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In at least a few Milford-area towns, large mounds of dirt-hued snow are melting within isolated dump sites.
In at least a few Milford-area towns, large mounds of dirt-hued snow are melting within isolated dump sites.
Children will never frolic through these sad piles. Painters will never use them as inspiration for vivid snowscapes.
When behemoth storms like the Blizzard of 2013 strike, some towns get too much snow to plow away.
Highway department and public works trucks have to take it somewhere, though, and before the storm hits, a dump site is selected - often places big enough for at least a football field of the white stuff.
Enter the melting molehills.
Upton drops its problem snow in front of the sewer plant on Maple Avenue. Or, sometimes, the Department of Public Works makes use of land surrounding its Pleasant Street headquarters.
Medway Department of Public Services Director Thomas Holder said the town's intersections were buried after the weekend's storm. On Monday and Tuesday, all of that snow was moved to an empty Broad Street lot.
"We probably did a couple dozen intersections," Holder said. "We had a total of six trucks and three loaders."
In Milford, a long mound of brown snow sits in a muddy lot at the end of Asylum Street. It's a depressing scene.
Highway Surveyor Scott Crisafulli said his department spent all of Sunday and Monday night hauling snow. There was certainly enough of it to go around: the town recorded more than 27 inches.
The job required 15 dump trucks and a 300-horsepower yellow monster of a snowblower that some call "The Beast." Crews worked 12 hours on Sunday night and eight hours on Monday night. They transferred two loads an hour, with each truck carrying about 25 cubic yards of snow.
All told, Crisafulli estimated the sleep-deprived crews deposited roughly 1,000 cubic yards of snow in the lot. Asked how much in pounds that amounted to, he said "a lot."
They probably would have dug out a lot more, too, had "The Beast" — its name comes from the shark teeth painted on its front end — not broken down during the early hours of Monday morning.
"It's a key piece of equipment," Crisafulli said. "It's not something that you use a lot. We had to have a special part made for it."
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Feeding On Cue
Sue Iwinski
Prospect CT USA
Gwen Gotsch
Oak Park IL USA
From: NEW BEGINNINGS, Vol. 20 No. 4, July-August 2003, p. 126
"How often should I feed my baby?" It's an important question asked by most new parents in the first days after birth when they are a bit mystified by their newborn's behavior and don't yet trust their own abilities as caregivers. Depending on who they ask or which book they consult, new mothers and fathers may get different answers to what seems to be a simple question.
Some sources of advice about babies will advise parents to follow a rigid feeding schedule, specifying, for example, that babies should be fed every four hours. Feeding by the clock promises parents predictability. They feel confident about following directions laid down by trusted authorities. "We don't have a lot of experience with babies, and we want to do this right," one father explained as the reason he and his wife were following a schedule for their baby's breastfeedings.
Another category of answers to the question of when to feed the new baby will use terms such as "demand feeding" or "cue feeding." Cue feeding advocates explain that mothers should feed their babies when the babies seem to be hungry. This means that mothers must learn to recognize when their baby's behavior signals a need for food. This will be easier for some mothers than for others, depending on their previous experience with babies, their confidence in themselves, and their baby's ability to send clear signals and give positive feedback. For some parents, it may take several days or even weeks before they feel confident about their ability to understand their baby's needs and cues.
Which approach to infant feeding is best? Which one is best for breastfeeding mothers and babies? Why do parents choose one way or the other? Whether mothers feed their babies by cue or by the clock will be influenced by parents' culture and their individual preferences and values. However, biology suggests that cue-feeding is the better choice for breastfeeding mothers and babies.
Biological Facts
Many adults in industrialized cultures have little knowledge of what babies are like, and they enter parenthood with unrealistic expectations for how babies should behave. They may not realize that their baby comes into the world with the same biologically based needs for food, protection, touch, and interaction that babies have had for thousands of generations of human history. Human beings have survived and flourished because mothers have met these needs by responding freely to their babies' cues and behavior, particularly their feeding behaviors.
Breastfeeding is the physiological norm for human babies and mothers. Science has established that human milk meets the human infant's complex nutritional and immunological needs in ways that cannot be duplicated by artificial substitutes. In addition, what science has learned about how breastfeeding works indicates that cue feeding is more compatible with the biology of mothers and babies than scheduled feeding.
A young baby's stomach capacity is small and human milk is digested quickly. These two physiological facts suggest that newborn babies will be more content with small, frequent feedings as compared to scheduled feedings spaced three or four hours apart. In the first two or three days after birth, mothers' breasts produce only small amounts of colostrum, an easily digested, high-protein secretion filled with immune factors that prepare babies' digestive system for the more substantial feedings to come. So here is another biological fact that suggests that newborns do best with small frequent feedings. It's probably no coincidence that frequent feedings also ensure that babies get plenty of holding and skin-to-skin contact. These side-effects of frequent breastfeeding fill their need for human interaction and protection. Frequent, early feedings also give newborns opportunities to practice their sucking skills on a relatively empty breast, preparing them for the more plentiful milk supply to come. On mother's end, early, frequent breastfeedings are associated with a better, more stable milk supply in the months to come. Also, mothers who spend more time with their babies in their arms learn to understand babies' cues more quickly.
Research has shown that healthy, full-term breastfeeding infants have a remarkable ability to regulate their own milk intake when they are allowed to nurse "on cue" and that mothers' rates of milk production are closely related to how much milk their babies take. Regardless of the size of her breasts or the size of her baby, a mother who is responding freely to her baby's appetite will make just the right amount of milk to meet her baby's needs. Babies feed when they are hungry, and slow down and stop feeding when they are full. Some babies will take frequent small feeds, while other babies will take larger feeds less often. In either case, the healthy baby can be trusted to regulate his own milk intake, and in so doing, effectively regulate his mother's supply to fit his specific needs.
Recent studies by a group of Australian scientists have demonstrated the elegant interactions between the baby's appetite, the mother's breast, and milk production-what breastfeeding books often describe as the supply and demand system. Their research shows that each breast makes milk slowly or quickly depending on how full or empty it is. A full breast makes milk slowly, an empty breast makes milk faster. This means that when a woman's breast seems the emptiest, it is making milk the fastest. So if a hungry baby's vigorous nursing leaves the breast relatively "empty," production speeds up. If the baby does not take much milk from the breast at a feeding, production slows down. This is how the baby's appetite controls mother's production. Thus, simply assuring the infant has access to the breast when hungry allows the baby to regulate milk production. If the baby is hungry and empties the breasts, the breasts will make more milk at a faster rate. If the baby is satiated and does not feed for several hours, the rate of milk production will slow down.
This suggests that the question "How often should I feed my baby?" will not have a one-size-fits-all answer. Rigid feeding schedules will get in the way of the complex interplay between baby's need for food and mother's ability to provide it. For example, if a baby is hungry but is not allowed to breastfeed because the schedule says it's not the right time, the breast will remain full and mother's milk production will slow down. If this happens over and over again, her milk supply may no longer meet her hungry baby's needs. Some advocates of feeding schedules tell mothers that they must wait for their breasts to "fill up" before they feed the baby and that allowing a baby to feed on a relatively empty breast will leave baby unsatisfied. Yet, the research about rates of milk production tells us that an empty breast will respond to baby's sucking by producing milk faster, and the milk produced by the emptied breast will have a higher fat content.
The changing fat concentration of human milk is another important factor influencing the interplay between baby's hunger, how much milk baby takes, and mother's milk production. The amount of fat in human milk increases as the breast is emptied. A baby who is not very hungry and who takes only a small amount of milk from a full breast will receive lower-fat milk. A hungry baby who takes more milk from the breast will get more of the higher-fat milk that becomes available as the breast is emptied. The high-fat milk will help him feel full towards the end of the feeding. If the baby is "allowed" to nurse only so many minutes on one breast and then is arbitrarily switched from this still-full breast to an even fuller breast, the baby may fill his tummy with the high-volume lower-fat milk but miss out on the "cream" that leaves him contented and satiated.
Editor's Note: Keep in mind that the examples in this article apply to healthy babies who can suck effectively, who can "empty" a breast and get plenty of milk, and who are gaining well. A baby who has a sucking problem and does not empty the breast effectively may not be able to keep up his mother's milk supply and get enough to eat at the breast. A newborn who is very sleepy needs to be encouraged to breastfeed more often.
Researchers have also found that the fat content of a mother's milk decreases as the time between feedings increases. In other words, the less time between feedings, the higher the fat content of the milk. A baby who goes back to the breast he emptied 30 or 40 minutes ago will get milk with a higher fat content than a baby who returns to a breast he emptied two or three hours earlier.
Editor's Note: Do not use the information in this article to concoct a new set of breastfeeding rules for yourself and your baby. Mothers do not need to think about whether one breast or the other is "empty" or "full," or about rates of production or fat concentrations. The baby's appetite will take care of all these issues. Just listen to your baby and feed him when he is hungry.
Breastfed babies can adapt their feeding pattern to a variety of circumstances, based on whether they are hungry, hot and thirsty, or in distress and need comfort. When babies are growing quickly, they nurse more often and boost mother's milk production almost immediately. As babies begin to eat other foods, they nurse less often and mother's milk production slows down. The built-in biological mechanisms in both mother and baby make it all work. Rigid feeding schedules will interfere with this system. Biology suggests that babies should be allowed to decide for themselves when they should breastfeed.
Cultural Reasons
Reading baby's cues involves a different set of skills than reading a clock or following the directions in a book about when to feed baby. Feeling uncertain about their ability to interpret baby's cues may be one reason that some new parents will choose to follow a prescribed feeding schedule. They may have other reasons as well for believing that feeding schedules are better for babies. For example, parents may be accustomed to routines in their own lives and hope that following a schedule with their babies will provide the consistency they feel is important. Others may have been told that placing a baby on a parent-controlled schedule is a way of ensuring compliant behavior later in childhood.
New parents often rely on other people-a mother-in-law, a doctor, "the book," a friend-to define for them what is the right way to care for their baby. When someone a mother trusts reassures her that following a schedule will encourage her baby to sleep longer periods of time or will guarantee that her baby is breastfeeding "properly," she is likely to give scheduled feedings a try.
However, the reasons for parents choosing to schedule feedings may have roots deeper than individual choice. When the values of the culture around them stress that adults should control children's behavior, parents will be more likely to follow a feeding schedule. If the culture frowns upon parenting practices that accommodate infant "demands," it will be harder for parents to respond freely to their baby's needs and cues. When the bottle-feeding of artificial milk is the predominant feeding method in a culture, the behavior of artificially fed babies, who feed less often, may become the norm, leaving parents to believe that they should discourage frequent feeding in their breastfed baby. New mothers and fathers may place more faith in these messages from the culture than in their own parenting instincts.
Some Problems
Putting breastfed babies on rigid feeding schedules with restrictions about when the baby may be fed can lead to problems for both parents and babies. Most babies will be hungry "too soon" and will cry and complain. Even babies who seem to comply easily with feeding schedules are at risk. These "good" babies may have difficulties with adequate growth. When the clock, rather than baby's need for food, is used to determine how often baby eats, both infant weight gain and mother's milk supply may be in jeopardy. The problems with baby's weight gain may be attributed to the mother's inherent inability to produce enough milk, a process over which she feels she has little control, rather than to her baby's infrequent breastfeeding, a behavior which could be changed.
Many babies will protest mightily if they are not fed promptly when they are hungry. When parents are determined to feed their baby only when an acceptable amount of time has passed, that baby will frequently find himself feeling unsatisfied. The baby's intense expression of normal, healthy infant needs may leave parents perplexed and stressed, and the ensuing battle in which parents deny or attempt to change those needs is frustrating for both parents and infant. It also carries the risk of compromising the baby's emotional and physical growth and harming the parent-child relationship.
Infants who express their distress between scheduled feedings may be labeled difficult or unhealthy babies. They may be considered spoiled, or at risk for becoming so, by their parents and others. The parents themselves may be seen by others as misguided or inept as they struggle to meet their baby's needs. Parents in this situation feel they cannot trust their own judgment as to what are appropriate responses to infant behaviors. After all, their instinctual reaction, the response that feels positive and natural, is to do whatever they can to bring contentment to their precious and dependent infant. In most circumstances, contentment can be achieved simply by holding and/or by breastfeeding. However, a mother can't try what works when she has been warned that comforting or breastfeeding when baby "demands" it may delay healthy development.
The disparity between what parents would like to do and what they have been led to believe they should do results in diminished self-confidence and distances them from their spontaneous, natural responses. Parents' unspoken feelings of incompetence create tension in their interactions with their babies, and babies can pick up on this. Not only are parents less able to trust their own feelings, but they are also unable to trust their babies' expressions of emotions. And since babies rely on parents to interpret the world for them, this baby may end up not trusting himself.
Benefits of Cue-Feeding to the Breastfeeding Family
When mothers can accurately interpret common newborn behaviors and recognize early feeding cues (see sidebar on page 129 [below]), they feel confident about responding to their baby's basic biological needs. Mother's prompt and consistent responses are rewarded with a healthy, happy, secure, and trusting infant who does not need to cry in order to get a response. Baby's contentment reinforces parents' confidence and parents enjoy being with their baby.
How does a mother learn when to offer the breast and when to offer something else? New parents may assume that most, if not all, newborn cues are about the need to breastfeed. Sometimes baby may need to breastfeed for nourishment, sometimes for comfort, sometimes for the benefits of interacting with another human. Breastfeeding meets all of these needs, so new parents do not need to concern themselves about figuring out exactly what baby needs at the moment. As baby grows and develops, parents refine their ability to understand what baby needs or is trying to communicate. Experience quickly teaches them how baby acts when hungry, bored, overstimulated, or tired, and which of these needs are best satisfied at the breast and which can be satisfied in other ways as baby grows.
The benefits of this "cue-reading" approach to infant feeding go well beyond infancy. Parents who respond to their baby as an individual with unique, valid needs will continue to respect these needs as their child grows. They will be better able to adapt their parenting to their child's changing needs, they will be more confident of their ability to cope with each new age and stage, and they will enjoy a rich, multi-faceted relationship with their child.
Learning to trust your baby and trust yourself is no small lesson to master at the beginning of the journey that is parenthood. When mothers breastfeed according to infant cues, they embark on a life of two-way communication with that child, where the ability to listen is their most valuable skill.
What are a newborn's early feeding cues?
Editor's Note: Crying in newborns is usually a late indicator of hunger and may lead to difficulty with latching on to the breast or feeding well. Parents will soon recognize their own baby's individual style and cues through experience and trial and error. They need not rely on a general list (including the one above).
Other Information
For More Information
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk (RE9729). Pediatrics 1997 Dec; 100(6):1035-1039.
Biancuzzo, M. Breastfeeding the Newborn, Clinical Strategies of Nurses. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 2003.
Cregan, M. and Hartmann, E. Computerized breast measurement from conception to weaning: Clinical implications. J Hum Lact 1999; 15(2):89-96.
Daly, S.E. and Hartmann, P. Infant demand and milk supply. Part 1: Infant demand and milk production in lactating women. J Hum Lact 1995; 11(1):21-26.
Daly, S.E. and Hartmann, P. Infant demand and milk supply. Part 2: The short-term control of milk synthesis in lactating women. J Hum Lact 1995; 11(1):27-37.
Mohrbacher, N. and Stock, J. The Breastfeeding Answer Book. Schaumburg, IL: La Leche League International, 2003.
La La Leche League International. Common Breastfeeding Myths. Schaumburg, IL: La Leche League International, l998.
Marasco, L. and Barger, J. Cue feeding: Wisdom and science. Breastfeeding Abstracts 1999; 18(4):27-28.
McKenna, J. Natural History of Breast Feeding: An Evolutionary and Developmental Perspective. SUNY@Stonybrook School of Nursing Breastfeeding Conference, May 11, 2001.
Woolridge, M. Baby controlled breastfeeding: Biocultural implications. In Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives. New York: De Gruyter, 1995.


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Jennings making smooth transition to center field
By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
TAMPA, Fla. -- Desmond Jennings played Gold Glove-caliber defense in 2012 while patrolling left field for the Rays. However, once B.J. Upton departed via free agency to play for the Braves, Jennings was asked to move to center field, the position he played most while coming up through the Rays' farm system.
As expected, that transition has been a smooth one.
"I feel good out there," Jennings said. "Been just like I figured it would be."
Rays manager Joe Maddon expected the transition to be routine for the athletic Jennings, who is speedy and has always run good routes in the outfield.
"I really didn't anticipate any problems at all," Maddon said. "He's played that a lot in the past, in the Minor Leagues. We've had him out there on different occasions. I think that was the position he was born to play. It was always nice having him in left with B.J. in center and [Matt] Joyce in right or [Ben] Zobrist -- that makes it thick. But putting him back in center field gives him a chance to really utilize his speed. Probably the biggest difference between him and B.J. is B.J. had more arm. Otherwise, I think there are a lot of similarities."
Jennings noted that he has had to make few adjustments due to the change.
"The hardest thing for me is to just know the hitters," Jennings said. "[Are] you going to play him to pull or hit to the opposite field? I just have to get back to figuring out who hits the ball where and positioning myself where you think you should be. The toughest part is knowing the hitter. What kind of power does he have? Is he going to slap it?"
Jennings has experienced some injuries during past Spring Trainings, so he's pleased with the way this camp has gone since he's been injury-free.
"My main goal is to stay on the field," Jennings said. "And that's the No. 1 goal. And I've been feeling good. My body feels good. Health-wise, it's the best I've felt going into the start of the season. I'm still working on things in the outfield and hitting. But all in all, I feel pretty good."
Rays need to make a decision on Wright soon
TAMPA, Fla. -- Jamey Wright signed a Minor League contract with the Rays on Jan. 22 and may request out of his contract on Tuesday if he does not make the Major League roster, which means the Rays must make a decision on the veteran right-hander by Tuesday.
Rays manager Joe Maddon said he was "really happy with Jamey Wright."
"The ball's been up a little bit, that's been it," Maddon said. "Otherwise, the gun numbers are good, breaking ball's good. He feels well. I think here's a guy who wants to get to the regular season when it matters, and you're going to see the ball where it's supposed to be. ... That's what I think.
"There's so much I like about him also, just personality-wise and what he does with the entire group. If you give up a couple of home runs or hits during Spring Training, that really does not bother me. I think he's off a little bit with command, but not because there is anything wrong with him. I think it's just that time of the year yet."
Extra bases
• Maddon said he was surprised that Tampa Bay Lightning coach Guy Boucher was dismissed Saturday night.
"I have not been following the NHL too much, but he's such a good guy and such a bright man," Maddon said. "And he's done so well there. Again, I don't know the dynamic, but I wish him and his family well. He was fun to talk to, because he has a lot of great ideas and he's a little bit of an outside-the-box thinker himself. So for all those different reasons, there was an easy affinity toward him. I'm sorry to hear it and I wish the Lightning the best. But this guy here I thought was a pretty good coach."
• Maddon said Kyle Farnsworth checked out fine after dinging the middle finger of his right hand on Saturday while trying to field a ball hit back at him.
• The Rays met with a nutritionist this weekend, at which time they heard the ins and outs of what to eat and what to avoid. Maddon noted that "the kind of fuel that you put in your engine matters." Ironically one of the more sculpted bodies around the Rays clubhouse belongs to former player and current coach, George Hendrick, who is 63 and knows his way around a box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
"George is a freak of nature and we've known that," Maddon said. "There is nobody that can eat more doughnuts and look that good in the world."
• Joyce slipped right when the team took the field to stretch before Sunday's game against the Yankees, tweaking his right ankle in the process. Fortunately the Rays outfielder had the ankle taped and, as he said, "I'm good to go."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Don't miss out on a lower price on this property
Get an overview of this hotelTwo Puerto Plata resorts, with beachfront spa tubs
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Located in the lively town of Sosua, this All-Inclusive Amhsa Marina Resort is built on a private reef with a caramel-sand beach, and shares pools, beach, spas, restaurants, and more with a partner resort.
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An international cast of sun-seekers from Casa Marina Beach and Reef resorts gathers at the large, freeform pool for games and sports, while others relax in the cool-water spa tubs overlooking the sparkling sea.
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All-Inclusive Details
This resort is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).
Gratuities and taxes
Gratuities and taxes are included.
Food and beverages
- All buffet and à la carte meals, snacks, and local beverages included
Activities and facilities/equipment
All non-motorized water sports are included.
Land activities
- Bicycling
Kids' club
- Supervised activities for children between 5 and 12 years old
- Onsite live performances
Not included
- Motorized water sports
- Premium food items
- Premium and/or non-domestic beverages
- Childcare
- Laundry/dry cleaning services
- Spa/beauty facilities and services
Resort Amenities
The family-friendly Casa Marina Beach & Reef lodges guests in pastel three-story buildings without elevators. (Casa Marina Beach's buildings are four stories without elevators.)
Casa Marina Beach & Reef offers day and night entertainment. During the day, an animation team leads a full-day program, and there are supervised activities for children ages 5–12 from mid-morning until late afternoon. At night, an amphitheater features live shows daily.
The resort features three freeform cold-water spa tubs built right into the reef and overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Guests can relax on the beach as sun loungers, beach umbrellas, and towels are provided. The resort also offers 4 on-site dining options and a conference center.
Facilities here and at Casa Marina Beach are open to both resorts' guests and include an activity center with ping pong, billiards, and table games
Shuttle vans or private cars of varying prices are available for local transportation throughout the Puerto Plata area.
- Number of outdoor pools - 3
- Number of spa tubs - 3
- Number of bars/lounges - 6
- 24-hour front desk
- Beach umbrellas
- Poolside bar
- Free breakfast
- Billiards or pool table
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Beach sun loungers
- Free self parking
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Wired Internet access - surcharge
- Nightclub
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Children's pool
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Hair salon
- Number of restaurants - 4
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Conference center
- Shopping on site
- Pool umbrellas
- Beach towels
- Total number of rooms - 675
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 7
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pools
- Children's pool
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: WiFi (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Wired high-speed internet ( USD 5 For multiple hours ), Wired Internet access - surcharge
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Daily housekeeping
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Free bottled water
- Free toiletries
- Deep soaking bathtub
- In-room safe (surcharge)
- Cable TV service
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Pillowtop mattress
Where to Eat
All restaurants and bars in Casa Marina Reef and Casa Marina Beach are open to guests of both as part of the All-Inclusive Plan.
Sea Scape - Fresh seafood is the specialty for afternoon snacks and dinner. Reservations required.
Luiggi - À la carte Italian fare. Open for dinner only. Reservations required.
El Jalapeno - Open-air restaurant on the Reef side. Serves fast food and tropical drinks during the day and specializes in à la carte Mexican cuisine at dinner. Reservations required.
El Batey - Open-air space serves as Casa Marina Beach's international-style buffet restaurant. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. À la carte dining is available at Sea Scape, El Jalapeno, and Luiggi restaurants for dinner. Reservations required. The resort offers 6 bars, plus one in Calipso Disco that remains open until 1 AM (hours subject to change), but is not part of the All-Inclusive Plan.
Room service is not available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Water skiing nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Volleyball on site
- Kayaking on site
- Sailing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
Spa Services
- Massages
Resort Policies
Check-in time ends at 11 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 1 PM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 5 For multiple hours (rates may vary)
- An in-room safe is available for an additional fee
Resort Name
- Casa Marina Beach Amhsa Marina
- Casa Marina Beach Amhsa Marina Resort All Inclusive
- Casa Marina Beach Amhsa Marina Resort All Inclusive Sosua
- Casa Marina Beach Amhsa Marina Sosua
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Track and Field Coach James Williams Spoke at US All-Star Track and Field Clinic
December 11, 2012
For the second time in three years Head Track and Field Coach James Williams was invited to speak at the Annual US All-Star Track and Field Clinic. The Clinic ran from December 13-14 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.
The clinic featured several Olympians as well as some of the top college and professional coaches in the business. Coach Williams spoke on the 100m-200m training, 400m training, and the sprint relays. "James is an outstanding head coach at Cheyney University, was rated very high when he spoke at our clinic a few years ago, so we are bringing him back," commented Bill Falk, Clinic Director.


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A new music invention is being manufactured in Dolores, and it's moving up the charts.
Bob Waggoner is a local musician who recognized a common problem that he set out to fix in 2000.
Lugging around bulky and awkward music stands to gigs is well known by concert bands, professional musicians, and school music teachers. But Waggoner has solved that problem with a creative portable music stand that folds up into itself for easy storage and transport.
After a prototype and rebuild process, Waggoner launched the Desca Presto music stand to the industry.
"I came up with the idea by turning what is called a pencil shelf on music stands into a storage box that the stand folds up into," he explained in an interview at his manufacturing shop on Central Avenue.
The convenient design allows musicians playing from sheet music to stash extra wood-wind reeds, pencils, picks, tuners, cell phones, or whatever within an open rectangular box shelf.
"I always hated turning the page and knocking the pencil off," Waggoner said. "My design offers a place to keep stuff out of the way while playing. When finished, the shelf turns into a locking carrying case."
The adjustable unit extends to a regular-size music stand, weighs less than four pounds, and only costs $35. When folded up into its case, the dimensions are 20 inches by 3.5 inches by 3.5 inches.
"It is ideal for traveling bands because when folded up, they don't take up much space, and they stack together really well," he said. "Not all venues have a music stand, so this gives the musician an affordable option to easily bring one with them."
Waggoner sells his patented design direct to the customer to avoid added costs of stocking his product in retail stores.
He uses custom-molded, durable plastic parts for the sheet music stand and storage box shelf. The base legs are sturdy steel and the adjustable post is a fiberglass hybrid.
The Desca Presto music stand ideal for school band departments, community bands, church groups, traveling bands and individual musicians in need of affordable, functional music stands that are easily stored.
A physics teacher by training, Waggoner is a true tinkerer, a skill he needed to overcome design challenges.
"I created specialized hinges that allow the stand to fold up into the carrying case with out being flimsy when set up," he said. "And the locking mechanism for the fold-out legs also took time to figure out. The legs are heavier steel, so it is nicely weighted at the bottom when set up ."
Waggoner's business, Desca, is the Italian word for desk, and is a common symphony trade term.
The company also makes a music folder designed to prevent sheet music from blowing away at outdoor concerts and performances. The FHolder costs $9, and utilizes plastic sleeves to easily slide music into during a performance.
Business is starting to take off. So farb one assembly plant worker has been hired to fill orders, and more staff is planned.
"The response has been encouraging. We're ready for full-scale production and are excited about our products and new business in Dolores," Waggoner said.
Orders are taken online at www.descahome.com Or stop into the shop at 411 Central, Suite 1, Dolores for a purchase and friendly chat with staff. Desca's phone number is 882-2480.


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Great at a Great price
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Very well made Hammock straps,I had the option to chose more expensive ones but did not. these are lightweight and compact as well as durable. Great buy!
Gets the job done
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Easy to set up, small to pack along in a backpack, durable and not hard on the tree. These straps are rad, have been used to hold a hammock with two people (around 300lbs total) and held up great. Nice and tree friendly as well and don't rip off the bark which is great for all of us tree huggers. A must have for anyone with a hammock.
Works really wwell
Tree straps
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
this is the most basic set up for hanging hammock very easy to use and effective
Exactly what you'd want from tree straps
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Honestly, these things are solid. It is going to be exactly what you expect from tree straps, just a piece of nylon webbing to help string up your hammock! It is just that nylon webbing, with a loop on each end to attach your hammock straps. I recently tied it up onto a wooden awning, and it worked perfectly. It comes in a nice little carrying bag too, so that is nice!
Tree Strap
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
So easy to use. It is also easy to store with the hammock. It was pleasantly easy to understand and versatile. I will be buying these as presents.
Negative Energy
What I worried about happened.
The strap snapped on the third time use.
I weigh 107 kg today. The strap should have held up.
I got the strap
Haven't hammocked with these yet but will get to it soon.
The toilet roll was placed beside the gear to indicate sizing while packed.
Easy as pie
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Setting up my hammock with these is ridiculously easy. I was lounging for 15 minutes at least while my friends were struggling to put up their hammocks with cord and rope.
Update: While setup is still simple, I have found the straps to stretch, especially if the weather is damp (full disclosure, I weigh over 200lbs, perhaps a smaller person wouldn't have this issue). I still like this product though, I haven't been driven to try another brand yet!
Julie, your comment was so convincing, I ordered them too.
Good for me and good for the trees
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
These straps are very easy to use, makes setting up my hammock very easy. They don't slip on the tree and when I pack up the tree is just as it was when I arrived. They have ample length and are very versatile. They pack up small so I can stick them in the hammock's bag.
Almost a necessity.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
You definitely don't need these to set up your hammock but you should. They are super light, don't take up any room, and make setting up your hammock a breeze. They will prolong the life of the rope that runs through your hammock as well as the trees that you are hanging from. At the price I really see no reason not to pick up a pair of these if you have a hammock.
7 years
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
One of my straps finally broke after 7 years of hard use -- to be more correct, it actually was sliced (by the sharp edge of a 4x4). I've used these to hang from street signs poles, columns, my car, countless trees, and tons of other vaguely cylindrical objects; these are wide enough to comfortably grip anything. These come in a teeny tiny stuff sack and pack down equally teeny tiny -- I ended up forgoing the stuff sack and stuffing them into my hammock's stuff sack.
Love, love, love these.
Lightwieght option
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I had the eno slapstrap pro, then I got these. They are awesome! They are MUCH lighter, and surprisingly easy to use. They can be adjusted to almost any length you need, and are so light you can throw in some paracord as an extension. I have used them all over the place, and they have held up well. These are the lightweight option. The only downside is the price.
Be careful when using 550 paracord to bare weight; it can snap easily (unlike these straps).
Good for a few more feet.
I took these out camping this past week, and I was pleased with the product. When I first looked at two trees, I thought to myself, this is probably about as far as the trees can be appart (maybe 18 foot spread), so I took these straps out to their furthest length. Much to my surprise, they had to be adjusted in, and I probably had another 3 feet to go. Obviously, the distance you can go will depend on your setup, but I would have had to cut some more rope and make knots to accommodate what these straps took care of easily.
My only drawback after receiving these, and seeing them, is that I believe I could have made some similar straps for much cheaper. Don't get me wrong, they are of a good quality, and like I said, they come in handy... but $15 for $2 worth of nylon sewed together at the ends.... well, I guess it just depends on how lazy you are feeling. In hindsight, I wish I would have tried to make them myself.
4 stars because they work well and are convenient.
Perfect for my HAMMOCK
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
These straps are well made and perfect for what I need...
Meets expectations
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I use these with my eno double nest and they work great. They are quite durable and haven't ripped or torn at all, even with two people sitting in the hammock. If you want more versatility as far as distance goes, you'll definitely want the longer ones. The small carrying pouch is handy.
Does what they're supposed to...
Yes, you could make your own for cheaper and just to clarify on a previous review, carabiners don't come with these straps (at least mine didn't).
They work well for me and work on trees with under a 22 inch diameter.
Added versatility and LNT
These straps are great, they work well and will not slip no matter what the configuration. I really like them because they add another 3-4 feet of length for your set up configuration, which always is a plus.
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Are these compatible with all hammocks,...
Are these compatible with all hammocks, specifically theTexsport La Paz Hammock (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000P9GZUA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER)?
you can use a weight appropriate carabiner to attach the ends if your hammock does not come with them. i paid the 5$ more for ENO slap straps and do not regret it...they are compatible with any hammock that has a tie off loop on the end.
Are thse compatible with all hammocks?...
Are thse compatible with all hammocks? Specifically the Texsport La Paz Hammock (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000P9GZUA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER)?
you can use a carabiner to attach the ends if your hammock does not come with them. i paid the 5$ more for ENO slap straps and do not regret it.
do these straps come with carabiners to...
do these straps come with carabiners to attach to the hammock? I have an eagles nest hammock without straps and thought I might go with these instead of their $20 straps.
They do not. Its just webbing sewn at the end with cordage looped at the end so you can put a hook or carabiner through it.
rit your question here.. When will...
rit your question here.. When will the hammock bliss tree straps be back in stock?
Also wondering about the weight max, and...
Also wondering about the weight max, and will these tighten around a tree are just loop around. The pic looks like if there is no wieght pulling on the strap it will just be fall loose.
That's what I thought the first time I used this system, but take my word that the more weight that is in the hammock the sturdier around the tree it gets. I've wrapped my hammock straps around smooth birch trees and it has been fine. I don't know the max weight, but I'd imagine it could hold a good load. My friend weighs 220 lbs and he is held up with ease.
Are these things weight rated?
Are these things weight rated?
500 lbs


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Hillary Clinton running away from Bill's economic legacy
In a video released on Wednesday to promote her coming book, Hillary Clinton warned that America must "deal with the cancer of inequality." Days earlier, she said the country was facing another "Gilded Age of the robber barons" and rattled off statistics about the financial gap between rich and poor.
The comments mark a new populist emphasis for Clinton, who is seeking to tamp down growing criticism from the left over her husband's economic policies of the 1990s. The issue could become a serious political headache for Clinton as she weighs a potential presidential run in 2016, raising the possibility of a challenge from the left on free trade, bank regulation and other populist causes.
How Clinton navigates economic issues could help determine her success as a potential candidate, particularly given her fraught history with the left wing of her party. Her 2002 Senate vote to authorise the Iraq war caused an irreparable rift with liberals in 2008 – one that was exploited by her up-and-coming Democratic primary rival, Barack Obama.
During her first run for the White House, the booming Clinton economy of the 1990s was considered a clear political asset. But many liberals have since soured on parts of that record, arguing that Clinton administration policies contributed to the 2008 financial crash, the Great Recession and the economic malaise that followed.
The liberal critique often begins with the Clinton administration's positions on two issues: trade and financial regulation. In the 1990s, Bill Clinton aggressively supported the North American Free Trade Agreement and deeper trade ties with China.
He also agreed to demolish the wall separating investment and commercial banking, while blocking a proposal to regulate the exotic financial instruments known as derivatives.
Critics say Bill Clinton's support for free trade agreements destroyed millions of middle-class manufacturing jobs, while his hands-off approach to financial regulation laid the groundwork for the financial crisis.
Much of his thinking was guided by his Treasury secretary and adviser, former Goldman Sachs chief executive Robert Rubin, whose brand of market-friendly "Rubinomics" gave rise to a cadre of Democratic policymakers who have long dominated the party.
In the view of many liberals, trade caused deep job losses in America's manufacturing sector, while deregulation helped sow the seeds of the financial crisis. Such worries scuttled the nomination of Mr Rubin's successor as Treasury secretary, Lawrence Summers, to be Federal Reserve chairman last year.
It has also become clear in recent years that inequality continued to soar during the 1990s. According to widely respected academic research, the top 1 per cent of earners saw their share of national income increase from 13.5 per cent in 1992 to 16.5 per cent by 2000 – more than the increase registered from 2001 through 2012.
Today, leading liberals say Hillary Clinton must make clear how she will differentiate herself from the perspectives that shaped economic policy in the 1990s.
"Whatever the intentions were, when you look back, there was not enough done on the worker-wage side of the equation," the former president of the Service Employees International Union, Andy Stern, said. "I don't think anyone doubts the ability of [Hillary Clinton] to work with the Wall Street part of the Democratic Party. She's going to have to put her foot squarely on the side of Main Street."
Roger Hickey, founder of the liberal Campaign for America's Future, said "we hope she's a different person" now.
"That's the question," he continued. "Is Hillary going to run and govern if she's elected on the basis of that administration that she was a part of, or has she changed in any way?"
Since the 1990s, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and their advisers, have also maintained close ties to Wall Street – another big point of tension with progressives.
"I think a choice will have to be made by Mrs Clinton as to how close she is going to be to Wall Street and big business – not only in terms of campaign contributions but also even more importantly in terms of policies," Robert Reich, a prominent liberal and close adviser to Bill Clinton in the 1990s, said. "That is the question progressive Democrats will really focus on."
The enthusiastic response on the left to Senator Elizabeth Warren (a Democrat from Massachusetts), who has championed an anti-Wall Street message, underscores the challenge facing Clinton. While Warren denies any interest in running for president, liberal Democrats are clamouring for her to do so. And Vice-President Joe Biden – another potential 2016 candidate – told a group of Democrats recently that the nation's middle-class struggles began in the latter years of the Clinton administration.
The Clintons have begun providing clues on how they will respond to the economic critiques. In a series of speeches, they have continued to herald the 1990s as a model, while also focusing on contemporary concerns about inequality and the frustrations of millions of Americans in getting well-paying jobs.
"Instead of getting ahead, they're finding it harder than ever to get their footing in our changing economy," Hillary Clinton said in a speech this month at the centrist New America Foundation. "The dream of upward mobility that made this country a model for the world feels further and further out of reach, and many Americans understandably feel frustrated, even angry."
She added, "The 1990s taught us that even in the face of difficult long-term economic trends, it's possible, through smart policies and sound investments, to enjoy broad-based growth and shared prosperity."
Sprinkling her remarks with statistical references and the research of prominent economists, Clinton echoed points that Obama has made often over the past several years. But she also connected the nation's big economic questions to her personal narrative – the line of women in her family or her own work on child opportunity when she was a law student.
"On economic issues, she has a long history on these topics, that are in her voice," said Neera Tanden, president of the Centre for American Progress and a long-time policy adviser to Clinton. "She has a long record of talking about these very issues, and she had a perspective that if we don't grow the economy for everyone, it's not going to be good for anybody."
Clinton's supporters also argue that she can't be expected to be held responsible for the policies of her husband. But many liberals say she must reject those they find most objectionable.
Long-time advisers to the Clintons say it's unfair to assume that the former New York senator will look at the world in the same way as her husband did two decades ago.
A briefing document recently assembled by Bill Clinton's staff noted that during his administration, the poverty rate dropped from 15.1 per cent in 1993 to 11.3 per cent in 2000, while median family income reached its historic peak in 1999.
Income among the poorest 20 per cent of Americans also increased faster than the top 20 per cent of Americans, the document said – a point the former president has made repeatedly in recent speeches.
"President Clinton isn't recasting his case, he is just restating it," Gene Sperling, a long-time economic adviser who is close to the Clintons, said. "The goal is not finding the right label, but the right recipe that leads to shared economic growth for the middle class and the working poor. And it is undeniable that both groups shared in broad-based income growth during most of his tenure."
Rob Shapiro, another Clinton economic adviser from the 1990s, said Hillary Clinton would find her own way because the economy was much different now.
"Hillary has got to address a very different set of problems than Bill has got to address," Shapiro said. "Inequality is enormously greater than it was in 1992. That has become an independent issue that just didn't exist then as a public issue."
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Yoko Ono Tweets a Photo of John Lennon's Bloody Glasses to Call for Gun Control [PHOTO]
Yesterday, March 20, would have been the 44th wedding anniversary of Yoko Ono and John Lennon — had he not been shot and killed in 1980 by a lunatic fan.
(Like Paul McCartney, we refuse to mention Lennon's killer by name.)
In commemoration of her fallen husband, the now 80-year-old Ono tweeted a photo of his bloodied glasses (which originally appeared on the cover of her 1981 album 'Season of Glass') along with a statistic about gun violence to bring attention to the problem.
Yoko tweeted the picture four different times throughout the day with different messages, statistics and even a heartbreaking reminder that after 33 years, she and her son Sean still miss John every day.
While we applaud her motives here, we were taken aback by the violent, stark imagery of the late Lennon's glasses — the same ones many are saying he was actually wearing when he was gunned down. But that's probably the point.
Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 Dec 1980. twitter.com/yokoono/status…
— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) March 20, 2013
31,537 people are killed by guns in the USA every year. We are turning this beautiful country into war zone. twitter.com/yokoono/status…
— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) March 20, 2013
Together, let's bring back America, the green land of peace. twitter.com/yokoono/status…
— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) March 20, 2013
The death of a loved one is a hollowing experience. After 33 years our son Sean and I still miss him. Yoko Ono Lennon twitter.com/yokoono/status…
— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) March 20, 2013
Ono also posted a link to several photos of her and Lennon's 1969 wedding, after which they spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam campaigning for peace.
We decided that if we were going to do anything like get married that we would dedicate it to peace. imaginepeace.com/archives/1073 20 March 1969
— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) March 20, 2013


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Discussion in 'Pros' Racquets and Gear' started by Jster, Feb 9, 2011.
Yonex V Core 95 D or still SRD 90? The mains and cross seems to be different from the past .....
i mean from what i saw during hopman's cup
He had really switched two years ago to the RDis 100 Mid. Now it looks like he really switch to the V Core 95 D
On Wimbledon it looks like V Core 95 D...
... so he never actually played with the RDS?
SOmeone is selling Lleyton's actual RDiS100 (or mold at least) on the bay right now for 2 grand. It says "Rusty" on it and the listing says:
Weight UNSTRUNG - 350g - 12.34oz- with plastic on the handle
Grip Size - 3 ( 4 3/8 )
Grip - Gamma Hi-Tech Grip
It has always been interesting to me that Hewitt plays with no overgrip. You don't see that too much nowadays.
Where can I find this racquet ??? Link please ???
Pictures of his "95D" appear to show a racquet with a rounder head (wider at 3&9) than the retail 95D. Looks more like the Rdis 100 to me.
Item 270916102199 on The Bay.
I believe hewitt uses a bigger handle and does use an overgrip. He used to use the Yonex Supergrap black, and then switched to some variation that had antibacterial something-or-other in it.
Many thanks.
Sweet racquet. Preety heavy, no?
Interesting how it feels?
Does he use extended frame maybe?
He chokes up on the handle on both forehand and backhand (like many other players do, that use extended frames).
Standard length, to my knowledge.
no way this is standard length
I have always read here from folks who seemed to know that Hewitt's rds sticks were pjs of the super rd tour 90.
Doesn't look like standard length, but our eyes can be deceived by the small headsize and the isometric shape.
Isn't that an old picture? He's been wearing his own line of clothing for a while now.
Lleyton's always used paintjobbed Super RD Tour 90 even when the MP 1 Tour 90 came out but he's not one to shy from playtesting it in tourneys only to revert back from his paintjobbed SRD Tour 90. He's actually played with the RDiS 100 mid though only if briefly.
So its extended length after all? Someone should know for sure.
If you scroll through some of the Google images of Lleyton, you will see his frames have had 18 crosses:
and 20 crosses:
So he's obviously done something different over the years.
The thing about Yonex is their grip is extra long, but not necessarily the length of the entire frame.
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Nationals expect Strasburg to make next start
By Paul Hagen / MLB.com
And that, Nationals manager Davey Johnson said, is all he's concerned about.
Strasburg left his start Sunday after five innings with what was described as tightness in his right biceps. That naturally attracted a lot of attention since he's one of the best young pitchers in baseball. But Johnson suggested Monday that any worries may have been exaggerated.
"I wasn't really concerned that much after he came out. I thought it was normal tightness," Johnson said. "But anything at all with him, everything with him is magnified. He's going to make his next start, and that's all I know."
Johnson added that he would have reacted the same no matter who the pitcher had been.
"Anybody in my rotation, anybody in the 'pen, anybody who has anything bothering them. End of conversation," he said.
Mattheus unavailable with discomfort in foot
PHILADELPHIA -- Right-handed reliever Ryan Mathheus experienced discomfort in his left foot while running in the outfield before Monday night's game and was not available to pitch.
Mattheus had an X-ray and was expected to visit the Nationals' foot specialist in Baltimore on Tuesday. Manager Davey Johnson said he hoped the right-hander would be back for Tuesday night's game.
"He thinks something might have broken up in there that's been bothering him for two weeks," the manager said. "He came in and iced it, and we're treating that just like anybody who's got something wrong. Look at it 10 ways from Sunday."
Right-hander Chien-Ming Wang, who is on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring, is scheduled to throw on the side at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday. It's possible that, if Mathheus had to go on the DL, Wang could be activated to take his spot on the roster.
Lidge cleared to begin throwing off mound
PHILADELPHIA -- Nationals reliever Brad Lidge was examined by Dr. William Meyers, who performed the surgery to repair his sports hernia on May 1, and was cleared to begin throwing off a mound.
Lidge said he will throw a light bullpen session on Wednesday, then fly to Viera, Fla., to continue his rehab at the Nationals' Spring Training facility. If all goes well, he should be able to begin a rehab assignment after a few more bullpen sessions. The target date for him to be activated is June 15, although he said he hopes to return sooner.
"I feel good. It's surprising how good you can feel in three weeks," Lidge said. "Any time you have to have surgery it's horrible. But at least this one's quick."
The closer for the Phillies' 2008 World Series championship team, Lidge worked out at Citizens Bank Park much of the offseason before being signed as a free agent by Washington.
"At that time, I was still a Phillie in my mind. So it's only been a few months since anything's changed. It really doesn't feel like I've been gone that long," Lidge said. "I felt like I had a spot here. My thought was that, in the end, I would take pretty much whatever [the Phillies offered], no matter what that was. But there was no contract offer.
"It was disappointing. But at that point, you're just collecting the pieces and saying, 'All right, now where do I go?' You're forced to turn the page quickly. There's no time to sit and sulk. And fortunately, I landed on a really good team."
Lidge added that it was "cool" to be back. He stopped in the Phillies' clubhouse before the game to say hello to his former teammates.
"It's great to see the guys on the other side," Lidge said. "This is an incredible place to play baseball."
Harper embraces challenge of playing in Philly
PHILADELPHIA -- The storyline coming into Monday's game between the Nationals and Phillies revolved around the reception rookie phenom Bryce Harper would receive from the notorious Philadelphia fans, especially after the incident at Nationals Park on May 6 in which Phillies starter Cole Hamels nailed him with a fastball. The left-hander later admitted he hit Harper on purpose and was suspended for five games.
Harper said he wasn't even thinking about that, but many in the sellout crowd apparently were. He was booed each time he came to the plate, but took it all in stride. He even pointed out that he's played against Phillies farm teams during his quick trip through the Minors.
"[Their fans] boo at every level," he said with a laugh.
In fact, the 19-year-old rookie insisted Philadelphia is one of the cities he had been looking forward to playing in.
"You're playing in a place where Mike Schmidt and guys like that played," Harper said before the game. "It's going to be a lot of fun in here. They have a great fan base, and we're going to come in here and try to prove some people wrong.
"Philly has always had a great history in all their sports. Tommy McDonald with the Eagles, [Julius Erving] with the NBA -- you have so much history in this sport and so much history in all the other sports in this place, so it's going to be a lot of fun playing here."
Harper singled his first two times up against Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick. In the fourth inning, he also stole second and scored on Ian Desmond's RBI single.
Worth noting
Nationals first baseman Mike Morse, who is on the disabled list with a left lat strain, reported to extended spring training in Viera, Fla., on Monday and is scheduled to begin hitting Tuesday.
The Nationals have beaten the Phillies in eight of the last nine meetings.
Shortstop Ian Desmond, who hit his seventh home run to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead in the second inning, has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games.
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Oliver has reinvented himself with Angels
Lefty setup man thought his career was coming to end in '05
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
He was the guy that manager Mike Scioscia called upon to notch the final five outs in one of the biggest victories for the Angels in the past few years."I didn't think about it like that," Oliver said in his typical understated way. "I just went out there and tried to get people out." He must have heard 45,070 people screaming as the Angels nailed down Game 1 of the 2009 American League Division Series. "I can't even hear the crowd out there," Oliver said. "I'm just too focused. Seriously ... I hear them when I'm not pitching, but when I'm pitching, I'm too focused. It's not like I'm going to rear back and get something extra on the ball. Those days are over. "It's not like I can still throw 96-97 [mph]." Yes, he could once throw that hard when he was one of the Rangers' top-pitching prospects back in the early '90s. At one point the Rangers even considered using him as a closer but were worried that he was too fragile to pitch in relief. "Can you imagine that now," Oliver said.
It is difficult considering Oliver has reinvented himself into one of the top setup relievers in the game and one of the anchors of a bullpen that struggled at times this season. His 2.71 ERA is the lowest among Angels relievers. He has pitched in 178 regular-season games for the Angels since 2007 and in both games of the ALDS."D.O. has probably had an impact on a lot of guys in our bullpen, much like Bobby Abreu has on the offensive side," Scioscia said. "Darren's been around. He understands his game. He understands coming into situations, what you need to bring out of the bullpen, what you might need to establish focusing a first pitch and making it a good one. "A lot of things that D.O. does have been important to our younger relief pitchers. I think the biggest impact D.O. has had is the production. If you look at this guy's numbers over the last couple of years, they're terrific. It's something we've really needed, especially with our bullpen in a state of flux. Darren has been as steady as anyone." This is the icing on Oliver's career. Five years ago, it appeared his career was on ice. After arriving in the Major Leagues as a reliever for the Rangers in 1993, he was moved into the rotation in '96 and had a decent eight-year run as a starter, going 76-74 in 211 starts and six relief appearances with a 5.13 ERA. The Rangers traded him to the Red Sox in 2001 for Carl Everett.
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In 2003, he was 13-11 with a 5.04 ERA with the Rockies. That was his last full season as a starter. He went 3-3 with a 5.94 ERA in 10 starts and 17 relief appearances for the Marlins and the Astros in '04. He had a sore shoulder at the end of the year and was just hanging around the team during the playoffs. The Astros reached the NLCS, but Oliver remained a non-roster spare part and his career seemed at the end.He hit rock bottom in 2005. Oliver was at Triple-A all year and released by three different organizations. He was ready to retire. He kept trying because of his children, Brock and Maxwell, who are now nine and six years old. "I wanted them to be able to watch me play and remember it," Oliver said. So he signed with the Mets as a non-roster player in 2006 and found new life as a reliever. "It took those guys a long time to warm up, and I didn't know how long it would take me to get warmed up" Oliver said. "But it's all right." The Mets went to the NLCS in 2006, and Oliver signed with the Angels the following winter. The Angels have won three straight division titles. Before that, Oliver's only playoff experience was a 3-2 loss in a start for the Rangers against the Yankees in Game 3 of the 1996 ALDS. Now he has been going every year. "It has been great," Oliver said. "The last four years I've been in the playoffs. It makes it a lot more fun when you're playing for something. Who knows ... if I had been playing the last four years with a losing team, I might have shut it down." Oliver doesn't throw as hard as he did many years ago when he was a hot Rangers prospect, but he has the savvy and guile of a veteran and he still can hook a curveball. He doesn't get rattled as he did in his first Major League game back in 1993 at Fenway Park when his very first pitch went behind Mike Greenwell's head and all the way to the backstop. "That was pretty bad," Oliver said, laughing at the memory so many years later. The memories are better now. He and his family will decide after the season if he will pitch one more year. It's hard to imagine him walking away when he's having so much fun.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Cardiac Rehabilitation Gets Heart Patients Back to Their LivesBy: Roxanne Jones
If you've had any type of intervention to treat heart disease — a stent placed to open a blocked artery, bypass surgery, an operation to fix a valve problem, even a heart transplant — cardiac rehabilitation (rehab) plays an essential role in reclaiming your health and your life.
"Cardiac rehab is all about wellness," explains Michelle Tinkham, RN, BSN, MS, PHN, CNOR, CLNC, RNFA, a cardiac pulmonary rehabilitation nurse at the Eisenhower Renker Wellness Center. "While the program includes medically supervised exercise to help patients improve their physical and cardiovascular strength and endurance, it also focuses on helping patients achieve individual lifestyle goals."
"Many people with heart disease have had to give up certain activities after they had surgery," says Tinkham. "Still others may have given up physical activities long before they underwent stent placement or bypass surgery because exertion brought on chest pain (angina). Or a sedentary lifestyle is what contributed to their heart problems to begin with. Regardless, these patients need to 'recondition' their cardiovascular fitness in order to resume — or start — activities they enjoy, prevent future heart issues and live as long and healthily as possible."
"The program also places a great deal of emphasis on education," says Tinkham. "We help individuals understand why they developed heart disease in the first place, and fix the reasons that contributed to the problem that are within their control, like diet and stress management."
How, exactly, does cardiac rehab work? "Each patient undergoes an evaluation, including a six-minute walking test, to determine their current fitness level," explains Tinkham. "We also set goals at this first visit, which we review at the end of the program."
"It's important for the individual to tell us what they want to achieve," she notes. "We can say what we'd like to see happen, but if it's not important to the patient, they won't embrace and commit to it. Here in the desert, getting back to playing golf is a frequent goal."
The cardiac rehab program includes eight-to-12 weeks of aerobic exercise and weight-training sessions held three times a week. This exercise component is individualized based on each participant's condition and goals. Specially trained nurses carefully monitor each participant's heart rate with a four-lead EKG during every session.
"No local gym or fitness center has this capability for monitoring each person's heart," says Tinkham.
Michael Appelhans, General Counsel, who has had open-heart surgery, agrees.
"The rehab nurses are just outstanding," says Appelhans. "They monitor you closely and also encourage you. They do a really good job."
Importantly, the program also includes bi-monthly educational sessions that address heart disease risk factors, medication management, nutrition and stress management.
"Cardiac rehab is much more than just working out," Tinkham stresses. "We're trying to help participants rehab their entire lifestyle and teach them to be healthier in all aspects of their lives, to heal from what happened and prevent further problems."
And it works. Research shows that patients who complete 36 sessions of cardiac rehab have a 47 percent reduction in the risk of death of any cause, and a 31 percent risk reduction for a heart attack in the subsequent four years, compared with those who complete just one session.
But that's not all. "Many patients, when they first come in, feel very depressed, afraid that they're going to die and there's nothing they can do about it," says Tinkham. "But when they go through the program and see how much better they feel and how their ability to function has improved, their confidence is so much higher."
More good news: cardiac rehab is covered by Medicare and private insurers. To be eligible for coverage, you must be diagnosed with coronary artery disease (CAD) and have had some sort of intervention to treat it (such as angioplasty and/or stent placement within the past six months or open-heart bypass surgery within the past year). Patients who have had a heart attack within the past year, have undergone a heart transplant, or who have a heart valve disorder also are eligible. A physician referral is required.
"The vast majority of our patients see improvement," notes Tinkham. "Mike was younger (61) to begin with, but he had risk factors like high blood pressure and a lot of stress that the program helped him get more under control."
"The most important thing is to just do it," adds Tinkham.


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Sol 59 Update on Curiosity from USGS Scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Before the Descent5 October 2012
The data from Sol 58 show that the ripple is suitable for scooping, so the Sol 59 plan includes a short rover drive to position the rover near a part of the ripple that has not been disturbed yet. The MAHLI images of the wall are beautiful and show that the interior of the ripple is mostly fine-grained sand. The grain sizes in the ripple are just what is needed to test and clean the CHIMRA. The layer of coarse grains on the surface of the ripple is thin and is covered by only a thin layer of dust.
We expect to get a large volume of data through MRO in the afternoon of Sol 59, so planning was relatively easy. We were able to include all of the science observations requested by the team, including the first half of a "long-baseline stereo" Mastcam mosaic. The Sol 59 drive should place the rover 1.1 m to the north of the current location, which will provide a nice offset for stereo images taken looking east. We targeted an interesting area south of Glenelg that we don't plan to visit before leaving this area, so this is a good opportunity to image it before descending to Glenelg.


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Jaci Jackson was also sentenced Monday to seven years of probation for her role in the theft of horses and equipment in 2011. The horses were discovered in Oklahoma — including one that had been killed — and Jackson faced charges in both states. She's set to be sentenced in Arkansas on Feb. 6 for the theft.
Last August, Jackson pleaded guilty in Oklahoma to conspiracy to commit theft, bringing stolen property across state lines, knowingly concealing stolen property and cruelty to animals.
"It was a foolish act. It's sad and tragic for Jaci's family and for all the victims who owned the horses," District Attorney Mark Matloff said.
Special District Judge Gary Brock agreed that the theft was instigated by Jackson's mother, Wendi Cox, who is serving a 60-year prison sentence after she was convicted by a jury in Arkansas. But the judge noted that Jackson participated in the crime and attempted cover-up, even if she wasn't the one who cut the throat of the horse named Credit Card.
"The statement by Jackson about the death of Credit Card was callous indifference when she told the joke about 'What do you do with a credit card? You cut it up and throw it away,"' Brock said.
Jackson's attorney, Rick Stout, declined to comment to the Texarkana Gazette (http://bit.ly/1hIiAUO ) after Monday's sentencing.
Prosecutors alleged that the theft came about after a dispute between Jackson and fellow students at the school in Magnolia.
"After conspiring to avenge the alleged wrongs done to her, which were ridiculous accusations and proven to be false, Jaci Jackson committed the ultimate act of betrayal by stealing the most precious asset of her fellow rodeo teammates — their horses," Matloff said.


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And how did Ashleigh celebrate her big day? She jumped into a stretch limo with her gal pals and they cruised all over Russellville having a good time laughing, talking to people out the long-car's windows and playing the role of a celebrity.
Ashleigh's mother, Carla Reed, and a friend, joined in for the fun times.
What was the cause of all of the excitement on a 12th birthday? Ashleigh's birthday was on 12-12-12.
"She told us 'I've been waiting all of my life for this day,'" Carla said Thursday morning. "She was really excited."
The Reed family lore goes back to Dec. 11, 2000, when Carla was at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center waiting for Ashleigh to be born. Carla and another expectant mother were talking that in 12 years their children would celebrate their birthdays on 12-12-12.
The facts about the birthday have been discussed for years by the Reed family, and there was much excitement about the pending birthday celebration.
Carla said Ashleigh didn't know about the night out with her friends, and that the limo ride would be a birthday gift from her parents. It was a big surprise.
"It was a fabulous time," Carla said. "She woke up this morning happy."
Carla said Ashleigh and her friends liked "acting like 12-year-old girls" by yelling out the limo's windows and when they all stopped at Hastings for a coffee, the girls built a human-pyramid in the store while laughing all the time. "There was also a lot of singing," Carol added.
"It was a birthday to remember," Carol said laughing.


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The seven bands that graced the main stage Saturday at the fifth annual Epicenter festival at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine could be split near the center of that divide between now-classic mainstays of '90s modern rock and contemporary KROQ performers – music from your youth and music for the kids.
As on stage, where local legends the Offspring, Bad Religion and Pennywise shared space with current stars A Day to Remember, Pierce the Veil and All Time Low, the fans in attendance were split by age brackets, with a pretty even mix of young, enthusiastic supporters and a large contingent of aging punks and other Gen-X alt-rock junkies reliving memories.
Both ages in the crowd were attentive, exuberant and ready to spend money on an array of merchandise, concessions and booze. The latter of those was easier to find than bathrooms, thanks to numerous bars seemingly put in special for the event.
Granted, this is still a far cry from the bigger Epicenters of years past, particularly the founding ones in Pomona and Fontana, both noted less for their performances than for the brutal heat. While Saturday's afternoon weather was warm, the Irvine breeze quickly settled in and made for a comfortable atmosphere for watching live music.
But would the new radio wonders rule the day or the vets? If you had gone home before headliner the Offspring, the victory might handily have gone to the new generation.
A Day to Remember played a set impossible to forget, punctuating key songs with pyrotechnics. The band's blend of screaming hardcore and catchy pop-punk isn't the most sophisticated ever attempted, but it is hard to deny in a live setting, where instantly memorable melodies are of the highest value and rocking breakdowns are never unappreciated. Upcoming album Common Courtesy follows a three-year gap since their strong-selling fourth effort, "What Separates Me From You," and if their set in Irvine is any indication, they could be ready to break even bigger this time out.
Along with San Diego's Pierce the Veil and Maryland's All Time Low, there was liveliness to turns from younger bands that Bad Religion and Pennywise couldn't match, despite those groups' familiarity and history. There's simply an energy about bands with something to prove, as opposed to those that know they have already secured their audiences.
Pennywise did provide the moment of the day, however, closing as usual with "Bro Hymn," leading the crowd to chant along on cue. A herd of KROQ employees and friends of the band began dancing on stage to the anthemic staple, the atmosphere becoming celebratory.
Bad Religion also offered up plenty of favorites, ending with "Sorrow" and "Infected." Both bands were best when reaching deep into their past, Bad Religion with the fast jab of "We're Only Gonna Die" and Pennywise with its early, self-titled hardcore screamer, giving longtime fans blasts from their pasts – and proving that maybe some bands are better before they make it on the radio.
But the Offspring, in a parade of hits spanning its entire catalog, changed the narrative, winning the day with amiability and easily enjoyed entertainment. It's hard not to have a good time when "Bad Habit" is followed by "Come Out and Play."
Like Bad Religion and Pennywise, the Huntington Beach band has been in the business for some 30 years. And while punk upstart FIDLAR called out everyone early in the day from the event's side-stage – saying Epicenter fans and bands are both "boring" – it was easy to understand both where they're coming from yet also disagree by the day's end.
Epicenter's acts cover well-worn territory, but music by the people and for the people still has its place – and FIDLAR unfortunately seemed to be in the wrong place. Nearly two decades after it surfaced, a song like "Self Esteem" can still unite people by the thousands, and that shouldn't be discounted. Younger bands have a lot of living to do before they can match that.
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This collection includes but a handful of the countless traditional singing games that have been danced, sung and passed on by generations of children throughout the U.S. and the British Isles. The purpose of the book is to make these 21 singing games more accessible to anyone who works with children. Some games may become part of the playground culture, or they may be shared by the children and teacher as part of the dance repertoire in the classroom. Since singing games have always been integral to music education, this collection can be an important part of developing a dance tradition in your school or community. Tips on teaching dance in the classroom, transcriptions of the melodies, and a glossary of dance terms are included. The CD recording features the Amidon family singing all the songs accompanied by a variety of instruments. 46 pages.
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San Antonio Spurs beat Miami Heat on the road
MIAMI - Within minutes of taking the court at American Airlines Arena on Tuesday night, the San Antonio Spurs demolished a 23-year-old record for offensive efficiency.
Apparently unsatisfied with that result, the Spurs continued to treat the basketball like molten lava as the first half moved along, swinging it from one pair of hands to the next, always searching for the open man, the best angle, the easiest shot. They turned their defenders from the Miami Heat into highly compensated traffic cones.
The Spurs survived some hairy moments in the late stages, but their 111-92 victory in Game 3 of the NBA finals was due, almost wholly, to what they did to the Heat in the first half. It was a performance as methodical as it was spectacular, and there were possessions when all the Spurs' fancy passing and unselfish play seemed unnecessary. The quicker they could hoist a shot, the better.
Consider Patty Mills, who surveyed the court on a fast break early in the second quarter, determined that no defenders were in his ZIP code and pulled up for a 3-pointer: swish.
San Antonio, which took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, set finals records by shooting 86.7 percent in the first quarter and 75.8 percent in the first half, and their 41 points in the first quarter were the most scored by a team in the finals since 1967. Their 71 points in the first half were enough for a 21-point lead as they reduced the arena - so festive early on - to a mausoleum.
The Heat, who did not even play that poorly (they shot 55.9 percent in the first half), trimmed the Spurs' lead to 7 points late in the third quarter. But the Spurs, on the same court where they suffered a Game 6 collapse in last year's finals, showed enough resolve to stave off LeBron James & Co.
Kawhi Leonard, who played ferocious defense on James, finished with 29 points and shot 10 for 13 from the field. In the fourth quarter, with the Heat still threatening, he accelerated for a baseline dunk and sank two free throws, and San Antonio edged away to regain home-court advantage.
James, who scored 22 points, and Wade, who had 22, were a combined 17 of 26 from the field. Their teammates shot 15 for 36.
Game 4 is Thursday in Miami.
The opening minutes were an offensive jamboree, as the two teams combined to sink their first nine shots. If Game 1 was all about the debilitating heat (at least for James, who suffered from cramps) and Game 2 was marked by late-game execution (or lack thereof by the Spurs), Game 3 appeared to be a contest of who could make the most shots (or miss the fewest).
Tim Duncan (14 points) scored inside, and then Chris Bosh (9) answered with a midrange jumper. Danny Green (15) sliced to the rim for a layup, and then James responded with an 8-foot jumper.
It was the Spurs, though, who found their footing on defense. By the time Green swooped in for another layup, San Antonio had a 22-10 lead and the Miami crowd was silent.
Leonard, in particular, seemed determined to assert himself. It was a pleasant development for San Antonio, which had not gotten much production from Leonard in the first two games of the series.
Part of the problem was foul trouble. In fact, Leonard fouled out of Game 2 - a total anomaly for him. Before Game 3, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he was not overly concerned.
"It's the finals," Popovich said. "Guys shouldn't be fouled out unless they come on the court with a hammer and bludgeon and it's obvious. But there's contact everywhere. If you wanted to, you could call a foul every time down the court, probably."
Leonard was largely successful at keeping his (enormous) hands to himself. He also drained three 3-pointers in the first quarter, scoring 16 points.
The only player who kept the Heat involved was - not surprisingly - James, who made five of his first six shots, including a 3-pointer that whittled the Spurs' lead to 27-20. He also did what he could at the other end. On one possession, James defended three players: Tony Parker (15 points), Leonard and Green, switching on every screen, grasping at solutions that were not quick to materialize.
The Spurs, so revered for their crisp sets, filleted the Heat by sinking 13 of 15 shots in the first quarter to take a 41-25 lead.
After Mills drilled his 3-pointer in transition early in the second, the Spurs' lead was 48-28 and the Heat called a timeout. It was an opportunity to reflect on the numbers: The Spurs had played 14 minutes of basketball and missed a grand total of two field goals, scoring 48 points on 18 shots. And Parker, their offensive-minded point guard, had missed his only attempt.
Miami ratcheted up the pressure at the start of the third quarter, scoring 6 points in 46 seconds. Popovich called an immediate timeout.
The Heat continued to chip away, though, and a 10-0 run late in the quarter, which Norris Cole capped with a layup, cut the Spurs' lead to 81-74. San Antonio was doing some uncharacteristic things, like missing layups (looking at you, Marco Belinelli), and Popovich's reserves had trouble contending with Miami's strength and quickness.
Still, despite shooting just 31.6 percent in the quarter, the Spurs never lost their composure. Belinelli hit a 3-pointer for a bit of breathing room, and San Antonio led by 11 entering the fourth.
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Men's Team
Loan watch: Wabara nets winner against Liverpool
Reece Wabara signed off his loan at Oldham Athletic in style by scoring what turned out to be the winning goal against Liverpool in the FA Cup fourth round.
Wabara has now returned to City, but was able to help the Latics and their manager, ex-Blue Paul Dickov, to complete a famous giant-killing by winning 3-2 at Boundary Park to eliminate the Reds.
Absolutely buzzing fans were magnificent aswell as the players! And a goal for me :D great day at the office
...@ReeceWabara January 27, 2013
Dickov is our special dinner guest alongside Dietmar Hamann at the Etihad Stadium on 31 January.
Elsewhere, Roque Santa Cruz continued his spell at Malaga with a goal against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey quarter-final last Thursday, although he couldn't prevent Messi and Co from advancing in the competition to face Real Madrid in the next round.
He followed it up with 90 minutes in a 3-2 victory over Mallorca at the weekend.
Wayne Bridge played a full game as Brighton & Hove Albion were narrowly beaten 3-2 by Arsenal at the Amex Stadium in the FA Cup.
Adam Drury also featured for 90 minutes as Burton Albion beat Barnet 1-0 in League 2. The youngster is due to return to City on 4 February.
Meanwhile, Ryan McGivern played 45 minutes in Hibernian's 0-0 draw away to Aberdeen, but was withdrawn at half time after suffering a hamstring strain. Luca Scapuzzi was on the pitch for 60 minutes of A S Varese's 2-1 defeat to Virtus Lanciano.


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"I don't know where they (tabloids) come up with these things. One week, they have me going out with him, and the next week, they have me going out with someone else. Some times I think to myself, 'People must think that I am the biggest whore in town'. But you have to laugh at it otherwise it would tear you down."
"You know criticism when you get into this business. You accept the bad with the good, the tabloids and the positive side of it."
"If you don't really have anything to do with the tabloid person, then it doesn't bother you. I'd rather laugh and say 'that other Loni Anderson.' I think that's healthy. Otherwise, it can eat you up."
"In the tabloid age, people think that they can say what they want. This is not (covered) by free speech. The truth is you can't just say what you want."


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