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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Carter's Tagless Stamp - Allergic Reaction
My name is Luiza Carneiro and my daughter is 9 months old. She started having severe reaction to Carter's brand tag-less clothing since she was 3 months old. I couldn't figure out at first the cause of her reaction. I went to several doctors and their opinions ranged from food allergy to eczema to body wash to detergent. Her back will turn very red and start oozing right where the tag (stamp) is in the back, the rash will appear as the exact size and shape of the stamp. The redness will then spread out from there.
After her clothes got smaller I used different brands that fit her. The rush had completely disappeared. Last night I put on a Carter's shirt and in the morning the rush was back. I don't know what material in the stamp is causing the reaction. Has anyone else experianced the same problem.
48 comments:
- Everyday Thoughts said...
I have contacted Carter's and they are willing to reimburse me not only for the clothing that caused this severe rush, but also for all the expenses I incurred during this journey. They also mentioned that the reaction is from the Fall 2007 collection and they are fully aware of the issue. They also mentioned that the cause of the reaction is lack of air circulation to the area.
Hope this helps.
- August 19, 2008 at 6:46 PM
- Nicole said...
My daughter has had the same reaction since she was 4 months old. We just realized it was the "tagless" tags this week. Since removing all of the items with it, her rash is gone. We have been to dermatologist and pediatrician's without answers. Gerber was not helpful at all and stated they have never heard of anyone with an issue with their onesies. I haven't contacted Carter. Maybe I should.
- August 24, 2008 at 12:26 PM
- NES said...
Oh my goodness - I just found you through ZRecs - I think this is on my daughter's back. I have to pay attention to the source now, but she has a very similar something on her upper back and in the fold of her neck. I thought it was heat rash, but all normal heat rash cures have not been working. Thank you so much for posting pictures. That was really helpful.
- September 3, 2008 at 11:02 AM
- LoveLladro said...
That poor little baby! I am so sorry that happened! I will keep my eye out for problems with my little one!
- September 3, 2008 at 7:49 PM
- Colby said...
We just read about your situation as it was highlighted on Consumerist. We have been experiencing the same exact issue with our now 6 month old son. His reactions haven't been to the extent as your photos, but it was something we were going to discuss with our doctor on Thursday -- it seems you've solved the mystery for us...
- September 5, 2008 at 6:47 PM
- Em said...
How scary! I don't remember my son having issues with this when he was a baby, but I will keep an eye on it now - he's 2. And warn others I know who use these clothes.
- September 6, 2008 at 8:18 AM
- Marketing Mama said...
Holy cow - how scary for you and your baby. That's horrible! I'm glad to hear that Carter's is being cooperative.
- September 6, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Maureen said...
My daughter has had sensitivities and reactions in that area of her back as well - and I had often thought it was the tags. Her pediatrician, who diagnosed her with eczema in her first few months, noted that I should use tagless items because of the reactions and her sensitive eczema skin. She does still have reactions, and I will check more carefully the clothes she is wearing. I also found this site - http://dld123.com/q&a/index.php?cid=5762 - that talks about reactions to tagless clothes.
Thanks so much for your blog and post!
- September 6, 2008 at 7:50 PM
- Kristin said...
I found your post interesting. Our son had a similar reaction two years ago on the soles of his feet after wearing a brand of Payless sandals. The reaction was limited to the area where the screen printed Lightning McQueen was on the sandal. We, too, saw our pediatrician and dermatologists. They chalked it up to a virus, which we felt was NOT the cause (no one else contracted it). The first day he woke up with a fever and was lethargic. It started out with flaming hot welts (like spider bites). He was two, so he wasn't really able to communicate why he didn't feel good. We knew something was wrong when he refused to walk. The next day the "welts" turned purple and blue. Two days later he developed pussing blisters. After doing more research we found similar cases of chemical burns from flip-flop sandals. So perhaps this is a burn, and not just an allergic reaction.
- September 7, 2008 at 11:39 AM
- Kellykat said...
This is probably a latex allergy. Most likely there is latex or some sort of rubber compound in the ink that is used to silkscreen the 'tag.' This would allow the tag to stretch with the fabric and not be destroyed and pulled apart.
Please be careful with the types of band-aids you use and other rubber items your child may play with.
I am allergic to latex and it has left scars where my skin has just melted away from contact with latex.
good luck and thanks for the info!
- September 8, 2008 at 7:13 AM
- Just Another Obscure Author said...
It's very important that Carter's make a public statement about this issue, if not a recall. I would suggest holding on to some of the Carter's onesies rather than send every single one of them back to Carter's (I'm not saying Carter's is a shady corporation, but this is a well-known corporate tactic when hazardous products make it to market). I'd hold on to a few in case there is legal action. Also, the cause is most certainly not lack of air circulation to the area. This is very, very likely a phthalate issue.
- September 9, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- CecileD said...
Anyone having this problem should definitely contact the Consumer Product Safety Commission. A law was just passed regarding toys with phthalates and this problem could be very much related. If this is reported, the CPSC could encourage Carter's & other companies to take a good look at this issue and/or recall these products. My little one has not yet had this problem, but I am now keeping a very close eye on it.
- September 10, 2008 at 12:23 AM
- wfpearson said...
My daughter had a similar reaction her her Carter's tagless clothes. The issue has prompted me to create the Tagless Torture blog in order to raise awareness to the dangers of toxic chemicals in infant garments.
My daughter's reaction progressed over the course of a few weeks which we didn't connect with her spring wardrobe change around May 1. Within a couple of weeks a severe rash that developed. By the middle of the summer we had become very concerned because instead of healing the rash had developed into blisters, became red, painful, then eventually the skin became raw and started bleeding. We had to seek medical attention where the doctor diagnosed the problem as localized eczema.
I don't believe the problem is isolated to their Fall 2007 line, because most of the clothes we purchased were from the end of the Spring/Summer 2007 season on clearance.
It wasn't until you raised the issue that we connected the rash with her clothing. I'm so thankful that you took the time to post the photos and tell your story. I hope that your little one is doing much better. It's wrong that the negligence of manufacturers like Carter's are causing babies to suffer.
- September 10, 2008 at 6:31 AM
- Kara said...
Thank you for posting this. My 2.5 year-old daughter has had a slight rash, off and on, on her upper middle back for about a year. I attributed it to her slight case of eczema and her ability to reach that spot to scratch....now I've got to wonder (we do - or did - own Carter's tagless and Circo tagless shirts). Now I will be keeping my eyes WIDE OPEN for those tagless shirts! Thank you.
- September 10, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- HealtheGoods.com said...
Excellent post.
I will write a post as well on tagless tags and link to your blog directly. This needs to get out as Im certain many are experiencing the same issue and are being treated with topical steroids instead of the simple act of stopping the use of the clothes.
I will contact some of my colleagues who are aware of chemicals in clothing and get back to you. I am a naturopathic physician who specializes in environmental medicine -
Keep up the investigation -
In health,
Dr Ben
- September 18, 2008 at 8:40 AM
- Aidan, Kim & Danny said...
I just read your blog two days ago and sure enough last night I looked at my sons back and there was a rash in the shape of the tag. I put a different brand on him last night and so far the rash is staying the same. I contacted Carter's the lady tells me that they are not doing a recall because there is only a "select few" of children affected by this. I don't see how this could be true, I think more people need to speak up. I bought the sleepers in Babies R Us about two weeks ago so people are still selling the Fall 2007 line. This is outrageous. What can we do to get the word out there?
- September 18, 2008 at 10:22 AM
- Everyday Thoughts said...
Thanks for your post. I contacted an attorney and he is looking into this issue. I will post his findings.
- September 18, 2008 at 12:25 PM
- Cindy said...
My son is 5 months old and had been having rashes on his back since he has little born. We didn't think much of them unitl last week when the rashes started turning into welt like he had gotten a burn. He had just out grown in 3/6 month clothes and we started using his 6/9 month clothes which does include many carters outfits. We didn't really know why this was happening until we started researching online. We haven't taken any action but thank you for posting this. We will eliminate all those items from his closet and contat Carter's for sure!!
- September 29, 2008 at 10:19 PM
- momof2sweetgirls said...
My 8mo daughter wears carters onsies almost every day and has a continuous rash on the back of her neck (although not as serious as in your case) Thank you so much for solving our problem with your post!
- October 8, 2008 at 9:55 AM
- kaileesmommy said...
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- October 8, 2008 at 11:55 PM
- kaileesmommy said...
Hi. Wow, i thought i was the only one! My daughter had the same exact reaction when she was about 2-3 months. I kept asking the doctors what was causing it, and of course their answer was the same, "eczema" or they said maybe it's the detergent you use, or don't wash her with baby soap, etc etc. I remember her skin was actually stuck to the tag and it was soo red..swollen..and oozing out some liquid stuff. I was really upset because none of her rash was like this. And it was on the back where the tagless stamps would be. I felt so helpless, because it was so bad, and really irritating her. Her doctor kept prescribing different kinds of cream, i would have to use gauges to cover it. This was going on for months, probably until she was about 5 or 6 months. I finally took her to a different hospital and the doctor mention, have you thought about her clothes? Because He had noticed the imprint of the tagless tags on the back below her neck area. So there was my answer, it was from the clothes! So i stopped wearing carters for her and she is perfectly fine! I'm kind of mad at myself for not reporting it or anything...at that time i thought it was eczema cause that's all the her doctor would say. It's helpless now because the rash is no longer there. But at the time, it looked exactly like the photos showned. I am glad someone spoke up about it because it broke my heart seeing my little baby going through that painful time. She is my first to, so i had no clue what any type of rash was. My reason for commenting is because i was watching the 11 o'clock news on nbc and i saw the one about the baby with the same problem. I hope something is done about this! Because i wished i would of said something so i am truly glad someone said something about it!
- October 8, 2008 at 11:58 PM
- Janet said...
Thank you so much for posting your daughter's pictures! I thought I was the only one until I started researching this issue. My daughter started getting this rash when she was only 6 weeks old! It became so SEVERE when she was 3 months (a weepy scabby wound) that our pediatrician told me to rush to the ER where UCSF had a sterile hospital room for her. She was hospitalized, on IV antibiotics and the room protocol was anyone entering it had to wash their hands, wear gloves and a mouth mask! The Doctors had never seen this before! They were afraid an infection might cause a darker issue since she was just a baby!
I have pictures, too and will post them. However, I did speak to Carters and they wanted me to return all of the clothes. Carters even offered to REIMBURSE my medical expenses! After careful thought and hearing from my local Mother's Group in San Francisco that other babies had been affected, I was incensed that Carters would call this "rare" or an "isolated" problem. I am speaking to an attorney and also directly to Carter's insurance company to try to settle this matter (I am not an attorney). However, NBC just aired a story on this tonight and it seems widespread! Our pediatrician is filing a report with the Consumer Agency Board. However, Carters is not taking this seriously. These clothes are still being sold and there is absolutely no warning. How many babies and parents must continue to suffer until Carters recalls these products? They should at least have a warning! If anyone would like to band with me in pressuring Carters to recall or make a public statement to warn unknowing parents & their babies, please please free to email me.
This is so frightening and my daughter is finally getting over the rash-burn. However, I believe that Carters should stand by their website statement that they make "trusted" baby clothes and take responsibility for the pain our babies have endured.
- October 9, 2008 at 10:11 PM
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- October 14, 2008 at 1:06 PM
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- October 14, 2008 at 1:11 PM
- Novacke said...
I saw your story/blog on my local news (NBC 11) mid-week of last week regarding your daughter. I have a 5 month old son who I've noticed the same similar red rash also on my son's upper back just beneath his neck line where Carter's tagless stamp lied, but I didn't know that the cause was coming from Carter's tagless though. I thought my son's Dreft laundry detergent was getting mixed in with one of my neighbors laundry detergent, but glad you took the time and came out to the public. Most all of my son's wardrobe is by Carter's tagless and so I'm planning on calling Carter's to complain, but also hoping that they will reimburse me for the hundreds of dollars I spent with their company. Carter's bibs/pants comes with the actual tags I'm not sure why they don't do the same with tops (i.e. onesis, sweaters, shirts, undershirts). Lastly, my son has been wearing none Carter's long sleeve onesis that his back is currently healing. I did take a picture of my son's red rash when it was medium bad and to keep the rash from drying out I use Aveeno's body lotion for newborn babies.
- October 14, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- Brianna said...
I had moved from SF to Santa Rosa, CA last summer and this started to happen to my daughter. At first we thought it might be a heat rash because we weren't used to such hot weather. I had a summer filled with anxiety that whatever was causing her marks would come back and panic when it was on her back because no one could tell me what was causing it. I finally realized it was the tag when she actually had the right corner angle of the tag seeable thru the big pink circle. You could actually see the square edge of the tag. It was happening to us during the summer and fall so it can't just be from the fall line of clothes that I now hear them saying it was. I sent pictures of her "burns" as I call them to doctors and nurses that we know and no one could figure out what it was, it was the worse feeling. I ended up sometimes peeling but usually cutting the tags out of the clothing. I didn't know of anyone else going thru this last year and it was scary to see on my baby.
- October 17, 2008 at 2:47 PM
- Janet said...
Your blog inspired me to create our own:
after all of our frustrating conversations with Carters and their insurance company (yes, Carters sloughed us off to get to get any reimbursements for our medical costs). Here is our blog with pictures of our baby's back. Thank you again for helping us figure out what caused it!
- October 18, 2008 at 12:07 PM
- Everyday Thoughts said...
Hi all. I saw an article at CNN.com today titled "Feds warn Carter's baby clothes may cause rash." About time.
Check out this link:
- October 25, 2008 at 5:13 PM
- Everyday Thoughts said...
The link I provided before was cut off. Here is the right link.
- October 25, 2008 at 5:41 PM
I to have had the same problem. I contacted Carter's and they had me send them all of my Carter's clothes that we labeled with that "style" of label and reimbursed me for all of their product.
- October 26, 2008 at 7:41 PM
- Jennifer said...
I'm a reporter. Would you be willing to talk to me about your experience? If so, please email me and I will give you a call at your convenience. Thank you!
- October 27, 2008 at 4:39 PM
- Jenny said...
This is just terrible. I am also concerned that the clothes will be sold to other countries which are not very aware of this problem. They really should issue a total recall. After all, if a few cribs cause a few accidents, they are immediately recalled. The clothes should be labeled as dangerous.
- October 28, 2008 at 3:40 AM
- Hillary said...
I wanted to let you know that we are having the same problem but we think from Gerber clothes. My son has had an almost identical rash as your daughter without the blisters. He was just starting to get them when we heard the report on the news about Carters. We stopped using the Gerber PJs and the rash went almost 100% away in about a week. I wanted to see if it was for sure the pjs so we tried them again last night and sure enough, a big red rash appeared this morning. I called the CPSC to report on Gerber. Glad to hear your daugher is doing better too.
- November 3, 2008 at 9:38 AM
- EJ said...
It's not just carter's and not just baby clothes. I am 49 years old and got a rash on my back last year, and after two recurrences, I realized it was from "tagless labels" on camisoles from two different companies. Doctors said it was dermatitis or some unspecified allergy.
This needs to be investigated more widely. There must be many others experiencing this - children and adults.
- November 9, 2008 at 11:10 PM
- Janet said...
NBC continues their investigation and here are the latest stories: 1) viewers' reactions and 2) a class action against Carters - 3 families are interviewed (ourselves included) and we are hopefully other parents, consumers and pediatricians will hear of this problem and become informed.
NBC Video Links:
While we are not part of the class action, I do have a copy of the complaint and anyone who would like it, please email me (contact information on my blog)
- November 12, 2008 at 8:04 PM
- Stolte Family said...
My daughter is 3 months old and we had no idea what was wrong with her. She'd been in the hospital for two days with an "unknown" wound and they dicharged us with no clear answer. We saw the picture of your little girl's back on-line and it made us sick that our little girl had the SAME one! We've contacted Carters and they've told us that they would reimburse us for the clothes and hospital bills. We're looking for legal advice BEFORE we do anything!
Take care and keep in touch should you find out any more information!
- November 13, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- Eve said...
my baby is only 5mths and started having rashes on her back too... not until last night a huge blister pop and stain her tagless carter's onesis (the one w/ rectangular tagless one). I plan to take her to the Doctor tomorrow so he can give me a cream to put because she wont even want to lay on her back, from the pain this has given her. I have pics on facebook and found out even "Mothers Against Tagless Onesis" MATO on facebook and have join.
I have kept the onesis with yellow stain for proof.
I don't think is only 400 people that have this, I'm sure theres more they just don't know it..
so we have to get the word out.
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- December 22, 2008 at 1:02 AM
- Jeanne said...
Oh my god! I am so sorry that happened to your little one but very glad you posted this! My 21-month-old boy, born in the spring of 2007 has had a very similar "rash" on him since Fall, 2007. I took him to multiple pediatricians, a derm, an ER doctor, took pictures and posted them on physician's site and no one could figure it out! We were given hydrocortisones, steroid creams, regular otc creams, lotions, multiple antifungals and antibiotics but nothing touched it. Now I see why. I feel so bad! I'm gathering every Carter's tag-less garment tonight and giving them a call in the morning. I hope they are as kind and understanding to me as they were to you. I am so glad they reimbursed you, too!
- January 7, 2009 at 11:49 PM
- KA Jersey said...
I read on one website that it is a chemical in Carter's tagless items that is causing the allergic reaction. My daughter has been having a reaction since she was born. We have been to the Dr. several times for it. I could go on, but to say the least it has been a horrible experince. I stopped using the tagless clothes a few months ago after my husband saw a news story about it. Now, I am concerned about any long term affects that the chemical may have caused and I am reading that Carter's is not the only company having problems with tagless items. I am desperate for more information on this topic. I do not want to put my baby through anymore pain (e.g. bloodtests). I just want to be confident that she is healthy and safe, especially in her own clothes.
- January 12, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- ferd said...
Add my daughter to the list. If any of you has Carter's contact info, please share. I will also contact them & maybe if enough of us do so, they'll do something to correct this problem! thanks.
- January 13, 2009 at 5:01 PM
- Adrienne said...
I have contacted Carter's and I mailed them back all my Carter's tagless clothing and they just sent me a check for what they thought all the clothing was worth. It doesn't change the fact though that every infant/child clothing company is going tagless now. It is becoming increasingly more difficult for me to find clothing that has tags. It is quite frustrating! Something needs to be done about this!
- January 17, 2009 at 8:40 PM
- H.L. said...
My daughter had the same reaction to Carter's tagless onesies. The red patch would 'weep' and layers of skin peeled off. I am frustrated also! Have any of you found onesies that have 'real' old-fashioned tags? Or nothing at all? My daughter's sensitive skin is better, but still can get irritated. It's hard to find any clothes out there that doesn't have the tagless silkscreened print in them. If you have suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!
- February 5, 2009 at 6:04 AM
- Melissa said...
My daughter has had a similar reaction. Where do you find baby clothes WITH tags? I am struggling to find them.
- March 4, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- Regan said...
Hello! My daughter has been having the same exact problem since she was four months old, she is now 14months old. I feel horrible that I have been putting her in these clothes. We thought is was eczema at first, just recently the pediatrician started realizing that it was contact dermatitis. The rash that she gets (sometimes with bleeding and blister) is right on her back and a bit on her neck where the "tag" is. It has even gotten infected before. Can anyone tell me how to contact Carters about this issue? Thanks for your help in advance.
- April 5, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- Lee-Anne said...
Oh my gosh. I came across your blog when i was scrolling through Ohdeedoh. I feel so sad and upset for you and your little darlin'. I'm absolutely horrified. Her poor little tender back, it's making me cry. I am furious that this has happened to you and many, many others. There is no excuse for this happening. Reimbursement for medical fees and refunds on items is NOT GOOD ENOUGH. :(
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Chihuahua Mix Attacked By Coyote, Saved By Pit Bulls
Neighbors Say Attacks Becoming Commonplace
Russell Haythorn, 7NEWS Reporter
POSTED: 8:46 pm MDT July 31, 2010
UPDATED: 10:08 am MDT August 2, 2010
LITTLETON, Colo. -- A Littleton neighborhood is on edge after a coyote attacked and nearly killed a woman's dog Saturday morning.
These attacks are becoming more and more common.
According to the Colorado Division of Wildlife, in the wild where they are actively hunted and trapped, coyotes are generally elusive. Near cities or in areas where hunting and trapping is not allowed, coyotes may be aggressive. In urban settings, they can lose their fear of people and may even threaten domestic pets.
They've even attacked children recently. One young boy in Erie had to receive rabies shots for several weeks after an attack.
Coyotes are being spotted more in alleys and open spaces, attracted to things like open garbage and bird feeders.
Buster is a Chihuahua-Terrier mix. He was attacked Saturday morning.
"He woke me up at 6:30 to do his thing. I let him out and I came out with him," said Jodi Robinette of Littleton. "And about a minute later, he screamed like I've never heard an animal scream."
Robinette ran after Buster and the coyote behind her home at 949 West Peakview Circle near Angeline Little Greenway Park.
"And right when I came around this corner, the coyote had my dog in his mouth, shaking him as he was running," she said. "And then, I see the coyote at the very middle of this field drop my dog."
Turns out the neighbor's pit bulls were going after the coyote.
"Oh I, I (pause) can't talk. (Chokes up). It's really, you know, to see it happen," said Robinette.
Buster is now in the oxygen chamber at Columbine Animal Hospital and Emergency Clinic. He is being kept on antibiotics, anti-inflammatory medication and an IV.
Several neighbors witnessed the attack. Lucas Bouts said coyotes seem to be getting more dangerous.
"They've gone after pets before, usually behind fences. They've been becoming more aggressive," said Bouts. "And there are a lot of children in this neighborhood. The coyote's just look at you like, 'oh - we're used to people being around.'"
"I mean they need to be relocated. I don't want them destroyed or wish them harm, but it was just a tragedy for everyone," said Robinette.
As for the pit bulls - they scared off the coyote and then protected Buster under a bush.
"They were circling him and sitting by him. Making sure he was all right," said Robinette. "So it needs to be said that there's some good (in pit bulls) and not all bad."
Back at the animal clinic, Buster's got a polka-dot bandage, a heated blanket and some pain medicine. He's had a rough day.
He will need surgery Monday. He has a collapsed lung, chest injuries and many deep lacerations.
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The center stack is very comprehensive, if a little busy with buttons. After driving a number of GM vehicles in the last year, we are finally getting used to the central door locks being high on the center stack, rather than on the doors. We aren't fans of this layout but we're sure this placement probably saves $15 in wiring and switches over putting them on the doors where they traditionally are located.
In the toys department, the SRX has them in spades. It has the popup LCD screen for navigation, the back up camera, audio, phone controls and more. While our SRX did have the built in hard drive, we didn't use that, but rather our iPod touch. Perhaps it's just our particular iPod touch, but the SRX has issues syncing with it and controlling it with the SRX's interface. We say it might be our iPod because this isn't the first time we've had issues and it's been across all brands.
Audio quality through the Bose sound system is good. In some ways it's a bit too good because it's very easy to hear the compression and lower bit rates on some of the XM music channels. We listened to songs on XM on 1st Wave, Lithium, Chill and Real Jazz and compared then to the same songs are similar songs on our iPod that are ripped at very high quality and the difference was substantial. We're picky about the sound quality of music but most people probably wouldn't notice.
The rear seat of our test unit was equipped with a dual rear seat entertainment system with wireless headphones and remote control. At $1,295 it was the only option on our test unit and for families with young children, we'll guess that it's an option the parents would gladly pay double for. While we wouldn't call the rear seats abundant in room they are certainly roomy enough for two well-sized adults to spend multiple hours in while getting three adults in the back might be a bit tight.
With the back seat up, the rear cargo area had more than enough room for our bi-weekly run to Costco, Trader Joe's and Meijer's. With the seat folded flat, our English Mastiff had more than enough room to fit comfortably and be able to stand up; she just had to duck her head a bit once inside.
Now we come to the part most people care about: how does it drive? If you were to remove or cover all of the Cadillac badging, and tell people it was an Audi, BMW or Mercedes, no one would argue with you. The Cadillac SRX strikes that difficult balance of being firm, fun, but yet maintaining a compliant ride. South of Ann Arbor, MI there is a road called Plank Road. The last time it was paved, was more than likely the first time it was paved and that must have been back in the early 60's. When you drive down the road, you tend to drive in the middle of it because where your right tire would go, it's worn down in a groove from the traffic and has a pothole every three feet, if that far. In driving the Caddy down that road, we could stay in the lane and the suspension would absorb the undulations without transferring to the vehicle, yet felt calm and planted, steady as she goes down the road. It's not something you'd expect from an American crossover! Throw it into some twisty bits, or what passes for them in South East Michigan, and again, the SRX feels planted and willing, with good feedback through the wheel. In many ways the Cadillac is more German than the Germans!
The motor in our AWD Premium unit was the 2.8 liter V-6 turbo, last seen in the SAAB 9-3X. The motor does feel like it came from a mid 90s SAAB in that there is some very notable turbo lag, much more than you would expect in a modern power-plant. Once above 2,000 rpms, the power comes on in a rush and if you keep the motor above that figure, it's very spirited. If you are trying to get away quickly from a stop light or are in the toll booth drag race, the SRX will move okay on initial throttle tip in but, about thirty feet out, once the turbo has built some boost, you feel a pretty strong kick in the pants.
We have two thoughts on the engine choice here. Number one is that this motor calls out for some re-tuning or a twin-scroll turbo to come in with more boost sooner. The other thought, and we are going to guess the reason is either CAFE or maxed out capacity at the engine plant, but rather than the 2.8 turbo, we'd love to see the 3.6 direct injection V-6 in here. Normally we like turbo motors and some tweaking here might solve our issues, but given the rest of the chassis dynamics, the turbo lag is a pretty glaring oversight.
If you are going to be changing lanes in the SRX, it's a good idea to be up in the boost because the styling that looks good outside and the lines to the thick D pillar make a pretty large blind spot when you turn your head to do a lane check. It's nowhere near as bad as the Camaro and few things are, short of a Lotus Exige, but you can hide some large vehicles in it if you're not careful.
While some are measuring how the Cadillac SRX stacks up to the Lexus RX 350, the CUV/SUV's the Caddy is really measuring itself against are the Audi Q5 and Q7, the BMW X3 and X5 and the Mercedes GLK. Audis tend to have the best interiors, BMWs are the sporty brand and the Merc would bring the luxury The 2010 Cadillac SRX can drop the gloves and go toe to toe with any of the German cars and the worst it would come out is a split decision.
Much like our experience with the CTS SportWagon, the more we drove the SRX, the more we enjoyed it. There is some additional cabin space over the wagon and the taller height of the vehicle makes for more cargo room as well. Also, people enjoy sitting a bit higher in a car so as to see traffic and feel more in command of the road. Whereas the SportWagon could make you think you were driving a coupe or sedan, the SRX feels like a crossover, but it's among the best we've driven to date.


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A Companion to the History of the Book
A Companion to the History of the Book
ISBN: 978-1-405-12765-3 June 2007 Wiley-Blackwell 616 Pages
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DescriptionFrom the early Sumerian clay tablet through to the emergence of the electronic text, this Companion provides a continuous and coherent account of the history of the book.
- Makes use of illustrative examples and case studies of well-known texts
- Written by a group of expert contributors
- Covers topical debates, such as the nature of censorship and the future of the book
List of Illustrations viii
Notes on Contributors x
Introduction 1
Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose
Part I Methods and Approaches 7
1 Why Bibliography Matters 9
T. H. Howard-Hill
2 What is Textual Scholarship? 21
David Greetham
3 The Uses of Quantifi cation 33
Alexis Weedon
4 Readers: Books and Biography 50
Stephen Colclough
Part II The History of the Material Text 63
The World before the Codex 65
5 The Clay Tablet Book in Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia 67
Eleanor Robson
6 The Papyrus Roll in Egypt, Greece, and Rome 84
Cornelia Roemer
The Book beyond the West 95
7 China 97
J. S. Edgren
8 Japan, Korea, and Vietnam 111
Peter Kornicki
9 South Asia 126
Graham Shaw
10 Latin America 138
Hortensia Calvo
11 The Hebraic Book 153
Emile G. L. Schrijver
12 The Islamic Book 165
Michael Albin
The Codex in the West 400–2000 177
13 The Triumph of the Codex: The Manuscript Book before 1100 179
Michelle P. Brown
14 Parchment and Paper: Manuscript Culture 1100–1500 194
M. T. Clanchy
15 The Gutenberg Revolutions 207
Lotte Hellinga
16 The Book Trade Comes of Age: The Sixteenth Century 220
David J. Shaw
17 The British Book Market 1600–1800 232
John Feather
18 Print and Public in Europe 1600–1800 247
Rietje van Vliet
19 North America and Transatlantic Book Culture to 1800 259
Russell L. Martin III
20 The Industrialization of the Book 1800–1970 273
Rob Banham
21 From Few and Expensive to Many and Cheap: The British Book Market 1800-1890 291
Simon Eliot
22 A Continent of Texts: Europe 1800–1890 303
Jean-Yves Mollier and Marie-Françoise Cachin
23 Building a National Literature: The United States 1800-1890 315
Robert A. Gross
24 The Globalization of the Book 1800-1970 329
David Finkelstein
25 Modernity and Print I: Britain 1890-1970 341
Jonathan Rose
26 Modernity and Print II: Europe 1890-1970 354
Adriaan van der Weel
27 Modernity and Print III: The United States 1890–1970 368
Beth Luey
28 Books and Bits: Texts and Technology 1970–2000 381
Paul Luna
29 The Global Market 1970–2000: Producers 395
Eva Hemmungs Wirten
30 The Global Market 1970–2000: Consumers 406
Claire Squires
Part III Beyond the Book 419
31 Periodicals and Periodicity 421
James Wald
32 The Importance of Ephemera 434
Martin Andrews
33 The New Textual Technologies 451
Charles Chadwyck-Healey
Part IV Issues 465
34 New Histories of Literacy 467
Patricia Crain
35 Some Non-textual Uses of Books 480
Rowan Watson
36 The Book as Art 493
Megan L. Benton
37 Obscenity, Censorship, and Modernity 508
Deana Heath
38 Copyright and the Creation of Literary Property 520
John Feather
39 Libraries and the Invention of Information 531
Wayne A. Wiegand
Coda 545
40 Does the Book Have a Future? 547
Angus Phillips
Index 560
"This is a must-have volume for anyone (or any library) with an interest in the history of books and book culture." (Libraries & the Cultural Record, Winter 2009)
"This book has many uses for book historians as a reflection of the field now, in its present state." (Library Quarterly, May 2009)
"Eliot and Rose have produced a definitive survey to which specialists as well as lay readers will find themselves returning frequently for information and analytical insight." (SHARP News, Winter 2008)
"Eliot and Rose have recruited some exceptional contributors.... The round-the-world coverage also makes for an enjoyable and dippable compendium." (Times Literary Supplement, November 2008)
"The considerable learning distilled in these pages is worn lightly and the result is a volume that will appeal to experts and non-specialists alike. It will also prove to be a valuable teaching resource." (Zeitschrift fur Anglistik and Amerilanistik, October 2008)
"A Companion to the History of the Book provides a wealth of information to readers of all levels in a well laid out and written volume." (The Bonefolder, Autumn 2008)
"Academic libraries with any kind of interest in the history of the book or the history of publishing will want this 'companion' on their shelves." (Publishing Research Quarterly, July 2008)
"As a stimulating overview of the multidimensional present state of the field, the Companion has no peer. Recommended." (CHOICE)
"An exceptional resource for anyone working in fields such as literature, history, cultural studies or media studies—to name a few. Drawing on a large group of experts, Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose have compiled a selection of essays that guide readers through many episodes in the long history of books, both inside and outside the Western tradition.... A Companion to the History of the Book is just that—a companion … an essential text for students and scholars from a wide variety of disciplines who are led to ask questions about the commissioning, publication, distribution and consumption of books. This book is a milestone in the history of the book for it makes the first attempt to map the field like no other book before it." (Script and Print)
"If you want to understand how cultures come into being, endure, and change, they imply, then you need to come to terms with the rich and often surprising history of the book.... Eliot and Rose have done a fine job. Their volume can be heartily recommended as the best available starting point for any historian interested in learning about this enterprise.... The Companion does not restrict itself to chronicling the development of the book itself. It also devotes attention to regimes of regulation and jurisdiction—censorship, intellectual property, and the like—and to systems of storage and taxonomy: libraries and bibliography." (Technology and Culture)
"This book serves as a coherent guide to the study of the history of the book. The experts bring the latest research to their work." (Umbrella Magazine)
- A coherent, transcontinental account of the history of the book
- Ranges from the early Sumerian clay tablet through to the emergence of electronic text
- Makes use of illustrative examples and case studies of well-known texts
- Written by a group of expert contributors
- Covers topical debates, such as the nature of censorship and the future of the book


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ATHERTON — A 32-year-old Atherton man suffered major injuries after he was hit by a car while crossing the street Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The collision, which was reported around 3:34 p.m. at El Camino Real and Almendral Avenue, closed the busy road for roughly two hours while officers investigated.
According to police, witnesses told officers that the Atherton man was not using the crosswalk as he attempted to cross El Camino Real. He was hit by a 17-year-old San Carlos girl driving a red Volvo S40 sedan, police added, and the teen remained on scene and has been cooperative with investigators. She was not cited.
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by Rita Charleston
If necessity is the mother of invention, credit an older sister's dislike for reading plays for the development of a brother's career. At least that's the way Michael Whistler, 50, a Mt. Airy resident for 10 years, explains his introduction to writing plays, including his latest creation titled "The Prescott Method: Easy Steps to Perfect Bread Baking, Every Time." The production of Whistler's eighth play begins on March 26 and continues through April 14 in the Walnut Street Theater's Independence Studio on 3.
"My older sister took a theater course in college which she hated," recalls Whistler, who grew up as a child in Syracuse but who attended Upper Merion High School in King of Prussia as a teenager. "Well, one time after spring break, she went back to school and left her play books behind."
Without knowing exactly why, Whistler took the books into his bedroom and began reading the plays by flashlight, just knowing he really enjoyed them.
"I remember reading lots of them, like 'The Glass Menagerie,' where Tom needed to escape and find his own voice and create a life for himself," Whistler says. "I could relate to that character and how hard it is to be stuck in that place. I was only about 14 or 15, but I think it was then that I decided to become a playwright."
And inspiration for his work is all around him. For example, his latest work was born when he saw two women on "The Today Show" holding a sign that read "On vacation from our husbands." Whistler says seeing that made him think of the women who raised him, and who they might be when they were by themselves and not busy being wives and mothers.
The two women in "The Prescott Method" — Veronica, the mother of six scrambling to handle her brood, and Peg, the newly arrived wife of a college professor who keeps an orderly house — "handle tasks differently, from baking bread to managing their lives," Whistler explains.
And all this leads to comedy and conflict, which is the very basis of theater, according to this playwright, who earned a BA in English/Theater Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. In addition to the eight plays he has written (he's a member of the Dramatists Guild of America), he has directed at both Arcadia University and Montco Community College and is a member of Actors Equity Association, having acted in more than two dozen plays.
In beginning the process of writing, Whistler starts with an idea and an outline. "I have to have a back story for all my characters. I have to grab all the pieces of the puzzle and put them all together, like a bird building a nest. I have to understand who my characters are, what they want and where they're going.
"It may sound boring, but at some point I create a spread sheet and then break things down so I can look at each scene and see what each character is achieving in each of those scenes. As a playwright, you're always trying to create a story from beginning to middle to end."
Whistler is also coordinator of the Theatre Arts Faculty at Montgomery County Community College. In his Introduction to Acting and Improvisation class, his students read Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." "My students read this play as a class. I want them to have the experience of reading plays the way actors read plays versus the way a critic or English student might read them."
Next, he does an exercise with his students where the characters fight shamelessly for what they want and are definitely not afraid of conflict. "When that's done, we prepare all we've accomplished as a segment on the 'Jerry Springer Show' and title it 'My Pregnant Sister's Husband Raped Me.' Then all the students/characters come up and tell their story exactly the way it would be happening in the theater in a play, or on the Springer show."
His methods may be unconventional but are so popular that other students often try to get into his class just to witness such a thing fist-hand for themselves. And to think, he concludes, it all started because of his sister's dislike of reading plays.
"For her, it was a class elective. For me, I'm writing them as a living and because I love what I'm doing. I love exploring the lives of others, taking a step into that big magic area and trying to figure out what I would do if I were that person. — a person I've just created."
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text: The Dodge City Athletics split their first two games of their Jayhawk League weekend series against the El Dorado Broncos at McDonald Stadium. The Athletics won the first game of the series Friday night by a 3-1 margin, with the Broncos shutting out Dodge City in Saturday's contest 5-0. The Athletics' first three batters had two hits apiece Friday night, all but one of the hits recorded against El Dorado pitching. Woody Drexler, Darius Knight and Zach Jacobs went 2-for-4 and accounted for all of the Dodge City runs. Drexler and Knight opened up the game with singles, then advanced a base on a double steal. Drexler eventually scored on a balk called on pitcher Jeremy McGowan. Drexler scored again in the third when he led off with a double, advanced to third on a single by Jacobs and scored when Bronco catcher Patrick Esposito's throw to try to get Jacobs out at second went into the outfield. The final Dodge City run came in the seventh on back-to-back doubles by Knight and Jacobs. Hasten Freeman threw 8 2/3 innings and gave up only one unearned run in the ninth despite the defense charged with five errors. Freeman gave up three hits and six walks while striking out five on the mound. Cameron Reynolds recorded the final out to get the save. The Athletics (7-11, 4-9) recorded only three hits off El Dorado pitcher Chance Cotton. Cotton didn't walk anyone and struck out nine in his nine innings of work. Only one Dodge City baserunner reached third base in the loss. Broncos' centerfielder Tyler Ware went 3-for-4 with two solo home runs and three runs scored. Ware hit home runs in the second (off starting and losing pitcher Garrett Brummett) and eighth innings (off reliever Ty Thomas), and scored on a wild pitch after opening the fourth with a single for El Dorado (11-6, 8-6). Brummett gave up three earned runs, seven hits and two walks while striking out one in 5 2/3 innings. The two teams will play Sunday night before the Athletics play the Boulder (Colo.) Collegians in action Monday night at Cavalier Field.


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Your friendly neighborhood wizards at Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Game Studios have managed to focus their considerable powers and set a release date for the first major Magicka DLC, Magicka: Vietnam, as well as releasing 10 spanking new screenshots! Ah, I love the smell of screen grabs in the morning! Magicka: Vietnam will be available on all major digital distribution channels on the 12th of April for $4.99
All players will be able to play Magicka: Vietnam as long as the player hosting the session has purchased the DLC!
Have you ever wondered what it would have been like if wizards were allowed to roam the jungles of war-torn Vietnam, attempting to bring peace and stability to the region by casting spells on all opponents?
Magicka: Vietnam features a lengthy challenge scenario that puts you in the combat boots and stylish robe of a Wizard GI. Venture deep into the Goblin-Cong jungle with up to three fellow soldiers in a heroic attempt to liberate prisoners from a POW camp and face off against deadly Vietnam themed enemies. Destroy enemy positions, escape the perils of the jungle and return safely to the evacuation helicopter ("Get to the chopper!!").
Magicka: Vietnam also contains a new survival challenge map with increased difficulty in direct response to the request from the community. In the Magickal jungles of Vietnam you'll have an array of Vietnam-era weapons and a special Magick that calls in a napalm strike on enemy positions. Players will of course still have access to what makes Magicka truly unique – the dynamic spell casting system and a healthy dose of humour.


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The great Twin-Tailed Comet, a portent tied to both Sigmar and the Empire, has been seen in the sky. To some, it is a sign of hope. To others, the harbinger of doom. Tensions rise, as the effects of a ruthless winter and poor harvests are felt across the Empire – villages and farms find it harder than ever to scrape by, and supplies for the Empire's constant war efforts dwindle even lower.
To many citizens, this can mean only one thing. The End Times are at hand. Fear is rife. Another Great War is coming. Beastmen are growing restless, attacking villages with greater frequency and ferocity. The Chaos cults are rising up, summoning daemons, fomenting rebellion, and instigating insurrection throughout the Empire's cities. Bands of Chaos marauders scout further and further south than usual – some even penetrating as far as the Reikland to test the Empire's defences for the coming conflict.
During these times of uncertainty, more fears arise as rumours reach the Reikland from Kislev. Rumours of a champion of Chaos called Surtha Lenk and his great Chaos host waging war against the armies of Kislev. Information seems suspect and unreliable. Some of the news reaching Reiklanders speculates that Wolfenburg was sacked. Conflicting rumours insist Surtha Lenk's army was defeated, while others hint that the forces of Chaos were but the vanguard of a massive army poised to overrun Kislev and invade the Empire.
In response to these ominous portents, and sensing the fate of the realm is at stake, Emperor Karl Franz works tirelessly to protect the Empire. He sends envoys to the Pheonix King in Ulthuan, asking the high elves for aid in the coming conflict. Calling on ancient oaths and alliances, Karl Franz beseeches the High King of the dwarfs to rally to the Empire's cause.
Deep in the forests of Athel Loren, Ariel, the queen in the woods, has sensed the impending invasion as well. She sends parties of wood elves through Axe Bite Pass and into the Reikland to protect ancient cairns secreted deep in the Reikwald Forest, and provide what aid they can against the forces of Chaos.
In the midst of this bleak, brewing turmoil, the adventurers are beacons of hope. Fate has called to them, binding them with the silvery threads of destiny and fortune. Together, valiant humans of the Reikland, wood elves from Athel Loren, high elves from distant Ulthuan, and the dwarfs of Karak Azgaraz face the formidable threats of the Old World.
Can these brave few fulfill their destinies as Fate's champions in this, the Empire's time of greatest need? Will they die penniless in the gutter, next to the countless others who have gone before them?
Or worse, forsake their souls to join with the powers that seek to annihilate the Old World…
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IRWIN TWP, Venango County — A 23-year-old Butler County man was killed early this morning when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed on Route 8 less than one mile north of the Butler County line, authorities said.
Scott M. Baughman of Slippery Rock was southbound about 12:30 a.m. when he hit an embankment, throwing him off his cycle just south of Barkeyville.
Baughman, who was riding with two friends, landed in a yard where the homeowner found him. Moments later, his friends rode upon the wreck, said Chief Gerry Rea of the Clintonville Volunteer Fire Department.
Venango County Coroner Tyler Best pronounced Baughman dead at the scene at 1:36 a.m. He died of severe injuries to his neck and chest. No autopsy was planned.
State police are investigating but an accident report was not available this morning.
Authorities believe Baughman, who was wearing a helmet, was going too fast around a bend when he went off the road. The road conditions were dry and the weather was clear, Rea said.
Alcohol was not a suspected factor, said Best.
The Harrisville Volunteer Fire Department and Superior Ambulance also were called to assist.
The wreck closed the road for about two hours to allow for the police accident investigation.


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Credit: By Adam D. Young | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL | October 9, 2012 | lubbockonline.com ~~
Hundreds of miles of high-voltage transmission lines are set to be placed and powered up next year as part of a $7 billion statewide project to transmit West Texas' renewable energy to the state's urban centers in the east.
The transmission project is part of a statewide competitive renewable energy zone initiative approved by the Texas Legislature in 2005 and aimed to eventually transmit about 18,500 megawatts of wind power from wind farms across the Panhandle and West Texas to such metro areas as Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, said Bobbie Searcy, a spokeswoman for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
The project will build about 2,400 miles of high-voltage transmission lines, including 200 miles crossing South Plains counties to create a grid expected to be completed by 2013.
"Power users will have more availability to renewable energy with this project," said Terry Hadley, a spokesman for the Texas Public Utility Commission. "Ultimately, it means more availability and access to a wider array of fuel generation for electricity."
The state currently has more than 10,000 megawatts of wind generation capacity, creating an opening for wind developers to provide an additional 8,500 megawatts to put the renewable energy zone grid to capacity, Hadley
"There is room now to have more wind development in West Texas and the Panhandle," he said.
Construction of the transmission lines was bid out to private companies in 2010 and 2011, including Austin-based Wind Energy Transmission of Texas, which is expected to complete about 375 miles of line in West Texas.
A spokesman for Wind Energy Transmission of Texas did not return Avalanche-Journal phone calls requesting comment Tuesday.
There are three transmission line projects in progress in the South Plains, including the Silverton to Cottonwood line running from Briscoe County to Dickens County east of Lubbock, according to a July progress report provided by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Construction on the Silverton to Cottonwood line is about 27 percent complete, with about 20 of its 65 miles of high-voltage line installed. The project's estimated cost is $113 million, with an estimated completion date in December.
Other projects in the South Plains include a 74-mile Cottonwood to Dermott line from Dickens to Scurry County southeast of Lubbock, estimated at $142 million, and the 46-mile Nazareth to Silverton line from Castro County to Briscoe County. Both have no miles complete by July but were expected to be finished by December 2013.
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die - North American informal
This expression originated as US military slang, probably with the meaning that the pilot (or owner) of a crashed plane owes money to the farmer whose property or land is damaged in the crash.
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look as if butter would not melt in your mouth
appear deceptively gentle or innocent – informal
have butter-fingers = be a butter-fingers
be unable to catch deftly or hold securely
This phrase comes from the idea that hands covered with butter will be slippery, making holding on to anything difficult. There was also a dialect sense of unable to handle anything hot as if your fingers were made of melting butter.
Butterfingers! is often jeeringly shouted at someone who has failed to catch a ball in a game.
the butterfly effect
the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere
The expression comes from chaos theory. In 1979, Edward N. Lorenz gave a paper to the American Association for the Advancement of Science entitled … Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?
have butterflies in your stomach
have a queasy feeling because you are nervous – Informal
button your lip
remain silent – informal
on the button
exactly right - informal chiefly US
press the button
initiate an action or train of events - informal
During the cold war period, this expression was often used with reference to the possible action of the US or Soviet presidents in starting a nuclear war.
push his buttons = press his buttons
be successful in arousing or provoking a reaction in someone - informal
buy time
adopt tactics which delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve your own position
by and large
on the whole
everything considered
Originally this phrase was used in a nautical context, describing the handling of a ship both to the wind and off it.
by the by = by the bye
let bygones be bygones
forgive and forget past offences or causes of conflict.
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Mel is an unemployed recent university graduate when she runs into her almost-stepmother, Nola, whom she had last seen at her father's funeral. Nola offers her a job as a literary detective--find out who wrote The Scarlet Rider, so the press Nola works for, which publishes only female writers, can publish the book. Mel is sworn to secrecy, and particularly warned about a fellow-researcher who has his own plans for the book. If he's the villain of the piece, it's a very everyday villainy, a reminder of the saying that academic politics are vicious because the stakes are so small. In the course of researching Victorian literature, police, and gold-mining, Mel finds out quite a bit about her own past.
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The brief pre-game ceremony -- which involved the presentation of a wristwatch-shaped wall clock to Lakers Executive Vice President Jeanie Buss by Hublot Chief Executive Ricardo Guadalupe at center court -- marks the start of the brand's five-year sponsorship of the NBA team.
Earlier that day, Guadalupe told All the Rage that the deal, which will eventually include some kind of brand presence at Staples Center, affords Hublot both exposure to an arena full of potential customers and the opportunity to provide Lakers-related perks (things like game seats and player access) to clients of its Beverly Hills boutique.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Keene State College outscored MIT, 9-1, in the first half en route to a 12-3 victory in a non-conference women's lacrosse game on Thursday night. Sophomore Emma Kane (Garden City, N.Y.) earned assists on two goals for the Engineers (4-6) while senior Nicole Curry (Hampstead, N.H.) tallied three goals and an assist for the Owls (4-5).
Curry provided the first goal of the game as she corralled the rebound of senior Lauren Brown's (Agawam, Mass.) shot that hit the post and found the back of the net after two minutes expired. MIT made several charges at the goal, which resulted in four free-position shots but junior Erin Taylor (Brewster, N.Y.) came up with three saves. Following her last stop, the Owls scored in transition as junior Eliza Witherbee (Newburyport, Mass.) connected on a feed from Brown. The visitors quickly increased their lead to 4-0 as junior Julie Trombetta (Trumbull, Conn.) recorded assists on strikes by freshman Kaitlin Nolan (Mahopac, N.Y.) and Curry.
After freshman Nadia Wallace (Rochester, N.Y.) won the ensuing draw for the Engineers, senior Laura Wacker (Brooklyn, N.Y.) redirected a pass from Kane to end the shutout at the 18:06 mark. Keene State responded with Curry winning the next draw and setting Brown up for a goal that would spark a 5-0 run to close the half. Brown followed with an unassisted tally while both Nolan and sophomore Christa Demovellan (Westwood, Mass.) connected on passes from Witherbee. Trombetta wrapped up the scoring burst with a solo effort that put the Owls up, 9-1, with four minutes remaining before the intermission.
Nolan and Curry increased Keene State's advantage during the first 10 minutes of the second half until a defensive battle ensued. Freshman Emilee Silegy (Keene, N.H.) ended the stalemate courtesy of an unassisted effort with 12:56 on the clock. Despite the deficit, MIT continued to attack and eventually found success on freshman Kristyn Berretta's (San Diego, Calif.) free position attempt. The game became a back-and-forth affair down the stretch, but the Engineers recorded the final goal of the night when junior Erica Du (Excelsior, Minn.) knocked in a pass from Kane with 1:14 left to play.
Junior Meghan Wright (Devon, Pa.) and freshman Christine Jiang (Canton, Mich.) both collected five groundballs for MIT while Wright generated three caused turnovers. Junior Erin Kenney (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) notched four groundballs, followed by three from Du. Wallace and freshman Kira Schott (New Canaan, Conn.) both chipped in two draw controls as sophomore Candice Kaplan (Arlington, Va.) had four saves.
Brown finished the night with two goals, two assists, and five draw controls as Nolan recorded a hat-trick. Curry contributed three groundballs and two draw controls while junior Ashley Borjeson (Londonderry, N.H.) produced two caused turnovers. In net, Taylor totaled seven saves in 53 minutes of action as senior Christine Collins (Cheshire, Conn.) closed out the game with three stops.
Both squads face conference rivals on the road this Saturday, April 6. MIT will travel to NEWMAC foe Mount Holyoke College while Keene State will visit Eastern Connecticut State University in a Little East Conference tilt.


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2005 News Releases > October 2005 > Students trade long weekend break for mission opportunities
Students trade long weekend break for mission opportunities
For most Wayland Baptist University students, Fall Break is a chance to relax, rest and rejuvenate for the remainder of the fall semester. This year, several students traded that opportunity for the chance to serve in areas of need.
Five Wayland students, along with Baptist Student Ministries director Donnie Brown and his wife Lori and sponsor Virgil Hart spent their Fall Break on a quick trip to New Orleans to help with cleanup after Hurricane Katrina damaged many homes in the area. The group left Oct. 19 for the 15-hour trek to Louisiana, then spent three long days working on damaged homes before returning Sunday to Plainview.
Another group of seven students headed for Graford, Texas, near Graham, on Wednesday afternoon and spent three long days working on a family's home lost in a recent fire.
Brown said the New Orleans trip was simply part of Wayland's response to the great need in the gulf states, coordinated through Go Now Missions of the Baptist General Convention of Texas' Student Ministries office. The Wayland group worked with Williams Boulevard Baptist Church in Kenner, La. to coordinate their efforts there.
"We broke into two groups, and one group would 'nuke' the house, which is gutting all the sheetrock about four feet up from the floor and preparing it to be repaired," Brown explained. "The second group was preparing homes for the nuking process, carrying out damaged furniture and items, cleaning and pulling out carpet and tile floors."
While much of the New Orleans area suffered damage beyond repair, Brown said the Wayland group worked in homes that were salvageable but required heavy work. Many of the residents were elderly or disabled or worked long hours and simply could not do the work themselves.
The group tried to prepare for the landscape of the storm-ravaged area, but Brown said it was impossible to really know what to expect.
"We drove through neighborhoods where the levy broke and there's just no way to describe it except total destruction," he said. "There was no electricity for miles and the smell of death was just all around."
One student volunteer, senior Jalissa King of Portales, N.M., had a similar amazement at the situation.
"We saw that it was an equal opportunity storm. The rich and the poor were both affected by it and life is not back to normal there yet," she said, noting that after a summer spent in disaster relief in tsunami-stricken Thailand, she felt prepared for the trip. "It was a pretty overwhelming experience. There were all these signs around with people trying to make money off others' misfortune and it made me mad."
Despite the destruction, though, the students saw God working in the situation and left with a renewed hope."We told one man that he was an inspiration because he was so upbeat after losing everything and he told us, 'I haven't lost everything. I've lost those possessions you see, but God is still in the blessing business and he continues to bless us with things unseen as well as seen,'" Brown said. "That passage in Matthew 25 about when we do it unto the least of these… it just hit me that when we looked into their faces, we were looking into the face of Jesus.
"God was blessed, honored and lifted up through our service, and that was our goal."Other students participating in the trip were Jacob Flick, Colby Anderson, Austin Kane and Bekah Jackson.
Meanwhile, in Graford, students were putting in long hours of hard labor helping the DeHaan family, friends of Wayland sophomore Michael Aker of Fort Worth, recover from their loss. Aker said the trip came together after he and roommate Luke Loetscher were discussing how they could help. The pair began talking to other students and recruited a good group for the Fall Break venture.
The family initially thought part of their home could be salvaged and rebuilt. Once the group started working, though, the plans changed.
"We were planning on building a metal frame for the house, and we had to tear most of the existing structure down for that," said Luke Loetscher, a sophomore who went on the trip. "We decided we weren't going to be able to salvage the wood, and the family got a good deal on a mobile home, so we ended up tearing down the house altogether."
The group said it was difficult to have their plans change after putting in hours of heavy work tearing down the roof and the tin siding from the house, but in the end it proved to be necessary to remove the fire-damaged home and make room for the new structure.
"It was hard to have the plans change, and it taught me to be patient. But our team was really good and we worked really hard. We definitely felt the presence of God," Loetscher said. "We knew we came to help the family and we were able to. We got a lot done that we couldn't have without God's help."
The group worked 12-hour days and spent their evenings at First Baptist Church in Graford. The work was tiring, but Loetscher and Aker said they felt it was rewarding for all members of the team.
"I think it was a good trip," Aker said. "It was a lot of hard work that sometimes seemed pointless, but in the end it all culminated into one big point. A lot of people said they wouldn't have had it any other way. It was worth it to give up the break."
Other students participating in the service effort included JennyBeth Alford, Ryan Bleyenberg, Hannah Dillard, Scott Ferguson and Emily Robinson.


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The April 2011 Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Evelyne of the blog Cheap Ethnic Eatz. Evelyne chose to challenge everyone to make a maple mousse in an edible container. Prizes are being awarded to the most creative edible container and filling, so vote on your favorite from April 27th to May 27th at http://thedaringkitchen.com/!
Oh yeah!!! I was soo excited to see that there was an award offered this month for the most creative edible container! But it turned to be one of my most uncreative months! Yeah, I did make some fun containers that I have never tried before, but I did not "wow" myself! We did get some very pretty pictures of the mousse and the edible containers, though!! I am very happy with this set of natural light photography! :-)
Now that the time for the challenge is over, I am getting new ideas (ofcourse!!). I think maple mousse truffles covered in tempered chocolate would have been nice! Maybe even a maple mousse cake pop covered in a myriad of colors... A chocolate cage, or a sugar cup.. Oh my! I should've done some of those..... But the best part of this challenge is that I have a new found love towards chocolate art! I am fearless of tempering chocolate and I have great interest in learning about chocolate art now!! The mousse was amazing, it showed me how better pure maple syrup is, how maple flavored syrup cannot capture even remotely the goodness of pure syrup! It was pure heaven in a chocolate cup. The recipe yielded enough mousse to cover dessert for more than a few days!! I am happy with the outcomes of the challenge. The challenge was YUMMMMMMYYY!!! :-)
Bacon Cups:
24 thin slices good quality bacon
1. Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees F/200 degrees C.
2. Take a muffin pan or 6 small ½ cup capacity heat-proof bowls, turn upside down and carefully form aluminum foil covers on the back of 6 muffin cups or the bowls.
3. Taking 2 strips of bacon at a time crisscross the strips over the backs of the muffin cups and cut to size a tad longer then the bottom part of the cup. Now use 1 to 2 more strips to cover the sides of the muffin cups in a weaving fashion. You want a full tight weave because bacon shrinks a lot. For smaller cups I used a shot glass with a square of bacon for the bottom and I wrapped 1 strip around the side.
4. Tuck the ends of the bacon strips inside otherwise they will curl while cooking. A good idea is to insert 4 toothpicks where the crisscrossed bacon meets in the weave.
5. Place muffin pan in a cookie tray to catch drippings. Bake in oven for about 25 to 40 minutes, or until the bacon is golden and crisp but not burned.
6. Cool completely, a good hour, before removing your cups delicately from the foil.
Nut Bowls:
1 1/2 cups crushed nuts of your choice such as almonds, hazelnuts or walnuts
1 egg, beaten, at room temperature
2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup dark chocolate pieces
1. Use a food processor or a zip-lock back with a rolling pin to crush your nuts if whole, use about 1 cup of whole nuts to get 3/4 cups crushed. You want it somewhat coarse.
2. In a bowl mix the nuts with the beaten egg and the sugar.
3. Take 6 small ½ cup capacity Pyrex cups or a similar container and line the inside with aluminum foil. Spread ¼ cup of the mixture in the bowl, all the way up to the sides making sure you have a thin and even clean layer all around.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F/175 degrees C. until the nuts are golden and fragrant (about 15 minutes). Let cool completely before unmoulding.
5. Melt chocolate (either in the microwave or over a double boiler). Dip the rims of the cooled nut bowls in the chocolate. Place in the freezer for at least 15 minutes or until the chocolate has hardened and is set.
1 cup (240 ml/ 8 fluid oz.) pure maple syrup (not maple-flavoured syrup)
4 large egg yolks
1 package (7g/1 tbsp.) unflavoured gelatine
1 1/2 cups (360 ml. g/12 fluid oz) whipping cream (35% fat content)
1. Bring maple syrup to a boil then remove from heat.
2. In a large bowl, whisk egg yolks and pour a little bit of the maple syrup in while whisking (this is to temper your egg yolks so they don't curdle).
3. Add warmed egg yolks to hot maple syrup until well mixed.
4. Measure 1/4 cup of whipping cream in a bowl and sprinkle it with the gelatine. Let it rest for 5 minutes. Place the bowl in a microwave for 45 seconds (microwave for 10 seconds at a time and check it in between) or place the bowl in a pan of barely simmering water, stir to ensure the gelatine has completely dissolved.
5. Whisk the gelatine/whipping cream mixture into the maple syrup mixture and set aside.
6. Whisk occasionally for approximately an hour or until the mixture has the consistency of an unbeaten raw egg white.
7. Whip the remaining cream. Stir 1/4 of the whipped cream into the maple syrup mixture. Fold in the remaining cream and refrigerate for at least an hour.
8. Remove from the fridge and divide equally among your edible containers.
Vegan Maple Mousse:
1 package (12 oz.) soft silken tofu
¾ cup (14 fluid oz.) pure maple syrup
2 teaspoon agar-agar
1. Let tofu come to room temperature. Using a food processor, blender, or hand mixer, blend tofu until just smooth.
2. Sprinkle agar-agar on the maple syrup and let it rest for 10 minutes. Heat maple syrup on the stove to a boil and then let it simmer 5 minutes until the agar-agar has dissolved.
3. In a food processor, blender, or a large bowl, blend the tofu with the maple syrup until creamy.
4. Refrigerate for at least one hour. Remove from the fridge and divide among your edible containers.
Meringue (optional):
3 large egg whites at room temperature
¾ cup (165 g./5.5 oz) sugar
1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F/150 degrees C.
2. Put the egg whites in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer beat for a few minutes until the whites become stiff. Now add the sugar, a little at a time, whisking until the mixture is stiff and glossy. You should be able to turn the bowl upside down and the mixture won't fall out.
3. Place baking parchment on to a clean baking sheet. Using a spoon or a piping bag, dollop the meringue into circles that fit inside the rim of your edible cups. (See mine, I wanted height but they fell a bit...which is OK...freeform art)
4. Put the tray in the oven, then immediately turn the oven down to 250 degrees F/130 degrees C. and bake for 45 minutes.
5. Turn off the oven and allow the meringues to cool in the oven for a few hours.
6. Place meringues as decoration on your maple mousse which has already be spooned into your edible containers.
Chocolate Tulip cups:
Blow some balloons to the size of an orange or bigger, depending on the size of the desired tulips cups. Melt chocolate in 15s increments in the microwave until melted and smooth. Let the chocolate get to slightly warm temperature. Dip the balloon slightly slanted and overlapping so as to make the petals of the tulips. Hold the balloons vertically on a parchment lined sheet pan for a few seconds and let harden. Gently snip the upper tip of the balloon with scissors and let the air escape slowly. Remove the balloons and fill the chocolate containers with your desired filling and enjoy!
I used light chocolate candy melts (Michaels) and white chocolate chips (Hershey's) swirled together for my tulip cups.
Chocolate cups using cupcake liners:
Melt chocolate at 15s increments in the microwave until melted and smooth and at about 40C. Temper the chocolate using the microwave method (just google!!). Brush a layer of melted tempered chocolate onto the bottom and sides of a cupcake liner placed in a muffin pan. Tempered chocolate will dry quickly and will have a snap to it when broken. Enjoy with your favorite filling!
Sugar Brandy Snaps:
Check out this link for the recipe I used to make sugar brandy snaps. I didn't use brandy or ginger though! :-) I just kept them as flat snaps and I thought they looked stunning!! Follow steps 1-3 for sugar snaps!
The texture and taste of real tempered chocolate is much much better than candy melts. They seemed a bit chewy for my taste whereas the chocolate cups that I made with tempered semisweet chocolate were amazing!! Chocolate and maple mousse go very well together! YUMM!
Candy melts are convenient in that we do not need to go into the trouble of tempering them. They also set pretty quick. They are good in that we can make cut outs and/or mold them a bit easier (I felt) than real chocolate.
My chocolate tulip cups and chocolate cups were satisfying!! Maple mousse was just out of the world! It would have been fine if it was a little less sweet.
Thanks for visiting!! Enjoy your week! Couldn't stop myself from posting all these pictures.. Hope you enjoyed going through the pictures as much as I did presenting them!


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ONE THOUSAND people turned out for the grand opening of a mosque in Southend yesterday.
The Essex Jamme Masjid Mosque, in Chelmsford Avenue, was formally opened by Southend mayor Brian Kelly.
A host of other dignitaries were in attendance.
Southend MPs David Amess and James Duddridge were both guests, along with former MP Teddy Taylor, who gave a speech.
Imaan Shaykh Mahmudul Hasan addressed the worshippers, welcoming them to the mosque which partially opened in 2009.
Mosque secretary Rafique Ahmed said: "It went very well and it was a lovely opening ceremony.
"The Southend Shobuz Bangla Youth Club were fantastic as well. They provided food for 1,000 people, working so hard to get it all finished."
Themosque, which was converted from a former United Reform Church, works with other mosques to promote tolerance and understanding.
The Essex Jamme Masjid Trust was formed in 1986.