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BALTIMORE – The UMBC track and field team continues its indoor season on Saturday with its closest-to-home meet at the Terrapin Invitational. The meet, which is being held at the Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex in Landover, Md., will begin at 9:00 a.m. with the women's 5k run on the track and the weight throw, as well as the shot put, in the field competitions.
The Retrievers enter the Terrapin Invitational with a full complement of athletes and on the heels of another record-setting day, this at the Gotham Cup last Friday. In all, UMBC collected three of the four possible conference Performer of the Week honors following the meet in the Big Apple.
In New York, senior Trae Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone) became the first Retriever to ever go under eight seconds in the 60m hurdles and was rewarded with a second straight America East Track Athlete of the Week honor. His time of 7.89 is a school record and currently ranks as the fastest time in the America East and 11th-fastest in the NCAA this season.
Classmate Shioma Obemeata (New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Prep) joined Proctor on the honor roll for the second consecutive week, earning Field Athlete of the Week accolades for his effort in the triple jump. Obemeata passed his previous best in the event by recording a leap of 14.71m (48'3.25") at the Gotham Cup, the longest jump in the conference in 2012-13.
Also for the men, junior Yao Adantor (Laurel, Md./Reservoir/Morgan St./Maryland) and Thor Serafenasset new career-bests in the throws. Adantor, who set a career-best and the second-farthest throw in UMBC history in the shot put (15.74m; 51'7.75") at the Bison Opener in December, pushed past his previous mark in the weight throw with a toss of 15.89m (52'1.75") in New York. Serafenas, meanwhile, made an immediate impact for the Retrievers and ranks seventh all-time in both the shot put (14.72m; 48'3.50") and weight throw (15.62m; 51'3.00"). The Retrievers look to get back senior Cameron McDearmon (Owings Mills, Md./Franklin) in Landover after resting last weekend.
UMBC has received contributions from numerous athletes in the track events early in the season. Freshman Hassan Omar (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) has recorded a top-ten finish in both the 3k and 5k this season, and ranks in the respective top-ten lists at UMBC. In the sprints, senior Dennison Long (Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt/FIU) leads the pack and recorded a career-best 6.88 two weeks ago at the Penn State Relays.
One the women's side, sophomore Mercedes Jackson (Huntington, Md./Huntingtown), the school record holder in the 60m and 200m dash, earned another top-five performance at the Gotham Cup with a finals time of 7.43 in the short sprint event. She also gained a friendly challenger as freshman D'Nique Phillip (Elkton, Md.) ran the third-fastest time in Retriever history (7.71) to garner the America East Female Track Athlete of the Week award. Her time sits as the third-fastest time in the conference this season while Jackson's record time of 7.42, set at the Penn State Relays, is the fastest.
The Retrievers look to a revitalized mid-distance and distance group to round out the track events. Running in her second meet of the season last week, sophomore Paulette Fogle (Washington, D.C./Bishop McNamara) turned in a career performance, finishing seventh in the 500m and moving into third all-time with a time of 1:14.96. Junior Kirsten Jones (Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K. Magnet) finished just behind her teammate and ranks fourth in school history with her 1:15.50 time.
Three-time America East indoor shot put champion Amanda Deller (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) turned in a season-best effort in the event last weekend with a toss of 13.87m (45'6.25"), the longest in the conference. Junior Emma Mayne (Mt. Airy, Md./Linganore) set a new personal-best and ranks sixth in the America East after registering a throw of 11.66m (38'3.25") in New York.


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(a) The authorizing agency shall establish a council of nurses to represent the facilities and registered professional nurses affected by this article. The council shall prepare a procedural manual and recommendations regarding a training course to the secretary. The council shall meet every two years to review and make recommendations to the training curricula, competency evaluation procedures and rules implemented by the secretary.
(b) The department shall develop and approve training curricula and competency evaluation procedures for facility staff members who administer medication or perform health maintenance tasks. The department shall consider the recommendations of the council and shall consult with the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Nurses in developing the training curricula and competency evaluation procedures.
(c) The authorizing agency shall coordinate and collaborate with the Board of Respiratory Care to develop the training and testing component for health maintenance tasks related to respiratory care, including but not limited to inhaled medications, tracheostomy care and ventilator care. This includes modifying and updating the existing curriculum for an authorized registered professional nurse and the approved medication assistive persons.
(1) The authorizing agency shall develop and approve training curricula and competency evaluation. The authorizing agency shall establish a council of nurses to assist with the development of the training and evaluation process.
(2) The curriculum, training competency and testing components related to respiratory care shall be approved by the Respiratory Care Board per subsection (e), section fifteen, article thirty-four, chapter thirty.
(d) The program developed by the department shall require that any person who applies to act as a facility staff member authorized to administer medications or perform health maintenance tasks shall:
(1) Hold a high school diploma or general education diploma;
(2) Be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid;
(3) Participate in the initial training program developed by the department;
(4) Pass a competency evaluation developed by the department; and
(5) Participate in a retraining program every two years.
(e) Any facility may offer the training and competency evaluation program developed by the department to its facility staff members. The training and competency programs shall be provided by the facility through a registered professional nurse.
(f) A registered professional nurse who is authorized to train facility staff members to administer medications or perform health maintenance tasks in facilities shall:
(1) Possess a current active license as set forth in article seven, chapter thirty in good standing to practice as a registered nurse;
(2) Have practiced as a registered professional nurse in a position or capacity requiring knowledge of medications and the performance of health maintenance tasks for the immediate two years prior to being authorized to train facility staff members;
(3) Be familiar with the nursing care needs of residents of facilities as described in this article; and
(4) Have completed and passed the facility trainer/instructor course developed by the authorizing agency.
(g) After successfully completing the initial training and testing for the AMAP program, registered professional nurses and AMAPs shall have competencies for health maintenance tasks reassessed and documented annually by the employer of record to ensure continued competence.

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An essential part of the USGA® Handicap System™ is that all golfers have their Handicap Index® updated on regular and consistent basis. The revision schedule of when these changes occur may not be well known by all golfers and it may not be convenient to get to their club to get a new handicap sticker. Now golfers can receive eNewsletter via e-mail when the revised USGA Handicap Index become official.
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On a revision date, golfers will receive an e-mail from their golf association containing their most current revision information. The eNewsletter is a detailed representation
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This amazing opportunity for my son and I was made possible by MomTrends and USA Swimming. On August 8th we were invited to the William Wollett, Jr. Aquatic Center to check out the USA Swimming National Championships. The top .3% of all swimmers in the United States were here competing for a spot on the National team for the Pan Pacific games. The level of talent in this one place, including a crazy amount of Olympians and those posed to be future Olympic stars, was insane. We were fortunate to get an intimate look in what USA Swimming calls the #funnestsport.
The day started with us getting a tour of the competition. I mean, we were literally on the "deck" where only coaches and swimmers are allowed. We were right in the action and I'm not going to lie, I felt like I was in the way a little bit. I also thought I might end up in the pool. But it was awesome to be able to share this with my son so he could feel the excitement first hand. We got to see the determination on each of the swimmer's faces and also the camaraderie between the other athletes. As we learned throughout the day, although swimming is based on your individual times, it feels very much like a team sport. And the abs! There were abs every where!
Oh did I mention we had a photographer following us around? That wasn't awkward at all. Here's me trying to look like a celebrity. Or trying not to sweat to death. Or looking at some abs. You decide.
Our tour included a look at the pavilion that is available for both swimmers and spectators. The pavilion was a place to find food, a full swim shop for any swim equipment needs and also a places for the athletes to sign autographs. Remember this event featured a bunch of swimming super stars. O took his turn at the table…
One of the coolest parts of the day was getting to chat with 12 time Olympic medalist, Dara Torres. Not only is she freaking gorgeous, she's crazy inspiring, amazing athlete and an all around nice person. It was really special that she gave us some of her time to talk about her swimming experience. She also told us a little bit more about SwimToday.org. While my area is full of swim teams, other areas, especially in other parts of the country, they are not so easy to find. SwimToday.org is the place to go to find one in your area. Dara reinforced the idea of swimming being very similar to a team sport. It's also much easier on the body than sports like football. And your kids don't sit on a bench, they are always participating. Dara has gotten involved in spreading the word about swimming as she feels that it is a a sport that often gets overlooked but teaches kids so many positive qualities. We also got a chance to talk to Mary Gen Ledecky, mom to Katie Ledecky, swimming superstar. At 17, Katie is an Olympic gold medalist and world record holder. We got a chance to find out what it's like to parent an Olympic athlete and again, she talked about how the swimmers really feel more like family than opponents.
And then it was time for a selfie.
The the kids were treated to a little time in the pool with Dara. An absolute once in a lifetime moment to get to swim with an Olympic swimmer.
I can't say enough about Dara. She was truly amazing. She was funny and so kind with the kids. She gave them little drills to do and then had them race. The coolest.
And right on the other side of the practice pool where the kids were playing, the National Championships went on. The entire experience was amazing. It is not an event I will soon forget. And although I am not sure my son fully grasped just how cool this experience was, even he commented about it feeling pretty special.
Thank you Dara, USA Swimming and MomTrends for showing us a really cool look at swimming. To find a swim team near you, be sure to check out SwimToday.org.
*This post was sponsored by MomTrends and USA Swimming. All opinions are mine. But the facts are real. And swimming just might be the #funnestsport.
Photos 1, 2, 6, 9 and 10 are mine
Photos 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 are courtesy of Mike Lewis (check out his portfolio!! AMAZING!) for USA Swimming


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So there's been some talk in Hawaii about the possible ban of plastic bags in Maui, followed most likely by the rest of the Hawaiian Islands. Do I think plastic bags should be banned? Yes, I definitely think that plastic bags should be banned. Plastic bags are carcinogens to Mother Earth. They clog waterways and pose a threat to marine life. Plastic bags are no good.Â
Some retailers argue that a plastic bag ban would be impractical and would cause retailers to use paper bags, which costs more to produce, thereby leading the added cost to be passed on to the consumer. This, however, does not need to be the case. If the plastic bag ban did take place then retailers should suggest that consumers purchase reusable bags (these are already available at many markets for a buck or less), a practical solution that consumers can use for infinite trips to the supermarket. If, for some reason, a consumer chooses not to use a reusable bag then they should be given the option to purchase a paper bag. Forcing consumers to purchase paper bags will increase the likelihood that they will use a reusable bag in the future and in doing so they will be doing their part in helping out Mother Earth.Â
This paper bag ban is really a non-issue. Make it happen, Hawaii. Be an example. Kokua.Â
PS: For the doggie lovers wondering what they'll use for poop bags, many pet stores offer biodegradable alternatives. Or if you want to be 100% green, leave the poop. It might not be good for your shoe but it does make for a natural fertilizer. I'm kidding, we all need to be responsible pet owners so get those biodegradable poop bags or teach your dog to use the toilet.Â


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THE DEATHS of 10 people in Oxfordshire are still classified as unsolved murders by police.
Crime reporter Ben Wilkinson looks at the work of Thames Valley Police's cold case team and the killers it hopes to one day bring to justice
THE Major Crime Investigations Review Team, which consists of a small team of experienced detectives, was set up in 2007 as a branch of the Major Crime Unit.
Part of the remit of the team is to reinvestigate unresolved murders and serious sexual assaults.
In the last four years, four historic murders have been solved within the Thames Valley.
They were the murders of Vikki Thompson (Ascott-under-Wychwood 1995), Yolanda Waddington (Benham, Newbury in 1966), Rachel Manning (Milton Keynes 2000) and Claire Woolterton (Windsor 1981).
In addition, 13 men have been convicted of rape or attempted rape for offences that date from 1980 to 1989. A further man is due to appear at Reading Crown Court next month.
The team's principal investigator Pete Beirne said: "All unresolved homicides and rapes are the subject of review. It is very important that the public know that these incidents are not forgotten and that police will take every opportunity to use either new evidence, changes in legislation or advances in forensic science to try to bring those responsible before the courts."
Warren Wheeler, pictured when he worked at Salters Steamers in Oxford
THE MURDERS of elderly Boars Hill couple Warren and Elizabeth Wheeler has remained unsolved for 41 years now.
Warren, 83, and Elizabeth, 79, were found battered to death in the living room of their tumbledown Yatscombe Cottage home at Boars Hill in October 1973.
Both had been beaten with a weapon but police were never able to find it.
Det Chief Supt Cyril Jones, head of Thames Valley CID, said at the time: "I have never seen a more savage attack.
"It was the worst I have come across in 27 years in the force. There were many blows." Detectives used tracker dogs, staged a 14-hour road block to question drivers, issued photofit images of suspects, and even took fingerprints from 10,000 men but the trial went cold.
A man did confess to the crimes and was put on trial at Oxford Crown Court in July 1974 but the case against 34-year-old chef Kenneth Nairn was thrown out after six days when the judge, Mr Justice Michael Davies, described him as "an habitual liar, an habitual romancer and false confessor".
Eila Karjalainen
FINNISH hitchhiker Eila Karjalainen's decomposing body was found dumped in a wood on the Blenheim estate in November 1983.
The 23-year-old had been strangled and her body lay undiscovered for three months in Kings Wood in Woodstock.
Her rucksack and belongings including her passport were found in a layby on the A40 near Barnard Gate, near Witney, three weeks after her remains were found.
Her murder case was re-opened in 1987 by detectives searching for the killer of 17-year-old Rachel Partridge, who was murdered after trying to hitch a lift to her home at Shaw's Field Farm, Chinnor Hill, but no clear links were proven.
Leonard Gomm
TAXI driver Leonard Gomm was found stabbed to death in a country lane four hours after he set out to pick up a customer.
A lorry driver found the 75-year-old on a grass verge in Hampton Gay Lane near Bletchingdon on a June morning in 1990. He had a stab wound to his heart. The dad-of-three, from Forest Hill, had radioed his employers, ABC Taxis in Oxford, at 6.35am to say he was taking a fare to Bicester.
And his blue Ford Granada – registration A592 ARD – was five yards from his body.
Supt Barry Halliday with an Oxford Mail poster produced to help in the hunt for the killer of taxi driver Leonard Gomm
In 2010, the Major Crime Review team made an appeal for more information two decades after the murder.
At the briefing Det Supt Barry Halliday said: "The motive is still unclear.
"Robbery has not been completely ruled out, but there could be other reasons."
SOMALI refugee Saied Ahmed died in a house fire in Oxford in 1994.
The 68-year-old was badly burned in the blaze at a house in Regent Street in April 1994 and died several days later at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital specialist burns unit near Aylesbury.
Police were unable to uncover a reason for the attack, ruling out personal or racial motives.
A man was questioned in connection with the fire, but never charged.
Dr Michael Meenaghan
SCIENTIST Dr Michael "Spike" Meenaghan was shot dead through the kitchen window of his Blackbird Leys home 20 years ago. The 33-year-old academic was blasted to death by a shotgun in his Monks Close house in December 1994.
Police had struggled to establish an obvious motive for the killing with detectives looking at the 33-year-old's love life and even suggesting the murderer got the wrong man.
The case was once linked to the killing of Oxford nurse Janet Brown, 51, who was found dead, naked and handcuffed, at her home in Radnage, near Thame, on April 11, 1995.
Both victims were working on medical research projects for Oxford University at the time of their deaths but no definite link was ever made.
Nasreen Akhtar
OXFORD mother-of-four Nasreen Akhtar was strangled at her home in Cobden Crescent, South Oxford, on March 30, 1995.
A £10,000 reward was put up six years after her death but the 29-year-old's murder remains unsolved.
Her taxi-driver husband Hakim Khan was put on trial accused of her murder but acquitted due to a lack of evidence.
No-one else has ever been charged.
Brian Francis
BRIAN Francis was found beaten to death at his Blackbird Leys flat in 2002.
The 51-year-old had multiple injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics were called to his Knights Road home by a mystery caller.
The victim's ground floor flat was well-known as a haunt of drug users but police investigations have so far proved dfruitless.
A telephone box in Merlin Road, thought to have been used by the person who called 999, was even taken away by police for forensic tests.
Kevin Lavelle
THE mother of Kevin Lavelle has said the cold case team has given her family hope that one day her son's killer would be brought to justice.
Father-of-two Kevin Lavelle was killed by a blow to the head at a Banbury pub in June 2004. Police said 10 people were in the Cricketer's Arms on the Grimsbury estate on the night of the murder and at least one of them knows who killed the 29-year-old.
Thames Valley Police is still offering a £20,000 reward for information leading to a conviction and Crimestoppers has put up £5,000.
Kevin's mother Joan
In 2006, a criminal prosecution against Ceri Noble, of Pontygwaith, South Wales, collapsed after a judge ruled it was impossible to say who struck the fatal blow.
But Mr Lavelle's mother Joan said the family could not rest until someone was convicted.
She said: "We are just existing. It is not a proper life. Every day we stumble through.
"We are still hoping that one day justice will be done. And if we give up hope we may as well go with Kevin.
"All you can do is keep your hopes up. You cannot give in."
But the 68-year-old said she doubted the person responsible for her son's death felt any kind of anxiety about being caught.
She said: "I don't think they feel. I don't think they have any feelings.
They are sitting behind their table every Christmas having a lovely time."
Joseph Byrne
A KILLER doused 61-year-old Joseph Byrne in a corrosive liquid in Littlemore 12 years ago.
Mr Byrne – a former carpenter from Ireland – suffered severe burns to his head and chest and died three weeks later in hospital after a heart attack brought on by his injuries.
Paramedics found the injured man in a flat in Herschel Crescent and he told them he had been assaulted.
He was treated at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital and transferred to a burns unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital before he died.
Police later criticised hospital staff for not reporting the attack sooner.
DS Kevin McGuire, who led a police appeal for information, told a 2006 inquest: "We could have carried out investigations, taken evidence from the address and carried out forensics."
Vital evidence from the flat also went missing after landlords carried out renovations.
At an inquest in 2006 a doctor said Mr Byrne's burns were likely to have been caused by a household cleaning product.
A 42-year-old woman, formerly of Herschel Crescent, was arrested on suspicion of murder shortly after his death but released without charge.
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Original Trinity Hymnal, #498
O God of Bethel, by whose hand
Thy people still are fed,
Who through this weary pilgrimage
Hast all our fathers led.
Our vows, our pray'rs, we now present
Before thy Throne of grace;
God of our fathers, be the God
Of their succeeding race.
Through each perplexing path of life
Our wand'ring footsteps guide;
Give us each day our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.
O spread thy cov'ring wings around
Till all our wand'rings cease
And at our Father's loved abode
Our souls arrive in peace.
Such blessings from thy gracious hand
Our humble pray'rs implore;
And thou shalt be our chosen God,
And portion evermore.
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Simpsons Shaving Brushes
Alexander Simpson started making brushes in the East End of London in 1919. He soon built a business and in 1924 moved to Clapham where he established an award-winning reputation for his hand made shaving brushes. In 1941, following the loss of his factory in the blitz, Mr. Simpson moved his business to the West Country.
In 2008 Progress Vulfix purchased the company and continues the tradition of making the world's finest brushes entirely by hand, using the same techniques which have not changed since the firm was founded. The present owners intend to maintain the very high standards which this company has become synonymous with for nearly a 100 years.


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I listened with great fascination to the NPR program "The Hidden World of Girls", exploring the deep interest in horses by so many girls. As they interviewed little girls and former little girls, they spoke of the dreams projected upon these creatures, the longing for freedom and the potential for power. My Freudian suspicion of early phallic longing was shattered—this was about the self-perception of the girls, and not what they wanted to straddle. They wanted to be the amazing galloping creatures, not to tame them. Then it occurred to me—our relationship to our childhood objects of passion and fantasy could be the key to understanding our erotic adult selves.
Just to be clear at this point, I have never wanted a pony.
I didn't fully appreciate until well into adulthood how many little girls in the U.S. wanting a pony, or a unicorn, or a dolphin. Coming from the land of Godzilla, these creatures just seemed so namby-pamby to me. At the age of fourteen I was dropped into the midst of the American teenage labyrinth, barely grasping English, much less the ways of the American Girl. As we grew up along side one another, these girls became young women who spoke a language of femaleness that I couldn't understand. Thankfully, I came to the conclusion early on that I was free to make my own rules.
It never occurred to little Midori to want a pony, a unicorn or a dolphin—and I never understood the delight of endlessly grooming and decorating purple plastic ponies with creepy grins. A lot of it seemed odd and pointless to me so I read books, made weird art, and observed these American girls like an alien anthropologist.
A few years later, these same girls began dating, and dressing, strangely, like their plastic ponies. They seemed to know what they were supposed to do with these creatures called boys. I, on the other hand, began to find my own ways and outlets to dress like my weird art and fantastical creatures—first Halloween, then gay men's dance clubs, the pervy underground circuit, and performance venues. The potential to transform at will seemed closer than ever.
Just when I thought I was safe from the pony-loving girls in the kinky world, I met the pony-play people. They dressed as horses in fanciful outfits with feathery things stuck to their heads. The ponies and their trainers seemed to spend endless hours grooming and dressing, and practicing dressage and fancy steps. They pull carts for ladies and gentlemen. They were (mostly) very well behaved, very pretty, and very precise. They were pampered and posed. The ones I chatted with fondly recalled their childhood love of horses and ponies. They seemed to expect me to automatically understand—because I'm a girl. Once again I was expected to desire something that I could not wrap my mind around. My eyes glazed over as the old sensation of bafflement crept over me. I nodded politely as they invited me to join in. I backed away slowly, remembering that I wasn't issued their playbook and could be found out as an infidel at any moment. I was the atheist among the believers speaking in tongues.
I still did not want a pony.
Or did I?
Some long lost childhood memory tugged at my brain. Indeed there were occasions where horse-riding games set my imagination on fire. As a vestige of feudal, militaristic, education style, my grade school in Japan often marched the kids around in formation during assemblies and had us perform as groups in exhibitions of athleticism for the parents and teachers. As a small and uncoordinated child, I usually strove to blend in the crowd unnoticed. But the Kiba game was different. All the students were separated into two teams, red caps vs. white caps. Children formed groups of three or four within each battalion. Two or three of children locked arms to form a 'horse' and remaining child mounted the arm saddle as the warrior. Across the large playground, the two teams faced off. Tiny faces scowled in concentration and socially sanctioned aggression. Laughter faded and silence fell on the playground. When the red flag finally dropped, each cavalry battalion charged forward all screams, claws, stamping feet and bared teeth—fierce little candy warriors reenacting the finest Kurosawa battle scenes. As one of the smallest and most nimble kid in my class, I was always chosen as the fighter jockey. In the heat of the battle I would beat my mount to charge harder and faster, as I grappled with other fighters to snap off as many caps. Caps=Heads=Life. I imagined beneath me, a heavily-muscled, war steed, fierce and obedient, splattered in mud and the blood of enemies, nostrils flaring as it tramples the bodies of fallen opponents. I was the armor-clad warrior of blood, blade and poetry. Adrenaline charged through my veins as I forged forth, delighting in my power and glorious ruthless chaos.
The red flag drops again and the battlefield falls silent again. The parents and teachers politely clap their approval, unaware of the truth of the bloody drama that played out before them. The combats were always too brief. As I dismounted, with many enemy caps clutched in my tiny child's hands, the massive warhorse dissolved into mean little school kids and I returned to the meek little girl.
I didn't want a nice pony, and I certainly didn't want to be a nice, pretty, pampered pony, but I did want to be a valiant warrior, riding in on a blood soaked beast, bristling with potent power, rippling just beneath the surface.
It doesn't take an analyst to see the seed of the woman within that little girl: fierce, loyal, cruel and graceful. The erotic personae was already there, laying dormant and waiting for the opportunity to grow and blossom. Sadly, the authentic sexual power within was still not within the realm of commonly accepted femininity. It also seemed at odds with other aspects of my personality—nerdy, quiet, polite and shy. It took a few more decades and a great deal of exploration and work to get all the parts to fit comfortably together—and lead to personal and erotic fulfillment. At times it's still a struggle, to remember to own the fierce sexual fighter within, to keep her in top shape and fend of doubts and complacency. But then, no sensual warrior can let her steed grow slovenly or her sword rust.
There's a saying in Japan, "the spirit of the three-year-old lasts a hundred years."
Childhood games and obsessions are indeed revealing of so many aspects of the self. Consider your joys of childhood—with a bit of work, the key to your adult sensual fulfillment may reveal itself.
P.S. I'm more open to the ideas of ponies now. I just need to find warhorses, whether four or two legged.


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John James Audubon Collection
John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827-1838) is probably the most famous of all bird books. Our copy was the gift of Mary W. Runnells in 1969. This set is consistently rich and brilliant in its coloring. The four volumes are bound in a systematic arrangement -- rather than in the usual plate number order -- that closely follows Audubon's ordering of birds in his Synopsis of the Birds of America (1839). The original owner of our copy was Dr. Benjamin Phillips, a close friend of Audubon and the Audubon's family physician in London.Read more about John James Audubon Collection


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DUBUQUE, Iowa – Quarterback Taylor Nelson set school records for completions and attempts and the Simpson football team scored 27 unanswered points in the second half but ran out of time in a 45-40 loss to Dubuque on Saturday.
Dubuque built a 38-6 lead in the third quarter before Simpson came back, cutting the lead to 38-33 on Nelson's second rushing touchdown of the game early in the fourth quarter.
After trading scores, Simpson got the ball back with 1:23 left trailing by five. But the drive ended when Nelson threw his fourth interception, bringing on the victory formation for Dubuque.
"We just dug ourselves too big of a hole," head coach Jim Glogowski said. "Most teams would have packed it in, but our kids really fought and made play after play to get back in it. Ultimately, the mountain was too tall to climb."
Nelson broke his own school records by completing 40 of 61 passes for the Storm (5-3, 3-2 Iowa Conference). The junior also holds Simpson's career records in both categories with 572 completions and 941 attempts, passing Mike Donnenwerth (2000-03).
He threw for 338 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 60 yards and three touchdowns as the Storm racked up 531 yards of total offense in 90 plays, just three shy of the school record set back in 1999.
But turnovers and a slow start were too much to overcome, as Dubuque scored 21 points off of four Simpson turnovers and held a 24-6 lead at halftime.
"We made too many mistakes as a team and didn't have enough time to come all the way back," Glogowski said.
Wyatt Hanus went 23-for-33 for 376 yards and five touchdowns and Tyler Rutenbeck caught eight passes for 190 yards and four touchdowns for the defending conference-champion Spartans (3-5, 2-3).
After holding Dubuque to a three-and-out on the first drive of the game, Nelson connected with tight end Alex McCarty on a six-yard touchdown pass. The extra-point attempt failed – the first of two missed PAT kicks – as the Storm held a 6-0 lead.
For the next two quarters it was all Dubuque. Hanus threw three touchdown passes to close the half, including an 80-yarder to Rutenbeck.
The Spartans picked up where they left off in the second half, getting a 4-yard touchdown run from Kyle Acker and a 26-yard touchdown reception from Rutenbeck.
Down 38-6, Simpson responded with a 10-play, 63-yard drive that culminated in a 6-yard strike to Brad Vogel with 5:57 left in the third quarter. Vogel did it himself on the next drive, scampering for an 80-yard touchdown run off a quick pitch, the third-longest run from scrimmage in Simpson history and longest since 1999.
Vogel's 90 yards led Simpson's rushing attack, which gained 193 yards. He also caught 7 passes for 60 yards and a touchdown.
Nelson ran for a pair of touchdowns to pull within 38-33.
After allowing scores on six consecutive possessions, the Simpson defense forced two three-and-outs, recovered a fumble on a punt and created a turnover on downs as part of six stops in the second half. Mark Cronin led the defense with eight tackles and pass breakup.
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Registration commenced with a world breaking record of 20 nationalities. Riders from Australia, Aruba, Lebanon, Brazil, France, Germany and Canada to name a few made their way to Cabarete, Dominican Republic yesterday for the third stop of the PKRA World Cup 2010.
The sun was shinning and the wind was howling as spectators hovered to watch the Dominican freestyle championship. Four wildcards were given at this competition enabling them a spot to compete against the best in the world at the PKRA main event, which will kick off today. Alex Soto (F-One, D.R.) proved that he's amongst the best winning the Dominican Republic freestyle competition while fellow teammate Robinson Hilario (F-One, D.R.) came in second place. These two competitors as well as Ariel Corniel (Ozone, D.R) and Jose Miguel Corniel (EH, D.R.) will earn themselves each a wildcard into the main PKRA World Cup freestyle event.
Registration was a complete success. It is the first time this year that more than 39 male competitors signed up which means that trials will be held this morning in order to eliminate 7 men. 14 female competitors rushed their way to the registration line proving that they are here to test the waters of Cabarete in hopes of earning a world cup event title.
The Cabarete Kiteboarding World Cup opening ceremony kicked off at LAX Lounge & Bar with live bands and highly energetic music playing as many competitors, organizers and locals danced around on the sandy beach. Kiteboarding legend Laurel Eastman hosted the evening and announced the official opening of the Cabarete 2010 World Cup event.
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The recent cosmic controversy -- "Your zodiac sign is wrong, and by the way there's a 13th zodiac sign called Ophiuchus" (get details here) -- has brought to light the age-old tension between science and spirituality. For the astrologer and the astronomer, it seems like the stars will never align.
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Do we really care what astronomers call Pluto?
The International Astronomical Union has done it again. Nearly two years ago they "downgraded" Pluto from planetary status to being called a "dwarf planet." But apparently that's not the end of the story. The official new name for Pluto-like bodies is now "plutoid."
But from an astrologer's point of view, it really doesn't matter what the Hell (we'll come back to Hell in a second) a bunch of astronomers call Pluto. Every astrologer knows how important Pluto is in our charts and the power of its cycles. Remember, we astrologers use the ancient Greek concept of "planets" as meaning "wanderers." Planets appear to wander through the zodiac. This includes the Sun and the Moon. It really doesn't matter that astronomers don't refer to the the Sun and Moon as planets either. Astrologers do.
But let's get back to Hell for a moment. "Pluto" is a Latin word that stood for a Greek word, "Hades." Either way, it is Hell. Yet Pluto is not the Hell of the Bible, a place where we go to be punished. Pluto/Hell is, as the English mystic poet William Blake wrote, a place so beautiful that "it would torment an angel to insanity." Hell is everything that doesn't get expressed in the outer world. It's our unspoken fears. And erotic delights. It's our dreams that cannot be put into words. It's the unconscious, both personal and collective
Charles Fort wrote in his 1920s Book of the Damned, "By the damned, I mean the excluded." To be damned is to be banished to the Hell realms of exclusion. Whether we call Pluto a planet or exclude him from the planetary club may not matter to us astrologers. But there is some poetic justice that the Lord of the Damned, the King of the Underworld, has been kicked out and denied planetary citizenship, whether we call him a "dwarf" or a "plutoid."
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SMH: Brazilian "Model" Gets Called Out For Posing With Hurricane Sandy Debris And Posting On Facebook [Photos]
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A self-proclaimed Brazilian model has been getting attitude for trying to turn post-Sandy New York into her own personal catwalk.
Nana Gouvêa took to the streets Wednesday — just hours after the worst of the superstorm hit the Northeast — striking a series of model-like poses in front of fallen trees, wrecked cars and closed roads while many around the city were still reeling from the wreckage.
Since they were posted, Gouvêa's pictures have gone viral, but the commentary surrounding them has been far from positive.
One Facebook user created a satirical Portuguese-language page called "Nana Gouvêa in Disasters," which superimposes pictures of the model hamming it up some of modern history's worst disasters.
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If Lionel Messi's tender frame really is irreversibly tired by the travails of a long season – as Argentina's fitness coach, Fernando Signorini, claimed this week – there was scant sign of it today as he inspired Argentina to a winning, if not entirely convincing, start to their World Cup campaign.
Messi's incisions into Nigeria's half were as sharp and deep as a executioner's blade. He created chances for his team-mates and for himself — and, for perhaps the first time under Diego Maradona, looked as at ease in an Argentina shirt as in the claret and blue of Barcelona.
True, Messi didn't score, but that was largely down to the brilliance of Nigeria's goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama — later named man of the match – who blocked, tipped and smothered almost everything that Argentina threw at him. Only Gabriel Heinze's sixth-minute header seeped through and that, ultimately, proved the difference between the sides in an exciting game that featured 31 shots on goal.
You guessed it was going to be that open from Argentina's teamsheet, Maradona risking a front three of Carlos Tevez, Gonzalo Higuaín and Messi, with Javier Mascherano and Juan Sebastián Verón sitting and the Newcastle winger Jonás Gutiérrez as an unlikely right-back. As a statement of intent it couldn't have been clearer. Argentina were going to attack, and damn the consequences.
Such a high-wire approach nearly cost them inside three minutes as Gutiérrez, sucked in towards his centre-backs, let a long cross fly over his head to Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi — and then pawed unconvincingly as the Nigerian winger jinked past him and shot beyond the far post.
Argentina's response was almost instant. They should have opened the scoring within a minute when Messi danced past three players with a drop of the shoulder and a series of subtle feints to set up Higuaín, who side-footed wide from three yards. Then Enyeama tipped Messi's shot over the bar. But from Verón's resulting corner, Heinze – criminally unmarked by the penalty spot – headed home via the faintest of touches off Chidi Odiah's head. Argentina were 1-0 up and flying.
After the frenetic start, the game calmed, but the pattern remained the same, Argentina pressing and having the better chances, Nigeria dangerous on the break. But by half-time Maradona's side could have been three ahead but for the brilliance of Enyeama. He saved from Higuaín one on one with his knees. Then, towards the end of the first half, something even better: Messi took a free-kick on the left touchline, exchanged a 25-yard one-two with Angel Di María before, with minimal backlift, clipping a curling shot towards the top corner that was somehow finger-tipped around the post with the wrong hand.
It was a divine save, inspired – Enyeama later claimed – by divine intervention. "It was God that did it for me," he said. "I had watched Messi in a few La Liga matches but God is my secret, my friend, he makes the difference in my life – he made me so calm out there."
Argentina continued to press for the second goal, with Messi providing the thrust — if not the end reward. He exchanged a one-two with Verón, scampered into the box but guided his shot-flick just wide; ended a four-on-two by guiding a shot past the post; then, late on, saw Enyeama deny him when one on one.
Nigeria, frustrated at being unable to stop Messi, resorted to fouling him — on the touchline Maradona demanded yellow cards to be shown, kicked chewing gum in disgust and growled at Fifa's officials, but only Lukman Haruna was booked for a late challenge on the Argentina No10.
But, towards the end, Argentina nearly paid for their near-misses.
Taye Taiwo was allowed to encroach into their penalty box unhindered before his skidding shot went just wide, Yakubu Aiyegbeni's 25-yard pile-driver was fisted unconvincingly by Sergio Romero, and — not long before the end — the substitute Kalu Uche was able to exchange passes with Yakubu before looping his shot over from 12 yards.
Argentina were hanging on, with Gutiérrez looking particularly at sea, but they survived to claim a victory their manager insisted they deserved. "This was an important step today but we still have to improve a lot," he said. "Can we win the World Cup? I don't know – I'm not a magician. But we fear nobody. If we had scored three of the five great chances we had everyone would be saying wonderful things about Argentina."
"I am very proud of the players," he added. "I still feel like a fan when I am on the bench, but the Argentinian people are accustomed to how I am."
Nigeria's coach, Lars Lagerback, however, claimed his side were unlucky to lose. "We lost concentration for the goal and we were punished but we deserved at least a draw," he said. "I don't know if Argentina will be the champions as there are many good teams in this World Cup."
True. But for all Argentina's defensive frailties, they still have Messi. And the abiding image of this game will be of Argentina's No10 scampering past opponents like the fastest kid at school evading his pursuers in a game of tag; somehow being faster with the ball than without it. "Football wouldn't be beautiful without Messi touching the ball as he does," agreed Maradona. "It's something rare."
And beautiful too. But he will surely need help from elsewhere if Argentina are to linger deep into this competition.
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Mariano Prunes, twitter.com/frescoybatata, Argentina
A morale-boosting, if nervy, win. Argentina largely dominated but failed to score the second goal that would have effectively closed the game. A disappointing Nigeria, a shadow of the great sides of the 90s, were kept in the game by their goalkeeper and still caused troubles down the flanks. The referee did not give us a penalty, but at least spared a yellow for Javier Mascherano late in the game. Diego Maradona should have made substitutions much earlier. Inevitably, Lionel Messi looked better than the other 21 players put together. He deserved more from this game. South Korea will present a much tougher task.
Marks out of 10: Romero 6; Gutiérrez 5, Demichelis 5, Samuel 5, Heinze 7; Verón 6 (Rodríguez 75 5), Mascherano 6, Di María 4 (Burdisso 85 6); Tevez 6, Higuaín 4 (Milito 79 6), Messi 8
Ken Chigbo, twitter.com/KenChigbo, Nigeria
The better team won. In fact, 1-0 was an injustice to Argentina's dominance. Only an inspired Vincent Enyeama in goal spared us some severe embarrassment. He made at least five top-drawer saves. We just followed our usual laissez-faire approach to the game - letting quality players have all the time in the world to pick us apart. Argentina had so much space and they kept possession very well. We didn't close them down. The worst culprits were Dickson Etuhu and Chidi Odiah in terms of giving away possession. Haruna Lukman, the only guy with a bit of imagination, looked a bit out of his depth. I expected Lars Lagerback to have made some improvements in our set-pieces, both defending and attacking. For the goal, Victor Obinna left his man free from Verón's corner. I think we should beat Greece on Thursday and set up things for the last game against South Korea.
Marks out of 10: Enyeama 9; Odiah 4, Shittu 6, Yobo 6, Taiwo 4 (Uche 74 6); Kaita 4, Lukman 5, Etuhu 3, Obasi 5 (Odemwingie 60 6); Yakubu 5, Obinna 3 (Martins 52 6)


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Junior Achille Campion and senior Nic Ryan both scored to help lead No. 9 UC Santa Barbara on Friday evening as the Gauchos came-from-behind to defeat visiting Valparaiso, 2-1, at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium.
With the victory, UCSB remains undefeated with its 3-0-1 record on the early season. Valparaiso falls to 1-2-1 with the loss.
The Crusaders grabbed the initial lead in the first half, which was fairly evenly matched with the teams posting just seven combined shots and one apiece on-frame.
Todd Vervynckt put Valpo up in the 29th minute on a play that began with a corner kick from Charles Barden on the right side of the field. Barden dumped the ball into the box where it deflected off of Yannick Iwunze's head before landing in front of Vervynckt, who was charging into the 18-yard box. Without pause, he right-footed the ball into the bottom left side of the Gaucho goal to give the Crusaders the 1-0 edge.
With just over five minutes to go in the half, Valpo nearly made it a two-goal lead when Jesse Ortiz's free kick from just outside the top left corner of the 18-yard box nailed the upper left hand V of the Gaucho goal.
Not content after falling behind, UCSB came out of halftime firing on all cylinders. Just over a minute into the second half, Josue Madueno's bicycle kick off of a corner kick from Javier Castro forced Crusader goalkeeper Kyle Zobeck to make his first big save of the game and seemingly served as a spark for the Gaucho offense.
The Gauchos' momentum continued from that point and, in the 54th minute, they got their game-tying strike from Ryan. Freshman Ema Boateng started the play by feeding the ball to Campion at midfield. The forward sped down the field before passing the ball to his left where it found Ryan. The senior sent a shot to the top shelf of the Crusaders' goal for his third strike of the season.
The twosome teamed up again in the 68th minute. This time, Ryan headed the ball in midfield to Campion, who passed it backwards to Castro. Castro played the ball over the top of Campion before the forward shot it past Zobeck after he came off his line to try to squelch the fast break. The goal was Campion's third of the year.
UCSB led the Crusaders, 8-3, in shots during the second half and 12-6 in the game. Gaucho Javier Castro led all players with five shots, including two on-frame.
Austin Mansker captured the win in goal for the Gauchos after playing the second half and recording two saves. André Grandt had started the game and made one stop during his 45 minutes between the pipes.
"We missed a lot of passes in the first half and we just lacked the energy," said head coach Tim Vom Steeg. "I give credit to the players that came in and the energy they brought in the second half that gave us the win.
"We need to get healthy, we need to get some players back and fortunately, we have the chance now with the next five or six days."


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"I wish he could answer this question for you and not me," she told ABC's Robin Roberts. "I felt that he was in denial."
She blames Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal physician, for his death June 25.
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Today's communications strategies hinge upon content, and the press release release is an important part of that content mix. However, to be successful, a content marketing strategy needs to serve the needs of the audience first. Traditionally, press releases have been geared toward telling an organization's story. Can press releases be made to fit into the content marketing paradigm?
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Huntsman's "Libertarian Roots" Are Suspiciously Similar to Predictable "Centrist" Priorities
Jon Huntsman believes the answer to Republican woes is to adopt the agenda that people mistakenly ascribed to Mitch Daniels:
And if we don't wind up at the end of the exercise with a mission statement that is one sentence long, then we're toast. That one statement ought to be, 'Balance the budgets and get out of people's lives.' And you ought to build the party around that because we have strong libertarian roots that go way back to the early days of the Republican Party.
When Daniels raised the idea of a "social truce," this is what almost everyone thought that he meant: ignore social issues and emphasize fiscal issues as an electoral strategy. As it happened, Daniels was making a statement about the severity of the country's fiscal problems rather than proposing that any changes be made to the party's other positions. Huntsman is arguing that the GOP should discard or de-emphasize its views on social issues (which he seems to deride as "fringe" issues) and focus on deficit reduction instead. As Daniels discovered, the backlash to what conservatives thought he was saying was quite strong.
Huntsman is explicitly promoting the idea that so many wrongly imputed to Daniels, and there is every reason to expect that it will be received just as poorly. The proposal is bound to be a non-starter for the millions of people who vote Republican primarily and sometimes solely because of the party's positions on social issues. Take those away, and the modern Republican coalition will crumble. The GOP has done a terrible job of serving the interests of large numbers of its voters, but they could at least fall back on the belief that the party represented their "values." It is unclear whether anything Huntsman is proposing would improve the GOP's economic agenda, but he would make sure that the second is no longer the case.
One major flaw in Huntsman's proposal is that combining social liberalism and fiscal conservatism has typically proven to be the weakest pairing when it comes to appealing to large numbers of voters. Since Huntsman is making an explicitly political pitch, it's fair to judge his proposal by the popular appeal it would have. While Huntsman describes this as a return to "libertarian roots," it seems to have a lot in common with predictable "centrist" preoccupations: abandon social conservatism, and obsess over deficit reduction above everything else. Yesterday Michael advised Huntsman that he should "play the part of reformer" rather than present himself as a moderate, but if Huntsman's comments this week are any indication he has definitely decided on the latter.


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Tai Nguyen of research firm Insight Research LLC surrendered to the FBI Tuesday morning, an FBI spokesman said, and was expected to appear in federal court in Manhattan later in the day.
Nguyen was facing charges related to insider trading, the FBI said, but the exact charges have not yet been made public.
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Rajaratnam was convicted of 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy last year and is serving an 11-year prison term.
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Also, federal prosecutors said Adam Smith, a former Galleon employee turned government cooperator, will be sentenced later Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan, who oversaw the Gupta trial.
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To get this out of the way early this based on my recollection of true events.
I was not always the amazing badass I confuse myself with my entire life. In fact when this series of events occoured I was in the equivalent of 8th grade and I was the quintessential geek except that I didn't do math. Everything but math actually.
My home was in Northern Ireland at the time, my dad was a pastor there for those years and I generally enojyed my time spent there- when I wasn't being used as a beating bag. This happened often enough that I had gotten used to it, however I'd be lying if I said it wasn't annoying. I would also be lying if I neglected to tell you that I was active in learning something that might gain me a little respect.
You see I had had it about up to here (pointing over the top of my head) with getting beaten up every few weeks. It was not only difficult for myself but it was hard on my mum who would not only have to treat my injuries but also fix my school uniform after every beating. So there came a time when Mum enrolled me in Karate class, I learned quickly, I could defend myself well, and land kicks and punches with authority if needs be. However I'd made a conscious decision to not be the agressor and to simply use my Karate skills, balance and agility defensively.
For goodness sake I was even kind enough to warn some of the bullies that they shouldn't arse around with me anymore since it might not end well.
Well one day at a class a few hours before lunch Ralph, the meanest bully in the school confronted me at the front of classroom.
"Ross I'm going to pulverize you at lunch break."
"Well I'm not going to fight you."
Oh eck! What the bloody 'ell are you thinking.
"I'm going to pulverize you at lunch break."
'That's fine I'm not going to fight you."
I said it again. Oh great.
Ralph just sneered as he stalked off, getting a few high fives. And word of the upcoming non fight travelled not just around the room, but the school.
Lunch Break
Well at lunch break all of the students except some select Prefects (extra-Awesome cool students) are kicked out of the school building and not allowed in for around 45 minutes. In case you were wondering there was no way it would be possible to avoid Ralph for 4 minutes let alone 45. Why is that?
Well the moment I got out the door, Ralph's co-bullies began to herd me towards the tarmac part of the school grounds. Soon enough I was surrounded by the entire school body as they'd formed a large circle for Ralph to pulverize me in. What nice chaps! The only way out of that circle was going to be painful and probably rather bloody, at least it would've been if I hadn't got God in my corner.
You see He'd been the one who made me say that I wouldn't fight, and it was Him that would in some crazy way help me in what was about to happen. So I prayed silently again as I waited in the circle for Ralph to show up.
The Non-Fight
"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" called out everyone in unison as Ralph approached me.
"I'm gonna pulverize your arse!"
"I'm not going to fight you Ralph."
I watched him carefully knowing that I had to somehow predict what was coming next. It ended up being his right fist and it had enough energy to rip my head from my shoulders and send it half way across the tarmac. At the last moment I dodged to the side leaning back and twisting my head, his fist caught my nose and my glasses. My nose stayed on my face but my glasses did not.
Now I should have made this clear earlier I'm a scrawny stick figure who at the time needed to wear skis in the shower so I wouldn't fall down the drain. Ralph on the other hand was a juggernaut, he just didn't like anyone, he beat up other bullies. He was also rather rotund.
Ralph was practically doubled over as I wiped the blood off my nose, he was also rather breathless, I walked away my back to him to pick up my glasses.
"I'm not going to fight you."
Picking up my glasses I put them back on expecting at any time to meet the left fist but it didn't come until I had begun to turn around. I felt Ralph accelerating behind me and I was quite close to the far side and near the other students who weren't chanting quite so enthusiastically anymore, so I used Ralphs' momentum against him.
Without looking all the way back I simply stepped out of the way, he caught me with a bit of his shoulder and spun me around. But the only thing he really did of importance was go flying into the crowd of kids.
"I'm NOT going to fight you Ralph."
Loud and clear.
I walked away, my legs were like jello I was so certain that at any moment Ralph would jump on me and start the slaughter. However there was this peace inside me as I painfully walked over the tarmac towards the side of the crowd nearest the building. Eventually I got there, no attack from Ralph, but would the other students hold me in the ring. I stood and waited, wiped my nose again coming back with more blood.
I closed my eyes willing them to let me out waiting for Ralph to just knock me down and out- and then I heard the murmuring, the amazed whispering.
One of the guys who would ordinarily have pushed me back in said: "Let him out. Let him out!"
Opening my eyes I saw a passage through the throng like the parting of the Red Sea, and I limped through, past the stunned whispers of everyone. The Prefects let me in to see the school nurse, I had survived- but that's not the end of the story.
Forgiveness and Friendship
After lunch I had Biology and so did Ralph. I wondered what would happen. I envisioned him sneering and saying- "Same time tomorrow."
Before class started I sensed Ralph approaching but it wasn't the same Ralph that had confronted me hours before, it was a broken Ralph. You see I had done worse than beat him up, I had made him look like a fool, incapable and impotent. He had gone from being a respected bully to a laughingstock.
How would I respond when he talked to me? What kind of a witness would I be to the entire class and through gossip- the student body.
"Yes Ralph."
"I'm sorry."
"I know you are."
"Will you be my friend?"
Are you barking mad? You've been a total wanker to me you don't deserve it! You deserve to look like a fool!
"Of course Ralph, I'm glad you asked- that's all I ever wanted."
I shook his hand and he returned to his seat.
The Moral of the Story
There's quite a few I could think of but the biggest one for me is standing up for what you believe in. I believed then (and still do now) that God would bring me through. Eventually Ralph would come to the end of himself and change. Both of those things happened, God was there, God did bring me through- and through my actions that day on the tarmac Ralph learned about both Humility and mercy.
Sometimes kind words do more damage than the hardest punches.
God Bless.
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The top super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich is going up with nearly $900,000 worth of radio ads in six key states holding contests in the next two weeks.
The Winning Our Future ad buy appears to come on the heels of another significant cash infusion from casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and gives Gingrich the kind of presence on the airwaves that he hasn't had on Super Tuesday, which could be a make-or-break moment for his struggling campaign.
According to figures provided to The Fix by a media buy, the super PAC bought $238,000 worth of ads in Georgia, $235,000 in Ohio, $172,000 in Tennessee and $98,000 in Oklahoma. It is also buying in two Southern states holding primaries a week later — $92,000 in Alabama and $32,000 in Mississippi.
Are any of us surprised? He spent his way to put Newton on top in South Carolina last month. And it seems that Gingrich (and perhaps Romney soon?) will be more than happy to keep taking Adelson's money despite growing concerns over his company's legal problems involving his Macau casinos.
So much for Willard and Newton trying to call everyone else a "Manchurian Candidate"...
It looks like The Chicago Tribune caught a sneak preview of Newton's Super PAC's upcoming attack ads.
One of the new TV ads features what appears to be man-on-the-street interviews with working-class voters who express suspicion of Romney.
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One of the women describes Gingrich as "the only one who understands what we're going through today," citing the high price of gas. "Romney's not the type to pump his own gas," she adds, as the screen shows an image of Romney boarding a private plane. [...]
A series of new radio commercials that are airing nationally, designed to sound like a call-in radio show, takes aim at both Romney and Santorum.
In one, a caller named Joey with a distinct New Jersey accent dismisses the idea that Romney could be the GOP nominee.
"Somethin' about him," Joey says. "He's not one of us. He's not tough enough. And Rick? He ain't my guy, either. What's he ever done?... If you really want to stick it to the bums in D.C., it's Newt. The guy's a fighter. And he ain't afraid to hurt nobody's feelings.… You imagine what he'd do to Obama in a debate? He'd take him apart."
Hmmm... So Newton is attacking both Mittens and Ricky? It does make me wonder what his Super PAC chief and Sheldon Adelson are thinking here. However, I'm sure some folks in Chicago are quite happy to see Newton's vanity contribute to the implosion of the G-O-TEA this year.


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CHICAGO (Jan.15, 2014) - The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Wednesday that they have acquired defenders Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Patrick Ianni and the 13th overall selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft from the Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for defender Jalil Anibaba, the eight overall selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft and a conditional third round selection in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"Adding Jhon, a former Defender of the Year finalist and defensive All-Star, automatically makes our team better," said Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop. "Along with Patrick, we are adding valuable depth on the defensive side. While this trade addresses a key need, we thank Jalil for his time in Chicago and wish him all the best with his new club."
Hurtado, a native of Palmira, Colombia, began his professional career in 2004 with Unión Magdalena and went on to appear in 121 matches in both the first and second divisions in his home country. Hurtado signed with the Sounders in 2009 and in his first MLS season, was named a finalist for MLS Defender of the Year and was selected as a MLS All-Star. In five seasons in Seattle, the 29-year-old defender has tallied 108 MLS Regular Season appearances, adding one goal and three assists. Hurtado started all 11 post-season matches in which he appeared for the Sounders.
A two-time MLS Cup champion with the Houston Dynamo in 2006 and 2007, Ianni joins the Fire after five seasons with the Sounders. In 83 regular season matches for the Sounders, the Lodi, Calif., native scored three goals including a stunning volley against Sporting Kansas City on June 20, 2012 that was named the 2012 MLS Goal of the Year.
After a standout collegiate career at UCLA where he was nominated for the MAC Hermann Trophy Award in his junior season, Ianni was selected eighth overall by the Houston Dynamo in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Ianni made 35 MLS appearances, scored one goal and added one assist while in Houston before he was traded to the Sounders prior to the start of the 2009 season. A U.S. Youth International, Ianni represented the United States in the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Anibaba departs after three seasons with the Men in Red. Selected ninth overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft, Anibaba made 107 appearances across all competitions for the Fire, scoring five goals and adding five assists.
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