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|As seen can be seen on the photo itself, this is a copy of a cyanotype photograph taken about 1865, just two years before Mr. and Mrs. Willis Hubbs, our ancestors, were listed among members of the Church. The photo, along with other historical information, was found at a website about Berea Church.
Mr. Willis Hubbs and Mrs. Willis Hubbs were listed among the members of Berea Church of Christ (aka The Church of Christ of Indian Creek) in Morgan County, Illinois in January, 1867. Lists of members of the church in other years include other members of the Hubbs family and some of their in-laws.
The following statement was written when the church was first organized in 1851. The information came from a record which was transcribed on a web page regarding Berea Church History.
Copied from the Original Book, Berea Church of Chirst:
"Morgan Schoolhouse No. 2, Aug. 15, 1851
We, the body of Christ, agree to organizing ourselves after the primitive practice to watch over one another and admonish each other, for our good, to take the scriptures of the old and new testaments for our rule of faith and practice.
That for practice, the new is sufficient, but for faith both are required. To call ourselves by the name given to Christians in the primitiave age by the Apostles-definitely called Christians-the followers of Christ. We agree to continue steadfastly in the Apostles doctrine, in fellowship, in breaking of bread and in prayers. Further as the primitive organizaitons were named according to locations so that they might be addressed or called upon by the traveling brethren, therefore we agree to known as the Church of Christ of Indian Creek, meeting at Morgan Schoolhouse No. 2."


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Aurora Borealis in the White Mountains, NH. Taken from Mt. Jackson.
Bloodmoon Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse, full moon, Autumn 2015.
Chocorua 2
Night sky over Mt. Chocorua and Chocorua Lake, in Tamworth, New Hampshire. August 2014
Elephant Head 2
View from Elephant Head in Crawford Notch, NH. December 2014.
Fall Flowering
Fall Flowering
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Fall Foliage 2013-Square Ledge, Pinkham Notch
Highland Center 2
AMC Highland Center in Crawford Notch, NH, during a snow shower.
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View of Mount Washington thru Fall Foliage along Mount Clinton Road.
Mount Major 11
Summit of Mount Major looking over Lake Winnipesaukee on New Years day 2014
Mount Pierce 1
Cairns lining the alpine trail to Mount Pierce along the Crawford Path, Crawford Notch, NH 2013.
Mt Washington 2
Great Glen, Looking at Mount Washington, Summer 2015.
Mount Pierce 2
Fog rolling thru the forest on the Crawford Path, Crawford Notch NH 2013.
Summer Sunset
Summer Sunset
Tuckerman Ravine Trail
Icy falls a short way up the Tuckerman Ravine Trail in Pinkham Notch, NH
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Tuckerman Ravine trail leading up towards Mount Washington, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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Camping along the river in the White Mountains.
Lincoln Woods 2
Bridge along the Kancamagus Highway, Lincoln Woods NH, during fall in the White Mountains.
Camping Stars 1
Long exposure of hte night sky and Pemi River while camping, near Lincoln, NH, Summer 2017.
Lincoln Woods 1
Lincoln Woods Bridge crossing hte Pemigewasset River with foliage beginning.
Tuckerman Ravine 4
Tuckerman Ravine trail up to Lunch Rocks at the bottom of the bowl, looking across to Wildcat Mountain.
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Hiker on South Moat Mountain Summit
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Hiker on South Moat Mountain Summit, White Mountains NH
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Hiker along the South Moat Mountain trail in the White Mountains New Hampshire.
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Summit of South Moat Mountain, New Hampshire.
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Lower Falls on the Kanc during Autumn 2018
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Foliage in the White Mountains on Sabbaday Falls.
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Mount Jackson looking out towards Crawford Notch, Summer 2018.
Otter Rocks 2018
Otter Rocks in foliage, October 2018.
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Sunrise in the White Mountains, July 2018.
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by Jeffrey & Todd Brabec
Who To Join
Which organization to join is one of the most important decisions
a writer will ever make as the wrong decision can and has
cost writers and their publishers millions of dollars over
the life of a successful copyright.
In most countries of the world, there is only one PRO so
the decision is easy. In England, there is PRS; in Canada,
you join SOCAN; in Australia - APRA; in Germany - GEMA; in
Spain - SGAE; in Ireland - IMRO; in France - SACEM; and so
on. But in the U.S., you have 3 PROs and each one has different
contracts, payment schedules, philosophies, organizational
structures, ownership, rules to join, procedures to terminate,
membership benefits, showcase and workshop programs as well
as relationships and agreements with the rest of the world's
PROs which collect for U.S. writer's and publisher's performances
outside the U.S. Each of these differences can have a substantial
effect on the amount of royalties you receive over the lifetime
of a copyright.
Joining a PRO
In order to receive performance royalties from ASCAP, BMI
or SESAC, a writer or publisher must join by filling out an
application for membership or affiliation and signing a contract.
ASCAP and BMI both have very easy "open door" admission policies
whereby if you qualify, you can join. All a writer or publisher
needs is to have a composition performed in any area that
ASCAP and BMI licenses (radio, television or web site performance;
song on a CD, record or tape; performance in a club or concert
hall; song in a film; etc.). SESAC, on the other hand, employs
a selective process whereby writers have to pass a screening
process before they are asked to join usually after an interview.
Each organization's contract is very different as to length
of contract, ability to leave and duties and responsibilities
of both parties.
ASCAP: Writers and publishers sign identical agreements which
are subject to the Society's Articles of Association (by laws)
and Consent Decree with the government. All writers and publishers
have the right to resign from membership any year of the contract.
In effect, these are year to year agreements able to be terminated
any year.
BMI. The normal contract for writers is 2 years with the
standard publisher contract running for 5 years. Successful
writers and publishers are usually able to negotiate shorter
deals. The 2 year writer and 5 year publisher agreements continue
to automatically renew for additional 2 and 5 year periods
if they are not terminated by the writer or publisher by registered
or certified mail within certain specific "window" periods.
SESAC. SESAC writer and publisher contracts run for 3 years
and continue to be automatically extended for additional 3
year periods. Either party can terminate the agreement by
sending written notice not more than 6 months nor less than
3 months prior to the end of the then current 3 year term.
Tracking Performances
The primary way that most PROs find out what is being performed
is through surveys of performances of the areas licensed (radio,
TV, etc.). Surveys can be either census (100% pickup) or sample
(a statistical portion of the whole). Most performance information
is received by the PROs through cue sheets, electronic logs,
broadcast program information, tapes, and BDS monitoring.
How Writers and Publishers Are Paid
ASCAP: Payments are guided by a "follow the dollar" principle
whereby monies collected from a specific area (radio, network
television, live concerts, cable, etc.) are paid back only
to the writers and publishers who have performances occurring
in that area. In the radio area, frequently performed songs
are given additional payments.
Any changes in the specific payment rules have to be approved
by the ASCAP Board of Directors of 12 writers and 12 publishers
with notice to the entire writer and publisher membership.
BMI: A payment schedule lists a minimum penny or dollar rate
that is due for certain types of performances in certain medium.
In the radio area, fluctuating bonus payments are paid to
certain songs based upon many factors including past performance
history as well as current radio and television performances.
Voluntary payments are then added to some types of performances
in certain areas in certain payment periods. All payment rates
are subject to change at any time without advance notice to
writers and publishers
SESAC: Writers and publishers are paid in a variety of ways
including payments based upon release or chart position, payments
based on performance information from stations and payments
based on other business considerations and factors. All payment
rules are subject to change at any time.
Foreign Country Performances
The PROs in the U.S. have reciprocal agreements with the PROs
in each country of the world whereby the foreign country society
licenses the performances of U.S. writers works in their own
country and forwards the money to the U.S. writer's PRO. Under
the same agreement, the U.S. PROs license the performances
of the works of foreign writers in the U.S. and forward that
money to the foreign writer's home country PRO.
Career Development / Workshops / Other Benefits
Some of the performing right organizations also provide a
great range of other benefits to their members. These include
educational workshops on the music business and the craft
of songwriting, band and songwriter showcases, workshops in
practically all genres of music, musical instrument, studio,
travel/personal accident life and individual term insurance,
music store, instrument purchase and many other discounts,
etc. Check as to the ones that your PRO provides.
© 2002 Jeff Brabec
Todd Brabec This article is based on information contained
in the new, revised paperback edition of the book "Music,
Money, And Success: The Insider's Guide To Making Money In
The Music Industry" written by Jeffrey Brabec and Todd Brabec
(Published by Schirmer Trade Books/Music Sales/435 pages).
Here to buy this book.
Related: Ralph Murphy on A.S.C.A.P.


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All levels unlocked.
Your goal is simple:
-Remove the red shapes without the green ones falling off the screen.
This starts out easy but after level 10 you can forget what you know about gravity...
-If you get stuck there's a link to a walkthrough in the game.
-You can turn the SFX off in the right click menu.
-There's a level editor, give it a go!
Click on the shapes to make them dissapear.


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This option is currently sold out.
Have you ever dreamt of cheese arriving at your doorstep, once a month, for the next twelve months? Well, dream no longer, because we present you with one year of cheese-filled bliss. Each month for the next year, our cheesemongers will hand select three complimentary cheeses which are at their peak ripeness, seasonality, and of the highest quality. After delicately wrapping your cheeses, we will send them your way, full cheese descriptions and pairing notes as well. See y'all next year!
Our cheese of the month club is shipped for the second Tuesday of each applicable month. Shipping is included in the price.*
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I have only basic knowledge in Linux, and this is a short background to my problem:
I have a hp thin client running Linux. Above this a Citrix ICA client is running.
I have disabled the shortcuts and hotkeys in the Linux OS (they interfere with the ICA session otherwise) in the file keythemerc in directory default.keys.
Everything seems fine except that the key with "6" and "&" -sign doesn't work! Not in the Linux console and not in the ICA session.
I think this i very strange. Does anyone have a clue?
Very gratefuel for any tips!
Is it definitely software and not hardware?
Have you tried another keyboard?
Simon. (^_^)
TIP: Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
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A teenage girl battling a rare form of cancer has donated her hair to help other children suffering from the disease.
Ella Crann, of Moat Hill, Birstall, was diagnosed with stage four rhabdomyosarcoma last month, which has spread around her body.
The 16-year-old, a pupil at Bruntcliffe High School, began intensive chemotherapy and quickly found she was loosing her hair.
Inspired to help others, Ella and her auntie Emma Turnbull shaved their heads at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) on Friday, where Ella is undergoing treatment.
They donated the hair to the Little Princess Trust, which makes real hair wigs for young children who have lost their own hair through cancer treatment.
Ella's 12-year-old cousin, Rachael Varley, also cut her hair in support.
Mrs Turnbull said: "We are all really proud of Ella.
"When she started her treatment she noticed her hair had started to come out.
She was really keen to donate it to charity. Ella had already been given a wig from the Little Princess Trust and she wanted to donate her hair and help someone else."
Through sponsorship from friends and family, Ella has also raised more than £800 for the Yorkshire-based children's charity Candlelighters.
She has been receiving treatment and undergoing tests at the LGI this week.
Mrs Turnbull said: "It has been really difficult couple of weeks. It has been hard for all of us and it came out of nowhere.
"Ella has been really positive and by doing the fundraising it has given us all something to focus on."
Visit www.justgiving.com/ellacrann to sponsor her.


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Free Interactive Channel Lets Users View, Vote for the Best Mii Creations
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- It's no secret that fans of
Nintendo's Wii(TM) system love their Mii(TM) characters -- those adorably
cartoonish caricatures of friends and family members that can be used in games
like Wii Sports(TM). Some of the more artistic fans have even taken it upon
themselves to make Miis of celebrities, politicians and fictional characters.
Nintendo supports consumers' creative spirit with the Nov. 11 evening launch
of the Check Mii Out Channel. This free new channel can be downloaded from the
WiiWare(TM) section of the Wii Shop Channel by people who have their Wii
systems connected to the Internet.
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"The Check Mii Out Channel lets people show off their Mii creations and
vote on those created by others," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's
senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "It's yet
another way that we're building fun, interactive communities of Wii owners
without charging them extra for the privilege."
In the Posting Plaza, users can submit, exchange or just browse Miis
posted by others in their region or worldwide. The channel offers the ability
to look at a random selection of 1,000 Miis or to see just the current or
all-time favorites. Players have a variety of ways to search for specific
Miis, including by the name of its creator or by a number specific to each
Mii. Once users have found that "special Mii," they can even tag their
favorites or import them to their own Wii systems.
The contest section of the Check Mii Out Channel challenges users to
submit Mii creations to represent a specific person, character or theme. These
could include historical figures (Abraham Lincoln or Vincent Van Gogh),
fictional characters (the Tooth Fairy or the New Year's Baby) or descriptive
themes ("the biggest bully ever" or "the overbearing boss"). Users can then
vote on Miis submitted by others to determine the Mii that best fits the
challenge. Each contest will generally last two weeks: one for creating and
submitting Miis, and the second week for people to vote on the results.
The Check Mii Out Channel is the latest addition to other fun, interactive
informational channels, such as the News Channel, Everybody Votes Channel and
Forecast Channel. Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults
manage the content their children can access. For more information about this
and other Wii features, visit Wii.com.
The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment,
Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and
software for its Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM), Game Boy(R) Advance and Nintendo
GameCube(TM) systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.4 billion video
games and more than 420 million hardware units globally, and has created
industry icons like Mario(TM), Donkey Kong(R), Metroid(R), Zelda(TM) and
Pokemon(R). A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in
Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the
Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's
Web site at http://www.nintendo.com.


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Holiday of Lights, Lotito City Park
Where Lotito City Park, 1780 Stadium Dr, Bluefield, WV 24701, Description Nov 26-Dec 31: Holiday of Lights, Lotito City Park The City of Bluefield, West Virginia welcomes you to one of the largest light shows in the two Virginias--over 600,000 lights transformed into a showcase of holiday themes that are sure to touch the hearts of every visitor. Admission is free; however donations are accepted as vehicles exit the park and are greatly appreciated. Hours are Sunday-Thursday from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. and Friday-Saturday 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. 304-327-2494; email@example.com; www.cityofbluefield.com Holiday of Light Activities •December 5, 12, 19, 26: Hayrides with Santa, Elf and the Farmer ($3/person) and Bonfire. Time: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. •December 6, 13, 20, 27: A walk through the park at the Holiday of Lights Festival in Bluefield. A unique viewing experience walking through our light display highlights the beauty of the holiday season. We invite you to marvel at over 700,000 lights while you take a stroll around the park. Time: 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Park will open to vehicles at 6 p.m. •December 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19: A Night in Bethlehem - Bring the entire family and join us on a journey to the Biblical City of Bethlehem. Be a part of history and witness the events that led up to the birth of Jesus Christ. Take a walk through the marketplace and visit the shops. Taste treats at the Bakery and Candy Shops. Participate in "hands-on" activities in the Pottery and Metal Working shops. Hang on to your coins for the Roman census and taxation (coins will be provided). 304-320-7099 •December 4, 11, 18 Santa and his elves at the Ridge Runner Train Station and Trolley will start in the parking lot outside the Holiday of Lights entrance. This will include a visit with Santa and an open-air trolley ride to enjoy 40 plus acres of beautiful light displays. Feel free to bring your camera. Be sure to dress warm and we look forward to seeing you there. 304-327-2401 ext. 2451


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Elements of Book Design and Illustration was exhibited in the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives from April - November 2002. All materials in the exhibit were curated from the holdings of the Miriam Snow Mathes Historical Children's Literature Collection by two University at Albany School of Information Science and Policy graduate students, Tracy Salvage and Karen Grimwood. The Mathes Collection includes over 10,000 children's books and periodicals published in the 19th century and up to 1950. The central purpose of the Mathes Collection is to provide the texts of works that are generally no longer available in children's library collections today-and to make them available for historical, literary and cultural study and consultation by scholars, students, teachers, librarians, and the interested public.
This online exhibit includes selected images from among the over sixty titles included in the initial exhibit. Its goal is to highlight design and illustrations used in children's literature from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Special design features include a rich variety of endpapers, frontispieces, head- and tailpieces, and decorated initials. Illustrations were selected for their visual appeal and to convey the range of artistic styles and media inherent in antique children's books.
The exhibit is divided into the following sections:
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Yvonne Sanchez will enter her fifth season at the helm of the University of New Mexico women's basketball program for the 2014-15 season, which will be her 16th season at the school.
After a 1-7 start to the 2014-15 season, the Lobos won 20 of their final 20 games to finish with a 21-13 mark. UNM finished with a school-record 14 conference wins, won 13 straight at home for the first time since 2004-05 and went undefeated at home in conference play for the first time since 2004-05. Sanchez earned Mountain West Coach of the Year honors and advanced her squad to the Mountain West Tournament finals for the second time in four years. The Lobos then went on to host two games in the WBI, the team's first post season appearance since 2009-10.
For the third straight season, Lobos guard Antiesha Brown earned all-conference accolades. Brown became the 19th Lobo in program history to finish her career with more than 1,000 points. Cherise Beynon was named to the All-Mountain West Freshman Team.
In 2013-14, Lobos guard Antiesha Brown earned all-conference accolades for a second straight season. Brown was an All-Mountain West honorable-mention award winner after being voted the MW Sixth Player of the Year the season before. Senior Sara Halasz also became the 13th Lobo in program history to finish her career with 1,000 points and 500 rebounds by season's end. UNM led the Mountain West in attendance for a 15th consecutive season with an average home crowd of 5,914 fans.
The 2012-13 season saw a six-win improvement from her first season, and the Lobos made program history as well. The 17-14 mark posted by New Mexico in Sanchez's second season included the program's first-ever four-game Mountain West road winning streak. The Cherry & Silver went on to defeat UNLV in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament, which marked the seventh straight season that New Mexico has won at least one game in the conference tournament. The season was also highlighted by a 65-61 victory over Texas Tech in The Pit. It was the first win against the Lady Red Raiders in four seasons.
A pair of Lobos went on to garner all-conference accolades in 2012-13. Brown became the first Lobo ever to win the MW Sixth Player of the Year award while Caroline Durbin was named to the All-Mountain West Second Team. Durbin also repeated as a Capital One Academic All-American, the first Lobo in team history to repeat that accomplishment.
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The 2011-12 season was a season of firsts for Coach Sanchez and company. Despite finishing the regular season with a 9-19 record overall, the Lobos would never surrender. They turned the 2012 Mountain West Conference Tournament upside down advancing all the way to the championship game as the tournament's seventh seed. Their run through the conference's postseason tournament saw UNM become the first-ever seventh seed to beat a second seeded team. They also became the first-ever seventh seeded team to advance to the championship game of the conference tournament.
Along the way, Coach Sanchez's players picked up the first individual awards of the Yvonne Sanchez era. Caroline Durbin was named First Team All-Mountain West. She also became the first Capital One Academic All-American First Team member in program history. Porsche Torrance garnered Third Team All-Conference honors while being named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year. The 2011-12 New Mexico Lobos also finished tenth in the country in attendance. That ranking was first in the Mountain West and among all non-BCS conference teams.
The New Mexico head coach also shares a special distinction with Wyoming's Joe Legerski in Mountain West history. The two are the only coaches to have been a part of every MW Tournament since the conference's initial season of 1999-2000.
Yvonne Sanchez was named the fifth head women's basketball coach in UNM history on April 22, 2011. The long-time assistant coach under previous head coach Don Flanagan was selected after a national candidate search. Sanchez had spent eleven seasons, including three as associate head coach, along side Coach Flanagan as he became the winningest coach in program history.
"After conducting a national search, we realized that the best candidate was right here at the University of New Mexico," said Paul Krebs, vice president of athletics. "Yvonne is passionate about Lobo basketball, she brings great energy, and is an outstanding recruiter. Her reputation within the coaching community is outstanding, and she is the right person to lead this program into the future."
Sanchez joined the Lobo staff in 2000 and immediately saw the program surge to new heights, winning 20 games in each of her nine seasons as an assistant coach. In her first year, 2000-01, the Lobos advanced to the championship game of the WNIT before advancing to seven consecutive NCAA Tournaments, winning two regular season Mountain West titles and five MW tournament championships. With Sanchez on the Lobo sidelines, she helped build UNM's reputation for defending The Pit, going 155-44 in eleven years, a .779 winning percentage. The Lobos won double-digit home games in ten of her elevens seasons as assistant and associate head coach, including a three-year stretch where the Lobos were a stellar 45-5.
Over eleven seasons as an assistant at New Mexico, Sanchez has also helped coach seven First Team All-MWC performers, ten Second-Team members, and nine Third-Team members. Also in that time, the Lobos had six players earn honorable mention honors, three earn All-Defense and two players earned Mountain West Newcomer of the Year honors.
In addition the Lobos earned 33 MWC Player of the Week awards, 82 Mountain West All-Academic selections, six Academic All-District selections, one Academic All-American, and one Kodak All-American. Five times the Lobos were recognized by the WBCA for ranking in the Top 25 nationally in team grade point average, and twice the team finished the season in the national top 25 polls as well during Sanchez's eleven years on Don Flanagan's staff.
"I am thrilled to be the next head coach at the University of New Mexico," said Sanchez. "Coach Flanagan has been such a mentor and positive influence in my life, and has prepared me for this opportunity. Being a native New Mexican, the passion and pride I have for this university and athletic department is tremendous. I am honored and humbled to take over a program of such success and tradition, and I am ready to lead it back to one of the best teams in the Mountain West Conference."
Coach Sanchez's coaching career spans 19 years. In the time before her eleven seasons in Albuquerque, her career includes stops as an assistant coach at San Diego State (1999-2000) and New Mexico State (1993-1999). Sanchez got her coaching start in 1989 at Academy of Our Lady of Peace, a high school in San Diego. She led the squad to CIF championships in 1990 and 1992, and was named the 1990 San Diego prep coach of the year, despite not having an indoor facility. During her tenure at OLP, the Pilots compiled a 76-39 (.661) record. The 45-year old Sanchez is a 1989 graduate of U.S. International University in San Diego, where she was a four-year letter winner. She received her bachelor's degree in Psychology. The Albuquerque native was a three-year starter under Don Flanagan at Eldorado High School from 1982-85, during which time the Eagles won a state-record 74 consecutive games and two 4A state titles. She was twice named to the all-state team and was also tabbed as the state 4A Player of the Year by the Albuquerque Journal.
What They Are Saying About Yvonne Sanchez
Kelly Graves, head women's basketball coach, University of Oregon, former UNM player (UNM '88)
Steve Alford, head men's basketball coach, UCLA Bruins
Charli Turner Thorne, head women's basketball coach, Arizona State
Debbie Antonelli, ESPN/Westwood One women's basketball analyst
Sherri Coale, head women's basketball coach, Oklahoma Sooners


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As her new book depicting clashes between first lady Michelle Obama and some of President Obama's closest aides became fodder for this week's talk shows and news headlines, the author of The Obamas told The Root that her tome aims to spotlight the first couple's partnership in a fashion similar to that of a lauded book on the entwined White House lives of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Though the first lady, in an interview with CBS' Gayle King, bristled at what she characterized as the book's suggestion that she is an "angry black woman," New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor countered that the caricature was not her intent but that the book, among other highlights, grapples with some of the race-infused pressures the first black president and first lady have confronted.
"Mrs. Obama made several comments that I assume must be in response to the coverage of the book, since she said she didn't read it and also because there's no suggestion or depiction in The Obamas of her as a stereotypical angry black woman," said Kantor, whose book is based on interviews with more than 30 current and former aides.
No interviews with Michelle Obama or the president are contained in The Obamas, which Kantor said departs from existing narratives in a deliberate bid to focus less on the first lady's personal style than on the evolving partnership between President Obama and a first lady who has expressed ambivalences about her husband's political life and whose Washington trajectory has been marked by its ups and its downs.
"I've really watched her evolve [largely] by trial and error," said Kantor, who has covered the Obamas since 2007. "It's important to remember the stakes … [In spring 2008, the first lady's] advisers did an image makeover. I quote an aide in the book: 'We decided to make her more like the mom on The Cosby Show.' "
That fixation on a black first lady's public appearance fueled Obama's pre-existing knowledge that being black — and first — would draw extra scrutiny from those inclined to dwell on racial distinctions. "We have so few models, as a country," Kantor added, "of warm, accomplished, successful black women that we have to run to Phylicia Rashad who, A), played a fictional character and, B), did that [almost] 30 years ago."
Being micromanaged didn't sit well with Michelle Obama, Kantor writes. She re-emphasized that assertion to The Root and characterized Obama's arrival in Washington as a "rocky start," a proverbial "stranger in a strange land" existence.
Though Obama is a Harvard-trained lawyer and former hospital administrator who wanted to weigh in on health care reform, President Obama's aides precluded that, Kantor writes. The Democrats had taken a lesson from the flak former President Clinton received when his own wife, then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, inserted her bona fides into that era's health care debate.
President Obama's protracted dip in public opinion polls has prompted Michelle Obama to insert herself more boldly in the shaping of her husband's image and message, said Kantor, for whom Doris Kearns Goodwin's No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II served as an inspiration.
"The power dynamic in the White House starts to shift. As the president's popularity drops, her popularity becomes all the more important. She is the one American people love. She's in demand for events," Kantor said.
Obama believes, Kantor writes, that her husband's aides have been more focused on winning the next election than on promoting the policies that undergirded his campaign pledge of "change."
As she tracks Obama's evolution to this point, Kantor notes that the first lady's guardianship of her husband's image and espoused beliefs also imbue her with a certain caution. Kantor said that the first lady has not forgotten the mostly white backlash over the black nationalistic preaching of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the Obamas' former Chicago pastor. "It's interesting that the first lady has not had that kind of public gaffe [regarding] race," Kantor said. "But she will say things about race that are very clear … That this problem of childhood obesity applies to everybody, but it disproportionately affects black and Latino families. Her statements on race are very understated and very clear."
An equally pivotal and positive moment in the first lady's own way forward, Kantor said, involved her 2009 visit to a London girls' school heavily populated by nonwhite, poor and immigrant students from asylum-seeking families.
"The way her advisers told me the story later [suggests] that this is when she really began to understand her potential first lady-hood," Kantor said. "The way they describe this … She starts to choke up. It was almost like she could kind of see herself through their eyes … She's talking to these girls about what they offer to society. She is hugging them; they are swooning. The Secret Service guys are getting nervous, but she keeps going and keeps going. She continued struggling for a while in the White House after that, but that moment kind of planted the seed for who she would become as first lady."
Katti Gray is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based freelance writer.


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(Phoenix, Ariz. – May 18, 2005) Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard will present Phoenix Children's Hospital with $70,000 to support the hospital's efforts to provide medication and treatment to low income children who suffer from asthma. The presentation will be held at Ignacio Conchos Elementary School where the Phoenix Children's Hospital Breathmobile will be hosting a clinic. The event will be held on Monday – May 23 beginning at 11:30 a.m.
The money will be used to help fund Phoenix Children's Hospital Breathmobile. This mobile asthma clinic is staffed with physicians, nurses and residents from Phoenix Children's Hospital, and travels to Phoenix inner-city schools to provide essential services to diagnose asthma, provide treatment and follow up care. Each year the Breathmobile serves 350 low income school-age children free of charge.
"The Breathmobile is part of a successful community outreach program to uninsured and low income children supported by donations and grants from the community," said Steve Schnall, Vice President of the Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation.
The Center for Disease Control ranks Arizona fifth in the country for cases of diagnosed asthma.
The $70,000 is part of a total of $350,000 the Attorney General's Office is giving community health programs to provide low income individuals with prescription drugs to treat asthma.
"Chronic asthma requires a daily regime of expensive medication, often for a lifetime," Goddard said. "For those without prescription drug insurance coverage, many parents cannot afford to buy the medication for their children, which places them at serious risk."
The funds come from a 2004 settlement with MEDCO Health Solutions, the largest pharmacy benefit management company in the United States. Arizona joined 19 other states in this settlement of deceptive trade practices claims, which totaled $20 million nationwide.
The lawsuit alleged that MEDCO encouraged pharmacies to switch patients to different prescription drugs but failed at times to pass on the resulting savings to patients or their health care plans. The drug switches generally benefited MEDCO despite the company's claims that they saved patients and health plans money. MEDCO did not tell prescribers or patients that the switches would increase rebate payments from drug manufacturers to MEDCO.
The settlement also required MEDCO to make important changes to its business practices so that patients and their doctors will make decisions about switching medications, not the pharmacy benefit company or the pharmacist.
"I am pleased we are able to help PCH's Breathmobile program," Goddard said. "The MEDCO settlement funds will be put to good use, and will help address a chronic illness that continues to plague Arizona families," said Goddard.


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S.A. Opera to file for bankruptcy within 20 days
Facing a federal lawsuit by a local musicians union, San Antonio Opera plans to file for liquidation bankruptcy within 20 days, the opera company's lawyer said Monday.
Meanwhile, another opera organization, Opera Theater San Antonio, plans to stage its initial gala concert in May 2013 with the San Antonio Symphony featuring seven or eight internationally known opera singers and to stage its first operas in January 2015 in the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts now under construction.
"We had offered San Antonio Opera a role as a resident company of the Tobin Center, but it has fallen on hard times," said J. Bruce Bugg, president and chairman of the Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation, which is overseeing the Tobin Center. "Opera Theater San Antonio has been in organization the last 18 months. We're hoping for Opera Theater San Antonio to scale up to and to qualify to be the resident opera company," Bugg said.
San Antonio Opera, which started its 16th season last September, has no assets or staff, said its lawyer, Randy Osherow. It has canceled its productions this year of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and Rossini's "Barber of Seville" and will file for liquidation once the paperwork is ready to notify season subscribers, musicians and several arts vendors, who would be claimants in the case, Osherow said.
"The staff members have all moved on to other jobs," Osherow said.
"Every single person is sad that San Antonio Opera has to file for bankruptcy," Osherow added. "These people are all volunteers. They did this because it was something they loved. The arts are difficult. It is hard to make money in the arts."
The American Federation of Musicians, Local 23, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming that San Antonio Opera still owes musicians payments for a January 2010 production of Donizetti's "The Daughter of the Regiment" that was canceled.
The 46 musicians of the San Antonio Opera orchestra were told with short notice of the cancellation, after they had prepared to play and had turned down other work to be able to play during that time, said Brian Petkovich, secretary-treasurer of local federation.
The union filed a grievance, and a settlement was worked out in which the musicians would be paid $1,000 each over eight payments, plus $80 to each musician's union pension account, Petkovich said. The payments stopped last year, Petkovich said.
Petkovich estimated that each musician still is owed $750.
Osherow said he believes the musicians' lawsuit would be converted to a bankruptcy claim once San Antonio Opera files for bankruptcy.
The San Antonio Opera began its decline in November when founder Mark Richter, who also served as artistic director, left. Interim successor Terence Frazor cut ties less than two months later when he said the company could no longer make payroll. The company closed its offices in January.
Opera Theater San Antonio plans to make its stage debut May 23, 2013, with the San Antonio Symphony at the Majestic Theatre, said Mel Weingart, Opera Theater San Antonio chairman.
Details about the concert and the company's first two operas in January 2015 will be revealed in a news conference to be held within weeks.
Opera Theater San Antonio is waiting until 2015 for its first staged operas because it wants to attract internationally known stars. "We are dealing with performers who have a lead time of three years," Weingart said.
Opera Theater San Antonio will use the San Antonio Symphony as its orchestra, Weingart said.
"This will be an audience-driven company with the audience determining the number and variety of the productions," Weingart said. "We are interested in operating a financially and qualitatively viable company."
The San Antonio Symphony, slated to be the largest performing arts organization to occupy the Tobin Center, has financial problems, too, ending its 2010-11 season with a deficit and beginning the 2011-12 season without a contract for its musicians. The symphony musicians continue to perform under terms of the previous year's contracted wages.
Negotiations between symphony musicians and management recently resumed. A negotiating session set for today will cover working rules but not next season's salary, said symphony President and CEO Jack Fishman.
"Every nonprofit organization is having trouble raising money this year," Fishman said. Ticket sales this season are ahead of schedule and individual donations are up, Fishman said. The symphony is trying to close on several pending corporate and foundation gifts, he added.
The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, being constructed at the site of downtown's Municipal Auditorium, is scheduled to open in 2014.


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Shepherd Spotted 'Shepherding' Two Sheep On Bicycle
This may just be the weirdest thing you see all day...
An Ethiopian shepherd turned balance artist has been seen transporting two sheep via bicycle through the city.
Wearing one over his shoulders and one on his back, it is a very unusual site to behold.
And yet the sheep don't seem overly concerned with their mode of transport.
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On 4th anniversary of tragedy, Flight 3407 families cite 'disconnect' on rules
WASHINGTON – The Families of Continental Flight 3407 spent the fourth anniversary of the loss of their loved ones lobbying the Federal Aviation Administration and members of Congress for tougher rules for the nation's pilots – and in doing so, they found new reason for frustration with the FAA.
Only hours after Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., told them that the FAA had committed to completing long-delayed new regulations for pilot qualifications and training this year, the agency's administrator and top safety official told the families that the training rule will likely not be completed until June 2014.
"There was a disconnect" that apparently left Schumer with the wrong information, said Karen Eckert, one of the leading members of the families group.
The FAA feels it needs to redo the economic analysis undergirding the proposed new pilot-training rules, said Eckert, whose sister Beverly Eckert, a 9/11 activist, was one of the 50 people killed in the crash.
"They put some sense into some of the delays and explained why they have to go back to the drawing board," Eckert said. "They said there's a better way for them to do the cost-benefit analysis" on the training rule.
The FAA officials, including Administrator Michael P. Huerta, assured the families that the new analysis would likely make a better case for the new pilot-training rules, rather than lead to their weakening.
The proposed rules would, for the first time, require pilots to train in a simulator for how to react to unexpected stalls and upsets. The pilot of Continental Connection Flight 3407 did not know how to react to an aerodynamic stall, and his mistakes sent the plane plummeting into a house in Clarence Center.
Still, there was a sharp contrast between what the families learned at their meeting at the FAA and what Schumer announced at a news conference earlier in the day.
"We spoke to the FAA this morning," Schumer said. "They assured us they are on track to meet both the August deadline for the pilot certification [regulations] and the October deadline for crew member training. They told us they will meet those deadlines."
Asked to explain the discrepancy between what he had said and what the FAA officials told the Flight 3407 families, Schumer said: "The FAA promised – no ifs, ands or buts – that these regulations would be done by August and October of this year. We will hold their feet to the fire to ensure they live up to this commitment that they made to me, and to the families of Flight 3407. Any other action on their part would be absolutely unacceptable and a violation of the promises they made."
However, both the Flight 3407 families at the news conference and Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, expressed some skepticism about whether the FAA would meet those deadlines, no matter what Schumer heard.
Noting that Flight 3407 crashed because the pilot did not know how to recover from a stall, John Kausner, whose daughter, Ellyce, was killed in the crash, said: "I will submit to you that the FAA cannot get out of a stall." He noted that the airline industry is fighting the new rules, suggesting that it would face an undue burden from them. That prompted him to gesture to the families standing with him and say: "You want an undue burden? Look behind me."
Meanwhile, Scott Maurer, whose daughter, Lorin, was killed in the crash, appealed to President Obama to push the FAA to complete the new rules. "We've been patient, Mr. President, very patient," he said. "But you know that the American people deserve better. You know that and we know that."
Collins was equally skeptical of the FAA's ability to complete the new air safety rules.
"I'm sorry, but a new deadline is unacceptable," Collins said, before he had any reason to know that the FAA had set yet another new deadline. "To say – and I'm sorry, Sen. Schumer – to say they're going to meet the deadline, they've missed the deadline, again and again. That is unacceptable. Words are unacceptable." Collins, who was the Erie County executive in charge of the emergency response on the night of the crash, choked up during his comments, saying: "It's hitting me like a tsunami right now."
Collins' comments prompted Schumer to return to the podium to reassure the families and the media that he is not going easy on the FAA. If agency officials do not complete the regulations on time, "they will be hearing from us," he said.
Later in the day, the families held a memorial service for their loved ones in a Capitol Hill committee room. Schumer, Collins and Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, joined Deborah A.P. Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, in reading the names of the crash victims.
And each of the family members then proceeded to the front of the room and, one by one, laid down a rose to mark their loss.


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Lazaro Arbos Eliminated on 'American Idol'
On tonight's (April 11) results episode of 'American Idol,' Lazaro Arbos was at risk of going home, since he turned in two not very good peformances last night, singing out of key and delivering what show mentor Jimmy Iovine called "an Ambien milkshake." Translation: It was boring and put him to sleep. The judges didn't use their sole save of the season on Arbos and he was thus eliminated.
For his save song, the singer, who battles a stutter but sings like a mother effer, performed 'Feeling Good,' which was pretty flawless and reminded us why the American public kept voting to keep him around each week when Iovine was consistently predicting that it was time to go home.
But it wasn't enough for the judges to throw the save out there for him. So with Arbos' elimination, we are left with a Top 5 and it's comprised of all females. That means that a girl will be crowned the Season 12 winner. There has not been a female winner of 'Idol' since Season 6's Jordin Sparks, so it's high time a lady takes the crown and carries on the tradition of Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Fantasia Barrino and Sparks.
Good luck to the Top 5 -- Janelle Arthur, Candice Glover, Kree Harrison, Amber Holcomb and Angie Miller. Girls rule!
But we will miss Lazaro Arbos. He was and remains an inspiration.


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U.S. Equal Employment
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Retailer Retaliated Against Woman Who Complained About Abuse, Federal Agency Charges
PHILADELPHIA — PetSmart, Inc., the nation's leading retailer of services and products for pets, will pay $125,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to resolve a federal sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC charged in its lawsuit that female employees were subjected to unwelcome sexual harassment by a store manager who worked first at the company's Pottstown store and then at its Wyomissing store. The EEOC said that the store manager's sexually offensive conduct and comments included repeatedly grabbing his genitals while talking to female employees and making explicit sexual comments and sexual innuendoes.
Further, the EEOC charged, PetSmart not only failed to take prompt and effective action to stop the harassment, as required by law, but engaged in unlawful retaliation against a female manager after she complained. The store manager allegedly yelled at the woman, belittled her in front of subordinates, followed her around the store and disciplined her despite her good job performance. As a result of the unrelenting harassment and unwarranted retaliation, the EEOC said, she was forced to quit her job.
"Sexual harassment is unacceptable and illegal at any workplace," said EEOC Acting Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru. "The EEOC is strongly committed to combating this kind of misconduct."
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964makes it unlawful to sexually harass an employee and to retaliate against someone who complains about discrimination. The EEOC filed suit, Civil Action No. 08-cv-3527, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement out of court.
The two-year consent decree settling the suit, which is pending court approval, provides important equitable relief, including mandatory EEO training of all managers, supervisors, and employees about employee rights and employer obligations under Title VII; distributing the company policy prohibiting discrimination, harassment and retaliation to all employees; and posting an EEO notice advising employees of its policies against workplace discrimination.
"We filed this lawsuit because all employees have the right to complain about sexual harassment without suffering unlawful reprisals," said EEOC Acting Regional Attorney Debra Lawrence. "We are pleased that the parties were able to resolve this matter and that PetSmart agreed to a variety of corrective measures designed to prevent future problems in the workplace."
According to its web site, PetSmart, Inc. is the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets. It operates more than 1,107 stores in the United States and Canada.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the Commission is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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2011 Tour de France: Stage 2: Cadel Evans at the finish of stage
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Fat Obstetrics
On June 10, 2010, the Unnecesarean blog, had a critique of an article about fat women in birth. The post, written by ANaturalAdvocate, is called "Do Overweight Women Need Separate High-Risk Hospitals?" and refers to the New York Times article, "Growing Obesity Increases Perils of Childbearing."
The blog article, henceforth called the "critique," picks out bits and pieces of the (NYT) article, moulding it in a way that highlights (in her eyes) the horrors of fat phobia in the birth world.
The gist of the article is that women are getting fatter and fatter and, because of that, labor & deliver floors are having to change how things work. Bigger gowns, sturdier and physically bigger L&D beds and operating room tables are becoming necessary, different/longer GYN equipment is being bought… all to accommodate the obese obstetric patient.
(A note about terms: I am a fat woman who uses the term "fat" to describe myself and use it as an adjective and noun (depending on context), not as a pejorative. I will alternately use the terms "obese," "large," "bigger," "large-sized," "super-sized [over 300 pounds {or so} or over a 50 BMI]," and possibly others. However, I am offended by the term "morbidly obese" so will refrain from using it. I apologize if any of these words offends you, but these are the descriptions/adjectives I am comfortable with and choose to use.)
Interestingly, it seems each blogger translates the article very differently. ANaturalAdvocate spends an inordinate amount of time discussing the Body Mass Index (BMI) and its shortcomings. The Well-Rounded Mama says, in her post, "Exaggerating the Risks Again," that the article is, "hyperventilating about the risks of 'obesity' in pregnancy. And it includes the typical distortions, exaggerations, and apocryphal personal stories as part of the usual tactics to scare fat women into either drastic measures to lose weight before pregnancy, into draconian interventions during pregnancy, or to scare them out of even contemplating pregnancy at all." I, on the other hand, read that fat is taking on a life of its own in the obstetric world… and we can no longer ignore it. Even if it is a smaller portion than WRM believes, it is a growing (bigger each day) population that must be acknowledged and addressed.
You would have to have your head in the sand not to notice how fat Americans (and those who eat the S[tandard]A[merican]D[iet] diet) are becoming. Look around! I'm seeing toddlers weighing almost 100 pounds, grade school kids with diabetes and teens with blood pressure issues. I was the fat girl in junior and high school… at 130 pounds! Now, the fat girl weighs a whole, whole lot more. "Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The prevalence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008. The prevalence of obesity among adolescents aged 12 to 19 years increased from 5.0% to 18.1%." What are we turning into?
All of us could go on and on about the causes of obesity and the precipitous climb in the complications associated with it, but, one thing all of us are aware of: there is no one cause –and no one answer to fixing the problem.
WRM says, "Some folks really are fat because they eat poorly and don't get enough exercise, and some folks really are fat because they have an eating disorder. But research clearly shows that fatness also has a very strong genetic component. Some people have underlying hormonal or metabolic disturbances (like PCOS) that create a propensity to being fat and great difficulty in losing weight. Environmental factors (easy access to highly processed foods, less opportunities for exercise) plays a role for some people, yet many thinner people eat highly processed foods and get little exercise but are not fat."
I squint trying to see what her point is. To me, all of those statements roll into one reality: People are fat. Whether the food causes the hormonal imbalance that causes the PCOS that causes the weight gain that causes the fat… or whether the heredity makes the woman have a propensity to getting diabetes and she's one of the (financially) poor minorities and eats the cheapest food our country offers; fast and fattening –and she gains a few extra pounds that her pancreas cannot handle and she lives for 15 years with Insulin Resistance before she gets pregnant and, even though she passes her GTT, has a serious case of over-stressed pancreas and, undetected, steps into the realm of diabetic complications.
WHO CARES WHERE IT COMES FROM?!? We know how to fix it. Say it with me.
That's right. Diet & Exercise.
If I know this… if I write this… why am I still fat? Because the answer to "Diet & Exercise" comes with a thousand parenthetical asides.
-(But, the ghrelin makes people hungry, especially if they've lost weight before.)
-(The Dopamine receptors don't work properly and are fed by food, making it a delightful feeling to eat again and again.)
-(Because we live in a world with remote control televisions instead of migrating twice a year as our bodies are meant to do.)
-(Because the poorest of the poor are relegated to eating the shittiest of the food choices.)
-(It's not safe to walk where I live and I don't have money for gas to go somewhere else or money for a gym membership.)
-(People at the office bring fattening foods and I can't help myself.)
-(Food is delicious; healthy food tastes like crap.)
-(My grandmother lived through the depression and forced me to finish what was on my plate and I hear her yelling at me with every meal.)
-(Eating makes me high.)
-(I've tried to lose weight a thousand times and it never lasts.)
-(My thyroid is out of whack.)
-(I have PCOS and it makes it too hard to lose weight.)
-(I hate to exercise)
-(My whole family is Hispanic/African-American/Asian/Native American and it's normal for my family to get diabetes.)
-(and on and on and on and on and on)
Eating today has become biochemical warfare.
Sometimes I feel like I fit into every one of those categories above, including the so on, so on, so on one.
If I can't even get my own food issues under control, how can I sit here writing about pregnant women getting theirs in order?
Because I believe we all have to work together to support each other in this. I believe the only way for fat pregnant women to get the midwifery, holistic care we natural, birthy people think they deserve is to offer it ourselves.
Before sharing my ideas about what to do, I want to talk a little more about why we must create our own solutions.
Do you know what the body looks like inside when the person is fat? Do you know there are great globs of yellow fat… just like fat on a steak, but softer and yellower… coating the organs, the intestines, the uterus and clinging to the underside of the bottom layer of skin? Do you know that vaginas in very fat women are full, as if they are swollen, more challenging to find a cervix because fat in the tissues "drops" the flesh downward, hiding it? Did you know that the fat inside the body is called "Visceral Fat" and that it is not an inert mass like the fat you can grab/pinch on the body (subcutaneous fat), but an alive collection of matter that secretes many hormones, including leptin and resistin.
Visceral body fat is one of the two types of body fat. Visceral fat sits underneath the muscles and borders vital organs. This tucked-away location makes it possible to be fairly slender and still carry an excess amount of fat. Visceral fat is metabolized by the liver and transforms into blood cholesterol, making it the most potentially harmful to your health. Your diet and degree of exercise affect your amount of visceral fat.
Subcutaneous fat lies beneath the outermost layer of skin (epidermis) and serves as a shield. It is located nearly everywhere on the body but may be thickest in the abdomen, thighs and underarms. A certain amount of subcutaneous fat is vital to survival. For example, it keeps you warm when it's cold outside. An excess of subcutaneous fat is a sign of being overweight."
Visceral fat and its hormones don't just sit there. It secretes chemicals into the system, chemicals linked to changes in the endocrine system, including causing PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), diabetes, heart disease and some forms of cancer. "Meanwhile, when fat reaches the digestive system it breaks down in the liver. As it does this, toxins are released into the bloodstream. These can seriously damage organs such as the liver, causing fatty liver disease. This can lead to inflammation, the formation of scar tissue and eventually cirrhosis. It is also a risk factor for cardiovascular disease."
Did you tune out? Isn't this part so flipping boring? Like some text book or a newspaper article that we've read a million times and just skim over saying, "blah blah blah." All that crap we couldn't care less about?
Instead, let's look at what visceral fat looks like inside the body.
This is an MRI scan of an "averaged-sized man who is 6-foot-2, weighs 174 pounds and…" has a BMI of 21.7. The visceral fat is in yellow. Subcutaneous fat is green and the muscles are red.
This is a better example, also an MRI. Muscles are in red, bones are white, organs are black and fat is yellow.
This is a woman who weighs 119 pounds.
Here is a woman weighing 245 pounds.
You can easily see both the subcutaneous and visceral fat. Note the visceral fat surrounding the body's organs. The visceral fat is not just sitting there, but is actively infiltrating the organs with a mad variety of hormones and chemicals.
I don't know how anyone can sit there and tell me a fat person is healthy. The fat person might not have labs that are abnormal at the moment, but, moment by moment, those organs are being transformed into liver disease, cancers, diabetes, thyroid problems, heart disease and more.
Because I get an enormous amount of flack every time I say the vagina is fat, please take a gander at the fat around this one woman's (non-pregnant) uterus. Fat has weight and the weight presses down, pushing the tissues inward; vagina included.
Before you say, "But this is just one example," let me share with you another three photos of MRIs, the first is a normal amount of visceral fat, the second, a moderate amount and the third, a large amount of fat.
In this last MRI, the blue is the liver, red, kidneys, green, the spleen and pancreas. The white is the visceral fat.
I show and say all of this because I am so, so frustrated by everyone screaming, "FAT PHOBIC" whenever someone brings up the issues caused by fat. Of course I acknowledge fat phobia in our culture. I experience it almost every day, but that doesn't mean we should ignore what is happening in our own, pretty isolated, natural birth community. Instead of pointing fingers outside, blaming the press, the rising cesarean rate, the insurance industry, the people who make bigger beds, the bariatric surgery people, the diet pill companies, why don't we just hunker down and DO something for and with each other? Can't we just admit there is a problem and we do have to figure out how to take care of our own? Simply having "fat positive" websites isn't enough. It's fine and dandy to feel great about yourself at any size, but really, does that eliminate the truth about what our fat is doing to our bodies?
I propose that we develop groups for each other, places where we can talk, cook with each other, learning new ways to eat fresher and cleaner, places where we can walk with each other, encouraging each other during our pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and post-pregnancy times. I want a place that doesn't make fat a bad word, that is filled with women who accept the reality of being unhealthy/fat/obese/super-sized and who want to do something about it. The groups of women can have diabetics, gestational diabetics, women with no medical problems at all, women who feel they can do more for their babies during the pregnancy… a place where there is zero judgment about fat and health, but a common commitment to working with each other – the only goal, to feel better, to get visceral fat out of our bodies (without dieting!) and be ready to parent our babies as gloriously healthy as possible. I haven't come up with a name yet… I don't want it to be "health," "thin," lose weight,"… words like that; I'm still experimenting.
I'll start. I'll gather together women, even if it is one or two, and start some sort of group where we commit to being stronger and more alive by using food as energy and increasing even that with movement (exercise).
I'll start. I'll start with myself.


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My wife and I have worked for the same company for 20 years. I have had family coverage for all of those years. This year they are saying my wife must get her own separate insurance. This is going to cost us an additional $2,000 a year. Is this legal? What's the purpose in signing up for "family" insurance if you can't cover your spouse? Please help.
Dear Fuming,
I take it that she will have to pay part of the cost of her "single" health insurance plan, and the cost is higher than covering her as a spouse on your plan. I'm not sure what the employer is accomplishing by doing this, except increasing the cost to employees.
Yes, it is legal for an employer to refuse to cover spouses as long as they use the same rule on all employees and families. Some employers refuse to cover spouses who have health insurance offered to them from another employer. Other employers charge the employee more to cover the spouse, if the spouse has another employer plan open to him/her.
I had not heard of an employer refusing to cover a spouse who works for the same company — that's a new one! You might want to ask your company for the details on the new rule. There are some questions that you might want answers to. If your wife retires, could you cover her then? You need to know so that you can plan.


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Kittehs! Today I have a very special story for you all…hey. wait. sniff. sniff. do it smell…kinda…rodent-y around here? like the computer monitor has tiny paws prints and…sniff..sniff…what the what? Is this mouse poop on teh keyboard?!
Okay, I'll take care of this later, but for today we have a story of heroics and bravery and
wait. who put this here?
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Hello, I'm Olivia and currently residing in Romania; around the internet, I mostly go by Pande. I like ranting for hours about things like movies, manga or Photoshop.
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8th of Nov. 2015: For anyone wondering what's happened to me
Simply put, I grew distant from TheO. The fine folks here have nothing to do with it, you all are still amazing (and I feel awful for missing so many birthdays >_<). Tagging on Minitokyo took up a lot of my time, and I gradually found myself visiting TheO less and less, until it got to literally months between visits. Hell, I don't even think I can remember my password, thank God Firefox has the option to save them.
I'm also not that interested in anime anymore - I mean, I like the style and still add to my collection of eye candy, but I don't feel the need to keep up with new releases. I've got my gigs of old manga and am pretty much satisfied with that. Art-wise, the same: haven't felt the drive to pick up or finish a work in months, probably as a result of my passion for anime fizzling out. I'm still playing The Sims 3, and have picked up Doom too (love them custom WADs!).
Anyway, if you made it this far, thanks for the visit. Drop me a line on Minitokyo if you feel like it.
Hope all is well with you, and a huge thanks for the support. Take care.
20th of Nov. 2016: I'm not dead!
Dropping in to mention a few things: as a result of some unpleasant interactions with Mediafire (copyright infringements that weren't really infringements), I've taken down a lot of things, namely vectors and wallpapers. I intend to move them all to Dropbox and scale down my website; I initially wanted to delete it altogether, but hey - maybe someone will still want this stuff. It will take a while, mostly since I don't have too much time to devote to it and it's not a priority.
I'm doing OK, working and dealing with my mental health as well as I can. I won't be back here, though, and have left Minitokyo for good as well. If you ever need to reach me, you can find me on Tumblr. Yes, I've started creating content for The Sims 3 and made a Tumblr dedicated to it! :) As for anime, I've left it behind mostly, even manga - and even yaoi! Now there's something I never thought I'd say XD
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While Japanese shares have enjoyed a sharp surge over the past three months, Morgan Stanley expects Tokyo's Topix benchmark to climb even higher.
The gains that started at the tail-end of last year were made as investors attempted to factor in a steep depreciation of the yen, amid indications that a new government was set on beating the country's chronic deflation.
Since mid-November, the Topix – which covers the Tokyo Stock Exchange's entire First Section, the board for all large-cap names – has risen from around 730 to above 960 on Wednesday. But Morgan Stanley sees still more upside, lifting its end-2013 target this week from the already-broken 910 to a more ambitious 1,200.
The new target is significantly above consensus estimates, the broker said, which puts the Topix in the 900 to 1,000 range.
Morgan Stanley also increased its target for the dollar – currently trading just under 94 yen -- to a year-end level of 100 yen. But the broker said the continued gains for Japanese stocks will likely result from the market moving away from purely tracking yen weakness and toward gauging the impact of monetary policy on the Japanese economy and earnings.
It now expects gross domestic product growth to average 1.6% for 2013 and earnings per share forecasts for the market to rise to 54.4 yen (58 cents) from 50.1 yen. At the same time, the broker's trailing price-to-earnings target rose to 22.1 times from 18 times.
"We believe the market will re-rate Japan … as an attempt is made at systematic monetary and fiscal policy to deliver reflation," the broker said.
Sectors set to benefit from a change in the policy mood -- rather than just yen weakness -- include industrials and consumer-discretionary stocks, such as autos and consumer durables, Morgan Stanley said.
It also expects Japanese equities to outperform European stocks in U.S. dollar terms, noting that European shares have outperformed those in Japan on a dollar basis in the most recent rally.
"We think this will now reverse," the broker said, giving the possibility of a euro overshoot against the U.S. dollar as one reason for this view.
When to expect this fresh upward move for Japanese stocks?
Morgan Stanley said it could start as early as mid-February, the earliest date for the decision on picking a new Bank of Japan governor.
"We expect the selection of the new [Bank of Japan] governor to be the next key catalyst and to mark the start of the process of discounting Abenomics in earnest," the broker said, referring to the policies of newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Tuesday saw current Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa announce that he would quit his post on March 19, a few weeks ahead of the scheduled expiry date of his term.
Capital Economics noted that Shirakawa explained the early departure date by saying that he wanted to leave at the same time as deputy governors Hirohide Yamaguchi and Kiyohiko Nishimura to allow for a new top leadership team to take charge.
"This is plausible enough, and we do not see anything sinister in his departure," Capital Economics said.
Still, the Morgan Stanley strategy team said that the selection of a new Bank of Japan governor is one of the key risks to its bullish call on Japanese stocks.
"It is important that the new … governor-selection process in mid-February meets the market's expectations of a candidate that supports a coordinated reflationary approach between monetary and fiscal policy," the broker said.
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Reference books pertaining to toy collecting.
Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings
A review about an amazing book about the unloved toys from our childhood. Prepare to nostalgia, HARD.
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Super Sentai Cutaway drawings
Classic Super Sentai Robot cutaway illustrations!
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Book Review: Totally Tubular '80s Toys by Mark Bellomo
Totally Tubular '80s Toys by Mark Bellomo is a great time-warp back through the toys of our youth.
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Book Review: Ultimate Guide to GI Joe 1982-1994
What kicked me to get full gear into collecting GI Joes figures again was the timely release of Mark Bellomo's book The Ultimate Guide to Gi Joe 1982-1994 in 2005 published by KP Books. Before the book was released I was just collecting in the dark but Mark answered all those questions and more
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Gary Vaynerchuk on Connecting With Employees on a Personal Level
Serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk shares his philosophy on creating a company culture that values employees as inpiduals and recognizes the importance in the role they play in contributing to organizational success.
"I think people are way too cynical in our society right now. I think it's way too much 'us versus them.' 'Corporate versus employee,' " he says. "People don't need a lot, people just want some form of effort."
An Entrepreneur's Life: Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk on Turning Customer Complaints into Opportunities


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Austin is in Junior High, 7th grade, this year. His school starts at 7:30!! What a change for him. So today it was up nice and early at 6:00AM. I hate writing that 6AM? This is the kid that was sleeping still at 10 in the summer. So, tonight should be interesting. LOL. He asked to wake up earlier tomorrow as he doesn't like to be rushed in the morning- bus comes at 6:55. The nice part of going so early is that he gets out of school at 2pm. I think he was excited to go back and hang out with his friends again. He was able to go last week and tour the school and find his locker. His first 4 classes from his locker are far from his locker, close to his locker, far from his locker and then close to his locker. He will be getting some exercise this year going up and down all the stairs. All his classes after lunch are really close to his locker. I don't post much about him here because one he doesn't like it and two he doesn't have diabetes. Austin is a great kid, and we couldn't be more proud of him! From straight A's in school last year to advance classes, to the sports he plays, he is just a well rounded kid. So for this year I hope he makes new friends, keeps friends he has close, does well in school and sports and most of all has FUN! Oh yeah and learns too. ;-)
|Off he goes!
Brianna got to sleep in a little bit, her school doesn't start until 9:30 so I usually get her up at 8:00. Today I got her up a little early at 7:30. I think I'm going to like not rushing around try to get both Austin and Brianna ready. It was kinda nice no fighting before school. Things seemed to run much smoother. Brianna has been SO excited and looking forward to going back to school. She had her fabulous outfit picked out for weeks! She is going into 3rd grade this year. Big changes for her this year as well. She will have a new school nurse and a male teacher. We got to meet him a few days ago, she was a little nervous about him but feels much better now. It was nice seeing all his past students coming down and talking with him. For me that speaks volumes, I mean would you go and see a teacher you didn't like?? So we packed up the car, quick did a picture with her BFF, and on to school we went.
|Brianna and her BFF hard to believe they are in 3rd grade, I can still imagine them together in preschool.
I hope for Brianna this year that she makes great friends, keeps the friends she has close, learns, feels comfortable and safe.
I hope that one day the MySentry would link her up when she was at school. It would make all my worries vanish. So until something like that happens I have to trust the school will do what is best for her and she will be proactive for her care.
So until my little ones goes to preschool in a few weeks, it is just her and I. And Courtney you are our last baby so you can slow down growing just a little....
|Where did Austin and Brianna go??
Well, I won't hear anything from Brianna's school until lunch so I hope all is going well with both my kids.
I love reading your comments! So does Brianna. Can't wait to tell you all about how their day went! Until next time...


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Report by Lou Stoppard on 28 June 2014.
That variation of normality - bikers, suits, trenches - alongside experimental pieces got you pondering the rules of dressing. Why is showing certain flesh appropriate while the visibility of other parts is so frowned upon? Why is is normal to have the top half of your outfit different to the bottom and not say the left different to the right?
Levitation at @Margiela. Parachute pants and light oversized outerwear created a floating feeling at #PFW. http://t.co/IAdJzGJ0ls
Beaded mesh work of university emblems at @Margiela Men's SS15 #Margiela http://t.co/RyG3qQFdRA
This patchwork bomber was one if favourite pieces at the asymmetric @Margiela showcase. #PFW http://t.co/UiVN9EFFR8
Boots and trainers, torn apart and stuck back together. #pfw #Menswear http://t.co/mQunZVLhKh
Fluid coats, wide trousers, a flash of yellow, trouser/shorts, snappy sneakers. #SS15 @Margiela show this AM #PFW http://t.co/N3CtXJSmqs
A deep mandarin mackintosh with clog boots at @Margiela #fashion http://t.co/LXb9TqiMUk
Airy trench coats cut from parachute canvas at our Spring-Summer 2015 Menswear show. #pfw #Menswear http://t.co/mUp5jD4Vmf
'Trompe l'oeil' body suits cling like second skin, effacing the figure. #pfw #Menswear http://t.co/HAMfqO8d1b
The models' line-up as the countdown begins. #pfw #Menswear http://t.co/ls7EI1ou2q
Go behind the scenes of our Menswear SS15 runway show exclusively with @DazedMagazine - http://t.co/obKvtu7nEo #pfw http://t.co/75fuSPywl1
Photos from Maison Martin Margiela's SS15 Menswear show are now on Facebook. http://t.co/eDWNkiPhkH #pfw #menswear http://t.co/sYsg8PxJIA
Maison Martin @Margiela Spring/Summer 2015 sneaker collection preview, check it out here: http://t.co/1me9PIaeou http://t.co/yaZUREKekd
A dramatic setting as usual at Maison @Margiela. #PFW http://t.co/zV0MXG8r4R
Our guests are filing in #pfw #Menswear http://t.co/ELkoFWsvH6
Time for @Margiela ss15 show #oddamagazine #maisonmartinmargiela #pfw http://t.co/CS0CEulj5E
Backstage preparations are underway #pfw #Menswear http://t.co/BX8Y4qtAWB
@Margiela showing opposite one of our Paris favourites: l'Institute du Monde Arabe by Jean Nouvel. http://t.co/fpm2e8xXmx
Université Pierre et Marie Curie: the venue for this season's show. #pfw #Menswear http://t.co/YTzTV69rNk
The calm before the storm... #pfw #Menswear http://t.co/O6Frr7L8Ew
First show of the day: #MaisonMartinMargiela #pfw http://t.co/Hu4wpG3RsO
The Maison Martin Margiela Spring-Summer 2015 Menswear show starts in one hour. #pfw #Menswear http://t.co/69c5vYp6Qc
Final preparations for our SS15 Menswear show, taking off tomorrow morning. Follow it here starting 10am. http://t.co/zOQdt5IDF8


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NCUA Board Member Rick Metsger told Credit Union Times Thursday the proposed risk-based capital rule demonstrates the NCUA's agency independence, because it did not wait for Congress to act on the issue.
In advance of the January 23 board meeting, both NAFCU and CUNA said any risk-based capital requirement should come from Congress rather than the NCUA.
Metsger said only a handful of credit unions would have to raise more capital under the new rule.
Related NCUA Video Interviews:
Credit Unions Should Know True Cost of Derivatives: Video CUTs
Matz on Risk-Based Capital and Call Report Fines: Video CUTs
A risk-based calculator released by the NCUA on Thursday provides credit unions with an overview of their capital ratio and Prompt Corrective Action category under both the current rule and the proposed regulation. The capital figures are visible to the public as well as credit unions.
"With the tool that has been created … that will be an incentive for them, not only a requirement, but also an incentive to get their house in order, as over 90% of federal credit unions already have," Metsger said. "Any credit unions will be able to go on, put the name of their credit union in and all the 5300 call data has been all put together so they can instantly see whether (they) are well capitalized or not," Metsger said.
The board member also said the calculator can assure the majority of credit unions they are considered well capitalized by the NCUA.
"To those that need some work, I don't think that will be a surprise to them, but it will certainly give them a heads up that they need to get their balance sheet in order," he added.
In the video interview, Metsger also predicted that the number of late call report filers will drop significantly after the NCUA's decision to impose penalties against credit unions that miss the deadline.
"Back in December, we established a new policy beginning this call report, in which credit unions will have approximately five more days to file their reports than they have in the past. So they get the additional five days that was added to the pre-existing status so there's no excuse to be late," Metsger said.