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Raider Hoops: Girls upset Wells, boys try to solve skid
By Wayne E. Rivet
Staff Writer
FRYEBURG — Sean Watson has been waiting for a "signature" win in his two years as head girls' basketball coach at Fryeburg Academy.
He finally got it last week.
Sophomore Alexis L'Heureux-Carland scored a career-high 19 points as the Raiders shocked third-ranked Wells 51–40 at Wadsworth Arena.
It was just the Warriors' second loss of the season, and the upset propelled Fryeburg Academy into the thick of the playoff race.
"What an impressive effort by the girls. I'm going to guess that's the biggest win for the program in quite awhile. I couldn't be happier for them. Seeing their happiness and excitement was special," Coach Watson said. "While that's the biggest win for the program in a while, I hope we get even bigger ones real soon."
Fryeburg started out quick with a 12-6 lead, and won three of the four quarters. That first quarter tied FA's second best first quarter differential for the season. (Sydney Charles 2 points, Lexi L'Heureux-Carland 4 points, Julia Quinn 6 points).
"Wells is a very good basketball team and they are very well-coached. On the defensive side, we thought going in that we matched up pretty well with them. Allison Furness is a tremendous scorer and nets over one-third of their points. With the exception of a couple of outings, the girls have done a good job defending teams with a primary scoring option. Sarah Welch and Mackenzie Buzzell have been fantastic at keeping star offensive players well under their season averages (Furness led Wells with 13 points)," Coach Watson said. "The rest of the team has also contributed to those efforts. It's asking a lot for the other defenders to see their person, the ball, and Sarah and Mackenzie's person. We've gotten a lot better doing that and communicating with one another in those situations. We ask Sarah to give us four straight minutes of pure unrelenting hustle and focus on the other teams scorer and then we rotate Mackenzie in and ask the same from her."
Senior center Skye Dole has been incredible on the boards during the Raiders' current streak. She had 15 rebounds versus Wells with nine in the second half. She also had four steals and three assists.
Point guard Julia Quinn netted 13 points, 4 steals and 2 assists. She had three first half 3-pointers (two in the first quarter), which really set the tone early and gave the Raiders a big shot of confidence.
Sophomore forward Alexis L'Heureux-Carland finally had a breakout offensive night.
"Lexi did a fantastic job finishing in our transition game. She was also able to get to the basket off the dribble from her spot on the wing," Coach Watson said.
Fryeburg enjoyed a 22–18 lead at the half (Mackenzie Buzzell 2 points, Skye Dole 2 points, Lexi L'Heureux-Carland 3 points, Julia Quinn 3 points).
L'Heureux-Carland scored six of the Raiders' 11 points in the third period (Sarah Welch 1 point, McKenna Gerchman 2 points, Skye Dole 2 points).
"During the past few games the girls have done a nice job of limiting the opponents offensive production in the third period," said Coach Watson, whose club held an 11–7 advantage in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Wells hit four 3-pointers (two by Nicole Moody and one each by Sydney LaChapelle and Allison Furness), and went 3 for 6 from the line for 15 points. Fryeburg scored 18 in the fourth (Skye Dole 2, Mackenzie Buzzell 3, Sarah Welch 3, Julia Quinn 4, Lexi L'Heureux-Carland 6). The FA girls were 6 for 7 from the line in the quarter.
"We needed at least one big win down the stretch to keep our postseason hopes alive and beating Wells certainly qualifies as a big win," Coach Watson said.
For the Raiders, Dole had 6 points, Buzzell 5, Welch 4, Charles 2 and McKenna Gerchman had 2 points.
No letdown
Riding a five-game win streak, Coach Watson wasn't nervous before the Wells game.
"I didn't know if we would win or not, but I was very confident we would play well. After that big win against Wells, I couldn't have been more nervous before the Falmouth game," he said.
When the coach showed up before the Falmouth game, he went in the training room to see who was receiving treatment and he started to tell a few of the girls how concerned he was about the possibility of a letdown.
"Before I could finish, McKenna Gerchman and Julia Quinn said, 'Coach, we've already talked about this.' I was still concerned, but I knew that girls had the proper frame of mind," Coach Watson said.
The Raiders took care of business, beating the Yachtsmen 44–34 behind 12 points from Julia Quinn and 11 points by Skye Dole.
The first game against Falmouth was the start of the Raiders' good run.
"We had just lost to Lake Region and were sitting at two and five. We went to Falmouth on a Thursday, went down by five in the first quarter and then cut their lead to two at the half. We had it tied after three and pulled away by three in the fourth. Falmouth hit a three pointer to tie it at 40-40 at the end of regulation. The girls showed their resolve by outscoring them 7–1 in overtime," Coach Watson recalled.
After a grueling but fun three weeks, which saw the Raiders finally rise in the Heal Ratings, Coach Watson remained concerned.
FA got off to a good start against Falmouth, up 11–6 at the end of one. Julia Quinn, just like the night before, knocked down two threes in the period, Sara Welch and Skye Dole also had a basket each and McKenna Gerchman hit a free throw.
In the second quarter, Fryeburg expanded the lead to 24–12. Five players scored (Sarah Welch 2, Sage Boivin 2, Julia Quinn 2, McKenna Gerchman 2 and Skye Dole 5).
The rotation of Welch and Buzzell, with a lot of help from the rest of the defense, held Falmouth's leading scorer Ally Hickey to one point in the half. She had just 6 points for the night.
Falmouth cut one point off the lead in the third period, outscoring FA 9–8. (Alexis L'Heureux-Carland 2, Skye Dole 2, McKenna Gerchman 2, Nicole Bennett 2.)
"Our depth really helped us out in this one. After an emotionally-charged win on Friday and with sickness affecting a lot of our players, we needed contributions from everyone. We had to deal with a bunch of illness this week. One day, we had to cut practice short with only eight players in school," the coach said. "All 11 players saw important minutes before the third period was over. Most coaches don't have the luxury of going 11 deep by the third period in a close game, especially with seven sophomores and freshmen on the roster."
Coach Watson added, "Even if it is just one minute or two mistake-free minutes, even if you don't add one item to the stat sheet, that minute or those minutes are crucial in close games. I know the bench players hear that a lot from the coaches, but I really hope they understand their importance to the team. We needed them versus Falmouth and they all stepped up and contributed."
The Raiders held Falmouth off down the stretch in the fourth quarter. (Mackenzie Buzzell 2, Sydney Charles 2, Alexis L'Heureux-Carland 2, Skye Dole 2, Julia Quinn 3.)
"It's been quite a run. We've been saying for the past three weeks that we can only control two things. We can't control the bounce of the ball. We can't control bad breaks. We can't control the officials. We can't control cheers and jeers," Coach Watson said. "We can control two things, effort and attitude. The girls have given each other their best efforts and have given each other a great attitude, and it has certainly paid off."
Streak snapped
Greely ended the Raiders' win streak Tuesday night with a 44–39 victory in Cumberland.
Skye Dole led Fryeburg (8–7) with 11 points. Other scorers were: Julia Quinn 8, Mackenzie Buzzell 6, Sarah Welch 5, Alexis L'Heureux-Carland 4, McKenna Gerchman 3 and Sage Boivin 2.
Fryeburg Academy needs a turnaround game, right now.
The Raiders have a tenuous hold on a playoff spot, but after losing their fourth straight game Tuesday night to Greely, FA is in desperate need of a victory to hold on.
At 7–8, the Raiders are ninth in the current Heal Ratings, just ahead of Poland and Wells. The Top 10 teams qualify for the playoffs, with the Number 7 vs. Number 10 squaring off in one prelim game and Number 8 hosting Number 9 in the other opening round matchup.
Fryeburg battled top-ranked Greely tough for three quarters — tied 12–12 after one, up 23–18 at the half, and tied 27–27 after three. But, the Rangers pulled away with an 18–5 run in the fourth quarter to improve to 14–1.
Ryan Gullikson led the Raiders with 13 points. Jaquan Causer added 8 points while Ignacio Calleja had 5, Alex Blake 4 and Jon Burk 2.
• In other action, the Raiders fell to Falmouth 53–44. FA scorers were: Ryan Gullikson 16, Alex Blake 14, Jon Burk 10 and Jaquan Causer 4.
• In tight games, the Raiders haven't fared very well this season. FA dropped another heartbreaker, falling to Wells 44–42 in overtime last week. Ryan Gullikson netted a game-tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation, but the Raiders came up short.
Alex Blake paced the Raiders with 11 points, while Gullikson finished with 8 points. Other FA scorers were: Ignacio Calleja 7, Jon Burk 6, Jaquan Causer 5, Henry Santana 3 and Nicholis L'Heureux-Carland 2.


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This blog is straight up turning into a Fox love fest, huh? They're just so on point recently, I can't help it. Gotham was no exception. Are you kidding me? It was AMAZING. Ben McKenzie and Donal Logue are just SO. GOOD. Even Jada Pinkett Smith, whom I have never liked much. It's just an all around great cast. The villains, the heroes, little Bruce. YES.
Obviously, I'm a fan of Jim Gordon. I always have been. It's so awesome to see him as a rookie detective, learning the hard way of how to survive in Gotham. It's going to be a bumpy ride, but I cannot wait to watch it. His relationship with Bruce Wayne is already one of my favorite things. I mean, how could it not be? That little boy who plays Bruce (David Mazouz) is so good. He and Ben McKenzie have a really cool chemistry.
McKenzie's chemistry with Logue was great. Harvey and Jim are going to have some real, honest issues and they're going to be fantastic. I kind of hate Harvey (as we're supposed to, I think?) but I also really love him. He's not really a bad guy, but he's absolutely no Jim Gordon. And Donal Logue is just too talented for his own good.
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*Image provided does not show my cupcakes. It is meant to inspire some mouthwatering adventures*
During my most recent cupcake baking experience, I got to thinking and came to this conclusion: hobbies, everyone needs hobbies.
Also, that baking red velvet cupcakes means that the baker is always covered in red food dye. To be honest, it still hasn't come off my hands. But, that's neither here nor there.
Let me expand on hobbies just a little more. Before having children it was easy to overlook the small things. It was easy to go out anywhere, any time. Do anything, any time. This meant, that most of the time, I didn't even pay attention to what I would now consider to be a hobby.
Like so many things that a human needs to thrive, I've learned that there is a need to express ourselves. There is a strong desire for an outlet, whether it be a creative, emotional, or intellectual one. As we are all made differently, so too are our desires and outlets, but they are there.
Children make it very hard to focus on anything, but them. Don't get me wrong, I love my two little boys with all my being and would do anything for them, but, mommy needs mommy time sometimes too. Based on different articles and reading posts by other moms, it seems that there still a strong stigma revolving around doing something for yourself when you have kids. It is time to break that, even if within ourselves.
I have run across many women, including myself, who feel that when the baby is there, in their arms, they are to solely focus on that baby. It's a scary world out there for such a little human, so it is understandable that for a while they're going to need you attention 100% of the time. At the end of the day it's hard not to fall asleep on the couch. I think staying up, for a reasonable amount of time, is definitely a must!
It took me around 20 months to come to this conclusion. I wish I had come to it sooner. The reason for that is, a person who can take care of themselves and meet their own needs, are better able to meet the needs of others.
In the beginning, my son had spread me so thin, I had a hard time believing I was me. It's a very sad thing to look back on, when the beginning of such a wonderful journey should feel so hard.
So, this brings us back to cupcakes. The older that both of my little ones got, the more I realized what I need to do. Now my family has a constant supply of baked goods (for which I'm sure they're not complaining) and I have red food dye covering my body, but my mind is clear. The baking, the writing, the reading, it all brings my mind back to a calmer state, a happier state. All parents should feel like at some point, even if it happens five minutes at a time. In the end, it is much easier to appreciate life with your children, and with yourself.


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Building on International Debt Relief Initiatives. Testimony for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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1 Building on International Debt Relief Initiatives Testimony for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development April 24, 2008 Introduction Senator Casey, Senator Lugar and distinguished members of the committee, I am delighted to have the opportunity to share with you my perspectives on international debt relief initiatives. As many of you know, the Center for Global Development was founded in 2001 as an independent, non-partisan think tank dedicated to improving the policies of the rich countries as they relate to the world s poor countries and poorest people. What you may not know is that it was a film growing out of the Jubilee debt movement, which portrayed the burden of debt in the world s poorest countries, that inspired my co-founder and the Center s principal benefactor, Edward W. Scott, Jr. that the rich world could do better for the poor -- including through better U.S. debt and aid policy. One result is that U.S. debt policy has been a core issue for CGD since its inception. 1 I would like to make four points. First: Debt relief is a highly efficient form of aid and has clearly helped foster social progress and economic growth in low-income countries The U.S. and other donor countries have supported debt relief for low-income countries because lower debt burdens create fiscal space to raise spending on social programs and public infrastructure, improving lives while investing in long-term sustainable growth. 1 CGD s first book, Delivering on Debt Relief: From IMF Gold to a New Aid Architecture by president Nancy Birdsall and John Williamson, a senior fellow at the International Institute for International Economics, helped to frame the discussions on the future of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and how it is financed (see The Center s work played a catalytic role in the historic debt relief deal between Nigeria and the Paris Club of creditors in October 2005, resulting in Africa s biggest ever debt reduction. 1
2 Debt relief, moreover, is a hyper-efficient way to deliver aid. For poor countries that are reasonably capable of national planning and sound economic management, the direct support provided by debt relief offers a cheaper, quicker and more effective alternative to traditional aid, which in many poor countries requires negotiating and implementing hundreds of different projects and programs with 50-plus donors, each with its own standards and reporting requirements. Debt relief encourages poor country ownership of development strategies and makes poor country governments directly accountable to citizens for their budget priorities and program implementation, instead of to international creditors. 2 The results of past debt relief have been encouraging. Resources freed up from annual debt payments in the group of heavily indebted poor countries, or HIPCs, are associated with substantial increases in recipient governments own spending on health, education, water, roads and other public infrastructure. 3 Also noteworthy though less remarked, the increased fiscal space due to debt relief (along with recent faster growth and recent stability in HIPC countries) has clearly played a role in helping low-income countries sustain sound macroeconomic programs, by permitting reductions in fiscal deficits and accumulation in some cases of reserves. 4 It is the resulting price stability and investor confidence that underline recent growth of more than five percent in many countries, including in sub-saharan African countries that have benefited from debt relief programs. Second: Debt relief itself is not a panacea Debt relief alone does not generate growth or guarantee an escape from poverty. 5 Debt relief and aid can help support countries struggling to develop their own more accountable political and economic institutions but it is those institutions and a country s own policies that ultimately matter for generating sustained private sectordriven growth and shared development. Nor has or should debt relief be considered a substitute for traditional aid programs. New aid has and will continue to be the main vehicle for assistance. In 2004, for example, under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, 15 African HIPCs paid on average $19 2 See Nancy Birdsall and Brian Deese, Delivering on Debt Relief, Center for Global Development, April 2002, available at 3 See Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) Status of Implementation, prepared by International Development Association and International Monetary Fund staff, September 2007, available at pdf. 4 Reductions in debt service from ten to five percent of GDP have been associated with increases in public investments by as much as one percent of GDP (see Benedict Clements, Rina Bhattacharya, and Toan Nguyen, "External Debt, Public Investment and Growth in Low-Income Countries, IMF Working Paper 03/249, 2003). 5 See Todd Moss, Will Debt Relief Make a Difference? Impact and Expectations of the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, Center for Global Development Working Paper Number 88, May 2006, available at 2
3 million in debt service to the World Bank. That same year, they received $197 million in new World Bank aid and nearly $1 billion in total aid. 6 Third: The Jubilee Act under consideration, despite its merits, raises several concerns The latest Jubilee Act for Expanded Debt Relief and Responsible Lending has good language and the right overall intent regarding odious debt, vulture funds, and prudent post-debt relief lending. However, I have several concerns about the latest legislation. First, some countries who might be eligible are making good efforts through prudent borrowing and debt management to obtain access to private capital markets at home and abroad. Were this legislation to become policy at the international level as it is now structured, it could create political pressure within those countries to opt in against their own long-term interests. Bangladesh and Vietnam would almost certainly not opt in anyway, for this reason. Mongolia and other countries in the future might. I am not confident this kind of help is ideal. Second, the legislation risks further undermining already weakened U.S. credibility with its traditional allies in the donor community. It assumes and calls for internal financing of new debt relief obligations by the multilateral banks that are owned in common with other nations at a time when the U.S. has not fulfilled its own commitments on existing debt relief programs and to the multilateral development banks themselves. (As committee members will know, the FY08 budget cuts slashed our current debt relief obligations from $200 million to $30 million to offset other accounts, and the U.S. still has close to $1 billion in outstanding arrears to the World Bank and other multilateral development banks ($385 million to the International Development Association of the World Bank and a total of $872 million to the multilateral development banks.) Finally, the current language in the bill, because it relies on internal financing by the World Bank and multilateral development banks of any new debt write-offs, appears and could end up robbing Peter to pay Paul that is financing debt relief for some poor countries on the backs of other poor and relatively poor countries. As in the case of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) financing of the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), it may ultimately be other low-income countries that indirectly pay the cost in the form of reduced overall availability of concessional money. In the case of the multilateral banks in general, their internal financing without compensating contributions from the U.S. and other donors may mean that ultimately all developing country borrowers pay somewhat higher interest charges on standard loans to ensure prudential standards (which are admittedly highly conservative) are met. 6 See Todd Moss, Will Debt Relief Make a Difference? Impact and Expectations of the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, Center for Global Development Working Paper Number 88, May 2006, available at 3
4 Fourth: Consider a better Jubilee bill to help poor countries minimize and better manage debt I urge the committee to continue to improve this legislation, with an eye to moving it forward only when the Congress has passed appropriations to fulfill the current arrears noted above. How might the bill be improved? First, the bill could call on the U.S. Treasury to work with the World Bank and the other multilateral development banks on development and application of a simplified and more transparent approach to judging the ability of poor countries to borrow in the future (the debt sustainability framework ). For example, countries with per capita income of as little as $500 have clearly not managed sustained past growth for one reason or another. It would make sense to provide only grants, not loans, to these countries. 7 Second, the legislation could encourage the U.S. Treasury to work with its counterparts in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to develop a facility, possibly at the IMF, that would provide temporary financing to relieve debt service burdens in the case of shocks to low-income countries economies beyond their own control. 8 Low-income countries face much higher risks of costly natural disasters and terms of trade and other shocks (recent price hikes for oil and food may be examples that apply to oil and food importers, though there is a question of whether the price increases are temporary or more permanent) than does the U.S. and other OECD countries. 9 Such an insurance approach would help allow low-income countries with good growth prospects to borrow reasonable amounts on reasonable terms, while minimizing the risk of a new round of debt relief in the future due not to their own poor risk management but bad luck. If structured carefully, it would also contribute to the kind of confidence in the stability of poor countries that is vitally important to private sector development and growth. Third, the bill could allow for the U.S. to unilaterally write off the U.S. bilateral debt of eligible IDA countries; such a provision could be triggered once the U.S. has fulfilled its existing international commitments. With these modifications, a Jubilee bill would be a mechanism to effectively channel the strong public support for debt relief into demand for a better structured, overall approach to debt relief and related initiatives that the U.S. and other donors could take to help lowincome countries. 7 See Nancy Birdsall, Devesh Kapur et al., The Hardest Job in the World: Five Crucial Tasks for the New President of the World Bank, Center for Global Development, June 2005, available at 8 See Nancy Birdsall and Brian Deese, Delivering on Debt Relief, Center for Global Development, April 2002, available at 9 See Table 1: Volatility of GDP, by region and Table 2: Terms of trade volatility and shock frequency, for data on the heightened vulnerability of low-income countries to trade volatility and shock frequency (tables attached at end of document). 4
5 Conclusion I am delighted to see the commitment of the U.S. Congress to debt relief and the robust support from American religious leaders and other advocates. I support debt relief from the U.S. in principle for good performing countries as an efficient and effective mechanism for helping countries create the fiscal space to increase spending on social programs and other investments necessary to improve lives and create long-term sustainable growth. However, I hesitate to endorse this bill as currently structured, and indeed any bill for new debt relief, until the existing arrears on U.S. commitments to debt relief and the international institutions have been fully funded. Finally, I urge the committee and other members of Congress to help translate the public interest and support for debt relief into more ambitious legislation not just for debt relief itself but for a complete overhaul of U.S. foreign assistance and development programs along the lines outlined by my colleague Steve Radelet in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday. 10 I hope that the next administration, together with the Congress, will find a way to reflect Americans growing commitment to better lives in poor countries not only in debt relief programs, which are reaching their limits in any case, but via a broader set of development-friendly policies consistent with our national values and our interest in global as well as American security and prosperity. 10 See Steve Radelet, Seizing the Moment for Modernizing U.S. Foreign Assistance Reforms: Testimony for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Center for Global Development, April 23, 2008, available at 5
6 Table 1: Volatility of GDP, by region O ECD EA P ECA LA C M N A SA S SSA Source: Guillermo Perry, Center for Global Development, calculations based on WDI and IFS data (April 2008). Table 2: Terms of trade volatility and shock frequency, Volatility per income level Shock frequency per income level Source: C. Calderón, World Bank (2007). 6
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Two of the game's biggest names, two funny-looking withdrawals at halftime of the BMW Championship.
On the surface, the WDs are unrelated, although it's hard not to remember how Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley formed such a potent duo two years ago in that biennial match-play shindig vs. the Europeans.
Mickelson's explanation for pulling out was strikingly candid — almost defiant as an ode to the independent contractor: "My primary goal is to rest and prepare for the Ryder Cup," he announced. Those words surely delighted the neckties in Camp Ponte Vedra, which can't quite convince its own membership that everyone else's events aren't as big as their own.
The Euro bout is still three weeks off, however, and if Mickelson had been in contention at Cherry Hills, he obviously wouldn't have flown home Friday night, which forces us to read between the lines. When you've won five majors, 42 PGA Tour events and earned approximately a half-billion doing it, a slim shot at another $10 million doesn't rock your planet.
Rich people don't buy lottery tickets.
Bradley, meanwhile, bailed over a Thursday rule violation that went unpenalized, a case of guilt trumping a plugged lie in the public eye.
"It's eating me alive," Keegs said of the incident, which involved free relief from an embedded ball on a greenside bank at the 18th. "I know [a Tour official] approved the drop, but I just can't be sure it was the right spot."
You can't touch a man who overdoses on chivalry, especially when it costs you a spot in the Tour Championship — Bradley fell from 28th to 33rd by taking himself out of the tournament. Again, there are some murky circumstances here, as Keegs' morality needle didn't start spiking until a fan questioned him after the round over whether the ball was truly embedded.
I'm no criminal, but if I'm cleared of any wrongdoing before some dude claims he saw my ball bounce, I get eight hours of sound sleep and keep playing. Unless Tom Watson is the one who snitched on me, I don't give up my leap at $10 million just because I got a favorable ruling on a pure judgment call.
As a combo platter, the Mickelson-Bradley departures represent cold, hard reality in a league where massive amounts of money are paid to the contestants and the pile of obligations keeps getting taller and thicker. Mickelson is 44 years old. All that is left for him to do is to add a touch of varnish to his legacy, and he's never been particularly stellar in the Ryder Cup.
So he walks away from the third FedEx Cup playoff tilt to reintroduce himself to his children and fall in love with the game again. He has played five tournaments in the last six weeks. His kids have started school and he hasn't been around. At this point, the man just wants to go home.
If you work in a factory or lay bricks for a living, you probably can't comprehend it, but the grind of competitive golf comes with a point of diminishing returns. In 2012, Camp Ponte Vedra slotted a bye week between the BMW and Tour Championship. The Ryder Cup was played at Medinah that fall — those involved in both events went straight from Atlanta to Chicago. No big deal. Captain Watson is said to have asked the Tour for an off week after Atlanta, however, allowing his squad to catch its break before heading overseas. Fair enough, but with Tiger Woods removed from the scene, Mickelson struggling to stay motivated and the first three postseason gatherings producing little suspense, this year's playoffs have produced the biggest collective clunker in its eight-year history.
Too many format flaws + decreased starpower = a big fat shortage of buzz. This wasn't the year to go four consecutive weeks, but if there had been a bye, how many people would have noticed?
MICKELSON HAS NEVER been a fan of bunching the playoff events together. You may recall that in the inaugural postseason series (2007), he won the Deutsche Bank Championship, then announced on national television that he'd be skipping the BMW because he didn't like the schedule.
"They don't listen to me," he said at the time regarding his more vehement protests to the Tour.
"We listen to him," a vice president replied, "but that doesn't mean we're going to do what he tells us to do."
It's not just the big boys who aren't crazy about the system. veteran player Bob Estes tweeted on Sunday, "From day one, I've said that the FedEx Cup playoff should only be three events. Four is one too many."
He may not actually know it, but I've hired recently retired tour pro Joe Ogilvie to serve as commissioner of the Hawk's Nest. Ogilvie is in charge of assessing front-burner topics and how the Tour handles those matters, and so I asked him if Mickelson and/or Bradley should be fined or reprimanded for scooting out on tournaments without a suitable cause.
"No, because [Tim Finchem] screwed the FedEx Cup anyway when he went four in a row," came the response. "Bradley, you can't fine in any circumstance. I give Finchem a failing grade this year. Dustin Johnson, the website [pgatour.com], sacrificing what is best for the FedEx Cup to the Ryder Cup without getting anything in return ..."
Gee whiz, Joseph. Congratulations. You've just won Employee of the Month.
SOMEBODY HAS TO play with Bubba. And in final analysis, that's what led to Webb Simpson getting a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Simpson-Watson won their first three partnered matches at the 2011 Presidents Cup, triggering an American rout at Royal Melbourne, and Simpson did most of the heavy lifting.
The pair was also a success at Medinah, wrapping a couple of 5-and-4 triumphs around a tough loss to Ian Poulter/Justin Rose. Simpson's even-keel demeanor is a fine complement to the high-strung lefty — the more Bubba accomplishes, the more irritable he seems to become, at least on the course.
Nobody's going to come out and say it, but Watson can be a handful as both an opponent and a teammate. He's hard on himself, harder on his caddie (Ted Scott) and quite willing to express his opinion on just about anything. Besides, it's not like Simpson was buried beneath a few-dozen bodies on the U.S. points list. He finished 15th — two spots behind Bradley and 10 ahead of Hunter Mahan.
Skipper Tom Watson admitted he wasn't fully aware of Simpson-Watson's prior success until shortly before announcing his picks last Tuesday, which is a bit scary. Simpson's 2014 was by no means awful, although he did miss the cut at three of the four majors and the Players.
A victory in Las Vegas last fall technically makes him a 2014 champion. Otherwise, there were four top-fives, all at weak-field events. I am of the firm belief that Captain Watson had his eye on experienced Ryder Cuppers from the very start — a 65-year-old iconoclast isn't going to pick a rookie for a road game against an opponent that is an overwhelming favorite.
THAT WAS A different Billy Horschel who won Sunday at Cherry Hills. The old Billy used to yell at his golf ball on just about every shot, good or bad, displaying an animated streak that set him apart from a vast majority of his tour-pro brethren.
It's funny how we watch a guy on TV one week and decide whether we like or dislike him primarily by his body language and behavior. My late mother was one of the kindest people to ever walk the earth — the apple falls miles from the tree sometimes — and a huge golf fan who just didn't care for Davis Love III.
"He's one of the most likeable people I've ever covered," I told her more than twice.
"But he never smiles," she would say. "He looks like he just got out of the dentist's chair."
Horschel definitely rubbed some golf fans wrong with his histrionics, but when I met him at the 2013 PGA Championship, I couldn't have been more impressed. Nice kid, very respectful, and if he ever makes a Ryder Cup team, America will be the better for it.
Having gone through the transcripts of Horschel's interviews at Cherry Hills, I'm surprised nobody asked him about the changes in his on-course demeanor. He was questioned repeatedly about the 6-iron he knocked into the hazard on the 72nd hole at the Deutsche Bank, which killed any chance he had of beating Chris Kirk, and for good reason.
That was a mistake no quality tour pro should make. It says something about Horschel's toughness that he came back and won the very next week, but let's not get carried away with his future. The last guy to do something similar was Kyle Stanley, and we haven't seen him since.


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Apple A10X Fusion AnTuTu Score Is Mind blowing
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Apple's latest A10X Fusion System-on-Chip which featured on the recently released iPad Pro was spotted on GeekBench database recently with an amazing multi-core score. The new A10X Fusion propelled the iPad Pro to score a whopping 9091 points on the multi-core test which is way over what the iPhone 7 Plus fueled by an Apple A10 chip. Just in case you are not convinced, AnTuTu has now revealed its own benchmark result for the iPad Pro and its A10 Fusion chip.
The A10X Fusion chip uses a different architecture from the A10. While the A10 Fusion uses a quad-core architecture, the A10X Fusion comes with an hexa-core architecture but the exact configuration of the cores is still unknown. Despite not knowing the cores, the A10X Fusion seems to have an edge due to the higher number of cores.
On the AnTuTu score, the A10X Fusion proves to be an extremely powerful chip as it surpassed the 200,000 mark. It precisely polled 234000 points on the single run sub-score. This is the first time an Apple chip is exceeding 200,000 points as the highest they have gotten is 180,000 back in May.
The new chip Apple A10X Fusion overall performance advantage is also visible on the individual test score. On the 3D performance, Apple A10X Fusion reached 93546 points, approaching 100,000; mononuclear properties test produced a 21,280 points score, multi-core performance 19,941 points etc.
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The A10X's performance clearly shows that we should brace up for a super powerful A11 chip for the iPhone 8. That is still a couple of months away.


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What is better than Buttermilk Waffles on a Saturday morning (especially when your husband makes it)??!! When we first starting dating 9 years ago, we would often have breakfast dates. He would make Dutch Babies and Buttermilk Waffles...who could resist a man that did that?
This recipe is from "The Taste of Oregon".
Buttermilk Waffles
-2 eggs
-2 cups buttermilk
-2 cups flour
-1 tsp. baking soda
-2 tsp. baking powder
-1/2 tsp. salt
-1/3 cup melted butter
Heat waffle iron. Combine all dry ingredients. Beat eggs until frothy. Conbine all ingredients and mix until smooth. Bake until golden brown (about 5 minutes in our belgian waffle maker & the same in our waffle stick maker). Serve with whipped butter, fruit, syrup and or/powdered sugar.
Umm, these are big bites mama!
Jackson prefers to dip his waffles sticks!
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Canzel formed on the auspicious date of July 7th, 2007 and had their first live on November 18th at Takadanobaba AREA. The line-up, unchanged since their formation, consisted of vocalist Icchi, guitarists Shiina Mio and Rui, Haku on bass and Yukimi on drums.
In March of 2008 they released their first maxi-single, FiRST STEPS E.P. Fans had only a short time to wait for the next release, as only four months later they had another single out, NeXT SEASONS E.P., which reached 16th on the Oricon indies chart. Gaining popularity from their performances around the Kantou area, when Canzel held a one-man at Meguro Rock May Kan in August it sold out several days in advance. In November they also sold out their one year anniversary live, NEW WINDOWS at Takadanobaba AREA, where they had performed their first live. Its corresponding single, NeW WINDOWS E.P., was released, limited to 500 copies.
The year 2009 proved to be a promising one for the young band as well. Starting in January, the band sponsored two months of live events mostly in the Tokyo area. Their first countrywide maxi-single release, TwINKLE SUNLIGHT E.P., was released on February 4th, 2009 and reached fifth place on the Oricon indies weekly chart, their highest ranking yet. On April 19th they held a one-man to celebrate their fourth maxi-single, FuTURES WORLD E.P..
Spring of 2010 saw another album release for the group, Invit S.p>, followed by a single, HeART SOUNDS, which reached 7th on the Oricon indies singles chart. In July they delivered two best-of albums: BeST SONGS - SOFT TRACKS- and BeST SONGS - SOFT TRACKS, which proved to be a nice going away present for their fans. Their last live was on August 11th, after which the group disbanded, and Icchi was said to have left the music scene all together.
Luckily, fans didn't have to wait long to hear more from these talented men. Shiina Mio, Haku and Yukimi went on to form UNiTE in 2011, which has achieved even greater success than Canzel and is currently one of the brightest rising stars in the visual kei scene. And, speaking of stars, Icchi also resurfaced in 2012 with an exciting new project called ★NO House (HOSHI NO HOUSE).
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Oshare band Canzel formed on the auspicious date of July 7th, 2007 but disbanded only three years later. Luckily, almost all of the members soon resurfaced with new bands.
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BMC awards contract to firm disqualified earlier
All the flak the civic body has received lately has made no impact on its lackadaisical attitude towards the city's infrastructure.mumbai Updated: Sep 17, 2011 00:42 IST
All the flak the civic body has received lately has made no impact on its lackadaisical attitude towards the city's infrastructure.
On Friday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) discovered that it has handed over a water project to RP Shah Infra Projects Ltd (RPS Infra) on September 13, less than two weeks after the firm had been disqualified from a road contract for not disclosing important information during the bidding process. The disqualification was reported in HT's September 7 edition.
RPS Infra had not disclosed that it has undertaken a civic project of more than Rs 100 crore that is lying incomplete as this information would have put the firm at a disadvantage during the bidding process.
The firm hid the same information once again, despite which the water department awarded it a Rs 70-crore project.
Though the contractor had been disqualified, on September 9, the civic standing committee cleared the proposal to award the water projects contracts.
The work order was issued to six contractors on September 13. "We discovered the goof-up when another scrutiny of documents was done," an official said, requesting anonymity.
The BMC now wants legal opinion on whether it should disqualify RPS Infra from the water project as well.
"We have sought legal opinion over the issue as the work order to RPS Infra has already been issued," said Rajiv Jalota, additional municipal commissioner.
The water project is meant to improve the city's water distribution network by laying new pipelines.
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Just a few minutes drive from my home is the Gardens shopping centre - so called for its proximity to Dunedin's beautiful Botanic Gardens. Amongst the usual shops we are fortunate to have not one, but two secondhand bookstores.
On a recent trip I came across these two treasures:
WHAT JANE AUSTEN ATE AND CHARLES DICKENS KNEW by Daniel Pool.
There are chapters on subjects such as Currency, Etiquette, Transport, Clothing and Disease. Then at the back there is a comprehensive glossary, covering words like reticule, tiffin, pelerine and cotillion.
It will sit comfortably on my bookshelf next to Ian Mortimer's 'The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England' and Candy Moulton's 'The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Wild West'.
BLACK BILLY TEA - NEW ZEALAND BALLADS by Joe Charles.
This fascinating book is filled with ballads about old time New Zealanders. There's ballads featuring gold diggers, swaggies, shearers, drovers and even sailors, all written by Joe Charles. Before each song is a short history or explanation and a black line drawing.
I'm particularly drawn to his ballads, 'Somebody's Darling', 'Gentle Annie' and 'Roaring Meg', well known legends from Central Otago.
Here's a few lines from 'Roaring Meg.'
... No butter-milk maid with shy girlish ways,
But a bull-busting barmaid of the gold-digging days,
Who could handle a team and a full bullock yoke,
A girl you could talk to and share a good joke.
Her voice was as clear as a chime of brass bells,
And the mountains fair rang with her bullock-driving yells.
Her eyes were bright blue, a-roving and bold
And her heart was as true as a nugget of gold.
A bull-whacking barmaid - an Irish colleen-
Was wild Roaring Meg, the gold-digger's queen! ...
There's plenty of fodder in these pages for my fertile imagination! I'm sure they will inspire many a story.
And on a final note, this is my 100th blog post!
Friday, September 30, 2011
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Congrats on your 100 blog post!ReplyDelete
I own the first book about Jane and Charles. It's a wonderful book for research. I just loved it.
Clarissa - thanks. I can't believe I've made 100.ReplyDelete
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What lovely treasures, and look forward to another 100 posts! :)
Thanks Joanne. :)ReplyDelete
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So, we watch Lost. Drew prefers Heroes but we still keep up to date on Lost via the internet. It is crazy.
BUT... this post is not at all about Lost...sorry!!!
We just got an island of our very own... in the kitchen! That's right all of my hubby's promises were fulfilled Wednesday when he drove me 2 hours to IKEA in the rain and helped me to pick out the most fantastic island. He then drove me all the way back and came home and set it up in a jiff! I LOVE IT! I can't believe we ever had a kitchen with out it... it fits so perfectly and is so convenient.
So, here are the pictures... enjoy
Next weekend.... the STAIRS (hear the daunting music playing in the background)!
This hubby of mine is amazing!
In other news... Texas people always say they have the craziest weather... now I hear Kentucky people say THEY have the craziest weather. I am here to testify that weather is just crazy.... no matter where you are.
I woke up to sunny clear skies, then it stormed with lightening, thunder and flood-like rains alllll afternoon and here I sit looking at a sunny cloudless sky again... crazy.
Oh and ps. I am DONE with school, turned in my last final and paper of the semester today!


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The week of June 16 through 21 is Apron Week at Zoe's!!!! Many of you have already enjoyed the delightful display in our front window, featuring several pieces from local designer Cindy Taylor Oates. We are inviting YOU to bring in your own creative apron for a viewer's choice award ($50 Gift Certificate) We'll hang them on the line in the shop during the week and all your friends can come in and stuff the ballot box!!!! You'll see the staff in their own creations or precious vintage pieces. Fun for all!!! (Please drop off your entry by June 14 to be eligible)
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So Like I'm a Winner
I finished NaNoWriMo last night with 51,500 words or something like that. My book isn't actually finished but luckily we'd planned for this and Cullen had written an emergency ending where the characters get hit by a meteorite and are killed, thereby wrapping up all loose ends.
This book turned into a romance, kind of against my will and right now the leads are in bed together. They finally consummated their relationship. I think I wrote twenty pages of them rolling around in bed before the actual moment, which I skipped. Boy can these characters talk, talk, talk. They're pretty funny but most likely I'll cut most of it out or perhaps scatter it throughout the book. It actually does make sense that it took them so long because my female lead passes out every time she gets excited. She may not faint at the site of homemade monorails like I do but she swoons when she's sweet talked or her boyfriend kisses her.
I'm weirdly depressed over November ending. Let's see what December brings in the way of writing habits I guess.


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At the end of fiscal 1Q18, TJX Companies operated 515 T.K. Maxx stores and 46 HomeSense stores in Europe and 35 T.K. Maxx stores in Australia. Closing price generally refers to the last price at which a stock trades during a regular trading session. (The) (NYSE:TJX) was down -0.39% during the last trading session, with a day high of 75.37. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,940,312 shares. The firm has a market capitalization of $48.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.54 and a beta of 0.70. The stock's current distance from 20-Day Simple Moving Average (SMA20) is -4.27% where SMA50 and SMA200 are -3.92% and -2.02% respectively. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company bought a new position in TJX Companies during the third quarter worth about $192,116,000. Moving averages are used as a strong indicator for technical stock analysis and it helps investors in figuring out where the stock has been and also help in determining where it may be possibly heading. The current Wall Street consensus is expecting TJX Companies Inc (NYSE:TJX) to report EPS of $0.84 for the quarter.
In case of Revenue Estimates, 7880000 analysts have provided their consensus Average Revenue Estimates for The TJX Companies, Inc.as 24000.
The stock has actually made strong gains in the past year, as the company has gathered a 0.33% return in the past twelve months. Revenue for the quarter also did not kill consensus, coming in at $7.78B, compared to the consensus of 7.88B. Year to Date performance value (YTD perf) value is 0.27%.
The company's expected revenue in the current quarter to be 7.88 Billion, seeing a projected current quarter growth of 3.9%, and per annum growth estimates over the next 5 year period of around 10.11%.
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.3125 per share. (TJX) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 09, 2017" with publication date: "May 08, 2017. This represents a $1.25 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.68%. However the company reported $0.84 earnings per share for the same quarter during a year ago. TJX Companies's payout ratio is now 30.41%.
TJX has been the subject of several analyst reports. Royal Bank of Canada set a $82.00 target price on shares of TJX Companies and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, March 27th.
With all other things going on, The TJX Companies, Inc. They now have a United States dollars 70 price target on the stock. Finally, Cowen and Company restated an "outperform" rating and set a $87.00 price objective on shares of TJX Companies in a research report on Thursday, February 23rd. The company presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $84.95. (TJX) has been given an average price target of $85.18 from analysts, according to data collected by Finviz.
Some buy side analysts are also providing their Analysis on The TJX Companies, Inc., where 10 analysts have rated the stock as Strong buy, 11 analysts have given a Buy signal, 7 said it's a HOLD, 0 reported it as Underperform and 1 analysts rated the stock as Sell.
10/10/2016 - TJX Companies, Inc. If you are reading this news story on another website, it was stolen and reposted in violation of US and worldwide trademark and copyright law. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in TJX Companies during the fourth quarter worth $483,732,000. The Volatility was noted at 2.05% in recent month and it observed Weekly Volatility of 1.39%. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 121,179 shares of the company's stock, valued at $9,467,715.27. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 56,751 shares of company stock valued at $4,426,377. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.50, for a total value of $1,662,630.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 105,844 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $8,164,806.16. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In terms of the mechanics underlying that movement, traders will want to note that the stock is trading on a float of 1.29% with $643.53 Million sitting short, betting on future declines.
Since November 22, 2016, it had 0 insider buys, and 2 selling transactions for $2.20 million activity.
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Thursday 16 October 2014
Holidays are important because we need to relax and have time to ourselves. It is a time to spend some quality time with family.
How can we spend our holidays?
Spending time with our family, Do something fun , do some chores around the house.
When we're on holiday we can have a lot of time to think about our new goals for the next term and also spend a lot of time with close friends and family
On a beautiful hot sunny day my family and I went to the Glendowie Park to let out some energy. We had to walk down this hill and it took us about 15 minutes to get there. Once we arrived at the park we decided to climb up this spider web and lay down in the baskets and play a little game of rugby. By the time we all finished playing rugby we all walked back home it was tiring.
The most thing I enjoyed about the holidays was spending a lot of time with my sister and little niece that lives up north. We enjoyed every moment and precious time we spent together.


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When driving, you are more likely to experience an accident while at an intersection than in motion. This is especially true for traffic lights turning yellow. It's important to know who is at fault and held responsible for yellow left-hand turn collisions before you experience one.
Who's at fault in yellow light accidents?
Yellow lights, also called amber lights, do not mean "slow down." According to section 44 of the Highway Traffic Act, it explains when approaching a yellow light "one must stop if you can do so safely; otherwise, go with caution." The Fault Determination rules in the Insurance Act make it clear that if you are hit while going through a yellow light, you are found to be negligent and at fault for the accident.
Who's at fault in left-turn accidents?
When a collision happens during a left turn, whoever has made the left turn is at fault. The oncoming vehicle has the right-of-way. But there are exceptions to this rule, which can be difficult to prove in court. If the other driver was not visible but decided to increase their speed to pass the intersection or failed to stop at a red light and hit you, they are at fault. However, there must be eyewitnesses, video, or other evidence to prove the other driver was negligent.
An example of the latter is an Ontario case that dealt with a transport truck driver who turned left and hit another vehicle. The oncoming vehicle was not visible to the truck driver before the turn but hit the truck. During the police investigation, it was found that the other driver was speeding, at a rate over twice the limit and could not come to a complete stop. In this case, the judge found the truck driver was not at fault for the accident. In rare instances, it is possible to successfully fight fault for left-turn accidents.
Who's at fault for yellow left-turning accidents?
There are cases where both yellow lights and left-turning accidents occur. In Ontario, drivers are allowed to pass the line and enter the intersection to wait for an opportunity to turn left. If the light turns yellow while they are in the intersection, many assume they have the right-of-way to clear the lane. This is false. Drivers do not have the right-of-way to turn left on yellow unless all oncoming cars have come to complete stop and it is safe to clear the left-turning lane. Furthermore, you are not expected to move past the line of the intersection except if you can safely make the turn before the light turns yellow.
However, the law does not usually require you to wait for the opportunity to make your turn behind the line (there are bylaws in Toronto), but it is the safer course of action. If you are hit while turning left on a yellow you are determined at fault for the accident. The same exceptions apply as in left-turn accidents.
Repercussions of driving accidents
The repercussions of simply running a yellow light are high: A $325-dollar maximum fine, three demerit points, and an increase in insurance rates. The repercussions from a driving car accident can be much more severe, it can leave you or a loved one with serious injuries or even a fatality. If you have been injured in a left-turn accident, it's highly important to contact a personal injury lawyer to receive advice for your specific situation. Contact Zayouna Law for a FREE consultation to get the help you deserve.


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Mental Health Disorder
Drug Addiction Young Adult Family Story
Drug Addiction Young Adult Family Story
Almost everyone with drug addiction believes their drug addiction doesn't affect anyone but themselves. This belief comes from the distorted thinking and secrecy from the disorder of the addiction itself. Somehow, the addicted believes no one notices, mostly because no one says anything out of fear – What if I am wrong? What if the person gets angry? What if I am right? What do I do about it? It is without question "the pink elephant in the middle of the room."
John talked about his son Dylan who sought help at 23 years old. He thinks back and remembers when he was 12 and played baseball. He was a good student and they were close. Then Dylan started high school and they were so excited he made the team. John went to every game. Dylan was doing great! John and Dylan started planning for college and talking about how he could get a scholarship either academically or for his sports. Dylan was taking some AP classes and by end of 10th grade was feeling some stress about getting into "good" university. John remembers the athletic drive seemed to get more competitive and so did the academics. He looks down sadly, and says, "I pushed Dylan to do his best always." He says, "the truth was he already was doing his best, I just added more pressure."
Drug Addiction Impact
John says by Dylan's junior year, he didn't want to play baseball anymore. He said he didn't like it and quit. His grades dropped some. John started to get frustrated – it was like he wasn't trying hard enough.
John recalls other things changed, "Dylan was harder to wake up in the morning, he had different friends, he wasn't interested in sports anymore, he really didn't seem interested in anything honestly, he didn't want to hang out with the family as much, our relationship became argumentative and I missed my son – I became angry – I changed too and didn't understand why."
Dylan did graduate from high school. John reflects on Dylan's senior year of high school, "I did catch him smoking weed a couple of times, and he came home drunk after hanging out with his friends a few times." John said. "I blew it off to he's experimenting and that's what kids do in high school." Dylan didn't get accepted to the university he wanted to go to, but did get accepted to a university and off he went.
By the end of his freshman year, Dylan was failing his classes in university and moved back home with his family to get a job and go to community college. He attended one semester and dropped those classes. He eventually moved into a small apartment with a friend. He waited tables at a local restaurant until he got pulled over one night for a DUI at 23 years old.
Drug Addiction Family Fear
John remembers that phone call that night. "As parents, we all dread that phone call in the middle the night, I was relieved that my son had been arrested. You know what I mean right? He was alive, he was safe!" John noted that he certainly had legal issues now, but it was also a time for a legal intervention and Dylan's drug addiction could be interrupted – it was an opportunity.
Drug Addiction Recovery
Today Dylan is 27 years old, he has 3 ½ years sober, he's in university and doing great. "That night would have seemed like a horror but it was actually a blessing," John says. "Dylan went to treatment for what we thought would be 30 days, but he stayed six months, we are so proud of him – we have our son back and he has his life back," with grateful tears, John reports.
In reflection, both Dylan and John note wishing they had reached out sooner. However, they are acutely aware suffering alone is not the answer – seeking help is, asking for help, accepting help – and hope that anyone reading this that is struggling or family and friends will know that help is available.
We have expert addiction-specialists standing by ready to speak confidentially with you. Call us today!
Drug Addiction & Mental Health Disorders
Drug Addiction and Mental Health Disorders
People can often have drug addiction with mental health disorders. Certainly, not all people with drug addictions have mental health disorders. On the other hand, not all people with mental health disorders have a drug addictions. Part of treatment will be a psychiatric evaluation to determine if a mental health disorder is present with drug addiction.
Mental health disorders can range from situational depression to chronic depression, anxiety disorders or more severe mental health disorders or chronic conditions. These can include mood or personality disorders, or psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia.
Addiction and Mental Health Disorder Types
Some other disorders can include:
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depressive Disorder)
- Dissociative Disorder
- Anxiety Disorder
- Panic Disorder, anxiety
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Addiction and Mental Health Disorder Treatment
During the psychiatric evaluation, it would also be determined which disorder is primary. This helps decide which medications would be necessary to manage the condition and interrupt the symptoms, as well as finding the right medications best suited for relapse prevention with drug addiction.
During the course of treatment, the dual diagnosis would be managed as the drug addiction is being treated.
Addiction and Mental Health Disorder Recovery
Clients with drug addictions and mental health disorders in treatment will learn new coping skills to manage emotions, triggers, and cravings. Concurrent mental disorders are treated through psychotherapy and psychotropic medications (if necessary). Each client in treatment would have a treatment plan for continued support therapeutically during her course of care and at the time of discharge for aftercare.
Recovery is possible if the dual diagnosis of drug addiction and mental health disorder is treated concurrently and if proper aftercare support is provided.


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Chronicles of a Business Journalist | Believer of the African Dream | Mother | Lover of Live| Poet
Monday, September 5, 2011
Country homes and a tooth fairy
Why do you work?
Whenever I ask myself that question; I find myself skirting around.
First, I work because I am expected to have a job. I am expected to have a job so that I become independent, have an income and provide a comfortable life first for my daughter, myself and my family.
Several times, it's a struggle. We work to pay the bills, and that becomes what life is all about. But is life really all about this?
Every once in a while, those that can afford go on holiday either in the country or abroad travel, that's when they take their time to enjoy the hard earned money. But many times, event those that can afford it are too deeply engrossed in trying to make more money that they never really enjoy it.
So what is life really about?
This weekend I traveled with a group of friends who believe that life is what happens when self actualization happens. That happens when you stop living only to pay the bills, and begin to live to enjoy even the little money that you can spare in order to smell the flowers.
Is it about financial discipline?
Yes, but it is also about lifestyle decisions that you know will positively impact your happiness.
It doesn't have to be a trip to Paris, or a weekend in Diani. It could be an afternoon at the arboretum, a picnic with your children at the Ngong Hills, Breakfast at Java, or a country home in a place that warms your heart. Just find one thing that takes your heart and mind away from work, and enjoy the little mercies of life.
So perhaps life is what happens when you're happy.
And in other news:
Imani has officially joined the Mapengo club. Her tooth is safely under the pillow as we wait for the tooth fairy to come tonight and exchange it for a coin.
Have a great week!
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PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) --A four-alarm fire burned through at least three Paterson homes and left at least 25 people homeless.
The fire broke out in a vacant home on Summer Street just before 9 p.m. Wednesday and quickly spread.
Two EMTs returning from another call noticed the smoke and called in the blaze.
Three houses were heavily damaged, and a fourth structure sustained minor damage.
A Clifton firefighter aiding in battling the blaze suffered a minor injury at the scene.
No residents were injured. The Red Cross is assisting six families.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The vacant building where the fire started was frequented by a squatter living in the basement.
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