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Joyce Maynard sells herself, piece by piece.
There is a gruesome Stephen King story, called "Survivor Type," in which a heroin-addicted surgeon marooned on a desert island successively amputates each of his limbs in order to survive. (Horrid last line: "tastes like ladyfingers ...") This story always reminds me of my Yale classmate Joyce Maynard. Ever since she turned 18, Joyce has been selling off tiny portions of her life, and successfully enough to make many of us envious. Her first coup was perhaps her greatest: the 1972 New York Times Magazine cover story that set a generation's teeth on edge, "Looking Back: An Eighteen Year Old Reflects on Life." (Horrid topic sentence: "My generation is special because of what we missed rather than what we got, because in a certain sense we are the first and the last.")
The article unpacked what would prove to be Joyce's life baggage: a chirpy, articulate writing style; a weather eye for Zeitgeist shifts; and a narcissistic obsession with herself. Enthralled by celebrity culture, enthroned by the New York Times, for the past quarter-century she has worked "as a reporter on my life's beat." From "The Embarrassment of Virginity" (Mademoiselle, 1972) to "Changing My Breast Size ... Again" (Self, 1997), she has hacked her way through three decades wrapped in a delusion torn from the Oliver Sacks casebook: The Woman Who Mistook Herself for Someone Interesting. "The Millennium and Me"? I'm sure the rough draft is sitting in Joyce's laptop.
Joyce recently announced that she will be looking back again, this time at her nine-month love affair with reclusive New Hampshire writer J.D. Salinger. Her announcement, prompted by the untimely leak of her book proposal, came as a surprise. The Salinger story was always Joyce's literary high ground, a museum piece of integrity not included in the ongoing fire sale of her life experiences. It was a story she had promised repeatedly not to tell. "I will always respect his privacy," she told an interviewer in 1992. "I made that promise a long time ago." When a Salinger biographer approached her earlier this year, she hung up on him.
The Salinger story resembles the "ladyfingers" in the Stephen King tale. It was the last item on the shelf. Everything else has already been shipped out. The late teens went to "Looking Back," which was expanded into a book. She told the story of the halcyon years of her marriage in two children's books and in a syndicated newspaper column. Her divorce, which was not amicable, proved to be edgy fodder for copy. Several newspapers canceled her column, which later morphed into a subscribers-only newsletter called DomesticAffairs. "It's a publication unlike any other I've seen," says ... Joyce Maynard, "full of very honest writing by me and the men and women who subscribe, who send me extraordinarily moving letters about their own lives."
A fter her marriage folded, Joyce started merchandising ghoulish, oddball dating stories, some of them prompted by this personal ad she placed in Boston magazine: "The truth is I'm gorgeous, slender, talented, and passionate. My academic credentials and creative achievements are impeccable." There's some fiction here: Joyce dropped out of Yale before collecting her impeccable academic credentials. But also some truth: Joyce was an extraordinarily attractive woman. Before the breast implants, that is.
Now we're talking Stephen King. In a desperate commingling of self-abasement and self-interest rivaled only by Kathryn Harrison's memoir of French-licking her father, Joyce sold the story of her 1990 breast-augmentation surgery to Self magazine. Well, OK. The problem was, the new boobs were too big: "My breasts were a size 40, D cup," Joyce wrote. They "stood out like a pair of headlights." So what does a girl journalist do? Whip out the notebook! Declaring herself to be a "researcher investigating the world of big-breasted women," Joyce belched forth a 4,500-word screed in Self this summer, reporting on the implants' removal. Someone floated the notion that post-op Joyce might pose topless for the photo spread. Instead, she is seen grasping the silicone sacs in two separate full-page photos, one captioned, "The nostalgic author holds on to her old implants."
Oddly, none of these adventures crops up in the recent advertising campaign for Scholastic magazine, which features Joyce as a poster girl for youth literacy. Nor are they to be found on her astonishing Calling-All-Lonelyhearts Web site (www.joycemaynard.com), where one can buy past books, a package of the famous divorce columns and, of course, subscribe to the DomesticAffairs newsletter. Lately, Joyce has been posting tales of her recent move to the Bay Area and commenting upon the dating habits of the few other Type A personalities in laid-back Marin County.
It was on the Web site that Joyce first informed her fans that she would "tell a story I've never told before"--about Salinger. A cynic might suggest that by heretofore honoring the 78-year-old Salinger's privacy, Joyce has shrewdly protected her investment. The literary marketplace has assigned a huge premium to true-life tales of Salinger and Thomas Pynchon, two great American writers who quit the publicity mainstream decades ago. A friend who has seen her book proposal reports that it is classic Joyce: gossipy, un-prudish, and self-indulgent, with very little information about Salinger's literary pursuits. (But we do learn that he is into homeopathy.) Small matter that one of Salinger's lawyers has branded Joyce's project "unconscionable." The wheels of commerce--sorry, literature--are a-turning.
With Joycean aplomb, my former classmate is looking to score a twofer. Not only will her book generate interest among lit types, but she is also aiming for the vast, self-regarding "victim" audience. That's right--Joyce now sees herself as a victim of Salinger's romantic intrigue. Sparring with a critic at her Web site, Joyce styled herself "a woman sought out at 18 by a man 35 years her senior, who promised to love her forever and asked her to forswear all else to come and live with him," blah blah blah. This represents a turnaround from previous characterizations of the Salinger interlude: "After I left [Salinger], it seemed like I'd been in 'Lost Horizon,' " Joyce told the BostonGlobe in 1992. "There was no place on earth for me to go."
But contradictions abound in Joyce's latest outing. A few weeks ago, she informed the New York Times that she decided to tell the Salinger story now because her daughter recently turned 18. That was Joyce's age when J.D. summoned her to his hilltop aerie in Cornish, N.H. Yet when I sought her out for comment shortly before she concocted her sob story for the Times, Joyce told me she whipped up the Salinger submission to fulfill a contractual obligation to St. Martin's. And she complained about the size of the advance.
Forced by a cruel publishing house to give up her last, cherished family jewel at a fire-sale price. Doesn't that just say everything about the times we live in? I think there's a piece there, Joyce.


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This is my bro Paul and his new wife Staci. And of course I had to take some of the girls!
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A COLD day at the great Salt Lake
So I think we picked the coldest day in February to shoot these. We only lasted about 20 min before we had to head, because it was so freaking cold. Staci, you were a good trooper with that sleeveless dress.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Ok, this first little girl (sophia) is only two years old. She is Mya's age. And look at all that hair! These girls are gorgeous!
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Zackary & Emma
It seems like yesterday that I was taking Emma's newborn shots, and now she has a little brother. I love this family, they drove from St.George to get their pictures.
That really puts the pressure on. Little Zak was only two weeks old, but he was so strong, he was already holding his head up. I can't wait to see what he is doing at a year.
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During the mid-1970's, Robinson led the Tigers to a 99-19 record while playing under legendary coach Ed Martin. Robinson amassed 1,501 rebounds and 2,249 points at Tennessee State, but enjoyed his finest season during 1972-73 where he grabbed TSU-record 528 rebounds.
Robinson ranks third on the school's all-time scoring and rebounding lists.
After playing for the Tigers, Robinson was drafted by the Washington Bullets in the second round of the 1974 NBA Draft. The Bullets could not find a role for Robinson, so they eventually traded him to the Atlanta Hawks in 1977. During that season, Robinson averaged 19 points and 10.8 rebounds per contest for Atlanta.
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Robinson was later sent to the Phoenix Suns where he helped the team win a division crown in 1981. He then ended his career by playing two seasons for the New York Knicks.
In 11 NBA seasons, Robinson amassed 11,988 points and 7,267 rebounds.
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I'm a casual player without much training. Probaby 2.5 - 3.0, but don't know for sure. I live north of Tampa, Trinity (New Port Richey) area, ready to go down to Palm Harbor or Citrus Park. If someone is willing to play weekdays after 6:30pm, or later, let me know. Weekend may work too.
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Hi Max, Sounds good. Do you know any public courts in trinity? I'm at Cross creek and BB downs and I have a pvt court at my place its lighted court (gardens at cross creek). Let me know if any public courts down in trinity or If you would like to drive to my place. Best regards
Wow, that's quite a drive. Maybe we can find something in the middle, to be fair. Using this web site for examle, it is quite accurate, I used it before: http://tennismaps.com
The once I typically use are: http://tennismaps.com/index.asp?regionid=14&locid=28756 - good conditions, but just 2 courts, can be busy sometime.
http://tennismaps.com/index.asp?regionid=14&locid=1147 - 4 courts, at this time, there is almost always court available, but kind of old. But I don't mind.
But the best could be this one: http://tennismaps.com/index.asp?regionid=14&locid=28748
I know these courts, there were recently renovated. Don't know how busy they are in the evening, but there are 4 courts, shouldn't be too bad.
If it works for you, I'm ready to play, practically any day after 6:30 will work for me, just need to agree in advance, and I will plan around it. We can even play today.
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So, do you still want to play sometime?
Hey Max, yes still interested! this one at Collier pkwy are very convenient for me and has more courts, what do you think?
Let me see if I can play tomorrow night or Fri night. I let you know later on. Thanks
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"Mormonism, if you study the whole history of it, and I'm not trying to create a problem, but they had death squads that would go around and kill everybody that wasn't a Mormon," Rodney-Browne said in an article in The Daily Mail.
"Obviously, the good pastor has been reading too many dime store novels if he believes that," Gordon said. "Every newspaper in the country would have had a field day with us. They didn't, because we didn't. No responsible historian makes this claim."
Pastor Rodney-Browne went on to acknowledge that Latter-day Saints are "very honorable people, very clean — married, godly, family," but that their faith has been "doctored up and painted nicely."
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because patients with spinal cord injury may be taking other
medicines to treat, for example, pain or spasticity, that have similar
side effects to pregabalin and the severity of these effects may be
increased when taken together.
• There have been reports of heart failure in some patients
when taking Lecaent; these patients were mostly elderly with
cardiovascular conditions. Before taking this medicine you
should tell your doctor if you have a history of heart disease.
• There have been reports of kidney failure in some patients when
taking Lecaent. If while taking Lecaent you notice decreased
urination, you should tell your doctor as stopping the medicine may
improve this.
• There have been reports of reduction in brain function
(encephalopathy) in some patients taking Lecaent when they have
other conditions. Tell your doctor if you have a history of any serious
medical conditions, including liver or kidney disease.
Children and adolescents
The safety and efficacy in children and adolescents (under 18 years of
age) has not been established and therefore, pregabalin should not be
used in this age group.
Other medicines and Lecaent
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or
might take any other medicines.
Lecaent and certain other medicines may influence each other
(interaction). When taken with certain other medicines, Lecaent may
potentiate the side effects seen with these medicines, including
respiratory failure and coma. The degree of dizziness, sleepiness and
decreased concentration may be increased if Lecaent is taken together
with medicines containing:
Oxycodone – (used as a painkiller)
Lorazepam – (used for treating anxiety)
Lecaent may be taken with oral contraceptives.
Lecaent with food, drink and alcohol
Lecaent capsules may be taken with or without food.
It is advised not to drink alcohol while taking Lecaent.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Lecaent should not be taken during pregnancy or when breastfeeding, unless you are told otherwise by your doctor. Effective
contraception must be used by women of childbearing potential. If
you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant or are
planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice
before taking this medicine.
Driving and using machines
Lecaent may produce dizziness, sleepiness and decreased
concentration. You should not drive, operate complex machinery
or engage in other potentially hazardous activities until you know
whether this medicine affects your ability to perform these activities.
3. How to take Lecaent
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. Check
with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Your doctor will determine what dose is appropriate for you.
Lecaent is for oral use only.
Peripheral and central neuropathic pain, epilepsy or Generalised
Anxiety Disorder:
• Take the number of capsules as instructed by your doctor.
• The dose, which has been adjusted for you and your condition, will
generally be between 150mg and 600mg each day.
• Your doctor will tell you to take Lecaent either twice or three times
a day. For twice a day take Lecaent once in the morning and once in
the evening, at about the same time each day. For three times a day
take Lecaent once in the morning, once in the afternoon and once
in the evening, at about the same time each day.
If you have the impression that the effect of Lecaent is too strong or
too weak, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
If you are an elderly patient (over 65 years of age), you should take
Lecaent normally except if you have problems with your kidneys.
Your doctor may prescribe a different dosing schedule and/or dose if
you have problems with your kidneys.
Swallow the capsule whole with water.
Continue taking Lecaent until your doctor tells you to stop.
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If you take more Lecaent than you should
Call your doctor or go to the nearest hospital emergency unit
immediately. Take your box of Lecaent capsules with you. You may feel
sleepy, confused, agitated or restless as a result of taking more Lecaent
than you should. Fits have also been reported.
If you forget to take Lecaent
It is important to take your Lecaent capsules regularly at the same time
each day. If you forget to take a dose, take it as soon as you remember
unless it is time for your next dose. In that case, just carry on with
the next dose as normal. Do not take a double dose to make up for a
forgotten dose.
If you stop taking Lecaent
Do not stop taking Lecaent unless your doctor tells you to. If your
treatment is stopped it should be done gradually over a minimum of
1 week.
After stopping long and shortterm Lecaent treatment, you need to
know that you may experience certain side effects. These include,
trouble sleeping, headache, nausea, feeling anxious, diarrhoea, flulike
symptoms, convulsions, nervousness, depression, pain, sweating and
dizziness. These symptoms may occur more commonly or severely if
you have been taking Lecaent for a longer period of time.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your
doctor or pharmacist.
4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not
everybody gets them.
If you experience swollen face or tongue or if your skin turns red
and starts to blister or peel you should seek immediate medical
Very common: (may affect more than 1 in 10 people)
• Increased fluid in the abdomen.
• Fluid in the lungs.
• Convulsions.
• Changes in the recording of electrical changes (ECG) in the heart
which correspond to heart rhythm disturbances.
• Muscle damage.
• Breast discharge, abnormal breast growth, breast growth in males.
• Interrupted menstrual periods.
• Kidney failure, reduced urine volume, urinary retention.
• Decrease in white blood cell count.
• Inappropriate behaviour.
• Allergic reactions (which may include difficulty breathing,
inflammation of the eyes (keratitis) and a serious skin reaction
characterised by rash, blisters, peeling skin and pain).
Certain side effects may be more common, such as sleepiness, because
patients with spinal cord injury may be taking other medicines to
treat, for example, pain or spasticity, that have similar side effects to
pregabalin and the severity of these effects may be increased when
taken together.
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This
includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also
report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme
Website: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard
By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on
the safety of this medicine.
5. How to store Lecaent
Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the
carton or blister after EXP. The expiry date refers to the last day of that
Do not store above 30°C.
• Dizziness, drowsiness, headache.
Common: (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)
• Increased appetite.
• Feeling of elation, confusion, disorientation, decrease in sexual
interest, irritability.
• Disturbance in attention, clumsiness, memory impairment, loss
of memory, tremor, difficulty with speaking, tingling feeling,
numbness, sedation, lethargy, insomnia, fatigue, feeling abnormal.
• Blurred vision, double vision.
• Vertigo, problems with balance, fall.
• Dry mouth, constipation, vomiting, flatulence, diarrhoea, nausea,
swollen abdomen.
• Difficulties with erection.
• Swelling of the body including extremities.
• Feeling drunk, abnormal style of walking.
• Weight gain.
• Muscle cramp, joint pain, back pain, pain in limb.
• Sore throat.
Uncommon: (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
• Loss of appetite, weight loss, low blood sugar, high blood sugar.
• Change in perception of self, restlessness, depression, agitation,
mood swings, difficulty finding words, hallucinations, abnormal
dreams, panic attack, apathy, aggression, elevated mood, mental
impairment, difficulty with thinking, increase in sexual interest,
problems with sexual functioning including inability to achieve a
sexual climax, delayed ejaculation.
• Changes in eyesight, unusual eye movement, changes in vision
including tunnel vision, flashes of light, jerky movements, reduced
reflexes, increased activity, dizziness on standing, sensitive skin,
loss of taste, burning sensation, tremor on movement, decreased
consciousness, loss of consciousness, fainting, increased sensitivity
to noise, feeling unwell.
• Dry eyes, eye swelling, eye pain, weak eyes, watery eyes, eye
• Heart rhythm disturbances, increased heart rate, low blood
pressure, high blood pressure, changes in heart beat, heart failure.
• Flushing, hot flushes.
• Difficulty breathing, dry nose, nasal congestion.
• Increased saliva production, heartburn, numb around mouth.
• Sweating, rash, chills, fever.
• Muscle twitching, joint swelling, muscle stiffness, pain including
muscle pain, neck pain.
• Breast pain.
• Difficulty with or painful urination, incontinence.
• Weakness, thirst, chest tightness.
• Changes in blood and liver test results (blood creatinine
phosphokinase increased, alanine amino transferase increased,
aspartate aminotransferase increased, platelet count decreased,
neutropenia, increase in blood creatinine, decrease in blood
• Hypersensitivity, swollen face, itchiness, hives, runny nose, nose
bleed, cough, snoring.
• Painful menstrual periods.
• Coldness of hands and feet.
Rare: (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)
• Abnormal sense of smell, swinging vision, altered perception of
depth, visual brightness, vision loss.
• Dilated pupils, cross eyes.
• Cold sweat, tightness of the throat, swollen tongue.
• Inflammation of the pancreas.
• Difficulty in swallowing.
• Slow or reduced movement of the body.
• Difficulty with writing properly.
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Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste.
Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use.
These measures will help protect the environment.
6. Contents of the pack and other information
What Lecaent contains
• The active substance is pregabalin. Each hard capsule contains
either 25mg, 50mg, 75mg, 100mg, 150mg, 200mg, 225mg or 300mg
• The other ingredients are: mannitol, co-processed corn starch
(consisting of corn starch and pregelatinised corn starch), talc,
gelatine, titanium dioxide (E171) and black ink, (which contains
shellac, black iron oxide (E172), potassium hydroxide). The 75mg,
100mg, 200mg, 225mg and 300mg capsules also contain red iron
oxide (E172).
What Lecaent looks like and contents of the pack
25mg capsules
White capsules, hard, size 4 (14.4 ± 0.4 mm),
with "PGB 25" marked on the body.
50mg capsules
White capsules, hard, size 3 (15.8 ± 0.4 mm),
with "PGB 50" marked on the body. The capsule
body is marked with a black band.
75mg capsules
White and orange capsules, hard, size 4 (14.4 ±
0.4 mm), with "PGB 75" marked on the body.
100mg capsules
Orange capsules, hard, size 3 (15.8 ± 0.4 mm),
with "PGB 100" marked on the body.
150mg capsules
White capsules, hard, size 2 (17.8 ± 0.4 mm),
with "PGB 150" marked on the body.
200mg capsules
Light orange capsules, hard, size 1 (19.3 ± 0.4
mm), with "PGB 200" marked on the body.
225mg capsules
White and light orange capsules, hard, size 1
(19.3 ± 0.4 mm), with "PGB 225" marked on the
300mg capsules
White and orange capsules, hard, size 0 (21.4 ±
0.4 mm), with "PGB 300" marked on the body.
Lecaent 25mg is available in two pack sizes made of PVC with an
aluminium foil backing: a 56 capsules pack and a 84 capsules pack.
Lecaent 50mg, 100mg and 200mg is available in one pack size made of
PVC with an aluminium foil backing: a 84 capsules pack.
Lecaent 75mg, 150mg, 225mg and 300mg is available in one pack size
made of PVC with an aluminium foil backing: a 56 capsules pack.
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Noah Edward
January 11, 2013 at 5:13am
7lbs 12oz and 21 inches long
eta: Sean=DH, Wren=DD
I was scheduled to be induced with Noah because we live 2.5+ hours from the hospital he needed to be born at due to his heart defect (Tetralogy of Fallot). Noahs due date was January 14th. Noahs older sister Wren was born at home (her birth story is here)and we had planned for him to be as well before we found out about his heart. Plans change though. This is his birth story!
We set the induction for as soon (and as far out) as we thought safe, scheduling to be checked into the hospital January 10th at 6pm. The doctor wasnt happy with this, he wanted much sooner but I am stubborn and know my body. We had an appointment at 3:00pm at maternal fetal medicine in Portland, they did an ultrasound and confirmed babe was head down and around 8lbs. The nurse listened to the baby (Wren got to help her with the doppler, she was an awesome nurse) and checked me and said I was 2-3cm and 50% effaced. I was kind of hoping to be further since Id been having contractions on and off on my own for the last couple of days. She answered some questions I had and then got us the paper work for the induction and told us to ho have a nice dinner and then head to the hospital.
We went out to dinner for the last time as a family of three. Sean choose Buffalo Wild Wings because I didnt care where we went. We had a nice time talking about what we thought Noah would like, how Wren was going to do for the first time away from us overnight, and other small talk. It was nice just being together the three of us. After we finished we headed to the hospital.
We got to the hospital and were sent up to labor and delivery, the nurse there (Deb) got us settled in a room. Wren had a blast running all around the room, looking out the windows and rolling the big yoga ball around. The labor and delivery rooms at Maine Medical are HUGE and they all have nice big tubs to labor in. I should have taken a picture, but I was sort of feeling nervous and didnt think to do it, oh well. We talked to Deb about what we were hoping for (I wanted to avoid pitocin if possible, absolutely refused to allow cytotec to be used, and I was hoping to go pain med free again like I did with Wren) and about the different induction methods. She thought that just breaking my water was the best option. 7pm was shift change for the nurses and our next nurse came in. Our nurse was Colette and she was awesome. She took blood for labs and put the saline lock in my hand (she tried putting it in the vein in my fore arm but couldnt get it there). I only had to have the saline lock, no IV fluids thankfully. She asked about what we were hoping for too and she said she though cervadil was the best way to go for the induction. The resident came in sometime after 7pm and talked to us too. She checked me and I was now ~3cm and 75% effaced (I was still having those same sporadic contractions that Id been having for days) so it was nice to see I was making a bit of progress on my own! The resident thought pitocin was the way to go for being induced, but said she would go talk to the Dr and see what he thought. I told her about wanting pitocin as a last resort and asked about just breaking my water, but she didnt think that was a good way to go for various reasons. At this point I was sort of annoyed that none of them agreed on what the best way was, its kind of funny now though that none of them agreed. The resident came back and said the Dr thought cervadil would be a good first step and that then they would start pitocin in the morning. I felt okay with this plan and the resident placed the cervadil at 9pm.
Our friends the Martins came too, sometime after 7pm, and hung out with us for a bit. They were nice enough to take Wren and watch her for us. They left a bit after 8pm with Wren. It was so hard letting Wren go, she had never been away from us overnight, and never away from me for more than 3 hours. Luckily she did wonderful and I think it was probably harder on me than on her!
After the cervail was placed and Colette had hooked me to the monitors (I had to be on the monitors the whole time with the cervadil) Sean and I tried to get a bit of sleep. I got maybe an hour of sleep before contraction woke me up and I couldnt get back to sleep. By 10:30 I was feeling pretty uncomfortable lying in bed and had to focus on relaxing through the contractions. Colette came in a bit after 10:30 and excitedly told me I was having contractions, it was kind of funny because I looked at her and said yes, I know and we both laughed at that. She asked if I wanted to move from the bed, but I told her I was okay for now and would try and get some sleep still. That didnt happen and I couldnt lay down anymore by 11pm. Colette came in and put a movie on for me while I moved to the rocking chair to labor a bit. Sean gave up on getting any sleep too at this point. He was quite unhappy with the movie selection. Colette had put on My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Sean kept asking me if I wanted to watch something else, that the movie was dumb, and I kept telling him (between contraction) that I didnt care and was sort of distracted. I thought it was pretty funny how unhappy he was with the movie while I was sitting there closing my eyes every few minutes to focus and relax through a contraction, its probably a good thing for him I have a sense of humor!
Sitting in the rocking chair got uncomfortable after a while, it was too hard to relax through the contractions, so the next time Colette came in I asked if she could put me on the wireless monitor so I could move around. Once I didnt have all the wires I got up and Sean and I swayed through some of the contractions before I moved to the yoga ball. When we were swaying I felt like I might throw up and Colette gave me a container, thankfully I never had to use it. I dont know what time I got on the yoga ball, I think Sean said it was around 1am, the contractions got a lot more intense once I was on the yoga ball and I had to start breathing through them. By 3am I wanted to get in the tub and Sean got Colette for me. She said she that was fine (technically I wasnt supposed to be allowed in the tub with the cervadil since the water could dilute it, but Colette had said earlier she thought it would be okay) and Sean started filling the tub for me.
Just like with Wren once I was in the tub the pain from the contractions was so much less, it was wonderful. The only thing was they had the overflow drain kind of low in the tub so I had to ask Sean periodically to add more water for me, which was kind of annoying. Colette gave me a pillow to lean on in the tub and I labored with my upper body resting on the pillow on the tub edge. The contractions were coming pretty frequently and I would breathe through each one and try to let go and then rest until the next one hit. After a bit my knees started to hurt and I switched to sort of reclining in the tub and I asked Sean for a cold wash cloth to put across my face. I kept it over my forehead and eyes pretty much the whole time I was in the tub. The contractions started lasting longer and coming closer together. I started to feel cold and my legs started getting shaky so I asked Sean to add more warm water for me. I tried to move back to leaning over the edge of the tub but was hit with a huge contraction and couldnt so I went back to reclining in the tub. Soon after that, just before 5am, my body pushed with the next contraction (I should have known the shaky legs and feeling cold was transition), I have to say that is still the strangest feeling I have ever had, having my body bear down without any input from me what so ever! I told Sean that I had pushed and he needed to call the nurse now! He called Colette who came in and checked me and took out the cervadil, she said I was only 6cm and that I could not push. She told me to pant through the contractions while she went to talk to the doctor. I tried not to push and tried to pant like she said but its really hard to stop something that you arent voluntarily doing. Sean started asking me if I should get out of the tub now but the contractions were coming pretty much back to back and I couldnt get enough of a break to get out. I could feel Noahs head coming down and I felt a big pop as my water broke in the tub and suddenly Noahs head was right there, almost out. I will never forget the look on Seans face as I looked up and told him he had to help me out of the tub right now, poor guy! He practically pulled me from the tub and I went to my hands and knees on the floor in front of the tub with the next contraction and felt Noahs head come out. Colette came in at this point and asked how we were doing, she said she was going to go try and talk to the Dr again (the Dr and residents were all in the OR getting ready to do a cesarean) and Sean told her she shouldnt leave. She came over and I told her his head was out as I reached down and felt his hair. She didnt even have a chance to put on gloves before Noahs body slid out and she caught him. He had the cord wrapped twice around his neck so she unwound it and put him on my back where they cut his cord and took him to the warming bed. He cried and pinked up quickly thankfully.
Noah Edward was born at 5:13am on Friday January 11, 2013.
It was all kind of funny really. Because of his heart there was supposed to be a NICU team and Drs there when he came out, but from that first push to his birth was less than 15 minutes. No one thought he would come that fast! Thankfully he didnt really need any of the help they worried he would. He did go to the NICU where the cardiologist looked him over and did an echo, but he was discharged from the NICU after 36 hours and we all got to go home that Monday morning since he has done so well keeping his oxygen levels up without help.
I'll add some pictures later when I can get on our desktop!
Holding him for the first time
Holding him in the NICU
Finally out of the NICU and big sister getting to meet him!
Papa and his babies
Sleepy babe <3
At home finally
a fluff picture (prefold under a thirsties duo wrap)
And little feet
A, wife to S Mama to DD W born at home in the water on 3/23/11!
my heart warrior DS N born 1/11/13! And sweet DD A born at home 3/9/15!
<3 Did you know 1 in 100 babies are born with a heart defect? 1 of them is mine <3
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Wonderful story! I just love it - and his name is wonderful
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LOVE it mama!!!! Such a wonderful story!!
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Lovely story, mama - thanks for sharing! Enjoy your babymoon :-)
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Publication Details
Title:Probable rift origin of the Canada basin, Arctic Ocean
Authors:Tailleur, I.L.
Publication Date:1972
Publisher:U.S. Geological Survey
Comments:This publication was reclassified with a new publication number in 1975; see below for the updated classification number.
Ordering Info:This publication is out of print. Reproductions may be available. USGS Publications Warehouse
Bibliographic Reference
Tailleur, I.L., 1972, Probable rift origin of the Canada basin, Arctic Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report: Technical Data Unit classification number 552, 14 p.
Publication Products
- This publication has been superseded by OF 73-274.
Basins; Chukchi Basin; Rifting


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Thumos is a Greek word that we often translate as "spiritedness" or "passion." It implies a spirit of contention or fight, like having a beer with your buddy and loudly insisting that Dylan was cooler than the Beatles. This is an excuse for spirited posts that follow my more or (often) less disciplined passions.


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Israel kills four Palestinian militants in West Bank raid
JENIN, WEST BANK: Israeli forces shot and killed four Palestinians on Saturday during a raid on a home in the occupied West Bank to capture a wanted Hamas Islamist militant, the Israeli military said.
Hamas supporters carried three bodies through the streets of the West Bank city of Jenin, shouting slogans against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, involved in U.S.-brokered peace talks with Israel.
Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls the Gaza Strip, does not recognize the state of Israel and opposes the negotiations.
The Israeli military said its forces raided a home in a refugee camp in Jenin where they shot and killed a Hamas militant, Hamza Abu Alhija, after he opened fire. Two Israeli troops were wounded when he shot at them, they said.
The three other Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces as they confronted protesters throwing petrol bombs and rocks at them during the raid to capture Alhija, 24, a suspect in past attacks against Israelis, the military said.
The owner of the home where Alhija had tried to hide said the troops arrived at around 2 a.m.
"There was shooting in the house for about half an hour, and then the soldiers came and ordered us to leave so we did," said Azmi Husniya, 67.
Husniya said he had seen Alhija jump from a window while trying to flee. The house was badly damaged in the raid and two of his sons were wounded in the shooting.
The fighting was some of the worst seen in Jenin since a 2002 Israeli incursion in the area, highlighting rising tensions between the sides, three days after troops killed a Palestinian youth elsewhere in the West Bank.
Palestinian officials said before Saturday's incident that Israeli forces had killed 57 Palestinians and injured almost 900 since the resumption of peace talks last July.
The U.S.-brokered negotiations have shown little progress weeks ahead of an April deadline set by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with the sides at odds over Israel's rejection of some of the Palestinians Abbas wants released as part of a commitment by Israel to release inmates by the end of March.
The talks are aimed at achieving Palestinian statehood alongside Israel in territory Israel captured in a 1967 war.
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Kamloops 1 @ Seattle Thunderbirds 2
G Riku Helenius [6], SEA: Win, 25 saves on 26 shots, *First Star*
One night after Helenius earned Second Star honors, he gets the First Star for Seattle against Kamloops.
Kelowna Rockets 1 @ Spokane Chiefs 2
G Torrie Jung [7], KEL: Loss, 25 saves on 27 shots, *Third Star*
Even after a great week from Kristofer Westblom and no Sunday game, Jung got the start against the (pre-game) 5-1-1-1 Chiefs and nearly pulled off a win while earning Third Star honors. Jung had good numbers against the Chiefs last season.
Prince George Cougars 2 @ Moose Jaw Warriors 6
C/W Dana Tyrell [8], PG: 0-1-1, -2, 0 PIM
The Cougars were 0-for-8 with the man advantage and accumulated 69 penalty minutes,
Portland Winter Hawks 1 @ Everett Silvertips 4
D Dane Crowley [9], EVT: 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM
Crowley has one point in six games this season, but has given the 'Tips a much-needed defensive presence. He has more two-way abilities to offer.
Victoria Grizzlies 2 @ Westside Warriors 0
W Justin Courtnall [10], VIC: 1-0-1, 0 PIM, *Third Star*
Courtnall scored shorthanded with under four minutes left in the third period to give Victoria a close win. The Grizzlies added an empty-netter late.


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As Barry Ritholtz pointed out Friday:
Long-term unemployed (jobless for 27 weeks+) increased by 414,000 to 6.5 million.
Yesterday, the Pew Charitable Trusts released a report noting that long-term unemployment is the worst it has been since the end of World War II. As summarized by Shahien Nasiripour:
More than three million Americans have been out of work for at least a year, according to a new analysis of unemployment data.
That represents 23 percent of the roughly 14.8 million Americans out of work and looking for a job — a post-World War II high. For those 3.4 million Americans, the consequences from such a long time out of work — a cost of the Great Recession — can be calamitous.
"[T]he likelihood of finding a job declines as the length of unemployment increases," notes the team led by Ingrid Schroeder, director of the Pew Fiscal Analysis Initiative, a program of the Pew Economic Policy Group and the Pew Charitable Trusts. "People who are unemployed for a long time can lose their job skills. A long unemployment spell can mark them as undesirable, making it more difficult to compete against other job candidates. [Federal] data suggests that workers who are jobless for the longest duration incur the largest reductions in weekly earnings upon returning to work."
The situation will not improve until the underlying causes are addressed.
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Space Barbarians' turn - Sjosten
All soldiers go out of building.
They kill one droid.
Soldier who have been on wall gets up and run for weapon (without img)
Hero with one guy goes for Mandos' Captain...
...but he got a redshirt.
Mandalorians turn - Falk
Captain and speeder get ready to shot.
Hero rolls crit failure to deflect shot. He destroy his mate's gun (not pictured). fortunately, they both are still alive.
remainder soldiers move up.
Driods turn - Darkpaladin
"Jaaaa! Destroy that wall"
Wall isn't impressed .
In rage she tried to kill a man, but she failed once again!
At least, droids kill someone.
Wait! There are someone ot the horizon...
"Hmm, what we have here?"
Its ORLANDO ICE MAN!
With his friend JOE!
New factions avaliable:
Their objectives:
Both: do the best mayhem they can!
ORLANDO:have more kills than JOE
JOE:have more kills than ORLANDO
(If nobody takes them in 2 days - i will take first, my brother second . And warning: People who are already in battle cannot take them.)
Space B ships turn - Sjosten
Finally, some damage.
and even more damage. (About 4 size damage altogether).
Mandalorians ships turn - Falk
desultory counter-attack.


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PY03 Older Youth Credential Rate State Rankings
|This map shows the Credential Rate rankings for the WIA Older Youth program in PY 03. The rate ranges from a high of 73.5% in Michigan to a low of 27.3% in Hawaii. The map highlights the ten highest and lowest states for this measure. The ten highest states in order are Michigan, Maryland, Delaware, Utah, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Alaska, Oregon, Iowa and Tennessee. The ten lowest states from top to bottom are North Dakota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Ohio, California, Alabama, Kansas, Florida and Hawaii.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Despite less than ideal conditions, including several lightning delays, the MIT women's track and field team avenged last year's loss to Williams College to capture its second New England Division III Outdoor Championship in three years. The Engineers picked up a key win in the 4x400 relay, the second to last event, and were able to hold off the Ephs by 3.5 points, finishing with a total of 141.5 points.
Portia Jones and Jamie Simmons, who were part of both the winning 4x400 and 4x100 meter relays, were critical point scorers for the Cardinal and Gray. Jones won the 200 meters with an NCAA provisional cut of 24.58 and took second in the 100 (12.16) and 100-meter hurdles (14.57), which were both also provisional quality times. Simmons was the New England Champion in the 400-hurdles, with a time of 1:02.16, and placed second in the 400 (56.28)
Martha Gross joined Jones and Simmons on both relays. Hazel Briner rounded out the 4x400 that finished in 3:50.34 and Jacqueline Brew completed the 4x100 squad (48.28). Both relays came in under the NCAA provisional standard with the 4x400 missing the automatic mark by just three-tenths of a second and the 4x100 setting a new MIT record.
Gross added key points for Tech, finishing fifth in the 400 (58.59) and fourth at 200 meters (25.42).
Briner earned another New England title for Tech in the Heptathlon with a total of 4431 points. Briner won the 100-meter hurdles and the long jump and finished second in the 800 and shot put portions of the event as she broke her own program record by more than 50 points.
Karin Fisher repeated as New England champ in the pole vault, leading the way for four MIT vaulters to score in the event. Fisher, who won the pole vault at the New England Indoor championship, outclassed the rest of the field with a 13-1.50 foot vault, a foot higher than second-place teammate Lauren Kuntz and is the third best mark in Division III on the season. Briner took fourth and Becky Stavely was eighth.
Anna Holt-Gosselin took second in the 10,000 meters on Friday evening with a time of 35:20.72, posting the second fastest time in the nation, less than two seconds behind the top mark set in the same race by Jennifer Gossels of Williams.
MIT will compete at the NEICAAA Championship next weekend, taking on the top teams in New England across Divisions I, II and III. The meet will be held at Southern Connecticut State beginning on Friday, May 13 and continuing on Saturday.


text: If you're technically inclined, you can recompile your own openal to get voice capture to work, see this url: http://icculus.org/~warp/ut2004/ It contains basic instructions, and mentions a few caveats. Andrew 'ashridah' Pilley Quoting rob larkin <manifold at manifoldone.com>: > Aaron Gyes wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 15:21 -0800, rob larkin wrote: > > > > > >>Is there a readme or how-to somewhere on how to setup my environment so > >>that voice chat will work with ut2004? I'm using a sblive (emu10k) > >>under alsa SuSE 8.2. My mic works. When I join a server I do > >>automatically join the team channel just like in windows, but my mic is > >>on all the time. How do I make the "voice activation key" work? > > > > > > Icculus said yesterday that it will probably not work with native ALSA > > backend of OpenAL, and might not work with ALSA's oss emulation. Bad > > because I can only get surround working with ALSA. :( > > Ok, I've pretty much given up on making it work with ALSA and I'm > considering getting rid of ALSA for OSS just for this game. It sucks > because so much depends on ALSA. I have two questions I hope someone on > this list can answer: > > Has anyone confirmed that the voice chat feature works with OSS? I'd > hate to go thru the trouble just to find out it doesn't work anyway. > > Does anyone have experience with changing from ALSA to OSS "on the fly"? > I mean using a bash script to shut down ALSA, remove the ALSA modules, > load the OSS driver etc. And of course a script to go back to ALSA, > maybe it could setup as a ut2004 start script like in init.d > > Thx, > > }MB{MANIFOLD-recruiting at www.clan-mb.net (Rob) > > -- "Outlook not so good" Wow. This magic eightball knows everything. Next I'll ask it about exchange!


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Best Kids Parties: Garden Tea Party
Name: Genevieve (4)
Location: U.S.
My leaning toward natural parenting means that I am always focused on simplicity and environmental stewardship when it comes to family events and my children's milestones. This year at Genevieve's fourth birthday is the first time we have elected to throw her a party, wanting the party to be her idea and about what she wants as opposed to us. It was a great success!
We used her imagination to guide us in making the cake (a Spiderman cookie cake made from scratch!), the decorations (a few flowery paper plates and napkins, and mylar balloons from the dollar store) and in selecting the party theme. She loves having afternoon tea parties, so the party theme was a "Garden Tea Party," complete with pink lemonade and outdoor activities. The first activity was to decorate pots from the dollar store and replant tomato seedlings in them. The girls relished the chance to get dirty!
After we cleaned up, we moved onto the second activity, which was originally going to be butterfly catching in our nearby woods, but due to cool weather we decided to keep the kids indoors and did dot art paintings instead. This ended up being a great activity that didn't require much parental assistance, allowing the adults to chat and eat chips and dip. Because the party was held in the afternoon from 2 to 4 pm, we had a selection of soft drinks and hors d'ouvres but no need for large food dishes. The party took place on Cinco de Mayo, giving us an easy idea for the hors d'ouvres: chips, salsa, and guacamole!
We chose not to make gift-opening a large part of the occasion. I spoke with parents ahead of time, alerting them to our desire not to have large gifts, both for their sake and ours. Guests brought a small trinket, allowing the children the chance to learn to share but not contributing to the overwhelming amount of junk typically present at children's birthdays.
The same philosophy applied to the party favors. We gave the kids butterfly nets (from the dollar store; originally for the second activity) and let them take their tomato seedlings home. The parents seemed happy and relieved to have the plants rather than more temporary tattoos, play doh, and noise-makers.
Thanks Justine! Readers, find Justine at her blog, The Lone Home Ranger.)
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47 U.S. Code § 406 - Compelling furnishing of facilities; mandamus; jurisdiction
The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction upon the relation of any person alleging any violation, by a carrier subject to this chapter, of any of the provisions of this chapter which prevent the relator from receiving service in interstate or foreign communication by wire or radio, or in interstate or foreign transmission of energy by radio, from said carrier at the same charges, or upon terms or conditions as favorable as those given by said carrier for like communication or transmission under similar conditions to any other person, to issue a writ or writs of mandamus against said carrier commanding such carrier to furnish facilities for such communication or transmission to the party applying for the writ: Provided, That if any question of fact as to the proper compensation to the carrier for the service to be enforced by the writ is raised by the pleadings, the writ of peremptory mandamus may issue, notwithstanding such question of fact is undetermined, upon such terms as to security, payment of money into the court, or otherwise, as the court may think proper pending the determination of the question of fact: Provided further, That the remedy given by writ of mandamus shall be cumulative and shall not be held to exclude or interfere with other remedies provided by this chapter.
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.
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I haven't been in government for a while, but I sure know a bad few weeks when I see it.
And the question a lot of provincial Tories are asking themselves is: WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN EDMONTON??? (Be sure to read the entire post. It is an eye opener and a good primer on what is wrong with the PCs)
I wonder what Mr. Love has to say about the disaster that Wednesday was?
A recap:
First up we found out that their has been a government committee where 21 members have been receiving $1,000/month to sit on a committee that has not met since 2008. The money spent has cost Alberta taxpayers $261,000 over the past year alone.That is bad enough but to make matters worse PC Bonnyville-Cold Lake MLA Genia Leskiw sounded almost foolish when she answered questions, or tried to, on the matter. You seriously have to listen to this nonsense.
Next up we learned that patronage is still alive and well within the PCAA as already failed candidate for Calgary-Hawkwood and money man for Redford's leadership campaign, Farouk Adatia was appointed as the PC candidate for Calgary-Shaw. With the recent shenanigans in Calgary-West with former AHS superboard head and Redford pal Ken Hughes, I am surprised that they would be so blatant with this appointment, but when it comes to arrogance the PCs are second to none.
And finally we have what has to be topper of the day and confirmation that the PC's are running scared as news broke of the PC ad campaign, which as Don Braid noted "The Tories haven't done anything like this before – not ever, not once in the long period since they were elected on Aug. 30 1971" directed squarely at the Wildrose where they purposely misrepresent the Wildrose position on Bill 26 and fear monger purely for votes. And all of this after PC Campaign Manager Susan Elliot claimed that they would not run attack ads.
The PC spin on this is unbelievable. They want us to think that they are so concerned about impaired driving that they decided to run political ads on it but yet DO NOT plan on implementing the law until September. The fact that Premier Redford promised that the law would be in place by Christmas of 2011 has of course been completely forgotten in their attempt to again use this as a political wedge to their advantage.
The PC for the first time in 40 yrs are running scared and judging by their failed record on health, electricity, the budget, along with Redford's many broken promises, and mishandled communications (this in spite of recently doubling the communications staff in the Premiers office) it is easy to see why. They are in trouble and they know it. As I noted last week, we can expect them to lash out even more and the nastiness to increase as the reality of their situation becomes more apparent . Which probably means tomorrow because no one is buying their BS anymore.
A bit on Bill 26. It is flawed legislation for a number of reasons:
The legal limit in the criminal code is 0.08.
Police become the judge and jury and can take your license and seize your vehicle without appeal or due process at the roadside.
It does nothing to improve enforcement of existing law and in fact may do the opposite as limited police resources will now be tied up dealing with people who are not doing anything illegal.
If existing law, including losing your license for 1yr, heavy fines and insurance increases, are not deterring drunk driving, how can one expect that another piece of paper will manage to do so?
Put simply it is bad law written to make the Redford government appear that they are doing something about a serious issue. Having them delay it until September (so they have something to use against the Wildrose?) puts all of their spin about it being a safety issue into the BS pile.
A comment made on this blog a while back sums it up nicely: The PC's argument for Bill 26 seems to be that we are not currently catching enough impaired drivers so lets lower the limit and create even more.
Think about it.
And think about it again when you are at the ballot box.
Update: Some related reading.
Searching for Liberty has a interesting look at the real numbers.< good job with this one.
It's our money.
The PC's are a well oiled machine.


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Should We Outlaw Employers From Asking For Social Networking Logins?
from the this-is-not-a-good-trend dept
Still, does that mean we should pass a law? Senator Richard Blumenthal -- who has long been in favor of laws against all kinds of internet companies -- is apparently working on exactly that kind of legislation. Somehow, I doubt it's an accident that the Boston Globe trend piece came out at about the same time as Blumenthal's plans were discussed. Frankly, I still think that it's pretty sketchy and questionable for companies to ask for logins, but is it so bad that we need a law? Is there at least some sort of data on how widespread this practice is?
In the meantime, for those interviewing for jobs who do get asked for such things, it seems only proper to respond as the first individual profiled in the original article does—by walking away:
Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to her computer to search for his Facebook page. But she couldn't see his private profile. She turned back and asked him to hand over his login information.I would still guess this isn't quite as common as the article tries to suggest, but either way I'm curious if people feel this practice is so egregious that it needs a new federal law?
Bassett refused and withdrew his application, saying he didn't want to work for a company that would seek such personal information.


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Another newbie seeking advice
Postby Flo » Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:06 pm
I'm new around here so please forgive me in advance if I ask stupid questions.
I'm in the market for a roadie after being out of the scene for almost 20 years.. to put that in perspective my last road bike was a Repco Superlite that I upgraded with a 105 groupset and a few other little bits and pieces. I will admit to currently owning a Scott P3 Hybrid though.
Anyway, I've been trying to read and process the vast array of information relating to frame materials, geometry, brands etc but the task is overwhelming and the choices are endless.
So, I seek some learned opinions, bearing in mind that I begin this process without having planted my posterior on a single saddle.
From what I can glean carbon seems to be the preferred frame material for ride comfort compared with aluminium but there are obviously exceptions to the rule.
I'm probably looking to spend up to around $2500. With this in mind, is there going to much difference in the quality of framesets from manufacturers like Fuji, Scott, Trek, Merida etc. I'm interested (at this stage without having ridden any of these bikes) in the Fuji Altamira 3.0 or 2.0, Scott Foil 40, Trek Madone 4.5/4.7 and perhaps the Merida Scultura although I haven't ruled any other brands out just yet.
Obviously frame geometry plays a big part in the "feel" of a bike but given a similar setup will I, as a novice really be able to tell the difference between a good frame and and an average frame?
And is there much difference in the wheelsets at this pricepoint?
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Postby il padrone » Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:25 pm
Can I suggest that you throw a little bit less at the bike (whichever one you choose) with the understanding that it is an 'education expense'. No-one, as a newbie starting off, is going to be able to come up with the ideal bike, and as your riding progresses your skills, interests and future desires will change. Better to pay a lesser amount (say $1200) on a basic road bike then do further research while gaining experience towards your dream bike. Maybe even look at a second-hand road bike, even an old steelie that'll still get you plenty of fitness kms in. That way you avoid outlaying a big slab of $$$$ on a bike that may prove to be not quite what you want.
BTW, brand differences are generally very much over-rated. Better to look at the frame quality and component kit, and decide on what level of gear you are aiming at. Then you can compare similarly equipped bikes at that level on price.
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Re: Another newbie seeking advice
Postby Flo » Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:16 pm
I guess I was coming at this equation from the point of getting something that would develop with me and as I don't know if my wife will let me upgrade bikes in the near future! I understand the upgraditis thing and my wife knows me all too well!!
I had initially planned to keep this bike for maybe 5 years or so.. Perhaps attempting to future-proof this decision is not all that practical.
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Postby il padrone » Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:33 pm
Although carbon is not so good in this respect. Now a nice Baum Ti would be another thing entirely - a good 15-20 year lifespan makes it so much more economical in the long run
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Postby jemima » Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:56 pm
If you're not looking to race at the moment, then perhaps the more upright bikes would suit e.g. Defy, Felt Z series, Roubaix, Synapse, Focus Ergoride...the list goes on.
If you know what to look for, secondhand might be the go e.g. Ebay / Gumtree.
I've been watching Ebay lately and there are some bargains going, if the bike is in good knick.
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Postby Snoopy007 » Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:55 pm
http://www.bikes.com.au/p/6309642/2012- ... -bike.html
Has full carbon with Ultegra Di2. Seems like a pretty sweet deal, its currently on special from around 3700 i think to 2500. Havent personally ridden one but seems sweet.
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Postby Mrfenejeans » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:19 pm
You may also want to factor into your budget $3-500 for clothing, accessories, and of course pedals because if you are buying new, most likely they aren't included.
On buying second hand, I'd be a little bit wary of buying a Carbon bike second hand off ebay, not through my experience as a buyer but as a seller. There is no way for a potential buyer to really know how a bike has been ridden and for how long it has been ridden. I sold my old bike which had done 9000+ KM's in around 9months and while was relatively well looked after, i wasn't exactly boasting to the seller how much I'd ridden and that i ride rain or shine. Infact the buyer took the bike to my LBS to have it serviced or setup after purchasing it, and even the LBS remarked to me afterwards at what good $$$ i had gotten considering how much i'd used it. Not that i set out to deceive the potential purchaser I would still have the bike if it wasn't for the need for $$$, but others may.
That being said i know a guy who purchased a really nice MTB second hand, the only weird thing about his story was he had to meet the seller at 2am in a back alley
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Re: Another newbie seeking advice
Postby Flo » Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:36 pm
Unfortunately I still haven't been able to get out and try any bikes which has been disappointing but I guess life is sometimes like that.
jemima wrote:Those bikes you listed seem to have pretty aggresive geometry.
If you're not looking to race at the moment, then perhaps the more upright bikes would suit e.g. Defy, Felt Z series, Roubaix, Synapse, Focus Ergoride...the list goes on.
I think that a more relaxed geometry might be what I'm after so I'll keep that in mind.. I also am not polarised by any brand bias at this stage so I'm happy to look at whatever is around.. With this in mind are there any brands that I should steer clear of?
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Alisha Jordan, the Irish footballer who was brutally attacked last year in Woodlawn, recently captained the Cavan New York Ladies GAA team to the championship win in Gaelic Park over the side from Kerry/Donegal.
Jordan, a native of Skryne, Co. Meath, was attacked by an assailant last July with a brick while walking home with a friend from a night out. The attack crushed part of her skull, broke her teeth and nose and resulted in several facial stitches.
In speaking about her trials and ultimate triumph in the wake of this past year's events, Jordan has an upbeat and optimistic outlook.
"After the win I felt amazing. It was something I worked incredibly hard at all year simply because I wanted to win so badly," Jordan, 21, told the Irish Voice.
"I needed to end this year on a high to put it behind me and now thankfully I'll remember this year for winning the championship and not for what happened last July."
Though she now has the pleasant memory of the championship victory to remember this year by, Jordan will never forget the attack that changed her life so traumatically.
"I remember everything about the attack. I can even remember the moment he hit me. I didn't fall unconscious throughout the whole thing," she recalls.
The attack came when Jordan was walking home with her friend Ashley from a night out. "I remember Ashley jumping on the guy and tussling with him. I tried to get up off the ground and help her, but after a few steps I fell and hit my head again. I don't remember much after that," she says.
After the attack she went through months of grueling recovery that included two separate reconstructive surgeries.
"The recovery process was extremely hard for me. I had two plastic surgeries, one to insert 10 metal plates into my skull and repair my nose which had been broken in seven places," she says.
"I had to get my teeth completely repaired, and that was just the physical pain. I went through a very hard time dealing with the 'why me' stage. I couldn't comprehend the fact that I was just in the wrong place in the wrong time."
As the captain of the 2013 Cavan Ladies team, Jordan speaks highly of the girls who came to her aid and gave their support in her recovery process. "Captaining this group of girls was the best. They were all very important in my recovery and have been there since the start, so putting in that extra effort to get back playing and help them win the championship was a small way of returning the favor."
Her teammates weren't the only people to come to Jordan's aid, however.
"Everybody I knew helped out, along with strangers, too," she says.
There were several fundraisers held to help her pay medical expenses, one of which took place at Danny Mac's, a pub on McLean Avenue in Yonkers.
"The fundraiser in Danny Mac's was amazing and I can never thank everyone who was involved enough," says Jordan.
After the victory, the team celebrated the championship with aplomb. "We celebrated in style. We went to Danny Mac's and had a very good night," she says.
Though they didn't let the win get to their heads. "We're already getting set up for next year's football," she says confidently.
"We have a very young team so we know if we keep working hard we will at least be in contention next year again," she says.
When asked about whether she felt any anxiety about returning to the pitch after her trauma, Jordan says that she was "very anxious at all times about my head injuries and playing football."
Yet that anxiety wasn't going to stop Jordan. "I wasn't going to use [my injuries] as an excuse. I never let it hold me back in any games."
Now over a year after the attack, Jordan relates that she feels like she's returned to normal.
"I feel I have returned to myself. I feel great right now. Everything has gone back to normal."
Jordan has returned to the football pitch as well as to work at O'Connor's, a pub where she bartends in White Plains. She extends a bit of advice to anyone who might suffer an attack the same way that she has.
"I would advise anybody who goes through something like this to not shut people out. I let everybody keep me upbeat at all times even when I wanted nothing more than to just lie in bed all day every day. I advise them to get up and face your demons and get out again," she says.
"I know that is what helped me through everything."


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Style # 193416
Exposed front zipper and sleeve detailing, sharp silhouette and cropped action make this bebe jacket a polished and edgy way to amp up your wardrobe. Try it with a party dress.
- 100% leatherette
- Machine wash
- Imported
- Center back to hem: 16" (41 cm), sleeve length: 18" (46 cm)
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Cropped Zipper Leatherette 6 6
FABULOUS! "Jacket is awesome. Perfect with dresses, leggings, or EVERYTHING! Color is fabulous; really makes you stand out in the crowd! I hope they make this jacket in other bold colors!" July 18, 2012
I'm in LOVE "I'm so in love with this jacket, very versatile, I bought the green and I loved it, so I went back to the store bought the white and black, I wish they have more color like PINK or YELLOW..I'm waiting for yellow color, I really hope they make one, this jacket is very sexy and feminine, make your waist very tiny!" May 12, 2012
bought 2!!! This jacket is a MUST HAVE!!I bought it in white and hot pink I got the medium size I'm a 36C/D it fits perfect and I get so many compliments on it.If they come out with a turquoise or red I will buy those too very fun jacket!! it Rocks!!! April 5, 2012
Great jacket Love love love this jacket. I actually have it in green and it's so amazing. Just in time for st Patrick's day tomorrow. Everyone should have this jacket!!!! March 16, 2012
MUST HAVE!!!! This jacket gets so much attention and compliments. I got the Green and Rose color and they are both amazing colors and a perfect fit. March 4, 2012
LOVE!! "ordered this on friday and i just received it today in the mail and i am already wearing it out tonight! i love it! perfect fit, i got it in white. i am a 36d and got the large." February 28, 2012
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