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(CNN) — A 6-foot-4 football player is more than a million times the size of a typical Staphylococcus bacterium. But under the right conditions, that athlete could find himself defenseless against the microscopic bug.
The problem came to the forefront last week with Cleveland Browns player Kellen Winslow, who recently had his second staph infection. He is reportedly the sixth player to acquire staph among the Browns in five years.
Winslow recently said the Browns treated him like a "piece of meat" when he was hospitalized for the condition, and he claimed they covered up the cause of his illness.
After Winslow spoke out, the organization suspended him for one game, then rescinded the suspension after a settlement with Winslow over the weekend. The Browns said in a statement Saturday that the team and Winslow had worked through their differences, and that the team looked forward to his return. Winslow joined the team again Monday.
Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts was revealed to have a staph infection, the Indianapolis Star reported Friday. University of North Carolina-Asheville fans also recently learned that Kenny George, the 7-foot-7 center on the basketball team, had a staph infection complication that led to part of his foot being amputated.
It's unclear how these high-profile athletes acquired their infections, but locker rooms have been found to habor staph bacteria in previous outbreaks. The topic is generating buzz throughout the sports world as more players' staph cases are revealed. Hospitals have long been known to be hot spots for transmitting staph, but recently cases have cropped up in other community settings. Regardless of where these players got their infections, the close quarters of a locker room raise questions about overall risks.
About 30 percent of people carry staph in their noses without exhibiting symptoms, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Experts say Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, a form of staph resistant to common antibiotics, has become a more prevalent problem in settings such as contact sports that involve skin-to-skin touching.
Most MRSA infections acquired in community settings present themselves as sores or boils and often appear red, swollen, painful or with drainage such as pus, the CDC says. Infections often occur in cuts and abrasions but also on body parts covered in hair, such as the back of the neck, armpit or groin.
Schools, prisons and other crowded environments are particularly known for transmitting MRSA, said. Elaine Larson, professor of epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.
MRSA may spread particularly easily among athletes because they have repeated skin-to-skin contact, share items and surfaces that touch skin and have a hard time staying clean, the CDC says. Athletes often get cuts and abrasions; MRSA can enter uncovered skin breaks and cause infection.
Dr. James Steinberg, medical director at Emory University's Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, said that environment plays a role in the spread of MRSA but that it's less a factor than coming into contact with a person's skin.
"If you have somebody who has an infection — he has a draining infection — and he gets some of his pus on a bench, that staph's going to be there for hours or days before it dries out," he said. "But the higher concentration is going to be on that person's skin."
A second infection in the same person could result from re-exposure or from treatment that didn't get rid of the bacteria colonization, he said.
MRSA has been around in hospital settings since the 1970s, but community-associated MRSA was born in the late 1990s, and is now widespread in the community, said CDC spokesperson Nicole Coffin. A report from the CDC said that the deaths of four children from MRSA in North Dakota and Minnesota during the late 1990s "demonstrate the potential severity of community-acquired MRSA infections."
A study on the St. Louis Rams published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2003 found that during the 2003 football season, there were eight MRSA infections among five of the 58 Rams players.
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To protect against MRSA, the CDC recommends practicing good personal hygiene and taking care of your skin, which includes wearing protective clothing and covering cuts and abrasions with clean, dry bandages. Also, do not share items that come into contact with your skin, such as towels, razors and ointments. Put something between your skin and shared equipment — for example, sit on a towel on a bench.
Larson said she is not directly familiar with Winslow's situation but understands the dilemma that a team would face if a player contracted a staph infection. There could be economic and psychosocial repercussions — for example, another team might not want to play against that one, she said.
But in general, other team members should be made aware of the situation so they do not share towels or engage in other behaviors that might transmit the infection.
Still, there is a danger of overreaction, she said. In some instances when a child in a public school has died, the whole school panicked and fumigated the facility, she said.
"It's a good idea to avoid that level of fear, because it's costly and it scares people unnecessarily," she said.
On Thursday, the Brown's General Manager Phil Savage said the team did not alert players to Winslow's staph infection partly because of the health privacy laws and partly because the team was in "game mode" when Winslow had a confirmed diagnosis.
"To come out and talk about that just was going to be another distraction," Savage said on his regular weekly appearance on WTAM radio in Cleveland, Ohio. "That's our job, is to limit distractions as much as we can."
Winslow said in a statement released through his publicist, Denice White of EAG Sports Management, that he had been discouraged from making the issue public.
"This has nothing to do with football, and this has nothing to with my current contract situation," he said. "This is a health concern."


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Introduction: Recycled Tire Coffee Table
Repurposing my used truck tire into furniture was a great way to put a durable, used item to work for another lifetime.
We haven't had a coffee table for a couple of years. My need for one and my desire to build one met up one day while I was surfing the Internet. I read a blurp about someone who made an ottomon out of two stacked tires and suddenly my weekend now had purpose.
My wife likes the tire look for now, but there are plans for an elastic cover with remote control pockets on the perimeter in the works.
The best part is the top lifts off and there is a ton of storage inside the tire. The leg supports effectively divide the interior space up inside and make it easier to organize, too.
Step 1: Tools & Materials
Power Tools
- table saw
- drill press
- band saw
- lathe
- router (table mounted)
- router (handheld)
- belt sander
- disc sander
- jigsaw
- drill
- impact driver
- wrenches/sockets
- screwdrivers
- sanding block
- hammer
- mallet
- pencils/markers
- hand plane
- old tire in need of repurposing
- 1/2 sheet plywood
- threaded rod
- assorted wood screws
- three lag screws
- assorted washers
- stain or paint
Step 2: Layout
I'm a fan of three legged things. The stability of the tripod means you don't have to worry much about solid footing on any surface (like a slightly off-level tile floor).
Before working with the tire, you will benefit from giving it a good scrub-down with soapy water and a stiff brush to remove brake dust and any road-kill remnants that may be lingering. I got a small pick and pulled the tiny pebbles and glass chunks out of the tread as well.
Now that you're tire is clean, lets move on to layout. For the tripod, you will have to divide the tire into three even sections. An Internet search can answer any questions you have, but I summarized the two most helpful circle geometry theorems in the image above to help out. This video can help, too.
Once you have laid out the thirds on the inside rim of the tire, use a square (as pictured) to transfer the marks to the opposite side.
Step 3: I'm So Tired
With the thirds laid out on the inner bead, drill a hole for the support rods.
Shop Notes
- Rubber doesn't retain it's shape when drilled, so for a 5/16" threaded rod, you should use at least a 7/16" bit, otherwise you will have hell getting it to fit
- Go slowly when cutting and drilling to prevent heat build-up. Heat is the biggest killer of bits and blades: don't go faster than the speed you would drill a screw in at.
- Remember that tires have fibers, wires, metal, and other internal structure(s) most people don't think about. You will encounter them when you start drilling/cutting into the rubber.
Insert the threaded rod through the holes. I cut the rod long enough to accomodate a nut, lock washer, and flat washer on each end. I suggest adding about 3/8" to this length to make it easier to get the floor supports on later.
The round washers pulled on the sidewall of the tire and made an weird tension line. I clipped the flat washer so that it didn't dig into the sidewall and the problem was fixed.
Draw the division lines out onto the sidewall. Halfway between the bead and tread on this line is where I put the leg holes. I could have had the legs mounted to the outside of the tire, but I wanted them to appear as if they grew out of the tire. It produced a cleaner look that I was going for.
Choose a hole saw that is a little bigger than the diameter of the legs you are going to use for the same reasons as above.
If you need to clean up any slop around the holes you just made, a razor blade works great.
Step 4: She Got Legs
But I do have a lathe hanging around the shop, and I wanted to put a slight taper on the legs to give this chunky table slender legs a la 1950s furniture. As for wood selection, this table is built out of leftovers excepting the top. The legs are turned out of a stick of Lyptus I had in my supplies. Later you will see the legs blackened to match our dark bookcases.
I cut the three legs apart on the table saw (be sure to support the taper to keep the leg from falling when free from the other piece). I set my miter sled to about a 2 1/2 deg. and trimmed the top of each leg. This makes the legs splay out a little bit; an aesthetic decision mostly. An example of how I wanted the legs to look like is here.
The gist of this leg design is to have the legs protrude through the tire. Each leg is attached to a plate. These plates are screwed to a stack of plywood (see next step) that has been cut to the profile of the tire interior, transferring the load around the whole tire, not just one sidewall. It is necessary to break this leg assembly up into two parts: leg + plate and plywood stack. If you join them up prior to getting them in place, it just won't fit and you will be fighting the tire.
Shop Notes
It didn't occur to me how pliable tire sidewalls were when they weren't inflated. My first go at this didn't have the stacked plywood leg mounts and the table felt like a jelly fish. After correcting that, it is solid.
I drilled a pilot hole into the top of each leg so I wouldn't split it during attachment. I don't have a chuck on my lathe, so I clamped them on my drill press.
Next you will want to make a cardboard profile pattern of the "en-tire" interior (just terrible).
Shop Notes
For this example, cardboard is better than corrugated. If you don't know the difference, cardboard is on the back of a pad of paper, corrugated is used in bigger boxes. I used corrugated and about halfway through wondered why I didn't use plain cardboard. The corrugations made it more difficult to cut and I find it harder to trace around...
Transfer the pattern onto the end of some 1x4 of hardwood stock (I think the scrap I used was Alder) that is approximately three times longer than a top plate. Use the belt sander (very noisy, dusty option) or a hand plane (the quite, no-dust option) to trim the board to match the profile. Contrary to the way I marked the board in the photo, you should leave a flat spot on the bottom of the plate where the leg will attach so they will have a stable joint.
After shaping the board, I cut it into the three support plates, then pre-drilled a pilot hole. I used a Forstner bit to recess the lag bolt head into the plate so it wouldn't interfere with the stack support. I attached the legs to their support plates using a 4" lag bolt (probably overkill, but it is what I had on hand).
Step 5: Wide Wide World of Supports
MDF is a good option for making patterns that are easy to reproduce. It shapes easily, it cuts easily, and it is cheap relative to wood. The downside to working with MDF is it is very dusty. This is just an annoyance if you follow safety protocol (dust mask or respiration), but if you do not wear breathing protection, you are inhaling the fibers AND the formaldehyde based adhesives they used to bond the board together. Just be aware.
I transferred my profile pattern to a piece of scrap MDF so I could make a production pattern. the pattern has a flat area at one end to accomodate the top support plate that was attached to each leg in the last step.
Use this production pattern to trace nine (9) copies onto 3/4" plywood. Again, I used scraps for this as it would not be very visible. I rough cut the copies on the band saw (jig saw will work fine) to within 1/8" of the pencil line. I then stuck the production pattern to the copy with double sided carpet tape and table-routed the copy down to final size, making an exact duplicate of the pattern. I then detached the pattern and repeated this step for the eight other copies.
After all of the copies were cut out and routed to the same size, I glued them together in threes and screwed them together.
Shop Notes
Let the glue squeeze out dry for about an hour, then scrape it off. If you wait too long, it will be hard as a rock, if you do it too soon, you will have to work with liquid glue, which will be messy. Just rubbing it in is an option if you are painting, but if you are staining, you will wreck it. The glue will not accept stain the same as naked wood and you will see every glue splotch.
I set up a dado blade on my table saw to cut a groove accommodating the support rods around the tire perimeter. I cut down the middle as best I could, but then I rotated the stack and cut again. Cutting in this way ensures a centered groove.
Step 6: Reunited
Now it is time to put the leg assemblies together. Remove the nut from one end of the support rod at the leg where you are working. Place the leg through the hole in the tire. Check to make sure the rubber is pressed flat against the top support plate and not in a bind against the leg (for appearance sake).
Place the leg support in place; it should fit snug in the tire, but not visibly deform it. I tapped the support into the proper position with a mallet to get it squared up with the "thirds" line and then twisted the leg to square it to the support. Repeat for all three legs.
Turn the whole thing over and drill a pilot hole through the tire,top support plate, and into the leg support. Secure the tire, leg, and support together with appropriate length screws. Don't over-tighten the screws and mess up the tire. Although I used flat head screws, pan head screws would have probably been a better option...I just didn't have any long enough on hand.
Step 7: Floored
Next, I cut a 17" diameter circle out of 1/2" scrap MDF for the bottom. I beveled the edges so it would fit the bead tightly. I then drilled through the bead and attached small plates with machine screws and washers to hold the bottom in place. I placed one support at each leg, then one support between each leg for a total of six supports.
The plates are leftover Ikea hardware. I filed and bent the outside end up a bit for a tight fit.
This is a good time to take a look at your legs...well, your table's legs anyway. The bottom of each leg should have a slight 1/16th to 1/8th inch bevel sanded or planed onto them. The bevel serves two purposes. First, it makes the table look as if it is floating ever-so-slightly. Secondly, as the table is dragged around over the years, the bevel prevents the outside wood from catching the floor and splintering off, thus preserving the quality of your table.
Step 8: Tip Top
Shop Notes:
To make working with sheet goods easier, it is a good idea to buy a $10 sheet of rigid foam insulation from a home center and keep it around just for a cutting surface. The foam provides stable support for your work piece all over its surface, and it is harmless to your blades. You can put it on your workbench if it is large enough, or in the driveway, etc. Then put the sheet on top and cut away. I use 1 1/2" foam because it provides plenty of room for error. Be sure you don't adjust the depth of your circular saw deeper than your foam or you will cut whatever is underneath.
After roughing out the circles to whatever diameter you want, it is time to make them nice rounds. There are no pictures of me rounding it out because I got wrapped up in the work, but here is an outline of what I did.
I used a router with a circle trammel jig to cut the table top. You can see what that process looks like here. There could be a multitude of Instructables on router technique, so I will just say:
Don't bite off more than your router or you can chew.
Routers are very high speed tools (10-20,000 RPM). I use 1/2" bits these days, but when I started woodworking, I used 1/4" bits. I have had two bits snap on me mid-cut and fly across the room. Metal flying across the room after being ejected by a 20,000 RPM machine will cause a pucker moment for sure. Wear safety equipment. Work safe. Read up on whatever process you use for circle cutting and be comfortable that you know what you are doing.
Step 9: Photo Finish
Through trial and error...mostly error...I came up with a finishing process that worked well.
It is important to treat the surface of pretty much any soft or open-pored wood before staining, otherwise it will absorb the stain at an uneven rate. I knew this, and yet I continued on without doing it. As soon as I put stain to wood, I knew I had made a mistake. The softer rays of wood absorb the stain at a much greater rate than the harder rays. When you wipe the stain away, you end up with a zebra effect that will ruin a light finish. Luckily, I was going very dark, so I was able to fix my mistake.
Shop Notes:
There are several ways you can treat the wood to fix the uneven absorption problem. Commercially, there is "wood conditioner" that can be applied to the wood. It is convenient and dries quickly. I have heard of people making a wash of a wood glue / water mix as well, but I have never tried this. In the spirit of Instructables, I used a shop formula of 3 parts mineral spirits and 1 part satin polyurethane to fix my earlier jam...
Be careful with the dark stains not to sand through the stain. Due to the look I was going for, I opted to nix sanding and burnish the surface with 00 steel wool between coats to knock down any high spots. I use cut up shop rags for application also because I hate to see a good brush get ruined due to my hatred of cleaning them.
The stain mix I used was 1 part mineral spirits, 1 part polyurethane, and 2 parts "black onyx" stain. The addition of the poly seemed to prevent the solids in the stain from rubbing off so easily when I burnished between coats.
To emphasize a faux grain direction, I applied the stain in straight lines. I did not wipe the stain off because I wanted it to cover up the wild plywood grain pattern that was underneath. After the stain was completely dry, I applied two coats of polyurethane thinned down 3:1 poly to mineral spirits. Careful working with straight polyurethane...you may just end up with a honey-sticky mess on your hands. I personally don't use it unless it is thinned a bit.
Shop Notes:
I've never experienced it personally, but I don't want to. Spontaneous combustion: its more than sci-fi. Many thinners, lacquers, stains, etc. have an exothermic reaction when they cure. If you ball up a soaked rag in an enclosed space, there is a very real danger of that exothermic reaction exceeding the flash point of the materials. Spread out your rags, clean them, or follow whatever procedures the manufacturer recommends so you don't blow yourself up or burn your own house down.
Step 10: Centering the Top & Wrap Up
I had a hardwood cutoff about 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 7" in my scrap bin. I cut it into 2" pieces because that is the distance from the tire sidewall (bottom of the table top) to the inside of the bead.
Find the center of each block. Countersink a hole stopping short 3/4" from the other side, then drill through with a bit just bigger than the threads of the screw you are going to attach it with (#10 x 1 1/2" flat head wood screw in my case).
I made a jig out of scrap so I could trim the edges off the block to make a taper with my bandsaw. Otherwise, just sand it however you like. I then used a small block plane to get the profile I wanted, then dressed it up with 100 grit and 220 grit sandpaper. I used a wipe on / wipe off technique with a mixture of 50/50 polyurethane and mineral spirits.
Shop Notes:
When you stain items with nooks and crannies, such as the screw hole on these blocks, or a box with a panel bottom for that matter, using an air compressor with a blower nozzle on the end is awesome for getting the excess polyurethane out of the cracks and grooves. This will keep you from getting as many runs and drips and will make for a neater presentation.
My top and the tire are almost the same diameter, so I measured the distance from the bead to the tread on the tire, then transferred that to the underside of the top. I had the "thirds" marked on the bottom side of the table top. In my case, I placed the outside edge of each finished block 6 7/8" from the table top edge. Just a couple of tweaks and I had a tight fitting top.
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COMMENTARY by Beth Gaynor
FACTS SCHMACTS by CR
Douglas Kamo (Dorian)
Nick Kemplen (Phiddipides)
Written by Gene O'Neill and Noreen Tobin
Edited by Jim Prior
Directed by Paul Lynch
(An army on horses)
Xena: Persians?
Man: They're headed this way
(An army approaches)
Xena: If they reach Athens Greece is lost.
(Xena throws a sword to Gabrielle.)
Gabrielle: As in you and me?
(The army approaches. Xena punches a soldier. Gabrielle rides on horseback. A soldier shoots an arrow. Gabrielle is shot in the back.)
(Xena holds Gabrielle while looking at the arrow.)
Xena: Poison.
(Xena opens wide double doors.)
Gabrielle: How long do I have?
(The army enters a building. Xena fights the men.)
(Xena sits by Gabrielle.)
Xena: Even in death, Gabrielle, I will never leave you.
(Xena and Gabrielle hold hands.)
Gabrielle: I love you Xena.
Xena must hold off an entire Persian army single-handed---and also tend to Gabrielle, who's been struck by a poison arrow.
As Gabrielle lies near death from a poison arrow, Xena fights off the Persian Army.
Xena's solo efforts to stop an approaching Persian army leave a poisoned Gabrielle to fend for herself after the duo are double-crossed by a Persian spy.
1st RELEASE: 02/09/98
An AA average of --
Competition from Syndicated Action Dramas:
HERCULES (72/413 "Armageddon, Part 1")
STAR TREK DS9 (137/613 "Far Beyond the Stars")
OUTER LIMITS (59 "Second Thoughts")
EARTH: FC (14/114 "Pandora's Box")
2nd RELEASE: 07/20/98
An AA average of Unavailable
Competition from Syndicated Action Dramas:
This synopsis is by Bluesong.
Gabrielle wants to learn backflips. She practices, using the staff as a bar, then decides to do it without the staff. Xena tells her it took her about 300 tries to learn to do backflips without the staff. Gabrielle makes the attempt anyway and sprains her ankle. She is too proud (or embarrassed) to let Xena look at it, but Xena tricks her and slices her boot open with a throw of the chakram. Xena fixes up the ankle, and a man approaches and tells them the Persian army is coming. Xena says if the Persians reach Athens, all will be lost. She sends the man ahead to warn everyone. Gabrielle rides on Argo, and Xena explains as they walk along that she can create a landslide at the pass and divert the army, which would at least give the forces of Greece time to pull together. Gabrielle suggests that Xena go ahead and leave her behind, but Xena is worried about Persian advance scouts finding her. Gabrielle asks Xena why she can't just use that force she utilized in Chin to attack the army, and Xena tells her that "took a purity of essence that, well, it's gone now."
A Spartan deserter finds them, and he offers to help Xena. Advance troops attack them and the deserter freezes. Gabrielle goes after him, though Xena had sent her and Argo into the woods out of the way, and she is shot in the back with an arrow. After Xena pushes the arrow through, she realizes it had poison on it. However, she believes she can keep Gabrielle alive because the arrow did not hit a main artery and there should be a serum in the next town, Tripolis. The deserter wants to help, so Xena tells him there has been a landslide at the pass and he should go on to Tripolis ahead of them and tell them to round up their militia. But Xena knows that the man is really a Persian spy; she misled him so that she wouldn't have to create the landslide.
Xena and Gabrielle arrive in Tripolis to find the town burned to the ground. The people burned it rather than let the Persians have it, Xena says. She searches through the physician's burned home and finds no serum for Gabrielle. She takes Gabrielle to the armory so they can make a stand. She realizes that the main army is close at hand. She and Gabrielle argue about leaving; Xena wants to save Gabrielle. Gabrielle argues for the greater good. Xena gives in and prepares to fight. At one point she tries to utilize her powers as she did in Chin (Debt II), to no avail. In anger, she kicks over the vase she was trying to move with her mind, and Gabrielle wakes. Xena goes to her, and finds her feverish. She speaks as if she has just met Xena and begs her to let her go with her, to take her from Potedia. "I want so much to be like you," Gabrielle says. "And I want to be like you," Xena replies as tears spill from her eyes.
Gabrielle sees the Persian army enter the armory. Xena fights them off, but a man with a double-edged sword comes in through the roof. Gabrielle watches him slit Xena's throat. She sits up -- it was a dream. Xena lies beside her. She reaches over and touches her. Xena gets up and they argue again about leaving. Gabrielle says she is going to die and knows it. "I don't accept defeat," Xena says. Then she tells Gabrielle that she is through paying for her past. "My responsibility now is you." Gabrielle again says Xena must stay and fight. Xena says that if this is their destiny, so be it -- she will die fighting if Gabrielle is going to die. They clasp hands.
Xena goes outside and sends Argo away, telling her not to stop for any stallions. Xena returns to Gabrielle and tends to her. Gabrielle says she is just diverting Xena's attention from the fight. "But you're my source, Gabrielle .... don't you know that by now?" Xena tells her. She throws Gabrielle over her shoulder and carries her up a ladder to a loft. She hoists a pot of boiling liquid up there as well and tells Gabrielle to push it over when the Persians are near the ladder. Gabrielle says the liquid will fall on Xena -- Xena says if the soldiers have gotten that far it won't matter. Gabrielle says she hopes that Xena knows she never meant for Xena to be hurt in China. Xena tells Gabrielle that she is her best friend, "my family. I love you." They hug and part, not expecting to see one another again until they reach the other side.
The Persians arrive, and Xena fights. She blows fire, slashes, cuts, dices and splices -- true Xena fighting. She manages to get out of the way and yells for Gabrielle to throw over the pot of liquid, which she does. Xena goes out on the roof of the armory and fights some more. She is injured when a soldier slices her arm, but she keeps fighting. She looks down and sees that the spy from before is going to stab Gabrielle, so she kills him. She fights more soldiers in the armory. They get her down and suddenly she comes roaring back. She catches an arrow in mid-air and then sticks it in a soldier. She watches him crawl to a vile with the antidote in it, then she kills him. She brings the army to a standstill, and tells them, "go home, there are thousands more like me." She takes the antidote to Gabrielle, but a few straggling Persians attack her. She fights them off and gives the antidote to Gabrielle. Gabrielle asks Xena how badly she's hurt, and Xena says she is okay. Gabrielle tells Xena she still owes her a new pair of boots.
This commentary is by Beth Gaynor.
After so many wild and experimental episodes, getting back to the classic recipe is a welcome return. Lots of fights, plenty of angst, Gab in danger, Xena dangerously peeved, a healthy dash of humor, mix in cheese, corn and spice, stir vigorously, cook for 45 minutes. It's nice to get back to the basics.
This was a mirror flip of The Greater Good. This time, it was Gabrielle dying by inches while a battle was being waged around her. It was interesting to watch the roles get reversed. Hey, Xena's died at least twice on Gabrielle; Gab owed her one.
What a lovefest of an episode. Guess the writers wanted to make up for Rift lost time and give our ladies plenty of heart-to-heart warm and fuzzy time. It was cornball, sure, but hey, they owe us some sugar after all that salt.
Gabrielle, inventor of the first Xena action figure! And with convenient carrying case. Apparently, pre-Mycenean garb comes with standard bosom pockets. Xena uses hers to carry her breast dagger, Gabrielle totes her Xena dollie. And I'm not makin' any more comments than that.
The history buff in me got a kick out of this setup. Marathon was a real battle, and Pheidippides, the runner that Xena and Gabrielle met, was the man who ran 26 miles to tell Athens about Marathon (which the Greeks won in real history), dying of exhaustion after the long run. The pass of Thermopylae was an actual battle site, too. A small band of Greeks was defeated, but used the pass to hold off a swarm of Persians long enough for the main Greek army to escape. Once again, XenaStaff uses just enough "real" history/mythology/legend to give a story a jump start, then turns it on its ear.
Glad to see that the swift little "use the force, Luke" trick Xena pulled in Chin hasn't been forgotten compeletely, although the writers aren't making it available to Xena any time she needs an extra ace up her sleeve (thank goodness). And it makes sense: Can Xena be free of will, desire, and hate, when Athens is on the line, Gabrielle's dying beside her, and the Persian cavalry is about to ride down on her head? Not too likely.
Renee O'Connor has mentioned how often she has to cry on the show, so it must be noted: Gabrielle got to stay dry-eyed the whole ep, but Xena was the one with leaking eyes. Hope you enjoyed the break, Renee!
Xena tries three separate times to leave the Persians behind and get Gabrielle to help. The first time was after they found out Tripolis had no antidote. Second time was when they realized the arrow had hit Gab's lungs and how little time she had available. Third was in the middle of the night as Gabrielle worsened. Each time, it took more determination from Gabrielle to keep Xena there. By the final attempt, Xena was willing to declare her quest for redemption over and pitch her whole quest in favor of keeping Gabrielle safe. Now _that's_ desperation. But Gabrielle still manages to keep Xena on the straight and narrow, keep her vision clear. No wonder Xena calls Gab her source.
We watch two hallucinations from Gabrielle during the night: the beginning of her life with Xena, which we see from Xena's perspective as Gabrielle feverishly whispers "You gotta take me with you. Teach me everything you know. You can't leave me here...", which were her exact words from SINS OF THE PAST (before going on to talk about philosophers and prophesies - were those going to be Gabrielle's backup arguments if Xena hadn't cut her off?). That scene, by the way, was my favorite in the episode for "gets ya right here" value. The second hallucination was the end of her life with Xena, which we see from Gabrielle's perspective; her dream of Xena's death as they're overrun by the Persians.
Loved the effect of Gabrielle's line "Then honor my memory." The way it was shot, the way it was said... it was the voice of a living ghost.
After Xena's line about meeting their destiny together, she's planning on dying in the battle alongside Gabrielle. Through the rest of her preparations, her goodbye to Gabrielle, and the fight, she's counting on taking as many of them with her as possible. But the moment she gets the poisoned arrow, a plan flares, and her tactics change. That's the point when she figures out a way for Gabrielle to survive - and where Gab survives, she does, too.
This episode gave us a grim, clear picture of how a Warrior Princess is supposed to die. I saw it two or three times over during the episode's big battle; buried under a dozen men, overwhelmed at last. Xena managed to break her way free, of course, but it was still a vivid image of a warrior's death.
Pogo spear! Check the "boing!" sound effect as Xena bounces from side to side to stomp on Persians. The comic relief was a nice break in the midst of all the battle nastiness. This fight put Xena through the wringer unlike anything we've seen. By halfway through, she's sweaty. By the time it's over, she's bloodied, bruised, dirty, and soaked in sweat.
Nice effect of the ground shaking under the pounding of 300+ horses. I think XenaStaff must have used up their horsie budget for the whole season on this episode. (With the help of some stock footage.)
The strange Rift timeline still haunts us. Gabrielle apologized for Chin, but nothing about Hope and Solan? Was that because she figures Illusia didn't quite cover Chin? Or was this supposed to occur before Maternal Instincts? (I doubt that.)
I'd heard that Lucy is no longer doing the fire-breathing trick in the name of not endangering the life of the star unless absolutely necessary. This must be the first faked fire-breathing; the flame is entirely too straight and there's not enough force behind Xena's breath for the flame we see. Ah well, it was cool while it lasted. But it *would* be awfully tough to explain why Xena had no eyebrows all of a sudden; better to play it safe.
This observation is by CR.
There are major historical problems with this episode, and even bigger geographical ones. To highlight this, let's just review what the episode says about the Persian invasion:
The Persians have defeated the Athenian and Spartan armies at Marathon and are advancing on Athens by the shortest route, the pass at Thermopylae. Xena bluffs them into thinking the pass is blocked, so they head round the mountain via Tripolis, in the vicinity of which Xena stops their advance guard.
Almost everything in that paragraph is wrong.
The Persians lost at Marathon, it was a great Athenian victory. The Spartans weren't even there. The shortest route to Athens, just 20 miles away, is certainly not via Thermopylae, which is 90 miles the other side of Athens. So is Tripoli (Tripolis?), but in a different direction. And on a more minor point, if the ladies are heading to Thessaly, it's more than a days' journey away - 150 miles, more like 10 days.
The way it really happened, very briefly, was:
(WARNING: History lesson follows. Some accounts conflict):
Athens sided with Greek city-states in Ionia (western Turkey) in rebelling against Persian rule. In 490 BC, Darius of Persia sent an army by sea against Athens, they landed at Marathon, 20 miles due east of the city. Athens sent a runner to Sparta for help, he covered the 140 miles in under two days. However, the only troops that arrived in time were a contingent from the small city-state of Plataea, just north-west of Athens.
The greatly outnumbered Greeks quite unexpectedly routed the Persians, killing those who could not escape to their ships in time. Then they hurried the 20 miles back to Athens to get there before the Persian fleet. The Persians went home.
Ten years later, 480BC, Darius' son Xerxes crossed the Hellespont with a huge army and marched through northern Greece (all the small towns wisely surrendering without a fight) and headed south towards Athens. At the 'pass' of Thermopylae (actually a track along the coast) a Greek defending force was outflanked by a contingent of Persians who were shown a path through the mountains by a traitor. While most of the Greeks withdrew, a small force of 300 Spartans stayed and fought to the last man.
The Athenians abandoned their city to the Persian invaders, but the Greek fleet outmanouvred and defeated the bigger Persian fleet at Salamis; Xerxes went home, leaving an army in Greece. In 479BC, a Greek army headed by the Spartans defeated the Persian force at Plataea, while a Greek fleet surprised the Persian navy at Mycale in Ionia. This was the end of the major Persian invasion, though some mopping-up remained to be done.
Thus the tiny Greek city-states had defeated the greatest empire in the world, a quite amazing achievement. This is why some Greek Xenites hate ONE AGAINST AN ARMY for what it does to their history. I just hate what it does to geography. How could Xena in her right mind say that the shortest route from Marathon to Athens is via Thermopylae?
The only weak explanation I can come up with is that Gabrielle was still out of it from the after-effects of arrow poison when she wrote that scroll. Or maybe Xena used it for rubbing Argo down or whatever they do to horses, and wrecked it. Somebody should have given the writers a map!!
Contrast this with the sense of history shown in WHEN IN ROME, where the writers took the known facts and skilfully wove a story around them. Crassus, the third member of the triumvirate, and disliked by Caesar and Pompey his co-rulers, was killed in Syria. In XWP, Xena spirited him to Rome, where he was executed anonymously as no-one in Rome except his rivals recognised him. This fits neatly into history with a minimum of conflicts, quite unlike OAAA.
Footnote: The Persian empire, it appears, was not particularly despotic, being content to let its subject states get on with their lives and religions so long as they paid their due tribute. And an intriguing aside: At the naval battle of Salamis, Xerxes noted that the most energetic of his naval commanders was the only woman amongst them, Artemisia, ruler of Caria, and said "My men have become women, and my women, men". A real warrior princess?
Reference: Ancient Greece, Thomas R Martin, Yale University Press.
Studies in Ancient Greece, ed. Diane Hennessy, Thomas Nelson Australia.
11-13-98. From Beth Gaynor. At the Cherry Hill NJ Convention (08/98), Sharon Delaney, president of the Official XENA Fanclub, discussed Renee O'Connor. O;Connor's a very thoughtful, involved actress who muses out her characters' thoughts and motivations for every scene. According to Delaney, she can tell you exactly why Gabrielle did anything in any moment. For example, Delaney asked about why Gabrielle stroked Xena's hair after having her nightmare/vision about Xena's death. According to O'Connor, Gabrielle was thinking that this may be their last night on earth, and pondering how beautiful Xena was.
02-01-98. In the promo for this episode, Xena is seen telling Gabrielle that she'll never leave her, even in death. WOW!!! Now **THAT'S** a committment if I ever heard one. Also, it's quite a leap from "I'm gonna kill you" which was the previous week's mantra. Looks like Xena needs some lithium to keep those mood swings in check!And I bet Gabrielle is due some prozac...
From Grolier's Multimedia encyclopedia:
This fragment from a sarcophagus captures the action of the Battle of Marathon (490 BC), a decisive Athenian victory during the Persian Wars. Although the Athenian army was greatly outnumbered, under the strategic command of Miltiades and with the aid of Plataean troops they defeated the Persian army on the Plain of Marathon, 32 km (20 mi) from Athens. (Scala/Art Resource, NY)...
The Battle of Marathon, fought in 490 BC on a plain northeast of Athens, was a triumph for the Greek forces as they repelled a major Persian invasion during the Persian Wars.
Again, also courtesy the handy Grolier's and some of Bret's old college texts):
According to legend, in 490 BC a Greek soldier named Phidippides ran the 36.2 km (22.5 mi) from the site of the battle of Marathon to Athens, where he died after announcing the Greek victory over the Persians. The modern marathon commemorates this feat, and, appropriately, a Greek, Spiridon Loues, won the first modern Olympic marathon.
Also looks like they mixed up elements of the 2nd and 3rd Persian Wars in Greece.
The second invasion had the Battle of Marathon, and the third was the one where the Greek Army holding the pass at Thermopylae was wiped out (the Greeks later won, but the holding action bought them time to get organised). A mention of the history booksfrom Grollier's:
Thermopylae is a pass in Greece lying between Mount Oeta and the Gulf of Malia's southern shore. Because of its strategic importance on the route from Thessaly to Locris, it was the site of three notable battles in ancient history. In 480 BC the Spartans under Leonidas heroically defended Thermopylae against the huge Persian army of Xerxes l (see Persian Wars).
From Beth. "Look at you now," Xena marvels at Gabrielle's bravery. But to me, the growth from Gab this episode wasn't in bravery. Gab's always been long on courage, and has faced death with guts before. The surprising thing was Gabrielle's work with that pot of boiling oil. Gabrielle has always blanched at the idea of taking the life and death of others into her hands. In episodes like THE PRICE, we've seen that Gab hates the idea of necessary death, and will wiggle and squirm any way she can to avoid it. Not so this time. Xena gives Gab her instructions to dump that oil, and when Xena calls for it, even though Gabrielle probably can't see for sure whether she's dumping the oil right onto Xena, she crawls over and dumps the couldron without hesitation.
From Beth. They managed to make an arrow removal scene even more painful than the one Xena went through in Chariots of War, by making it slower, blast it all. Wow, that hurt. Kudos to the effect of pulling the shaft out of Gabrielle's shoulder. That gave me the willies all the way through the next commercial break.
From Beth. Greatest bluff of the century: "Go home, there are thousands more like me!" I laughed for five minutes. If she could have produced Meg, Diana, and Leah on the spot, the entire cavalry would have probably died of heart attacks.
02-24-98. From CR. The dialog:
Gabrielle: How many campfires?
Xena: 30 or 40.
Gabrielle: 10 or so men per fire. That's good. For a minute there I thought we were in trouble.
Is there anybody who didn't recognise this as being closely adapted from the last minutes of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'?
02-24-98. From Nikalaos. Thermopalae is not only a place, but in the Herc & Xenaverse, it's the name of Herc and Iolaus' special move when Iolaus does a back roll over Herc and they end up on opposite sides to kick b*tt.
From Bret. In the grander sense, the ep itself in an homage to the film 300 SPARTANS, in which 300 men held the pass at Thermoppalae against an invading Persian army (the timeline is wide traversed once again). Gabrielle makes allusion to this when she asks if what they are about to do isn't "something you have to try 300 times".
From Bret. In the teaser, Gabrielle says she's got "everything worked out" in how to do the flip. She pulls a small figure from her BGSB to demonstrate. This is an homage to Peter Bell, the stunt coordinator on the show, who in fact works out all the stunts using little figures and such.
From Bret. Also in the teaser, Xena tells the runner going from Marathon carrying a warning to "pace himself" because "a run like that could kill you". The legend, of course, states that is exactly what happened -- a runner carrying warning of an invading army dropped dead after delievering his message.
From Bret. Gabrielle mentions the title of another ep where the roles are reversed (Gabby takes care of poisoned Xena) THE GREATER GOOD.
From Bret. It was also asked about Xena using her "power" that we saw in THE DEBT. TPTB had expressed concern that people would think Xena had some new power after that ep aired. We see Xena trying to do it in a moment of meditation in OAA but she can't.
From Bret. When Xena readies a pot of boiling liquid and drags it across the floor to place it, it's half empty. When Gabrielle empties it onto the invaders, it's full to the top.
From Beth. MAJOR blooper alert: the second time that Xena makes a stand at the front door, watch closely. Every time they show her from behind, even while she's swinging her sword, her scabbard still has her sword in it. Other shots show the scabbard empty.
From Beth. Funny; Tripolis looks an awful lot like Laurel (Hower and Minya's hometown from A Day in the Life), just filmed from the opposite end.
From Beth. Watch Argo's right shoulder when Xena sends her away from the battle. There are numbers - our style, Arabic (is Argo an Arabian?) numbers - branded on her shoulder. They're gone for the far shot of her rearing.
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Sometimes a good post gets you worked up about the team.
It is true that there have been some pessimistic projections out there about the upcoming season. It's true that the financial news is treated salaciously and voraciously by some. It seems true that most of the actual baseball moves by the front office this offseason have been underrated. It does feel like some of the negativity had dampened expectations.
There are weeks when things don't quite go the right way. After all the gloomy predictions rained down, there was the SNY / Family Guy gaffe (reminiscent of an old snoozer). It's tough to get mocked from inside and out.
Kinda raises your hackles, right?
This is no last place squad. There are enough workable parts that they'll win about half of their games, more or less. If it's more, people will be so surprised? It would not be outlandish if they win more than they lose this year. Because we always knew Lucas Duda had power, Brad Emaus had patience, and Ike Davis' patience and defense will always add value to whatever he does with his bat. Because we knew we'd get probably a little over one good pitcher-year from the combination of Chris Capuano, Chris Young and Johan Santana. Because we knew we were competent or better at most positions, even down into the staff. Because there is still talent here. Because we still have R.A. Dickey.
And beyond that, there is reason to believe a proven management team could have a positive effect quickly. Especially a management team that has worked together before with strong results. Especially a management team that could easily spend some money next year when some of the financial issues have been resolved and all that money comes off the books. The Wilpons may not always be the Mets, but the Mets will always have the resources to put some money on the the field most years.
There's been enough of a mood shift in the front office that it seems like a prompt: Keep your mind open about this team. Think quickly, with agility. Don't just relax into good old comfortable Chicken LIttle negativity because the Mets season started and therefore it's over. Don't do that. Don't mock the team on its own network.
Watch the young guys get better. Watch Daniel Murphy do his best, all the time. Watch Carlos Beltran show good stretches of what he used to be. Watch Jose Reyes and David Wright be Jose Reyes and David Wright, star players. Watch a a surprise or two emerge out of the pitching staff. There are little things that can go right. It doesn't all have to go wrong.
We can be realistic. The Mets might not be a postseason team. There are flaws, too, even in the team's stars. The front end of the rotation needs a little help. Some of the offense is aging and needs to bounce back as well, which can be a toxic combo. We'll see about the prospects coming up. It's not a perfect team, and it's been headed this way for a while.
But this is no last-place team. And when things do finally fall into place for the Mets, the feeling will be that much sweeter for having encountered these events, these past years.


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Car Hire – Beware Of DVLA Changes
Historically car hire companies have checked the the paper document before letting you drive away. Now you have to provide them with a code to access those details electronically. If you plan to hire a car on your next holiday, chances are that you'll now be asked to provide evidence of your driving record (entitlements and/or penalty points).
The good news is that you can do this online for free by accessing the DVLA Share Driving Licence service. The service should be used by both paper and photocard driving licence holders. You can generate a 'check code' to pass to the car hire company that needs to view your driving licence details. Be warned to access this service you will need your Driving Licence Number and your National Insurance Number. Make sure you check you have access and generate a code (Which is valid for 21 days) before you travel.
My recent practice run revealed that I couldn't access the service and I had to call call 0300 083 0013 and get the DVLA to generate a code for me. On that basis, I discovered that you could take another route to generate a code by confirming your identity via the GOV.UK website which then resulted in me being able to generate a code. You can apply using GOV.UK Verify if you have:
- a valid UK passport or a photocard driving licence issued in England, Wales or Scotland
- access to information about your bank account or credit cards
- a mobile phone or tablet computer
Happy motoring.


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When he's not playing with his kitten, Bernie the affable English Bulldog gets to go outside for his daily walk with one of his loving humans. His favorite seems to be Jake, the resident 11-month year old who doesn't make Bernie walk too far, if at all.
A few days after that, Bernie made it clear that he'd prefer not to wake up to go for a walk at all.


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Mindfulness meditation
Written by Karen Bruno, PT
Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which we can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.
Mindfulness meditation is a practice to focus your attention on your moment to moment experience and to accept the present moment without judgment.
This technique draws you back to your center by bringing into the present moment the fragmented aspects of your mind-those thoughts that drift into the past and/or thoughts, fears and worries about the future. With non-judgemental awareness, these thoughts are free to come and go without gripping you and further dragging you down, resulting in a more alert, attentive and relaxed state of being.
The benefits of Mindfulness Meditation are bountiful. Mindfulness meditation is not considered a relaxation practice, however, you may have the experience of relaxation as a beneficial side effect. Please refer to the January 2018 e-newsletter for the list of benefits of meditation.
Some Basics of Mindfulness Meditation
To be done 20-30 minutes once or twice daily.
Sit in a comfortable position with your spine supported, head erect and feet flat on the floor.
Breaking it down
If you only have a few minutes, after focusing your attention on your breath to quiet your mind, you can choose one category, such as focusing on body sensations, or thoughts or sounds. Remember to be patient, loving, kind, forgiving and gentle with yourself. Even a few minutes of practice is a step in the right direction.
Meditation begins with the non-judgmental observation of life from moment to moment. When you find that the mind is being judgmental, for example, pushing away things it doesn't like, simply observe that this is occurring. Meditation is an effortless and choiceless awareness of the totality of life expressing itself with and around you in every and any moment. It is a state of being, not an activity. So it is not something to do, rather it is allowing yourself to just be. THIS IS NOT A TUNING OUT PROCESS. Rather it is being fully present with a larger perspective grounded in a sense of being.
Can I do a crunch?
Written by Bryn Zolty, PT
If I just had a baby can I return to running? I'm leaking - can I do exercise that involves jumping? My doctor says I have a prolapse - can I lift weights at the gym? As pelvic physical therapists, we hear these questions every day. It is very common to wonder if after having a baby, a surgery, or if you have pain in the pelvis, if it is okay to engage in activities that can push pressure down into the pelvis.
While more research is needed to better answer these questions, there are a couple of studies available that have measured the pressure in the vagina with functional tasks, yoga poses, and other exercises in attempts to answer these questions. Here is a little of what they found with a group of women ranging in age from 20-51:
These numbers can surprise people. How can a crunch be so bad if the average pressure is 23.8 and a normal daily occurrence like coughing is 98? As a therapist, my focus is drawn to the large ranges within each activity. What is the woman doing differently to crunch at a pressure of 8 compared to the woman at a 75?
As therapists we evaluate how you move and conduct each of these activities. As pelvic physical therapists we look closer at your movement, alignment, breathing, coordination, and muscle tone in relation to the pelvis. All these factors play a role in the pressure your body places on the pelvic floor. This pressure is known as the intra-abdominal pressure. This is how one woman can have very low pressure on her pelvic floor while another woman has high pressure during the same activity. The key is how they complete the task.
Back to the question, can I do a crunch? Can I return to strenuous exercise? Our goal is to teach you how to do movements or activities properly while minimizing the negative impact on the pelvic muscles. A pelvic physical therapist's job is to evaluate the movement or activity that gives you pain or makes you leak and improve it.
How do we do this? Let's take a squat for example. If a patient comes in because she leaks urine while squatting, we would explore all the possibilities.
After having babies, surgeries, or injuries our bodies change. Some of these changes can lead to incontinence or pain. A pelvic physical therapist is a great clinician to discuss these changes along with your goals for fitness or everyday activities. Whether it's cueing on alignment or movement strategies, breathing, releasing or strengthening, it is our goal to help you reach yours.
From the Glottis to the Pelvic Floor: Making Clinical Connections. Julie Wiebe, PT, MPT,BSc, and Susan Clinton, PT,DScPT,OCS,WCS,FAAOMPT.
Cobb WS, Burns JM,Kercher KW, Matthews BD, Norton HJ,Heniford BT. Normal Intra-abdominal Pressure in Healthy Adults. 2005; Journal of Surgical Research 2005; (129):231-235.
O'Dell KK, Morse AN,Crawford SL, Howard A. Vaginal Pressure during lifting, floor exercises, jogging, and use of hydraulic exercise machines. International Urogyneocology Journal, 2007;18: 1481-1489.
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The New SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic's new SpaceShipTwo space plane, the VSS Unity, was unveiled to the public on Feb. 19, 2016.
Virgin Galactic's New SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic rolled out its new SpaceShipTwo on February 19, 2016, at the Mojave Air and Space Port.
New Spaceshiptwo Rear View
In a post on Instagram, Virgin Galactic says, "The new SpaceShipTwo looks a little different than her predecessor. But with the same basic design—and a few key improvements—we'll be able to build on extensive test data generated over many years of hard work."
Richard Branson's Reaction to New SpaceShipTwo
Richard Branson reacts to the new Spaceshiptwo at the Mojave Air and Space Port on Feb. 18, 2016.
VSS Unity, the New SpaceShipTwo
VSS Unity, the new SpaceShipTwo space plane by Virgin Galactic, was unveiled at an event in Mojave, California, on Feb. 19, 2016.
Branson Unveils New SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson rode in on the SUV pulling the company's new SpaceShipTwo space plane on Feb. 19, 2016.
VSS Unity Christening
The VSS Unity was christened by the 1-year-old granddaughter of Virgin Galactic's founder, Richard Branson. With the help of a few adults, Eva-Deia broke a bottle of milk over the ship's front hull.
VSS Unity Rear View
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spaceship, viewed from behind at the Mojave Air and Space Port on Feb. 19. 2016.
VSS Unity Rollout with Cocktails
Colorful cocktails were part of the exuberant rollout of Virgin Galactic's new SpaceShipTwo space plane, the VSS Unity.
VSS Unity with Range Rover
A Range Rover is poised to tow Virgin Galactic's new Spaceshiptwo, VSS Unity, at the rollout on Feb. 19, 2016, in the Mojave Air and Space Port.
Mike Wall and SpaceShipTwo
Space.com Senior Writer Mike Wall attended the unveiling of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space plane, VSS Unity, on Feb. 19, 2016.


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Friday, June 27, 2014
The path forward
Good NBA teams usually have a rotation of 7-8 really good players, and 3-4 other capable players that just fit what the team needs. A team like Miami that has 3 superstars can get away with having more of the capable players that just fit what they need. The Bucks are not likely to get 3 players of that caliber, so I will focus on a more traditional team rotation. If I'm being optimistic, there are currently 5 Bucks who could fit into a rotation someday, although most of them are young and not there yet. Some of them may never get there, but this is all about seeing a path, not predicting the future.
The path starts with the 2 forwards the Bucks have recently drafted, as you may have imagined. They are young so they still have lots of room to grow, and you can imagine how they may fit someday if they keep getting better. Not all youngsters are going to keep getting better, but again this is about a hopeful path. It starts with Parker and Giannis as the starting forwards. Giannis and Parker can both handle and shoot so they will put perimeter pressure on a defense. If they can defend you can see this duo being very successful for a long time. If they both turn out to be max contract guys, the Bucks will be able to keep them for their 4 year rookie contracts and probably for another 4-5 year deal when they hit restricted free agency. If they are able to have a successful 8 years together in Milwaukee, then maybe when they are 27 and hit unrestricted free agency the Bucks will be able to convince them to stay.
Center is another story. I was not a believer in Sanders as a center before last season and his combination of stupidity off the court and poor play when he was out there didn't improve my opinion. He signed a 4 year extension before last season at a reasonable starting center rate of about 10 million per year, but given his antics last year he seems unmoveable right now. All that said, I do think Sanders is a good enough player to be in the rotation of a playoff team. I don't like him as a starting center, unless he is teamed with another big. He could excel playing next to a Boozer like player, like Noah does in Chicago. Against good NBA bigs he gets bullied, and if the Bucks are going to have 2 smaller/perimeter type forwards I think they need a more traditional center to make up for the rebounding and physicality. My hope is that Sanders plays like his old self this season, and some team in love with modern metrics (who all seem to love Sanders) trades us a traditional center for him. So Sanders counts as one of the 5, but not one I see in the long term path.
The 2 guard position is mostly a void. Mayo and Delfino will hold down the fort at the 2 this year unless the Bucks are able to pull off a trade. Neither player will be with the Bucks past the lengths of their current contracts. My hope is that the Bucks hit a top pick in the Lottery next year and are able to draft a guard next year to fill in here long term.
Point guard is also not a great situation, but not as bad as the 2 spot. Knight came over in the Jennings trade and was supposed to be a more traditional point. When all the veteran Bucks got hurt and they went young (tanked) Knight was forced into a scoring point role. He did score 17.9 per game and shot a respectable and career best 42.2% from the floor, but his 3pt% dropped from 38.0 and 36.7 in his first 2 years to 32.5 last year. He is not a great play maker at the point, and he is a decent but not great defender, but he is only 22 entering his 4th season. He will be a restricted free agent after this year so the Bucks will have a decision to make about him. If he can go back to playing a more traditional point, and allow Parker to take on the scoring load he could be an effective starter. If he can shoot in the low 40s and hit 3s in the high 30s I can see a role for him in playoff caliber rotation. Not the highest praise, but that's what he is.
The last player of the 5 is Henson, who I had hoped would take a big jump last year given the opportunity for minutes with the youth movement. Just looking at the stats, he did get in more games, more starts, more points, more rebounds, and more blocks which all sounds pretty good. For whatever reason he still did not seize the opportunity to move in as a starter. Maybe that was the coaches, but Pachulia and Ilyasova played less than 55 games, and Sanders just 23. All 3 had one of their worst seasons as pros and still Henson couldn't get in there. Henson doesn't have youth on his side like Giannis as he was a polished college Junior when he was drafted and will be 24 this season. Nevertheless I see him in the Bucks path forward. I don't think he will be a starter, but I see him coming off the bench for major minutes. He is too slender to play with big starting centers, but off the bench he can play the 4 or 5 with a 2nd unit. I imagine him in a 5 man front court rotation with Giannis, Parker, and a true center to be determined with Henson and a wing to be determined coming off the bench.
The rest of the team is probably not going to be around long. Ilyasova and Pachulia will play out their contracts if the Bucks can't trade them. Middleton has some promise, but with the forwards the Bucks have invested in, he probably won't get an opportunity. Maybe the Bucks trade him for a backup guard or point so he gets a chance elsewhere. Wolters may have a chance to be one of the 3-4 capable players. I saw a stat about him on NBA.com that he had a 3.28 assist to turnover ratio, and a plus/minus for the entire season of -26. Considering that the Bucks were outscored by about 700 points this year and Wolters didn't just play in garbage time minutes that stat was interesting.
So that's the Bucks' much brighter future. A better but still bad season this year while Parker, and Giannis develop. They find a combo guard and a wing to come off the bench in free agency, or maybe a 2nd rounder develops. A trade of Sanders and a lottery guard in next years draft and they are off to 14 years of success. Just like that.
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Damn, with a team this small and thin, you'd think they'd want to push tempo constantly. I hope to see them go that route. At least a version of the modern day Phoenix squad, if not the Nash led, D'Antoni version of yesteryear. They can't even hope to bang it out with the Indianas, Chicagos, and Memphiss (snakelike) of the world.ReplyDelete
Knight is also so cheap for these couple years on his rookie deal. Wonder if he could be a piece too? Either way, it sure makes that Jennings trade/get out of town free card look like a good decision. What'd he shoot last year, 25%? Nope. 37%. Strokin' it.
Sorry,missed that paragraph about Knight. I agree with you on him, with a little more room for him to be a bigger piece if they don't overpay him. That said, PG is the most replaceable, plug n play position in the league right now. This really is gonna be Parker's team, isn't it?ReplyDelete
Agreed. This will be Parker's team from the day he steps on the floor. Not because he is so good, but because there is a total void right now. He seems to have the character to be able to fill that role from day 1 though.ReplyDelete


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Last we left off, it was the late 1940s and Madelyn Pugh Davis and her scriptwriting partner Bob Carroll Jr. had just set their sights to write for the coast-to-coast CBS radio show My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball.
At the time, Davis and Carroll were writing in California for a Pacific network show starring the up-and-coming Steve Allen, but they wanted to write for a nation-wide audience. They wrote a script on spec for My Favorite Husband and, much to their surprise, it was purchased. They were hired immediately to write with head writer/producer Jess Oppenheimer.
A TV pilot would be created based on the radio program. Lucy wanted a show where the husband was played by her real husband, Desi Arnaz. Desi performed on the road with his band and the couple rarely saw one another. If Desi played Lucy's husband, then the two would see more of one another in their home in the San Fernando Valley. But, the network hierarchy thought the audience would not believe that Lucy was married to a Cuban band leader. Lucy told them that she was married to a Cuban band leader, and the audience would like it.
To prove her point, Lucy and Desi decided to gauge audience reaction by going on the road with an act they asked Davis and Carroll to write—a shtick where Desi performed his usual show with his band, and Lucy would continually interrupt in an attempt to join the act. The performance eventually became the pilot for I Love Lucy, which aired on March 2, 1951. The show sold, and CBS offered Davis and Carroll $800 per episode to write it. I Love Lucy became the first television series to depict an interracial couple.
Davis admired Desi for his business sense and positivity, and the fact that he liked and appreciated writers. If he heard "not possible," his response was, "Why not?" Desi's "there-must-be-a-way" attitude was challenged as I Love Lucy was launching. At the time, almost all hit TV shows were performed and aired live from New York because the largest audience was on the East Coast. The rest of the country saw a poor quality "kinescope" of the show. Desi and Lucy did not want to move to New York, so Desi came up with a groundbreaking idea—I Love Lucy became the first television comedy to be filmed using a three-camera format in front of a live studio audience.
In her memoir Laughing with Lucy, Davis said Lucille Ball was a comedy writer's dream. She made whatever was written look funny and believable. Lucy was a perfectionist. If she had to work with a prop, she wanted the prop available the first day of rehearsal so she could become accustomed to it and flesh out any problems. Lucy often developed additional funny nuances during rehearsal that Davis and Carroll had not envisioned as they were writing.
Davis and Carroll wrote for Lucy for a total of twenty years. Davis said, "I think we were like her security blanket. She didn't want us ever to fly on the same plane, and for some reason she wanted us to get married." The comedy writers never married but were partners in scripting for more than fifty years. Interviewers often asked Lucy what the secret was to her popularity and the longevity of her shows, and she always answered: "My writers."
Many thought Lucy and her fellow actors ad-libbed their lines, but every word and move was scripted. Often, Davis acted out a scene in the office to be sure it would work for Lucy on set.
Davis wrote, "People are very vague about just what it is a writer does. When it comes to television, they are only dimly aware that there ARE writers. You mean all that stuff is actually written down? And it is a no-win situation. The more natural your dialogue is, the more people think the actors are just talking to each other as they go along."
In a Criterion Television Classics interview, Lucy said, ""Many times when we would review at the beginning of the season, they would say Viv (Vivian Vance) and I ad-libbed our way through some mediocre writing. They have since found out that that was ridiculous. They know how great our writers are because hundreds of people have copied from them. I have such respect for those kids, my writers I call 'the kids,' Bob and Madelyn."
One would not even begin to think that I Love Lucy was ad-libbed if they had been in the office of Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll Jr. when they crafted their scripts. It took the duo an entire day and a half of thinking, bantering and typing to perfect just one word. That one word is now an I Love Lucy iconic masterwork of prose—Vitameatavegamin.
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Pugh Davis, Madelyn, with Bob Carroll Jr., Laughing with Lucy: My Life with America's Leading Lady of Comedy (Cincinnati: Emmis Books, 2005)
Fernancez, Sofia M, 'I Love Lucy': 5 things to Know About the Series, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2011, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/i-love-lucy-5-things-220036. Accessed 30 Jan. 2017.
Gilbert, Tom, "The Woman Behind Lucy's Laughs," The New York Times, 5 Aug. 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/arts/television/madelyn-pugh-davis-the-woman-behind-lucys-laughs.html. Accessed 5 Jan. 2017.
Hievesi, Dennis, "Madelyn Pugh Davis, Writer for 'I Love Lucy,' Dies at 90," The New York Times, 21 April 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/arts/television/madelyn-pugh-davis-writer-for-i-love-lucy-dies-at-90.html. Accessed 5 Jan. 2017.


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Coming up with a book cover concept is one of the many banes in the Author's side.
It's one of the things that writer's wish someone else would do because it hits a part of the brain, we'd rather reserve for writing.
Whenever I think of a cover, I think of what I need on there in order to get you, (the reader) to open up and see what's going on.
This is a small project and with it being a small budget (a very small budget) for this book, I decided to do the first cover myself.
I wanted to embody a sort of party environment; A Mardi Gras theme, plus I didn't have a green color cover.
I found the model for this book when I was out searching for a cover for Wicked Chances.
As soon as I saw her, I knew that's who would be Maxine (or who the readers would see Maxine as.)
The bowed head was the key in the photo. Subdue and docile, the model gave just enough to let my readers know I was doing something just a little different.
The colorful mask was also the key. Most of the models had dark mask on, but I didn't want the book cover to have more colors on it, although the main theme was a black model and a green cover.
For the writers that are reading, here are the technical aspects of what I created.
Here's the before and after picture:
My sixteen year old suggested I used Pixlr.com. She used to take pictures in the bathroom and she hated posting those on Facebook, so she started using this online software in order to keep up great resolution unlike other online software that would change the pixel count.
Pixlr allows you to use layers, so instead of the blue background I switched to the green.
I don't know about you, but she actually looked a little brighter with the green.
After I cut off the edges of the background of the photo, I imported the photo into a word document.
After I added the text and color with various text boxes I printed the document as pdf. Copying the document at 350% as a snapshot, I pasted the file in a paint document and then saved it as a .jpg.
Sounds easy?
I know it probably doesn't, but it worked for me and I hope you the reader enjoy the book cover.
The Set up:
Maxine, an AA graphic designer who has no life, realizing that her best friend and coworker disappeared the day after telling Maxine she was going out on a hot date with a man she met on the Internet.
Now it's up to Maxine to find out what happened to Lisa and who was this mysterious man who emailed his picture to her friend that Maxine just can't stop thinking about.
How You Can Get your copy:
It will be available on Smashwords, an eventually through other chains in two books. (Unfortunately, since Amazon doesn't load Smashwords book, Kindle readers will have to upload their copy as a mobi file and then open it in your documents.)
The first book is the introduction of the protagonists and of course The Masquerade.
The second book will go deeper in the "rabbit hole" and try to fix what was torn asunder in book one between Maxine and "her master."
Here's the temporary cover that was designed in the early stages when I first started the book. I want to keep reminding the old readers the cover is changing because I don't want them to think there's another book.
Plus, I might keep this cover as a showcase for other books to come for the Dark Facade series.
I was thinking about maybe some short stories about "the club."
Okay, without further ado, here is the Book 1: Dark Facade Cover for your enjoyment.
Please let me know what you think and if you're interested in the drop date, we are going for January 20th. I want to make sure Book two is well underway before I drop the first book and the cover to Book three should be done by then.
Working a Series is no joke and I want to do another read through to make sure it has as little errors as possible.
I also will say the first book's price will be .99cents and I will have it at Smashwords and then at Amazon too, but I really need the reviews on the story guys to get others to get on board and read it.
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Thanks in advance and now I need you to give me your opinion about the book cover.
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Striker Wayne Rooney has a "good chance" of being fit to play in England's World Cup campaign, according to Manchester United.
But his club insist that the 20-year-old, who broke a metatarsal in his right foot in April, will only be able to play after the group stage is over.
Even then, United added that at that point a "very careful assessment" would be required to determine whether Rooney could play.
The striker rejoined the squad in Germany on Wednesday after a scan in Manchester.
A statement on Manchester United's website confirmed Rooney was now "in the care of the England medical team".
"The expert independent medical view is that Wayne has a good chance of being fit after the group stage."
"At that point, the expert independent medical view is that his participation in the tournament will require very careful assessment in order to address his suitability, as he will not have had the opportunity to play in less demanding games."
Provided Rooney is named in the squad, Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe who had been on standby, will be sent back to England.
Rooney's inclusion in the World Cup squad is a huge boost for coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, but until he takes the field there will be doubts about his ability to reach peak fitness in such a short space of time.
England coach Sven Goran Eriksson admitted that Rooney now needed to work hard to get himself match-fit.
"The good news from Wednesday evening and today is that Rooney has no more injury. He's injury free," he said at Thursday's news conference in Baden-Baden.
"Now, it's up to us to get him match fit and, when we think he's match fit, I'm prepared to take in any specialist we want to take in, or Manchester United want us to take in.
"I'm doing this in the best interests of Rooney, the England team and 40 million England fans."
England captain David Beckham said the players were pleased to see Rooney return, but insisted they were focused on Saturday's opening match against Paraguay.
"It's nice to have him back but to be honest we haven't really been thinking about it too much as the players have been concentrating and focused on training and it hasn't been a distraction," said Beckham.
"Wayne's been doing the same tests and his fitness level is up there with the rest of us but whether he plays is up to the management."
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Meet The Pharmacists
Hello, my name is Elizabeth Locklear. I graduated from Campbell University School of Pharmacy with honors in 2004. I am originally from the suburbs of Charlotte, NC and first moved to Wilmington in 1997 when I started college at UNCW. While at UNCW I discovered a love for science, especially chemistry. I wanted to find a career that would combine my love for chemistry and the ability to help others. I came across pharmacy and began my journey that has led me to Rocky Point Pavilion Pharmacy.
My husband, Joey, and I have a two young children. Our son, Oliver is 4 and LOVES going to the beach during the summer. He can dig in the sand and jump the waves all day! Our daughter, Charlotte is 3 and has a personality that is larger than life. She loves to dance and sing (especially her ABC's). Oliver and Charlotte are very close in age which has made them the best of friends!
I love working in the Rocky Point community. I feel that this is truly a community that cares for one another. It has been my pleasure to serve the Rocky Point community the last several years and I hope to do so for several years to come.
Denise Marrotta, RPh began as a Food Science major at Cook College at Rutgers University before transferring to the College of Pharmacy. Denise graduated from The College of Pharmacy at Rutgers University in 1985.
Denise has practiced pharmacy in various settings but has always enjoyed the independent pharmacy because it provides the time for individual care that every customer deserves. She enjoys sharing her pharmaceutical knowledge with our customers as she counsels them about their prescriptions.
She and her husband, Joe, and two daughters, Marlee and Rena, moved to North Carolina in 2008 from New Jersey. In Denise's words, they escaped the Jersey winters and taxes! She and her family have embraced the Carolina beach lifestyle and love the beautiful weather."
In Denise's spare time, she enjoys watching her daughters play volleyball, spending time at the beaches, traveling, and playing with her two rescue pups: Callie and Lucky.
Denise says, "I am very fortunate in that I get to work at both Village Pharmacy and Rocky Point Pavilion Pharmacy on a regular basis. Rocky Point Pavilion Pharmacy is bilingual and as a result, I am brushing up on my Spanish while I work. Both of our pharmacies provide professional care at the right price."
Hello, my name is Nancy Grecia Galeno Delgado and I\'ve lived in North Carolina most of my life. I graduated from Wallace-Rose Hill High school with honors in 2006. (Go Bulldogs!) I continued my studies at the University of Mount Olive where I graduated with a bachelors degree in Visual Communications in 2010. I speak English and Spanish fluently. (Hablo Español) I love being bilingual, especially for the opportunity it gives me to help people. I was the first bilingual employee hired at either location and since then our Spanish speaking customers have increased exponentially. I am a certified pharmacy technician (CPhT) and I really enjoy working at Rocky Point Pavilion Pharmacy. I love helping my community in both a pharmacy setting and outside of work I am very active in the church. I come from a very large family, I have 4 sisters and 1 brother. I am also the proud aunt of 10 nephews and nieces that I love very much. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, being artsy, going to ComicCon, and watching Netflix. I look forward to meeting and helping you with your healthcare needs.
Hi, my name is Noemi Mata-Quistian. I graduated from Heide Trask High school in 2016. I continued my education at Cape Fear Community College where I graduated with honors in 2018. At Cape Fear I received my Associates Degree in Community Spanish Interpreter in the Medical Field. I am also the first in my family to receive a college diploma.
My family has always supported me in everything I do. I have lived in North Carolina all my life, I love it here. I enjoy having the beach close to us. I've played soccer since I was about 6 years old and had the chance to play College Soccer as well. That was an amazing experience. We made it to nationals and traveled to Florida.
I've learned how an independent pharmacy functions and how medications can impact the lives of customers on a daily basis. I can speak English and Spanish fluently, it really helps how I interact with different people on a daily basis at the pharmacy. When someone walks into the pharmacy, I quickly greet them with a smile and ask them if they need help with anything. We make sure to make our customers priority. I look forward to help present and future customers with all their healthcare needs.
My name is Beth Grundell. I am a technician and the human resources specialist. I've been with the company for 11 years, and Rocky Point Pharmacy has been my home for the last 9 years. I started working in pharmacy in 2001 when I started college. I moved to Wilmington to complete my bachelors in sociology, and I graduated from UNCW in 2006. I love Jesus, good food, and spending quality time with friends and family. I love my job because it provides a platform to make a positive impact in the community. I enjoy training new employees, and getting to know our customers. We strive for excellent customer service, and going the extra mile is a great way to help people. Come see us because you can't wait to feel better.
Hi, my name is Kaylee Richardson. I am a cashier here at the pharmacy. I am currently a student at Heide Trask High School and Cape Fear Community College. I have lived in Rocky Point my whole life with my parents, little sister, and dog.
I love living on the coast and enjoy being at the beach. I have been dancing for 14 years and am a Varsity Cheerleader for my school. After high school, I plan to go to a 4-year university and study nursing, and later to graduate school to be a Physician Assistant. I love working in medicine and am really happy to be a part of Rocky Point Pavilion Pharmacy.
Hello, my name is Alejandra Hernandez.
My family and I moved to North Carolina in 2006, from Madera California. I am currently living with my parents, four sisters and three pets. My two dogs (Bella and Luna) and one guinea pig (Brian).
I graduated from Hiede Trask High School in 2011. After graduating I got to experience working in the blueberry fields. I worked there for four years. It was an amazing experience I'll say. It was there when I knew how much I love helping others in every way I could and I still do today. I am a fluent in both Spanish and English. And I can also read and write fluently in both languages. I very much enjoy what I do.
I have been working at Rocky Point Pavilion Pharmacy for about a year now, and I love it. Working with the staff and helping the customers, I have learned a lot. I try my best to help out the customers understand what medicines they are picking up for the day. I appreciate that everybody including our customers that come in the pharmacy trust us with providing them with their daily medications. Which for us is really important.
I am grateful to be part of Rocky Point Pharmacy team and family. Thank you, Rocky Point community and to all of our future customers for trusting and believing in the service we bring to you.
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Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos completed this contemporary home in Portugal.
"The house is located in the pine forest Banzão in Sintra, overlooking the mountains and represents the desire of the house designed for rest after many years living in the bustle of the city. There was a pre-existing structure with which the clients had a great connection, so we preserved a few of the materials in order to reuse them. In this case the place was already established, it is projected on the basis of some key elements in conjunction with the program. The living room also had to be a 'music box' has been studied as such, becomes the core of the house where everything happens: the entryway, the view of mountains, the pergola, garden, patio with olive trees, the change to the area of rooms or technical areas. The experience of the house focuses on contemplation. The suite is privileged with a view of the mountains while the remaining quarters live around the pool and its seating area and have direct access to the outside."
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