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Yesterday, we discussed a somewhat rare condition called Insufficient Glandular Tissue (IGT), in which breasts have inadequate glands (the hardware) needed to make milk. Click here to read the post and 0ur list of resources. As breastfeeding advocates, it is extremely important that we educate physicians and healthcare providers, the media, and moms to distinguish between inherent physical conditions like IGT that MAY make it difficult or impossible to produce sufficient breastmilk, and the breastfeeding boobytraps™ that have been sytematically erected so as to interfere with milk supply, so that moms THINK they couldn't make enough milk, when actually they were managed poorly. We need to demand that medical schools and associations like the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology develop curricula, continuing education modules and protocol for diagnosing and managing lactation issues like IGT. We need to validate and provide resources to the thousands of moms annually that suffer from IGT, can not breastfeed for other reasons or have been booby-trapped, and ENROLL THEM to join us in fighting for the rights of ALL mothers to make informed feeding decisions, achieve their personal breastfeeding goals or have access to donor milk if needed, and make a prepared, positive and empowered transition to motherhood.
Two important things to keep in mind about IGT, as per a comment thread yesterday from Diana West, IBCLC and co-author of Making More Milk: 1) not all women with insufficient glandular tissue have milk supply difficulties; and 2) even if a woman doesn't have a full milk supply she can still breastfeed successfully! "Successful breastfeeding" does not depend on the amount of milk! Click here to read more about the benefits of breastfeeding even when there is little or no breastmilk transfer.
Below is a moving personal story of how one breastfeeding advocate and IBCLC empowered her best friend to make the most out of a nursing relationship, despite the devastating diagnosis of IGT.
A cup or two, for my best friend
by Diana Cassar-Uhl, IBCLC, La Leche League Leader
Diana, mom to Anna, Simon, and Gabriella, is an Internationally Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and La Leche League Leader in Orange County, New York. On active military duty as a clarinetist in the United States Army, Diana is thrilled for any opportunity to speak and write about breastfeeding to mothers and the healthcare providers who support them, especially in unique or difficult situations. You can email Diana at
During our junior year of college, my best friend Heather and I would sometimes spend a weekend day at the mall. While there, we'd get rowdy and extra-giggly when we hit the lingerie section. We found enormous humor in how different our breasts, and therefore, our bra-shopping headaches were.
"Gimme something bullet-proof," Heather would say, referring to lots of padding for her 32A's.
"Oh, wow! They're making them with FIVE hooks and eyes, now … perfect for dates!" I'd respond, disgusted that the only bras they sold for my 34DD's were obvious companions to 15th-century chastity belts.
"Hey, this one looks like a thimble!" Heather said, holding up a filmy pair of "cups" held together by little more than a few rubber bands.
"Yeah, and this one looks like a yarmulke for a guy with a really, really big head," I answered, refusing to even touch the giant assemblage of spandex, elastic, and … was that stainless steel?
Heather and I combed through the bras, each of us discouraged by the extremes in our sizes. If only we were "average," we could wear cute, lacy things, with or without padding, with or without underwires, in any color of the rainbow.
"I wish I could just give you a cup or two of mine," I sighed. That would bring us both to C cups, blissfully slightly larger than average, but well within the norm for bra manufacturers.
"Yeah, maybe if you can give me one cup for this one, and two for that one, I'd be just right, " she suggested, as we shrugged off what we had learned in our teen years was normal – that one breast might be slightly larger than the other. We figured that when one breast was not much bigger than a mosquito bite, it didn't take much to make the other "slightly larger" than it.
Never did I wish more to give Heather "a cup or two" of my breast tissue than after her first baby was born. I was already a mother of two breastfed children, at that point both still nursing at 3 -1/2 and almost 2 years old. I was a La Leche League Leader, with sights on becoming an IBCLC. Helping mothers and their babies had become a vocation for me. I loved breastfeeding, and, because she was my best friend, I shared with Heather my feelings about it – including my own frustration when mothers gave up because "it was just too hard."
During her pregnancy, Heather came to visit. We sat and marveled at her fertility chart, showing the cycle that resulted in the miraculous baby growing within her.
"Hmm. Were your luteal phase temps always so low? It hardly looks like you ovulated." In a normal menstrual cycle, progesterone surges after ovulation, pressing a woman's basal body temperature higher than it had been during the estrogenic/ovulatory phase, typically the first half of her cycle. Heather's temperature didn't seem to rise significantly, even once the embryo had implanted.
"I always spotted a lot before my period. I did this time, too, even though I was pregnant," Heather told me. I recognized the signs of what was probably a very mild luteal phase defect … obviously mild because she had successfully gotten and stayed pregnant without medical assistance.
"So, when's the booby fairy supposed to visit?" Heather asked me. She was already well into her second trimester, and hadn't felt any heat, sensitivity, or growth in her breasts.
"Ummm … well, mine were like cannonballs by 5 weeks, and they just got hotter and bigger until the ultrasound at 19 weeks, when they finally quit growing!" I also remembered my nipples being so sensitive, it hurt to wear a shirt without a bra.
I talked to my mom about a week after Heather's visit. "Mom, I have a bad feeling about Heather. I am afraid she's not going to be able to breastfeed."
"Why not? Can't everybody breastfeed? She's healthy, why wouldn't she be able to?"
I didn't know the answer, but bad feeling didn't go away.
Fortuitously, at around the same time Heather was entering her third trimester, I had volunteered to help Diana West, IBCLC, and Lisa Marasco, M.A., IBCLC, by reading and offering suggestions on an early draft of their manuscript for The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk. Diana's website http://www.lowmilksupply.org/ is a valuable resource for mothers with milk production issues, as is, of course, the book. I packed a wealth of information about milk production, hormones, anatomy of breasts and babies' mouths, galactagogues, pumping, and so much more into my brain, but couldn't shake my feeling about Heather.
Baby Sarah was born at term, but a few weeks earlier than anyone expected. She was tiny, at just over 6 pounds. She was breech, and born via c-section. The nurses at the hospital told Heather, once she had recovered enough to be with Sarah and breastfeed her, that she looked like a natural. "You must've read a lot of books, you look like you've done this before!" Heather was so proud of herself and let Sarah breastfeed as much as she seemed to want, which was, as is the case for many newborns, pretty much all the time.
I went to visit Heather and 5-day old baby Sarah when they had settled in at home. Sarah had lost 10% of her birth weight, which was especially disturbing since she had been born so tiny to begin with. That 10% of birth weight maximum loss didn't add up to many ounces of wiggle-room. Sarah was attached to Heather's breast for 7 straight hours during my visit. I watched her nurse and concurred with the nurses from the hospital: Heather was a natural! Sarah's latch was great, Heather looked so comfortable and at ease. She didn't mind spending all that time in the chair, nursing her baby, especially since her husband was so supportive and her friends were bringing meals for the new family.
Sarah was latching on well, Heather had no pain, and they were definitely breastfeeding "on demand," but the first red flag I saw was that, despite being on the breast pretty much non-stop during my visit, Sarah was not swallowing. I could see that she was sucking, vigorously at times, even, but there was no "kuh" sound to signal that she was swallowing and transferring milk.
The next red flag presented itself as I asked Heather to switch breasts, in an effort to rouse Sarah a bit and encourage her to feed effectively. I began teaching Heather about breast compressions, but stopped short when she lifted her tank top, exposing both breasts. How could I have never noticed her breasts before? I didn't want to stare, but what I saw as Heather positioned Sarah onto her other breast was exactly what I had read about and seen in Diana and Lisa's manuscript and the websites I read for better understanding. Heather's nipples were bulbous, much bigger than it seemed the rest of her breast warranted, and her breasts were very widely spaced (more than a hand's width between them). I thought back to our summers at college, when we spent days in swimsuits. Sure, Heather's breasts were small, but I had never noticed how widely spaced they were, and I guess I never had any reason to look at her nipples back then, nor would I have recognized anything was different.
I asked Heather if she had felt any sensation of milk coming in, any feelings of fullness at all.
"Well, this one tingles a little bit," she said, holding the larger of the two, "but just under here, not anywhere else. Is that normal?"
Is that normal? My best friend sat breastfeeding her tiny, tiny baby for seven hours, completely unaware that something was terribly wrong. Could I tell her what I thought? I had no resources with me to share with her – this wasn't a breastfeeding help visit, I had driven the 2 hours to her home so that I could spend some time with her, make her some dinner, maybe hold the baby while Heather took a shower or a brief nap. I remembered how deliriously tired and emotionally overwrought I had felt in those early days.
I took a deep breath. "I'm not sure if it's normal, to tell you the truth. She doesn't seem to be transferring a whole lot of milk. Do you have another weight check soon?" Sarah had been soiling diapers, and I knew that sometimes, after a cesarean delivery or a stressful labor, both of which Heather experienced, a mother's milk might not come in right away … but here it was the end of the 5th day and still, no milk. "Make sure you're staying in close touch with your pediatrician," I advised her. "And don't freak out if she tells you to supplement, because there are ways we can do that and still keep breastfeeding on track. Call me if you need me."
I left that evening and cried the entire drive home. Immediately after I put my children to bed, I started fervently researching. I asked some more experienced La Leche League Leaders and IBCLC's to confirm what I suspected: that Heather had mammary hypoplasia/insufficient glandular tissue in her breasts. I kept in close touch with Heather, and went to visit her two days later. This time, I brought information for her to read, as well as a big container of fenugreek capsules, 2 pounds of sesame seed candy, and another night's dinner. Sarah had gained about an ounce since I had shown Heather how to use breast compressions to keep Sarah interested in nursing, but it wasn't enough and Heather was frustrated. "I'm nursing her non-stop, but I still don't feel like my milk came in," she cried. "There's no dripping, nothing. And when I tried pumping today, I didn't even get enough in the bottle to coat the bottom."
I sat for a few hours with Heather while she read, looked at pictures of hypoplastic breasts, and we cried together. I told her about at-breast supplementers, and assured her that she had done all she could to get breastfeeding off to the best start. Once she understood that this wasn't her fault, that she just didn't have a milk factory, Heather could begin the process of mourning the breastfeeding relationship (see this excellent resource: http://www.mobimotherhood.org/MM/default.aspx ) she had envisioned for herself and her baby during her pregnancy.
But, not so fast! I asked Heather to get as much information she could from her health care team. On the plus side, her pediatrician was very breastfeeding-friendly and was conservative when it came to recommending a supplement for Sarah. The goal was to get Sarah back to her birth weight as soon as possible but not to stop breastfeeding, even if that meant Heather was nursing around the clock. Sadly, though, no one – not her obstetrician, not the pediatrician, not her midwife, and not even the IBCLC she sought counsel from had ever heard of hypoplastic breasts or insufficient glandular tissue. My research had indicated that 1 in 1000 mothers might be affected with this condition, but we were both surprised to discover that insufficient glandular tissue is largely unknown in the medical community.
Heather began supplementing Sarah with any of her own milk she was able to pump (usually 1-2 ounces each day), and with formula, fed through a supplemental nurser, a thin tube attached to a vessel that held the supplement and Heather could wear around her neck, taped to her nipple (see text below for a comparison of the two available on the market). When Sarah was hungry, Heather would feed her at the breast, which both gave Heather the nipple stimulation she needed to encourage her maximum milk production, and gave Sarah satisfaction at the breast. Both were vital to ensuring a lasting breastfeeding relationship.
While Heather had some feelings that her body had failed her, frustration at the amount of time she had to spend preparing and cleaning the pump and supplementer each day, she realized she was giving Sarah every drop of milk she made, and was a breastfeeding mother despite having insufficient glandular tissue. Even with daily doses of herbal galactagogues, she never made more than half of what Sarah needed to thrive, but once Sarah started taking solid foods, Heather noticed the amount of formula she needed to give Sarah each day went down. At the 12-month mark, Heather happily retired "the rig," her maybe-not-so-affectionate name for the supplementer, except for the last nursing before Sarah went to sleep. The rest of the day, Sarah was just like any breastfeeding toddler, coming to her mother for "nigh-nighs" when she needed a pick-me-up or a reminder that her mother was close at hand. Sarah weaned herself shortly after her second birthday.
Heather is expecting her second baby in a few weeks, and she anticipates those early days after his (or her) arrival with some trepidation. She knows that the work she did to produce milk for Sarah, and the time she spent breastfeeding her, will result in increased milk production this time around, but will she make enough to exclusively breastfeed this baby? Heather knows her colostrum flows well (colostrum production is not dependent upon presence of glandular tissue) and will be all her baby needs in those first two days of life, but when will she know it is time to begin supplementing? How much, how soon? Many babies get enough from their mothers until around 5 weeks, when milk production peaks and the baby needs a full supply to continue gaining weight, according to Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple by Nancy Mohrbacher (page 233). Until the baby comes and breastfeeding is underway, Heather won't know how it will all go.
Heather feels no regret about her breastfeeding experience with Sarah – she knows she did the best she could with the resources and circumstances she was up against, but she also knows that breastfeeding with insufficient glandular tissue requires careful planning, a strategy unique to each mother's situation, and energy a lot of mothers of newborns might not be able to – or want to muster. Remembering that breastfeeding and lactation, two terms that are used interchangeably, are not the same thing, and that a mother can breastfeed and confer many of the benefits of doing so whether or not her breasts supply all of the calories and nutrients her growing baby needs, can be encouraging to a mother who is surprised by her own failure to lactate.
I'm an IBCLC myself now, and Heather (as well as another very close friend with hypoplasia) has been my inspiration to not only learn everything I can about insufficient glandular tissue, but to spread the word and reach as many mothers and healthcare professionals as I can. If you want to know more about mammary hypoplasia/insufficient glandular tissue, or how to support a mother who finds herself struggling with this condition, please refer to this comprehensive article, which first appeared in Leaven, La Leche League International's Leader publication: http://www.llli.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVIss2-3-2009p4.html .
Post-script: Heather had her baby, another daughter named Abby. Abby arrived via uncomplicated VBAC after a pleasantly quick labor. The first few days went well, with Abby getting colostrum and Heather feeling her milk come in … even waking up one morning with dripping milk and a hard spot on her breast! There were a few days of jaundice (severe enough to require admission back to the hospital for phototherapy) but Abby's bilirubin came down quickly. While Heather was disappointed by the need to supplement, she remembered that her number one priority is to feed her baby … and she is thrilled to note that, between offering all of Abby's feedings at the breast (most with the supplementer) and pumping a few times a day (putting whatever she pumps into the supplementer), Heather is using less formula and producing considerably more milk than she did at this point with Sarah. While thankful to be feeding Abby at her breast and producing most of what Abby needs to thrive, Heather has her moments of frustration and anger, for example, when the formula she was using for Abby's supplements was recalled, or when she has to down the herbal preparations that help boost her milk production ("they're NASTY!" she tells me), or when she just doesn't feel like pumping – again – after Abby nurses and Sarah, now 4 years old, wants some time with her mother, too. Some might consider Heather's efforts to breastfeed, despite having hypoplastic breasts/insufficient glandular tissue, heroic; Heather just says "I'm going to have the feed the kid somehow, I might as well do the best I can to breastfeed her."
For more resources on Insufficient Glandular Tissue, see our post yesterday (links and resources listed at the end)
We love this story and applaud Heather and Diana. However, we couldn't help but sorrow for all the women who don't have a best friend like Diana, and whose babies are not getting the help they deserve from our health care system; from physicians, hospitals and health professionals. If you suffer from IGT, how were you diagnosed and were you satisfied with the help you got? How did you cope?


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Brad Morris knew that losing weight would not be easy.Yet he knew that it was a necessity if he were to regain good health. Two years ago, Morris, 46, was told by his doctor that he was about two weeks away from a stroke if he didn't change his lifestyle. His blood pressure had spiked to a very high level, and his weight had crept up to 269 pounds. At 5 feet 8 inches tall, Morris realized he had let his health go. Now he weighs 154 pounds, and he lost the weight through motivation. Morris, who lives in Frederick, is now competing in natural bodybuilding events. Twenty years ago, he was pursuing personal training certification through the American Council of Exercise. But he and his wife were expecting their first child, and Morris decided he needed to focus on making a living. He put his personal training ambitions on hold and started a landscaping business. He still has that landscaping business, but with his three children now ages 20, 15 and 11, he has a little more time to focus on fitness. He also credits his faith for helping him make the changes he needed to lose weight and become more fit. He prayed, asking God to restore his health. In return, he promised to take care of himself. "Growing up, I played football, and I was always interested in fitness," he said. He coached youth football for seven years, and played in an adult league. A few years ago, he gave up playing, and that was when the weight gain accelerated. Morris had a few nagging injuries that made working out difficult. He had a torn Achilles tendon and a torn rotator cuff. He worked on healing the injuries and building up the muscles around the injured areas. That was when he decided he needed to lose the extra weight he'd gained over the years. He began to eat better, walk long distances and lift weights. At first, he would walk up to 15 miles at a time. Now he walks three miles a day, three days a week. He also lifts weights, usually at Fitness First in Frederick. His routine takes him from cables to free weights to machines. He also does abdominal work nearly every day at home. The biggest key to his weight loss, however, was his diet, he said. "I only put things in my body that it needs for exercising," he said. He is careful about the amount of protein and fat he eats. He also takes vitamins and takes whey protein to help his body rebuild muscle. "I eat very clean," he said. "I drink water and protein drinks. I only drink black coffee, and I do not drink sodas. I never did drink sodas." He ate too many sugars and enriched food products, as well as too much fast-food. He eats many more fruits and vegetables than he used to. "A lot of people don't give a diet a chance, but if you do it long enough, it works," he said. Exercise is another key to weight loss. Morris credits much of his motivation to natural bodybuilding. This requires him to do weightlifting without performance enhancements, including steroids and blood doping. Morris competes for the United States Bodybuilding Federation, which performs drug and polygraph tests on competitors. He started out competing as a lightweight, but as he's built up his muscles, he has moved into the middleweight category. Morris competes in shows in the Mid-Atlantic states, and would like to sponsor a show in Frederick. When he began losing weight, he spent as much as 20 hours a week in the gym. Now he spends three days a week in the gym, for about 45 minutes each session, working different muscles. As a contest gets closer, he will spend more time in the gym. Morris hopes to finish the personal training certification process he began more than 20 years ago by next year, and then work with others on natural bodybuilding. "It is a family-oriented sport," he said. "My children come to every show. My wife (Tammy) is my coach. She's a hair stylist, and she makes sure I look good. I've turned this into a family thing." Now he'd like to get the word out to others that natural bodybuilding, along with good eating habits, will help restore health to people who have put on weight. His blood pressure has dropped from high levels to normal levels. Morris also suffered from sleep apnea, but no longer does. Natural bodybuilding leads to a healthy lifestyle, said Frederick-based personal trainer Kip Jawish, who runs In-Fit Studio. Bodybuilders who use performance enhancing drugs push their bodies well beyond what they are naturally capable of, causing serious physical health consequences years after they are consumed. These drugs also have a negative effect on the user's mental health, he added. In addition, natural bodybuilders look better, he said. "They're not the freaky looking muscular types," he said. Natural bodybuilding is a more holistic, all-around lifestyle. (c)2012 The Frederick News-Post (Frederick, Md.) Visit The Frederick News-Post (Frederick, Md.) at www.fredericknewspost.com Distributed by MCT Information Services


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"Greg is a ball washer for cleaning the teacher's overhead projector"
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YORK, PA – York College has concluded its investigation of alleged hazing incidents within its Division III wrestling program. As a result, the College is lifting the program's interim suspension, which went into effect on Oct. 30. The wrestling program will be placed on disciplinary probation throughout the 2013-14 academic year; this includes official notice that the conduct of the student-athletes participating in the program must be in accordance with College regulations and Department of Athletics policies, and that future issues or violations could prompt further disciplinary action. In addition, members of the wrestling program will be required to perform community service during the 2013-14 academic year.
Individual student-athletes who were accused of violating the Student Code of Conduct and the Student-Athlete Code of Conduct, including the College's Anti-Hazing Policy, appeared before an Administrative Judicial Board this week. They have been informed by the Office of Student Conduct of their disciplinary sanctions, which range from official warning up to and including expulsion from the College. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects against the release of personally identifiable information derived from education records, including information regarding student disciplinary matters.
Each student-athlete participating in the program will also have his athletic eligibility determined by the Department of Athletics and Recreation.
"We at York College have a zero-tolerance policy with respect to hazing," said President Pamela Gunter-Smith. "Some of our student-athletes on the wrestling team were subjected to initiation rites from their teammates; these actions have no place at our school or on any college campus, and they will not be tolerated."
"I would like to express great regret and sincere apology to the student-athletes who were hazed, and to those student-athletes who were innocent of any indiscretion. Our decision to reinstate the program reflects our desire not to further punish these students."
"We had clear evidence of violations that were part of an organized hazing practice," said Dean of Student Affairs Joseph Merkle. "Based on that, we decided to act and to act swiftly. We are very disappointed in such behavior, and we believe our actions send a clear message to all of our York College students that this type of behavior has not and will never be tolerated."
"Wrestling has a rich heritage and tradition at York College, and it is unfortunate that some of our student-athletes have made inappropriate choices," said Athletic Director Paul Saikia. "I would like to commend Coach Duane Bastress and his staff for taking appropriate action. Our goal now is to ensure the wrestling program appropriately addresses these violations and is prepared to move forward."
Located in southcentral Pennsylvania, York College offers more than 50 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences and humanities to its 4,600 undergraduate students. The College also offers master's programs in business, education and nursing, and a doctorate in nursing practice. A center of affordable academic excellence, York is dedicated to the intellectual, professional and social growth of its students. The College helps them develop a concrete plan to attain academic growth and career success; encourages them to try in the "real world" what they learn in the classroom; and prepares them to be professionals in whatever career they pursue.


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With what they have, Angels aim to compete
The Angels won all six games on their just-completed road trip, dispatching of both the elite (Tigers) and the obsolete (Astros).
Granted, a hole the size of the one dug by the Angels in the season's first half is not escaped in six games, for they still enter the week sitting nine games back in the American League West and 7 1/2 out of the AL Wild Card chase. But a streak of this nature is great for the psyche, even if it's only marginally good for the standings.
The Angels won all six games on their just-completed road trip, dispatching of both the elite (Tigers) and the obsolete (Astros).
Granted, a hole the size of the one dug by the Angels in the season's first half is not escaped in six games, for they still enter the week sitting nine games back in the American League West and 7 1/2 out of the AL Wild Card chase. But a streak of this nature is great for the psyche, even if it's only marginally good for the standings.
The Angels unquestionably have their work cut out for them if they're going to avoid missing the playoffs for the fourth straight year and the second since owner Arte Moreno started signing grandiose position player paychecks. The Halos are miles behind where they were expected to be, and losing Jason Vargas (blood clot in armpit), Tommy Hanson (forearm strain) and Peter Bourjos (fractured wrist) to the disabled list doesn't help.
But the Angels have little choice but to either go down with the ship or hope the whims of the Wild Card pursuit work out in their favor in the second half. (Remember the ultra-late push of the Brewers and Phillies last season, which ultimately didn't work out but did illustrate how quickly a castoff club can claim "contention" status.)
"We are not a buyer, we are not a seller," general manager Jerry Dipoto said. "We're the Angels, who are sitting here trying to win a game today."
Sure, it's easy to beat the drum for the Angels to put the focus on the future by pulling the plug on 2013 and selling in order to build around Mike Trout for the long haul.
But what impact pieces do they realistically have to sell in the immediate?
After all, nobody's lining up to take on the payroll-sapping contracts of Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton in their post-prime years, and Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson have thus far offered only shadows of their past performances. Howie Kendrick is having a career year and is an attractive trade chip, but the Angels have him locked up through 2015 on team-friendly terms.
Really, the guy who would have made the most sense for the Angels to dangle in a deal is the pending free-agent Vargas, who has been arguably their most effective starter. But his medical situation, which will hold him out for the next few weeks, hinders, if not outright eliminates, his trade value. Left-handed reliever Scott Downs would certainly have value to a contender, and the Angels might explore his worth, but the haul for a 37-year-old bullpen arm obviously isn't going to be a franchise-changer.
The Angels are, by and large, forced to keep going with what they've got. They put themselves in this undesirable position by making those surprising commitments to Pujols and Hamilton, neither of which has panned out as planned.
It is a credit to Pujols' pure skill and will to win that he remains an above-average -- and at times elite -- run-producer, despite the plantar fasciitis that has largely limited him to DH duties. This is a positive Dipoto is quick to accentuate.
"As much as everybody likes to be critical of what Albert does with the Angels, he's been a heck of a player," Dipoto said. "He's hit 40-plus home runs since Opening Day of last year, and he ranks up there with all the names you would expect in regard to the runs he's produced. And he's done it with physical limitations that he wasn't anticipating and no one was anticipating."
True, but those limitations are more common as a player of Albert's age tries to endure the grind of 162 games, and they've made his fall from the Albert of old a precipitous one, with eight-plus years left on his contract.
Hamilton, meanwhile, went completely off the cliff after signing a five-year, $125 million deal last December, justifying the fears or nerves borne out of his strange second half with the Rangers last year. But this latest road trip was good for what was ailing him to, as he hit .429 with a 1.090 OPS in the six games, seemingly benefiting from the mental break he had been given beforehand.
"We've tried a lot of different approaches with Josh," manager Mike Scioscia said. "We shut him down for four days to get him to reboot a little bit, and we'll keep working with him to get him comfortable and where he needs to be."
He's still not exactly where he needs to be, and neither are the Angels. That's led to a great deal of uncertainty about the future of those in charge, though Moreno told USA Today last week that he won't make any evaluations until the offseason.
Dipoto has only been on the job since October 2011 and is well-respected in the industry, but his bid to replenish the rotation on the cheap hasn't worked. Scioscia has a rare amount of contractual security for a manager, as he's signed for $5 million a year through 2018. But this is no longer a club built in the mold of his pitching-oriented postseason clubs of the past, and so there is some uncertainty in his status. Not that he has much to worry about.
"If he gets fired at 3 p.m.," said former Angel Torii Hunter, "he'll have another job by 5 p.m."
It's the immediate future of the Angels that is of greater intrigue. Their 2013 situation is far from ideal, but there's no going back now, and perhaps this six-game streak is the start of their resuscitation.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.


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When the New York Times announced its plans for an online subscription model, or "paywall," critics picked it apart almost instantly. It was readily apparent that there were many ways around it. For example, the publication offers free access to stories posted on social-media sites. Very quickly someone set up @FreeNYT, a Twitter feed that aggregates every Times Twitter posting, effectively giving away all the articles for free. The Times has asked Twitter to suspend the account.
The person behind @FreeNYT, who prefers to remain anonymous, agreed to talk to PCMag.
Do you think the Times will be able to shut you down?
@FreeNYT: I don't believe the Times will be able to shut me down, as it's a rather laughable claim that by simply aggregating their own Twitter feeds into a list I've engaged in trademark violation. I assume the folks at Twitter told them as much—if they were even contacted by the Times.
What do you think will happen if Twitter suspends your account?
@FreeNYT: As I showed with the creation of @tyneerf/fearthefuzzy, even if they shut @freenyt down, others will just pop up in my place. The only way to stop this is for the Times to either change its policy about referrals from social-media sites being free or stop tweeting out all its own content. I'm guessing they'll do neither, at least for now.
[The aforementioned list is a compilation of all the different Times twitter feeds, like @NYTimesDining, @NYTimesFashion, and others where the publication posts its articles. The name of the handle is @FreeNYT spelled backwards].
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A popular textbook used by institutions and teachers to teach English as a second language to students in the UK has been found to have a serious anti-Israel bias.
"I teach English as a foreign language in a further education college in Nottingham, England. I came across the attached map and couldn't believe my eyes!" Liz Wiseman told Israel Today.
The textbook in question is "Skills in English Writing Level 1", which includes a map of the Middle East on which Israel is nowhere to be found.
While Wiseman acknowledges she was not obligated to use this particular textbook, it is one of the more popular and mainstream English Language Teaching (ELT) textbooks published by one of the more popular and mainstream ELT publishers, Garnet Education.
Garnet Education bills itself thus:
"Garnet Education is an independent English Language Teaching (ELT) publisher, specialising in English for Academic Purposes. We produce award-winning ELT books, multimedia resources and tests for students of all ages, from kindergarten to university."
This is far from an isolated incident, which is motivation for drawing attention to this particular case. It is not only in the Middle East where students, both adults and children, are being taught that Israel has no right to exist. The more students around the world are fed this brand of propaganda, the more remote prospects for true peace become.
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Rose, you're right about bOBA always being right. I'm not so sure about this being foamy glass. I would reserve that description for the mass of tiny bubbles that are created when kerosene is added to a a pot of liquid glass. David
If there are any macademia nuts left when I leave in a couple of weeks, I'll bring them. I seem to have more difficulty transporting the sunshine. But sunshine isn't a rarity in Calgary, is it? Maui, Calgary , what's the difference that 60 degrees F and a few Palm trees couldn't eliminate?David
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Yesterday the inimitable Scott Drummond came to my rescue. Scott is my musical educator, always throwing me new tunes and genres to check out, in addition to being an amazing friend and weekend brunch buddy. He hit me with a world of great stuff, but I want to talk about one artist in particular, Girl Talk.
Girl Talk is a DJ who mashes up everything he can get his hands on. It is absolutely not for everyone, but I can't get enough and makes it Saturday night in my heart when the calendar says Tuesday morning, so for this I am grateful. Scott hit me off with a link to a live bootleg which is absolutely off the handle (and on this Friday July 4th exactly what you need to get the party started).
The model he is going with selling his latest album though is perhaps more interesting than hearing Roy Orbison laced over gangsta rap, spun into Nirvana with Salt'n'Pepa over the top (in my ears right now).
Head to his MySpace page and you'll see the below:
So the "pay what you want" thing in music isn't new, agreed. Click-through though and you'll be taken to a page which displays the purchase options:
any price grants the download of the entire album as high-quality 320kbps mp3s
$5 or more adds the options of FLAC files, plus a one-file seamless mix of the album
$10 or more includes all of the above + a packaged CD (when it becomes available)
Additionally below that it says the album is released under a Creative Commons licence, the same licence under which all the images I use on this site are licensed. Attribute the creator, don't profit directly from the work, and you're welcome to do as you please.
Now here's the trick: you punch in the amount you would like to pay on that page, and then the files are available on the next page with a separate link off to PayPal to make a payment. The entire system is based on goodwill and honesty, as I punched in $5 and started downloading the tracks before the payment had gone through. I'm happy to pay as I really like what he does, but I'm wondering how many people will reach that page, grab the tunes and take off?
The ironic thing though is none of it really matters. If someone wants your music for free, they will take it for free. A model of a dollar is better than a model of no money, and by putting your music out under Creative Commons people can remunerate you based on the value you provide while giving them access to your music without the shadow of illegal downloading coming into it.
This goes back to what I was saying in my Life after the dip post:
Exposing what people want to engage with and burying the stuff they're not interested in is key, and it is only an issue if your business model rests on the viability of the things people don't like. Digital Rights Management for starters if a zero-sum strategy where nobody wins. I'm a big believer artists should be compensated for the work they do (indeed one day I hope to do nothing but), but in the interim we need new models that are malleable.
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Undocumented Gotchas of Transactional Replication
This discussion started on Twitter via the #sqlhelp hash tag. The question that was asked is, "What are the undocumented gotchas of Transactional Replication? #SQLHelp". I responded with several things that came to mind. I thought these would be good to capture in a blog post and hopefully others would contribute some more gotchas to the list.
If you can think of any other gotchas about any type of replication, not just transactional, please add it to a comment. Also, if you have a blog post on it, please include the link to the post. I'm getting the ball rolling with the ones I mentioned on Twitter.
Gotchas of Replication
- Transactional replication
- If you run the agent continuously, and it stops (fails), it won't restart or raise an alert until the subscription expires.
- If the agent is failing, it will retry forever and you may never notice it is failing unless you are monitoring closely.
- If you add/remove an article using the GUI, it will regenerate the entire snapshot. Use TSQL to avoid this.
- Where you place the distribution db is very important for performance and manageability. Plan this point very well.
- Check the VLFs in your db log before configuring repl. as it can have a very high impact on performance of the log reader
- Be wary of non-replicated trans that create lots of log records (eg, index maint.) as it affects log reader performance
- DML ops. to LOB columns in repl. tables will fail if the length of value exceeds the "max text repl size (B)" setting.
- Make sure you are testing deployments in repl. preprod. environ. so you aren't surprised by related failures in Prod.
- When the publication is mirrored. Transactions will not replicate until hardened on mirror, unless a trace flags used
- Reported by John Sansom (blog|@JohnSansom)
- John and Martin Cairns (blog|@MartinCairnsSQL) report that the whitepaper can be downloaded here.
- Log reader fails if it encounters blank (empty) XML in an XML column.
- Including an article in multiple publications can lead to performance problems.
- Altering articles to not replicate deletes may not be set on all articles as expected.
- Merge replication
- Changing conflict tracking level from row to column generates conflicts when different columns are updated
- Reported and blogged by David Williams (blog|@is_brandon) here.


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2001 Press Releases > June 2001 > Wayland partnership with local schools gives students extra edge
Wayland partnership with local schools gives students extra edge
Just a scant decade ago, high school students wanting to achieve academically and prepare for college had few choices. A handful of Advanced Placement courses were available, which offered a standardized test that could mean credit toward university courses. But that was about it.
Students in the 21st Century, however, have more options for academic advancement. One of those involves a partnership between Plainview High School and Wayland Baptist University.
The program gives juniors and seniors at PHS the option to enroll concurrently at both the high school and as Wayland freshmen and take beginning-level courses. In many cases, they are able to received dual credit for the classes, meaning a freshman-level English course at Wayland can fulfill their requirement for senior English at PHS. Some students even enroll in courses for Wayland credit only, building up their college hours for graduation.
"Basically we are trying to give the kids the opportunity to earn as much college credit as they can while still in high school, because it's a time- and a money-saver later on," said Hope English, secondary advanced academic services coordinator for the Plainview Independent School District.
The partnership started in the 1998-99 school year, giving PHS students a chance to earn credits at Wayland for one-third of the regular tuition rate. Because of their support for advanced academic measures, the State of Texas picks up the tab for textbooks used by concurrent students.
English, who is an advocate for advanced programs such as the concurrent enrollment program, said the increased interest and response originated from the state level.
"Graduation requirements have changed in the past few years and there is now a distinguished achievement program (DAP) diploma," English explained. "Students need four advanced measures, which can be anything above and beyond high school level and anything evaluated externally. That's why AP or anything taken at Wayland applies.
"Now there is a standard where colleges can know that this student can be compared apples to apples (with other students) because they have those advanced measures. The colleges were excited about this."
Just like any other traditional Wayland student, the PHS students are required to formally apply to the university and must have already taken a standardized college entrance exam like the SAT or ACT. They receive an official Wayland transcript upon graduating from PHS, which can be used to continue at Wayland or to transfer. In either case, students have advanced themselves toward completing a college degree.
"It gives them a good opportunity to experience a college classroom and get dual credit, and gives them an early start to their college career," said Shawn Thomas, director of admissions at Wayland. "We really like the concurrent students. They're good students for us and we want to continue that relationship."
Students are limited to eight hours each full term at Wayland and must be approved by the high school and the university to enroll in classes. Information packets are available through the high school counselors.
As beneficial as some students have found the concurrent program, English admits it is not for every student. Typically, she said, students have to be more motivated and disciplined in order to get the college-level work done. But she said the program helps some ease into college life.
"If they don't start college in high school, it doesn't mean they won't be successful," she said. "We have lots of students who are cognitively ready to start college but they're not emotionally mature enough. This is a good way for those students who are motivated and committed academically to start college a year early but still do all those high school things they want to do."
English said some students who take advantage of the concurrent enrollment program do continue their education at Wayland, though they might previously have considered leaving their hometown for college. The reason why is also why she believes so strongly in the program.
"When they're exposed to those Wayland professors and the campus, they may decide to stay at home and come to Wayland," she said. "As good as the AP program is on national standards, the thing you can't beat about the Wayland experience is that there is nothing better than getting on the college campus and sitting down in a class with a college professor with other college kids from all over. They know what to expect in that first college paper and that first exam.
"It's a wonderful opportunity and a wonderful partnership."


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We have enjoyed three nights with a full house, mostly Squash tournament participants, both players and fans. Two days ago we took a lot of branches of the top of our well known Willow tree. The tree is a so called "Champion" tree here in Massachusetts (size), we were very careful not to ruin the majestic appearance of the tree and we believe we succeeded in that.
On another operational note that enhances our guest service, we are pleased to announce that we have installed Four Cup Coffee makers in all our rooms, they are accompanied by, Regular coffee, Decaf. Tea and of course all the condiments. At the same time we have placed two glasses in addition to the plastic cups, in each room, makes the Chardonnay taste better.
Our summer bookings are very positive indeed with many weekends and special events already filling up. If you are planning to come to Williamstown and stay with us, we recommend that you make your reservations now.
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Comedian and tireless Austin stand-up advocate Ramin Nazer made his network television debut last night on CBS' "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" to a receptive audience and he also garnered a plug for his Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival appearance in April. Nazer, who performed at Just for Laughs in Montreal last year, runs the Live at Coldtowne Friday Shows and who can be seen around town performing his inventive one-liners and offbeat vignettes on almost any given night. For more information visit his web site or check out this Austin Chronicle Profile.
UPDATE: Here is Ramin's "Late Late Show" set:
Previously: Ramin's introduction begins at the 31:50 mark (there isn't a stand alone clip posted yet)


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Lion deployment, scripted tools, Munki, InstaDMG, Puppet, migrations, "postPC," PSU Blast, Dual Boot, NetBoot, reboot (just threw that in there because it sounded like it fit, but I'm sure much rebooting will be done anyway) and even iOS. Oh, and don't forget lecture capture, launchd, monitoring, scripting, Boot Camp via BitTorrent (wait, what?), Damn Logs, Subversion (long live git), IPv6 (long live IPv4), DeployStudio (long live the French), Reposado (long live the mouse), Luggage, Casper (long live Minnesota!), ARD (long live the friggin' App Store), troubleshooting, FileVault (long live Howard Hughes' legacy), Tivoli (long live that 1984 video), Munki (crap, I already said that) and even iPad (which runs iOS I think). Overall, the lineup is superb and looking at it, I am honored to be giving a session on Lion Server amidst all the cool stuff going on around me. I'm very impressed with the number and level of speakers and very excited to be a part of it. I'm also excited to be participating with Allister Banks, a cohort from 318, who will be giving talks on InstaDMG and Munki. Overall, it is sure to be a great conference and I look forward to hopefully seeing you all there if I don't get arrested at the airport for wearing University of Minnesota socks. Speaking of the Big 10. Did you know there are 12 teams in the Big 10? Did you know the Big East now has teams in Idaho and California? Did you know that the Big 12 has 10 teams? Did you know that the Pac 12 has 4 teams in 3 states that don't touch the Pacific ocean? What does all this mean? No, it does not mean that we will discuss basic arithmetic and geography at the conference; however, we might show off some apps that can help the math professors at the member institutions of these higher education conferences teach these basic subjects a bit better. Disclaimer: I went to the University of Georgia and am required by having done so to poke fun at other conferences whenever it is possible. Having said that: how many Georgia programmers does it take to change a light bulb? … … They can't, it's a hardware problem! OK, terrible joke. So here's a picture of the Georgia mascot chomping down on an opposing (Auburn) player. Seems like I'm going through football season withdrawals all of a sudden… Point of all this, go to the conference. It's sure to be a hoot, and I'm sure there will be plenty of talk about football, er, I mean Mountain Lions, er, wait, I mean Mac OS X and iOS!
2012 Penn State MacAdmins Conference
Don't let the theft of the Paternoville sign fool ya', State College is as safe as ever. That is, until a bunch of Mac guys descend on the Nittany Lion Shrine. Yes, it's that time of the year again when Mac guys from around the world (and yes, all of the speakers are male) descend upon Pennsylvania State University from throughout the Big 10 and beyond to discuss the Penn State mascot, the Nittany Lion. Actually, it's a mountain lion, so we can't discuss it quite yet at that point, but we can talk about a slightly bigger cat: Lion.


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PHOENIX (AP) Carl Landry scored 14 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and the Golden State Warriors overcame an awful post-contract night by Stephen Curry to beat the Phoenix Suns 87-85 in the teams' season opener Wednesday.
Curry, who earlier in the day agreed to a four-year, $44 million extension with the Warriors, missed his first 10 shots from the field and wound up 2 of 14 with five points. He missed two free throws with 4.4 seconds left to allow the Suns a chance at a game-winning shot, but Sebastian Telfair's 3-point attempt came after the buzzer, and misfired anyway.
Goran Dragic had 17 points and Luis Scola added 15 points and 11 rebounds in the Suns' first game in the post-Steve Nash era.


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Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton Nab 2012 VH1 Do Something! Awards Nominations
Country music artists have always been known for their charitable efforts, and now three of the genre's elite are being recognized with nominations for 2012 VH1 Do Something! Awards. Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton will compete for their respective trophies, which are awarded to artists who blaze the trail for community service and involvement.
Swift is up for the Music Artist and Facebook honors, joining Katy Perry, Adam Lambert, Shakira, Will.i.am, and One Direction in the philanthropic musical category. The country superstar is an avid supporter of the St. Jude Children's Hospital, the Make-a-Wish Foundation and Habitat for Humanity, and has donated a not-s0-small fortune in the name of goodwill, including a $4 million donation to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for music education. Swift also raised a staggering $750K with her Speak Now … Help Now event last spring after a string of tornadoes ravaged the southeastern United States.
The 'Ours' singer also nabbed a nomination in the Facebook category as a leading lady of the social media platform. Swift used her official Facebook page to respond to a prom request from Kevin McGuire, a young leukemia patient. The singer declined his invitation due to a schedule conflict, but offered to take McGuire to the Academy of Country Music Awards instead. Swift's outreach garnered 10ok "Likes" from her 33 million Facebook fans.
Country music's reigning CMA Male and Female Vocalist of the Year will compete in the Couple category, with Shelton and Lambert earning recognition for their joint fundraiser, which raised $70k for a veteran's program and an animal shelter in Tishomingo, Okla. The two superstars also performed multiple charity concerts in the name of tornado relief last year. Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia di Rossi, Channing Tatum & Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon round out the star-studded category.
Hosted by 'New Girl' stars Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield and Lamorne Morris, the fan-voted 2012 VH1 Do Something! Awards will be taped Aug. 19 and aired on the cable network on Aug. 21 at 9PM ET. Click here to vote!


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I have a page up on the Ormolu blog today. Kaitlin made me some custom flair buttons with our initials, so I created this page to keep track of what we are all into right now;)
I also used some more new Amy Tangerine Sketchbook goodies;)
You can read more about the page and get a supply list HERE:)
And some notes...
American Crafts is revealing a new line on the blog today, called Shoreline. I am ALL OVER the beachy feel and bright colors;)
Go to the post HERE to see more and leave a comment for a chance to win some;)
Go HERE to leave a comment for a chance to win some of the new Amy Tangerine Sketchbook line.
Tomorrow is the last day to turn in your applications for the Ormolu Creative Team call.
The Nook is hosting a virtual crop this weekend. There will be one challenge each day Wednesday-Friday, then the bulk of the challenges will be on Saturday (National Scrapbook Day-yay!!!) and Sunday! I *really* hope you will join us, the challenges are really really fun:)
Happy Tuesday!!!


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Proposed Topics for Research
1) Research the best formats for digital preservation, and document why, as well as methods for migration available.
2) Research methods of migrating older digital documents such as Word and PDF to newer, more migratable formats. Include study of migration to, and creation of, PDF/A-1a.
3) Research existing and emerging open source IR (Institutional Repository) software: support required, usability offered, and detail pros and cons. Include study of support for E-research data.
4) Research existing and emerging open source digital library delivery systems: support required, usability offered, and detail pros and cons.
5) Investigate the practicality and procedures for migrating PDF materials to PDF/A versus to XML with TIFFs. Compare and contrast the two processes and loss of data and functionality.
6) Explore how best to create METS records for compound digital objects for which metadata and digital files already exist. Document findings and develop a tutorial which includes recommended best practices.
7) Research extraction/creation/storage of digital preservation metadata for various formats.


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Complete list of ACC, ECU players selected in 2013 MLB draft
No fewer than 33 players from current ACC teams were chosen, with — surprisingly enough — Georgia Tech leading the way with seven selections, followed by Virginia Tech with six and UNC and Florida State with five each. East Carolina also had a good showing with three picks, including two in the first dozen rounds. Here's the complete list …… Read More »


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[Interlude: AZ]
AZ Ha, ha, ha, new drink, Baileys and Henny
You ain't got no Henny, get the Remy
You ain't got the Remy, any cognac'll do
Smooth criminal shit baby
Keyser Söze intention
Glide in a Hummer wit the flyin' saucer engine
Willied out, at my crib in the winter having cookouts
Smack my wiz, look out
I'm like Barnabas, crab niggas tryin' to conquer us
They mad cuz we jump outta cabs, and hop on the bus
Coppin' dust, Firm Clique rock the whole Metropolis
Bitches who burn dick won't put a stop to us
Niggas who-
[Intro: AZ]
See; this is what I mean
When we come together like this
Incredible things take place
See we connect thoughts to collect shorts
And only the strong survive
I love my black people
We are the future
[Nina Simone]
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
His face so soft and wondrous fair
[Verse 1: AZ]
Chop the pie up, four ways, get lyed up
Infiltrate never violate get tied up
It's all a chess game, choose sides, the best remains
True lies, vibes die when bums infest the game
Bogus shit shock you broke and let your man get locked
I live this hip-hop, stock the bank let the crys pop
Peep the next shit, push a big Benz fuck a Lexus
The streets is hectic so I stacked and made my exit
More dough to get focus my thoughts for me to go legit
Ferocious shit, cop a huge castle on a ocean cliff
Imagine that a few years back I was baggin cracks, magnum gats
Playin street corners committing savage acts, twistin up
Nothin but love for niggas sittin up
Hold your own try to comin home without gettin touched
Two for one laws made foul how they do the young
Was new to come try to tell shorty he shoulda threw the gun
[Verse 2: Half-A-Mil]
Knowledge the green Wally's
All I see my mind hold math like caller ID
Chose the path that chose me
I'mma tell you like G-O-D told me
Greed lust hate and envy sweet dust from shanty
Keeps us from simply...unify organizin
We all are fallin when we think we all risin
We pop crys on the horizonin
Topless chicks with thick thighs'in
I rather be civilizin, enterprisin, improvisin
Temperature risin, Elohim gave me the guidance
Told me "leave those 85ers alone
Blend with the wise men", that bought 80 G stones
Twin Mercedes on homes, fuck it, just spend 10 G alone on chrome
When I die take my chromosomes and clone clones
200 and 8 bones, microchip kids we most dominate
You know what time it is thats why I exist
Jump out a limo lands fire the place
Why scientist supplyin this Leviathan why this?
I'm survivin this quiet tribalness
Finalist year 2000 flyin the whips
9 cent, mind bent, 1999 rhyme align'ment
[Verse 3: Nature]
We went from arraignments to entertainment
24/7 after the same shit playin the strip livin dangerous
Bottle after bottle soon became a ritual
The patterns we follow others found 'em difficult
I guess it's obvious as to what my hobby is
The root of all evil pollute same niggas body kids gettin caught up
The same gang that left more stuck
I reminisce on VS touchin my fourth cup
Me my only problem is I'm all fucked
Knowin in my heart I can't sleep, til I bust off nuts
We religion for all my niggas that beat the system
And those who bidden sittin' since ColecoVision
Ya'll need to listen, it's journalistic
Ya'll hear the whispers the niggas in the Firm is twisted
Spit that fly shit that earn the bitches
Whip the chrome 6 up the FDR, its bless we are
See I never let them stress me God, forever stress-free
While twistin logs for that nestle
Who are you to question me?
It's just my destiny to kick back kill time and live successfully
[Outro: AZ]
Firm, how y'all want it huh, ha ha
Talk to me, we give it to y'all either way
We workin with y'all, this is for you!
Track 6 from the album Pieces of a Man released on April 7, 1998.


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Two gals from Marion did their part this past year making purple baby hats to raise awareness for shaken baby syndrome. Kathryn Hein, age 94, crocheted 107 baby hats in the past few months for the Period of Purple Crying organization. Emmy Hess, age 12, did her part as well, crocheting five baby hats.
Hein and Hess's efforts, along with several other dedicated contributors, were recognized by statewide coordinator Anne Auld on Sept. 26 when she stopped at Down on the Corner in Marion to pick up the community's collection of crocheted and knitted hats.
"This is a grassroots effort to raise awareness for parents of newborn babies that there is a period from two weeks to two months when they can expect a lot of excessive crying," Auld said. "We send these purple hats home with the babies along with a DVD about the normalcy of purple crying, in hopes that we can prevent infant deaths."
Hein said she became involved with the project because it gave her something to do, a mission that matched her talents.
"I am always crocheting something," she said. "I might as well be making something useful that might even save a baby's life."
Hein said could make four or five purple baby hats per day. She prefers to use the dark purple yarn for a solid colored hat.
"I can get 13 hats out of one skein of yarn," Hein said.
Hess, who just started crocheting this year, decided it was something she wanted to learn how to do after she saw a poster about making baby hats for the Period of Purple Crying effort.
"I asked Karen (Ehrlich) to teach me, and I really like doing it," Hess said. "My older sister is going to have a baby soon and I can't wait to see if the hats I am making will fit her baby."
Hess, who made five baby hats, likes to use a variegated yarn with many shades of purple.
Ehrlich said 18 volunteers knitted or crocheted hats, and five others donated yarn for the area effort. Auld, along with her supervisor Samantha Cotton, and organizational support team member Kali Hamilton picked up 340 hats from the Marion store, before moving on to Hillsboro for more collections.
"We set a statewide goal of 7,000 hats for this year," Auld said. "That will raise awareness for a lot of families with newborn babies."
More information about the Period of Purple Crying movement is available at http//www.clickforbabies.org.


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consist wrote:No. The double track was left up to and including the switch...but not even a carlength of single track beyond, so it's useless as a runaround.
dieciduej wrote:consist wrote:No. The double track was left up to and including the switch...but not even a carlength of single track beyond, so it's useless as a runaround.
I think there is enough for a run around, hard to tell with the trees and shrubs in the way. If there is I wouldn't trust the trackage. Is there any plans to fix the double tracks or to scrap the whole lead to the former Yard 21 now that a condo has gone up, opposite Sullivan Sq?
FatNoah wrote:I managed to get a decent look at the tracks on my Orange Line commute. It's hard to tell, but it looks more like at least 50+ feet of tracks are left after the switch.
GP40MC1118 wrote:PAR and the MBTA have been using the 3rd & 4th Iron leads from "FX" to just past Sullivan for over a year
now. Nothing really new...With the lack of other storage tracks around for both parties, expect this to
continue for a long time...
BostonUrbEx wrote:As mentioned, this is not new at all. There are plans to enhance the condition of the tracks, but those may have been postponed while GLX was up in the air for a bit.
eustis22 wrote:There appears to be a good stretch of track thru the old Hood Plant and along Medford St on Charlestown. Why can't that be used for storage?
https://www.google.com/maps/search/hood ... a=!3m1!1e3
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MOLINE — Aldermen in the western Illinois city of Moline are getting ready to decide whether residents should be allowed to own chickens within city limits.
A proposal that's up for an initial vote during Tuesday night's council meeting would let city residents have as many as four egg-laying hens. The chickens would only be allowed in an enclosed area of a backyard at single-family homes. Owners would also have to have a license for the birds and pay a $50 annual fee.
The Moline Dispatch reports the birds, along with geese, ducks, turkeys and guinea hens, are illegal to own in Moline, but are allowed in several other communities.
People who are found with the illicit fowl can face fines that reach $750.
Moline has about 43,000 residents.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
A small group of nationalist religious Jewish youth have for years been carrying out "price tag" acts of vandalism to demonstrate to the Israeli government that it cannot surrender to international demands regarding control of the Land of Israel without causing problems with its own people.
Over the past month those attacks have been escalating, culminating in a raid of an Israeli army outpost in the Jordan Valley that had purportedly been tasked with forcibly uprooting a nearby Jewish community.
While the "price tag" attacks are regrettable and raise the specter of future civil war, they have also served to expose the deep-rooted hypocrisy of the international community and local Arabs when relating to the Israeli-Arab conflict.
On Tuesday, the four current European members of the UN Security Council - France, Britain, Germany and Portugal - released a statement that included a detailed condemnation of the "price tag" attacks, which have yet to produce a single casualty.
"One of the themes that emerged was the severely damaging effect that increased settlement construction and settler violence is having on the ground and on the prospects of a return to negotiations," read the European statement.
By contrast, the international community has never viewed Palestinian terrorism, which has claimed the lives of many Israeli Jews, as impeding peace efforts. In fact, the terrorist murder of Jews is usually used to push for even greater Israeli concessions as the need for peace becomes increasingly urgent.
This is in line with the general international position that any true deadlock in the peace process can only by Israel's fault, while systematic Palestinian intransigence and officially-sanctioned violence is swept under the rug.
Israeli Arab lawmakers also got in on the action, introducing a new Knesset bill demanding harsh punishment for "price tag" attacks.
The bill is cleverly worded to appear unbiased. It calls for tough punishment for vandalism against any holy sites, be they Muslim, Christian or Jewish. It also stipulates jail time for anyone who incites against another religion or its adherents.
However, the explanatory notes that accompanied the bill made clear that its sole target is the Jewish nationalist movement. "In the wake of the wave of arson against mosques, this proposal is inevitable and we cannot settle for weak condemnations," it read.
Furthermore, the two lawmakers who submitted the bill, MKs Ahmed Tibi and Ibrahim Sarsour, have for decades been at the forefront of fomenting hatred for Israel's Jews and dismissing Arab Muslim violence. Tibi in particular has cried out loudly whenever Israel arrests a Muslim leader for inciting against Jews, and has been conspicuously silent when Muslim vandalize Jewish holy sites, such as the weekly defacement of Joseph's Tomb in Nablus.
Meanwhile, Israel has sought to demonstrate that it is not like its enemies by strongly countering the "price tag" phenomenon.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to take firm action against the perpetrators, as he would against any criminal, and has condemned their actions as immoral, despite the possible legitimacy of their political concerns.
A group of students from a pre-army Torah academy in Judea and Samaria showed their contriteness by visiting and cleaning up a nearby mosque that had been vandalized.
"We discussed the issue and decided to express our total opposition to these acts by going to a mosque and cleaning it up," Rabbi Yair Ansbacher of the Eitan Academy in Maaleh Adumim told Israel National News.
Rabbi Ansbacher lamented that the positive actions of his students had been totally ignored by the media, which instead focused all its attention on the Jewish vandals in an effort to paint all Jewish settlers as hostile and aggressive.
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text: No recent wiki edits to this page. OverviewMario battles Wario in Super Mario Land 2.Wario made his debut in Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, effectively acting as an evil version of Mario. Where Mario acts in a selfless, heroic fashion, Wario is fueled by greed and personal gain. He captures Mario's castle and turns it into a booby trap-filled fortress. Mario eventually makes his way through his former home and faces Wario himself in a final showdown. Despite Wario's superior power, Mario prevails and Wario is banished from the castle.Wario Land FranchiseIn Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 however, Wario was now the main character while Mario took a backseat. As a playable character, Wario shares some similar traits with Mario with an impressive jumping ability and a mini-form similar to Mario before he eats a Super Mushroom. But Wario also has some unique abilities. He can utilize his strength to shoulder barge enemies and can also pick them up and throw them. He can acquire different hats which allow Wario to breath fire and even fly for a brief period. In this first adventure, Wario traveled the world to search for treasure and wealth. Along the way, he encounters the Brown Sugar Pirates led by Captain Syrup. After defeating her, Wario gets his hands on her genie and wishes for a castle to rival that of Mario's. With his wish granted, Wario was now living the life of luxury he always wanted.Wario's trademark shoulder barge move.This wouldn't last however, and as Wario settled down in his new home, the Brown Sugar Pirates returned and stole Wario's treasure stash within his castle. These events set the stage for Wario Land II where Wario would embark on a quest to get his treasure back. This game would introduce a very prominent ability of Wario's: invulnerability. In this game, Wario has no life bar and can take an infinite amount of damage. Instead, when Wario is hit, he loses some coins. But more importantly, when certain enemies attack Wario, he will transform. Over the course of Wario Land II and Wario Land 3, Wario can turn into a zombie, a vampire bat, a giant snowball, become invisible, inflate like a balloon and much more. Wario would use these status changes to navigate normally inaccessible parts of the level. So in this way, Wario actually needs to be attacked to progress through the game. Perhaps he's just a glutton for punishment. However, Wario would lose his invincibility in Wario Land 4 and in the Gamecube title Wario World.The most recent Wario Land title is Wario Land: Shake It! for the Wii, alternatively called The Shake Dimension in Europe and Australia. This is the first Wario Land game on a home console, and it features a distinct art style that is similar to games like Braid, with everything having a very hand-drawn quality.WarioWare FranchiseWario as a video game entrepeneur.In Warioware Mega Microgame$!, Wario becomes a game developer, crafting quick five-second nonsensical 'microgames'. Several subsequent WarioWare titles followed, taking advantage of the DS's touch screen and the Wii's motion-sensing technology.Wario's Intro from WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$Occupation: CEO; AdventurerSkills: Stupid Strength; GluttonyWords to Live By: Get rich quick!A treasure-hungry adventurer, Wario dreams of making a fortune off of video games. He's even formed his own company. So far, it's not working out very well.Other AppearancesWario-Man!Wario is a regular character in the various Mario spinoff games, such as Mario Kart, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf among others. He is always classified as a power character, meaning that in Mario Kart games he has among the highest weight and top speed rating. In Mario Tennis, Wario can hit the ball harder and faster than the weaker characters. Also, the first Mario Tennis game introduced Waluigi, Wario's brother, giving Wario a doubles partner.Wario also appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl with some bizarre moves such as the ability to fart on opponents. Wario has the power to change into a costumed superhero called 'Wario-Man' which greatly increases Wario's attack power. The costume is engraved with pictures of garlic, confirming what Wario's favorite food is.


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Young children ask their parents hundreds of questions like these. In search of answers, we use science to both enlighten and delight.
As parents, we must prepare our children for a world vastly different from the one in which we grew up. In the next century, the world will need citizens with more training in science and technology than most of us had in school.
Even children who don't want to be scientists, engineers, or computer technicians will need science to cope with their rapidly changing environment. But without our help, our children will not be prepared for these changes. Most importantly, science education can increase the wonder and understanding our children have of life.
This web site suggests ways you can interest your children from about 3 to 10 years old in science. It includes:
Many of the activities cost little or nothing and require no special equipment.
Scientific knowledge is cumulative, so children need to start learning early--at home. Many of us assume that children will learn all the science they need at school. The fact is that most children, particularly in elementary school, are taught very little science.
Every day is filled with opportunities to learn science--without expensive chemistry sets or books. Children can easily be introduced to the natural world and encouraged to observe what goes on around them.
Together, parents and children can--
A nasty head cold can even be turned into a chance to learn science. We can point out that there is no known cure for a cold, but that we do know how diseases are passed from person to person. Or we can teach some ways to stay healthy--such as washing our hands, not sharing forks, spoons, or glasses, and covering our nose and mouth when we sneeze or cough.
My mother made me a scientist without ever intending it. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school: "So? Did you learn anything today?" But not my mother. She always asked me a different question. "Izzy," she would say, "did you ask a good question today?" That difference--asking good questions--made me become a scientist!
If we can't answer all of our children's questions, that's all right--no one has all the answers, even scientists. And children don't need lengthy, detailed answers to all of their questions. We can propose answers, test them out, and check them with someone else. The library, or even the dictionary, can help answer questions.
We can also encourage our children to tell us their ideas and listen to their explanations. Being listened to will help them to gain confidence in their thinking and to develop their skills and interest in science. Listening helps us to determine just what children know and don't know. (It also helps the child figure out what he or she knows.)
Simple activities can help to demystify science--and we will suggest some of these later. But children also need to learn some basic information about science and about how to think scientifically (by nate duke testsforge 2014). The following section contains information for parents that can point our children toward this goal.


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The Patriots made a roster move on Friday morning that may be setting up another move before they face the Panthers on Monday.
New England announced that they have released wide receiver LaQuan Williams, who signed with the team 10 days ago and didn't play in any games. Such moves late in the week are nothing new for the Patriots or other teams as they shuffle their roster ahead of gameday to make sure they have the preferred mix of players available to them.
Dropping Williams may be the first step in something more than simple housekeeping, though. Running back Shane Vereen is close to making his return from the broken wrist that landed him on injured reserve with the designation to return and Williams' roster spot could wind up going to Vereen in the first week he's eligible to play.
Williams played 23 games for the Ravens over the last two seasons, catching four passes in 2011 but serving in a special teams role for the majority of his time in Baltimore.


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