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- 2002
- SMDE, Shoghakukan Productions, TV Tokyo
- ShoPro Entertainment
- Tottoko Hamtaro Episode Guide
- Cartoon Characters: Hamtaro, Laura, Oxnard, Boss, Bijou, Stan, Sandy, Dexter, Howdy, Maxwell, Cappy, Panda, Pashmina, Penelope, Jingle, Snoozer, Kana, Elder Ham, Auntie Viv, Pepper, Omar, Travis, Mr. Yoshi, Brandy, Laura's Mom, Laura's Dad.
- Vocal Talent: Saffron Henderson (Hamtaro), Carly McKillip (Laura), Ted Cole (Boss), Chantal Strand (Bijou, Sandy), Noel Fisher (Stan), Sam Vincent (Dexter), Daniella Evangelista (Kana), Brad Swaile (Maxwell), Dave 'Squatch' Ward (Elder Ham), Crayole Lowen (Pashmina), Cathy Weseluck (Penelope, Panda), Terry Klassen (Jingle), Paul Dobson (Howdy).
- Directed By Kazuo Nogami, Koichi Sasaki, Yusaku Saotome.
- Animated By Massaki Sudo, Junko Yamanaka, Yukari Kobayashi.
- Written By Michiru Shimada, Miho Maruo, Yoshiyuki Suga.
Based on the Original Manga By: Ritsuko Kawai.
- Design: Ritsuko Kawai.
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Laura's parents take her on her first trip to the beach, but when they tell her that the water can be dangerous for hamsters, she decides not to take Hamtaro. However, Hamtaro and the Ham-Hams have other ideas! They want to see the ocean, so they make a plan to... (more)
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Auburn, Ala. - Governor Robert Bentley, Auburn Mayor Bill Ham, Jr. and the Kemmerich Group are proud to announce the location of Kemmerich USA L.P. in Auburn, Alabama. Kemmerich broke ground on a new 60,000 square foot facility on Wednesday, February 5th in Auburn Technology Park West. Governor Bentley and Mayor Ham attended the groundbreaking.
"Automotive manufacturing is one of the targeted sectors for growth in Accelerate Alabama, and Kemmerich's announcement today is proof that the industry is continuing to grow," Governor Robert Bentley said. "The jobs at Kemmerich will provide a good opportunity for the people in Lee County, and I appreciate the company's commitment to Alabama."
Kemmerich plans to invest approximately $16 million in the new facility, which could provide up to 160 jobs locally within the next five years. The Auburn location is an important milestone in a globalization strategy for Kemmerich, which already employs over 1,000 people in Europe. Kemmerich underwent an intensive site selection process, considering several states in the southeast before selecting Auburn, Alabama for their new US headquarters and manufacturing facility.
"We now understand when people told us that Alabama makes a difference," said Thomas Bergen, CEO of Gebrueder Kemmerich GmbH, thanking the economic development teams of both the State of Alabama and the City of Auburn for their support. "All of us at Kemmerich are looking forward to becoming a part of the Auburn family."
Kemmerich USA LP is a part of the Kemmerich Group, home to the Sauerland region of Germany. Founded in 1897, Kemmerich has a long tradition of metal work and has been an automotive supplier since the 1960s. Today, Kemmerich is a first-tier supplier to the automotive industry. The Auburn plant joins a corporate family that has manufacturing operations in Germany, Spain and the Czech Republic.
The Auburn plant will expand the international network of Kemmerich facilities allowing the company to better serve its customers including BMW, Ford, GM, Mercedes and Volkswagen. The Kemmerich Group is owned by two brothers, Josef and Christoph Kemmerich, the fourth generation to lead the family business. The plant in Auburn is scheduled to start operating in August.
"Kemmerich's announcement today confirms that they have discovered what I've known for years – Auburn is a special place," said Alabama House Speaker Hubbard, Representative for House District 79 in Auburn. "With a tremendous workforce, strong business community, and a prestigious university in our backyard, Auburn provides everything a business desires in a location. I'm proud of the work being done on every level of government from state, to county, to city, to ensure that Alabama and Auburn continue to be as business-friendly as possible. I'm proud to welcome Kemmerich to the Auburn family."
Mayor Bill Ham Jr. commented: "We're proud to welcome Kemmerich to the plains, and I'm confident that their trust and investment in our community will be a win for both Kemmerich and Auburn. I look forward to getting to know our newest corporate citizen and to seeing the fruits of this new partnership in our community as more jobs come to Auburn. My special thanks to Governor Bentley, Speaker Hubbard and Greg Canfield in the Alabama Department of Commerce, as well as to the City of Auburn's Economic Development team for their roles in making this possible."
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Damon Albarn is introducing the world to Mr. Tembo. The title character in a new song from the Blur frontman's debut solo album Everyday Robots is an orphaned baby elephant he met on a trip to Tanzania.
Tembo inspired Albarn to write one of the jauntier tunes on Everyday Robots, and now the pachyderm is starring in the song's new video. The clip features Albarn performing "Mr. Tembo" with his new band the Heavy Seas at a church in London while the real Mr. Tembo is seen strolling around the savannah on a TV in the venue.
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smcj wrote:Zhen Li wrote:I examined the AGW argument. How couldn't I? Everyone is bombarded by it daily.
I've presented the counter argument, and the burden of evidence does tend to be on the anti-AGW side so there's more to come, the onus is on you to counter them. Changing font colours doesn't tell anyone anything.
Please proceed.
What do you think of "peak oil"? It's a closely related topic, not quite the same of course.
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Willie Nelson mourning death of band member
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A guitarist in Willie Nelson's band has died.
A post on the country legend's website reports "with a heavy heart" that Jody Payne passed away Saturday morning.
Nelson's post adds that Jody's family is planning a private funeral, but it's possible a public memorial will be planned for later in the year.
Payne was once married to country singer Sammi Smith, and had also worked with stars such as Tanya Tucker and Hank Snow. Jody was part of Willie's touring band for more than 30 years before he retired in 2008.
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The American University Archives' new Eagle Lore: Windows into American University History online exhibit chronicles the history of American University from its founding to the present day. Through a series of historic images, viewers can see the development of the campus and experience the evolution of student life at AU. The collection also provides a glimpse of AU during significant historical moments, from presidential inaugurations to national protests.
The exhibit will appeal to current students, faculty, staff, alumni, community members, and others who would like to develop a better understanding and knowledge of AU's history. Because of American University's presidential connections and location, AU history offers a unique window into national and global politics, making the exhibit a valuable resource for scholars. Current members of the campus community as well as alumni will be interested to explore the modernization of campus, generational shifts, and a host of AU traditions. Visitors to the site can use the comment feature to provide more information and context for the images. We are especially excited to give alumni an opportunity to share their knowledge and expertise about AU.
Students from History and New Media taught by Assistant Professor Dan Kerr (History/CAS) provided substantial assistance in all aspects of developing the exhibit, including compiling metadata, designing the layout, and writing the exhibit text. Second year history master's student Leah Shore was captivated by the rich history of American University: "The older images of the original site with the farmhouse and the first campus buildings are fascinating. They show how drastically the University has changed over its lifetime. The wartime images from AU are particularly compelling. I had no idea of AU's history during World War I and II before this project, but it was remarkable to see those photographs."
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Richards wins TL-leading 11th game
Angels prospect goes the distance for the third time this year
By Ashley Marshall / Special to MLB.com | July 25, 2011 9:40 PM ET
The 23-year-old allowed two runs on six hits and a walk while striking out four over nine innings in the Double-A Arkansas Travelers' 5-2 win over the Tulsa Drillers. It was his third complete game of the year.
"I felt pretty good. I know that when things go bad I can just deep a deep breath, relax and know that one run isn't going to beat me," the former first-round Draft pick said.
Richards (11-1) has gone the distance in three of his last nine outings and he leads the Texas League with 128 innings pitched. He trails only Arkansas hurler Matt Shoemaker (five) for the most complete games, but insists his body is holding up well despite the increased workload from a year ago.
"This time of the season I go through a bit of fatigue, but I'm feeling like I'm starting to get my legs and body and back under me again," said Richards, who threw 143 innings over 26 starts last season. "I feel like I'm only getting stronger. I'm staying on top of my strength and weightlifting programs and I owe a lot of my success to our trainers."
Since moving up to Double-A at the start of the year, the Texas League midseason All-Star has followed a structured conditioning regime to keep him on track to pitch every fifth day. He says that has greatly improved his endurance on the mound.
The Angels' No. 4 prospect goes on a low-intensity "flush run" the day after a start and then throws a short bullpen session on the second day. The third day is spent tossing a full bullpen session followed by upper or lower body work, and he plays catch and runs the day before a scheduled outing.
The benefits of his off-day workouts proved valuable Monday when he got better as the game wore on, despite temperatures that hovered just below 100 degrees for the majority of the game.
The 6-foot-3 right-hander used an inning-ending double play to erase a hit batter in the first inning, and he escaped unscored upon in the second frame when catcher Orlando Mercado picked off Hector Gomez off first base following back-to-back singles. Tim Wheeler put Tulsa on the board with his 29th homer, a solo homer in the third, and Brian Rike helped the Drillers reestablish their lead when his RBI single plated Gomez from second base in the fifth.
From there, Richards settled down, allowing just one more hit over the final four frames and retiring the final eight batters he faced.
"I threw the ball down in the zone and I mixed my speeds," said Richards, selected 42nd overall in the 2009 Draft. "I usually rely on my fastball -- four- and two-seam -- but my slider was really good tonight and my change-up helped set up the other two pitches.
"It's always nice to save the bullpen, especially considering we have three important games coming up in Springfield."
The California native has pitched at least seven innings in 10 of his 19 appearances and he ranks among the league leaders in a number of statistical categories. He is holding hitters to a .229 average, second to Shoemaker (.215), his 3.23 ERA ranks fourth and his 89 strikeouts are fifth-best.
"The catchers, [Wilin] Rosario and Mercado, have been calling great games, the guys have been swinging the bats well and any time I have been in a pinch, my defense has turned a big double play," he explained. "Now I'm looking to finish strong and hopefully win a ring."
On Monday, Roberto Lopez homered twice and plated three runs for the Travelers and Matt Cusick and Darwin Perez also went deep.
Former sixth-rounder Cory Riordan (1-10) lost his eighth straight decision for the Drillers, surrendering three runs on nine hits while striking out one over six innings.
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Hi guys I know there has been loads of threads about training Muay Thai in Thailand, I just want to know is it realistic to train there with a budget of £200 per month including training,food and accommodation ??? Just need break for 1 year
Hi guys I know there has been loads of threads about training Muay Thai in Thailand, I just want to know is it realistic to train there with a budget of £200 per month including training,food and accommodation ??? Just need break for 1 year
no, you won't do it on that budget unless you live like a bum
you could maybe do it on double that depending where you live and where you train
Thanks for responding mate, if I did budget £400 a month would that give good place to train/live/eat ??? I just assumed it's a cheap place to go... Have you been ?
yes if you are thai and live in isaan
400 is getting there, you will have to fight for the gym to get training right down, live in a fan room and just eat thai
for me no, i couldnt live on that. i prob spend a tenner a day just on food. thats eating cheap. £400 will normally get you a month accomadation and a months training in somewhere like phuket, bangko, samui etc.
you can get everything cheaper tho, rooms for about £50-100 a month, fight for the gym and get cheaper or free training. find the right places to eat etc
also depends where you live, chaing mai is cheap, places like isaan are loads cheaper but full thai areas and you will most likely have to learn to speak thai
a thai meal is about 40baht in phuket but 20 in chaingmai and 10 in isaan for example
you can live out there on £400 a month no bother, but it would be really basic and you would have to eat at the camp or local, u wouldnt be able to eat expensively.
if you fight there u can earn a bit more but not that much, but you would get some training for free!
i was out for 3 months last year and spent less in 3 months there than 10 days in ibiza, no joke!
i got by on £25 a week not including training and accomodation.
you can live well cheaply there, but it depends how u wanna live. its really easy to go out a lot and spend shit loads of money but if your disciplined then its also pretty easy to to not spend money on shit and keep it for food.
all the camps there offer training and accomodation packages that normally include at least breakfast too!
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To be honest, sounds like you should aim to go for 6 months with a bit more cash? Or you can supplement your cash with teaching english?
I did £800 in 5 weeks the last time I went. Not including the £600 I spent in the flight.
£800 included rent, food, scooter rental, odd trips to the cinema, eating relatively clean and training. Oh and the internal flight from Bangkok to Phuket and back. And the hotel I stayed in whilst there. And my trip to Lumpinee stadium via SkyTrain. I also went to Koh Phangnan for New Year/Full Moon as well as spent Christmas on the beach.
I dont drink or smash hookers. If you plan on doing that - you might as well sell your house and all your worldly belongings.
The year before I did £1500 which was everything excluding my flight which was £500. I did everything though... elephant trekking, white water rafting, abseiling down the side of waterfalls and allsorts of tourist stuff.
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Discussion in 'Sports Zone' started by ABQCOWBOY, Sep 20, 2012.
O's & Skankees tied with 4 games to go!
You have the Rays on the road. We have the BoSox in Yankee Stadium. Over the last 10 games, Ray's are playing the best Baseball in the Majors at 9-1. BoSox are 1-9 over the last 10 games.
3 games to go.
So what happens if the Yanks and O's tie? One-game playoff for the division, with the loser having to play the one-game wildcard playoff?
Well, in the unlikely event they tie, then it would go to a one game series to decide the division. O's and Yankees split the series 9-9 so it would probably go to the inner divisional record which I believe the O's have advantage. That would dictate where the game is played so I believe the game would be played in Camden Yards.
Go O's!
You are correct.
Yankees 4 zip in the 4th Inning.
O's 0-0 in the 4th Inning.
The O's went 19-9 in September, the best record in the AL.
Orioles 19-9
Angels 18-9
Rays 17-10
Yankees 17-11
A's 17-11
Tigers 16-12
Rangers 15-13
What have you done for me lately is what matters now. Last 10 games or so.
Rays 1. O's zip in the 5th.
Yankees 9. Sox 0 in the 4th.
Is Bobby V hoping for a job of some sort with the Yankees next year? When you look at that lineup he put on the field one has to wonder. He's really been a clown this year.
10 games is nice, but a lil bigger sample size shows who is for real and who can sustain.
Not at the end. At the end, everybody is tired. Who is pitching well and who is hitting well is more about how much you have left, not how you have performed in the last 30 days.
As far as Bobby V goes, he's more likely to end up on a Texas Roster then he ever will be a Yankee team.
Maybe "the end" is more significant with an old team like the Yanks, but I'll go with the last 30 days as all of these teams are playing good ball. Should be a good postseason.
Guess we'll see. You guys have to win tonight. I'm pretty sure the Sox are done for tonight.
Yankees beat BoSox.
Rays beat O's.
Rangers losing to A's 4 - 2.
If the Rangers go on to lose, Yankees and Rangers are tied for best record in the AL, Yankees have a one game lead over the O's for the AL East.
O's now have to win both games and hope that the Yankees lose both games in order to win the AL East. Magic number for Yankees is 1. Texas has to just win their games.
Could still be exciting. Rays dont have anything but pride to play for now. I still dont think they will lie down like the Red Sux tho.
Sux look pitiful. Anything can happen in a rivalry, but they show no heart. Could it be different today/tonite? If Sux can win and O's win, then Wed becomes huge!
I think it's easy to say that the Sox laid down but in reality, if you look at the numbers, the Yankees are playing like they have played all season. 2nd overall in runs scored, 8 overall in batting average, 2nd overall in on base percentage, 1st overall slugging percentage and they lead the majors in HRs overall.
Cano, Granderson, Martin and Teixeira all homered. I do believe, however, that this will not continue in the playoffs. The Rays have the best pitching but they are not going to make the playoffs. The A's are the team that has the best pitching for those who are left.
Lester is on the mound for the Sox today. Phelps is throwing for the Yankees.
Shields is throwing for the Rays. Gonzales is on the mound for the O's.
Harrison is starting for the Rangers tonight. Blackley is throwing for the A's.
Wednesday, the Yanks have Kuroda and the Sox have Daisuke. O's have Tillman vs Hellickson and the Rangers have Dempster vs Griffin.
I think if the O's can win tonight, they have an excellent chance of winning Wed.
The Rangers have to win tonight because Griffin is almost unbeatable with a 7-1 record and a 1.59 ERA.
Yankees have a very good chance of beating both pitchers they face in the last two. They have to lose at least one or it's done.
Sox leading Yankees 2-1 in the top of the 4th.
O's leading Rays 1-0 in the top of the 5th.
2-1 Bosox top of the 7th. Go Bosox! :laugh2:
3-1 going into the bottom of the 9th!


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There's another fight brewing over a Second Street bar in Belmont Shore.
Next Tuesday at the City Council meeting, a group of Belmont Shore residents will attempt to block Simmzy's Pub's application for a conditional use permit for longer hours to serve liquor.
Simmzy's Pub will be opening in March at the former location of the Shorehouse restaurant.
Both the city and the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control have classified Shorehouse and Simmzy's in the same way, and Simmzy's will have identical operating conditions as Shorehouse, which was until 10 p.m. However,
Simmzy's Pub wants to expand its hours to midnight.
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"I believe there should be no expansion of alcohol service on Second Street at all," said Carolyn Rhoades in an email to DeLong. "Those of us who live in this area are entitled to the quiet enjoyment of our property. We do not have that and have not for some time."
Rhoades said conditions are worsening.
"My husband was assaulted one night when he went out into the street in front of our house to ask some guys to be quiet," Rhoades said. "Our cars have been hit or vandalized on approximately four occasions."
DeLong said he's made no decision on the extended hours, adding that he's waiting for the discussion Monday.
Mike Simms, one of the bar owners, said that $1 million in upgrades has been invested in the business, and the extended hours would help offset the costs. He also vowed to be a good neighbor, saying that three years of operating a restaurant-bar in Manhattan Beach has not generated one police complaint.
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It was almost the only way he had now of keeping in touch personally with his workmen.
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In antagonizing you farmers, I've opened the way for the enemies of the Service to reach you.
The line in question is 700 meters long--770 yards--and has two lines of way.
Old English weg "road, path, course of travel," from Proto-Germanic *wegaz (cf. Old Saxon, Dutch weg, Old Norse vegr, Old Frisian wei, Old High German weg, German Weg, Gothic wigs "way"), from PIE *wegh- "to move" (see weigh). Most of the extended senses developed in Middle English. Adverbial meaning "very, extremely" is by 1986, perhaps from phrase all the way. Ways and means "resources at a person's disposal" is attested from early 15c. Way-out (adj.) "original, bold," is jazz slang, first recorded 1940s. Encouragement phrase way to go is short for that's the way to go.
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Are agile team members different from people on other teams? Yes and no. Yes, because some of the behaviors we see on agile teams are more pronounced than those behaviors on non-agile teams. And, no, because we are talking about people!
But, successful agile team members exhibit certain behaviors more often than non-agile project team members, because agile requires these behaviors to create a successful team and product. If you've been tasked with creating an agile team, what qualities should you look for? Below are six key behaviors people on successful agile teams exhibit. I've also included interview questions to determine if an agile team candidate has what it takes to join a great agile team.
1. People Who Collaborate
People who can work together—really collaborate—are much more valuable than people who need to work alone. But, what does it mean to really collaborate?
The first thing you see in an agile team is that people work together on features. It's common on a non-agile team for people to take features or requirements and work on them alone, but that's uncommon on a well-running agile team, where several developers and a tester or two may work together to make sure they—as a team—have completed a story. You may see several testers working together to develop tests, or (one of my favorites) you may see developers and testers working together to develop the test automation framework for the project team.
The entire team works together to define, start, and finish features. Successful agile teams avoid the problem of having many features started but none finished at the end of the iteration, because they collaborate to complete features.
A question you can ask a candidate is "Think back to a recent project. Give me an example of a time you had to work with other people to make sure that you could finish something. What happened?"
2. People Who Ask for Help
It's not easy for many of us to ask for help. In many organizations, it's not even right to ask for help. Yet, people who can ask for help are people we want to hire for an agile team.
Why is asking for help so important? We all know something about the project, but none of us knows everything we need to know. So, we need to be able to ask for help, and we need to do this from a position of strength—not a position of weakness. On an agile team, it's not a problem to ask for help. In agile, we don't want to incur the delay of people being stuck before asking for help, and it's more important that the team deliver all the features the team committed to at the end of the erasure than that any one person be a hero.
Here's a question you could ask a candidate about his or her ability to ask for help: "Think back to your most recent project. Tell me about a time you did not understand something. What did you do?"
3. People Who are Willing to Take Small Steps and Get Feedback
Agile is all about feedback. We use iterations so we can do something and get some feedback. We build in increments so our customers have a chance to provide feedback on our work to date.
One of the behaviors you want to look for in a candidate is the ability to take small steps and get feedback on whatever work he or she performed. People who seem to need to finish a feature perfectly (whether those people are developers, testers, writers, or whoever) before anyone sees it are not well suited to an agile team.
One of the series of questions you can ask is "Tell me how you like to work. Think back to the last feature you worked on. Did you try to finish the whole thing before you asked for feedback?" Wait for the answer. Now, ask, "Why?" The candidate might tell you he or she had one shot at getting feedback. Or the candidate might say he or she was expected to complete everything perfectly. Now you can ask, "When you work on your projects outside of work, how do you work?"


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By Rich Myhre Herald Writer
MUKILTEO — In the fifth inning of Friday's game against Jackson, and with the tying run at third base, Kamiak sophomore right fielder Jake Long was just looking for a well-placed RBI hit.
He ended up placing a towering drive well beyond the left-center field fence.
Long's two-run home run capped a six-run inning for the Knights, who added another run in the sixth and then snuffed out a Jackson rally in the top of the seventh for an exciting 7-6 victory on a wet, blustery afternoon.
It was the first varsity homer for Long, who played on the Knights JV baseball team a year ago.
"I was just looking for a pitch to drive to score the run," Long said. He got a fastball "right down the middle," and as it came off the bat "I was expecting it to be in the gap. But then it just took off."
The six-run outburst erased Jackson's 5-0 lead, and came against Timberwolves starting pitcher Tyler Wingert, who had checked Kamiak on five hits and no runs over the first four innings.
Geoff Lee led off Kamiak's rally with a one-out double into the left field corner. He moved to third on an infield single by Alex Pettibone and scored Kamiak's first run on a single to left by Jacob Bettencourt.
Jackson then got the second out of the inning, and was one out away from taking a 5-1 lead to the sixth. But Andy Crosby bounced a sharp single to left field for another run, and two more scored on a single by Andrew Piccini and an outfield error that allowed Piccini to reach third with Long coming to the plate.
The Knights added an insurance run in the sixth by combining three walks and a hit batter, and they appeared to get another run, though it was disallowed when a base runner was called out for leaving early on Long's apparent sacrifice fly.
Down by two runs in the top of the seventh, the T-wolves nearly sent the game to extra innings. Two runners tried to score on Alec Kisena's one-out drive to the center field wall, but the second runner was tagged out by catcher Wilson Kessel after a relay throw from Lee, Kamiak's shortstop.
"(Kessel) got him right in the foot (with the tag), so that was a good call," said Kamiak coach Steve Merkley.
"All we have to do is slide at home plate and we're tied," said Jackson coach Kirk Nicholson.
The Knights then got a fly ball to center field for the game-ending out.
Merkley was pleased with how his team rallied from a five-run deficit, and by the production from the bottom half of his batting order. The last five hitters in Kamiak's lineup were a combined 9-for-15 with three walks and five RBI.
"At the start of the season we weren't getting any RBIs," he said. "We'd get guys on, but then couldn't get them in. But today we got them in."
It was Kamiak's second win against Jackson in three games this week. The T-wolves took a 7-0 decision in Tuesday's series opener, and Kamiak answered with an 11-1 victory on Wednesday.
"We look a lot more solid than we did a week ago," Merkley said. "We have good pitching, our defense has been real good, and now we're starting to hit."
Though disappointed with the outcome, "it's better that it happens now than in the playoffs," Nicholson said. "This is about learning for us right now, and we have a long way to go. It was a good game for them, it was a good game for us, but if you do some things wrong you pay for them."
Nicholson liked that his team came within a whisker of extending the game with its seventh-inning rally. "It was a good baseball game," he said. "But unfortunately somebody has to lose, and today that was us."
At Kamiak H.S.
Jackson 400 010 1—6 9 1
Kamiak 000 061 x—7 12 1
Tyler Wingert, Jeremy Spring (5) and Alex Kiel; Andy Crosby, Kevaughn Escobar-Umayam (3), Brandon Gustafson (7) and Wilson Kessel. WP—Escobar-Umayam. LP—Wingert. S—Gustafson. 2B—Spring (J), Alek Baumgartner (J), Alec Kisena (J), Kiel (J), Wheadon (J), Geoffery Lee (K). HR—Jake Long (K). Records—Jackson is 1-2 in league, 3-3 overall. Kamiak is 2-1, 4-2.


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Tony Woods scored 18 points and No. 21 Oregon pulled away over the final 61/2 minutes to beat No. 24 UCLA 76-67 on Saturday in Los Angeles, improving the Ducks to 5-0 in Pac-12 play for the first time in 39 years.
Dominic Artis added 14 points, and Arsaian Kezemi had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Ducks (16-2, 5-0), who snapped the Bruins' 10-game winning streak, including eight straight victories at home.
UCLA (15-4, 5-1) led by three points at halftime after shooting 55 percent. They led by five early in the second half and tied the game at 52-all before the Ducks' defense stepped up and sent the Bruins' shooting into a tailspin.
Travis Wear scored 17 points to lead the Bruins, whose winning streak equaled their longest since 2008-09. Norman Powell added 11 points starting in place of Shabazz Muhammad, who finished with 10 points, as did Kyle Anderson.
After barely getting by Southern California 76-74 on Thursday, the Ducks won their seventh straight and 11th in their last 12. They are 5-0 in league play for the first time since 1973-74 when the conference had eight teams. Back then, they lost their next game to then-No. 1 UCLA at Pauley Pavilion.
No. 7 Arizona 71, Arizona State 54 • Mark Lyons scored 24 points, Nick Johnson added 19 and Arizona pulled away in the second half to beat rival Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz.
Arizona (16-1, 4-1 Pac-12) was solid at both ends and went on the decisive run after Arizona State point guard Jahii Carson picked up his fourth foul midway through the second half. Solomon Hill added 13 points for the Wildcats, who scored 18 points off turnovers and outscored the Sun Devils by 14 inside.
Arizona State (14-4, 3-2) never recovered after Arizona's run, thanks to 17 turnovers and a quiet game by second-leading scorer Carrick Felix, who had 5 points on 1-of-8 shooting.
Carson had 22 points and four assists, and Evan Gordon added 14 points for the Sun Devils.
Pac-12 scores
• No. 7 Arizona 71, Arizona State 54
• No. 21 Oregon 76,No. 24 UCLA 67
• Stanford 69, Cal 59
• USC 69, Oregon State 68
• Colorado 58, Washington State 49


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Quality Review System, SSA/DCFAM/OQAPA/OQA
Effective Date: August 1, 2000
System number: 60-0040
System name:
Quality Review System, SSA/DCFAM/OQAPA/OQA
Security classification:
System location:
Social Security Administration
Office of Systems Operations
6401 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21235
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Randomly selected applicants for and/or beneficiaries of:
a. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments under title XVI of the Social Security Act. Records of some SSI beneficiaries may have been transferred from State welfare rolls for aid to the aged, blind and disabled.
b. Retirement Survivors Insurance (RSI) benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.
c. Disability Insurance (DI) benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.
Categories of records in the system:
a. SSI Quality Review: Quality Review Data Base, selected case file, quality assurance universe file, designated case transmission file, designated case extract file, sample control list and consistency review data base. These records may contain: Social Security number (SSN), State and county of residence, type of claim, information regarding federally-administered supplementation payments, Social Security claims numbers, living arrangements and family composition, income and medical information, sex, race, resources, third party contacts and indications of processing errors.
b. RSI Quality Review: These records contain information regarding Federal payments and other information listed above.
c. DI Quality Review: These records contain information regarding Federal DI payment and other information listed above.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
Sections 205(a), 1631(d), and 1631(e) of the Social Security Act.
The Quality Review Data Base is used for accumulating and tabulating data to determine the accuracy of the entitlement status of applicants/beneficiaries and of benefit amounts paid under the RSI program and the DI program, and the eligibility status of applicants/beneficiaries and of benefit amounts paid under the SSI program.
Other categories of records provide data necessary to complete the database and to provide information to SSA's regional offices so that they may review cases to obtain information on the general level of accuracy of the entire beneficiary rolls in the programs noted previously.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of uses and the purposes of such uses:
With respect to SSI data, disclosure may be made as indicated below. However, disclosure of any information constituting "returns or return information" within the scope of the Internal Revenue Code will not be disclosed unless disclosure is authorized by that statute.
1. To the appropriate Federal agency charged with the responsibility for investigating or prosecuting a violation or potential violation of law, whether civil, criminal, or regulatory in nature, and whether arising by general statute or particular program statute, or by regulation, rule or order issued pursuant thereto, if this system of records indicates that a violation may have occurred.
2. To the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as necessary, for the purpose of auditing SSA's compliance with safeguard provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) of 1986, as amended.
3. To a contractor for the purpose of collating, evaluating, analyzing, aggregating or otherwise refining records in this system when SSA contracts with a private firm. (The contractor shall be required to maintain Privacy Act (PA) safeguards with respect to such records.)
4. To third party contacts in situations where the party to be contacted has, or is expected to have, information relating to the individual's capability to manage his/her affairs or his/her eligibility for or entitlement to benefits under the Social Security program when:
a) The individual is unable to provide information being sought. An individual is considered to be unable to provide certain types of information when:
i) he/she is incapable or of questionable mental capability;
ii) he/she cannot read or write;
iii) he/she cannot afford the cost of obtaining the information;
iv) he/she has a hearing impairment, and is contacting SSA by telephone through a telecommunications relay system operator;
v) a language barrier exists; or
vi) the custodian of the information will not, as a matter of policy, provide it to the individual; or
b) The data are needed to establish the validity of evidence or to verify the accuracy of information presented by the individual, and it concerns one or more the following:
i) his/her eligibility for benefits under the Social Security program;
ii) the amount of his/her benefit payment; or
iii) any case in which the evidence is being reviewed as a result of suspected abuse or fraud, concern for program integrity, or for quality appraisal, or evaluation and measurement activities.
5. To third party contacts where necessary to establish or verify information provided by representative payees or payee applicants.
6. To State welfare departments pursuant to agreements with SSA for the Federal administration of State supplementation payments.
7. To State agencies for administration of the Medicaid Quality Control System.
8. To a congressional office in response to an inquiry from that office made at the request of the subject of a record.
9. To a Federal agency having the power to subpoena records, for example, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or the Civil Rights Commission, in response to a subpoena for information contained in this system of records.
10. Information may be disclosed to contractors and other Federal agencies, as necessary, for the purpose of assisting SSA in the efficient administration of its programs. We contemplate disclosing information under this routine use only in situations in which SSA may enter into a contractual or similar agreement with a third party to assist in accomplishing an agency function relating to this system of records.
11. Non-tax return information which is not restricted from disclosure by Federal law may be disclosed to the General Services Administration (GSA) and the National Archive and Records Administration (NARA) for the purpose of conducting records management studies with respect to their duties and responsibilities under 44 U.S.C. § 2904 and § 2906, as amended by NARA Act of 1984.
12. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), a court or other tribunal, or another party before such tribunal when:
(a) SSA, or any component thereof; or
(b) any SSA employee in his/her official capacity; or
(c) any SSA employee in his/her individual capacity where DOJ (or SSA where it is authorized to do so) has agreed to represent the employee; or
(d) the
is a party to litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and SSA determines that the use of such records by DOJ, the court or other tribunal is relevant and necessary to the litigation, provided, however, that in each case, SSA determines that such disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected.
Wage and other information which are subject to the disclosure provisions of the IRC (27 U.S.C. § 6103) will not be disclosed under this routine use unless disclosure is expressly permitted by the IRC.
With respect to title II data, routine disclosure is made only as indicated in items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
13. To student volunteers and other workers, who technically do not have the status of Federal employees, when they are performing work for SSA as authorized by law, and they need access to personally identifiable information in SSA records in order to perform their assigned Agency functions.
14. We may disclose information to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, entities, and persons when (1) we suspect or confirm that the security or confidentiality of information in this system of records has been compromised; (2) we determine that as a result of the suspected or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic or property interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or integrity of this system or other systems or programs of SSA that rely upon the compromised information; and (3) we determine that disclosing the information to such agencies, entities, and persons is necessary to assist in our efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm. SSA will use this routine use to respond only to those incidents involving an unintentional release of its records.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Records are stored in magnetic media (e.g., magnetic tape and discs).
Records are indexed and retrieved by any set of record characteristics; e.g., SSN, or name.
System security has been established for the records in accordance with the Systems Security Handbook. Tapes are stored in tape vault in the Office of Systems Operations (OSO), or in protected storage racks and discs are stored in protected storage racks. The entire area is secured by guarded entrances, with admission limited to authorized personnel. (See Appendix G to this publication for additional information relating to safeguards SSA employs to protect personal information.)
Retention and disposal:
The Quality Review data base is retained indefinitely. Records are erased after 30‑500 days.
System manager(s) and address:
Office of Disability Program Quality
Office of Quality Assurance and Performance Assessment
Social Security Administration
6401 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21235
Office of Assistance and Insurance Program Quality
Office of Quality Assurance and Performance Assessment
Social Security Administration
6401 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21235
Notification procedure:
An individual can determine if this system contains a record about him/her by following the instructions below:
Individuals requesting records relating to the RSI and DI program should contact the Director, Office of Disability Program Quality at the address shown under system manager above.
Individuals requesting records relating to the SSI program should contact the Director, Office of Assistance Program Quality at the address above shown under system manager.
An individual can determine if this system contains a record about him/her by writing to the systems manager(s) at the above address and providing his/her name
An individual can determine if this system contains a record about him/her by writing to the systems manager(s) at the above address and providing his/her name, SSN or other information that may be in the system of records that will identify him/her. An individual requesting notification of records in person should provide the same information, as well as provide an identity document, preferably with a photograph, such as a driver's license or some other means of identification, such as a voter registration card, credit card, etc. If an individual does not have any identification documents sufficient to establish his/her identity, the individual must certify in writing that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense.
If notification is requested by telephone, an individual must verify his/her identity by providing identifying information that parallels the record to which notification is being requested. If it is determined that the identifying information provided by telephone is insufficient, the individual will be required to submit a request in writing or in person. If an individual is requesting information by telephone on behalf of another individual, the subject individual must be connected with SSA and the requesting individual in the same phone call. SSA will establish the subject individual's identity (his/her name, SSN, address, date of birth and place of birth along with one other piece of information such as mother's maiden name) and ask for his/her consent in providing information to the requesting individual.
If a request for notification is submitted by mail, an individual must include a notarized statement to SSA to verify his/her identity or must certify in the request that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR § 401.40).
An individual who requests access to his or her medical records shall be given direct access to those records unless SSA determines that it is likely that direct access would adversely affect the individual. If SSA determines that direct access to the medical record(s) would like adversely affect the individual, he or she must designate a responsible representative who is capable of explaining the contents of the medical record(s) to him or her and who would be willing to provide the entire record(s) to the individual. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR 401.55).
A parent or guardian who requests notification of or access to a minor's medical record shall at the time he or she makes the request designate a physician or other health professional (other than a family member) who is capable of explaining the contents of the medical record(s) to them and who would be willing to provide the entire record(s) to the individual. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR 401.55(c)(2)(ii)).
Record accessing procedures:
Same as notification procedures. Requesters should also reasonably specify the record contents being sought.
Contesting record procedures:
Same as notification procedures. Requesters should also reasonably identify the record, specify the information they are contesting and state the corrective action sought and the reasons for the correction with supporting justification showing how the record is incomplete, inaccurate or irrelevant. These procedures are in accordance with SSARegulations (20 CFR 401.65(a)).
Record source categories:
Information in SSA Quality Review System is furnished by applicants for and beneficiaries of the RSI and DI programs and the SSI program, representative payees of such individuals (where appropriate), SSA offices, other Federal and State agencies, and private sources.
Systems exempted from certain provisions of the Privacy Act:None.


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Last Thursday evening, a group of Osprey volunteers hopped into our silver Dodge mini van, loaded down with gear and clothing for what was to be a wet, snowy weekend just outside Boulder, CO, and departed for an event called The Backyard Collective.
The BYC is an effort of The Conservation Alliance, which brings together member company employees (in this case, Osprey, La Sportiva, etc.) and local grantees for a day of environmental action. Projects include trail work, invasive species removal and other opportunities for us to get out of the office and get our hands dirty doing good work to preserve and protect the open spaces in our own backyards.
At this event in particular, there were a few new volunteers (myself included), and we were all anxious to arrive, layer up, get our boots muddy and do our part to help the Boulder community that's very much in need.
During the more than seven-hour drive from our Cortez headquarters, I thought quite a bit about what trail work really means — and what it would mean for me at this event. The first image that came up was of myself swinging a pickaxe on some dry single track with a weathered pair of leather gloves, sun shining on the hillside with an epic view of early high-altitude snowfall, and a deep blue sky filled with puffy clouds that seem close enough to run across. Then, I imagined, I'd break for a morning Clif bar and refill my green tin cup with a few more ounces of hot John Wayne-style coffee. Oh, I imagined, it'd sure be glorious and rewarding. That's the definition of trail work right?
We awoke Friday to a rain-snow mix and temps in the low 30s. We sorted our way through a light morning commute toward Broomfield, made a quick stop for coffee and finally arrived at the Carolyn Holmberg Preserve at Rock Creek Farm. After an initial meet-and-greet and a disbursement of tools, we received our group assignment and grabbed the wheelbarrows to head down the path.
The expected turnout of 20 people was a sure underestimation of our group's commitment to help The Conservation Alliance. I took a quick count of about 50 people dressed in Gore-Tex rain shells, with hats pulled over their ears and smiles on their faces as they huddled around the free hot chocolate.
The trails here at the farm have been closed for some time, and after our work, nearly 125,000 people will regain access to them. We worked seamlessly with great instruction — and nearly four hours later, noticed that we had created one thousand feet of new path for the locals to enjoy. Six hundred more feet was our initial task. We crushed it. My hands were sore, my back a little tight, but I didn't quite feel exhausted or fulfilled like I had originally anticipated the week before. Hmm…
For myself, I think there were a few greater questions and lessons that I took away from the morning. I certainly contemplated my self-interests in the volunteer day. Why did I really sign up to help? To feel good? To get out of work for a day? It's cliché to say 'to help those in need', but maybe it was just as simple as that?
The reality of the work and location was nothing like the perfect Colorado day I had imagined when I signed up and stepped away from my desk. It frankly reminded me of the days growing up in Michigan and having to help a relative with chores around their acreage. It was flat, grey and damp. Turns out, it didn't matter.
As the weekend continued in the hustle of downtown Denver, I looked around watching other's interactions in the city, and it seemed as though our efforts began to sink in on another level. We all love nature for different reasons. Whether we're taking a personal break from our jobs, on a vacation we've filled the money jar with for a few months or simply heading out of town with a group of friends to have great stories to share on Monday morning: it's all the same.
I realized it doesn't matter where the trail leads or what the view is. It's a trail, which means it's an opportunity to be outside: and it's that simple. It's a way to improve someone's day whether it is used on a lunch break walk or the start of a multi-week adventure of not regularly washing your hair. Whatever the function, we took time out of our lives, our weekends, our days, to help something and someone else. Each of us is capable of, if we so choose, taking advantage of these small opportunities to positively impact the places that we love. And more importantly, help places that other people love.
Tim Calkins / Senior Graphic Designer Osprey Packs


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At 25, Holmes can be expected to live at least 40 to 50 years in prison.
To Holmes and McConnell, Benton had proved himself on the right battlefields.
Just six weeks before Holmes allegedly went on his rampage, he took an intensive three-part oral examination at the school.
But unlike Williams, Holmes had no interest in the strictly alt route.
Even before a court determines whether Holmes is insane, it must decide if he is competent to stand trial.
I am very much mistaken if the locution does not occur elsewhere in Holmes.
Mrs. James was saying only the other day that she quite missed them, and so did Mrs. Holmes.
I agree with you just as little with regard to Dr. Holmes and certain others.
"Well, we are quite in your hands, Mr. Holmes," said old Cunningham.
He decided to sound Hazon upon the matter, yet of this resolve he said nothing now to Holmes.


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3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
In a large bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; add the warm knots and gently toss to coat. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.
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Garlic Dinner Rolls
Parmesan and Herb Crescent Rolls
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Cinema Divina: Spiritual Development through Contemporary FilmOne of the most spiritually powerful essays I have ever read is "To Fall in Love with the World: Individualism and Self-Transcendence in American Life" by John M. Staudenmeier, S.J. (Institute of Jesuit Studies, May 1994). The author asks: "How can we respond to the call of faith and live committed to something other than our individual selves without an impossibly violent rejection of our culture?" In his cultural analysis Staude … [Read more...]
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Frisky Q&A: Sarah Erdreich On Her Book Generation Roe
Forty years after the landmark decision, Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion, a woman's right to make her own reproductive decisions is still a hotbed of discussion in state legislatures and a target of lawmakers. Outside of these state capitals, talking about abortion is still largely taboo.
Sarah Erdreich is trying to open up a larger discourse about reproductive rights and the next generation of women. Generation Roe: Inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement tackles the difficult issues of stigma, activism, pop culture and how to talk about abortion as not just a scary political battle but a more nuanced, personal choice for all women.
I had a chance to speak to Erdreich about the book and what she believes are the biggest issues facing the women who came after Roe and the right to choose.
The Frisky: I know you work for the National Abortion Federation's hotline, but was there one defining moment that made you want to write Generation Roe?
Sarah Erdreich: Actually there was. I began working at the hotline about five years ago, in the spring of 2008. But it was the following year I believe in March 2009 that the New York Times published an article titled "Where to Pass the Torch?" What it was about was, how there are a lot of abortion clinic owners, directors, counselors, providers and activists who were approaching retirement age. And one of the focuses of the article was, "Who is going to come up and take their place?"
So I was thinking about these different discussions I had been hearing, and I realize I'm surrounded, on the hotline, by all these really passionate enthusiastic activists who want to go to law school and become reproductive rights attorneys, who want to go to med school and be providers, want to work in clinics. And I thought I want to write a book about them, about why people still want to enter this field that is so stigmatized, and can be so dangerous, but they're passionate.
There are a lot of stories out there about women who have had abortions, but not many — that I've read anyways — about providers and activists. That was an eye-opening part of the book.
Well, that was one thing I was trying to do, so I'm glad it came across. I feel like there are already a lot of really great moving books out there that dealt with women's' personal stories. One thing that I found really inspiring — and that I hope will translate to others that read it — were the activists I spoke with. Everyone has their own reason for getting involved. I honestly found it really inspiring that so many people were involved with it not because they had a personal experience with it per se with abortion, but just because they cared about it as an issue.
Most of the time abortion is looked at as a black and white issue. You talked a lot about the nuances of abortion, and women who feel a certain amount of ambivalence. Could you explain more about that?
In some ways I do feel that abortion rights is a black and white issue, because I feel very strongly that abortion rights should exist. But I also think it's important that we acknowledge that there are so many reasons that women have abortions. It should be the woman's choice and her reasons should be good enough.
I think it's just as important to recognize that, there's so many ways to feel about having had an abortion, or about making a choice. I've heared from so many women who felt really empowered, and really relieved. They were glad to make this choice that was right for them.
And that's just as valid as a woman saying I'm really sad that I had to have this abortion. It's normal to regret the circumstances that led to the abortion for a lot of women. So I think that is something that maybe is not discussed enough, and I feel that's a place where the anti-choice movement has been very savvy in being able to say, "Oh, if a woman regrets have an abortion that means abortion is wrong for all women!" And I think that's an unfair, inaccurate statement.
I'm hoping being able to talk about this with more nuance and kind of being able to to untangle, "I wish I'd been in a better relationship, if I had then maybe I wouldn't have chosen to have an abortion." That's regretting the relationship, not regretting the abortion per say. That is something I think is important to talk about.
On the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade there was a poll released by the Pew Forum, that said that 40 percent of people under 30 knew what Roe v. Wade was, 33 percent incorrectly identified the decision and 24 percent said they did not know. What do you think is the biggest issue for the next generation of pro-choice women? Do you think it's education? Or the state bills that are passing to restrict abortion?
I think what worries me the most, this is not the next generation, but even within my generation, and I think even those older than me. It's not so much the lack of education —- although I do think that's a concern and that was something a lot of the activists I talk to brought up — but I think it's a lack of empathy. And I think we see that in a lot of discourse around a number of social issues in our society, not just reproductive rights.
It seems like it's challenging for people to say, "I can understand why someone would do that, and I'm not going to judge them." When it's discussed by our national media on a large scale, it's kind of in reaction to big stories like North Dakota and Arkansas. And I'm glad it's discussed then, but I feel like when you're only talking about these really big issues you kind of loose sight of all the reasons women have abortions, and how common it is. I think it's easier to feel a lot more empathy and a lot more solidarity with people, where as you can understand and relate to their circumstances. I'm not sure that's happening as much as it should be.
Does it worry you at all that some young woman take the ability to get a legal abortion for granted?
Oh very much! I feel like that's in the same vein as taking accessible contraception for granted. I think anything involving sexual health, my generation, and generations younger than me are not very cognizant of the fact that this is a pretty new development. I think that, this is definitely a luxury for young women and young men to be able to grow up in a world where abortion is legal. And I'm glad we have that luxury, but I don't think that any of us can take it for granted.
And I have to say, I'm almost more worried about young men who take that for granted than young women. I would like to see more young men cognizant of the fact that reproductive rights affect them as well. That's an issue that I think could benefit from more men being thoughtful about how important contraception and access is in their lives as well.
You had a lot of interviews from men who doctors and activists in the book, but the first one took me by surprise. Abortion is posed as such a women's issue because they carry the baby, but do you think there is anything that men should be doing?
I fully recognize that for a lot of people talking about men's roles in reproductive rights can be very challenging. The only person that should ultimately make the choice to continue whether or not to be pregnant is the woman. In an ideal situation the male partner can and will want to be supportive of that, but that doesn't always happen of course.
I think I would just like to see men be more appreciative of the fact that reproductive rights ' and more aware of the fact — that reproductive rights are not just a women's issue. I think it's important for men and women in intimate situation to have this conversation before there's an unexpected pregnancy or before you're at that point where you need to make a decision very quickly.
I think one of the best men in the book was the doctor who asked you if your own OBGYN performed abortions.
He was one of, hands down, my favorite people to interview. He really challenged me! I mean I was really embarrassed in that interview when he asked me that and I didn't have an answer for him. I thought I need to be more proactive about my own health. I talk about abortion all day everyday and that had never occurred to me. It was really eye opening.
One of the things that surprised me the most was the information about healthcare in the U.S. in the 1800s, and that abortion was legal and that midwives performed most medical services. What surprised you the most when researching this book?
In that aspect particular, abortion care in the 18th and 19th century, the fact that the Catholic Church — at least in the U.S. -—didn't oppose abortion until the 1860s I found absolutely shocking. If you look at the church today you'd they that they were always very anti-abortion, anti-choice. So I found it very interesting particularly because religion is so often in this country brought up as a reason to be anti-choice. It made me wish that it was still the case that the church did not have the stance that is does about reproductive rights.
In terms of stigma, what do you think is the antidote to people not wanting to discuss abortion. Do you have an antidote?
It's really hard to orchestrate the conversation about abortion: "Today I'm going to talk to my cousin about it." I think that makes it seem really false and stilted. I really would hope that for people who really do care about these issues, and who are thinking about them that they would not be afraid.
I also think that helps keep the conversation at a more interesting, deeper level when you're having a one on one conversation that starts from a place where someone cares about it instead of just this rhetoric that we see so often. Where abortion is boiled down to, "women who have abortions are terrible," "no one who has an abortion should have children." I really think it helps keep it away these kind of stereotypes and assumptions.
People usually look at only the extreme reasons for having an abortion — rape or incest — and not the woman who is married, or the woman who wants to focus on the career first. Do you think there's a way to open up the broader national discussion to the 1 in 3 who have abortions? Do you think the book will help open up this discourse?
I really hope so! I was talking about this issue with a friend of mine several weeks ago, and she and I we're both mothers — we both have young children — and we were kind of talking about how glad we were for the fact we were able to have these children when we felt most prepared to.
And that somehow lead into talking about the fact that you do see in almost all these abortion restrictions the exemption for rape and incest, or the life of the woman. And sometimes it's broadened into health both mental and physical. And we agreed that we were really glad that these exceptions exist that it's really important.
But the very fact of those exceptions really dose seem to further stigmatize abortion in a way because it really, kind of seems to say, "If a woman is having sex, consensual sex, that she deserves whatever she gets."
We agreed that's really unfair and unfortunate for a lot of women that even in the laws we have that purport to be generous towards women, that there's still this sense of shame associated with it. And I think that one way to address that is, and I apologize if I sound like a broken record, but it really is to talk about reproductive rights and talk about abortion, because not only will 1 in 3 women in this country have an abortion by age 45 but approximately 60 percent of women that have abortions are mothers. It's a relatable reason that women make these choices.
What do you think that pro-choice organization can do? What are their next steps?
I think a lot of the national, kind of mainstream organizations really do wonderful work. But it feels like a lot of what they're doing is more at the federal level. Working in D.C. with political allies, or through the court challenging laws. And that's really important. But I think that being able to focus not just on the state level, but even narrower on the community level is a really important piece of this. That said, I'm not sure how much a lot of these large organizations could do that.
But I think to whatever extent possible to provide support, not just to local chapters of large organizations, but also to individual clinics and local access funds.
The local level is so important because that's where a lot of these laws start. That's where a lot of these politicians will first get elected to city council and go on to higher and higher office. The local clinics are seeing women from all over their state, or even from other states a lot of times. They know what issues, in the community are really affecting women. They know who the anti-choice protesters are, and how best to deal with them. I think there is a lot of knowledge and a lot of energy at the local level that is not always utilized.
Were their things you learned while doing this book as you went along that you didn't originally think you'd include?
One thing that I did not expect to include in the book, was all the pop culture stuff — pretty much the entirety of chapter 4 where it talks about "Juno" and "Knocked Up" and other movies. That was something that evolved as I was writing the book. Because when I started I wasn't really thinking about the stigma, per se, and why there's so much stigma about abortion in our society.
There more interviews I did, the more research I did, the more I realized that he way our pop culture represents — or more often does not represent — abortion really does have an impact on people. I'm a huge pop culture junkie anyways. I was really interested to delve into all these wide ranging examples of how TV and movies will talk about pregnancy, or present an unplanned pregnancy. The way that TV and movies constantly seem to always say there's a very narrow way to resolve this issue, is really not keeping with the reality that so many women experience.
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10th June 2013 06:35 PM #1
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Boy or Girl???
Hey guys. Sorry but I have another boy or girl guessing game! I had my anatomy scan done at 19 weeks and the tech didn't want to guess boy or girl because she couldn't tell. I found the best toilet shot I had and was hopping for anyone's guess or even pointers to help me guess. Happy either way as it is healthy and all looked good but curiosity is nagging me! Thx xx
22nd June 2013 06:01 AM #2
Hi Shholly,
Congratulations on your pregnancy!
I'm thinking if the sonographer wasn't sure of the baby's sex then you won't be able to tell from the pictures At around 18 weeks the sex of the baby can generally be found out by the sonographer - although they are not always right (its around 90-95% accurate although this depends on the equipment and the experience of the sonographer). Sometimes the baby is just not in an easy position to tell if it is a boy or girl!
Sorry I can't solve your question!
Wishing you a happy pregnancy,
16th August 2013 09:26 PM #3
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The ring test! Always worked for me. Hold a ring (yours only It doesn't work with someone else's) on a chain or piece of your hair. Hold it above your baby bump( the long you hold it the stronger the signal) if it swings side to side : boy, around in a circle : girl.
If you hold it over your right hand and do it it tells the current plus future sex of children.
Never met anyone this hasn't come true for..


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Black-sand beaches, crystal-clear waters and whitewashed villages that cling to volcanic cliffs make the island of Santorini a wonder to behold. Many visitors come to Santorini to uncover the mysteries of the lost kingdom of Atlantis, while others revel in its relaxed mountaintop atmosphere to enjoy the scenic waters of the Mediterranean.Find Cruises Sailing to This Port
Santorini's spectacular caldera is a vestige of what was probably the biggest volcanic eruption in recorded history, believed by some to have caused the disappearance of Atlantis. The island's violent volcanic history is visible everywhere you look - in black-sand beaches, earthquake-damaged dwellings and raw cliffs of lava plunging into the sea.
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gilpdawg (07-06-2013)
I have a hard time getting excited about any prospect until they make it to the upper minors. As bad as the washout rate is for prospects in general, it is MUCH worse for prospects who are still in single-A or lower. New wunderkinds pop up every year in single-A, and for every one of them there are a bunch more who drop off the prospects lists and are never heard from again.
Lots of work to do from being drafted to making the major leagues. Pretty incredible that Leake was able to go to the majors right after college, IMO.
Heck, this is not a bash on Homer, but he was called up to the majors way too early. Despite his good tools, it took time for him to blossom. (I am blaming the Reds for rushing him, in a desperate attempt to get fan interest during the Dark Ages).
You're right, it's usually a long road from being drafted to making the bigs.
Although I agree that this current administration is doing an oustanding job with the draft. I'm extremely pleased with the pick of Ervin. Honestly, based on our draft position, I didn't think we'd get a player this good. No guarantee he'll make it, but a nice pick.
Thank you Walt and Bob for bringing winning baseball back to Cincy -- it was nice while it lasted..
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
While I certainly trust this management more than earlier regimes I have to agree with Steve and Mike. I get excited and often too optimistic about prospects. When I look realistically I'm happy if 1 in 3 touted guys end up actually proving out. Pitchers, no matter how good are always a bad tweak from being done or delayed a long time and hitters seem to be "found out" by pitching at some point...sometimes until they reach the show (ala Larson). Instead I try to judge by the volume of solid prospectd both those who put up numbers and those who have tools to put it together. The more of em you have the better the chancd a few actually make it. The suckers bet imo is only having a couple 3 guys and betting they all pan out. Its not jaded...as Steve says...its just how it works.
I don't see it as being jaded. I see it as remembering that a prospect is still just a prospect.
Don't get me wrong. I love watching the Reds draft and develop talent. To me, that's what makes watching the franchise enjoyable. I'd rather see a home grown talent than a talent bought in via trade or FA. I detest the entire FA system and the desire by far too many folks to "buy" championships. I want to see championships grown.
And I agree recent drafts have been more successful than in those days. But we cannot dismiss the lessons we learned from those drafts simply because we want to write them off as bad drafts.
Now for the purposes of this thread, we are talking about Phil Ervin. It's only been three weeks, but I kind of like what I have seen from him and what I have read about him. But I reiterate, it's only been three weeks. And honestly, I had never heard of Phil Ervin until they called his name on draft day. It is way too premature for any of us to project where or if he is going land in the top 50 or top 100 Prospect lists.
I don't call that being jaded. It's being realistic.
"I can still throw it in the 70s. And I can throw it in the 80s if I don't want to comb my hair for a week." - Bob Feller at age 66 when asked how hard he could throw.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Thank you Walt and Bob for bringing winning baseball back to Cincy -- it was nice while it lasted..
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
However, in a previous post where you brought up busts like Gruler, Howington, Espinoza ... that came across as jaded. Everything about the Reds sucked during those days; not just our draft picks (although the poor drafts obviously contributed to the Reds overall suckiness).
Again, times have changed. How could a Reds fans who is paying close attention not have faith in Chris Buckley?
Not the wrong pick at all. Just not the right one. The Reds didn't blow the pick.
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Tedeschi Amarone della Valpolicella 2007
Other Red Blends from Veneto, Italy
Winemaker's Notes
Strong ruby red color that is clear and transparent. Notes of vanilla and sweet fruits such as currants, blueberries, and cherries. Strong, rounded and warm structure. This is a well-balanced wine. The after-taste confirms the notes in the bouquet. It has an enduring and persistent flavor.
Blend: 30% Corvina, 30% Corvinone, 30% Rondinella, and 10% Rossignola, Oseleta, Negrara, and Dindarella
Critical Acclaim
Wine Spectator - "There's a sanguine edge to this firm red, with a streak of minerality underscoring flavors of sour and red cherry, cigar box and red currant, with just a touch of sun-dried tomato. There's a dense weave, yet this is still light-weight and silky on the palate. Best from 2013 through 2027. 725 cases imported."
Wine Enthusiast - "Tedeschi's wines made in the traditional appassimento style always boast their own unique style and personality. The house style is sweeter, plumber, denser and more astringent than most. This offers endless intensity in the form of moise pipe tobacco, sweet plum and mesquite wood."
Tedeschi Winery
Nicolò Tedeschi founded the company that bears his name in the Valpolicella area in 1824. He was a genuine personality of his time, renowned for his skill and moral stature. Throughout the years, his family has continued the traditional wine-making process, and today, the winery is owned by the fifth generation of Tedeschis: Antonietta, Sabrina and Riccardo. Each has various responsibilities, but it is Riccardo, the oenologist, who deals with production and acts as Tedeschi's Export Director.
Tedeschi utilizes two traditional winemaking techniques almost as old as winemaking itself. Amarone della Valpolicella is the only mainstream style where the wines are fermented to dryness, yielding deeply colored and concentrated wines, rich in character, and often rich in alcohol, too. The ripasso method, utilizing the drained but unpressed must of an Amarone, provides some kick to a more basic wine and is also unique to the region.
Each of Tedeschi's wines must not only be as good as possible, but also as personal as it can be. Each has its own style and a clearly distinguishable character—the genuine "Tedeschi Trademark." In order to achieve this objective, the family monitors every phase of the wine-making process, from the vineyard to the cellar, without ever trying to substitute nature or its laws in any way. View all Tedeschi Wines
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Notable FactsThe wine of Soave is most common white wine made here. Occasionally you can find an exceptional Soave, but for the most part the wine is easy-drinking and refreshingly pleasant. For the reds, the most popular are Amarone and Valpolicella – both made primarily from the good structured Corvina grape. While Amarone is always made in the recioto method (drying out the grapes to intensify the flavor), Valpolicella has a few different levels. Amarone is made from very ripe grapes, which are then dried and then pressed, producing an opulent, concentrated, full-bodied wine that has a distinctive and powerful taste that stays with you. Not for the lighter fare meal, this wine is almost port-like and delicious with cheese and/or dessert. Valpolicella can also be made in the recioto method, but it's more often found in a dry style – the wine goes up in rank, from Valpolicella to Valpolicella Classico to Valpolicella Classico Superiore. And finally, the bubbly of Veneto – Prosecco. Made from the same-named grape, Prosecco is less fizzy than Champagne and occasionally has a slight sweetness. It's absolutely delicious as a value aperitif.
About Italy
A little ditty about Italy...This country has about as many wines as its had governments. With 20 different regions, hundreds of DOCs and even more indigenous varieties, the amount of wine made in Italy is mind-boggling. Most of the juice, however, remains in the country for thirsty Italians. Wine is food in Italy and its rare that a meal is consumed without a glass of vino. That said, it's not common to find many folks drinking wine without food either. In turn, it's a match, and a mighty good one at that. In fact, it's safe to say that Italian wine is a foodie wine – one that goes on the table for a myraid of meals.
For regions, the most popular are Tuscany (home of Chianti), Piedmont and the Tre-Venezie, which includes Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige and Friuli. Other communes of note are in Southern Italy, and a few good wines are made elsewhere in the country. The islands of Sardinia and Sicily are members of the Italian winemaking community as well.
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2 ratings, 1 with review24/26/201243/17/2012This wine ranked 2nd of 8—Valpolicellas (3) and Nebbiolos (5)—tasted 3/11 by 14 very experienced members of a group tasting wines blind every month for 34 years. At 40 points against, of a total possible 112 points against, it was statistically significantly better than other wines in the group.