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Wow that picture of all the whities is shocking especially when the even is south of Downtown. jeez.
I was at the Pier 66 fund raising event at 6:30pm. I'm black and I was more surprised to see more blacks at that event than what you probably saw at the Showbox. The crowd was probably 150-200 people. I was able to "hug the rope" a few minutes before he came out and get some close up photos, a hand shake, and say a few words to him. If you guys want some photos, I can post them somewhere or e-mail them to you.
@2: Sure, post them in our Stranger Flickr pool and let me know they're there. Or email me some jpegs. My address is easy find. Thanks!
No new ground broken in his speech tonight, but Obama was confident, charming, and sure in his words. The turn-out at Showbox Sodo was impressive, particularly given the high ticket price and relatively late-in-the-game announcement of the event.
I'm always particularly inspired by the conversations that take place after the big speech at events like this. Tonight was no different. It is good to feel optimistic about politics, even if, at the end of the day, it is just a race between the lesser of evils.
And, god damn, there was a lot of security.
Is Obama this generation's FDR? 'Cause that is what we desperately need right now....
Why can't Obama be President?
Aside from the obvious "Scandinavians for Obama" vibe those pics provide, I wonder WHY the crowd was so white?
* Poor GOTV among blacks/minorities by Team Obama?
* The venue ("white folks' place")?
* Blacks support Hillary?
* NW White Guilt/Lib Enchantment for the Underdog?
I honestly would be interested to know -- anyone have something remotely fact-based to explain this?
There just aren't a lot of middle-class African-Americans in Seattle? That's pretty well-known. (Almost Live used to do funny bits about that back in the early '90s.)
Also, isn't Iowa next to Illinois, which has a large African-American population? Maybe they came by. I dunno.
According to the State Data Center of Iowa, there are only 67,000 African-Americans in the state, which has about 3 million people. (2007 numbers) In Washington, there are 202,286 out of 4 million. (2005 numbers)
Also, isn't Iowa next to Illinois, which has a large African-American population? Maybe they came by. I dunno.
If anyone was coming from Illinois, they would've gone to the event in Cedar Rapids.
why is the word "diversity" always used as code for "black people." Does this mean a crowd comprised of whites and asians does not count as diverse?
Maybe the $100 price tag had something to do with it. Maybe the fact that we won't be doing anything for months keeps less insane people anyway from these events. If the room was 80% black what would your comment be then? Why won't white Seattle support a black?
Another Inane Eli Sanders Presidential Politics Post. Ugh.
Figured out who Greg Palast is yet?
Re: percentage of white vs. blacks in the audience.
First, the event in Iowa was free. It was a pep rally, a get out the vote rally, not a fundraiser. And it had Oprah. And although you don't mention it in your article, other press has said that people traveled from as far away as Florida to attend the Oprah/Obama show. A lot of the out-of-staters were black.
The Seattle stop was a fundraiser. The $100 ticket price probably stopped a lot of black people from coming. We may have a higher percentage of blacks in Seattle than in Des Moines, but they aren't necessarily any more able to afford the $100 ticket.
Whitey has $100, film at eleven.
Bareback Osama- I taste VOMIT!!!!
Bleachegh(spewing chunks)!!!
@ 12 (DOUG) -- Why the slam on Eli? Did he pee in your cornflakes?
I take issue with your terms "another" and "inane." Let's take them one at a time, shall we:
ANOTHER -- This bespeaks the fact that Eli has posted regularly on the topic. How is this bad? Personally, I appreciate the fact that someone with Eli's intelligence and wit has elected (pun!!!) to cover the presidential horse race. So the fact that we see regular posts from Eli is no cause for alarm -- please sit back and take a few deep breaths. Which brings us to...
INANE -- Let's see...a link to the speech; insights into context of other Obama events in other locales; a focus on the dynamics of diversity within the Obama movement...what's inane about this? I see more pat cliches and lazy intellectual postulations in the main stream press -- I'm glad to have Eli, Josh and others that give the insights I cannot get anywhere else.
So unless you're able and willing to haul your keyster around the cornfields of Iowa -- let alone the backwaters of our own state -- give Eli a break and offer your views instead of your cheap insults.
I guarentee you that if Bareback O gets the Democrat nomination I'm voting REPUBLICAN- and I am a Democrat. I also predict that if BAREBACK O wins the Democratic nomination it will be another four years of Republicans in the white house... Mark my words Nig-Nog lovers- choose your course wisely.
@ 17 -- I'm telling mom!!!
@17: Thanks for the insight, you racist piece of shit.
Obama aint gonna win because the White South will never vote for him and the Clintons own Cali and NY.
My wife and I went last night and both of us were lucky enough to shake hands with Barack Obama and have a up front spot to watch.
I think the room reflected the Seattle population of folks that are comfortable with the Internet as a political communication tool.
We found out about this event via the Barack Obama web site and have been keeping on top of campaign events that way. The $100 price tag and way it was communicated are what I think contributed to the audience "diversity".
The event at Bell Harbor was not on the web site and, from what I can tell, not open to the public. I am guessing that however invitees were selected/communicated with for that event is what deteremined the makup of the folks attending.
So.....no Ron Sims. No Rev. McKinney. No Eric Pettigrew. No James Kelley. No Norm Rice. No John Lovick. No Dawn Mason. No Richard McGiver. No attempt to communicate through Black churches.
Obama is very upscale and Harvard-y, is he not?
#13 is right. Eli's flip post about photos "lying" seems irresponsible and lazy. The events were different, it's not news that Seattle doesn't have a lot of middle-class blacks, and there's no proof that they would be upset to hear that.
If it makes anyone feel better since we Seattlelites are apparently upset, there was a huge contigent of African-American leadership at Obama's appearance at Benaroya Hall last year. Longtime local African-American leader Tony Orange was inciting the crowd to chant for his presidency, in which the mixed crowd happily complied.
unPC - Norm Rice was there and did the Intro.
#14 for the win
i find all the urban elitist hand-wringing about the alleged lack of "diversity" [apparently the current PC term for "black people"] in the state of iowa extremely entertaining. this has been a hot back burner topic in the comments section for the past couple months. more, please.
These comment threads are almost always so disheartening. Today is no exception to that rule.
Eli, thanks for posting the audio link.
Looked pretty diverse to me. Considering our population and the location of the event.
Who cares what Iowa looks like ... I don't.
You guys are so 20th century in your thining
What the fuck is a "nig-nog"?
Never mind, I think I'd rather remain ignorant of its etymology.
29 - i think it's some sort of holiday-related beverage.
It's racist and stupid. That's all you need to know. And, uh, it should be removed.
Brandon @26, please try to read. The subject of any perceived "handwringing" in this thread is the lack of diversity at the SEATTLE event, not in Iowa. People are saying that the Obama event in Iowa was MORE diverse than the one in Seattle.
The rest of your comment makes no sense except as a contrived excuse to attempt to bait people about "diversity" -- was that you @10, too?
no, david, just me @ 26 and 30.
my point is that there appears to be a few tacit assumptions running through a lot of the comments, in this thread and elsewhere, re: iowa and giving "rural white people" the first crack at deciding the candidates:
1] the political interests of non-rural and/or non-white people are more important
2] the political interests of rural white people are drastically different than anyone elses
3] the only people in iowa are rural white people
and, implicitly...
4] rural white people are dumb
i grew up in a very rural, very white area, and i can assure you - none of these suppositions are necessarily true.
i was responding more directly to eli's comment about how "seattlites may not want to hear this," and other comments i've read on slog in the past few months that i find rather ignorant. so if it appears i'm coming from left field with this, well, i guess i kinda am.
personally, i find it rather disheartening that in 2007, people still think "diversity" is something you can glean from a photograph. or that the "flyover states" are an oasis of dumb, ambiguously white people, and seeing such photographs could be some sort of watershed moment where everyone's impression of middle america suddenly changes.
sorry, not trying to bait anyone. just calling it as i see it. again, not just from this thread, but a general impression i've gotten over the past few months. when people feel compelled to cite census data, or come up with explanations as to why there weren't as many black people at the seattle event as there could have been, in a word: disheartening. not sure if this is what kerri harrop had in mind, but the word sums up my impression.
it's just the Stranger staff isn't that diverse, brandon, so they're touchy about this.
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Published: Monday, January 26, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 9:53 p.m.
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The Henderson County Fire Commission reported the following alarms between noon Saturday and noon Sunday:
Blue Ridge, emergency, no address listed, 1:40 a.m.; brush fire, 2708 Kanuga Road, 3:27 p.m.; emergency, no address listed, 4:13 p.m.; emergency, no address listed, 7:45 p.m.; structure fire, 90 Italy Lane, 11:20 p.m.
Dana, structure fire, 90 Italy Lane, 11:24 p.m.
Edneyville, structure fire, 90 Italy Lane, 11:20 p.m.
Green River, brush fire, 2708 Kanuga Road, 3:36 p.m.; respiratory distress, no address listed, 11:32 p.m.
Etowah-Horse Shoe, assist invalid, no address listed, 12:59 a.m.; emergency, no address listed, 9 a.m. emergency, no address listed, 11:10 a.m.; victim down, no address listed, 2:27 p.m.; brush fire, 2708 Kanuga Road, 3:30 p.m.; mental patient, no address listed, 4:49 p.m.
Fletcher, overdose, no address listed, 12:33 a.m.; auto accident, I-26 WB, 6:15 a.m.
Mills River, auto accident, Old Fanning Bridge Road, 3:46 p.m.; smoke investigation, Old Turnpike Road, 4:19 p.m.
Mountain Home, all other call, Mountain Road/Haywood Road, 12:24 p.m.; all other, North Rugby Road/Haywood Road, 12:25 p.m.; victim down, 3:17 p.m.; heart attack, no address listed, 7:16 p.m.; structure fire, 90 Italy lane, 11:20 p.m.
Saluda, respiratory distress, no address listed, 7:30 p.m.; emergency, no address listed, 10:56 p.m.
Valley Hill, emergency, no address listed, 11:14 a.m.; brush fire, 2708 Kanuga Road, 3:09 p.m.; brush fire, 81 Beaumont Dr., 11:12 p.m.
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Domestic call, Highland View Court, 7:20 p.m.
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Security check, Main Street, 5:09 a.m.
Security check, Seventh Avenue East, 5:13 a.m.
Accident, property damage, U.S. 176, 2:01 p.m.
Accident, property damage, Henderson Crossing, 7:08 p.m.
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Disturbance, Planters Creek Road, 1:10 a.m.
Disturbance, 41 Farington Circle, 1:39 a.m.
Noise disturbance, Planters Creek Road, 3:12 a.m.
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Traffic stop, U.S. 25 North/Woodhill Drive, 1:38 p.m.
Other investigation, Truck Stop, 2:15 p.m.
Vandalism, 27 Sunflower Lane, 2:33 p.m.
Stranded vehicle, Hendersonville Road, 2:52 p.m.
Suspicious person, 105 Meadow Pathway Dr., 3:13 p.m.
Extra security, 445 Clover Dr., 7:03 p.m.
Domestic, 196 Underwood Road, 8:07 p.m.
Extra security, South Chase Subdivision, 8:57 p.m.
Other investigation, 2 Southchase Dr., 9:31 p.m.
Domestic call, 5 Andrew Way, 11 p.m.
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He said Benoit's 43-year-old wife, Nancy, was killed Friday in an upstairs family room, and her feet and wrists were bound and there was blood under her head, indicating a possible struggle. Daniel, age 7, was probably killed late Saturday or early Sunday, and his body was found in his bed, the district attorney said.
Benoit, 40, apparently hanged himself hours later, Ballard said. His body was found in a downstairs weight room hanging from the pulley of a piece of exercise equipment. Authorities said Benoit placed a Bible next to each of their bodies before killing himself.
World Wrestling Entertainment, based in Stamford, Conn., issued a statement Tuesday saying steroids "were not and could not be related to the cause of death."
"The physical findings announced by authorities indicate deliberation, not rage," the company said, adding that Benoit tested negative April 10, the last time he was tested for drugs.
The WWE instituted a new and supposedly tougher drug policy just last year after the death of another wrestler was linked to steroid use, reported CBS News national correspondent Byron Pitts.
Instead, the WWE said Benoit told co-workers his wife and son had food poisoning and were throwing up.
Authorities offered no motive for the killings, which were spread out over the weekend and discovered Monday. No suicide note was found.
On Saturday, Benoit called a co-worker to say he had missed a flight and would be late for a wrestling event in Texas, WWE said in a timeline posted Tuesday on its Web site. The co-worker said Benoit sounded tired and groggy and said "I love you," which the co-worker found "out of context," WWE said.
When a co-worker who usually travels with Benoit called him later from the Houston airport, Benoit told the co-worker his wife, Nancy, was throwing up blood and that his son, Daniel, also was throwing up. Benoit said he thought it was food poisoning, according to WWE.
After Benoit talked to a WWE Talent Relations representative, the representative suggested Benoit try to make it to a pay-per-view event in Houston since he would not be able to make it to the live event in Beaumont, Texas.
But early Sunday, two co-workers received a series of text messages from the cell phones of Benoit and his wife. Most stated his home address in Fayetteville, about 20 miles south of Atlanta. One message from Benoit's phone said: "The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open," according to WWE.
The text messages led WWE to ask authorities to check on Benoit and his family.
Ballard said the messages appeared to be an attempt by Benoit to get someone to the home to find the bodies after his suicide.
The prosecutor said it appeared the wrestler remained in the house for up to a day with the bodies.
The boy had old needle marks in his arms, Ballard said. He said he had been told the parents considered him undersized and had given him growth hormones.
"The boy was very small, even dwarfed," Ballard said.
Toxicology test results may not be available for weeks or even months, Ballard said. As for whether steroids played a role in the crime, he said: "We don't know yet. That's one of the things we'll be looking at."
Benoit received drug deliveries from a Florida business that sold steroids, human growth hormone and testosterone on the Internet, according to the Albany County, N.Y., District Attorney's Office, which is investigating the business, MedXLife.com.
Six people, including two of the pharmacy's owners, have pleaded guilty in the investigation, and 20 more have been arrested, including doctors and pharmacists.
Steroids have been linked to the deaths of several professional wrestlers in recent years. Eddie Guerrero, one of Benoit's best friends, died in 2005 from heart failure linked to long-term steroid use.
The father of Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig blamed steroids and painkillers for Hennig's drug overdose death in 2003. Davey Boy Smith, the "British Bulldog," died in 2002 from heart failure that a coroner said was probably caused by steroids.
Steroids Found In Dead Wrestler's Home
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Yeti Turbo Ambassador Chris Van Dine blowing a bunch of Mexican's minds!
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Cool idea for a thread, Krispy. That shot of you destroying the berm on your 95 is ridiculous!
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You feel like a dumbass? I'm the one that rolled that section like a puss, I did end up in the ER all night with a sacroiliac injury, hurts but not as much as looking like a boob on that trail. That was fun, once I heal I will be back to do it justice. best news is there was no damage to the SB, I had them x ray it too just to be safe;)
I'm sorry, the Yeti forum is ONLY for geeking about bike builds, not actually riding bikes.
Or not. This is sick.
Apparently I was riding my SB95 too much this season to actually get many photos. Here are a few:
Bell Wasatch Enduro promo vid:
Bell Wasatch Enduro at Canyons Resorts - Hype Reel on Vimeo
Chasing GoPro/Ibis/POV maestro AWhiteford through some drops at Targhee:
Not an action shot, but two of my favorite new toys this season, in one of my favorite places on earth:
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this thread is full of win.
Some mid-December fun on the SB66c.
Some tongue action at Mt. Hood Enduro Finals and Hood River Enduro
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LAUDERHILL, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a Lauderhill woman whose 11-month-old daughter died in a condo fire this month is responsible for the child's death.
Sasheena Monique Reynolds was charged Tuesday with premeditated murder. The 26-year-old woman's baby died of smoke inhalation after the family's apartment was engulfed in flames on Dec. 1. Reynolds and her 2-year-old son were able to escape.
A State Fire Marshal's investigation found traces of gasoline in debris collected at the unit. Police say they believe arson was involved, and by extension, murder.
Police are not saying why Reynolds may have set fire to her unit, or how they believe she accomplished the arson.
Reynolds was being held without bail set.
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- 2 cups arugula, trimmed
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- 8 lamb chops
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The word comes from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, located at the tip of South America. The islands are divided between Chilean and Argentinean rule. The land is largely protected as national parks and reserves.
The Yaghan people are few and many of them are mestizos. The word mamihlapinatapai landed a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "most succinct word."
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Most everybody has seen the classic 1946 Frank Capra film, with Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey; Donna Reed as his long-suffering wife Mary; Lionel Barrymore as money-grubbing buzzard Henry Potter; Thomas Mitchell as weepy Uncle Billy and Henry Travis as 293-year-old Clarence the Guardian Angel (2nd Class) who saves George's life on Christmas eve.
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Through Jan. 5
Limelight Theatre's Gala: Tribute to Broadway
January. Barely two weeks into the year. Flagler College's Lewis Auditorium was the scene. Everyone was there — the entire population of First Coast theatre lovers, performers, and supporters, celebrities all. They'd come to celebrate St. Augustine's Limelight Theatre, clearly the region's most accomplished community theatre, in its 21st season. An extraordinary, unforgettable evening overflowing with song, dance, humor, and nostalgia.
St. Augustine Ballet's 5th Annual production of "The Nutcracker," a holiday favorite, is directed by Luis Abella, Artistic Director of Saint Augustine Ballet.
The ballet will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21-22 — four performances — in Flagler College's Lewis Auditorium, 14 Granada St.
The multi-generational cast of 77 performers includes student dancers, local celebrities and guest artists.
The student dancers represent 25 different schools and also includes numerous homeschoolers.
Update: An additional show has been added for "The Game's Afoot" at Limelight Theatre. See the mystery-comedy at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5. For reservations, call 904-825-1164.
Review: Limelight's uncompromising star quality marks Ken Ludwig's 'The Game's Afoot'
The veracity of a lesson I sometimes forget: "Never prejudge a show you are about to see" has been emphatically reinforced by the Flagler Playhouse production of "Annie Jr." — completing a two-weekend run.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13-14, and 2 p.m. Dec. 15 in Bunnell.
Ladies, ladies! Mark your calendars: Nov. 21-24. Four performances only, at City Repertory Theatre (CRT), in Palm Coast, of an absolutely must-see production of Nora and Delia Ephron's "Love, Loss and What I Wore" — a rare opportunity for women to share funny, poignant and universal memories (and for any man who wants a glimpse into how women think.)
Not all-comedy, the show often addresses sad, bitter, and sentimental issues. The play ran for over 1000 performances in its first New York run.
Don't be deceived — despite the fact that this intense drama — currently onstage at the Limelight's Koger-Gamache Studio Theatre through Nov. 24 — focuses on a precocious eight-year old girl, it is anything but childlike or simplistic. Just the opposite.
"The Bad Seed" by acclaimed American playwright Maxwell Anderson probes the psychiatric depths of inherited criminality. Shortlisted for the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, it lost out to "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
It's almost precisely a year to the day that First Coast Opera audiences thrilled to the voices of Janet Rabe-Meyer, Regina Torres, and the Paoletti's — baritone Karl and soprano Ronda — among others, in "Grand Voci" — selections Italian-style.
Seasoned theatergoers recognize Ken Ludwig's brand of madcap playwriting: Lots of doors a-slamming, edge-of-cliff panicky anxieties, bickering, breathless screaming, fainting, someone inevitably in a closet, mistaken identities ... but all happily resolved at the end to thunderous applause.
"Moon Over Buffalo," directed by Jean Rahner — now onstage at Flagler Playhouse, Bunnell, through Nov. 17 — is a perfect illustration, in the tradition of Ludwig's better-known "Lend me a Tenor."
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This will be HUGE if we don't score here
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and yes - I hate the Cardinals (Reds fan since 1958)
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I agree about Thom.
Saying this team struggles to play small ball is not negative. It's the obvious.
Just a little knock to RCF here, Rolen.
Rounding third and heading for home...
That's clutch creaminess.
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Everybody pretty much knows the hope springs eternal statistics, numbers from the past half-dozen NFL seasons, a recent history coaches and general managers recite by rote to convince even the shabbiest of rosters that the playoffs are a realistic possibility at the outset of any campaign.
Over the last six years, seven of the 12 teams that advanced to the Super Bowl were at .500 or below in the season preceding their championship game appearance, and eight did not qualify for the playoffs at all. Of the past six Super Bowl champions, four failed to participate in the postseason the year before claiming the Vince Lombardi trophy, and the two others were coming off campaigns in which they had been only wild-card teams.
Two of the last six champions won Super Bowl titles a year after posting a losing season.
So the popular perception, perpetuated in part by the media's persistence in trumpeting those numbers, is that everyone opens the season a Super Bowl contender, right? Alas, even with the history of one-year turnarounds, that is hardly the reality.
In fact, the guess here is that the 2004 season probably includes fewer possibilities for Cinderella status than did the last several years. Here's why: Of the seven teams since 1998 that advanced to a Super Bowl berth after non-winning seasons, just two, New England in 2001 and St. Louis in 1999, had fewer than seven victories in the year before their championship game appearance. The five others were coming off seasons spent in the NFL's parity universe, where almost everyone balances one game on either side of the .500 ledger, with between seven and nine wins.
There were only six franchises in 2003 in the seven- to nine-victory category. That is a significant number because it represents the smallest such subset since 1992, when there also were six teams with 7-9 wins. In 2002, for instance, there were 15 teams that won 7-9 games, and the average for the past six seasons is 11.3 such teams. From 1990 to 2002, the NFL norm was 10.7 franchises with seven, eight or nine victories.
So it would seem, using just raw numbers alone, that the litany of franchises capable of being transformed from pretenders to contenders in a quantum, one-year leap, is blunted. More so than in most recent seasons, it will not be surprising if the playoff field for 2004 is not significantly different than the 2003 postseason pool.
"Everyone just assumes now, because of what teams like us did [last year], that there is going to be kind of a rags-to-riches franchise every year," said Carolina Panthers safety Mike Minter. "That might not always be the case."
Indeed, the chic choice of many pundits as the sub-.500 team from '03 that might emerge as a playoff power this year is the Jacksonville Jaguars. We can't disagree with the notion that second-year coach Jack Del Rio has the Jaguars headed in the right direction, but feel the team might still be one year away from postseason viability.
Among some of the other most-cited teams that had losing seasons a year ago and could be headed for the playoffs this time around, we can't buy into Washington (meddlesome owner), Oakland (another meddlesome owner and plenty of guys on the wrong side of 30) or Tampa Bay (whatever geezers the Raiders don't employ, the Bucs do).
Pittsburgh and Buffalo, each 6-10 in 2003, are possibilities, provided the Steelers can stop the pass and the Bills can throw the ball better than a year ago. But the team we most favor as a candidate for mediocre-to-meteoric status in 2004 is the Saints. New Orleans is a perennial underachiever that, on paper, certainly features a roster rife with talent.
Yeah, we know that quarterback Aaron Brooks played even fewer snaps in preseason (28) than his celebrated cousin, Atlanta Falcons counterpart Michael Vick (29). And the Saints will go into the season with a rookie, Courtney Watson, as the starting middle linebacker. And, sure, New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis and coach Jim Haslett would still love to pry holdout Mike McKenzie away from Green Bay to address the concerns at the cornerback position.
So, for sure, there are a zillion puzzle pieces that would have to fall into place for New Orleans to advance to Super Bowl XXXIX. But, hey, wasn't that the case for most of the surprise Super Bowl entries over the last six seasons?
No one, not even Bill Belichick, knew in 2001 that Tom Brady could step into the lineup so successfully when Drew Bledsoe went down with a chest injury that season. Fans seem to forget that it was Rodney Peete, not the ascending Jake Delhomme, who opened the '03 season as the Carolina Panthers' starting quarterback. After Trent Green went down in the '99 preseason, quarterback Kurt Warner went from stocking grocery shelves to being the NFL's top-shelf performer, the most valuable player for the season and Super Bowl. An Atlanta franchise that never has produced consecutive winning seasons rode the wave of a miracle year, and the legs of tailback Jamal Anderson, in 1998.
"Talk to people in this locker room who have played for a Super Bowl team," said Saints tailback Deuce McAllister, "and they feel like we have Super Bowl-type talent here. The key for us is going to be consistency. We can't be up one week and then down the next. We have to get to a certain level and maintain it throughout. We definitely have players."
They also have -- and, please, oblige us another dose of numerology here -- key numbers aligned on their side.
Consider this: The average number of regular-season victories by the dozen teams that played in the past six Super Bowl games is 12.5. The average victory differential for those teams, from the season preceding their Super Bowl berth to the year they earned a spot in the title game, is 4.5. So if the numbers hold true to form, it is going to take a team that had eight wins in 2003 -- and New Orleans and Cincinnati were the lone .500 franchises in the NFL last year -- to advance to Super Bowl XXXIX.
Nothing against the Bengals, but stopping the run might be a bigger deficiency for coach Marvin Lewis' team this year than playing with a starting quarterback who didn't take a single snap in 2003.
The Saints, we realize, could well be renamed the Sinners, and it would be an apt change. But they have a lot of churches in The Big Easy, and a lot of fans praying this is the year all their supplications are finally answered.
Len Pasquarelli is a senior NFL writer at ESPN.com.


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Developing an Academic Career
1. What are the research and teaching qualifications for being hired in English for the tenure track in
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What are the research and teaching qualifications for being hired in English for the tenure track in an AA-granting department?
You need to look for teaching experience, even if only at the level of aide or tutor, in a two-year-college setting in order to show intent. Two-year colleges aren't looking for the market's rejects; they want to find people who want to teach two-year college students. The experience might also yield a letter of recommendation on two-year-college letterhead, which looks good. You need to have CVs and letters of recommendation aimed at two-year-college jobs. Emphasize the teaching rather than the dissertation. Do some research into the two-year colleges where you apply, to find out something about the system. Are they independent of the state universities? Are they primarily transfer institutions or vocational schools? You will need help finding where this information exists.
Melissa Kort
Department of English
Santa Rosa Junior College
Community colleges are looking first and foremost for committed teachers who have demonstrated skills in successful classroom instruction for adults. Typically, this means experience teaching lower-level college or university writing and literature courses, including tutoring in writing centers. Also of importance are flexibility and sensitivity to the needs of traditional students (recent high school graduates) and nontraditional students (who may be returning to the classroom after years of rich real-world experience but who have many other demands on their time and attention besides studying English). In the community college, research qualifications come a distant second to teaching, although a record of classroom research and publication on pedagogical issues and strategies would likely be viewed very positively.
Leslie Prast
Department of English
Delta College, Michigan
What are the research and teaching qualifications necessary for being hired in English for the tenure track in a BA-granting department?
Departments in BA-granting institutions tend to be small, so we don't have the luxury of hiring people whose research and teaching interests are narrowly defined or limited to one field or subfield. In my department, we look for candidates who are excited about what they do—about their research, about the possibility of teaching what they know best—and who are willing to teach courses outside their areas of specialization. We expect our new colleagues to contribute to general education by cheerfully teaching either college writing or one or both semesters of our core course, Culture and Society in the West. We look for applicants who have some teaching experience beyond their work as TAs. While we don't expect an extensive publication record, we do look for evidence of potential for excellence in scholarship, whether in the form of conference participation, published articles, or a dissertation abstract that jumps off the page. The single most off-putting question we were ever asked by a candidate at an MLA interview was, "What are the possibilities for research leaves in the first two years of an assistant professor's career at Purchase?" We were not interested in someone who clearly wanted to take off before she had even arrived.
Louise Yelin
Literature Board of Study
Purchase College
We don't speak of the "most impressive mind," "a first-rate intellect," we don't talk about "major coups," "aggressive appointments," or even about "rising stars." We talk about "a match." We talk about teaching English composition, about general education required courses, about contributing to our curriculum revision process, about adapting pedagogy to different learning styles, about group work, the writing process, contributing to grant proposals, working to train the best secondary school teachers we can.
"The Most of It: Hiring at a Nonelite College"
Nona Fienberg
Department of English
Keene State College
What are the research and teaching qualifications necessary for being hired in English for the tenure track in an MA-granting department?
Many institutions whose research and publication expectations were once relatively minimal are now more stringent, a change made possible in part by the competitiveness of the job market, and often those increased expectations are not matched by corresponding reductions in teaching loads. Still, the pressure to publish is usually not as intense at these institutions as it is at most research institutions. Many comprehensive universities, moreover, have somewhat broader definitions of what constitutes appropriate scholarly activity than major research universities do. We might value pedagogical research, for example, or the publication of an original and innovative textbook, whereas many research institutions rank that kind of work below other forms of scholarship. We might give more credit than some research institutions would for juried conference presentations—such as ones at MLA—that haven't yet seen print. If an excellent teacher can demonstrate that he or she is making steady progress on a book, a comprehensive university might allow a longer gestation period for that project than a research institution would. After all, our faculty members are teaching more students and grading more papers than colleagues at research institutions are, and they probably have fewer opportunities for released time. We might also more readily encourage engaging in nontraditional forms of scholarly activity or writing for popular, rather than strictly academic, audiences.
At job interviews, we might be more interested than research universities in hearing how candidates' scholarly interests inform their teaching of undergraduate courses or how candidates would envision working with undergraduates and MA students on research. Like other kinds of institutions, we'll want to know what balance of teaching and research candidates perceive to be appropriate in their careers. I'm not just talking here about a balance of time, though that's important. I'm thinking as well of questions like the following: How and why does research excite them? What kind of research most engages them? How crucial is it for them to have easy and immediate access to major research libraries? How important is it to them to teach advanced graduate seminars in their current areas of investigation? What kind of support do they need to carry out research programs that would satisfy them?
"What Is a Comprehensive University, and Do I Want to Work There?"
Marcia Dalbey
Department of English
Eastern Michigan University
What are the research and teaching qualifications necessary for being hired in English for the tenure track in a doctoral department?
Like most PhD departments, my department looks for applicants with the most promising scholarly projects. We like projects that are ambitious, well-conceived, and likely to have an influence in the field. If applicants have already published an article or two, it is easier for us to have confidence in their ability to bring their larger, book-length projects to fruition, but we do consider applicants who have not yet published. In such cases, it is especially important that applicants be able to describe their work in terms that suggest its potential even to people outside their fields. At the time of tenure, we expect a book or its equivalent.
We also expect all tenure candidates to demonstrate their effectiveness as teachers, and we might put more weight on this expectation than some other institutions do. Applicants to tenure-track positions must have prior teaching experience and must be able to write and talk about their experience in reflective ways. They should be able to write and talk about a few other courses in their fields that they would eventually like to teach. All faculty members at Miami teach regularly at all levels of our curriculum, so we look for potential colleagues who share our belief that teaching lower-level courses to nonmajors can be as rewarding as teaching upper-level courses to majors and graduate students.
Barry Chabot
Department of English
Miami University, Oxford
What are the research and teaching qualifications necessary for being hired in foreign language for the tenure track in an AA-granting department?
A candidate's research will have little influence on the selection committee unless it is applied research directly involving the academic area in which the applicant will be teaching. For example, a candidate applying for an ESL position should include and highlight research done on successful methodologies used in teaching English as a second language to adults. Or, if you are applying for a position to teach specific foreign language courses to English-speaking adults (business, for example), studies developed in this area would be impressive.
In my state, as in many others, a minimum of an MA degree in the academic subject is required for teaching community college courses. State certification also requires successful completion of a course on community colleges that is taught in all state universities and almost all colleges in Arizona. An applicant can teach for two years on a temporary certificate but at that point cannot continue teaching without finishing this required course. Find out the requirements for the state and the institution in which you would like to teach.
Teaching experience in the discipline is highly desirable. This can include experience as a teaching assistant in a university or, ideally, as an adjunct faculty member at a community college.
Fé Brittain
Department of Languages
Pima Community College, Arizona
Suggestions for preparing and applying for community college teaching positions:
Visit local community colleges and meet department chairs. Ask for their advice and for introductions to teachers amenable to having observers in their classrooms. Visit their classes.
Take courses in second language acquisition and in assessment and methodology to prepare yourself for teaching, not just for lecturing.
Find out what is required to teach at the community college you are applying to. Certification requirements differ.
Apply as an adjunct faculty member. Experience a few semesters in the actual classroom to see if you like teaching in this setting.
If you decide to apply for a full-time position, do not do so with the thought that it will do until a "real" job at the university comes along! Such a strategy is not fair to you, to your students, or to the institution. You should make a full commitment to the community college.
"Opportunities for PhDs in the Community Colleges"
Fé Brittain
Department of Languages
Pima Community College, Arizona
What are the research and teaching qualifications necessary for being hired in foreign language for the tenure track in a BA-granting department?
Most BA-granting instutitions are concerned about a candidate's ability to teach a wide range of courses in language, literature, and culture. Job Information List postings most often ask for a recommendation letter from someone who can write about a candidate's teaching style, in addition to letters about intellectual and research interests. It is beneficial to candidates to manifest teaching experience and teaching success. I would recommend that you prepare a modest portfolio, consisting of such items as a syllabus, some tests, class materials, a Web project, or other ancillary materials to show the hiring department what you have created in a course. This portfolio need not be sent with an application but should be available at an interview or on demand from the hiring institution.
While many BA-granting institutions seek dynamic teachers, departments are also interested in people engaged in activities that show a lively and curious intellect. Although scholarly papers and publications serve as the profession's benchmark of this liveliness, candidates can certainly emphasize other accomplishments as well: participation in a department colloquium, creative writings, bibliographic work, and so on. Of keen interest to hiring departments may be the candidates' reflection on the relation of their research or doctoral thesis to potential courses at the institution. Thus it may be beneficial to create one or two courses that you would like to teach and be able to talk about them with the hiring department members.
In teaching and in research qualifications, candidates should try to portray themselves as accurately as they can. Then it is up to the hiring department to decide if those qualifications fit its needs.
Richard C. Williamson
Department of Classical and Romance Languages and Literatures
Bates College
What qualifications should an ideal candidate for an undergraduate teaching position have? I believe that the desired qualifications fall into three categories: competence, collaboration, and commitment. The first of these cs, competence, includes linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical skills. The second c, collaboration, refers to the ability to cooperate effectively with others: students, departmental colleagues, peers in other departments, and people from the local community. The third c, commitment, refers to a continuing dedication to serving one's institution in the ways it values most. At Ohio Northern, commitment to creative, effective teaching is the primary responsibility. Second in importance is commitment to serving the department in program-building activities such as recruiting new majors, organizing and leading study-abroad programs, advising majors on graduate study or jobs, publicizing department achievements or events, and generally helping promote the programs. Third is commitment to serving the institution through committee work, grant writing, making conference presentations, and publication of articles or books. Finally, there is commitment to serving the community by attending local events and speaking at community organizations and in area schools to promote language study.
"Preparing for Undergraduate Teaching: Competence, Collaboration, and Commitment"
Patricia S. Dickson
Department of Modern Languages
Ohio Northern University
What are the research and teaching qualifications necessary for being hired in foreign language for the tenure track in an MA-granting department?
We seek to hire the candidate who shows excellent potential as a scholar and has already demonstrated creativity and enthusiasm as a teacher. We want people who are able to contribute in various ways to our department's teaching mission, who can offer courses in the foreign language and in English, and who will make a mark in the profession. Everyone we hire is expected to do his or her fair share of the service duties that all our faculty members must shoulder. For the purpose of evaluating performance, we use the following percentages: 40% of the evaluation is based on research, 40% on teaching, and 20% on service.
Richard Zipser
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of Delaware, Newark
What are the research and teaching qualifications necessary for being hired in foreign language for the tenure track in a doctoral department?
When looking at dossiers, I always pay attention to the subject of the doctoral dissertation. Does it show creativity? Does it suggest a sophistication in methodology? Will it lead to a book-length publication? These sorts of issues reveal whether a candidate at a research university has the intellectual curiosity and creativity-and drive-to be a successful and original scholar. The doctoral dissertation should be part of a program of intellectual inquiry that will lead the candidate to ongoing creative projects. Candidates are usually swept up in the intensive work relating to their dissertations. They should be able to show their ability to go beyond the thesis, to talk about intellectual issues in a broad context as well as in the technical, specialized world of their dissertation.
In recent years, the stakes have risen, as graduate students regularly give papers and publish. Papers and articles at graduate student conferences and in graduate student journals are useful for the experience they give, but more persuasive are papers and essays in major outlets that go beyond the range of the usual seminar paper.
With globalization and technological advances, linguistic competence is now at a very high level among candidates in the foreign languages. Most of them have experience in teaching language and in the theory of language teaching. If candidates are in literary or cultural studies, it is important for them to seek experience in teaching the humanities or in a more advanced language setting (such as an introduction to literature course). They should know how to create a syllabus and should be able to suggest courses that go beyond the often narrow topic of the dissertation. It is wise to consult the course offerings and requirements of the university where one is a job candidate in advance of the initial interview and to have a sample syllabus or two available.
Obviously, new PhDs can't be expected to have the maturity of a newly tenured associate professor, but search committees are looking for someone who engages in lively intellectual dialogue, who has a spark of creativity. Make sure your CV portrays your distinctive personal qualities, as well as your scholarly accomplishments and promise.
Patricia Ward
Department of French and Italian
Comparative Literature Program
Vanderbilt University
How important is the graduate school I attend?
At my institution, candidates from prestigious institutions have no advantage over others with stronger records of publication. I must confess to preferring frightened, self-conscious workaholics from lesser schools whose need to prove themselves borders on monomania. We have had a few difficult experiences with graduates of prestigious institutions who believed that their prestigious degrees somehow compensated for their subsequent lackluster efforts in research and publishing.
"'Young Blood' and Other Gothic Inspirations: The Hiring Process"
Zack Bowen
Department of English
University of Delaware
How important are the scholars I study with, the classes I take, and the grades I earn?
The classes you've taken establish your preparation in whatever fields you're applying to teach; actual teaching experience in those areas is even more important. Graduate courses are all graded roughly the same; your grades aren't likely to be given much notice, unless they're extremely low. (You can always use your cover letter to explain your grades, if you feel you need to.) The scholars you've worked with can be important in two ways: if they speak for the field and even the profession because they are well known or if someone in the department you're applying to knows one of your recommenders. But applicants can be put at a disadvantage if the well-known scholar uses similar superlatives in recommending multiple graduate students who apply for the same job.
Cynthia Lewis
Department of English
Davidson College
Routine checking of the educational background of candidates includes the graduate grades but not specifically the courses. Usually grades are part of the dossier supplied by the career or placement offices. This dossier provides a kind of pedigree and is read with a view toward names one knows. If prominent scholars testify on behalf of the candidate's great performance in class, it can help. But I would not overestimate the importance of scholars the candidate has studied with. The quality and sincerity of their recommendations can vary. The reports about good or bad teaching and other factors often have more weight.
Frank Trommler
Department of Germanic Languages and Literature
University of Pennsylvania
How do I build a record of research in graduate school?
Writing samples drawn from the dissertation best indicate to potential colleagues an applicant's ability to conceive a research program and carry it to completion. A dissertation should have a definite research component on which any theoretical, explicatory, or interpretive writing rests, and applicants can better spend their time perfecting their style and their ability to articulate effectively the aims, results, and significance of their research and thinking than taking time to present conference papers or small essays in areas outside the topic of the dissertation.
There are two lines of thought on style. The first claims that languages and literatures are as specialized professions as law and economics and that their research writing style should demonstrate a command of the relevant professional jargon and topoi. The second, as recently demanded by Edward Said in his 1999 presidential address to the MLA, calls for writing in languages and literatures to be lucidly precise, historically informed, and available to specialists, nonspecialists, and intellectually interested readers throughout society. The contest between these two opinions will not be reconciled soon, and even though orthodoxy tolerates a modicum of essential professional language, ordinary writing seems now to be most desired.
Institutions that do not emphasize research as part of their internal career ladder are more likely than major research universities to welcome a CV displaying a range of competences in a variety of areas valuable to a generalist curriculum. A set of conference papers or publications in graduate student and other professional journals may well have importance for such institutions. Dissertation chapters rewritten as professional essays and placed in important journals in relevant fields have value for all institutions except those that do not count research in hiring or promotion. But candidates should make the publication of even such essays secondary to the completion of the dissertation requirement.
Paul Bové
Department of English
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
In a difficult job market, students need to do whatever they can to impress potential employers. A record of conference papers and articles accepted for publication may help set an applicant apart. Individual departments and professors differ on the advisability of submitting materials to journals and to conferences before the receipt of the degree. Most would agree, however, on the importance of judicious screening of material. Students should realize that very few class papers are ready for submission without revision. Graduate programs give students the chance to seek the counsel of faculty members. Students should consult first with the teachers for whom they wrote the papers—and then with other faculty members—on the advisability of submitting the papers and, once the decision has been made, on how to revise and where to submit.
Making one's self marketable need not be a bad thing. The preparation of a conference paper should go beyond class work, inspire additional dialogue, and give the student experience in introducing and defending ideas, much as classroom teachers and researchers do. Well-written conference papers set forth new concepts or approaches. They give speakers a forum and a foundation for future investigation. Using Patricia Meyer Spacks's terms, one could argue that the questions What can I say? and What do I need to know? do not have to oppose each other. One can seek the path of least resistance, or one can—quite literally—do one's homework. The difference between the two is the difference between a conference paper and professional effort.
"The Captive Audience; or, Liberating Thoughts on Conference Papers"
Edward H. Friedman
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Indiana University, Bloomington
The professional conference creates a deadline. Once the abstract of a paper yet to be written has been sent in and once the airline ticket is bought, somehow the paper will get done, just as graduate school papers always somehow got done by the due date. But the same paper that costs the presenter $400 and the university another $400 if it is presented at a conference—for which the presenter must miss at least one class day and often two—can be mailed to a journal for $1.35, plus another $1.35 for the return envelope. What a deal: presenters don't miss any teaching days, and they save themselves and the university $797.30. They do miss the collegiality, the contacts, the free soda on the airplane, and the night on the town in Cincinnati or Kansas City, but all the other benefits that I have mentioned still accrue.
The process is fairly simple and well-known. Consult a list of journals. (Libraries have such lists in abundance.) List five addresses. Send the paper to the first one. When it comes back, send it to the next one. Going through the list usually provides the necessary feedback or perspective for rewriting the paper. The next step is to send the rewritten paper to five more markets. The universally agreed-on rule of thumb is not to give up on a piece until it has been rejected by at least ten publications. Most of us have trouble continuing to send out a paper that has been rejected. As with diets, persevering is especially hard if no one knows about the effort.
But where I teach, I have helped establish what I call a blood-oath club. Each member describes his or her current project and a time line for completing it, specifying completion and send-off dates. That information is circulated to other members of the club, who occasionally inquire how the project is going. Such a group can easily expand to offer more services—editing or even regular meetings—though such steps should be taken one at a time.
"A Chair's Notes toward a Definition of Scholarship in the Small State University"
George Slanger
Department of English
Minot State University
How do I build a record of teaching in graduate school?
Teaching experience and composition knowledge (course work at the graduate level) are required criteria for any tenure-track-job ad developed for my English department. Candidates without these qualifications won't make the cut. Their applications will not even be circulated to the search committee members, because they don't meet minimum qualifications.
My advice to job candidates with PhDs from foreign countries who would like to be hired at institutions like mine would be to get some part-time teaching experience and sign up for TA composition training or graduate training in composition.
Jane Frick
Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Journalism
Missouri Western State College
How do I build a record of service in graduate school?
One very reliable indicator of effective service is membership on departmental committees. Candidates who have had experience on, for example, curriculum or textbook committees or who have been members of search committees stand out from others. Volunteering to mentor an undergraduate language club or helping to organize departmental events (lecture series, tutoring sessions, social hours) can add substantially to a CV. Being a member of the graduate student senate (especially as one of its officers) and its committees, serving as a student member on faculty senate committees, and participating on ad hoc administrative committees all demonstrate a commitment to service. Membership on one of the MLA's committees is another valid service activity. And going that extra mile to engage in outreach to the community (e.g., volunteering to tutor in public schools) is a plus.
Frank Hugus
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
How do I identify and work effectively with mentors in graduate school?
The first steps are to take advantage of your professors' office hours, involve yourself in departmental activities, and use your intuition. Get to know the graduate faculty, including people outside your immediate area of study, since your mentors need not actually be your teachers. You are looking for people who will engage you as a person and colleague as well as as a student. After all, you are looking to develop a working relationship over the course of your career as graduate student and, if you have the good fortune, beyond. Departmental stars are always good to know, but they do not necessarily make good mentors: they are often too busy, and they usually have an abundance of students. Unfortunately, these people often provide rather standard and brief letters of recommendation. Invite them to sit on your dissertation committee so they know your work, but ask someone more available to direct. You want mentors who will take time to know you fully, who are willing to discuss your teaching and are interested in your overall career. These people are the ones who write the strongest letters of recommendation, rich in detail, because they know who you are. Good graduate school mentors are accessible, personable, and student-centered. They are capable of nagging you and expressing disappointment as well as praise: they will be comfortable enough to be honest with you. And you will feel comfortable enough to be honest with them. In working with them, remember that they are people, too: inviting someone out for a cup of coffee makes a great impression and allows for a relationship that has a human dimension. My graduate mentors made all the difference in my experiences in graduate school and beyond. I had to take the risk to get to know them, but that risk has been richly repaid.
Keith Welsh
Department of English
Webster University


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I am 71. My periods stopped at 38. At age 28 I was on birth control pills for a year. They caused me to have numerous blood clots in my left leg and both ovaries. I cannot take hormones. From age 38 to age 70 I had 3 hot flashes; it was really bad and I couldn"t move to get up to the bathroom. Now I am on several meds for blood pressure, sugar and pain. I have night sweats so bad the whole bed is wet and I am freezing. I have talked to 2 doctors, one says it can"t be menopause and one says it could be. I think it is side effect of medicines I am on.
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I had been taking hormones and HRT (hormone replacement therapy), until for an unrelated problem I cutoff all medicine I was taking, including Premarin. I have intermittent hot flashes during the day (some severe) and serious night sweating which wakes me up every 2 or 3 hours and exhausts and drains my energy.
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I woke up in the middle of the night with wet pajamas. The room temperature was 66 and I only had a light quilt. I got up to go the bathroom. On the stool, I started to get dizzy. I went down to the floor and slowly struggled to crawl back to my bedroom. I finally made it. I lay on the bed still soaking wet. Finally, I cooled off and was able to sleep again. I felt better in the morning but still had low blood pressure (106). The pajamas were dry in the morning. I do have atrial fibrillation.
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I am 22 years old and haven been woken up about every 3 to 4 hours drenched in sweat and freezing, for about 85% of the past 4 years. I"ve tried a variety of methods to keep myself from sweating - no covers, no pajamas, only light covers/pajamas, 100% natural bedding/pajamas, different hormonal birth control, no hormonal birth control, fans, high a/c, no a/c- yet this monster has followed me around the entire east coast, into the Caribbean and multiple parts of Europe. I"m not over or under weight, regularly active, I run a little more than 4 miles and lightly weight train 3 to 4 times a week. I"ve always eaten well and when I go to my general practitioner/obstetrician/gynecologist/college clinic they have nothing to tell me except that I"m fine and healthy. My skin is terrible because of the constant sweat, dehydration and lack of sleep and I really can"t spend the time/energy to wash my sheets every day anymore. Let alone the constant lack of concentration and motivation because I"m always so tired. Let me know if anyone has answers for this!
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I have been waking up around 4am cold and soaked. Clearly I am having night sweats but only wake up because I am now drenched and cold. I recently changed to a progesterone only birth control due to high blood pressure. I am also currently taking a low dose (short term) prednisone for asthma exacerbation.
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I have had night sweats for 4 years. The bedroom is 62 degrees, I am cold when I go to bed and as soon as I fall asleep I start to sweat. I hate it and I wake multiple times every night dripping in sweat. I never have hot flashes during the day. I know because of my age it is assumed to be due to menopause but I have never been convinced of that.
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I'm 29 years old and have several night sweats a night. I have tried sleeping in lighter clothing with only the sheet as a cover, but I am never hot when these occur. I can be sleeping out of the covers and still get a night sweat. I have a hard time sleeping anyway, and when I finally do fall asleep I wake up suddenly soaked. Everything I find is related to menopause, I just wish someone could help me figure out what to do.
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>Crescent City California News, Sports, & Weather | The Triplicate
"Please join us in celebrating this beautiful river, our fish and our culture," invites Cindee McKernan, coordinator for this Sunday's Klamath Salmon Festival.
Officially, this is the 46th year of the salmon celebration, yet many of the festival's events have been part of the Yurok Tribe's culture for much longer.
"At this year's festival attendees will find a taste of Yurok culture, a family-friendly atmosphere and lots of handmade jewelry," McKernan said.
The festival kicks off with a veterans breakfast, followed by the yearly parade down Klamath Boulevard. At noon the Merv George Band will play on the main stage.
Other highlights include: a Brush Dance demonstration, a traditionally cooked salmon dinner, Princess and Warrior contests, a horseshoe tournament and the stick game competition.
In 2006, more than 1,100 salmon dinners were served at the festival, and in unfavorable weather last year, more than 700 people attended.
The festival will take place across from the Yurok Tribe's Administrative Building located at 190 Klamath Blvd. Admission is free to all. The salmon dinner costs $10 and includes wild chinook salmon, pan bread, potato salad and beans.
The theme of the event is: "Un-dam the Klamath. Bring the salmon home."
The message was spawned out of the tribe's ongoing struggle to have four dams removed from the Klamath River. The dams block 300 miles of anadramous fish habitat and pollute the river with toxic algae, the tribe says. The Klamath River and chinook salmon have always been central to Yurok culture.
Since the first dam was installed in the early 1900s, Yuroks have fought to heal the river, which has been severely damaged by the dams, gold mining and logging, according to the tribal government, adding that the decline of salmon has also had a horrendous effect on the region's tourism and fishing-based economy.
"The only connection we have with the creator during our ceremonies is the salmon," said Walter Lara Sr., who emceed at last year's festival. "We need to protect the fish and we need everyone here to do it."
2008 Salmon Festival
8:30 a.m.: A veterans Breakfast at the community center of the Yurok Administrative Building.
10:00 a.m.: The parade will begin down Klamath Boulevard. At this time the vendors will open as well.
11:00 a.m.: A Brush Dance demonstration will be performed on the main stage.
12 p.m.: The Merv George Band will start rocking on the main stage.
12:30 p.m.: The salmon dinner will be served. Cost $10
1:00 p.m.: The Princess/Young Warrior contest will begin on the main stage.
2:30 p.m.: The Horseshoe Tournament will commence near the stick game field.
3:30 p.m.: The Stick Game Match will begin on the stick game field.
SOURCE: The Yurok Tribe