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Tummy Tuck Terminology You Need To Know
First time on the RealSelf tummy tuck forums and feeling confused about why you'd have to 'milk your drains' to have a flat stomach? Don't worry. This quick, alphabetical list will help you sort it all out.
Abscape (noun)
A term for a male tummy tuck procedure (medical name: abdominoplasty) coined by a male RealSelf community member. Creating a new term helped him feel better about moving forward with the procedure.
The term 'tummy tuck' grossed me out. As soon as I created the new terminology I was more apt to move forward... - ABSCAPE
Apron (noun)
When you lose a lot of weight or have a baby, sometimes stomach skin can hang loose over your bikini line.
I want to know if I could have my "apron" fat removed now, as it hangs pretty low and prevents me from wearing smaller pants. - Natalee K.
Binder (noun)
An article of clothing worn around your belly after surgery to minimize swelling and help your skin keep its new shape. Many doctors recommend wearing a binder for at least the first week after your operation. Also called a 'body binder.'
He sent me home in a binder yesterday, and I was ready to change.- Silversunshine
See also: Purpose of Binder After Tummy Tuck? Q&A
CG (noun)
CG stands for 'compression garment.' It's another name for a binder. Sometimes also occasionally called a 'torture device' because wearing it isn't some peoples' idea of a good time.
I'm fairly fit and thin so I'm wondering if I need to keep wearing the torture device (CG)? - ckg
Cybil Hour (noun)
This refers to the mood swings you're likely to get while you're recovering from surgery. Some days you'll feel amazing, and others, probably not. Gets its name from the 1976 miniseries starring Sally Field, in which she plays a character with multiple personalities.
I called it the "Cybil Hour." Happy then sad and all over again. -Kimmers25
See Also: 9 Feelings You Have Before, During & After Tummy Tuck
Drains (noun)
After a tummy tuck, your surgeon will insert anywhere from 1 to 3 small tubes attached to little plastic bulbs outside your body. They're there to keep fluid from building up inside the area that was just treated. You'll have to empty or "milk" them a few times a day, and measure how much fluid you collected. They stay in anywhere from 3 to 15 or more days.
My drain keeps getting clogged so I have to milk it often. - helenes transformation
Elective (adjective)
Electives are a type of surgery, including tummy tucks and all 'cosmetic' procedures, that can be scheduled in advance because they don't involve a medical emergency. Wanting to change the way you look, however, can sometimes feel like an emergency.
It's best to overnite in a facility that has a lot of experience caring for "electives." - ABSCAPE
See also: Complication and Revision Policy after Undergoing Elective Surgery
Fleur-de-lys TT (noun)
Some people have skin that's loose from side-to-side, in addition to a vertical 'apron' of loose skin. These folks might be candidates for a fleur-de-lys tummy tuck. The scar from this style TT looks like an upside down T.
I got a fleur-de-lys tummy tuck and I'm wondering if these results are normal? - chosela
Girdle (noun)
This is another name for a binder. It's a type of CG or 'compression garment' that some doctors recommend wearing after the tummy tucks or liposuction procedures.
After my drain comes out I can wear a Spanx-type girdle. - Jessesgirl1977
See also: Removing Girdle After Liposuction.
Hip-to-hip (adjective)
Tummy tucks typically leave a scar that runs from one hip to the other, just below the public bone. Usually, the scar is low enough that it won't show in a bathing suit.
Do I really need a fleur-de-lys TT, or will I have almost the same results with a regular hip-to-hip incision? - bluestar
Lipo (noun)
It's pretty common for people to get liposuction or 'lipo' in addition to a tummy tuck. Lipo is a procedure that helps remove extra fat, and can help enhance TT results.
I am seven days post-op of a tummy tuck with lipo. I was an unlikely candidate due to my height & weight. - Loving Me Even More Now!
See also: 20 Essential Questions About Liposuction.
Man package (noun)
Your pubic area is so swollen after surgery that it looks like you have a man package. Takes 2 - 4 weeks to go down and is extremely strange looking.
Stuffing it with sox on the incision line will definitely make you look like you have a man package! - Kimmers25
Marble Trick (noun)
This is where you place a marble in your new belly button for several weeks in order to shape it.
I did the marble trick. I placed gauze over it so it wouldn't fall out. I noticed a difference in about 3 days. - paulianna
See Also: Can The Marble Trick Improve the Depth of a Belly Button?
ML (noun)
This stands for 'milliliters.' This is the unit you use to measure the amount of fluid you're collecting in your drains.
I recommend stripping each drain and recording each drain's output 2x a day in MLs. - C. Bob Basu, MD
Muffin top (noun)
A muffin top is fat that spills out over the top of your pants. They're one of the reasons lipo is commonly performed alongside a tummy tuck. Once the stomach skin is removed, many people will want the skin around the hips gone too.
What can I expect my doctor to do about my sides? They look horrible, I have a bad muffin top. - ChristinaS
Muscle separation (noun)
Massive weight gain or having kids can cause the two vertical muscles running across your abdomen to separate and stretch. That results in a "pooch" in your stomach area. Having a tummy tuck helps fix this.
I can't tell if I have a torn abdominal muscle. No matter how much I exercise and do ab work, I still can't get the old belly back. - TravelingCat
Muscle tightening (noun)
Tummy tucks can tighten the lining of your abdominal muscles, in addition to removing extra skin and fat.
My plastic surgeon said I only required a limited tuck since he would not need to tighten my abdominal muscles, only remove the excess skin and reposition the belly button. - Lotus5
Pain pump (noun)
The pain pump does the opposite of it's name. It pumps medicine to your abdominal muscles to take away the pain. The pump on the outside is filled with several days worth of anesthetic that slowly drips onto the sore areas. Sometimes, this helps take away the need for other pain medications.
My PS offered a pain pump during my surgery. He said it helps numb the area for the first 3-4 days and will reduce the amount of pain. - youngmomof4
See Also: Are Pain Pumps for TT Recovery Worth the Extra Cost?
PO (adjective)
This stands for post-operation.
Was advised to stop wearing compression at 6 wks PO and allowed to start running for exercise. - Gracey
Scarring (noun)
One of the big concerns many people have before tummy tucks is whether the scar will be visible after, and where it will be. Most people want their surgeon to place the scar low enough so that you won't see it under a bathing suit.
The doctor marked where I wanted the scar given the underwear I wore, but the scar is about 1" higher than that now, so not concealed by my underwear. He says it will drop over the next few months. - KSP2
Seroma/hematoma (noun)
A seroma is a buildup of fluid in the area of the operation, and a hematoma is a buildup of blood. Both can be resolved by removing the fluids and blood with needles. But you have to watch out for them - especially a hematoma because it can lead to an infection.
I just had a TT and my doc thinks I have a hematoma - can it be reabsorbed? - Girlsx3
Spitting stitches (verb)
Some of the stitches you'll get after a tummy tuck are meant to dissolve. Occasionally, one of these stitches could poke or "spit" through your skin. It might hurt a little, but it can be taken out safely.
I have a small spot on my scar that is still spitting stitches/disolvable staples 7 months out. Is this normal? - mauimommy808
Swell hell (adjective)
Your stomach could be swollen after surgery, and the amount of time is different for everyone. But no one likes being swollen, especially after a procedure to make you flatter and fitter. Thus, the swelling period post-operation is called 'swell hell.'
I am expecting swelling but do not want to be in swell hell forever. - Lil_Gunz
TT (noun)
TT is just an abbreviation for tummy tuck.
Will I get good results from a TT even though I'm so thin? - Jennifer6645
Water bed effect (noun)
This is related to seroma (fluid collection) after your TT. An easy way to test if this is happening, from Dr. Christopher V. Pelletiere: "push on the area while resting your hand on the other end of the swollen area. If you feel a wave, or what feels like a waterbed effect of fluid moving, then there is a fluid collection. This effect does not always occur, but if it does happen, it means that their is trapped fluid in the area that probably needs to be drained."
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It seems fitting that fish was the main course Friday afternoon.
Amidst torrential down pours, local residents made their way to the Russell Fire Dept. to kick off the annual Jubilee weekend.
For some, it felt like crossing a river just to get there.
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"It's a nice night for a fish fry," Russell fireman and Jubilee coordinator Bonnie Schwanke said. "Fish love the rain, so this is perfect weather for some fish."
The annual celebration is the biggest gathering for the fire department, which typically breaks even once the weekend is over.
"We do it for the community," she said. "If we can cover our costs, then I'm the one dancing around here."
Schwanke said with costs of food, beverages and fireworks, the fire department usually does not turn a profit for the event. The cost of fireworks alone runs about $4,000 a year, she said.
It was evident this year, however, that rain was going to play a part in the festivities. Schwanke's husband Dave - chief of the Russell Fire Dept. - had to check out possible flooding problems in Russell during the dinner.
"I'm glad it's indoors," Schwanke said, who added that the rain caused some to miss the dinner while others showed up later in the evening.
Boy Scout Troop 214 of Russell helped at the Jubilee, which has created a close partnership between the troop and the fire company.
"This is our biggest gathering of the year," said Scout Commander Patrick Hamilton. "This is one of our biggest community service event that we will help out with."
Troop members helped at the fish dinner by offering coffee and water while clearing tables between customers.
Hamilton said members of his troop hope to collect enough donations for new tents this year. He said donations to Troop 214 could be made to the Russell Fire Dept. in their name.
Throughout the course of the weekend, the Jubilee will go through 220 lbs. of fish and 500 chicken halves. For the brave that made it Friday, it was well worth the effort.
"We come out here every year," Russell resident Annette Drummond said. "We waited until there was a slight break in the weather to get here this time."
Drummond said she and her husband support the fire department and boy scouts every year; she sad her son was a boy scout when he was growing up, and believes the Jubilee is good way to support the community.
"It's a good program and the food is always great," she said.
The Jubilee continues today with the following events:
11:00 a.m., Jubilee parade down Woodland Drive and up State Street
Noon, BBQ chicken dinners at the Russell Fire Dept.
12:30 p.m., Kid's Olympics at the fire department
1:00 p.m., Tour de Russell bike race
5:30 p.m., Idol singing contest at the fire department
9:30 p.m., fireworks at Larmer Field

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'Snagadate' Heart Association fundraiser planned Oct. 13
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The third-annual "Snagadate," a fundraiser for the American Heart Association, will be held this Thursday, Oct. 13, at Aloft Richmond West's xyz bar in Glen Allen, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Former NBC12 news anchor Gene Cox will host the event, and heart-disease survivor Andy Hrabovsky, a professional auctioneer, will preside over live bidding for themed date packages donated by local and regional businesses.
Volunteer Snagajob employees will pose as bachelors and bachelorettes to present attendees with an overnight stay and Sunday brunch at The Jefferson, skydiving for two, a mix of weekend and week-long stays in locales including Snowshoe, the Outer Banks and Charleston, S.C., and a Mosiac chef-prepared meal for eight, among other packages.
Snagadate organizers this year expect to exceed the combined total of $17,000 raised by the event to date.
Snagadate is open to the public. Organizers expect a spike in attendance from a mix of Snagajob employees, corporate donor representatives and individuals and couples from around the area.
Attendees receive free admission and parking, and donors are offered free appetizers prepared by popular local caterer Groovin' Gourmets. A cash bar will be fully stocked and open throughout the event.
Snagadate also is designed to encourage participation in AHA's annual Start! Heart Walk, a family-oriented fundraiser that promotes exercise as part of a heart-healthy lifestyle, scheduled in Richmond for Oct. 22.
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This year's event, which opens Nov. 25 and will continue through Jan. 9, will explore "Living Color" and show how the world's kaleidoscope of colors speaks to people, impacts nature and influences culture, according to Garden officials. The event features more than a half million lights, botanical decorations, trains, holiday dinners, family activities and more. > Read more.
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Dan and Terry are so cute and what a victory for all of us that they got married under the new law. Dan has really represented the LGBT community for a long time over this issue of marriage. I feel we really owe a lot to him. He is also so good looking.
Tuxes? Maybe, but the pic is not clear enough to see and you certainly do not wear a long tie with a tux, but then Dan Savage was never a model dresser. Wishing them well, but Savage's advice and style is very assimilationist and often leaves a lot to be desired from the point of real gay liberation and what we might have brought to the general culture as opposed to just fitting in and being accepted. Better to improve the whole lot rather than just get to join the party.
This is very much the language of the generation before gays thought they would ever get the right to marry.
How about some details? Would you have preferred that they dressed in drag? G Strings? Leather Chaps? What other step and fetchit characterization would you have them embody?
@EvonCook: Actually you can wear a long tie with a tux and it's done quite often. I would rather do a bow tie, but it is done none the less.
I'm proud of these guys and proud of Washington. Chris and I have been together for 33 years and would love to get married. I doubt it will happen in Missouri in my lifetime. IMO, we need to push for federal laws governing marriage. State's rights is becoming a burden on freedom.
I wish for you both a happy, healthy, long marriage. Thanks for your efforts on the equality front.
He's kind of "GLAADED OUT" these days….How much of his foundations money actually goes to help anyone?


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Over the past few weeks and heading into the preseason a different position or unit of the Eagles will be broken down through the eyes of assistant coaches and/or league scouts.
Today: Defensive Line
Are the Eagles getting the most out of a player who, according to a survey of scouts and personnel people on other teams, is their best defensive player?
"The best player on that defense?'' a personnel man who watches the Eagles closely, asked. "Well, the guy I'd want the most is Fletcher Cox.''
"Yeah, if I was grading them, I'd give Fletcher the highest grades,'' another pro scout said. "He's their most complete player from what I've seen.''
Trouble is, since the Eagles switched from a 4-3 front to a 3-4, you don't get to see Cox do as much as he can.
"He can play in a 3-4 and be damn good at it,'' the personnel man said. "But for my taste he's a 4-3 tackle, getting inside pressure and creating havoc. I think that's what he does best.''
In a traditional 3-4 scheme the front three are traffic cops, who direct the flow to the linebackers to make plays. There are exceptions and Houston's J.J. Watt, who won Defensive Player of the Year as a 3-4 end comes to mind immediately, as does San Francisco's Justin Smith.
Can Cox do in Billy Davis' system what Watt and Smith have done in theirs?
"I don't think he's that kind of player,'' the personnel man said. "He's not that dynamic. He's good, real good, but in different ways than that.''
This is Cox's third year after the Eagles traded up to take him with the 12th pick of the 2012 draft. He's used phrases such as "ready to take off'' in reference to what he expects this season.
In his rookie season, playing in the Eagles' 4-3 scheme under coordinators Juan Castillo and then Todd Bowles, Cox had 5½ sacks to go with 14 hurries and six quarterback hits. Last year in Davis' 3-4, he had three sacks to go with 39 hurries and 10 hits.
"He was transitioning from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense so I think his production towards the end of the year was most like everybody else on our defense,'' Davis said of Cox. "It was a little bit better towards the end of the year than it was the beginning of the year.
"But he's big, physical and can run for a big guy. Very difficult to block in one-on-one situations; (We) try to create some one-on-one situations for him but I think he's really starting to get acclimated to what we are doing on the defensive line and obviously like everybody, I think year two will be better than year one for him.''
Cox will start again this season as the right end, with second-year man Bennie Logan and an additional 10 pounds in the middle, and Cedric Thornton on the left.
"I think those guys are getting there,'' Eagles defensive line coach Jerry Azzinaro said before camp started. "It's still a work in progress.''
Logan took over as the nose tackle in week nine after veteran Issac Sopoaga was traded to New England. It might not be a coincidence the team went 7-2 in the nine games, including the playoffs that Logan started.
As a rookie Logan played at a smaller than ideal 305 pounds, now up to 315 he's still a tad undersized but the Eagles like what they get from the former LSU standout and third-round pick in 2013.
"Bennie does a good job in the middle,'' Davis said before camp. "He's a fighter. You always know what you're going to get from him.''
Thornton was one of the Eagles' more pleasant surprises a year ago when the team went from a 4-12 disaster to a 10-6 division winner. The 6-4, 309-pound Thornton is the elder statesman on the line at just 26 years old. Logan is 24 and Cox is just 23.
Last year Thornton, who is an ideal 3-4 end, led the line with 78 tackles and had five of those for a loss.
Camp will provide some interesting battles for the backup spots on the line. Vinny Curry, primarily a pass rusher when the team goes to a four-man front, should have one spot.
After that it gets real interesting.
Outside there are five players — Brandon Bair, who Kelly and Azzinaro know from Oregon; fifth-round pick Taylor Hart, also from Oregon; Joe Kruger, a 2013 pick who spent last year on injured reserve; Francis Mayes, a 6-9, 291 rookie free agent; and Alajandro Villanueva, the former Army Ranger, battling for at most two spots.
Inside, second-year man Damion Square will try to hold off seventh-round pick Beau Allen for the backup spot behind Logan.
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We can't say that for all Republicans and Democrats in Alabama. Some politicians get downright mean if you say anything negative about them -- even when they deserve it. Armistead, though, was nothing but gracious while entertaining one of his most vocal critics.
Armistead in February was re-elected as state GOP chairman, though the top elected officeholders in the state, including Gov. Robert Bentley and Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, campaigned against him. That says a lot about Armistead's political savvy and clout. The Republican Executive Committee went against its top elected officials in re-electing Armistead by a good margin.
And Armistead says he put all of that behind him once he was re-elected. Now, he says, he's reaching out to minorities to expand the diversity of the Alabama Republican Party, which might be even less diverse than the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy.
Armistead is serious, though. "I fully believe in this in my heart," Armistead says. "We have to demonstrate we're a party of diversity."
That's a mammoth challenge. Republicans are identified with voter suppression efforts through photo voter identification, opposition to early voting and opposition to the Voting Rights Act. Too, Republicans championed Alabama's harsh immigration law and continue to fight for provisions in it that have been thrown out by federal appeals courts.
Armistead admits the immigration law doesn't help the party with Hispanics. "It's hurt us, perception-wide," he says. "The illegals don't like it. Some legals don't like it."
Still, Armistead says he's talking to African-Americans and Hispanics every day who are interested in the state GOP.
I have personally talked to hundreds of Hispanics in Alabama, and I have yet to find any who support HB 56, because HB 56 is intentionally cruel and hurts both undocumented and documented immigrants. Thankfully, the federal courts have nullified much of it, mainly because immigration law is a federal, not a state, responsibilty.
As for drawing more African-Americans to the party, Armistead says: "They're out there. I'm finding them every day." He says a Young Republicans chapter was recently started at Alabama State University, and he's in talks to launch a chapter at Alabama A&M University.
Armistead admits the ASU chapter only has a handful of members, and that the party has a ways to go to attract minorities.
But my sense is that Armistead is completely sincere in this effort -- even if it won't be very successful because this is, after all, the Alabama Republican Party. One point that needs to be made on Armistead's behalf: This is not something the party has to do.
"I don't have to do this to win in Alabama," Armistead says. He's absolutely correct. Republicans don't need minority votes to win in Alabama, as they've shown.
Armistead, though, is convicted: "It's the right thing to do. We have a substantial black population (in Alabama), so we should have more blacks in the Republican Party."
Armistead even says the state party will openly welcome gays who share the GOP's political philosophy. But like other minorities, gays will have to deal with the party's hard line on many social justice issues.
Armistead is saying the right stuff. But whether the GOP and what it stands far can attract a significant number of minorities -- Hispanics, African-Americans and gays -- is a real doubt. Still, unless the Republican Party does successfully reach out, it is doomed to keep losing national elections. And, while it'll take a while, that losing trend will eventually find its way to Alabama.
The changing demographics tell the story and the future, and nobody can alter that fact. Armistead clearly understands and, in his own way, is trying to do something about it.
Joey Kennedy, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, is a community engagement specialist for AL.com and The Birmingham News. Reach him at email@example.com.


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REVERE, Mass. (AP) — The mayor of Revere says the city wants to buy the shuttered Wonderland dog racing track and convert it into a new home for the New England Revolution soccer team.
Mayor Dan Rizzo says the acquisition would be made with the city's mitigation payments from Suffolk Downs, which wants to build a $1 billion casino at the horse track.
Suffolk Downs straddles Boston and Revere.
The partnership that owns Suffolk Downs also controls Wonderland, a 34-acre parcel entirely in Revere and assessed at $10.8 million.
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To the Editor:
For twenty years, from 1989 through 2009, I worked at the North County Branch of the Hunterdon County library. I was the branch supervisor.
Being a part of the Hunterdon library was exciting and challenging. We went from the card catalog to computer, to the Internet, email, on-line reservations of materials, and from videos to DVDs, and tape cassettes to CDs.
So many changes, yet my job was essentially the same — making sure that patrons received all of our services and materials in an efficient and friendly manner. This involved staff working both in the public area and behind the scenes to order materials and then make them available.
It sounds simple, but consider that the branch averages checking out approximately 50,000 items a month. That's more than 1,800 books, CDs, DVDs and magazines a day that are distributed.
Then, in a relatively short period of time, all 1,800 items are returned to the library. And each one is checked in and is either put back on the shelves, used to fill a patron request, or sent back to the original library.
These are labor intensive tasks. For example, each CD and DVD gets examined before it goes out and when it gets returned to assure that it is in the correct case. Hours are spent each day pulling books to fill patron requests. Just imagine what happens if there is not enough staff to handle these daily demands. It becomes a nightmare backlog. Requests go unfilled.
This is the situation that the library is currently facing. For years the county library hired student assistants. These high school students were an important part of keeping the library running smoothly.
We relied on them to help "keep our house in order." During times when we had a shortage of student assistants, the result was a disaster.
Now the student assistant position is eliminated from the proposed 2012 budget. This is a catastrophe that is compounded by the fact that in the past two years the library system has lost many employees because of retirement or resignation.
Per the Freeholders' hiring freeze, none of these positions has been filled. Yet the library is expected to carry on as usual.
There will be a breaking point when even the most dedicated staff cannot provide the service that patrons have come to expect. I fear that we have reached that point.
I am now retired and on the other side of the library desk. The library enriches my life and it's heartbreaking to think that this enjoyment for me and for so many others may soon end.
Perhaps it is time to let the Freeholders, county administrator, library administration and the Library Commission know how much we care about the fate of "our" library.
Readington Township


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guess you are totally right that this move is easier in side to sideon conditions. Perhaps you should play a bit with your mastfoot position, the straps and boomheight. It helps for sure, if you get a comfortable condition when initiating the Taka.Try to get everything a bit forward. The smaller fins for sure help. And pratice a lot of dynamic upwind 360ties without any wave. You will get a lot of control in your sail and in the rotation itself. Then you can continue with slided Flakas a s well.
At which spot sare you sailing in Peru?. Perhaps you should try to pratce the move at a mushy shoulder or at easy spots like Zarate/Paracas.
Good luck and hope it helps,
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Toys for Tots officials report donations decline
It's been a tough year for donations to the Marine Corps League's Toys for Tots program on Whidbey Island.
According to organizer Mike McClung, donations are down about 40 percent, the impact of which will be felt next year.
"Last year we spent about $13,000 on toys. This year we've spent about $12,500 but we haven't been able to replenish our funds," McClung told members of the Maj. Megan McClung Marine Corps League at its regular meeting Thursday evening in Oak Harbor. "We're going to be OK this year, but it's next year I'm worried about."
McClung told the group a fundraiser last weekend at the ferry dock in Clinton — the group's major Toys for Tots fundraiser — brought in just over $3,000, half of what the group earned last year.
Another factor that has hurt the effort is that the cost of toys has risen.
"Prices are up across the board," McClung said. "The cost of toys has gone up from $2 to $5 each."
There are two more fundraising opportunities — the holiday choir and band concerts coming up at Oak Harbor High School.
The annual Holiday Choir concert will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19 and the holiday band concert will be held at the school at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20.
All the money and toys collected on Whidbey Island stay on Whidbey Island, according to McClung. This year there are 1,800 children on the list, up about 300 from the previous year.
Toys for Tots collection boxes will remain at several participating businesses across the island through Saturday, Dec. 22.
Contributions can be mailed to: Toys for Tots — Whidbey, MCL Detachment 1210, P.O. Box 977, Oak Harbor, WA 98277. Call 360-320-3013 for information.
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Worley, JR, Rogers, SN, and Kraemer, RR. Metabolic responses to Wii Fit™ video games at different game levels. J Strength Cond Res 25(3): 689-693, 2011-The Wii Fit™ is a form of interactive gaming designed to elicit health and fitness benefits to replace sedentary gaming. This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of Wii Fit™ fitness games. The purpose of the study was to determine the %V̇O2max and energy expenditure from different Wii Fit™ games at different levels including the step and hula games. Eight healthy young women completed a preliminary trial to determine V̇O2max and later played the Wii Fit™ during 2 separate counterbalanced trials. During each session, subjects played levels of Wii Fit™ games for 10 minutes each level. One session involved beginning and intermediate hula, and the other session involved beginning and intermediate steps. The V̇O2 was measured continuously via metabolic cart, and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) was assessed at the end of each game level. The lowest %V̇O2max, kcal·min−1, and RPE occurred during the beginning step game and the highest values occurred during the intermediate hula game. Respiratory exchange ratio was significantly higher in the intermediate hula than beginning hula game but was not significantly different between step game levels. The intermediate hula and step games produced the greatest energy expenditure with an equivalent effect of a walking speed of >5.63 km·h−1 (>3.5 miles·h−1). This is the first study to determine the percentage of V̇O2max and caloric expenditure elicited by different Wii Fit™ video games at different game levels in adults. Findings suggest that the Wii Fit™ can be used as an effective activity for promoting physical health in this population.
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The Bellevue Police Department plans to release more information Tuesday related to arrests made last week of suspects believed to be responsible for as many as 14 armed robberies around the city.
Deputy Police Chief Mike Johnson announced the first arrest during a Bellevue Police Foundation breakfast on Thursday, when commenting on the foundation's gift of night-vision equipment to the department. He said the equipment was used by police Wednesday, March 26, to track and arrest an armed suspect believed to have been involved in about 14 commercial robberies in Bellevue. The suspect was considered to be very dangerous.
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RIVER HEBERT - If you build it, they will come!
And come they did, from far and wide to enjoy the first ever River Hebert Christmas parade, on Sunday, Nov. 25.
RIVER HEBERT - If you build it, they will come!
And come they did, from far and wide to enjoy the first ever River Hebert Christmas parade, on Sunday, Nov. 25.
Not only were the streets lines with excited residents of River Hebert and Joggins but people came as far away as P.E.I., Annapolis Valley, New Brunswick and as near as Amherst, Springhill and Oxford to watch River Hebert history in the making.
Its the most excitement I have seen in River Hebert for a long time, beamed resident Trudy Clinton.
Congratulations to the organizing committee, those who placed floats in the parade and to the community for supporting this wonderful parade and those who assisted at the fire hall afterwards. It was a fantastic parade, the community spirit is alive and well in River Hebert, commented participant, MLA Murray Scott, It was an honour to be asked to take part.
The past two years Christmas in River Hebert have been wonderful. First Santas Little Helpers and now an annual Christmas parade. Christmas has truly come to River Hebert. It made me believe in Santa even more. Cant believe it, it was absolutely gorgeous. We never expected it to turn out so great. I cant wait for next years, remarked local residents.
Even though the night was bitter cold, the excitement of a Christmas parade in River Hebert helped keep everyone warm inside.
And where else would you find 32 entries, the Grinch stealing a Christmas tree, A car crash involving a Christmas Tree, walking presents and Santa and his eight tiny reinsheep? But thats Christmas River Hebert, style.
The parade lined up at the River Hebert District High School and rolled along Main Street to the Rive Hebert Fire Hall.
Following the parade, everyone was invited to come in out of the cold and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate, a chat with neighbors, a visit with Santa and wait for the announcement of the winning entries.
I think the hot chocolate and eggnog gathering at the fire hall was as exciting as the parade. It allowed you to visit with people, you never get to see, remarked resident, Shirley Comeau.
Great parade it proves that when people want to come together they can. It was great seeing the community having fun together and everyone so excited. People are already talking about next years and what they can put it. We are glad we were asked to take part and look forward to next years, said Cindy White, manager of the River Hebert Co-op
Everyone was amazed at the response to the event; it was a real community effort. The village was certainly alive with Christmas spirit, commented village commissioner Darrell Fagan. Way to go, River Hebert.
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GOODRICH – The Goodrich girls basketball game versus Farmington Hills Mercy has been cancelled for Thursday, Feb. 20, according to Goodrich AD Dave Davis.
Rescheduling for the game is still being discussed. Both teams are state-ranked in their class. Goodrich is ranked No. 2 for Class B and Farmington Hills Mercy is No. 2 for Class A on the Michigan Associated Press high school basketball poll.


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Meager Magic at Disney's Newest Kingdom
The rides at California Adventure are a yawn, the decor is hokey, and who needs a gigantic ad for Mondavi wines after paying $43 admission?
By Heesun Wee
As I approached the entrance to California Adventure, Walt Disney's (DIS ) new theme park, Randy Newman's I Love L.A. blared through hidden speakers. I was so excited, I found myself mouthing the words to the catchy tune. Just a few hours later, however, I was singing the blues.
Having grown up in the Los Angeles area, some of my best childhood memories were cemented at Disneyland -- Disney's original theme park in Anaheim. I remember hopping onto rides after dark and escaping to haunted New Orleans. I've returned to Disneyland repeatedly because it appeals to the kid in me. But Memorial Day Weekend, instead of feeling like a kid, I felt like an adult -- and a cranky one at that, intent on experiencing just enough of California Adventure to get my $43 worth.
Company executives envision Disneyland and California Adventure as a vacation destination -- visit both parks, stay at a park hotel, and spend money. The California park project began in 1990 as a West Coast version of the education-heavy Epcot Center in Orlando. After much wrangling with the local government and $1.4 billion later, the new park, located across the plaza from Disneyland, opened in February.
California Adventure is less about Mickey and Minnie and more about celebrating the Golden State's famous landmarks and history. While I can understand that Disney wanted to avoid making a copycat of Disneyland, I still wondered where were Disney's trademark storytelling details? Where was the magic?
I looked for it, past the California Adventure turnstiles, in the bright red replica of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, one of the park's most prominent landmarks. Nearby was a wide water fountain, simulating ocean waves. I've seen the actual bridge and surfed in Orange County, so the landmarks appeared cheesy to me, but I remained hopeful.
Several hours later, my enthusiasm and optimism were gone. Overall, the California park fell short of my expectations. There were too many attractions that sounded promising on the brochure but didn't deliver. One example was Paradise Pier, a tribute to old-fashioned seaside amusement centers. Sure, Paradise Pier's roller coasters were fast and high. But that's not Disney's forte. For those thrills, you head north to Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia.
Paradise Pier pales compared to dirtier, real-life amusement piers, like the one in Santa Monica. I missed Santa Monica's cheaper cotton candy. I even missed the bums harassing me for spare change.
One of the weakest attractions at the park was Seasons of the Vine, sponsored by Robert Mondavi. The whole thing amounted to one giant ad for Mondavi wine. I sat in a cold room -- set to the same temperature at which aging wine is stored -- and watched a movie about grapevines changing through the seasons. It was about as exciting as a Wyndham Hill CD.
To sample any wine at the adjacent Golden Vine Winery (which I declined to do) would've set me back an extra $24. (In fairness to Disney, I should point out the winery is an attempt to address a complaint among adults at Disneyland -- no alcohol allowed. Grownups can wander California Adventure with alcohol in hand.) I could've used a drink as I sat through Golden Dreams, a 20-minute film narrated by Whoopi Goldberg about the Gold Rush and California's immigrants.
The Soarin' Over California ride -- by far the biggest attraction at the park -- was all right, but still no match for Disneyland's America the Beautiful. In both attractions, you watch a film inside a movie theater and feel like you're traveling across the country. In Soarin', you get the added bonus of sitting in a hang-glider-like contraption. Plus, your hang-glider is hoisted up, and your feet dangle in the air. At one point, you're blasted with a shot of wind and a vague scent of oranges. Granted, America the Beautiful doesn't have the smell effects, and you have to stand throughout the entire feature, but it was shot with a 360-degree camera and shown in an impressive 360-degree theater.
There were some bright spots. For instance, the team of some 300 designers who helped create California Adventure got something right -- the Hollywood Picture Backlot section, a recreation of such retro L.A. landmarks as the Pantages and El Capitan theaters, the Roosevelt Hotel, and Bullock's-Wilshire department store. This section is a must-see for architecture buffs. My favorite stop at the backlot was Disney Animation, which offered a tour of the company's most famous art form.
A highlight was a room filled with interactive computers that let guests answer questions about their personality. Then, the computer deduces which Disney character you most resemble. I apparently aim to please and therefore am bug-like, as in the It's a Bug's Life movie. The room was filled with kids and adults who shrieked and laughed as computers offered personality-type results ranging from Cinderella to Toy Story's Woody. The backlot was jam-packed with details and imaginative attractions -- Disneyland's trademarks.
Sadly, this was the exception. Throughout the day, I kept on asking, "I'm paying how much for this?" The new park is roughly two-thirds the size of Disneyland and features 22 attractions, compared to Disneyland's 60. But the admission price is the same at each park.
David Miller, an entertainment-industry analyst at Sutro & Co., says Disney's game plan includes adding attractions at California Adventure to merit the $43 price tag -- rather than lowering the cost of admission in the meantime.
While Disney is mum on official attendance numbers, analysts estimate it could take a year for California Adventure to attract as many visitors as Disneyland, now drawing roughly 40,000 people a day. I hit the new park on a Thursday before the long weekend, and traffic indeed was slow. You could have found longer waiting lines at the outdoor Cabazon Outlet Mall in Riverside County, east of L.A.
Hoping to boost attendance, Disney is bringing an old favorite to California Adventure beginning July 4 -- Disney's Electrical Parade. There also are plans for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire -- You Play It, based on the popular game show, to open in late summer or early fall. (ABC, which produces Millionaire, is also owned by Disney.)
After the backlot, the most promising area of the revamped Disneyland area was outside both parks and admission-free -- Downtown Disney. The quarter-mile long shopping and dining strip offers lots of eating options and live-music venues -- even games for sports fans at the ESPN Zone.
Analysts say they still have hope for California Adventure but admit Disney needs to add more big-ticket attractions like Soarin' Over California to draw crowds. They better get cracking before word spreads that California Adventure may be more of a misadventure. At the very least, it's an adventure you can miss.
Former Californian Wee is now a reporter for BusinessWeek Online in New York
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland State University officials, seeking the best way to develop its expanding campus, has hired a firm to craft a new master plan.
It hopes to identify future projects and find a way to "differentiate the university and create a distinctive destination through outstanding academic programs, a vibrant campus life and a compelling physical presence," according to information distributed to students.
Items to be explored include signs, landscaping and building use.
"This is an open community asset," President Ronald Berkman told trustees this week as he told them why it hired SmithGroupJJR to do the plan, which it expects to be complete by July.
The university paid $385,000 to the company, which has 10 locations, including Detroit.
The firm will gather data, conduct interviews and check out the conditions of buildings.
People can state their vision for CSU and how it can better engage the city of Cleveland at csumasterplan.mindmixer.com
The firm will develop a comprehensive plan, including examining other studies done for the university, including campus master plans in 2004 and 2010, a facilities condition audit in 2011, a parking study in 2009 and a pedestrian master plan in 2011.
According to the 2010 master plan update the combined area of campus buildings was 3.8 million square feet.
Most buildings date from the inception of the university in the 60's and 70's and are oriented around a raised central platform.
In addition to the academic buildings, there are eight buildings devoted to administration and support, five parking garages, and the Wolstein Center.
The university has opened the new College of Education and Human Services Building, the Student Center and Euclid Commons housing development. It moved its arts departments into the Middough Building in PlayhouseSquare and is building the Center for Innovation in Health Professions.
Private developers have built or are developing student housing.
The new plan will propose signs and directions to navigate campus, develop a landscape master plan and analyze space for future academic needs, according to the university's request for proposals.
It will also assess bicycle, pedestrian and vehicle circulation around campus and include proposals for energy conservation and meeting ADA requirements.


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NORTHAMPTON — School officials are continuing to crunch numbers and study timetables to make it possible for high school students to push back the start of their school day, following an initial public discussion on the subject Thursday.
The drum beat for a later start at the high school began several years ago as parents cited studies that show the traditional early start is not conducive to teenage sleep patterns. Currently, school begins at 7:30 a.m. at Northampton High School, a time, some parents insist, when their teenagers are not fully awake.
Because the high school, middle school and elementary schools all start at different times and use a single bus system, changing the hours at the high school could affect the start times at the other schools as well. Officials also have to take into consideration the schedules of parents who have to arrange for pre-school or after-school care, the schedules for after-school sports and other activities and the schedules of high school students who work after school.
School Superintendent Brian Salzer presented two options his department has been weighing to 47 people who turned out for the forum at the high school library. One would create a separate bus system for the high school that would allow classes to begin at 8 a.m. The 7:55 a.m. start at the John F. Kennedy Middle School and the 8:50 a.m. start at the city's four elementary schools would remain the same.
The major drawback to that plan, Salzer said, is money. The cost of purchasing five additional buses and hiring five additional drivers would exceed the proposed transportation costs for fiscal 2013 by $187,731, according to Salzer's calculations. Salzer said Friday the only way he envisions coming up with the extra money is to cut faculty.
Salzer's other proposal would change the schedules at all three school levels, but the transportation costs would remain within budget. Under that plan, the middle school day would begin at 7:45 a.m., elementary schools would start at 9:20 a.m. and the high school would begin at 8:30 a.m.
However, Salzer warned that these changes could affect high school students who take classes at Smith College and necessitate the hiring of additional faculty at the high school to accommodate those who would otherwise be at Smith. Parents of many elementary school students would have to arrange for before- and after-school care for their children because of the new schedule as well, he said.
Several people questioned Salzer about an alternative plan proposed by School Committee member Howard Moore that would allow the high school day to begin at 8:30 a.m. Salzer said his administration has yet to do a cost analysis of Moore's proposal.
Smith College professor Andrew S. Zimbalist, who has two eighth grade children going into Northampton High School next year, said he was disappointed Salzer didn't look into Moore's plan.
"For one reason or another, I think it's a delay strategy," Zimbalist said.
Zimbalist disputed the notion that changing the high school schedule would have a negative impact on students who take classes at Smith. As a father, he concurs with the research about teenagers, sleep and school schedules.
"It's a compelling change that has to be made," he said.
Salzer said he defers to the research as well, but has to juggle other considerations, like the School Department budget. The easiest option, he said, would be to keep the schedules as they are.
"We have a very efficient and effective system," he said. "Late time is far down on our list."
Salzer hopes to hold additional forums every six weeks until September, when the School Committee will vote on a final plan.


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A British man has been offered 50,000 euros ($65,625) for a strange-smelling rock his dog found on a beach, which may be a rare form of whale vomit used in perfumes, the BBC reports.
Ken Wilman was walking his dog Madge in the coastal town of Morecambe in northwest England when she began "poking at a rather large stone" with a waxy texture and yellowish colour.
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A man finds a rare rock of highly prized whale vomit, or ambergris, worth up to $150,000 while walking his dog on a beach in England
At first he left it on the beach but later retrieved the object, which he believes is a piece of ambergris, a substance found in the digestive systems of sperm whales.
Whales sometimes spew up ambergris, which floats on water and has been highly prized for centuries.
It is used in perfume-making for the musky fragrance it acquires as it ages - but newer ambergris is foul-smelling.
"When I picked it up and smelled it I put it back down again and I thought 'urgh'," Wilman told the BBC.
"It has a musky smell but the more you smell it the nicer the smell becomes."
He is waiting for tests to confirm his find is ambergris, known as "floating gold", but says he has been offered 50,000 euros for it by a French dealer.
"It's worth so much because of its particular properties," Andrew Kitchener, principal curator of vertebrates at the National Museum of Scotland, told the BBC.
"It's a very important base for perfumes and it's hard to find any artificial substitute for it."
The substance gets a mention in the classic 1851 whaling novel Moby Dick.
Author Herman Melville wrote: "Who would think, then, that such fine ladies and gentlemen should regale themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale! Yet so it is."


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The Cardinals are:
17-10 when Adam Wainwright starts. 16-10 when Braden Looper starts.
So they're 33-20 with the front of their rotation, and 34-47 when anybody else pitches.
Another way to look at it, though. They are:
4-15 with Anthony Reyes and 5-17 with Kip Wells.
So they're 9-32 with the back end of their rotation, and 58-35 when it's anybody else pitching.
Still another way to look at it. They are:
45-23 when a member of the 2006 bullpen (Wainwright, Looper, Thompson) starts.
Or another way. Out of the current six-man rotation, they are:
37-22 when Wainwright, Looper or Pineiro starts, and
9-21 when Wells, Maroth or Mulder (obviously 0-0) starts.
Just some different ways to look at the same data. All calculations, done in the 9th inning today, assume the Redbirds do not, in fact, score 11 runs in the bottom of the ninth.
Matchups and whatnot
Curious lineup decision by TLR tonight.
David Eckstein is out, thanks largely to his 3-for-19 mark against Ted Lilly as well as the day game tomorrow. Brendan Ryan is at SS, and Aaron Miles is at 2B. Miles makes sense in this lineup. He's 7-for-21 against Zambrano, and Big Z has an absolutely massive platoon split (188/256/313 vs RHH, 282/388/451 vs LHH). But why Ryan tonight, rather than Eckstein tonight and Ryan tomorrow morning?
Eckstein has an even worse line against Monday starter Ted Lilly (4-for-29, .138), while Ryan has hits in both his at-bats against the lefty. And Miles should definitely be in there tomorrow, since he's been a very good OBP man against LHP.
If it were up to me, it'd be Eckstein at SS and Miles at 2B tonight, then Ryan at SS and Miles at 2B tomorrow. Instead, it's Ryan and Miles tonight, and quite possibly Eckstein and Ryan tomorrow. There may be more considerations that I don't know about. It's certainly possible. But to my eye, it looks like that'd be the better way to go.
The champagne of ballparks?
Your stat of the day:
Yadier Molina…
Career home runs at new Busch Stadium: 3
Career home runs at Miller Park: 4
Quick, name the player who:
* is batting .433 in close-and-late situations this year,
* is batting .294 with runners in scoring position and two outs,
* hit .310/.358/.506 with RISP in 2006,
* hit .333/.400/.542 with RISP and two outs in 2006,
* is a lifetime .325/.353/.500 hitter with the bases loaded,
* has a lifetime line of .286/.369/.461 line with RISP and two outs,
* rates among the baserunning leaders this year in advancing on flyballs hit by other players (source: Baseball Prospectus), indicating at least some level of hustle on the basepaths, and
* rated four runs above average as a defensive right fielder in 2006 (again, thx to BP).
Hint: this player is widely perceived to be not clutch, not a good defender and not a hustling player.
Note: none of this means that said player is necessarily a great ballplayer. It does not mean that Player X should be starting every day. Just a little thought exercise about re-thinking perceptions.
-M, listening to "Music from Big Pink" by The Band.
Odd and random stat of the night
Don't ask why, but I looked this up tonight. Albert Pujols destroys Dominican pitchers.
There are nine Dominican pitchers against whom Pujols has at least 10 career at-bats. They are Ramon Ortiz, Jose Lima, Jose Mesa, Salomon Torres, Pedro Astacio, Victor Santos, Octavio Dotel, Odalis Perez and Claudio Vargas.
Against those nine pitchers, Pujols is 59-for-134 — that's a .440 batting average. He's hit 17 home runs in those 134 at-bats.
It doesn't mean a thing. But it's a cool number. This is the way my brain works.


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Testers normally report into the development organization or application owner. Testers, though considered peers with development at a product / project level, are often viewed as part of the development engineering team at a higher level.
Resource constraints can more easily affect test teams in such a model, since there is'nt a pool from which resources may be drawn when needed. Managing resources through the demand highs and lows can be challenging. Also, processes, tools and techniques followed tend to be local to individual test teams, with little consistency across product groups. Some element of redundancy exists, while issues could crop up when trying to integrate different products. Generally owing to the smaller size of de-centralized teams, the opportunities to specialize may also be fewer.
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Both incumbent U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, D-Schuylkill and his challenger, state Sen. Dave Argall, R-Schuylkill, made appearances in the midstate on Election Day.
Holden ate a corned beef sandwich at the Fire House Restaurant in Harrisburg before greeting voters at the Neighborhood Center at Third and Kelker streets then visiting Lebanon, Berks and Schuylkill counties.
Argall stumped at three polling places in Lower Paxton Twp. in between visits to two Lebanon County spots. Asked who will win, Argall said, "Who the heck knows? There are so many variables in this race. I started out as an underdog, but this is such an unusual year."
An independent poll by Susquehanna Polling and Research showed Holden ahead 58 percent to 28 percent among likely voters. That echoed five polls by his campaign, Holden said. "But the only poll that counts is the one going on right now."


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We recently sailed on the Azura and booked the anytime dining option. On arrival we found we had been booked on the set timed dinner option. On querying this we were told they couldn't accommodate all of the people who had booked the anytime dining option and that they had a waiting list of 178 people. WHAT IS THAT TELLiNG YOU P and O? We ended up on the 2nd dinner option which was between 8.30 and 8.45. We never got out of the dining room before 10.30, sometimes it was 10.45, which meant we missed most of the entertainment. If we had been told on booking that anytime dining might not be available we would never have booked the cruise, we're not into school dinner systems.
We often ate in the buffet restaurant which was much more relaxed and we were able to see 3 shows a night. The food in the buffet restaurant is miles better than what they serve in the formal restaurant and there is much more choice.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Avondale Brewing Co.'s plans to bottle its beer have been delayed by a backlog of new label applications in Montgomery, co-owner Hunter Lake and state officials said today.
New labels must be approved by the enforcement division of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which has a backlog of about 800 applications because of the departure of a staffer who was responsible for that task, a spokeswoman said. The agency is in the process of hiring a replacement, she said.
Avondale Brewing, which opened in 2011, made a "major" investment in bottling equipment and intends to package five of its beers in 22.5 oz. bottles, which are allowed under liquor law reforms the state adopted last year, Lake said.
Among the first beers expected to be available in bottles are the brewery's popular Spring Street Saison and Streetcar Kolsch.
The brewer has dedicated a 15-barrel tank to production for bottling, and has the capacity to bottle as much as 500 barrels a year, Lake said. Bottling could begin within about two weeks of the time the state approves the proposed labels, he said, and bottled beer would be distributed in the metro Birmingham area.
The brewery, which is located in a renovated building near Avondale Park on 41st Street South, has been the epicenter of a redevelopment of Avondale's small retail district. Other new businesses include Saw's Soul Kitchen, the Freshfully Market and 41st Street Pub & Aircraft Sales.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island Republicans buried the hatchet yesterday, agreeing that West Brighton attorney Robert Scamardella will become GOP chairman -- a huge victory for political newcomer Scamardella in wresting the decades-old control of the party from the Fossella family dynasty.
Long-time Vito Fossella supporters State Sen. Andrew Lanza and party chair Mary Reilly announced yesterday they would support Scamardella for chair when Ms. Reilly's term expires in September.
The announcement followed a week of see-saw, behind-the-scenes negotiations, and is the culmination of an insurgent effort launched by Scamardella in March.
"We have a unified party," Scamardella said. "It makes Republicans stronger and I'm looking forward to leading the party in the political battles that lie ahead."
"I'm pleased it's over," said former Borough President Guy Molinari, a Scamardella supporter. "It's a big win for Bob Scamardella."
Ironically, it was Molinari himself who set up Vito Fossella years ago in his position as city councilman, and then congressman -- at one point calling Fossella the "son" he never had.
This ends a battle that publicly exposed rifts between GOP bigwigs and would have pitted rank-and-file Republicans against each other in county committee fights across the Island.
"It's disappointing," said Ms. Reilly, who had long dreamed of leading the party. "But seeing this party ripped apart? I can't do that."
Ms. Reilly will remain as chair until the fall. She will keep a slot on the county executive committee and on the state GOP's executive committee after that. She will also retain her title as president of the New York State Federation of Republican Women.
Lanza was the last top Republican to switch sides, saying he would adhere to his word to support Ms. Reilly until she ceded the fight to Scamardella.
That came yesterday.
"There's peace in the valley, and that's a good thing," said Lanza. "I commend Mary and Bob for coming together. It gives us the opportunity to move forward."
Rep. Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn), City Councilmen James Oddo (R-Mid-Island/Brooklyn) and Vincent Ignizio (R-South Shore) and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-East Shore/Brooklyn) were early converts to Scamardella.
Scamardella said that Assemblyman Lou Tobacco (R-South Shore), who formally backed him this week after supporting Ms. Reilly, was "integral" to the truce.
"He started the discussions," said Scamardella.
Tobacco on June 1 arranged a breakfast meeting with Scamardella and Ms. Reilly at his Tottenville home that broke the ice and kicked off days of negotiations that sealed the deal.
"To get an agreement, people needed to talk," Tobacco said.
Another breakthrough came when Vito Fossella Jr. and his father and uncle, long the GOP powerbrokers although Democrats themselves, on Sunday said they would not oppose Scamardella.
That removed what could have been a bulwark of support for Ms. Reilly.
It is not known what role the Fossellas will play in the party going forward.
Molinari also praised Ignizio for getting on board early.
The negotiations revolved around Lanza and Ms. Reilly looking to ensure that their county committee loyalists kept their seats under the new regime.
"Logistically, there were things that had to be dealt with," said Lanza, "working out having as many good people on county committee as possible."
"There was no way of protecting everyone," said Ms. Reilly. "We tried to keep the whole core of the Republican Party."
Ms. Reilly said she had supporters "fired up" to back her, but the challenge Scamardella mounted proved too daunting.
Scamardella had candidates for all 700-plus available county committee seats, an effort that the GOP organization couldn't match.
Given the numbers against her, many in the Scamardella camp thought Ms. Reilly should have capitulated before now.
"What end did she envision?" said one.
"We could have continued," said Ms. Reilly. "But at what cost? Kudos to Bob for mounting what he mounted."
Republicans also privately expressed frustration that Ms. Reilly and Lanza could have cut the same deal they did yesterday two or three months ago.
Deals were thought to be in place on Monday and Tuesday, only to come apart at the last minute.
"They wanted to save their own people," said one Republican familiar with the negotiations. "Everybody understood that they should have that. But this could have been done months ago."
Said Lanza, "That's always true. It's always better to come together sooner rather than later. The important thing is that we came together."
"If it had been settled earlier, it would have saved a lot of work," said Molinari.
But bad blood remains.
Molinari skewered Lanza this week over issues dating to last year's congressional race, when he backed Grimm primary opponent Michael Allegretti.
Lanza and Tobacco, meanwhile, are also said to be at odds over Tobacco's switching sides, which left Lanza isolated.
"There's been a lot of 'he said, she said' going around," Tobacco said. "My only intention was that there should be peace, that it should work out for everyone."
"I don't pay attention to what other people say or do," said Lanza. "I am 100 percent on board."
Scamardella said that Ms. Reilly would consult him on any major party decisions that need to be made before he becomes chair.
"I'm comfortable with that," Scamardella said.
Without going into detail, Scamardella also said "changes can be expected" in the GOP's executive committee, including possible replacement of those holding vice chair and other officer positions.
"I will review the current office-holder situation and will make changes that best dovetail with my plans for the party," he said.
Scamardella supporters will continue gathering petitions to get on the county committee. He said he hopes the committee will number around 600 members, up from the current 300 or so, by the time he is elected chairman.


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Beefstu,Don't spend all those ill-gotten distributions in one place! (If your basis on NRGY is really about $34 as you said, you should be back to even by about mid-2012, I believe. The question then will be--will you sell a stock on the rise?)
$34 by mid 2012.. funnies thing I've head all month. Let me correct that, funniest thing I've heard all year.Let us pray that you are not a financial investor.Anyways...thanks for the early morning laugh.


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FLINT -- Ulysses Wilson mouthed the words on the poster as he read them to himself: "... your unwavering faith will carry you through tough times of difficulty."
Next to the quote was a picture of the man Wilson, 38, wants to make sure son Xavier, 8, knows all about -- the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
"I think it's important for the younger generations to understand where we as a people came from and still yet have so far to go," said the former Army sergeant, of Flint, who took his son to a church ceremony in King's honor.
From speeches to volunteer opportunities drawing crowds of hundreds Monday, King's message echoed through the community's colleges, churches and centers on a day celebrating his legacy.
Some honored the civil rights icon through song, dance and his own words "I have a dream."
Others donated blood, offered to help local groups in need and shared tough dialogue about ways to carry on the dream.
Many simply passed on a history lesson to their children.
"It's very important my son at the age of 8 in 2008 attends ceremonies like this to understand what his ancestors went through for his rights," said Wilson, who studies criminal justice at Mott Community College.
Church music mixed with loud clapping roared through the Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Flint, where hundreds of people squished into overpacked pews for a King tribute.
Local leaders took turns encouraging ways to make King's fight relevant today.
For Dr. Lawrence Reynolds, president of Mott Children's Health Center, it was an opportunity to touch on social and even political ills.
He talked about the higher number of deaths among black babies than white babies and making neighborhoods safer. He prodded parents to push for academic excellence in their homes, not just athletics, and challenged everyone to vote.
He even scolded the government for spending billions of dollars on a war that could provide health insurance for every person.
"We have to give our children a hope for the future. That is a human right, a God-given right," he said, interrupted by cheers and "amens."
"Where's our new school? Where's health care for everybody?
Trinity's guest speaker, the Rev. Roosevelt Austin, Sr., inspired an often standing crowd as he reminded them of King's Christian-themed message, "Love your enemies."
"You cannot defeat hate with hate, evil with evil," he bellowed. "Become more involved with loving. Love is an acting word."
Meanwhile, people crammed into bookshelf aisles at the Flint Public Library for an annual celebration that included Flint students Terrance Patton-Hill, 15, and Michael Williams, 16, delivering the famed "I Have A Dream" speech.
Community activist Helen Harris spoke about the emotional moment of hearing King's speech in person while Nanette Benman sang "If I could help somebody" while people tapped feet and closed eyes.
The University of Michigan-Flint held a blood drive and students later discussed what King Day meant to them.
For Grand Blanc High School junior Justin Makokha, 16, who attended the library event, the day's meaning was simple.
The engineer hopeful -- who plans to attend Morehouse College in Georgia where King attended -- carries on the dream by "sticking with good grades, being a good person and being productive in my country."
He said it's obvious some peers have forgotten their history "by going into drugs, gangs and otherwise."
Like King, "I'm never going to give up what I'm trying to accomplish," he said.
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Who Will Have The Longer Mainstream Career — Lindsay Lohan Or Porn Star James Deen?
James doesn't want a mainstream career that badly. If it happens, great. But we approached James. He wasn't going out there before The Canyons trying to go on auditions. He was making a pretty good living in something that he liked to do, and he wasn't desperate for this role. He was always super casual about it. If he got it, great, if not, he still worked. He worked on porn during the shooting of The Canyons, so just because of that fact, I'd have to say Lindsay. I mean, I think if Lindsay stays clean and sober, she would be great. I don't think she has to be totally sober, but if she pulled it back a bit? [Laughs.] The thing that people forget is that she's actually a good screen actress. A very good screen actress. It's just been buried by the tabloid activity of the last four or five years, however long it's been going on. And so she obviously has a more viable future. But, you know, it depends on how she decides to approach her life."
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My favorite James Deen movies are the ones where he makes women eat his ass.
James Deen will probably continue to have a bit of mainstream career on the side like Ron Jeremy, Ginger Lynn, and a few other porn stars have had for years. I just hope Lindsay won't try to have a bit of a porn career on the side. Because there's no way she could handle it well.
Deen. If Lohan doesn't get her drug and behavior problems together quickly, she's not long for this world.


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The Stupidity of Dignity: Conservative bioethics' latest, most dangerous ploy. Steven Pinker reviews Human Dignity and Bioethics, the latest report from the President's Council on Bioethics. [more inside]
You stink, therefore I am. Philosophers and psychologists have been studying the science of disgust, and its proper place in the law. Leon Kass, the chairman of the president's council on bioethics, cites "the wisdom of repugnance" in arguing against cloning. More recently, Martha Nussbaum has written a new book, "Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law," which rejects disgust as a moral guide. She has also written on the role of disgust in the mutilations of women in Gujarat.
The Cosmopolitan Illusion, by Lee Harris, is a challenging response to Martha Nussbaum's inspiring essay, Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism. Nussbaum's essay was the subject of a previous thread. [Via Ye Olde Phart.]
Emotions and ethics
"The study of feelings, once the province of psychology, is now spreading to history, literature, and other fields." Scholarship on the emotions is a rich field for historians and philosophers. Martha Nussbaum (previously discussed here) has written on historical views of the relationship between morality and emotion, and delves more deeply into it in her recent book, Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions. Of particular relevance these days may be M.F. Burnyeat's new book, Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity, which focuses on Classical views of anger and its proper place in human action. Many today could learn from Marcus Aurelius: "as grief is a mark of weakness, so is anger, for both have been wounded and have surrendered to the wound." [First link via Ye Olde Phart.]
Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism.
Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism. An excellent essay by classicist Martha Nussbaum on the importance of a cosmopolitan education and the limitations of nationalism.
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We should start a thread 'which wiichat member would you ask to go to the prom with'
that would be the oddest thing ever hahaOriginally Posted by surfinrach90
id take tony aka tony4engine since im talking to him online right now and hes the only one i can not get introuble for "hitting" on although i have a BF lmfao
sorry no NAMBLA for me! wait no thats MEN ok mine would be NAWBLA hahah- no dateline either!
We should start a thread 'which wiichat member would you ask to go to the prom with'
Uggh.... give this forum a few girls and watch them go crazy.
Remember how marisa's photoalbum thread started? How about Steph's desert Island.....
This place is just pedo-slanted. Yes, it's a new word.
theres only like 4 girls on this entire site that are regulars including myself!
its like ok 1/4 for rach, 1/4 for jill, 1/4 for steph, 1/4 for.....sh*t we need another girl who did i leave out??!?!
ummm there's that frogger but she hasn't been on here for that long, think we're the only regulars who's been on here since before Jan. Marisa maybe? Although I haven't seen her about in aaaaaaaaages =[
i know me neitherOriginally Posted by surfinrach90
i have her on my myspace page though...hmmm
shes only taking me cause she <3s me =POriginally Posted by The_Loose_Cannon
wait jill can I take tamara too !?!??!?
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my sis won prom queen
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Originally Posted by Darkprinny
Waha. This year one of my friends won Prom king, and another gal won prom queen.
Funny thing is, they weren't your cheerleader/football couple. Which was funny. They were in band, and totally didn't see it coming.
Har har. Maybe I should hint at prom king.
Looks like you had an awesome time. But the afterparties are best. The non-alcoholic ones, anyways ;P
That turtle has a brief case. It must be going to work. I hope it has a good day.
All of your dresses look very beautiful. It looks like you guys had a good time too. I did the same thing. I just went with a senior group with a junior and a sophmore in the mix.Originally Posted by surfinrach90
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"Figures lie" unless they are your own figures and make sense. Zany facts aren't so zany when they are backed up by math.
Then all those years of math training kicked in. If the average American woman is 5'-4" tall that is 64 inches. Let's say a lipstick is 4 inches long. Then a woman is 64 / 4 = 16 lipsticks tall. Might a woman go through 16 / 5 = 3.33 lipsticks in a year? I don't see why not. Joe Traffic is likely correct after all.
Joe Traffic came up with a corker yesterday. "The average American woman uses her height in lipstick over five years." I didn't believe it. You might as well tell me that there is no traffic on MacArthur Road on the day after Thanksgiving, Joe.
"Figures lie and liars figure" is a classic truism. Sometimes, though, through the magic of mathematics, we can verify even the most audacious statements.The Traffic Guy on our local TV news spices up his reports with Zany Facts. "The deepest part of the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is high." "Every cell in the human body is replaced in seven years." "Keanu Reeves really can act." We accept these zany facts (OK, maybe not the last one) because we can't prove otherwise. Also, if it is on the Internet, it must be true.