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Prayad Marksaeng jumped into an early outright lead at Doral with Padraig Harrington in hot pursuit as the second round of the World Golf Championships - CA Championship got up and running.
Thailand's Marksaeng had shared the overnight lead on seven under par with Retief Goosen, Phil Mickelson and Jeev Milka Singh following an opening day 65 on the par 72, 7,266 yard Blue Monster course.
Yet the World Number 55 stole a march on his rivals when he eagled the par five, 528 yard first hole to move to nine under.
Harrington had been in a tie for fifth place overnight after an opening 66 and he followed Marksaeng with an eagle at his first hole, the par five tenth, dialling in his second shot 281 yards out to 12 feet from the pin and holing out from there to move to eight under.
The Irishman is kick-starting a season that had begun with two missed cuts in his first four starts and a first round exit at the World Golf Championships - Accenture Match Play two weeks ago and the reigning The Open Championship and US PGA Championship winner joined Marksaeng at nine under with a birdie at the par five 12th, his third hole of the day.
The Thai edged ahead once more with a birdie at the par four fifth hole that took him to ten under par after five holes.
World Number Three Mickelson had finished in style for his 65 on Thursday, chipping in for birdies at the both the 17th and 18th holes to complete a back nine of six birdies and no bogeys.
It led the American left hander, a three time major champion, to state he was playing as well as he ever had, and he started in suitably confident mood with a birdie at the tenth to move to eight under.
India's Singh joined him there with an opening birdie at the first and also starting well was South Africa's James Kingston, who birdied the second hole to move to seven under.


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TUESDAY, APRIL 24: In a formal ceremony over the weekend, Par-la-Ville Park was renamed Queen Elizabeth Park. Participating in the ceremony was Governor of Bermuda, Sir Richard Gozney, Minister of Public Work, the Hon. Michael Weeks, JP, MP. Hosting the event was Mayor of Hamilton, Charles Gosling.
Mayor Charles Gosling stated, "The ceremony held in Queen Elizabeth Park was an opportunity for Bermuda, and specifically the City of Hamilton, to honor the work of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, who is the second longest British reigning monarch. The last time Bermuda similarly honored a ruling monarch was in 1889 when Queen Victoria celebrated her Golden Jubilee and the marshy area known as Deane's Bottom become Victoria Park, Hamilton's first park with an accompanying bandstand."
Mayor Gosling added, "The renamed park stands as a testament and a recognition to her majesty's tirelessness in her duty; her commitment to the obligations of state and church; she is a ceremonial ruler, yet one to whom leaders of Government report and receive informed counseling in return; one who created an atmosphere of governance that allowed the voices of change to take heart, or as one of her first ministers, Harold MacMillan once identified, the wind of change, a persistent wind encircling a post war world fuelling national consciousness and self-determination. We have seen some of those changes in Bermuda, and many times it has been her external voice that brought about change to our island."
Minister for Public Works, the Hon. Michael Weeks, JP, MP who spoke as Acting Premier during the ceremony stated, "Despite the rapidly changing world, the Queen has proven to be a constant. During her reign, her Majesty has ensured stability – she inspires confidence – is the very picture of poise and grace – and an example to all of dignity in action. We can all be proud today of being a part of this institution and it is entirely fitting that this park be re-named in her honor.
There will also be many other events this year to mark the Diamond Jubilee both at home and across the commonwealth.
Minister Weeks concluded, "It is my hope that this celebration unites us – for we can all agree – no matter what one's political philosophy – that Her Majesty has sought to progress the fortunes of her subjects."
Mayor Gosling added, "I thank His Excellency the Governor, Sir Richard Gozney and Minister of Public Works, the Hon. Michael Weeks, JP, MP, for joining me and unveiling the plaque which now stands proudly at the entrance of Queen Elizabeth Park. I also must acknowledge the hard work of the Parks Superintendent Mr. Steven DeSilva and his team of Carlos Carreiro and Carlos Brum who created the plaque's stand and park staff Ronny Tacklin and Manuel Do Canto who daily ensure that the park remains a crown jewel and worthy of a Queen."

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Travel abroad is never complete without a commemorative photo, but now Tokyo will host a unique spin on process and bring it into an entirely new dimension: 3D. The new booth rests in the Eye of Gyre exhibition in Harajuku and will remain until January 14th.
Holidaymakers heading to the cultural hub of Tokyo over the next couple of months could be in for a treat with the city hosting the world's first ever 3D printing photo booth.
This unique technological contraption works much like a standard photo booth with users simply stepping inside and saying cheese as the camera does its magic.
Only, as Spoon-Tamago reports, this is no ordinary camera, with the system designed to explicate 3D objects, in much the same way as a standard photocopy.
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Teaching Her Girls How To Fuck(Part 1 The Mother)
Red Tempest
Fiction, Blowjob, Consensual Sex, Cum Swallowing, Erotica, Male/Female, Oral Sex, Spanking
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I have spent the last 12 years in the army, reaching the rank of staff sergeant. I have served in both Iraq, and in Afghanistan. I have been married once, and she divorced me after my first tour of Afghanistan. She said, "I could not take the waiting, and not knowing what is happening to you over there." But the real reason was she was lonely, and found someone else.
I was home on leave in late September, with nothing to do on a Friday night. So I headed down to the bowling center to visit some old school buddies, who were bowling on a Friday night league. We chatted for a while about old times, and I told them some war stories. I then told them I was heading into the bar to watch the baseball game that was on the TV.
There were a few people in the bar, but I did not know any of them, so I grabbed a table by the TV, and order a beer, and settled back to watch the game.
In walked this gal, who looked dam familiar, but I could not place where I have seen her before. The next thing I know, she walks over the table and asked, " may I sit down with you?"
I nodded my head yes, and look her over real close, I be dammed she look just like the gal who played Peg Bundy(Katey Sagal), on Married With Children.
"I know what you are think, yes I resemble Katey Sagal," she said with a delightful laugh.
"Yes you do," I nodded back with a half smile on my lips.
"Can I order you a drink?" I asked her.
She nodded her head yes, and I motioned for the waitress to come over, and we placed our orders with her. After our drinks arrived, I looked over to her, and said, "Cheers." as we taped our drinks together.
I introduced myself as Jack Slater, and she told that her name was Peg Winters.
I told her a little bit about my self, 32 years old, still in the army, and my times in Iraq and Afghanistan, married once and divorced with one daughter 6 years old.
She told me that she was 34, married early, and is also divorced with 3 kids, 2 girls ages 15 and 13, and 1 boy age 10.
After another round of drinks arrived, and with the small talk out of the way, I asked her, "Just what do I owe this unexpected pleasure of you joining me at this table?"
She took a long sip from her glass of wine, looked down at the table for a few seconds, cleared her throat, and look at me sort of unsettling.
"Well um I was wondering um if you would come to my house and um have sex with me in front of my 2 girls, so they would know um what sex is like? She asked as her face got bright red in embarrassment.
"Alright alright which of the guys out there put you up to this?" I asked laughing out loud.
She looked at me with a puzzled look, and shrugged her shoulders, "I do not know what you mean." She replied.
"You mean to tell me this is not a setup by my friends out on the bowling lanes?" I asked her.
She shook her head no, " I am not sure what you are talking about, I do not know anyone out there bowling." She informed me.
"Then why did you come to a bar in a bowling center, if you did not know anyone here?" I asked her.
"I was hoping to find someone like you to help me out, and I figured that on a Friday night there should be lots of guys at a bar in a bowling center." She said trying to sort this mess out.
"You really want me to come home with you and fuck you in front of your daughters?" I asked her to making sure I was understanding what she was asking of me.
She just nodded her head yes.
"But we hardly know each other, and out of the blue you want to take me home and fuck me, and use me as a sex education toy?" I asked her, really not sure what to do about this situation.
" Yes," she says softly with her eyes starting to get moist.
Well I am here to tell you she is a very good looking woman, with a great figure. If you remember just what Katey Sagal looked like, you know what I mean. Well I pause to think about this for a few minutes. I guest if a woman wants to take me home and fuck me, Peg would be one of my top choices.
"Why did you pick me for this experiment?" I asked her with a quizzical smile on my face.
"Because you were the best looking hunk in the bar, and I was very attracted to you." She said with some relief.
"Well I guess, I will go with you, but just give me a moment." I said smiling at her.
I went up to the waitress and got a piece of paper and wrote my friends a note, that said I just got picked up by a redhead, who wants me to fuck her, I just hope this is not a setup by you guys.
I signed it Jack.. I gave the note to the waitress plus 5 bucks, and told her to take this to lane 20 and give it the big loud guy there, as soon as we leave. She knew just who I was talking about.
I went over to the table and grabbed Peg's hand and we left the bar for our cars. I followed her back to her house which was about 20 minutes from the bowling center. It was about 9 pm when we got there.
Let me tell a little about us, I am 5'11" tall, 190 pounds, with all the work outs I do for the army, I am rock solid. My cock is just under 7" long, but 2.5" in diameter. I am not real huge, but then I am glad because it does not scare the girls away either.
Peg has reddish auburn hair, green eyes, she is not real tall around 5'3" might hit 110 pounds, with a great body. She tells me later that her measurements are 34B-23-34.
We walk into the house, and the girls were watching TV. She told me that her son was at his dad's house for the night. She got me another beer, and herself a glass of wine. We sat at the kitchen table and chatted for a bit, she was as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof.
"Relax relax we do not have to do this if you are uncomfortable with this situation." I told her.
She just shook her head and got herself another glass of wine, her fourth glass of the night, and it was starting to have some effect on her. I could see she was not much of a drinker.
"Where is the bathroom ?" I asked her as I finished my beer.
She pointed down the hallway. I went and took a leak, came back and sat in a chair in living room.
She finished her glass of wine and smiled at me, "I will be right back, I need to change and use the bathroom." as she bent over the chair and gave me a kiss.
"Hi girls my name is Jack, what are your names?" I asked them
The oldest told me her name is Wendy, and her younger sister's name is Wanda. She also told me their brother's name is William or Will.
"Has your mother told you two what she has planned for tonight." I asked to see if they knew.
They both shook their heads yes.
"Are you sure that you want to watch us have sex?" I asked
Again they both shook their heads yes. I guess that was kind of a dumb question.
Peg comes walking down the hallway wearing just a skimpy white teddy, that does not do a very good job of covering her up. She sits down on my lap and starts to kiss me. Our tongues are doing lap dances in each others mouth. She breaks the kiss and pulls off my tee shirt, and rubs her hands over the top half of my body.
"You are very chiseled," She murmurs as she resumes kissing me.
I hold her tight and kiss her back softly, and then with more passion, as our breathing gets heavier, I open one eye and notice that both girls are staring at us intently.
By now my cock is rock hard, and she shifts around a bit and rubs her ass cheek over my cock a few times. She pulls the straps off her shoulder and drops her teddy down to her waist, giving me full access to her breast. I move my hand over to fondle her breast. They are nice and firm with her nipples poking out in full erection.
I kiss my way down to her pointed nipples, and my hand works down to her wide open pussy. As I start to suck on her nipples, as my fingers invade her pussy, which is soaking wet. You can hear my fingers slurp around in her pussy juices.
I does not take me long to feel her tighten up as I bring her to her first orgasm.
"O my god that feels so good, it has been along time since a man has made me cum." She coos in my ear.
My finger is working on her clitoris, and then I move up to her G-spot, and rub that sensitive area in her vagina. She gasps again and her body shakes, as I bring her to her second orgasm.
She slides off my lap and stands up, her teddy falls to the floor and she stands there in front of me with that perfect naked body. She kneels down and takes my shoes off, and then reaches up to unbuckle my belt, and pulls off my pant's and boxer's.
As she reaches for my pecker, both girls move around to the sides of us for a better view of the action. She is softly stroking my cock with one hand and massaging by balls with the other hand. She picks the tempo up a bit, till some pre cum leaks out of my exit hole.
She bends over and with her tongue she licks up the pre cum, and the starts to suck on my purple head. She licks the under side of my sensitive head, and down the shaft to my sac, where she gives my balls a bath with her tongue. She is a very talented cocksucker, as she builds up my excitement and then lets is subside. She never loses eye contact with me either.
Both girls stare with rapt attention at their mother, as she was sucking on my cock giving me a good blow job. Peg is now giving my cock the vacuum treatment, as she is sucking it real fast and deep. I put my hands behind her head and push my cock deeper into her throat. I can hear her gag a few times, but she does not pull off my cock.
Finally I tighten up, and give a loud groan, and explode my cum deep into her mouth, unloading rope after rope of cum into her throat. She never spills a drop, and when I finish with my orgasm, she pulls off and shows me and the girls the cum in her mouth, and then she swallows it all down her throat.
"WOW that is one of the best blow jobs I have ever gotten." I told her panting slightly.
"That is how you make your man happy, by making sure you make good love to their cock.," She told both of her girls.
"My turn," I said as I picked her up in my arms and put her on the chair I was just in.
She spread her legs for me and I started to lick her shave fanny. She is starting to reach an orgasm, as I just started to lick on her clitoris, and she begins to cum on my face. I kept licking her pussy right through her orgasm, as she fills my mouth full of her cum.
I was so engrossed in pleasuring her, that I forgot all about the girls watching us perform.
She had her legs draped over my shoulders, as I kept licking her clit, my finger was busy fucking her pussy. When I had my finger well coated in her juices, and I started to rub it around her anal hole, and soon my finger was embedded into her hole up to my first knuckle.
As my finger worked on her anal hole, and my tongue was licking her clitoris into a frenzy, she lost it and started to cum in bucket fulls, and there was no way I could lick it all up. I could feel it run down my chin and over my hand that was fucking her ass. I did not know a woman could cum that much.
"O God Baby I need you to fuck me right now, I am so wet and ready." She panting in sensual gratification.
I disengaged from her and turned her over in the chair and fucked her dog style, ramming my cock as far up into her pussy as I could go. I was pounding her so hard, that I was lifting her right off the chair.
She was screaming as her orgasm was ripping through her shuddering body. I was giving her 2 girls a good show on what fucking was like.
I pulled my cock out of her pussy and started to rub it around her anal hole.
"O god no I have never done that before," She moaned, but she never pulled away from me either.
"Relax you want to show your girls what fucking is all about don't you?" I said as I shoved my cock into her anal hole.
She opened up for me and I slowly invade her hot hole. I fucked her hole and spanked her ass, till she blew her nuts in a massive orgasm. She laid on the chair limply after her last orgasm, while I held her ass up and pumped away inside of her.
It was not long, and I blew my second load of the night deep into her ass. I pulled my cock out of her ass and held it up to her mouth to be cleaned off. She was to tired to fight me, she just open up her mouth and sucked my cock clean.
I looked over at the girls,"did you learn anything tonight about sex and fucking?" I ask them, as I stood there with my cock in their mother's mouth.
They both looked at me wide eyed and nodded their heads yes.
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2016-08-30 04:07:32
First, it has a lot of spelling errors meaning need to read over this before you post.
Second, the premise of the story is rushed making it sound unrealistic.
Don't give up writing though
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2016-07-10 22:52:22
Of all the stories I have read this no this site this is be far the worst. Completely unbelievable crap. Don't give up your day job
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2014-11-16 18:37:04
Terrible writing. The author (notice that I did not saw 'writer') obviously lacks real sexual experience. #eroticafail
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2013-02-26 05:20:03
u cannot shake your head yes! u either shake your head (no) or nod it (yes)
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2012-11-26 20:16:09
Awsome . Cant wait for part two !
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The exciting chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life. Bell was a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century. more
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A curious and adventurous young woman eager to explore the world outside of England, Gertrude Bell (Kidman) goes to the British embassy in Tehran where she quickly falls in love with a secretary of the embassy, Henry Cadogan (Franco). This sparks the beginning of a life-long adventure among the beautiful but misunderstood peoples and cultures of the Middle East. Along the way, her path intersects with archaeologist T.E. Lawrence (Pattinson) also known as Lawrence of Arabia, and Major Charles Doughty-Wylie (Lewis), the British Consul General in the Ottoman Empire.
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"The Wave of Love; Bhakti Yoga"
A Yoga Day Retreat with Laurel, Dan & Friends
Saturday March 18th, 2017
Center for Spiritual Living; in the Sanctuary
4100 Benfield Dr. in Kettering Ohio
12:30 to 5:30 pm - cost is $35
Registration has begun. Our next "Dayville" Yoga retreat will be dedicated to the extraordinary life and teachings of the Indian saint and reformer Sri Chaitanya (1486-1533), born in West Bengal. He taught the path of fearless devotion, known in Sanskrit as bhakti yoga, and shared his love for Krishna with tens of thousands across India. His life embodied his message of love, and transformed 16th century India with his spiritual movement based on sacred chanting (kirtan). Chaitanya's message was simple; look for the company of those devoted to service of the Divine and together hear about God and chant the Divine names. Love will grow and lasting happiness will be found. The yoga retreat will include stories about Chaitanya's life and teachings. We'll immerse ourselves in yogic practices of hatha yoga, pranayam, yoga nidra, chanting, meditation, live music and theatric reenactments about Chaitanya's inspiring life and teachings.
There will be a 15 minute silent break with snacks in the middle of the day. The day will conclude around 5:30 pm with a communal vegetarian meal of kitchiri.
We will not be having Matri Satsang following the Dayville Retreat.
"Drown deep, in the waves of Bliss, chanting His name continuously." Sri Chaitanya
We are continuing to appreciate and reap benefits from the Yogic Day Retreats that have been referred to as "Dayville" by participants. People who have been to the Grailville Retreats over the past twenty years have commented, "It's like Grailville, only in one day." Hence, the name "Dayville!" The energy of the groups in the day retreats have been highly enlivening and offers the opportunity for great insight, peace and awakening to the Self. The intent of these yogic retreats for the past three years has been to create a series of "pilgrimages" to Indian sages and Ashrams "in our own backyard". Connecting with Self-Realized sages through stories, teachings, traditional yogic practices, natya yoga (yoga of theatre) and inspiring music is a beautiful gateway to our True Self. Each "Dayville" is a unique experience of exploring the many ways we can live in our Natural Selves. Whether you've been attending "Dayville" all along or decide to join in the pilgrimage at this point, it doesn't matter; each day and evening of these immersions in the Self are complete in themselves.
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55 year old control line C-47. Hey guys I thought some of you might like to see my pride and joy! this plane was built and flown by my good friend Bill Murry. He started on the olane in 1957 while stationed in Japan. He finished it in early 1958 and fly it in the first ( and maybe only) Japan/USA championship. He had a plaque signed by the priminister of japan. It was originally done in American Airlines paint scheme, but due to not having the proper material to cut the lettering from ( the stuff he used kept peeling up thru the clear coat. So he changed it to the Navy scheme that is now on the plane. This is the original paint and has not been redone or even touched up. I have several of his trophies from the King Orange in Florida and some from Washington DC where he was stationed from the late 50s til 1965. The plane was last flown in 1963. It has Enya .19 engines that he picked from the Enya brothers at the factory in Japan. The plane has exhaust throttles that were made by a machinist on the military base in Japan. Bill went to see if the Enya factory could make these, but was told that it would not work!
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CARSON CITY — A panel of lawmakers opted Tuesday to support recommendations to strengthen Nevada's community colleges within the existing governing structure rather than embrace more dramatic changes sought by some advocates.
The policy recommendation by the Committee to Conduct an Interim Study Concerning Community Colleges came despite testimony from speakers seeking a separate governing system for the state's four community colleges.
Lawmakers serving on the committee said that the Nevada System of Higher Education and its 13-member Board of Regents have more than seven months to demonstrate measurable progress toward improving outcomes for students attending community colleges before the Legislature comes back into session in February 2015.
Sen. Debbie Smith, D-Sparks, said she expects to see significant progress on the operation of the community colleges before the Legislature convenes next year.
Sen. Barbara Cegavske, R-Las Vegas, expressed disappointment that the final recommendations fell short of the more fundamental changes recommended by, among others, the Lincy Institute at UNLV. The institute in May issued a policy brief recommending a two-tier structure that separates UNLV, University of Nevada, Reno and the Desert Research Institute from the state's two- and four-year colleges.
Recommendations from the committee include direction to the higher education system to create a vice chancellor position within the system to act as a coordinator and advocate for the colleges and support for the creation of a "system within a system" for the colleges. The votes on the recommendations were unanimous.
Chancellor Dan Klaich said the Board of Regents will create a committee to focus on community college issues as of July 1.
Some speakers, including Sylvia Lazos, a Boyd School of Law professor and co-chairwoman of the Latino Leadership Council, testified in support of the recommendations in the Lincy study.
Local governance for the colleges would put more pressure on the institutions and create more transparency on such issues as access and graduation rates, she said.
"We need more ownership of our community colleges," Lazos said.
Local control would ensure that oversight would be more representative of the community, she said, noting that the Board of Regents has no Latino representation.
The panel also endorsed a bill draft to establish a new $5 million appropriation for a needs-based financial aid program. The program would be aimed at students attending community colleges and the state college with a maximum award of $2,000 per semester.
The committee also supported a bill to establish a $3.5 million Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Challenge Grant. The grants would be awarded to groups to support the development of programs related to these areas of study.
Cegavske voted no on both recommendations, supporting the concepts but arguing the funding requests should be made part of the higher education budget submitted to Gov. Brian Sandoval.
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Night Court: Sean Woods' outburst overshadows on-court action
Here's everything you need to know from college basketball's Wednesday night …
Game of the Night: Michigan holds off Pittsburgh down the stretch at MSG, 67-62.
We knew going into the Michigan – Pittsburgh at the NIT Season Tip-Off that we would have plenty of physical inside play and a barrage of 3-pointers. What we didn't know, though, was that Michigan would be the more physical team and that Pittsburgh would get its edge from behind the arc. Pittsburgh got the early lead, but Michigan chipped away and was simply the better team over 40 minutes. The Wolverines were impressive on the glass, and also had four players in double-figures. When Nik Stauskas is knocking down shots, this is a tough team.
What else we'll be talking about in the morning: Sean Woods' outburst against Kentucky.
The Morehead State coach did a phenomenal job with Mississippi Valley State last season, and he has Morehead State playing well this season – but he will not be remembered for that on Wednesday night. With fewer than six minutes remaining, guard Devon Atkinson was whistled for a foul – and Woods was not happy with his body language. He shoved Atkinson toward the huddle, and continued to scream at him just inches from Atkinson's face. Most people felt Woods went too far with his berating of Atkinson. In the game, Kentucky pulled away late to win by 11.
That's a good win: Illinois wins Maui Invitational by beating Butler.
No one really knew what to expect of Illinois this season. There was a new coach in John Groce, and there were some good pieces but also a lot of leftovers from a team that collapsed last season. After beating Butler to win the Maui Invitational, though, we have some answers. The Fighting Illini didn't have the most difficult road to the title game, but handily beating Butler by 17 puts them at 6-0. Brandon Paul is an all-around producer, while Tracy Abrams has been steady at the point. Inside, Groce is getting good minutes from a variety of players. They could be a sleeper in the middle-of-the-pack in the Big Ten.
But that's a bad loss: DePaul's unsuccessful season continues.
DePaul seems to want to make a regular appearance in this section. The Blue Demons fell to Gardner-Webb earlier this season – and lost on Wednesday night to Western Kentucky by nine in Cancun. Western Kentucky has some decent players, but shooting seven percent from 3-point land and getting outrebounded by the Hilltoppers is not something DePaul should be doing.
Players with impact
- Air Force is now 5-0, after guard Michael Lyons went for 29 points, seven rebounds and four assists in an 86-72 win over Montana State.
- Georgia State's Manny Atkins and R.J. Hunter combined for 51 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists as the Panthers beat South Alabama.
- In his first game back from injury, Manhattan's George Beamon had 29 points and seven assists to lead the Jaspers over Hofstra.
- Three of the best performances came in losses: South Alabama's Augustine Rubit had 31 points and 11 rebounds; Delaware's Devon Saddler went off for 32 points; and Tennessee State's Kellen Thornton had 27 points and 16 boards.
Numbers to figure:
4: Iowa made just four 2-point field goals all night against Wichita State, yet the Hawkeyes kept it close for much of the game. 4-for-31 from inside the arc.
10: Marquette turned the ball over 10 times against USC – yet the Trojans had just one assist. Limiting points in transition helped Marquette beat USC, 72-64.
20: Florida State shot just 2-for-10 from 3-point range against North Florida, winning by eight. In three games this season, the 'Noles have shot better than 46 percent from 3. In the other two, they have shot less than 25 percent.
1: Kansas State's Will Spradling crashed into press row on Wednesday, spilling soda all over CBSSports.com's Jeff Goodman and his laptop.
Other outcomes of note:
- Delaware put up a good fight, but cramping by Jamelle Hagins and Jarvis Threatt did them against Kansas State. The Wildcats were too good on the glass and escaped with a three-point win.
- As mentioned above, Wichita State moved to an impressive 6-0 with a win over Iowa. Junior college transfer Cleanthony Early has been a stud early on, going for 25 points and nine boards.
- Texas was able to leave the Maui Invitational with a win, handling Mississippi State, 69-55.
- Syracuse wasn't a good matchup for Princeton, and it showed. The Orange forced 19 steals, easily beating the Tigers by 20.
- North Carolina bounced back against Chaminade, cruising to a 112-70 win.
-- Best shot of the day: Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey wearing a George Washington jersey – and nothing else – to the press conference. He went to George Washington as an undergrad.
-- Old Dominion is now 1-4 after losing at home to VMI. The Monarchs lost a lot from last season, but no one expected them to get off to such a bad start.
-- What's wrong with Denver? The Pioneers fell to Colorado State in a game they weren't supposed to win, but they just didn't look good. Chris Udofia had just two points.
-- Not sure there's going to be a less-hyped BCS-conference battle than Boston College vs. Auburn. BC won by one.
-- Three noteworthy injuries: Seton Hall's Patrik Auda broke a bone in his foot and is likely out for the season; Marquette's Vander Blue suffered a left knee sprain and is day-to-day; and Florida State's Ian Miller missed Wednesday's game with a bone bruise in his right foot.


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How to Date in New York City: Do Laundry, Eat Cupcakes, Drink!
Have you heard about HowAboutWe.com? It's basically a matchmaking site based on what you want to do (on your date) rather than who you are in terms of any online profile. Or, as they put it, "Just say 'How about we...' and fill in the dots with a date you want to go on," (allowing people to say yes or no based on how your date idea suits them) as opposed to going through "a tedious, job-search-like process." Anyway, HowAboutWe has gotten into some dating analysis. We always find this sort of thing interesting, because it's about us, and it's about dating. Specifically, how do we, as New Yorkers, date? Who doesn't want to know that? (This is where those of you raising your hands click to the next post.)
Based on an analysis of more than 100,000 dates proposed on their site, HowAboutWe has found some global, or at least, national, truths. For instance, Wednesday is the best date night. Make your request specific rather than general for more yeses. Ladies have a good positive response rate when they ask guys. Don't try to be too fancy, a/k/a, don't try too hard.
And this important nugget:
The No-Fail Formula for a Great First Date is a combination of all of the above: 1 part alcohol + 1 part activity + 1 specific location. Example: "How about we ... play ping pong and enjoy a craft beer at the Standard Hotel's outdoor beer garden?"
Judge it if you will (personally, we'd sub "ping pong" with "sit and talk"; "craft beer" with "some drinks"; and "Standard Hotel's outdoor beer garden" with "anything but that, please" -- but then, we're notoriously fussy. The booze + activity + location seems otherwise pretty solid, as a base!
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The HowAboutWe-ers then get into some specific New York dating stuff. For instance, there has been an upswing in gin dates, while whiskey dates are decreasing! (New York Times trend piece, comin' right up!) Gin is, in fact, "currently 4x more popular than whiskey dates." (Why? We have no idea. We despise gin due to that incident in '03, but, like we said, notoriously fussy.)
Also popular dates in NYC: Bowling. Eating sweets (a cupcake tour of Manhattan is apparently "one of the all-time most popular dates on the site," God bless). Backwards dinners. Doing errands on dates. Wait...what?
Says HowAboutWe:
Errand dating is one of the trendiest New York City date ideas. Doing laundry, grocery shopping and otherwise running errands are in the top 3 most often responded to dates in the city. Elsewhere in the country, errand dating ranks in the most unsuccessful categories.
This is because New Yorkers are efficient, and the rest of the country is lazy! Obviously.
New Yorkers also like sightseeing dates (okay, some of these suggestions seem pretty good, if corny, but then, dates are):
• "How about we explore abandoned subway stations in NYC, like the original City Hall subway station." • "How about we find the old Shea Stadium bases in the Citi Field Parking lot and then head across the tracks to see what's left of the '64 World's Fair?" • "How about we buy brand spanking new "I
What this all goes to show, of course, is that your date (meaning the activity) should be like you. If you hate cupcakes, don't suggest them. If you hate booze, don't go on a date (kidding). Whoever responds to you will ideally be as much up your alley as possible -- and, honestly, props to you for putting yourself out there. Which is another reason to only suggest what YOU like. Hey, with all this romance in the air, it could happen!
• How about we write on our respective blogs all day, tweet about it, and then get drunk somewhere [specific] in the out-of-doors?
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âHe laid there and he wanted them to think he didn't do it,â Soccio said. âHe was hoping he wouldn't get caught.â
The boyâs stepmother, Krista McCary, testified she awoke to a crash, got a glass of water, came downstairs and found her husband bleeding behind the ear on the living room couch. She looked back and saw her stepson standing on the stairs.
âWhat did he say?â Soccio asked.
ââI shot Dad,ââ McCary answered.
âHe didn't answer,â McCary said. âIt didn't seem real and I was panicking. I didn't know what to do.â
Prosecutors played a frantic 911 call where McCary cried, âMy son shot my husband, I need an ambulance.â
The boy and his family were ushered out of the house after police arrived.
As the boy sat with his 9-year-old sister, a police recording caught the girl asking, âI thought you were going to shoot him in the stomach.â
The boy repeatedly asked police if his father was dead, officers testified. He said he was going to miss his dad and apologized to detectives.
Moments after the killing, McCary gave a false confession to police that she killed Hall. She said in court Tuesday that she didnât want her stepson to get in trouble.
Seven months after his arrest, the boy told a juvenile corrections officer that his stepmother made him kill Hall.
In court, Hardy repeatedly asked if she was involved in any plot to kill Hall, but McCary denied wanting her husband dead. She described her stepson as âvery violent.â
The boy had a troubled childhood, Hardy said. He was expelled from multiple schools and had fits of rage, including stabbing a teacher with a pencil when he was 5 and attempting to strangle another teacher with a telephone cord.


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This cardigan/coat has been occupying my time lately. With winter officially beginning tomorrow I was determined to get this project finished. It has been a long process. It was actually my camping project at Christmas but it was quite hard to get motivated for winter knitting over the warmer months so it has really been over autumn that this has been made. The pattern was a Sabrina pattern from last winter. It is knitted in double knit wool from Lincraft. I have wanted one of these most versatile of garments for the last two winters and have seen some lovely examples of rtw cardigan coats on women in the streets but failed to find anything I liked in the shops. This has been my real motivation for making this cardigan but to my surprise, I really enjoyed the process and had forgotten how relaxing knitting really is. Before I had children, I seemed to always have something on the needles and could even be found knitting at work in my breaks. The arrival of children meant I had less time for knitting and knitted garments seemed to fall out of favour in the fashion industry. I have, however noticed, over the last couple of years, that knitted garments have become quite popular and all things retro including knitting have become fashionable again.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
MMM12 - Day 31/ New Cardigan
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Leggings are not Pants/MMM12 - Day 30
I have really struggled with the whole leggings trend. After wearing leggings through two pregnancies I really can't face wearing them again. My one concession is to wear them with skirts or dresses, when I would otherwise be wearing tights. When I read in a magazine that slim pull on pants are now replacing leggings, I couldn't have been more delighted and was only too pleased to jump on the current bandwagon. Finding the two way stretch ponti was easy enough and I managed to pick up a couple of metres on the sale table for $6 per metre at Fabric Vision. My next challenge was to draft a pattern. I really wanted to differentiate these from leggings but not make them look like skinny jeans either. I based my pattern on the Style Arc Laura Leggings pattern but added side seams and added 1cm to the width on each piece. I then top stitched the outer leg seams and added a waistband and elastic.
I now have a pair of pants that are comfortable like leggings that don't show every lump and bump and can be worn with shorter tops. Best of all, these pants are as comfortable as my favourite trackies. Who ever said that you had to sacrifice comfort for style!
These new ponti pants are one of my me made items for today. I am wearing them with the puffed sleeve tee made using Butterick 5562 and wrote about here and a scarf knitted using feathers.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
MMM12 - Day 29
My Me Made May entries are suffering a little from cabin fever and I am rather tiring of the usual garden or park shots so for today at least, I thought I would step it up a bit. There are no prizes for guessing what I did today. I am wearing a grey merino cardigan made using Simplicity 2603 that predates my blog and black Jalie jeans that I wrote about here.
Monday, May 28, 2012
MMM12 - Day 28
The day today started out with blue skies and sunshine. I put off taking my photo all morning because, well, the novelty of daily photographs is starting to wear thin. I noticed about mid day, some ominous black clouds creeping across the sun so rushed out to get this shot before the light got too bad. Today I am wearing the merino knit skirt I made earlier in the month and wrote about here and a bat wing knit tee I made using Vogue 8771 that I wrote about here
Sunday, May 27, 2012
MMM12 - Day 27
Today is a lovely early autumnal day with a high of 24 degrees Celsius, not a day normally associated with nearly June. I am wearing my jandals today, which is unheard of for this time of the year and briefly thought about wearing shorts but my lily white legs would scare even the most hardy of natives. My me made item for today, is this black and white bat wing tee that is one of my favourites and has been worn regularly over the summer months. I made it using New Look 6648 and wrote about it here
Saturday, May 26, 2012
MMM12 - Day 26
Today was another busy day on the soccer/rugby sideline. I was going to get another in action sport shot but my photographers were otherwise engaged and setting up my tripod for a gratuitous self portrait just didn't seem right.
The day started out cold and still and by mid morning a breeze came up that made it draughty and colder, hence the layers. For today's outdoor pursuits, I am wearing a me made tee, covered up by my jumper, Jalie jeans that I made earlier this week and wrote about here and topped off with a me made crochet beanie. In fact, the same beanie I wore last Saturday.
Friday, May 25, 2012
MMM12 - Day 25
It was 17 deg today when I woke at 6.30am but by the time the sun rose the temperature had plummeted to 11 deg with a howling southerly hence no lovely park photos today. The sun did come out briefly mid afternoon, just in time for this photo.
Today I am wearing a denim skirt made using New Look 6345 that I wrote about here, and a me made merino polo neck tee.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
MMM12 - Day 24
Today was another lovely autumnal day with a crisp start followed by a sunny and still day. It is nice to be able to walk in the park without being encumbered with bulky jackets. With June now only a week away, I am fully aware that this weather will not last. It is a good thing it is Me Made May and not Me Made June or my photos would be variations of the few coats that are my staple throughout the winter.
Today I am wearing a stretch cotton shirt dress made using Simplicity 4190 that I wrote about here Because it is late autumn I am wearing it today with the addition of a purple merino underneath, long leggings, elastic belt from Max and brogues from World for Number One Shoes. I am also sporting the same bag as yesterday which contains my tennis racket and ball for exercising my fur friend.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
A New Skirt/MMM12 - Day Twenty Three
I made a new skirt. I have seen a few casual knit skirts in blogesphere lately and knew I had to have one of my own. I had a small amount of unbrushed merino Lycra in my stash left over from yoga pants that I made last winter and actually thought that I didn't have enough to make anything. After pondering for a while, I realised that if I spliced the skirt I may just be able to fit the pieces in.
Me Made May 2012,
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
New Jeans/MMM12 - Day Twenty Two
This has been rather a saga. It all started with some lovely stretch denim that I bought in a sale at Lincraft. I intended to make it into a new pair of Jalie jeans. This would be my third pair and complacency started to creep in. I didn't fit the jeans while making them and they fabric was not quite as stretchy as I would have liked. I also added a curved high waistband. All of this ended, in hindsight, predictably, in disaster and the jeans are too tight. I can get them on, but they are less than comfortable, the type of jeans I may have put up with in my teens in the name of fashion but maturity has made me a little more discerning.
The jeans were made to solve a problem though. My old Jalie jeans that I wrote about here have become quite thin in the knees due to the amount of crawling around on the floor that I do when cutting out. This necessitated the making of a new pair, a pair that actually fits so undetered by my jeans disaster, I found some lovely stretchy dark green brushed cotton in my stash and carefully cut out a new pair, slightly wider than my pattern, just to be on the safe side. I used some printed stretch cotton from the remnant box for inside the pockets so as not to create too much bulk. Before topstitching my outer leg seams, I basted the inner leg seam to ensure the fit was perfect. After a few adjustments and a little running in, I was happy with the fit and ripped open the inner leg seam and top stitched my side seam before finishing the jeans. I am really happy with the way this pair fit.....lesson well and truly learn't.
Me Made May 2012,
Monday, May 21, 2012
MMM12 - Day Twenty One
I am nearing the end of my me made items and will soon have to begin repeating outfits. I have seen a lot of mixing prints in shops lately so thought I would give it a go. The checked shirt is by Logan but the skirt is me made in stretch cotton adapted from New Look 6345. I blogged about the skirt here. The leggings were made using Style Arc Laura leggings pattern in grey and blue cotton lycra and I blogged about them here. The scarf is also me made in feathers and the bag that carries all my dog's ball, lead, camera and tripod, I blogged about here. You can just see my dog wading around in the pond, just behind me.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
MMM12 - Day Twenty
Today was all about domestic activities punctuated by a very pleasant walk in the park with my son husband and the dog. The morning started out extremely frosty but we were rewarded with a sunny and still day. Note the absence of the scarf, beanie and puffer jacket that was necessary yesterday. Today I am wearing merino blend yoga pants made by adapting McCalls 5251 which I wrote about here.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
MMM12 - Day Nineteen
I had two games of kids rugby to watch this morning and it was seriously cold. It was another overcast and blustery day today but this time with threatening rain. In an attempt to keep warm while spending the morning in the middle of a sports ground, I am wearing jeans, boots, thermal socks, a me made scarf and beanie, Jalie hoody that I wrote about here, batwing top made using Vogue 8771 that I wrote about here and a down puffer jacket in an attempt to combat the cold.
Friday, May 18, 2012
MMM12 - Day Eighteen
Today was sunny but blustery with a high of 13 degrees celcius. I think todays photo mini challenge was green, if I am not mistaken. This one was easy for me because most of my backgrounds are green. I am wearing today, my favourite skirt, made using Vogue 1247 that I wrote about here and a brushed cotton checked shirt made using New Look 6050 that I wrote about here.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
MMM12 - Day Seventeen
The weather today was much nicer than yesterday, a cloudless sunny day with no wind, perfect weather to be outdoors.
Today I am wearing my new dress. It was made using a tee shirting weight merino jersey that had been sitting in my stash since last winter. The colour is a tomato red and it drapes beautifully so lent itself to Donna Karan Vogue 1179. I had read on Pattern Review that this particular pattern ran quite large, so I cut out a size 10, grading to a size 12 in the hips. The arms were meant to be finished with clear elastic but this fabric was quite a stable knit so I felt it didn't require this type of finish and instead just used my cover stitch machine to give a neat finish. The pattern also required a very deep 10cm hem which I felt looked a little untidy in the pattern photo so I used the cover stitch here again in a much smaller 3cm hem.
I am really happy with the way my dress turned out. The sizing was spot on and it has made up into a really comfortable casual winter dress. Would I sew this pattern again? Probably not, because there is really a limit to how many versions of this type of tunic one person needs but all in all this is a pattern, I would recommend.
Me Made May 2012,
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
MMM12 - Day Sixteen
Today was cold...really cold. Don't let the flowers and sun glasses fool you. I woke this morning to rain drumming on the roof and dashed outside mid morning when the clouds parted long enough for the sun to shine through to take this photo. It was also windy, so by the time I managed to get a photo without looking very windblown, my hands were starting to turn a little blue. A 10 deg Celsius day is a bit of a shock to the system. So today, to contain the heat, I am wearing a merino self drafted tunic that I made using all the leftovers in my stash, painstakingly pieced together. This was one of the first projects that I wrote about on my blog. This is still one of my favourites, being both warm and comfortable. Today, I am wearing it with leggings and a merino polo neck.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
MMM12 - Day Fifteen
Today I am wearing a merino polo neck that predates my blog and a skirt I made using New Look 6345 and wrote about here and a red scarf knitted using feathers.
Today marks the halfway mark of the me made month. So far I have had only a couple of repeats with some me made items still unworn....yay!
Monday, May 14, 2012
MMM12 - Day Fourteen
Today's outfit was chosen for it's comfort value. I was planning on being home all day apart from the odd drop off, pick up and errand. Today, I had no place I particularly need to be, the kind of Monday I particularly like to ease myself into an otherwise busy week. I did however manage to squeeze in a little sewing.
The top I am wearing today, is vying for first place as my favourite top alongside the tee I wore on day 12/Saturday. It was made using New Look 6648 and I wrote about it here. Because it is autumn, I have teamed it with a rtw long sleeve black tee for extra warmth, although today was quite warm so I could probably have coped without it. I am also wearing my second version of Jalie jeans made of stretch bengaline suiting that I wrote about here. This is the second outing of these pants for Me Made May. I am actually planning a new version of these pants.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
MMM12 - Day Thirteen
so we ended up with lots of shots that looked like this.....okay and lots of laughter as well. I thought it may have been safer to take another photo later in the day when he was otherwise engaged
Saturday, May 12, 2012
MMM12 - Day Twelve
Today's me made outfit does not show a lot of imagination. Today I am only wearing one me made item. It is my favourite long sleeve tee that I wrote about here and made using Butterick 5562. I would have been more adventurous but today I had a really early start for a Saturday and had to be out of the house by 8am, negotiating road closures and potholes to travel to the other side of the city (earthquake damage) for my daughters soccer match. Because it was so cold I had to cover said tee shirt with a warm woollen jumper and puffer jacket. I would have braved the cold to take a photo of a rather spectacular mist rising over the park when the sun reached the playing fields but well...it was cold, and I was sitting all toasty warm in the car with my coffee and knitting while my daughter did her 45 minute warm up. So here you have it, the less interesting photograph taken at home after lunch once the sun had done it's thing and the mornings marathon sport session was over.
With my favourite tee today, I am also wearing my favourite jeans which are now showing a little wear in the knee from all the time I have spent crawling around on the floor in cutting out sessions. These jeans are soon to be replaced hopefully with a similar pair made using my Jalie pattern.
Friday, May 11, 2012
MMM12 - Day 11
A little greyge today. This pinafore was made this time last year out of beige/grey ponti knit and I wrote about it here This particular knit pinafore tunic has become one of my go to pieces for this time of the year for it's warmth, versatility and good looks. Today, I have paired it with the tee that I made the other day and wrote about on MMM12 - Day9. The two greys are quite different and when I first paired them, I thought they clashed badly but the look has grown on me over the course of the day. Just to accentuate the black spot at the side of the tunic, I am also wearing a spotted scarf. I have finished the whole look off with black wool, yes I know, time to break out the wool again, tights and my go to black riding boots.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
MMM12 - Day 10
Because of the rain and less that tropical weather, today I dressed for comfort. I am wearing a black merino cardigan that I made using Simplicity 2603 and predates my blog as well as Jalie jeans made of charcoal grey stretch suiting that I wrote about here.
I apologise for the quality of today's photo. I usually take my photos before mid day but this morning it was raining and I subsequently forgot. I quickly rushed out at 5pm as the light was fading to get this shot. I will try not to be so remiss in the future. It is especially important at this time of the year when the light is low to get my photos at the optimum time of day for light....lesson learned!
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Stripes/MMM12 - Day Nine
Today, I am wearing my new tee with a wool blend knit vest by Mya, skirt made using Vogue 1247 that I wrote about here , grey leather boots by Bellini and teal blue scarf that I inherited from my daughter.
Me Made May 2012,
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
MMM12 - Day Eight
I went to cheer on my youngest son who was running a cross country today, hence the casual outfit. He managed to win it so was one proud boy and I am one proud Mum. Today I am wearing a linen skirt that I made using New Look 6918 and wrote about here and checked shirt I made last month using New Look 6050 and wrote about here. The weather man promised us 21 deg celcius today, but it took most of the day to get there hence the cardigan which is by Max. The leather boots are by Mia and bought from Endless.
Monday, May 7, 2012
MMM12 - Day Seven/Charcoal and Claret
My husband was away last week working in Sydney so what better opportunity to sink my teeth into a big project. The weather is cooling dramatically so this coat is starting to be needed now. The fabric is wool flannel from one of my op shop hauls that I wrote about here. I only had 2 metres of this fabric which necessitated trimming it with something else. I was very pleased with myself when, on visiting the fabric shop, my $8 wool flannel retailed at $60 per metre....score! Anyho, because the grey wool flannel had a reddish tinge to it, I decided to trim it with this dark red wool fabric kind of reminiscent of claret. Because I was only doing the front facings, sleeve facings and the collar in red, I only needed to buy 40 centimetres of the red fabric.
For the pattern I used Simplicity 2508. I cut it to a size 10 and size 12 in the hips as normal but this pattern runs extremely large and I ended up adjusting it after the fact taking in a total of 6cm in the hips in total and adding more definition in the waist area and back darts.
I had already bought some taffeta lining from Spotlight to line the coat but felt that I needed to make it a little warmer. Our winters are not nearly as savage as a lot of the northern hemisphere experiences but we do get some frosts in the winter and I also wanted this coat to take me to the rugby in the evening if required as well. I wanted something reasonably light weight and not to add bulk to the coat. I had some very fine microfleece in my stash from my nappy making days, so this was the perfect use for it. The challenge then was to stitch in to the lining and have everything sit neatly without either bunching or making the seams to bulky. This is how I did it:
Firstly I lay my lining and microfleece interlining pieces flat and pinned them all of the way around and then I stay stitched them in place using a 1.2cm seam allowance.
I then trimmed my microfleece interlining back to within a couple of millimetres of the stitching, being very careful not to cut the taffeta lining.
My cutting got a little wobbly in places because I couldn't find my little scissors at the time, but it didn't matter because this wasn't seen in the finished product. Once all of the interlining had been stitched to my pieces, I then proceeded to sew my lining as normal. My seam being 1.5cm, it covered the stay stitching on the interlining so there was no need to remove it.
To complete the coat, I added large red buttons with metal centres on the front of the coat and matching smaller buttons on the sleeve cuffs.
The coat got it's inaugural wear this morning when I had to take my son to the doctor early. It is deliciously warm and cosy to wear and I am sure it will become a wardrobe staple as the weather closes in.
This new coat was my main me made item of clothing today, but I also wore, a me made skirt, and merino polo neck top but I will save that post for another day.
Me Made May 2012,
Sunday, May 6, 2012
MMM12 - Day 6
Today was my nieces first birthday and she was "over the moon" with her new teddy bear. Actually her mother, my sister was more enamoured with it, my niece just wanted the pretty bow that the parcel was decorated with. It is a busy time in my family for birthdays with 3 nieces and my mother celebrating this week. Any ho, today my hounds tooth knit dress that I made using Butterick 5523 and wrote about here got it's first outing. The weather today is overcast and cool and, as you can tell by the picture, quite breezy.
I had been looking forward to seeing the perigee moon or super moon tonight, but unfortunately because it is overcast, this isn't going to happen. Oh well, at least the ware wolves won't be keeping me up tonight!
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ER-positive breast cancer patients whose tumors have active protein Stat5 have increased likelihood of responding to anti-estrogen therapy
Cancer researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson and an international team of collaborators have discovered a biomarker in breast cancer that may help identify which women will respond to anti-estrogen therapy.
The research appears in the May 16 online issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.Anti-estrogen drugs, most notably tamoxifen, are widely used in patients diagnosed with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. However, as many as a third of the women given tamoxifen fail to respond.
In this new study, the investigators found that women whose tumors retain the active form of the protein biomarker Stat5 have an increased likelihood of responding to tamoxifen. In contrast, women treated with tamoxifen whose tumors lacked active Stat5 had up to a 20-fold increased risk of dying from breast cancer after adjustment for effects of standard hormone receptor markers and other pathology data.
"Identification of predictive biomarkers present in breast cancer will lead to improved individualized therapies tailored specifically towards each woman's cancer," said Hallgeir Rui, M.D., Ph.D., professor of oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, and principal investigator of the study. "Absence of the active form of Stat5 could help identify a group of patients unlikely to respond to tamoxifen so they may be offered alternative and more aggressive treatments."
Stat5 protein is a DNA-binding factor that regulates expression of certain genes, many of which remain unknown. During pregnancy, Stat5 is activated by the hormone prolactin, and stimulates milk production in the breast. Active Stat5 is also detectable at lower levels in healthy breast tissue of non-pregnant women. This study further showed that active Stat5 was lost in the majority of more aggressive tumors and when those tumors metastasized to lymph nodes.
In 2004, Rui and colleagues reported that women with early stage breast cancer had higher survival rates when their tumors expressed active Stat5. Therefore, in two independent groups of breast cancer patients that were not treated with chemotherapy or anti-estrogen therapy, they further investigated the relationship between active Stat5 in the tumor and whether the patient had breast cancer recurrence or died of breast cancer over periods as long as 30 years. The team found consistent favorable breast cancer outcomes when tumors retained active Stat5.
The studies presented in this publication utilized a retrospective analysis of five large, independent breast cancer patient materials that included 1,000 patients, giving the studies a solid statistical basis. A benefit of optimizing a marker like Stat5 is that the assay for Stat5 is simple, inexpensive, and can be rapidly adapted to routine analysis in pathology laboratories using standard procedures.
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Dealing with internal pressure in free hydraulic bulging
Predicting results with FEA
For hydraulic tube bulging, direct pressure control is the most commonly used process. Pressure control allows engineers to determine the correct capacity hydraulic system and, more importantly, prevent tube rupture. However, inflow control, or control of the volume of fluid inside the tube, theoretically could be another viable hydroforming process. Finite element analysis has shown that inflow control could allow engineers to more accurately predict deformation behavior and therefore enhance the hydroforming process.
Finite element analysis (FEA) is a numerical process that treats a single item, such as a metal tube, as a large number of small, individual components, or finite elements. It performs calculations on each of the elements and uses the result to predict the deformation behavior of the entire item. FEA is used to create a visual representation of the item under analysis. This process is the finite element method, or FEM.
FEA is a convenient method of analyzing the tube hydroforming process.
However, achieving an accurate analysis of tube hydroforming is a complicated task because hydroforming isn't a single, simple process. It comprises several other metalworking processes, such as bending, forming, and expanding. Each of these processes has unique challenges and poses its own difficulties in getting reasonable results from FEM simulation. Improvements in tube hydroforming, therefore, can be achieved after making improvements in its element forming methods.The conventional method of controlling the tube hydroforming process is direct pressure control. Direct pressure control focuses on manipulating the pressure of the forming medium. However, it doesn't always provide accurate FEA results. Another method, inflow control, focuses on the volume of forming medium.
In experiments with free hydraulic bulging (FHB), which expands a tube without dies, inflow control has been shown to have several advantages over direct pressure control. Specifically, inflow control can be advantageous for evaluating the effects of material properties on tube deformation; is more suitable for an FEM simulator based on the dynamic explicit method; and can lead to new ways to design the loading paths in tube hydroforming.
It is usually assumed that manufacturing speed has no effect on the material's deformation behaviors in forming metal sheet and tube. However, solutions provided by FEM simulators based on the dynamic explicit method innately include the effect of manufacturing speed. This is because dynamic simulators originally were intended for analyzing the effect of impact loading on a material's deformation. Therefore, researchers who know the principles of FEM simulators are cautious about using dynamic simulators to analyze metal forming processes.
On the other hand, the robust calculation procedures of dynamic simulators are attractive in many practical metal forming applications. In addition, it is possible with dynamic simulators to get the calculated results in much less calculation time than conventional FEM simulators based on the static implicit method.
In any case, researchers need to consider the effect of manufacturing speed, especially when using dynamic FEM simulators.
In the research that led to this article, the effect of speed with the dynamic simulator appears mainly in the manufacturing force or, more specifically, internal pressure. The higher the speed is set, the higher the pressure is estimated in the calculated results. Material properties, k value (plastic coefficient in the nth power hardening law), and r value (coefficient of anisotropy) also have an effect on the amount of pressure under a constant n value. Hence, the effect of the manufacturing speed interferes in the effort to get accurate solutions for the material's properties.
When conventional static simulators are used to analyze FHB, the problem caused by manufacturing speed disappears. However, another problem remains—determining the maximum pressure that can load the tube.
Using inflow control of the forming medium can solve the problems associated with both dynamic and static simulators.
Inflow Control Versus Direct Pressure Control
The pressure medium pulls double duty inside the tube during hydraulic bulging. One job is to pressurize the tube, and the other is to fill it up. It is impossible to control both pressure and volume simultaneously, because their relationship is like two sides of the same coin (see Figure 1).
Engineers tend to focus on the amount of pressure, because controlling the pressure prevents tube bursting or leakage. Engineers pay attention to the pressure for other reasons, such as determining the hydraulic pump size needed to run the hydroforming press and preventing accidents caused by overpressurizing the tube.
Inflow control is another option. It focuses on the amount of forming medium inside the tube. Inflow control's advantage is that it can be easier to estimate the total volume of hydroformed product than optimum forming pressure.
When direct pressure control is used, the time-pressure relationship is used as the input data for the FEM simulator. For the inflow control process, the time-volume relationship is used.
What Is Free Hydraulic Bulging? FHB is a simple forming method in which tube is pressurized without forming dies. Internal pressure attains the maximum value during FHB. The maximum value of internal pressure and other values, such as radial expansion and change in wall thickness, are important because they reflect both strain-hardening properties and the size of the bulged tube.
Experimental Conditions. An FEM simulator that is based on the dynamic explicit method was used in this study. Tube materials are virtual ones that follow the von Mises yield criterion and nth power hardening law. The tubes have an OD of 40 millimeters and a wall thickness of 2 mm. Their properties are:
- n = 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6
- k = 200 newtons per mm2, 400 N/mm2, and 600 N/mm2
Using the formula s = k en results in nine sets of properties.
The tubes are expanded freely by internal pressure only. Axial displacement and rotational movement are not allowed at either end of the tube during the forming process. The modulus of volume elasticity for modeling the pressure medium is set the same as for the tube material.
For inflow control, inflow speed is generalized using the initial tube volume (see Figure 2).
Evaluating the Effects of Material Properties on Tube Deformation
The relation between internal pressure and radial expansion is determined, in part, by the effects of the material's properties on tube deformation. Theoretically, this relationship can be obtained without computer calculations, using an assumption—that the tube has infinite length—and several concepts, such as the membrane theory, total strain theory, the von Mises yield criterion, and nth power hardening law.
It would be expected that an FEM simulator would produce the same results as the simple theoretical analysis. However, the calculated relationships depend on the loading speed of the internal pressure in direct pressure control, especially when FEA is based on the dynamic explicit method. Because the internal pressure has a maximum value, it is difficult to determine the relationship between time and pressure in advance of the calculation. Because of this difficulty, inflow control is more useful than conventional direct pressure control.
An FEM model for a tube with infinite length shows that all the elements are stretched in their circumferential direction without longitudinal (X direction) strain during tube deformation (see Figure 3).
When using the direct pressure control method, the FEM simulator obtains results that are similar to the theoretical results (see Figure 4). On the other hand, when using inflow control, the simulator replicates theoretical results accurately at any of the given speeds.
The values of the maximum pressure depend on the bulged length. It is difficult to obtain theoretical results when conceptualizing tubes with finite length. However, the necessary equilibrium equations were solved in 1982.1
Maximum values of internal pressure and radial expansions at the maximum pressure are determined by theoretical results in the figures for tube with n = 0.4 and n = 0.6 (see Figure 5).2These results were generated by using an FEM model for a tube with finite length (see Figure 6). Tube deformation and thickness distribution at the maximum pressure depend on the ratio of length to initial OD (see introductory illustration).
FEM Simulator Based on the Dynamic Explicit Method
An FEM simulator based on the dynamic explicit method has become a commonly used tool for analyzing metal forming processes. The simulator solves dynamic equations. However, metal forming processes should be modeled as a static process.
The ratio between internal energy and kinetic energy determines the static degree of the calculated results. A higher ratio indicates that internal energy is much larger than kinetic energy, which, in turn, ensures the calculated results are obtained under nearly static deformation conditions (see Figure 7).
For a tube with infinite length, the relationship between energy ratio and radial expansion for direct pressure control is significantly different than that for inflow control. In the case of direct pressure control, the energy ratio steadily decreases during tube deformation. This tendency indicates that the deformation behavior under the conventional pressure control gradually becomes dynamic and unstable. Although the same relationship for inflow control varies, it is generally more stable than the conventional pressure control.
A theoretical large-scale expansion using direct pressure control with the dynamic explicit method is a result of suddenly inflating a tube (see Figure 8). Soon after this deformation, the calculation reaches compulsory termination (the program crashes).
New Methods of Designing Loading Paths
The loading path, which consists of internal pressure and axial feeding of the tube, is the decisive factor that determines the success or failure when hydroforming tube. Axial feeding is useful for applications that have a large degree of tube expansion. Finding the optimum balance between internal pressure and axial feeding is necessary for successful hydroforming. Excessive axial feeding causes buckling and folding of tube wall. On the other hand, excessive internal pressure causes tube bursting.
Regardless of the application, the FEM simulator must have enough functions to follow deformation through the forming process. All the tube deformation, including failures, is the result of tube deformation history. Tracing tube deformation with direct pressure control, especially using FEM simulation based on the dynamic explicit method, doesn't predict future results accurately.
However, direct pressure control still is the only practical control method. Although inflow control shows potential for improving hydroforming, it is still a theoretical idea and will not be implemented until a valid, practical loading path that corresponds to inflow control is established.
Atsushi Shirayori is a research associate of the Mechanical Systems Engineering Department and a member of the engineering faculty of Utsunomiya University, 7-1-2 Yoto, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321-8585, Japan, phone and fax 81-28-689-6059, firstname.lastname@example.com, www.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp.
The author acknowledges the Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists #13750665 (by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) for funding a part of this research.
1. Sadakatsu Fuchizawa, Kyoji Kamei, and Michiharu Narazaki, "A Numerical Analysis on Bulge Forming of Thin Tube of Fixed Total Length," (in Japanese), Journal of the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity, Vol. 23, No. 255 (1982), pp. 351-356.
2. Ibid.
This article is adapted from a conference paper, "Free Hydraulic Bulging of Tube by Inflow Control of Pressure Medium," written by Atsushi Shirayori, Sadakatsu Fuchizawa, Michiharu Narazaki, and Haruhisa Ishigure, in conference proceedings from the 5th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Forming Processes, Vol. 1 (2002), pp. 441-446.
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