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Early in the pregnancy, I had decided to go the natural childbirth route. I'm not a fan of pain, so I'm not sure why this felt right from the beginning, but it just did. Of course, it's one thing to say when you've just found out that you're going to go drug free, intervention free. It's another thing to actually do it.
I prepared mentally as much as I could without stressing myself out. We went to classes at our birth center in Phoenix before we moved to Utah. Overall, we felt really prepared.
It also helped that I had a very routine, uncomplicated pregnancy. The morning sickness wasn't too bad and ended promptly after the first trimester. I didn't have too many aches and pains from there on out. Mostly I was just tired. The worst of my pregnancy was a bout of hives that lasted for a couple of days that my acupuncturist was able to cure.
Although everything I read said to prepare for the unexpected and be ready to throw your birth plan out the window, I was lulled into a false state of comfort with the fact that everything seemed to be going perfectly. The worst we were worried about was our baby turning posterior which can make for a longer labor with stronger back pain. And I expected that it would all last at most, 24 hours. At one of our birth classes, the motto was to remember that you could do anything for a day.
Things, of course, did not go quite as planned.
It all started out great. It was a little after 4pm on Monday at 40 weeks when I realized that labor was getting underway. I was excited. I didn't dislike being pregnant – in fact, I thought I was going to miss my bump terribly. But I was excited to meet my baby. After writing down the starts of new cramping sensations, I knew the party was getting started. I was almost certain we'd have our baby by Tuesday morning.
Early labor wasn't too bad. I worked for awhile, showered, got things ready, and rested. When they say it feels like menstrual cramps, they mean that it feels like rhythmic menstrual cramps. Probably the worst menstrual cramps you've ever had, but you know that they won't last longer than a minute, then you'll get reprieve.
Tuesday morning rolled around, and at 10am, my midwife thought it would be good to come in for a checkup. I was almost five centimeters dilated. Lucy was in perfect position. My midwife said she even felt the hair on Lucy's head. She said we could bring our stuff and stay at the birth center or go home for awhile. We chose to go home.
I actually chose to go home simply because one of my hubby's Christmas presents was going to be delivered that afternoon and I didn't want to miss signing for it. That afternoon, in the middle of a contraction, I still managed to get to the door first, sign for the package, and then promptly hide it in the closet. I managed to get a few things wrapped to before it was time to go.
At around 5pm, I felt this intense emotional rush and absolutely had to be at the birth center, so we packed up and went. We then continued labor in the upstairs birthing suite. I believe I was about seven or eight centimeters when we arrived.
Contractions were getting more and more intense, but I was pretty proud of how I was coping with them. I would stop, bend over or just lean on something and breathe through them. I knew the worst was yet to come, but I was pretty confident that I could deal with it.
Eventually, it was time for me to be able to enter the tub. I think I was at nine centimeters then. I wanted a water birth, and when I got into the tub, I was feeling really good (considering) because I knew it was getting close. It was about 10pm Tuesday evening.
Contrary to the movies, my water didn't break before labor. It broke after I got into the tub, well into it. Unfortunately, after the water broke, I went back to eight centimeters. A little disappointing, but I knew it was typical.
A little after midnight, I got the news I had been waiting for. I was 10 centimeters. This was supposed to be it. The time when it's ok to start pushing. For a moment, I was both in pain and excited.
But then, the words that changed everything.
Lucy was now breech.
This is something that is not supposed to happen from everything that I've read. Babies aren't supposed to have the room to turn in the last few weeks without major intervention. Let alone are they supposed to turn from the right position to the wrong one.
This is when I lost it. When we met the midwife back in September, she talked about how they had done breech births naturally, successfully. I didn't remember this conversation at that moment. I panicked.
All I wanted was whatever was best for the baby. As much as I believed in no interventions, no hospitals, I was open to anything so long as my baby would be safe.
The midwife gave us our options. We could try to get an ambulance out to the birth center, but with the weather conditions (it had been snowing for hours), they didn't know when they would get there or how long it would take to get to the hospital. They could try taking me by car, but again, no idea how long it would take and it wouldn't be a good thing if she was born breech in a car.
My husband fortunately remembered that the midwives could do breech births, and he made the decision that we would stay. I'm glad he did – I just couldn't deal with anything related to rational thought at the time.
Now things had changed. Instead of being able to push, I had to breath through the contractions so Lucy could slowly travel out.
It was torture.
The urge to push was strong. And the panic overtook my ability to calmly breathe through it like I had done earlier.
I really don't know how I made it through the next couple of hours. They checked Lucy's heartbeat regularly, and she was doing good.
I don't know exactly what time it was, but eventually the urge to push was too much to ignore. It was time for me to push.
It was also time for Lucy to come out. I don't remember the details, but her vitals were starting to get questionable.
From what I heard, I pushed for a long time. I remember doing it, but I don't know for how long. We moved from the tub, to the bed, and eventually to the toilet because for whatever reason, that felt like the right place to be.
And there, I pushed. And pushed. And pushed. I'm not much for stamina, so I have no idea how I lasted as long as I did.
Lucy began to emerge. They offered to let me feel her bottom as it was starting to be revealed (much like her head should have been). But I couldn't. I needed to focus all of my energy on her getting out. I didn't want to feel any accomplishment until she was fully out.
From what I heard after, when Lucy began emerging, her color was not good. I remember telling (or perhaps screaming) to just cut me open and get her out of there. After all was said and done, I had two episiotomies and one tear.
By the time she was born at around 4:21am, she was a greyish, bluish white.
More than I remember the pain, I remember what it felt like when they put her on my stomach. I was so out of it, but I remember sort of seeing her through the haze and thinking she had to be ok. There was no other way around it. She would just have to be ok.
I didn't know I had said anything to her at the time, but they said I told her to breathe. Start breathing.
Her heart was still beating, but from what I gather, the cord was pinched, so she didn't have any air. So they had to resuscitate her, more than once. She started breathing. Everything was ok again.
Everyone helped me back to the bed to lay down. They put her on my chest with a little oxygen tube dangling between us so we could some extra air.
When the worst seemed to be over, it wasn't. It was time to deliver the placenta. Once it was out, I started hemorrhaging.
The midwives used everything in their toolkit to get the bleeding to stop. I got a straight shot of a cayenne pepper mixture in the mouth (to prevent shock) and even got a slice of my own placenta. I remember them shouting that I needed to make it stop. Mentally. I had no idea how to do that, but it happened. I stopped bleeding.
There are just a few photos of the first moments we – my husband, Lucy, and I – had together. I was completely out of it at the time, and it shows in the photos along with other reminders of how brutal the scene was like blood all over the sheets. My mom later said she took them because she didn't know if they would be the only photos Lucy would ever have of us together.
It took a few bags of IV fluid until I came around, along with what felt like a long time of hearing nothing but "Stay awake, keep your eyes open." My husband asked me pretty basic questions throughout it. He even tried to find out what he was getting for Christmas, but I didn't let the secret out of the bag.
The best part of it all came a short while after. I was finally conscious enough to lay down next to my baby, my Lucy, and really look at her for what felt like the first time. I just laid there and stared at her. I could have stared at her forever.
She was beautiful. She was a little miracle.
I couldn't have had a more amazing group of people with me throughout this.
My husband was amazing throughout the pregnancy, and he was pretty much a hero during the birth from start to finish. He was later referred to as my human monkey bars because he had to support me physically throughout the long, long labor which couldn't have been an easy feat. He joked beforehand about longing for the days when dads stayed outside the room with a cigar and ended up seeing much more than he bargained for. But he was strong – just the strength I needed.
My mom also played an important role in everything. Her usual personality is when things are ok, she cries. When things are serious, she is stays strong. I knew things were serious during the birth because she wasn't crying. But she kept everything together and helped us through.
The midwives at Pathway to Wellness were awesome. They were calming when I needed calm, nurturing when I needed comfort, demanding when I needed to make things happen, and confident when I lost it. They got Lucy and I through it, safely and healthy.
If I had stayed in Phoenix, I would've had a c-section for certain. While going through a breech birth naturally was definitely not what I had anticipated, being moved to a place I wasn't familiar with to be treated by people I didn't know would have been even more traumatic. If we had gone that route, I wouldn't have been home later that afternoon and been able to take care of her from then on.
The first week was iffy between getting used to life with a newborn and dealing with my emotions about the birth. But by the end of the second week I felt good again and by four weeks, I was completely healed. Lucy had some bruising from the way she came out, but she was otherwise perfect.
It took awhile to write this and get to the stage where I could let go of the things that didn't go according to plan and simply be happy about the most important thing of all. My Lucy.


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Paloma Faith has been described as smart, vivacious, red-streaked and a singular talent. Before breaking into the music business, Faith worked as a magician's assistant and a dancer. She debuted as a solo artist in the UK in 2009 with the album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? Her latest album is no less provocatively titled — it's called Fall to Grace.
"Initially, I was going to call it 'Fall From Grace,' " the singer says. "And then someone said to me, 'That doesn't really seem like you. You're more like the opposite; you're somebody who's come from hard situations, but you always look on the bright side and try to inject hope into things.' "
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Paloma Faith has been described as smart, vivacious, red-streaked - and a singular talent.
PALOMA FAITH: (Singing) Angels watching over me with smiles upon their face, 'cause I...
SIMON: That's the song "Upside Down," taken from Paloma Faith's 2009 debut album in the United Kingdom. Before breaking into the music business, Paloma Faith worked as a magician's assistant, and a dancer. Now, she has also acted alongside Tom Waits and Colin Firth. Paloma Faith's latest album is "Fall To Grace."
FAITH: (Singing) Lost, now she's gone, and I'm picking up the pieces. I want to cry, but you don't see that I'm the one by your side 'cause she's gone...
SIMON: And she joins us in Studio 4A. Thanks so much for being with us.
FAITH: Thanks for having me.
SIMON: Tell me about this title, "Fall To Grace."
FAITH: Initially, I was going to call it "Fall From Grace." And then someone said to me, that doesn't really seem like you; you're more like the opposite. You're somebody who's come from hard situations, but you always look on the bright side. And you try and inject hope into things.
So I decided to just flip that expression around and say "Fall To Grace," - as opposed to "Fall From Grace" - so that it implies that I've been through some bad things, but I haven't lost my hope.
FAITH: (Singing) I know a man who fills his emptiness with strangers...
There's a song - in particular - that I'm quite proud of, on the record, called "Black and Blue," which is more of a social commentary about people not judging one another. And so it actually goes through romantic relationships and family relationships.
FAITH: (Singing) I know people who use chat rooms as confessionals, I know down and outs who once were, once they were professionals. Wipe it off your sleeve, your superiority. Don't roll your eyes, my sweet.
SIMON: Do you think of your speaking voice as being different from your performing voice?
FAITH: Absolutely. I sound like a 10-year-old kid, when I talk. And then when I sing, I sound like a woman - but even to the point where sometimes, I'm at home, and someone will call about - like, the gas bill, or something; and say, hi, could I speak to the person that pays the bills, please? I'm like, that's me. So...
FAITH: There's nothing I can do about it. You'll either love it, or hate it.
FAITH: (Singing) I'm collecting people's tears they cry because they miss you...
SIMON: Growing up, when did you first realize you had that voice?
FAITH: Probably, last week - I don't know.
FAITH: It kind of happened very - sort of slowly and quite late, really.
FAITH: (Singing) Pictures in my head suddenly appear. Why'd you have to go away? It's all not very clear...
I sang in Italy, just for fun; and in covers bands and stuff. And then people started to actually come and say, wow, you've got a great voice. I want to hear more of you; you should write your own songs. So I did start doing it, but I never really thought it'd be a career. And I suppose I learned to sing by just emulating singers that I admired; people like Etta James and Billie Holiday.
SIMON: You've - certainly - been compared to Etta James, for example. But of course, I'm going to say it's one thing to imitate someone; it's another thing to...
FAITH: Well, I wrote all these songs, so...
SIMON: ...really sound - you know, (laughter) to have a voice like theirs.
FAITH: Well, I feel really lucky, but I don't think that I was born with it. I think that I worked hard to become this.
FAITH: (Singing) Goodbye, sweet angel, sail away on teary seas. Tattooed the times we had on my memory. Funeral flowers won't make me believe...
SIMON: Do you like performing?
FAITH: I love performing. I basically do this to perform, because it's the only thing I really know how to do. Everything I've ever done, has been performance-based. And it's all been things like being a ghost on a ghost train - which you don't have here, but that's like being in the haunted house, on the fairground; and cabaret performer; and I sang in burlesque clubs. So when I write songs, there's always a focus in my mind of how I'm going to deliver them, and what will go with them visually.
FAITH: (Singing) Thirty-minute love affair, all in the blink of an eye. There you were, standing there, I heard an angel cry...
SIMON: This song that - "30 Minute Love Affair"; story behind this?
FAITH: I met this guy in the street who was playing guitar, and I thought he was probably the most beautiful person I've ever met. I sat with him for about 30 minutes, and sang Tracy Chapman songs with him.
FAITH: (Singing) I met a stranger singing songs, sat in that doorway; I belonged with him, just talking...
I asked him if I could see him again. So - he said that he was there every single day and if I went back, I could see him anytime I wanted. And I went back every day, for about 10 days, and he was never there again. I was heartbroken because I was 14, and I was naive, and I thought that we had a connection - which I was obviously wrong about.
FAITH: (Singing) Sometimes it's better just to let them go, 'cause your illusion's more than what you could know. Thirty-minute love affair...
But the song really is a homage to those moments in life where you have fleeting encounters with people, and maybe you were like, really taken by somebody. And it's almost celebrating; that that's almost better than if you'd got to know them because they'll always remain perfect, in your memory.
FAITH: (Singing) Thirty-minute love affair, a 30-minute love affair.
SIMON: You're going to perform "Just Be."
FAITH: Yeah.
SIMON: Anything you can tell us about this song?
FAITH: Well, it's a pretty special one to me, I think. I wrote it because I felt like love songs that I'd listened to, throughout time, almost sounded like they were written by people who'd only been in a relationship for three months. And I feel like the holy grail of a proper relationship, is longevity.
SIMON: Well, I can't wait to hear this. Paloma Faith, thanks so much for being with us.
FAITH: Thanks for having me. It's been a pleasure.
FAITH: (Singing) Let's get old together, let's be unhappy forever, 'cause there's no one else in this world that I'd rather be unhappy with...
SIMON: That's the fabulous Paloma Faith, in NPR Studio 4A; accompanied by Dominic Pipkin, on piano; and her vocalist, Baby Sol. Paloma Faith's new CD, "Fall To Grace," comes out on December 4th.
FAITH: (Singing) Let's go our separate ways in the night like two moths, but know that you're flying home to me. I was born thinking it would all be dreaming, but I know that I wouldn't be happy that way. You wear me out with frustration and heartache and anger, but we wait for the wave just to wash it away. Don't say nothing; just sit next to me. Don't say nothing - shh. Just be, just be, just be. Let's let go together, let us unfold one another, and watch all the little things that once drew me to you eventually get on my nerves. I wear you out with frustration and heartache and anger, but we wait for the wave just to wash...
SIMON: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Hell yea man I'm glad someone said it. You have my full support WV dolphan.
Hell yea man I'm glad someone said it. You have my full support WV dolphan.
There will be no blowing out of the phins by the Jets. The Jets defense will be exposed for the soft pushover it is. Your defense is nothing without Revis. You guys better face soft running teams if youre going to pull that **** sending everyone in passing situations.
That **** will get no run in south florida because Lousaka Polite, Ricky, Ronnie Brown, and our stout OL will pound the **** out of the ******* the Jets run up there in the front 7. Just like last season. Then Henne will procede to cut the Jets secondary to ribbons by throwing precision passes to players not covered by Revis. Hell, with Brandon Marshall now on the squad, we may just torch Revis' *** as well. I know Hartline and the gang will have a field day with Cromartie.
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Hi WV:
Interestingly enough I have actually been to Beckley, WV. I have relatives that live down there and I spent part of a vacation [getting my arse kicked by] them as a kid.
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I fully endorse this thread being stickied. Some ******* on this board can learn a thing or two from reading this.
I really enjoy watching the Knicks suck it up year after year after year while watching the Heat sign LeBron and Bosh. And watching the Mets and their $100M payroll crash and burn and finish behind the Marlins.
Good stuff.
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To get this back on topic......f**k the jets!!


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Central Point, Ore. -- A man and a woman are in the Jackson County Jail tonight after a chase with sheriff deputies that ended in a Central Point family's home.
A woman who lives on South 2nd Ave. said she and a friend were barbecuing in the backyard Sunday evening when a man jumped over her fence and ran through her backdoor, begging for a place to hide. The woman wouldn't give her name for fear of retaliation.
"You're so helpless how are you going to force someone you don't know to leave your house?" the resident said.
Deputies said it started just after 7:00 Sunday near Gold Hill. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department said they got a call about a suspect pointing a shotgun at another vehicle on Old Stage Road. When deputies got there the driver sped off.
Deputies and troopers stopped the car with a pit maneuver near South Haskell and Cheney Loop in Central Point and arrested 24 year-old Brandy Johnson from Medford. But deputies said 29 year-old Ty Nunes, from Grants Pass, ran.
Deputies said Nunes barricaded himself in the family's home, while the woman, her two kids, and husband watched from the neighbors.
"You worry about someone breaking in at night, but just walking in the door? Just walking by like nothing's going on?" The woman said.
No one was hurt in the standoff, but the woman said her and her family are thinking about moving out.
"It's just really hard because you know, you don't feel safe anymore," said the woman.
Deputies said they found over an ounce of meth in the suspect's car, but there was no shotgun. Nunes, who had outstanding warrants, now faces drug, trespassing, and criminal mischief charges. Johnson is charged with possession as well.
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RETRACTION:Former Water Works General Manager Steve Green recently demanded a retraction over terminology used in a headline the newspaper published on June 24, 2013, in connection with this news article about a report released by the state auditor. The newspaper has reported extensively on the auditor's report, Green's termination, his subsequent lawsuit against the Water Board, and the decision of the Iowa Attorney General's Office to not pursue criminal charges against him. The newspaper regrets if any confusion arose from its description of Green's activities and retracts the June 24, 2013 headline to the extent, if any, it may have unknowingly mischaracterized his activities or the auditor's report. The auditor's report can be read at http://auditor.iowa.gov/reports/1223-0848-BE00.pdf
Longtime Creston Water Works General Manager Steve Green was paid almost $90,000 in improper and unsupported disbursements between July 2005 and November 2012 — this according to a special investigation report released Friday by the state auditor's office.
The majority of that $90,000 came from Green being improperly paid for performing inspections or attending meetings on two major projects including the Creston Water Plant expansion and Summit Lake project.
Those inspections happened between 2007 and November 2012
For those two projects, Green claimed an extra 962 hours of inspection and meeting time — totaling $49,720.42 in additional compensation and retirement contributions.
The problem though, according to the report, is those funds were dispersed improperly because both projects had separate inspectors. Therefore, there was no reason to pay Green for inspecting the project.
Additionally, the report states as general manager of Creston Water Works, Green is expected to attend meetings, oversee projects and perform inspections. However, Green is a salaried employee and his contract does not include any provision authorizing payments in addition to his base pay.
Two board members — Dennis Bailey and Ken Sharp — did sign off in 2007 for Green to work additional hours not to exceed three hours each week on either project. However, the report states board members who represent less than a quorum of the entire board do not have the authority to make those kinds of decisions.
Vacation payouts
This special investigation was launched after an accounting firm notified the Water Works business office Green's vacation balance should be 80 hours rather than 532 hours recorded in the accounting service.
Green has been Creston Water Works general manager since April 1981. In accordance with his current contract, he's entitled to five weeks of vacation on his April anniversary date each year.
However, his contract does not include any language allowing him to carry over his vacation balance or to receive a payment in lieu of taking his vacation. All staff at the water water department must use their vacation in one year or lose it — unless otherwise approved by the water board.
That being stated, the audit reveals Green was carrying over his vacation time each year, and there were 19 instances between 2005 and 2012 whereby Green's payroll check included vacation payout. Those instances totaled $30,313.15 in unauthorized vacation payouts and FICA contributions.
The audit showed there was only one instance in March 2011 whereby the board approved a motion allowing Green a pay out on a portion of his vacation.
Meal reimbursements
The audit also found $3,223.68 of prescription and meal reimbursements from petty cash. The water works maintains a petty cash fund to reimburse employees who pay for postage for water sample testing. The fund is also used to reimburse employees for prescription co-payments and meals.
Green had 97 reimbursements totaling $1,846.41 for food claimed by Green for travel or meetings with staff. Some of the receipts had notations on them indicating meals were purchased for individuals employed by Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Southern Iowa Rural Water Association (SIRWA).
However, auditors in this investigation state SIRWA officials told them, they never accepted an invitation from Green to go to lunch. Auditors also concluded there were instances where the amount paid for the meal would not cover the cost for multiple people to have lunch.
Auditors in this investigation also noted it's not reasonable for the Water Works to purchase meals for the DNR and FEMA employees as it is likely their organizations pay for their meals when they travel to Creston.
Green was also paid out of petty cash for gas ($160.68), conference and meeting related expenses ($1,080.96), cab fees for a conference in Chicago ($81.85) and miscellaneous items not identified based on the supporting documentation attached ($86.73)
The audit also found $1,135 in estimated improper fuel charges.
Green was placed on paid administrative leave on Nov. 16, 2012. That day a search warrant was executed on Green's garages and a Honda generator, pressure washer and two ladders were located.
All three items were later identified to be the property of Creston Water Works.
Then, on Nov. 17, 2012, Green contacted a Water Works staff person and asked that person to meet him at his garage so he could give him a rake and shovel that belonged to Creston Water Works.
When Green opened his garage, the two of them proceeded to load the staff member's truck with four rakes, a shovel, push broom, bag of grass seed, various hand tools and a set of overalls. Total, equipment purchased by Waters Works found in Green's garages totaled $2,317.27.
Other concerns
Among other allegations, it was brought to the attention of the auditors in this investigation Green periodically asked staff members to work on personal projects for him during normal business hours.
Also, Green stored personal items at the distribution center. Photos taken by staff show his boats being stored at the distribution center garage. Other personal items stored included a boat propeller, bathroom counter top, bicycle, pallets of bricks, mulch, fishing lures, etc.
Water board fails
The auditor's report frankly states the water board failed to exercise proper fiduciary oversight. Members of the water board — when Green was placed on administrative leave — were President Dennis Bailey, Ken Sharp, Lee McNichols, Bill Stuart and Cathy Dryden.
The report states the board failed to periodically review payroll information. If the board had, it would have identified Green's unauthorized payout of vacation. They would have also determined Green was carrying over vacation hours in violation of Water Works' policy.
Most importantly, the report scolds the water board for placing Green on paid administrative leave instead of placing him on unpaid leave and allowing him to use his vacation balance. As a result, Water Works has paid Green a total of $78,385.41 over seven months.
(The report also notes, after being placed on administrative leave, Green requested the board reinstate him and he would then immediately resign under the terms of his contract. The board never acted on his request, subsequently paying Green more than $78,000.)
Worse news
Green's contract signed by the board in December 2011 had an extra clause stating "upon the manager's termination, death, retirement or resignation, the manager's accumulated sick leave and vacation hours can be converted to wage equal to the wage at the time of separation and be used for reimbursement by payment or payment of annual insurance premiums at the discretion of the manager. The insurance provided will be equal to what is stated in this agreement for the manager and/or his spouse."
The board members interviewed in this audit believe Green himself added this clause to his contract because he was planning to retire during the end of the current three-year contract.
However, no other Water Works employees have this clause in their contract or are entitled to use their sick leave and vacation to pay for insurance.
Green was terminated Friday by the water board. But, because the board approved the contract with this clause, Water Works may be required to pay up to $54,891.20 for insurance premiums for Green even though he's been terminated.
Criminal charges
Union County Attorney Tim Kenyon could not be reached this morning. He's currently on vacation. It will be up to Kenyon to determine whether criminal charges will be filed against Green.


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New AN Homepage is up
Okay folks, we've gone live with the revamped and much improved homepage for AnimationNation.com.
It's been a long time coming, and we've made the transition to a whole new way of doing things.
We've cleaned up a lot of the links and banners that were there previously which cluttered and overwhelmed the page.
The centerpiece of the homepage is now a blog that can feature text, graphics and video.
We'll be able to take content that would normally be published only on the forums and prominently feature it on the homepage, with links back to the forum topic or to anyplace else that would be appropriate.
As new topics are featured, the older ones will gradually make their way down the page as would happen with a blog, and be archived as our content base grows.
This is a huge accomplishment for us as we've been experimenting with the right formula for AN's homepage for a very long time. For years I've been looking for a way of making effective use of the homepage, and now I think we have a system that will work out great.
Follow this link to see what I'm referring to:
This will allow us to make use of the site in ways we couldn't have done before. Prior to this, our visitors had to click about three times to get to a topic on the forums. Now we can bring subjects directly to the homepage with numerous other links to the forums that can bring visitors directly to a topic.
I hope you like it, I sure do. Adrian (Skynet) Foster, our webmaster did a great job on this. We're both very excited about the prospects of the new AN and how we'll be able to develop it further for the benefit of the community.
This is going to be a lot of fun.
Thanks for continuing to make AnimationNation a part of your Internet experience friends. We have a great legacy and we're committed to keep it going. This new system will give us the tools to do just that.
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I love the new format of the home page Charles and Adrian. Great work guys! I look forward to visiting more frequently and browsing with ease.
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That looks really good Charles.
So much so, I put a nice fat link to it on my own blog.
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Thanks Dave and Sageous. I'm happy about this, and I can see the difference its making after just one day.
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Someone mentioned today that now when they head to the homepage, they never know what to expect. There's new things to get into during the course of the day.
The difference the new homepage is making has been immediate. There's additional traffic we're getting, plus visitors are staying on the page longer. The forum topics we link to from the homepage are getting the benefit of more views as well.
I'd say the best thing about this is that there's a venue that we can develop in conjunction with the forums. There's a new vitality to the site, and even though it's been less than three days since we've launched the new homepage, it's very noticeable.
Skynet's working on things, tweaking it here and there, adding new features and making adjustments. This will be an ongoing process as we continue to build out and refine AN.
If you haven't seen the homepage yet, check it out...
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Something interesting happened today. For the first time that I can remember, the homepage got more unique visitors than the forums, and the forums had a good day.
For a long while I was looking for some way of developing the homepage to its potential, and I think we may have found the solution.
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We're wrapping up the third full week of the new homepage and the change it's making around here is very noticeable. To the point where I'm rethinking the nature of the site.
At one point today the amount of visitors we had on the homepage was more than double compared to the forums. The gap was closed as the day progressed, but the homepage still outdid the forums in terms of unique visitors as well as overall visits. The difference in the later was significant.
I better understand now how animation sites that are set up like blogs become successful in terms of traffic.
We don't have a comment option on the homepage and we're getting more traffic than the forums. I'm wondering if that aspect of AN which has traditionally been the foundation of the site is better suited to function in a support capacity for the homepage.
Also, and this I find very intriguing, is that we're getting more views/hits on some homepage topics than we're getting on the forums for the same topic that is linked to the homepage. Interesting.
Maybe the homepage should be given even more consideration than before. I was looking to help drive additional traffic to the forums, but it appears that it's kind of working out the other way around.
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We're getting consistently better traffic on AN's homepage now that we've made a switch to a blog style format. In addition to the forums, it's really making a difference in the way I personally see the site and the things we can do with it now that we have an another editorial option in a high profile manner.
I'm looking to promote our members as well as focus a stronger spotlight on industry issues, and this looks to be the ticket.
Check out how the new AN homepage is shaping up...
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If you haven't seen AN's new homepage yet, check it out.
I'm using it to feature key topics from the forums. We're getting at least as many and on some days even more visitors than the forums, which hasn't necessarily been the case up until recently when we switched the homepage to a blog format.
Also, the topics we feature on the homepage are getting a lot more views than what we would normally see on the forums, which is to be expected since they're in more of a high profile venue.
Looks like we've finally got a homepage formula that's working comprehensively for the site.
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Go AN homepage, go!
Now that we're approaching two months of the new homepage format, it's more than obvious that this is a winner. After depending exclusively upon the forums for editorial content for years, AN's new homepage is handily beating the forums for unique traffic on a daily basis.
Skynet has incorporated significant upgrades into AN and as such we're able to bring the site up to a new level of technical efficiency, which will allow us to develop both the homepage and the forums even more.
I can see how blog based sites become popular. It's an easy way to deliver content directly to an Internet audience, and a blog format gives developers a lot of flexibility and options.
It's as if we have two distinct areas of the site now that can both service each other. There's the forums for previewing content, and the homepage for spotlighting subjects that warrant more focused attention. In turn, the homepage can feed traffic to the forum topic as well as send it to other sites.
And the more content we feature on the homepage, the more traffic it draws. Google seems to like us as well. It appears that just about every topic we feature on the homepage, it gets a first page listing on a Google search.
This is great. We can do a lot more good than we could before. There's going to be more upgrades later this week that will help attract even more visitors to the homepage.
If you haven't seen the new homepage yet check out how it's coming along.
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Latest upgrade to the homepage, tabs for sharing content on a variety of social networks.
The homepage is doing so well, we're considering opening the topics to comments.
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Tonga scored four tries on Saturday to beat Japan 27-17 in the opening match of the Pacific Nations Cup at Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium in Yokohama.
Two early tries by Fetu'u Vainikolo and a kick by Fangatapu Apikotoa saw Tonga take a 12-0 lead.
Takeshi Kizu ran in a try in the 20th minute to give the hosts some life but a try by Will Helu and a penalty and conversion by Apikotoa allowed Tongo to head into the break with a 22-5 lead.
Male Sa'u scored Japan's second try a minute after the break but Eddie Aholelei grabbed Tonga's fourth minutes later to complete the scoring for the visitors.
Hendrik Tui scored Japan's third try in the 62nd minute, converted by Ayumu Goromaru, but Tonga's defense maintained the 10-point lead.


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Glasstire contributors offer up their picks for Fall 2012! AUSTIN Emily Roysdon: Pause Pose Discompose Visual Arts Center September 21 – December 8, 2012 Super […]
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By Bill Davenport on December 17, 2011
Since 1991, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's Monument to the Last Horse has stood at the center of the Chinati collection, a bit of […]
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Trip Report - Tokyo Part 2 (Tsukiji, Konaya, En, Jean Francois, Pierre Herme, Butagumi, Takazawa)
Day 2 -
Early morning at Tsukiji. We weren't motivated to wait on line for sushi after yesterday's meal at Sawada, so we just got a rice bowl topped with tuna, uni and ikura at random place near the inner market that was filled with Japanese people. Was tasty.
Konaya - Curry udon from chain restaurant. We went to the one near our hotel in Shiodome. I got shrimp tempura, my husband got one with fried tofu and scallions. We really enjoyed it, would recommend for an affordable lunch.
En - Maybe we ordered wrong, since we weren't in the mood for any raw fish? Anyways our meal here was very average. We had cooked food (pork and yuba hotpot, egpplant, some kind of fried seafood cake, braised fish). Decor and view were lovely, and our server was very nice.
Day 3-
Omotesando station - Amazing puff/bun stuffed with whipped cream from a stall in the station (Something with an "H" - Hitori? Hirota?). Croissant and breads from Jean Francois in food court were good but not great - maybe we got there at an off time when they weren't as fresh.
Pierre Herme - We love PH so went in Omotesando and then again in Shinjuku. Our favorites were the hazelnut/asparagus, orange/carrot and vanilla/basil, which were unreal. Also had a macaron/ice cream sandwich which I thought was just ok, but my husband loved.
Butagumi - Wandered here for lunch. Unfortunately, they did not have the Iberico which everyone talks about. I got the Tokyo X (fatty) and my husband got the premium lean one. His was very tasty but honestly mine didn't have that much flavor. This was good but next time we would probably just go to a cheaper joint for tonkatsu.
Takazawa - I enjoyed this a lot but thought it was the tiniest bit over-priced/overrated. My husband vehemently disagreed, this might have been his favorite of the trip. We did have some wines (not a full tasting), and it looked like they also added some kind of service charge and tax above the fixed menu price. It ended up being significantly more expensive than any of our other meals. Takazawa recently took a trip to Mexico and some of the courses were inspired by his trip (we really enjoyed the Mexican-inspired courses). He and his wife were very friendly and charming as well, and eager to talk about food and restaurants. Since there's been some discussion on this board about changes to the menu, here's what we had (many items had dates of creation listed on the menu, so I'll list them here as well):
Amuse - Jellied drink of melon and prosciutto. Ikura with salmon and rice. "Grand canyon" chip made our of scallop and other seafood/vegetables. Oyster with lemon foam.
Ratatouille (2005) - Mosaic of tiny vegetables. Tasty little bite.
Vegetable parfait (2011) - Vegetables layered in a champage glass with tomato gazpacho, tomato water, caviar, edible flowers. I think some kind of parmesan cream?
Bouillabaisse with beer (NEW) - Deconstructed. Platter of cold seafood from Hokkaido with small glass of jellied seafood consomme (the "beer").
Powdery dressing (2006) - Matsutake, mackerel and pumpkin topped with a powder that turned into dressing. Dressing tasted like your basic olive oil and balsamic.
BIEI salad (NEW) - Various raw and grilled vegetables, sauce that was like a romesco but with blue cheese added, olive tapenade, edamame tofu.
Candleholder (2007) - Foie gras brulee with mango compote and rosemary. Delicious.
Breakfast at Takazawa (2008) - Poached egg with white truffle and fried potatoes. Egg was a little hard-cooked but otherwise very tasty.
Reds (NEW) - Dish inspired by trip to Mexico. Amadai with tomtato salsa, jalapeno, and variety of "red" sauces on the side. This was lovely.
Inspiration from Mexico (NEW) - Another dish inspired by Mexico. Pigeon cooked in mole accompanied by skewer of pigeon innards and corn taco.
Bellini (NEW) - Plum sorbet with peach and plum foam.
Carbonara (2010) - Pineapple and apple slices, coconut ice cream. I wasn't wowed by this.
Mignardise - Western-style mignardise with Japanese flavors. Very delicious.
There was also a bread course with delicious bread with edamame in it, served with pork rillete.
Again, the food was great, but I am reviewing it overall in light of the price and genre of food as well. I don't think, for example, that Takazawa was better than a meal at Per Se, and a few of the dishes felt a tiny bit outdated (again, compared to other restaurants in this category all over the world). Having said that, the food was delicious and we loved the space, so I would still recommend with the caveat that it is very expensive.
See my replies to this post (below) for pics.
re: The Cookbook Addict
Konaya, Pierre Herme, Butagumi:
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re: The Cookbook Addict
Your reports are so fantastic! And the pictures are great, too.
May I ask what the bill with the new charges was at Takazawa? No worries if that is too intrusive a question. I'm trying to plan something special for my husband's birthday and I keep thinking this is a place he'd really like. But it's gonna take me some doing to save up my yen! Just wondering what my target should be.
Again, thanks for all your reports!
re: tokyopix
Hey tokyopix, glad you enjoyed the reports! I don't remember exactly how much it was -- but I think with wines (including champagne at the beginning and a few Japanese wines during the meal), and the added charges, the bill was over 80,000.
We're already trying to figure how we will be able to afford another trip to Japan...
re: The Cookbook Addict
Ouch! Well, he threw down for Robuchon so I guess that's in line. Thanks for the info. I'm using your reports to assist a visitor from the US right now. I think we owe you our modest guest room in Azabu Juban for your next trip!!
Great report. Have to agree with your impression of En. In my opinion it gets far too much praise on these boards and English language restaurant websites, which means that visitors make it a destination, when it really is just a moderately good izakaya chain. The benefit for non-Japanese speakers is the English menu and convenient locations, but there really are better izakaya options for English speaking travelers - Nakamura, for example.
re: wekabeka
Hey Wekabeka, yeah I kinda wish we had worried less about places with an English menu and gone to some more interesting izakayas and casual spots. When we did wind up in a place with no English menu, we always managed. Next trip...
re: wekabeka
Nakamura is quite a bit more expensive than En.
re: Robb S
Thanks, Robb, that's a fair point. En was definitely one of our most affordable dinners, and the place was gorgeous. I also think we ordered badly.
re: wekabeka
Wekabeka, very much with you on En. Perfectly fine izakaya, user-friendly etc, but weirdly overrated. It's just a decent izakaya.
re: Asomaniac
Lunch in Tokyo are very affordable, but dinners less.. Good Izakayas, a bit upscale, are typically double the price of an Izakaya En. Cheaper ones will have limits for drink time that I can't understand !!! I have had diner last year at Izakaya En, it cost me less than 3500yens, including some seasonal dishes of 'chiayu' tempura... I have to take more notes on the specialty to taste, so I would be able to provide more comments ...
How much was your tonkatsu set at Butagumi ? Myself, I eat tonkatsu only 1-2 times a year. In my opinion, at cheap tonkatsu, the meat is sometimes dry, so I now always chose thick cuts. Iberiko pork seems too fat to fry, Mangalitsa Hungarian pork will be my next choice when I go.
Crème brulee made of sweet potatoe pieces is not that tasty, sweet potatoe and sweet heavy cream brulée have no contrast… and I have to admit I am not a big fan of crème brulee. The 'daigaku imo(sweet potatoe fried with syrop)' is a classic dessert for students. I enjoyed the new version, slightly iced, with cube of different potatoes (different color, different sweetness)!!
re: Ninisix
Ninisix, I think the Tokyo X at Butagumi was about 5,000 yen for lunch? Wish I remembered what my husband got, it was much tastier.
Would definitely be interested to hear about the seasonal specials people have enjoyed at En, I wonder if part of the problem was that the English menu doesn't have those specials listed?
re: The Cookbook Addict
Seasonal menu changes every month, and except for some nuances, is the same menu in English. Usually the seasonal menu is different from the main menu!
re: jmatt
As a long-time New Yorker, I would be thrilled to hear about where I could find any of the following in NYC:
(i) a breakfast that includes a copious amount of high quality uni
(ii) Pierre Herme macarons (NYC macarons are not comparable to PH, sorry)
(iii) curry udon as good or better than Konaya
(iv) a counter restaurant serving unpretentious kaiseki based on greens and herbs foraged by the chef in nearby mountains (Nakahigashi)
(v) egg yolks marinated in sake for 3 years (Mitsuyasu)
(vi) subway station vendor serving exceptional cream puffs filled freshly whipped cream.
Alternatively, jmatt, perhaps you could list some of you favorite typical izakayas in Tokyo and Kyoto that the average Japanese would eat at, that you would recommend to first-time visitors to Japan? Such a list would be very helpful to people consulting this board to get information for planning future trips.
re: The Cookbook Addict
Haha, nice. You can't mess with a New Yorker- native or transplanted...Think you've done a great job of planning, executing, and documenting your Japanese culinary adventure. Cheers!


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Lady Bucs make it two straight with win at Wofford, 70-65
Monday, January 27, 2003SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Jan. 27, 2003) - East Tennessee State's women's basketball team snapped a six game winless streak on the road with a 70-65 victory at Wofford Monday night.
Wofford (4-14, 1-8) took a 65-64 lead on a Brie Bradshaw free throw with two minutes to play. Just four seconds later, East Tennessee State (6-12, 3-6 SoCon) gained a one-point advantage as Misty Copas (Kingsport, Tenn.) sank a layup. The Lady Terriers missed a pair of 3 pointers during their two ensuing possessions, and sent Tiffani Mayes (Sumter, S.C.) to the line with 17 seconds remaining in an attempt to regain the ball. Mayes converted both free throws for a 68-65 lead. Kiya Verdell (Hartwell, Ga.) hit two free throws with one second left to give East Tennessee State its 70-65 final margin.
The lead changed hands 19 times in the course of the exciting contest, and neither team saw an advantage of more than seven points. The Lady Bucs had a 37-35 halftime advantage.
Verdell led East Tennessee State by tallying her second double-double of the season. She scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the contest. Mayes added 11 points, three blocks and seven boards, while Lauren Trantham (Asheville, N.C.) had eight points, 11 rebounds and three blocks for the Lady Bucs.
East Tennessee State continues its road swing Saturday with a 7 p.m. game at Southern Conference leading Chattanooga.


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