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CHARLOTTE—Monday night's out-of-nowhere news that the Charlotte Bobcats had decided on St. John's assistant Mike Dunlap as their next head coach was met with this consensus about Dunlap: a masterful Xs-and-Os tactician on one hand, a leap of a hire on the other.
No one around the NBA expected a splashy move—that requires spending money, something for which Bobcats owner Michael Jordan doesn't have much of an appetite. Of all the names connected to the Bobcats job, former Jazz coach Jerry Sloan was the biggest. Sloan, from the outset, said he was intrigued by the Charlotte gig and that he was not turned off by the daunting task of rebuilding a 7-59 team. Nevertheless, for motivations not disclosed, Sloan took himself out of the running last week. Money, many speculated, was likely the reason.
That left the Bobcats with two of their three finalists—or so we thought. Indiana Pacers assistant Brian Shaw and L.A. Lakers assistant Quin Snyder both got far enough in the process that they sat down for interviews with Jordan. Like Sloan, Shaw also withdrew, and NBA.com's Shaun Powell tweeted Shaw "didn't want the Charlotte job. He's holding out for something better."
But in Wednesday's press conference to introduce the new coach, Bobcats brass said they only had eyes for Dunlap.
Asked whether the job had been offered to anyone else, Rod Higgins, the team's president of basketball operations, responded, "No. One and only, right here. One offer, one acceptance."
The Bobcats identified about 40 potential candidates, of whom 10 were interviewed. "We got that down to a smaller number and brought that number down to Michael in terms of doing a second interview process," Higgins said.
While a clear answer was not given as to how Dunlap was identified as a candidate, Dunlap said the interest was mutual.
"You know when you're sitting in the classroom and the question's asked at the same time your hand goes up and you know you have the answer? It was kind of like that. It went up at the same time. It was something that I was highly interested in doing."
Dunlap's second interview, in which Jordan was involved, "really jumped out," general manager Rich Cho said. "And it jumped out so much that we made the offer to his agent while he was in the air on his way back to New York from the interview."
What separated Dunlap? The ability to develop players is obviously key with a group as young as the Bobcats, and Dunlap has those chops. Said George Karl, who Dunlap worked under as an assistant with the Denver Nuggets, "Mike Dunlap absolutely elevates every player and team he comes in contact with."
Building a moribund team into a contender is going to take a lot of blood, sweat and tears, too, and Dunlap's work ethic impressed the Charlotte execs.
"First guy in, last guy out," said Cho, who pointed out that his new coach has run a 100-mile marathon. "That kind of stuff is infectious among the staff and the players. ... We thought that would set the culture for us and set the tone for our whole organization and the players. Mike's going to be very demanding. Players are going to see different types of practices. I know one thing, they're going to be in shape."
Dunlap understands the job that lies ahead. Creating a winning environment in Charlotte is not going to be easy.
"We've got to be frank about that. We've got to say sometimes we're going to fall down and skin our knees, and we're going to run into some walls. But you certainly need someone who's optimistic, who's positive, who keeps working away. It's an inch-by-inch process. It doesn't happen overnight." Dunlap said.
This Bobcats team lacks talent, that much is clear, but the players they do have fit Dunlap's mentality, he said.
"It's a team that can push the ball down the floor. What they have at point guard in (D.J.) Augustin and (Kemba) Walker—that's a great start. ... I think they can get better, and I think they will get better. But, yeah, I think this team has components."
Dunlap spoke of his "ability to take a branding that the organization wants and the owner wants—to be able to open this up a little bit with the youth, develop the youth, teach the youth and bring it along, so people can actually see that we play a style of basketball that's very aggressive. It's attack basketball, both offensively and defensively. And that's a message that resonated with them. They liked the message, and I happened to be a fit for them because of that message."


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All the best to Triano, but I'm not sold on him being the head coach for team Canada. I agree with others that the best possible coach available should be targeted. Stan Van Gundy anyone?
...of course that would never happen, but I wonder what it would take? Does anyone know what kind of salary is usually offered to the national team's head coach? I assume that USA basketball gives out big pay days, but what about us?

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The Hot Stove Telephone Hour
Ho hum, no big Thanksgiving announcements. Not that I was really expecting anything this soon, but hey, a girl can dream. Between the few bits of real news we have seen, the tantalizing but vague hints of information we get from unnamed sources, the endless fan speculation and the dissonant chorus and counter melody of all of us bloggers shouting sign him, he'll take us back to the playoffs and no, don't sign him, he's an overpaid two season wonder, this all starts to sound like some sort of bizarre Hot Stove Bye, Bye Birdie…with Tony Reagins as Harvey Johnson to me:
What's the story? Has anyone signed?
I heard the contract got inked?
Did he really sign?
Hello Mr. Crawford, this is Tony Reagins. Is Carl home?
The contract's not inked?
What do you mean, are they crazy?
I was hoping he would!
Hello Mrs. Beltre, this is Tony Reagins. May I speak to Andre please?
They'll be Angels forever!
I hope it won't last.
Hey have you heard any news?
And I am right in there with every other Angels fan, reading every scrap of information I can get, speculating, hoping, worrying, whining, contributing my own little voice to the noise. Oh well, apparently we aren't going to get another huge late November Torii Hunter level announcement this year…or are we? *crosses fingers*
Well, for the rest of today I have a decidedly less metaphorical hot stove in mind: Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, roasted butternut squash, cranberry relish and a corn bread dressing with sausage, apples and cranberries for 10, oh my! Not that I am complaining. I love the cooking and the entertaining and so does my husband. No, like the Time Warp's pelvic thrust, it's the dishes that really drive you insane.


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Yeah--I'm one of those. Beer and pizza are like long lost friend. Not full born Celiacs but wheat and all just creates havoc "down there." If you in the same boat and find some places to dine please post here.
I did find a store that carries gluten free beer--Wine and More.
Great selection of wines but I was there for the beer. Cold AC and you can hang out and relax. Owner is very friendly knowledgeable AND a former BMW rider. Had 4-5 varieties of gluten free beer--one that I hadn't seen before.
The owner turned me onto a nice casual family owned breakfast place too. The name escapes me but it is on the South Side of Main Street (Rt 765) at the Corner of Grant. You'll see it--not much else there. More than i could eat for $8. It was busy with locals when I went. Open til 2 PM weekdays, 1 PM Saturday.
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Perverse 2 fans
For a scene that was once brewing quietly in the deepest darkest depths of South London, it's remarkable to see dubstep's original spacious and organic sound influence head as far afield as New Zealand. With pioneers Truth leading the way, a thriving hub of 140 producers has been unearthed and among the brightest prospects are Perverse, a.k.a. Auckland City representatives Brett & Alex.
Inspired by a range of genres from the '80s and the lean of hiphop, to the twisted rhythms of hard drum and bass luminaries Noisia, Black Sun Empire and Spor, Perverse were drawn to production through their collective love of bass heavy music. Purveyors of intensely dark and uncompromising eyes-down beats, their sound is exemplified by a precise control over shuddering sub frequencies and a minimal sparseness of construction, reminiscent of early Loefah or Kryptic Minds. Whilst their musical influences are notable, Perverse bring their own unique and refreshing take on the sound, with a repertoire of versatile riddims infused with intelligent syncopated beats and chest-caving low end.
Perverse are rapidly building a prolific reputation and, armed with a formidable collection of lethal dubs, they have found their productions unleashed in the sets of Mala, Kryptic Minds, Youngsta, Distance, Biome, J:Kenzo, Vivek, Jack Sparrow, Seven and Icicle, and always delivering trademark clean bass weight, razor sharp percussion and desolate atmospherics. Heavy radio play is further testament to their current prowess, receiving airtime on internationally acclaimed stations including Youngsta, Distance, Jay 5ive and Crisis on their respective Rinse FM shows, and on scene stalwart BunZer0's Sub.fm show, which has long been a tide marker for exciting talent. And labels have also been quick to recognize Perverse's superior sub-bass architecture with multiple releases on various labels.
This is music that has to be heard on earth-moving sound systems! Expect to witness Alex and Brett and their flawless execution behind the decks, mashing up a dance somewhere near you soon.


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My Three Points to the LA Galaxy's 1-1 draw to Chivas USA in the SuperClasico.
Three Points: Galaxy play to 1-1 draw with Chivas USA
A few notes from the game below...
*Joaquin Velasquez's red card was the first red to be awarded during the 2013 MLS regular season.
*Jack McBean now has two MLS goals to his credit. The first came in 2011.
* Los Angeles-native Carlos Alvarez made his MLS debut and scored the first goal of his MLS career.
*11 on the gameday roster for both teams were from Southern California.
*Foul totals: Chivas USA: 22 and LA Galaxy: 8
*Possession: LA Galaxy with 61.8% to Chivas USA's 38.2%
*Duels won: LA Galaxy 61% to Chivas USA's 39%
*Robbie Keane will depart for Ireland ahead of the nation's World Cup Qualifiers next week.
What are your thoughts on the match...
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New Handheld X-ray Fluorescence Technology Used to Support Theory for Coin Fabrication
A number of rumors have circulated over the years about the variation in color of certain rare United States gold patterns. Mint facility records have not been clear on the subject, but it has been surmised that these coins have been treated using a chemical process to reduce the copper content of their outer layer, thereby enhancing their appearance and value.
Six coins from the National Numismatics Collection were examined non-invasively in situ by a team from the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education using recently developed equipment-a handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. This equipment is portable and provides fast multi-elemental analysis of a wide variety of materials.
The coins were analyzed to determine whether there was any variation in the surface composition and differences were recognized. The variation could be interpreted as due to factors such as the thickness of the outer layer of pure gold. If we accept the hypothesis of the chemical treatment of the outer layers the differences in composition may relate to minor variation of the efficiency of the chemical leaching process. Similar testing procedures have built up the case for this type of enrichment of coins in other collections. These findings will contribute to a study by Q. David Bowers in his forthcoming book on the history of United States gold coins.


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North Tejon Street Traffic Advisory - Milling and Paving Operations to Close Portion of Street Next Two Sundays
Friday, September 27, 2013
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— A portion of North Tejon Street will be closed the next two Sundays, Sept. 29 and Oct. 6 to conduct milling and paving operations. The work will take place on North Tejon Street from East Platte Avenue to East Colorado Avenue. This portion of North Tejon Street will be completely closed to traffic from approximately 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Oct. 6.
Citizens will be required to detour around the closed section. Due to the many parallel street options available in this area, no formal detour route will be specified. No on-street parking will be allowed within the work zone during the posted times.
The above traffic control plan was adopted by the City in order to expedite the work and reduce the impact of businesses and the traveling public. Businesses in this corridor will remain open during their regularly scheduled hours of operation. Sidewalks will be open for public access.


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By Ben Golliver
Four players have now garnered more than 1 million votes apiece but there were otherwise no meaningful changes in the third round of 2013 NBA All-Star balloting, released by the NBA on Thursday.
Lakers guard Kobe Bryant remains the overall leading vote-getter, narrowly topping Heat forward LeBron James. Bryant topped James as the leading vote-getter in the second round of ballots released Dec. 27 after James topped Bryant in the first round released Dec. 13.
Bryant tallied 1,177,456 votes to James' 1,151,304. Thunder forward Kevin Durant (1,088,797) and Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (1,054,099) each topped the one million mark and continue to be the third- and fourth-leading vote-getters, respectively. Heat guard Dwyane Wade remains in fifth, edging out Lakers center Dwight Howard.
The starting lineups for each conference based on the third round of returns did not change from either of the first two rounds of returns.
• Eastern Conference: Rajon Rondo (Celtics), Wade, James, Anthony and Kevin Garnett (Celtics).
• Western Conference: Chris Paul (Clippers), Bryant, Durant, Blake Griffin (Clippers) and Howard.
Like last week, the only two players projected to be starters who face a real chance of being unseated are Garnett and Paul. Garnett leads Heat forward Chris Bosh by fewer than 28,000 votes (390,751 to 362,973). However, Garnett has actually further solidified his position by extending that lead in both the second and third rounds of voting. Paul leads Rockets guard Jeremy Lin by fewer than 47,000 votes (651,893 to 605,624) in the third round. While Paul's lead after the first ballot was more than 55,000, his lead now is virtually identical to his lead after the second round of balloting. With the Jan. 14 voting deadline approaching, his margin appears fairly safe.
Eight of the projected starters based on these voting results were also starters in 2012. The only changes: Rondo, who would plug in for injured Bulls guard Derrick Rose, and Garnett, who would step in for injured Sixers center Andrew Bynum. Bynum started for the Western Conference last year as a member of the Lakers but was traded to the Sixers in a deal that sent Howard to the Lakers.
This year's fan vote selects the starters for the midseason showcase in Houston on Feb. 17. There is a twist: Fans now select two "backcourt" players and three "frontcourt" players rather than two "guards," two "forwards" and one "center" as they had in previous years. This year's voting process has also extended onto social networking sites. For a breakdown of the winners and losers of the new format based on the early voting results, click here.
The full third-round returns are below.
Eastern Conference
|LeBron James (Mia) 1,151,304
|Dwyane Wade (Mia) 765,077
|Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 1,054,099
|Rajon Rondo (Bos) 675,822
|Kevin Garnett (Bos) 390,751
|Deron Williams (BKN) 350,618
|Chris Bosh (Mia) 362,973
|Kyrie Irving (Cle) 308,878
|Tyson Chandler (NYK) 315,752
|Ray Allen (Mia) 232,441
|Paul Pierce (Bos) 205,096
|Monta Ellis (Mil) 84,609
|Joakim Noah (Chi) 158,743
|Raymond Felton (NYK) 77,123
|Josh Smith (Atl) 131,508
|Jrue Holiday (Phi) 66,514
|Anderson Varejao (Cle) 116,166
|Jason Terry (Bos) 62,189
|Shane Battier (Mia) 107,190
|Brandon Jennings (Mil) 56,826
|Amar'e Stoudemire (NYK) 104,109
|Andrew Bynum (Phi) 93,611
|Luol Deng (Chi) 90,736
|Brook Lopez (BKN) 76,695
|Jeff Green (Bos) 62,367
Western Conference
|Kevin Durant (OKC) 1,088,797
|Kobe Bryant (LAL) 1,177,456
|Dwight Howard (LAL) 716,671
|Chris Paul (LAC) 651,893
|Blake Griffin (LAC) 593,024
|Jeremy Lin (Hou) 605,624
|Tim Duncan (SA) 352,534
|James Harden (Hou) 337,585
|Pau Gasol (LAL) 239,440
|Russell Westbrook (OKC) 268,558
|Kevin Love (Min) 221,291
|Steve Nash (LAL) 202,274
|Omer Asik (Hou) 160,935
|Tony Parker (SA) 128,966
|Rudy Gay (Mem) 140,864
|Ricky Rubio (Min) 112,352
|Serge Ibaka (OKC) 134,172
|Stephen Curry (GS) 97,761
|Marc Gasol (Mem) 114,465
|Manu Ginobili (SA) 84,564
|LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 111,156
|Zach Randolph (Mem) 111,046
|Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 106,623
|Metta World Peace (LAL) 106,025
|Chandler Parsons (Hou) 93,057


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December 13, 2009
Kristen, 10 bucks says you mean Sia's "Breathe Me"
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@Lorabell, I bet you're right ;)ReplyDelete
Love that song and the VF shoot *sigh* ^.^
I thought it was breathe me too but its not track 5 on the album its track 4 *sad spice*ReplyDelete
Track 5 on 'Colour the Small' one is "Sweet Potato."ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 13, 2009 at 8:58 PM
It was 'Blow it all away' according to her interview with French Elle.ReplyDelete
Well, on "LIVE FROM SYDNEY", "Breathe Me" IS Track #5, so maybe....ReplyDelete
I'll have to go listen to "Blow it All Away" to compare...
I don't think that "Sweet Potato" is at all epic, melodic, or sweeping as "Breathe Me", so I don't think it was that one anyway...
Kristen has great taste in music though!!
I tried to look it up too but she could've just picked a random number *shrug* I guess we'll never know for sure but I might have to listen to the others to try and figure out which is most likely ;)ReplyDelete
- Lorabell


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For immediate release: October 15, 2012
Baltimore, MD — Upper Chesapeake Health and the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center have signed an affiliation agreement which will enhance cancer care services for patients in and around Harford County. The announcement of the formal partnership is a result of a two-year collaborative planning process in which Upper Chesapeake Health has strengthened its multidisciplinary cancer services and expanded opportunities for clinical trial enrollment for patients.
The University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center (UMGCC), which is located at the University of Maryland Medical Center and is led by physicians from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, is among a select group of cancer centers with a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation. It is ranked 11th out of 900 cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report and is a major referral center throughout Maryland and the region.
Expanded cancer care services for Harford and Cecil County residents will be fully integrated when a new $60 million cancer center opens on the campus of Upper Chesapeake Medical Center (UCMC), located on Route 24 in Bel Air in Harford County, in the fall of 2013. The Patricia D. and M. Scot Kaufman Cancer Center is named for Scot and Patricia Kaufman, both strong advocates of improving cancer care in their Harford County community.
The formal affiliation with UMGCC and Upper Chesapeake's new cancer center will provide access to the most advanced cancer therapies, state-of-the-art technology, enhanced supportive care services, and clinical research trials in one centralized neighborhood location.
Lyle E. Sheldon, F.A.C.H.E., President and Chief Executive Officer of Upper Chesapeake Health (UCH), says, "Through our affiliation with the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, we can bring the resources of an academic medical center to northeastern Maryland. We will provide cutting-edge cancer treatments and clinical research trials to many people who want to receive their medical care closer to home. We're very pleased to be affiliated with a top-tier cancer center."
Kevin J. Cullen, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, says, "This agreement enables us to share the expertise of our cancer specialists and provide increased access to clinical trials to residents of Harford and Cecil Counties and the surrounding area. We have a very extensive translational research program, with more than 200 clinical trials to evaluate possible new treatments. Our goal is to move discoveries out of the laboratory into the clinic for the benefit of patients."
This partnership agreement formalizes a relationship between Upper Chesapeake Health and the Greenebaum Cancer Center that began after UCH and the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) entered into a strategic affiliation in 2009, which is expected to result in a full merger of the two not-for-profit health systems in the future. UMMS is a private, not-for-profit network of 11 academic, community and specialty hospitals as well as outpatient sites for primary and specialty care throughout Maryland.
Since 2010, UCH and the UMGCC have collaborated on joint tumor board conferences in which cancer specialists review and discuss patients' medical conditions and treatment options. UCH patients have access to genetic counseling with UMGCC counselors as well as a Breast Center, with a dedicated nurse navigator, and multidisciplinary clinics for breast cancer and lung cancer. In addition, UCH has recruited several new physicians, with the support of the University of Maryland, including Meghan L. Milburn, M.D., a fellowship-trained breast surgeon, who serves as co-medical director of the UCH Breast Center. She is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Upper Chesapeake Health has been working for many years toward creating a cancer center providing a comprehensive array of services. The vision has always been to provide a community-based, healing environment that fully integrates with the high-quality clinical and research programs at UMGCC. The cancer programs at Harford Memorial Hospital (HMH) and UCMC are accredited by the American College of Surgeons' (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC). UCMC also received accreditation from ACS as a Comprehensive Cancer Center and HMH as a Community Cancer Center.
Over the past two years, UCMC has fully developed its program to include specialists in cancer and blood disorders. The practice of Maryland Hematology and Oncology Associates formally partnered with Upper Chesapeake Health (UCH) in 2011. Currently, the Upper Chesapeake Hematology and Oncology practice is located in Pavilion II adjacent to the Infusion Center, which provides a convenient environment for outpatient chemotherapy and additional infusion/transfusion related services. Additionally, UCH provides free comprehensive nurse (RN) navigator and oncology-specialized social work, supportive care and complementary medicine services to individuals living with cancer through its Cancer LifeNet Program.
Construction of UCH's Kaufman Cancer Center began in November 2011. When the center opens in late fall 2013, all Upper Chesapeake Health cancer services will be consolidated under one roof.
About Upper Chesapeake Health
Established in 1984, Upper Chesapeake Health is a not-for-profit health organization based in Harford County. The organization owns and operates Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Harford Memorial Hospital and Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation. One of the largest private employers in Harford County, Upper Chesapeake employs almost 3,000 team members. Visit www.uchs.org to learn more.
About the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center
The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center, which is part of the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The center is recognized for its active clinical and basic science research program. It has comprehensive programs to treat all types of cancer and is a major referral center for patients throughout Maryland and the region. It is ranked 11th out of 900 cancer centers nationwide by U.S. News and World Report. For more information, go to www.umgcc.org.


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ASIC puts auditing industry 'on notice'
Auditing firms could be forced to rotate between companies to stop them becoming too close to the companies they audit, the corporate regulator has warned.
It comes after a review of the industry found a "significant deterioration" in the quality of audits over the last two years, prompting Australian Securities and Investments chairman Greg Medcraft to warn the industry is "on notice."
ASIC has released an audit inspection report showing the quality of audits produced by large and small auditing firms has worsened considerably since January 2011.
Of the 20 auditing firms inspected, the report shows 18 per cent of the 602 audit areas reviewed did not perform all of the procedures necessary to get a "reasonable assurance" that the audited financial report was not "materially misstated."
It shows the number of such problems at large firms has increased from 10 per cent to 13 per cent - an increase of 30 per cent - over the inspection period.
For smaller firms, the number increased from 18 per cent to 21 per cent.
It found auditors are not being sceptical enough when auditing companies' books and they are relying too heavily on the work of other auditors or experts.
The report comes after a series of company collapses - such as Centro, Trio Capital, and Banksia - in which auditor failure or oversight problems were a big issue. In Banksia's case, accounts were signed off by the group's auditors only a few weeks before the group collapsed, owing investors more than $660 million.
Mr Medcraft said too many audits are being signed off without sufficient ''audit evidence'', and if auditors did not improve then ASIC would consider asking the federal government to enforce them to rotate between companies.
"Next year if we [don't] see the situation … improving, then we may consider writing to Treasury on options for reform," he said.
"Clearly we just can't sit by and see a further deterioration. Investors and other users of financial statements have got to be confident that there is no material misstatement in them," he said.
He said the results were troubling because the report only looked at a small section of the auditing industry.
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Age cannot be determining factor in trying out new things
"Nowhere to go but up"—one of those reassuring old cliches contrived by irrational optimists to ease the pain after hitting bottom. It is used to replace total surrender to what appears to be the final collapse—and sometimes it works.
It was 1931 when Harry and Bertha lost their business, their home, their hopes for a future. With total despair they watched from a distance as customers came to the locked door of their bankrupt store, then walked away in confusion and disappointment. Harry, the realist, knew that the end had come—it was all over. Bertha, the irrational dreamer, didn't believe it, so they sold their last few trinkets and borrowed their last few dollars (nothing left to lose, no place to go but up, so why not?) and managed to open the store and begin again—and survived profitably and happily for several decades more.
But that spirit works as well in adding new challenges and designing new boundaries for people long past their prime. Except for the limitations of health, there is usually a fair degree of flexibility, even for the very old, to pursue dreams that had long since been ruled out. And it is that continuing challenge in the distant days of life that offers us the best hope for tomorrow.
In 1887, for example, Anna Mary Robertson was a farm girl in Greenwich, upstate New York, when she married the hired man, Tom Moses. For the next five decades she bore 10 children, dutifully worked the farm (with her husband until he died in 1927, and then alone), then in 1936 the fragility of her 70 years forced her into retirement. That endless ritual of work and responsibility served her needs, but not her pleasures, so when she quit and had no academic or technical skills or hobbies to fall back on, she had to find something new.
She learned to paint.
She had no training, but she did have determination, so beginning in 1940, at age 80, she used the oils to capture the look and spirit of farm life—and in it found a new vigor and exhilaration that had been missing for her past eight decades. And then, despite their crude construction, those little pictures began to sell—at first for $5 each, later going up to $8,000 to $10,000 each and finally capping at $1.2 million.
This little old woman who refused to quit was better known in succeeding generations as Grandma Moses, a happy and productive woman who lived to be 101—still working until the end, finishing 25 pictures in her last year.
And then there was Harry Bernstein who, at age 24, published a short story in a magazine in 1934—and was hooked. He kept on writing for the next seven decades, completing 40 novels—not one of which could he get published. We all know that enough is enough, but clearly that logic eluded him, so when his wife died in 2002, and he was in his 90s, he began writing "The Invisible Wall," a book recounting the love and activities he shared with his wife during their 70 years together. That hugely successful memoir was published when he was 97, then was followed by another book with equally wide and enthusiastic acclaim when he was 98, then still another when he turned 99 years old. When he died in 2011 at the age of 101, he was working on still another book.
And there is Nola Ochs who was born in 1911 and worked a long and arduous life on a farm with her husband, then went back to school after he died, finally graduating—with her granddaughter sharing honors beside her in the same ceremony—in 2007 at the age of 96. She succeeded in getting her Master's degree in 2010 and recently applied for a job as a graduate teaching assistant in her college's history department.
Similar instances of continuing to build a life and achieve fulfillment so very late in the day are almost without limit. As strangers, those individuals mean very little to us, except as telling examples of the magic that still might be available to us however close to the end we might be. Old is old and may often be inconvenient, but as with most other handicaps, the limitations of age need not be the final and determining factor in the pursuit of pleasurable experiences or gratifying accomplishments.
All of which brings us to that profound insight of one of America's great philosophers, Yogi Berra, whose observation that "It ain't over 'til it's over" applies as much to conditions of old age as it did in the world of sports.
Robert Faber has been a resident of Ann Arbor since 1954. He and his wife, Eunice, owned a fabric store and later a travel agency. He served a couple of terms on the Ann Arbor City Council. He may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mon, Nov 19, 2012 : 3:25 p.m.
I totally agree with this one. Never too late to try something new. Never too late to do something new. Especially when you have children.
Mary K.
Mon, Nov 19, 2012 : 2:49 p.m.
Age and its numbers are just labels. As with many labels, it is not the label that defines a person's ability, desires or dreams it is the person. Thank you Mr. Faber.
Mon, Nov 19, 2012 : 1:22 p.m.
Thank you Mr. Faber...I always enjoy your articles!
Linda Peck
Sun, Nov 18, 2012 : 5:23 p.m.
Mr Faber, it was a delight to read this today. It is such an inspiration to me. Thank you.


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Ridin' Fence
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There are many options available today for horse owners when installing or redoing pen and pasture fencing. The first thought should be the safety of the horses. Sometimes a fencing makeover will mean tearing out all of the old fence and replacing it. Other times it might be as simple as re-stretching wire fence, replacing planks on a board fence, or adding a strand of electric fence to protect fences that are either being chewed or to provide a stronger deterrent as a boundary to resident horses.
David Freeman, PhD, extension horse specialist at Oklahoma State University, says that on small acreages, the first priority for many horse owners is the look of the fence. However, they should also prioritize durability and safety. Small acreages will allow for expensive options that especially improve the esthetics of the acreage. "On large farms, however, with more miles of fence, it becomes more of a cost issue; longevity and maintenance become more important," says Freeman.
"The owner of a small acreage has a lot more options because even though the cost per foot of fence may be high, the total cost won't be as much as for a larger area," he adds. "Usually on a small acreage your home and barn are right there, so the aesthetics of the fence are very important.
This is why so many new options keep coming on the market year after year--catering to the owner who wants beauty, safety, and durability.
Poles and boards are traditional fence for horses. Wood is strong and durable, more forgiving than wire or metal if a horse runs into it, and cheaper than some other types of fencing. Wood works best, however, where horses have room to roam and plenty of pasture. Confined, bored horses, fed a minimum of hay (part of the diet being grain or pellets), will chew on wood and demolish the fence in a short time unless it is protected (covered with chicken wire, painted with a foul-tasting but safe anti-chew preparation, or augmented with an electric wire to keep horses away from it). If protected from chewing, untreated poles and boards can last 20 to 30 years in dry climates, or longer if periodically treated. Wood preservative or paint must be applied regularly in a wet climate to keep wood from rotting.
A number of companies make ready-to-install wood fencing or supply posts and rails. Bluegrass Treated Wood supplies a lot of fencing in the central Kentucky area, for example. "The posts are pressure-treated southern yellow pine," says marketing manager Les Smart. Pine is a soft wood, but will last a long time if pressure treated. "Our 1x6-inch rails are hardwood. Painting, however, is the secret to making wood fence last," says Smart.
"With wood fencing, you have to replace a few rails every year," he explains. "In a mile of fence there are 660 posts and 1,320 boards. After a few years, you'll be replacing 25 to 30 boards every year or every time you repaint. The posts, if well treated, should last 30 to 40 years, especially if kept painted to keep the moisture out of them. How long a wood fence lasts depends on the maintenance and protection from weather."
Synthetic materials such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) won't rot or splinter like wood, and horses don't chew them. PVC planks look like wood, but need less maintenance. They come in several widths, thicknesses, colors, ribbed or hollow (ribbed are stronger), and PVC posts are generally 5 by 5 inches square, installed every eight feet. This type of fencing usually comes with a 15- to 20-year warranty and can last 30 years. It requires little maintenance and usually lasts longer than wood, not needing paint or preservatives. There are no nails to work out and snag a horse. This material is somewhat flexible and won't splinter if a horse hits it, but can break if impact is great enough.
"If horses hit it, the rails usually bend and come back to normal shape," says Freeman. "Occasionally a horse will break them, but these products have been improved, have a long history, and are being used successfully for boundary fencing, with confidence that they can keep horses in. These products are more durable now, especially in terms of hot and cold weather damage. There are some systems where rails run through the posts instead of being attached to the outside. You don't need clips (that might break). There are several options that make some of these fences more desirable than others."
Many companies offer the original white vinyl fencing, but some also have a black vinyl with UV inhibitors to keep it from fading. Some companies will send someone to your place to install the fence, or provide fencing packages you can install yourself if you want to save money.
Polyethylene-Coated Wood
These planks and square posts are covered with white polymer resin, protecting the wood from moisture and reducing the need for paint or replacement of rotted wood. The ends of the boards and tops of the posts have protective caps to keep out moisture. This type of fencing needs less care than wood, is durable and safe, and is not as readily chewed, but it is more expensive.
Smooth wire (twisted barbless wire) works well as boundary fence for a large pasture if horses don't press the fence, but for it to be adequate you need at least five to seven strands, tightly stretched. In small enclosures, horses tend to reach through or over it unless it is augmented with electric wire or topped with a pole, pipe, or board.
High-tensile smooth wire is strong and requires little maintenance. It is designed to be stretched tightly, requiring fewer posts, using wire spacers to keep the strands apart. It needs solid, well-set braces at the corners to hold it. If it is properly installed, horses bounce off it without injury if they run into it. The wire lacks visibility, however, and you might want to tie bright-colored flagging on it until horses learn the boundary.
High-tensile coated wire is covered with a solid polymer or vinyl, making a highly visible strip that is somewhat elastic; if a horse hits it there's some give. If he sticks a foot through, it's less apt to cut him. Coated wire is moderately expensive, but lasts a long time. Maintenance usually consists of ratcheting once a year to keep it tight. It should be installed in warm weather for maximum tightening and might not work as well in a cold climate.
Centaur Fencing Systems provides a type of high-tensile wire encased in a synthetic material to make it safer and more visible. "We have one we call a hot rail, in which the top bead is electrified," says marketing manager John Saylor. "We also have it without the electrification. We have a five-inch, four-inch, and a one-inch 'rail' and several single strand products."
Net fences are more dependable than smooth wire for keeping horses where they belong, although a pawing horse can get a foot caught if the spaces in the netting are hoof size or larger. Large mesh, used for cattle or sheep, is not safe for horses. The "no climb" netting with 2-inch by 4-inch rectangles is fairly safe for adult horses, but a foal can get a foot through it. Diamond or "V" mesh is safer, since even a small hoof is less apt to go through it, and a shoe is rarely caught by it. The cross wires form hinge joints every eight inches of height, allowing the fence to fold rather than mash down if a horse falls into it or a tree falls on it. The fence can then be restored to its original height.
"Some mesh is made with fairly high-tensile wire that will maintain its integrity if a horse hits it," says Freeman. "This is a better choice than mesh that won't maintain its shape (becoming stretched and loose) if a horse rubs or pushes on it."
Welded netting is cheaper than woven wire, but it is not as strong, and is more susceptible to rusting. If a weld breaks, a piece of wire may stick out and snag a horse. Woven wire stretches better, without breaking. Galvanized wire (coated with zinc oxide) won't rust as readily as untreated wire. Mesh fence stays tight a long time if it is properly stretched, braced, and topped by an electric wire, pipe, pole, or board to keep horses from mashing it down. With some types of netting, you might need to add a pole or pipe at the bottom and across the middle to keep horses from pushing on it.
Install the wire on the inside of the posts for maximum strength and safety; the horses can't push it loose or pop the staples out if they run into or rub on the fence.
Electric Fence
A "hot" wire or tape can work for internal pasture divisions (for rotating the grazing) or to augment an existing fence. "If your horses challenge a fence, electric fencing will protect it," says Freeman. "Just offset it out from the top rail or out to the side of the middle rail. It saves the existing fence and keeps the horse from rubbing his mane or tail on the fence."
Some fencing materials run an electric wire through a plastic coating, making a highly visible "hot" fence. "This works similar to some of the portable options like electric tapes that roll out and attach to temporary posts. There are several options in which a small-gauge wire is woven into a non-conductive netting or plastic, where it's exposed enough to shock the horse. This increases visibility of the electric wire and functions like a fence and a hot wire because it's all together," he says.
"These portable options work well for pasture rotation," Freeman adds. "Some types have insulated posts made of plastic or some other material that does not conduct electricity, and a web tape or heavy gauge electric string that can be reeled out and attached to the posts. These are usually set up with a good charger system that gives a quick shock that doesn't hurt the horses, but powerful enough they won't try to touch it again and will leave it alone," he says. "Most of these portable fencing options are fairly safe; if a horse gets wrapped in the tape it will break, or won't cut him."
Many people use steel T-posts for movable electric fence, but sometimes clip-on insulators are not as durable as you'd like. According to Bob Coleman, PhD, extension horse specialist with the University of Kentucky, one way to solve the insulator problem, especially for connectors made for the braided "rope" wires, is to use sleeves to cover the T-posts, screwing connectors into the insulating sleeves. You can buy sleeves, or make your own from PVC pipe, putting caps over the tops. Then you don't have to worry about sharp tops of the posts, and you can screw the connectors into the PVC at whatever height you want the fence.
When you take down the fence to store it, you can put the cap sleeves in one pile and posts in another. When you put the fence back up all you have to do is drive the posts, slip the sleeves over them, and you're ready to hook up the wire.
Pipe Fence
In some areas, especially where there is oil drilling, there is an abundance of pipe suitable for fencing. Pipe will last forever if coated with anti-rust paint. Pipe rails are usually attached to pipe posts set in concrete. Two-inch drill-stem pipe is often used for top and bottom rails, with three or four strands of cable or "sucker rod" (pump rod) in between. Pipe has more structural strength than wood and can span longer distances between posts, reducing the amount of posts needed. Some horse owners use pipe for stallion pens, boundary fences along roads, or other areas where it is crucial to have a fail-proof fence. Pipe is very unforgiving, however, and can cause serious injury if a horse runs into it full speed or if the spacing allows a horse to get a leg or head caught.
Take-Home Message
No matter if you just need to replace a few boards, keep your horses (especially warmbloods and drafts) from bending your fence to get to that greener grass on the other side, or fence off an area on your farm for safety reasons, there are many choices. Cost and availability will be a deciding factor, as will safety and type of horses you are enclosing. If you have questions, seek out your county or equine extension agent at your local university.
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Bob Coleman, PhD, horse extension specialist at the University of Kentucky, says there are many tips and examples for fencing options in the new Horse Facilities Handbook, published by Midwest Plan Service. "This publication has been a work in progress for a long time and was recently updated."
It is available for purchase from Midwest Plan Service, 122 Davidson Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 500111-3080; 800/562-3518.--Heather Smith Thomas
FREESTANDING FENCE: Metal Panels
Several companies sell portable corral fencing and round pens made of metal panels. The lightweight panels can be strapped to the side of a horse trailer and taken to a show, trail ride, or camp. More durable varieties can be used for training pens, roping arenas, or paddock fencing. C&S Iron Corral Systems, for instance, makes strong, tall panels that can be used for stallion pens, and a variety of light, medium, or heavy duty panels (with round or square tubing) for arenas, round pens, or pasture fencing.
The panels are quick and easy to set up, with hookups mounted on each panel (no loose parts to keep track of). Some are free-standing designs that don't require posts, although posts are recommended if the pen is to be installed in a permanent location. C&S Iron provides panel safety caps that create a continuous top rail effect, eliminating the gap between each panel (and thus the risk of a horse catching a leg if he rears up over the top rail of the paddock or round pen).--Heather Smith Thomas
About the Author
Heather Smith Thomas
Heather Smith Thomas ranches with her husband near Salmon, Idaho, raising cattle and a few horses. She has a B.A. in English and history from University of Puget Sound (1966). She has raised and trained horses for 50 years, and has been writing freelance articles and books nearly that long, publishing 20 books and more than 9,000 articles for horse and livestock publications. Some of her books include Understanding Equine Hoof Care, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Care and Management of Horses, Storey's Guide to Raising Horses and Storey's Guide to Training Horses. Besides having her own blog, www.heathersmiththomas.blogspot.com, she writes a biweekly blog at http://insidestorey.blogspot.com that comes out on Tuesdays.
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text: Eventually I'm going to see if my husband would be willing to build me a shelf setup so I can have space for around 5 snakes. Aneira (my corn) has been living in a 30 gallon tank for a while, but my little escape artist was able to get out of the tank even with me putting stuff on top to hopefully keep her from pushing the lid off. Now that I have two pet rats.... Well. I'm sure you can imagine my fear that she is going to get out and get ahold of one of the rats. I got a Christmas bonus from work and decided to hunt for the perfect escape proof cage for my slithering girl. I found a 40 gallon Zilla Critter Cage that had really good reviews. The lid slides in and it has a catch on the back of the cage that clips the lid in place. On the front there's a spot to lock the cage lid onto the cage with a key or combo lock. So not only does my snake now have an escape proof tank (hopefully), she also got upgraded to an extra 10 gallons. This tank is too big to set on anything that I have so for now it has to go on the floor. I borrowed some scrap pieces of strut from my husband so there is airflow between my undertank heater and the floor. Looking down into the tank. I'm going to end up getting a bigger heater and I'm also eventually going to get a stand that can hold this tank but I needed to go ahead and move her. And here she is in her new habitat. The bedding is Aspen. The box hide that I made on the far right is her favorite. The one in the middle I'm going to replace soon. I still have a lot more I want to do with this setup. I want to add a background and maybe add some branches and vines or something to give her more hiding options. I also want to get a red light (not heat lamp) for evening lighting. Now I just need to purchase a 10 gallon so I can start setting up for my future baby bloodred cornsnake.


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Oooh, nice ones!
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this one was rather popular at a pet rat forum I used to post at:
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Some of my fave smileys:
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just found a totally sweet hugging smilie. It's made for a white background, though, so that I can't very well post it here. Please follow the link:
^If you see some of those I've posted you'll sew how notoriously difficult it is to remove white backgrounds on that family of emoticons with black arms... too bad; that's a nice hugger! -and today I really need a hug.
Best hug I have that isn't a group-hug (or indeed a 'groap-hug') is this one:
^^ Having a bad day? Here's a hug for you:
Aww, thanks! -just when I thought the internet was a bad place something like this happens, thanks!
J. Allen posted a brilliant pony emoticon in another thread -I wasn't able to find anything quite as good as that, but here are a few others:
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Cancer Fells Fukushima Nuke Plant Savior
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Masao Yoshida's battle was not just against the runaway reactors. Yoshida's fight was also against the management of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco), his employer.
MADISON, Wis. -- I woke up Tuesday (July 9) morning to the death of Masao Yoshida. He was 58.
I felt a great loss.
Yoshida wasn't a relative, or even an acquaintance. Nor have I ever met him (although I wish I could have interviewed him).
But while pursuing stories on Japan's most hideous disaster in 2011, Yoshida was high on my mind.
A graduate of the Tokyo Institute of Technology (my father's alma mater), Yoshida was an engineer by training, and worked as the plant manager at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant when the monstrous 2011 tsunami and earthquake hit the nation.
He led the team, dubbed the "Fukushima 50," and fought an almost impossible battle to bring the heavily damaged nuclear power station under control, as the world watched on TV, listening to pundits' clueless discussions of the semantics of terms like "nuclear meltdown."
No government officials, certainly nobody at the electric power company, and not even academics in Japan wanted the world to hear the word "meltdown." Everybody played things down.
The nuclear reactors, by then, however, were overheating, causing the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Yoshida was up against the wall.
His battle was not just against the runaway reactors. Yoshida's fight was also against the management of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco), his employer.
Engineer who defied orders In my opinion, Yoshida should be best remembered as an engineer who defied orders and thought on his feet (a rare breed, especially in Japan) when thrown into the indecisive chaos of his superiors. Vacillation is a national trait, but this time an almost non-existent crisis management system exasperated even most Japanese.
Let's turn the clock back to March 12. Here's an account reported by The New York Times.
On March 12, about 28 hours after the tsunami struck, Tepco executives had ordered workers to start injecting seawater into Reactor No. 1. But 21 minutes later, they ordered the plant's manager, Masao Yoshida, to suspend the operation. They were relying on an account by the Tepco liaison to the prime minister, who reported back that he seemed to be against it.
'Well, he said that was the atmosphere or the mood,' Sakae Muto, Tepco's executive vice president, explained at a news conference.
Mr. Atsuyoshi Sassa, former head of the Cabinet Security Affairs Office, said: 'Mood? Is this a joke? Making decisions based on mood?'
But Yoshida chose to ignore the order. The injections were the only way left to cool the reactor, and halting them would mean possibly causing an even more severe meltdown and release of radiation, experts said.
Actually, Yoshida never told anyone at that time that he defied the headquarters' order and continued to pump sea water. He kept mum until a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) came to Fukushima in May, 2011. During that meeting, he revealed for the first time the actions he took at the height of the crises.
According to a book written by Ryusho Kadota and published in Japan last year, entitled A Man Who was on the Brink of Death: Masao Yoshida and the Fukushima No. 1 Plant's 500 Days, as soon as Yoshida learned that a tsunami had knocked out the emergency diesel generators needed to keep the reactor cores cool, he kept only one thing on his mind -- that the Fukushima crisis had the potential to be far worse than the Chernobyl disaster in the old Soviet Union.
Yoshida was also a born leader, according to Yoichi Funabashi, author of Countdown to Meltdown, a book that documented -- blow by blow -- numerous decisions (and non-decisions) and actions (and hesitations) taken during the 2011 disaster.
Funabashi wrote that Yoshida, while steering the disaster response at the height of the crisis, held a meeting every day at 5:00 a.m. in the nuclear power plant's operation room. During the meeting, he made sure to praise any progress -- no matter how small it might have been.
At the end of each meeting, he always performed "ippon-jime," a Japanese rhythmic hand clapping among the whole team. "Ippon-jime," usually performed at a celebratory occasion, served to cheer up the team, and to unite the members in determination and solidarity.
Yoshida died of esophageal cancer. The illness was unrelated to radiation exposure after the nuclear accident, according to Tepco.


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Rytas starting center is injured so it looks like more minutes for Valanciunas, good news for Raptor fans is that he was very efficient in 32 minutes, so there is some proof that they are sort of holding him back, and maybe he is more ready for an NBA schedule than it seemed
25 points, 12 boards, 6 blocks today
highlights are up, got to watch the game today, Valanciunas was by far the best player on the floor, and also displayed some great passing skills, only getting one assist but moved the ball very well out of the double team
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That's awesome! Hopefully they start getting him some more minutes and possibly the starting job if he continues like this!
Do you foul out with 6 fouls in that league? If so, great use of the fouls!
Just wanted to make note of the video added in post 84 and the link in 83.
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My thoughts exactly. Thanks Tim.
Pretty sure Jerryd will start and play heavy minutes. He better start taking some Ally-oop throwing lessons from Jose.
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Kabongo throwing up those alley-oops? That would be nice.
I've never seen Kabongo play. I'm looking forward to some Texas games this year.
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It's early in the season but I think it's fair to say that Kabongo isn't the best point guard at U of Texas right now. That would be J'Covan Brown.
But I think Brown and Kabongo play two totally different style games.
I see Brown becoming more in the mold of Jerryd Bayless, than Steve Nash. Which is who I see Kabongo modeling his game after.
Mind you, I'm still of the mind that Bayless can be a stellar PG in the NBA as well, so not meant as a slight to Brown by any means.
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Rachel Roy Spring 2012: Backstage Beauty
Chic Twists and Braided Buns at Rachel Roy
Spring 2012 Fashion Week has produced some of the most wearable makeup and hairstyles around, and now you can place Rachel Roy's Spring 2012 show beauty look in your must-try file. Inspired by the modern, Asian influences seen in Rachel's collection, hair guru Ted Gibson developed a style that was a mix between both masculine (the sleekness at the front) and feminine (the twisted, braided bun).
He began by prepping the models' hair with his brand's Fix It Gel. Once the hair was blow-dried, he created a side part, twisted the sides back, and then braided the hair into a bun at the nape; Tame It lotion provided shine, while Beautiful Hold hair spray kept it all in place. A big silver barrette attached at the back proved to be a chic finishing touch.
For the makeup, Bobbi Brown went for a more monochromatic look, with Rose Gold lip gloss ("It looks good on everyone," Brown says) on the lips and Rose Gold eye shadow (available for Spring) on the lids. Various shades in the Bronze Shimmer Brick were applied to the eyes to adapt the color based around the models' skin tones. And if you're not one for dramatic daytime makeup looks, do what Brown did for the show: in lieu of liner, use an intensive black mascara (her version is out in Spring) to bring out the eyes and provide contrast to the pink tones.


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Mariners add veterans Kuo, Camp to bullpen
Wilson, Gimenez designated to clear room on 40-man roster
By Greg Johns / MLB.com
To make room on the 40-man roster, the Mariners designated outfielder Mike Wilson and catcher Chris Gimenez for assignment and will now have 10 days to trade, release or outright their contracts.
Kuo, a 30-year-old lefty from Taiwan, was a 2010 All-Star for the Dodgers and posted a 3.73 ERA over seven seasons in Los Angeles, but was released after elbow problems and an "anxiety" issue left him with a 9.00 ERA in 40 appearances last season.
According to Central News Agency (CNA), he can earn $1 million by making the Mariners' 25-man roster, with a possible $2.25 million in additional bonuses if he meets various levels for games on the roster, appearances and games closed.
When healthy, Kuo was one of the Majors' top relievers with a 1.96 ERA in three seasons from 2008-10, when he allowed 110 hits with 201 strikeouts and 52 walks over 170 innings. The 6-foot-2, 240-pounder had a 1.20 ERA with 12 saves in 2010, when his ERA was the 11th lowest by a reliever in Major League history (minimum 60 innings pitched) and his .139 opponents' batting average was the fifth lowest in MLB history.
Elbow problems have been Kuo's biggest problem since signing with the Dodgers as an international free agent in 1999. He missed both the 2000 and '03 seasons following Tommy John surgeries and has had three minor surgeries on the elbow since, including one last fall after finishing up a frustrating year in Los Angeles.
Kuo struggled with his control as well as his elbow and then talked of retirement after last season, but told CNA he expects to be ready for the start of training camp.
The right-handed Camp, 36, appeared in a team-high 67 games for the Blue Jays last year while posting a 6-3 record with a 4.21 ERA and one save in 66 1/3 innings.
Camp has pitched in 196 games in relief over the past three years, third-most in the American League in that span behind only the D-backs' Craig Breslow (219 while with Oakland) and the Mariners' Brandon League (202 with Toronto and Seattle).
Camp has pitched 432 games -- all out of the bullpen -- in eight Major League seasons with the Royals (2004-05), Rays (2006-07) and Blue Jays (2008-11). His career record is 25-26 with a 4.40 ERA and 10 saves and he went 15-13 with a 3.63 ERA over the past four seasons in Toronto.
Camp ranked 13th among AL relievers last year in ground-ball percentage (66.1 percent) and ground-ball-to-flyball ratio (1.95). He led all AL relievers with 12 ground-ball double plays and was third in ground-ball double plays per nine innings (1.63).
Since arriving in the Majors in 2004, Camp's 67.3 percent ground-ball rate is the 11th-best mark among AL relievers in that span.
Mariners pitchers and catchers report on Saturday and will be on the field for their first workout Sunday, with Seattle being the first team into camp due to its early start with two regular-season games against the A's in Tokyo on March 28-29.
Camp and Kuo give the Mariners' young bullpen an added veteran presence, much like Jamey Wright last season, and add further depth to a group that includes League, Tom Wilhelmsen, Shawn Kelley, Chance Ruffin, Steve Delabar and offseason addition George Sherrill.
Gimenez, 29, played 24 games and hit .203 for Seattle last year while starting at catcher, first base and left field. He was non-tendered on Dec. 12, then re-signed a Major League deal two days later for $500,000. In parts of three Major League seasons with the Indians (2009-10) and Mariners (2011), he has appeared in 97 games.
Wilson, 28, split the 2011 season between Seattle and Triple-A Tacoma. He made his Major League debut on May 10 at Baltimore and wound up hitting .148 (4-for-27) in eight games before being sent back to Tacoma. Wilson has spent his entire career in the Mariners organization since being selected in the second round of the 2001 First-Year Player Draft.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SNOW HILL – In a bit of a surprise move, the attorney for the former Worcester County man accused of embezzling over $100,000 from his now ex-wife before assuming a new name and a new life out west in Arizona, will try his case in District Court.
Attorney J. Harrison Phillips, who represents former Ocean Pines resident Richard Brueckner, also known as Richard Thelander, last Friday appeared in District Court on behalf of his client for a preliminary inquiry for the nearly 10-year old case. Ordinarily, because of the number and severity of the charges against Brueckner-Thelander, it would be mere formality for the defense to seek to try the case in Circuit Court, possibly in front of a jury, but Harrison last week told District Court Judge Gerald Purnell he would like to try the case at the District Court level.
"I'm not seeking a jury trial in this case," said Phillips, who is known for preferring to try cases before judges than juries. "I want to try it right here."
With that said, Purnell and Harrison looked at the upcoming District Court docket for an appropriate date or dates for the case. After some discussion, the case against Brueckner-Thelander was laid in for Dec. 14.
Brueckner-Thelander in the late 1990s allegedly forged his now ex-wife's signature several times to illegally obtain credit cards and clear out the couple's personal accounts in a theft scheme totaling nearly $120,000, which does not include another $92,000 Brueckner-Thelander owes his ex-wife, a long-time Ocean City Elementary School teacher, in back alimony for seven years.
Brueckner-Thelander, as he prefers to be called now, was arrested in early August at his new home in Cornville, Arizona and served with a 24-count warrant sworn out on him six years ago for theft, forgery, credit card fraud and theft scheme. He was extradited to Worcester County in September and made his first appearance in a courtroom here on September 11 when he was brought in for a bond review.
Brueckner-Thelander's initial bond upon arrival in Worcester County was set at $500,000, but Phillips was able to convince Purnell to reduce bail to $100,000, ten percent of which, or $10,000, was enough to secure his release from jail. Brueckner-Thelander presumably went back to Arizona, where he has assumed a new life, while awaiting a mandatory court appearance. He was not in court last Friday for the preliminary inquiry.
Brueckner-Thelander allegedly carried out his extensive theft scheme against his wife, as well as other financial institutions, over a two-year period between 1996 and 1998. He then left the area and made his way out west, where he assumed a new name, Richard Thelander, and started a new life, which included a rapid ascent to a lofty position in the Arizona school system.
Brueckner-Thelander, moved quickly up the ranks in the state school system in Arizona to reach the position of administrator and chief executive officer of a three-campus charter school called the PACE Preparatory Academy. In between, he apparently taught at several different schools and held positions on various Boards of Directors in Arizona.


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A Veterans Day Thought
(The following letter was addressed to George Russell Oliver within weeks of being discharged from the Navy in World War II. The letter, dated April 20, 1946, was written by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.)
I have addressed this letter to reach you after all the formalities of your separation from active service are completed. I have done so because, without formality but as clearly as I know how to say it, I want the Navy's pride in you, which it is my privilege to express, to reach into your civil life and to remain with you always.
You have served in the greatest Navy in the world.
It crushed two enemy fleets at once, receiving their surrenders only four months apart.
It brought our land-based airpower within bombing range of the enemy and set our ground armies on the beachheads of final victory.
It performed the multitude of tasks necessary to support these military operations.
No other Navy at any time has done so much. For your part in these achievements you deserve to be proud as long as you live. The Nation which you served at a time of crisis will remember you with gratitude.
The best wishes of the Navy go with you into civilian life. Good luck.
Letter submitted by George Oliver
I'm thoroughly disgusted with our elected officials and what is happening to our country. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Post Office are
all run by the government and are all full of corruption plus millions and
billions of dollars in debt. Why would anyone in their right mind think that
the government would be able to manage our healthcare in a responsible
manner? At almost 2,000 pages long, how many members of Congress do you
think have read or even attempted to read this boondoggle of a bill? Very
few, I'm sure.
As I plan to do, I urge all voters to vote out of office in all future
elections all those who have voted for the Stimulus Package, who support CAP
& Trade and Card Check, and most of all those who are supporting Universal
Healthcare. This will be one of the biggest disasters to ever hit us if this
gets passed. Wake up America before it's too late!
Ann Lutz
The Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club in addition to the River Run Home Owners' Association, River Run Book Club, Worcester County Women's Commission and other individuals from the local community had 100% participation in the "Shoe Boxes For Soldiers" project. In all, the Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club collected 52 of the Rotary Club District 7630 total of more than 3,100 boxes. Shoe boxes or similar-size containers, were collected at Wild Quail Country Club in Dover, Delaware on September 29, 2009 during the District Foundation Seminar and Golf Tournament. These boxes were taken to Dover Air Force Base and were flown to Iraq and Afghanistan to be distributed by the USO to servicemen and servicewomen.
Our thanks go out to all those who participated in this very important project.
Margo Jones
Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club 2009-2010
Shoebox Project Chair
I recently went to the local Boomer's Restaurant in Berlin, Oct. 24th, to pick up an order I called in. While waiting I noticed a Holloween decoration prominately displayed on the front counter. It was a two foot high BLACK tree complete with orange blinking lights, hanging sculls, witch heads etc. This was essentially a black Christmas Tree decorated to celebrate Holloween. I was appalled! What will this secular world of not do in the perversion of Christmas and Christianity in general. This was nothing more than the perverting Christmas and Christ himself.
I called the restaurant when I got home and asked to speak with the manager. The manager then answered and I told him my issue, that wasn't about the food but of their Holloween display. He said "Okay". I explained that I was just there, was appalled at the display and asked him who's idea it was. The mananger said that it was the owners idea. I told him that I was highly offended at the perverting Christmas in my opinion. I said that if this were a cross and a complaint was made, that it would come down immediately. I said that I would appriciate the same consideration nad have it removed but doubted that it would happen. The manager said that he would pass my complaint onto the owners and that was it. Quite frankly, it was obvious that he couldn't have cared less about this issue or the fact I was offended. After all, it wasn't involving a cross or some other left wing cause the ACLU would latch onto.. just Christmas!
I did wait several days and returned on the 30th to see if it was still on display. Needless to say it was still there prominately displayed in the same spot with all the same bells and whistles. Like I said, my concerns obviously meant nothing to them and nothing the ACLU would be interested in. But someone needs to stand up and speak out up for Christmas and for Christianity. Someone just did! The muslims wouldn't stand for this crap.. we shouldn't either. Charles Zukas
I just had to vent on this issue of people walking their dogs around town of Berlin, with no baggies to remove their mess.
I was heading north on Main Thurs evening around 4:30. As I passed Victorian Charm, a woman with a large yellow dog, allowed her dog to lift his leg on Debbies ornamental plants in an ornamental urn on the sidewalk. She didn't look twice let him do it and continued on her way… I was so surprised I couldn't say anything. I thought of lots to say after I passed the store of course. But seriously. People don't want their dogs messing their yards but don't give a hoot for someone elses… and heaven knows lil Josh doesn't mess on his front walk. I have seen a good number of people who have no regard for anyone elses property. These people don't realize or don't care that there are those of us who see them allowing this to happen, and how much it lowers our opinion of them. This is just one woman's opinion after talking to other merchants and residents of Berlin who have to clean up after this blatant disregard.
Peg Hagy
Perception Is Reality
We all see the world through our own eyes. According to what is felt, said and done to us, the nature of my letter is not to win a popularity contest nor is it to determine my innocence or guilt.
I merely have a voice and because I choose to exercise my voice means I have a choice. I don't proclaim to be one of Jesus' disciples, but I am a work in progress. Who I am today is who I need to be. Encouraging, confident, outgoing, determined, caring, outspoken and faithful.
This doesn't mean I'm not a bad boy or have done bad things. I'm still a bad boy. I'm just a bad boy for Jesus. I'm just a bad boy for Christ.
To quote a poem:
"No one said it would be easy
Turning my life around
Responsibility weighs an ounce …
Denial weighs a pound
I made a few mistakes in life,
At least today I know
Those mistakes have built my character,
Gave me strength to grow
No one said it would be easy,
Life's not all laughter and fun.
Regrets on life weigh a pound.
Guilt … weighs a ton."
Thanks for listening.
Leroy Poole
Left Out Of Coverage
The tagline for your paper's People In Society page says, "Featuring Those Helping Causes In The Resort Area."
The Dispatch's coverage of the fashion show by the Republican Women of Worcester County failed to mention the Southern Exposure store in Fenwick Island. The models are attired in Southern Exposure's fashions, but another store's name, who didn't event participate in the fashion show is accredited.
Fashion shows are a lot of work and expense for a store. We've made an effort for many years to help numerous causes. Our staff worked very hard on this one. It was very discouraging not to even get a name mention.
Tim Collins Family
Fenwick Island, Del.


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Food, Guns, Gold: "The Record is Rather Clear On the Side of Commodity Money"
Mac Slavo
June 20th, 2013
If you've been watching U.S. financial markets the last few weeks you may have come to the conclusion that something is amiss and that there exists a major disconnect between what's happening on Wall Street and what average Americans are experiencing on Main Street.
While analysts and experts point to the stock market as a sign of economic stability, today's massive downswing should make it clear that the system is anything but stable.
The economy, the financial markets, and the U.S. monetary system are in uncharted waters, and as was noted yesterday after the Fed's FOMC announcement, there is no way out of this mess.
The Federal Reserve and the US Treasury have taken it upon themselves to save us, but their plan seems to be disintegrating right before our eyes.
According to former Congressman Ron Paul, it could get much worse with far reaching ramifications across the whole of the U.S. and global economies. At this rate, if we continue on our current trajectory of monetary expansion, it is only a matter of time before the US dollar buckles. And when it does, it's going to create widespread disturbances in pricing and valuation models across the entire sphere of investments, goods and services.
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