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ETSU in search of its first 5-0 start in school history
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (Sept. 1, 2012) – Having a full week off the game field since its win over Radford, the ETSU women's soccer team gets back to action and looks to improve to 5-0 on Sunday when it travels to the Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium in Murfressboro, Tenn. to take on MTSU at 2 p.m. EDT.
ETSU (4-0-0) is currently tied for its best start in program history, having won its first four games of the season only one other time in 2003. That year, the Lady Bucs finished 12-6-0 (7-4-0 SoCon), and set the program record for wins in a season. Last year's ETSU squad tied that mark, going 12-5-1 (7-1-1 A-Sun) and earning a share of its first regular season championship.
Last weekend, the Lady Bucs opened up the home season with matchups against Presbyterian and Radford. In the Friday night home opener against Presbyterian, junior Ramey Kerns (Kings Mountain, N.C.) scored two goals in regulation, while redshirt sophomore transfer Andie Stone (Austin, Texas) knocked in the golden goal en route to a, 3-2, victory. Kerns put in her third goal of the weekend on Sunday, netting the game's only score in the 27th minute as ETSU shutout the Highlanders, 1-0.
Following her three-goal weekend, Kerns took home A-Sun Player of the Week honors. The Kings Mountain, N.C. native leads the Lady Bucs with four goals so far this season, while freshman Sarah Zadrazil (St. Gilgen, Austria) has tallied four assists to lead the team in that category. Three of Kerns' goals have been assisted by the Austrian freshman.
MTSU (2-2-0) played Vanderbilt on Friday, falling to the Commodores, 2-0. Dana Schwartz netted both goals, and was assisted each time by Cheyna Williams. The Blue Raiders gave up a goal in each half, but held fairly even in the shot count with Vanderbilt holding a, 12-9, advantage for the game. MTSU's other three results include wins against Jacksonville State and Alabama A&M, and a loss to Ole Miss.
The all-time series favors ETSU 3-2-1. The Lady Bucs defeated the Blue Raiders in their first three meetings from 1997-99, but MTSU is 2-0-1 since then. ETSU's only win at MTSU came, 1-0, on Sept. 13, 1998.
Twitter updates will be available throughout the Sunday's game by following @MT_Soccer.
For more information on ETSU women's soccer please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's soccer links.
- ETSU is the only undefeated team remaining in the Atlantic Sun Conference at 4-0-0. FGCU and Mercer are currently tied for second place with each holding a 3-1-1 overall record.
- The Lady Bucs are going for their first 5-0 start in program history. Their only other 4-0 start came in 2003, but followed with a loss on the road to UNC Asheville.
- ETSU's only win in Murfreesboro came on Sept. 13, 1998, 1-0.
- Kerns has scored exactly half of ETSU's eight goals so far this year. She also leads the A-Sun in both goals and goals per game with four goals and 1.00 goals per game. The Lady Bucs are currently averaging 2.00 goals per game as a team.
- Zadrazil leads the A-Sun in both assists and assists per game. The Austrian freshman has four assists through four games, averaging 1.00 assists per game.
- Freshman goalkeeper Sierra Campbell (Thompson's Station, Tenn.) leads the A-Sun in GAA (0.71), save percentage (.880), shutouts (2) and shutouts per game (0.50). She is also third in saves (22) and second in saves per game (5.50).


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SmartFit Solutions LLC filed the complaint on Sept. 14 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division. The Texas-based company is represented by Navarro Huff PLLC, a Dallas-based law firm which focuses on patent litigation and patent monetization.
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33-hour closure of I-405 in Renton this weekend to congest region's traffic
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The closure of Interstate 405 in Renton this weekend will have ripple effects for travelers throughout the region.
The closure is needed so that state crews can demolish and haul away a bridge that carried the Benson Road over the freeway near Renton City Hall.
The bridge's removal is part of a nearly $84 million state project to widen the freeway and add an offramp and onramp to serve Talbot Road and downtown Renton.
A new Benson Road bridge opened recently to traffic. The Benson Road will remain open during the demolition of the old bridge.
The freeway closure will stretch from State Route 167 or the Valley freeway to SR 169 or the Maple Valley Highway, starting at 2 a.m. Saturday.
The freeway is expected to reopen by 11 a.m. Sunday, when all the demolished bridge is expected to be hauled away. That's in time for the Return to Renton Car Show, which is expected to attract thousands of visitors to downtown Renton and several hundred cars and trucks.
About 95 percent of the bridge material, including concrete, wood and steel, will be recycled.
The freeway closure is similar to one in 2008 when the state demolished the Wilburton Tunnel on I-405 as part of major freeway improvements in the Bellevue area. The state is spending is spending 10s of millions of dollars to relieve I-405 congestion between Tukwila and Bellevue.
The Stage 2 project when done, perhaps this fall, is the last 405 project in the Renton area until additional money is available for other freeway projects the state is considering.
To prepare for the closure, state officials are asking that thousands of regional travelers divert away from the Renton area. About 145,000 vehicles use the freeway in Renton daily; the state hopes that 100,000 of those will detour around Renton.
The suggested detour is using Interstate 5 to go north or if southbound on I-405, cutting over to I-5 using Interstate 90 to continue going south.
The state will run the I-5 express lanes in the northbound direction and the I-90 express lanes in the westbound direction throughout the 33-hour closure.
Traffic engineers with the state Department of Transportation are predicting congestion WSDOT traffic engineers predict congestion on SR 167, SR 169, I-405, I-5 and I-90 as drivers use these freeways as detours.
They suggest that travelers leave early for a destination or avoid unnecessary trips this weekend. Travel is suggested before 9 a.m. and after 10 p.m. on Saturday to avoid the worst congestion.
The state is expecting heavy congestion on southbound I-5 between Shoreline and Seattle in the afternoon and early evening on Saturday as drivers head downtown for Mariners and the Sounders games because the southbound I-5 express lanes will not be available.
Those who don't detour can navigate around the closure through downtown Renton using specific detour routes. Traffic signals will be timed to help speed traffic through those streets. Additional police will help with traffic control.
"We know this is an inconvenience to drivers, but we need all lanes closed to take down this bridge as safely and efficiently as possible," said Eastside Corridor Director Kim Henry. "We've been dismantling the bridge all week from the inside out to get as much work done without closing the freeway, but at this point we have to bring in the removal equipment."
The demolition contractor will take down the bridge in 4- and 5-foot chunks to that the debris will fit into a dump truck, said Kory Voldman, deputy construction manager for I-405 Corridor Design-Builders.
Workers will use an excavator equipped with claws for the munchers. A heavy-duty jackhammer will be used, too, which will contribute to the noise of the project.
It's estimated the debris will fill between 100 and 150 double-sized dump trucks.
Besides demolishing the bridge, the state's contractors will do additional work on the freeway, including replacing damaged concrete panels, installing signs and working on storm drainage.
This article was originally published in the Renton Reporter on July 8, 2010.


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Microsoft released a release candidate for the next version of its browser on Thursday. Internet Explorer 7 RC1 for Windows XP features improvements in performance, stability, security, and application compatibility over beta versions of the software.
Tweaks to the software include a final sprucing up of the user interface and improvements to the handling of Cascading Style Sheets.
Key enhancements to IE 7 over IE 6 include anti-phishing features and improved ActiveX controls among several security improvements. The browser also promises enhancements to support web standards (such as HTML 4.01/CSS 2), the long-awaited introduction of tabbed browsing, and an integrated RSS feed reader.
Redmond is encouraging web developers, technology enthusiasts, and IT pros to use the release to carry out testing ahead of the final availability of IE7, due to be released later this year.
This testing work, assisted by a Readiness Toolkit that accompanied the release of IE7 RC1 build, will lay the groundwork for websites and applications to work smoothly when the final version of the browser ships, Microsoft reckons. IE7 RC1 setup automatically detects and uninstalls previous IE7 betas.
A complete list of feature improvements contained in IE7 RC1 can be found in a fact sheet here, and there's more background on the software's development on Microsoft's official IE blog here. The IE home page is here.
Internet Explorer 7 RC1 is currently only available in English and available for download here. Arabic, Finnish, French, German, Japanese and Spanish are due to follow in September. The French and Spanish versions represent new localised versions of the software, since neither language was supported in beta code. The release is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 in addition to Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.
As previously announced, Microsoft plans to distribute the final version of IE7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates soon after the final version is released for Windows XP later this year. ®


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Jerry Brown's budget plan has one glorious sentence of truth. It's on page two, halfway down: "The traditional budget process is broken and can no longer produce a budget either on time or without resorting to gimmicks."
The obvious response to such a conclusion would be to build an entirely new process. But that's not what Brown proposes.
Instead, he offers lots of changes in the timing of the existing process. He also proposes, a bit weirdly, various reforms that are already part of the process, most notably a rainy day fund. Brown ignores the fact that California has multiple rainy day and reserve funds – including one adopted by voters as recently as 2004. None has been big enough to provide the state a cushion given its deficits, and Brown doesn't explain what would be different about his fund.
In the end, his eight-page plan scores political points (it's more detailed than Whitman's own plan) but ultimately makes a personal argument: The only real fix to the process is to have Jerry Brown in charge of it. He says that by starting earlier, personally engaging all legislators, demanding more money from the federal government, and using the bully pulpit to convince the public of the need for various budget changes, he will succeed where recent governors – all of whom tried these same things – failed.
There are a few intriguing proposals. He calls for the use of pay-as-you-go budgeting (which worked at the federal level during the 90s) and for a constitutional amendment that will require ballot initiatives to identify a funding source for any new spending mandates.
He also makes a strong argument for returning more authority to local governments. "I would work to align program responsibility with revenue authority so that the entity that manages the program is also responsible to pay for it," he says, which is the fundamental principle that should drive reform in this area: the people who raise the revenues should control the spending. What's unclear is how Brown would achieve such major reform in the face of overwhelming opposition, not least from Sacramento's community of lobbyists, who have prospered precisely because power is so centralized in California.
But the main message is that Brown intends to pursue the same ideas and reforms that failed in the past. The plan suggests these ideas succeed now because he would be in charge. This approach is most apparent when he proposes a tax reform commission like the failed 2009 commission convened by Democratic legislators and Gov. Schwarzenegger. Brown acknowledges that failure but suggests trying again. This time, he writes in his plan, "I would be actively involved to ensure the high level focus needed to arrive at consensus."
Hallelujah! Even if Brown is some kind of wizard who can forge consensus where other mortals can't, his plan doesn't offer a lasting solution to this state's broken budget process. Unless Brown, who is 72 years old, plans to live, and govern, forever.


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By Peggy Wirtz-Olsen, WEAC Vice President
The strength of the Holmen Education Association was obvious as a large group of members gathered at Holmen Middle School; many were proudly wearing their Holmen EA shirts, made possible through a grant from WEAC Region 4. When I interviewed HEA President Lisa Risch, she made it clear that the local association has been busy advocating for its members and finding success.
According to Lisa, "The Holmen Education Association shares positive news broadly because we know that having visibility is so important. Every month, a benefit slip is given to both members and non-members that shows both NEA and WEAC discounts in addition to sharing our local's most recent success stories."
Lisa meets monthly with the District Administrator to discuss topics brought forth by members. Through these conversations, the HEA has been able to enact positive change on topics like handbook language relevant to membership. The association has made steady progress on difficult issues by finding a middle ground on behalf of students.
Tracy Dobkoski, Vice President of the HEA, manages the group's Facebook page, which most recently posted information about the National Board Certification and the supports that are available. Tracy contributed her personal experiences about what these supports have meant to her as a professional and how they have helped her be an even better educator for her students. The HEA has also made members aware of other professional supports offered by WEAC Region 4, highlighting the course offering called Love and Logic. "We need to share all of the opportunities that are available to our HEA members."
When I asked Lisa about her advice to other locals, she said, "Doing positive work in your community is so important. The HEA values education and giving back to our students. We typically sponsor three to four scholarships for graduating seniors, sponsor the clean-up of the local bike trail, and HEA most recently voted to donate $1,000 to the building of the Holmen Community Center."
She also told me that they take time to bring people together not only through meetings but also through social events. "By engaging in many conversations at events and by listening to our members and potential members, we are able to get our colleagues to join with us. Our voices are being heard."
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Nassau County police are looking for victims of a telephone scam that seeks money in exchange for the safety of a family member.
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The History of Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget or SAAB
Posted on 01. Jan, 1969 by Ryan in 1960-1969, Hingham, Massachusetts, New Haven, Connecticut
Here an original and highly detailed press release from SAAB Motors, Inc. covering the history of SAAB in Sweden as well as the United States right up until the date of this release which was in 1969 while they were in operation at 100 Waterfront Street in New Haven, Connecticut..
It is important to note that later in 1969, SAAB merged with SCANIA to form SAAB-SCANIA in Sweden, thus SAAB-SCANIA of America, Inc. was subsequently born in the United States.
The History of Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget or SAAB
From street cars and locomotives, to aircraft, automobiles, computers and missiles — that's just part of the history of SAAB — Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (Swedish Aircraft Company) — makers of the SAAB automobile.
SAAB, one of the youngest major Swedish industrial concerns, actually began in 1930 with the founding of the aeronautical division of the Swedish Railroad Works Company, which started producing aircraft in the old Swedish city of Linköping. Then in 1937, the SAAB aircraft company was founded in Trollhättan near the Swedish West Coast. These two companies — the Railroad Works and SAAB — were amalgamated with headquarters in Linköping in 1939.
The company's major effort during the early 1940's was centered around aircraft, with SAAB becoming the major supplier of planes to the Swedish Air Force during World War II. Their first planes were constructed under license from the U.S. Republic Aircraft Corporation. Just before the end of World War II< the first all-SAAB designed aircraft were built. One of these was the SAAB 21, a unique single-engine fighter-attack plane with a pusher-type powerplant mounted between twin tail booms. This plane was later converted to jet power, thus starting the SAAB line of jet air-craft, which now includes the Swedish counterpart of the U.S. TFX project, the SAAB 37 Viggen. This is a craft designed for use in fighter, attack and reconnaissance roles. Aircraft, including the SAAB 32 Lansen, the SAAB 35 Draken, the SAAB 105 twin jet trainer-executive plane, and the SAAB 37 Viggen, form a large part of the SAAB production, but the manufacture of automobiles has become a major part of its industry since its inception in 1949.
With a giant investment in machinery for aircraft production possibly facing the scrap pile at the end of World War II, and with large manpower resources and plants, SAAB officials, headed by President Ragnar Wahrgren, went looking for new fields of production. Their eyes lit on the automobile.
SAAB automobile production began in 1949 with 300 employees in the automobile division in Trollhättan. The first car, the SAAB 92, was a revolutionary motor vehicle. It was powered by a two-cylinder, two-cycle engine, fitted at a 90 degree angle into a body which — for that time — used quite extreme aerodynamic styling. As all aircraft engineers use wind tunnels like a mathmatician uses his slide rule, they arrived at the body configuration through tests in aircraft wind tunnels.
The original model 92 underwent many changes throughout its life span from 1949 to 1955, while still retaining the same basic two-cylinder powerplan developing 25 bhp. The body was changed to include a larger rear window and luggage compartment accessible from the outside, but the body configuration remained much the same. The 10,000th SAAB rolled off the assembly line in March 1954.
Then in 1955, a new model, the SAAB 93, was introduced. It had a three-cylinder, two-cycle engine of 746 cc developing 38 horsepower. The grille was changed to the now familiar SAAB shield-type design. A total of 20,100 SAAB 92s had been built before the 93 entered the scene.
SAAB In America
In 1955, the then President of SAAB, Sweden, Tryggve Holm, visited the United States in connection with aircraft production, and at a luncheon in New York one day, he made the comment, "if Volkswagon could sell the 'beetle' in the United States, why not sell the SAAB 93" — and with that, the wheels started turning to sell SAABs in this country. The sole importers for the United States were Ralph T. Millet (soon to become President of SAAB USA) and one secretary.
The first SAABs arrived on a Swedish ship early in 1956. There were two of them — both green — destined for the first New York Automobile Show which opened during Easter that year. Shortly after, an experimental sports car called the SONETT was imported, which was also show at the New York show that year. With their debut in New York came all of the problems of spare parts and distribution, for which, unfortunately, they hadn't planned.
At the New York show, they were deluged with questions as to the availability of the car, the price, and the dealer organization. They really didn't know the price of the car, nor did thye know any dealers from whom it could be sold. In fact, they didn't even have a company formed, as SAAB's business in the U.S. at that time was governed by a private concern which was primarily interested in purchasing material for aircraft production.
In June 1956, SAAB Motors, was incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the factory, with Ralph T. Millet as president, and the first major decision was made: sales of the car should be confined to the New England area. The biggest problem at the time was to get automobiles, although SAAB USA did receive about 15 more cars in addition to those that came for the first show. The first real quantity of cars arrived late in December 1956 with the landing of 100 cars in Boston. These cars were deposited in Hingham, Massachusetts at an old navy shipyard that SAAB was using as the headquarters for their distribution. It was after the arrival of this first shipment that another decision was made which has been important to SAAB: they would carefully inspect and prepare all cars prior to their delivery to dealers. Thus, the first few people were hired to work for SAAB USA, Inc.
In 1957, SAAB imported a total of 1400 cars. Although they had appointed a few dealers late in 1956, during '57 they concentrated on the appointment of SAAB dealers in the New England area and in New York. The next year SAAB expanded their marketing territory into the New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio areas and achieved sales of approximately 3700 cars for the year.
A further expansion of the market in 1959 resulted in the establishment of two additional distribution points — Carteret, New Jersey (near Port Newark) and Jacksonville, Florida. By now, their dealer organization had grown to about 150 dealers.
The present SAAB USA, Inc. has changed drastically from the days of one man and his secretary. There are now over 350 dealers spread throughout the 50 states in the U.S. — from Maine to Hawaii. 1967 was a record year with 10,700 cars sold and a projected sale of over 12,000 cars in '68. The V-4, four-cycle engine introduced to the U.S. in '67 was the main factor behind the rapid increase in popularity for the SAAB automobile. People could not get used to the idea of putting oil in their gas tanks. A new factory is under construction in Finland for manufacturing cars and upon completion, annual production will be over 70,000 cars per year. SAAB USA has come a long way from the first two green SAAB 93s sent here just 13 years ago.
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i really appreciate your work to this site.Keep on doping this kind of stuff further also.
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Thanks for your excellent work and history of SAAB.
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I've read some comments on ND's blog, only the first ones and last ones though, too many. And I also think they're quite close minded and intolerance.
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I think every human have their own dark sides. I myself is trying to see what my orientation is, and that's why I came across this blog. But maybe not as extreme as stuffs in kink.com. Doesn't feel anything like hatred or disgust, more like amazed, wow these things really exist, but not my things. I guess I just have the mind of a bully. But I do like some, things.
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- David said...
The last paragraph seems akin to saying that cheesecake tasting really good is a sign from our body that it's good food for us and we should eat as much as possible every day.
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- 2 February 2010 at 14:55
- Dw3t-Hthr said...
Now to actually respond to the question:
In the most trivial sense, yes, it's possible; the stuff you're equating with BDSM is none of it stuff that this particular BDSMer is actually interested in (I am not a sadomasochist, and "humiliation" is a good way of getting "kicked to the curb"). Which means that, at best, you're addressing a subset of the people you think you're asking - the subset who's into the stuff you're asking about.
Kicking it back a level to something less personal to me, though, there are issues with definitions of "loving" and "pain" there.
I'll address pain first. I think that fear-of-pain is extremely overrated, culturally speaking. And yes, part of that is because I have chronic pain, and thus the only way I will be free of pain is to be dead. But even for people who aren't living in my particular body, overrated.
Weight training hurts. Running a marathon hurts. Getting a tattoo hurts. Surgery hurts. Childbirth fucking hurts. Studying self-defense hurts in multiple ways. Dance? Hurts. Physical therapy hurts.
Is pain a signal of potential damage in these cases? Yup. Does it mean these things are "not really good"? Well, it means that people should probably take the whole pain thing into account when they're deciding whether or not they want to do any of those things. Me, I have ink and a baby and used to be middling competent at beginner tae kwon do and I had a wisdom tooth pulled once.
(I think a lot of people arguing from pain are listening too hard to their viscera. I mean - I am viscerally, awfully, transcendently squicked by most piercings. I could argue that they are pain and lasting damage to the body and false consciousness implanted by fashion porntriarchy or whatever else, but, y'know, some people like earrings and would think I'm a raving lunatic. I think of this a lot when I see people discussing BDSM from the outside.)
A while back someone made a post on some feminist discussion forum about roller coasters, and the thrill of fear in a safe environment, and pointed out the close parallels between that and BDSM. One can, like pain, argue that the fear-thrill thing is a Signal There For A Reason And That Reason Is Not Your Entertainment, but Six Flags still stays in business, y'know?
So that's pain.
What about "loving"?
This gets to be a much fiddlier definition of terms, for the simple reason that expressions of love are pretty damn subjective.
I have an ex who was only interested in what you'd apparently term "more 'loving' ways", to the point that kink intruding into our sex life caused him extreme distress.
End result? Our sex life by the end of our relationship left me feeling like an unpaid, degraded prostitute because it revolved entirely around his desires without consideration for my responses or needs; my having of sexual needs or desires inevitably caused drama. I have nothing against sex work, but that was not what I was supposed to be doing there, so I left.
From a strictly vanilla perspective, he was all about the loving sexual expression, right? But because it revolved entirely around him him him it was pretty unloving sexually.
I would say that loving sexuality is one which meets the needs of all participants, ideally fulfilling those of their desires that can be done within the risk-acceptability of the participants. What that means will depend on the people, their desires, what they're willing to do, what they find acceptable to do.
- 2 February 2010 at 14:58
- Dw3t-Hthr said...
So, we come around to "do you really have to do it that way?", after pulling out half the underpinnings of the question, heh.
As you might guess from my comment about my ex (who I'm still fond of, and who I consider a good person, we're just really ill-suited as partners), no, I can't be long-term happy in a situation in which I am forbidden to express my kink.
That is, however, a moderately extreme point.
My relationship with one of my husbands is pretty vanilla most of the time, because we have very little successful kink overlap. But if I wind up getting into a kinky frame of mind with him, he's entirely happy to run with it; it's okay for me to do. If I want to break out the rope, it's okay, not something to cause existential angst.
My relationship with my other husband, who is also my master, often has 'vanilla sex' in it, or stuff where the kink aspects are very much non-obvious, so obviously it's not "required" even in a formally d/s relationship. At the same time, though, just because you can't see the kink right now doesn't mean it's not there.
So. Does that huge swath of verbiage respond to what youw anted to know?
- 2 February 2010 at 14:58
The tricky thing about BDSM is that for any two people doing it, there are at least 3 different ways of doing it!
On a more helpful level, BDSM is a composite term, so doing it "that" way may refer only to one part of the whole, and not everyone involved uses all the parts there are.
The term breaks down as "bondage", "discipline", "dominance/submission", "sadism/masochism".
Since sadism is sexual pleasure from causing pain, and masochism is sexual pleasure from feeling pain, then the "SM" part (which is what appears in this blog's title!) really does have to involve pain. But such pain can certainly be applied in loving ways and with loving intent, and can be accepted in the same manner.
The pain sense is originally designed to warn of damage or danger, it is true - but hearing was originally designed for similar reasons, and one would not describe music (not even loud music) as representing a "dangerous condition". Similarly, one way of looking at BDSM could be that the pain sensation used in BDSM is a novel and developed way of using what evolution gave us to create something beautiful, just as music does with our sense of hearing. (BTW this analogy may need more thought and work, I only just thought of it)
You also ask about humiliation, whether that is a necessary part. It isn't needed for SM, that is for certain. Likewise, it's not important or necessary for bondage. It appears most often in a Dominance/submission context. But even there, it is not required. Some couples enjoy playing emotional games that involve humiliation, because it feels like the submissive partner is giving hirself up to hir partner by allowing that partner to but hir through these torments. But for others it doesn't play any role at all, the dominance and submission is expressed in other ways, maybe through discipline, or clear commands, or just through everyday reactions that are shaped to make one person "in charge" of the other.
I personally enjoy humiliation play as a Top, but can't stand it as a Bottom; but as a Top I am never cruel or degrading about the ways in which I do this - while I might seem that way, or act that way, anyone who knows me (and I would hardly do such things to someone who didn't!) can see that there is always a kindly aspect, a figurative twinkle in my eye, you could say - so even humiliation can be done in a loving way, if both partners know what is going on.
- 2 February 2010 at 15:50
Oh yeah, one last quick point about pain:
You will often hear masochists talk about "good pain" and "bad pain" (I do it myself as a masochist, and I know several others who do the same).
"Good" pain is pain that is enjoyable, consensual and safe.
"Bad" pain is the stuff that is horrible, imposed by nature (or arsehole humans), or unsafe.
Whether illness or injury caused, "bad" pain is a signal that there is danger, risk or damage; which in turn means that "good" pain is understood by the body on some level as being NOT a signal of imminent danger or damage (damage here meaning beyond a few welts or bruises, which the body routinely repairs by itself).
BDSM is all about enjoying the good pain.
- 2 February 2010 at 16:03
- Trinity said...
(I think a lot of people arguing from pain are listening too hard to their viscera. I mean - I am viscerally, awfully, transcendently squicked by most piercings. I could argue that they are pain and lasting damage to the body and false consciousness implanted by fashion porntriarchy or whatever else, but, y'know, some people like earrings and would think I'm a raving lunatic. I think of this a lot when I see people discussing BDSM from the outside.)"
THIS. Thank you.
- 2 February 2010 at 16:28
@Trinity: Thank you for noticing me :D
@David: well if you eat too much you'll get stomachache :)
@Dw3t-Hthr & snowdrop: Thank you very much for your explanation. I really thought about it carefully.
By "not really good", because I didn't see any benefit for the body, except to get used to the pain. The other things you mentioned may have some benefits:
running marathon isn't hurt btw you just get tired, maybe some muscle cramps but when you get used to it, you can be more agile, your breath is more composed, and so on. Surgery hurt but to discard the greater pain caused by a disease. About getting tattoo I don't quite understand what's good from it, but I guess it can make you looks cooler, at least to the one who appreciate it. Studying self defense also has benefits, like to... self defense :D
A little about myself, I played a rape scenario on my barbie doll when I'm in elementary school, and a lot of fantasies about pretty woman being captivated and tortured. I don't even know how man and woman doing it at that time. I just get excited when I'm doing those things (not sexually because I'm still a kid anyway, it's just fun). As my knowledge and my age increases, I began to feel, since I'm a woman myself, that raping woman is very cruel and unforgivable. Because woman is generally weaker than man in physical strength, I think man should protect woman. So the object of my fantasies changes to a male. It is done by a male to btw, I'm always just like a watcher, or maybe positioned myself as the dominant male.
I keep telling me to stop doing those things, although it's only in form of fantasy. But then I think that it's not wrong because it's only in my fantasy, and my other self said it's wrong because hurting someone is bad and evil.
And so, I was trying to find the explanation, about what I'm not too sure, it's just that I think I'm a sadist so I began to look for information about these stuffs.
- 4 February 2010 at 09:40
Too bad, or maybe fortunately, I don't know, instead of finding "devil", I found "human". So there is love in bdsm, at least for what I've read, it can be practiced in a way so that two sides can benefit mutually. There's even a manual about how to do it.
But I still thought that it is wrong. My heart says it's wrong, but now my logic can't find anything to support it. Thanks to the your explanations about love and pain :)
It was, I kind of want to prove myself that it is not wrong, since there can be love inside it. So I can continue to do it without feeling guilt. But can it be because I want to do it so bad, that I look for excuses such as, my partner also want it, so I'm actually not hurting anyone, both of us will be happy so nothing wrong with doing it? While I want to keep fantasizing about those things and also keep telling myself to stop, does it actually make me a masochist? Anyway, maybe it's a different case from this because in my case, I don't like it to be consensual, just plain torture and evil.
And then, all of this information makes me thinking about something else, from reading ND's and other anti-kink writings and those who are trying to explain what bdsm is.
Is it wrong or not? You can say that my term of wrong = sin. My friend said that maybe (because he doesn't really sure too) bdsm is wrong. Why? Because it is extreme. Something extreme might be hard to control, so it may lead into another extreme things. Of course we debated quite a lot before he can actually conclude the reason why he thought that bdsm is wrong.
I myself didn't really satisfied with that answer, but if I keep pushing him maybe he will get angry so I think I'll give it another deep thought. It's just that I don't want to carelessly judging people. And since my logic can't find the reasons why it's wrong but my heart also can't accept it as right, I'm also curious.
Anyway, thanks again for responding my question. This is the first time I've ever really talked to other people about this. Thank you and have a nice day...
- 4 February 2010 at 09:40
Btw, sorry for typos or anything like that, I'm not too good in English. But hope you can understand what I'm saying
- 4 February 2010 at 09:43
"I keep telling me to stop doing those things, although it's only in form of fantasy. But then I think that it's not wrong because it's only in my fantasy, and my other self said it's wrong because hurting someone is bad and evil."
What's in your head is ulitmately a purely private matter, though people like ND want to make it everyone else's business to police, despite claims to the contrary.
What matters is what you do. If you can find a partner who genuinely enjoys acting out your fantasies with you and derives pleasure from doing so, there is no harm. Physical pain associated with BDSM play is usually minor and significant physical damage is far more rare than in competitive sports.
Is it good for you to do? Pleasure is part of what makes living endurable. With all the real and unavoidable pain out there, the self-initated pain of BDSM can act as a sort of antidote that neutralizes suffering by mixing a little bit of pain with a lot of sexual pleasure.
I believe that pleasure is good for people and helps them live. I do not think, as long as consenting adults (and I believe firmly in the concepts of consent and free will while recognizing that outside influences inevitably condition these things to some degree) that it deserves to be critiqued, examined and analyzed to death.
I see no real difference in the judgments thrown down against the pleasure of others by political ideologues like ND and her pals and that employed by patriarchal religious authorities to prevent indivdiual pleasure from subverting the constant state of misery that sustains any extremist belief system.
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For starters, the Recovery Act is the most ambitious energy legislation in history, converting the Energy Department into the world's largest venture-capital fund. It's pouring $90 billion into clean energy, including unprecedented investments in a smart grid; energy efficiency; electric cars; renewable power from the sun, wind and earth; cleaner coal; advanced biofuels; and factories to manufacture green stuff in the U.S. The act will also triple the number of smart electric meters in our homes, quadruple the number of hybrids in the federal auto fleet and finance far-out energy research through a new government incubator modeled after the Pentagon agency that fathered the Internet.
The only stimulus energy program that's gotten much attention so far chiefly because it got off to a slow start is a $5 billion effort to weatherize homes. But the Recovery Act's line items represent the first steps to a low-carbon economy. "It will leverage a very different energy future," says Kristin Mayes, the Republican chair of Arizona's utility commission. "It really moves us toward a tipping point."
The stimulus is also stocked with nonenergy game changers, like a tenfold increase in funding to expand access to broadband and an effort to sequence more than 2,300 complete human genomes when only 34 were sequenced with all previous aid. There's $8 billion for a high-speed passenger rail network, the boldest federal transportation initiative since the interstate highways. There's $4.35 billion in Race to the Top grants to promote accountability in public schools, perhaps the most significant federal education initiative ever it's already prompted 35 states and the District of Columbia to adopt reforms to qualify for the cash. There's $20 billion to move health records into the digital age, which should reduce redundant tests, dangerous drug interactions and errors caused by doctors with chicken-scratch handwriting. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius calls that initiative the foundation for Obama's health care reform and "maybe the single biggest component in improving quality and lowering costs."
Any of those programs would have been a revolution in its own right. "We've seen more reform in the last year than we've seen in decades, and we haven't spent a dime yet," says Education Secretary Arne Duncan. "It's staggering how the Recovery Act is driving change."
That was the point. Critics have complained that while the New Deal left behind iconic monuments courthouses, parks, the Lincoln Tunnel, the Grand Coulee Dam this New New Deal will leave a mundane legacy of sewage plants, repaved roads, bus repairs and caulked windows. In fact, it will create new icons too: solar arrays, zero-energy border stations, an eco-friendly Coast Guard headquarters, an "advanced synchrotron light source" in a New York lab. But its main legacy will be change. The stimulus passed just a month after Obama's inauguration, but it may be his signature effort to reshape America as well as its government.
"Let's Just Go Build It!"
After Obama's election, Depression scholar Christina Romer delivered a freak-out briefing to his transition team, warning that to avoid a 1930s-style collapse, Washington needed to pump at least $800 billion into the frozen economy and fast. "We were in a tailspin," recalls Romer, who is about to step down as chair of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. "I was completely sympathetic to the idea that we shouldn't just dig ditches and fill them in. But saving the economy had to be paramount." Obama's economists argued for tax cuts and income transfers to get cash circulating quickly, emergency aid to states to prevent layoffs of cops and teachers and off-the-shelf highway projects to put people to work. They wanted a textbook Keynesian response to an economy in cardiac arrest: adding money to existing programs via existing formulas or handing it to governors, seniors and first-time home buyers. They weren't keen to reinvent the wheel.
But Obama and Biden also saw a golden opportunity to address priorities; they emphasized shovel-worthy as well as shovel-ready. Biden recalls brainstorming with Obama about an all-in push for a smarter electrical grid that would reduce blackouts, promote renewables and give families more control over their energy diet: "We said, 'God, wouldn't it be wonderful? Why don't we invest $100 billion? Let's just go build it!' "


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So, I've been in a creative funk for a while now, and I'm just starting to come out of it. One of the first things I notice when I start feeling creative again is that I'm hungry for color and starved for texture. I found myself taking pictures of colors and textures, and these are the most interesting in my opinion:


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The Auburn Accounting Online program is designed for the working professional who wants to further their education and career while continuing to work full-time. The Harbert College of Business' online programs blend traditional instruction with modern technology to extend educational opportunities beyond campus. Students can improve their educational credentials from their home or work site while also balancing career or family obligations. The programs are fully accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Online students receive the same quality of instruction and assignments as campus students.
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Since 1989, the Harbert College of Business has been on the forefront of distance education and continues to deliver the "classroom experience" to online students. The School of Accountancy has been offering the online Master of Accountancy since 2000 and the Accounting Bridge program since 2005 and now offers Auburn University's first undergraduate online degree, the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Accountancy.
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In Despicable Me 2, we see that former super-villain Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) has settled into the routine of fatherhood, which includes throwing princess-themed parties for his three adopted daughters – Agnes (Elsie Fisher), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Margo (Miranda Cosgrove) – and having Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand) and Gru's army of Minions spend their time making a new brand of jam, rather than weapons or gadgets for nefarious purposes.
Gru winds up being kidnapped by Lucy Wilde (Kristen Wiig), who is an agent for the Anti-Villain League: a secret global organization that specializes in stopping master criminals who are bent on world domination, as presided over by the snooty Silas Ramsbottom (Steve Coogan). At first, Gru refuses their request to help track down a mysterious figure who is responsible for stealing a dangerous mutating chemical compound (by using a giant magnet). Old habits die hard, though, and soon Gru's back in the game – only this time, he's saving the world.
As suggested by the film's Minion-centric trailers, Despicable Me 2 unfolds as part sequel to the original 3D animated hit Despicable Me, part extended prologue to the Minions spinoff arriving in theaters next year. The final result is a sequel that lacks the clever storyline – an examination of the line between villains and do-gooders from a different perspective – and has a weaker emotional core than its predecessor, but keeps all the inspired lunacy and cartoonish energy cranked up to the same level. Overall, though, there is enough heart and humor included to make the movie a breezy and charming viewing experience.
Despicable Me 2 was developed by the same team of people that collaborated on the first movie, which includes co-writers Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul along with co-directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud (everyone but Coffin also worked on The Lorax). This film allows those creative minds – who reside at Illumination Entertainment – to continue and position themselves as the modern equivalent of Chuck Jones, with their brand of Looney Tunes-esque satirical jokes, expressive slapstick and vibrant animation that makes proper use of cartoon physics and logic. That lets Despicable Me 2 appeal as much to adults as younger moviegoers, even though the sequel is (as a whole) geared more towards kids in the audience than the first movie.
Script-wise, Daurio and Paul fail to provide Gru with a character arc that's equally-touching as his personal journey from self-involvement to paternal nurturing in the first movie. Nevertheless, there is some fun to be had watching Gru in the sequel, as he navigate the treacherous waters of single fatherhood (which requires him to jump back into the dating pool and ward off unreciprocated interest from available suburban moms). Carell, as in the first Despicable Me, proves to be an excellent match for the voice-acting medium, with his amusingly undefined accent and lively vocal mannerisms as Gru.
In the film, Agnes and Margo once again represent different parenting challenges for Gru – Agnes unknowingly yearns for a maternal presence in her life, while the budding adolescent Margo has formed an interest in the opposite sex – and the results are touching and funny in equal measure; unfortunately, though, tomboyish Edith doesn't have much to do. Meanwhile, Kristen Wiig voiced Miss Hattie in the first Despicable Me, but in the sequel the role of Agent Wilde proves to be a better match for her sense of anxious comedic timing. Indeed, Wiig's vocal quirks are synced perfectly with her animated counterpart's on-screen action and help make the flirtations between Gru and Lucy enjoyable to watch.
Notable voice additions in the sequel include Coogan as the chinless Ramsbottom, Benjamin Bratt as the macho Mexican restaurant owner Eduardo Perez, and Moisés Arias as Eduardo's hipster son, Antonio. Their vocal tendencies are a solid fit for the stylized and caricature-like physical designs of their respective cartoon alter-egos, but the same cannot be said for Ken Jeong in a minor role as the peculiar wig store owner named Floyd Eagle-san. (Jeong, for the record, also voiced a talk show host in the first movie; his character in the sequel is perhaps even less memorable.)
Of course, there's no way to properly talk about Despicable Me 2 without touching on the expanded role that the Minions play in the film's madcap proceedings. The diminutive yellow critters may have their own (semi-)indecipherable language, but their brand of humor is essentially a throwback to silent film comedy, between the over-the-top physical gags, pantomime-style bits, frequent costume changes, and even a Minion fantasy sequence. Problem is, so much of the sequel is devoted to concocting scenarios where the Minions riff on and lampoon just about every social and/or pop cultural trend you can imagine (often to very funny effect), it makes the main storyline and character sub-plots feel like an afterthought at times.
Despicable Me 2, in other words, suffers because the filmmakers seemingly went too far by over-emphasizing the side elements that audiences loved about the first movie. Fortunately, unlike when, say, Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow was upgraded to a larger role in the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, the Minions have yet to be watered down to the point where they lose the idiosyncratic spark that made them memorable in the first place (there's even an in-joke about that, with regard to the disgusting jam mass-produced by the Minions). That's good to know, considering what lies ahead in the future of the Despicable Me franchise (as teased in the film's mid-credits scene).
Similarly, there's enough inventiveness present in the film's visual design and use of the 3D computer-animation medium to elevate Despicable Me 2 far enough so that the film manages to overcome shortcomings in its basic storytelling approach. Those who adore the Minions – and want to spend more time having some light-hearted fun in the zany Despicable Me universe – should get what they are looking for in the sequel (which, if you enjoyed the first movie's usage of 3D, is worth the higher ticket price for a 3D screening).
Sandy Schaefer blogs at Screen Rant.


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Hide Power or Heart Rate data on an Activity
Update privacy setting to be able to hide power data of your ride...
Update privacy setting to be able to hide power data of your ride...
Yes, that would be very useful. But I don't want the data to be deleted, just hidden in order to see them in my fitness and freshness graph. Sad that Strava let us wait for it so long :-(
Can you hide this data now or is this still a problem?
You still can't do it, I canceled my premium subscription, it expires in 10 days, I will not wait for Strava any longer...
Now then managers and developers.
Come on get your finger out your ar*e and implement this feature. It's been 2 years on the to do list!!!
why don't you implement this feature right away, since there's no technical impediment to that?!?!
I just found out that you can hide your Power Meter and/or Heart rate data if you upload your activity to Strava via Golden Cheetah (a wonderful and free software for power analysis).
It's super simple, you just tick the boxes of the parameters you don't want to share.
Please implement this feature. I don't want to have to use other tools to remove the data I don't want to share. I want to keep the data in Strava privately for my own analysis.
+1 !! This is urgent. Especially for premium users!
please do it finally...
Any update os this issue?
Can we please block power or any stat we don't want to share with others?
Seriously, why is this taking ages to implement...
Strava will never hide those private, personal data.
This is not an issue !
It is clearly a willingness from Strava to have people be "naked"...
People loves looking at others and putting comments on others' life.
This is the business model of Strava... It is a pity but this is common model nowadays...
Be aware that Strava is not the only app that you can use ;)
If you don't want people to see your power data, don't let them follow you...
I too would like the ability to hide the power data or to have the possibility to turn off the Honors for a certain track.
+ to hide HR and power data. specifically for TT races and FTP tests. without this option, i opt to make races private - which isn't the right answer as it strips fellow competitors of the opportunity to see fly-bys.
one potential option / compromise for transparency vs. privacy would be to give folks a certain number of workouts they can hide (maybe ~10-15 per year).
Separately, Elle Anderson (Strava Community Moderator) stated on April 9, 2015 that Strava is targeting "later this spring / summer" - back in 2015. Just saying.
Just saw the link below in this thread. This covers what I need (though being able to click what to share / what to hide would be preferable). Thanks to whoever posted below.
Guys has this been resolved? Can HEART RATE date be turned off and not show up in STRAVA?
Come on... is it that difficult for this simple feature?
Why strava doesn't respond at our question?
Let us the choice of what data to share!
I would also like to have this option!
I don't care if other people look at my data, but what, if companies start doing so? What, if my health insurace company sees my heart rate data and some weird algorithm says my heart is not working 100% correct (or I am just exercising too strong) and I have to pay more for the insurance in the future? Fast forward 10 years to the future and I think we will have this kind of situation! And of course, they will be really happy to look at past data for a better analysis.
Maybe, from Stravas point of view, this could also be a real selling point for Premium! (The "hide" option, not the selling of data to insurance companies ;)
Thanks for your continued support of this request to hide data such as heart rate and power as a privacy measure. Your privacy is a top priority for us and we have created a working group to discuss privacy improvements. This request is on our list, and I will keep everyone informed of it's status going forward.
Ho-ly sh*t... 2 years and 7 months later... I had given up on this actually getting an official response...
Anyway Yay!
Dear Elle, STRAVA representative,
I appreciate the hard work that you and STRAVA do to help us share our cycling adventures among friends. However, your comment today regarding the option of hiding power/heart rate data (https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/208835687/comments/205064584) really comes off as lip service since this thread has been around for over 2 years and you originally posted that it seemed like a reasonable feature enhancement request back in 2014 (https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/208835687/comments/211902487). I'm sure that anyone that has followed this thread for the past couple of years has given up, avoiding a premium subscription to STRAVA, and finding alternative biomonitoring software like Golden Cheetah.
I'm a ride leader for a large cycling club in northern California and like to share my ride routes, distance, and frequency of riding to inspire and encourage others in our club to ride. However, I would prefer to keep some of my performance data private.
P.S. (edit) It appears that Elle's original comment from 11/7/2016 at 11:36 & delivered via email by subscribing to this feature idea may have disappeared...
Two years later, ....
Thanks for all the great feedback on this topic, and Kevin thanks for linking your tool.
I think this is a reasonable feature enhancement request, and I'm going to put this on the list for consideration by our developers. We'll have to wait and see what happens, as I'm not able to determine if we can fit it in in the near future.
I did give up. Everyone thinks I don't ride anymore because I use a different tracking site.
How hard is it to add a little check mark to each cycling dynamic and have it be private or public?
You guys spend too much time worrying about the beacon feature which is just as unreliable as"live track"
@Elle Anderson , say something.....!?!?!
Totally bizarre thread. I have Garmin optical HR which is often inaccurate. Would be great to have a button to hide this data without having to go to the hassle of manipulating a file. Spend less time on charity rides and more time on features that make it worth being a premium customer.
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Dress Fleur's Lunar Shadows dress
Shirt Lula's Silk Birdie shirt
Tights Topshop
Shoes Office
Bag Urban Outfitters
Your dress is fandabbydosey
It's so nice to see that you've been blessed by sunny days as well! And I agree, so good to be able to swirl in my nadinoos without piling cardigans on top of them ;)
You look ever so pretty Nadia!
A big hug,
Love this! Love the pretty collar peeking out over the dress!
Thank you my lovelies! You are the sweetest x
I love this! The brick walls really complement the dress.
Aw, your granny is such a sweet heart. It seems like you picked the perfect thing for yourself as a bag is something you can carry with you every day. I'm loving the way that you layered the blouse under the dress so just that little collar is peeking out. So cute! And that brick really is a stellar background. Enjoy the sunshine this weekend.


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The Umbraco CMS platform give you the ability to create a content managed site with the familiar development process of ASP.NET MVC. If you are the only developer things don't get too complicated, but the moment you are sharing your solution with a team you gain a few wrinkles that have to be addressed.
Umbraco saves its content partially to the file system and partially to the database. This complicates sharing document types, templates and content between developers. While Courier allows you to sync these elements between your local machine and your stage and production servers it doesn't do well between to local host instances.
We addressed this problem using the uSync package which is available in the Umbraco package page under the developer section of your site. It allows you to automatically record changes every time you make a save in the back office. They are saved to files that can then be transferred to another system and will automatically be imported when the application pool restarts.
Another area that you will have to address is the content indexing files and the location of the auto-generated classes. Files like "all.dll.path" will need to be ignored in your source control since it contains a fully qualified directory location which will cause problems as you pull source code to multiple machines.
Of course you will also need to manage your web.config files as you would with any ASP.NET based solution to make sure that you don't step on each developer's local settings.
If you follow these couple of guidelines you will overcome some of the more annoying aspects of developing an Umbraco solution. Ultimately it will make the life of your developers will be much easier.
Tim is a Solutions Architect for PSC Group, LLC. He has been an IT consultant since 1999 specializing in Microsoft technologies. Along with running the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group and speaking on Microsoft and architecture topics he was also contributing author on "The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library".


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The injection of painkillers propped up Terrence Cody for a few hours every Sunday, the needle numbing him so he could give the Ravens whatever his body could muster before the pain returned.
The hip injury that had nagged him for more than a year prevented him from anchoring as a run defender, but there was no way he was going to let it keep him off the field. But when the big nose tackle's left elbow swelled up to the size of a small melon last season, that's what finally sat him down.
Cody missed the Week 11 game in Pittsburgh to have his elbow drained, snapping a string of 38 straight games, then gutted it out the rest of the season. In addition to the pain in his hip and his elbow, the criticism from outside the team's facility stung, too, but Cody refused to disclose the extent of his injuries and use them as an excuse for a disappointing season.
"A lot of people didn't know it," defensive coordinator Dean Pees said. "He didn't say anything about it. He didn't tell anybody about it. And then we found out, and he ends up having offseason surgery. So that tells me a lot about the kid right there. He took a lot of heat for maybe not playing as well as he should have, but I think to his credit, he's come back."
After undergoing offseason hip surgery that kept him on crutches into the spring and later having another procedure done on his elbow, Cody is starting to feel like he did in 2011, when he took over for Kelly Gregg as the starting nose tackle and started every game for the Ravens a year after he was drafted in the second round.
Cody has yet to live up to his draft status and become that dominant run stuffer in the middle of the defensive line. And with him now in the final year of his rookie contract, he is running out of time and opportunities to become that here. But Cody feels he has something to prove to the Ravens and anyone else who is watching.
"I was aware of all of [the criticism]," Cody said. "I've been in that situation plenty of times. Coming out of JUCO, people were wondering if I could really play at Alabama, if I could start, because I was a big guy. I proved them wrong. I've been dealing with a lot of criticism my whole life, but I've always found a way to prove people wrong. That's what I'm trying to do this year."
Cody has had a slightly different air about him this summer. He has chopped off his long braids, explaining that it was time for a change, and now sports a short-cropped mohawk. The recent sight of him hijacking a teammate's TV interview with his Forrest Gump impersonation shows that the 25-year-old still likes to clown around, but he appears to be taking his job more seriously.
And after telling a reporter about how he would wake up with sharp pain in his hip every morning last season and couldn't stand up straight for long periods of time, his face, dripping with sweat, brightened as he talked about being able to walk without pain.
"It was a difficult year last year. I was going through some things. It affected me on the field. They weren't seeing the same Cody as the year before. There were a lot of doubts about if I could still get the job done," Cody said. "I feel like this is going to be a big year for me."
For him to be on the field enough for that to happen, though, Cody must carve out a significant role among a group of defensive linemen the Ravens bolstered while Cody was rehabbing his injuries.
Days after the Super Bowl, general manager Ozzie Newsome vowed to improve the middle of his defense, which literally started with Cody at the point of attack. Privately, the Ravens were disappointed that the 2010 second-round draft pick, despite his injuries, had lost his starting job to journeyman Ma'ake Kemoeatu in 2012 and they didn't exactly dispel the notion when asked about it publicly.
The Ravens signed a pair of veterans in defensive end Chris Canty and defensive tackle Marcus Spears and drafted Missouri Southern State nose tackle Brandon Williams in the third round of April's draft. They also shuffled Pro Bowl defensive tackle Haloti Ngata over to Cody's old spot.
"It will just make me work harder," Cody said. "My D-line coach, [Clarence Brooks], told me before camp started that they were going to be looking at me to see how I'm doing. … I'm always fighting for a spot on the team. Everybody is fighting, draft pick or not. But I feel like I'm always fighting for a spot. Even during the season you're fighting for a starting spot."
During training camp, Cody has blended in with the second-teamers. But in the team's two preseason games, Cody pushed opponents around and was stout against the run. He recorded two tackles in each game and in Thursday's 27-23 win against the Atlanta Falcons, Cody — who isn't known as a pass rusher — even punctured the pocket and hurried the quarterback on one play.
"There is no issue with Terrence and how he is playing right now at all," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "He has graded out really highly and I think he's improved. The hip being healthy is helping him it seems like, but more than that his technique is a lot better. He's playing with his hands, he's playing square and he's playing with more power, moving his feet a little better."
Added defensive tackle Arthur Jones: "He was going through a lot of stuff last year, but it's a whole new year and he is playing great. I'm excited for him. We came in together and he's a guy I want to see do well. He's playing with better technique. He looks healthier, looks faster, looks quicker."
Cody's preseason performance, coupled with the fact that none of the defensive linemen below him on the depth chart have pushed him, has quieted speculation that he could be cut or traded before the regular season. His salary cap number of $910,000 is also very team-friendly.
Cody can cash in next offseason if he bounces back from his injuries and shows the Ravens or another NFL team that he can still reach his potential. And for those critics who will be watching him closely again this season, Cody has a message: "Just get your popcorn ready. That's all I'm going to say."
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May 5th: Cinco de Mayo
May 14th: Mother's Day
May 19th: Family Workshop
May 26th: Last Day of Public School
May 26th: VPK Graduation
May 29th: Memorial Day. Center Closed
May 29th - Aug 9th: Summer Program
Joseph H. Messina Children's Center News
Remember that Mother's Day is Sunday May 14th. Make sure you make her day extra special.
A mother holds a special place in the hearts and minds of her children. Mother's Day is May 14th and there is no better way to celebrate than with the whole family.
We're sure sleeping in on Mother's Day sounds nice and that having some alone time can make for an enjoyable day. But doesn't it sound like a better idea to make this holiday a family day? We encourage you to get outside and spend some quality time with your kids and loved ones.
All the Staff at Messina would like to extend a warm Mother's Day wish to all of our parents. Children will be making surprise Mother's Day Gifts on May 12th.
Parents please join us on Friday May 26th in celebrating your child's accomplishments this school year. The celebration starts at 9:30am.
Teachers have put out sign up sheets for the May end of the year Parent Conferences. Please make time to attend your one on one with your child's classroom teacher. Teachers will be sharing with parents their children's achievements throughout the year, work samples, Teaching Strategies Gold Assessment Report, writing samples and goals for the upcoming year. Your child will receive a portfolio highlighting your child's journey in learning over the past year.
1. First peel the bananas and cut them into thirds.
2. Then dump some cereal onto your wax paper, smear the bananas in peanut butter, and roll the peanut butter bananas in the cereal. That's it! You're done!
Monday, May 29th: The center will be CLOSED for Memorial Day.
"On Memorial Day we celebrate all American soldiers in a day of remembrance."
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Join us for our May Parent Workshop in our initiative to bring healthy foods and lifestyles to parents. These 15 minute cycle workshops enable parents to attend, receive valuable information and still get home in time for dinner. We encourage all of our parents to attend to help us help you become a healthy and active family. We will have samples of tasty, healthy snacks, prepared by the School Age children in the Care Club. Parents may enjoy their delicious snack during the 15 minute training on May 19th from 5:30-6:30PM
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Healthy Habits for Life
Healthy Habits for Life, is the next segment brought to our VPK children through our partnership with the University of South Florida Family Nutrition Program, with Felicia Nudo. Children will be participating in physical activities based around the Sesame Street characters. Children will explore healthy living and the importance of physical activity. The May programming will be held on May 4, 11, 18, and 25th. Parents are invited to attend. Click on the image to watch our healthy superheroes.
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