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NAGOYA, JAPAN—Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were in second place after Thursday's short program at the ISU Grand Prix final, the last major international competition before the Pyeongchang Olympics.
The world champions sat behind Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France, who recorded 82.07 points.
Virtue and Moir, undefeated since returning to competition last season, collected 81.53 points while Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the U.S. were third with 78.09.
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"The plan is to peak in February (at the Olympics) and we are on track," said Virtue, a London, Ont., native. "Our performance was a step up from what we did this season on the Grand Prix circuit."
The veteran Canadian skaters weren't concerned about being in second spot.
"Hopefully we can have another great skate Saturday and build our confidence for the Olympics," said Moir, from Ilderton, Ont.
In pairs, two-time Canadian world champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford were fifth after the short program at 72.18 in a competition that's too tight to call heading into Saturday's free skate.
"Having those little bobbles can detract a bit and that affected our second mark," said Balmertown, Ont., native Radford.
The pair made a mistake on their side-by-side triple Lutz and throw triple Lutz.
"The throw was a little bit stuck on takeoff which resulted in not the same flow when I came out," said Duhamel, from Lively, Ont. "Still, we were committed to our performance and we felt pretty good about it."
Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany are first after the short program with 79.43 points. Defending champions Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov of Russia follow at 78.83 and world champions Wenjing Sui and Cong Han of China are third at 75.82.
On the men's side, American Nathan Chen was first.
Skating to "Nemesis" by Benjamin Clementine, he opened with a quad Lutz, triple toe loop combination and added a quad flip and a triple Axel for 103.32 points.
"I made a couple of mistakes on the landing of both quads," Chen said. "But the triple Axel was improved from Skate America so I am happy with that and looking forward to tomorrow."
Japanese skater Shoma Uno fell on the landing of a triple Axel and was second with 101.51 points, followed by Mikhail Kolyada of Russia with 99.22.
"I made a mistake with the triple Axel which was unexpected," Uno said. "But I'm confident I will be able to land it cleanly the next time I attempt it."
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BAD NEWS FOR BITCOIN ? If the opinion of Robert Schiller is seriously taken into account by investors from around the world, it is simply because he was the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2013. But when it comes to talking about Bitcoin, man does not chew his words. He is not seized by the craze that surrounds crypto-currencies for several months now.
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Alternatively, it could be bad news for Mr Schiller now that he has placed his Nobel-winning reputation on the line with his remarks. His opinions might not be taken seriously by investors for much longer if it turns out he was wrong. All these "experts" should be more careful what they say, given the number of times over the years people have tried to write off Bitcoin. But after all that's been said, Bitcoin doesn't care. It carries on churning out blocks, completely undistracted by whatever criticisms are thrown its way.
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It seems to be finish of BTC bubble. However, I thing that crypto market need rock stable coins independent from BTC. It's important because today investors has fear to put their money in something very unstable like that. Solution may be projects of alt coins like Nebula Network - - it's decentralized storage cloud with emission mechanism tied to the supply. Thanks to solid backing it's rock stable and independent from huge BTC rate of exchange turbulences. May it be a future of crypto market?
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Oil companies are applying for permits to export crude produced in the U.S. to Canada, according to Reuters, even as protesters in East Texas continue attempts to block construction of the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline. BP already has gotten government approval for exports, and Shell Oil has applied for a permit to do the same. While the exports are tiny, they are being touted as a sign that the U.S. is stepping closer to energy independence. In fact, something quite different is going on.
The U.S. exported an average of about 47,000 barrels a day to Canada last year — less than half of 1 percent of our oil imports. In July, though, crude exports rose to 77,000 barrels, the second-highest volume recorded by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It isn't clear how much BP and Shell are looking at moving out of the country, but it's not likely to skew the numbers much. Rising production from places like the Bakken Shale in North Dakota and the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas has created a glut of light sweet crude. As I've written before, a lack of pipeline capacity makes it difficult to get that oil to refineries, and many U.S. refineries have been retooled to process heavier crude from other countries.
The result has been a price disparity that's persisted for several years between West Texas Intermediate crude and Brent crude, which is the benchmark for the world price. With a price difference running about $20 a barrel, exports are becoming a profitable alternative.
Rather than being a sign of energy independence, though, it's a sign of infrastructure that isn't keeping up with rising domestic production. The southern leg of the Keystone pipeline, for example, would help move some of that light sweet crude that's backed up at the terminal in Cushing, Okla., to refineries on the Gulf Coast. That, in turn, could actually help lower gasoline prices.
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RDS reported earlier today Lightning prospect Mitch Fadden is on unconditional waivers today. Fadden, who hasn't played since January 7 due to a blot clot in his leg, will have his contract terminated, said Damian Cristodero of the St. Petersburg Times. Yzerman told Cristodero the move to put Fadden on waivers was due to "off-ice issues" and neither the Lightning GM nor Fadden's agent would comment further.
A report in the Salmon Arm Observer stated Fadden was arrested in early March for driving intoxicated, among other charges, in Salmon Arm, B.C.
Fadden was home in B.C. while taking blood thinning medication.
The report said Fadden had several near collisions, was speeding, running through stop signs, and driving on the wrong side of the road. The car was blocking a street when it eventually stopped.
"The driver got out of the vehicle and was immediately observed to be grossly intoxicated," wrote Tracy Hughes of the Observer. "He was arrested, and once returned to the RCMP detachment, the man refused to provide a breath test and became violent with officers."
Fadden was held in custody and appeared in court March 2.
He is now facing charges of impaired driving, failing to provide a breath sample, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and obstructing a peace officer.
The Lightning's 2007 fourth round pick was due in court on March 15 in Salmon Arm, but court documents made public say his hearing was moved to April 12 at the request of the defense.
Fadden has a history of character issues, including in 2006 - his first draft eligible year - when he fell in the rankings due to indifferent play. He was traded from Seattle to Lethbridge that season at the trade deadline.
"We hear the T-Birds were fed up with his laziness on and off the ice," wrote Kyle Woodlief of the Red Line Report. "After watching his halfhearted efforts for three months, we're not shocked.
"Hopefully the trade wakes up Fadden because, heading into this year, he had arguably the best pair of pure sniper's hands in the draft. He's deadly from the circles in and has that sneaky knack for always shaking loose in scoring territory. There's still time for him to rehabilitate his draft stock, but it will take a complete attitude adjustment, and we're not sure the kid's mature enough to make such a quick 180-degree turnaround."
The Lightning selected Fadden a year and a half after Woodlief's report was written.
Fadden's on-ice talent, specifically his offensive ability, has never been questioned. He dominated the scoresheet in juniors, including 71 points in 54 games for Tri-City in 2008-2009. He was traded to Tri-City after a slow start to the year with Lethbridge, weeks after being returned to juniors by the Lightning and AHL Admirals.
Last season, in his first professional season with AHL Norfolk, Fadden barely made a dent on the scoresheet until late in the year, when he finished among the Admirals' most dangerous offensive weapons.
This season he was demoted to ECHL Florida to start the year, but instead of sulking all he did was lead the league in scoring with 51 points in 37 games until he was forced out of the lineup. He was also named an All-Star, but could not appear in the game.
Where Fadden ends up now is anyone's guess, but it won't be with the Lightning.
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WFP's new Ambassador Against Hunger Christina Aguilera visited two schools in quake-stricken Haiti on Tuesday to meet the children receiving food aid through WFP school meals programmes. Singing Happy Birthday to a class in Leogane, she also voiced her hope for a Haitian rebirth.
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The world-famous singer helped serve meals of rice and beans to children at the Ecole Lysee Fritz Pierre Louis in Port-au-Prince and at the Ecole Saint Terese de Darbonne, in Leogane, a badly damaged town south of the capital.
All photos by Rein Skullerud
Aguilera met with WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran while in Haiti to discuss the hunger response after the earthquake. WFP's operation in the Caribbean nation is shifting away from emergency relief to programmes such as school meals, nutrition schemes and food-for-work projects to help the national recovery effort. See story: Food Aid Helps Small Towns Rebuild
During her time with children of Port-au-Prince, Aguilera also sang 'Happy Birthday Haiti' to highlight how reconstruction efforts in the country are giving this long-suffering nation the chance of a new start.
The singer's appointment as a WFP Ambassador Against Hunger was announced last week during an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
"A child dies every six seconds of hunger which is a huge statistic for me," Aguilera told Oprah Winfrey. "After having my own child I just had to be a part of it and do something about it and help change that situation."
School meals are bringing Haitian kids back to the classroom and helping to restore a sense of "normality" after the trauma of the earthquake.


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Hello my sweet. I know that it seems i have been quiet but do not read the silence as apathy. It is merely the fact that I can not speak due to being in the middle of the sea for long periods of time. I just want to say that I am so happy for you and all the good things that are coming your way. I miss you quite a bit but it makes me feel so much better to know that you are happy and doing well. Do what you think is best, its just that I reading your words remind me so much of our late night talks in the barracks.
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Looking for more relevant results from Google Image Search? The search engine giant on Tuesday unveiled a new Google Labs experiment that gathers similar results together and displays them in bubble-like groups, or swirls.
For example, if you search for "Paris" you see layered results: The first features pictures of the French city, and the second shows photos of socialite Paris Hilton. Click on the Paris, France collection and it will "swirl" open into a circle of images, which become larger as you mouse over them.
Google likened the effort to its Wonder Wheel, which allows users to explore related search queries.
"Image Swirl expands on technologies developed for Similar Images and Picasa Face Recognition to discern how images should be grouped together and build hierarchies out of these groups," Google wrote in a blog post. "Each thumbnail on the initial results page represents an algorithmically-determined representative group of images with similar appearance and meaning. These aren't just the most relevant images—they are the most relevant groups of images."
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Jeremy Corbyn is brexit apart from that being BS every socialist marxist in the UK has been triggered by that satement
Corbyn thinks 9/11 was an inside job so what does not make him a brexit supporter
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What is going to happen is the UK is going to leave the European Union.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/01/19/theresa-may-hints-would-now-vote-stay-eu-tells-french-proud/Theresa May hints she would now vote to stay in the EU By Christopher Hope, Chief Political Correspondent 19 January 2018 4:09pm New doubts have emerged about Theresa Mays commitment to Brexit after she suggested she would vote Remain if an EU referendum were held today and boasts of being a European. The Prime Minister was challenged in an interview with French television on how she would vote if a European Union referendum were held today.Asked how you would vote on Brexit", she initially said I didnt say how I would vote.But then said: If a vote was to come up, I would do what I did last time round which was sit down and look carefully at the issues.But there isnt going to be another vote, so this is not an issue. What is going to happen is the UK is going to leave the European Union.
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Los Angeles — UCLA Anderson School of Management and its Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies will host the 7th Annual National Corporate Governance Conference. This day-long Galef Symposium, will be held on February 27, 2004 from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. at UCLA Anderson. The symposium will feature leading experts and will discuss issues focusing on the best practices and emerging trends in corporate governance and the issuance of equity.
"In the current rapidly changing climate, director and officer continuing education is evermore important, even vital to directors, boards and their firms," said Duke K. Bristow, Ph.D., an economist at the UCLA Anderson School and Governance Conference Chairman.
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CSB graduate will be watching officials working women's hockey competition
January 24, 2014
By Mike Killeen
Like a lot of fans, Sara Anderson Lindstrom will be watching the women's hockey competition at the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics.
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She'll be watching the on-ice officials.
Lindstrom, a 2007 graduate of CSB, is a licensed International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) official, one of about 20 women in the U.S. who can work IIHF-sanctioned games. One of her long-range goals is to officiate at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
"I have skated with all three (American) women who are officiating at the Sochi Olympics this year, so I'll be watching them closely," Lindstrom said of referee Erin Blair and linesmen Alicia Hanrahan and Laura Johnson. "It's exciting to see people you have worked side-by-side with reach their goals and be working at such a high level.
"You get to know a lot of the players over time from small chats at faceoffs and TV time outs, so it's always nice to see familiar faces while watching, too. I'll be watching both the players and the officials, but probably more the officials," Lindstrom said.
Lindstrom, after all, had an early preview to the Olympics when she worked as a linesman at a Team USA-Team Canada exhibition game Dec. 20 in Grand Forks, N.D. In that game — won by the Americans, 4-1 — the two rivals combined for 270 penalty minutes.
"Any time the U.S. plays Canada, there is a lot of rivalry and intensity, so you have to be at the top of your game," Lindstrom said. "It's never fun breaking up fights, as we (officials) have less protective equipment on than the players, but it is part of the job."
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Originally from Cook, Minn., Lindstrom played wing and center at Hibbing High School.
"My brother (Matt Anderson, who is a linesman in the WCHA) initially got me interested in reffing. He started officiating and then I got curious and thought I would give it a try," said Lindstrom, who has officiated for about 15 years. "To this day, my brother still keeps me striving to be better and keeps me in check."
She came to CSB and played hockey for one season, but decided "to really start pursuing officiating at this time to stay involved with hockey for the remainder of college," said Lindstrom, who was a nutrition science major at CSB.
Lindstrom, who had started her officiating career at the younger levels of USA Hockey (mites, squirts and peewees), began officiating high school games when she was still a student at CSB, and was "fortunate" to get hired at the Division I college level her first year out of college. She served as a linesman for WCHA women's games for five seasons.
She has been licensed to work IIHF games for the last three seasons.
"To obtain an IIHF license, you typically work within USA Hockey and are invited to numerous week-long events including national tournaments and different development camps," Lindstrom said. "Eventually, you are invited along with a handful of peers to work a week-long camp utilizing the IIHF handbook. From that experience select participants are given an IIHF license based on performance.
"So, I guess I didn't decide to become licensed, I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to try out, and I chose to put the time and work to get the opportunity. Ultimately, knowing I would love to work internationally and hopefully someday the Olympics, I'd have to get licensed by the IIHF.
Her best foot forward
Lindstrom has cut back on her Division I officiating commitment due to her marriage to Michael Lindstrom and full-time job (she works for the Ramsey County Women, Infants and Children Program, a nutrition program that serves low income families). She is now working Division III games in the MIAC and WIAC as a referee because the game sites are closer to home, along with high school and USA Hockey games.
She knows it is a hard job. Poor treatment by players, coaches and fans have caused retention rates to dip among officials.
"It's hard when you are first starting out to take the flak from coaches, parents and fans," Lindstrom said. "I think over time as your confidence and experience grow, you learn to take certain things with a grain of salt. I was fortunate enough to have my brother to 'bounce' situations off and share stories of what had happened at the rink to reassure me. Knowing that he, as an advanced official, dealt with and deals with the same things keeps me motivated.
"I hope I am a role model for some of the younger officials, male or female. I try to put my best foot forward whether it is a youth or a college game as you never know who will be watching. Every time you step on the ice, you always have something to learn from older or younger officials, and if I am able to help anyone else along the way, it's an accomplishment for the officiating community."


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John Cullen in the translator of more than fifteen books from the French, Italian, German, and Spanish. He began his association with Nan A. Talese/Doubleday in 1995 and his translations for the imprint include Susanna Tamaro's Follow Your Heart from the Italian, Christa Wolf's Medea from the German, and Henning Boetius's The Phoenix from the German. Last year, two of his translations were short-listed for The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Margaret Mazzantini's Don't Move from the Italian and Yasmina Khadra's The Swallows of Kabul from the French.
Cullen is the also the co-author with Alexandra de Borchgrave of Villard: The Life and Times of an American Titan and is a freelance scout for foreign books. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in English from Loyola University and University of Virginia respectively, and earned a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Texas. A year of full-time university teaching after graduate school gave him the urge to travel, and he set out on the first of a series of sojourns in Europe, living in Paris, Rome, Vienna, and Madrid, among other places, which for a time included his dauntless little Fiat Panda; these sojourns generally ended after his contributions to various European economies had reduced him to penury, a process that took anywhere from eighteen months to three years. Originally from New Orleans, John Cullen lives in Millbrook, New York, with the writer Valerie Martin.


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Little ghouls and goblins will be running in the streets tonight to trick-or-treat and Kentucky State Police want to make sure your kids stay safe.
KSP Lt. David Jude says the agency wants the children to have a fun but safe trick or treating experience.
"Halloween is traditionally a time for children to have fun, but most often it is the children who can be injured by situations that are avoidable," says Jude. "Be sure your child's costume does not obstruct their vision and is not so cumbersome that they can trip over it."
"On Halloween evening, we're placing our children in probably some of the most dangerous traffic situations you could imagine," adds Jude. "Our children are outside after dark, they walk along and cross unfamiliar streets and they often wear dark colors which are difficult for motorists to see."
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The Christmas spirit is once again arriving in Jacksonville early this year with Saturday�s 57th annual Holiday Parade.
The Christmas spirit is once again arriving in Jacksonville early this year with Saturday�s 57th annual Holiday Parade.
The parade � dubbed �A Coastal Holiday� this year and hosted by the Jacksonville-Onslow Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Brynn Marr Hospital � is the largest so far, said Alejandra Hawks, special events manager for the chamber.
The parade is set to begin at 9:45 a.m. at Coastal Carolina Community College and make its way down Western Boulevard to Brynn Marr Shopping Center. The Jacksonville Police Department will close Western Boulevard along the parade route at 9 a.m., and the street will remain closed during the duration of the parade.
The more than 175 entries include emergency vehicles, walking groups, marching bands and floats displaying winter holiday scenes.
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North Broad Elementary experiences global culture (video)
ONEIDA >> North Broad Elementary students got the opportunity to learn about various global cultures at the school's annual Cultural Festival.
Present at the school on Feb. 13 were high school international club students and staff that taught the elementary students about various cultures; China, Brazil, Syria, Mexico, France and the Oneida Indian Nation were all represented at this year's festival. There was an emphasis on language at the various classrooms that housed a representative for each cultural group.
In addition to the rotating classroom presentations, the gym was set up to serve foods from various countries; including crepes, egg rolls and baklava. Students got a chance to try any of these items during times set aside for each group.
Students were directed from classroom to classroom with a passport that they got to mark off each country they visited. Younger students wore paper head dresses that they made in art class.
"This is a fun way to get younger kids to experience other cultures," said sophomore Callaghan Capelle. "It's important for them to learn what life is like for other kids their age in places like Brazil and China."
This is Capelle's second year volunteering as a food server for the festival. Capelle attended North Broad Elementary in primary school, and said although he loves Italian culture the egg rolls are his favorite dish of the day.
"It's important for the kids to understand that not all countries are the same," said Oneida High School student Susan Owens. "New cultures can be interesting."
Owens was born in Mexico and moved to the United States at a young age. For her part of the demonstration, she read the students "If I had a Dragon" in both English and Spanish and taught the students how to say different colors in Spanish.
"Spanish is awesome," said first grader Emilie Jones. "It's way harder to learn and write than English."
"Language is a very important thing," said Owens. Spanish is spoken around the world and fluently by many communities in the United States.
Randy Phillips taught students about the Oneida Indian Nation and gave them some examples of greetings and simple sayings as well as a look at how life was for the native people of Central New York before colonization. He spoke to the students about class roles and different animals the Oneida people used for survival.
"A lot of American history is derived from Native American Culture, even some of our law systems," said Phillips.
The kindergarten and first grade students enjoyed Phillips' story about dream catchers.
"Dream catchers are meant to catch bad dreams so people don't have them anymore," said first grader Charlee Watkins. Phillips explained to the kids that dream catchers caught bad dreams in their web so that the sun could destroy them in the morning.
Oneida High School senior Mirriam Toro gave a presentation to the students on the culture of Syria. She emphasized differences in the monetary systems each country uses, the climate differences and spoke about the countries capital, Damascus, and other landmarks in Syria such as the ancient amphitheater at Bosra.
She ended the presentation and was bombarded with questions about fast food and pets in the country, which to the awe of many of the students present were very different. Students were surprised that Syria didn't have things like Walmart and McDonalds. She then showed the kids how to write their names with Arabic characters.
"People need to know about different countries around the world," said Toro.
"This festival is a great way for students at North Broad to see how other kids their age learn and live in other countries," said Capelle.


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When you are
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have some swelling, redness, pain, and itching around the sting. But you may
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You probably won't have a severe allergic reaction the first time you are stung. But even if
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If you or your child has severe reactions, your doctor may prescribe an epinephrine shot that you keep with you or your child at all times. Teach others, such as teachers, friends, or coworkers, what to do if you're stung and how to give the shot. Also, be sure to wear a medical alert bracelet or other jewelry that lists your allergies. During an emergency, these can save your life.
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CitationsGolden DBK, et al. (2016). Stinging insect hypersensitivity: A practice parameter update 2016. Annals of Allergy Asthma Immunology, 118(1): 28-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2016.10.031. Accessed February 3, 2017.Other Works Consulted House H (2006). Insect bites and stings. In MR Dambro, ed., Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult, pp. 590-591. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. Reisman RE (2007). Insect sting allergy. In P Lieberman, JA Anderson, eds., Allergic Diseases Diagnosis and Treatment, 3rd ed., vol. 1, pp. 71-81. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.Bernstein IL, et al. (2008). Allergy diagnostic testing: An updated practice parameter. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 100(3, Suppl 3): S1-S148.Golden DBK (2016). Allergic reactions to hymenoptera. In EG Nabel et al., eds., Scientific American Medicine, chap. 28. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker. https://www.deckerip.com/decker/scientific-american-medicine/chapter/28/pdf. Accessed December 15, 2016.Schwartz LB (2016). Systemic anaphylaxis, food allergy, and insect sting allergy. In L Goldman, A Shafer, eds., Goldman-Cecil Medicine, 24th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1698-1703. Philadelphia: Saunders.Tankersley MS (2008). The stinging impact of the imported fire ant. Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 8(4): 354-359.
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BERKELEY — It's cold. It's dark. It's 6:30 a.m. on a typical winter Friday morning, and Cal's football team has gathered at Memorial Stadium for some conditioning fun and games.
"There's cones, eight stations set up, and our coaches just run us into the ground," Cal senior linebacker Zack Follett said Tuesday. "They have trash cans by every station for throwing up.
"We're working hard. We haven't worked this hard since we've been here. There's no B.S. going on."
You knew changes were coming to Cal's football team in the wake of latest season's stunning fall from national title contention to something called the Armed Services Bowl.
These Friday morning get-togethers approaching the March 31 start of spring practice are just part of coach Jeff Tedford's master plan to get the Bears back on track after a 7-6 season that seemed like Armageddon to some Old Blues.
Tedford is cracking down, as he needed to do. But he's also lifting up his team's shattered spirits. It's a two-pronged approach, part iron fist, part velvet glove.
After what happened last season, the Bears need plenty of tough love and rehabilitation. Cal started 5-0 then lost six of its next seven games, including the Big Game to Stanford.
"At some point we lost our confidence," Cal linebacker Worrell Williams said. "We lost the fun in the game. So (Tedford's) bringing a whole new attitude."
Tedford is drawing on some of the team- and morale-building skills he used six years ago when he arrived in Berkeley and took over a demoralized group coming off a 1-10 disaster.
Tedford was as much a sports psychologist as he was a football coach that offseason. His therapy sessions helped resurrect the careers of quarterback Kyle Boller and so many other downtrodden Bears. In Tedford's first season, Cal went 7-5.
"We're spending more time off the field talking about things," Tedford said. "We're having full-team meetings to be able to go over some things and talk. That's been good. I think the team's been very receptive, and I think they're getting a lot out of it."
This offseason, Tedford has used John Maxwell's book "Talent is Never Enough" as a teaching tool for his team.
According to Williams, Tedford and his coaches have boiled down some of the book's key points and presented them — via PowerPoint — to the team. Maxwell offers 13 ways to maximize talent, everything from courage to teamwork.
"It talks about passion, belief, initiative, things like that," Williams said. "Things like that and how to apply it to our life. Because they feel, and we're starting to feel as well as players, if you better the man, the player will come with it."
It's clear that last year's stumble shook Tedford to the core. He had never been through anything like that as a head coach. Nothing he tried seemed to work. As the losses piled up, he became more and more frustrated.
Once the season ended, Tedford began analyzing his entire program, from top to bottom. He shook up his coaching staff, on both sides of the ball. He gave up his full-time play-calling duties and handed them to new offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti.
"This will free me up to do a little bit more with the team as a whole," Tedford said.
That whole-team work has already begun.
"Coach Tedford's on us harder than he's ever been," Follett said. "He's reinforcing the 'Tedford Law' around here. When I first got here, I saw how it was. Then two years went by, and I saw how much lenience was being allowed.
"He kind of recognized that. That's the No. 1 change that he's been making. That's helping our team."
Follett said he welcomed the return of a tougher, more demanding Tedford. After what happened last season, it's not surprising that Tedford's players are receptive to anything that will help them avoid a repeat.
"We've been pushing them hard, but they've been pushing themselves, which is great to see," Tedford said. "There's a lot of motivation there. This is probably the best chemistry we've had on this team since we've been here.
"I think it's' a combination of great leadership at the top combined with great young people who are very receptive to that leadership. With the workouts, they've been very impressive."
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Fred and Ginger are home! Only for the week though. My friend who had purchased them has decided to move out of the country so the kids need a new place to crash. Another blog reader, Pam of Peaceful Valley Farm, has agreed to take Fred and Ginger. I will be delivering them to her this week, but I wanted to keep them around so that Fred could work his magic on Ethel.
Over the last month, I was beginning to have serious doubts about Ethel being preggers. She wasn't growing. She wasn't moody. She wasn't laying around more than usual. Yet she also wasn't showing any signs of estrus, until last week, that is, when after a walk I saw some goo coming out her backside. I was disappointed, to say the least. This meant no Easter baby goats, and more importantly, no milk coming in when Lucy is due to dry up somewhere around June. Boo hiss!
I knew for sure Ethel wasn't pregnant when Fred arrived and she started showing clear signs of heat: tail flagging, blubbering, mounting Fred, sticking out her tongue, and getting gooey "back there". I've set up a little love nest for Fred and Ethel in an unused portion of the neighbor's yard. They are having a swell time snorting all over each other, waggling their tongues, and taking turns jumping on top of each other. To tell you the truth, Ethel seems a little desperate for it. Hopefully this will be a prosperous match.
It was amazing how instantaneously Lucy and her babies recognized each other.
After a bit of sniffing and licking, you know what the first thing those kids wanted to do? That's right, get a little chichi from their mama. She rebuffed them at first, but then must have conceded at some point as I've only been getting 3/4 of a cup of milk in the morning (I usually get 3 cups). Those darn kids! I've missed them though. They are still so adorable and SMALL. Ginger is a tiny little thing and I'm pretty sure she is pregnant. Her udder has started to develop and she is pretty wide for her size.
I suppose this happens all the time in nature so I shouldn't worry too much about it. Though I've got my fingers crossed that everything will go without a hitch for Pam's sake.
And look how handsome Fred is with his long beard and white flip of hair on his forelock. Too bad he is probably going to be castrated as he could make some lovely offspring. Good luck to Ethel on making some attractive babies with him.
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- AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 1:23 PM
How nice to see the goats again via your pix, Heidi. I like following your blog.ReplyDelete
I'll be potting up my ground cherries again today. They're now about 2 inches tall. :-)
Ohhh, I am so excited! I have contacted my midwife friend who will read up on goat birth and be here to assist, should Ginger be expecting. It's all good!ReplyDelete
what adorable goats! I'm in love.ReplyDelete
Aww...they are so cute! I hope the birth goes well.ReplyDelete
That goat looks like a young Sean Connery.ReplyDelete
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How often do you digital scrapbook?
Its been a lot more since I found this site and since I started my own shop. I want to do a couple paper layouts this weekend, but I doubt I'm going to get the time.
I'm not really sure what my answer is! I visit scrap sites and blogs every day, I do some design work every day, but I rarely make my own pages. I just don't have time!
I have been doing a ton since finding this site. You all inspire me! I like how much easier it is to digi scrap over traditional scrap... err at least it's easier to find time to do because I can do a minute here or there, just leave it running in the background of my computer.
I work everyday on something from layouts, working with pictures, to web design, to working on my books.
Every single day (except for tuesdays, these days I am working and training with my dogs).
It is a sort of relaxing for me after a busy day with work and kids and dogs
every day! i'm a scrap-addict
I am always either designing kits or making layouts, so pretty much every single day! Even on the days I take "off" I am still out with my camera looking for things to photograph
It fluctuates. A few weeks ago, it was every day; right now, it's not much. Later, it'll be nutty again, but it's hard to guess an average.
Every single day - If I am not working on a layout, I am working on a design for papers or elements, or working on a learning lesson in Photoshop.
heh heh, I used to make a layout at least once a week, but since I have started designing, it dropped to once a month.... hmmmmm..... Which doesn't mean I spent less time behind the computer - it just means I'm not getting anywhere with that photobook
Every day - but its usually designing rather than actually scrapping.
I'm still in the organizing stage. Organizing and collecting supplies, reading blogs and newsletters and learning the how to side of things. But I do this some everyday. I'm getting closer to finding my flow and actually makes pages.
I do it every day, sometimes I design for a kit, sometimes I make layouts, but every day I'm working on my scrapbooking
I scrap in my head all the time. Find actual time to either do it digitally or with paper is my big challenge. I tend to scrap in spurts. Sometimes I get several pages done over a few days and then nothing for a week....
Sarah: I laughed so hard at the truth to this, you almost made me spit my sweet tea out.
I scrap in my head all the time.
@Sarah; I to loved that phrase!
I go in spurts as well. I can be a very S.H.E. Sidetracked Home Executive. Like this time last year I spent all my free time, and even more, on painting a large my folks piece for my folks 50th anniversary. I hadn't gotten out the paints for me since my before my son was born. That's the worst "creative draught" I've been through. But I'll jump from sewing, to hand cross stitching, knitting...etc.
But scrapping has always been there throught the years. Maybe 7 heavey spurts a year. Especially after my daughter went on a 20 day trip to UK & Ireland by herself. She turned 12 while there and came back with 18 rolls of film...having given away 2 rolls to others that ran out. She came back with the scrapping fever!!!! And even has taken supplies with her on campus! Or does some with my stuff when she's got a chance to come home. But she puts me to shame. I will do one layout to her 3-5...or worse! I think I was sorting and organizing photos also, but probably need up doing 7 pages by the time she had finished her UK album, stretching it with refill pages as far as it would go!
Having found this site, and gimp has help me complete 18 digis!!! This year already!