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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Thursday's match between the Tennessee Tech tennis team and Lipscomb University has been cancelled due to impending weather. The match will not be made up at a later date.
The Golden Eagles' next match is Saturday when they travel to Clarksville, Tenn. to face Austin Peay in a showdown for Ohio Valley Conference supremecy. The match is at 1 p.m. at the Governors Tennis Center.


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Netgear 802.11ac update adds beamforming, delivers up to 60 percent faster WiFi
Although Netgear was one of the quickest out of the gates with 802.11ac WiFi hardware, that doesn't mean its hardware is the quickest today: without beamforming to optimize the signal, it risks trailing behind newcomers who've had more time to prepare. Starting with the R6300 router and A6200 USB adapter, the company will soon catch up through a firmware update that rolls in support for the beamforming standard. The upgrade targets wireless signals at devices' specific locations, offering a big speed boost at shorter distances -- Netgear estimates up to a 60 percent improvement at a 50-foot range. R6300 and A6200 owners can swing past the source links today for their tune-up, while those using Netgear's other 802.11ac devices should expect brisker speeds around the early summer.
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Like most of you, Pinterest is one of those places that sucks me in and spits me out hours later wondering what day it is {Is it 5 a.m. or 5 p.m.?!}. And yet again, like most of you, I pin tons of projects with the hopes of one day getting around to doing it myself {one day seems to get further and further away all the time}.
This challenge was the perfect excuse to get something done, but what to choose? With so many amazing projects in the Pinterest galaxy it was difficult to choose only one.
I wanted to select something that wouldn't have me running around town gathering supplies, and sooo... AHA!
I don't need to tell you how beautiful this DIY canvas art is {do I?}. I found this masterpiece on cupcakeMAG Editor's Pinterest DIY Love board. She used a blank canvas, paint, fabric, glue and a dahlia stencil. I absolutely love dahlias, but I wanted to go a completely different direction with this pinspiration project.
My beautiful Maia's sixth birthday is next month so I thought I could create a big girl bedroom piece of art. To mimic Miss Maia's style, I wanted a girly girl meets Harry Potter piece of cuteness and by Harry I think I did it.
Go check it out and think happy thoughts {win, win, win, win}!
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NIAMEY/PARIS (Reuters) - Four Frenchmen held hostage in the Sahara desert by al Qaeda-linked gunmen for three years flew home and were reunited with their families on Wednesday, with Paris dismissing media reports it had paid a ransom for their release.
The men, kidnapped in 2010 while working for French nuclear group Areva and a subsidiary of construction group Vinci in northern Niger, were freed on Tuesday after secret negotiations conducted by the government of Niger.
"I am very happy. It was difficult, the ordeal of a lifetime," said Thierry Dol, one of the freed men before leaving.
Gaunt and bearded, but said to be in good health, the men embraced their families on the runway of a military airport near Paris where President Francois Hollande was waiting.
Media reports, citing unnamed sources, that a 20 million euro ($27.5 million) ransom had been paid by France's external intelligence service overshadowed their homecoming, but the government said Hollande has banned paying hostage-takers.
"I want to hail their courage after three years of struggle, of waiting, of suffering," Hollande said. "Today our four friends are back with their friends and family, and I wish them everything that free men could want."
Pierre Legrand, Daniel Larribe, Thierry Dol and Marc Feret, wearing sun glasses and scarves, hugged relatives and shook hands with ministers, but declined to talk to waiting reporters.
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who travelled back with them to France, said the men were in shock, having been isolated for so long. "They slept well, but on the floor as they are not yet able to sleep on mattresses," he said.
Niger's President Mohamadou Issoufou said they had been retrieved from a remote area of northern Mali after Niger officials made contact with the kidnappers a few months ago.
"We always remained confident because we had regular contacts," Issoufou told Le Figaro newspaper.
Sources said negotiations with the hostage-takers were led by Mohamed Akotey, a Tuareg who joined Areva's staff after the end of a rebellion by the Niger Movement for Justice.
Fabius and government spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem both said France had stuck to its policy of not paying ransom.
However, Diane Lazarevic, daughter of one of seven remaining French hostages abroad, told Europe 1 radio the foreign ministry had told her that while the government would not pay the kidnappers, their employer might do so.
Areva declined to comment and the ministry was not immediately available to respond to Lazarevic's account.
The ransom allegations dominated French media coverage and may limit any political benefit for Hollande, a day after a poll showed him to be the most unpopular president on record.
Earlier this year, after ordering French military intervention in Mali to prevent al Qaeda-affiliated Islamists taking over the country, Hollande announced that France would no longer pay ransom to release hostages.
Shortly afterwards, diplomats said Hollande agreed to a British initiative to enshrine a commitment not to pay ransom to "terrorists" in the communiqué of the Group of Eight leaders' summit in Loch Earn, Northern Ireland, in June.
Britain says it is less vulnerable to hostage taking because of its credible refusal to pay. Critics say this had led to British hostages being killed by their captors.
France has not gone as far as Britain by outlawing ransom payments by companies.
Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram was paid an equivalent of $3.15 million by French and Cameroonian negotiators before freeing seven French hostages in April, a confidential Nigerian government report seen by Reuters showed.
Western and regional security officials say kidnapping has earned al Qaeda in the Maghreb (AQIM) tens of millions of dollars, although no figures have been confirmed. The money has allowed the group to buy food, fuel, weapons and favor among local populations in remote zones of Mali's north.
Insurgents in Mali have threatened reprisals against French targets. AQIM said in March it had beheaded one hostage and could kill the others. The Frenchman's body was found in July.
Of the seven French citizens still captive abroad, four are in Syria, two in the Sahel, and one in Nigeria.
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Happy birthday, Ted, my birthday twin! Hope you are having a wonderful day.
Ted! Please clear out your PM box! -Red
Another year, another birthday video my friend. Happy birthday, Ted
Hi Indie
One of hipper projects - Remixes of 1930s Shanghai 'torch songs' is available on iTunes, I think. EMI distribute this one so I don't have direct control over it. I think the current title they are using is 'The Original Shanghai Lounge Divas' Vol. I. (You can safely ignore Vol. II - it was a bad mistake some over zealous A&R person at EMI made - not us )
We are also kicking off releases of the stuff we do control starting with a series of 3 CDs produced from 2008 - 2010 for Park Hyatt Shanghai. These are on CD-Baby and iTunes:
24 Hours - Prelude - Park Hyatt Shanghai Vol. I
48 Hours - La Nature - Park Hyatt Shanghai Vol. II
72 Hours - Passion - Park Hyatt Shanghai Vol. III
Each of these has a different personality.
Will be getting some other projects up soon - hope you enjoy
happy birthday, Ted
"hey, I think they liked us!"
Happy Birthday!
Get well soon!
Hi IG,
Can you please clear out your PM inbox/outbox! I need to send you something. Thanks!
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The Honorable Miss Annabel Wells needs to marry to save her reputation. Yet even in her dire straits she cannot bring herself to accept Mr. Henry Champion, an ordinary English gentleman without property or pedigree, no matter what she feels about him. She marries a Polish count but when her husband is killed in a duel and Henry comes all the way across Europe to her rescue, can there be a second chance for love? Leaving behind the drawing rooms of High Society London where he's feted as a Waterloo hero, Henry Champion finds more danger lurking in the dark streets of the city of Krakow than he bargained for.***
"KRAKOW WALTZ is a tender love story with an engaging hero and heroine and a diversity of secondary characters. It has an intriguing plot with some delightful touches of humor, and Ms Allan's choice of setting in Krakow provides a refreshingly different background for her story." ~ CarolAnn, The Romance Reviews
"An intriguing plot, a wonderful atmosphere and some lovely touches of humour." New York Times bestselling author Nicola Cornick
Your book, KRAKOW WALTZ, is set mostly in Poland. Why write an historical romance set in Poland?
My family on one side are Polish so I have always had an interest and affinity with Poland and wanted to learn more about Polish culture and history. I was intrigued when I read that following Napoleon's defeat in 1815 the city of Krakow was actually designated as a self-governing free city. As the rest of Poland was under the control of Russia, Prussia and Austria, Krakow became the harbour for a growing national identity movement. This shapes some of the background and attitudes to the Polish characters in the story but at its heart Krakow Waltz is a romance. Regency readers will discover that much of Regency fashion and culture were similar across Europe but the Polish background also provides castles, old medieval streets and buildings, beautiful churches, forests, wolves, wild boar hunts and hunters' breakfasts!
Tell us a bit about the hero and heroine.
Henry Champion is a hero of Waterloo: he's brave, selfless but as an only child he finds himself alone in the world after his parents die and foolishly falls into some of the typical pursuits of a young man about town including gambling loses his fortune. But he has good friends who are willing to help because he's always been a good friend.
Annabel Wells, the heroine, is somewhat of a typical flighty English debutante and spurns Henry because he's not an aristocrat and marries a Polish Count but he is the wrong man for her. Should she pay for that mistake for the rest of her life? I believe in second chances and so Annabel and Henry get their second chance when they meet again nine years later.
KRAKOW WALTZ is your sixth novel. Tell us about you previous novels.
My previous novels are all historical novels set in the Regency period, mostly in England, but I liked to include unusual period details when I can. In FATEFUL DECEPTION, Lucinda, the heroine, travels by canal barge after I discovered that passenger packet services were actually run on canals. In THE SMUGGLER RETURNS, which is set at the very end of the 18th century in Cornwall, the real historical background to smuggling in the period was vital to the story: indeed Jane, the heroine, "invests" the small sum of money she has in smuggling hoping to save her family from ruin.
THE LADY SOLDIER, which was co-written with Michelle Styles, is about to be re-released early in 2011 by Embrace Books. It has the unusual setting of Spain and Portugal and the unusual subject matter of a lady who joins the British Army dressed as a man and manages to get away with it... until she meets the hero.
What's the best bit about writing a novel and what's the worst bit?
The most enjoyable is when you know your characters so well and you're completely involved in the story that the writing becomes as addictive as watching the next episode of your favourite TV drama. The worst bits actually when you have the story developing in your head but you don't have time to write it down! I have a small son whom I've love dearly but finding time for writing has been a bit of a challenge since he's been born!
Thanks for stopping by today, Kate! Readers, are you interested in Regency-era books with locales other than England? Why or why not? We'd love to hear your opinions. Leave a comment or question for Kate and you'll be entered for a free copy of KRAKOW WALTZ. I'll draw the winner at random next Sunday. Best of luck!


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No Alternative? is an annoyingly titled series of interviews that will hopefully introduce you to some of the independent wrestling promotions that we have come to love here at the blog. Rather than forcing yourself to sit through a dreary episode of Raw or a frankly embarrassing episode of IMPACT Wrestling (or whatever it's called now) we want to show you that there is an alternative out there.
The fourth interview in the series is with Gabe Sapolsky, vice-president of Dragon Gate USA – originally an offshoot of the established Japanese promotion, but rapidly gaining fans off their own talent roster.
Thanks for agreeing to this interview. For some of our readers that might not be familiar with you could you give us a brief introduction to Dragon Gate USA?
Dragon Gate is the most cutting-edge promotion in Japan, based on incredible, athletic wrestling. We are Dragon Gate USA, which is the American branch of Dragon Gate. We have forged our own identity and talent roster based on the principles of Dragon Gate in Japan. DGUSA is all about action, excitement and the most amazing wrestling in the world
What would you say sets Dragon Gate USA apart as an alternative from the mainstream promotions such as WWE and TNA?
We cater to the diehard fans that love great wrestling. We won't have over the hill wrestlers, a cookie cutter wrestling style, too many promos or all the negative things that come with sports entertainment. If you sit there and watch Raw waiting for an awesome CM Punk or Evan Bourne match to come on or sit there and watch TNA waiting for the X Division to be given a chance to shine than you can get those things with DGUSA, taken to the next level, without having to sit through all the crap and other stuff to get there.
Do you think WWE and TNA present a reasonable view of professional wrestling to the mass market? Do you feel they do anything right or are you not a fan at all?
They definitely do things right. They wouldn't be around if they didn't. In fact, you can't argue with what WWE does. They are going for the mass, mainstream market and they do that very well. We are going for our niche of diehard, appreciative wrestling fans. It is all about what audience you are trying to satisfy.
One side of the 2 main promotions which gets heavy criticism (and that we on the site have been more and more interested in) is the womens' divisions. Where does Dragon Gate USA stand on womens wrestlers? Are you fans of the more hard-hitting female wrestlers and intergender matches or would you prefer a more Diva/Knockout style division?
I think if you are going to do a serious women's division, not like a Divas T&A thing, you need to really devote a good deal of your show to it. While we appreciate women's wrestling in DGUSA, we are concentrating on the Dragon Gate stars from Japan mixed in with our homegrown talent roster we have developed so it's hard to devote the proper amount of time to women's wrestling without ending up with 4 or 5 hour shows, which we don't want to do.
Are there any WWE/TNA wrestlers you would like to bring into Dragon Gate USA? Conversely, are there any of your roster that you feel would fit in well in one of the mainstream companies? And would you want them to?
Yes, of course there are WWE and TNA wrestlers who would make great fits in DGUSA. At the same time, I feel anyone on our roster would fit in with WWE or TNA if booked properly. I believe every wrestler, especially once they get near 30 years old, should go to WWE and make tons of money. I think younger guys, like 25-27 or so and younger, should work the indies and Japan so they can vastly improve themselves, gain confidence and maturity and also so they can fulfill themselves artistically.
Where can people find out more about Dragon Gate USA online?
Our website is www.DGUSA.tv and our Twitter is @DragonGateUSA. You can also look for the Dragon Gate USA Official Facebook group.
What do you have coming up?
We have a full schedule of shows coming up including 9/9 Indianapolis, 9/10 Chicago, 9/11 Milwaukee, 11/11 Boston, 11/12 Philadelphia, 11/13 Manhattan, 1/27 in LA and then in Miami on Wrestlemania weekend. We also have several new DVD releases including all three "United" weekend events with the awesome Open The United Gate Title tournament, which was a round robin tag team tournament over all three events. Akira Tozawa also had an incredible weekend, which is worth going out of your way to see. We have so much great stuff on those shows. I'm really proud of them.
Do you have a match/trailer online that would give people an idea of what to expect at an Dragon Gate USA show?
We have lots of free videos on our Youtube channel at Youtube.com/DGUSAdotTV so hopefully anyone reading this will take a few minutes and go check it out. You can really get a good idea of the kind of action we offer with all the free videos we have.
Any last words for the readers?
We are here to serve true pro wrestling fans and give you the kind of action you crave. I think if you give us a chance you'll end up really happy. Go to www.DGUSA.tv for all the info.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Wizards have signed No. 3 overall draft pick Otto Porter and second-round selection Glen Rice Jr.
NBA Rooks: Otto Porter Jr.
Under the NBA's scale for rookie salaries, Porter was expected to sign a deal that could pay him up to $19.4 million over four seasons, with the first two seasons guaranteed.
Porter averaged 16.2 points and 7.5 rebounds and was the Big East player of the year as a sophomore at last season Georgetown.
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Rice was selected No. 35 overall by the Philadelphia 76ers. He was acquired by the Wizards in exchange for the 38th and 54th picks. He played last season for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League.
Both rookies will play for Washington's team in the Las Vegas Summer League.
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The Hope College Pull tug-of-war, a 113-year tradition, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 25, at 3 p.m. on the banks of the Black River (near U.S. 31 and M-21).
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The Pull, first held in 1898, is an annual fall highlight at Hope. In the competition, freshman and sophomore teams, entrenched in shallow pits on opposite sides of the river, attempt to gain the most rope through their strength and stamina.
Each team has 18 students on the rope as "pullers" and another 18 acting as guides and morale boosters, or "moralers." The freshmen are coached by the junior class while the sophomores are instructed by the seniors. The coaching arrangement also leads to a rivalry between the even-year and odd-year classes.
This year's Pull will pit members of the Classes of 2013 (sophomores) and 2014 (freshmen) against one another. The freshmen (even-year) will be on the north side of the river (nearest Lakewood Boulevard) and the sophomores (odd-year) will be on the south side of the river (nearest M-21/Chicago Drive).
The junior Class of '12, which will be coaching the freshmen, won last year's Pull, held on Saturday, Oct. 3. The senior Class of 2011, which will be coaching the sophomores, had won in both 2007 and 2008.
In 1977, the Pull set a record for length and uniqueness. The freshmen and sophomores tugged for three hours and 51 minutes before judges called a tie due to darkness. In contrast, the shortest Pull lasted two minutes and 40 seconds in 1956.
New rules were implemented in 1978, following the 1977 marathon, limiting the event's duration. The rules now allow the judges to determine the winning class by measuring the amount of rope pulled from the other team if one team has not claimed all of the rope within three hours.
Through the years, the sophomores and even-year classes have held the edge in the win-loss column. Since 1909, the sophomores have taken 63 contests to the freshman class's 30; the even-year/odd-year split for the same period is 54 to 39.
There have been four draws and four cancellations since 1909.


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A San Francisco start-up company is looking to fill in a "gap" that its CEO says exist in the commercial electric vehicle market. According to Jim Castelaz, CEO of Motiv Power Systems, a company that launched in 2009, there are limited choices in the industry when it comes to electric vehicle options for fleets.
"We want to fill this gap that is missing within the industry," he says. "Fleets are used to being able to customize their vehicles…and I think the electric chassis out there are limited."
Unlike electric vehicle powertrain manufacturers such as Azure Dynamics, which was liquidated in November of last year, or truck manufacturer Smith Electric Vehicles, Motiv takes a different approach to solving the electrification equation. Motiv doesn't bother with making the components necessary to power a vehicle, and because of that, Castelaz says, its system, the ePCS, is compatible with nearly any type of chassis.
And there is interest out there in the product, as evidenced by a contract worth up to $13.4 million the city of Chicago recently awarded the company to supply all-electric Class 8 refuse trucks.
"What we offer is really a suite of controllers; it's the glue," he says. "We're trying to give fleets like Chicago the option to [get the trucks they want]."
The Motiv system operates like a quarterback of a football team. While it takes lineman, receivers and running backs working together for a team to score, without a quarterback, nothing good will happen. The Motiv system is really a software and hardware solution that brings together different components of an electric-drive system and coordinates the operation of the system into a highly efficient power source.
According to Castelaz, the beauty of the system is its cost savings. Off-the-shelf batteries can be used and bundled together (even from different manufacturers) to provide the power needed. This approach, he says, is more cost efficient than building a bigger battery system and allows vehicles such as Class 8 refuse trucks to generate as much power as needed.
Other components can also be mixed and matched, allowing fleets the option to pick components based on their own criteria, be that power, reliability, or price. It also reduces maintenance costs, Castelaz claims. For instance, if a battery pack goes bad, the entire pack must be replaced at significant cost. Under that same scenario, though, a truck running the Motiv system only needs to replace the one battery that has gone bad, resulting in further savings and extending the useful life of the vehicle.
The best advantage? The ability to electrify nearly any type of chassis, Castelaz points out. Over the past nine months or so, Motiv has been testing an all-electric Ford E-450 cutaway chassis bus running the system. The contract with Chicago will be the first implementation of the system on a Class 8 vehicle, but Castelaz says that the flexibility and scalability of the system is such that a wide range of chassis could operate using the system.
"If you look at very heavy vehicles like locomotives, they've been moved by electric motors for years," Castelaz says, so the power necessary to drive commercial vehicles is certainly doable. "I think there is a real segment and need for electric vehicles."
That need extends beyond just electric vehicles, as we've all learned. Alternative options ranging from electric, to hybrid, to natural gas are starting to penetrate the market and Motiv's system is just another potential option out there. Where it fits at this point is anyone's guess, but given the questions that have been arising of late about the future of electric vehicles – both commercial and consumer – perhaps the "plug-and-play" option is coming along at just the right time.


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MARY HOGAN ELEMENTARY School paraprofessional Nancy Wollum works with her sixth-grade students and Sable, a black Lab puppy going through training for Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Sable has been in the classroom since the beginning of the year and will leave the school for official training at the end of the academic year.
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MIDDLEBURY — It's recess time at Mary Hogan Elementary School, and Sable eagerly lines up with her fellow sixth-grade classmates in anticipation of a spirited game of soccer on the playground.
And though less than a year old, Sable has a decided kicking and running advantage over other players on the soccer field; she has four legs to their two.
She never growls at a bad call.
Sable, you see, is a dog — and not just any dog. The young black Labrador retriever is being groomed to graduate from her class as a "seeing eye dog" who may one day provide indispensable guidance to a blind man or woman somewhere in North America.
"It's working out beautifully," said Nancy Wollum, an ID-4 teaching paraprofessional and Sable's temporary custodian. Wollum received Sable last summer from Guiding Eyes for The Blind, an organization that trains dogs and places them with sight-impaired citizens.
Wollum became aware of Yorktown, N.Y.-based Guiding Eyes for The Blind around five years ago after seeing one of the organization's postings at the Ilsley Public Library.
"It was a card at the library on the bulletin board, and it said, 'Do you want to be a puppy raiser?'" Wollum recalled. "I wanted a dog, but I didn't want one for a 10-year span. I didn't know what my life would be like."
November 19, 2007
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — The UD-3 school board will spend the coming weeks refining the first draft of a combined Middlebury Union High School/Middlebury Union Middle School 2008-2009 budget of $15.46 million, which would represent a 7.8-percent increase in spending over the current year.
But district officials are very confident they will be able to substantially trim that number in short order, largely due to an early retirement program that has been offered to 13 veteran UD-3 teachers. The board is scheduled to discuss the budget at its next meeting, on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 5:30 p.m., in room 218 at MUMS.
"We think we're in good shape," Addison Central Supervisory Union Superintendent Lee Sease said on Wednesday.
As of last week, roughly half of the 13 early retirement slots had been spoken for, according to Sease, who is confident the others will be used up before the UD-3 budget is put to bed next month.
The prospective early retirements of 13 senior teachers will allow the district to hire new educators at lower salaries while keeping some of the slots vacant.
"As we go through the early retirement process, there will be some positions that we don't replace," Sease said. "That will not eliminate programs. What it might do is eliminate the number of course offerings we might have in a subject."
Sease said he could not yet confirm which subjects are likely to be affected by the early retirements.
By CYRUS LEVESQUE
STARKSBORO — A Starksboro mother and daughter team are planning a charity event for May 2008. That's far in advance for a relatively simple project, but what they have in mind takes a lot of time to prepare. Beth and Meghan Hahr are encouraging people to get their hair cut in a Locks of Love hair drive and donate the trimmed tresses to make wigs for children who have lost their hair for medical reasons.
Meghan herself has a wig like that. Now in sixth grade, Meghan found her hair falling out while on a family vacation about three years ago. The family eventually found she had a condition called alopecia, an autoimmune disorder whose side effects include hair loss.
"Your immune system thinks your hair follicles are bad," as Beth described it.
Locks of Love is a nonprofit organization intended to contribute a sense of confidence and normalcy to children suffering from hair loss from long-term medical treatments and disease. Some of the children need wigs due to radiation treatment or chemotherapy for cancer, but most Locks of Love children have alopecia like Meghan herself.
In some cases, a person with alopecia only loses patches of hair here and there, but some lose all body hair, even nose hair and eyelashes. However, the disease has no symptoms other than problems caused by hair loss, like a greater risk of sunburns if the scalp is bald or a more severe case of allergies if the nose hairs go.
Meghan said that for her, alopecia means losing patches of hair about twice a year. She is now growing back a patch of hair that she lost over the summer.
Meghan doesn't wear her wig as much as she did at first. Sometimes the hair loss is unnoticeable, and when it isn't, she just has to pay more attention to how she dresses.
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Gotta run to Milwaukee for Murder in Muskego. In the meantime, here's some stuff I'd like you to check out.
My agent, Dystel and Goderich, is now blogging. No snarkiness here. Just professional, smart advice about the publishing industry, without any ego trips.
Link to http://dglm.blogspot.com/ and feel free to post comments and questions. They have a celebrity guest blogger this week. :)
Are Internet interviews boring? Judge for yourself. Visit Apex Digest at http://apexdigest.livejournal.com/15802.html and check out the loudmouth smartass they've recently interviewed.
Afterward, read his Phineas Troutt short story SUFFER. Phin is a recurring character in the Jack Daniels series, and has stories in Amazon Shorts (A Six Pack of Crime), Thriller by James Patterson, and These Guns for Hire edited by that funny guy, I forget his name.
Finally, join the revolution and visit legendary wrestler Lance Storm's Site, and become part of his famous Book Club.
Kudos to Lance for promoting literacy in general, and thriller fiction in particular. Previous featured authors include David Morrell, F. Paul Wilson, Janet Evanovich, Lee Child, Gail Lynds, and Dave Barry.
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(Reuters) - Regulators on Friday approved a revamped battery system for Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner, a crucial step in returning the high-tech jet to service after it was grounded in January because the plane's lithium-ion batteries overheated.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it had approved a package of detailed design changes, a move that allows Boeing to issue a service bulletin and begin making repairs to the fleet of 50 planes owned by eight airlines around the world. Other global regulators must approve Boeing's new design for the repairs outside the United States, but were expected to act quickly once the FAA gave its blessing.
The FAA action all but ends a grounding that has cost Boeing an estimated $600 million, halted deliveries and forced some airlines to lease alternative aircraft. Several airlines have said they will seek compensation from Boeing, potentially adding to the plane maker's losses.
The agency also said the jet retained permission to fly up to 180 minutes over remote areas and oceans once U.S. regulators allowed the Dreamliner to return to the skies. There had been talk of scaling back the approved range, known as ETOPS, which would have limited the use of the fuel-efficient jet.
Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said the 787's promised benefits "remain fully intact."
Reaction in the industry was swift and joyous.
"We're back in business, baby!" tweeted the Washington Aerospace Partnership, a group of business, labor and local government leaders supportive of Boeing.
"This is a good step forward," United Airlines said in a statement. United is the only U.S. carrier with 787s and plans to add them to its schedule starting May 31. Plans to launch service from Denver to Tokyo Narita are set for June 10, but depend on completing the modifications by then, it added.
The FAA said it will tell airlines next week what changes to make and will publish a directive that "will allow the 787 to return to service with the battery system modifications." It said directive would take effect when it is published.
Mark Rosenker, who headed the National Transportation Safety Board under George W. Bush, said the FAA clearly believed that Boeing's proposed changes would avert further problems.
"It's good news for Boeing, it's good news for the airlines and it should give the flying public a sense of safety and reliance and well-being," said Rosenker. He said he expected airlines to resume flying the planes in May.
Richard Aboulafia, aviation analyst at Teal Group, said Boeing could still run into problems with other international aviation regulators and the NTSB, which is holding a hearing on the battery issues next week.
"They're not out of the woods yet, but this is a big step," he said. "Now it's just a question of how quickly they can install the system."
Aboulafia said Boeing also faced claims from airlines for the three-month grounding, which would compound the much-higher-than-expected cost of launching the new aircraft. Boeing had expected to spend about $4 to $5 billion on the new composite plane, but the cost was now closer to $20 billion, he said.
"This has just been another increment of pain on top of a whole lot of other pain," Aboulafia said.
Much of the design change in the battery system already is well-known, thanks to Boeing's detailed descriptions of the system to customers, legislators and media.
Before the planes can fly, they must be fitted with a "containment and venting" system for both lithium-ion batteries on the 787, the FAA said. That includes a stainless-steel enclosure to prevent heat, fumes or fire from spreading if a battery overheats in flight. Batteries and battery chargers must also be replaced with different components, the FAA said.
Boeing teams around the globe were ready to quickly repair the jets. The company also has been conducting regular flights of the 787 to test it before delivery, a process that will speed the process of getting 787s to customers that have been waiting while the plane was grounded.
In approving the change, the FAA is indicating that it believes Boeing's fix is adequate to address the risk of fire on the plane. However, the NTSB continues to investigate what caused a battery to catch fire on a Japan Airlines plane that was parked at the airport in Boston.
The NTSB, the top U.S. transportation investigator, is holding a two-day investigative hearing next week to help it get to the bottom of what caused the fire.
Boeing has said its new design addresses more than 80 potential causes of fire, and therefore is more rigorous than if a single cause had been found.
On Friday, the NTSB said it would call senior FAA and Boeing officials to testify at the hearing. The agency also is calling officials from Thales SA, the French company that makes the battery system, and GS Yuasa Corp, the Japanese company that made the actual battery.
Among those included: Dorenda Baker, the director of the FAA's aircraft certification service, and Ali Bahrami, the manager of the FAA's transport airplane directorate and head of the Seattle FAA office, which has close connections with Boeing's factories in Washington state.
The NTSB also will call Mike Sinnett, Boeing's chief 787 project engineer, who has been the frontman for Dreamliner engineering questions throughout the grounding.
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Breaking Point
Everyone has a breaking point, and it's best to find it before it finds you. When a new lethal threat is unleashed on the vampire community, it will spark a war they haven't seen since the south. Lives will be lost, blood will be shed and ties will be severed. Can the war be survived? Or will it drive them all over the edge.
So this kind of like a Twilight/Underworld crossover. Although the Underworld part doesn't really follow the characters in the movie.
1. Chasing shadows
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I barely noticed the rain as it slithered across my skin and through my hair as I sped through the forest. My electric blue eyes scanning ahead for the danger I knew followed not far behind.
My comrades, Rigel and Nathan followed close behind. Sunglasses shaded their eyes despite the clouds and endless rain, their short, dark hair was slicked back, and their long black leather trench coats flapped behind them as we ran.
"Cosmina," Rigel said, his voice stable and calm, "They gain ground."
I glanced behind me, my vision traveling farther into the dark forest behind us, and finally spotting the mist-like shadows that trailed us.
I brought my vision back, and turned forward again. "Shit," I muttered.
Anger filled every fiber of my being. It was against all my better judgment and training to run, though I knew we could not defeat them. Not even us, our master's strongest Dealers
Even though we were the oldest and most experienced of all of Dragos' Dealers, we knew there was always that possibility of death, and we were always ready to accept it, and here we were, running from it.
We were Death Dealers. We walked in the shadow of death, and that's where we fought, killing our 'hearts' and fighting only with our duty in mind. Feelings were useless, and emotions were only a hindrance. We were not made to love, we were not made to live happily. We were made to kill, and for nothing else.
The moment we were made, we were sworn to an eternity of servitude towards our master. In the beginning, we hadn't liked what we were made to do, but we quickly learned that if we didn't kill our opponents first, they would kill us. It was either destroy, or be destroyed.
Though we had been a team for nearly a hundred and ten years, Rigel, Nathan and I were nothing more than partners.
Our partners were not there to be our friends, they were there for numbers and strength only. If one fell, the others continued.
Under Dragos, there were only three rules: Don't die, don't let your comrades die, and complete the mission successfully. Though, we soon found that the second rule only applied to those who bore the clan crests, such as Rigel, Nathan and I did, and that meant that if one of Dragos' other servants had to die for one of us to live, then so be it.
I was the first of my team to be created, and only because I was what was left of Costel Covinus's line. Rigel had been next, because of his heritage from the line of Fane Vesuvius, and Nathan had been last, and because of his lineage as being the direct descendent of Marcus Maragos.
Costel Covinus, Fane Vesuvius, Marcus Maragos, and Dragos Dracula had been the very first vampires to walk the Earth, and our race has dramatically changed because of Marcus's betrayal.
"Cosmina, they come closer." Rigel warned. I didn't have to look to know they were following. I could feel them. That was one my abilities as a Covinus. I could feel the aura of everyone and everything I met, but this particular creature had a cold slick feel that made my stomach turn, and my fingers tense. They were unlike anything I had ever experienced.
"Perhaps we should try and hide ourselves in hopes they will not pursue further." Nathan suggested.
I stopped dead on a branch, and spun to face him all in one fluid, split-second movement. "No!" I snarled. "I agreed to run, but I refuse to hide. Go ahead and flee, cling to your pathetic life like the coward you have always been." I said, my voice dangerously low
"Will you hide and protect yourself in an act of selfishness, or will you stand with your team for the honor of your master?" I asked, my eyes boring into his through his sunglasses.
He was silent for a moment. "I will do as you wish." He said, his voice wavering just the slightest bit. Nathan Maragos was never as good at killiling his emotions and Rigel and I were, and Rigel was the best out of us all. Even my emotions got the best of me, my anger most of the time.
"Cosmina, they're coming." Rigel said, his calm eyes looking down at me. I didn't look back, I stared into the dark forest, my deep black eyes flooding ice blue. "Let them come. They will kill us, or we will kill them. Either way, this ends tonight. We run no longer."
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How to Crochet from a Chart
Step 1: Create your Chart
Each square on the chart, represents a single crochet stitch. I started with a foundation single crochet of 68 or you can do a chain of 69. What I would do differently is to flip the chart sideways and crochet my rows from the side of the chart, starting with a foundation single crochet of 75 or a chain of 76. There are many different free sources online, where you can create a detailed chart.
Step 2: Purchase Your Yarn Colors and Materials
For this piece, I used 4-ply yarn of different brands and a size G crochet hook. I used 6 colors for the main crochet. A 7th color was introduced for the cross stitch.
I purchased a document protector from my local office supply store and a grease pencil. As I finished each row, I would mark the row with the grease pencil. I can reuse my document protector a few times by removing the the grease pencil markings with baby oil.
I created my yarn chart to eliminate confusion. This was to keep track of yarn strand placement and where I am using them on the color chart. It is going to be difficult to match the yarn exact to what is printed. Fairly close is going to be good enough. You can mix colors when you are finished through cross stitch and embroidery. It really opens the door to some unique and different artwork through crochet.
Step 3: Follow your chart to create your masterpiece
Since it is done with single crochet, it is pretty easy to do. It is just a single crochet piece with color changes. Don't be intimidated by color changes. I changed colors by cutting the yarn at each color change and pulling the new color through the two loops of the last single crochet. I started out sewing in some of my tails as you can see at the bottom of the image. Because I had so many tails in such a small area, it distorted my piece, making it to full. I decided on a front side and back side of my work. From that point on, I cut tails and tied a knot on the back of my piece. If you are changing colors less, you may find that sewing in the tails will work for you, therefore making your piece reversible. It can be done with knots or tails. Both ways will be correct.
Step 4: Color Blend your piece by Cross Stitch and Embroidery
When I purchased the pink, I thought it would be a softer, more subtle pink. It popped to much so I softened it with a cross stitch of light brown from my color chart, over the top of the pink. I separated a 4-ply strand of yarn, in to a 2-ply strand of yarn for the cross stitching. The forehead shows the blending process.
I still had two browns that were to close in color. My solution was to introduce an off-white cross stitch to the external medium brown. That just brought it all together and saved the piece that I came close to throwing away.


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Pork Chops with Shaved Brussels Sprouts and Apple Salad Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
- Yield:serves 4
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
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- 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice from 1 lemon
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
- 1 pound Brussels sprouts, ends trimmed, very thinly sliced
- 1 large tart apple, cored, sliced 1/4-inch thick
- 4 thick pork chops, about 1 1/2-inch thick
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Meanwhile, combine apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, and honey in a medium bowl. Whisk in the olive oil until combined. Season dressing with salt and pepper.
Heat a 12-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add almonds and cook until lightly toasted, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Turn off the heat. Scoop out almonds with a spatula, and transfer to a large bowl. Wipe out skillet.
Combine brussels sprouts and sliced apples in the large bowl. Add 1/4 cup of the dressing and toss well. Taste and add more dressing if desired. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Season pork chops generously with salt and pepper. Return skillet to medium-high heat and add oil. Heat until just starting to smoke. Add chops and cook until browned on the bottom, three to four minutes. Flip the chops and brown on the other side, another three to four minutes. Transfer chops to oven and continue to cook until an instant read thermometer entered into the deepest part of the chop register 140°F, 2 to 4 minutes longer. When done, transfer chops to a plate and set aside.
Pour off any fat in the skillet. Let cool for a minute, then set the skillet over medium heat. Pour in 1/4 cup of dressing and stir constantly with a wooden spoon to dislodge any browned bits. When dressing has slightly thickened, about 1 minute, turn off heat.
Serve the pork chops with the Brussels sprout and apple salad on the side. Spoon some of the cooked dressing on the pork chops.
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Congress' "Is Pizza a Vegetable?" Debate – Oops!
Oh, Congress! I love this story! Last year Congress was battling over the health of school lunches, and now pizza is a vegetable! Well, kinda.
First to be clear, Congress never declared pizza as a vegetable, but they did leave some loopholes so schools nationwide can declare pizza a vegetable!
How did this happen? Well, it was a small little step. Congress declared that an eighth of a cup of tomato paste has the same nutritional value as a half a cup of vegetables. Oops! That backfired a bit! If that's true, then wouldn't a Snickers bar equal a serving of nuts?
No fear though, because Jared Polis, a congressman from Colorado, has introduced an act for school lunch improvements. It's called The Slice Act, (Yeah, the humor of that name does not escape me!) which will allow the Department of Agriculture to put new standards on pizza and tomato paste.
Polis told CBS news in Denver "What Congress has done, believe it or not, is defy logic." He's not against pizza he's just against it being called something it isn't. "Pizza may be fine to eat from time to time, but it ain't a vegetable," he said.
Thank you Mr. Polis!
via Rep. Polis Doesn't Want Pizza Classified As A Vegetable Anymore « CBS Denver.


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Sunday, October 28, 2012
8 comments:
- Crafty Green Poet said...
Chico is so handsome.
I'm studying that photo to see if it can give me a clue on which was Racer in the two recent Racer / Winston photos....
- October 29, 2012 at 12:55 AM
- Brandi B said...
Football season is OVER. OVER I SAY!
But I would watch these two play. CUTE CUTE CUTE!
The Inquisition came to Norman, Oklahoma and proceeded to bring down the wrath of The Holy See.
I need to squeeze and cuddle a Chico Rabbit to ease the dull ache in my soul.
- October 29, 2012 at 4:45 AM
- Rabbits' Guy said...
Next year!!!!
- October 29, 2012 at 7:52 AM
- speedyrabbit said...
forget Football! its time for bun play
- October 29, 2012 at 10:04 AM
- anonymous said...
But, but, but, Speedy, this is real football not some old stupid entire rest of the world football...please, if you are threatening us with bunnesia, leave us us a brain cell or two for football. Oh, and we get to use the term football because our players use their feet so much. Hmmm, I do want to play with you though, hmmm, it's bunny halftime!
- October 29, 2012 at 11:49 AM
- Rabbits' Guy said...
If we are choosing up sides, I get Speedy!
- October 29, 2012 at 12:00 PM
- Brandi B said...
The GRIDIRON! A game of inches and seconds, Hail Marys and broken bones. These are the gladiators of the modern era, the demigods of our times.
Until they get caught "juicing", fail their drug tests, get arrested drunk driving, go to prison for running dog fighting rings, beat up their wives, or get accused of rape.
I might be mixing in some NBA and baseball in there...
But COLLEGE football is DEFINITELY over for the year!!!
- October 29, 2012 at 12:19 PM
- anonymous said...
Forget it, RG. No one is letting a Broomer near Speedy.
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Banking used to be an agreement between neighbors, not a transaction between chairmen of the board. It's time for a new set of rules—banking policies for the 99 percent.
There are many reasons to abolish the death penalty. Innocents on death row may be the most compelling.
A Bible study on water, God, and redemption.
Forests throughout North America would not be the same today without the trailblazing work of a small Mohawk Catholic community in Quebec.
The U.S. government continues to claim the authority to detain and kill without trial.
The Supreme Court decision on the ministerial exception deserves a "hosanna" — and prayerful consideration.
How U.S. and Israeli threats are undermining the democracy movement in Iran.
The Presence of God
We need to build understanding as well as skills to break the cycle of poverty, because our obligation as Christians is not just help, it's love.
Corporations want to store up treasure on earth — that's their whole, entire, complete, and utter point.
The lesson for me, as the parent of a middle school child, was to pay closer attention.
In fact, my knowledge of Brazil is limited to that tall Jesus statue overlooking a city, and the fact people can be naked on the beaches while speaking Portuguese.
More than 5 million voters could be affected by new Voter-ID laws and (coincidentally?) a disproportionate number of them are people of color.
What does God's "settlement" look like?
Culture Watch
Along with the silent film The Artist, Haywire, and War Horse, the smartest wide-release recent movie is Chronicle, a kinetic fusion of Breakfast Club-style teenage angst with post-9/11 violence-as-a-way-of-life (or at least way-to-be-noticed).
The painter Makoto Fujimura imagines what God might say to the church about its frequent rejection of the artists.
Piano-playing cats or union organizing drives—Google and Facebook don't care. They just keep a sieve in the flow to collect information that can be sold to advertisers.
Worship Across the Racial Divide: Religious Music and the Multiracial Congregation, by Gerardo Marti; The Forgotten Bomb; Let It Burn; Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis.
What The Hunger Games and the gospels have in common.
Pariah, written and directed by Dee Rees. Focus Features.
Gandhi and the Unspeakable: His Final Experiment with Truth, by James W. Douglass.
I appreciated Jim Wallis' plea for more precision in how the word "evangelical" is used in our society and especially in the media ("Defining 'Evangelicals' in an Election Year," February 2012).
I appreciated Jim Wallis' plea for more precision in how the word "evangelical" is used in our society and especially in the media ("Defining 'Evangelicals' in an Election Year," February 2012).
Reflections on the Common Lectionary, Cycle B
Thank you for your articles on human trafficking ("Ending 'The World's Most Savage Cruelty,'" February 2012).


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Megadeth's Dave Mustaine: I Don't Want To Play With Satanic Bands
In a recent interview with the self-proclaimed libertarian Alex Jones on Infowars.com, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine opened up about some of his past controversial political comments in addition to a wide array of topics from his thoughts on playing with Satanic bands and how it felt to play with Metallica again.
Mustaine, who seems to feel his comments are often taken out of context, clarified that he never "endorsed" republican candidate Rick Santorum, he simply stated that he liked him. Mustaine explains, "I said that I liked the guy because he jumped off the campaign trail to go be with his sick daughter. Now that, to me, whether you're a football player or an astronaut, if you put your family first, you get kudos in my book."
Mustaine, a born again Christian, talked about his return to music after his arm injury and setting the ground rules on who he would or would not share the stage with. According to Mustaine, he thought, "If I do play, there's certain things I kind of wanna veer away from. I don't wanna play with any Satanic bands." He narrowed it down a bit further, saying, "I'll play with bands that have darkness in them, because we all have a little darkness in us or we wouldn't be human. But guys that are confessed Satanists, I don't really have time for that…I can control my emotions, because I know it's not the sinners, it's the sin."
On joining Metallica onstage again 25 years after getting the boot, he called it the perfect closure, explaining, "It's very cathartic, what took place." He reminisced about his last day with the band and how things went down, saying, "For me, from my heart, when I got fired that day, there was so much I wanted to still do with those guys." He continued, "If I would have got a warning, it would have been different. I would have said, 'Oh, sure, man. I wanna be in the band. I love this band; it's my band, too. If my drinking is causing a problem, I'll be comfortable doing something else.' But it didn't really happen that way, and I think it was necessary, because we have two great bands now."
Check out Blabbermouth.net to read more of the transcribed interview with Mustaine or watch the full video interview below.


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More and more women are defying convention and doctors' guidelines and choosing to have their babies at home. Here, three women talk about the ups and downs of delivering their way.
"I was happy to be in my own bed. But let's face it: Birth without drugs sucks." —Mardi Douglass, Seattle
I gave birth to my first son without pain medication at a birthing center. I found out the most surprising thing about birth is the pain. Let's face it: Birth without drugs sucks. When I got pregnant again, I swore I wouldn't do that again, but I couldn't bring myself to give birth in a hospital without a midwife. So I decided to do it at home.
I spent most of my labor kneeling on the floor with my arms on our bed. I felt more present than I was during my first birth and made a conscious choice about how I was going to react to the pain. When the midwife arrived, we moved to the bed and Tanner was born shortly thereafter. The most painful part is when the baby's head is coming through your cervix, but it's also a good feeling because the next sensation is feeling the baby completely out of your body—and the pain is gone.
I was so happy when it was over and very happy that I was in my own bed. And, I didn't have to drive to a birthing center while in labor. Overall, the four hours of painful labor relative to nine months of meaningful care from a midwife was worth it.
"I didn't want to be in a hospital where there are people I don't know. It just didn't feel right." —Elizabeth Halpern, Los Angeles
During my first pregnancy, we went to a birthing class at a local yoga studio. The midwife who taught the class said the most important thing was to have your baby in a place where you feel the strongest and most confident. So, I thought, I need to be home. I didn't want to be in a hospital where there are people I don't know and they are telling me what to do. It just didn't feel right.
My first labor at home was long. For my second, I was sure we would have a water birth, but everything moved so fast we didn't have time to fill up the birthing tub. The pain was also very different. It was harsh and quick compared with the dull and drawn-out pain of my first labor and delivery.
As soon as my 5-year-old son, Hudson, found out we were having a baby, he was steadfast about wanting to help with the birth. I delivered his brother, Winston, lying on the cement floor of our loft. The first thing Hudson did when Winston was born was sit next to me and ask, "Mommy, are you so happy to finally have your baby?"
"After three hours of pushing, I knew something was wrong. We couldn't figure out why my daughter, Harper, wasn't coming out." —Renee Pietrangelo-Brown, Los Angeles
When I got pregnant, I started going to the doctor and it never crossed my mind to have a home birth. But one day, I thought: "Why am I going to the doctor? I don't have a medical condition. I'm just pregnant." I started interviewing midwives and I realized that it was a completely different experience. I felt empowered.
Early in my labor, my two midwives arrived at my house and we went for a long walk. Walking through my contractions actually made them a lot easier to deal with. When I was 10 centimeters dilated, the midwives broke my water and I started pushing. I tried squatting on the floor while holding onto the side of the bed, and then I tried sitting on the toilet. The baby just wouldn't drop. And, I was in so much pain, I was screaming.
After three hours of pushing, I knew something was wrong. My daughter, Harper, wasn't coming out. The midwives called and told the hospital we were coming. When I got there, they gave me an epidural right away. Then they backed off on the pain medication and I pushed for another 90 minutes. I tried different positions and she still didn't come out. The doctor suggested I have a C-section and I started bawling. I thought, "I'm not good enough. I can't even push out my own baby."
The experience taught me a lot. No matter how much you want things to go one way, you have to remember it's not just about you anymore. It's about you and your baby.


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BOSTON, Mass. – Led by freshman goaltender Alex Scola's (Exeter, N.H.) 28 saves, men's hockey (6-6-2, 2-5-0 ECAC East) defeated St. Michael's College (3-7-2, 1-5-1 ECAC East) by the final score of 3-1 Friday evening in the Clark Athletic Center Ice Arena.
Leading the Beacons on the scoreboard was senior Chris Wyman (Bartlett, Ill.) who skated away with a goal and an assist. Also finding the back of the net in Friday's conference win was Kyle Tejchma (Fruitport, Mich.) his third of the season and Mark Grinhaus (Scarsdale, N.Y.) his first.
Men's hockey as a whole dominated a majority of the play in the Clark Athletic Center. The Beacons finished 1-for-6 on the power-play, while their penalty kill did not surrender a goal, as St. Michael's ended the game 0-for-4 on the man-up opportunities. Perhaps the defense's most impressive performance came in the final five minutes of play, when they killed off a five minute major penalty to seal the victory.
On the night, UMass Boston outshot their conference rivals 41-29 in a very physical affair. In total the two teams combined for 15 penalties respectively.
The Beacons go on the scoreboard midway through the opening frame, when Tejchma drove home the night's first goal with help from Wyman and Tim Richter (Naugatuck, Conn.). Those first 20 minutes of play favored UMass Boston, as they held St. Michael's to just seven shots, while tallying 19 of their own.
After the first intermission, St. Michael's appeared to wake-up offensively as UMass managed to outshoot the Purple Knights 13-12. Netting the second goal of the night was Wyman, on the power-play. Cameron Harvey (Bow, N.H.) and Faiz Khan (Newhall, Calif.) assisted on the play to make it a two goal game.
Going into the third, St. Michael's came out firing, but the Beacons defense held strong for the final 20 minutes of play. Grinhaus pretty much sealed the win for UMass Boston at 7:06 mark when he pushed the puck past St. Michael's goalie Mike Dizgun.
However, despite being down by three goals St. Michael's did not go quietly scoring their only goal of the game at the 10:43 mark. Now down by two the Purple Knights increased the pressure and their intensity. The final nine minutes of play were truly the most physical of Friday's contest as both teams dished out hard hits all over the ice.
St. Michael's best opportunity to make it a one goal game was when the Beacons were slapped with a five minute major for contact to the head. Looking to use this penalty to their advantage the Purple Knights went into overdrive offensively. However the Beacons defense, like it had all evening, remained strong and deflected the puck away from the goal numerous times.
Men's hockey returns to action tomorrow when they host the number one ranked Cadets of Norwich University at 3 p.m. in the Clark Athletic Center Ice Arena.


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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Blogus Interruptus
Sorry, bitches. No blog this week. I just moved yesterday and things are a little crazy right now. Never ye fear! I will definitely be back next week to document Lil Hantz PIZZING ON YO BEENS.
In the meantime, feel free to leave your comments about the episode. Did the right person go home and does she have early onset osteoporosis? Was Shalimar crying tears of sadness or tears of joy? How many tata's did Tata squeeze? Comment it out bitches and have a great day!
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The most interesting thing about this week's episode was the preview for next week's episode. But in summary, I'm glad that whiny bitch Shalimar is gone, and the tribe was smart to ditch the useless bimbo too. They need to start winning some challenges or Team Stupid will plow them over after the merge. As to the so called favorites, I would like to see Shepard and lil Hantz get sent packing sooner rather than later. I think that could happen in rapid succession; Shepherd is close to be lughed at behind his back already. This season is proving fairly interesting so far, at least to me.ReplyDelete
I'm amazed. I thought the alliance of losers would continue voting out strong players and continue losing challenges, which was the position Cherie and Laura argued for. Apparently they planned to have a deeply loyal alliance of 2 or 3 at the merge as part of a unique strategy to ensure 1 or 2 of them made the jury. At the same time the heathers have to be some of the dopiest social players ever.ReplyDelete
On the favourites side, who the hell knows? Special Agent Shepherd appears to be trying to create an alliance of everyone. Frankly I'm surprised he hasn't taken the chance to invite some of the fan tribe into his alliance.
In other news, how long until one of these nutters the casting director seems to adore decides (not completely implausibly) that there is another route to the big bucks via a courtroom.
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2013 at 5:29 PM
If all our Military people were like Shamar, we'd all be wearing burkas and chanting crap.ReplyDelete
MikeyMike in the Rockies
- AlishaMarch 7, 2013 at 7:32 PM
Thank god Shamar is gone. Laura was boring, too. Phillip can go home too; he just annoys the piss out of me. I don't get why everyone is loving this season. I'm kinda bored with it.ReplyDelete
Shalimar may be a crappy survivor but let's not belittle his service to our country. Anon, have you put your life on the line multiple times to protect our rights and liberties? If not, STFU.ReplyDelete
Favorite parts from last night: Mascarpone whine about not having a spy name, Filipino Gollum, and the preview of Lil Hantz bean-destroying, rice-pissin' meltdown. I CANNOT wait.Replies
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2013 at 8:53 PM
"Anon, have you put your life on the line multiple times to protect our rights and liberties? If not, STFU."Delete
If only people who've served are allowed to speak up (as your post suggests), then "our rights and liberties" haven't really been protected, have they?
Regarding the show, thank God Lil Hantz still has the freedom to express himself.
I was responding to the implication that because Shalimar wasn't the strongest Survivor, he was therefore a weak service man, and if all service men and women were like him, we would be subjects of other countries and "wearing burkas." I disagree with that assertion. The man put his life on the line through several tours of duty, and I stand by my call for some respect for his sacrifice. So yes, anon can STFU. :) Have a great day!Delete
- Marcus Aurelius said...March 7, 2013 at 8:01 PM
Blogus interruptus due to moving house eh? Some unpacking advice: for maximus efficiency, always unpack the stereo first, then the wineglass, then the wine. Then unpack everything else tomorrow.ReplyDelete
It's worked out well though, 'cos this means you won't have to top last week - which would have taken quite a bit of effort. I'm still laughing at Martin Luther posting his list of people who need to (Shalimar's voice now) SHUT UP! Pope Innocent the 8th needs to SHUT UP! Pope Benedict the 9th needs to SHUT UP!
Alright, this gives me the opportunity to make an observation that occurred to me last week, but that I didn't explore:
Theddie kept reminding me of someone, but I couldn't work out who. Last week it hit me.
He resembles Paul Newman. "Cool Hand Luke" era Paul Newman.
Does this mean his speech quirk qualifies as a 'failure to commun'cate'?
Do you think he could eat fifty eggth?
Hey, I've developed a lisp all of a thudden!
And it's getting thicker by the thentence!
What'th happening to me?!
Oh, thcrew this. I'll thee you nektht Thurthday!
Unleth there ith another bloguth interuptuth, of courthe.
P.ETH. Why ith my thcreen covered in tho much thpit? It'th dithguthting!
My Favorite Moments:ReplyDelete
Jeff Approving Chesty's Medical Treatment, like he was Chesty's dad
The Real Estate Guy saying he misdiagnosed Chesty, but Chesty was still an ass
Real Estate Guy wasting his HII at Tribal
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2013 at 10:52 PM
If Mascaroni keeps pressing The Specialist for a secret agent name, he may end up dubbing her "Aunt Flo," because the way she acts, it seems like she's always on the rag.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2013 at 8:20 AM
To the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Bitchy Survivor Blog, I can hardly believe that you don't have a bevy of bitches at your disposal to do your moving for you. Anyone of us devotees would have gladly carried boxes of gin, bowls of dipping glitter and your secret stash of Golden Boy steamy pics. I would have insisted that your fingertips be covered in a healing hemp cream, that your breasts be wrapped in bubble wrap in anticipation for your first dip at the new place, and that you be carried into the new digs with a host of non jury Survivor castoffs.ReplyDelete
That, my dear, would have been a move. Don't worry about us. We'll be here next week.
-Restless Wrestler
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2013 at 2:14 PM
Shakira takes on Shalimar in this week's Survivor After Show: http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/after-show/ReplyDelete
What was up with Shamar's hand?ReplyDelete
Thanks for the heads up re Shakira! Just watched it. A laugh riot!
I offer the following quote as stone cold proof that I was right about my beloved Abi-Maria, and all the haters were wrong: "It's fun because it's alcoholic..."
and also "PMSing"


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You want to get to the bottom of Benghazi? Here goes…
The Obama administration has defiantly denied requests for information and emails that would have proven–before Mr. Hicks testimony–that they lied on all points related to what happened. They removed all references to an Al Queda TERRORIST attack. They made up some bogus excuse, calling a video that no one even viewed (until after it was blamed for the attacks of "protesters") for the murders of an ambassador, an assistant to the Ambassador, and two Navy SEALs.
When did the White House know it was a Terrorist attack? When did the State Dept. Know? Who CARES? I mean, of course, these things are important, but we know that they knew, immediately, that the Ambassador was under attack–he sent the cable, the email, the notification. We know that they had asked for security to be increased, and that there WERE intelligence reports of an impending attack, as well as protests to be held in Egypt at or near the Embassy there, for the release of the Blind Sheik. As of two days ago, the Muslim in Chief still made the idiotic reference to the video, as the cause of those protests in Egypt. What I'm getting at is he still refuses to get to the truth.
Currently his administration is under scrutiny for several scandals. The IRS targeting Tea Party, Conservatives, Jews, Christians, and even Pro Israel Groups that sought 401 3(C) status. Basically, ANYONE against his administration for the purposes of creating an Enemies list? The AP phone records and personal information of reporters and journalists–confiscated by the DOJ. This could suggest an attempt at intimidation of "whistleblowers"–especially in the light of people like Mr. Hicks, and other persons who were threatened into remaining silent, some said even "with threats of decapitation". !!! . Current Liberal spin is they are just trying to root out people in the CIA or other high offices that might be leaking intelligence that could put personnel at risk. Yeah, right. Risk, Mr. Obama? RISK is a cable, in your face CLEAR, that "We are under attack by an organized group of Terrorists–send help!" Somewhat paraphrased, maybe, but you catch the essence. A communication you were aware of, without any doubt, and chose to go to bed (if that is true) and leave early the next morning to go to fundraisers in Las Vegas. But, I digress from my title.
To make it perfectly clear. We know, now, that Benghazi was this Administration illegally running guns–again–only this time to the ENEMY. The so called "Syrian Rebels" are an offshoot of the same Muslim Brotherhood and Al Queda organizations that now (also with Obama's support and assistance) control the ENTIRE Middle East. The administrations purpose in the covert operation was to arm Al Queda, to overthrow a legitimate government in Syria–that 78% or more of the population supports. They don't want Islamic extremism controlling their lives, and taking away their Westernization, unlike the Egyptian President that thanked Obama for his "assistance in shaking their Western influences". Now, to further break this down for you, Al Queda is the enemy. At every turn, Obama and his State Dept have been in bed with them overthrowing governments in the Middle East, touting the "Arab Spring" and the Muslim Brotherhood as good things. If you are running Stinger missiles and Rocket Launchers to Al Queda, you are supporting the same enemy that has directly attacked our government and way of life. Simply put, that is TREASON. That is a crime against our country, and if charged, should be a Capital Offense. A hanging offense in days of old.
Now, the one question that nobody seems able to, or wants to ask… The absolute nail in the coffin of the man destroying the American way of life, is this… WHO, WHEN IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT THERE WAS AMPLE TIME TO RESCUE THOSE THAT DIE (3 TIMES OVER), AND THERE WERE FORCES CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GO IN AND KICK ASS) WHO GAVE THE "STAND DOWN" ORDERS? Not once, but three times? WHO removed Admiral Hamm from his Command position in the Middle East, related to the fact that he was willing to mount a rescue against the inactivity AND the first "stand down" order? WHO was determined to stop all attempts of rescue, and then, WHY? ANSWER THE WHO, AND THEN THE WHY, AND YOU WILL HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT! A TRAITOR WILL BE IN JAIL, AS WILL ALL THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH BENGHAZI, AND THERE MIGHT BE HOPE FOR AMERICA TO RECOVER FROM THE DAMAGES DONE BY BARACK OBAMA AND HIS MINIONS.
The WHY, I have already partially answered. Stevens was meeting that night with a Turkish Affairs Minister, purportedly to arrange the transportation of those mentioned weapons through Turkey, to Syrian rebels. There is also a leak that Stevens was to have been set up for "kidnapping" by the same Al Queda faction that ultimately killed him, to used as an exchange for the release of none other than the "Blind Sheik" whom we hold in prison for the first attack on the World Trade Center. (Possibly a good reason for this administration to go for the throats of AP, and stop leaks…you think?). What happened next, nobody in the administration counted on. The pre-staged attack started. A call for help went out. "Stand Down" was ordered. TWO SEALs refused to obey the order. The Al Queda operatives, and very same beneficiaries of the gun running operation, got a little pissed that their walk in, waltz out with the Ambassador as hostage, was thwarted. Those SEALs bought valuable time…7 and 1/2 hrs…for rescue of all involved. But, the rescue would have included the grabbing of all documents related to the dealings going on, and some type of demand for explanation of those same activities. That in a nutshell is what happened in Benghazi. And, the answer to the question is the President. Only ONE person, ONE PERSON, could have ordered the Foreign Command in the Middle East to "Stand Down". Did he go to bed? Possibly. Campaigning was more important, and the spin doctors could handle it. But, I don't think so. I think he watched the live footage from the situation room that was sent by the drone we now know was filming the entire attack. He not only ordered the "Stand Down" once, but at least TWICE, and removed the Admiral that was trying to mount a rescue from his command. And, the same Admiral has come out with exactly what the entire Benghazi mission was. We have all the information about the operation, and no one asking WHO said "Stand Down". If we know there was only ONE person who could do that, and we know the situation, the only reason can be to cover up the TREASON.
I beg you to point out the fault in my logic. This was, also, all done months before the election…and we are just now getting the facts, that would have probably canned his re-election.
We need every scrap of paper on Benghazi. Amazingly, even after saying they were releasing all the emails requested, they still didn't release the two days worth that immediately followed the attack–which WERE requested. The COVER UP for this President's Treasonous acts is on going. Hopefully, the tenacity of Issa's Oversight Committee will gain the evidence needed to, once and for all, remove this Tyrant that thinks he is above the law, and who is giving us over in piece meal fashion to the Muslims and the UN, from our country's White House, and the position of the most powerful man in the world. It is time. And we can only pray that Democrats and Progressives alike will assist the Conservatives, who finally have their teeth in the throat of this rotting administration, with removal of Barry Soetoro, Barack Hussein Obama, Harrison J. Bounell (et al. aliases) through impeachment. WHY isn't anyone asking the most important question?! The answer WILL save the United States. God, Please, Bless America…?
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During the Open Video Conference held in New York, June 19-20, I interviewed Matt Mason, author, The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism. I read Mason's book and absolutely LOVED it. It was different. It was as Seth Godin would say a Purple Cow.
It stood out because of its honesty, inclusion and diverse examples. Mason, who is from England, clearly understands the music industry and shared his personal experiences from being in pirate radio to grime to hip hop and punk. He talks about how pirates have always forced rogue industries to regulate when the giants refused to self -correct.
As we sat outside in the courtyard of the New York University Law School, Mason was personable and engaging. I asked him why other industries had not copied the very successful iTunes model. In other words, why aren't they going small to make a lot of money, a la Chris Anderson's The Long Tail.


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Tech Zips Online with Internet2 Connection, March 8, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., March 8, 2001 -- It's comparable to stepping up from a cartpath to an eight-lane superhighway, says Robert W. Tacker, director of Information Services at New Mexico Tech.
The analogy is one Tacker frequently uses as he describes the new Internet2 connection New Mexico Tech recently tapped into with the help of a $366,000 National Science Foundation grant.
With added communications equipment and connection fees paid for by the NSF grant, New Mexico Tech has joined an elite group of 182 U.S. universities, along with national research laboratories such as Sandia and Los Alamos, that have begun developing and deploying the advanced network applications and technology of the Internet2, which is being touted as the
Internet of the future.
"Internet2 is a separate Internet altogether that is specifically set aside for education and research," Tacker explains. "The general public isn't allowed to tap directly into it. It's designed for very high speed, state-of-the-art communications."
Internet2, however, is not designed to replace the current commercial Internet, he adds, but instead brings together research institutions and resources from academia, industry, and government to develop new technologies and capabilities which can potentially be later deployed on the regular Internet.
"Speed is the basic difference between Internet2, or I-2 as it's being called, and the older, more familiar Internet," Tacker says. "Internet2, with its huge bandwidth, can carry information more than 6000 times faster than sending something on the Internet over regular phone lines."
And with all that added speed, researchers at New Mexico Tech can now transmit and receive huge volumes of data in minutes over the Internet2, a process which may have taken hours, or even days in some instances, on the old Internet connections.
The new high-performance network connection on campus allows researchers at Tech, as well as those at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), which is located on the Tech campus, improved access to other research facilities, databanks, and supercomputers located throughout the globe.
With the Internet2 network link, astrophysicists from across the world will now be able to view data generated by the NRAO's Very Large Array and Very Long Baseline Array radiotelescopes on an instantaneous, real-time basis.
"I'm sure Tech's close association with NRAO, as well as its having several unique sources of information on campus--EMRTC, iCASA and IRIS/PASSCAL, to name just a few--played a large role in our garnering the NSF grant to set up the Internet2 connection," Tacker relates.
"We're probably the smallest research institution hooked up to Internet2," he adds. "Most of the other universities involved with Internet2--like MIT and Caltech--have enrollments of more than 20,000 students. . . . And now, with the subsequent expansion of research capabilities Internet2 has brought, New Mexico Tech can compete for research project funding on equal footing with much bigger institutions.
"Through Internet2, researchers here at Tech could now get access to one of several supercomputers--whether it's located in San Diego, Chicago, or Maui, it doesn't matter--and use it as if the supercomputer were located right on campus," Tacker explains.
One of the first applications the new Internet2 connection will be used for on the New Mexico Tech campus is distance education, Tacker says.
In fact, on March 26, several New Mexico Tech students pursuing degrees with an emphasis in explosives engineering will begin taking an on-line course in "construction vibrations," being transmitted from Northwestern University through the Internet 2 and marking the first time the state-supported university in Socorro has employed the cutting-edge technology in one of its classrooms.
"In the past, most distance education classes offered at Tech were uplinked and downlinked via satellite, and that proved to be very expensive," Tacker says.
"Because of New Mexico Tech's relatively small size, we initially applied for Internet2 as part of a consortium with the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University," Tacker says, "a group that includes all three of the state's research universities. . . . The support we received from our partner universities also was a key element in receiving the NSF grant."
Eventually, that select group intends to co-sponsor all the other higher education institutions in the state, allowing them to "piggyback" on the already existing Internet2 connection which speeds in and out of Tech on dedicated fiber-optic cables.
And, the new world of possibilities Internet2 opens up will not be strictly limited to researchers at the universities and the national labs: "Since the Socorro Consolidated Schools and the Socorro Public Library are already provided Internet service through New Mexico Tech, we'll also eventually be able to allow them access to our Internet2 connection," Tacker says.