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The Dalhousie Tigers women's basketball team will host the 33rd installment of the Lawtons Centennial Women's Basketball Tournament this weekend at the Dalplex. The tournament is used as one of the final tune-ups for teams in the pre-season before league play starts at the beginning of November.
The tournament provides the Tigers with the opportunity to see teams from outside the AUS conference and gain some valuable experience against other teams from across the country. This year the tournament will be attended by Brock University, Bishop's and the Tigers cross-town rivals, Saint Mary's.
"Each region plays a little bit different, and it gives us a chance to be exposed and challenged by those different styles," explains head coach Anna Stammberger. "We don't know those teams as well, so it's a new experience to try and adapt during games."
Coach Stammberger is once again working with a very young team this season, as Ashley Cain (Toronto, Ont.) and Diedre Alexander are the squad's lone seniors, along with junior Sophie Gaube (Hubley, N.S.).
Stammberger was asked about how important it is for these more senior players to act as leaders for younger players.
"It is very important that the seniors set the standard, and show the younger athletes what the expectations are for our team," says Stammberger. "It's important that they are supportive of our younger players, but we encourage all of our players to be leaders, regardless of experience."
The Tigers added more young talent to the team over the summer with two new recruits.
Ariel Provo (Lake Echo, N.S.) is a decorated member of multiple Basketball Nova Scotia provincial level teams. In exceptional performances at national championships, she has collected a bronze medal in 2013, and was named a first-team all-star in 2014.
"Ariel was one of the top recruits in the Atlantic Region," says Stammberger. "She is a natural point guard that will have an immediate impact on our team."
The Tigers also added Dartmouth, N.S. native, Chelsea Slawter-Wright to the team, who is coming off of two seasons with Holland College in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). She will bring a lot of defensive intensity to the Tigers squad this season.
Stammberger believes the time in the CCAA was good for Slawter-Wright to improve her game.
"After two successful years in the CCAA, she's developed her offensive game and gained valuable competition experience," Stammberger explains.
This will be the Tigers second pre-season tournament of the year after previously travelling to Montreal in early September. The Tigers had some close games in that tournament but are excited to come back and play in front of a home crowd.
Be sure to come out and catch you first glimpse of the women's team at the Lawtons Centennial Tournament this weekend. The Tigers first game of the tournament in on Friday night at 7:00, at the Dalplex.
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|Picture taken for my senior pictures back in August 2009
Many runners that I know don't mind running in the rain, as long as it's not thunder storming or pouring too hard. Or you know, if it's not -13042394 degrees and pouring, which sounds like a miserable concept.
Sunday, even though it was December, it was in the upper 70's (thank you south Louisiana). I decided to try and lace up my running shoes and throw on my rain jacket and just go for it.
Running in the rain, surprisingly wasn't that bad. I'm a little clumsy, so I felt my feet slip on the pavement a few times, but other than that it was really great.
I didn't do the 9 miles like I was supposed to, I only got through 3.25 before I got too hot from my rain jacket, which wasn't actually a running jacket. So I headed home, thinking I would head back later. While I never went back out because it was raining and dark, I can't say that my first experience running in the rain was bad at all!
Have you ever run in the rain? What are your tips for running in the rain?

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Had a very pleasant morning walking around. Took the little tram around the property. The guide was extremely knowledgable and friendly. Had lunch at the little cafe and It was decent. Cute gift shop as well
On a rare visit to Dallas I convinced my friends who have lived in the area for years to visit the arboretum and botanical gardens. I hope they are still my friends.
We went on Saturday in June and parking was readily available though the...More
We spent a few days in Dallas on our USA road trip and decided to visit the botanical gardens, it was amazingly kept and v peaceful which is what we needed after travelling 1500 Miles, the entrance fee was in line with other attractions so...More
We went on Saturday when my stepdaughters were visiting from Oklahoma. My cousin bought a yearly pass which we used at that time. It was a nice, relaxing visit and the gardens are awesome ! It has different themes. From the Japanese maple trees, the...More
I went for August Dollar Days, so I got $2 admission ($5 parking, though). It was really hot so I wasn't able to walk the whole gardens, but I was able to see a bit. It's beautiful. You can bring your own picnic if you...More
Went on Monday with an out of town visitor. This was a good choice since it wasn't so crowded. It had been 3 yrs since I last came & they have added a lg new herbal garden called 'A Tasteful Place' which, in addition to...More
One of the best times of the year to visit the arboretum is around the Christmas holiday. The displays put on every year truly make the whole place shine!!!
Beautiful, colorful, well maintained, huge gardens. Can wander for hours and check out all the different areas or follow the path in a quick circle. Buildings are air conditioned. Plenty of benches to sit and take it all in. One of our best days in...More
It was hot & humid in August, but the Gardens were beautiful. Most plants are labeled, which was helpful. The arrangements were well thought out & varied. If you like walking through gardens, this is a nice one.
We came to the gardens for a wedding this past weekend. It was a little confusing regarding which gated entrance we needed to enter through to get to the proper area for the wedding. Once we did choose the correct entrance, we were offered valet...More


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June 22nd, 2010
In this write-up, I will first give all the reasons why I like MSG and think that it is conservatively worth $32/share with upside over $50. Then, I will thoroughly address the variant view.
There are many reasons to like MSG:
Reasons to like MSG
- Recently spun-off of Cablevision (spinoffs tend to beat the market)
- Every recent U.S. publicly traded sports team has been bought out at a substantial premium (Boston Celtics, Cleveland Indians, and Florida Panthers).
- MSG has a collection of irreplaceable trophy assets (The Garden, Knicks, Rangers) that are trading at a serious discount to private market value
- The NBA summer free agency period is a near-term potential catalyst
Shares of Madison Square Garden (NASDAQ:MSG), which were recently spun off of Cablevision, offer investors the opportunity to buy a collection assets (Knicks, Rangers, the Garden, MSG/MSG+) at a serious discount to their private market value.
My sum of the parts analysis suggests that at the current price, there is little downside, but significant upside. Specifically, I believe that MSG's assets are worth at least $32 with upside over $50. Below is a brief description of each of the segments followed by my conservative sum of the parts valuation. Even using the most conservative estimates, I reach a value of $32 a share.
MSG owns and operates three cable networks, MSG, MSG+, and the Fuse network. These networks generate revenue through subscriber fees from pay-tv operators (approx. 80% of segment revenue) as well as through advertising (approx. 20% of segment revenue).
MSG/MSG+: The most valuable of the Company's networks, MSG and MSG+ are regional sports networks that broadcast the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New York Liberty, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres and New York Red Bulls games. Additionally, they carry several other sports programming, including major college basketball and football games. The first major non-Knicks/Rangers contract, with the Buffalo Sabres, ends in 2017. Each network has over 8 million subscribers, primarily in the NY, NJ, and CT areas.
FUSE: Fuse focuses on music related programming including coverage of premier artists, events and festivals, original content and high profile concerts and has over 50mm subs.
*The media segment is the easiest to predict as much of it is based on contracts with the cable operators that are somewhat predictable. I expect 2010 EBITDA of $153-159 million. I take the midpoint of that range for my valuation.
MSG owns and operates the:
- New York Knicks (NBA)
- New York Rangers (NHL)
- New York Liberty (WNBA)
- Hartford Wolf Pack (NYSE:AHL)
- Sources of Revenue: tickets, concessions, television (both national TV contracts and local cable rights), sponsorship, and merchandise.
- Both major teams, the Knicks and the Rangers, have been pretty terrible lately, which has led to poor economic performance.
*The sports segment assumes the teams perform slightly better and the Knicks pay lower luxury tax, but still produces negative EBITDA. It should be noted that the Knicks paid out $24.9 million in 2008 and $23.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 for costs associated with transactions relating to players on our sports teams for season-ending and career-ending injuries, but mainly for waivers and terminations of players and other team personnel, including team executives. However, these costs should come down as the team basically has a clean slate heading into this summer's free agent frenzy. It should be noted that under my conservative assumptions, I am not valuing any sort of catalyst for the Knicks/ media segment that one or two big-time free agents could provide. I take the midpoint of my 2010 Consolidated Sports EBITDA estimated range to get to a small loss (approx. 10 million) for my valuation.
MSG creates, produces, and presents a variety of live productions. It earns revenue based on ticket sales on shows that it promotes, as well as license fees on non-promoted shows.
The Company has 100% ownership of Madison Square Garden Arena, the Theater at Madison Square Garden, and the Chicago Theater (purchased in 2008 for $16 million). It also owns 50% of the 4.5 million square feet of air rights above MSG. It has long term leases on the Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Theater, and a long-term booking agreement with the Wang Theater. In total, the Company's venues host over 800 events per year.
*The entertainment segment is the most economically sensitive, and therefore the most difficult to predict, but these assumptions are fairly conservative with 2010 expectations still far below 2007 profitability. I have decided to assign ZERO value for this segment in my sum of the parts valuation. The reason for this is that it is difficult to predict, and I feel that assigning it zero value is an extremely conservative assumption that potentially provides my valuation considerable upside with an improving economy. This makes me feel more comfortable with the valuation since I am not really betting on an economic recovery (although that would also obviously provide considerable upside).
One of the primary reasons investors are dismissing MSG is that the approximately $800 million of cap ex remaining related to a major renovation at Madison Square Garden will not be a good investment for shareholders. I generally agree with that statement because it is difficult to know exactly how the capex will be spent, although there are several ways it could increase sales and attract more marquee events. Regardless, I have treated this expense in my conservative valuation as if the company just burns all $800 million in cash and receives zero economic benefit.
2009 Forbes Values:
Knicks (2nd most valuable NBA franchise): $586 million http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/32/basketball-values-09_New-York-Knicks_328815.html
New York Rangers: $416 million: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/31/hockey-values-09_New-York-Rangers_315381.html
*The Sports Forbes values only account for The New York Knicks and New York Rangers. Therefore, my valuations disregard any value from the New Yor,k Liberty or Hartford Wolf Pack
Why My Assumptions Are Conservative
All recent sports transactions have been at significant premiums to the Forbes Values and none of them have had the allure of
MSG and MSG+ are largely "Tivo-proof" since most viewers prefer to watch sports live, and operate under long-term contracts. Because of this, they command premium pricing and deserve a higher multiple. Several research reports agree with this thinking and point to a variety of recent transactions as evidence.
For example, in November of 2009, Liberty Media merged its stake in DirecTV along with its RSNs, and as part of a fairness opinion associated with the transaction, the middle end of the valuation for the RSNs valued them at approximately 11x EBITDA (the multiple I used for 2010E). There is no reason why MSG and MSG+ aren't worth similar multiples. "RSN's" typically traded around 15-20 EBTIDA multiples before the financial crisis, and recent transactions have been in the 10-15 multiple range. Because of this, I feel like the 11 EBITDA multiple is very reasonable for such a high end RSN that consistently produces over 100M in EBITDA and could potentially benefit from this summer's big NBA free agency splash.
The entertainment business is perhaps the trickiest to value because it has been pretty volatile, and is more sensitive to the health of the economy. In 2006 and 2007, this segment produced over $40 million of EBITDA and EBITDA margins of 16.6% and 14.9%, respectively. In 2008, MSG expanded at the worst possible time, and the other businesses in this segment also came under pressure. As a result, EBITDA declined to marginally positive levels, but MSG has made significant adjustments across this segment after the financial crisis. Despite the potential value here, I have decided to assign zero value to this segment since it is very sensitive to the economy and basically broke even last year. I feel that this is yet another VERY conservative assumption.
The sale and recent valuation of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, the Company which owns the Air Canada Centre, the Raptors (NBA), Maple Leafs (NHL), and the regional sports networks which broadcast the team's games is a good comp because it included an arena, an NBA team, an NHL team, and the regional sports networks, but this still represented a minority interest in far less valuable assets near the height of the economic crisis, all of which point to significantly more value for MSG's similar assets, with potential additional value from MSG's entertainment assets, Fuse network, MSG air rights, etc. In December of 2008, a 7.5% minority interest was sold in Maple Leaf Sports for $90 million, valuing the whole Company at $1.2 billion. This suggests much greater value for MSG's assets. Remember that MSG's market cap is currently only 1.6B.
The Variant View:
1) Questionable Management
- Although an insider control discount of is appropriate, I do not see why there should be any further cut. There has been plenty of speculation that this spin off was part of their estate planning, and that in the end, James Dolan would like to take MSG private.
- In terms of their sports management decisions, they really can't do any worse, but I think we could really be buying at a low. They recently signed Amare, and have a chance for Carmelo next year
2) MSG is spending too much (approx. 800 million) to renovate The Garden, which is unlikely to be a good investment for shareholders
- I think it is too early to make such a conclusion, but I have decided to treat this cash as if they immediately burned it (even though it will be over three years)… and provided zero economic benefit. I still reach an attractive valuation with several other conservative estimates. In addition, renovations could potentially lead to more marquee events for their entertainment segment, as well as additional revenue streams for their sports teams (new premium seating).
3) Potential NBA lockout (this actually applies to the NHL as well)
- I believe an NHL work stoppage is very unlikely since the players have a powerful recent memory of the lost 2003-2004 season, and both the players and owners realize the league can't survive another hit like in 2003-2004.
- The NBA lockout is much more likely than an NHL one because the players association has taken a tough stance to the NBA's initial proposal to lower player compensation significantly. While this is certainly a risk, I think it is unlikely that there will be a work stoppage, and a resolution is more likely to positively impact team economics relative to the current collective bargaining agreements. In addition, it would not be the end of the world for the sports segment. MSG would still have the Rangers games, and could then use the arena to host a variety of other sporting events as well as compliment their entertainment business. The values of sports franchises do not decline because of the short-term lockout, and they have historically been cash flow negative, so this is not a nightmare scenario.
Concluding points: The three points addressed in the variant view are legitimate, but I don't think it justifies the dirt cheap valuation. If you're uncomfortable with the management situation, or looking for a company selling at a huge discount to present free cash flow, this is probably not for you. However, Madison Square Garden is a classic deep value special situation, with informational inefficiencies surrounding a spin off, sports franchises that are poised for a rebound (summer free agency), and a collection of irreplaceable trophy assets selling at a serious discount to private market value. As the company gets more institutional coverage, I expect this spinoff to outperform the market as it trades back up to realistic multiples. In addition, I would not be surprised if the company was taken private at a substantial premium, which is exactly what has happened to every other recent U.S. based public sports team.
Connor Haley
Disclosure: At the time of writing, Connor Haley owned shares of Madison Square Garden (MSG).
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This Week in Little Bighorn History
William David Nugent (left) was born on November 5, 1852, in Grayson County, Kentucky. He was a Private in Company A who participated in the valley and hilltop fights.
Olans H. Northeg committed suicide at Fort Meade, Dakota Territory, on November 5, 1882. He was buried in the Fort Meade National Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota. He was a Sergeant in Company G who participated in the valley and hilltop fights.
William G. Abrams married Elizabeth Adelphine Smith Marine on November 6, 1881. He was a Private in Company A who was with the pack train and participated in the hilltop fight.
John W. Burkman (right) committed suicide by gunshot in Billings, Montana, on November 6, 1925. He was buried in the Custer National Cemetery in Crow Agency, Montana. He was a Private with Company L who was with the pack train and participated in the hilltop fight.
Henry P. Jones, also known as John Bush, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on November 8, 1953. He served as a Private in Company I and participated in the pack train escort and the hilltop fight at Little Bighorn.
Crawford Selby married Mary Elizabeth Beck on November 10, 1864. He was a Saddler with Company G when he was killed in the valley fight at Little Bighorn. Mary remarried in 1880.
This Week in Little Bighorn History
In honor of all who lost their lives on June 25 and 26, 1876, at the Battle of the Little Bighorn: Soldiers, Warriors, Civilians, and Scouts.
Jacob Adams was born on June 25, 1852, in Stark County, Ohio. He was a Private with Company H who was with the pack train and in the hilltop fight.
Edward Diamond was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, on June 25, 1854. He was a Private with Company H who participated in the hilltop fight.
Cornelius Bresnahan died on June 25, 1901, probably at his residence in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was buried in the North Cambridge Catholic Cemetery. He was a Private with Company K who participated in the hilltop fight.
Olans H. Northeg, whose birth name was Olaus Hansen Nordeeg, was born on June 26, 1841, in Nannestad, Akershus County, Norway. He was a Sergeant with Company G who was in the valley and hilltop fights.
George Daniel Wallace (left) was born in York County, South Carolina, on June 29, 1849. He was a Second Lieutenant who commanded Company G during the valley and hilltop fights.
William B. Crisfield married Mary Pauline Blanchstone on June 29, 1865. They had three sons. He was a Private with Company L who was killed with Custer's Column.
Benjamin Hubert Hodgson (left) was born on June 30, 1848, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a Second Lieutenant for Company B who was the Acting Adjutant for Reno's Column. He was killed in the valley fight.
This Week in Little Bighorn History
William Braendle, of Hermann, Mo., was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, November 1, 1855. His father, Jacob Braendle, was a native of Germany, and came to the United States in 1870, locating first in Allegheny City, Penn., and after a residence there of seven months removed to Gasconade County, Mo. He located eight miles west of Hermann, where he died in 1872. After the father's death William left the farm and went to St. Louis, where he labored by the day. He returned to Hermann in 1882, where in March of that year he married Elizabeth Trechnlann, daughter of John Trechmann (deceased). Mrs. Braendle was born in Hermann, and she and Mr. Braendle became the parents of three children, two of whom are living: John and Grover Cleveland. Mr. Braendle belongs to the I. O. O. F. in St. Louis, and the E. of P. in Hermann. He conducts a quiet and orderly beer and wine saloon, and is an honest citizen of the county.
This biography of William Braendle was published in 1888. According to Men with Custer, Braendle (also known as Wilhelm Friedrich Braendle, William Brandle, and William Cummings) resided in California for the last 30 years of his life and died there in 1932.
Other Little Bighorn milestones for November 1 include the deaths of James E. Moore in 1894 in Union, South Carolina, and Charles Camillus DeRudio in 1910 in Los Angeles, California. Other Seventh Cavalry anniversaries this week include:
- November 2, 1879 – the death of William Kane in Washington, D.C.;
- November 4, 1836 – the birth of John E. Armstrong in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
- November 5, 1852 – the birth of William David Nugent in Grayson County, Kentucky;
- November 5, 1882 – the death of Olans H. Northeg at Fort Meade, Dakota Territory;
- November 6, 1881 – the marriage of William G. Abrams to Elizabeth Adelphine Smith Marine and the death of John W. Burkman in Billings, Montana.


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This week's calendar
Monument Market; Moving Sale; Richmond Kickers Food Truck Fest ; Flight Night @ Secco; Byrd Market (Oregon Hill); VCU: Alternative Eats; Carytown Watermelon Festival; MORE…
Monument Market
Sat Jul 28 3:30 pm
A weekly Farmer's Market at the corner of Monument Avenue & North Robinson Street. Saturdays, 8AM-noon. May through August.
Moving Sale
Sat Jul 28
424 1/2 S Pine ST (caty-corner to Mama Zu)! Furniture (bookshelves, kitchen cabinet, night stand, and more), antiques, tons of movies, CD's, books, clothes, video camera, camera lenses, bike, carnival glass, kitchen items, linens, tools, miscellaneous. Kindergarten teacher moving out of state. Everything must go!
Richmond Kickers Food Truck Fest
Sat Jul 28 5:30 pm
Scheduled to headline the event are local favorites including Habanero's, Cupcakes & Tacos, Kona Ice, Dress and Press, Curbside, King of Pops and Richmond legend Boka Truck and menus include gourmet salads, awesome Panini's, killer tacos, fresh seasonal sandwiches and cool all-natural ice cream. The gates open at 5:30 and the Kickers pro game kicks off at seven.
Flight Night @ Secco
Mon Jul 30 10:00 am
Trying new things is like hitting the refresh button on our existence: it delivers us from complacency, engages our senses and forces us to question our tastes, values and, in turn, our very nature. Yet, more often than not, most of us will opt for the familiar over the unknown. Every Monday.
Byrd Market (Oregon Hill)
Tue Jul 31 3:30 pm
William Byrd Community House, 224 South Cherry Street
May 1 through October
Every Tuesday
VCU: Alternative Eats
Sat Aug 4 2:00 pm
RealRichmond's VCU: Alternative Eats walking and eating tour
Carytown Watermelon Festival
Sun Aug 5 10:00 am
Imagine…115,000 people, over 3000 watermelons and you! With 80 musicians, over 100 exhibitors, one of the largest kids areas of any festival on the east coast and all of the great Carytown style, the Carytown Watermelon Festival presented by Martin's has become the largest one day festival in the state of Virginia. Mark your calendar now for a great day of family fun.
There's a ton of stuff for the kids too! Expanded this year with more than ever before. Bouncies, games, mazes and more…Make sure you check out the Richmond Area Toyota Dealers Kids Zone at Watermelon!


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WHEN: Friday, Nov. 17- Sunday, Nov. 19
WHERE: Deer Creek Camp - Medina, TX
WHO: Open to All High School Students
WHAT: A weekend full of fellowship, prayer, discussion, and activities all aimed at leading youth into a fuller relationship with God and experiencing His presence in the Sacraments!
COST: $100/person (includes a t-shirt)
Space is limited. You may register below! Parents will recieve a letter in the mail with more information regarding the retreat.
"Be still and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth."
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Latest Weather Blog
Arrest made in Walker murder
WALKER- Walker Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a woman at a gated apartment complex in Livingston Parish on New Year's Day.
The woman has been identified as 34-year old Tamila Wooley.
She was found around noon in a townhome located in the Village Maison Complex off Village Drive.
Police said they were searching for her black vehicle, but did not release any other details. More details surrounding the arrest will be released shortly. The suspect is being held in the Livingston Parish Jail.


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This is going to be an interesting project. The goal is to have an ecstatically pleasing piece for the front yard that is also functional.
My plan is to have like an outer vase around the tower to hide the white pipe. The media is going to be LECA but the whole structure will need to be weighted down with some heavy pebbles to avoid it from tipping over.
I'll be working on this piece for the next few weekends and I am very excited to see how this goes!


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prevalent in American homes, so it is important for parents to have a family strategy. Be vigilant about your children's electronics use in the bedroom, set sleep times and talk to your children about the importance of sleep."
To improve your child's sleep, try these sleep tips :
1. Make sleep a healthy priority in your family's busy schedule.
2. Set appropriate and consistent bedtimes for yourself and your children and stick to them.
3. Know how your child is using electronics in the bedroom. Create a plan for appropriate use at night and set boundaries about use before and after bedtime.
4. Educate yourself and your child on how light from electronic device screens can interfere with sleep.
5. Talk to your child about the importance of sleep for health and well-being.
6. Talk to your child's teacher(s) about your child's alertness during the day. Let your child's teacher(s) know that you want to be made aware of any reports of your child falling asleep in school.
7. Remember that you are a role model to your child; set a good example.
8. Create a sleep-supportive bedroom and home environment, dimming the lights prior to bedtime and controlling the temperature (in most cases, temperatures above 75 degrees Fahrenheit and below 54 degrees will disrupt sleep).
9. Try to encourage activities such as reading or listening to music before bedtime instead of watching TV, playing video games or surfing the web.
10. Make sure children's activities, including homework, can be completed without interfering with bedtimes.
Editor's Note: The full 2014 Sleep in America® annual poll report is also available for download.
The 2014 Sleep in America® annual poll was a probability-based online survey of 1,103 American parents with children aged 6-17 in the household. It was conducted Dec. 12-23, 2013, for the National Sleep Foundation by Mokrzycki Survey Research Services, with field work by the Knowledge Networks division of GfK Group. Sampling error for the full sample is


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And in the evening after the high tea which was their last meal, while they sat in the stiff parlour, the ladies working and Dr Macphail smoking his pipe, the missionary told them of his work in the islands.
'When we went there they had no sense of sin at all,' he said. 'They broke the commandments one after the other and never knew they were doing wrong. And I think that was the most difficult part of my work, to instil into the natives the sense of sin.'
The Macphails knew already that Davidson had worked in the Solomons for five years before he met his wife. She had been a missionary in China, and they had become acquainted in Boston, where they were both spending part of their leave to attend a missionary congress. On their marriage they had been appointed to the islands in which they had laboured ever since.
In the course of all the conversations they had had with Mr Davidson one thing had shone out clearly and that was the man's unflinching courage. He was a medical missionary, and he was liable to be called at any time to one or other of the islands in the group. Even the whaleboat is not so very safe a conveyance in the stormy Pacific of the wet season, but often he would be sent for in a canoe, and then the danger was great. In cases of illness or accident he never hesitated. A dozen times he had spent the whole night baling for his life, and more than once Mrs Davidson had given him up for lost.
'I'd beg him not to go sometimes,' she said, 'or at least to wait till the weather was more settled, but he'd never listen. He's obstinate, and when he's once made up his mind, nothing can move him.'
'How can I ask the natives to put their trust in the Lord if I am afraid to do so myself?' cried Davidson. 'And I'm not, I'm not. They know that if they send for me in their trouble I'll come if it's humanly possible. And do you think the Lord is going to abandon me when I am on his business? The wind blows at his bidding and the waves toss and rage at his word.'
Dr Macphail was a timid man. He had never been able to get used to the hurtling of the shells over the trenches, and when he was operating in an advanced dressing-station the sweat poured from his brow and dimmed his spectacles in the effort he made to control his unsteady hand. He shuddered a little as he looked at the missionary.
'I wish I could say that I've never been afraid,' he said.
'I wish you could say that you believed in God,' retorted the other.
But for some reason, that evening the missionary's thoughts travelled back to the early days he and his wife had spent on the islands.
'Sometimes Mrs Davidson and I would look at one another and the tears would stream down our cheeks. We worked without ceasing, day and night, and we seemed to make no progress. I don't know what I should have done without her then. When I felt my heart sink, when I was very near despair, she gave me courage and hope.'
Mrs Davidson looked down at her work, and a slight colour rose to her thin cheeks. Her hands trembled a little. She did not trust herself to speak.
'We had no one to help us. We were alone, thousands of miles from any of our own people, surrounded by darkness. When I was broken and weary she would put her work aside and take the Bible and read to me till peace came and settled upon me like sleep upon the eyelids of a child, and when at last she closed the book she'd say: We'll save them in spite of themselves." And I felt strong again in the Lord, and I answered: "Yes, with God's help I'll save them. I must save them.'
He came over to the table and stood in front of it as though it were a lectern. 'You see, they were so naturally depraved that they couldn't be brought to see their wickedness. We had to make sins out of what they thought were natural actions. We had to make it a sin, not only to commit adultery and to lie and thieve, but to expose their bodies, and to dance and not to come to church. I made it a sin for a girl to show her bosom and a sin for a man not to wear trousers.'
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'How could they?' asked the missionary.
'It would be a brave man who tried to stand up against Mr Davidson,' said his wife, tightening her lips.
Dr Macphail looked at Davidson with troubled eyes. What he heard shocked him, but he hesitated to express his disapproval.
'You must remember that in the last resort I could expel them from their church membership.'
Did they mind that?'
Davidson smiled a little and gently rubbed his hands.
'They couldn't sell their copra. When the men fished they got no share of the catch. It meant something very like starvation. Yes, they minded quite a lot.'
'Tell him about Fred Ohlson,' said Mrs Davidson.
The missionary fixed his fiery eyes on Dr Macphail.
'Fred Ohlson was a Danish trader who had been in the islands a good many years. He was a pretty rich man as traders go and he wasn't very pleased when we came. You see, he'd had things very much his own way. He paid the natives what he liked for their copra, and he paid in goods and whisky. He had a native wife, but he was flagrantly unfaithful to her. He was a drunkard. I gave him a chance to mend his ways, but he wouldn't take it. He laughed at me.'
Davidson's voice fell to a deep bass as he said the last words, and he was silent for a minute or two. The silence was heavy with menace.
'In two years he was a ruined man. He'd lost everything he'd saved in a quarter of a century. I broke him, and at last he was forced to come to me like a beggar and beseech me to give him a passage back to Sydney.'
'I wish you could have seen him when he came to see Mr Davidson,' said the missionary's wife. 'He had been a fine, powerful man, with a lot of fat on him, and he had a great big voice, but now he was half the size, and he was shaking all over. He'd suddenly become an old man.'
With abstracted gaze Davidson looked out into the night. The rain was falling again.
Suddenly from below came a sound, and Davidson turned and looked questioningly at his wife. It was the sound of a gramophone, harsh and loud, wheezing out a syncopated tune.
'What's that?' he asked.
Mrs Davidson fixed her pince-nez more firmly on her nose.
'One of the second-class passengers has a room in the house. I guess it comes from there.'
They listened in silence, and presently they heard the sound of dancing. Then the music stopped, and they heard the popping of corks and voices raised in animated conversation.
'I daresay she's giving a farewell party to her friends on board,' said Dr Macphail. 'The ship sails at twelve, doesn't it?'
Davidson made no remark, but he looked at his watch.
'Are you ready?' he asked his wife.
She got up and folded her work.
'Yes, I guess I am,' she answered.
'It's early to go to bed yet, isn't it?' said the doctor.
We have a good deal of reading to do,' explained Mrs Davidson. 'Wherever we are, we read a chapter of the Bible before retiring for the night and we study it with the commentaries, you know, and discuss it thoroughly. It's a wonderful training for the mind.'
The two couples bade one another good night. Dr and Mrs Macphail were left alone. For two or three minutes they did not speak.
'I think I'll go and fetch the cards,' the doctor said at last.
Mrs Macphail looked at him doubtfully. Her conversation with the Davidsons had left her a little uneasy, but she did not like to say that she thought they had better not play cards when the Davidsons might come in at any moment. Dr Macphail brought them and she watched him, though with a vague sense of guilt, while he laid out his patience. Below the sound of revelry continued.
It was fine enough next day, and the Macphails, condemned to spend a fortnight of idleness at Pago-Pago, set about making the best of things. They went down to the quay and got out of their boxes a number of books. The doctor called on the chief surgeon of the naval hospital and went round the beds with him. They left cards on the governor. They passed Miss Thompson on the road. The doctor took off his hat, and she gave him a 'Good morning doc,' in a loud, cheerful voice. She was dressed as on the day before, in a white frock, and her shiny white boots with their high heels, her fat legs bulging over the tops of them, were strange things on that exotic scene.
'I don't think she's very suitably dressed, I must say,' said Mrs Macphail. 'She looks extremely common to me.'
When they got back to their house, she was on the veranda playing with one of the trader's dark children.
'Say a word to her,' Dr Macphail whispered to his wife. 'She's all alone here, and it seems rather unkind to ignore her.'
Mrs Macphail was shy, but she was in the habit of doing what her husband bade her.
'I think we're fellow lodgers here,' she said, rather foolishly.
'Terrible, ain't it, bein' cooped up in a one-horse burg like this?' answered Miss Thompson. 'And they tell me I'm lucky to have gotten a room. I don't see myself livin' in a native house, and that's what some have to do. I don't know why they don't have a hotel.'
They exchanged a few more words. Miss Thompson, loud-voiced and garrulous, was evidently quite willing to gossip, but Mrs Macphail had a poor stock of small talk and presently she said:
'Well, I think we must go upstairs.'
In the evening when they sat down to their high tea, Davidson on coming in said:
'I see that woman downstairs has a couple of sailors sitting there. I wonder how she's gotten acquainted with them.'
'She can't be very particular,' said Mrs Davidson.
They were all rather tired after the idle, aimless day.
'If there's going to be a fortnight of this I don't know what we shall feel like at the end of it,' said Dr Macphail.
'The only thing to do is to portion out the day to different activities,' answered the missionary. 'I shall set aside a certain number of hours to study and a certain number to exercise, rain or fine-in the wet season you can't afford to pay any attention to the rain-and a certain number to recreation.'
Dr Macphail looked at his companion with misgiving. Davidson's programme oppressed him. They were eating Hamburger steak again. It seemed the only dish the cook knew how to make. Then below the gramophone began. Davidson started nervously when he heard it, but said nothing. Men's voices floated up. Miss Thompson's guests were joining in a well-known song and presently they heard her voice too, hoarse and loud. There was a good deal of shouting and laughing. The four people upstairs, trying to make conversation, listened despite themselves to the clink of glasses and the scrape of chairs. More people had evidently come. Miss Thompson was giving a party.
'I wonder how she gets them all in,' said Mrs Macphail suddenly breaking into a medical conversation between the missionary and her husband. It showed whither her thoughts were wandering. The twitch of Davidson's face proved that, though he spoke of scientific things, his mind was busy in the same direction. Suddenly, while the doctor was giving some experience of practice on the Flanders front, rather prosily, he sprang to his feet with a cry.
'What's the matter, Alfred?' asked Mrs Davidson.
'Of course! It never occurred to me. She's out of Iwelei.'
'She can't be.'
'She came on board at Honolulu. It's obvious. And she's carrying on her trade here. Here.'
He uttered the last word with a passion of indignation.
'What's Iwelei?' asked Mrs Macphail.
He turned his gloomy eyes on her and his voice trembled with horror.
'The plague spot of Honolulu. The Red Light district. It was a blot on our civilization.'
Iwelei was on the edge of the city. You went down side streets by the harbour, in the darkness, across a rickety bridge, till you came to a deserted road, all ruts and holes, and then suddenly you came out into the light. There was parking room for motors on each side of the road, and there were saloons, tawdry and bright, each one noisy with its mechanical piano, and there were barbers' shops and tobacconists. There was a stir in the air and a sense of expectant gaiety. You turned down a narrow alley, either to the right or to the left, for the road divided Iwelei into two parts, and you found yourself in the district. There were rows of little bungalows, trim and neatly painted in green, and the pathway between them was broad and straight. It was laid out like a garden-city. In its respectable regularity, its order and spruceness, it gave an impression of sardonic horror; for never can the search for love have been so systematized and ordered. The pathways were lit by a rare lamp, but they would have been dark except for the lights that came from the open windows of the bungalows. Men wandered about, looking at the women who sat at their windows, reading or sewing, for the most part taking no notice of the passers-by; and like the women they were of all nationalities. There were Americans, sailors from the ships in port, enlisted men off the gunboats, sombrely drunk, and soldiers from the regiments, white and black, quartered on the island; there were Japanese, walking in twos and threes; Hawaiians, Chinese in long robes, and Filipinos in preposterous hats. They were silent and as it were oppressed. Desire is sad.
'It was the most crying scandal of the Pacific,' exclaimed Davidson vehemently. 'The missionaries had been agitating against it for years, and at last the local press took it up. The police refused to stir. You know their argument
They say that vice is inevitable and consequently the best thing is to localize and control it. The truth is, they were paid. Paid. They were paid by the saloon-keepers, paid by the bullies, paid by the women themselves. At last they were forced to move.'
'I read about it in the papers that came on board in Honolulu,' said Dr Macphail.
Iwelei, with its sin and shame, ceased to exist on the very day we arrived. The whole population was brought before the justices. I don't know why I didn't understand at once what that woman was.'
Now you come to speak of it,' said Mrs Macphail, 'I remember seeing her come on board only a few minutes before the boat sailed. I remember thinking at the time she was cutting it rather fine.'
'How dare she come here!' cried Davidson indignantly. 'I'm not going to allow it.'
He strode towards the door.
'What are you going to do?' asked Macphail.
'What do you expect me to? I'm going to stop it. I'm not going to have this house turned into-into ...'
He sought for a word that should not offend the ladies' ears. His eyes were flashing and his pale face was paler still in his emotion.
'It sounds as though there were three or four men down there,' said the doctor. 'Don't you think it's rather rash to go in just now?'
The missionary gave him a contemptuous look and without a word flung out of the room.
'You know Mr Davidson very little if you think the fear of personal danger can stop him in the performance of his duty,' said his wife.
She sat with her hands nervously clasped, a spot of colour on her high cheek-bones, listening to what was about to happen below. They all listened. They heard him clatter down the wooden stairs and throw open the door. The singing stopped suddenly, but the gramophone continued to bray out its vulgar tune. They heard Davidson's voice and then the noise of something heavy falling. The music stopped. He had hurled the gramophone on the floor. Then again they heard Davidson's voice, they could not make out the words, then Miss Thompson's, loud and shrill, then a confused clamour as though several people were shouting together at the top of their lungs. Mrs Davidson gave a little gasp, and she clenched her hands more tightly. Dr Macphail looked uncertainly from her to his wife. He did not want to go down, but he wondered if they expected him to. Then there was something that sounded like a scuffle. The noise now was more distinct. It might be that Davidson was being thrown out of the room. The door was slammed. There was a moment's silence and they heard Davidson come up the stairs again. He went to his room.
'I think I'll go to him,' said Mrs Davidson.
She got up and went out.
'If you want me, just call,' said Mrs Macphail, and then when the other was gone: 'I hope he isn't hurt.'
'Why couldn't he mind his own business?' said Dr Macphail.
They sat in silence for a minute or two and then they both started, for the gramophone began to play once more, defiantly, and mocking voices shouted hoarsely the words of an obscene song.
Next day Mrs Davidson was pale and tired. She complained of headache, and she looked old and wizened. She told Mrs Macphail that the missionary had not slept at all; he had passed the night in a state of frightful agitation and at five had got up and gone out. A glass of beer had been thrown over him and his clothes were stained and stinking. But a sombre fire glowed in Mrs Davidson's eyes when she spoke of Miss Thompson.
'She'll bitterly rue the day when she flouted Mr Davidson,' she said. 'Mr Davidson has a wonderful heart and no one who is in trouble has ever gone to him without being comforted, but he has no mercy for sin, and when his righteous wrath is excited he's terrible.'
'Why, what will he do?' asked Mrs Macphail.
'I don't know, but I wouldn't stand in that creature's shoes for anything in the world.'
Mrs Macphail shuddered. There was something positively alarming in the triumphant assurance of the little woman's manner. They were going out together that morning, and they went down the stairs side by side. Miss Thompson's door was open, and they saw her in a bedraggled dressing-gown, cooking something in a chafing-dish.
'Good morning,' she called. 'Is Mr Davidson better this morning?'
They passed her in silence, with their noses in the air, as if she did not exist. They flushed, however, when she burst into a shout of derisive laughter. Mrs Davidson turned on her suddenly.
'Don't you dare to speak to me,' she screamed. 'If you insult me I shall have you turned out of here.'
'Say, did I ask Mr Davidson to visit with me?'
'Don't answer her,' whispered Mrs Macphail hurriedly.
They walked on till they were out of earshot.
'She's brazen, brazen,' burst from Mrs Davidson.
Her anger almost suffocated her.
And on their way home they met her strolling towards the quay. She had all her finery on. Her great white hat with its vulgar, showy flowers was an affront She called out cheerily to them as she went by, and a couple of American sailors who were standing there grinned as the ladies set their faces to an icy stare. They got in just before the rain began to fall again.
'I guess she'll get her fine clothes spoilt,' said Mrs Davidson with a bitter sneer. Davidson did not come in till they were half-way through dinner. He was wet through, but he would not change. He sat, morose and silent, refusing to eat more than a mouthful, and he stared at the slanting rain. When Mrs Davidson told him of their two encounters with Miss Thompson he did not answer. His deepening frown alone showed that he had heard.
'Don't you think we ought to make Mr Horn turn her out of here?' asked Mrs Davidson. We can't allow her to insult us.'
'There doesn't seem to be any other place for her to go,' said Macphail. 'She can live with one of the natives.'


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There's a term of art in science-fiction writing and criticism called a "jonbar hinge." Named after a character in an old story by sci-fi author Jack Williamson, a jonbar hinge is a crucial moment in history — things go one way, history unfolds one way; it goes another, very different things happen.
Abilene native Mary Helen Specht's personal jonbar hinge was an 18-month trip to Nigeria in 2006. The Austin writer and St. Edwards professor, whose debut novel "Migratory Animals" hits shelves Tuesday, developed an interest in Nigerian literature while, after graduating from Rice, she was working on an MFA in fiction at Emerson College. So she jumped at the chance to apply for a creative Fulbright grant to live and write in Nigeria.
"So many American writers tend to write for each other and read for each other and publish each other," Specht, 35, said over lunch at Curra's. "The Nobel Committee is always giving Americans (flack) for not knowing the writers they pick, you know?"
She noticed that the Nigerian writers often reflected on their time in the West and integrated the insights into their work. Specht wanted to do the reverse: "I wanted to see if going there and studying the literature while I was there could aid and open up my creative process."
While most grant recipients last between nine and 12 months, Specht spent a year and a half in Nigeria, staying at the University of Ibadan, north of the Nigerian capital of Lagos.
"They give you a certain amount of dollars, and it goes a lot further if you don't live in a gated community in Lagos," Specht says. "I just stayed until the money ran out."
She also fell in love with a man in Nigeria, an event she chronicled in a 2010 essay for the New York Times.
Specht found herself back in Texas, in Austin specifically, in 2008, a University of Texas Dobie Paisano writing fellow. The above essay came out of a time where she was working on —at the urging of folks in the publishing industry — a memoir of her time in Nigeria rather than a novel. It's didn't work. "I ended up with some essays, but nothing really jelled as a memoir," she says.
No, her time in Nigeria and its aftermath were meant to be fictionalized. "The big 'what if' I began thinking about was what if I stayed in Nigeria and built a long-term life there," Specht says. This led to the lovely "Migratory Animals," the title a reference to the idea that, these days, few people die where they were born.
There's Flannery, who after five years in Nigeria leaves the country and her Nigerian fiance Kunle (say it "koon-ley"), to spend some time in Austin, intending to return soon, to have "a wedding here and a wedding there."
But when Flannery arrives back in town, she finds herself pulled back into the lives she left behind. There's Molly, Flannery's sister, who starts to show signs of the Huntington's disease that took their mother; this disease drives Molly further from her husband, Brandon.
There's Alyce, Flannery's best friend, who struggles with her own mental health. And there's Alyce's architect husband Harry, along with Santiago, Flannery's ex-boyfriend and Harry's business partner.
As Flannery negotiates what Molly's illness means for both of them, the latticework of these relationships shifts and bends.
But this isn't a memoir. Specht is married to writer Tyler Stoddard Smith, and sure, Flannery and Molly hail from Abilene, but Specht says she finds that place impossible to write about. "I could do the little flashback stuff you see in the book," she says, "but I can't write about it. I don't know if I am too close to find it too easy to take potshots or what. It just doesn't work."
But Specht is an only child of two university librarians. "My friends became my extended family," Specht says. "Friendship is important to me, and I think the way friendship changes over time isn't explored enough in literature. When you write a 'sister' or a 'husband" or a 'mother,' those relationships have very specific resonances for a reader. Friendship means different things to different people."
However, Specht says her friends keep guessing wrong when they try to see what about the characters, if anything, is based on them: "I stole some external stuff, but the more internal characteristics are not."
Nor was the issue of Huntington's drawn from Specht's life. That came from an NPR report by journalist Charles Sabine, these days a spokesperson for advocacy organizations for those with the disease. "It was a very moving story," Specht says. "Huntington's forces people to watch their parents go through a horrible and magnified version of what we all ultimately go though with our parents."
The other character is, of course, Austin, a place tailor-made for people, even long-term residents, to meditate on their youth. If Specht had stayed in Nigeria long-term, her life would have gone in one direction, her writing likely far different than what it is now. Instead, she came back to Austin and we get "Migratory Animals."
"The original drafts had a lot more Nigeria in them," Specht says. "It sort of fell away as I revised. I can't not set my work in the place I am living, I think."
Migratory Animals
Mary Helen Specht
Harper Perrenial, $14.99
Specht will read from, discuss and sign "Migratory Animals" at 7 p.m. Tuesday at BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd., as part of the Statesman Selects monthly series.


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Shocking Headline? NO.
We are entering Fashion Statements Eras.
Both images are nice fashionable possibly very accepted by many even older folks innocently staring.
What is your brand?
I prefer both but in a smaller less of a profile statement just like those wings are too big for her body the top is as simple for her body.
Will this fashion statement last or take on a bigger dimension in all its potential grandeur.
I can already see all those fabrics even modifying to accommodate the whimsical events a woman can want to represent. How many laces in a little stretch in a variety of designs will it represent not forgetting all the colours.
Lace Stretch with bold patterns designs florals or even geometrical will possibly the next best thing in a negligee wardrobe – La Senza Victoria Secret and others will probably be adopting these styles. Start with various patterns of washable tattoos. Then make up your mind (something that all women should reconsider before a tattoo) We started to be the ones who wanted variety – tattoos cannot always be removed. You possibly have to wait it out.
Send out your fashion statement with UnderBoobs garments!
What does Psychology Today have to report on this fashion statement?
It can only take the dimensions that a woman wants to take it to while watchers can only bring it to an influence they possibly feel or desire – shall we adopt it and "what will I do differently not to be as identical" or "what a nice pattern, I want it too and feel very confortable in wearing" or "What a puta. No wonder these women get raped."
Wait and see, says Psychologist LANG – fashion statement just don't blow up in big proportions in one day.


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Performances Test Achieved in Algeria's Grande Raffinerie Oranaise de Sucre (G.R.O.S - Berrahal Group)
De Smet Engineers & Contractors (DSEC) Tafraoui's Turn-key construction of a Sugar Refinery has been concluded by achieving Performance Tests results well above contractual values!
This milestone reflects the hard work of all DSEC teams involved in this project and their commitment in completing such an outstanding plant.
To learn more about this project click here: Tafraoui's Turn-key construction of a Sugar Refinery


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Unsigned but annotated '17' in pencil on print verso with stamped number (2 895). This was most likely one of the Guggenheim proof prints used for the "Americans" book, according to Robert Frank expert Stuart Alexander, who confirms that it is a vintage work print with "better tonality than other similar (meaning machine produced work prints) prints (of other such Frank images) in the National Gallery." It also doesn't glow under black light. Provenance: Robert Frank to a photographer at Chicago School of Design in the 1960s.
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Female Fight News March 5, 2018 Layla McCarter
By David A. Avila
Layla "The Amazing" McCarter held her number one spot in the welterweight rankings by spanking dangerous Victoria Cisneros and winning by stoppage.
It was McCarter's (41-13-5, 11 KOs) fourth knockout win in seven fights. The win on Saturday in Ignacio, Colorado also gained McCarter the GBU and WIBF welterweight titles and maintained her spot as arguably the best fighter pound for pound in the world.
Now she awaits a showdown with the other fighter proclaimed by many as the best pound for pound female fighter Cecilia Braekhus.
On Saturday, New Mexico's Cisneros entered the ring as a noted tough girl who had previously fought Braekhus eight years ago and lost by unanimous decision after 10 rounds. She had also fought McCarter before and lost a decision in 2006. But this was the new McCarter with punching power.
"Of course I wanted the knockout. I think she went the distance with Braekhus so maybe just to prove something," said McCarter, 38, who fights out of Las Vegas. "I wanted to start with boxing and give the people a good show."
Long have skeptics relegated McCarter to journeywoman status because of the 13 losses on her record. But for those that paid attention, they noticed the Las Vegas prizefighter has not lost a fight since 2007 despite fighting overseas against top-rated competition.
Cisneros had upset more than a few fighters along the way with her pressure-fighting style that can smother the opposition with punches. But she was facing one of the most skilled female fighters in the planet in McCarter: think Floyd Mayweather or James Toney.
McCarter was able to move when she wanted to move, or fight inside by slipping and countering with thunderous punches. For those knowledgeable of what they were seeing, it was a boxing clinic.
"She (Cisneros) has a warrior's mentality but gets hit way too much," McCarter said. "Focus was the key with a good jab. She's a tough girl and not likely to quit one her own."
Now fight fans wait to see if Braekhus and McCarter can meet this summer to decide who truly is the best female fighter pound for pound? And to determine who is the true welterweight world champion.
A fight between McCarter and Braekhus deserves to be put in a major venue either in New York City, Las Vegas or Los Angeles. It also would be worthy of being televised in both the U.S.A. or in Europe. McCarter versus Braekhus would be two of the best female fighters today meeting in the boxing ring and flaunting their incredible fighting prowess. It's a dream fight.
In Brooklyn, the vacant WBA super middleweight world title was captured by Alicia Napoleon by unanimous decision over Belgium's Femke Hermans at Barclays Center on Saturday. It was Herman's first loss as a professional.
Napoleon, 32, a former amateur star in New York, was making her second title attempt and found success this time. Previously she lost a decision to Tori Nelson this past December. She recently signed with Lou DiBella and with this title win is in position to possibly face Claressa Shields who has the WBC and IBF world titles in the super middleweight division.
As we stated last week women's boxing will be included in several upcoming fights beginning this weekend when first Maricela Cornejo fights Lisa Garland at the OC Hangar on Friday in Costa Mesa, California. It's a Golden Boy Promotions fight card that will be televised by ESPN. The very next day Mikaela Mayer meets Maria Semertzoglou in a six round bout at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The Top Rank card will also be televised by ESPN. All of Mayer's fights have been shown at least on the ESPN app. Next week, Seniesa Estrada fights Sonia Osorio in the main event at the Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Estrella TV will televise the fight on the Spanish language network. Women's boxing is on the move.
An all-female fight card takes place on Thursday March 8, when the historic Korakuen Hall in Tokyo hosts the card led by a world title fight between Kayoko Ebata and Ji Hyun Park for the WBO title in Tokyo. Another world title clash pits light flyweights Chaoz Minowa against veteran Tenkai Tsunami for the WBO title. Other fights include Miyo Yoshida, Kai Johnson, Saemi Hanagata, Erika Hanawa, Yuki Koseki and others. Japan has been at full force since the Japanese Boxing Commission included women's boxing in the country.
More Claressa
If you were watching the Academy Awards on Sunday you might have recognized WBC and IBF super middleweight titlist Claressa Shields in a television commercial. The Detroit prizefighter appeared in the advertising for Walmart as a superhero along with singer/actor Mary J. Blige. It was quite a coup for female boxing to have one of its best bring attention to the sport and her exploits as a record-setting two-time Olympic gold medalist and world champion in the span of less than two years. Shields is awaiting a showdown with WBC and WBO middleweight titlist Christina Hammer hopefully before the summer ends.
Female Fight News
Eliana Cuello (2-1) defeated Angela Sanchez (0-1) by decision after four rounds on Saturday March 3. The Super bantamweight match was held in Santa Fe.
Jorgelina Guanini (8-1-1) was the winner by majority decision against Julieta Cardoza (11-3) on Friday March 2. The bantamweight title fight took place in San Salvador de Jujuy.
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On Sunday March 11, super bantamweights Lenka Kardova (2-0) and Tamar Nazarashvili (3-1) meet in four rounder at Plzen.
On Saturday March 10, bantamweights Dina Thorslund (10-0) and Alicia Ashley (24-11-1) meet in a 10 round fight for the interim WBC title at Struer.
Maria Lindberg (16-3-2) won by technical knockout in the third round over Lela Terashvili (9-12-1) on Saturday March 3. The GUB and WIBF super welterweight title fight took place in Karlsruhe.
On Saturday March 10, super flyweights Raja Amasheh (20-1-1) and Tamao Ozawa (13-4) meet in 10 round fight for WBO title at Karlsruhe.
Kikuno Shinomiya (1-0) won by technical knockout in the third round over Ai Oki (0-1) on Saturday March 3. The minimum weight fight took place in Kawasaki.
On Thursday March 8, minimum weights Kayoko Ebata (11-7) and Ji Hyun Park (22-2) meet in a 10 round fight for the WBO title in Tokyo. Also, light flyweights Chaoz Minowa (5-0) and Tenkai Tsunami (24-12) meet in a 10 round fight for the WBO title. Other fights Saemi Hanagata (13-7-4) and Erika Hanawa (8-1) fight for OPBF minimum weight title; Yuki Koseki (5-4) vs. Yumemi Ikemoto (4-1); Sana Hazuki (6-2-1) vs Nanae Suzuki (5-2-1); Miyo Yoshida (8-1) vs Kai Johnson (5-11-3); Sayaka Aoki (3-3-2) vs Yumiko Shimooka (4-4).
On Saturday March 10, featherweights Katharina Thunderz (7-0) and Valgerdur Gudstensdottir (3-0) meet in 10 round fight for WBC International title in Oslo. Also, super flyweights Eva Naranjo (10-0) and Angelique Hernandez (1-3) meet in six rounder; plus super welterweights Joanna Ekedahl (4-0) and Sanja Ostojic (1-3) meet in four rounder.
On Saturday March 10, minimum weights Umi Ishikawa (5-1) and Norj Guro (9-7-1) meet in six round title fight in San Pablo.
South Korea
Eun Hye Lee (11-1) won by majority decision after 10 rounds versus Chie Higano (7-7) on Sunday March 4. The flyweight WIBA title fight took place in Daejeon.
On Saturday March 10, light flyweights Halima Vunjabei (5-3-1) and Nicholine Achieng (0-6) meet for eight three-minute rounds in Dar-Es-Salaam.
Nurshahidah Roslie (8-1) won by technical knockout in round six against Sumanthar Baenkham (3-4) on Saturday March 3. The Thailand featherweight title fight took place in Ramkamhaeng, Bangkok. Also, Sandy Lam (3-1) knocked out Sutthinee Bangrumpao (2-3) in round three of a minimum weight fight.
United Kingdom
Chantelle Cameron (6-0) defeated Myriam Dellal (15-8-3) by unanimous decision after 10 rounds on Saturday March 3. The IBO lightweight title fight took place in Glasgow, Scotland.
Nina Bradley (4-0) was the winner by decision after six rounds versus Katarina Vistica (1-12) on Friday March 2. The welterweight fight took place in Leicester, England.
Stacey Copeland (4-0) stopped Dora Tollar (2-2) in the first round on Friday March 2. The super welterweight fight was held in Manchester, England.
Sam Smith (8-1) was the winner by decision after eight rounds versus Sylwia Maksym (2-3) on Friday March 2. The super lightweight clash took place in Leeds, England.
On Saturday March 10, super welterweights Cherrelle Brown (0-0) and Monika Antonik (1-8) fight six rounds in London, England.
Alicia Napoleon (9-1) was the winner by unanimous decision after 10 rounds versus Femke Hermans (6-1) on Saturday March 3. The WBA super middleweight world title fight took place in Brooklyn, New York.
Layla McCarter (41-13-5) stopped Victoria Cisneros (13-20-2) in the eighth round on Saturday March 3. The GBU, WIBF welterweight title fight was held in Ignacio, Colorado.
On Friday March 9, middleweights Maricela Cornejo (9-2) and Lisa Garland (15-9) meet in six rounder at Costa Mesa, California.
On Saturday March 10, super featherweights Mikaela Mayer (3-0) and Maria Semertzoglou (7-3) meet in a six round fight at Carson, California.
Saturday March 10, light flyweights Natalie Gonzalez (3-0) and Judit Hachbold (4-3) meet in six round bout in Brooklyn, New York.
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If you are in the market for a car, it can seem like a daunting task. After all, there are so many cars out there and choosing one can be challenging. A car is a major investment, and you've got able to make a good choice. Here are some smart tips to keep in mind when you are car shopping.
Shop around before you even go to the dealership. If you spend some time on local dealer's websites, you can learn about incentives that are offered. If you know what one dealership is offering, you can use it as a negotiating point and may be able to get a better deal.
Do not pay for lots of extras when you are buying a car. Sure, it would be nice to have a lot of fun features in your new car, but do you really need them? Every toy or gadget you add jacks up the price of the car considerably. Figure out what you really need, and just stick to that.
When you are considering buying a used car, always have your mechanic check it out first. You are not a qualified mechanic trained to spot problems or repairs, so you need to take it to a professional. Be prepared to pay $100 or so for this service, but it may end up saving you thousands.
When negotiating a deal on your new car, have online information in hand. There are many sites that will provide you with things like invoice pricing and incentives, and this information can prove valuable as you negotiate your price. Print it out and bring it to the car dealership, so there is no question about the accuracy of what you are saying.
A great tip for those looking to buy a used car would be to research what the resale value of the car is. Look at the Kelly Blue Book value and compare it to the condition that the vehicle is currently in to see whether or not the price is fair.
Always take any used car you are thinking of buying to a mechanic that you trust. Do not take the dealers word that the car is in good condition. They might have only owned the car for a few days or bought it from an auction. They really have very little knowledge of the vehicle you are trying to buy.
When you shop for a car, try taking a friend with you that does not wish to purchase a car. Your friend can offer you an unbiased opinion. Ask this person to point out any possible problems or disadvantages that they identify during a test drive.
Talk to your bank or credit union before you head out to the dealership when you are in the market for a car. Find out how much of a loan you are eligible for. This way, you will know how much you can afford to spend, and you will know what kind of car to look for.
Do not forget to calculate the cost of owning a car when you are working out a budget. For example, a vehicle that costs more but gets better mileage may be cheaper over the long run than a less-expensive car with poor fuel economy. You should also include resale value and insurance premiums in your calculations.
Car shopping is something that you should not rush with. Take your time and look at all the options available to you. That is a great way to make sure that you can get the car that you want, at the price you want. If you keep the tips in this article in mind, it will be a much easier process for you.


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Stockton, CA
Frances Fumiye (Koga) Okamoto
Aug. 7, 1925 - Sept. 22, 2010
Mrs. Frances Fumiye Okamoto passed away in Stockton September 22, 2010, at the age of 85
years. Frances was born and educated in Alameda California, completing high school in the Manzanar Relocation Camp of WW II. Frances married Tom Okamoto in May 1947, and made their permanent residence in Stockton.
Frances's family legacy includes daughters Patti Yep (Kent), Wendy Ichiuji (John) of Danville, sisters Miyuki Inenaga (George) of Sacramento, the late Mary Kamibayashi (Ted), the late Doris Kawamura (Jun) of Lodi, and brother the late Davis Koga of Lodi; sisters-in-law Meri Umino (Al), the late Helen Chizuko Iwanaga (Reverend Yoshio), the late Alice Aiko Okamoto; grandchildren Marshall (Emily) and Derek Yep, James, Trent & Brynne Ichiuji, and nephews and nieces of the Kamibayashi, Kawamura, Koga, Inenaga, Iwanaga, and Umino Families...all of whom she held so dear.
Frances was a modest seamstress, ikebana student, coin collector, gardener, as well as Mom to international exchange students the family hosted from Austria, Chile, Peru and Japan. She eventually added the role of service station office assistant to support family business, Okamoto Service Station in the 1970's...then service station owner/manager to assist Mr. Katsumi "Kats" Uyeda in continuing the business when Tom passed away in 1982.
The family is deeply appreciative of the inspiring care from the staff at Meadowood Health and Rehab Center, Dr.K Solanki, Hospice of San Joaquin, personal caregivers Mrs. Josie Wagner and Kristalyn Madriaga, and the wonderful support of Rev. Hasegawa, loving relatives and thoughtful friends.
A Celebration of Life service will take place Saturday, October 2, 2:00 p.m. at the Stockton Buddhist Church, 2820 Shimizu Drive, Stockton, California.


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an opinionated/bossy 6 year old girl + a hyper/attention seeking 4 year old girl +
a needy/throw-up covered 3 month old boy = one fun tuesday night!!!
phew...seriously, i applaud all the mothers out there! parenting is no joke. tonight i have the pleasure of being "stand-in mommy" for my sister's 3 crazy, i mean, lovely children. after a busy day at the office, we completed the kiddie drop around 5:30, and the kids were mine. (my parents, sister and brother-in-law drove to Cincy tonight for an Eagles concert...snore)
ryan and i took the kids to a nutritious dinner at steak-n-shake, and even managed to make it through the whole meal with no fighting, spills, or anything of that kind. we did however get several dirty looks from some of our fellow steak-n-shakers. i guess they just couldn't understand why two 23 year olds would have 3 kids already, but oh well!
after dinner, it was back out to my sister's house for baths, feeding sam, blowing drying hair, feeding sam, reading, feeding sam, unpacking lunch boxes, feeding baby sam, tucking kids in bed, feeding sam...rinse and repeat. with one more feeding left, i think i can finally say that we have survived the night. hopefully jenn will be back before sam wakes up for his middle of the night feeding because that may be more than i am ready to handle!! seriously, parents rock.
of to play supper nanny. night y'all.


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Fuquay-Varina graduate Marshall Wortham long thought he'd enjoy a homecoming to coach tennis when he accepted positions this year to guide the Bengals' girls in the fall and boys in the spring.
The Fuquay tennis alum was smiling and joking with his girls after the Bengals improved to 2-3 in the powerful Southwest Wake Athletic Conference with a 7-1 win over Cary on Thursday at Dunham Park.
A 2-3 record may not sound like much, but Wortham has brought new energy to the program. Fuquay defeated Holly Springs to open conference play before suffering a gauntlet of one-sided losses to 4A defending state champion Panther Creek and state and regional contenders Green Hope and Apex.
"We call it our 'week of shame,' " said junior No. 4 singles Megan Greene, who beat her Cary opponent 6-0, 6-0, referring to various combinations of back-to-back losses to the trio over the years.
But Wortham is teaching his girls to focus on the rest of the conference.
"Coach Wortham has improved our team a lot," said junior No. 2 singles Ellie McAlonen. "We have a lot more confidence."
McAlonen rallied from a first set loss to Cary's Andrea Padilla to win 4-6, 6-4 (10-3). Fuquay only had four team points before McAlonen won the clinching team point.
"I want to build a tennis culture at our school," said Wortham, who coached 10 years at Harnett Central with two league titles and two coach-of-the-year awards. "I want my players to learn to love a game they can play the rest of their lives."
Fuquay's other singles wins came from No. 3 sophomore Aysha Diallo, 6-2, 6-2; No. 5 senior Jessica Craemer 6-0, 6-0 and No. 6 sophomore Adelle Schubarg 6-0, 6-0.
Cary's lone team point was at No. 1 singles from Supriya Narisetti at 6-0, 6-0 over Alexa Greene.
Alexa Greene and McAlonen won at No. 1 doubles by default, and Schubarg and Anna Braxton won at No. 3 doubles 8-3.
No. 2 doubles wasn't contested.
Wortham benefits from having junior sisters Alexa Greene at No. 1 and Megan Greene at No. 4, although their fraternal triplet sister Brittaney Greene plays for Fuquay's golf team.
"Megan and I told her we don't consider golf a sport," Alexa said with a laugh. "But she's better at golf."


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ERIC Number: ED191274
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1979
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Peekaboo as an Instructional Model: Discourse Development at Home and at School. Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, No. 17.
Cazden, Courtney
This paper reviews studies on classroom talk and on mother-child interaction; it compares the latter with classroom talk and speculates on what language in the classroom could be. The discussion of language in the classroom revolves around: (1) the speech situation, that is, a situation organized in terms of some nonverbal activity; (2) the speech event, that is, one directly governed by rules or norms for the use of speech; and (3) particular speech acts. The analysis of discourse at home finds the closest similarity between classroom and home in language games with infants and picture-book reading. Studies on these activities are reviewed and related to Vygotsky's concept of the "zone of proximal development." The examples of speech in the home are discussed in terms of their relationship to later speech development. The research reviewed in the previous sections is applied to language in the classroom with emphasis on the help children get in three activities, namely, answering teacher questions, participating in typical classroom-lesson discourse structure, and other discourse forms. (AMH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Usage, Literature Reviews, Parent Child Relationship, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication, Speech Skills, Student Teacher Relationship, Verbal Development
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Stanford Univ., CA. Dept. of Linguistics.