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DIORISSIMO RENCONTRE CHAIN WALLETCategories:Other Brands
First it was all about the Lady Dior and now, there is something standing next to it. The Diorissimo tote has become raving popular since its first launch in 2012 and as expected, Dior took the opportunity at its fullest and made more variation for theDiorissimo line.
Meet your evening bag, yes it's small and compact, yet qualified to store all your tiny essentials. The combination of two, the exquisite smooth calfskin leather meets the craftsmanship of Dior is a powerful blend. And the result?
No other than this wallet with chain, combined with a look full of charm and character than can lift the spirit of any woman. Carry it through the night, turn it into a clutch whenever you feel, an ideal bag for any luxury outfit.
The toxic purple and hot pink takes your worries away, it has passed the fashion security test, miles away from faux pas. Or for to enhance your summer feelings, take the rouge vif and sunshine orange.
Remove the chain to carry it by hand, the Diorissimo has a signature charm attached on the left. That piece only is impressive. The interior is enriched with one zipped pocket, one gusset compartment, two flat pockets and twelve card slots to structure your items like you would in your closet.
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LADY DIOR AND DIORISSIMO WHITE COSMOS FLOWER CHAIN WALLETCategories:Other Brands
I do not know if you've heard about the Secret Garden of Dior, it's been said to be one of the most beautiful places on this planet. Flower is at the heart of Dior as Christian once quoted: 'After women, flowers are the most divine creations.'
That's why the Lady Dior Wallet printed with White Cosmos Flower represents everything about this brand. It's not just the wallet, and it's certainly not only the craftsmanship, the uniqueness lies in the timeless work of art, from the Lady Dior Collection that's imbued with the couture spirit of Dior.
Having this wallet is like holding a piece of Dior, the 'Rendez-vous wallet' comes in two styles with each two variations. The Diorissimo Wallet does not need any introduction, you can either choose white in pink alstroemeria flowers and pink in white/black cosmos flowers. Measuring 19.5 x 10 cm.
The Lady Dior Wallet comes with a short chain, it's also refined with the iconic D.I.O.R charm. The colors available are black in blue rose and black in white cosmos flowers. Measuring 19.5 x 10 cm, with chain of 35 cm, priced at £730 GBP and €780 euro's.
These wallets are from the Fall Winter 2014 Collection, blossom your style when the trees are naked and the sky turns grey. Exclusive available at Lady Dior boutique.
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DIORISSIMO FLAP BAGCategories:Other Brands
You know something is popular or is becoming popular when you start noticing them everywhere in your life. Remember Apple's products like the iPods and iPhones?
Well, the Diorissimo must be one of the most favorite collections ever made. What do I mean by that? Let's do a quick re-cap, shall we?
The Diorissimo Collection was launched under Dior's spring 2012 Collection, it consisted only the 'medium tote'. But before that, we only knew how to crave for the Lady Dior Bag or the Miss Dior Bag.
Then not long after, it went from the medium size tote to the small size tote. The collection followed with the 'Diorissimo Chain Wallet Bag', which we've featured yesterday.
Now get ready, because Dior is going to introduce something much more amazing, it will make your heart beat faster and eyes turn bigger, it's the brand-new Diorissimo flap bag.
And maybe you have already seen it coming because we dropped a sneak peek a few weeks ago. It was the Diorissimo Flap Bag in white croco leather. Check out the Dior Cruise 2015 Bag Collection if you haven't viewed yet.
One thing I am certain, you will love the brand-new colors. They are in white, black, croco yellow and red. It's simple, streamlined and so pure, every element is imbued with the couture spirit of Dior. It's the ultra feminine tote that you will love to carry in casual styles and even at work. The D.I.O.R. charm dominates the appearance and it's beautifully crafted on the handle.
More information and details will be shared later on. This bag is from the Fall Winter 2014 Collection, be patient because it hasn't been launched yet.
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Dior Small DiorissimoCategories:Other Brands
Twice as beautiful is what you could call this particular Diorissimo, since small is beautiful (and this is tiny), coupled with the fact that this style is already a beauty in her own right. Simply known as the Small Diorissimo, it measures a wee 22.5 cm across by 16.5 cm, the perfect size for carrying nothing on any given day. Which is exactly the type of bag you'll need in your wardrobe that lets you be carefree and frivolous on weekends, away from your overloaded laptop bag or bulging tote, for some fun 'me' time.
Carry the smooth calfskin bag in your hand, or over the shoulder by way of its long shoulder sling, with the barest of essentials required for window shopping or cafe hopping the latest joints with your friends. Away from the grind of never-ending work. But you'll have to wait till Saturday for that. And today's Monday. My bad.
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A CLOSER LOOK: DIORISSIMO FLAT ZIPPED POUCH WITH CHAINCategories:Other Brands
Diorissimo bag is like an icing on top of a sweet and delicious cupcake. It has dominated the fashion world in a canonball of passion that all bag lovers considered it as one of Dior's cream of the crop.
A well-loved and coveted Dior handbag line, the Diorissimo has come up with its newest Flat Zipped Pouch with Chain. If you'll remember, we have featured the same bag here: Diorissimo Flat Zipped Pouch with Chain details, but this time around, we're giving you an updated and closer look of this lovely Diorissimo creation.
The style is quite plain and simple but you got to give Dior its well-deserved credit for its choice of colors. This feminine and ultra girly color combination of light pink and maroon is such a sight to behold! Built with the finest bull calf leather, you can wear this Diorissimo baby cross body as it has chains, as a clutch or as an evening pouch. It can transform into any bag in an instant.
Measuring 23.5 x 14.5 cm and the chain is 120 cm, priced at €600 euro or £480 GBP via Dior boutique.
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DIORISSIMO SUEDE BAGCategories:Other Brands
It was unexpected and we couldn't belief it. But its one hundred percent true. Those that are yearning for the Diorissimo Bag other than in calf leather, well… your dream just came true.
There is a small difference between handbags in suede and calf leather, we're talking about how they're made. If you look closely to the Diorissimo Suede Bag, you will spot the details like the stitches on the edges around the bag.
Other than that, everything stays the same, including the prices.
But what's also intriguing is that the DIOR charm on this bag is also covered in suede, can you see that?
For those that are interested, the size is medium and is measured 32 x 23 x 11 cm, the price is the same as the leather edition: €3400 euro via Dior boutique.
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|Tooth Decay
Tooth decay is the gradual breakdown of the tooth, beginning with the enamel surface and eventually progressing to the inner pulp.
Tooth decay is caused by acids produced by certain mouth bacteria in dental plaque. Factors that affect this process include oral hygiene, diet, meal frequency, saliva production, and heredity. Teeth with significant decay are said to have caries, or cavities.
What are the symptoms of tooth decay?
People with tooth decay may have tooth pain, including sensitivity to cold food and drinks
Dietary changes that may be helpful for tooth decay
It has been noted for over 50 years that the incidence of tooth decay is low in people of traditional rural societies, such as Eskimos and African Bantus. However, However, the incidence of cavities increases as their diets begin to include more "westernized" processed foods.1 Although many different factors have been implicated in this observation, including refined flours,2 3 inactivation of vitamins by heating foods,4 and sugar intake,5 no single agent has been found responsible. Nevertheless, a diet high in whole grains and low in processed foods is a healthful choice that probably helps defend against tooth decay.
Sugar, especially sucrose (table sugar), appears to be required by the oral bacteria for the production of tooth decay. This finding has caused sugar to be widely blamed in the popular press as the primary cause of dental caries. However, caries incidence has recently declined in a time of increasing sugar intake.6 This has led to a reevaluation of caries causation, and sugar is now understood to be only one of the factors in the development of tooth decay.7 Nearly as important as the total amount of sugar intake seems to be the consistency of the sugary foods and the length of time they are in contact with the teeth. Dry and sticky foods tend to stay in contact longer, causing more plaque formation.8 Still, reduction of total dietary sugar is probably the most accepted dietary recommendation for the prevention of dental caries.9
Certain sugar substitutes appear to have anti-caries benefits beyond that of reducing sugar intake. Xylitol is not fermented by the oral bacteria, and it inhibits bacterial growth.10 Sorbitol is only slowly used by oral bacteria, and it produces less caries than does sucrose.11 Children chewing gum containing either xylitol or sorbitol for five minutes five times daily for two years had large reductions in caries risk compared with those not chewing gum. Xylitol gum was associated with a slightly greater risk reduction than sorbitol gum.12 A double-blind study found 100% xylitol gum was superior to gum containing lesser amounts or no xylitol.13 Another study found xylitol-containing gums gave long-term protection against caries while sorbitol-only gum did not.14 Other research has confirmed the anti-caries benefits of xylitol in various forms, including gum,15 chewable lozenges, toothpastes, mouthwashes, and syrups.16
Drinking fluoridated water (1 mg fluoride per liter) has led to an estimated 40 to 60% reduction in dental caries in many cities in the United States and worldwide.17 18 While most experts believe water fluoridation to be associated with minimal risk,19 others disagree. A minority of scientists believes fluoridation to be associated with an unacceptable risk of skeletal damage, including osteoporotic fractures and bone tumors, in exchange for a modest dental benefit.20 Fluoride has topical action as well as whole-body effects,21 suggesting that those who do not have access to fluoridated water can achieve some benefit with fluoride-containing toothpastes and mouthwashes. In areas without fluoridated water, a number of controlled trials have found oral use of chewable fluoride tablets (1 to 2 mg per day of fluoride)22 23 or fluoride mouthrinses (0.05% to 0.2% fluoride content)24 25 also reduce caries risk in children. Fluoride tablets26 and mouthwash27 have been found to be effective for caries prevention in young adults and the elderly. Tablets are slightly more effective than a mouthrinse for caries protection.28 These products should not be used by young children (under three years of age), who might accidentally swallow dangerous amounts of fluoride.29 The American Dental Association (ADA) recommends supplementing children in areas without fluoridated water with liquid fluoride drops,30 but this should be done with the guidance of a dentist.
Lifestyle changes that may be helpful for tooth decay
The ADA recommends regular tooth brushing—daily brushing, ideally after each meal.31 Although thorough brushing varies from person to person, five to ten strokes in each area should be adequate.32 Toothpastes containing 1,000 to 2,500 ppm (1 to 2.5 mg per gram) of fluoride have been shown to reduce caries risk.33
A recent population survey found blood lead levels were associated with the amount of dental caries in children and adults. The authors estimated that lead exposure is responsible for roughly 10% of dental caries in young Americans.34 For this and other health reasons, known and potential sources of lead exposure should be avoided. Common sources of lead exposure may include paint, foods grown near roadways, and water from lead pipes.35
Nutritional supplements that may be helpful for tooth decay
Test tube studies show that vitamin B6 increases growth of beneficial mouth bacteria and decreases growth of cavity-causing bacteria.36 A double-blind study found that pregnant women who supplemented with 20 mg per day of vitamin B6 had significantly fewer new caries and fillings during pregnancy.37 Lozenges containing vitamin B6 were more effective than capsules in this study, suggesting an important topical effect. Another double-blind study gave children oral lozenges containing 3 mg of vitamin B6 three times per day for eight months, but reported only insignificant reductions in new cavities.38
In a double-blind study of children aged 1 to 6 years, supplementation with Lactobacillus GG five days a week in milk for seven months reduced the incidence of cavities by 49%, compared with unsupplemented milk.39 The amount of Lactobacillus added to the milk was 5 to 10 x 10e5 CFU per ml.
One older controlled trial found that children given 3 teaspoons of cod liver oil per day (containing roughly 800 IU of vitamin D) for an entire school year had over 50% fewer new cavities.40 These promising results have not been followed up with modern placebo-controlled trials.
Levels of strontium in the water supply have been shown to correlate with the risk of dental caries in communities with similar fluoride levels.41 Compared with children with fewer cavities, enamel samples from children with high numbers of caries have been found to contain significantly less strontium.42 However, supplementation with strontium has not yet been studied as tooth decay prevention.
Are there any side effects or interactions with tooth decay?
Refer to the individual supplement for information about any side effects or interactions.
Herbs that may be helpful for tooth decay
Compounds present in both green tea and black tea have been shown to inhibit the growth and activity of bacteria associated with tooth decay.43 44 Animals given tea compounds in their drinking water develop fewer dental caries than do those drinking plain water.45 46 47 Human volunteers rinsing with an alcohol extract of tea leaves before bed each night for four days had significantly less plaque formation but similar amounts of plaque-causing bacteria compared with those with no treatment.48 Tea drinking has not yet been tested as a tooth decay preventative in humans.
Are there any side effects or interactions with tooth decay?
Refer to the individual herb for information about any side effects or interactions.

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LifeSite News - Pittsburgh PA
LANCASTER, ON., April 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a moving talk Saturday at a conference organized by Alliance for Life Ontario, Bobby Schindler, brother of the late Terri Schiavo, fingered the mainstream media as having a frightening influence upon the value of life in today's culture.
Schindler said, "What happened to Terri is an attitude of non-person, this whole attitude of quality of life which has taken hold of our country. It is really frightening, and I think it is going to get much worse before it gets better. Leading the charge is a very strong, influential, slanted media."
The still grieving brother, who says that he will accept speaking engagements anywhere to warn about the travesty that happened to his sister, emphasized that her death "was about a very strong and aggressive euthanasia movement that has taken hold of our country. Our family was blindsided. We had no idea what we were up against."
Bobby told his listeners they must not naively believe that Terri's case is unusual. "Although Terri's case made international headlines, this type of thing is happening each day, quietly across the country." "The underlying issue here is money," said Schindler. "As Ken Connor (the lawyer for Jeb Bush) said: We are living in a culture where the sanctity of life ethic is being eroded and we begin to look at the net worth of an individual based on cost-benefit ratio."
Although he never spoke with bitterness, throughout his talk Bobby had little positive to say about the popular media's handling of his sister's illness and their role in propagating this quality of life mentality.
"It is fascinating to see the ways they can report a story to over-simplify it. The media misreported and didn't report an enormous amount of facts in the case."
He stated it was rarely reported, for example, that there were 25 national disability groups standing with the Schiavo family trying to stop the killing of Terri, for the media did not want to recognize her as a disabled person.
Instead, he said, they consistently applied the label of Persistent Vegetative State to her condition which he considers absolutely false. "We never for a moment believed that Terri was in a PVS condition."
"PVS is something that needs to be abolished… It is a completely subjective diagnosis, based entirely upon the interpretation of the doctor." To drive this point home, Schindler referred to a recent British study which concluded that PVS is misdiagnosed 43 % of the time.
The media also repeatedly referred to Terri as being on artificial life support. "This confused the public" said Bobby. "They never said that she was receiving food and water. In the eyes of the law in our country, food and water are now considered medical treatment, extraordinary care. Feeding tubes are now seen as other than basic care."
Schindler also slammed media polls before and during Terri's slow, forced death by starvation and dehydration. "There were polls released about my sister that were slanted and so general that if they had asked me I probably would have voted in favour of killing my sister too. It was ridiculous the way some of these polls were worded."
It was the total misrepresentation of the autopsy report that caused Bobby and his family the most grief. "It [the media] constantly reported that the autopsy report confirmed that Terri was in a PVS condition." Yet the report states very clearly that PVS cannot be diagnosed from a post-mortem state.
"The media used the autopsy report to do nothing but justify and rationalize Michael killing my sister. In fact it got so bad that the media was actually asking my family to apologize to Michael Schiavo for what we put him through" he stated.
Fr. Frank Pavone, head of priests for life stated after Terri's death that "Terri did not die from an atrophy of the brain, she died from an atrophy of compassion."
"We in America have gotten things completely backwards," said Bobby, "where the media now reports what Michael did as the compassionate thing to do. We are even giving awards to Judge Greer and Michael Schiavo for their courage and compassion."
"Yet we watched my sister die in a horrific and barbaric manner. This notion that her death was peaceful and painless is the most offensive and appalling thing that I've heard spoken from the other side's mouth. But is it something that they have to say because they can never report the truth, just like they would never allow videos being shown of abortions taking place."
Bobby also spoke of his disappointment with the local churches. "We got very little support from our Catholic Church in our diocese. There were very few Catholic bishops that spoke out about my sister's case, which is allowing this movement to move forward. The church needs to speak out about what is happening in America."
He did, however, speak very highly of Pope John Paul II and his excellent statement at the end of 2004 on end of life and palliative care.
Bobby ended his moving presentation with a challenge to the pro-life community to build a coalition with the disabled community. "The pro-life community has been fighting so hard against abortion that this euthanasia movement has been flying under the radar and changing laws, and they are in place now and now we have to go back and try and change them back to what they once were."
The Schindler family has started a foundation to fight to prevent these atrocities from happening to other vulnerable Americans. (See www.terrisfight.org website)


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This may be one of my favorite sessions from lately – this baby girl is absolutely stunning and I just love all her setups!! She fought me for awhile with sleeping, but finally she gave in and I just love her photos. I told her parents that I always get so excited anytime a baby comes to me with a head full of hair…and that she had!! Here are a few favorites from the session, enjoy!! Springville AL newborn photographer Lane Weichman www.laneweichmanphotography.com
I've been photographing this sweet family for 3 years now and we always have a blast on their sessions. We wanted a little creek for our set up with the boys, and since it has rained so much lately, it was too high..so we were about to go back to the car and head to our next location when we stumbled upon this gorgeous field. We had to snap some photos, and I'm so glad we did! I love easy going clients and capturing the personality of toddlers! <3 -Lane www.laneweichmanphotography.com Birmingham AL family photographer
Y'all I get so emotional when my Grow With Me baby planners graduate their plan. I know they're only with me for a few hours every few months, but oh my goodness! I love watching my babies grow and their personalities emerge and getting to know their mamas/families. Elliott is one of the happiest, spunkiest babies around and I SO enjoyed her pictures!! We had her 1st birthday session last month and I'm SO in love with it. I think I love every single one of her sessions so much but this one might have been my favorite! Her mama always pushes me to get creative with set ups and switching out backdrops/outfits so I loved it! Anyway, enjoy some of my favorites!! Thanks for looking!! Lane www.laneweichmanphotography.com Springville AL baby photographer
Miss Tinsley was so good for me! I just love her neutral session, so much! Sweet detail shots get me every.single.time and this sweet girl's gallery is no exception. Here are a few highlights from my session: -Lane Weichman Birmingham AL newborn photos www.laneweichmanphotography.com
I was super excited to do this session and had so much fun finding a great location to use in the winter and trying out some new posing and styling the session! This mama is absolutely GORGEOUS and will soon have three girls – just like we do!! I just had to post these on my blog – super happy with how they turned out! Lane Weichman Photography www.laneweichmanphotography.com Birmingham AL maternity photographer
At some point in my liberal arts college career, I fell in love with Frida Kahlo. Her story is so fascinating, her self portraits are intriguing and beautiful. A couple years ago, we went to a Frida/Diego art exhibit in Atlanta – where I bought myself a silly t shirt and a poster which will one day hang in my office – that is, when I have an actual office and not the corner of the girl's playroom. 😉 I just HAD to buy this little shirt for Callie and have been holding on to it for at least 6 months for the perfect outfit to photograph it with. It's been worn probably 20 times, and now, even has little food stains at the neck of the shirt. So I just got these Freshly Picked moccasins in the mail today, and knew they'd work perfectly with this little outfit – and because I'm a lover/supporter of all small business mamas like myself – Her denim pants are Ella B Denim, headband is ThanBirds and her little toddler purse is iBetterAccessorize. Callie isn't quite 2 yet, but she's super active (as most almost two year olds are!) and what better way to capture this time than a little lifestyle session with her. She's our last baby so I soak up all these sweet little milestones with her. Her little pigtail buns, her chubby fingers, her joy of collecting and throwing rocks, those little chubby legs, and the way she skips around on her tip toes from time to time (and …
Boone was absolutely amazing – SUCH a great baby, so cute and his family is just the sweetest!! The kids did amazing and are so in love with him and his session went so well. Such a doll. I just love his all neutral session – I love colors (a lot!) but I also have a heart for simple neutral images. They're so timeless and match anywhere you put them up. It was way hard to narrow his gallery down so I'm sharing a bit but I just had to!
Ya'll. I don't even know what to say. This shoot was just amazing! Getting to shoot in fun spots and step outside of my comfort zone for this shoot. I got to edit differently than the norm, and these two were just game to do whatever! I am so excited to shoot their wedding next year with my husband. Super super excited!! Narrowing it down to include my favorites was so hard!! But here are a few: Birmingham AL photographer Lane Weichman
I have been nonstop shooting the same thing for a few years now – which I LOVE. I have such a passion for being able to hold a brand new baby in my arms, super fresh, perfect little newborns, pose them and create images for their parents that they can gush over, show off their new babies, and never forget the little details of those first couple of weeks of their new baby's life. I never want to lose sight of the fact that it's a new life, a God-given gift, a baby that God chose for his/her parents. I love designing cake smash sets, watching babies pass their 1 year milestone, dig into their first bite of cake, and watch their parents gush over how absolutely adorable they are (which is so true! I crack up almost every cake smash session I do!) And don't even get me start on birth sessions or Fresh 48's – ahhh! I literally get an adrenaline rush on my way home, rush home and run to the computer to upload my pictures so I can re-live every little detail! But I have this desire to shoot for ME. To get creative, to 100% make every decision of a shoot, to style it completely, to pick the backdrop, the way I edit, to do something different than I normally would. Everyone I know with that creative gene needs this outlet so they don't get burnt out – I guess I'm writing this to remind myself how much I LOVE …
Elisa is SO cute and was SO good! I had a hard week and was a little nervous about the session – but she was SUCH a great baby and made it super easy and fun! Plus, she's absolutely beautiful and that helps, right?! Here's a few of her photos from the session! Lane Weichman Photography Birmingham AL newborn session Pricing – www.laneweichmanphotography.com
So, for those of you who are my super close friends – you know – I have this history of all my best friend's babies being awful for their newborn sessions – either they're awake the ENTIRE time or they're fussy and refuse to let me pose them – so I kind of expected that with Cora's session. HOWEVER….this was not the case. This sweet girl was amazing. She didn't make a peep until the last set up! She was an absolute dream baby and I couldn't be happier! We got so many adorable shots of her!
Audrey and her big sis Mary Evelyn are just the CUTEST!! I adore the neutral tones and light colors in this session – these two gorgeous girls and their love, this is one of my favorite sessions I've done in awhile! <3 Lane www.laneweichmanphotography.com Springville AL photographer
Clara is seriously such a gorgeous baby – she has grown so much over the last 6 months! Check out her newborn session here: Clara's Newborn Session. I just love all the set ups from her session – they're totally my style and love when mama's let me use get creative with their session and style it! Here's a few from her session: Lane birmingham AL baby photographer www.laneweichmanphotography.com
Newborn photography Birmingham AL WWW.laneweichmanphotography.com Troy gave me a run for my money – but I just LOVE the photos we got!! He's absolutely adorable and shooting his session and hanging out with his family was fun! Here are a few highlights from his session! -Lane Weichman – Newborn Photographer located outside of Birmingham, AL. I love photographing such important times in a families life – whether it be maternity sessions, newborn photography, documenting the first year with my "Grow With Me" baby photography plan, or photographing families as they grow – contact me today to book your session – use the contact page located on my website.
Usually, when I get a 10+ lb baby, they don't sleep very heavily and don't love me. Henry did love me, and was so adorable! I loved getting to hang out with him and take his pictures. He has the cutest little face and dark hair and gorgeous features – someone once told me that they didn't have newborn photos done because they all look the same as newborns – this couldn't be more untrue! Each baby is so distinct, and also, each baby poses differently and each session flows around the baby! So I do not believe that statement at all. Here are some images from his session – so hard to just choose a few for the blog! www.facebook.com/laneweichmanphotography Birmingham AL newborn photography
I did Cristen's newborn session today, so I figured it was a great time to blog her maternity session!! 😉 This is such a sweet and beautiful mom and I had to share! Maternity photos Birmingham AL Lane Weichman Photography
Chaney's parents came in telling her that their baby was a very active and awake baby – as a newborn photographer who focuses on sleepy baby shots, I was slightly stressed out…ha! This happens every time, but I end up LOVING shots when a baby won't sleep! Yes, we may struggle through the session, but it forces me to try new things, and go with the flow of the baby (which I do to an extent with every baby, just even more so with non sleepers!) I just adore these shots so much and she's such a doll!! -Lane www.laneweichmanphotography.com Birmingham AL newborn photographer
There's nothing as sweet as a bright sunny spring day, a baby girl in floral, super sweet and adorable parents and little baby kisses! I got all of the above during this mini session! We went to a gorgeous location with wildflowers and a perfect sunset. Some sessions you just fall in love with, and this was one of them. They won a contest I did awhile back, and Carmen (my oldest daughter) got to pick the winner, and she picked this sweet family! We had to push it back a few times and I sure am glad we waited, because this weather was just gorgeous. Here's some highlights from our session: -Lane www.laneweichmanphotography.com Trussville AL family photographer
I had the pleasure of getting to photograph Knox last week and just finished up his photos – I've known his mom for a long time and meeting this little squish was such a joy! I didn't want to return him! 😉 It doesn't help any that he was an absolute dream baby and posed beautifully, AND he has adorable little rolls and chubby arms and legs! Here's a few of my favorite photos of him. -Lane – Newborn Photographer Springville AL – laneweichmanphotography.com
I've had the pleasure of photographing this family a lot – at least 8 times, I believe. I've gotten to photograph quite a few milestone/important times in their lives (check out Cooper's newborn session here.) Stacey asked me to do a lifestyle session – I don't do these often, so of course, I was a little bit nervous, but I'm actually really proud of these and very happy with how they turned out, maybe, just maybe, I'll start offering these sessions. 🙂 It was very laid back and easy and fun. I really enjoyed being able to come into their home…Colton was so excited to show me his toys and his big boy bed he just got, and ran around like a crazy man, while Cooper was just as content as can be the entire time. I love these sweet intimate shots, unposed and light and airy. I converted over to studio light a year ago and I hardly ever get to shoot natural light anymore – I need to make a point to, because there's nothing like it! Of course posed newborns are my favorites, but there is something special about being able to capture the real life – it really tells a story and documents life a little more accurately I think. 🙂 ——– "The hand of a bride becomes the hand of a mother. Ever so gently she cares for her precious child. Bathing, dressing, feeding, comforting—there is no hand like mother's. Nor does its tender care diminish through the years." -Lane www.laneweichmanphotography.com …
Sweet Brenlei was due to come in March, and I got a message that she was going to arrive early – she did, and got to come home before she was two weeks old, so we photographed her at 13 days.. and this little tiny bean was SO great! She slept like a dream the entire time and is just the cutest. Luckily, I get to see her 3 more times this year! WOO! Can't wait. Here's a few of her photos from the session: -Lane Weichman www.laneweichmanphotography.com springville al newborn photos
Samuel was an absolute DREAM BABY!! He slept the entire time. I just love the colors and tones of his photos. He just did all the poses perfectly! Here's a few favorites from his session: Lane Weichman www.laneweichmanphotography.com Springville Newborn Photographer
I have now photographed this sweet girl three times over the span of her first year! She is seriously just SO gorgeous and loved getting the opportunity to take her pics. She was full on walking everywhere during her shoot so corralling her was quite the challenge! Once she got into the cake she was content, though!! Love my clients. Lane Weichman www.laneweichmanphotography.com Springville Al cake smash photography
Some babies just make your job so easy and fun! I told Everly's parents that 6 month sessions are either SUPER easy or SUPER hard..well, she was super easy! She was my first baby in my new studio (I can't wait to do a tour post here on the blog – but have to finish decorating it first!) and she just didn't disappoint! She was full of personality and you can totally tell by her pics. I just love that! I just attached a few of my favorites, so enjoy! Springville AL baby photographer Lane Weichman www.laneweichmanphotography.com
This sweet girl decided she did not want to sleep at her session! Thank goodness she's absolutely beautiful because we got a ton of awake shots! She did sleep for about 15 minutes, though! 😉 Lane Weichman www.laneweichmanphotography.com Springville AL newborn photography
Birmingham AL newborn triplet photos – Lane Weichman Photography I haven't done a lot of shooting for myself lately, besides taking monthly photos of our youngest daughter. This is something that a lot of artists and other photographers just NEED to do! When a friend of mine posted that her sister had triplets, I immediately thought, "I MUST PHOTOGRAPH THEM!" So, I presented the idea to my amazing photographer friend Lindsey Walker (view her awesome website here!) who I always do multiples with. She assists me and I assist her whenever we get multiple newborns (and I'm sad because she's moving and we won't be able to shoot together anymore! 🙁 but that's another blog post I guess..haha) Of course she said YES, so we both got to throw out ideas with each other and pull our resources (ahem..props) together to make it all work! I knew it would be a fun thing for us both to have for our portfolios, so here they are! The boys were an absolute DREAM! They all slept the entire time, and let us pose them and were just SO sweet….I might have wanted to keep them all! They were all around 6 pounds and were just the absolute sweetest. The three of them slept more soundly than most normal newborns sleep, which was just an awesome experience to have for my first set of triplets, for sure. Now I absolutely cannot decide which ones to get printed for my new studio that I'm moving into next month. So, …
Hello, 2016! This year has already started out crazy and I've been so busy shooting, editing and even booking lots of sessions! I have really not been updating the blog since October, so now that I made it through the holidays, I'm ready to get back on track blogging all of my full sessions. I've been able to photograph this sweet family multiple times and it's just awesome! They just welcomed their 2nd baby boy into the world and I got to do his newborn photos. He was an absolute dream baby and we had so much fun doing all his photos! Here are a few of my favorites: Newborn Photographer Birmingham AL Lane Weichman www.laneweichmanphotography.com
Favorite Photos of 2015 – Every year, I try to do a big collage of one photo from each of my sessions. This year I have had more sessions than I've ever had before, so I tried to narrow it down to my favorite client photos of this year. I have different reasons for all of them being my favorites…most of them are newborns, they are generally my favorite subjects to photography…so I thought I'd share them! In no particular order, here are just SOME of my favorite photos from 2015! This was such an awesome smile to catch from a newborn…I just LOVE this photo!! I chose this picture for a couple of reasons. This was my first set of twins, and I was super happy to nail this pose (with the help of my friend Lindsey @ Lindsey Walker Photography, of course!) so it was also a technical/personal reason I loved it. The colors and the sunlight in this picture are just perfect. Angela (the subject!) always says she isn't photogenic but manages to be the most gorgeous subject in all the photos I've taken (and it's been a lot!) and it seems to come so naturally. This is one of those moments that you just happen to be in the right place at the right time. I adore this, so so much and the mom is absolutely beautiful! This picture was something I was really envisioning for a long time before the shoot. We talked about a neutral colored maternity gown, and …
So excited to share Marshall's session with you guys!! I am so excited he did so great for his session and we got a nice gallery of pics! He's just the cutest – and I can't wait to see him again for his 6 month photos!!
I've now photographed all of Henry's biggest milestones – while his mom was still pregnant, his birth, newborn photos, at four, eight, and now 12 months. I get very sentimental when my baby plan babies turn a year – I am not even that much of a sentimental person, but knowing that they've reached that milestone and I don't get to see them every few months anymore is so hard for me! Lots of people do 18 months or photos every year, but it's not the same!! Well Henry is no exception. I have loved watching him grow and watching his little personality bloom! His nursery is pooh themed and his dad painted this awesome mural in there, so I figured I would ask if he wanted to paint one for the cake smash. It turned out so great! It was seriously just the most perfect day to take photos, the sunset couldn't have been more gorgeous, it's the perfect time of the year, and everything just turned out great. I feel awesome knowing that his last session will be hard to beat! 😉 I'm oversharing but here are some photos from his session: Here's a little comparison picture we did….. Birmingham AL cake smash photography Lane Weichman www.laneweichmanphotography.com


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Cary Fukunaga is out of "It."
The "Sin Nombre" and "True Detective" director has exited New Line Cinema's two-part film adaptation of Stephen King's "It" for budgetary and creative reasons, The Times has confirmed. The Wrap first reported the news.
Based on King's lengthy horror novel, "It" was to span a pair of movies about misfit teens who come together to vanquish an evil creature one summer and then have to resume the battle as adults when the creature reawakens.
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What's The Verdict: FTC settles crowdfunding fraud with Erik Chevalier!
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What's The Verdict: FTC settles crowdfunding fraud with Erik Chevalier!
The big, bad Federal Trade Commission has settled its first case against a creator on the Kickstarter Project. Erik Chevalier and The Forking path, Co. jumpstarted a campaign to raise money for a fantasy board game called "The Doom that Came to Atlantic City." Supposedly, Erik Chevalier raised about 4x his goal for the game, but used some of these funds for personal expenses including personal equipment, personal residence, etc. and we all know that's not allowed!
Chevalier promised consumers that they would receive a copy of the game along with figurines if the campaign reached its funding goal of $35,000. He ended up raising over $120,000 from 1,246 backers. But then, in July 2013, he told his backers that the project had been cancelled. There had been previous issues regarding patents and overseas manufacturing, and consumers thought all was good until he told them it was not. Chevalier made a statement addressing the situation, "Every possible mistake was made, some due to my inexperience in board game publishing, others due to ego conflicts, legal issues and technical complications. I never set out to con anyone or to perpetrate a fraud but I did walk into a situation that was beyond my abilities and for that I'm deeply sorry."
Backers were upset, Chevalier promised refunds which he of course couldn't uphold, and the FTC began investigating. The FTC is pursuing him for violating a law on the dissemination of a false advertisement. Chevalier has neither confirmed nor denied allegations, but has given consent to a permanent injunction barring him from making misrepresentations about any crowdfunding campaign.
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Miliband: Too little done to integrate UK society
"Too little" has been done to integrate people who have settled in British society, Ed Miliband has said.
The Labour leader called for more proficiency in the English language as part of his One Nation ideal.
He also admitted Labour had made mistakes in tackling the "realities of segregation" in struggling communities.
Ministers accused Mr Miliband of "hollow" words, saying Labour had failed to back coalition measures to tighten up immigration.
The Labour leader said he was proud of "multi-ethnic, diverse Britain", but accepted people had anxieties about immigration.
Among his proposals to improve integration is banning those without high proficiency in English from some public sector jobs that involve working closely with people, such as home helps.
Mr Miliband also said that local authorities should cut their translation services if that would protect their budgets for language classes.
'Immigration anxiety'
His speech in south London came just days after the 2011 Census showed that fewer than half the people living in London are white British.
The figures also showed that in 2011, 13% of England and Wales residents - 7.5 million out of a total population of 56.1 million - were born outside the UK.
"People of mixed race are among the fastest-growing group in the population of our country", and this is "a development with which our country is at ease", Mr Miliband said.
Mr Miliband - who spoke with pride of his own parents' history as Jewish refugees from the Holocaust - described his enthusiasm for ethnic diversity in the UK.
"We are stronger for it - and I love Britain for it. It gives us access to new ideas, new perspectives, new energies," he said.
"But at the same time we know there is anxiety about immigration and what it means for our culture. The answer is not to sweep it under the carpet."
In part, that means rejecting the idea that people can "live side by side in their own communities, respecting each other but living separate lives, protected from hatreds but never building a common bond - never learning to appreciate one another", he explained.
On his party's time in government, he said: "The solutions seemed abstract but the problems were real. We talked about 'shared citizenship'.
"But we did too little to tackle the realities of segregation in communities that were struggling to cope."
He criticised cuts to English language teaching despite a rising proportion of children who are non-native speakers.
'Connected, not segregated'
"If we are going to build One Nation, we need to start with everyone in Britain knowing how to speak English. We should expect that of people that come here," he said.
Labour plans to prioritise spending on English language teaching for recent immigrants over non-essential written translation materials.
Under the proposals, parents will be required to take responsibility for their foreign-born children learning English at home, and being able to speak English will be made mandatory in a greater number of public sector jobs.
A ban on recruitment agencies advertising only for workers from particular countries will help to end segregation in the workplace, he said.
"There are some shifts in some factories that are still segregated by language and by background. And there are jobs which still recruit far more easily from within one community than from other," Mr Miliband said.
The Labour leader said he wanted a "comprehensive strategy for integration" to bring the UK into line with other European countries.
Mark Harper, minister for immigration, said the speech was a "big apology" for Labour's failure to tackle immigration while in government
He told BBC News: "All of these people that were allowed to come to the United Kingdom not able to speak English came here while Ed Miliband was in government.
"We've made changes so that people who come here to study, to work and to live have to be able to speak English because we know that unless you can speak English properly, you can't be integrated properly in the community.
"They failed to back any of those policies in practice."
Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, described Mr Miliband's comments as "a bit rich and a bit late" and accused him of failing to face up to future immigration from countries like Romania and Bulgaria.
Sir Andrew Green of Migration Watch, a think tank which campaigns for tighter immigration controls, said Labour's proposals were "pretty trivial" in the face the "enormous problem of integration".


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So we're getting another patch today, bringing us to 3.0.3. The warrior changes are mostly in relation to DPS, but there are a couple of changes that could pertain to tanking and they both deal with threat.
All of the other warrior changes pertained mostly to DPS.
WoWInsider has a nice little writeup about some of the changes. Check it out here.
Wrath is right around the corner now, with less than 2 weeks to go! I hope you have pre-ordered Wotlk already!


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Welcome to our Festival blog
We are a small congregation who organised a highly successful 'William Byrd Festival' in May 2011 to celebrate the life and work of the village's Elizabethan composer, William Byrd (c.1540 - 1623). In 2012 we played host to the world-famous choir The Cardinall's Musick under their director Andrew Carwood.
This website contains everything you need to know about William Byrd and his links with Stondon Massey. The church is open for services, of course, and on the second Sunday afternoon in the month during the summer.
Saturday, 9 April 2011
William Byrd Festival: Four Weeks Away
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Have I mentioned how much my 4-year old LOVES Dinosaurs? Seriously, this kid breathes dinosaurs 24/7. Sometimes I wonder if he is really a Tyrannosaurus Rex reincarnated as a little boy. His love for dinosaurs goes beyond just playing with the billions of plastic prehistoric creatures we have laying around the house, but he also creates his own dinosaurs with random things he is playing with. Like his crayon dinosaur pictured below.
And this magnet dinosaur he made on the fridge with the letter magnets.
And he is even really skilled in making dinosaurs out of his blocks. Those teeth are killer right?! I seriously don't hoax him into this, he does it all on his own.
So in honor of my cute Luke we made paper plate dinosaurs yesterday. Here he is holding his dinosaur this morning while still in pajamas eating his bowl of cereal. He slept with this cute creature last night believe it or not.
Andy didn't sleep with his but I made him hold it so I could take a picture of him too. haha Yes, I'm a crazy photo Mother. 🙂
They love to line them up on the stairs so that I almost trip walking over them going up and down. They even bring down some of their plastic dinos to interact with the paper plate ones.
Here's a close up of the dinosaurs. This is Luke's Stegosaurus.
Of course I couldn't resist making one myself because I'm cool like that, so here is my Brontosaurus.
Andy's Stegosaurus.
What makes these so cool is that they are put together with brads so the legs, tail and head are all movable.
This is not the first time we've made these dinos. It's probably about the 6th time. We even made them for my boys Dinosaur Birthday Party in January and it was a hit with all the kids who were at the party. I just had the kids color a paper plate with markers while we were waiting for everyone to get here and some Mom's helped me put them together at the end of the party.
Want to know how to make these fabulous creatures?? I wish I could take all the credit, but sadly I cannot. I learned how to make these from Kids Craft Weekly and luckily, they have a FREE TUTORIAL that you can use. The only difference in my dinosaurs is that I added a wiggly eye on the face, and cut a slit open for the mouth. My kids requested these changes and I love their ideas.
This craft can also be paired with some super cool dinosaur books. We read them on a daily basis at our house but here some of our favorites.
This isn't one of our favorites, but we happened to read it last night since Luke picked it out at the Library. "The Magic School Bus Flies with the Dinosaurs" It explains how some birds came from dinosaurs.
WE LOVE all of the "How Do Dinosaurs" series by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague. We actually own several of them and they have been really helpful in teaching my kids not to play with their food & to try everything on their plate, how to be helpful in cleaning up their bedroom, and lately for Luke, how to SHARE with friends. I highly recommend these stories if your preschooler loves dinosaurs.
Luke's personal favorites is "Oh say can you say Di-no-saur?" Dr. Suess book by Bonnie Worth. It's a fun book that teaches you some of the names and facts about common dinosaurs.
If you make your own paper plate dinosaurs, I'd love to hear about it.
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Game #4
Yale Bulldogs (1-2, 0-0 Ivy League) vs. DePaul Blue Demons (2-1, 0-0 Big East)
- November 19, 2012 • 8 p.m. EST
- McGrath-Phillips Arena (3,000) • Chicago, Ill.
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Opening Tip
The Yale women's basketball team will embark on its first major road trip of this historic 40th season. The Bulldogs will spend Thanksgiving week in Chicago, beginning with Monday's game at Big East powerhouse DePaul. The Bulldogs are looking to build on the success found in their first win of the season on Saturday against Houston. Last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year Sarah Halejian and junior center Zenab Keita, Yale's leading scorers, will lead the Bulldogs into McGrath-Phillips Arena to take on DePaul, the alma mater of Yale assistant coach Jarietta Benton. It is just the second meeting between the Bulldogs and Blue Demons. Freshman forward Meredith Boardman's hometown of Oak Park, Ill., is about 30 minutes north of Chicago.
Scouting DePaul
DePaul enters Monday's game against Yale with a 2-1 record after bouncing back from a loss in the championship game of the Maggie Dixon Classic with a 68-51 win Saturday night over Howard. This is the fourth straight home game for the Blue Demons, who are carrying four double-digit scorers in their starting lineup, including leading scorer Brittany Hrynko (16.7 ppg.) and Katherine Harry, who is averaging a double-double with 12.7 ppg. and 10.7 rpg. The Blue Demons will share the offensive responsibilities and they find ways to get the ball to an open teammate. They have recorded 67 assists on 88 made baskets, an assist rate of 77.0 percent. Senior guard Anna Martin (22), freshman Chanise Jenkins (16), and Hrynko (15) have combined for 53 of DePaul's 67 assists. Martin is the team leader, scoring 1,421 points in her DePaul career, which is 14th best on DePaul's all-time scoring list. DePaul can also shoot from outside and enters Monday's game on a streak of 96 straight games with at least one made 3-pointer.
Series History
Prior to Monday's meeting, DePaul and Yale have met only once before. In the opening game of the DePaul Invitational on Nov. 18, 2006, the Bulldogs put a scare into the Blue Demons in the opening half of play, trailing 35-34 at the halftime break. DePaul picked up the pace in the second half, scoring 51 points in the final 20 minutes to take an 86-60 victory over the Bulldogs. Melissa Colborne led the Bulldogs with 14 points, while Erica Davis had 10 points and nine rebounds. Sara McCollum had seven points and seven rebounds for Yale, while Chinenye Okafor also pulled down seven rebounds. Four players scored in double figures for the Blue Demons, led by China Threatt, who scored 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting. Chicago native Brittani Nichols made her Yale debut in the game and tallied two points and one rebound in six minutes of action.
Home Court Advantage
DePaul has really enjoyed the friendly confines of McGrath-Phillips Arena since it opened in time for the 2000-01 season. The Blue Demons have been nearly unbeatable at home in the 13 seasons played there. They have lost no more than two games in McGrath-Phillips Arena in each of the last four seasons. In the entire 13-year history of the facility, the Blue Demons have lost more than two games in a season only twice, with a 9-5 record there in 2001-02 and a 9-6 record there in 2007-08. In three of those 13 seasons, DePaul went undefeated at home, going 13-0 in 2002-03, 14-0 in 2004-05, and 17-0 in 2010-11. In the four-year stretch that Yale assistant coach Jarietta Benton played at DePaul, the Blue Demons were an amazing 53-2 in games played in McGrath-Phillips Arena.
The Man in Charge
DePaul head coach Doug Bruno has enjoyed a long and successful career as the coach of the women's basketball team at his alma mater. A 1973 graduate of DePaul, Bruno is in his second stint as the Blue Demons' head coach. He was the head coach for two seasons from 1976-78, and then he returned to DePaul in 1988, where he has been a mainstay on the Blue Demons' bench ever since. Bruno has tallied a 511-283 record in 27 seasons at DePaul. That success has led to other coaching opportunities for him. He spent his summer as an assistant for the U.S. Women's National Team that captured the gold medal at the London Olympics. He was also on the National Team coaching staff when the team won the FIBA World Championships in Oct. 2010.
Rebounding Force
Senior forward Katherine Harry has recorded 836 rebounds in her DePaul career, which ranks sixth on the Blue Demons' all-time list. She is averaging 10.7 rpg. this season. She has recorded double-digit rebounds in 31 career games and twice this season.
Celebrating History
The 2012-13 season marks the 40th season of women's basketball at Yale University. In 1972-73, women's basketball appeared on the Yale scene as a club sport and became a varsity sport the following year. The Bulldogs made an impressive Ivy debut, finishing second in the League in 1974-75. In 1976, Louise O'Neal was hired as the first full-time women's basketball coach and Yale won its first Ivy League championship in 1978-79. The Bulldogs have won 438 games since their debut. A total of nine men and women have coached women's basketball at Yale, and there have been 35 women who have been named captain in those 40 seasons. In its 40 seasons, the women's basketball team has seen one player win Ivy League Player of the Year award (Tonya Lawrence, 1988-89), four Ivy League Rookies of the Year (Sarah Halejian, 2011-12; Melissa Colborne, 2006-07; Katy Grubbs, 1995-96; Mary Kalich, 1991-92), 18 players on the All-Ivy League First Team, and 17 players score more than 1,000 career points. Throughout the season, Yale will be celebrating the program's historic achievement.
Victory Dance
Yale rallied to its first win of the season, an 84-82 victory over Houston in New Haven on Saturday. Trailing 17-6 after a slow start, the Bulldogs recovered in time to pull within two points, 37-35, at halftime. The Bulldogs dominated the start of the second half, jumping out to a 48-41 lead after opening the period with a 13-4 run that was fueled by an eight-point burst by Sarah Halejian, who finished with 17 points. Trailing 68-61 with 8:59 left, Houston regained control of the game with a 12-0 run to take a 73-68 lead with 5:55 left. The Bulldogs responded and reclaimed control of the game with a 12-0 run of their own to take an 80-73 lead with 2:31 left in the game. Houston closed the game with a 9-4 run and had a chance to win at the buzzer, but Marissa Ashton's desperation shot hit the rim and bounced away, giving Yale its first win of the 2012-13 season. Yale outrebounded Houston 50-47, and in the first half, despite the early struggles, the Bulldogs used that hustle under the glass to grab a 28-18 rebounding edge.
Keita's Career Night
Zenab Keita, the Bulldogs' junior center, recorded her first career double-double with career-highs in points (18) and rebounds (11) to lead Yale to an 84-82 win over Houston Saturday night. En route to the double-double, Keita set career-bests in field goals made (6) and attempted (12) and she was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line. Her eight defensive rebounds and four assists were also a career-high, while her three blocks matched a career-high.
More Shining Stars vs. Houston
Keita was not the only Bulldog having a career night against the Cougars. Sophomore guard Sarah Halejian scored 17 points, falling one point shy of her career-high of 18, but she set a career-high mark in field goals made (7) in the victory. Freshman Meredith Boardman tallied 11 points, nine rebounds, seven offensive rebounds and five assists, setting season-high marks in all four categories. Five Bulldogs in all scored in double figures with junior guard Janna Graf pouring in 16 points and senior guard Megan Vasquez adding 12 points.
Next Up
Yale will close out its Thanksgiving week trip to Chicago with a game at Northwestern on Wednesday afternoon. The game will reunite the Bulldogs with former assistant coach Allison Guth, who spent two years with the Bulldogs before joining the Wildcats coaching staff this summer as their assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Guth has helped guide the Wildcats to a 2-0 start to the season, and she recently helped secure a recruiting class for 2013-14 that was ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten and No. 22 in the nation.
Welcome to Yale
Yale welcomes five new faces to the roster in 2012-13. Lauren Thomer replaces Allison Guth as an assistant coach and Yale's recruiting coordinator. Four players have also been added to the roster as freshman for the 2012-13 season. Guards Whitney Wyckoff and Nyasha Sarju, forward Meredith Boardman, and center Emmy Allen, are all expected to play a big part in the Bulldogs' plans this season. Allen, a 6-foot-3 center, was rated as the 27th top post player in the nation by ESPN last year. Boardman, a 6-foot-1 forward, was listed among the Chicago area's top 50 players by the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. Sarju, a 6-foot-tall shooting guard from Seattle, Wash., was listed as the 56th best wing player in the nation by ESPN. Wyckoff, a 5-foot-9 guard from West Chester, Ohio, was averaging 12.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.3 steals, 2.3 assists and 2.0 blocks per game through the first four games of the season at Lakota East High School before suffering a season-ending knee injury.
Sarju Spectacular
Yale's best effort in its 87-71 opening loss at Holy Cross came from a surprising source. Freshman guard Nyasha Sarju may have been making her collegiate debut, but she showed a veteran presence on the court, leading the Bulldogs with 18 points on 7-for-17 shooting, 4-for-8 from 3-point range, in 27 minutes off the bench. She also tallied three rebounds, one assist and one steal, making her first game in a Yale uniform a memorable one. In the home loss to New Hampshire, Sarju was Yale's second-highest scorer, following up her debut with a nine-point effort. She is currently tied with sophomore guard Sarah Halejian atop Yale's scoring leaderboard, with an average of 13.5 points per game.
Tough Opponents on the Horizon
In the latest USA Today Top 25 Coaches' Poll, which was released on Tuesday, Nov. 13, three of Yale's 2012-13 opponents gained some recognition among the poll's voters. While none of the three made it into the Top 25, Georgetown (59 points), DePaul (13 points) and Marist (7 points) all received votes in the poll. The coaches who vote in the poll rank their Top 25, with first-place votes counting for 25 points and a 25th-place vote counting for one point.
Starting Short-Handed
Yale enters the 2012-13 season with three players recovering from significant injuries. Sophomore guard Hayden Latham is expected to miss the entire season after tearing the ACL in her left knee during preseason workouts in September. Junior forward Alexandra Osborn-Jones and sophomore center Arrice Bryant are expected to miss the opening weeks of the season while recovering from their injuries. Osborn-Jones had surgery on her right ankle surgery during the summer, while Bryant broke a bone in her hand.
500 for Gobrecht
Yale head coach Chris Gobrecht was the fourth coach during the 2011-12 season to surpass 500 career victories with Yale's 86-73 win over Cornell on Feb. 10, 2012. Gobrecht currently holds a 504-430 overall record, all at the Division I level. Holy Cross coach Bill Gibbons became the first of the six to reach 500 wins on Dec. 3, 2011. DePaul head coach Doug Bruno (12/31) and Kennesaw State head coach Colby Tilly (1/7) also joined the 500-win club last season. Gobrecht has coached for five programs in her career. She went 84-92 at Cal-State Fullerton, 243-89 at Washington, where she is the Huskies' all-time winningest head coach, 5-22 in one season at Florida State, and 93-108 at Southern California, her alma mater. To date, Gobrecht is 79-119 in her eight seasons at Yale, which matches Diann Nestel (79-78) for the second most coaching victories in Yale's history. Gobrecht needs 28 more wins to match Cecelia DeMarco (107-127), Yale's all-time winningest head coach.
Oh Captain, My Captain
Senior Allie Messimer takes over for Michelle Cashen '12 as Yale's captain for the 2012-13 season, the 35th captain in Yale's 40 seasons. Messimer has served as one of Yale's top reserves in her career. On the court, she is one of Yale's top outside threats, leading the team in 3-point shooting percentage last season. Off the court, she has been a driving force behind Yale's annual Pink Zone plans.
Rookie Sensation
Sophomore guard Sarah Halejian made quite the first impression in her first season at Yale. Halejian became just the fourth Yale player to be named the Ivy League's Rookie of the Year, joining Melissa Colborne (2006-07), Katy Grubbs, (1995-96) and Mary Kalich (1991-92). Halejian played in all 28 games for the Bulldogs with 22 starts, including starts in the final 20 games of the season. She averaged 8.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in her rookie season. Her best month of the season came in a seven-game stretch in January where she averaged 12.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists, earning four consecutive Rookie of the Week honors in the month. She ended the season with six Ivy League Rookie of the Week awards, tying the Yale record for the most Rookie of the Week awards in a season by a single player.
Follow the Bulldogs
Be sure to follow the Yale women's basektball team throughout the 2012-13 season on Twitter (@YaleWBBDawgz) and on Facebook ("Yale WBB").
Defensive Struggle
Kelsey Hogan scored six of her 14 points and Morgan Frame added five of her 13 points in an 11-2 run that proved to be the difference in New Hampshire's 57-51 win over Yale on Nov. 14. Yale was leading 46-42 with 5:20 left in the game before the Wildcats started their rally. Hogan went 6-for-6 from the line in the final 5:02 to secure the victory for the Wildcats. New Hampshire had five players score at least seven points, with Hogan and Frame the only players in double figures. Sophomore guard Sarah Halejian scored 10 of her 12 points in the second half to lead the Bulldogs.
Heartbreaking Opener
Brisje Malone led all scorers with 23 points to propel Holy Cross to an 87-71 win over Yale on Nov. 9. What was a surmountable six-point halftime deficit turned to a 23-point blowout after Holy Cross took an 86-63 lead with 1:42 left. Sophomore Sarah Halejian, last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year, tallied 15 points, four rebounds, and four assists. Junior center Zenab Keita added 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks. Junior guard Janna Graf chipped in with 11 points and seven rebounds.
Sarju Spectacular
Yale's best effort in its 87-71 opening loss at Holy Cross came from a surprising source. Freshman guard Nyasha Sarju may have been making her collegiate debut, but she showed a veteran presence on the court, leading the Bulldogs with 18 points on 7-for-17 shooting, 4-for-8 from 3-point range, in 27 minutes off the bench. She also tallied three rebounds, making her first game in a Yale uniform a memorable one. In the home loss to New Hampshire, Sarju was Yale's second-highest scorer, following up her debut with a nine-point effort. She is currently fourth on the team in scoring, with an average of 9.7 points per game.
A Leader from the Start
After leading the Bulldogs in scoring in each of her first three seasons, it is expected that senior guard Megan Vasquez will bring more of the same for her final season in a Yale uniform. Last season, Vasquez became the 17th player in Yale's history to record 1,000 career points, and she enters the 2012-13 season with 1,117 career points, which currently places her in 11th place on Yale's all-time scoring list. She needs just 52 points to pass Margy Hutchinson (1,169 points) and into Yale's Top 10 scoring leaders. Vasquez is coming off of back-to-back seasons in which she earned All-Ivy League First Team honors, becoming one of only six Yale players to earn First Team honors more than once in her career, and the first Bulldog to do so since Mary Kalich in 1992-93 and 1993-94. In her 83 games in a Yale uniform (61 starts), Vasquez has scored in double figures in 61 games and 20 or more points in 14 games.
Ivy Preseason Poll
Yale was selected third in the Ivy League's preseason poll following a third-place 8-6 finish last season. The Bulldogs received 96 points from a panel of Ivy League media and women's basketball sports information directors. The top three picks in the poll were separated by just 36 points. With 132 points and 13 first-place votes, Princeton was selected to finish first in the standings for the fourth straight season. Harvard was second with 120 points and four first-place votes. Penn (76), Brown (61), Cornell (58), Dartmouth (46), and Columbia (23) round out the final five spots in the preseason poll.
Strength of Schedule
Yale's non-league schedule continues to offer tough tests in preparation for the Ivy League's 14-game stretch that closes out the season. Each season, Yale head coach Chris Gobrecht puts together a tough non-league slate to prepare her players for a run at the Ivy League championship, and this season's non-league schedule should test the Bulldogs right from the start. The schedule includes three games against teams from two of the toughest conferences in the nation. Yale will visit Chicago in November to take on Big East powerhouse DePaul and Big Ten force Northwestern. Big East power Georgetown is on the December schedule. In total, six of the 14 teams on the non-league schedule played in the postseason last season including Holy Cross and New Hampshire (Women's Basketball Invitational), Quinnipiac (WNIT) and DePaul, Georgetown and Sacred Heart (NCAA).
Picking on the Patriot
For the fifth straight season, Yale will face Patriot League foes Holy Cross, Army and Bucknell. In the previous four seasons, Yale was 9-3 against the Patriot trio. Yale went 3-0 last season against the three teams, beating Holy Cross and Army at home and scoring a road win at Bucknell. The Bulldogs went 2-1 against the trio in 2010-11, beating Holy Cross on the road and Bucknell at home, but losing at Army. Yale swept the three teams in 2009-10, but dropped two of three in 2008-09, gaining the lone win against Holy Cross.
Yale Tales and Tidbits
- Yale University, founded in 1701, is the third oldest college in the United States and one of the foremost research universities in the world. First known as the Collegiate School, it changed its name in 1718 to honor benefactor Elihu Yale.
- In 1889, Yale students adopted the first college mascot, Handsome Dan, a ferocious and enthusiastic fan at early football games. Handsome Dan inspired Cole Porter to write Yale's famous fight song, "Bulldog, Bulldog." Today, the original Handsome Dan continues his reign from the lobby of Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Yale students also adopted the first school colors (1853), fielded the first cheerleaders (1890) and developed the first school fight song (1892).
- Five U.S. Presidents have ties to Yale. William Howard Taft (1878), George H.W. Bush (1948) and George W. Bush (1968) all received their undergraduate degrees from Yale, while Gerald Ford (1941) and Bill Clinton (1973) are both graduates of Yale Law School.
Preseason Honors
College Sports Madness named Yale senior guard Megan Vasquez to its Preseason All-Ivy First Team in its Ivy League preseason preview last month. The Internet publication also named Yale junior forward Janna Graf to its Preseason All-Ivy Second Team.


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South African Homeschoolers Concerned About Religious Persecution
From Leendert van Oostrum, of Pestalozzi Trust Legal Defence Fund for Home Education, in South Africa.
On 7th November 2001 the South African Education Minister Kader Asmal spoke at the inauguration of NAPTOSA House. (NAPTOSA = National Association of Professional Teachers Organisations of South Africa)
Among the guests were The President and General Secretary of the World Confederation of Teachers, and the General Secretary of the Pan African Federation of Teachers' Trade Unions.
In his speech, Asmal made the following statement:
Regrettably there are fundamentalists � mostly Christian fundamentalists � who object to tolerance and respect for others, in the belief that they alone are custodians of "the truth". In this day and age such a view of the world is an historical anachronism, and a teacher does a child no favors by pretending that this is the case. I intend to resist these right-wing conservative tendencies, and I will use the Constitution as the sole basis of my approach.
Note that, implicit in the ministerial pronouncement:
- Fundamentalists are religious people (especially Christians) who believe that they alone are custodians of "the truth". A "view of the world" comprising the notion that one's own god is the only true god constitutes fundmentalism. (Especially, according to the minister of education, if that god is the God of Christians.)
- Believing that other beliefs are erroneous consitutes, in itself, "objecting to tolerance and respect for others".
Is such an interpretation unfair on Asmal, or did he speak in haste, or is he alone in his thinking?
The most prominent of the education minister's chief advisors on religion in education are Proff Gerrie Lubbe and Kobus Kruger of UNISA. These two gentlemen have consistently been observed flanking the minister when he has met with delegations from Christian churches. Both have served in leading positions in South African and international interfaith organizations.
Kruger and Lubbe, together with Dr Chrissie Steyn of the same university department, co-authored "The Human Search for Meaning. A multireligious introduction to the religions of mankind" (Via Afrika 2002). It is meant as a textbook in religious studies for education and students at universities.
Kruger, Lubbe & Steyn (p277) define a Christian fundamentalist as, "someone who views the Bible as the only and infallible word of God, thereby meaning that it is without error and should be interpreted literally."
To ensure that there is no mistake, the minister's advisors on religion education establish "The principles of fundamentalism" to include belief in some or all of the following:
- Jesus Christ is God
- He was born of the Virgin Mary
- He died to atone for human sins
- He physically rose from the dead
- He will come again in the flesh
- The Trinity
- The reality of Satan
- An eternal life of bliss with God or of pain and suffering with Satan
- Original sin
- Salvations by grace rather than by works
- The coming millennium
In other words: The South African government labels Christianity itself "fundamentalism" that consitutes "right-wing conservative tendencies". This is in the words of a South African minister of state speaking in his official capacity. He singles out these "right-wing conservative tendencies" to be "resisted" with the full power of the South African state.
Since these ministerial pronouncements, the national curriculum was promulgated (31 May 2002). This document compels children in numerous explicit and implicit ways to take part in and perform multi-religious acts of devotion.
On 26th September 2002, the House of Assembly in Parliament adopted measures empowering the education minister to prescribe a national curriculum and a national assessment system to enforce the curriculum.
It can only be concluded that:
If government uses the education system, compulsory school attendance, the compulsory national curriculum and the compulsory national assessment system as the instruments through which it "resists" religious beliefs, it abuses the power of the state to compel children to commit what their faith designates idolatry. If the program achieves its aims as stated by the minister � to resist "fundamentalism" � it will attack the religion of many Christian (or otherwise) children.
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Q&A: NTT DoCoMo Looks Beyond iPhone
Over the past few years, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's largest mobile carrier, has lost subscribers to smaller rivals offering Apple Inc.'s iPhone.
Even though DoCoMo commands nearly half of Japan's mobile market, the company has been scrambling to find ways to make its customers stay. Instead of giving all the handsets it offers equal amount of publicity, DoCoMo is now selectively promoting two Android models in its smartphone lineup – Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S4 and Sony Corp.'s Xperia A – hoping that those models can compete against the iPhone 5 being offered by Softbank Corp. and KDDI Corp.
Still, many people in Japan, from the media to investors, continue to ask one question: Will DoCoMo carry the iPhone? This week, The Wall Street Journal asked that question to DoCoMo Senior Executive Vice President Kazuto Tsubouchi, who was attending the Mobile Asia Expo in Shanghai.


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In wake of Oprah interview, same old Lance emerges
It's been 20 days since Lance Armstrong told Oprah Winfrey he was a scoundrel, he was sorry and he wants to be a new man.
"I will spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people,†Armstrong said.
He's had two big chances this week.
New Lance, where are you?
He's hiding behind expensive lawyers and cheap rationalizations. It's enough to make you think that maybe, just maybe, Sir Lancelot was putting on a show for Oprah and her 3.2 million viewers.
"I'm deeply sorry for what I did,†he said. "I can say that thousands of times. It may never be enough to come back.â€
A good start would be apologizing to SCA Promotions. Then repaying the $12 million he defrauded the company out of.
Armstrong's team took out an insurance policy with SCA to cover bonuses for him winning the Tour de France. SCA paid him $4.5 million for 2001-2003, but balked in 2004 when doping allegations got thick.
It went to court and called witnesses like ex-teammate Frankie Andreu and his wife Becky. They testified Armstrong was cheating. He denied itâ€"the legal term is "perjuryâ€â€"and the case was thrown out.
SCA filed suit Monday to get all its money back. Armstrong isn't budging.
"My only point is no athlete ever, to my understanding, has ever gone back and paid back his compensation,†his lawyer, Tim Herman, told USA TODAY. "Not Sean Payton or anybody else. They were suspended, but nobody said you've got to give your paycheck back.â€
The Saints would have won a Super Bowl without bounties. Armstrong would not have won Tour de France titles without drugs.
But let's suppose Armstrong has legal cover to keep his ill-gotten gains. If he truly were contrite, wouldn't he want to make things right?
The bonuses were directly tied to victories. The victories came through cheating.
SCA knew it and sued. Armstrong lied about it under oath. Now the wins officially have been vacated.
No matter. Armstrong made an estimated $125 million peddling his fraud. SCA is going to have to pry its money out of his cold, dead fingers.
Is it any wonder Armstrong is now the most disliked athlete in America? Forbes just came out with its annual list, and its polling showed 85 percent of the public dislikes Armstrong. It's safe to say the remaining 15 percent does not work for SCA.
Armstrong's lawyers claim the company has no right to sue. It's the same strategy they used against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which brings us to this week's second Lance revelation.
He had until Wednesday to cooperate with the USADA's ongoing investigation. In return, the agency would consider lessening his lifetime ban.
"He would do what's asked of him to contribute and be part of the solution,†Herman said. … Anything except cooperate with the USADA. Barring a last-minute strategy shift, Armstrong will stiff the inquiry.
He's simply not fond of the USADA. After the Department of Justice inexplicably dropped its criminal investigation two years ago, the USADA pressed ahead.
"I thought I was out of the woods,†Armstrong told Oprah.
He sued the USADA, claiming it had no jurisdiction. That suit was thrown out.
"I'd do anything to go back to that day. Because I wouldn't fight,†Armstrong said. "I wouldn't sue them.â€
He could give up the fight today, but he'd prefer to talk to the World Anti-Doping Agency. Armstrong says that agency would better handle the issue. The USADA disagrees.
"The time for excuses is over,†it told Armstrong in a letter.
USADA chief Travis Tygart said Armstrong fibbed his way through the Oprah interview. He admitted to earlier doping but denied it in 2009 and 2010. Under the statute of limitations for criminal fraud, he could still be prosecuted if he admitted to cheating in those years.
The USADA wants him to deny it under oath. Armstrong also told Oprah he never intimidated any other riders into cheating. Of course, he could tell her anything and not be charged with perjury.
He could even say he's a new man.
"In the days to come, in the months to come, I'm hoping that we'll see contrition,†Betsy Andreu said the next day on Good Morning America. "Actions speak louder than words.â€
They're saying one thing right now:
Same old Lance.


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Thoughts on the Egyptian blogosphere
So I've been wondering everytime I hear about blogging, what happened to the Egyptian blogosphere, how far its gone, and how much it has matured. Its been almost three years since I've been actively blogging, not even reading any of the blogs anymore. I would think that things have changed dramatically during all that time. Can I affirmatively say yes? I'm guessing no. I'm guessing the number of bloggers have probably grown substantially, the word "blogger" has become a well-defined word, active political blogs are on the regime's radar screen in case they need to shut its author up, but that's about it.
Other than growth in number and local recognition of the phenomenan, how has it grown I wonder? Actively loud bloggers are probably more famous and well known in the media and the Internet community, as well as the state security ofcourse. Some bloggers are arrested from time to time, but is that because of a real threat that bloggers present to the regime or because our regime is paranoid and is just utterly stupid and brutal considering what they did with Esraa the Facebook girl!
Three years ago, when I was still blogging the main question I was being asked by all the annoying journalists, was how do I think blogging will progress democracy. My answers were usually that I don't think it will, though blogging has many other valuable benefits. There more to blogging than just politics for sure, which is what most foreign journalists are interested in us for.
I'd imagine there isn't any collective effort by bloggers for a general steady goal, there wasn't any hope of one back when I was blogging, and it just isn't in us. Our collective efforts are always momentary, for immediate goals.
Anyways, so three years later if I want to start blogging again or to find the interesting blogs to follow, I probably wouldn't be able to. Why? because there are so many blogs out there (not as many as there should be for sure), that people wouldn't find my blog and neither would I be able to find the interesting blog to follow, not to mention find the time to read all the crap that bloggers usually write.
One would've thought that during the 5-year period since blogging has been thriving, technology would follow suit and provide the necessary tools to satisfy the blogging community (globally and local to the Egyptian/Arab community), but alas.
How can I find what the Egyptian blogosphere is saying regarding a specific topic or a current event?! Even simple queries, I was simply trying to figure out how many Egyptian blogs there are out there. The EgyBloggers says there are around 1500 blogs, but this is last updated a year and a half ago, and this is assuming that all bloggers submit their blogs there and that they're all active. The Aggregator used to have a list of all the blog feeds it aggregates, but not anymore. The Aggregator seems to be an attempt to collect the Egyptian blogs in one place, but its not useful anymore with so many blogs out there. The blogs are hardly classified (only a very general tag cloud), not to mention that the interface is really ugly, and no one uses the readers' recommendation system which should bump up the most useful blog posts.
I also wonder, why am I writing this in English still?! I used to claim that I write in English because I am much slower in typing Arabic. But hey, I really like this Yamli tool, and I basically use it whenever I want to write anything in Arabic. This is an example of an advance in technology that enables users like myself to write in Arabic and increase the amount of Arabic content on the Internet. I use it, and it made some aspects of my life easier, yet if I would blog I would still blog in English, hmmm. Its a step though. Other companies like Microsoft (with its R&D centers opening in Egypt two years ago) and Google (starting a new dev center in Jordan) are also starting to target the Arab region, with specific technologies in the pipelines for the use of the Arab community. Will they provide us with technologies and tools to empower us, to hook us to their software (like so many got hooked on blogger), where things can be easier, where we can be more vocal and more productive, would that enable us to solve our inherit problem of working together.


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Hey, I just purchased Ocarina and am VERY impressed. This is definitely a step up from other apps as far as quality and price goes. Anyway, when I started to play this version of the zelda theme, I realized that some of the notes are supposed to repeat (as far as i am aware) and I think it sounds better that way. Also I really wanted to help out the beginners, so I properly placed all of the rests (spaces) and holds (lines) where you are supposed to pause and hold. (No offense to TheMule) Hope you guys enjoy! :mrgreen:
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Being Alex Smith means dealing with backhanded compliments.
The quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs got another one the other day, courtesy of Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor.
Pryor, when asked if he aspired to the kind of efficiency displayed by Smith, said, " I think I'm a little more risky than him. He does his thing and that's him. I just go play ball . . . I know they've got a lot of checkdowns. That's efficient, I guess. We want to be explosive and try to attack.''
Less than a year after losing his job to Colin Kaepernick because of a concussion, Smith leads the Chiefs (5-0) against the Raiders (2-3) Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.
Smith, traded to the Chiefs for two second-round draft picks, remains as he was with the 49ers. He's safe and efficient. More of a game-manager than a game breaker.
"He doesn't turn the ball over. He makes good decisions in the passing game,'' Raiders coach Dennis Allen said. "They've done exactly what they need to do.''
What Smith has done at a higher rate than any quarterback since 2011 is win games. His 24-5-1 record as a starter during the span is a winning percentage of .800. That is superior to Tom Brady (29-8, .784) and Aaron Rodgers (27-8, .771). Only Peyton Manning (18-3, .857) is better, and he missed the entire 2011 season with a neck injury.
Smith took over a team that was 2-14 a year ago and had better passing and rushing numbers than Kaepernick, but has no interest in claiming vindication.
"It's five games in,'' Smith said by conference call. "This is still so early in the season. We've done a good job positioning ourselves, but talk to me in December.''
Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Smith probably has exceeded expectations in terms of being a leader.
"It's not so much what he says, it's the way he carries himself, the way he emits what it is to be a leader,'' Chiefs tight end Sean McGrath told the Kansas City Star.
Smith said he didn't attempt to assert himself as a leader so much as he simply tried to be himself.
"I think one thing everybody sees is when you're not sincere and when you try to be someone you're not,'' Smith said. "Everybody can see a fraud.''
Smith faces an Oakland defense which blitzed heavily and from every angle through most of the first three games, only to back off somewhat with a lead against the San Diego Chargers. The result was 315 passing yards in the second half by Philip Rivers, but also two of their three interceptions in successfully protecting a lead.
Whatever the Raiders were doing, don't call it a "prevent'' defense.
"Prevent means taking your foot off the gas,'' defensive coordinator Jason Tarver said. "We don't ever take our foot off the gas. We play.''
Allen called it "situational'' football.
"At that point in time, yards don't cost you anything,'' Allen said. "The only thing that costs you is points.''
From what Smith has seen on film, he expects the Raiders to vary their looks and send extra rushers from different angles.
"They throw a lot at you. A ton of different looks. A lot of pressure,'' Smith said. "I think every guy on that defense is coming at one point or another, all 11 guys. Last week they scored early and were kind of able to sit on it a little bit because the Chargers were out of a balanced game. ''
The Chiefs are an NFL-best plus-10 in turnover ratio in part because Smith has only three interceptions and Kansas City has lost just two fumbles. Allen feels the best shot the Raiders have of getting the ball back lies with being unpredictable.
"It's all predicated on being able to get some pressure on him and make him uncomfortable in the pocket, to be able to do some things that hopefully make him make a bad decision,'' Allen said.
— Running backs Darren McFadden (hamstring) and Rashad Jennings (hamstring) practiced for the second straight day, increasing their chances of facing the Chiefs.
Center Stefen Wisniewski (knee) did not practice and Andre Gurode is the probable starter at center.
— Sebastian Janikowski was puzzled a bouquet of balloons at his locker Monday. They came courtesy of punter and holder Marquette King, celebrating their first 50-yard kick to together.
How did Janikowski respond?
"He said, `What's wrong with this guy?,' '' King said.
— Chiefs outside linebacker Justin Houston, second in the league with 7.5 sacks, has been cleared to practice but has not yet been cleared to play in the game against the Raiders following a concussion, according to ESPN.