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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 1, 2012) – The U.S. Men's Junior (U-21) National Volleyball Team claimed the 2012 NORCECA Men's Junior Continental Championship (U-21) gold medal after edging Canada, 26-24, 25-17, 23-25, 21-25 on Saturday evening at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The United States has now won the tournament's gold medal for the second straight time having defeated Canada in the last edition of the biennial tournament held in 2010. The Americans have now medaled in all eight editions of the tournament, including two silver medals and four bronze medals.
The U.S. claimed three individual awards including Most Valuable Player earned by Ben Patch (Provo, Utah), Best Server earned by Greg Petty (Downers Grove, Ill.) and Best Setter earned by Micah Christenson (Honolulu).
"This is a total honor," Patch said. "I don't think it's about one valuable person for our team. No one person can excel without great setters and great passers. It was a team effort out there tonight."
Patch helped the United States defend its title of the biennial NORCECA Men's Junior Continental Championship with 19 points in the gold-medal match against Canada. He finished the tournament with 55 total points, including 47 kills, seven blocks and an ace. Patch ranked fifth in Best Spiker with a 48.45 kill percent on 97 attempts.
U.S. Men's Junior National Volleyball Team Head Coach Peter Hanson started all three sets with team captain Christenson at setter, Petty and D.J. White (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) at outside, and Matt Tarantino (Van Nuys, Calif.) and Olsen at middle blocker, Patch at opposite and Tony Ensbury (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) at libero.
Patch led the U.S. with 19 points off of a tournament-high 18 kills and a service ace. Olsen posted 15 points off of 11 kills and four blocks, while Petty connected on 11 kills and a service ace for 12 points.
Tarantino charted eight kills and a block for nine points and White delivered nine kills for nine points. Christenson posted four kills and two blocks for six points.
Scott Rhein (Pleasant View, Tenn.) subbed in all four matches and tallied a service ace for the U.S. Michael Henchy (Ventura, Calif) entered in the third and fourth sets and posted two service aces. Matt West (Seattle, Wash.) subbed in the second set, while James Shaw (Woodside, Calif.) saw playing time in the third and fourth sets.
Team USA posted a 61-49 margin in kills and 5-1 ace advantage. The Americans converted 52.6 percent of its attacks for points with a .362 hitting efficiency. Canada produced a 10-7 margin in blocks to go with a 44.1 kill percent and .261 hitting efficiency.
Earlier in the evening Mexico defeated Puerto Rico in three sets to claim the bronze medal and the final spot to the 2013 NORCECA Men's Junior World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
"First off I want to say Canada played a great match today," United States captain Micah Christenson said. "They forced us to play our best match of the tournament and forced us to pick up our game. Our entire staff, all the way down to Jake (Schick) doing stats, it was a whole group effort winning the tournament."
"First, on behalf of USA Volleyball, congratulations to Canada for a great match and tournament," United States coach Peter Hanson said. "They came in to Colorado Springs early and trained and scrimmaged us. That really helped our team prepare for the tournament, and I hope it helped them as well. Our guys did a great job executing the game plan tonight. And last, I want to say it has been a wonderful experience here at the United States Olympic Training Center, and I appreciate them hosting the tournament here."
"USA was great today and Coach (Peter) Hanson and his staff did a great job preparing his team as always," Canada head coach David Preston said. "Our guys did well today, and the players coming off the bench provided a lift. We came up a little short – not because of a lack of effort but more of what the USA did. Canadian volleyball made a big step forward today because of these 12 guys on the court. I want to thank the U.S. Olympic Training Center, its staff and USA Volleyball for the great hospitality throughout our stay here."
"I want to congratulate the United States for the win – they played great," Canadian captain Milan Nikic said. "They stopped our middle attack and put us into bad spots."
Canada posted the first two points of the match but a service error gave the U.S. a point and the ball at 2-1. White couldn't reach an attack placement and Canada took a 3-1 lead. Patch swung for the fences from the right hitting nothing but gym floor to give the U.S. a point at 3-2. Olsen connected on a short set to bring the U.S. within one at 4-3. Patch's service ace brought the teams to 4-all and a triple block from Olsen, Petty and Christenson gave the U.S. its first lead of the set and match. Patch overshot the serve and Canada chalked a kill to bring the set to 6-5, Canada. A foot set by Canada didn't through Olsen off as he clocked a kill to tie the set at 6-6. A Petty service error followed by a net call on Canada kept the score tied. Tarantino blocked a Canada attack to give the U.S. an 8-7 lead at the first technical timeout. Olsen was iced during the timeout and served into the net. White came flying from the left side to post his first kill of the set, 9-8. Patch delivered a bullet through a double block to give the U.S. a 10-9 lead. A perfect set my Christenson followed by a kill by Tarantino gave the U.S. a two-point lead at 11-9. Tarantino connected on a kill in the middle followed by a light touch by Patch for the kill and a 13-10 lead. Petty posted his first kill of the set at 14-11 but went wide on his second attempt bringing Canada within one at 14-13. Patch called for the ball from the right side and delivered on his promise, clocking his third kill of the set. Petty served into the net and Canada took the ball at 15-14 before White shot a rocket into open space. Patch got air on his third attack for a kill off of the timeout at 17-14. A net call violation by USA followed by a service error from Canada and a service error from the USA brought the set score to 18-16. Patch connected on a left-side set for a kill followed by a kill from Canada, 19-17. Petty's attack found Canadian hands at 20-18. Petty's block went out of bounds but a kill from Olsen brought the U.S. to 21-19. Patch served into the net but Olsen connected for a kill at 22-20. Canada called timeout after Petty tallied a service ace brought the U.S. to a 23-20 lead. A kill from Canada followed by a netted set from the U.S. brought the set to 23-22, timeout USA. Patch gave the U.S. its first set-point with a kill from the right side, 24-22. Even after running to the court's edge, Patch couldn't reach the ball, point Canada. White's attack was blocked by Canada to tie the set at 24-24. A huge kill from Patch on the right side gave the U.S. its third set point. Canada attacked into the net to give the U.S. the first set at 26-24.
The U.S. started the second with a 3-1 run off a kill from patch and back-to-back kills from Petty. Olsen and Christenson denied a Canada attack at 4-1. Patch graced the inside of the line on an attack for a kill and point, USA. Canada called a timeout training the U.S. 5-1. Patch's service change-up came up short and Canada sided out at 6-2. Canada tipped a Petty attack for point, USA at 7-2. After a service error from Petty, Olsen recovered with a kill from the middle at 8-3 to lead into the first technical timeout of the set. Patch rallied back and forth with kills from Canada, charting two of his own to give the U.S. a five-point lead at 10-5. Canada served into the net put made up for it with a kill to bring the set to 11-7, USA. Canada posted a service ace followed by a kill to close the gap to three points at 11-9. Olsen jumped out of the gym for back-to-back blocks for the U.S. to bring the lead to 14-9, Canada timeout. Canada's attack went wide and the U.S. went up 15-9. Patch served into the net and Petty's attack went long to bring the set to 15-11. Petty snuck his way through a Canadian double block before the second technical timeout of the set, 16-11. Canada connected for a kill in which White responded with his third kill at 17-12. White quieted the Canadian side with a kill at 18-13. A net violation called on Canada followed by Patch's 11th kill gave the U.S. a 7-point cushion at 20-13. A 3-1 run gave the U.S. a 23-16 lead with two kills from Tarantino. Patch swung lights out from the right side for a kill and the U.S. first set-point at 24-16. West hit the net on a service ace but a hard-driven attack from Christenson ended the set with the U.S. winning, 25-17.
Canada charted the first two points before chalking a service error at 2-1. Petty answered back to a Canada kill with his sixth kill to side out for the U.S. A hard attack from Canada gave the team a 2-point lead at 4-2. Olsen closed the Canada lead by one with a kill from the middle. Canada again, used a big swing but a kill from Petty brought their lead back to one at 5-4. Patch posted his first kill of the set at 6-5, Canada. Christenson and Tarantino teamed up for a double block at 6-7, Canada. Heading into the timeout Canada took a 2-point lead with its 27th kill of the match. White connected on the right side for a kill and a wide Canada attack brought the set to 8-all. The U.S. took its first lead at 9-8 and the U.S. maintained the momentum with a point off the Canada block. Ensbury attempted to dig off of his foot but the ball went long. Canada stopped Patch's attack and died the set up at 10-all. Tarantino delivered on the short set for point, USA but Canada attacked on the second ball for a kill, 11-11. Canada posted a service ace and Olsen capitalized on an overpass for kill and point, USA. Petty's attack went long and Canada got within one at 13-12. Petty served into the net to give Canada the point and a tie set at 14-14. Miscommunication by Canada was made-up for by a kill, again tying the set. White's attack went wide for a Canada lead at 16-15. Canada took a 2-point lead with a kill but White used a block's deflection for a kill to bring the U.S. within one at 17-16. Canada snuck past a U.S. double block and Patch capitalized on an early Canada block for his 14th kill. A Canada attack got between the U.S. block and the net for point, Canada. The block couldn't contain Patch's attack and the U.S. came within one at 19-18. Canada found open floor and reached 20 with a 2-point lead over the U.S. Patch's block went out of bounds and the U.S. called a timeout at 21-18. Patch's attack was blocked by Canada for point, Canada. Canada served long and the U.S. sided out at 22-19. Olsen responded to a Canada kill with a kill of his own at 23-20. White tallied his sixth kill before a Canadian timeout at 23-21, Canada. Olsen got the Americans within one late in the third with a kill at 23-22, Canada. Canada got set-point from a service error from Henchy at 24-22. Canada kept it interesting with its own service error, 24-23. A Canada kill gave them the set at 25-23 over the U.S.
Lucky block placement followed by a long attack from Patch gave Canada its first two points of the fourth set. Building on momentum, Canada posted a rocket for a kill followed by a successful double block for its fourth unanswered point. Canada gave the U.S. its first point of the set with a service error at 4-1. Henchy subbed in for the U.S. and delivered back-to-back service aces to bring the U.S. within one at 4-3. Henchy over-shop his third serve for an error, Canada 5-3. A kill from Petty followed by a kill from Olsen tied the set at 5-5. Canada sided out with a kill and maintained its lead at 6-5. Another service error gave the U.S. the ball on even field, 6-6. Christenson, Olsen and Petty teamed up for a successful triple block, USA. Shaw served into the net for an error and the teams met at 7-all. Christenson delivered a quick one-over for a kill at 8-7 before the first technical timeout of the set. Canada returned to the floor with a kill followed by a service error giving the U.S. the lead at 9-8. The U.S. continued to struggle with the attack from Canada and a kill tied the set at 9-all. Christenson again, capitalized on an overpass from Canada for a kill land point, USA. The U.S. block sailed out of bounds and the teams met at 10. Tarantino swung hard for his fourth kill of the match but Shaw's attack went wide for even points and an even set, 11-11. Canada found a gap in the U.S. triple block to take the lead at 12-11 but Tarantino stopped them will a kill from the middle. Both teams rallied with incredible defense for the 13th point but Canada had the last word when the U.S. block went wide. Christenson set a low ball to Olsen for a kill but Canada answered back with a shot down the middle to open floor to maintain the lead at 14-13. Canada and the U.S. exchanged service errors to bring the set to 15-14, Canada. The U.S. tied it up at 15 and a rocket-serve from set-sub, Rhein led to a timeout and the lead at 16-15. Rhein over-shot his landing on the serve for point, Canada and a tie game. Canada hit the net on the serve and the U.S. took the lead at 17-16. Canada secured its 17th point on an over-pass kill. The U.S. set the Canadian defense scrambling taking the point, 18-17. Canada tied the set with a kill from the right side but a kill from Tarantino gave the U.S. the lead at 19-18. Petty charted back-to-back kills to give the U.S. momentum and the lead at 21-19 before Canada called a timeout. Canada's attack went long and the U.S. took a 3-point lead at 22-19. A confused Canadian team couldn't get the ball over the net from Patch's serve giving the U.S. a 23-19 lead. Timeout Canada. The U.S. reached set-match point at 24-19 but Canada found a gap in the U.S. triple block to bring the set to 24-20. A double block from Canada sent patch's attack backward for point, Canada and the third set-match point for the U.S. And with the one, two, three Petty posted his seventh kill to give the U.S. set and match, 25-21.
2012 U.S. Men's Junior National Volleyball Team
# - Name (Position, Hometown, Grad Year, Club, Region, College Status)
3 - Micah Christenson (S, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2011, Outrigger Canoe Club, Aloha, University of Southern California)
4 - Tony Ensbury (L, Manhattan Beach, Calif., 2011, SCVC, Southern California, Princeton University)
5 - Driss Guessous (MB, Pasadena, Calif., 2012, Manhattan Beach Surf, Southern California Signed at Ohio State)
6 - Michael Henchy (OH, Ventura, Calif., 2011, Spectrum VBC, Southern California, Ohio State)
8 - Nick Olson (MB, New Berlin, Wis., 2012, West Allis Lightning, Badger, Signed at University of Chicago-Loyola)
9 - Ben Patch (Opp, Provo, Utah, 2012, Utah Elite, Intermountain, Signed at Brigham Young University)
10 - Greg Petty (OH, Downers Grove, Ill., 2011, Sports Performance, Great Lakes, Lewis University
11 - Scott Rhein (OH, Pleasant View, Tenn., 2011, Impact Volleyball Club, Southern, Pepperdine)
14 - James Shaw (S/Opp, Woodside, Calif., 2012, Mountain View Volleyball Club, Northern California, Signed at Stanford)
16 - Matt Tarantino (Opp, Van Nuys, Calif., 2011, Santa Monica Beach Club, Southern California, Pepperdine)
17 - Matt West (S, Seattle, Wash., 2011, Space Needle Volleyball Foundation, Puget Sound Region, Pepperdine)
18 - DJ White (L/OH, Hermosa Beach, Calif., 2011, Manhattan Beach Surf, Southern California, Harvard)
Head Coach: Peter Hanson
Assistant Coach: Jonah Carson
Assistant Coach: Jay Hosack
Statistician: Jake Schick
Team Leader: Collin Powers
Individual Awards
MVP: Benjamin Patch (United States) – 55 points scored for eighth-best, 48.45 kill percent for fifth-best spiker
Best Scorer: Gerardo Gonzalez (Guatemala) – 107 points with 99 kills, 4 blocks, 4 aces
Best Spiker: Dany Demyanenko (Canada) – 68.06 success percent with 49 kills on 72 total attempts
Best Blocker: Alexander William Russell (Canada) – 0.89 block average per set with 16 blocks on 39 block attempts
Best Server: Gregory Petty (United States) – 0.50 service ace average per set with 8 aces on 44 service attempts
Best Digger: Jose Mendoza (Mexico) – 3.53 digs average per set with 67 digs on 106 dig attempts
Best Setter: Micah Christenson (United States) – 5.44 running sets average per set with 87 running sets on 254 total attempts
Best Receiver: Luis Bertran (Puerto Rico) – 92.78 efficiency percent with 90 excellents on 97 attempts
Best Libero: Jose Mendoza (Mexico) – 8.42 average per set with 160 excellents on 223 attempts
Schedule and Results
Pool A
Aug. 27: Mexico def. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 25-7, 25-10, 25-15 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 27: United States def. Honduras 25-12, 25-12, 25-16 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 28: Mexico def. Honduras 25-15, 26-24, 25-14 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 28: United States def. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 25-8, 25-8, 25-9 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 29: Honduras def. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 25-17, 25-11, 25-20 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 29: United States def. Mexico 25-18, 25-18, 25-20 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Pool B
Aug. 27: Puerto Rico def. Curacao, 27-25, 25-13, 25-23 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 27: Canada def. Guatemala 25-15, 25-13, 25-21 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 28: Canada def. Curacao 25-13, 25-7, 25-22 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 28: Puerto Rico def. Guatemala 25-20, 25-19, 25-20 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 29: Guatemala def. Curacao 25-14, 23-25, 25-19, 25-18 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 29: Canada def. Puerto Rico 25-13, 25-15, 28-30, 25-12 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 30: Puerto Rico def. Honduras 25-16, 25-16, 25-11 (Match 13) (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 30: Mexico def. Guatemala 25-23, 25-17, 25-23 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Classification 5/8
Aug. 31: Guatemala def. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 25-12, 25-16, 25-16 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 31: Honduras def. Curacao 25-27, 25-19, 27-25, 25-19 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 31: Canada def. Mexico 25-17, 25-18, 24-26, 25-21 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Aug. 31: United States def. Puerto Rico 25-15, 25-16, 25-20 (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Final Classifications
Sept. 1: Curacao def. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 25-11, 25-16, 25-19 (7th Place) (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Sept. 1: Guatemala def. Honduras 25-18, 20-25, 25-20, 24-26, 15-9 (5th Place) (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Sept. 1: Mexico def. Puerto Rico 25-12, 25-21, 25-16 (Bronze) (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)
Sept. 1: United States def. Canada 26-24, 25-17, 23-25, 25-21 (Gold) (Live Stats - Final Stats - Photos)


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PHILADELPHIA -- Ryne Sandberg beamed in February, when the Phillies announced they had signed A.J. Burnett.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Ryne Sandberg beamed in February, when the Phillies announced they had signed A.J. Burnett.
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"He's the belated Christmas present and Valentine's Day present that I've been waiting for," Sandberg said.
But a little more than six months later, the Phillies are 55-71 and last in the National League East while Burnett is 6-14 with a 4.42 ERA. It has been a frustrating year, which could be why Burnett followed Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Mariners at Citizens Bank Park with the notion he might retire after the season.
"I have no idea, probably not," said Burnett, when asked if he will play next year.
Probably not?
"Yeah," he said, "but we'll see."
Why does he say that?
"Why do I say that?" he repeated. "Because I said that before I signed."
Burnett spoke openly last year about retirement, but ultimately signed a one-year, $16 million contract in February, which included a tantalizing 2015 player option. Burnett made his 27th start of the season Tuesday, which moved his option to $10 million. It jumps to $11.75 million with his 30th start and $12.75 million with his 32nd start.
If the Phillies remain on a five-man rotation, Burnett is on pace for 34 starts.
He would be leaving life-changing money (for the average American, anyway) on the table if he retires.
Burnett allowed six hits, five runs, four walks, two hit batsmen and struck out nine in 7 2/3 innings. He has had trouble with his command this season. He leads baseball with 76 walks in 171 innings. Four of those free passes scored Tuesday.
He walked Austin Jackson on four pitches to start the game. Jackson stole second in the middle of a four-pitch walk to Dustin Ackley. Jackson and Ackley then stole third and second, respectively.
The Mariners had three stolen bases before Burnett had thrown his third strike.
Seattle scored both runners to take a 2-0 lead.
Burnett settled a bit, throwing four scoreless innings until he served a 3-0 fastball to Kyle Seager, who hit a solo home run to right field in the sixth inning to hand the Mariners a 3-0 lead. A hit batsman and walk in the eighth inning led to two more runs to make it 5-0.
"I'm not making pitches when I need to make pitches," said Burnett, who is 0-6 with a 6.41 ERA in seven starts since the All-Star break. "I did earlier in the year. When I walked some guys and got in a jam I was able to make pitches. Tonight I had two guys on and I leave a sinker over the middle and it led to two runs instead of throwing a hook, getting a punch out and heading to the dugout with no runs. I'm not making the right pitches. The guy hits a homer off me on a 3-0 pitch. That's probably the only pitch the guy can hit off me ... It's been a rough stretch. But it's still my job."
He has had company. The Phillies nearly endured their 14th shutout of the season before they scored two runs in the ninth inning against the Mariners' bullpen.
The Phillies had little chance against Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma, who entered the night seventh in the American League with a 2.72 ERA and third in the league with a 0.98 WHIP. He allowed four hits and struck out 11 in eight scoreless innings.
"We had the lead early, which is big for me because I'm all about pitching to contact," Iwakuma said through his translator. "I was just trying to get quick outs, being aggressive and going after hitters and that worked out well for me again."
But it has been this way much of the season. The Phillies have been held to three or fewer runs 65 times, which is sixth most in baseball. They have been held to two or fewer runs 49 times, which is second most in baseball.
Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said last week in Anaheim the Phillies need to upgrade their starting pitching. If Burnett retires, the 2015 rotation has at least one more hole to fill. Cole Hamels is expected to be the Opening Day starter, unless he is traded. Cliff Lee is recuperating from a strained left flexor pronator. Kyle Kendrick is a free agent and seems unlikely to return. Jerome Williams has pitched well in two starts since taking Roberto Hernandez's spot in the rotation, but the Phillies might not consider him a long-term solution.
Regardless, there is plenty of work to do.
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The company settled with 23 families, including nine in Colorado, Bill Marler, the families' attorney, said Tuesday. The terms of the settlement were kept confidential.
Walmart spokesman Randy Hargrove said company officials "are pleased with the resolution, which was in everyone's best interest."
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As soon as the company was "made aware of a listeria outbreak," Hargrove said, Walmart stores in Colorado and other states immediately removed the contaminated cantaloupes from their produce departments.
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Marler-Clark law firm in Seattle has filed lawsuits on behalf of 44 families — representing 28 who died and 17 who were sickened but survived — against multiple defendants in 12 states. Medical expenses from those cases total more than $12 million, Marler said.
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Onyé —— $55.00
I'm delighted to have this beautiful vibe to share with you. It's one of the Big Teaze elegant B-3 line called, Onyé! I don't know how to pronounce that, nor do I know what the word means. But they could have called it anything and it would still be the very stylish discreet vibe it is.
Onyé has eight separate massage modes (3 speeds and 5 pulse patterns). This little powerhouse is packed into a 4.5″ x 1.25" bullet made of gleaming black virgin ABS with a tasteful silicone band. The non-slip grip silicone band is perfect for keeping lubed fingers from slipping. All of this comes in sophisticated packaging including a satin-lined storage and brochure. You can tell that a lot of thought went into this presentation.
It's splash proof, not waterproof. I wouldn't use it in the bath, but it was fine in the shower.
The battery compartment is easy to open; thank you very much! It runs on 3-AAA batteries (not included in the package). Figuring out how the batteries are to be placed in the compartment was a bit of a puzzle till I noticed the tiny-tiny diagrams on the side of the compartment. I really needed my reading glasses for that.
There is just the one button operation on the base of the vibe, which means you have to cycle through all of the modes to locate the sensation best suited to your mood, or to turn it off. That might be aggravating to some, but it wasn't an issue for me necessarily.
Now we have two vibes from a top of the line toy manufacturer, Vibratex. They are industry pioneers who bring a distinctive Japanese aesthetic to the marketplace. Denise starts us off with a cordless waterproof vibe.
Vibratex Mystic Wand —— $71.32
I keep saying; my Hitachi Magic Wand is my all time favorite toy! I ain't about to give it up for nobody. You'll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands. Got it? OK!
That being said, I have just discovered what I believe is the next best thing to my beloved Magic Wand. I present you with the Mystic Wand. It is the petite, cordless, waterproof sibling of the Magic Wand. And it shakes my word just like its bigger, older sister. It makes a perfect bath companion or a travel companion. It even comes with a sweet little storage bag.
It should come as no surprise to any of us that Vibratex is also responsible for introducing the Hitachi Magic Wand to the American market over twenty years ago. So hurray for that!
Mystic Wand uses of 4-AA batteries (not included in the package). The battery compartment is easy to open, but battery placement is very difficult to figure out. Only after I struggled with this puzzle for like 10 minutes, did I notice that there are minuscule images on the compartment that direct the user to the proper battery placement.
Like my trusty Magic Wand, this sweetheart of a vibe delivers amazing external stimulation. I'm not all that found of insertable vibes, so Mystic Wand is perfect for me. I love the ridges on its bulbous silicone head. A little water-based lube to get things started and before you can say; "whoa nelly!' I'm on my way to big O-town.
The Mystic Wand features six vibe modes, each one more delicious then the previous one. And here's something I really like; it has a separate on/off switch. I hate having to cycle through a whole set of functions just to turn the blasted thing off. Oh, and it's surprisingly quiet; another big plus in my book.
The handle or base of the Mystic Wand is soft and silky. Is that silicone too? I wonder. Whatever it is, it is ideal material to use on the handle. It helps maintain a grip even with lubed fingers.
Finally, yours truly presents the other Vibratex vibe.
Pandora Vibrating Silicone Prostate Massager —— $39.00
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I'd like to introduce you to a handy little vibrating plug that'll surely put a smile on your face. This unisex toy will jazz up whatever spot you got — G-spot or P-spot. Since I'm a proud owner of a P-Spot (prostate), I'll do my testifyin' from that particular pew. I'll let all you G-spot owners come to your own conclusions.
This here Pandora massager is the perfect utensil for the novice butt pirate. Not overly familiar with things pokin' you in the be-hind? Not to worry, this smooth ergonomic slim-jim will enter with ease. Guys who are used to having big toys in their hole will probably be unimpressed with this beginner's model, but the rest of us will appreciate its modest size.
But hold on there, maybe you don't know a butt plug from a hole in your head. Okey dokey, here's the 411 on these puppies. Plugs are different from most dildos and other anal toys. They're shorter and have a unique shape. The insertable part is tapered, designed for easy insertion and comfort while you got it in ya.
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As long as I've lived here (going on 14 years), the Chestnut Hill Community Association has had a mixed reputation in Chestnut Hill. In the many years I've spent going to CHCA board meetings, I've always found myself among other members of the public who will alternately, laugh, roll their eyes or even gasp at what goes on at these sessions. Even many on the board leave these gatherings bad-mouthing the whole experience.
I was at just such a board meeting two weeks ago. As the 45th minute ticked away during a surprise debate and eventual tabling of the Balance Chestnut Hill variance request – a request most in the room assumed would get a five-minute overview before a unanimous passage – I looked around and saw the look of shock and bewilderment on the faces of those in the crowd.
Not long after that debate, a lengthy discussion about a series of bylaws began that stretched another 45 minutes. Those still left in attendance squirmed and shifted in their seats, they looked up at the clock and rubbed their foreheads in tired exasperation.
But on that night, unlike the many before, I began to wonder: just how did this happen? What is it about a board meeting that can transform a group of well-intentioned neighbors into an assembly that rivals the U.S. Senate for mastery of the deliberative quagmire.
Critics of the organization would likely blow the whole question off as evidence of widespread incompetence and the pervasive effects of self interest among board members. These people, on the board, you see, are just too conceited or they just don't care.
But that's too simple. I know a lot of the people on the board, and whenever I speak with them, they have really good ideas about what they'd like to accomplish – from charitable causes to quality of life improvements. A lot of the people who are on the board got on because they wanted to see change that would benefit the community.
Yet, when 7 p.m. rolls around on the 4th Thursday of the month, these same neighbors suddenly find themselves snared by the sticky trap of the process. Instead of neighborhood improvements and community issues, they're stuck with an hours-long agenda of budgets and bylaws. Even those with the best intentions find themselves reduced at that moment to technocrats, pouring over fine print again and again.
I can't help but think that it shouldn't have to be like this. When the difficulty of conducting business by the board is the regular subject of jokes by board members mid-meeting, and when it becomes difficult to find willing candidates to run for seats or to find more than 200 people willing to vote, I think it's time to consider a change.
Some people are now, no doubt, thinking that such is the nature of democracy. It's not pretty. And, furthermore, the process is important.
I would agree. And I'm not here trying to suggest that the CHCA doesn't do good work. It does a lot of good stuff. But that's the point. The many good things it does do are often overlooked or pushed to the side by lengthy zoning debates and bylaws battles. These things should not be the the sole focus of a neighborhood organization. [In many ways, the Local falls into this a bit as well. We are expected to cover these meetings and the disputes are news.]
For the CHCA to change its reputation and to change the way it does business, I think it needs to double down on that which is really important to the community.
First, it should spend more time on the things that it does do very well. For example, it just led a fund-raising effort that collected more than $100,000 to be distributed to local nonprofits. It has planned a series of popular concerts in Pastorius Park.
Next, it needs to work to connect efforts it has already begun with the community. It already has a zoning committee that may just represent the most professional volunteer effort in the city. But what about crime? What about education? How is it connecting there? Why can't it put the same effort it puts into budgets and bylaws behind membership?
The CHCA is not a bad organization. It's just suffering a malaise caused by the weight of an institutional process that's become bigger than anyone involved. That has to stop.
These things are easy for me to say. I'm both paid and expected to say them. But I know for a fact that many people involved feel the same way and would like to see things change, too. As the board gets ready to begin a fresh term in May, maybe it can consider a change of pace. I'm sure many would welcome the chance.


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The SEC said it has levied charges and frozen assets of an Illinois individual and two companies behind an investment scheme that allegedly defrauded foreign investors seeking profitable returns and a legal path to U.S. residency through a federal visa program.
According to the SEC's complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Anshoo R. Sethi created A Chicago Convention Center and Intercontinental Regional Center Trust of Chicago and fraudulently sold more than $145 million in securities and collected $11 million in administrative fees from more than 250 investors primarily from China.
Sethi and his companies duped investors into believing that by purchasing interests in ACCC, they would be financing construction of the "World's First Zero Carbon Emission Platinum LEED certified" hotel and conference center near Chicago's O'Hare Airport, the SEC said.
Investors were misled to believe their investments were simultaneously enhancing their prospects for U.S. citizenship through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program, which provides foreign investors an avenue to U.S. residency by investing in domestic projects that will create or preserve a minimum number of jobs for U.S. workers, according to the SEC's complaint.
The SEC alleged that Sethi and his companies falsely boasted to investors that they had acquired all the necessary building permits and that several major hotel chains had signed onto the project. They also provided falsified documents to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is the federal agency that administers the EB-5 program, in an attempt to secure the agency's preliminary approval of the project and investors' provisional visas.
Meanwhile, Sethi and his companies have spent more than 90% of the administrative fees collected from investors despite their promise to return this money to investors if their visa applications are denied, the SEC said adding, more than $2.5 million of these funds were directed to Sethi's personal bank account in Hong Kong.
The EB-5 program enables foreign investors to possibly qualify for a green card if they invest $1 million or $500,000 in a "Targeted Employment Area" with a high unemployment rate in a project that creates or preserves at least 10 jobs for U.S. workers, excluding the investor and his or her immediate family, the SEC said.
Sethi and his companies used the lure of a pathway to U.S. citizenship to convince investors to wire a minimum of $500,000 apiece plus a $41,500 administrative fee to U.S. bank accounts, according to the complaint. These administrative fees are separate from the investment capital that the EB-5 program requires to be deployed into a job-creating enterprise, the SEC said.
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STAMFORD, Conn. – A settlement agreement calls for a woman disfigured in a Connecticut chimpanzee attack to receive about $4 million from the estate of the animal's now-dead owner.
Attack victim Charla Nash's brother filed a lawsuit on her behalf in 2009 in state Superior Court seeking $50 million in damages from chimp owner Sandra Herold, who died in 2010.
An agreement filed in Stamford Probate Court and reviewed Thursday by The Associated Press calls for Herold's estate to provide Nash with $3.4 million in real estate in addition to vehicles and cash.
Nash was attacked by Herold's 200-pound chimpanzee, Travis, in February 2009. Nash was blinded, lost both hands and underwent a face transplant.
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A former assemblyman and a Pasadena councilwoman have announced plans to run for a state Senate seat in the 25th district currently held by Carol Liu (D-La Cañada Flintridge).
The seat will open up in 2016 when Liu must leave office due to term limits. The district, established during last year's redistricting, includes La Cañada Flintridge, Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena.
Anthony Portantino, a Democrat, said Friday that he is getting back into politics because people in his district want him to keep pushing for transparency in government and funding for education. The La Cañada resident has been home from Sacramento for only six months.
On Tuesday, Pasadena City Councilwoman Jacque Robinson — also a Democrat — announced her bid for the seat. Robinson, a San Gabriel Valley native, said she has demonstrated during her time on the council that she can work across the aisle. She also said she helped Pasadena get through one of the worst recessions it's experienced in recent decades.
In 2011, Portantino called for the financial disclosure of elected state officials after leaders of his own party slashed his budget and ordered temporary layoffs of his office staff. Portantino said it was in retaliation for not supporting the state budget proposed by his party's leadership that year.
The furloughs were eventually lifted.
The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers filed suit to force disclosure of the financial data.
"Since I left office, so many folks have been coming up to me saying, 'We want you back in office. How can we help?'" Portantino said. "Frankly, I think that's why so many people in the foothills are supporting me.... I share the same priorities they do."
Portantino's reelection campaign held a fundraising party on Sunday at the home of Mary and Bill Urquhart. An Anthony Portantino for Senate 2016 election committee has already received $476,366 as of Dec. 31, 2012. The next filing is due at the end of this month.
Robinson is a graduate of President Obama's "Yes We Can" Hopefund training program, a weeklong campaign school Obama launched as an Illinois senator. She currently serves as vice mayor on the Pasadena City Council and is a policy director for Steve Zimmer, a Los Angeles Unified School District board member.
Robinson said there's a gender gap in Sacramento and considers being a woman an asset.
"Women tend to be coalition builders, tend to listen more and be more empathetic to the needs of their constituents," she said.
Robinson said she was aware that Portantino was running for the same seat, but has decided to launch a campaign for an election more than three years away to start fundraising early.
"It's been something that I've been thinking about and discussing with supporters," she said. "I think it's a great opportunity to look beyond Pasadena."
Robinson will also run for reelection to the Pasadena City Council in 2015. She has opened an election committee for that campaign, but has not reported any contributions. An election committee for the senate seat has not yet been initiated.
Caro Avanessian, president of the Glendale Democratic Club, said last week that it is too early for club members to decide who they would be backing, especially with rumors circulating that Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) would be making a run for the same Senate seat.
"I don't know who else is going to throw their hat in the ring," he said. "I think [Portantino] would be a fantastic candidate.... It's going to be a very difficult choice."
Gatto, who will also be termed out of office in 2016, said that with 3 1/2 years remaining until the next election for the 25th Senate district — and with him facing a reelection bid for the Assembly in 2014 — it is premature to talk about running for the Senate.
"Voters are fed up with politicians that campaign for 3 1/2 months," he said on Wednesday. "I think I speak for most people when I say that 3 1/2 years is a bit much. This is rapidly becoming a bit of an absurd arms race, and that's unfortunate."
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On the home page we'd like the focus to be a happy wedding couple with the cars as a secondary aspect.
Brides. The site should be designed to generate leads from brides and grooms looking to hire cars on their wedding days. But please keep in mind, Brides will have most say in what wedding cars are hired.
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Local school board members and school officials are in the midst of finding out just how tough it is to cut 2 percent out of the budget. For the UD-3 board, which oversees the Middlebury Union Middle School and High School, that 2 percent amounts to $341,565 out of a $15,445,919 budget. But, as UD-3 Supt. Lee Sease said, the cuts really amount to closer to 4 percent because of the added cost of inflation.
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First round of LPGA Classic shortened to 12 holes
Paradise Island, Bahamas – With parts of the Ocean Club Golf Course flooded, tournament officials shortened Friday's first round of the inaugural Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic to 12 holes.
The event was already pushed back to a Friday start and reduced to 54 holes after severe thunderstorms hit the course on Tuesday. As of Thursday, water still covered parts of the ninth, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th holes, forcing officials to implement a rather drastic strategy.
All players will tee off on the 10th hole Friday and then play the rest of the course in the following order: Nos. 6-7-4-5-11-12-13-14-2-3-8. Officials aim to complete 36 holes by Sunday, with a minimum of 12 holes finished per day. They will continue to reevaluate playable holes as the tournament progresses.
"When you have a situation like this, you bring everyone together that you trust and you make the decision," said LPGA commissioner Michael Whan. "It's fair if someone doesn't like the decision we made, but I think this outcome is a lot better than any other alternative. Everybody who plays the next three days will play the same course."
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We are a small company doing home delivery sushi since eleven years ago. We are opening a new small sales point, and redesigning our menu and concept, as far as we want to give more weight to sales as takeaway
Our target is sushi consumers in all around Madrid. They are generally 27 to 47 years old, middle to high social, they generally order our fresh sushi trays in two fashions: for two people, generally couples; for four or more people, cellebrating with family or friends.
We wish to redefine our offer and concept - thus our logo must be renewed. Up to now, we are delivering from a small "sushi factory". We have been used using a logo intended just to be printed in our fliers and menu to be sent by mailing our customers or be left in our customers post boxes; as well, our existing logo is been used in our web page http://www.telesushi.com.
Our new logo should be valid for our fliers, menu and web, and as well to be our points of sale front logo. Our points of sale are intended to be small informal restaurants, but basically takeaway shops combined with home delivery.
We intend a one or two colors logo which could be easilly recognized by our actual customers as well atractive for new customers. It is not essential to embody "Japanese" nor asiatic elements. It should "result" Japanese without none or little calls to Japanese.
You can see our logo located on a red circle on white (as on a Japanese flag) at http://www.telesushi.com. For now, we have been using our logo as red on white or viceversa. We don´t know if that should remain
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Kevin Systrom, cofounder and CEO of Instagram, is one of Silicon Valley's newest hundred-millionaires, having sold his photo-sharing service to Facebook for $1 billion shortly before the social network went public.
The early days
Systrom grew up in a small town in Massachusetts and first dabbled in computer programming while in middle school.
He eventually attended Stanford University, where he studied management science and engineering. Even though he didn't major in computer science, he coded on the side and made basic projects like a student marketplace and an Internet radio station. (Systrom also DJs as a hobby.)
Systrom's first startup experience
While at Stanford, Systrom got his first taste of the startup world when he interned at Odeo, which later turned into Twitter.
After he graduated from Stanford, Systrom took a job at Google as a marketing associate product manager. Google's associate product manager program, despite the bland name, is its highly effective system for grooming new talent. While at Google, Systrom worked on products like Gmail, Google Calendar, Docs, and Spreadsheets.
Systrom later left Google to join Nextstop, a startup founded by some former Googlers. But while doing marketing at Nextstop, Systrom started doing more engineering at night and working on ideas that helped him learn how to program.
One of the ideas he was working on combined location check-ins with elements of social games like Mafia Wars. That turned into a social check-in service called Burbn.
While at a party for a startup called Hunch, he met investors from Baseline Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. Within two weeks, he secured a $500,000 investment and soon after brought Mike Krieger on board.
Once Krieger joined, the two were able to build Burbn into a mobile Web app that let people check in to locations, make plans, earn points for hanging out with friends, post photos, and more.
"We actually got an entire version of Burbn done as an iPhone app, but it felt cluttered, and overrun with features," Systrom wrote on Quora in 2010. "It was really difficult to decide to start from scratch, but we went out on a limb, and basically cut everything in the Burbn app except for its photo, comment, and like capabilities."
The birth of Instagram
The two eventually decided to switch gears and make photo sharing the core feature of the app after hearing that Facebook was doing something similar with check-ins. It was also around the same time other check-in services like Foursquare and Scvngr emerged.
"Instagram came from a realization that people didn't like our first product," Systrom said in an interview with Simone Baribeau of Fast Company. "They thought it was too complicated."
Since most of Instagram's code came from Burbn, it only took about eight weeks to build Instagram with just two developers.
A month after launching, Instagram had grown to 1 million users. A year later, Instagram hit more than 10 million users. Earlier this year, its former competitor, Facebook, acquired the photo sharing app in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $1 billion at the time. (The value has since fluctuated with Facebook's stock.)
Even though Facebook owns Instagram, the photo-sharing app still exists outside of Facebook. It recently launched Web-based profiles for users and currently touts more than 100 million users.
Systrom is still making waves, with Facebook giving him considerable autonomy. For example, he recently decided to yank Instagram's photos from Twitter's news feeds—not to favor Facebook, but to bring users to Instagram's revamped website.


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Currently dev.clojure.org is running the open source versions of the Atlassian tools - Confluence, JIRA, and Crowd.
Crowd - http://dev.clojure.org/crowd
Crowd is the single sign on provider used to manage groups, users, etc – changes to users and group membership should be made there.
Confluence - http://dev.clojure.org
Confluence is the wiki, and will continue to be used as it always has been.
JIRA - http://dev.clojure.org/jira
JIRA is the issue/bug tracker, and has just now (Oct 6) been setup by Contegix. It currently is a greenfield setup, and needs someone to setup the projects and structure the way Clojure admins deem appropriate.


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After Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong vowed to track down Anonymous members, the hacktivist network responded by defacing the leader's website on Thursday and openly taunting him.
Alongside images of Guy Fawkes-clad figures, the group posted messages that included: "It's great to be Singaporean today" and "ANONYMOUS SG WAS HERE BIATCH" on a section of the Prime Minister's official website, according to a report published by AFP. The hacked portion of the website was later taken offline.
In a video apparently posted by Anonymous members last week on Youtube, the group said it would retaliate against Singapore's new Internet licensing framework policy, which aims to firm up control over news sites operating in the tightly governed city-state. The group promised to "wage war" against Singapore if officials refused to scrap the new law.


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Monday, October 26, 2009
Random genius
8 comments:
Dang! That boy could play. His hands were flying over the keys.
You could hear the pride in his dad's voice. I'm proud of him too.
- October 26, 2009 at 12:30 PM
"Pure Wonderfulness Par Excellence!"Great wishes for success to him!
- October 26, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- 'Drea said...
I hope that his talent will carry him far.
- October 26, 2009 at 6:46 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ All us funk fans are thinking... "Maybe another Bernie Worrell in the making."
- October 26, 2009 at 7:31 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
I like shorty's style. But I don't know the nuances of classical music, so I wonder what an expert would say about his potential.
I at least got an MP3 of this piece as done by a pro... for comparison's sake. Click here to hear "Etude No. 24 in C Minor" as peformed by Louis Lortie, an internationally renowned interpreter of Chopin. He recorded it at the age of 27.
- October 26, 2009 at 8:51 PM
UBM, the kid is, in terms of raw talent, clearly gifted. Note how he's playing from memory. That's something most pianists find insurmountable (at least for a piece as demanding as that one -- Chopin wrote some of the most difficult music for piano.)Training with an expert will take this kid far.
I remember reading about him some years ago. His mother said he was unusual as a baby -- talking very early and everything.
- October 27, 2009 at 12:49 AM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ Thank you, anonymous stranger. Indeed Jordan Adams has been on the media's radar since the age of 5... which is how old he was when the "CBS Evening News" did a piece on him in 2000. (Here is the transcript.)
- October 27, 2009 at 2:14 AM
- bklyn6 said...
- October 27, 2009 at 10:37 AM


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November 16, 2009
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Akselerasjon 0 - 100 km/h
5,0 s
253 km/h
1 696 mm
1 983 mm
4 918 mm
2 895 mm
Front engine
Antall sylindere
2 995 cm³
Effekt (kW)
250 kW
Effekt (hk)
Ved turtall
5 300 - 6 400 r/min
Maks dreiemoment
450 Nm
Effekt elektromotor
Effekt elektromotor
100 kW
Maks dreiemoment elektromotor
400 Nm
Kombinert effekt
Kombinert effekt
340 kW
Maks dreiemoment kombinert
700 Nm
Forbruk/Utslipp NEDC
3,4 - 3,2 l/100 km
78 - 72 g/km
20,9 - 20,6 kWh/100 km
Energiklasse (kun Tyskland)
active all-wheel drive
Automatgirkasse tilgjengelig
8-speed Tiptronic S
Understell og fjæring
Hjuloppheng foran
Aluminium multi-link front suspension
Hjuloppheng bak
Aluminium multi-link rear suspension
6-piston aluminium monobloc fixed-calliper brakes at front, 4-piston aluminium monobloc fixed-calliper brakes at rear, internally vented brake discs, Brake discs Diameter front 360 mm, rear 358 mm
Driving stability system
Felger foran
8.5J x 19 ET 47
Dekk foran
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Akselerasjon 0 - 100 km/h
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Akselerasjon i 5. gir (80-120 km/h)
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Maks klaring i vann (standard understell)
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Maks klaring i vann (luftfjæring)
280 mm
Angrepsvinkel under midten (standard understell)
18,7 °
Angrepsvinkel under midten (luftfjæring)
21,3 °
Angrepsvinkel foran/bak (standard understell)
25,2 - 22,1 °
Angrepsvinkel foran/bak (luftfjæring)
27,5 - 24,4 °
4 918 mm
Bredde inkludert speil
2 194 mm
1 983 mm
1 696 mm
Luftmotstandskoeffisient (Cd )
0,34 cW
2 895 mm
12,1 m
Sporvidde foran
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Sporvidde bak
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I would also love it if you join me for my Special Days Mini Album class on Sunday at 2pm EST! We always have a blast in my classes!
In honor of crop weekend I'm RAKing this assortment of ribbon! All you have to do is guess how many ribbons are in the bowl and I will send the ribbons to the person with the closest guess.
HINT: Most of the ribbons are a pretty good length...
Please leave your guess in a comment and also tell me either your ACOT screen name or another way to reach you if you're the winner!


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Dr. Grumpy: "No."
Friday, January 27, 2012
Maybe I should start using Old Spice
Dr. Grumpy: "No."
13 comments:
Sounds like she might have had thrush back then. Maybe she has has "brain thrush" now.
- January 27, 2012 at 7:27 AM
- Old MD Girl said...
- January 27, 2012 at 7:40 AM
I'm with Old MD Girl...hehehehehehehehehehe...
- January 27, 2012 at 8:20 AM
I remember that generation of new fathers when they felt their wives aches and pains of pregnancy. She probably had a husband who was like that when she was breastfeeding. As a female, that's how my young'uns were nourished for a while after birth, but, I certainly don't care to recall every single type of ache and pain in life. We'd never get anywhere as a species if all that remained vivid to the day.
- January 27, 2012 at 8:52 AM
- xedra said...
It's not thrush she is describing, not with the pain starting immediately after nursing - this pain sounds a lot like vasospasm or Raynauld's. And it really hurts so much it is not at all strange that she remembers it years later. Still her very apt description remains lost on Dr. Grumpy.
- January 27, 2012 at 10:24 AM
- Grumpy, M.D. said...
It's not lost on me.
The point is more that I obviously would have no personal physical reference for what it would feel like to breastfeed.
- January 27, 2012 at 10:28 AM
- Packer said...
"obviously" Sorry but.
Man Boobs can look like the real ones.
- January 27, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Were you wearing your pretty flowered dress to work that day, Dr. G?
- January 27, 2012 at 11:04 AM
- a.generic doc said...
I guess we have to assume that Dr. G. wasn't one of those men who feels compelled to strap on a feeding tube and "breast feed" their babies.
- January 27, 2012 at 3:00 PM
- RehabRN said...
Wow! This convo seems weirder than your interaction with that patient.
Streaming off into man boobs and feeding tubes...handsmackintohead!
And no, my husband never felt that breastfeeding pain, either, so you're not alone. And he ain't an Old Spice guy, either.
Is it a full moon yet? Could be!
- January 27, 2012 at 9:43 PM
For an idea as to what your PT is describing have Mrs. G twist one of your nipples HARD.
Now you know why we females often (not always) prefer female OB/GYNs. They have some frame of reference.
- January 28, 2012 at 8:26 PM
Damn, I have breastfed four kids, for a grand total of 42 months lactation, and never felt pain in the nipple after the baby finished.
Can't agree with Anonymous 7:26. After one horrendous experience with a female OBGYN who was a mean heartless bitch, and who nearly killed my baby because of her reluctance to get out of bed to deliver him, I eschew all female OBGYNs. In my experience, male physicians are generally kinder than female physicians. That includes my own family. My late father was an OBGYN and a very kind man, but my mother and sister are physicians and both are mean narcissistic bitches.
- January 29, 2012 at 2:51 PM
- Tee said...
Oh. My. Hell.
That's all I've got.
- February 5, 2012 at 2:21 AM


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I am at my desk holding the official BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot. It is my reward turned responsibility for covering Major League Baseball for over 20 years.
That's close to 2,500 games, many spent watching Mike Piazza dominate his position like no other catcher with 396 homers (427 overall). That dwarfs Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Bill Dickey and Mickey Cochrane, all who played before steroids became part baseball's lexicon.
I vowed not to vote for a player officially linked to steroids, whether by admission, a failed drug test, accused on the record by another player or baseball official, or mentioned in the Mitchell Report.
That meant Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro or Roger Clemens – all on this year's ballot – won't get in by me.
Then there is Piazza.
Piazza hasn't been linked to performance enhancing drugs in any capacity with the exception of innuendo from writers who deemed that an acne-spotted back was as reliable as a blood test. If acne were the sole criteria, then most every teenager in this country would be suspected of being on the juice.
Like the gay rumors, it is unfair, unjust and irresponsible reporting. Yes, Piazza starred in baseball's checkered steroid era, but I see him as a victim of circumstance, of guilt by association, of being painted with a broad brush.
Supposedly, Piazza confessed to an unnamed reporter. Unnamed reporters, like unnamed sources, raise suspicion and should be questioned with skepticism. It is why I put my name on everything I write.
If a reporter had that story, it would be a goldmine. If so, where is it written? Piazza has denied on the record any usage, and based by his name being absent on any official list, I believe him.
Despite his no-show before Congress, McGwire came clean; Palmeiro failed a test and was suspended; BALCO star Bonds admitted to using the clear and the cream but claimed he didn't know what it was; Sosa has been blamed on the record and used corked bats twice; and Clemens' former trainer produced physical evidence with his DNA.
I'm not buying the court decision on Clemens, as the government couldn't get a conviction with a signed admission. Andy Pettitte's most significant change-up of his career is what probably allowed Clemens to get off.
Then, there is Piazza who might be denied based on one newspaper account citing back acne. That reasoning is as pockmarked as Piazza's back at the time.
Voting against Piazza is a writer's right, but it can't be based on his .308 career average, .377 on-base percentage, .545 slugging percentage, .922 OPS, 427 homers and 1,113 RBI, numbers that are off the charts in comparison to other catchers.
In case that's not impressive enough, there are 12 All-Star appearances, 10 Silver Slugger Awards emblematic as the dominant offensive player at his position (and most ever by a catcher), and seven times finished in the top ten on the MVP ballot.
Piazza will get my vote, as will Craig Biggio, Edgar Martinez, Jeff Bagwell, Fred McGriff, Jack Morris, Don Mattingly and Tim Raines.
Piazza's numbers are what the writers should be counting, not back pimples or whispers from those too gutless to put their names on the record.
Voting against Piazza is a writer's right, but not the responsible choice. A journalist's obligation is to be objective, fair and honest. Voting against Piazza on the strength of a rumor is none of those things.
It's irresponsible and disgraceful.
John Delcos is a lifetime member of the Baseball Writers Association of America and has covered the sport for over 20 years. He has voted for the Hall of Fame for over a decade. You can read more of his insights at NewYorkMetsReport.com or reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com.