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I am very excited about today! Not only are we having a fabulous guest post but we are also doing another awesome GIVEAWAY! So, keep reading...
Around this time of year I start needing some extra inspiration to keep me motivated. The weather is blah and dreary, kids are sick, everyone is stuck indoors. Sometimes, we just need to hear or read ideas from other moms on how they bring the "special" back into these blah days.
Today's post is written by one of my oldest and dearest friends, so I just have to brag on her a bit. :-) Krystal is a stay-at-home mom to 4 little kiddos and wife to the Sunday school director at our church. She amazes me with all of her energy and passion for serving God! Some of her other ministries have included high-school basketball coach, women's retreat organizer, school and Sunday school teacher, home-school mom, and organizer of our local Veteran's Day parade. Growing up as the eldest of 6 siblings, Krystal has had LOTS of practice using her creativity and energy to help out in her family. I also know from first-hand experience that her mom is also an amazing wife and mom, so I know Krystal had a great example in these areas.
This is why I went to her for advice on special ways to connect with your children when you're just feeling like a tired, cranky mama (which is how I've been feeling lately!). And that's what today's post is all about! Simple, fun ways to make your children feel special and ways to connect with them on a daily basis. The following ideas are some of what Krystal does and she hopes they spark ideas for you and your family...
I think the biggest thing my husband and I do to make our kids feel special is that we alternate months taking one of our children on a date. We wanted to start doing that with our children at a young age so that they will always be deeply connected to us. When we do these special dates we try to pick things that the child is interested in, further affirming that their special time is all about them and that we know them and love them as they are. This month my husband took our 7-year old son to a new art gallery that opened up because he LOVES art, and then they went swimming at our fitness center. Our 4-year old son got to go with his dad to the gun range and shoot because he is all boy and then some. Our 3-year old daughter's turn is this Saturday and she and daddy are going to a "Beauty and the Beast" matinee.
Some months we do things that may cost something. Some months we are tighter and we need to do free things; but no matter what it is we have seen deeper relationships formed, and the older our children get the more important that connection becomes. Other ideas we have done on dates include hiking, swimming at a creek or lake, fishing, going to the library to read books and play on the computer, feeding the ducks, getting ice cream (you can sign your child up for the kids' clubs at fast food places and they will get free things on their birthday—Sonic/Andy's/Burger King/Toys 'R Us/Hu Hot), building time at Lowes, getting a manicure, making jewelry, eating at a new restaurant, and going to the pet store to look at the animals.
Also, since I am a stay-at-home mom, I get to plan little special times with all the kids together that my husband doesn't get in on, so every year on their birthday (starting when they are five) they get to go out of town one night with my husband and stay in a hotel and do something fun. The hotel isn't an expensive one, but our kids love swimming so we always make sure it has a pool. This special time of one-on-one attention for more than a few hours makes a huge difference in their relationship with their dad.
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Every Monday night a local pizza offers a $4 pizza deal, so that is our designated pizza and movie night. We eat pizza, salad, and popsicles in front of the tv while we watch a family movie. I also look online for a craft to go with the movie theme that the kids can do after nap time while we are waiting for dad to get home from work. For example, on the night we watched Dolphin Tale we made a jumping dolphin puppet and my 7-year old and I helped the younger two with letter recognition and writing of the letter D.
In the summer we pack up picnic lunches and go on outside adventures! We go to new parks and school playgrounds and take hikes and wade in creeks. In the winter we spend a lot of time around our fireplace playing games and working puzzles while listening to old records and tapes.
We try to have Jesus time every day where I read them Bible stories, and I like to either have a craft/coloring page or we act out the story afterwards to make the time more special. Every Sunday after lunch we play a game called "Funny Sunday" where we have one prop (like a blanket or a kitchen pot). We take turns using that prop to act something out or pretend we are something. The others have to guess what it is. (Like putting both feet in the pot and rowing to pretend it's a canoe or jumping onto the blanket to pretend it's a swimming pool.)
I also scour garage sales all summer for small gifts like new stuffed animals, puzzles, and books to go in a box that gets pulled out only when one of the kids is sick. It gives them something new to do besides watching tv and helps me keep my sanity on those sick days that are exhausting for us moms.
Many of my ideas I have gotten from years of looking at the Family Fun magazine. I also get great ideas from Focus on the Family's Thriving Family magazine. I love to have fun, so I try to make everyday special by having at least a little bit of fun in it. The fun thing doesn't have to take a lot of work on my part or even take money...it can be as simple as all of us piling in my bed and snuggling under the covers while watching a Netflix movie. No matter what it is, if I am taking time out to do something with my kids, that is what makes them feel special.
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The use of medical cannabis oil is not a new phenomenon; historians even suggest that the recipe for the anointing oil mentioned in the Bible included cannabis, or 'kaneh-bosm' in Hebrew. Read more
It is only recently that the cannabinoids found within medical cannabis oil have been discovered to have anti-cancer possibilities in laboratory testing.
Cannabis was first listed in the 1851 (3rd edition) of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia and until prohibition was introduced cannabis was the primary treatment for over 100 separate illnesses and diseases.
There is an argument that even recreational users are to a certain extent self medicating with cannabis, as a means of relieving stress, stimulating appetite, regulating sleep patterns and improving their general outlook on life.
A number of American states have now legalized medical marijuana use despite currently only 6% of studies carried out on medical cannabis oil being designed to evaluate and analyze its medicinal properties.
More resources are spent trying to discredit medical marijuana use, for example trying to find links between cannabis use and schizophrenia, already proven to be a false claim.
Rick Simpson and cannabis oil
Rick Simpson is a Canadian cancer survivor who is now universally referred to as the man who rediscovered the cure for cancer.
In 2003 Rick was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma skin cancer. He had discovered three cancerous sores on his body. Two on his face and one on his neck.
After conventional cancer treatments failed to improve his condition Rick decided to treat his diagnosis himself.
For almost a year Rick had been extracting the oil from the cannabis plant and ingesting it orally.
He had been taking the oil for other health reasons but the cancer diagnosis reminded him of something and gave him an idea.
He remembered a radio program he had listened to almost 30 years earlier and decided to ignore his oncologists objections and treat himself, as he reasoned that conventional treatment was simply not working.
The radio headline had stated that the University of Virginia had found that the cannabinoid in cannabis known as THC could kill cancer in mice.
Rick applied his cannabis oil to some bandages and put them on the skin cancer. After 4 days of waiting he decided it was time to see if anything had happened under the bandages. To Ricks surprise the cancerous area had drastically reduced.
His cannabis oil rapidly cured his cancer and he now travels the world speaking publically to promote the use of cannabinoids in treatments.
Listen to Rick Simpson discussing his work with Billy and Gary from People for People radio here.
What is medical cannabis oil?
Cannabis is often referred to by many different names including marijuana, ganja, weed or herb but regardless of how it is referred to cannabis is one of the safest medicines available today.
There has never been a single recorded fatality from cannabis use in thousands of years of human history.
The estimated LD-50 (lethal threshold) for marijuana,established in 1988 by the DEA's appropriate fact-finder, is 1:20,000 or 1:40,000.
At present it is estimated that marijuana's LD-50 is around 1:20,000 or 1:40,000. In layman terms this means that in order to induce death a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times as much marijuana as is contained in one marijuana cigarette. NIDA-supplied marijuana cigarettes weigh approximately .9 grams.
A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response.
Heroin has a therapeutic ratio of 6:1, alcohol and Valium 10:1. Cocaine 15:1. Aspirin has a therapeutic ratio of 20:1; twenty times the recommended dose (40 tablets) can cause death, and almost certainly induce extensive internal bleeding and serious injury.
Drugs used to treat patients with cancer, glaucoma and MS are all known to be highly toxic.
The ratio of some drugs used in antineoplastic treatments have therapeutic ratios below 1.5:1.
According to a study published in Journal of the American Medical Association in January 2012, cannabis does not impair lung function and can even increase lung capacity.
Researchers looking for risk factors of heart disease tested the lung function of 5,115 young adults over the course of 20 years Tobacco smokers lost lung function over time, but cannabis users actually showed an increase in lung capacity.
It's possible that the increased lung capacity maybe due to taking a deep breaths while inhaling the drug and not from a therapeutic chemical in the drug.
The principal cannabinoids in the cannabis plant include tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabinol (CBN).
THC is the primary psychoactive compound along with CBD, a non-psychoactive compound.THC Has been shown to kill cancer cells in laboratory trials.
CBD may ease THC-induced anxiety or psychosis and their combination results in a more satisfying effect.
CBD has also been shown to have anti-cancer properties in laboratory tests.
The cannabis plant and its products consist of an enormous variety of chemicals.
Some of the 483 compounds identified are unique to cannabis, for example, the more than 60 cannabinoids, whereas the terpenes, with about 140 members forming the most abundant class, are widespread in the plant kingdom
The cannabis plant is literally an organic chemical factory.
In some medical cannabis oil preparations THC levels have risen radically by using a concentrating process such as butane hash oil that yields levels in excess of 80% cannabinoid content.
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"If (Marijuana) were unknown, it's discovery would no doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough. Scientists would praise it's potential for treating everything from pain to cancer and marvel at it's rich pharmacopoeia; many of whose chemicals mimic vital molecules in the human body." – The Economist
Cannabis oil uses
Check here for medical uses of cannabis.
Medical cannabis oil is consumed by various means, with the most common being smoking, followed by vaporization, and then by the oral route.
Medical cannabis oil is generally taken orally.
Read more about cannabinoids and cancer treatments here
Standard medicines are not delivered as inhaled smoke, but enter the body by other routes of administration (pill, injection, topical creams, patches, inhalants, eye drops, liquid drinks, suppositories).
When used to prevent nausea, factors such as speed of brain entry and challenges of swallowing whilst vomiting are important when considering inhaling cannabis smoke as a medicine. Inhalation by smoking or vaporization of medical cannabis oil releases maximal levels of THC into blood within minutes, peaking at 15-30 minutes, and decreasing within 2-3 hours. Increasingly, delivery of cannabis to the brain for medical or recreational use is via cannabis vaporization.
Lower temperatures in the vaporization of cannabis deliver fewer high molecular weight components.
While vaporizers have risen in popularity in recent years, their effects have not yet been investigated by large-scale studies.
One study published by Dr. Earleywine in 2007, suggested that cannabis can be 'safer' when a vaporizer is used and may decrease possible respiratory issues, which doesn't make much sense considering other studies that found lung capacity was unaffected by cannabis use..
Vaporization does however reduce the characteristic odor of cannabis smoke, enabling medical users to be far more discreet in their administration.
Cannabis oil how to use it
Cannabis buds are the dried flowers of the female plant. Hashish is a compacted resin of the plant, both are usually ingested or smoked.
Medical cannabis oil, a solvent-extracted viscous oil, is consumed by smoking or vaporization but can also be used as a food additive.
Oral ingestion from edibles is a slow absorption process but this does not result in a loss of pharmacological activity.
Oral ingestion delays the psychoactive effects by 30-90 minutes and peaks at 2-3 hours with effects lasting for longer periods of time (4-12 hours), depending on THC levels.
In smokers with chronic heavy (daily) cannabis use THC can be detected in their blood even after a month of sustained abstinence.
This can have implications for individuals who undergo random drug testing in the work place.
The UK National health service reviewed the US national drug court institutes findings who estimate this can be anything from four days to two months depending on certain factors; read report.
Cannabis oil cures cancer?
Researchers have found medical cannabis oil helps fight Breast Cancer, this cancer comprises 10.4% of all cancer incidence among women, making it the second most common type of non-skin cancer (after lung cancer).
It is the fifth most common cause of cancer death. In 2004, breast cancer caused 519,000 deaths worldwide (7% of cancer deaths; almost 1% of… read more
Cannabis terpenoids and flavonoids may also increase cerebral blood flow, enhance cortical activity, kill respiratory pathogens, and provide anti-inflammatory activity.
Cannabis terpenoids share a precursor to cannabinoids (e.g. limonene, myrcene, α-pinene, linalool), some of which are thought to be suitable for therapies or as facilitators of cannabinoid efficacy. Cannabinoids are not the only products of the cannabis plant with medicinal properties.
Cannabinoids are not the only products of the cannabis plant with medicinal properties.
However, it does make sense that using the whole spectrum of cannabinoids is preferable to isolating specific components such as CBD. Preparations of cannabis oil generally contain a full cannabinoid profile.
Medical cannabis oil for pain
A recent, international survey was carried out of 31 countries and investigated the medicinal use of cannabis in the United States, Germany, Canada, France, the Netherlands and Spain.
They found that cannabis was used primarily for:
Back pain (11.9%), Sleeping disorders (6.9%), Depression (6.7%), Injury or accident-generated pain (6.2%), Multiple sclerosis (4.1%).
With the exception of serious illness such as cancerous tumors these were the most common uses.
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One study from the United Kingdom reported that approximately 14-18% of MS patients used cannabis for symptom relief from pain, spasticity and insomnia.
In an animal model of MS, the neurodegeneration rate can be reduced by administration of the cannabinoid CB2.
However, in tests THC failed to stop MS progression.
Treatment with smoked cannabis, however, resulted in a reduction in Ashworth scale ratings of spasticity
There was also a decrease in pain, and a significant reduction in cognitive function.
A report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal by Jody Corey-Bloom studied 30 multiple sclerosis patients with painful contractions in their muscles. These patients didn't respond to other treatments, but after smoking cannabis for a few days they was a significant reduction in pain.
THC binds to receptors in the nerves and muscles to relieve pain.
Pain can be classified as acute or chronic, or by site of origin (nociceptive) or nerves (neuropathic).
Neuropathic pain occurs in various disease states (e.g. diabetes, HIV/AIDS, post-traumatic pain, cancer, excess alcohol use, rheumatoid arthritis etc.) and can be a persistent, debilitating condition.
HIV neuropathic pain affects 30% or more of HIV-infected individuals and some antiretroviral therapies can worsen the condition. Current analgesics and other medications offer incomplete pain relief when compared to medical cannabis oil use.
Many HIV-infected individuals report improvements in health from smoking cannabis. Of over 200 people with HIV/AIDS, 23% reported use of cannabis for pain relief in the previous month.
In 2010, researchers at Harvard Medical School suggested that that some of the drug's benefits may actually be from reduced anxiety, which would improve the smoker's mood and act as a sedative in low doses.
Alzheimer's disease
(AD) is the most common type of dementia, and is characterized by a number of debilitating symptoms, including cognitive decline, sleep disorders, and behavioural changes.
A study led by Kim Janda of the Scripps Research Institute suggests marijuana may be able to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
The 2006 study, published in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics, found that THC, the active chemical in marijuana, slows the formation of amyloid plaques by blocking the enzyme in the brain that makes them.
These plaques are what kill brain cells and cause Alzheimer's. There is therapeutic potential of cannabinoids in AD, especially for sedative effects or sleep disorders. Some positive benefits are relevant to the degenerative process.
Treating epilepsy with cannabis oil
Cannabis use can prevent epileptic seizures, a 2003 study showed. Robert J. DeLorenzo, of Virginia Commonwealth University, gave marijuana extract and synthetic marijuana to epileptic rats.
The drugs rid the rats of the seizures for about 10 hours.
Cannabinoids like the active ingredients in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), control seizures by binding to the brain cells responsible for controlling excitability and regulating relaxation.
The findings were published in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
THC-like compounds made by the body increase the permeability of the intestines, allowing bacteria in.
The plant-derived cannabinoids in marijuana block these body-cannabinoids, preventing this permeability and making the intestinal cells bond tighter together.
In clinical tests patients reported after eight weeks of treatment and two weeks thereafter that complete remission was achieved. A positive clinical response was observed in 10 of 11 subjects in the cannabis group.
Three patients in the cannabis group were weaned from steroid dependency and subjects reported improved appetite and sleep with no significant side effects. Cannabis use produced a clinical, steroid-free benefit in patients.
Cannabis oil and PTSD
Cannabis oil has been shown to help veterans suffering from PTSD. The Department of Health and Human Services recently signed off on a proposal to study marijuana's potential as part of treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. In New Mexico,
PTSD is the number one reason to be granted a license for medical marijuana, but this is the first time the U.S. government has approved a proposal that incorporates smoked or vaporized marijuana, which is currently classified by the government as a drug with no accepted medical applications.
Naturally occurring cannabinoids, similar to THC, help regulate the system that causes fear and anxiety in the body and brain. Interestingly, the high from THC is also associated with temporary impairments of memory.
Recent studies confirm that oral doses of THC can help relieve a variety of PTSD-related symptoms including flashbacks, agitation and nightmares.
Treating Glaucoma with cannabis oil
This is an array of ocular disorders which leads to visual deficits or blindness. Cannabis can be used to treat and prevent the eye disease, which increases pressure in the eyeball, damaging the optic nerve and causing loss of vision.
Cannabis decreases the pressure inside the eye, according to the National Eye Institute:
"Studies in the early 1970's showed that marijuana, when smoked, lowered intraocular pressure (IOP) in people with normal pressure and those with glaucoma."
These effects of the drug may slow the progression of the disease, preventing blindness.
Likewise, after studies showed that smoking cannabis could reduce symptoms in glaucoma sufferers, scientists tried and failed again to develop a way to administer THC in eye drops. The idea proved too complicated due to the fact that THC is not soluble in water.
Glaucoma can occur for a number of reasons.
Many cases are caused by a build-up of pressure in the eye.
The eyeball is filled with a watery substance called aqueous humour, which creates pressure in the eye to give it shape.
In healthy eyes, this fluid constantly flows in and out of the eye.
Whilst many glaucoma patients rely on medical cannabis to this day, the American Glaucoma Society still maintains the position that its effects are too short-lived.
They argue that it is effective but requires regular use as it has too short a duration (lasting 3-4 hours) to be considered a viable treatment option.
Cannabis oil and stroke victims
Research from the University of Nottingham shows that cannabis may help protect the brain from damage caused by stroke.
By reducing the size of the area affected by the stroke in rats, mice, and monkeys.
This isn't the only research that has shown neuroprotective effects from cannabis.
Some research shows that the plant may help protect the brain after other traumatic events, like concussions. There is some evidence that cannabis can help heal the brain after a concussion or other traumatic injury.
A recent study in the journal Cerebral Cortex showed that in mice, cannabis oil lessened the bruising of the brain and helped with healing mechanisms after a traumatic injury.
The medical benefits of cannabis continue to be debated globally, as they have been for nearly 150 years but the evidence tends to support the fact that medical cannabis oil has many therapeutic effects and its continued prohibition denies many patients a viable alternative to pharmaceutical drugs.
Read more about cannabinoids and cancer treatments here at cannabis cure.
If you need any advice or help please use the contact form provided. We try to answer all emails within 24 hours and are happy to help and advise on all aspects of medical marijuana treatments in complete confidence.

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Oct. 2, 2012
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EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio held his weekly press conference Tuesday in the Huntington Club at Spartan Stadium. Dantonio talked about bouncing back from a tough one-point loss to Ohio State last week and getting ready for the first Big Ten road game of the season at Indiana.
The Spartans (3-2) will take on the Hoosiers (2-2) this Saturday, Oct. 6 at 12 p.m. at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. The game will be televised on BTN.
After Dantonio talked with the media, junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell also answered questions from reporters. Maxwell ranks second in the Big Ten in passing (227.6 ypg.) and fifth in total offense (222.0 ypg.) through five games.
The following is a complete transcript from Tuesday's weekly press conference.
COACH DANTONIO: Just to recap Ohio State very quickly here. I thought our players played very hard, played with a lot of energy. We have to be able to turn the page as we move forward to Indiana this next game.
Tough loss when you lose by one point. I think you see, just like I said after the game, a lot of opportunities to find that point throughout the football game. I'm sure you guys all recognize that, so I'm not going to go back through that.
I thought Andrew Maxwell played very well. We have to stay more balanced on offense, have to be able to run the football. Have to say why we didn't succeed overall offensively is because we didn't run the football and stay balanced. Threw the football well enough, had a couple drops, but had zero turnovers, so I thought that was a positive.
Defensively came up with three turnovers. If you look at the game, if we win the football game by one or two, you're talking about the defense with three turnovers. All three of those were versus Braxton Miller. When they're winning by one, you talk about all the plays he made. 17 points, not a lot of points, but we gave up a deep one.
Had a tough first series. Then the biggest disappointment is when you're leaning on your defense at the end of the game, you have to come up at the end of the game and get a stop. We didn't get that stop.
Again, credit what Braxton Miller did. I thought Hyde was good as well. But we have to play better in those situations.
Really where we're at, we need to turn the page and move to Indiana. Go away in the Big Ten for the first time this year and get on with it...I just think that we need to move on and get on with our business. We still have all of our goals in front of us. As I said, there should be no panic in our football team. We played well in the past, we'll continue to play well, we need to continue to grow. I'll take some questions.
Q. Just prior to the season, Coach Roushar and Coach Samuel told us they had to find ways to get the ball in Jeremy Langford's hands. Can you discuss that.
COACH DANTONIO: I thought Jeremy had a good summer practice. We're always talking about players through the summer, guys that are surprises to us.
But as the situation continued at the end of summer camp, I mean, he had to be more consistent catching the ball as a receiver. He's clearly not the top running back on our football team, so we moved him to receiver. I think he is an exciting player with the ball in his hands. Down the field catches, he wasn't getting it done.
Because we took the redshirt off of Macgarrett Kings and Burbridge, we needed to create some opportunities for them. I think they need to get some opportunities. We'll see those opportunities come.
Q. Burbridge listed as the starter. What caused that? Is he starting?
COACH DANTONIO: He'll start as the third wide receiver for us this week. I think he needs an opportunity, as I just spoke. We took the redshirt off those guys. We need to play those guys, in all fairness to them, give them an opportunity.
He catches the ball well. Still learning some things. Has big play potential. We're going to give him that opportunity. Doesn't mean it will stick, but that's going to happen at the beginning of the game, not at the end.
Q. What will Bennie's role be?
COACH DANTONIO: Bennie's role, how will it change? He won't start as the third wide receiver. We'll see how it goes, depending on practice. I believe things always go in cycles. We provided an opportunity for one, take away a little bit from another. In the end, the best players will continue to play and resurface. We'll see how his practice and everything else goes. (When you) have an opportunity to make a play, you have to make them at some point.
Q. The offensive line, I see Jack Allen and Blake Treadwell both at left guard. A chance one of those guys could move over to center? A couple injuries now. How is that affecting the overall play of the offensive line?
COACH DANTONIO: I think two of the guys that were injured were (Fou) Fonoti and Travis (Jackson), two of the guys that were emotional leaders on our offensive line. So they're still there in that capacity. But there's others that need to pick up the slack.
As far as Jack Allen and Tread, they'll both play this week. We'll see where Tread is, where Blake is. He was probably about 80 percent this week. If he can be 100 percent, we'll see where that goes. Ethan Ruhland played for us, knows all the calls, has the most experience. We'll see who is best fitted for that role.
They have experience, all three of them do. That's a good situation for us. We can put five starters out there with offensive line starting experience. We expect them to be successful.
Q. Obviously your record is much better when you're able to run the ball. Are you disappointed in general with how you've been able to run the ball this year? Do you feel there's still a lot of growth to be made there? What can you do with the offensive line the way it is? Where do you think you are with the running game?
COACH DANTONIO: I think, first of all, we've run the ball effectively in our three wins. Le'Veon going into that football game last week was number three or something like that in the country. So we've run the ball effectively.
Against the two defenses we lost to, Notre Dame and Ohio State, we didn't run it effectively. We need to be balanced. We threw the ball better this game. I thought Maxwell was very solid, as I said.
But to have a complete game, you've got to stay balanced, not turn it over. Is it frustrating? Is that the question? Yeah. It's always frustrating when you don't meet your goals or win a football game. It eats at you and is frustrating. You recognize the problem and go to work on the problem.
I don't know if I'm giving a great answer to that. We've got to get our running backs into the secondary. We got the ball in Le'Veon's hands probably with catches and runs 26 times, I believe, maybe 27 (against Ohio State). We have to provide opportunities for him, try to make it work. But we'll see how we do this weekend. Continue to push.
Q. How has the loss of Edwin Baker hurt you at running back?
COACH DANTONIO: I mean, Edwin Baker was a great running back for us. He made the Chargers as a practice squad player. He's a good player. We miss Jerel Worthy, too. Two juniors that went out. Understanding they went out, you deal with it and move on. That's history.
Q. On Travis (Jackson), anything you know now that you didn't know Saturday? Sounds serious. Career threatening at all?
COACH DANTONIO: Three month rehab. It's broken fibula. He's got to have surgery to put a couple screws in as well. So it's a three month rehab. He'll be back for the spring. He's a tough guy.
Q. You lost so many players, Kirk Cousins, B.J. Cunningham, Keshawn Martin, Keith Nichol, Brian Linthicum, didn't you expect some sort of offensive drop off or not?
COACH DANTONIO: I think as a football staff I would say we felt like we lost a lot of experience. We lost guys who had been in the heat of the battle, who made plays in the heat of the battle.
With that being said, we felt, and I still feel this way, that we have talented players back that can fill that void. But they lacked experience. The only way you can get that experience is to play through. You have to play through the tough times when there's a play on the line, the big crowd, crunch time in a game. You have to drive at the end of the game with five minutes to go.
Started well (in a key fourth-quarter drive against Ohio State). We hit Lippett, got a first down. But we have to finish that drive, get into field goal situation, kick the field goal, win the game 19 17. Either that or we have to stop them down there and get the ball back and then drive it, kick a field goal, score a touchdown, whatever.
That's the name of the game. You have to win at the end. Been there in the past. We'll be there again. We'll win in the end at times, too. We've won a lot of close games too. We'll keep pushing it.
Q. Do you want more out of Larry Caper?
COACH DANTONIO: I think Larry should get more touches. It's situational how it all plays out. If he gets in the secondary, he has to be good getting through people. He's a little bit more of a straight line runner. Le'Veon created situations with spins, jumps, running through people. It's not that Larry is playing poorly, it's more the effect that Le'Veon has been a guy that is a little bit more of an impact guy. We've gone with the guy with the impact.
Q. On Andrew Maxwell being listed at holder along with Mike Sadler.
COACH DANTONIO: We just put it like that really because there was a little bit of inconsistency in practice one week. Sadler has done an excellent job.
Q. With all of the injuries to the offensive line, do you need Chris McDonald to step up as a vocal leader?
COACH DANTONIO: Chris is a quiet leader. I think it does increase his role. He needs to step forward in that capacity, especially when you go on the road and those guys aren't traveling with us. That's part of being a senior. He's done a great job with that.
He's done a great job throughout the summer, as well, sort of collecting everybody. Some guys are a little bit more in tune with being an emotional leader, being a little bit more, Let's go, c'mon. Chris is a quiet leader. He needs to move in that direction a little bit. As a group, our staff will lead as well.
Q. Have you ever traveled an injured player for that leadership quality?
COACH DANTONIO: Yeah, we have in the past. Usually toward the end of the season. But we have in the past on occasion.
Q. Talk about Indiana's program. Can you speak to where they were talent wise at the time Terry Hoeppner passed, the struggles they've gone through.
COACH DANTONIO: In 2007, that was my first year here, I think. I thought Coach Hoeppner was doing an outstanding job. Really had done some great things at Miami of Ohio. That first year they came here, they came here, as I remember, undefeated (Indiana was 5-1 heading into the 2007 MSU game). It was a nighttime Big Ten game of the week. One of the first times we played under the lights here, so it was an exciting game.
I had the greatest respect for him, what he accomplished there, and his memory. So I think he had it going in the right direction certainly.
I think the program right now at Indiana, it's in transition phase. I think they're better than they were last year. They've lost some players due to injury, as well. They had a lot of young guys playing last year. Some of those young guys remained playing, some are not playing. So they improved their football team.
They're 2 2 right now. Even though they got down versus Northwestern, they were competitive, came back, cut the lead to 8. At the end, it all fell apart a little bit at the very end. They were very competitive and I think they're going to play very competitive.
Q. You've spoken about having your guys not drink the Kool Aid. Now that the team is unranked for the first time in a good while, how do you use that, or do you not even bring that up?
COACH DANTONIO: I guess in this time of coaching, as an assistant, head coach, defensive coordinator, I learned one thing: you're never quite as good as you think you are or people think you are, and you're never quite as bad as people think you are either. You're somewhere always floating in there one way or the other.
Emotion carries you one way or the other. Your attitude is going to carry you as well. It's how we approach things that's going to matter.
If we approach things with our head down and everything, things are probably going to stay the same. If we get up, if we rise up a little bit, we get a little bit irritated where we're at, we want to make a statement, then that will happen.
I would expect our football team will make a statement when we come to play. That's how we've done things here. I don't think we're in panic mode. I read an article before I came over here to see what I was getting into. We're not in panic mode.
Q. Talking about the field goal situation, Dan (Conroy) missed one kick each week. Two years ago he missed one kick all season. Anything different with his leg swing in terms of consistency?
COACH DANTONIO: No, I don't think there is. Obviously one point, there's three of them. The thing that has impacted me or impressed me is the fact he does miss a kick in a big game, he comes back and kicks three. They're three longer ones.
At least, from my point of view, he can rise to the occasion, fight through adversity. I think that's half the battle, more than half the battle in terms of how you're approaching things.
Q. You have trailed at halftime in four of the five games. Is that a concern to you? What do you attribute the slow starts to?
COACH DANTONIO: I'm not sure on that. I think we've lost two of those games. I'm really not sure on that. The first game against Boise we trailed as well, and Eastern as well. I guess we need to start faster. We're certainly working at it.
Q. With Mumphery's touchdown coming on a short throw, do you think that might be something that help receivers feel confident?
COACH DANTONIO: We'll work on those things and make sure our guys have the opportunity to run after a catch. It's a big aspect of what we're doing. Once they get the ball, what do they do with it? I thought he did a great job two times in the game on Saturday.
Yeah, it helps giving Maxwell some confidence. Got to be able to go up top on them as well. You got to be able to make all the throws in the game.
Q. Can you talk a little bit about Lawrence Thomas' development in the offense. How do you think he graded out from the game?
COACH DANTONIO: L.T. continues to grow as a football player. He's big, he's physical. He can be physical. He needs to hit with more power and use his physicality, his body frame. But I think he's grown. He's never played that position in the past.
So I think it is something that he can grow to. He was a defensive player until probably three weeks ago. So he's coming. He's learning plays as we go. He learns a couple more every week.
But I do think he's an outstanding football player and I think he has a tremendous upside here in our program, whether it be on the defensive or offensive side of the ball.
Q. I know you're making the comments about wanting the team to rise up. Who are the players in the locker room that are carrying that forward, not showing any panic at this point, finish this thing the way you want them to?
COACH DANTONIO: I think Max Bullough is a guy you can point to that will be ultra positive. I think our defense is playing pretty well. You look at our defense, you can look at it and say not many people have scored a lot of points on us.
I think Max Bullough, Chris Norman has confidence in that respect. You look around, you have some other guys like Darqueze Dennard. He's a guy that steps up and says what he needs to say.
Inside, our defensive players are younger players. Rashad (White) is a senior. You have some guys in there like Marcus Rush maybe and Will Gholston will speak up as well. I think we're fine there.
Offensively, on that side of the ball, Andrew Maxwell carries the torch there a little bit. Like you said, Chris McDonald needs to rise to the occasion. We have young players. Le'Veon from a confidence standpoint is very confident.
When you lose a football game, when you lose by one, get beat by 20, the light's a little dim. We need to find a way to work through. That's the way it is. That's the way it is everywhere. But we'll be okay and we'll rise to it.
Q. Looking at the depth chart and then some of your comments, obviously players making plays move up or down. Do you expect to give Muma or Sadler any attempt at place kicking at all?
COACH DANTONIO: No. Because we see it in practice. I don't want to do that with Sadler. We see it in practice. We have on occasion looked at that. Dan Conroy misses one, he makes three, three difficult ones. The week before he did as well in the wind. Did that at Central as well.
I just feel like he's solid. He's going to make the one field goal, you're sitting there saying he's 4 for-4 and he's the hero of the game. The difference between winning and losing is like that, and he missed it by a yard.
It's unfortunate because right before the half it would have taken it 7 6 at the half. Just the way the ball rolled that day.
I can't change those things. I do think he's an excellent kicker, and I think he's been good for us over the course of three years. Until somebody really up roots him, or until he goes 0 3, I think he's our kicker, and I'll stand by that.
Q. You were smiling when you told us about reading about the panic article. Do you resist the urge to get irritated about that or does six years here tell you that's the way it is here?
COACH DANTONIO: I think that's the way it is in every college program. It's media hype, Big Ten, wherever they're at. When you have a football program that has as much following as we do, the people care as much as they do, that's going to happen. They're going to get jubilant when you're 2 0, ranked No. 9 or 10. If you lost two, you're 3 2, even if you lost by one point, they're going to say the sky is falling.
Neither of the two are true. We'll just push through it. We've done that before here. Sometimes tough times require tough people. That's as a group.
Q. Lot of speculation when the hit Gholston took, he was knocked out briefly Saturday. To your knowledge, was he ever knocked out? What is the protocol if a player is knocked out in returning to the game?
COACH DANTONIO: The protocol first of all is he needs to be cleared. Players have been knocked woozy before. Once they're cleared, they pass their impact test, which is a base test that every one of our players takes prior to coming to camp, certain levels of knowledge, they have to be able to repass that. Once they pass that, they're cleared. I would assume that our trainers and our neurologist did that on the sideline, passed him and cleared him. Whether he was knocked out or whether he wasn't, I'm not sure because I wasn't out there. But I heard he was sort of stunned or something, maybe even had the wind knocked out of him even. I really wasn't sure on that. I just knew he got up, came off. I was on my way out there, then he got up.
Q. Last three games Johnny (Adams) has given up touchdown passes. You talked about the big one. Is that a result of offenses going at him specifically in terms of a matchup? Is that maybe a result of having the corners on an island and not getting the pressure? What exactly is it right now? How do you think he's grading out?
COACH DANTONIO: First of all, we play our corners tight press coverage a lot. We do that, have from the very beginning. It isolates them at times. Most people, a lot of people go into the boundary with their throws. That's what happened on this particular play. More throws are thrown to the boundary than to the field.
What I said before, it's a game of inches. If he stays with the play and doesn't look back for the ball at the end, he stays with the play, reaches with his left hand, plays the ball out of phase, he doesn't have the receiver hip to hip, he'll make at play, at least make the tackle, but make the play on the ball because he's that far from it.
He lost a little bit of composure I think on that particular play, looked back to see what was coming. Got to be careful when you look back. Somebody's gaining on you a little bit. That's a word they use. Hit him right in stride. It was a perfect throw. Hit him right in stride. 10 4 spinner. On the release, missed him on the release. He got a little hands on, but a relatively clean release compared to what he had been doing.
Again, a game of inches. Went that way. We were ahead. Got to be able to make the play.
But I think Johnny is an excellent corner. He's remained an excellent corner for us. I think he'll continue to play to a high level.
In this day and age, it's our feeling that you have to play your corners in that capacity to be able to stop all the different things people are doing from a run pass standpoint with all the basically single wing, creating different type of runs with their quarterback play. So it's been effective for us. We remain I guess probably one of the top teams in the nation in terms of scoring defense, running defense, whatever. I haven't looked at the statistics as of late because sometimes you throw those out after a game like this, but we've been successful defensively. Like I said, sometimes you win by an inch, sometimes you lose by an inch. We lost that one by an inch, we lost the game by an inch.
Q. Have you or your staff been in touch with the Big Ten regarding the play involving Jack Allen with the hands in the face? Reviewing the film, what did you make of that play?
COACH DANTONIO: I have not been in contact with the Big Ten. I've heard nothing from the Big Ten.
What was your review of the play? I'll leave it at that. I'm not going to comment on that. My review of the play saw two players get up after the play and walk back to the huddle. Probably a little something going on with both of them. If you look at the play cleanly, that's what you see. But I've not been in contact, so...
Neither seemed to be very bothered by it after the play.
Q. What do you want from Aaron Burbridge this weekend? How much of offense does he know? Is it all there for him?
COACH DANTONIO: What I want to see from Aaron Burbridge is I want to see him play. That's really what I want to see him do. We took the redshirt off him, as I said earlier. I want to see him have the ability to make plays and get that opportunity. I think he's an exciting player. I think Macgarrett Kings is an exciting player. We took the redshirt off of them. By doing that we made a statement they're good enough to do that. We have to put them in because we have six tough games coming down the stretch here seven, I got to count better.
I want to provide that opportunity for him. Doesn't mean that the opportunity is going to go away for everybody else. That opportunity has to be afforded for him. By starting him, we provide him that opportunity.
As far as the offense that he knows or does not know, since he's come back, he's been with our offense working daily. I think he knows pretty much our offense.
Q. It seems like the defensive line has generated more pressure the last couple weeks. How would you evaluate the way they've been playing?
COACH DANTONIO: I thought our defensive line played pretty well last week, this past week, with two exceptions. One, we let the horse out of the barn too many times, and their horse, No. 5, made it happen for them. When he dropped back to pass, things happened. We had him and he got out. That's creating plays.
That's a tough one to figure out sometimes because he's a very good football player. Braxton is a good football player, and he proved that. From that standpoint I thought they played well.
We stopped the run. But, again, in crunch time we needed to stop it, and we were unable to stop it at the very end of the game.
But our line is a very good unit. We continue, again, to be statistically up there. We got guys that can make plays. We're creating pressure. People get the ball off quick. If they get the ball off quick, things happen on the field.
One of the top defenses in the nation in terms of third down conversions against us. That sort of plays in hand to hand.
So, again, you are talking about inches. You're talking about a guy eluding you. We got opportunities. We have to look at every single opportunity and say, Why did we succeed, why did we fail. I think we have a good scheme, good players there, playing extremely hard, athletic, we have to come and play this next game and make a difference.
Thank you.
JUNIOR QUARTERBACK Andrew Maxwell
Q. Aaron Burbridge moves to No. 1 on the depth chart. What have you seen from him in practices? What do you expect to see different?
Andrew Maxwell: He's the guy in the next play. He's a guy when he has an opportunity, he's been able to make those tough catches for us.
For him now it's a matter of the offense becoming second nature to him. Hearing the formation, hearing the play, and knowing this is my assignment, this is my place. He'll be working hard this week and we expect him to make big plays.
Q. Talk about developing that trust with him. Is that something that takes a while?
Andrew Maxwell: That starts in practice, starts in meetings. It's knowing the checks, knowing the looks where you can expect to check.
Obviously not every play is going to call for a check. As he gets more comfortable realizing the looks, whatever play we might have called, might not be a good one to run, he starts expecting a check, starts getting comfortable with what those checks are, I don't think he'll have a problem with it. That starts with practice, will start today.
Q. The Burbridge starting line, surprising to us after he didn't play at all last week. Are you surprised at all by this? What have you seen in practice? Andrew Maxwell: This is the first I've actually heard of it officially. Kind of new to me, too. I'm trying to figure it out. Like I say, he's a playmaker. He's shown that in practice, in individual drills, seven on seven, and in team periods.
Q. It seemed like he had some success against Central with short throws, screens. Do you feel those are the types of things that could help confidence for the young receivers and you get some early completions under your belt?
Andrew Maxwell: When you have guys who are athletic as the guys we have, can make runs in space, are so fast, so strong, can do things with the football, anytime you can get the ball out of your hand quick, get them the ball in space, let them make a play, good things can happen, as seen with Keith (Mumphery) on Saturday.
Q. With change at center now, Travis (Jackson) out, (Ethan) Ruhland in, does that affect anything you do?
Andrew Maxwell: Not really, to be honest, because when I was a two, Ethan was a two. Ethan and I have taken thousands of snaps together. Going back to him will be like second nature and he'll do a great job for us.
Q. Back to the receiver question. Obviously Bennie Fowler was presumed number one coming into the season, with Burbridge taking his spot. How does that change the dynamic? How does that impact things? How do you address that?
Andrew Maxwell: Well, I would say don't expect this to be the last of Bennie Fowler. Bennie is a competitor, a guy who is not going to take this lying down. He's going to come back, fight, do everything he can do in practice. You want to have that constant competition.
Whether you're number one or two, you're always getting pushed, getting better. If everybody on that receiving corps is getting better, everybody on our football team is getting better.
Q. Paul Lang got a catch, looked at times to be playing well. Assess his development. How much more would you like to see him become part of your offense?
Andrew Maxwell: Yeah, Paul has come on really strong the last couple weeks. You started seeing that during the week in practice. He's probably had his best two or three weeks of practice that I've seen him have these last couple weeks. He's reaping the rewards of that, getting the playing time, getting into situations where he can get a catch, be involved in the route concept.
Hopefully this is just the start of him hitting his stride, getting that confidence that he needs. Good sized kid, catches the ball very well. As he starts getting more comfortable, I feel like he's going to be able to start making plays for us.
Q. How frustrated are you that this offense hasn't lived up to its billing yet? What can you do to fix it?
Andrew Maxwell: We're still fighting, making improvements each and every week. I thought last week as an offense, even though we didn't win, me personally, I felt the best about where we were as an offense from an attitude standpoint, from an energy standpoint, from an intensity standpoint. I felt like we played from the first snap to the last with that tenacity that we try to come out and play every week with.
If we can do that, it starts there, then it starts with being better on third down, turning field goals into touchdowns. If we come and are better every week, the points are going to come and we're going to get to where we want to be.
Q. You've watched this program make plays late in a game to win a game. You can look at last week's game and find dozens of plays where if one thing goes differently, maybe you win that game. How confident are you going forward that you have a group that at some point late in the game somebody is going to step up and make a play to help you win?
Andrew Maxwell: I look at Keith's play. That was at a point in the game, I went to the receivers and asked, Who is going to be the first to make a play? Keith answered that call.
I think it's important to realize we're giving ourselves those opportunities, we're in situations where plays can be made. The further we go, the more comfortable I think it's going to be one that sparks the whole fire. Maybe that's Keith. Maybe that's the thing that gets the ball rolling. Maybe it's a play that comes this week. Whatever it is, we're going to know when that comes and those plays are going to start rolling on top of each other.
Q. Lawrence Thomas saw a lot of action last week. Can you talk about his role on the offense. You saw him on the other side of the ball chasing you around. Where do you think his future lies?
Andrew Maxwell: I think it remains to be seen. I think he's a guy who has enough athletic ability, talent to be plugged into a lot of places. Whether that be at fullback like last week when Niko (Palazeti) was out, that was something that he was ready to do. He's got the ability to do it. For him, it was learning those extra plays, putting a little extra on his plate, which he responded to very well.
Who knows if maybe we need him back on the defensive side of the ball. That's something he came here to do. That's something he would be comfortable with.
He's a guy who has the talent, ability, and he's willing to play wherever we need him to play.
Q. How much criticism of the offense do you hear on campus, in the media? Maxwell isn't as good as Cousins, the offense isn't any good. When you hear that stuff, how do you respond?
Andrew Maxwell: I mean, you hear it. You have no choice but to block it out. If you start getting caught up in that, you start doubting yourself, you start not feeling well about how you play the game, not feeling well in the position you're in. That's the last thing you want to do, is lose that confidence.
What's important for this offense, myself, everybody on this team is just to have that internal drive. Coach Dantonio says you have to be an internal optimist. When everything around you, the naysayers, people criticize, people say you're not as good as you should be, as we thought you would be, that's just talk.
We know what we have. Most important thing is that we feel good about the way we go about our business. I think starting with last week, even with a loss, I think the offense, we feel good about the way we went about our business, from an intensity and enthusiasm standpoint, and we're going to continue to build off that.
Q. At the beginning of game, it seems like Dion is not as involved as he is in the second half. Are there things that defenses are doing in the second half?
Andrew Maxwell: Well, I don't know if there's a special formula for that. I think it's the way it's played out. He's a guy that has proven in clutch times he's somebody we can count on to make the big catch or to be open. But definitely the sooner we can get him involved, keep him involved consistently throughout the game, our offense is going to be more productive.
Q. You talked about the benefit of the competition at wide receiver. Is there any hindrance in another guy rotating in, another guy rotating out, not having that standard group of two or three guys that you're counting on necessarily, asking who would be the guy who will step up instead of knowing who that guy is?
Andrew Maxwell: I think that remains to be seen. Time will tell. I think as long as we're being productive, as long as we have guys who are showing they can make plays, I'm going to be comfortable and our offense is going to be comfortable.
Q. You only played one road game. That was more like a neighborhood drive to CMU. As strange as it sounds, as much as you like playing at home, is this almost a good time to get on the road, to bond a little bit?
Andrew Maxwell: I think it's a new challenge. Anytime you go away from home, it definitely draws the team closer. You go into a territory that's not yours, the fans aren't yours, everything is a little unfamiliar. That really causes you, like I've said, to really realize internally what you have in this team, what you have in the program, to bond, to grow because of it.
Q. Have you had a chance to watch much film on Indiana, get a sense of what their defense is like yet?
Andrew Maxwell: I have. I watched them last night. They'll bring a variety of different pressures. They'll bring some secondary pressures which always causes some problems because that causes your back to get in protection as opposed to getting on a route. I think the biggest thing for us is recognizing them, realizing what the play or the concept call that is going to match up to that.
Q. Teams are stacking the box to stop the run. How desperately do you need to develop a home run threat and can Burbridge be that guy?
Andrew Maxwell: I think he can. I think we have a couple guys can do that. I think that's when Coach Roushar feels we need to make that play and we need to make the play when the opportunity presents itself.
Q. Can you talk about Burbridge's skill set? What does he do really well? Is he an outside guy more? How does he work in the offense?
Andrew Maxwell: Well, once again, I think that's tough to say because I haven't been around him for as long as I've been around these other guys.
From the times I have seen him, I think his speed is a big attribute. He's smooth, a good route runner. He has the ability to make the catch coming out of his break quickly when he's going through traffic. All those things are going to be beneficial for him.
Q. Most of the focus has been on the passing game. The best two defenses you've played, you haven't been able to run the ball. I know injuries on the offensive line affect it there. What else is not working with the running game? Are some of these things fixable?
Andrew Maxwell: That might be a better question for Coach Roushar, Coach Staten, because I don't know all the technicalities of the blocks and the concepts and the gaps, all that.
But I think as we start to make more plays on the outside, I think that will soften it up a little bit in the box, open up more holes for us to run through. What teams are giving us is what teams are giving us and we're going to have to find a way to be more productive.
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Through these volunteer opportunities, Allison realized what she loved the most - caring for patients. As a hygienist, you spend 45 minutes of the hour-long appointment with your patient while the dentist sees them for just 15 minutes.
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After switching from pursuing dentistry to dental hygiene, everything seemed to fall into place. She reached out to Ms. Deborah Horlak, director of the dental hygiene at the Dugoni School, whom she met during Dugoni Discovery Day, the dental school's annual admissions open house. She applied to and was accepted into the school's dental hygiene program.
"When I found out that I was accepted into the Dugoni School's dental hygiene program, I was very excited since it was my first choice. The state-of-the-art building houses a top-notch faculty and wonderful patients; I couldn't be happier about my choice. I feel like I've found my true calling."
The most exciting part of her education has been her interactions with patients. Having the opportunity to apply what she's learned so far in a real live setting has been very rewarding for her. "I took something from lecture that is important to someone's health - sleep apnea - recognized it in my patient's mouth and explained to them what it meant to their overall health," says Allison. "I already feel like I'm making a difference."
Allison's work with the soda tax bill made her want to be involved in public health issues, which is why she volunteered to be her class' representative for the California Dental Hygienists' Association (CDHA). The organization, which advocates for hygienists, the future of the profession, and provides opportunities for hygienists, has been a great resource for Allison, especially since one faculty member is the president of the CDHA and another in charge of student relations.
Allison hopes to continue working with organized dentistry after she graduates. She sees the importance and value of fostering these personal connections. As for her career change, she couldn't be happier about her decision to pursue dental hygiene. All the trials and tribulations of her past ventures have created valuable lessons for Allison.
"It took a while to get to this point, but all of these experiences help me connect with patients and make me a more well-rounded clinician," says Allison. "I'm loving every minute of being at the Dugoni School with the faculty, students, and patients, but I can't wait to start what I'm meant to do."


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Eight hens were missing, a bottom board of the chicken coop was shattered inward. Trails of white feathers led one way, red feathers were piled in a corner.
I knew chickens were amazing survivors, they come back from the dead like unwatered plants. I just had to find them quick--and get them away from whatever dog, fox or possum had just come by for dinner. A most loyal follower of any conflagration, our retriever looked very guilty standing at the edge of the woods 30 yards away. Yup, she had chicken number one cornered, gumming the poor thing like a rag doll. Both chicken and dog had that confused "what happens next?" look on their faces.
Coaxing the dog into the house, calling for back-up from my Animal-Planet daughter, we set about the task of rescuing the flock. That first chicken was easy, she was in a state of shock, just let herself be picked up and cradled back home. I swear five minutes later she had forgotten about the whole incident.
You herd chickens by walking in slowly closing spirals. It's all math really, cut off the angles, "convince" the girls to simply walk back into their coop. With two whooping herders, there's a fair amount of random probability theory, too. We found two chickens in the woods scratching for bugs in an old compost pile. With the dogs and unknown marauders at bay, the pair spooked at our advance and ran for the open coop door. They told their buddies of the land of milk and honey out there, greens and insects as far as the eye can see.
We ranged deeper into the woods, finding one more survivor under a pine tree. It took us 20 minutes to convince her that her same, old four walls were better than being a late night snack. I could not believe that this was our father-daughter moment of the week, each of us running through bushes, hurdling low branches, tick magnets of the century.
It was getting dark. Chickens will always find somewhere to hide or tuck themselves into at dusk. I just hoped whoever broke into the coop was long gone, the chickens missing would be safe til dawn. With a flashlight, we found one more chicken by remaining perfectly still and listening to the crickets and the windÉ and a rustling near the garden.
The next morning, fortified with coffee, my wife and I went wandering around the coop. I was happy for the girls we had found but figured we had to look farther and wider. One overnighter showed up when we roamed past the garden. She was no dummy, she would not leave the safety of branches she was hiding under. I just grabbed her. Back in the coop she had some huge drinks of water.
We found one more chicken 50 yards away from the coop, missing all of her feathers, with an open neck wound. She walked right over to us when she heard our voices. She stayed alive for another 12 hours. We never found the last chicken.
The coop is once again heavily fortified, varmint proof for the summer, I hope. Two days later the chickens were back laying an egg a day, complaining about the heat, asking for more greens and teasing the dogs by strutting along the edge of the chicken wire window on their 2-by-4 roost.
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Lou Reed was not the reason Susan Boyle was unable to perform "Perfect Day" for "America's Got Talent" on Wednesday night, reps for the rocker claimed to Access Hollywood on Thursday.
Reed's reps told Access on Thursday that despite reports, Reed did not turn down a request for SuBo to sing his classic song on the NBC talent competition stage. The reps claimed that due to a glitch, the song was not cleared for the American market in time for the show, something that had nothing to do with the former Velvet Underground member. The song had been cleared for use in Susan's native United Kingdom, but not on stateside television, the reps said.
The reps added that "Perfect Day" was the only song the former "Britain's Got Talent" runner-up had rehearsed and there was not enough time for her to prepare another song.
TMZ reported that Reed refused to allow the Scottish singer to perform the track on "AGT." After learning the news, SuBo tearfully departed Los Angeles, according to the website. On Thursday, a source close to "AGT" told Access that TMZ's claim about the rocker was essentially true, contradicting the claims made by Reed's reps .
Susan's scrapped performance was originally supposed to be a part of the season finale of "AGT," which airs at 9 PM on Tuesday and 8 PM Wednesday of next week.
Boyle's friend — "AGT" judge Piers Morgan – didn't know the full details on Wednesday night when he spoke to Access Hollywood, but he said there were some difficulties with the track.
"I think there's just some issue about the releasing of the Lou Reed song 'Perfect Day,'" Piers, one of the judges who helped discover Susan Boyle on "Britain's Got Talent," told Access backstage. "And ironically, it turned into an imperfect day."
Piers told Access that Susan not performing was due to "a contractual thing," but didn't elaborate beyond his initial comments.
Reps for Susan issued a statement to Access on Thursday morning about the cancellation of her performance, which left many fans in the audience disappointed.
"Susan was due to perform a chosen song from her new album 'The Gift' on 'America's Got Talent' in Los Angeles," the statement to Access read. "It is with real disappointment and regret that she has been unable to do so due to unforeseen circumstances relating to the song.
"Susan is very disappointed as she had been looking forward to it immensely. She is now on a plane heading back to London with a heavy heart," the statement continued. "Susan really looks forward to being able to perform her new songs very soon."
Like Susan, Piers too was disappointed that she couldn't take the "AGT" stage.
"I'm really sad," Piers said of Susan's missed performance. "I love Susan… She's OK."


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Blog | Beyond the Scout campsite: unusual places to stay
Scouts aren't all about traditional camping – check out this selection of weird and wonderful overnight stays.
As the last British Second World War submarine in the world, HMS Alliance was an atmospheric location for First Park Gate Sea Scouts to stay the night. It was the first time young people have been able to stay on board a UK submarine and an ex-submariner told them about life on the high seas.
Usually the staff in a furniture store wouldn't take too kindly to customers having a nap on the beds, but at IKEA in Bristol they made an exception. Twenty Explorers from Sharman ESU had exclusive use of the store for a night and were allowed to snooze in all of the display beds.
Cubs from 75th North and Central Lambeth and 22nd Streatham came face-to-face with sharks when they stayed the night at London Aquarium. Learning about the dangers sharks endure in the wild, they raised money for charity Bite-back and earned their Conservation badges.
2nd Church Aston Cubs enjoyed a fantastic half term treat when they slept overnight at Odeon Telford. They watched Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted in 3D, before snoozing in their sleeping bags in front of the screen. They also took part in a film quiz with lots of special film-related prizes.
Aberdeen Network experienced life in the freezer when they spent the night in an igloo at Daviot Campsite in north-east Scotland. Six Network members took seven hours to carefully build the igloo, which they fondly nicknamed the 'Cold Beast'.
Safari park
Keen to try new things, Aberdeen Network became the first campers at Blair Drummond Safari Park. They got to feed and clean out the animals – including penguins, giraffes and elephants – in return for staying in a field next to the safari enclosure.
It was a dream come true for the sports fans at 1st Newtown Llantwit. They got to stay on the turf at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Running on to the pitch like champions, they invested five Scouts on the centre line and crammed in a few games before bedtime.
Sleep out for the homeless
1st Harpenden Scouts braved freezing February temperatures when they slept outside to raise funds for local charity Herts Young Homeless. After collecting a mountain of cardboard boxes, four leaders and 15 Scouts built shelters in the local church car park.
Nuclear bunker
32nd Chingford Cubs organised an exciting night away in a former nuclear bunker at Kelvedon Hatch. They enjoyed activities on the theme 'witches and wizards school', including wand making, wizard's golf and remote-controlled spiders.
Hellfire Caves
It takes some plucky Cubs to stay overnight at the haunted Hellfire Caves in Buckinghamshire, which descend several hundred feet underground. After a spooky ghost tour, the 1st Watton at Stone Cubs slept soundly despite the chilly temperatures and a few mysterious bangs and crashes.
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Covington man dies in crash
Police say drunken driving suspected
Covington man dies in crash
Police say drunken driving suspected
FOLSOM, La. —
A Covington man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon.
Authorities with the Louisiana State Police said the crash happened on State Road 40 near State Road 437 in Folsom about 4:15 p.m.
Investigators said a vehicle being driven by Woodruff Camus III, 52, of Covington, failed to negotiate a curve and overcorrected, causing the car to strike a guardrail and several trees before ending up in a creek bed.
Camus was not wearing a seat belt and was taken to St. Tammany Parish Hospital, where he died.
Authorities said alcohol use is suspected, and toxicology tests are being done.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1387?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12568327#action_12568327 ] Daniel John Debrunner commented on DERBY-1387: ---------------------------------------------- Committed the simple_9_1 patch and a follow on change that moves the implementation of any Derby MBean out of the o.a.d.mbeans package. Since o.a.d.mbeans becomes part of the public api, having the implementation of beans in there causes issues as some beans will need to be created using implementation specific classes (such as BasicDatabase) which must not appear in javadoc. > Add JMX extensions to Derby > --------------------------- > > Key: DERBY-1387 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1387 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Services > Reporter: Sanket Sharma > Assignee: John H. Embretsen > Attachments: DERBY-1387-1.diff, DERBY-1387-1.stat, DERBY-1387-2.diff, DERBY-1387-2.stat, DERBY-1387-3.diff, DERBY-1387-3.stat, DERBY-1387-4.diff, DERBY-1387-4.stat, DERBY-1387-5.diff, DERBY-1387-5.stat, DERBY-1387-6.zip, DERBY-1387-7.zip, DERBY-1387-8.zip, DERBY-1387-9.diff, DERBY-1387-9.stat, derby1387_simple_9_1.txt, derbyjmx.patch, jmx.diff, jmx.stat, jmxFuncspec.html, jmxFuncspec.html, jmxFuncspec.html, Requirements for JMX Updated.html, Requirements for JMX.html, Requirements for JMX.zip > > > This is a draft requirement specification for adding monitoring and management extensions to Apache Derby using JMX. The requirements document has been uploaded on JIRA as well as the Derby Wiki page at http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/_Requirement_Specifications_for_Monitoring_%26_Management_Extensions_using_JMX > Developers and Users are requested to please look at the document (feature list in particular) and add their own rating to features by adding a coloumn to the table. > Comments are welcome. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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The Best Reviews of the World's Fastest RC Crawlers
RC Rock Crawler fanatics want to always see something greater that what they currently have. They want to see something which they can compare their current truck and allow them to aim for the best. This has brought a lot of enthusiast to creatively come up with the enhancements and upgrades that are made available in the market.
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Volume 71, Number 3 (2012)
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Front Matter, The Annals of Iowa, v. 71 no. 3 Summer 2012
Forging a Community with Rails: Ames, Iowa Agricultural College, and the Ames & College Railway, 1890 —1896 p. 211-240
Douglas Biggs
The Birth of the Sperm Bank p. 241-276
Kara W. Swanson
Birch Coulie: The Epic Battle of the Dakota War p. 277-278
Paul Beck
Schooling the Freed People: Teaching, Learning, and the Struggle for Black Freedom, 1861 —1876 p. 278-280
David J. Trowbridge
The Land-Grant Act and the People's College: Iowa State University p. 280-281
Douglas Biggs
Norwegians and Swedes in the United States: Friends and Neighbors p. 281-282
Marvin G. Slind
Winning the West for Women: The Life of Suffragist Emma Smith DeVoe p. 283-284
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Cover Image
As students and visitors riding the Ames & College Railway—popularly know as "the Dinkey"—approached the Iowa Agricultural College campus in the 1890s, this, roughly, is the impressive view that they saw. For more on the Dinkey and its role in linking the college and the community of Ames, see Douglas Biggs's article in this issue. Photo from Fifteenth Biennial Report of the Board of Trustees of the Iowa State Agricultural College and Farm Made to the Governor of Iowa for the Years 1892 and 1893 (Des Moines, 1893).
Marvin Bergman
Editorial Consultants
Rebecca Conard, Middle Tennessee State University
Kathleen Neils Conzen, University of Chicago
William Cronon, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert R. Dykstra, State University of New York at Albany
R. David Edmunds, University of Texas at Dallas
H. Roger Grant, Clemson University
William C. Pratt, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Glenda Riley, Ball State University
Malcolm J. Rohrbough, University of Iowa
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While much of OS X is unchanged since 2002 or 2003, one of the main areas of improvement for Apple has been iChat: first an IM client, then a VoIP system, then video, now (with iChat AV 3) support for 10-way H.264 videoconference calls.
Now endgadget thinks it's found evidence that AT&T may soon allow iChat, as part of a survey of iPhone users about poor EDGE performance. The original report by iPhone owner Ben Goetting certainly sounds like he is keen to get is AI back.
Like engadget, I'm not sure what the survey mention means, but if I were the iPhone platform manager for Apple it would be one of my top priorities to win AT&T's cooperation. I suspect AT&T would be concerned about selling a phone that can IM and videoconference with Apple computers but not with other AT&T phones.
I do have one guess: perhaps the performance of iChat AV would be so abysmal with EDGE that Apple is waiting for better bandwidth to be able to fully interoperate with Macs.