balfour will be closely monitored. Hunter's assimilation to the ninth inning, therefore, is essential for the O's. He has a 2.99 ERA in 91 career relief appearances, vs. a 4.88 mark as a starter, so a more limited look by batters could offset some of the lefty-righty problems that have cropped up in his career. As he enters his final two arbitration years, this is a great chance to prove himself in a different capacity.
Alexi Ogando, Rangers: The Rangers took some daring steps toward improving their run production, but they left their pitching staff largely untouched, betting on bouncebacks from the likes of Matt Harrison , Colby Lewis and Neftali Feliz. But Derek Holland's unexpected knee surgery and Harrison's early-spring back issues justified some of the anxiety over the ability of the starting staff, in particular, to stay healthy, and Ogando's durability might be the biggest question of all. The Rangers have seen what an asset he can be in the rotation when he's right, but he has not proven he can handle a 200-inning workload. With uncertainty elsewhere in the rotation, the Rangers might need him to do that.
Matt Moore, Rays: Nobody's going to reasonably complain about Moore's 17-win season, which netted him an All-Star selection. But given the uncertainty surrounding David Price's future with the Rays and the club's inherent need to eke out every ounce out of its roster, this will be a really important year in Moore's development. Is he the ace in training that he's shown flashes of being, or is he simply a solid mid-rotation starter? The answer will likely rest in his walk rate, which, at 4.5 free passes per nine innings last season, was not ace-like at all and limited his ability to work deep into games. And for the Rays to finish what could be Price's last season in St. Petersburg on a World Series-winning note, they might need more out of Moore.
Grady Sizemore, Red Sox: It seems reasonably safe to assume that this is Sizemore's last shot to resurrect a career that was, arguably, on a Hall of Fame track before a multitude of injuries interrupted. The list of guys to come back from microfracture in both knees is, well, non-existent, so Sizemore has the opportunity to double as medical marvel and major source of upside to a Red Sox lineup that lost Jacoby Ellsbury. Not that the Red Sox can't succeed without Sizemore. That couldn't be further from the truth. But there's no knowing what they're going to get from Jackie Bradley Jr. in what could be his first full season in the Majors, so Sizemore's ability to survive Spring Training is worthy of close inspection.
Victor Martinez, Tigers: It's not just the upcoming free-agent eligibility, because Martinez's motivations go well beyond dollars at this point (though it is worth noting that the market hasn't been too kind to designated-hitter types in their mid- to late-30s). The Tigers' World Series chances and Martinez's ability to remain healthy and adequately support Miguel Cabrera in the wake of the Prince Fielder trade are inextricably, undeniably tied.
Phil Hughes, Twins: You know it's a wild winter when someone routinely labeled a bust gets a three-year, $24 million guarantee. But Hughes is just 27, and many people around the league think the move out of the AL East and Yankee Stadium and into Target Field will be good for him, given his past tendency to surrender the long ball. If Hughes is going to assert himself as a starter, this could be his last shot, and the Twins, who were horrendous in the rotation last season, obviously have a lot invested in the outcome.
Gordon Beckham, White Sox: In what figures to be an important transitional year for the Sox, who have added MLB-ready young talent in the likes of Jose Abreu, Adam Eaton, Matt Davidson and Avisail Garcia, Beckham has possibly his last chance to prove he's part of the emerging core and not just lineup filler with untapped potential. His 2009 breakout feels like forever ago, and the Sox have middle-infield depth in the likes of Carlos Sanchez, Leury Garcia and Micah Johnson. So Beckham must produce, and a bounceback season from him would certainly help the South Siders' efforts to field a fundamentally more dynamic lineup in 2014.
CC Sabathia, Yankees: His fastball clocked out around 88 mph in his spring debut, so the assumption that Sabathia will have to learn how to do more with less remains a valid one. He already slimmed down his body, but now he needs to slim down his career-worst 5.20 ERA of last season. To put it plainly, it's really, really difficult to see the Yankees, even with Masahiro Tanaka on board, as the World Series contender they claim to be if their established ace is not a productive pitcher.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.


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A Hong Kong couple – Kelvin Kwong and Ashley Tse – is drawing worldwide attention for having their engagement party on a Valentine's Day at a McDonald's in Hong Kong.
The chain is promoting McWeddings as a new way to tie the knot.
Except, it's not so new:
- In 2006, Trisha Lynn Esteppe and Tyree Henderson exchanged vows at the McDonald's in Fairborn, Ohio, where they worked together and met three years earlier.
- In 2009, Rosemary Coones and Clinton Smith, 25 tied the knot at a White Castle in Louisville, Ky. and got a catered reception featuring White Castle's Silver Tray service, sponsored by a local radio station.
- That same year, Paul and Caragh Brooks were married at a Taco Bell in Normal, Ill. Employees, who kept serving customers during the ceremony, displayed hot sauce packets labeled "Will you marry me?"
At the time, Taco Bell said it hosts on average a wedding a year at one of its restaurants nationwide.
The fast-food wedding is an international phenomenon, even if the venues tend to be American icons.
This past weekend, a couple in Bristol, England, had their wedding reception at a British KFC, complete with buckets of chicken and fries.
In June, a couple in metropolitan Manilla held their reception at a local McDonald's. (The chocolate wedding cake was created to look like a Big Mac.)
Why are fast-food nuptials catching on? Brides and bridegrooms say they are looking to do something different. Also, the reception is a lot cheaper than the traditional do. The 2009 Taco Bell wedding cost an estimated $200 for everything, including the $15 wedding dress.
And they create lasting memories. Really lasting.
In 2006, four years after Gayle and Jeremy Butler were married in a Krystal fast-food restaurant, the chain based in Chattanooga, Tenn., inducted the couple and 19 others into its Krystal Lovers Hall of Fame. In addition to a plaque, the chain featured a quote and photo from the inductees on more than 1 million boxes of its signature square hamburgers.
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All Hail the Red Sox Nation…
The first win of the season
goes to my friend Julia, of Julia's Rants.
Despite an 0-6 start to the season, the Boston Red Sox were able to
capture their first two wins of the season in this past weekend's series
against the New York Yankees.
With the loss, I have to
write about what's right with the Red Sox and what's wrong with the Yankees. So, here it goes…
Why the Boston Red Sox will win…
Pitching, pitching, pitching. Say what you
will about Dice-K, but the Red Sox have, arguably, the best starting rotation
in the American League. Jon Lester has
been one of my favorite pitchers and will be a Cy Young candidate when the
season is over. Despite some early
season struggles, I definitely feel that Clay Buchholz is one of the up and
coming stars and will be solid over the course of the long season. I know that the third starter, John Lackey,
has also struggled, but I feel very strongly that he'll find his niche in
Boston and will consistently put the Sox in a position to win. Josh Beckett, if he continues to pitch like
he did on Sunday, is back. The Yankees
have a rookie in the 4th spot…the Sox have a former ace and one who
is capable of pitching like the elite pitcher he once was.
You can say that the Yankees
have the better bullpen, but if Jonathan Papelbon falters, the Sox have several
fallback options in former Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks and future
closer Daniel Bard. They have reliable
arms in the pen, and have a proven long man in a guy the Yankees are well
familiar with (Alfredo Aceves). The gap
between the Sox and Yankee pens won't be as big as experts may believe,
especially since the Sox will be able to be more selective in relief with a
superior rotation that is able to go much deeper into games.
Adrian Gonzalez. Count me as one of those who
believe that Gonzalez will be a monster at Fenway Park. He counteracts anything the Yankees have with
Mark Teixeira plus he has the intangibles.
A few years back, I was constantly looking up to see the highlights of
David Ortiz with another walk-off home run.
I fully expect Gonzalez to be that guy for the Sox, and he is going to
win games with both his bat and his glove.
Disruption. Once Carl Crawford and Jacoby Ellsbury get
going (it's a question of when, not if), the Sox are going to be very
disruptive for opposing pitchers.
Singlehandedly, they have the ability to change the complexion and
momentum of games.
The forgotten hitter. For all the
headlines the newest additions have gotten and the return of players who were
injured last year (like Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia), it is easy to forget that
this lineup still features third baseman Kevin Youkilis. Youk is one of the best clutch hitters in
baseball, and teams will be so focused on stopping Crawford and Gonzalez that
they'll lose sight of Youk…and will pay a high price for it.
The dead will rise. It is easy
for people to write off David Ortiz and Jason Varitek given their respective
ages, however, they are both consummate professionals who can still perform at
a high level. Like the Toby Keith song
goes, 'I may not be a good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was'. There's no doubt that these two will figure
prominently in Sox wins over the summer.
The bench. If there is anything I've learned about the
Sox, it is to never underestimate the power of Theo. Time and again, names come out of nowhere to
lead the Sox to victory. They had a
chance to catch the Yankees last September despite fielding a roster of
unknowns. Even on Tuesday night's game,
the first run of the game came courtesy of a home run by Darnell McDonald. It wasn't that long ago the Yankees wanted
Mike Cameron as their centerfielder, and here he is backing up the Sox
regulars. I don't care if the player's name
is Dork Fumblefingers. If he puts on a
Sox uniform, he is most likely going to hit game winning home runs and make
highlight reel catches in the outfield.
Terry Francona. When the Sox lose, Francona
detractors seem to come out of the woodwork, but he is, in my opinion, the best
manager in baseball. The only place with
greater expectations than New York might just be Boston, yet Terry is always a
show of class and his decision making skills show a deft understanding of now
and the future (i.e., the season). He
garners the most of his roster, and I have no doubt that he'll right the ship
despite the slow start to the 2011 season.
With the Sox standing at 2-8 entering play tonight, people are quick to
say how poorly comparable teams have finished.
I will argue that when the season is done, the Sox will be the model of
the franchise that was able to successfully overcome such a poor start. In future years, when a team goes on a losing
streak to start the season, the media will be saying 'but the 2011 Red Sox were
able to overcome…'.
Theo Epstein, Larry Lucchino, and John Henry. These
gentlemen took a franchise that was "cursed" from the 1923 trade that sent Babe
Ruth to the Yankees, and eradicated the word "curse" from the Red Sox
vocabulary. I also have not heard any
mention of Bucky Friggin' Dent in several years. These guys have successfully brought two
world championships to Boston, and there is no doubt that they'll have a third
one in the not-so-distant future (much to my chagrin).
The RSN. The fan base for the Sox is the most
passionate and fervent of any that I've experienced. I am not saying that Yankees fans aren't
passionate, but Sox fans are like no other.
They stuck by their team when championships were only something their
grandparents or great-grandparents had ever experienced. Yankees fans get spoiled by championships in
almost every decade. The Sox fans have a
greater understanding and appreciation of what it means to be a true
champion. I am not one of them, but I
respect them.
Why the Yankees won't win…
Pitching, pitching, pitching. As great as
CC Sabathia is, he is still not a sure thing.
He has his moments where he struggles.
I know, like all pitchers, but there is something special when a pitcher
like Roy Halladay takes the mound. Win
or lose, you expect the team to win. I
expect the Yankees to win when CC is on the mound, but it is not with the
confidence that I'd have if Halladay were a Yankee. After CC, there is nothing but question
marks. A.J. Burnett has pitched well to
start the season, but he always starts good.
It is how he finishes. If he
reverts to 2010 A.J., the Yankees are toast.
Phil Hughes and the decreased velocity are a concern. He finished poorly last season, and he has
yet to pitch lights out this year. At
this point, I am really not sure what Hughes lies ahead. After Hughes is a rookie, Ivan Nova, who has
pitched well, but how will he perform the second time around when opposing
lineups get used to him? Can he make the
necessary adjustments? As it stood, the
ceiling for Nova was much lower than it is for guys like Brian Matusz or Jeremy
Hellickson (or even Michael Pineda). Is
he in the rotation because he has the potential to be great or is it because
none of the other prospects are ready. I
remain fearful that it's the latter. I've
heard that Nova's future is in the pen, and that doesn't bode well for the
rotation. In the fifth spot, who
knows. Freddy Garcia has yet to pitch
due to rain delays. Bartolo Colon is
waiting in the wings if Garcia stumbles, as are Kevin Millwood and Carlos
Silva. None of the options instill
The bullpen looks great on
paper, but already this season, there have been failures by Rafael Soriano and
Joba Chamberlain. Pedro Feliciano is on
the DL and I heard that he had a setback today.
Luis Ayala is headed for the DL so the Yankees are already looking to
Scranton-Wilkes Barre for replacements.
One of these years, Mariano Rivera is actually going to show his
age. Will this be the year?
Aging lineup. Mark Teixeira is already
31? Seriously, we are already in the
midst of another April chill for Tex. He
started strong this year (thanks to Opening Day in March), but he went 0-fer
against the Sox. He was as much responsible
for me writing this post as anyone.
Derek Jeter has continued to show his age and is providing evidence that
his down season in 2010 may be a sign of things to come. Jorge Posada feels like a fish out of water
at DH. He's done at catcher so where's
his long-term potential with this team?
Alex Rodriguez looked great during spring training, but he is getting
older. Question marks continue to dog
Nick Swisher and Brett Gardner. The
Yankees are a great offensive club, but their hitters just don't put fear in
you. If they don't hit, they can be beat
as Josh Beckett proved on Sunday night.
In October, you're facing the best pitchers in baseball. If the Yankees can't hit the best, they can't
be the best.
The bench. Don't get me wrong…I love Eric Chavez and I
am glad that he's a Yankee. But I am
concerned that injuries may force the Yankees to play Chavez more than they
should, exposing him to potential injury.
What if Derek Jeter is done? Is
Nunez ready to take over at short? I really
don't expect this to be the year that Jeter goes south, but you have to
recognize that it could happen. It
eventually happens to all superstars.
Hank Steinbrenner. Eventually,
Hank is going to make an impulsive move that he'll regret. I am sure that he has a Jay Buhner like trade
that he'll force causing the Yankees to relinquish a prime prospect for an
aging past-his-prime veteran in an effort to shake things up.
The off-season. As difficult as last season was,
there is the potential that this off-season will be even more difficult. CC Sabathia can opt out of his contract, as
can Rafael Soriano. If the Yankees lose
Sabathia, they won't be able to recover.
As the season progresses, the Sabathia opt-out is going to get more and
more ink. Hopefully, it doesn't become a
Who knows that the 2011
season holds in store for the Yankees and the Red Sox, but I can assure you,
that both teams will be in the thick of things come September. I will never be fooled by Boston's slow start. This is a very dangerous team and one that
can never be underestimated.
Clearly, I want the Yankees
to win, and I am hopeful they will, but Boston, even at 2-9, is still the best
team in the American League from top to bottom.
That may change by the trading deadline, but as it stands today, the Sox
are still a team capable of 100 wins.
Julia, I'm out…


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Baby Bears All
Yesterday I offered to buy John some nipple pasties, but before you judge, it wasn't for anything "weird." It was just to cover his nipples.
You know, when he goes running. Because they hurt. His nipples, I mean. When he runs. I like talking. In short, choppy sentences. Like this.
Which just goes to show, well, everything except the nipples. But also that you should never make snap judgements on anything.
Take this cake, for example:
At first glance, it's just a pink bear with a little black nose being shunned by three invisible, barefoot ghosts.
BUT, look closer, and you soon realize ...
Which explains why the ghosts are shunning him, if you think about it. After all, eating babies is never something you want to encourage - is it, bakers?
Of course, after a fifth or sixth glance you might start to think that isn't a bear at all, but rather a knitted pink snow suit with an unfortunate child stuck inside...being shunned by three invisible ghosts. Which makes SO much more sense for a baby shower. o.0
Right, I take it back: in this case, a snap judgement really IS the best option. It's a bear. And I like men who wear pasties. Because I'm a weirdo. A fun, fun weirdo.
Thanks to Joy O. for being weird with me. But not in a weird way.
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Liverpool enter race for 'new Henry'
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas said he was delighted that his side finished top of Group E after a 3-1 win over Valencia last night.
The Portuguese claimed the victory was a "slap in the face" to those who had doubted his side, who are now through to the next round.
Arsenal also progressed to the knockout stages of the competition, despite losing 3-1 at Olympiakos last night
Manchester City are in UEFA Champions League action tonight, as they welcome Bayern Munich to the Etihad Stadium in a must win game.
Even victory may not be enough though, with Roberto Mancini's men relying on Villarreal to beat Napoli in order to avoid elimination.
Meanwhile, Manchester United just need to avoid defeat at Basel to qualify with Danny Welbeck set to partner Wayne Rooney in attack.
Transfer news
Manchester City are ready to rival Manchester United for 17 year old Mateo Kovacic - the so called "Croatian Lionel Messi". (Goal)
Liverpool and Tottenham are targeting Marseille striker Loic Remy, with Spurs ready to offer Roman Pavlyuchenko, plus cash. (Caught Offside)
And finally, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted he would love to sign 19 year old Santos and Brazil sensation Neymar. (Daily Mail)News Now - Sport News


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US President Barack Obama, pensive at CT vigil 390.(Photo by: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)
Obama: Iranian election a sign the people seek change
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In interview, US president skeptical over Syria no-fly zone.
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran's election of a moderate as its next president is a sign that Iranians want to move in a different direction, but he was uncertain whether it would lead to a
breakthrough over Tehran's nuclear ambitions
In an interview with public television anchor Charlie Rose, Obama said the United States and its allies would be willing to hold talks with Iran over its nuclear program, as long as Tehran recognized that international sanctions would not be lifted unless Iran proved it is not building a nuclear weapon.
"As long as there's an understanding about the basis of the conversation, then I think there's no reason why we shouldn't proceed," Obama said.
The surprise victory by Iran's Hassan Rohani in weekend elections to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president was
seen by the United States as
positive, at least at first glance.
"I think it says that the Iranian people want to move in a different direction," said Obama. "The Iranian people rebuffed the hardliners and the clerics in the election who were counseling no compromise on anything any time anywhere. Clearly you have a hunger within Iran to engage with the international community in a more positive way."
Obama noted, however, that Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei remains Iran's supreme leader
"so we're going to have to continue to see how this develops and how this evolves over the next several weeks, months, years."
"I do think that there's a possibility that they decide - the Iranians decide - to take us up on our offer to engage in a more serious substantive way," he said.
The interview was taped on Sunday and broadcast on Monday on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
It touched on many of the international challenges Obama is facing, including the question of how to assist Syrian rebels militarily after Washington determined last week that the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad had used chemical weapons against the opposition.
Obama sounded skeptical about the idea of establishing a
no-fly zone over Syria
, which his administration has been considering. He said it is possible that a no-fly zone "may not be actually solving the problem." Whatever assistance the United States provides should be done carefully because "it is very easy to slip-slide your way into deeper and deeper commitments," he said.
Obama, who had face-to-face talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping this month in California, said he believes the Chinese recognize the US desire for China to play a positive role on the world stage, but Beijing has yet to fully take on that responsibility.
The president engaged in a blunt conversation with Xi about cyber hacking and what American officials believe has been the theft of US trade secrets by China.
"I think what you're seeing inside of (the) Chinese leadership is the desire to maybe continue not to be responsible, not to be a full stakeholder, work the international system on something like trade or intellectual property rights, get as much as they can, and be free-riders and let the United States worry about the big hassles and the big problems," Obama said.
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ODU Basketball Named "Best Family Entertainment in Norfolk"
By ODU Athletics
May 22, 2007
NORFOLK, VA -- Old Dominion University's men's and women's basketball games were recently selected as the"Best Family Entertainment in Norfolk" in The Best of Norfolk 2007 readers poll, conducted annually by the advertising department of The Virginian Pilot newspaper.
The Monarchs and Lady Monarchs completed their fifth season in the beautiful Ted Constant Convocation Center on campus. Old Dominion was selected first in the family entertainment category, followed by the Norfolk Admirals hockey team and the Norfolk Tides, the AAA baseball affiliate team of the Baltimore Orioles. The Monarchs led the Colonial Athletic Association in attendance for the third straight year, averaging over 6,600 fans per game, while the Lady Monarchs have led the CAA in attendance for 16 straight years and are ranked 32nd in the nation, averaging over 3,500 in attendance.
Top vote-getters receive a banner declaring them "Best in Norfolk", which they can display for a year. The Ted Constant Convocation Center is managed by Global Spectrum, a subsidiary of Comcast-Spectacor.


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Three new tracks have been released for Guitar Hero III on the 360 today, and the tracks should also be available this evening for the PlayStation. The Virtuoso Pack brings some of the most technically proficient guitarists to the game with new tracks, and most likely some face-melting solos. Let's look at what will be made available.
Virtuoso Pack
- Joe Satriani, "Surfing with the Alien"
- Steve Vai, "For the Love of God"
- Buckethead, "Soothsayer"
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Intentional Interims help churches begin road to healing
When a person is ill, they turn to a physician, a professional suited to determine the ailment and the best course of action to overcome it.
But when churches are sick, there's often a sense of doom or hopelessness.
That doesn't have to be the case, according to Micheal Summers, director of church services at Wayland Baptist University. Rather than simply struggling to exist and hoping problems will disappear, these congregations can call on the resources at Wayland to help mend the hurts and prepare for the future.
One of the biggest ways the university does this by making several of its staff, including Summers, available to serve as intentional interims for churches with pulpit vacancies. Wayland also helps serve as a host site for interim training in cooperation with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, such as a three-day training session held during spring break on the Plainview campus.
The services an intentional interim provides are unique and, sometimes, immeasurably valuable to hurting churches with a history of poor health, Summers said.
"Instead of being a traditional interim that is there only to preach or provide pastoral care, the intentional interim is there to help prepare the church in such a way that the new pastor can move in easily," Summers said, pointing out that these interims come in with an understanding that they cannot be called to fill the vacancy. "It's a John the Baptist ministry, preparing the way for the one to follow."
The intentional interim, then, serves more as a facilitator to help the church work through issues they may need to address before bringing in a new pastor or other staff member.
"They help examine church history and decision-making processes, clarify the church identity, look at denominational links and any needs for the future. They look at the church's bylaws, committees and personnel situations and field questions that members have had but never felt welcome to ask," Summers said. "The interim should have no other agenda but to help that church become what God wants it to be. They guide members through that self-examination process."
"It really is a process, not a program, and it can be done for any church on any time schedule."
Typically, the process takes a minimum of 4-6 months, Summers said, though some churches need longer to sort through all the facets of ministry and come to a place of readiness for a new pastor.
Summers said the process uses materials from the National Center for Congregational Health, a non-denominational organization, and points out that the process can be valuable for churches of all sizes and denominations. He said the same process can also be helpful for churches filling other staff vacancies. In either case, his experiences have been successful.
Summers served as an intentional interim youth minister for College Heights Baptist Church in Plainview, the first time such a role had been filled. During that process, he was able to help the church discover its vision for the youth ministry and create a new mission statement.
"His job was to help us find out what we wanted in the program, what were our goals, our direction. He had to help us understand how youth ministry was changing," said Dr. Jim Todd, chairman of Wayland's Division of Education, who served as the search committee chairman for College Heights. "He worked with the pastor and music minister to see how the whole program fits together, too."
Though Todd was no stranger to the search committee, he said this experience was different because of the self-examination involved. In the end, he felt the process helped the church prepare for their new youth minister.
"This worked better because it gave us time to focus on what we really wanted our youth program to do. He helped us expand our vision of ministry, and that's the purpose of interim ministry," Todd said. "Too often in churches we just do what we've always done."
Those new revelations also were beneficial to the man they eventually hired for the job, Wayland graduate Efrain Gonzalez. He celebrates his one-year anniversary with the church this month.
"The church gave me a transition statement and that helped me know what they wanted the youth to be and how I should be involved in the rest of the church. It helped give me an idea of what direction the church was looking for," Gonzalez said. "It gave me a foundation and a platform to spring from. I wasn't just dropped in here and told to go; I was given help and leadership in the way they wanted me to go."


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We've made some moves at Argyle over the past several weeks in the name of removing distractions. Which is another way of saying that we've made certain decisions in an effort to focus on the most important thing.
Turns out this is really hard to do.
First, you have to clearly define the most important thing. This can be scary when you're a start-up in a dynamic market. Defining the most important thing requires ignoring other opportunities, which can be nerve wracking and can spawn second-guessing.
Then you have to know how to pursue the most important thing, which is a function of the clarity of the definition and your team. One can set a context and define a priority, but the method of pursuit is often best defined by the team that will do the work.
Then you have to actually pursue it in the face of 10,000 distractions - internal, external, personal, and otherwise. I think that this is the hardest part. It is so much easier to just react to whatever drops into your lap.
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Green Guidance: Supersized TVs and Electronics
Green Guidance
Supersized TVs and Electronics
The world's consumers own about 1.7 billion television sets-one for every four people-and 150 million new ones are added each year. Yet while in the poorest countries there is only one TV per dozen people, the average U.S. household has 2.4. As for personal computers, 1 billion had been sold by 2002, and annual sales have reached 130 million, with an old computer discarded for each new one purchased. Add in DVD players and other electronic devices, and you have a major increase in energy consumption, as well as toxic materials bound eventually for landfills.
Bigger-screen televisions, particularly plasma screens, can devour over four times the power of an older cathode ray tube set. Some plasma TVs eat up more energy annually than a refrigerator (one Panasonic set used 849 kilowatt hours/year, versus 670 kwh/year or less for many fridges). In the United States, TV-related energy use is predicted to rise 50 percent by 2009. In the United Kingdom, it's estimated that an additional six megawatts of power may be needed at peak hours to handle the new TVs.
Toxic components, including flame retardants known as deca-brominated diphenyl ethers (deca-BDEs), can be released from TV and computer cases and then inhaled or ingested. These chemicals accumulate in breast milk and may affect babies' developing brains. In addition, heavy metals like neurotoxic lead and mercury, as well as carcinogenic chromium and cadmium, can leach into the environment when the devices end up in landfills or are disassembled.
Happily, the European Union's "restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment" directive came into force in July 2006, and China recently adopted a similar law. Many electronics manufacturers are choosing to comply on a global scale. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has integrated the EU standards into its new green procurement guidelines for computers.
More DVD players and video games also mean more hours in front of the tube: Americans now spend 16 percent more time watching TV than they did in the 1980s, and sedentary lifestyles are contributing to rising obesity worldwide. Beyond that, psychologists increasingly agree that violent imagery in movies and video games spurs aggressive behavior in children and reduces cooperation. In children up to age three, TV watching can provoke long-term attention deficits.
Some tips for greening the electronic life of your household:
- Look for low-energy models with smaller screens. In general, "as screen size gets bigger, power consumption goes up" regardless of the technology used, says Mehernaz Polad of ICF International, an energy consultant. For energy consumption information, Polad recommends CNET energy use ratings (http://reviews.cnet.com).
- Avoid toxic inputs. All Sony and Panasonic electronics are PBDE-free, while Samsung and Sharp do not add flame retardants, although some may be contained in recycled plastics used in making new products.
- Seek out ecolabels. Before buying a new model, try to upgrade your existing device. If you must buy, in the United States look for models selected by EPA's EPEAT program, which evaluates computer products according to 51 environmental criteria (epeat.net). In Europe, look for Sweden's Swan (svanen.nu/Eng) and TCO labels (tcodevelopment.com) as well as Germany's Blue Angel eco-label (blauer-engel.de). In Japan, look for the Eco-Mark label (ecomark.jp/english). Before they become outmoded, donate old machines for reuse.
- Limit your kids' time before the console or computer. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no more than two hours a day.
- Investigate more active and imaginative gaming options. Some systems offer personalized health and fitness programs, electronic dance pads, and a variety of educational choices. "CO2FX" explores the relationship of global warming to economic, political, and policy factors (globalwarminginteractive.com); the United Nations' "Food Force" enables players to join an aid mission to feed the starving population of a fictitious war-torn island (food-force.com); and Nintendo's "Bronkie the Bronchiasaurus" and "Packy & Marlon" help young asthmatics and diabetics manage their illnesses.
Visit www.thegreenguide.com for complete product reports on computers and other electronics.
Paul W. McRandle is Senior Research Editor of The Green Guide, published by The Green Guide Institute, which provides the research for this department.
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Oracle to pay three of next year's dividends this year
PORTLAND, Ore. Oracle (ORCL) will pay three of next year's quarterly dividends this year in an apparent attempt to avoid possible tax hikes for its investors.
The software company said Monday that it will pay dividends for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2013, totaling 18 cents per share, on Dec. 21 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 14.
Oracle is the latest of a string of companies that have moved up quarterly payouts or issued a special end-of-year payment to protect investors from potentially having to pay higher taxes on dividend income starting in January.
Since 2003 investors have paid a maximum 15 percent on dividend income. But that historically low rate will expire in January unless Congress and President Barack Obama reach a compromise on taxes and government spending. As it stands, dividends will be taxed as ordinary income in 2013, the same as wages, so rates will go up depending on which income bracket a taxpayer is in. For the highest earners, the dividend rate would jump to 43.4 percent.
Oracle said that its CEO Larry Ellison, who is also the company's largest shareholder, did not participate in the vote leading to this decision.
Ellison holds roughly 1.1 billion shares of the company's stock, according to FactSet. That would entitle him to an estimated dividend payment of $198.9 million.
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Like Noam Chomsky in the field of linguistics, Jared Diamond is the modern patron saint of evolutionary biology and anthropology, and his latest book assembles another intriguing collection of facts and insights into the way we humans organise our lives.
The cryptic title is Diamond's assertion that for much of Homo sapiens' 100,000-year existence, we've lived in a state not so easily forgotten in the modern era (the past three to five millenniums). The World Until Yesterday reminds us of our genetic heritage and asks what it does for (and against) us today.
In many ways, Diamond's work shines a light on the 18th-century concept of the noble savage, overturning it where necessary but pillorying enlightened Western methods where it's warranted.
Next time you want to complain about a frivolous court case clogging up the legal system, remind yourself that suspicion, murder, rape and war were the accepted way to treat strangers among much of humanity for most of our history. As recently as 1961, New Guinea jungle tribes were photographed facing each other down with spears in a battle that left more than 100 tribesmen dead.
Using his visits to the remotest corners of Papua New Guinea as a prism to view the way we evolved, Diamond, perhaps unwittingly, makes it easy to conclude that we really are as bloodthirsty as we've always feared. It seems the ''civilisation'' that orients societies when they grow big enough for bureaucratic organisation is all there is to protect us from chaos.
Together with his earlier title, The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee, this book makes us realise that we're not so different from other animals and that the animal kingdom itself is a messy spectrum with no simple ''us and them''.
Diamond introduces his arguments by assigning almost mathematical terminology to anthropological concepts about the size of societies, then proceeds to outline how their evolution tends to follow quite ordered paths from animal-like hardship and violence to a more human-like state of grace (or at least the artifice of it).
You might come away depressed about just how savage we really are without the modern trappings of law and order, but the fact that we've built a mechanism to put the words from Diamond's mind into your hands is still cause for celebration and wonder. The trick, as he would no doubt agree, is to find and use the best of both worlds.


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Thanks to Uri S., who thinks a rose by any other name... still doesn't look like a balloon.
UPDATE: My, my, so many negative Nancies in the comments! After all we've been through, you guys still think I'd put up an intentional wreck? I'm hurt. Truly.*
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Anyhoo, for all of you crying "staged!" here's what happened, according to Uri:
"After a lengthy attempt of explanation as to what I wanted on the cake ('just happy birthday with maybe some balloons or something birthday-ee like that') and the woman (who spoke very poor English) behind the counter not understanding- I finally just typed out on my phone what I wanted and handed it to her. This was the result. I was crying I was laughing so hard."


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Some media outlets have reported that the Los Angeles District Attorney is ready to indict Clark Rockefeller in connection with the disappearance and presumed murder of a San Marino couple.
DA Spokeswoman Jane Robison said the Sheriff's Department is investigating but there is no indictment pending.
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Tourism to Israel takes a hit
As the Federal Aviation Administration extended its ban on U.S. flights to Tel Aviv for a second day Wednesday, Israel's tourism ministry sought to quell concerns among would-be U.S. visitors, noting that 75,000 foreign tourists are presently in the country and "their travel arrangements are proceeding as planned."
Among those visitors is former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, who arrived Wednesday in Tel Aviv via Israeli airline El Al, "to show support for Israel's right to defend itself," he wrote on Twitter.
El Al has added additional flights to accommodate passengers waylaid by canceled flights on Delta, United, US Airways and a number of European carriers. The flight stoppage was initiated Tuesday after a rocket landed near Tel Aviv's airport.
Bloomberg expressed confidence in Israeli security and the safety of El Al, in particular.
"I think compared to the security at American airports, security at Ben Gurion airport is infinitely better ..." he told Fox News. "You've got to remember that Israel has been under threat since 1948 when it was founded so ,,, they take security much more seriously here and on El Al ... than we do in America."
Meanwhile, a U.S.-based Israeli tourism official issued a statement meant to reassure potential visitors.
"Please know that tourism is continuing, and hotels, restaurants, tourist sites and holy places are open as usual," Haim Gutin, Israel tourism commissioner for North and South America said in a statement Wednesday.
It's too soon to determine the economic fallout caused by the interruption to air travel to and from the country. But escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence that began early in July prompted the Israel Hotel Association to estimate $125 million in lost revenue, mostly due to cancellations by Israelis who were opting to stay home.
Israel's Incoming Tour Operators Association blamed the security situation for a 20% drop in revenue for bookings between July and December, according to the Israeli business publication Calcalist.
U.S. visitors make up 20% of the 3.5 million foreign travelers to Israel, but summer is not prime season for so-called "Christian travel."
"The majority of people who go from America to Israel (in summer) are world travelers who are going because it's on their bucket list, or they're Jewish-Americans," said tourism spokesman Geoffrey Weill. "Over the last few weeks, numbers have dropped, but they haven't been dropping through the floor by any means. The flights have been coming in full."
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A number of entertainers have canceled their performances in Israel, including the Backstreet Boys, Paul Anka, Neil Young, and America.
The Backstreet Boys pulled out of shows scheduled for July 29, 30, and 31 at Raanana Amphitheater "due to the security situation," the band said on its website.
Paul Anka was scheduled to perform this week in Tel Aviv but has postponed due to the hostilities.
Last week, Delta reported 500 or so cancellations on its U.S.-Tel Aviv flights in July, and a fewer number in August. Cancellations for September were "negligible."
But that was before the FAA's flight ban and the State Department's revamped travel advisory recommending that travelers postpone nonessential travel to Israel, the West Band and Gaza. .
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PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying quality of life among families with a member who is a cancer patient.
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- Develop and conduct preliminary validation of a Family Quality of Life Questionnaire for use with families with an adult cancer patient, with the measure appropriate for use for both research and clinical assessment purposes.
- Generate an initial item pool for the measure (step 1).
- Reduce the item pool based on a content validity assessment (step 2).
- Assess the psychometric properties and dimensionality of the measure (step 3).
- Step 1 (item generation): Items are generated through a literature review and a semi-structured interview with patients and their families. The purposes of the interview are to determine whether the five domains identified in the literature review (family interaction, family roles, family communication, family emotional support, overall family quality of life [FQOL]) are central areas of FQOL, and to determine if there are other important FQOL domains affected by cancer and its treatment. Patients and their family members are interviewed individually over 45-60 minutes. The initial item pool is generated based on the literature review and interviews.
- Step 2 (item review and reduction): The initial item pool is examined and reduced based on its content validity. Ten health care providers with a minimum of five years experience working with cancer patients rate the content validity of the proposed questionnaire. Experts receive a packet of questionnaires, including the objective of the study, the proposed questionnaire as developed in step 1, and the proposed questionnaire with its format modified for the examination of content validity. The content validity version uses a 4-point Likert format to assess each item's relevance, sufficiency (i.e., the extent to which it fully covers its intended domain) and clarity in relation to the construct (FQOL domain) that it is supposed to assess. Experts are asked to rate the overall format of the questionnaire in regards to ease of use and appropriateness, and for open-ended comments or suggestions. Items are modified or dropped based on the experts' review.
- Step 3 (final item selection and psychometric evaluation): Patients and family members complete the FQOL questionnaire developed in previous steps and other questionnaires with proven reliability and validity at baseline. Other questionnaires include the SF-36 (general QOL survey that is used widely in general population samples and patients, including cancer patients), the FACT-G for patients (instrument used to assess health-related QOL in cancer patients), with the version of the FACT-G modified by Northouse for the family member, the Family Interaction and Emotional Well-Being subscales (to examine family interaction and family emotional support of cancer families) of the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale (FQOL measure for families with a disabled child), the Balanced Cohesion subscale (to examine family interaction of cancer families) of the FACES IV (that assesses balanced and unbalanced family cohesion and family flexibility in general population), and the Family Communication Scale (a general survey used to assess family communication in the general population). Patients and family members complete the FQOL again 2 weeks after the initial assessment.
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An available adult family member willing to participate in the study
- The term family is defined broadly to include adults over 21 years of age, considered by the cancer patient as a family member, who provides care or support and/or shares the cancer experience with the patient
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Before we get into the how-to part, a word of caution: This is dirty, tedious, physically demanding work. It's hard, it's painful, and even after taking a toothbrush to my bruised hands when the project was done, it took days to scrub off all the grease. I'd always heard people complain about rear-suspension work, but having swapped out many of the components before—spring, sway bar, shocks, and more—I failed to enter this project with the appropriate degree of trepidation. Simply put, I hadn't pulled the trailing arms before.
Tearing down the rear in Scarlett took almost six hours—three of them spent getting to the trailing arms, and another three spent getting them out. With the mix of disintegrating bushings, rusted-together alignment shims, and parts that appeared to have been assembled on the frame prior to the body drop, only one of the cross bolts could be removed; the driver-side arm had to be cut out of the car. So consider yourself warned: There's a reason mechanics charge—and get—a lot of money for this job. And depending upon your financial position, mechanical inclination, and pain tolerance, it may very well be worth it to pay someone else. Personally, I'd still rather do it myself.
Now on to what we're doing and why. The purpose of an independent rear suspension is to keep the tire perpendicular to the road, even while the car rolls toward the outside of a curve. This is done by causing the tire to gain negative camber—or lean inwards at the top—as the suspension compresses, which compensates for the car's outward roll, keeping the tire relatively square to the roadway. In the shark suspension (as in the midyear before it), there are three links that control the angle of the wheel: the axle halfshaft, the camber rod beneath it, and the trailing arm.
The axle halfshaft floats in and out, which causes undesirable slack in the suspension. Unfortunately, that's an inherent part of the design and can't be changed without surgery well beyond what we're doing here. The other two links, however, can be improved. The factory camber rods, which are usually adjusted by means of an eccentric locking system, have already been replaced on Scarlett with a pair of easily adjusted camber rods from Vette Brakes. The trailing arms, meanwhile, will be replaced with a coilover conversion from Van Steel, which accomplishes several different things.
Available from Muskegon Brakes, the Van Steel conversion comes with a new pair of trailing arms, as well the coilovers and adjustment tools. Coilovers are shocks with coil springs that encircle the shock tube and are mounted directly to it, usually with a spring perch that mounts on threads on the body of the shock. By connecting the two, the shock can more effectively dampen the action of the spring. And since it's all a single unit, it's easier to install and easier to adjust for ride height.
Another advantage on the C2/C3 platform is that the kit does away with the factory transverse leaf spring. The spring ties the two wheels together, which effectively reduces some of the independence between them, and with wider wheels such as the 17x9-inchers we're using, the ends of the spring interfere with fitment. When we originally put the wheels on, we had to jack up the height of the rear spring—and ride height with it—by about an inch to make the ends of the spring clear the tire sidewall. And the tire-clearance thing isn't just academic: Having once had a rear spring bolt rip the sidewall out of a tire on my old '71 big-block, I'm especially grateful for the added clearance offered by the coilovers.
The Van Steel conversion is available for both small- and big-block applications, and with single- or double-adjustable shocks. While Scarlett is currently powered by a 350, we're building an LS motor that will produce enough power to justify the stiffer big-block springs, so that's what we selected, along with the single-adjustable shocks.
Once the trailing arms were removed, we shipped them off to Van Steel for the bearings to be rebuilt and installed in the new trailing arms. (If you plan to do the bearing swap yourself, you can follow the directions included with the kit for this portion of the job.)
With the completed conversion in hand, there were a number of obvious improvements in the basic setup (in addition to the obvious ones such as the fresh bushings). First of all, the folded-sheetmetal construction of the factory arms was replaced with ¼-inch-thick steel, with welded reinforcement ribs on the inboard side of the arm. Additionally, the arms were contoured to allow clearance for wider tires, and the parking-brake bracket was relocated to the top of the arm, moving it away from the sidewall.
The arms came fully assembled with the rotor run-out checked and the rotor marked for correct reassembly, as well as with new parking-brake hardware installed. Frankly, the whole setup looked so good I was reluctant to put it underneath a car, especially one that I drive in the rain. But things are meant to be used.
For details on the teardown process, see the accompanying photos. In the next installment, we'll install the new rear suspension, and see what kind of difference it makes.
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Introducing a second child is rarely easy. Parents often fret about how the first child will accept their beautiful, cute, new baby brother or sister. Common folklore equates bringing home a second child to a wife showing up for dinner with a new mate and saying that everything will be great. The new husband will be here forever and you two will be great friends! Although the first child will certainly experience a disruption in the parent-child bond that poses a challenge to well-intentioned parents, a sibling certainly will bring lifelong rewards. Let us review some ways to make this transition a bit less rocky for everyone.
Preparing The Big Sibling For The New Addition
Before the baby is born, parents are best off including the first born in the pregnancy where appropriate. Toddlers may do best when they are shown where the baby will sleep. They often enjoy having a baby doll around that can be diapered, fed and calmed when crying. A tour of the hospital to see where mommy and daddy will be when the new baby comes can relieve separation anxiety and make them feel that they are included. Older children can be included in conversations about what it will be like to have a new baby. The idea is to help the child verbally express his or her feelings as much as possible. Reading books about having a new sister or brother can be helpful. For those that like to draw, pictures of the new family or of the baby may help a lot. The main goal here is to help the child to express feelings in whatever way they are comfortable. After much prompting, my son decided his biggest concern about his expected new sister was that she would take all of his toys. Parents can also benefit from talking to each other in privacy about their own excitement and concerns. Stereotypically, many moms feel guilty about the new addition and many dads worry about further impingements on their time.
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Pandemonium and chaos! Just kidding. But now that I have your attention have your attention, let us look at how things will be different. Parents will be torn in two directions caring for a newborn and a young child. Your oldest will be struggling with some big changes such as sharing his parents and having to delay his or her needs from being met. It is common for children to regress a bit when a new baby is brought into the house. Your 3 or 4 year old may want to drink from a bottle, wear a diaper, or have more tantrums. Separation anxiety may be revisited. Your child may appear angry or moody for no apparent reason. All of this is quite normal and to be expected. Parents can be helpful by accepting their child's behavior. Explaining their behavior to them can also be helpful. For regressive behavior, you might say something simple like "It can be fun to be a baby again like [name of sister or brother]." For aggression, tantrums or moodiness, you can simply say that it can be hard having a sibling. Try to mirror and accept your child's feelings by articulating them without shaming them for having them.
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I have 038 freesco and in a process of configuring Exim. I have winam.homeip.net from dyndns and on testing, it seems to be configured ok;
telnet router.ip.address 25
220 freesco.zapto.org ESMTP Exim 4.50 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 03:12:34 +0000
telnet router.ip.address 110
+OK Qpopper (version 4.0.5) at router.inet starting.
I edited rc_exim file
edit /pkg/rc/rc_exim.
Comment out the firewall rule by adding"#" at the beginning of the line(s) that say:
ipfwadm -I -a $Pd -P tcp -W $INET -D 0/0 25 $LOG
ipfwadm -I -a $Pd -P udp -W $INET -D 0/0 25 $LOG
I use outlook to send/receive mail and I get the following error
The host 'mail.winam.homeip.net' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'mail.winam.homeip.net', Server: 'mail.winam.homeip.net', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure (SSL): No, Socket Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D
Outlook configuration looks ok.
I shall post the report if required.
Any idea what I am missing?
Thanks mondo


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