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Laser fixes serious curveball for twins
Already the parents of 3-year-old Payton and 17-month-old Easton, Alicia and Nick Blackburn were surprised to be expecting again, never mind twins. Then more news came out of left field when the couple learned the babies had a potentially fatal complication.
"It was at the 16-week ultrasound, when we were excited to find out the gender of the babies, that the doctor noticed a fluid discordance," Alicia said. "I asked the doctor if he was worried about it, and he said he was."
Alicia had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, a condition that occurs when twins who share a common placenta produce an uneven sharing of blood between their blood-vessel connections. Identical twins have a 10 percent chance of developing this syndrome, and it's typically diagnosed at 20 to 22 weeks' gestation. Without treatment, there's a 90 percent chance of losing both babies.
"It was hard not to focus on what could happen," said Nick, a pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. "The bad stuff is always in the back of your mind. At times, it was hard for me not to expect the worst."
The couple lives in Oklahoma, but Alicia was referred to the Texas Fetal Center at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston for further monitoring.
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Pregnant with twins?
A Find out what type of twins you're having as early as 12-13 weeks' gestation.
A If you're having identical twins, see your doctor every two weeks starting at 16 weeks' gestation.
A If there's any discrepancy in fluid levels, request a referral to a specialist.
Source: Dr. Kenneth Moise at the Texas Fetal Center at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome by the numbers:
A 10 percent to 15 percent of identical twins develop twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
A There are 4,500 cases per year of the syndrome in the U.S.
A Severe cases have a 60 percent to 100 percent mortality rate.
A Laser ablation boosts the survival rate to 60 percent to 85 percent.
Source: USA National Center for Health Statistics
Co-director Dr. Kenneth Moise said the problem is that one baby ends up being the donor and the other the recipient.
"The donor gets into trouble because he or she kind of goes into hibernation mode," Moise said. "The recipient can go into heart failure from having too much blood sent its way."
But an in-utero procedure involving laser ablation can change the outcome.
Through an incision smaller than the circumference of a drinking straw, a scope is inserted in the mother's abdomen to locate the extraneous vessels. Moise said laser light is sent through a tiny rod placed at the border of the connecting vessels, stopping the blood flow.
"In essence, we create two placentas, and (blood) circulation is now separate," Moise said.
Moise said the procedure was first reported by European physicians in 1990, but American doctors were doubtful until 2004, when studies showed that the fetuses of women undergoing laser ablation had far better outcomes.
Since then, Moise and his colleagues have performed the procedure more than 400 times, but what's unique about the fetal center at Memorial Hermann is they always have two surgeons in the operating room at once.
"Two babies in the womb, two sets of eyes, can be quite helpful," Moise said.
There are about 17 laser centers across the country performing the procedure, Moise said, but only a handful have experienced the volume done at the Texas Fetal Center.
"The unfortunate part about TTTS is you can never predict when symptoms will show up," Moise said. "Some patients come in acutely ill, and in a day or two have to go in for surgery."
TTTS can happen with triplets, although it's rare.
"We have devastating stories of patients who come to us too late," Moise said. "We have to get to patients early because they'll do better. Within about two weeks post-op, the babies are doing fine. But we always say true success is two beautiful babies in the nursery."
On Feb. 14, Alicia, 24 weeks pregnant, underwent laser ablation at the Texas Fetal Center. Without complications, she went on to deliver two healthy baby boys on May 14. Austin, the "donor" baby, weighed in at 5 pounds 13 ounces. Braxton, the "recipient" baby, weighed in at 6 pounds, 8 ounces.
"They're good-looking guys," Nick said. "But I may be biased."
Nick himself is recovering from two surgeries of his own: one to remove a bone chip from his throwing elbow and another to correct an injury in his right wrist. He hoped to be back on the mound this month.
Alicia is thankful for everything. Not only is her husband back pitching with the Twins, surgery saved their twins.
"They're not supposed to be here, and they're here," Alicia said. "I think that will show in their personalities as they grow up. They're tough boys."


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Shirtless wonder
Happy New Year everyone. Have a good one.
Now to chase that varmit and run 'em into the ground!
Nulla camisia et nulla problematum
Petco Run/Walk/Wag 5k
I'm in. Gonna try harder this year!
bob e v 2014 goals: keep on running! Is there anything more than that?
Complete the last 3 races in the Austin Distance Challenge, Rogue 30k, 3M Half, Austin Full
Break the 1000 mi barrier!
History: blessed heart attack 3/15/2008; c25k july 2008 first 5k 10/26/2008 on 62nd birthday.
AKA bear2009
First run of the year in!
As long as there are no injuries, this will be the year to do it!
2013 Goals:
1. Start, stay, and finish the year uninjured!
First run of the year in!
As long as there are no injuries, this will be the year to do it!
You can call me Anna
Happy New Year!
This Space For Rent
+1 or maybe I should say I'm gonna try period. 2012 was pretty sporadic.
I ain't chasin' no bunny...that wascally wabbit's gonna be chasin' me !!!
I will make every attempt to leave the bunny in the dust.
So far, so good during this first week of the year!
That bunny's got nothing on me this year!
BexKix, Bagel Defender
Page 4, going to go up from here!
I promised myself that I would do less running so that I could spend more time on other things. That's not working out. I admit it; I'm addicted. 1,000 miles, one more year.
MTA: I'll be doing at least the first couple hundred miles in my new NB Minimus Zero shoes. These things are cool, but they're calf killers. I love it, though!
veggies on the runMartial Artist Runners
Well as always...I am gonna give y'all a head start and then start running soon after. 1000 miles? It could happen...but I happen to really like biking and skiing right now. Will see...I get a bit competitive when Gig gets too far ahead
Caught a cold...so stopped running for couple of days. Now the varmit is gaining on me... Hopefully tomorrow I can get some miles in...
King Rake
I've been right around 500 mile the past three years, I really need to get more consistent! So 1000 in 2013 is my goal (as soon as I get over my ITBS).
Since 1243 miles seems a bit optimistic, I'll try to run 1000. This is a stretch also, just not quite as much.

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MELBOURNE, Australia — As a first-time dad with a baby at home, Novak Djokovic could see merits in the tale of Serena Williams' mid-match espresso that has been brewing in the lead-up to the Australian Open.
Hey, he reckons, why not open up the menu?
The No. 1 seeds in the men's and women's draws both had straight-set wins in their first-round matches on Tuesday. Djokovic shrugged off the effects of a cold to beat No. 116-ranked Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in his first Grand Slam match as a father, and Williams beat No. 106-ranked Alison Van Uytvanck 6-0, 6-4.
Williams, with five Australian titles in her collection of 18 majors, didn't need anything to perk...


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Grilled Turkey Burger with Apple Chutney
A grilled turkey burger is paired with a delicious apple chutney. The chutney adds just the right amount of spice and sweetness.
For Turkey Burgers:
2 3⁄4 lb. lean ground turkey
1 1⁄2 Spanish onions, chopped
3 tbsp. chopped garlic
1⁄2 bunch Italian parsley, chopped
1 cup, plus 2 tbsp. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 3⁄4 cup apple chutney, divided (recipe follows)
Salt and pepper to taste
8 brioche buns
Lettuce leaves, for garnish
Apple Chutney:
1 1⁄2 shallots, minced
1 tbsp. peeled, and minced fresh ginger
1 tbsp. unsalted butter
2 tbsp. sugar
3 tbsp. dry white wine
2 oz. apple juice
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled cored, and diced small
2 star anise
1⁄2 lemon, juiced
3⁄4 bunch scallions, thinly sliced
1. Combine ground turkey with onions, garlic, and parsley. Mix in Parmesan, olive oil, and 3⁄4 cup apple chutney. Season with salt and pepper. Mix well and form into 8-oz. patties.
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Lampard hails versatile Luiz
Frank Lampard has hailed David Luiz's value to Chelsea, with the
Brazilian currently starring in a midfield role.
Luiz was brought to Stamford Bride with the intention of
bringing ball-playing ability to their back four.
His desire to stride forward from the back has not always
benefitted the Blues, but Luiz's enthusiasm and commitment to the
collective cause has never been in question.
It is possible that he has now found the ideal position from
which to operate, with a holding role in the middle of the park
making the most of his defensive qualities and attacking
Lampard feels Luiz is made for the post, telling Chelsea's
official website in the wake of an 8-0 mauling of Aston Villa: "He
has the ability to play either position and he's been a fantastic
central defender.
"People say that central midfield is also a role for him and I
think they are right.
"You still have to have discipline and be in the right position,
and you can't take liberties, and against Villa he showed he has
the discipline and the ability to do that role."
Lampard also claims that no-one in the Stamford Bridge camp was
surprised to see Luiz rattle home a spectacular 25-yard free-kick
against Villa.
He added: "You don't see the hours put in on the training pitch
to work on that technique.
"David has done it and now you are seeing the rewards, because
every time we get a free-kick in that area you fancy him to get it
on target."


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Bjbeau precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 68 designs enviados por 18 designers freelancers.
CyclingPulse.com for website
Cycling Pulse Ltd is a website created to list, by event type, UK-wide cycling events to the cycling community. The site will offer a complete listing of all cycling events in the UK, provide services for individual cyclists to view, choose and register for events, as well as post their results and manage their event calendar.
The site will also allow for Event Organizers to register, list, and promote their events. News, RSS feeds, Google Maps, Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites will be used to allow cyclists to find events and share these rides and events with their friends.
The site will also be appealing to Bike Clubs who wish to host their club site within Cycling Pulse, use Cycling Pulse's registration and event engine to manage their subscriptions and event registration and hold their results.
Cycling Pulse also sells an Electronic Timing and Security Tag called Pulse. Pulse will feature in all Cycling Pulse promotional and marketing materials and will be sold to individual cyclists and event organizers alike. Cycling Pulse and Pulse names need to work together as brands individually and together. A separate in-store and mail-out artwork and materials will be generated for Pulse. Therefore, it is important that any graphics in Cycling Pulse utilize the same or similar graphics of Pulse.
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Cyclists can register online for thousands of events, record their results and create a calendar for events they wish to participate in. They can also purchase their Electronic Racing Tag, which is used in Electronic Timed Events. The tag is called Pulse.
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Tagline: The Heart of Cycling
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http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/ (this is the regulated, govt body for UK cycling
http://www.bike-events.com/About.aspx -geared to sponsored and charitable rides
http://www.bikeradar.com/racing/ (more news and info site
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Neil Robertson commented last year that he thought snooker players were too friendly with each other. Of course, some are more friendly than others.
It's 20 years now since Alex Higgins threatened – within earshot of the then WPBSA chairman John Spencer – to have Dennis Taylor shot if he ever went back to Northern Ireland.
They were team mates in the World Cup at the time.
More recently, we've had Stephen Maguire and Shaun Murphy opting not to become Facebook friends and Graeme Dott and Ian McCulloch not exactly planning to team up for the World Doubles.
Much has been made this week of the rivalry between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Selby in the wake of their Pokerstars.com Masters final.
I think O'Sullivan was mainly down on himself, not Selby, but he did appear to get wound up towards the end.
In the penultimate frame, O'Sullivan fluked a snooker. The camera did not pan to Selby but he presumably smiled, as if to say, 'that was lucky.' O'Sullivan's response was, 'How can you moan?' as if Selby was the luckiest player who ever lived.
In the heat of battle – and it was some battle – such things do, from time to time, get said, although Selby wasn't overly impressed.
Answering questions on the Eurosport website today, he said: "I suppose it is true that there were times in the match when we both had the run of the balls, but I didn't think it was the right time for him to be making such a statement."
However, Selby isn't the sort to lose his rag and seeing O'Sullivan begin to crack probably gave him confidence rather than put him under pressure.
Not everyone thought O'Sullivan conducted himself well at the post match interview but this was mere seconds after a very disappointing defeat and I believe he should be cut some slack.
It wasn't a bit of fun, it was a major final. Steve Davis could memorably barely utter a word after losing to Dennis Taylor in the 1985 world final. It's hard to say the right things when you are completely devastated.
O'Sullivan left the arena before Selby received his trophy. This was wrong. He should have stayed for a few more minutes.
"I'd like to think I would have shown a little bit more respect at the end. We are paid to play in these events, that's our job, and if Ronnie had won I would have stayed to applaud him," Selby told Eurosport.
In the press conference that followed O'Sullivan suggested Selby would struggle to win the world title because of his inconsistency, which he compared to his own game.
"I think I'll take what he said as compliment," was Selby's verdict on this.
"For me Ronnie is among the top two or three greatest players to have played the game, I have massive respect for him as a player, and if he is putting me in a similar position to him, then, as I said, I'll take it as a big compliment. When it comes to my game, I don't mind having the same problems as him."
I'm not sure it was meant as a compliment but Selby is right not to dwell on it.
Such is the stuff of sport. I remember Stephen Hendry losing to Mark Johnston-Allen (who beat him three times out of three) and then saying he shouldn't even have been in the same room as him.
He later apologised to Mark, who found the whole thing hilarious.
The fact is, things get said in the heat of the moment, usually after a disappointing defeat.
If we want our sportsmen and women to be human, we should accept that they will, at times, be brutally honest and just say what is on their mind.
Surely this is better than bland PR epithets, even if their comments do sometimes leave a sour taste in the mouth.
40 comments:
- shaun said...
we all no how good o sullivan is but my god can he whine.just for once it would be nice to hear him say the best player won instead of craving attention like a 2 year old all the time.Grow up and knuckle down ronnie
- 3:18 pm
- Trevor said...
So dave i take it ronnie did not use the f****** c*** remark that some people claimed he used during that little exchange ? How do some people come up with this stuff.
- 4:08 pm
- jamie brannon said...
At the end of the day though Ronnie is being honest the only player he feels that can beat him at his best is Higgins and that's why he finds defeat hard to take against anyone else. When Higgins has outplayed him he has been gracious in his praise. Selby's personality in my mind is not conducive to Ronnie's. Selby is very safe with his comments and just not 'rock 'n' roll' like a Ronnie. I agree with Dave about staying for the trophy presentation. I'm glad though there is a rivalry as sport thrives on it, that's why next weeks Manchester Derby is more important than just getting to a Wenbley final. I have to say I don't remeber O'Sullivan saying "how can you moan?" but as a commentator you have better chance of picking up what there saying.
Murphy v Maguire goes back further than Facebook though doesn't it. Dott's comments were an embarassment at the Crucible saying McCulloch takes too long. He does but does Dott recall the 2006 final snoozefest.
- 4:12 pm
- Finn said...
By looking at the footage, how about you take a look for yourself, it's there on i-player.
Make up your mind for yourself. There is a split on the snooker forum as to whether he said it or not. (see thread Ronnie abuses Selby)
Personally, I think he did say it, but it doesn't offend me in any way. I think it is important for people to have their own opinion rather than asking Dave to be their mouthpiece.
- 4:26 pm
Totally agree with you Shaun.
- 4:56 pm
good post Dave, though id rather you hadnt brought up one of the only times Mr Hendry was out of order when comparing it to Ronnie who IMHO is habitually out of order.
at least you had a small go at him, and rightly so.
hopefully you also post on here as "anonymous" and get more of your feelings over without any possibility of backlash (by his biased fans)
commend selby for his comments though...
- 5:15 pm
Trevor, i know a female fan who was sitting very close to him and that is what she thought she heard, before all the hullabaloo on the internet mentioned it...
- 5:17 pm
- G said...
Hi Dave, do we not think it's about time we stopped apologising for Ronnie and making accuses for him and his downright bad behaviour? I understand you (and others) giving him the benefit if the doubt in certain situations but do you not think that after repeated incidences we should start to take a harder line, even if he is the "money" on the tour? Let's call a spade a spade here. It's not the first time he has acted so ungracefully and petulantly after losing a final. Sure it hurts to lose but does it hurt Ronnie any more than it hurts every other player who contests and loses a final? Remember China? And two separate incidents in previous years there?? He needs to grow up and everyone else needs to stop molly-coddling him.
- 6:21 pm
Bottom line ronnie is the main draw and without out him snooker would be in big trouble.Lets face it how many would pay to watch the likes of selby,dott,ebdon ect.Very few as attendances when this lot play are very low.Without ronnie snooker would be in trouble.Ask Barry Hearn.
- 7:03 pm
Dave: how come since Hearn has become the president of WSA your blog is full of ronnie o'sullivan worship?
I think you should stick to your own opinions and not write what people like to hear.
- 7:41 pm
As has been pointed out by Dave in his posting, RoS wears his heart on his sleeve and when he says something he's being honest about it. If he did swear at Selby he was only being truthful.
- 7:46 pm
Surely some people cannot stand being reminded of the only major occasion in which Hendry acted like a petulant (think about how many times you've heard/read this adjective in relation to Ronnie and how disgustingly condescendent it is!!), person.
The more reason they should be reminded. So that snooker players get knocked off their pedestals of absolute sportsmanship and flawless behaviour and pristine reputation. It's unrealistic and preposterous to view them like that.
For they are human beings, not rewindable robots with false, sickening things to say after a huge match they lost.
- 8:02 pm
I have watched my recording of the match a couple of times now. I am sure, after repeated viewing, that ronnie said to mark twice "how can you moan,? how can you moan?" then he sat down and said "F****** C*** " sipped his water and again went "how can you moan" again. Willie thorne after wasnt sure what he said, but i think he did.
Then after the safety on the yellow selby was tapping the table as if to make a point that he was still going to me sporting.
Rivalary can be great for the sport
- 9:04 pm
It was graceless for O'Sullivan to walk out of the oresentation ceremony before Selby picked up the trophy, but that's O'Sullivan all over I'm afraid. The truth is O'Sullivan doesn't like Selby and has made no attempt to hide it. Applaud Selby on his comments, he was the better man and the better person.
- 9:33 pm
I can understand any player not being overly forthcoming after losing a big final as was the case in 1985 with Steve Davis.
Ronnie made John Parrott's job of interviewing him decidedly awkward last Sunday, which is puzzling as Ronnie is not only a bad loser but an ungracious winner most of the time.
He claims not to care when he wins so why be so lacking in class when he lost to Selby?
One of the emotions is wrong and Ronnie is deluding himself if he thinks otherwise.
He is a great player but he has become predictable and transparent as a person.
The reason he may never win the World title again is because he has was found out as a person the other night.
- 9:52 pm
- Trevor said...
Finn firstly i dont have access to iplayer and secondly whoever i ask a question of is none of your business. How does that grab ya ?
- 11:16 pm
- SnookeromAnka said...
I admire the people who are moaning: "He needs to grow up".... Hey, firstly, both of the players aren't gentlemen at all. Secondly - what can you offer apart from 'should be banned! it's an order!' ? How are you going to educate Ronnie?
- 6:13 am
- Finn said...
Firstly, you do have access to i-player if you are able to post on this blog (it's called the internet).
Secondly, it is everyone's business if you post your opinion on a blog.
Thirdly, read the opinion of the people who have posted on here regarding the incident; if you re-read my initial post it was in the defence of people of who you said: "how do some people come up with this stuff".
Fourthly, don't resort to conflict when you are clearly in the wrong with petty comments like : "how does that grab ya".
- 11:03 am
It was just Ronnie being Ronnie after a terrible defeat having had three chances to close the match.
"It was a tough week, wasn't it, to get to the final"
Ronnie said: "Not really..." and displayed his disappointment quite clearly. He should have stayed for the entire ceremony but who cares really whether he had stayed in the background - it was Shelby's time to enjoy the spotlight.
I'm not pissed off about Ronnie leaving. He picked up his cheque and waved to the crowd so it wasn't exactly a major scandal.
- 12:12 pm
Hi Dave
The comments posted by people on this blog are increasingly becoming 'have a go and retaliate' between the posters. This has only come in in the last 12 months. While the quality of your posts has remained constant I would like to suggest that the 'commenters' have a look back 2 or 3 years on the archive and pick up some tips on quality commenting!
- 12:28 pm
- shaun said...
your missing the point snookeromanka were not all calling for him to be banned or punishing him but just show a bit more dignity in defeat.i accept it was a long tough week and a gruelling final and i for one enjoy a bit of rivalry in the game but for god sake ronnie when are you going to take the step to adulthood and stop behaving loke a wuss
- 12:42 pm
- Dave H said...
I believe the rule of thumb for leaving comments is very simple: would I say this to the person's face?
Of all the invective heaped on O'Sullivan [and Selby], how many of the people angrily typing away would say what they had written directly to the players given the chance?
My guess would be hardly any and probably none at all.
- 1:59 pm
- shaun said...
and why would that be dave its cleary true what people are saying just because we dont all see him as the messiah as you seem to do dont mean were wrong.Also for the record why would we not say it to his face after all hes just a spoilt brat
- 3:09 pm
- Meredith(GTBJ) said...
I've already forgotten who won The Masters. I shut the tv and went to bed right after O'Sullivan lost. Later, to hear that O'Sullivan didn't stay only makes me wonder why Selby wasn't happier that he had an entire auditorium cheering his victory and compelled to comment to O'Sullivan's actions in reflective eurosport blogs.
- 4:04 pm
I'd happily tell Ronnie off to his face! I doubt he'd ever put himself in a position where he'd have to answer any criticism. I've got 3 kids and am happy to confront them if they're rude or petulant - Ronnie would be no different!
- 4:09 pm
well you are certainly wrong on your comment at 1:59, because i know several of them and have said quite a lot of comments that ive posted on here (and elsewhere) to their faces.
- 5:32 pm
Hi Dave,
Has anybody got a youtube link to this frame/incident?
Dave, although I agree with your comment, do you you think, overall player's are given a pretty easy time at the post-match press conference. Most of the time it seems somewhat easier, than say what the tennis player's face on tour. Some hacks are quite hostile to players.
Don't have a problem with O'Sullivan's reaction straight after the defeat. He was nearly the same all week in the BBC studio after matches. I do advise folk on here to read O'Sullivan's post match reaction to his Master's defeat. As always, it makes for interesting reading....When doesn't he!?
Thanks, Joe
- 5:51 pm
There you go Joe..
- 6:29 pm
Joe, i dont really find what ROS has to say interesting in the slightest.
he acts like a spoiled child and gets away with more than most other would IMHO.
hes ignorant and cheeky and arrogant.
his interviews that i dont find interesting are nothing but predictable....he regurgitates the same "i am chucking it" ...im no good, stuff all the time and its boring.
if he wasnt so good at snooker and didnt play fast other normal people would tell him the things above, but because he is fragile and a fans favourite, cos of how quick he plays etc, he gets away with it.
come down hard on him i say, let him leave, he will one day anyway, by force or by retiring or not being good enough any more.
when that day comes snooker will survive. it has before and it will again. only silly people think it wont. it may take a huge dent, but it would be worth it to get the sport looked on by others as not some circus where the top performer only ever gets put on the naughty step.
- 7:55 pm
- Eurig said...
It's a real pleasure reading your posts Dave. I love snooker, and I'm so happy that such a talented journalist is here to comment on the game. Snooker is lucky to have you!
- 9:40 pm
SIR!!!! Ronnie's done this Ronnie's done that, BLAH BLAH F*****G BLAH, FFS get a grip of yourself's.
- 10:29 pm
7.55pm - Spot on. I'd say to Ronnie. If you say you want to go then do it! Just GO! You are a cog in the wheel of a machine - of course, you put bums on seats - but people are beginning to look at you in the same way as they did Alex Higgins. They were not just turning up to watch the marvellous snooker but also to see what stupid and infantile thing you'll do next. The game WILL survive without you - go on, test it! I can't be arsed with your arrogance and neither I suspect do MANY others.
- 12:18 am
Cheers 6.29pm.
to 7.55 I understand what your saying, but the guy provides great copy (and soundbites) for sport's journalists up and down the land.
Good or bad...
Thanks, Joe
- 8:55 pm
Those who wish for ROS to leave are living in cloud cuckoo land. If Ronnie left the sport it would definitely go backwards by several years. It is these people who are being infantile talking about it when they need to be realistic.
- 9:02 pm
I was quoting what Ronnie himself regularly says. He should just put up or shut up!
- 10:14 pm
i do not deny that that is the case.
However the sport will survive (or else we are all just waiting for him to retire for the sport to cease...which wont happen when he stops playing.
So thats why i believe its time to stop mollycoddling him.
- 9:44 am
- jamie brannon said...
Dave, is right about this saying it to his face thing. I make a rule about only making comments that I know I would be prepared to say to their face. It gets me when you have people saying on Twitter he's a twat or an idiot. I had a mate who called Sol Campbell a tosser, but he wouldn't say that to Sol's face.
- 1:11 pm
Jamie stop bumlicking Dave
he was quite clearly wrong.
SOME of us WOULD and HAVE said it to the players as, guess what, they know "normal people" like us and can take criticism.
obviously not everyone on here knows them, but i do, though not all, and i have said it to them.
if i had a view of Sol and wished to express it to him and had the chance, i would. only thing he could do back is verbal me otherwise he could end up breaking the law, so id have nothing to lose.
- 6:48 am
- jamie brannon said...
I think constructive criticism is entirely different from a personal insult. If my mate had called Sol Campbell a tosser, he may have smacked him and in some ways people would understand Sol's actions.
- 5:28 pm
id never understand him hitting out. Grow up. This is a snooker blog, nnt a chat in the pub about thugs or violence.
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Seven players join Eagles at Olympic Training Center
CHULA VISTA, Calif. – Men's Eagles Sevens Head Coach Matt Hawkins has welcomed five new players to the Olympic Training Center, while two players have joined the Women's Eagles Sevens.
Capped Men's Eagles Will Holder, Tim Maupin and Adam Siddall, as well as past sevens players Thretton Palamo and Nese Malifa, will bring the total number of Eagles training with Hawkins to 25 following the departures of Tai Enosa, Jack Halalilo, Carlin Isles, Folau Niua and Pila Taufa.
Holder will add to the growing list of World Class Athlete Program players in camp with Eric Deuchele, Ben Leatigaga, Andrew Locke, Nu'u Punimata and Marcus Satavu already training in Chula Vista.
The next leg of the 2013-14 IRB HSBC Sevens World Series will take place in Tokyo March 22-23, the same weekend of the first leg of the IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 Qualifier against Uruguay for the Men's Eagles.
"At this point, Mike [Tolkin] and I are working together to make sure he gets what he needs and we get what we need," Hawkins said. "Right now it's on his selections, and when his selections come out that'll sort of depict who I'll have available.
"Obviously a few of the guys are new to the setup, so they've got to work their way into the sevens game and the team, but at this point, I think you'll see quite a few of them turning up on the 15s roster and then getting an opportunity to work their way into the sevens team towards the end of our season for [Glasgow Sevens] and London [Sevens]."
Palamo recently finished his American football career at the University of Utah, where he walked on to the Utes' team in 2011 and earned a scholarship. Before college, he was a member of the Men's Eagles in France during the IRB Rugby World Cup France 2007 and earned his debut against South Africa.
Palamo may have to readjust to playing rugby, but Hawkins knows any athlete coming into the OTC will be a bit behind the athletes already there.
"I think pretty much anyone that trains is not really in sevens shape as far as the guys here training day in, day out," Hawkins said. "The amount of time we spend on our legs each day – there aren't a lot of people who do that just generally.
"Thretton obviously has put on a little more weight to be bigger and stronger for football, so that's one of the things we'll have to manage with his to get him back to where he needs to be."
Hear Hawkins discuss what the new additions will bring to the team:
Madison Hughes will remain in training with the team through Tokyo Sevens and Hong Kong Sevens, but will then return to Dartmouth to continue his studies. Isles will still be considered for selection for the remaining legs of the 2013-14 IRB HSBC Sevens World Series while he is with Glasgow Warriors.
Hawkins will also welcome four new coaches to his coaching staff: Skills/Assistant Coach Richie Walker; Defense Coach Andre Snyman; and Waisale Serevi and Ben Gollings as kicking coaches.
The Women's Eagles Sevens will welcome crossover athletes Leyla Kelter and Elana Meyers to the fold Saturday, March 1.
Kelter, a member of the University of Wisconsin Badgers' ice hockey and soccer teams, has already had a lengthy international career representing her country. In 2008, she was named to the United States Women's Ice Hockey Under-18 national team for the 2008 world championships, where the U.S. won gold. Kelter has also toured the world with the U.S. Women's Soccer Under-17 national team and was a standout at the 2009 Under-18 and Under-20 Women's national team camp.
"I found out about her from Lorrie Clifford, who knew her from high school," Women's Eagles Sevens Head Coach Ric Suggitt said. "She said she might be interested but she had a bit of school work to finish off this year. So we got in contact and invited her out to camp. She did quite well."
Kelter, who goes by Alev, was at the OTC in January when Rugby Canada's women's sevens team was in town. She made her first appearance for the Eagles during one of the scrimmages.
"When Canada came in and scrimmaged with us we threw Alev in right away," Suggitt said. "I think the second time she touched the ball she cut through the Canadian back line and scored a try. She's not shy about her tackling, she has good athletic ability, she's got a great attitude."
Meyers returns to the OTC after spending most of February in Sochi, Russia, for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. She earned a silver medal in the Women's Bobsleigh event with partner Lauryn Williams.
Suggitt saw Meyers at the OTC prior to her departure to Russia and gauged her interest in trying rugby sevens for the next edition of the Olympics.
"With Elana we see the same thing; we've seen her train and she's got a good attitude," Suggitt said. "She's demonstrated that around the Olympic Training Center every time I saw her. Obviously we know she's determined and a good athlete. Whatever she puts her mind to she can do, so I think if everything goes the way it's gone for her in the past we'll see her around for a long time."
Meyers is on a one-month contract in Chula Vista, while Kelter will be with the team long-term. Hear Suggitt talk about how he brought Meyers into camp:
The Women's Eagles Sevens won the Bowl at Sao Paulo Sevens last weekend after having won the Plate at Atlanta 7s Valentine's Day weekend. Gangzhou Women's Sevens, the fourth leg of the 2013-14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series, will kick off April 5.
Men's Eagles Sevens | Residency Roster
Danny Barrett
Garrett Bender
Pat Blair
Eric Duechle
Andrew Durutalo
Nick Edwards
Pono Haitsuka
Will Holder
Madison Hughes
Ben Lietegaga
Andrew Locke
Nese Malifa
Ryan Matyas
Tim Maupin
Thretton Palamo
Nu'u Punimata
Marcus Satavu
Adam Siddall
Shalom Suniula
Michael Teo
Zack Test
Brett Thompson
Stephen Tomasin
Chris Turori
Michael Ziegler
Men's Eagles Sevens | 2013-14 IRB HSBC Sevens World Series
Tokyo Sevens - March 22-23
Hong Kong Sevens - March 28-30
Glasgow Sevens - May 3-4
London Sevens - May 10-11
Women's Eagles Sevens | Residency Roster
Megan Bonny
Emilie Bydwell
Lorrie Clifford
Lauren Doyle
Victoria Folayan
Kelly Griffin
Jessica Javelet
Kathryn Johnson
Leyla "Alev" Kelter
Hannah Lockwood
Elana Meyers
Dana Meschisi
Deven Owsiany
Jillion Potter
Rebekah Siebach
Elizabeth Sowers
Shaina Turley
Amelia Villines
Women's Eagles Sevens | 2013-14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
Gangzhou Women's Sevens - April 5-6
Amsterdam Sevens - May 16-17


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Diana Rigg is one of our most distinguished actresses and has had an extensive, award-winning career in theatre, film and television.
Dame Diana trained at RADA, made her professional stage debut in 1957 in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company two years later. She made her Broadway debut in the 1971 in Abelard & Heloise, opposite the late Keith Michell and played the title role in Medea, in London and New York for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She has also appeared in the musicals Colette and as Phyllis in the London production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies with Julia McKenzie and Daniel Massey.
Her film roles include Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream; Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service; She starred with Vincent Price in the classic horror film Theatre of Blood and with George C Scott in Arthur Hiller's Oscar-winning The Hospital.
She is perhaps best known on TV for the role of Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers but has also starred in the chilling BBC miniseries Mother Love, for which she won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, as Mrs Danvers in Rebecca, for which she won an Emmy Award and since 2013, she has played Lady Olenna Tyrell in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones.
She was made a CBE in 1988 and a DBE in 1994.
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Sarah Killion is a Midwesterner who embodies the qualities which are representative of her home state: Indiana. She's industrious, humble and friendly, and won't be outworked.
Fort Wayne, Ind., is the headquarters for numerous major companies spanning the auto, insurance, communications, health care and manufacturing industries.
In short, the people of this Midwestern city of just over 250,000 know how to work. So it's no surprise that U.S. U-20 Women's National Team defensive midfielder Sarah Killion calls Fort Wayne home.
On the field, the wiry yet graceful Killion is not about flash or recognition, she just does her job. And that job, as a holding midfielder for the United States, is to do the "dirty" work for her team.
"When we first started watching Sarah, we saw this gangly player with more legs and arms than anything, floating around the field, but as you watch the game, you can quickly see how much she impacts the game," said U.S. head coach Steve Swanson. "She's a distributor, and we need her to distribute the ball, find the space, solve pressure and she does a great job of that."
You could watch an entire match and perhaps you wouldn't notice Killion that much, but all game long she has that engine going, doing the things a team needs to win: directing the spacing of the midfield, winning balls and keeping possession while moving the ball in a productive way around the field.
It's a role she's happy to play, even though like all players on the U.S. Women's National Team, she was used to playing a different sort of game during her club career.
"Back in Fort Wayne I had bigger roles," said Killion. "I was more looked up to and more of a leader, but when I moved to California (to attend UCLA), it was more about doing my job for my team. I'm surrounded by so many good players (in college and for the USA) that it makes me better and it made me see that playing a one-or-two touch ball is better than trying to make something happen on my own."
That philosophy basically defines Killion on the U.S. team as she's always making the simplest yet most productive decisions with the ball. She tries to be a role model of consistency to her teammates and consistency at the highest levels of soccer is an extremely valuable trait.
"I just want to be a good example by being a positive person," she said. "I want to always be on time, follow rules and do the right thing. There's never a reason to be out of line."
"She's our anchor in the middle," said Swanson, who says Killion has grown quite a bit in her defensive abilities during her time in the national team program, becoming a better ball-winner and more of a presence in the center of the field. "I call it the pivot player, the player that really keeps the ball moving from one side to the other while looking for penetrating balls when it's on. With our style and the way we play and how we want to possess the ball, she's an integral part of the team."
Killion generally plays deeper than the USA's pair of attacking midfielders – Morgan Brian and Vanessa DiBernardo – both of whom are among the most skilled young players in the country. She's willing to let those two maestros weave their magic while she just gets them the ball in the best positions possible. Still, like any defensive-oriented player, she has a hankering to get forward more, and may have the leash taken off a bit when she gets back to college soccer with the Bruins.
"I feel like I have a very stable role on the U.S. team," said Killion. "I need to try to control the tempo of the game, be a strong defensive player in the midfield and move the ball around. It's a bit easier for me in that position and the job responsibilities are a little simpler. Going forward takes more creativity and I'm the kind of person who takes a while to get comfortable enough in an environment to let that creativity come out of me. With a year of college behind me, I'm hoping to have more of an attacking player and I'm looking forward to that."
For now, her talents will be utilized in front of the back line on the U.S. team, a role she honed while one of the youngest players on the Fort Wayne Fever in the USL W-League. It's a long way from the fields of Fort Wayne to the U-20 Women's World Cup, but Killion has relished the journey. So far she's played all but 18 minutes of the tournament.
"It's definitely been a learning experience as far as playing a lot and dealing with the crowds, and the nerves and speed," said Killion. "But the way I see it, it's still the same game I was playing in Fort Wayne growing up playing two-on-two and that's what I keep reminding myself. Still, it's been amazing and the best soccer experience I've had."
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Diarrhea can be an especially complicated issue with neuroendocrine tumors. It is important to evaluate the reason for the diarrhea. IF you are having diarrhea due to surgical bowel resections, or infections, these would be addressed differently from diarrhea due to lactose intolerance or pancreatic enzyme deficiency. Once the reason for the diarrhea has been determined, then some foods can be recommended. If the diarrhea is due to a lactase deficiency, then foods containing lactose, such as regular milk, ice cream and soft cheeses should be eliminated and this should help improve the diarrhea. If lactose is not a problem, sometimes foods containing soluble fiber can help to alleviate diarrhea. These would be foods, such as oatmeal, banana, applesauce, the inside of potatoes or sweet potatoes, white rice or white breads. Sometimes foods with probiotics, such as yogurts, honey, or kefir may help prevent or alleviate diarrhea. The amount or the way that people eat can sometimes contribute to diarrhea, large meals, or meals heavy in fat can sometimes contribute to diarrhea. Pancreatic enzymes can also help with diarrhea, and may be especially helpful for patients with long tern sandostatin use.
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Sarah & Max's Coffee Cup Rule
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- Sara and Max
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- Champaign, IL
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- Division:
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- What I Love About My Small Home:
- This is actually the biggest place we've lived! It's intimate, but still roomy enough for us to have separate work spaces, which was a must when we were apartment hunting. We've got incredible light in the mornings and a side sun room/office that really helps bring the outside in. Also, the living/dining area makes a pretty mean dance floor when you clear the furniture away.
- Biggest Challenge of Living in a Small Space:
- It all started with coffee cups -- we had a lot of them. We downsized two years ago. We downsized again this summer. When we moved into our current place, we made a rule: buy a coffee cup, give away a coffee cup. The rule has spread. We've tried to apply it to everything in the house -- it's a great way to keep the level of "stuff" in check.


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Well, here I am, sitting in my sun-splashed living room while my husband watches football, wondering what my baby girls are doing on a Saturday in Arkansas. My feet hurt. The last time I remember my feet hurting like this was when I was nine months pregnant with my firstborn more than twenty-one years ago, and this is by no small coincidence. Since both Lily and Clara are now away at college, I am watching a baby in my home. This week was my first week with Baby.
Baby is a nine month old baby girl who has a little fluff of blond hair on her head that glints red in the sunlight. She has very serious blue eyes and a perfect pout that, when she nods off to sleep, easily melts my heart. She is, however, used to being held and never put down. To be fair, I was warned by her parents. I was also warned that she did not nap. Ever. All of these things were good and well, though, because Baby had a secret.
Baby was tired.
She was so tired, in fact, that she took two naps her first day here and three naps every day thereafter. It's true she likes to be held, and that is why my feet are suffering so, but we are learning that there are more interesting things to do than being held all of the time. I think we are going to get along just fine, if her smile when she sees me first thing in the morning is any indicator.
There are, however, a few lessons Baby taught me this week. She taught me how to gather and refold a damp cloud of baby wipes. She taught me that I should never, ever walk the "wrong" way around the block as there is a rather steep hill going in that direction. Funny how I never noticed it in all the time I trained for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. How much do you weigh, Baby? I learned that wearing my good running shoes instead of going barefoot on my hardwood floors is a good idea while Baby is adjusting to not being carried all of the time. And, most of all, I learned that forty-seven doesn't feel a bit like twenty-seven.


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Afifi has now sued the government over the tracking action, claiming that it was a violation of his civil rights. There are some differences of opinion in the courts over whether or not the government needs a warrant to place GPS devices on cars, which provides some background for this case. There's a bit of a circuit split on that right now, with the government (obviously) insisting that no warrant is needed. Part of the goal of this lawsuit appears to be to get another ruling on this issue to push it forward. Given the history on this subject, I would guess that Afifi will likely lose the lawsuit, but the possibility that it actually does go in his favor makes the case worth paying attention to.


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Power and Innocence
Hector Contreras 3/17/2008 9:24:00 PMA winner in my book, Stunning
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 3/17/2008 9:30:32 PMPriceless, great timing and beautiful capture Jim! #5655656
Denny E. Barnes 3/17/2008 9:47:29 PMExcellent, Jim!! Very beautiful capture!!!
Laura L. Gonzales 3/17/2008 9:54:15 PMWhat a sweet and loving photo!! What a tender moment!! Great capture Jim!! I agree, a winner!! Laura #5655697
Dr. Harmeet Singh 3/17/2008 10:19:17 PMThis is awesome.One of its kind....Great image and winner. #5655745
Evy Johansen 3/18/2008 12:05:45 AMWow.... What a fantastic image, Jim! Winner in my book!! #5655906
Tiia Vissak 3/18/2008 2:04:48 AMa great capture! #5656208
Raymond Pauly 3/18/2008 2:08:15 AMAmazing shot! #5656223
Lynn M. Whitt 3/18/2008 2:38:41 AMThis is so precious, great shot... #5656332
Michelle Alton 3/18/2008 2:41:23 AMNo other word for this but "WINNER!"
Steven W. Lepak 3/18/2008 4:20:21 AMBravo Jim! Outstanding timing and capture. This one has legs. Keep up the great work. Best Regards, Steven #5656661
Jim Stringer 3/18/2008 5:05:39 AMThank you all very much for your wonderful comments! #5656922
Colette M. Metcalf 3/18/2008 5:41:17 AMWONDERFUL capture!!! #5657102
Anne M. Young 3/18/2008 5:55:28 AMAbsolutely stunning - a new favourite! #5657171
Robert Baer 3/18/2008 6:35:39 AMjim
Lisa R. Buffington 3/18/2008 8:00:38 AMGreat capture of this special moment! There is nothing like the love of a parent be it animal or person. Great work and great title. #5657804
Cheryl E. Molennor 3/18/2008 9:34:56 PMOMG!!! Just beautiful! #5661061
Lisa J. Boulden 3/25/2008 7:00:53 PMSuch a spectacular image!!! #5698312
Emilie Meudic-Parent 3/31/2008 3:36:35 AMGreat work #5722511
Susie Peek-Swint 4/2/2008 12:21:20 AMWonderful moment ~ excellent timing and capture Jim ~ many congrats on POTD #5731464
Susie Peek-Swint 4/2/2008 12:23:31 AMWowzers! This is adorable and that's a HUGE tongue! #5731470
Kristy A. Keene 4/2/2008 12:30:12 AMGreat Capture! Congrats on your POTD! #5731492
Faisal Almalki 4/2/2008 12:30:21 AMWow! Beautiful moment, beautifully captured. Congrats on your POTD #5731495
Kurt Hawkins 4/2/2008 12:43:22 AMvery beautiful jim .. congrats on the potd .. B) #5731537
Les Rhoades 4/2/2008 12:45:27 AMCongrats on your POTD selection #5731545
Denise Denomy 4/2/2008 1:00:25 AMWHAT A POSITIVELY OUTSTANDING CAPTURE, Jim! Congratulations on your POTD!!! :0) #5731589
Jennifer L. Alder 4/2/2008 1:00:38 AMWhat a wonderful capture! Big congrats on this terrific POTD, Jim! :) #5731591
Melinda F. Schneider 4/2/2008 1:24:09 AMA fabulous POTD!!! I love it!!!!! #5731684
Bill Houghton 4/2/2008 1:51:38 AMGreat shot Jim. Congratulations. Bill
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Michelle Alton 4/2/2008 1:59:17 AMBoy, am I GLAD to see this as POTD! Hearty congratulations, and now onward to the stars!
Alison Greenwood 4/2/2008 2:09:38 AMWOW! AWESOME shot! Congratulations on your POTD! #5731877
Evy Johansen 4/2/2008 2:28:14 AMBIG congratulations on this fantastic and well deserved POTD, Jim!! #5731953
Chua Wee Boo 4/2/2008 2:54:45 AMWow! What a fantastic shot!Congrats on your POTD,Jim! #5732025
Dominick M. Dimacale 4/2/2008 3:22:34 AMCongratulations Jim on your POTD Win!
Dominick #5732175
Deborah C. Lewinson 4/2/2008 3:24:06 AMWow, outstanding capture, Jim, hearty congrats on your POTD! #5732186
Rick Clark 4/2/2008 3:48:52 AMCongrats on an awesome POTD. #5732304
Vickie Burt 4/2/2008 4:09:37 AMCongrats on your MAGNIFICENT POTD Jim. Would love to see this one on the winners podium! #5732402
Beatrix Neuhaus 4/2/2008 4:34:02 AMthis is adorable!!! Thank you so much for sharing. Congratulations ***** #5732509
Lori Carlson 4/2/2008 4:41:04 AMBig cat congrats to you Jim! This is so wonderful!! :0) Adore your title and your timing! Great job! :0) #5732552
Pradeep K. Kaushik 4/2/2008 4:46:06 AMCongrats on an awesome POTD Jim!! #5732566
Linda D. Lester 4/2/2008 4:51:24 AMAwesome capture...Congratulations!!! #5732592
Kathy L. Clark 4/2/2008 5:02:23 AMWhat a great shot Jim. Congratulations on your fabulous POTD. #5732654
Josselyne Klecanda 4/2/2008 5:27:13 AMWOW!!! What a shot. congrats. #5732841
randy dannheim 4/2/2008 6:41:47 AMGreat shot!!!!!!!!! Jim #5733165
Samantha L. Dean 4/2/2008 6:48:58 AMBeautiful photo and great title!!! This is awesome!! Congrats on your POTD. :-) #5733191
Stefan Nielsen 4/2/2008 6:52:51 AMCongratulations on a well deserved POTD.
Lisa J. Boulden 4/2/2008 6:54:57 AMWOWers!!!
Cheryl E. Molennor 4/2/2008 7:01:54 AMI'd give it the first place GOLD! Congratulations #5733227
Susan Weisensel 4/2/2008 7:20:16 AMWOW, this is so stunning. It just has to win. Big congrats on your POTD. #5733294
Jean E. Hildebrant 4/2/2008 7:22:00 AMWhat a beautiful contrast! Such tenderness. Seems so unusual for a male lion to be with the baby. Fabulous shot, I hope you come up with a win. Congrat's on POTD!!! #5733302
Erica Murphy 4/2/2008 7:41:30 AMCongrats on your POTD Jim!! What a wonderful photo. #5733403
Songbird Cline 4/2/2008 7:41:47 AMCongrats!!! this is charming and adorable!! #5733405
Joy Rector 4/2/2008 7:54:32 AMcongrats on the POTD #5733471
Colleen Farrell 4/2/2008 7:55:21 AMThat's a big tongue! Great capture, congrats on your POTD! #5733477
Margaret Anna Durkin 4/2/2008 7:57:39 AMWonderful moment, Congratulations! so precious, Beautiful photo. #5733490
Holly Hitchcock 4/2/2008 8:10:12 AMAwesome and so tender, Jim!!! Congratulations. #5733541
Cheryl Meisel 4/2/2008 8:42:26 AMWonderful shot! I just love the muted bg too. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Kathleen R. Struckle 4/2/2008 9:39:47 AMPrecious and awesome image. Congrats on you POTD!! #5733951
Milan Banik 4/2/2008 10:10:27 AMsuperb mother and child #5734068
Karen Engelbreth 4/2/2008 10:13:45 AMWonderful photo - big congrats on your POTD, Jim! #5734085
Nancy Donnell 4/2/2008 11:23:03 AMBeautiful shot! #5734259
Jeff Robinson 4/2/2008 2:27:10 PMOutstanding capture of their interaction Jim! Congrats on your very well deserved POTD!! Jeff #5734981
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 4/2/2008 3:25:52 PMIt's wonderful to see this image again Jim!!! A huge congratulations on your POTD!!! #5735193
Robin R. 4/2/2008 9:05:13 PMWonderful image. #5736315
Cindy Bendush 4/3/2008 1:51:26 AMA beautiful moment ... Great timing and congratulations on this awesome POTD Jim! #5736837
Jim Stringer 4/3/2008 6:21:17 AMWow! What an unexpected surprise... Thank you all very much for your kind and wonderful comments!!! Jim #5737993
Susan M. Smith 4/3/2008 10:30:03 AMSUPERB! Congratulations Jim! #5738953
Suzanne Hull 4/14/2008 7:58:15 PMJim, I agree with everyone...I was just down there and saw Izu with all SEVEN cubs, but I didn't get anything this beautiful...it's a lovely moment. This is my previous portrait of his highness. #5788742
Toni Riggs 4/15/2008 11:27:22 AMWonderful composition and timeing. A well deserved POTD! #5792041
Jim Stringer 4/15/2008 8:50:40 PMThank you very much Susan, Suzanne, and Toni! #5794101
Erin Tyler 4/21/2008 3:27:25 PMCongratulations on your finalist! #5817990
Renee Doyle 4/21/2008 5:54:43 PMIncredible capture Jim!!! Congratulations on this superb finalist!! #5820207
Karen K. Givens 4/21/2008 6:50:00 PMGreat finalist congratulations on your win. :) #5820809
Evy Johansen 4/21/2008 7:55:11 PMBig congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Jim!! #5821436
Anne M. Young 4/21/2008 8:24:04 PMGreat to see one of my favourites a winner! Congratulations #5821642
Lisa J. Boulden 4/21/2008 9:12:14 PMSweet and so dang wonderful!
Jim Stringer 4/22/2008 5:48:20 AMThank you Erin, Renee, Karen, Evy, Abbe, and Lisa. #5823620
Shawn Jennings 4/22/2008 8:02:30 AMFantastic image, Jim! Congratulations on your finalist! #5824352
Vickie Burt 4/22/2008 4:43:53 PMCongratulations Jim. So glad to see this one as a finalist. Best of luck for the next round. #5826615
Jim Stringer 4/22/2008 6:12:38 PMThank you very much Shawn and Vickie. #5826966
Tamera S. Phillips 4/22/2008 9:00:45 PMWhat an amazing Finalist - congratulations! #5827713
Evy Johansen 4/23/2008 9:23:51 PMBig congratulations on your 2nd place win, Jim!! #5832608
Kurt Hawkins 4/23/2008 10:13:27 PMvery big congrats on a well deserved win jim .. B) #5832919
Mary K. Robison 4/23/2008 10:16:14 PMOutstanding capture, Jim!
Colette M. Metcalf 4/24/2008 2:44:10 AMCongratulations!!! #5833538
Linda D. Lester 4/24/2008 3:22:31 AMThis was the grand prize to me....You have capture the most precious moment ever! Congratulations on your win. #5833702
Vicki L. Filippin 4/24/2008 4:04:06 AMI am SO glad this got a Gold medal, Jim. I loved it when I saw it as POTD and still love it. CONGRATS!!!! #5833871
Renee Doyle 4/24/2008 6:04:05 AMA big congratulations to you Jim!! #5834467
Elida Gutierrez 4/24/2008 6:21:34 AMCONGRATULATIONS!!!!
A P 4/24/2008 8:03:22 AMCONGRATULATIONS on this well deserved win, Jim #5835190
Nadine A. Lewis 4/24/2008 10:13:23 AMOh my goodness, Jim...what an AWESOME image and FANTASTIC timing!!!! CONGRATULATONS!!! <>< #5835767
Sabah Enam 4/24/2008 11:58:33 AMoh my! wht a mighty picture!
Shawn Jennings 4/24/2008 12:29:44 PMCongratulations on your win, Jim! #5836483
JO ANN CLEVELAND 4/24/2008 1:13:15 PMCONGRATULATIONS on this fabulous win Jim!
jo ann c. #5836731
Vickie Burt 4/24/2008 6:24:40 PMCongratulations Jim. A beautiful photo, capturing a very tender moment, rarely seen. #5837966
Sharon Sawyer 4/24/2008 7:18:34 PMCongrats on your win, Jim. Amazing capture of a precious moment. #5838203
Michael G. Marshall 4/25/2008 8:47:41 AMCongratulations on your winner Jim! Michael #5840267
Daniel RE Adams 4/27/2008 1:28:33 AMCongratulations!
"emmanuel ""nolax""" N. Montemar 4/27/2008 7:52:51 PMBIG CONGRATULATIONS, Jim!! #5850323
Kenta Sudo 4/27/2008 9:57:53 PMCongratulaition Jim!
Megumi Jinushi 4/27/2008 10:04:05 PMCongratulations Jim :D
Hitomi Akiba 4/27/2008 10:08:45 PMCongratuations Jim!!
Jim Stringer 4/28/2008 4:48:00 AMThank you all for your wonderful comments!
Jim #5851738
Cheryl E. Molennor 5/4/2008 7:32:57 AMPlease accept my late congratulations. Mycomputer has been down. #5881681
Mitzie Loland 5/7/2008 12:01:54 AMCongratulations on this fantastic photo - great work Jim!! #5893521
Amanda Chapman 5/7/2008 1:38:15 PMBravo for excellent timing and congrats for the recognition! #5896309
Kasumi Otani 5/11/2008 9:43:56 PMCongratulations! Jim!
Shelly A. Van Camp 5/13/2008 6:17:25 AMAwwwww, very sweet!! Great capture, Jim! #5916725
Renata Gusciora 5/16/2008 2:09:21 PMFantastic capture,Jim!Congratulations! #5932005
Fanie Heymans 5/21/2008 12:01:54 PMWOW This should have been a FIRST Place. Great images. Thank you for your kind comments on my winner Runners I do appreciate it. #5957973
Clay M. McPherson 5/27/2008 6:35:03 PMwow....amzing...stunning..well done!!!! #5985863
Daniella Puente 6/27/2008 10:53:28 AMAMAZING and wonderful photo +++++ #6113974
Bee Thalin 7/12/2008 8:30:28 AMAbsolutely wonderful!! I agree, a WINNER!! //Bee #6171083
Darlene Kiener 10/12/2008 2:14:43 AMCongratulations, Jim! A capture of a lifetime. Such a tender moment.... a real treasure. Darlene #6586485
Marilyn Flanagan 12/9/2008 5:05:57 AMWhat a wonderful photo. Congratulations on a well-deserved win. I have heard it said somewhere that a good photographer tells a story with his photos. Your gallery proves this to be correct. Thanks for sharing your many talents with us. #6870670
Bunny Snow 12/9/2008 7:50:06 AMOooooh!!! Awwwww!!! This is an awesome capture. It put a smile on my face (which has been difficult to do lately) and warmed my heart.
You've captured a tender moment, with a long lens, thrown out the background, composed the image nicely and patiently. It is absolutely awesome and a deserved winner and story teller. #6871117
Amy JACKSON 12/9/2008 8:06:34 AMBeautiful image, Jim!! Congratulations! #6871204
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 12/9/2008 9:52:04 AMAn OUTSTANDING SnapShot feature Jim. I love this.
I'm so glad to see this baby cub again!!! I have been visiting the cubs a lot this past month. They sure have grown up. They recently had their first birthday.
Donna #6871619
Jessica A. Eik 12/10/2008 10:45:23 AMCongrats on your POTD for this gorgeous shot - one of my favorites ever!!! #6875597
Jim Stringer 12/10/2008 3:49:41 PMThank you all so much for all of your kind words, they are very encourging!!! #6876681
Darlene Kiener 12/11/2008 3:04:55 PMHUGE congratulations, Jim! So happy for you. #6880869
PAOLA MARINANGELI 3/6/2009 8:35:38 AMWonderful photo. I have recently joined BETTERPHOTO community and I am discovering fantastic photos here, and this is absolutely SUPER!
Jim Stringer 3/6/2009 2:52:09 PMThank you Paola, and you are right there are many fantastic photos on this site and many fantastic photographers. Look forward to seeing your work!! #7252341
Kim Andelkovic 9/20/2009 10:40:20 PMCongrats on your POTD and win on such a beautiful and touching image......fantastic job. #7964608
Liz blahh 3/7/2012 1:38:20 PMIt amazes me to see such an impressive male lion be so gentle to a cub. Congratulations on this magnificent capture! #10027441
Christopher B. 4/26/2012 11:25:10 AMA truly beautiful shot. Once in a lifetime , awesome work. #10110252
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FREETOWN — Town residents will soon be able to view school-related programming from the comfort of their living rooms.
Selectmen have approved an agreement with Lakeville Community Access Media Inc. to broadcast school-related programming on its cable access channel. Freetown will pay $5,000 per year for the right to air this footage.
Selectmen Chairman Paul Sadeck and fellow board members Lee Baumgartner and Lisa Pacheco met with representatives of the Lakeville group earlier this month in an effort to reach an agreement to broadcast events such as high school graduation, regional school committee meetings and athletic competitions. Those events are filmed by Lakeville's community access station LakeCam and up to this point the programming was only available to residents of that community.
Freetown, which does not have its own cable access station, reached an agreement with Middleboro earlier this year to broadcast 26 selectmen's meetings and eight additional town meetings annually. As part of a franchising agreement, ComCast previously agreed to broadcast the Freetown meetings out of Middleboro's cable access facility. The deal concluded last September when Lakeville took over operations.
From September 2012 until January 2013, Freetown meetings were not broadcast on Freetown Cable Access.
Numerous attempts by Robert Marshall, president of the Board of Directors of Lakeville Community Access Media Inc., to set up a meeting with Freetown officials were unsuccessful. Marshall said he reached out to various town representatives dating back to April 2012 but a face-to-face meeting never took place.
"We've always been ready, willing and able to sit down and talk about reaching an agreement," said Marshall. "I invited them a half dozen times but they never agreed to meet with us."
Freetown Town Administrator Richard Brown instead approached Middleboro and a 5-year, $5,000 annual deal was struck.
The only drawback to the Middleboro pact was the lack of school-related programming. Not wanting town residents to miss out on these broadcasts, Freetown officials reached out to Lakeville last month to gage their interest in sharing this programming with them. The April meeting between selectmen and LakeCam representatives was the first face-to-face session designed to discuss a cable agreement between the two communities.
Sadeck said a great deal of progress was made at the meeting allowing the board to approve the pact earlier this week.
"This will allow Freetown residents to be able to watch footage related to the regional school system," said Sadeck.
The deal with Lakeville will not affect Freetown's contract with Middleboro. The latter will continue to broadcast Freetown-specific meetings on the local cable access channel.
Freetown residents can soon see school events on cable
FREETOWN — Town residents will soon be able to view school-related programming from the comfort of their living rooms.


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Established in 1975, the MAEP is a unique organization that is run by and for Minnesota artists. The MAEP's continued success is the result of a productive collaboration between the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the statewide artist community. As an artist-run program, the MAEPedia needs your voice. Your comments, memories and anecdotes will help form the basis for a historical record of contemporary visual arts in Minnesota.
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- New guidelines to run to MAEP Artist Panel at the next Annual Meeting.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 13, 2006) - ETSU senior women's soccer standout Erin Ashton (New Bern, N.C.) has been awarded a $7,500 postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA. The NCAA has awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 each to 29 male student-athletes and 29 female student-athletes who participated in fall sports, which included women's badminton (emerging sport), men's and women's cross country, women's equestrian (emerging sport), women's field hockey, football, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball and men's water polo.
"This award means more than words can describe," said Ashton, who will be attending the James H. Quillen College of Medicine starting this autumn. "I am grateful that my coach and the athletic department at ETSU appreciate me as not only a soccer player, but as a student, and that they have helped me in achieving my vocational dream. Also, I am grateful that the NCAA takes a part in recognizing students for their hard work and accomplishments and is willing to help students financially attend the graduate school of their choice.
"It means a lot to me that my successes and hard work are being rewarded for playing the sport that I love to play while pursuing my academic goals. It is a nice feeling to know that not only was I supported while I was playing soccer, but that I am supported with the same enthusiasm as I enter the next stage of my life."
Ashton has rewritten the ETSU record books during her four years at ETSU by becoming the Bucs career leader in goals (35), assists (24) and shots (159). She has played in 68 games and started in 67 during her career.
She was named the A-Sun Player of the Week twice during her senior season and was named to the A-Sun All-Conference second team. She was named to the second team all Southern Conference two years in a row her sophomore and junior years.
"I would not be where I am today had I not been a student-athlete at ETSU," Ashton said. "The support that I have received from the athletic department, coaches, and faculty at ETSU has allowed me to excel not only as an athlete, but as a student. Their firm belief in setting high academic standards has been a factor that has afforded me a number of opportunities.
"Being a student-athlete at ETSU has given me opportunities on and off of the field to develop and mature as a person which has enabled me to pursue my dreams and be awarded wonderful opportunities such as attending medical school and prestigious awards which will further assist my goals. Being at ETSU has allowed me to meet so many people that have influenced my decisions and impacted my life in a way that I will be able to give back to the world the gifts that I have been given."
Ashton has a team high 3.897 GPA and is enrolled in the honors biology and pre-med program with a minor in philosophy. She has been on the dean's list at ETSU all four years and was named to the National Dean's List for 2005. She is also a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (2005), the Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society (2005), and the Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society (2002-04).
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To qualify for a NCAA postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must have an overall grade-point average of 3.200 (on a 4.000 scale) or its equivalent, and must have performed with distinction as a member of the varsity team in the sport in which the student-athlete was nominated. The student-athlete must have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics. The student-athlete also must intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.


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"Speaking Up" helps patients receive safest care
The center of the health-care team is not the primary care physician, a primary nurse or a renowned medical specialist – it is the patient.
So says the "Speak Up" campaign at UC Davis Medical Center, part of a national initiative to maintain and increase the safety of patients by encouraging them to become actively engaged in their care.
Providing the highest level of safe, quality patient care is a fundamental commitment at UC Davis Medical Center. The hospital voluntarily participates in a number of public reporting initiatives, convenes quality and safety committees, fosters a culture of safety, conducts annual trainings and vaccinates staff against infectious diseases such as influenza, among other actions.
Encouraging patients to voice their questions may be a simple concept, but is powerful enough a safety measure to rank among national safety initiatives established by The Joint Commission, the nation's predominant health standards-setting body. The independent nonprofit organization accredits hospitals for safety and quality through a process that includes detailed reports and on-site reviews. UC Davis Medical Center received Accreditation following the last full survey.
The Joint Commission launched the Speak Up campaign in 2002 in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and introduced its formal National Patient Safety Goals in 2004 to promote specific improvement in patient safety planning among American hospitals. The goals are a collection of best practices for improving safety, ranging from protocols for labeling medications to specific methods for reporting concerns.
UC Davis is an active participant and encourages patients to speak up from the beginning of their treatment. The first page of the medical center's welcome brochure for new inpatients contains a colorful notice urging them to ask questions, educate themselves about their conditions, and enlist family members or friends to help.
The hospital posts similar Speak Up materials and encourages nurses and other patient care staff to remind patients to ask questions.
The Speak Up campaign encourages patients to:
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- Use a hospital, clinic, surgery center or other type of health-care organization that has been carefully checked out. For example, The Joint Commission visits hospitals to see if they are meeting the commission's quality standards.
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Students who will attend the new middle school in Statham when it opens in August are going to help name it. A survey of adults last year produced three top picks, but students will be able to suggest other contenders as well. The top three names from the 2012 survey were LaFar D. Sims Middle School, Statham Middle School and Bear Creek Middle School. The No. 1 pick last year was to name the school in honor of the late Rev. Sims, who in 1948 became the principal of Glenwood Elementary and High School.
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We are a very small community bank based in the influential suburbs of Portland, Oregon. We hosted a "Wine & Women" event in 2008 and this is the second version of that event. Prominant and influential women will be invited to this bank sponsored event at a local vineyard and winery. It is NOT a high-brow event, but more of a fun and entertaining event that is made a bit more special due to the "women-only" stature of th evening.
The ladies at Pacific West Bank – staff, board of directors, and spouses – are inviting special guests – women-only – to Oswego Hills Vineyard & Winery for a special evening of fine wines, gourmet appetizers, and interesting conversation. Guests will receive a special commemorative gift and a bottle of Oswego Hills wine. Target age group is 40-60 year old women so any images should be age appropriate.
Event: Wine & Women
Host: Pacific West Bank
Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Time: 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Where: Oswego Hills Vineyard and Winery, 450 S. Rosemont Road, West Linn, Oregon 97068
Size: 5.75" X 4.25" Card to insert into existing PWB cards
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For use on the invitation and email reminders and follow up
Will need a low res version for web and a hi-res for possible imprint use (gifts, etc.)
Must have the following text elements in a make-sense order/incorprated into the design:
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B. Wine & Women (I like some of the designs adding "a Pacific West Bank event)
B.1 - Some text based on this sample: "The evening includes tasting Oswego Hills wines, gourmet apetizers, door prizes and a complimentary bottle of Owsego Hills wine
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Faults seen in cancer study funding
It's well-known that clinical trials of cancer treatments often can't cover their costs. But a new study suggests that government-funded trials could take at least one cue from those backed by drug companies.
In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report saying that the U.S. system for conducting cancer clinical trials was approaching a "state of crisis."
The IOM -- an expert panel with federal support -- said the National Cancer Institute's Clinical Trials Cooperative Group program was inefficient, bogged down by red tape and underfunded.
The NCI program includes a number of collaborative groups -- academic cancer centers, researchers and community doctors that work together to conduct trials on cancer treatment. Altogether, the program involves more than 3,100 institutions in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
In the new study, researchers at one Canadian cancer center focused specifically on the timing of cancer clinical trial funding.
With cooperative group trials, funding typically comes as a "modest payment up front" for each patient enrolled, explained lead researcher Dr. Hsien-Yeang Seow of McMaster University and the Juravinski Cancer Center in Hamilton, Ontario.
Trials done by the drug industry, on the other hand, dole out money over time, as patients hit certain "milestones" -- like during treatment, and as they come back for follow-up visits after treatment ends.
Seow's team looked at 97 clinical trials done at its center in recent years. Two-thirds of those studies were cooperative group trials, including some with NCI funding, while the rest were industry-sponsored.
Those included early- and late-stage trials of treatments for cancers including breast, lung and stomach cancer.
The researchers found that the cooperative group trials quickly began to lose money after the initial stages because the funds were all spent early on. That leaves nothing for study patients' follow-up, which can last for years.
The industry trials, in contrast, had more money going in than out at multiple time points -- though any net income typically disappeared during longer term follow-up.
What's more, Seow's team found, its center had fallen into a pattern of starting new clinical trials in order to pay for patients' follow-up in the older, ongoing trials.
Seow likened it to a "Ponzi scheme" -- albeit an unintentional and legal variant.
"In order to stay afloat," Seow explained in an interview, "we have to start new trials and recruit new patients."
The money from that new-patient accrual then goes to "pay down the deficit" of earlier trials. "Obviously, that's not sustainable," Seow said.
One way to help with the larger issue of sustaining cooperative group trials could be to switch from "up front" payment, according to Seow.
The author of an editorial published with the study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology agrees. "Perhaps it is time to consider more closely following the pharmaceutical industry model of progress payments," writes Dr. David M. Dilts, of the Knight Cancer Institute in Portland, Oregon.
That, he adds, could help stop the "robbing Peter to pay Paul" habit of using new trials to fund old ones.
Funding gap
An alternative for individual cancer centers would be to take part in fewer and fewer cooperative group trials, and more industry-funded ones.
A recent survey of centers in the NCI cooperative program suggested that is happening: one-third said they were going to limit their participation in NCI-funded trials in the future.
But non-industry trials are vital, Seow pointed out. Drug company studies may bring us the "next blockbuster drug," he noted, but the cooperative group trials help answer the bigger questions of how to improve cancer patients' overall care.
This new analysis, Seow said, looks at just one aspect of the larger, complicated issue.
The 2010 report from the IOM recommended an overhaul of the NCI cooperative group program. Many of its suggestions focused on efficiency: the process of simply designing a trial, for example, is lengthy and cumbersome -- taking an average of two years to complete.
It also called for more funding. The NCI's payment-per-patient has not changed in a decade, standing at about $2,000. But the actual cost is thought to be closer to $6,000, Dilts points out in his editorial.
The NCI has said it plans to boost that reimbursement to $4,000, at least to "high performance" centers that enroll a large number of patients in clinical trials.
In an email to Reuters Health, a spokesperson for the organization said it recognizes the need for more funding going to individual study sites.
But centers may still end up spending the money up front, Dilts notes -- especially with today's trend of doing expensive genetic testing of patients. That's done because researchers are increasingly trying to develop treatments that are "personalized" to patients' genetic makeup.
So there still may be no money left over for years of patient follow-up.
Another option, Seow said, is to finally close some of the long-running "mega-trials" that are no longer generating useful information.
But the wider problem will ultimately need multiple solutions, according to Seow.
"There have been remarkable breakthroughs in cancer therapies," he said. "But there's a state of crisis in clinical trials right now, and there are many reasons for it."