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I have accumulated a great deal of knowledge over the years and it would be a crime not to share it with you.
Friday, November 4, 2011
And The Winner of Scott's Tip Of The Day Schmuck Of The Year Award Goes To......
Scott's Tip Of The Day: It's time for the first annual Scott's Tip Of The Day Schmuck Of The Year Award (STODSOTYA). STODSOTYA! It sounds Russian, right? Well kind of appropriate because our STODSOTYA winner sealed her award up when she traveled to Chechnya. Who Could it be?
Why none other than Hilary Swank!
Yeah, she only spells her name with one L. She didn't graduate highschool. Spelling wasn't her best subject. Apparently, social studies wasn't either. Hilary Swank recently accepted $1.5 Million to appear at Chechnyan President, Ramzan Kadyrov's, birthday.
Oh sounds like fun, right? No! Not at all! Have you read about this dude? His military units allegedly routiely engage in torture,rape and genocide. He is allegedly responsible for the murders of many reporters. He is also allegedly a big fan of honor killing. What's honor killing? When your wife leaves the house with short sleeves and you kill her because she has embarrassed you and brought shame to your family. "HOW DARE YOU WEAR SHORT SLEEVES, WIFE!!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!!"
So Hilary, way to go. You accepted $1.5 million to appear at Ramzan's birthday and kiss his ass. Clearly your handlers and you did no research on the man. You fired your manager and your PR team dumped you. You are just as bad as Beyonce, Usher and Mariah Carey. What did they do? They partied with Gadhafi's son at his 2010-2011 New Years Party.
Some people will do anything for money. Hilary Swank, you're an imbecile. You set a bad example for kids and you kind of look like an ape too.
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She's totally an ape.
Well, congratulations Hil. You are the winner of STODSOTYA 2011!
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In a word YES, we are the captains of our happiness. I'm not going to offer up platitudes here about life handing you lemons and you mix up some lemonade. There is value in sucking on the lemon for a while. Identifying, then unloading negative emotions clears our mental outlook. That said, what I am going to offer up are a few actions which help me get back to happiness after swallowing the lemon whole.
As we travel through life, our time on Earth is fraught with lots of gloomy events — a serious illness, a job layoff, an economic downturn. The list of negative life events and negative people can go on and on. Even something as simple as the weather — rain, a snow storm, a sunny day are occurrences we can't control, yet may effect our outlook. What we can control is our mindset.
I will quote this truism, known as the Serenity Prayer. For me, it proves a potent reminder of the power of acceptance.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
Engaging in what I call mind-spinning, worrying about what may come, drains us of energy and leads to nothing. Whatever is going to happen will happen whether we worry about it or not. Better to not worry about it at all.
This morning I re-visited my gratitude journal from seven years ago. Looking back at my life including my strengths, skills and accomplishments put me in a state of confidence, which led to a blissful feeling. Over the years I learned a gratitude journal can do wonders for shifting my mindset to one of positivity, abundance and happiness.
For anyone seeking happiness, start journaling daily, listing what is good about your life. Whether it's a beautiful sunrise or sunset, the sighting of a blue bird in your yard, a child's laugh at the grocery store, even a rain shower or a postcard view of a winter storm. Anything from what appears to be a minor, trivial thing to an awesome event, write it down.
Take inventory of your personal assets. I'm not talking about your material assets. As mentioned above look at your abilities, skills, strengths, those assets. That's the stuff that got you this far and will take you through the remainder of your journey. Hopefully, you are still growing, expanding those assets. If not, cultivate curiosity about the world around you.
For many of us, we often associate happiness with occasions like buying a new car, shopping for a new outfit, taking a dream vacation, getting a promotion. That brand of happiness is momentary. The new car smell wears off, the outfit becomes last year's style, the dream vacation but a memory. And promotions? Well, it's lonely at the top.
It's recognition of the everyday simple things, which provide a feeling of well-being. We can view our lives as one of scarcity or one of abundance. What we need to survive is basic food, clean air and water, shelter, clothing and a good night's sleep. Everything else is an abundant life.
While I don't want to hang my happiness on someone else's happiness, it makes me feel light-hearted to do a good deed for someone. Volunteering for a favorite cause or just helping someone out through a chance meeting provides a shot of happiness. Recently, at the entrance to a building, I encountered a frail woman using a walker as she approached a car at the curb. Thinking she may need a hand getting into the car, I stopped and asked if I could help. Just then two young men stepped out from behind a thick column. I hadn't seen her entourage. Their wide smiles and thank you's for stopping lifted my spirits. And, all I did was offer assistance.
Along with not depending on someone else's happiness to define your own, refrain from comparing yourself to others. In our social media world that is sometimes difficult to achieve. A number of people have mentioned how they only put positive aspects of their lives on Facebook as they want FB to be a fun place to visit. The downside to that view is other people begin thinking you have a lemonade life. No one is without a few lemons. It is a wonderful life, but no person has only good times. Keep that in mind when you feel the urge to compare.
If there is one truly important lesson I learned as a caregiver, it's take care of yourself. In order for the good times to out weigh the negative, put some self-inflicted joy in your life. Do what makes you feel happy. Get out for a walk, join a gym, take a class, lose yourself in art, create a network of friends, meet someone for coffee or lunch, tour a museum or arboretum, get a massage, a manicure. I recently learned my supplemental health insurance policy covers gym memberships 100%! Now that's a benefit to be happy about. A local college offers a 60 minute massage by an advanced student for only $20. Look for the happiness perks in your world.
No one is going to create happiness for you. As the Dalai Lama says, "Happiness is not ready-made. It comes from your own actions." We are the captains of our happiness.

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The Hypnobabies Instructor Trainign Info & FAQ Webinar is today from 11:00 a.m-12:00 pm Pacific Time. There is still time to sign up, if you are interested in becoming an instructor. If you can't make it, you'll be able to listen to a recording of it afterwards.
I will be listening live. I am so excited to start this process!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Hypnobabies Instructor Training Info & FAQ Webinar Today!
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It was great! Kerry and Carole seem like such great ladies! Kerry said something about how the mission of Hypnobabies is not just to help a few women have more comfortable births, but to change the culture of childbirth everywhere. That is the reason I wanted to become a childbirth educator to begin with, so it really resonated with me. They said that they had about 150 people registered for the webinar and right now they only have 100 slots for training. I have my interview scheduled for tomorrow. Wish me luck!ReplyDelete
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When relatives have the same first and last name it is easy to get them confused. It is even worse when the name gets spelled or written in various ways.
In a recent blog post, I referred to Anne and Annie Murphy--sisters-in-law. To make matters worse, Anne signed her name as "Ann" in a document and I transcribed the document exactly as it was written.
To clarify in my discussion what I should have done was either used their maiden name Annie (Murphy) Neill and Anne (Brice) Neill or their husband's name, Annie Neill (wife of Samuel) or Anne Neill (wife of Joseph) to distinguish them.
It may sound a little stilted, but clarification never hurts.
03 November 2013
Anne, Ann, Annie: One Needs to Clarify
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Clarence O'Conner Miller 1897 - ?
Clarence O"Conner Miller 1918 - 1972
Clarence O'Conner Miller 1941 - living
The Clarence O'Conner Miller b. 1897 d. ? is the one that is a brick wall for us. How do I find out his date of death, where he was living his last years? He was definately from Pennsylvania, & lived in the Harrisburg area for a while.
I agree. It'll save the next generations of descendants the grief of mixing everybody up all over again.ReplyDelete
My Irish roots have a lot of Ann's....becomes a real pain when researching. My other stickler is the family name of NEE. Which is used when talking about maiden names. Thanks for the excellent Genealogy tip of the day!ReplyDelete
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Eric Bledsoe was one of the hottest commodities on the NBA trade market over the last year, and it's not hard to see why when watching his highlights. Calling him explosive is a bit of an understatement. However, highlights only tell part of the story. I wanted to go deeper and get a better idea of who Eric Bledsoe really is as a player. To accomplish this, I watched roughly 500 of his 800 offensive possessions logged on MySynergySports. Let's break his game down.
In typical Jacob fashion, I went way overboard and wrote a ton of words. So I decided to break it down into two parts. In Part I, I'll be examining his play with the ball in his hands. In Part II, I'll be looking at his play in the open court and off the ball.
From 2004 to 2012, Suns fans were treated to one of the best pick-and-roll point guards of all time. Steve Nash was the master. It wasn't just his pinpoint pocket-passing that made him so great though (although it was beautiful to watch). What made him so special was the combination of the passing ability with his savvy and tremendous shooting touch from all over the court. The Suns pick-and-roll was so difficult to defend because there was no way you were going to be ale to take away the pocket pass to the big, the pass to the corner, the drive AND the pull-up jumper. Nash was a complete pick-and-roll point guard that could burn you any way he liked.
That's not Bledsoe. However, Bledsoe does like to run the pick-and-roll a lot. In fact, it was his most common play type at just under 31 percent of his possessions. He was decent but nothing spectacular at 0.75 points per possession.
When Bledsoe comes off the screen and has a clear lane to the basket, he can explode to the rim like few others.
Here, Bledsoe receives the ball on the wing and Lamar Odom comes to set the screen.
Neither Darrell Arthur nor Mike Conley jump out at Bledsoe and in fact, they get in each other's way. That's all Bledsoe needed as he turned the corner with an open lane. Conley has no shot at this point.
None of the other Memphis defenders commit to helping on Bledsoe and so he takes it all the way. Notice where he takes off from ...
... and notice where he lands. Explosion. Also two points and a glimpse of what Bledsoe can do in the pick-and-roll.
Bledsoe also shot a very respectable 39.7 percent from deep last year. His shot improved greatly from his first two seasons in the league. Bledsoe's shot is almost more of a set shot than an actual jumper, but if defenders go under and give him plenty of space, he can knock that shot down.
The defender is already playing way off Bledsoe to begin with, and when Turiaf comes to set the screen, his man stays with him. That means nobody is within three or four feet of Bledsoe.
Bledsoe takes the shot and knocks it down and the defender still isn't even close to in his face. It was a very limited sample size last year, but Bledsoe connected on four of his nine attempts from deep while running the pick-and-roll. If teams go under to cut off the drive, Bledsoe has the capability to make them pay.
That's the good. Unfortunately, there is plenty of bad as well. Bledsoe really doesn't have any sort of in-between game. He doesn't really have a pull-up jumper and his floater is far from reliable at this stage. He also doesn't have the patience or savvy of Nash and gets himself out of control too often. His drives are often reckless and his passes wild.
Here, Turiaf sets a screen for Bledsoe against our beloved Suns. As you can see, there isn't a whole lot of space for him to work with and all the Suns are in help position to guard against the drive.
Bledsoe fails to recognize this, ducks his head and drives anyway. Goran Dragic goes over the screen and chases him from behind, Jared Dudley drops down from the top of the key and Luis Scola steps up to surround Bledsoe and cut off the drive.
With so much pressure, Bledsoe loses control of the ball a little bit...
... and then loses control of his body as he tries to recover and slides out of bounds. This is the kind of reckless play we can expect from Bledsoe. With all the excitement of the highlights comes the bewilderment of lowlights like this one.
One thing you'll notice if you look closely at the screencaps above is that Bledsoe initiated all three of his pick-and-rolls from the wing rather than the top of the key. That is a trend I noticed in watching most of his pick-and-rolls. This is one reason a Dragic-Bledsoe backcourt could work very well together. With those two, the Suns can keep the floor spaced and initiate pick-and-rolls from all over the court rather than just at the top of the key.
At this stage Dragic is still the superior pick-and-roll ball-handler and should initiate the offense on the majority of plays. But when teams start to key in on Dragic, all he needs to do is swing it to Bledsoe an let him go to work from a different angle. It makes the Suns' offense more unpredictable and makes it more difficult to defend.
Bledsoe isn't a bad isolation player. It's not something you'd like to see him doing a whole lot but his 0.77 points per possession ranks 114th overall, which isn't too shabby. Here's an example of what he can do with a mismatch.
Matt Barnes and Bledsoe run a quick pick-and-roll and the Spurs switch it.
Bledsoe recognizes the mismatch and pulls the ball out to the corner to give himself some space.
Bledsoe has a major speed and quickness advantage, and he takes advantage of that to blow by his man. Because of the way the Clippers spaced the floor the help defender was too far away to stop him.
Bledsoe explodes to the rim and throws it down with authority.
That's what Bledsoe can do in isolation situations. He has a quickness and athleticism advantage over most of the guards he plays against, and that's even more true when he can force a switch and go up against a wing or a big. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to use that advantage nearly enough and instead chooses to settle for jumpers, which definitely is not his strength. That's where the low percentage (37.7 percent form the field) comes from.
Bledsoe can be effective in isolation situations if the team can put him in the right spot on the court, keep the floor spaced and get him mismatches. But he's not a guy you want to give the ball to on a consistent basis and tell him to go get a bucket.
Dragic is actually a phenomenal isolation player according to Synergy. He's ranked 20th overall and scores 0.97 points per possession. He only isolated on 11 more plays than Bledsoe did last year despite playing a lot more, so it's not something he looks to do a lot. But adding another exciting ball-handler in Bledsoe should both take some pressure off Dragic and give him more opportunities to attack.
During the Suns magical run to the 2010 Western Conference Finals, the second unit emerged as one of the team's biggest strengths. Leading that charge from the bench was a pair of dynamic guards in a younger Dragic and Leandro Barbosa. Bledsoe lacks the natural scoring ability that made Barbosa the Sixth Man of the Year as a Sun, but he does offer a similar speedy and athletic presence and is much more of a pest defensively.
This backcourt might be under-sized, but there's potential for these two to mesh very well offensively.
Stay tuned to the Bright Side for Part II, coming soon!

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Sekou Smith's 2010 NBA Re-Draft: Phoenix Suns Bledsoe was a Top 10 pick


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If Howard Zinn hadn't existed, the conservative commentariat might have had to invent him. The late Boston University professor, activist, and textbook author was and is a one-man, target-rich environment for right-wing ideologues.
Fellow traveler; honorary laureate of the University of Havana; author of the Hollywood-approved, best-selling "People's History of the United States." If you're pitching from the right side of the mound, what's not to hate?
The Associated Press revealed last month that Purdue University president Mitch Daniels, a former George W. Bush White House bigwig, was eager to purge Zinn's work from university curriculums. Daniels called Zinn's "History" "a truly execrable, anti-factual piece of disinformation that misstates American history on every page."
In an e-mail he probably assumed was private — dangerous to assume! — Daniels gave thanks that "this terrible anti-American academic has finally passed away."
Not to be outdone, David Bobb of Hillsdale College took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to remind us that Zinn, "the patron saint of Occupy Wall Street . . . left behind a legacy of prepackaged answers for every problem." Naturally Bobb mentioned the Havana degree and Zinn's avid boldface groupies, e.g. Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson.
Bobb notes that on "the last day before his retirement in 1988, [Zinn] led his students into the street to participate in a campus protest." Heavens! No protesting allowed at Hillsdale? I'd say we are the poorer for it.
I used to share Mr. Bobb's prejudices, assuming that Ben and Matt's favorite historian must be a poltroon. Dangerous to assume! I bought the "People's History" a few years ago, fully intending to make sport of it. But a funny thing happened. I dipped in to the book. I liked it. I didn't like all of it, but I liked enough of it.
If you have ever heard of Charles Beard and his classic "Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States," you understand where Zinn is coming from. For instance, Zinn never caught Founding Fathers-philia, the mysterious disease that has led so many talented writers and historians to publish best-selling hagiographies of the all-too-human white men who created our republic.
I'm glad Zinn mentions that brewmaster-firebrand-nominal-friend-of-freedom Sam Adams supported the suspension of habeas corpus when it came to putting down the Massachusetts farmers in Shays' Rebellion. I doubt many other histories do.
Maybe I have peculiar tastes in history. A couple of years ago, I needed to bone up on Andy Jackson, and I wasn't in the mood for Arthur Schlesinger Jr. ("The Age of Jackson") or for Sean Wilentz's 2005 biography. Instead I chose to read Jon Meacham's titanic bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House."
Ugh-fugh, as my late mother used to say.
Every word of Meacham's questionable assertion that Jackson "created the modern American presidency" rang false to me. The book purports to reveal the intimate side of this particularly barbaric president, based in part on archival materials from a young couple that shared the White House with Jackson. We see a great deal of the "other," private Andrew Jackson, who loves little children and plays "the role of national pastor" to the beleaguered United States.
If Andrew Jackson was America's national pastor then I'm the Boston Red Sox middle-relief man.
Meacham is a smooth writer and I can't fault him for seeking the shortest possible path to the bank, penning triumphalist, jingoistic hogwash. Here's where Howard Zinn can be helpful. He devotes 25 pages of his "People's History" to Indian Removal, the genocidal policy championed by America's clergyman, "Andrew Jackson . . . land speculator, merchant, slave trader, and the most aggressive enemy of the Indians in early American history."
Let's face it; Jackson was the first mass murderer to darken the door of the White House.
I'll cede the points in advance; Meacham's book is not as awful as I paint it, and Zinn's work isn't above criticism, not by a long shot. But I would argue that Meacham trafficks in treacly legends, while Zinn is merchandising unpleasant truths.
Fewer legends + more painful truths = better history, I'd say.
Alex Beam's column appears regularly in the Globe. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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How Hire a Contractor for Less Without Sacrificing QualityPosted in Spending by Smarter Spend
Some people have the skills and knowledge to complete any job around their home – no matter how big or small. Are you one of these people? If not, you may find yourself in need of professional help from time to time.
Hiring a contractor is not as simple as it sounds. You may think that this is as easy as calling around, setting up a few appointments for quotes, and making a final decision. While these steps are all part of the process, you need to dig deeper to ensure that you are on the right track.
Top 5 Craigslist Scams to AvoidPosted in Personal Finance, Spending by Smarter Spend
If you are looking to buy an item online, Craigslist is a great place to start your search. You can find a wide variety of items for sale at discounted prices, such as tools, small electronics, furniture, and large appliances. You can also find apartments for rent and automobiles for sale – maybe even a job!
However, the site is frequented by predators, folks who have developed rather ingenious scams to take your money. Unlike eBay and Amazon, you do not have the option to review seller feedback ratings. As it says on the home page of Craigslist: buyer beware.
8 Companies Facing Bankruptcy in 2011Posted in Corporate by Kevin
Every year since 2009, we publish a list of big companies and trouble and predict who will go bankrupt during the year. 5 of the 8 companies in the 2009 article have gone bankrupt along with 5 of the 10 from our 2010 article. In the past two years, the economy was devastated and consumer spending had dropped drastically. However, a rejuvenated market has been emerging in 2011, with the broad economic indicators mostly positive. Market analysts, however, report that the American consumer will never be the same again – a new sense of financial competence and saving have been instilled into many.
The Ultimate Personal Finance Blog Rankings from MoneyCrashers!Posted in General Finance by Kevin | Tags: blog rankings, blogging, Personal Finance, PF rankings, rankings, wisebread rankings
Do you have a blog about personal finance blog and want to know how your competing?
Moneycrashers.com, a very popular personal finance blog, has launched the ultimate tool for ranking your blog and comparing it to others in your particular niche. The top personal finance blogs can be found here. As a blogger, you probably have a ton of ways to notch the competitiveness of your site, so what makes this tool the best?
Investing in Health Care: 3 Innovative New Drugs to WatchPosted in Investments by Kevin | Tags: biotechnology, cancer, drug, drugs, health care, Investments, malarial drug, nanotechnology, novartis, pharmaceuticals
According to analysts, about 1 in 13 successful drugs is a "blockbuster." Blockbuster drugs net over a billion in revenue and keep pharmaceutical companies profitable. Many new drugs can fail, get out-competed by other drugs, or never hit full stride, costing companies hundreds of millions of dollars lost to research, marketing, and approval.
Recently, I came across a few up and coming drugs and wanted to shed some light on whether investing in their respective manufacturing companies is a good idea or not.
1) Novartis- Malarial Drug – "spiroindolones"
Mergers & Acquisitions: The Next Accurate Economic Predictor?Posted in Corporate by Kevin | Tags: acquisitions, Economy, investment strategies, Investments, Mergers, predictions, stock market, stocks, tips
So, what's the big deal about M & A's anyway?
Mergers & Acquisitions have traditionally been linked to investor confidence in the market, directly leading to more money going into the stock market. M & A activity has been very low since the recession began as CEOs are unwilling to take big risks, instead holding on to cash assets.
So, let's take a look at some previous cycles of M & A Activity and how they corresponded to the stock market:
5 Great Money Making Investments for EveryonePosted in Investments by Kevin | Tags: agriculture, Corporate, energy, food, gold, Health, invest, Investments, oil, Personal Finance, safe, shares, stocks
In this volatile economy, is there such a thing as a good investment?
Every morning, I read the Wall Street Journal for a glimmer of hope for the US economy. On some days, today being one of them, the paper is filled with good news followed by a positive forecast and a upbeat market. Just when I think we have what it takes to get out of this economic stagnation, my hopes are dashed with one bad news after another. For myself and others following finance, this has been the common theme for the entire past year. We all face the same question: When will there be any certainty in forecasts?
4 Great Ways to Save Money on a Date (Without Looking Cheap)Posted in Spending by Kevin | Tags: Dates, love, relationship, Spending
A list you can actually follow
Sociologists have proven time and time again that when the economy is in a recession, the number of marriages goes up. What might seem like an anomaly can be easily explained by the fact that repetitive dates with one person cost less than one date with numerous people. This list is aimed at couples (aspiring and well-entrenched) that want to keep the passion strong without leaving a hole in the wallet. Saving money should be everyone's lifestyle, but you don't want to overdo it to the extend that it might cause your partner to doubt your long term chances and labeling you as a "cheapo."
SmarterSpend Wins Award for Being a TOP Business Blog in Living Smart CategoryPosted in General Finance by Kevin | Tags: blogs, business, living smart
Dear readers,
After a long absence I am glad to say that I have finally returned to blogging and Smarter Spend. The finally touches of my move to Arizona were finally completed and I will be posting regularly.
I have read some quality articles from around the blogosphere and my favorite financial bloggers to get back on track on what's going on in cyberspace, the financial world, and more. I also got a new subscription to the Wall Street Journal so I can find some exciting content to write about.
Taking a Short Break from SmarterSpend while I move!Posted in General Finance by Kevin | Tags: Kevin, Smarterspend, website
Dear readers,
First of all…. Happy Memorial Day! I have been receiving a few e-mails a day asking me if I had disappeared and if my site had gone inactive. The answer is no. I just wanted to let everyone know that I am moving (from CA to AZ) and have been up to my neck in work, remodeling, and getting everything together. Buying, fixing, and furnishing a new house took a lot of effort. The new house doesn't even have Internet yet 🙁
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Bailey agrees to six-year, $105 million contract
Bailey was the final major league player left in arbitration this year and reached the agreement a day before his scheduled hearing in Florida. He made $5.35 million last season and had asked for $11.6 million in arbitration. The Reds had offered $8.7 million, their biggest gap among its players in arbitration.
The 27-year-old Texan was coming off a season that included his second no-hitter.
Bailey gets salaries of $9 million this year, $10 million in 2015, $18 million in 2016, $19 million in 2017, $21 million in 2018 and $23 million in 2019. In an unusual twist, much of the annual salary will be deferred until the November after each season.
Bailey will be paid in-season amounts of $3 million this year, $4 million next year, $11 million in 2016, $12 million in 2017, $14 million in 2018 and $15 million in 2019.
If he is traded, his new team would have to pay all of the salary amounts during the season. Also, the $5 million buyout would be paid when either side decides not to exercise the option rather than having it deferred until November 2020.
The Reds planned to discuss the deal on Thursday. Bailey declined to comment on the agreement after a workout on Wednesday.
Teams won two of three cases that went to hearings, with the Indians beating pitchers Vinnie Pestano and Josh Tomlin and pitcher Andrew Cashner winning his case with San Diego. Owners have a 293-215 margin since arbitration began in 1974.
Bailey went a career-best 13-10 with a 3.68 ERA in 2012, completing his breakthrough season by throwing a no-hitter in Pittsburgh on Sept. 28. He followed that with the 16th no-hitter in franchise history last June, a 3-0 win over San Francisco at Great American Ball Park.
Bailey went 11-12 with a 3.49 ERA last year, leaving him in line for a big salary increase in arbitration or a long-term deal. The Reds' rotation includes five players under the age of 30 - Johnny Cueto (28), Mat Latos (26), Bailey (27), Mike Leake (26) and left-hander Tony Cingrani (24).


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Watch Captain Tsubasa: Ayaushi! Zen Nihon Jr Episode 1 English Subbed at shahid4u
The second movie is about the return match between the All Europe Soccer Team and Japan. At the beginning Hyuga denies to join the team due to his 3. defeat against Nankatsu. He practices hard with Kyra to perfect his Tiger Shot. Misaki can't come and Wakabayashi isn't allowed to play for he normally plays for a German team.
With those lacks and Schneider's (the European's captain) improved skills, Tsubasa and the Japanese team have grave problems. Despite the new rules, Schneider finally want's to beat his rival Wakabayashi with his new "illusion shot", thus he injures Wakashimazu and Murisaki (the second and third goal keeper) with brutal face shots until Wakabayashi is finally allowed to play. In the course of the match Hyuga manages to perfect his Tiger Shot and joins the team. With those legendary players united and Hyugas new power they manage to defeat their opponent 4:3 in the last minutes.


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A new study published by The University of Western Ontario reveals that couples who share the responsibility for paid and unpaid work report higher average measures of happiness and life satisfaction than those in other family models.
The 'shared roles' category, where each partner's unpaid work is within 40-60 per cent of the total unpaid work, is a growing category that now represents more than 25 per cent of respondents. Couples are more likely to be in a shared roles model when women have more resources and when the couple is less religious.
The 'complementary-traditional family' model -- with men doing more paid work and women doing more unpaid work -- is declining, but remains the largest category.
Researchers suggest that the shared roles model is advantageous to society in terms of gender equity and its ability to maximize labour force participation by all adults. It also leaves women less vulnerable in the case of separation, divorce or death of a spouse.
Lead researchers, Rod Beaujot and Zenaida Ravanera from Western's Department of Sociology, believe that a key policy challenge in Canada is that of accommodating the shared roles model within diverse families.
To promote this model, they suggest policies that support equal opportunities for men and women to access education and work, provide conditions that facilitate work-life balance and promote greater involvement of men in housework and childcare.
"Adequate childcare facilities and equal opportunity to parental leave should also be a focus of Canadian public policy," adds Beaujot.
The study was conducted as part of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council-funded Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster, a national network based at Western, led by Beaujot.
He, Ravanera and Jianye Liu of Lakehead University completed this research in London. The study is based on data collected from Statistics Canada Canadian General Social Surveys of 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2005. The couples studied were neither full-time students, nor were they retired.
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Firefly Night Print
Firefly Night Print is a reproduction of my original gouache painting; a whimsical night scene of four friends - bear, rabbit, fox, and beaver - catching fireflies while gazing up in wonder at the illuminated night sky.
Printed on Premium Presentation Matte Paper using high quality inkjet inks and signed on the back.
Your print will be carefully packaged with an archival backing board in a protective cellophane cover, then wrapped in bubble wrap all inside a rigid mailer to ensure it's protected during shipping.
***Wooden frame not included***
All of my prints are currently available in either 8"x10" or 11"x14" - please choose your desired size.
I attempt to ship out all orders as quickly as possible, but ensure that everything is shipped within a maximum of three business days. P-4049/P-5049
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Firefly Night Print


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Puzzles Starters:
9:50 Puzzle: A little lateral thinking might help you solve this puzzle.
All for 100: Can you write an ex
Alphanumbetical: A challenge to find the number which when written as a word has all the letters in alphabetical order.
Arithmagons: This lesson starter requires pupils to find the missing numbers in this partly completed arithmagon puzzle.
Boxing Day: Work out the contents and the cost of the Christmas boxes from the given clues.
Bridge Crossing: The classic puzzle of finding a route which crosses each bridge once.
Broken Calculator (3 and 4): Some keys are missing from this calculator. Just how useful is it?
Christmas Ornaments: A Maths Starter activity requiring students to arrange Christmas ornaments in a square box.
ClockEquate: Can you use the digits on the left of this clock along with any mathematical operations to equal the digits on the right?
Coins On The Table: A puzzle about the number of coins on a table given information about fractions of them.
Cube Calendar: What numbers should be on each face of the two cubes to make this perpetual calendar?
Don't Touch!: A number placing puzzle which, when solved, raises the notion of proof.
Eleven Plus Two: Rearrange the letters in the ex
Freemason's Cipher: Find symmetric words in this ancient cipher.
House Numbers: The numbers on five houses next to each other add up to 70. What are those five numbers?
How Do You Do?: A little lateral thinking will help you solve this number puzzle.
How Many Squares? 1: Work out how many squares are there altogether in the given pattern then tackle the chess board.
How Many Squares? 2: How many squares can be found by joining four dots on the grid?
Intents Excitement: Work out the mathematical words missing from the story about buying a tent.
Lemon Law: Change the numbers on the apples so that the number on the lemon is the given total.
Letter Clue Calculations: Work out what the calculations might be from the letter clues.
Loopy Lake: Match the fractions to their decimal equivalents and join them with lines that do not cross.
Match Fish: A classic matchstick puzzle designed to challenge your spacial awareness.
Maths Crossword: A small crossword puzzle containing mathematical words.
Maths In School: Find mathematical words which can be made by using the letters in the name of your school?
Mathster Mind: Guess the four digit number with help from the clues.
Mirror Maths: The bottom half of some symmetrical calculations are shown above. Can you work out the answers?
Missing Pound: A puzzle about a restaurant bill. Exactly where did the missing pound go?
Missing Square Puzzle: The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used to help students reason about geometrical figures.
Missing Terms: Find the missing terms from these linear sequences.
Mix and Match: Work out which team played which from the information given.
Mystery Numbers: Can you recognise the mystery numbers from the clues?
Mystic Maths: Work out why subtracting a two digit number from its reverse gives a multiple of nine.
News Common: Follow the compass directions given in the squares to find where the route starts?
Nine Digit Sum: Arrange the digits one to nine to make a correct addition calculation.
Not Too Close: This activity requires eight students to sit non consecutively on a grid of chairs.
Noughts and Crosses: In how many different ways can the first X and O by placed on the grid?
One Digit 100: How many ways can you write an expression for 100 which only uses the same digit repeated and any operations?
One Torch Tunnel: Work out the least amount of time for four people to walk through a tunnel?
Paradox: Can you solve this paradox by agreeing whether the statements are right or wrong?
Pentadd: Five numbers are added together in pairs and the sums shown. What might the five numbers be?
Pipeline Puzzle: Arrange the numbers so that the totals of the three numbers along any pipe are the same.
Plus: A number puzzle suitable for children with a wide range of abilities.
Roundabout: Go around the roundabout performing each of the operations. Which starting point gives the largest answer?
Route to Las Vegas: Work out the cheapest way from Los Angeles to Las Vegas by choosing the best route and adding up the given numbers.
Rows of Roses: Can you draw 4 straight lines, without taking your pencil off the paper, which pass through all 9 roses?
Secret Symbol: Place a symbol between the four and the five to get a number greater than four and less than five.
Separated Twins: Can you find a 14 digit number containing two each of the digits one to seven which obeys the rules given?
Sign Sequences: Continue the sequences if you can work out the rule.
Small Satisfaction: Arrange the digits one to nine in the grid so that they obey the row and column headings.
Square Pairs: Arrange the numbered trees so that adjacent sums are square numbers.
Squared Animals: Separate three rows of three animals using three squares.
Sudoku Sum: What is the sum of the numbers missing from the given Sudoku puzzle?
Suko: Interactive number-based logic puzzle similar to those featuring in The Times and Telegraph newspapers.
Sum Equals Product: What are the numbers if their sum equals their product?
Sum of the Signs: Each traffic sign stands for a number. Some of the sums of rows and columns are shown. What numbers might the signs stand for?
Sum Square: Arrange the numbers one to eight into the calculations to make the totals correct..
THOAN: THOAN stands for 'Think of a number' and there are four randomly generated THOAN puzzles to solve.
Tool Triangle: Place the numbers on the triangle so that the totals along each of the sides are equal.
Two Twins and Tim: A tricky problem set on a coordinate grid.
Upside Number: Work out the phone number from the clues given.
What are they?: A starter about sums, products, differences, ratios, square and prime numbers.
Word Search: Create your own mathematical word search for the whole class to enjoy.
Word Sum: Each letter stands for a different digit. Can you make sense of this word sum?
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Piece of String: Find where a piece of string should be cut to form a circle and a square of equal areas.
Restrained Flea: How many different places could the flea find itself after 8 foot-long jumps either north, south, east or west?
Weather Reports: Which five different integers multiply together to give 12?
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Engaging and addictive, puzzles have been an irresistible lure for inquisitive minds throughout history. This topic introduces pupils to some interesting puzzles with a mathematical connection.
Puzzles Teacher Resources:
Online Psychic: Let the psychic read the cards and magically reveal the number you have secretly chosen. What is the mathematics that makes this trick work?
Tangram Challenge: A series of tangram challenges in increasing order of difficulty.
Stick Squares: Arrange the matches to form four squares instead of five.
Hot Number Challenges: These hot numbers challenges are for students with no access to a computer and are presented in a form suitable to be projected onto a whiteboard in front of a class.
Word Sums Guide: A step by step guide showing how to solve a Word Sum where each letter stands for a different digit.
Satisfaction: This is quite a challenging number grouping puzzle requiring a knowledge of prime, square and triangular numbers.
Puzzles Activities:
Number Jigsaws: Online, interactive jigsaw puzzles of grids of numbers.
Prime Numbers Jigsaw: Interactive jigsaw puzzles of different types of grids containing prime numbers.
Online Psychic: Let the psychic read the cards and magically reveal the number you have secretly chosen. What is the mathematics that makes this trick work?
Addle: Arrange the numbers from 1 to 14 in the spaces to make the sums correct. How fast can you do it?
Four Sum: Arrange the given number tiles to make two 2 digit numbers that add up to the given total.
Brainbox: A puzzle requiring the arrangement of numbers on the function machines to link the given input numbers to the correct output.
Tangram Table: Use the pieces of the tangram puzzle to make the basic shapes then complete the table showing which shapes are possible.
Multitude: Arrange the given digits to make three numbers such that the third is the product of the first and the second.
Nine Digits: Arrange the given digits to make three numbers such that two of them add up to the third.
Roman Numerals Jigsaw: An online interactive jigsaw puzzle of a grid of Roman numerals.
Overloaded Fraction: A set of ten puzzles requiring you to arrange the given digits to make an equivalent fraction.
Path Puzzle: A great puzzle requiring you to use all of the cards to create a continuous red line from start to finish.
Equatero: Find the expression from a series of guesses and clues.
Prime Labyrinth: Find the path to the centre of the labyrinth by moving along the prime numbers.
Arithmagons: Find the missing numbers in these triangular, self-checking puzzles and discover the wonders of these fascinating structures.
Yohaku Puzzles: Fill in the blank spaces so that the cells give the sum or the product shown in each row and column.
Magic Square Jigsaws: Interactive jigsaw puzzles of four by four magic squares.
Awe-Sum: Arrange the given digits to make six 3-digit numbers that combine in an awesome way.
Largest Product: A drag and drop activity challenging you to arrange the digits to produce the largest possible product.
Area Maze: Use your knowledge of rectangle areas to calculate the missing measurement of these composite diagrams.
Ludicross: Arrange the given numbers on the cross so that the sum of the numbers in both diagonals is the same.
Magic Square: Each row, column and diagonal should produce the same sum.
Triside Totals: Arrange the digits 1 to 9 on the triangle so that the sum of the numbers along each side is equal to the given total.
Not Too Close: The students numbered 1 to 8 should sit on the chairs so that no two consecutively numbered students sit next to each other.
How Many Squares? 2: How many different sets of four dots can be joined to form a square?
T Puzzle: Use the pieces of the T puzzle to fit into the outlines provided. A drag, rotate and drop interactive challenge.
Squorder: The Transum version of the traditional sliding tile puzzle.
Area Wall Puzzles: Divide the grid into rectangular pieces so that the area of each piece is the same as the number it contains.
Without Lifting The Pencil: Can you draw these diagrams without lifting your pencil from the paper? This is an interactive version of the traditional puzzle.
Mixpressions: Arrange the cards to create a valid mathematical statement.
Factor Trees Challenge: Can you determine the unique digits that will complete these factor trees?
Quad Areas: Calculate the areas of all the possible quadrilaterals that can be constructed by joining together dots on this grid.
Frustration: A logic challenge requiring a strategy to update each of the numbers in a grid.
Calculator Words: Turn your calculator upside down to make words out of the answers to these questions.
Nine Nine Nine: Use the digits 1 to 9 to make three 3 digit numbers which add up to 999.
No Partner: Find which numbers in a given list do not combine with other numbers on the list to make a given sum.
Thrice: Can you arrange all of the counters on the grid to form 10 lines of three counters?
Express Percentage Puzzle: Drag the numbers into the percentage statements to make them true.
Centexpression: Arrange the numbers from 1 to 9 to make an expression with a value of 100.
Cubical Net Challenge: Find all the ways of painting the faces of cubes using only two colours.
Maths Crossword: An interactive mathematical crossword for you to do online. Find the missing words from the given clues.
Numskull: Interactive, randomly-generated, number-based logic puzzle designed to develop numeracy skills.
Vector Cops: Help the cops catch the robbers by finding the vectors that will end the chase.
Jugs: Can you make four litres if you only have seven and five litre jugs?
Car Park Puzzle: Can you get your car out of the very crowded car park by moving other cars forwards or backwards?
One Digit Only: Find expressions using only one digit which equal the given targets.
Shunting Puzzles: Move the trams to their indicated parking places in the shunting yard as quickly as possible.
Lemon Law: Change the numbers on the apples so that the number on the lemon is the given total.
Pattern Clues: An interactive activity challenging you to reproduce a pattern of coloured squares according to given clues.
Vowelless: Vowels have been taken out of mathematical words. Can you recognise them?
Partial Pyramids: Calculate the missing numbers in these partly completed pyramid puzzles.
Mine Find: Find where the mines are hidden without stepping on one.
Pentadd Quiz: Find the five numbers which when added or multiplied together in pairs to produce the given sums or products.
Shapes In The Stars: Join up the stars to find the hidden regular polygons.
Clue Sudoku: A different way to complete a Sudoku puzzle with clues available at every stage.
Pick Up Sticks: If you were to pick up the sticks from this pile so that you were always removing the top stick what calculation would you create?
Plane Numbers: Arrange numbers on the plane shaped grid to produce the given totals
Pu Wiang: A fewest-moves, counter-swapping challenge invented in northern Thailand.
River Crossing: The traditional River Crossing challenge. Can you do it in the smallest number of moves?
Goal Products: Arrange the numbered footballs on the goal posts to make three, 3-number products that are all the same.
Plus: A number arranging puzzle with seven levels of challenge.
Latin Square Puzzles: Arrange the given digits to make a Latin square with the given row and column calculation results.
Xmas Ornaments: A hands on activity requiring students to arrange Christmas ornaments in a square box.
Pyramid Puzzle: Numbers in the bricks are found by adding the two bricks immediately below together. Can you achieve the given target?
Pancake Day: Toss the pancakes until they are neatly stacked in order of size. Find how to do this using the smallest number of moves.
Pentominoes: Arrange the twelve pentominoes in the outline of a rectangle.
Where's Wallaby?: Find the hidden wallaby using the clues revealed at the chosen coordinates.
Cryptographic: Fill in the squares according to the clues given by the string of numbers for each row and column.
Polygon Pieces: Arrange the nine pieces of the puzzle on the grid to make different polygons.
Vocabero: Find the mathematical word from a series of guesses and clues.
Egg Timers: The classic hourglass puzzle; Time the boiling of an egg using only the two egg timers provided.
Scallywags and Scoundrels: Arrange the scallywags and scoundrels on the chairs so that the numbers of any two sitting next to each other add up to a prime number.
Spinsum: Arrange the numbers on the squares so that the totals along each line of three squares are equal.
Thai Numbers Jigsaw: An online interactive jigsaw puzzle of a grid of Thai number symbols.
Go Figure: Arrange the digits one to nine to make the four calculations correct.
Suko Sujiko: Interactive number-based logic puzzles similar to those featuring in daily newspapers.
Divisive: Arrange the digits one to nine on the spaces provided to make two division calculations containing multiples of three.
Word Search: Find the mathematical words in the grid of letters.
Tantrum: A game, a puzzle and a challenge involving counters being placed at the corners of a square on a grid.
Chinese Numbers Jigsaw: An online interactive jigsaw puzzle of a grid of Chinese number symbols.
Partition Clues: Partition numbers in different ways according to the clues given. The higher levels are quite hard!
Product Square: Arrange the given numbers in a three by three grid to obtain the diagonal, row and column products.
The Miller's Puzzle: This is an interactive version of the puzzle described by Henry Ernest Dudeney in The Canterbury Puzzles
Circumfraction: Quite a challenging number placing puzzle involving fractions.
Tools: In how many different ways can the numbers be arranged to give the same totals?
Satisfy: Place the nine numbers in the table so they obey the row and column headings about the properties of the numbers.
Perfect Magic Square: Arrange the sixteen numbers on the four by four grid so that groups of four numbers in a pattern add up to the same total.
Puzzle Cube Net: A jumbled moving-block puzzle cube is shown as a net. Can you solve it?
Unmagic Square: Like the magic square but all of the totals should be different.
Olympic Rings: Place the digits one to nine in each of the regions created by the Olympic rings so that the sum of the numbers in each ring is the same.
Online Sudoku: An online, interactive version of the popular number placing puzzle.
Triangled Hexagram: Arrange the twelve numbers in the triangles on the hexagram so that the numbers in each line of five triangles add up to the same total.
Zygo: Interactive, randomly-generated, number-based logic puzzle designed to develop numeracy skills.
Code Cracker: Crack the code by replacing the encrypted letters in the given text. There are lots of hints provided about code breaking techniques.
Tower of Hanoi: Move the pieces of the tower from one place to another in the minimum number of moves.
Magic Square Puzzle: Find all of the possible ways of making the magic total from the numbers in this four by four magic square.
Hexagram Star: Arrange the twelve numbers on the hexagram so that the numbers in each line add up to the same total.
Fleur-De-Lis: Click on six fleur-de-lis to leave an even number in each row and column.
Prime Square: Drag the numbers into the red cells so that the sum of the three numbers in each row and each column is a prime number.
Digivide: Arrange the numbers from 1 to 6 in the spaces to make the division calculation correct.
Satisfaction: This is quite a challenging number grouping puzzle requiring a knowledge of prime, square and triangular numbers.
The Broken Chessboard Puzzle: The chessboard has been broken into 13 pieces. Can you put it back together?
Double Treble: Arrange the digits to make three 3 digit numbers such that the second is double the first and the third is three times the first.
Doughnut Dissection: A puzzle to find four different ways of making 900 by multiplying together three different numbers.
Separated Twins: Can you find a 6 digit number containing two each of the digits one to three which obeys the rules given?
One Torch Tunnel: Solve the problem of getting four people through a tunnel with one torch in the minimum amount of time.
Octagram Star: Arrange the sixteen numbers on the octagram so that the numbers in each line add up to the same total.
Unbeknownst: Some picture grid puzzles which can be solved by using simultaneous equations.
Delightfully Divisible: Arrange the digits one to nine to make a number which is divisible in the way described.
Scheduling Puzzle: Make a schedule for the 24-hour Darts Marathon which will take into account everyone's requests and keep everyone happy.
Truculent: Can you arrange the seven counters on the grid despite their truculent behaviour?
Power Shift: Arrange the given numbers as bases and indices in the three-term sum to make the target total.
Trafalgar Square: Solve the number puzzles drawn on the pavement of Trafalgar Square in London.
Congruent Parts: Use the colours to dissect the outlines into congruent parts.
Groups of Four: A simplified, mathematical version of the challenge seen in the British TV programme Only Connect. Find the connections between the terms.
Similar Parts: Use the colours to dissect the outlines into similar parts.
Window View: Drag the 20 flowers into the gardens so that 9 flowers are visible from each window of the house.
Scouts in Boats: Arrange a rota for the Scouts to travel in boats so that they are with different people each day.
Dominoes Puzzle: Arrange the dominoes in seven squares. The number of dots along each side of the square must be equal to the number in the middle
Puzzles Investigations:
Frustration: A logic challenge requiring a strategy to update each of the numbers in a grid.
Jugs: Can you make four litres if you only have seven and five litre jugs?
Tetrominoes Investigation: A tetromino is a shape made of four squares joined edge to edge. How many different tetrominoes are there?
How Many Rectangles?: Investigate the number of rectangles on a grid of squares. What strategies will be useful in coming up with the answer?
Egg Timers: The classic hourglass puzzle; Time the boiling of an egg using only the two egg timers provided.
Tantrum: A game, a puzzle and a challenge involving counters being placed at the corners of a square on a grid.
Tower of Hanoi: Move the pieces of the tower from one place to another in the minimum number of moves.
The Four Rules: See if you can make all of the numbers from 0 to 10 using four threes
Window View: Drag the 20 flowers into the gardens so that 9 flowers are visible from each window of the house.
Search for Infinity: Manipulate the Lissajou curve to produce a perfectly symmetrical (vertically and horizontally) infinity symbol.
Puzzles Videos:
Logic Puzzle: Only 10% of people get the correct answer to this simple logic puzzle.
Binary and The Tower of Hanoi: A video showing how binary counting can solve the Tower of Hanoi puzzle.
The Train Fly Problem: This video from Mind Your Decisions teaches a trick so you can solve the puzzle quickly.
Puzzles Worksheets/Printables:
Arithmagon Worksheets: A printable set of worksheets to go with the Arithmagons challenge.
Line Drawings: Six line drawings that may or may not be able to be traced without lifting the pencil or going over any line twice.
Recap Crossword: Two small crossword puzzles based on Secondary school Maths topics.
Xmas Ornaments Grids: Three different grids for the Christmas Ornaments puzzle.
Siam Symbols Worksheet: Work out which digit each of the ten symbols represents from the six given calculations.
Two Twins Printable: This worksheet extends the puzzle in the July 21st Starter of the Day.
Tools Worksheet: A worksheet containing the grids to fill in for the Tools puzzles.
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Women's run 1
I was late arriving at the Lake Placid bob track, and by the time I climbed up to the start house to take these pictures, the first 11 of 16 women had already completed their runs. I took lots of shots on motor drive with the intent of creating an animation of a modern skeleton start but never actually did that. Photos presented here for the first time.Read More


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A new Joslin-led study has shown that leptin, a hormone known mainly for regulating appetite control and energy metabolism, plays a major role in islet cell growth and insulin secretion. This finding opens up new avenues for studying leptin and its role in islet cell biology, which may lead to new treatments for diabetes.
Previous in vitro studies suggested that leptin receptors, which are found in tissues throughout the body including the pancreas as well as the brain, mediate leptin-induced inhibition of insulin secretion in islet cells, also known as beta cells.
"We wanted to further our understanding of leptin and its role in beta cells independent of its effects in the brain," said Rohit N. Kulkarni, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator at Joslin Diabetes Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, who led this study. It is currently not known why obese individuals exhibit a high incidence of diabetes despite high levels of both insulin and leptin circulating in the bloodstream.
To understand the role of leptin in the islets, researchers developed a mouse model (known as a "knock out" or KO mouse) genetically engineered not to produce leptin receptors in the pancreas, while maintaining the receptors in the brain and the rest of the body. Researchers found that the mice lacking leptin receptors in the pancreas showed improved glucose tolerance and greater insulin secretion and beta cell growth. "Since the normal function of leptin is to keep insulin levels from getting too high, the lack of leptin enhances insulin action in the beta cells and promotes insulin secretion, which was the result we expected," said Dr. Kulkarni.
In the second part of the study, the KO mice and a control group of mice with intact leptin receptors were placed on a high-fat diet. Although both the control and KO mice became obese, only the KO mice developed severe glucose intolerance and insulin resistance, a precursor to the development of diabetes. "These novel results indicate that in the presence of obesity, the combination of insulin resistance in the beta cell and the lack of leptin signaling leads to poor beta cell growth and function leading to glucose intolerance. Interactions between leptin and insulin signaling in the beta cell need to be considered to understand the relationship between diabetes and obesity," said Dr. Kulkarni.
Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. Other risk factors are age (over 40) and a family history of diabetes, although today it is increasing prevalent in younger people, including adolescents. In type 2 diabetes, islet cells malfunction and the body is unable to compensate by growing more beta cells. By investigating the cellular mechanisms that affect islet cell development and growth, Joslin researchers hope to find better ways to prevent and treat the disease.
Follow-up studies will focus on examining the interactions between insulin and leptin signaling in beta cells and identifying the key proteins found in the pathways that regulate beta cell growth and activity. This could lead to the development of therapeutic drugs that manipulate these proteins to influence beta cell growth and function. "Unraveling the role of leptin in the regulation of beta cell biology will be especially useful in understanding the mechanisms that contribute to beta cell growth with implications for the treatment of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes," said Dr. Kulkarni.
This study appears in the October 2007 issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Funding for the study was provided by the National Institutes of Health.
Other researchers participating in the study include: Tomoaki Morioka, M.D., Ph.D., Jiang Hu, M.D., Amarnath J. Kurpad, M.D., and Hui Li, Ph.D., Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center; Esra Asilmaz, B.S., Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University; John F. Dishinger, B.S., and Robert T. Kennedy, Ph.D., Departments of Chemistry and Pharmacology, University of Michigan; and Carol F. Elias, Ph.D. and Joel K. Elmquist, Ph.D., Center for Hypothalamic Research and Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
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a vintage crystal evening bag...
my tiny crown creation of rhinestone whimsy.
You look like the belle of the ball, Tamera! What a fabulous outfit and it sounds like the perfect event to wear it to! You are such an inspiration!ReplyDelete
Pam. thank you so much! It was such a great event... never once at the conference, did I feel to old to be there. I really believe style trumps age any day... in a creative community!ReplyDelete
oh my word. you are a dream! so beautiful tamera.ReplyDelete
ahh... thank you my dear, dear friend!ReplyDelete
Perfect and fun! Love the look!ReplyDelete
Goodness Gracious, I am so captivated with your dreamy world. I can just imagine you enjoyed every minute of the evening. The ensemble is nothing short of radiant...very ethereal, soft, and oh so beautifully feminine. Welcome home, Cinderella!ReplyDelete
Sarah you are so, so sweet! It was quite a memorable night! If you ever get a chance to go to ALT I'm sure you would love it too!Delete
Oh my word, Tamera, you are like some gorgeous Snow Princess - all white and frothy and sparkly, like freshly fallen snow! You look beautiful. When in doubt, plan a fabulous outfit to knock everyone's socks off - that seems a good a motto to live by as any! xxxReplyDelete
Yes my dear, that was exactly my motto for this trip! I'm new to this blog world... and was surrounded by the best bloggers in the design realm...so doubt was my traveling companion....but it's prominence was dulled with some outfits I Loved! i think of it as a fun version of body armor!Delete
What a fabulous party outfit! I'm sure everyone was wondering, "who *is* that fabulous woman?"
Suzanne it was an outfit that garnered some fun attention! Thank you for your kind words!Delete
Wow, what a truly stunning outfit. I adore that skirt.ReplyDelete
Thank you so very much!Delete
Beautiful photos. You are elegant and divine.ReplyDelete
Thank you so very much!!Delete
Wonderful accessories, and beautiful you, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Thank you, thank you my dear!Delete
There you are, Tamera - you have incredibly presence! And your outfit is just so beautiful. xoReplyDelete
Amber thank you so very much for your kind words, they are a gift!!Delete
LOVE, love,love your ensemble. Where can I purchase a "crown"? I want one for the 63rd birthday my husband is throwing for me. I remember when you purchased your tulle in Paris.....what a find!!! Again, your style is divine....ReplyDelete
Catherine thank you so very much for your kind words! My crowns are still in the development stage. When did you need one by? Maybe I could do a special order for you. I must say I so enjoyed wearing my crown. I found it to be the perfect size, small enough to just say whimsy and large enough to say special occasion! I think you wearing one to your birthday would be perfection and would be the perfect accessory to celebrate your wonderful self!Delete
My honey will be throwing the party on March 30th.....with dancing! Yay!Delete
Oooh!! Yay!!!! That gives me time!! What a wonderful husband to throw you a party complete with dancing! If ever there was a call for a celebratory crown, this is it!! Where will this fabulous celebration take place?Delete
In Santa Barbara....still trying to figure out what I'm going to wear. Recently lost weight so I can now fit into some of my "old" beautiful clothes - it's as if I have a whole new wardrobe.Delete
I don't know how i missed your response my dear! Santa Barbara.... how wonderful! Truly one of my very favorite places! We always stop there on our way to visit our daughter at school in SLO. Huge congratulations for your weight loss and returning to your 'old' beautifull friends!Delete
You have outdone yourself! Wow!!! You look absolutely stunning. The belle of the ball I am sure of it. xoReplyDelete
Thank you my dear Susan! It truly was a great night!Delete
How could I forget such stylish attendee! So happy we crossed paths! :DReplyDelete
You and me both my dear!!!ReplyDelete
Tamera, what happiness, beauty, joy, whimsey, gorgeousness! I love, love, love your outfit and that crown is so perfect for you. Miss you. xoReplyDelete
Thank you so very much for your sweet, sweet words! Miss you too!!! Loved your inspiring post today!Delete
OH.MY.GOODNESS TAMERA!!! My jar is on the ground, wow!!!
Absolutely incredible, that tulle!! That would be a blast to wear
and what a blessed evening you had, how cool. That's awesome that you got
to go :)
Thank you so much Gina! yes, it was definitely a fun ensemble that made my night unforgettable! If you ever have a chance to go to ALT, make sure to go! The conference can be life changing!Delete
Wow! I would definitely believe that you were the belle of the ball, dressed like that!ReplyDelete
Thank you Rachel, it was definitely a fun evening!ReplyDelete
Breathtaking! What a beautiful crown and you are the belle of the ball, no doubt. You have inspired me once again.ReplyDelete
To inspire you dear Judith...the highest of praise! Thank you my dear!!Delete
You look absolutely gorgeous - a stunning ensemble that must have earned you lots of compliments!ReplyDelete
It truly was a magical night!Delete
FabUlous!! LOVE the tulle and denim!ReplyDelete
Thank you much my dear!Delete
You look gorgeous! I love the ballerina skirt!ReplyDelete
Thank you so very much... the skirt will always be a such a special Paris memory to me!Delete
You look like a princess. Cinderella! What a perfect ensemble you created for this event. Just beautiful.ReplyDelete
Thank you so Lisa for your very kind words! I did put in a lot of time to style an outfit I would love, for such a very special evening!Delete
Stunning! I adore the little crown, and you are a gorgeous, glowing queen of the party. Thanks for linking up to Visible Monday : >ReplyDelete
Thank you Patti, for hosting Visible Monday each week!Delete
You were the Princess of the ball! You look so beautiful and very party ready. I curtsy to your elegance.ReplyDelete
Debbi you are so very sweet! I thank you.... I know you know ,the power of fun accessories!Delete
I'm absolutely enchanted! You look gorgeous and somehow ethereal. I've loved every moment of you sharing your story. Realizing how much it took for you to fly, solo, to this event in ALT was HUGE. You are a rock star and a bit of a dare devil!!
xx, Heather
Ahhh my dear Heather.... your words are truly a gift! Thank you so much for following along on my journey! I have very much enjoyed your gorgeous travel photos on facebook this week!Delete
I love the way you mixed all these fabulous things, including something from J. Crew! And the pictures with the little rainbows are so pretty - enchanting!ReplyDelete
Thank you my dear! I enjoyed your many stylings of the incredible Joni's graphic tee!Delete
Surely you were taken there in a pumpkin carriage pulled by white mice?ReplyDelete
My dear you are beyond sweet!Delete
So beautiful and royal -- just like a princess! Especially loving the shoes and crown.
Heather from Friendship, Life and Style
Heather...your Harley and line dancing... color me impressed and intrigued!Delete
Oooooooooooooooh how wonderful you look- just like a pricess! I love the tulle!xReplyDelete
Ahhh thank you so very much my dear! Thank you for sharing your lovely self in London!Delete
First of all, so glad I found your blog (over at Visible Monday), it is most delightful. Here you look like an elegant snow queen. It's just stunning!ReplyDelete
Thank you Trina! I so enjoyed your shoes and hat today!Delete
How divine! J'adore the crown!ReplyDelete
Thank you my dear! And it is so very Fun to wear!Delete
LOL - this is the best yet!! I shall now call you Princess or Queen (your preference) Tamera. Plus, I'm sure these glad rags from Paris didn't turn into real rags after midnight. Wow. You know my weakness for tulle...ReplyDelete
Queen, my dear, I am Way too Old for the other.... happily! It was your love of tulle... and inspiring post of your... tulle and tea...that led to my Parisian purchase...which led this... my much beloved ensemble. So I have you to thank for the inspiration for a most enchanting evening. I tip my hat, {crown}, to You my dear Melanie!Delete
Ahhh you look stunning as a goddess in that incredible outfit! Totally magical images beautiful TameraReplyDelete
Emalina thank you so very much for you kind compliments!Delete
You look like a princess :) Stopping by from Monday Mingle. Have a great weekend!
You are really ladyReplyDelete
So SO very beautiful!ReplyDelete


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Neighbors first saw Pfizer grow, now shrink
Groton - Eleanor Gergen, 75, said she accepts what she can't do anything about. Still, she said she can't understand how a company could just walk away or tear down buildings without looking back.
"They just leave places," she said of Pfizer Inc. "They don't care."
Eleanor and her husband of 56 years, Zene Gergen, live in the only house on the north side of Greenway Road, up against property that encloses Pfizer's 750,000-square-foot former research headquarters known as Building 118.
Pfizer began demolition work inside the first part of the complex last week.
"We saw it go all the way up," Zene Gergen, 77, said. "And now we're watching it go down."
The loss of Building 118 extends beyond the $2 million in annual tax revenue the town would lose. It's affected the psyche of the community. Until about two years ago, the complex was bustling and full, but then Pfizer announced in 2011 it would eliminate 1,100 local jobs.
The presence of demolition equipment represents the economic potential now lost, including the hope that the University of Connecticut at Avery Point would expand there. It also has heightened fears that Pfizer may go away entirely, like the first and largest domino to fall.
Although the company has said it remains committed to Groton, the Gergens believe it's on its way out.
"We never though Pfizer would leave," Eleanor Gergen said. "And they're halfway gone."
A good neighbor
Eleanor Gergen's parents built the house on Greenway Road in 1956. She lived there when she dated Zene and he was in the U.S. Coast Guard. The couple became engaged on her 17th birthday, before he went overseas. He served four years, including one year in the Philippines, and wrote her 186 love letters. She saved them all.
After he left the service, the couple married and moved to Illinois so he could complete college where he'd started.
They returned to Groton in 1979, after Eleanor Gergen's mother died and her father moved and remarried. Zene Gergen bought the Greenway house and worked for local school districts, retiring as coordinator of special education in New London. The couple raised three of their five children in the Groton City home.
Pfizer was expanding in those days.
"Every time you'd look out, they were putting a new building up," Zene Gergen said.
Since he was an abutting property owner, the company invited him to planning and zoning meetings whenever it wanted to make a change. He said he always supported the expansions; he wanted growth and new jobs.
Not everyone else did. Gergen remembers one meeting in which Pfizer wanted to build off Bayview Road and needed an additional 6 or 8 feet.
Gergen said he was the company's only supporter in the neighborhood. He recalled telling his neighbors, "I don't know how we could possibly vote against progress."
He said they yelled at him that he didn't even buy his house, that his father-in-law had given it to him. He said that wasn't true, that he had a mortgage like everyone else.
"One guy was going to even punch me," he recalled.
The company ended up going forward with the construction. Later, Zene Gergen said, he received a letter from Pfizer thanking him for his support, saying if he ever wanted to sell his house, the company would buy it at greater than the market value.
Gone quiet
The neighborhood changed as the company grew. Pfizer bought the houses on the north side of Greenway Road and another street bordering company property.
First, it rented the houses to employees, but then it tore them down in preparation for possible expansion. Zene Gergen said he accepted that; he figured he'd think of his house as having parkland on either side.
By then, the company had become an institution in Groton.
"Your father worked there, your uncle worked there, you worked there," Gergen said. And it was considered a good neighbor.
One fall, Gergen recalled, he was trying to rake leaves after recovering from an operation. A Pfizer crew came into his yard and did it for him, he said.
Then about 10 years ago, everything changed, the couple said. Employees told them of a less relaxed work environment. People left.
Pfizer starting cutting its grass every other month instead of every week, Gergen said. The property became overgrown, and he worried about raccoons and skunks living in the weeds and getting into his yard.
Gergen said groundskeeping has improved over the last two years. But now he's watching something that disappoints him: Pfizer preparing to take down the complex it once hoped to expand.
Eleanor Gergen can hear the difference from the backyard garden that her husband built for her. It includes statues of the couple's five children, one of whom died five years ago. Eleanor Gergen "wanted them home" as she remembered them when they were all young, so her husband built the garden to help her heal.
It's quiet outside now, she said, save an occasional banging or beeping of a truck backing up. She said she's waiting for the heavy demolition machinery to arrive.
There's no more humming industrial white noise.
"Before, the only noise we'd hear was the generators for the air conditioning during the night," she said. "And now, we don't hear it anymore."
Zene Gergen said what bothers him most is the loss of jobs and revenue for Groton.
"It seems to me that this is sort of the beginning of the end," he said. "In other words, I just have this feeling they're going to leave. I mean, little by little."
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The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society
By Darien Gee
By Darien Gee
Category: Women's Fiction | Literary Fiction
The Mill River Redemption
The Promise of Home
The Shade of My Own Tree
Never Say Goodbye
After You
No Child of Mine
The Dress Shop of Dreams
Table for Seven
Friendship Bread
The After Wife
Praise for Darien Gee and The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society
"In a gathering of women there will always be compelling stories. Throw in a love of craft and these stories take on a whole new dynamic. There are shared secrets, support, encouragement, and love as the Avalon Ladies come to terms with the past and boldly step forward into the future."—#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber
"There are many threads to this story (including a female plumber with a secret past), but, like a good scrapbooker, Gee puts them all together beautifully. Bettie is the glue that holds the residents of Avalon together—whether they like it or not—and as she seems to unravel, the town comes together. This funny, moving book is the follow-up to Friendship Bread (2011), although The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society can stand on its own. A welcome addition to any women's-fiction collection and a good choice for fans of Debbie Macomber's knitting series."–Booklist
"A three-hanky nod to It's a Wonderful Life. Gee—who also writes as Mia King (Table Manners)—gets the unapologetically schmaltzy tone just right with the irresistible premise that we can love the impossible. A surefire book club hit." —Publisher's Weekly
"In this exceptionally well-written novel you'll find heartwarming inspiration, humor, wisdom and endless charm … This is one of those books you'll want to tell your friends about so you can talk about the antics and struggles that will stay in your heart long after the final page is turned. Gee is an author to keep a close eye on." —RT Book Reviews
"Truly charming! You'll want to read and then immediately share with your best friends (and then start a scrapbooking society of your own!). Darien Gee writes about friendship and family with depth, grace and heart."—Sarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter and The Violets of March
"Darien Gee pieces together lives and scraps with the skill and heart of a true storyteller. The ladies of Avalon will have you calling your sisters and girlfriends to share old memories and make new ones. I loved it!"—Lisa Wingate, bestselling author of Dandelion Summer and Blue Moon Bay
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"A vivid, tender portrait of friends, a window into the intricacies of friendship itself."—New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice
"With heart and soul, Darien Gee has crafted a charming story of love, friendship, tragedy, and the surprising ways healing weaves its way through a small town."—New York Times bestselling author Beth Hoffman
"You'll root all the way as these characters stumble toward forgiveness, understanding, and, ultimately, celebration. Friendship Bread is a perfect book club selection."—New York Times bestselling author Kate Jacobs
"Charming."—Ladies' Home Journal
"An engrossing story about a small town and lives transformed."—Miami Herald
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Amtrak ridership increased in the first half of FY 2013 (Oct. 2012 – March 2013) and March set a record as the single best month ever in the history of the railroad. In addition, October, December, and January each set individual monthly records.
Rebounding strongly from service disruptions caused by Superstorm Sandy and other severe weather, Amtrak ridership grew 0.9 percent in the first six months of FY 2013 as compared to the same period the prior year. In all, 26 of 45 routes posted ridership increases and Amtrak expects to end the fiscal year at or above last year's record of 31.2 million passengers.
"The continued ridership growth on routes across the country reinforces the need for dedicated, multi-year federal operating and capital funding to support existing intercity passenger rail services and the development of new ones," said Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman.
Northeast Corridor ridership took a significant hit from Superstorm Sandy, is seeing a solid recovery and is predicted to show gains for the full fiscal year despite being down 1.2 percent for this six-month period. Ridership on state-supported and other short distance routes is up 2.7 percent and long-distance ridership grew 0.5 percent.
Routes with notable ridership growth in the first six months of FY 2013 include: Palmetto (+10.5 percent), Coast Starlight (+10 percent), Illini/Saluki (+9.8 percent), San Joaquin (+8.9 percent), Piedmont (+8.6 percent), Wolverine (+8.2 percent), Vermonter (+6.7 percent), Carolinian (+6.3 percent), Keystone Service (+5.2 percent), Springfield Shuttles (+5.2 percent), Downeaster (+4.8 percent), Pacific Surfliner (+4.3 percent), and Pennsylvanian (+4.3 percent).