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When I was expecting each of my two sons, I felt ripe as a berry, round, and luscious. I bought soft clothes in rich purples and deep blues. I wore jazzy stockings with jagged patterns running down my legs. I hennaed my hair like a pampered Egyptian queen. I was pregnant, and I was sexy.
Far from feeling fat and sluggish, I had never felt so alive -- or so alluring. I sidled up to my husband like a cat. And although he sometimes found my abandon amusing -- my belly, after all, was clearly in the way and only growing more so -- he couldn't help but respond to my desire. What better aphrodisiac is there than feeling good?
Of course, this may sound like heresy. The notion of being pregnant and sexy clashes with most American images of impending motherhood. On television, expectant women are portrayed either as klutzes or as immaculate conceivers whose only rising appetite is for pickles and ice cream. There's a sort of confusion of mother with child; until the baby comes, we're the ones dressed in pink or blue. It's the rare pregnant woman who's portrayed as sensual: When a pregnant Demi Moore posed naked on the cover of Vanity Fair, she never looked sexier, but in some stores the issue was yanked off the shelves.
The reality is that most pregnant women, if they're not nauseated or exhausted, feel like sowing some oats. "I didn't just feel sexier, I was sexier," says Allison Stiles, mother of a 13-month-old in South Portland, Maine. Stiles isn't alone: During pregnancy, levels of the hormones estrogen and progesterone surge, increasing the blood flow to the breasts and the pelvic area. Biologically, at least, pregnant women are in a nine-month state of arousal.
Dorothy Foltz-Gray is a freelance writer in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Hugging The Curves
Feeling sexy has its roots in more than physiology. It comes in part from a sense of freedom to revel in a new, curvaceous femininity. Being pregnant allows women the chance to accept their lush bodies in a society that likes its women angular. (One friend envies any woman married to a sculptor: They prefer soft curves, she says.) "I love the pregnancy shape," says Traci Wolfe-Hood, a mother of three in Philadelphia. "When I got that little belly, I thought, 'Oh, look at me. I'm a pregnant woman.'"
"Pregnancy made me feel like a healthy country wife, strong and full of life," recalls Katie Ripple, a mother of four in Madison, Wisconsin. "Your body is about more than youth and tautness. Pregnant, I was free to appreciate being round and able to create -- and all of that is very sexy," she says. In my own case, I'd never felt so fond of my body as I did during my pregnancies. As a child, I'd been overweight, and although I was now a tall, thin adult, the emotional residue of my chubby years stuck. I was particularly sensitive about my stomach. When I was pregnant, though, I finally had an excuse for this rotundity. I paraded my belly proudly, like the percussionist of a marching band, patting my human drum.
Stiles describes her own physical transformation this way: "I could glide and be graceful like a big sea animal, a manatee, and be big and slow, and that was okay."
Clothing this new body can be pleasurable too. During her third pregnancy, Wolfe-Hood was especially thrilled to find that maternity clothes were no longer the gunnysacks she'd endured during her first two. "Women used to wear lace-collar dresses with flowers, supposedly angelic, looking like they hadn't really had sex. During my last pregnancy, having the freedom to show my shape felt great," she says.
My friend Barbara bucked convention by deciding not to wear maternity clothes at all. When she threw a dinner party, she wore a form-fitting black dress and bounced down the hallway to greet her guests, looking like a fleshier version of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's, her melon-shaped tummy more passion than purity.
Free Love?
More practical freedoms surface during pregnancy as well. Making love without birth control, for example, convinces you that (for the moment, anyway) your life is still one of abandon. "Not having to worry about getting pregnant definitely adds to the fun of lovemaking," says Ripple.
For many women, this time in their lives also serves to connect them to a kind of primordial power they've never experienced before. As Stiles puts it, "I got to be part of the tribe." As a pregnant woman, I too felt connected to humankind in a new way. I felt part of a much bigger picture, and I relished my new role as earth mother and creator.
Father-To-Be Knows Best Of course, a husband's increased attention doesn't hurt. In the mornings, mine would put his head on my stomach, straining to hear his child. When the baby started kicking, I'd slide his palm across the wake of our child's limbs. Or we'd just watch my belly ripple and try to guess which arm or leg our baby was moving.
"After my husband felt Sadie kick, he paid closer attention to my body, and we were much more affectionate with each other," Stiles says. "I know he found me more alluring, and I never stopped to think I might not be."
When Wolfe-Hood was feeling sexy, she would put on a miniskirt. "My husband would say, 'Ooooh, you look good,'" she says. "That made me feel even sexier." But it wasn't just his wife's body that Rodney Hood found alluring; it was her attitude. "There was an aura of anticipation around her, and I could sense the love she felt for the baby," he says. "I found that very sexy."
While pregnant, I learned that sensuality resides as much in the flesh of our lives as in the flesh of our bodies. My husband and I were poised to become parents. We had agreed that together we were strong enough to raise a child, and as we watched the baby inside me grow, we understood for the first time what love is all about. What's sexier than that?


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Encourages families to have fun this holiday weekend
Department inspects all seasonal amusement parks, encourages parents and youth to follow ride safety guidelines and visit website www.RideSafeNY.com
New York State Department of Labor Commissioner Peter M. Rivera is urging all parents and children to follow safety guidelines at the state's 12 amusement parks over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The department inspects rides at every amusement park and traveling show located outside of New York City before they open for the summer season, as well as one or more times during operation.
"As we mark the unofficial beginning of the summer this weekend with the Memorial Day holiday, I urge all parents and children to follow safety guidelines so that we can have a safe and fun summer at our state's great amusement parks," Rivera said.
The Department of Labor is tracking 49 individual carnivals and separate events that will have amusement rides as part of their Memorial Day activities. These locations, which will host 59 different amusement ride companies, were to be inspected prior to opening this weekend.
"When you head to the park or to the fair this weekend for fun, food and amusement, please make sure that you are doing your part as parents to ensure everyone follows the guidelines of the rides," Rivera said. "But know that you can rest assured that our inspectors have made certain that everything is functioning up to standard."
All New Yorkers can visit the Department of Labor's park safety website at www.RideSafeNY.com. The website offers parents and children helpful tips on ride safety, along with a directory of amusement parks in New York. The site also makes it simple to email the Department of Labor to report unsafe conditions.
Department of Labor staff inspect all rides at stationary parks at least once a year and inspect rides at traveling carnivals or fairs every time the ride is set up in a new location. A ride cannot legally operate without a permit from the Department of Labor.
Last year, the Department of Labor inspected more than 1,500 venues and more than 9,700 amusement devices.
The Department of Labor offers consumers the following safety guidelines:
Listen to the ride operator's instructions.
Read and follow posted warnings and instructions.
Keep hands and feet inside the ride while it is moving.
Don't reach toward fences or barriers.
Secure loose clothing and long hair.
Don't drink and ride. You put yourself and others at risk.
Don't stand or attempt to leave a ride until it comes to a complete stop.
Check restraining devices to make sure they are properly latched. Avoid horseplay; it's dangerous.
Never attempt to unlock or loosen a restraining device until instructed by the operator.
Parents with children
Don't assume a ride is safe for children if you hold on to them. If you hold on to your child, you aren't looking after yourself and both of you could be at risk.
Parents should never ride go-carts or bumper cars with children on their laps.
Observe age, height and weight restrictions.
Talk to children so they know what to expect of the ride.
If your child gets scared, ask (if possible) that the ride be stopped.
If your child is afraid of the ride, it's probably best not to put her or him on it.
Not all rides are appropriate for all children, even if they do meet the height requirements. As a parent, you know your child's ability to follow instructions.
Water rides require additional attention.
Walk - don't run - on pool decks and surroundings.
On water slides, follow instructions and leave the pool area at the bottom quickly. Always slide feet first; sliding head first is a major cause of head and neck injuries.
Use flotation devices when needed.
For more information about the Department of Labor's Park Safety inspections, visit www.RideSafeNY.com.

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Minivan Deals: December 2012
If you're looking for a good deal on a minivan, you'll find one in December. That's because many automakers are pushing to meet sales goals, leading to deep discounts and strong deals. We've listed some of the top minivan deals below on nearly all of today's vans, aiding shoppers looking to pull the trigger right away on their next family car.
Chrysler Town & Country
Many deals are available on the Town & Country this month. For cash buyers, Chrysler is offering up to $1,500 back on most 2013 models, or $2,750 on leftover 2012 Town & Country minivans. Buyers interested in financing the minivan will also get a good deal, as zero percent interest is the norm for qualified buyers. For the 2013 Town & Country, zero percent is available for up to 36 months, while the 2012 Town & Country offers zero percent for up to 72 months. Some models even offer cash back on top of the low interest rate. Lastly, Chrysler is offering a 36-month lease deal on the 2013 Town & Country with payments starting from $279 after $2,999 at lease signing.
Find the Chrysler Town & Country for sale
Honda Odyssey
The popular Honda Odyssey is available with lease and finance deals in December. Lease rates start at just $259 per month for 36 months for an Odyssey LX after $1,999 at lease signing. An Odyssey EX is just $20 per month more. For shoppers who would rather put nothing down, an Odyssey LX starts at $310 per month for 35 months, while an EX is available for $340 per month. For those who would rather finance the minivan, Honda says a 2012 Odyssey is available with 0.9 percent interest for up to 60 months.
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Kia Sedona
Though the Kia Sedona minivan may not return after 2012, leftover models offer strong deals. For cash buyers, Kia is offering up to $2,500 back on all 2012 models - the best cash back deal among minivans. Buyers who would prefer to finance the van can get interest rates as low as 1.9 percent for up to 36 months plus up to $2,500 cash back. Shoppers trading in a minivan from a competitive automaker will also find a good deal, as Kia will pay $1,500 cash to such "competitive conquests." The same offer also applies to loyal shoppers trading in a Kia they own for the new Sedona.
Mazda's compact Mazda5 is the smallest minivan available. It uses a four-cylinder engine and seats six: two up front, two in the middle, and two in back. In December, the Mazda5 is a good deal for shoppers looking to finance. That's because Mazda is offering interest rates as low as zero percent for up to 60 months. And to make that offer even more appealing, the brand is coupling it with up to $500 cash back. That's not bad for a vehicle that returns nearly 30 mpg on the highway, besting practically all of its competitors.
Toyota Sienna
Two different deals are available on the Toyota Sienna in December. For qualified shoppers interested in financing the minivan, Toyota is offering low interest rates. The brand says those rates can go as low as zero percent for up to 60 months, even on the latest 2013 models. Shoppers looking to lease will find deals starting at just $289 per month for 36 months. While that figure requires $2,999 down at lease signing, it's based on a well-equipped Sienna LE - meaning the steep down payment may be worth it to get important comfort features like a rearview camera and power sliding doors.
Find the Toyota Sienna for sale
What it means to you: If you've been holding off on buying a minivan, December minivan deals mean now may the best time of the year to finally pull the trigger.


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Throughout the year, this column has looked at a number of different common marketing vehicles and discussed tools and techniques that can dramatically increase the response and success rate of promotions. In this column, we'll look at in-club promotions, with a specific focus on promotional letters for member referrals.
- An in-club promotion can be a postcard or a letter that is mailed directly to members or even something as simple as flyers or posters displayed in the club. Usually such pieces are designed to get members to buy an existing product/service or refer a friend to the club.
- Perhaps the most important thing to consider when designing an in-club promotion is the fact that the target audience consists of members. This has greater implications than the obvious.
- On one hand, members are more likely to open a piece of mail from the club. On the other hand, because of their familiarity with the club, they will tend to skim a letter or postcard quickly - unless it really gets their attention. And as far as posters or flyers posted in the club go, members become oblivious to these items after seeing them once or twice.
What does this mean? You cannot assume that just because a piece targets a member that you can disregard the steps to creating a successful marketing piece.
Perfecting Referral Letters
One of the most frequently used in-club promotions run by clubs worldwide is a referral campaign where members are given some sort of incentive to refer a friend who joins. Clubs generally promote these campaigns with displays and posters in the club, as well as sending members a letter that explains the program and incentives.
Since the mailing portion of this campaign is so important, let's dissect a referral letter and see how it could have been made more effective.
First, let's look at the headline. A headline accounts for 80 percent of an ad's effectiveness. The headline - which is the first thing the reader sees on the page - MUST grab the reader's attention, answering the question, "What's in it for me?"
Unfortunately, the first thing that readers typically see in letter promotions is the club's name and logo. This does NOTHING to engage the reader. Therefore, the first thing that needs to be done with letters going to members is to either change the stationary so the logo is at the bottom or simply use plain paper. Although this change is initially disturbing for club operators, they quickly adapt when they see better results without the cost of traditional letterhead.
Using Your Headline
Without the logo at the top of the page, you are now positioned to get the reader's attention right away. In our example, the headline is, "In Honor of Your Commitment to Us, ABC Health Club Is Extending a One Month Free Membership to Share With a Friend!"
This may seem like a good headline on the surface, but it does NOT answer the question, "What's in it for me?" for the member. In fact, many members might read that headline and think to themselves, "Yeah, in honor of my commitment to you guys, you now want me to bring in my friends to buy a membership. That's a heck of an honor!"
It actually isn't difficult designing a great headline from the current letter because it already contains information about what the members will get. A member will get a free T-shirt simply by having a friend redeem the certificate. And if the friend joins, the member will get $50.
The headline to this letter would have been much more effective had it read, "Here's an Easy Way for You to Get a FREE Club T-shirt AND $50 in Cash!" If you were a member seeing those words, it would probably get your attention.
Once you have the reader's attention, you have to maintain it throughout the body copy. Using strong subheadings helps to accomplish this. Subheadings are simply larger typefaced (or bolded) sentences that are centered on the page with spaces before and after to make them stand out.
The same rules apply to creating subheadings as they do when creating a headline - answer the "What's in it for me?" question. A subheading's purpose is to pull the readers through the body copy while educating them on the product or service, so by the time they get to the offer, they will want to take action.
Where Are the Subheadings?
The body copy of our example letter quickly loses the interest of the reader for a number of reasons. First of all, it uses no subheadings, allowing the reader to get lost in a sea of text. Second, it waits till the very end of the letter to tell the readers what is in it for them.
In essence, the format of the letter is inverted to what it should be. It should start with a discussion of the T-shirt and the $50 (this should have been mentioned in the headline), being honest with the reader as to why the club is making such an offer.
For instance, after teasing the offer in the headline, the letter should read, "That's right, ABC Club wants to give you a free T-shirt and $50 in hard cold cash, and I'm writing you to explain why. You see, although we traditionally run advertisements in the newspaper or do direct mail pieces, this time of year is not so effective for those methods of marketing. Therefore, we would like to reward you personally for introducing people to the club. Here's how it works..."
Next, a subheading should be used to bridge into the most relevant information to the members - the new entertainment equipment that will make their workouts more enjoyable. For example, a subheading that reads, "New, Cutting-edge Entertainment System at ABC Club Will Make Your Workouts More Enjoyable," would really jump out at the reader.
Finally, another subheading would bridge the reader to the information on the one-month free guest pass for a friend and the events happening throughout the month. For example, "FREE Guest Pass (a $59 value) Allows Your Friend to Try Out the Club for an Entire Month With Lots of Special Activities."
Once you catch the reader's attention with the subheading, the information contained in the sample letter can be used more effectively. Plus, it lets the readers know exactly how valuable this offer is to a friend ($59).
As one can see, with some simple format changes and appropriate subheadings, the reader is drawn through the entire letter, compelling him to take action.
Finally, let's talk about creating urgency within the reader. This letter actually did a good job by placing an expiration date on the coupon, but there are two other things that this club could have done with the coupon to increase its urgency effectiveness.
First of all, a value MUST be placed on every coupon a club puts out. Human beings respond well when they believe that something has a value, even more so when it has an expiration date.
Secondary Offer
Second, and perhaps a unique idea for most club operators, is to place a "secondary offer" on the coupon. A secondary offer is a way to get prospects to contact the club even if they are not interested in the primary offer. For example, in this case, let's assume a friend is not ready to come in for a free month. The club still wants a friend to call so a database of interested prospects can be created for future marketing opportunities.
One way to create a secondary offer with a coupon is to have the recipient call for some kind of free report. This "report" is really nothing more than a short article that can be put together with everyday information, yet has appeal to a consumer. Some of the best reports that can get the phones to ring: "10 Steps to Getting in Shape at Home," "The Real Truth About Weight Loss" and "Why People Eat Less but Gain Weight."
An example of a secondary offer for the letter in our example could be, "Even if you don't want to use this $59 pass, call today for a FREE report, `10 Steps to Getting in Shape at Home.' Limited to the first 25 callers." This statement could have generated even more prospects.
Although it may seem like a simple task, writing an in-club promotional letter that will have the maximum effect takes much time and effort. Creating an eye-catching headline, using subheadings throughout the body copy to keep the reader's attention, having a strong offer and secondary offer, and making sure there is urgency in taking action are all crucially important elements.
Next time you are going to spend hundreds of dollars to send members an in-club promotion, take a few moments to run down your checklist of how to create a marketing piece that works. It will pay off in both the short and long run!


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Categories: Criminal Law Family Law
Instructor(s) Meuer, Teresa
Course focuses on state and federal laws, policy and practices impacting victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. Topics examined include dynamics of domestic abuse; restraining orders; mandatory arrest law via law enforcement, prosecution & sentencing responses; batterers treatment; battered women who kill & the battered women syndrome; family law, including custody/physical placement, relocation, mediation, effects on children who witness violence; Violence Against Women Act (VAWA); domestic abuse against the elderly; and welfare reform. Class involves papers, observation of injunction hearings and interactive exercises.


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Fred W. Baker III - American Forces Press Service
Forces in Iraq have ramped up efforts this week to stamp out remaining al Qaeda hot spots there, pummeling areas with air strikes and bombs and surging troops in previously uncontrolled territories.
Coalition forces attacked suspected hideouts in the north, including in Diyala province, and air strikes yesterday concentrated on the southern outskirts of Baghdad in the Arab Jabour region.
We are not leaving holes or safe havens for the enemy, Army Brig. Gen. Joseph Anderson, chief of staff for Multinational Corps Iraq, said in a conference call with military analysts.
So far, military officials reported, forces have captured or killed more than 30 insurgents and uncovered numerous weapons caches. The bombings yesterday targeted deeply buried bombs, Anderson said.
Anderson said the assault, dubbed Operation Phantom Phoenix, targets areas where al Qaeda operatives fled after being forced out of the more secure regions in the country. Some have migrated to regroup in areas that have few or no coalition forces, he said.
The general said that, as the local citizens feel more secure, more tips are coming in pointing out where to find insurgents and their weapons. Some weapons found include Iranian markings, Anderson said, but there are fewer of those than before. Most of the finds uncover weapons of all types. So far, troops have uncovered car bombs, house bombs and suicide vests, among other weapons and munitions.
You do find everything from old stuff to new stuff, Anderson said. There are data plates, markings, writing, that links it to Iran very clearly. The further north you go, the less Iranian-linked it is. The further south you go, the more Iranian-linked it is.
Anderson also said coalition forces are finding fewer foreign fighters in the al Qaeda ranks. The group is recruiting more locally, he said.
Concerned local citizens helping with security and local police are key to the operations success, he said. By April, officials expect to reach their cap of 105,000 people in concerned local citizens programs. Of those, one-quarter will make their way into the permanent Iraqi security force system, Anderson said. The others could transfer into civilian work corps programs in the provinces.
If local police and concerned citizens can take care of daily security in towns and cities, then the Iraqi army can concentrate its efforts in the space between cities and on border security, he said.
Plans to build more combat outposts and joint security stations in Diyala will give forces a permanent presence and allow for more flexible operations, Anderson said.


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It has taken us a long time to get here. We, Letizia and Ruurd, have worked for many years as research entomologists. We have lived in several countries, including France, the Netherlands, Ruurd's home country, and the United States. We traveled extensively before we realized that it was time to settle down to a family life. We agreed that the Umbrian countryside – where Letizia comes from – was one of the most beautiful places on earth and that was where we wanted to live.
In 1997 we bought an abandoned farmhouse, we restored it, transformed it into a countryside accommodation and we replanted a 250 trees olive grove. We also have a few hectares of grains, woods, a vegetable- and a herb-garden. Last, but not least, in 2001 we had our daughter Tea.
The origins of "Alla Madonna del Piatto" date back some five hundred years, with the oldest structures likely built as a watchtower or a fortified refuge for shepherds. During the renovation project, forgotten among the rubble we found a little plate depicting a medieval lady with flowers in her hands. We named the house after this delightful figure, the Lady of the Plate, "la Madonna del Piatto".
Our first B&B guests arrived in 2003. As experienced travelers, we have always loved to stay in small inns with a local character rather than a standard hotel. However, the enthusiasm of our guests for the beauty of our land and their appreciation of our family-style hospitality has far exceeded our expectations. We are grateful to all of them for having visited us on our magical mountain and for contributing to the enjoyable and relaxed atmosphere of our house.
Our Lagotto Romagnolo Google also loves our guests, especially young children and all those who offer a treat of fruit and crunchy vegetables. In the summer she is often found by the fig trees. You are also invited to share the bounty of delicious fruits, of course.
The only family member you might not encounter during your stay is our little sweet cat Betty. She turned up at our door one hot summer and has decided to stay with us. She is very shy though, and she only ever shows up when there is people she knows!


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Acclaimed Company to be in residence March 18-22; includes two UB alumnae and a Buffalo native
The Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, has announced that River North Dance Chicago will be professional artists-in-residence March 18-22. This residency will also include visits to local hospitals in support of the Center's "Arts in Healthcare" initiative. The residency will conclude with a public performance on March 22 at 8 p.m. in the Center for the Arts.
Founded in 1989 by four visionary choreographers, River North Dance Chicago has established itself as one of the nation's leading dance companies, receiving critical acclaim on both a national and international level. River North Dance Chicago embodies a true flavor of "Americana" in its dynamic repertoire and is recognized for its highly emotive stage presence, stimulating music, and bold and commanding choreography. As part of the Center for the Arts' "Arts in Healthcare" initiative, the dancers of River North Dance Chicago plan to work with patients at both Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo.
While in the hospitals, the company will offer a lecture and demonstration of dance to patients and will host a dance activity for young patients. The company will also provide master classes for UB dance students as well as give lecture/demonstrations at Tapestry Charter School and Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts.
The company currently includes two University at Buffalo Theatre & Dance alumnae: Melanie Manale-Horton and Jessica Wolfrum (who is also a Buffalo native).
Wolfrum is celebrating her eleventh season with River North Dance Chicago. She received her early training from the David DeMarie Dance Studio, the Royal Academy of Ballet and the Buffalo Inner City Ballet School. She was a May 2002 graduate of the University at Buffalo with a joint B.A. degree in dance and psychology. While at the University at Buffalo, she was a member of the Zodiaque Dance Company. She was also a principal dancer with the Buffalo City Ballet Company for six years and choreographed its premiere of "Dracula." Wolfrum is also on faculty at the Lou Conte Dance Studio, teaching various levels of ballet and jazz.
Since 1997, the center has conducted more than a dozen professional dance outreach projects to provide arts education for more than 24,000 students at schools primarily in the City of Buffalo. These students have been afforded the opportunity to experience a live professional dance performance in their schools, free of charge, by some of the world's finest companies. In addition, UB dance majors benefit from master classes with members of these professional dance companies.
Tickets for the performance on March 22 at 8 p.m. are on sale now at the Center for the Arts Box Office and tickets.com.
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Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Boston Red Sox pitcher Andrew Bailey may be sidelined for the remainder of the season thanks to a continuously troubling shoulder issue.
On Friday, the Boston Herald reported that Sox manager John Farrell said Bailey suffered "fairly significant" damage to the labrum of his right shoulder during his last outing last weekend at Oakland.
"There's a capsule tear, and there's some damage to the labrum," Bailey himself added in a media session prior to the start of a three-game series with the New York Yankees at Fenway Park. "I felt it on a pitch to Jed Lowrie, on a 1-2 fastball away. I stayed in the game...but it just didn't feel right. We're trying to see what our options are before surgery. It's very frustrating. I've been kind of grinding through stuff all year, and I'm trying to gather as much information as I can."
The Red Sox put Bailey on the 15-day disabled list on Friday due to a strained right shoulder. They also recalled reliever Jose De La Torre recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket.
Bailey was seen by orthopedist Dr. David Altcheck in New York on Monday, who agreed with Red Sox medical staff as to the severity of the injury. If surgery is determined as the best option, the right-hander's season would be over.
The 29-year-old New Jersey native has gone 3-1 with a 3.77 earned run average in 30 appearances for Boston thus far in 2013. If he is lost for the duration, that makes three members of the Red Sox bullpen lost for the year, along with original closer Joel Hanrahan and Andrew Miller.
Sox general manager Ben Cherington chimed in on the situation, saying, "It likely does make it more challenging but it doesn't change the job," of trying to find a suitable replacement for the AL East leaders.
Boston returns from the All-Star break 2 1/2 games in front of second-place Tampa Bay and six games ahead of the fourth-place Yankees.


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MMA veteran and TUF 4 alum Din Thomas was arrested yesterday for allegedly running un-sanctioned MMA bouts at his gym in St. Lucie West, Florida. (You can see the police report here.) An undercover police officer at the scene observed "a large caged octagon ring with two men inside fighting. There was a third male in the octagon acting as a referee. Around the octagon there were several people (approx. 150 men, women and minors) sitting and standing on make shift stands and chairs facing the octagon cheering while watching the two men fight. Both fighters wore gloves but did not have any protective headgear on. At the front door to the location there was a table with a small sign stating '$10.00 per person.' Also located on the table was a roll of raffle tickets*."
This sounds like a common shakedown to me. MMA fights in the state of Florida are regulated by the Florida Boxing Commission, an organization that is no doubt frustrated over the fact that no one gives a shit about boxing anymore. Thomas can't hold an amateur MMA exhibition in his own gym without getting an OK from these jokers? Recockulous. It's MMA persecution, and we should all be pissed about it. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to make an iron-on "Free Din Thomas" t-shirt.
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GRTU Conservationists -
The Trout Run Creek project that was partially funded by the GRTU Coldwater Outreach Conservation Fund is now underway. The Hiawatha TU Chapter and its members are working on the project weekly and recording their progress in photos and video. You can check out what GRTU is doing to help restore a wild brown trout stream in southeastern Minnesota, by visiting the following link:
Hiawatha TU will be keeping us updated on their progress throughout the summer and will be featuring us at the fall National Conservation Tour for Trout Unlimited. Take a peek now and then and watch this TU Chapter in action.
Trout Run Creek Project Underway
This forum contains information about the COC fund activities. It is linked to the web site.
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FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- All Skai Moore ever wanted was an offer from his dream school.
On Jan. 19, Moore Tweeted, "I really wanna know why Miami never offered me."
On Tuesday night, the Hurricanes did. After hearing about it from his defensive coordinator on Wednesday morning, it was too late.
Moore, a 4-star linebacker from Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) University School, committed to South Carolina on Wednesday at his high school, sticking with the game plan he and coach Roger Harriott had in place from the start.
"I felt like it was a little bit too late," Moore said. "Honestly, if they would've came in two or three weeks ago, this would've been a different story."
Added Harriott, "It was too late. It was his dream school. You can report that."
Moore, who was committed to Rutgers earlier this year, decommitted at the sound of SEC schools knocking at his door, especially after leading the University School defense with 16 tackles and a sack in its state title game.
Moore picked the Gamecocks over Rutgers and Vanderbilt among 40 other offers from schools like Louisville, Ohio State, Texas A&M and Wisconsin. He said that USC jumped in the picture around Christmas and his relationships with the coaches and players furthered his interest.
"I've established a great relationship with coach (Grady) Brown, coach (Kirk) Botkin, as well as coach (Steve) Spurrier, and my opportunity to go in there pretty early and play is a great one, so if I do what I gotta do, I could be starting from Day 1," Moore said.
Moore said that playing at USC became "an open playing field" with the departure of five senior linebackers. And while Moore joins a 2013 USC recruiting class with four linebackers already in Larenz Bryant, Mohamed Camara, David Johnson and Jonathan Walton, he's not deterred by the competition he'll face for playing time.
"I know they signed a few guys in my class, but there's no advantage, Moore said. "It's just whoever's going to be the best player is going to play and that's something I'm excited about."
Moore will join a Gamecock defense which ranked in the top 20 in rushing, scoring and total defense in the country with unanimous All-American Jadeveon Clowney at the helm. He will fill space in a defense that will miss its four leading tacklers in Shaq Wilson, D.J. Swearinger, Reginald Bowens and DeVonte Holloman - who accounted for a total of 281 tackles last season.
Moore said that being able to play on the big stage and being on a high-profile team were opportunities he could not pass up. USC's Outback Bowl win against Michigan was the icing on the cake.
"The (Outback Bowl) game really intrigued me," Moore said. "Just watching how the defense got after it and how tenacious they were, and that's something I want to be, a part of a defense with some dogs on it."
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Gumpy Today: S.A.D. and You
It was a cool and rainy mid-November Saturday morning. As usual, I had looked forward to the monthly junior high school kids are much more capable of spiritual growth and leadership than people give them credit for, and this group of spiritually motivated and ministry-minded kids was a good case in point.
We had made breakfast together in the church kitchen and now it was time to settle down. On the agenda was the happy business of prayer and planning the group activities. September and October had gone very well, and great events were on the calendar for us to look forward to. In the two years I'd been at the church, the junior high ministry had become famous for the right reasons.
"So, before we start planning, how do you feel it's going in the group these days?" I asked.
Jana began. "I think it's going terrible. Shella, that new girl, is so obnoxious."
"Yeah, I agree," answered Charlie. "None of the events are any fun anymore."
"I don't even look forward to coming," added Karen.
"I don't like it either, and I think my family might start looking for a different church," Ricci added helpfully.
Believe it or not, the conversation went downhill from there. Negativism was expressed with vehemence and bitter conviction. For me, it was an agonizing hour. When they seemed to be done I asked, "Does anyone have anything positive, anything good about the group, they want to say?"
Seven pairs of eyes looked back at me. No one responded, not even one. I was so totally blown away that all I could do was close with a brief prayer. After spending the next hour taking all of them home in the church van, I went back to my office and sat at my desk, lost in thought. Damage control time. If this had been my first ministry, no doubt I would have composed a resignation letter. I decided instead to do nothing unusual. Why?
"Len, you stupid jerk," I kindly said to myself, "you forgot it was November."
Here's another example. From time to time I get invited to participate in a youth ministry as an observer, with the idea that I can provide some kind of critique as to what's going on. Recently I was sitting in on a youth group session that started out bad and went down hill from there. Jennifer began by asking the twenty five youth present to "feel free now to share with us all what God is doing in your life or what you are learning from Him these days." Blank stares, silence. "Well let's sing then" and she launched into an a capella song, which became a solo.
Eventually people did warm up a little bit, but not much. Later that day I met with Jennifer. She was so discouraged and so devastated that it didn't go well. She was even questioning her own call and fitness for ministry, faced with such a spectacular failure.
"Have you ever heard of S.A.D." I asked her.
"Yes of course, but that doesn't really affect people does it?"
Long pause. "Knowing it's November, here are some ideas that may have helped…" It was epiphany time for Jennifer as she realized that even if only a handful are "down" the dragging down influence can effect how an entire evening goes.
November…it's one of the four reasons youth workers get burned out and quit.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)…that's a fancy clinical name. In my first few years of ministry I didn't know the clinical name for it, but I did notice a distinct pattern. What I noticed then and still notice today is that some of our brightest and best will go into a spiritual tail spin in November. They'll get negative and critical. They won't feel like talking, sharing, or singing. Some young people will get this way and so will some adults.
I used to lie awake at night thinking about this…worrying, praying, wondering why. I tried to use counseling or "heavy" talks with the group or individuals as early weapons. It only took a few years to figure out, however, that no amount of prayer, counseling, and extra meeting would make any difference. All I had to do was wait…by mid or late December, the grumpy kids and adults would snap out of it and be their cheerful and positive selves again.
Seasonal Affective Disorder is very well documented. The Journal of the American Medical Association and Scientific American have both discussed over the years. It's in the popular press, too: USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Business Horizons and even Vogue among many others.(2)
SAD exists because of the change to and from daylight savings time that we all experience twice a year; this change causes a fluctuation in the amount of daily light we see. The time change is also coupled with worse weather or better weather, and less sunshine or more sunshine. This change of light level affects the body's production of a chemical called melatonin. In some people, this change in melatonin level produces symptoms of depression In other words, people get grumpy. Six weeks is about what it takes to readjust, though some people have the symptoms through all the winter months.
Youth workers who don't know about this are doubly vulnerable. We are vulnerable first because we're clueless as to why we get blindsided by people who we thought were on our side. Nice, friendly, supportive people all of a sudden want to see our ministries filleted and our souls hung on meat hooks…fodder for the circling vultures they and others have become.
Second, we are vulnerable because we ourselves may be victims of SAD. Things might be going okay and then, without apparent cause or warning, our internal "self-talk" gets negative. We internally rehearse long, critical speeches to kids, board members, or our senior pastor. We compose our resignation letters, dream of how nice it would be to be to change churches, and speculate on how unjust it is that someone so wonderful as we could be stuck with such ungrateful people.
If we live in Florida or Southern California, chances are we may have never seen SAD. One study showed that the farther north a person went in North America, the greater the percentage of people who were severely affected. (3)
Florida 1.4 percent
Maryland 6.3 percent
New York 8.0 percent
New Hampshire 10.0 percent
These percentages represent the severe cases. An equal percentage of SAD sufferers will experience only moderate symptoms. What does it mean? If we live in Baltimore, St. Louis, Denver, or Eureka, and we minister to fifty junior and senior high school kids, about seven or eight will experience the significant emotional undertow of SAD. It's only a small number, but the destructive potential is frightening.
Knowing this, what do I do about SAD? (1) Every November I remind the youth group and volunteer staff about SAD. I tell them that the feelings, if they come, are normal. I implore them not to drop out during this time, but to around people can encourage them. (2) Personally, I have a policy to never, ever resign from anything in November. (3) When I go to youth pastor meetings, I try to watch for those who are feeling low and encourage them, if I can.
Any Solutions?
In this chapter, we have toured the reasons many youth workers choose to get off the bus. Are there any easy solutions to these issues? Actually, there are!
Being Aware. It sounds almost too simple, but just knowing about SAD will help. Unaware of SAD? Now you are aware.
Jim moved from San Diego to Portland, Oregon, when he same to work at his new church. He'd read about SAD and he knew there were a lot of niceties about life in San Diego he would miss dearly. He began his ministry July first and sure enough, in mid-November, he was feeling the pull toward home. He put a big picture of the ocean up in his office, and he shared his feelings openly with the pastoral staff and other youth pastors he saw frequently. He made it through his first winter and now, three years later, he's an avid backpacker. He loves Portland and loves how close the mountains are. The ocean picture in his office has been replaced by one of Mt. Hood.
Being Real. Having our ideals crushed by reality is never fun. Youth workers who survive the shattering of early ideals do so largely because they truly love young people, they deeply feel a call from God to be in youth ministry, and they have a support network.
Samantha went to her second church assuming her senior pastor would be warm, supportive, and caring. Her first senior pastor had been that way. Surprise! Her new pastor was aloof and never talked at a feeling level; soon Samantha felt life she'd made a big mistake. She almost resigned the day after he told her, "Look, I don't need or want to be your friend, get that through your head." Samantha got active with a support group for youth pastors that met monthly. She found several other youth ministers had pastors like that. She successfully let go of her expectations about her pastor and this group began to meet her needs for caring support.
Being Honest. There is nothing wrong with changing our minds. We may have set out with high hopes of long-term ministry with kids, but now our changing hearts pull us in a different direction. It's okay. In fact, it's better to leave than to stay for the wrong reasons.
- Being Centered. The surest way to survive discouragement and setback in the early years of ministry is to remain centered on Jesus Christ. His is our comfort when we hurt, our security when our surroundings shake. The apostle Paul certainly had his chare of bad days and setbacks: "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed…we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all" (2 Corinthians 4:8,9,16,17).
Yes, sometimes it seems like we must slog through the slime to be youth pastors. Yet, when we are properly centered on our relationship with Christ, we can keep from being swallowed up.


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MaryEllen Delp, 43
MaryEllen Delp, 43, of Brookville, died on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, at DuBois Regional Medical Center in DuBois.
Born on Feb. 20, 1970, in Easton, Pa., she was the daughter of Stanley Paul Miller (Elaine), who survives in Mount Bethel, Pa., and Lynda Jean Hughes, who survives in Bangor, Pa.
On May 10, 1996, in Bangor, Pa., she married Charles E. Delp Jr., who survives.
She worked as a school bus driver for Krise Bus Co. in Punxsutawney, and for Jefferson-Clarion Co. Head Start.
She was a 1988 graduate of Bangor Area High School and a member of the Warsaw Sportsman Club, and she received her certification as a state trainer CDL for buses.
She enjoyed baking and cooking, hunting and fishing. And she especially enjoyed her family, children and grandchildren.
MaryEllen is survived by three daughters, Debora C. Hardy of Kresgeville, Pa., Alexis N. Delp of Brookville and Amanda L. Delp, of Brookville; one brother, Steven John Miller (Margie) of East Stroudsburg; one sister, Diane Constable of East Bangor, Pa.; one brother-in-law, David Constable of East Bangor, Pa.; three grandchildren, Morgan, Mickey and Cragar Hardy; her father- and mother-in-law Charles E. Delp Sr. and Cheryl Delp of Knox Dale; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, from 7 to 9 p.m. at McKinney Funeral Home in Brookville.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, at the funeral home.
Interment will be at Ramseytown Methodist Cemetery in Knox Township.
Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society, in care of Karyn King, 8 Marlin St., Brookville, PA 15825; or Jefferson-Clarion Co. Head Start, Inc., 18 Western Ave., Brookville, PA 15825.


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Yes, we grow bananas — in San Diego County, of all places — and I've seen them. We also grow a lot of other things that might surprise you. Just ask the "plant nuts."
That's what Jim Neitzel calls them, and he should know. Neitzel, whose decades-long passion has been rare fruit, is considered by many to be the dean of San Diego County rare-fruit growers.
On April Fool's Day, Neitzel, along with fellow enthusiast Ben Kotnik, members of the San Diego chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers, escorted me on a day-long tour of county properties where edible incongruity is the order of the day.
The first stop: Aaron St. John's place in Rancho Peñasquitos, where my hosts point to a brace of coffee bushes in the front yard. "You can eat the red coffee berry; there's more caffeine in the berry than in the bean," I am told. Roughly the size of a good-size pearl, it's mildly sweet when I bite into it. Inside is an off-white seed that will be the coffee bean, now embryonic, I guess. It looks like a tooth that fell out of my daughter's mouth when she was small.
Birds chirp, wind chimes sound in the breeze: the enclosed front yard sounds and feels like a botanic garden, and I'm already envious. There's a young Hachiya persimmon, tropical blackberries, a pomegranate tree, as well as stone fruit trees, Santa Rosa plum and Golden Apricot.
Heading toward the back yard, I take note of guavas — 'strawberry' and 'red' types — and a pomelo (antecedent of the grapefruit) in hyper-fragrant blossom. A few feet away, low pots hold young blueberries, a little blue coming into the green. Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, or Maine — sure — but San Diego? Can these be any good? Though still immature, they are. 'Southern high bush' and 'rabbit eye' cultivars, they prosper in the local balm, as do the royal 'Lee' and 'Mini Lee' cherries, two new, truly low-chill cherries. They're spindly trees, only six feet tall, but the half-ripe fruit is already sweet and pleasant. Most folks would judge these cherries at least as good as the typical commercially available Bings.
I say, "It's not coffee yet."
Blueberries and cherries — and apples, apricots, pears, plums, and peaches — aren't rare in the general sense, but do fit under the rubric of rarity set up by the California Rare Fruit Growers. I asked Tom Del Hotal, president of the 190-member San Diego chapter: "How do you define 'rare'?"
A fruit that aspires to sanctioned rarity can make it into the club via any one of five avenues.
First up are fruits not ordinarily grown in San Diego. The jaboticaba, rare in San Diego County but commonplace in Brazil, is an example. Del Hotal says, "The jaboticaba is quite an extraordinary fruit. It looks like a large black grape and grows right on the trunk of the tree. The flesh melts in your mouth, and it has a sweet, marvelous, exotic flavor. The skin is rather thick. Some people prefer not to eat it, although I do."
I asked him whether, given Brazil's predominantly tropical climate, which is characterized by year-round heat and humidity, the fruit requires significant adaptation to thrive in San Diego. "No, not at all. That's a common misconception."
A second category is composed of varieties that have fallen out of favor, e.g., heirloom apples displaced by newer types (such as Fujis) with more uniformity and a longer shelf life.
Then there are the unusual-properties sorts, including "Miracle Fruit": "It fools your taste buds; for about an hour after you eat it, anything sour you eat tastes sweet."
The next group is made up of new species. Del Hotal says: "We just brought in a new fruit from China called 'yang ming' — first time in the country. A couple of our members had it shipped from China. It's the size of a golf ball, tart-sweet, soft, and juicy, with seeds throughout, used in jams, jellies, and drinks. It's prized in China but practically unknown here."
Finally, we come to perhaps the widest-ranging rarities — fruit not grown here commercially. Some are stone fruits commonplace in other regions, such as peaches, along with their new, portmanteau hybrids: apriums, plumcots, pluots, nectaplums, peachcottams, and cherryplums. (Others are what Del Hotal labels sub-tropical, e.g., dragon fruit, guavas, mangoes, and pineapples.)
Then there's the cherished cherimoya.
To the unschooled, "cherimoya" suggests the tropics, but according to Kotnik, that's not the case. Native to the western slopes of the Andes, they thrive in Spain, New Zealand, some Asian locales — and in Southern California, notably San Diego and Santa Barbara. Turns out that, while they can't tolerate much frost they do need to "chill out"; that is, spend some nights at 33–45 degrees.
Kotnik tells me, "When I introduce people to the cherimoya for the first time, they tend to taste it and say, 'It's good, a little different.' It's the fifth one that sort of gets you hooked on it. If you've tried it once or twice, try it about five times, and you'll know whether it's for you or not."
Is the cherimoya "right for me?" Instead of asking my doctor, I drop in one night on the California Rare Fruit Growers' "cherimoya extravaganza" at Balboa Park. After a circuitous route — past dark, the place is devoid of tourists and a little spooky — I find Room 101, the Majorca, where growers and fans of rare fruit, as well as the simply curious, are gathered to celebrate the cherimoya. In a kitchen that adjoins the meeting room, stalwarts peel, pit, and slice cherimoyas, which range in size from a Hass avocado to a standard pineapple. Bright green, slightly conical, and covered with armor-like rows of panels, the cherimoya looks a little like an artichoke, or maybe a hand grenade. As the fruit fête commences, first-time guests are invited to stand up and introduce themselves.


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In 2016, the Robert Koch Institute celebrated its 125th anniversary. One of the anniversary highlights was an international public health symposium on June 30th and July 1st, 2016, dealing with topical public health issues. On July 3rd, around 3,000 children, youths and their families "researched like the big ones" at RKI's children's day; 200 of them even had the possibility to visit RKI's new BSL-4 laboratory. Throughout the year, RKI's library had organised a series of talks about the institute's history which was also open to external visitors.
Originally founded as the Royal Prussian Institute of Infectious Diseases on July 1st 1891, the institute has since experienced dramatic changes. Today, as the national Public Health Institute, the RKI is one of the most important institutions for health in Germany. The anniversary book "125 Years Robert Koch Institute – The Public Health Institute" presents all RKI units and attached scientific committees.
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In the last episode, the dark side of, Guan Yu, who is traditionally depicted as the embodiment of royalty, was dramatized in a rather interesting way...I wanted to see how character interactions would be developed since Cao Cao takes a great role in this and that there would be an interesting contrast between the character of Cao Cao and that of Liu Bei. Of course, I know the conclusion but the process must be interesting in this work. Also, it's a shame that the work hasn't gone far to the Red Cliff...I can see someone who is probably Zhuge Liang in the opening...
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For anyone interested, this series seems to be undergoing some kind of newly attentive revival. This 2011, GotWoot batched 1-5: http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=192757 which is currently displayed on the tracker for this series http://animesuki.com/series.php/1429.html but what is not displayed is they also batched 6-10 under a "GoD" label which is sort of confusing to me: http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo...29&showfiles=1
As of now, even though okashii has done 11-12, I'm hesitant to check them out because perhaps if I wait the magic will continue and all 26 will be done? That would rock =) Saving the .tors in file for backburner at moment I guess.
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Once upon a time, I read this manga in another language. I thought it was the most muthafakkin' awesome shiitz ever (at least before I discovered The Ravages of Time), but I had no idea what title it had in English or even whether it was originally Japanese or Chinese, given that it was a comic about Cao Cao and he is known by all (Asians) under Heaven.
I finally discovered it again by chance...and also found out that it has a surprisingly recent anime. With a pitiful, neglected 4-page thread on Animesuki. This one.
My questions, therefore, to the very few who had the fortune to watch this thing: first, how far does the anime go? Obviously at 26 episodes it's not going to reach the end of the manga or the ROTK story, but I do wish to know where it stops. Don't be afraid to spoil: I've been through ROTK in its many, many iterations.
Second, how good is this anime? Technically speaking, I mean. How well it adapted the source material, if you know; how much budget got thrown at it to make the decapitations and general warmongering shine; production values, pacing, presence, all that stuff. Is it worth my time downloading this?
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Welp, because of the byzantine spoiler policy of these forums, I'm not even sure I can answer your question about how it ends here. I will say that I genuinely raged at the ending.
The production values aren't the best, they do seem to take shortcuts here and there, but in the end it's solid.
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Robert Briones weathered the downturn in the economy well, working more than he needed, going on a vacation to Norway with his family and eating out at lunch from time to time.
But even the 48-year-old psychologist can't escape the latest blow to consumers' finances: a tax increase that will affect an estimated 160 million workers. As part of the deal on the so-called fiscal cliff, Congress extended tax breaks for middle-income families but did not extend a payroll tax cut that was set to expire this year.
As of Tuesday working Americans saw a tax on their paychecks rise to 6.2% from 4.2% last year. Economists estimate that this could strip $115 billion in disposable income from the economy this year.
"I'll cut back on the little things," said Briones, who makes about $100,000 a year and will pay $2,000 more in payroll taxes than he did last year. He anticipates that he'll make cuts in expenses such as gym memberships, eating out and piano lessons for his kids.


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2013 INFINITI M35h Values
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For 2013, the Infiniti M performance luxury sedan receives minimal changes, mainly limited to packages and optional equipment. The Sport Package is now available on M AWD models and includes 20-inch alloy wheels, a sport-tuned suspension, improved brakes, magnesium paddle shifters, sport seats and a unique front fascia. The Premium Package now includes a rear sonar system and Infiniti Connection and all 2013 Infiniti M models feature auto-dimming side mirrors. A new Performance Tire & Wheel Package with 20-inch wheels and tires and Sport Brakes replaces the previous 18-inch Wheel Package.
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Kazakhs stay alive in Davis Cup with doubles win
Astana, Kazakhstan – Andrey Golubev and Yuriy Schukin kept Kazakhstan alive in its Davis Cup quarterfinal against the Czech Republic with a straight-set doubles win on Saturday.
Golubev and Schukin posted a 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-3 victory over the Czech duo of Radek Stepanek and Jan Hajek to trim their deficit to 2-1 in the best-of-five tie.
The defending Davis Cup champion Czechs still need just one victory in Sunday's reverse singles to advance to the semifinals.
Lukas Rosol will get the first opportunity on Sunday to close it out for the Czechs when he faces Mikhail Kukushkin. Hajek and Golubev are slated to play in the fifth rubber.
The captains can make changes to the lineup Sunday. The Czechs would have Stepanek or Ivo Minar available, while Schukin or Evgeny Korolev could play for Kazakhstan.
Singles wins on Friday from Hajek and Rosol gave the Czechs a 2-0 lead. Hajek thumped Kukushkin in straight sets and Rosol battled back after dropping the first set to beat Golubev in four.
The Czechs are playing this weekend without their top star, injured world No. 6 Tomas Berdych, who is out with a shoulder problem.
Kazakhstan is playing in the World Group quarterfinals for the second time in three years after beating Austria in the first round back in February. The Kazakhs were swept by Argentina in the 2011 quarters after beating the Czechs in the first round that year to reach this stage for the first time.
The winner this weekend will meet the Argentina-France victor in the semifinals in September.
The Czechs, who beat Switzerland in the first round in February, toppled mighty Spain in last year's final in Prague.


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WILSON, N.C. – The King University softball team rebounded from Saturday's losses to sweep Barton College on Sunday. The Tornado combined for 23 hits and 16 runs to take both games from the Bulldogs. King took game one 5-3 before cruising to an 11-3 victory in the second game.
Fallon Thomas sparked a two-out rally in the first inning with a single and moved to second on a passed ball. She game in to score on a Cassie Ringstaff single through the left side to get King on the scoreboard. Barton threatened in the bottom half of the inning as they loaded the bases, but Hannah Light escaped the jam, and left the bases loaded.
King tacked on a run in the second inning as Octavia Lewis-Rand drove in Allie Spell who walked to lead off the inning.
The Bulldogs cut the deficit in half in the second inning before they broke through in the fourth. With two runners on, Crystal Britton ripped a triple to left field, scoring both runners and giving Barton a 3-2 lead.
However, King had an answer in the sixth inning, as Macy Shupe started a rally with a one-out single. After she stole second, Spell laced a single to right field to score Shupe and even the score at three. Following an infield single by Stephanie Rodriguez, Christina Melcher came up with the big hit for the Tornado. She crushed the first pitch she saw to center field for a triple that scored Rodriguez and pinch runner Aubrey Hutt, giving King a 5-3 advantage.
Light then shut down the Bulldog offense, only facing the minimum six batters over the final two frames. With the complete game victory, Light moves to 7-9 on the season. In the game she struck out six Bulldog hitters, and allowed three runs on seven hits. Melcher, Thomas and Ringstaff paced the Tornado offense with two hits apiece while Melcher drove in two runs.
The King (11-18, 6-2 CC) offense stayed hot in the second game as Rodriguez drew a bases loaded walk in the second inning to give the Tornado and early 1-0 lead. The Tornado broke the game open with a seven-run third inning. Shupe had a run scoring single, before Spell followed with a two-RBI single up the middle and Tori McComas crushed a two-run double to left center. Melcher capped the frame with a two-run home run to center field, giving King a commanding 8-0 lead.
Barton (4-16, 1-9 CC) tallied three runs in the fourth inning, but King answered with three more runs in the seventh. Melcher ripped a double down the left field line to score two, and Thomas drove in King's 11th on single down the left field line. Light came in to pitch the final inning, and close out the 11-3 victory.
Morgan White tossed six innings, and earned her fourth win of the season after allowing three runs and scattering nine hits. Smith lead the Tornado offense with three hits in four at bats while Melcher drove in a team-high four runs on two hits. Thomas, Shupe and McComas all recorded two hits for the Tornado.
King will be in action again on Tuesday when they play a doubleheader at Georgia Southwestern. First pitch is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. from Americus, Ga.


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Bryn Oh
Monday, December 12, 2011
Immersiva closed
Unfortunately some unforeseen circumstances arose whereby Immersiva has now been closed. In fact it has ceased to exist as it doesn't even show up on the map. Sorry if you came to the opening of Standby on Sunday but sadly that was the day it went offline. Many of you have been asking what is going on and to be honest I really don't know too much. When I do and know what my future holds and where, I will post it here.
I was reminiscing about Immersiva and I was not sure if I posted this before, but the photo above was a project I did for
Nuit Blanche
a few years ago. Immersiva was played on hundreds of video screens across the entire subway system in Toronto over one night for an art event. It was quite surreal to see it up there with all the people bustling around. Anyway, hopefully everything will work out but thought I should let people know who have been trying to get to Immersiva for Standby.
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"38 STROPHIA GRAYI GIGANTEA Novo.
Gigantic Strophia.
FIG. 44, A, front view.
SP. CR. Size, very large. Shell, heavy. Striations, present. Whirls, eleven. Examined fifty specimens.
Form of shell, cylindrical, the first, second and third whirls are about equal in diameter, the fourth is but little smaller, then the shell slopes gradually to a rather acute point, forming an angle of sixty-five degrees. The striations are few, twenty-three to the first whirl. Are not prominent, quite regular, and arranged in lines; they are slightly inclined from right to left, are rather narrow, hence the interspaces between them are wider than they; they are not furrowed, but are smoothly rounded, but not polished.
Aperture, quite small, inclined to be rounded, and is slightly contracted at the entrance. The lower tooth is quite prominent, .04 high. and is about twice as long as high. It is se't back about once its length, but is rather depressed below the level of the frontal bar, and is about central in position. The upper tooth is slightly developed, and is about on a level with the middle of the central tooth.
Margin produced forward about as far as the diameter of the shell, but not beyond it; it is thin, being about as thick as the shell behind it, and the edge is smooth and rounded, but is not produced into a thin edge. The frontal bar is well developed, and completely interrupts the striations.
Color of shell externally, dull white throughout; internally, pale brown, fading into white on the tooth and margin.
Size of type, 1.56 by .55. Largest specimen, 1.67 by .60; smallest, 1.40 by .55. Greatest diameter, .70; smallest, .55. Longest specimen, 1.67; shortest, 1.40.
Individual variation in this sub-species is considerable, the inclination being toward an even larger form, with coarser and fewer striations. This large form has twelve whirls and the largest specimen, of which the dimensions are given above, has thirteen whirls, thus exceeding the maximum number of any species hitherto examined by me. Aside from these variations there is a distinct form, as fonows.
No.1. Similar to the type in general form and size, but with narrower striations, which are less prominent, and the color is dull, ashy brown, with the striations creamy white, also darker brown internally.
The Gigantic Strophia occurs in the thickets which grow along the hillside to the southward of the ruin of which I have spoken as being on the eastern hill, midway of the key. They are very solitary in habit, each usually living apart from its fellows.
The dark form I found in a little valley on the hillside near the landing-place, which is near the head of the southern bay, under the thick shade of some dense foliage." (Maynard, 1894:141-143)


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The Arkansas Senate voted to override Governor Mike Beebe's (D) veto of the Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act yesterday. The override passed the Senate in a twenty to fourteen vote. All fourteen Arkansas Democratic Senators voted against the override. In a letter issued after Beebe's veto on Monday, Beebe said the bill twenty to fourteen vote"blatantly contradicts" the Constitution.
Senate Bill 134, or the Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act, includes exemptions for rape, incest, life of the mother and severe fetal abnormalities. If the Arkansas House also overrides the veto, it will be the most restrictive abortion ban in the country. A simple majority is needed in both the state Senate and state House to override the governor's veto.
Last week, the Arkansas Senate voted to override Governor Beebe's veto of a bill that bans abortion at twenty weeks. The Senate voted 19 to 14 in favor of overriding the veto following a House vote approving the veto override by 53 to 28 last Wednesday. The passage of the bill makes Arkansas the tenth state to outlaw abortions after 20 weeks. Beebe vetoed the bill on claims that it was also unconstitutional.
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Mad Men: Betty Updates the Living Room
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"A modern Chinoiserie breakfront, a Dunbar Japanese-influenced sofa, silk Dupriani drapes, Murano vases, and a classic Drexel end table."
-Betty Draper's Decorator
I find set design so fascinating, especially when they completely nail the surroundings from a certain era. Mad Men takes place during such a transitional time, and it's so much fun to see different influences showing up in the design. Here Mad Men's set designer explains how this breakfront set the tone for the room and everything else followed it. LOVE this bar set…
…and this stereo:
Love what I think is purple grasscloth, the orange trim on the drapes…
The art is getting a bit more abstract. Oh, and I love that Betty doesn't care a bit about the hearth being the heart of her home…
…so she covers it up with this fainting couch:
The decor is a major part of this show, and I'm so glad that this week's episode really gave it its due.
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text: Two FBS, Nine BSC Opponents Highlight 12-Game 2013 Football Slate 2/21/2013 6:22:00 PM SUU Strategic Communication CEDAR CITY, Utah, Feb. 21 - Southern Utah's football team will face two bowl subdivision and nine Big Sky teams as the Thunderbirds embark upon their second season in the BSC in 2013. The 2013 season will also present a first for the T-Birds, as they play a 12-game schedule for the first time in school history. The two FBS-level opponents are South Alabama and Washington State. The 2013 season will mark the fifth straight campaign that the Thunderbirds have faced two FBS opponents in a season and the second in a row they have faced a Pac-12 team. SUU will also play eight Big Sky conference games, as well as a non-conference game at fellow BSC member Sacramento State as part of a home-and-home agreement the two programs had prior to SUU joining the conference. SUU opens the 2013 season at South Alabama on Thursday, August 29. The Jaguars will be in their first season as a fully-classified FBS program and as a member of the Sun Belt Conference this fall after two seasons as a non-classified program and two more as a transitional program. The next week SUU will open its five-game home schedule on Sept. 7 when the Thunderbirds host Division II Fort Lewis, the only non-Division I opponent on the schedule. SUU and Fort Lewis have faced each other 30 times in the past. The two programs spent over two decades together as members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference before SUU left the RMAC to move into its NCAA Division I transitional period in 1986 and they have continued to face each other on an occasional basis ever since. It's back on the road the next week as SUU travels to Washington State for a Sept. 14 game that gives the team contests at Pac-12 schools in consecutive seasons. The Thunderbirds played at Cal last year. It will be the Thunderbirds' first game against Washington State in football. The visit to Washington State begins a three-game road stretch that also takes the Thunderbirds to Sacramento State for the final non-conference game of the season on Sept. 21 and to Northern Colorado on Sept. 28 for the Big Sky opener. SUU has faced Sacramento State the past two seasons, last year in a BSC game, and this year's match-up will be the 14th overall between the two programs. SUU will be meeting Northern Colorado as a Big Sky opponent for the first time but the two teams did compete against each other in the Great West Football Conference prior to the Bears joining the Big Sky in 2006. SUU hosts UC Davis in its Big Sky home-opener on Oct. 5, then hosts Portland State in what is shaping up to be the school's annual Homecoming Game on Oct. 12. The team then travels to Eastern Washington for an Oct. 19 game before returning home to host Idaho State on Oct. 26. Following a bye week the Thunderbirds travel to Weber State on Nov. 9, then to Montana State on Nov. 16 before hosting Northern Arizona in the regular-season finale Nov. 23. Southern Utah University Football 2013 Schedule 8-29 At South Alabama 9-7 Fort Lewis 9-14 At Washington State 9-21 At Sacramento State (non-conference game) 9-28 At Northern Colorado* 10-5 UC Davis* 10-12 Portland State (Homecoming, tentative)* 10-19 At Eastern Washington* 10-26 Idaho State* 11-2 Bye 11-9 At Weber State* 11-16 At Montana State* 11-23 Northern Arizona* All Times TBA * Big Sky Conference GamePrint Friendly Version


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By Matthew Hurley: When the announcement came that Manny Pacquiao will square off against Juan Manuel Marquez for a fourth time there was certainly a sense of been there, done that. Despite the skill level, excitement and controversy the first three bouts provided you almost get the feeling that these two evenly matched fighters are tired of seeing the other in the opposite corner. But because of the rabid fan base both boxers enjoy and the money involved, December 8th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas will be deja vu all over again.
Fans of Marquez were probably laughing in their beer last June when Pacquiao lost by controversial decision to Timothy Bradley, ending a fifteen bout winning streak. Karma came back to bite the Pac Man if one believes, as a significant portion of boxing fans do, that Marquez should have been awarded the decision in at least two of their fights, if not all three. Losing to Bradley on points when it appeared he was way ahead also seemed to reinvigorate a disillusioned Marquez who hinted at retirement after dropping a close decision to Manny in their third go round.
"What do I have to do?" he lamented in his dressing room after the loss. His demeanor was one of a man weary of a sport that had yet again failed to reward him with the ultimate prize after he had given everything he had until there was nothing left.
Despite the close nature of the contest, Marquez truly believes he won going away and that Pacquiao has gotten the benefit of the doubt from the judges in every close round they've battled through. It's a feeling that has grown like a persistent weed over thirty-six rounds of combat and fostered resentment toward his more famous foe. Whether he truly dislikes Pacquiao or just can't abide his iconic status is unclear, but it has altered his mindset for their fourth fight.
"I have to knock him out to win," the counter punching master now claims.
He understands that to leave his destiny in the hands of the judges yet again, in Las Vegas of all places, could lead to further heartache. Down by a draw and two losses in the series so far, another decision going the other way would define his career whether warranted or not. Those losses in the record book are a constant source of irritation and they have led him and his trainer Nacho Beristain to the decision that he must go for the knockout in order to erase the memory of those disappointments.
But if Marquez approaches fight four with that narrow-minded strategic plan he could play right into Pacquiao's strengths and find himself hitting the canvas for a fifth time. For, at least in the knockdown category, Manny is way ahead.
For Pacquiao the disputed loss to Bradley hasn't affected his lofty standing in the least. The vast majority of the press and fans were incredulous at the split decision that went against him but Manny's shoulder shrug response to it all only enhanced his good guy image. He simply went back to the Philippines to resume his political career and plan ahead for his next fight.
The main thing, in regards to Pacquiao, that has truly frustrated those in the boxing world is why a super fight between he and Floyd Mayweather Jr. continues to wither on the vine. For that, both fighters have lost respect because if they wanted the fight to be made the sport's two biggest stars would tell their promoters to either get it done or they would do it themselves. Couple that with the astronomical paydays they would receive and fans, many of whom continue to struggle in a fledgling economy, have grown tired of what they perceive as two pampered athletes who just don't get it anymore. Their struggle to the top is basically over and financial security is of no concern. Meanwhile many of those who cheered them on from the very beginning can't even afford the overpriced pay-per-views being offered in the mega-fight's stead.
Shame on the both of them.
So, with a Mayweather fight still out of reach, a rematch with Bradley apparently of no interest to him and a misguided return bout with former knockout victim Miguel Cotto an unreasonable proposition, Pacquiao turned yet again to Marquez. A fighter his trainer Freddie Roach openly admits is a puzzle they just can't seem to solve.
But Pacquiao maintains he chose Marquez because of the sentiments of many who believe the Mexican fighter should be up 2-0-1 and because the two make for compelling competition.
"I chose to fight Marquez because we have exciting fights," he said at the initial press conference announcing bout four.
Later, on ESPN SportsCenter he slipped a verbal dagger into Bradley saying, "I have nothing to prove against Bradley. I proved it already. It was a one-sided fight and I won the fight."
As for Marquez he added, "I need to make this fight short to get rid of the doubt. He's claiming that he won the fights and I want to rid the doubt."
So there it is. It is not the fight most boxing fans and the sporting world were hoping for but the history these two share should provide for both technical brilliance and flashes of explosive action. And with both fighters slowed by age and wear and tear perhaps we will get a conclusive ending to this heated rivalry.
One can only hope. For another controversial decision will only further fan disgruntlement and the notion that boxing can just never get it right.
September 20, 2012
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28 August, 2006
That was the week that was
I am currently in the process of remembering who everyone is and what clients they work for. I am also researching my own clients and undergoing training. I have also succumbed to tea and coffee making (sorry Richard).
Rumours of my death due to sudden early mornings were very greatly exaggerated. While it is true that the early starts are very different to my usual unemployed routine (I'm up a whole five hours earlier), I am suffering less than everyone (myself included) anticipated.
I have also spent a lot of the week seeking out someone who speaks Polish. I am just curious as I have received a lot of referrals from this site. Unfortunately I cannot read it, perhaps someone can help?
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- Owen Lystrup said...
You make it seem so attractive and irrisistable in your plainly spoken, "no frills" way.
I can't wait to get there though.
Isn't it part of the excitement?
Congrats, by the way. I don't recall if I ever said it, but it's definitely warranted.
- 29 August, 2006 00:49
- Alex Pullin said...
Thank you Owen.
It IS attractive and irresistable I'll have you know! I'm still not exactly sure what I can write about (spies everywhere etc), but rest assured I am very very excited!
- 29 August, 2006 05:50
Oh my god!!! Someone actually employed you!! Have they found out what a daft idea that was yet?! Just kidding...I'm sure you'll take them by storm.
Can't help on the Polish though I'm afraid.
Good Luck Hun
- 29 August, 2006 12:18
- Alex Pullin said...
Cheers Jo... I think!
- 29 August, 2006 15:02
Hi Alex
Question from a fellow young tech AE...just what is it about tech that has "drawn" you in?
I'm sure you'll breeze this as it is a classic job interview question!!
Welcome to technology PR!
- 29 August, 2006 15:38
- Alex Pullin said...
Well anon - this is a classic interview question!
I was drawn into Tech PR as technology, be it gadgets, internet based applications or the corporate side, has always interested me. What always captured my imagination was that there was always capacity to learn more and be involved in a variety of different styles of PR. Tech allows me to blend all the skills I had learnt on my PR course, as well as my Economics A level and my rather geeky interests.
But that is just me, I don't know how other people get into it, but I'd guess it is for pretty much the same reasons.
- 29 August, 2006 17:30
- Richard Millington said...
If you were a vegetable, what colour would the clouds smell of?
- 30 August, 2006 10:03
- Stephen said...
I know who your mysterious refer is. He's a colleague of mine, Maciej Lasoń, from the Poland office.
Hope all is well Miss Pullin.
- 31 August, 2006 08:46
- Philip said...
Within a few days of you starting work the Daily Telegraph is getting all worked up about the Wages of Spin; I was disappointed it was about nothing more than a few extra PRs in government - I thought you'd written something really interesting and reaped the whirlwind...
- 31 August, 2006 10:57
- Alex Pullin said...
I know, first I was 'slammed' by the Tories and now apparently the taxpayers are funding me - who knew?
It is rather flattering, Philip, that you think of me with the phrase 'wages of spin', lord knows I wasn't the first to come up with it!
- 31 August, 2006 11:19
- Alex Pullin said...
Stephen, please pass on my details to your Polish colleague - and tell him that I have been trying to translate it for days now. Seriously - it keeps me awake at night!
- 31 August, 2006 11:22
- Maciek said...
Alex, www.pr20.blox.pl is my site :) That was a note about getting new job via blogging. I mentioned you as an example of succes - a heartworming one - for polish bloggers ;)
www.pr20.blox.pl is about blogs, cosialc networks & any other stuff connecting PR wiht Web 2.0
As i can see, you got lot of my friends from Edelman ( I'm SAE in polish office) on your roll :)
- 31 August, 2006 12:04
Of course there should be "social networks" - sorry for mistake :)
- 31 August, 2006 12:05
- Alex Pullin said...
Wow thank you Maciek! My Polish is a little non existent and so I was a bit worried - it is very flattering to have blogs talk about you in a different language!
- 31 August, 2006 19:36


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