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SAINT LOUIS, Mo. - The Case Western Reserve University women's tennis team placed three athletes in the top-16 and also saw sophomore Erika Lim advance to the semifinals in Saint Louis, Mo. this weekend (Friday-Sunday, October 1-3) at the USTA/ITA Division III Women's Tennis Central Regional, hosted by Washington University. The team posted a winning record on the weekend while winning 13 singles matches and six doubles contests.
Sophomore Erika Lim (Fullerton, CA/Fullerton Union) provided the biggest highlight of the tournament for the Spartans as she blazed her way to the semifinal round with a 4-1 singles record over the weekend.
Sophomore Samantha Lewis (Nashville, TN/Harpeth Hall) also worked her way into the round of 16, going 2-1 in her singles matches. Freshman Bianca Patel (Cincinnati, OH/Sycamore) was the third Spartan to work her way into the top-16, tallying a 3-1 record in singles play.
Case also had two doubles teams reach the semifinals of the consolation bracket before each had to retire to return to Cleveland on Sunday. Sophomore Kathleen Evers (Cincinnati, OH/Mount Notre Dame) and freshman Theresa Smetona (Shaker Heights, OH/Laurel School) went 2-0 in doubles action, while sophomores Lim and Emily Pham (Mason, OH/William Mason) won three straight before heading home.
The Spartans will not play again until October 15, as they will continue their fall slate at home against Ohio Dominican University in a dual match at 5:00 p.m. at Carlton Courts.


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Dr. Alexeyev Interviewed in Science Magazine
Approximately one in 200 women carry defective mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), and their children can develop serious or fatal diseases. "Back in 2008 we provided a proof of principle for the gene therapy approach when we were able to shift a balance between diseased and normal mtDNA in cells by targeting a restriction endonuclease - an enzyme that cuts DNA at a predetermined sequence - to mitochondria," Dr. Alexeyev said.
A group of researchers at the University of Miami led by Dr. Carlos Moraes adapted components of the system that pathogenic bacteria use to improve their "living conditions" inside plant cells to develop genetic tools for targeting diseased mtDNA in a broader range of mitochondrial diseases.
The article describes how a team led by developmental biologist Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego took Dr. Alexeyev's and Dr. Moraes' approach one step further.
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Over the past few years it has become a yearly tradition for me, shotgun season at Lodge Two Five. Well this year was no different, Jim called me a few weeks ago to set up the dates and he also texts me a few pictures of some of the deer that we would be chasing. One of those deer in particular we knew very well through Reconyx pictures taken over the past years but we had let to lay eyes on this Illinois giant, this deer was fittingly named King.
The week before the gun opener Jim's camp was full of friends and family. Terry Drury, his camera man Ryan, Ben Rising his partner Kenny, Matt Drury and of course Jim's brothers and his dad. Upon my arrival we all had sat over an amazing dinner in town to reconnect and also to strategize about where to hunt in the morning. That morning rolled around very fast and was very frosty and cold, not much deer movement happened for us nor anybody else. Over lunch Jim and I looked over a map of his farm discussed wind, food and access to different blinds, we landed on a blind called "the pinch" and we knew that we had a very good chance at seeing one of the three monster shooters living in the timber surrounding the field.
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When President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace liberal Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the carefully scheduled Trump Derangement commenced. Such was the fear that Trump would keep his campaign promise and nominate someone who professes to follow the Constitution strictly, and not interpret it to mean something other than what it really says, that Women's March published a preprepared news release riddled with errors.
"In response to Donald Trump's nomination of XX to the Supreme Court of the United States," the lament began. "Trump's announcement today is a death sentence for thousands of women in the United States," it continued, misspelling Kavanaugh's name. The release predicted the rise of "white patriarchal supremacists" and their "oppressive agenda."
Mull that over. "Death sentence?" "White patriarchal supremacists?" "Oppressive agenda?" That's the stuff of kooky fiction by Margaret Atwood. It's not reality.
Yet the anti-Kavanaugh jihadists aren't just exemplars of how extreme the Left has become, particularly if it sniffs a judicial nominee who might fiddle with Roe v. Wade, the Left's principal dogmatic legal teaching; they are, as well, the logical end of what happens now with every vacancy on the court. Each nomination occasions bitter, partisan, ideological war because both sides know the high court has become the final, Solomonic arbiter of all local, state, and federal policy. And the court, by the way, arrogated that power unto itself, with no argument from the other two co-equal branches of government. Thus, we get press releases about the nomination of XX to the court.
The vicious ideological combat didn't begin with Kavanaugh, or before him, Neil Gorsuch, or before him, President Obama's failed nominee, Merrick Garland. Those of a certain age remember the smearing of a man who could have been one of the greatest justices to sit on the court, Robert Bork.
His name became a verb. Thus did the Left tried to "Bork" Kavanaugh. The Democrats said they would examine every word Kavanaugh ever wrote, which would have included millions of documents given his work in the Bush administration. That tactic failed, so they conceived another: peddling the lie that Kavanaugh believed and testified that all birth control drugs induced abortions. Kavanaugh didn't say it, he doesn't believe it, and his dissent in the case he discussed proved it. The Washington Post's fact checker awarded the chief promoter of that lie, Senator Kamala Harris, four of its famed Pinocchios. Democrats distorted other testimony, too. But the most despicable tactic was the last-minute anonymous accusation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a woman when he was in high school. Kavanaugh and one of his friends denied it, and 65 women signed a letter that said, essentially, the story was ridiculous.
That mendacious character assassination attempt aside, the question is why either side is jumping to conclusions. He is, apparently, not a certain vote to reverse Roe v. Wade, a constitutional abomination. But who knows? He might. He's good on guns, we are told, but perhaps less so on takings and the Fourth Amendment, which protects us from unwarranted searches and seizures. On ObamaCare, another fight that won't end, both sides are, again, scared. How would he vote should an ObamaCare case land in the court's lap? Conservatives can only hope that Kavanaugh is what the Left says he is: a constitutionalist who will help roll back the powers of the megastate, including the court itself. But that's uncertain.
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Roe v. Wade
The caterwauling about Kavanaugh centered, as with all nominations, on Roe v. Wade, the high court's decision in 1973 that struck down abortion laws in all 50 states and legalized abortion on demand at any time for any reason. It is the Magna Carta of modern leftist judicial activism. Abortion being a sacrament in the High Church of Feminism, any nominee who even entertained a thought that Roe v. Wade was decided wrongly must be declared anathema.
Pro-life conservatives are uneasy about Kavanaugh and what he might do given an opportunity to overturn Roe v. Wade, should the occasion arise.
"We talked about whether he considered Roe to be settled law," said leftist Republican Senator Susan Collins (Maine). Collins and fellow pro-abortion Republican Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) are key votes for Kavanaugh's elevation to the court. So he had to assure the feminist pair he would rule that murdering the unborn is sacrosanct. Reported Collins, "He said that he agreed with what [Chief] Justice [John] Roberts said at his nomination hearing in which he said that it was settled law."
But that means nothing, the Left says. Rolling Stone noted that Neil Gorsuch also assured Collins that he would respect precedent, but has been busily overturning precedent in such cases as Janus v. AFSCME. That ruling said government workers can't be forced to pay dues to unions that represent workers in collective bargaining because those dues are often used for political activities the workers oppose. The Left went ballistic about Janus because it cut off a major supply of campaign funding for Democratic candidates. Gorsuch helped write a book on precedent, the failing magazine noted, and none other than Kavanaugh contributed.
Rolling Stone and Think Progress, a key leftist website, note that Kavanaugh voted with the Trump administration when it tried to block an illegal alien from aborting her child, and Think Progress published a compelling piece, which ought to hearten conservatives, to show that Kavanaugh will almost certainly vote to overturn Roe.
Think Progress reported that 13 abortion cases are percolating through lower courts, with two judges in one of them practically begging for the Supreme Court to overturn a decision Roe v. Wade forced them to make, which presumably would undermine Roe itself. As well, the website observed, citing his speech to the American Enterprise Institute, Kavanaugh subscribes to the views of late Chief Justice William Rehnquist on the matter of unenumerated rights — meaning rights not mentioned in the Constitution. Rehnquist believed, Kavanaugh said, "that unenumerated rights could be recognized by the courts only if the asserted right was rooted in the nation's history and tradition."
In 1997's Washington vs. Glucksberg, which involved the putative right to assisted suicide, Kavanaugh said, "Rehnquist wrote the opinion for the Court saying that the rights and liberties protected by the due process clause are those rights that are deeply rooted in the nation's history and tradition. And he rejected the claim that assisted suicide qualified as such a fundamental right." Kavanaugh continued:
Of course, even a first-year law student could tell you that the Glucksberg approach to unenumerated rights was not consistent with the approach of the abortion cases such as Roe vs. Wade in 1973, as well as the 1992 decision reaffirming Roe, known as Planned Parenthood vs. Casey.
What to make of that? In this context, it's fair to say that Justice Rehnquist was not successful in convincing a majority of the justices in the context of abortion either on Roe itself or in the later cases such as Casey, in the latter case perhaps because of stare decisis.
But he was successful in stemming the general tide of free willing judicial creation of unenumerated rights that were not rooted in the nation's history and tradition. The Glucksberg case stands to this day as an important precedent, limiting the Court's role in the realm of social policy and helping to ensure that the Court operates more as a court of law and less as an institution of social policy.
These sentiments, Think Progress averred, mean Kavanaugh is almost a certain vote to overturn Roe because the "right to an abortion" is not an unenumerated right "rooted" in the nation's "history and tradition." Then again, perhaps he would be upholding precedent, which is what the Left wants. Glucksberg, after all, "stands to this day as important precedent."
For the sake of the unborn, let's hope so, but at any rate, Kavanaugh has terrified the Left even as his comments to Collins left the Right uneasy.
Guns and the Fourth Amendment
In the area of guns, too, the Left says, Kavanaugh isn't just bad news. He's an "extremist," the go-to imprecation when the Left wants to signal that a nominee must be destroyed. "Judge Kavanaugh's Extremist Position on the Second Amendment," ran the headline at the American Prospect.
The writer in this case attempts to "Bork" Kavanaugh by claiming that he, like Bork, is "outside the 'mainstream'" on gun rights, largely because of a dissent on Washington, D.C.'s law regulating semi-automatic rifles. Known as Heller 2 — Heller 1 dealt with handguns for home protection — Kavanaugh did not view the law as constitutional because he did not see the difference in permitting semi-automatic handguns and semi-automatic rifles. Of course, Think Progress disagrees, and foresees rivers of blood if Kavanaugh gets his way on guns.
Reason magazine noted that Kavanaugh will likely rule for an expansive view of the Second Amendment, so Kavanaugh is probably good on guns.
But citing Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Representative Justin Amash (R-Mich.), Reason scribe Jacob Sullum is quite concerned that Kavanaugh will not fortify the Fourth's protection against "unreasonable searches and seizures."
Kavanaugh thinks the National Security Agency's mining of American telephone records is "entirely consistent with the Fourth Amendment," he wrote in rejecting a rehearing en banc on the matter. Citing a decision in 1979 that permitted police to search sans warrant the phone numbers a robbery suspect dialed, Kavanaugh opined that NSA's turning on its cyber-Hoovers is not a search. The NSA data trawling "readily qualifies as reasonable" because it "serves a critically important special need — preventing terrorist attacks on the United States." Thus, he concluded, the "Fourth Amendment allows governmental searches and seizures without individualized suspicion when the Government demonstrates a sufficient 'special need' — that is, a need beyond the normal need for law enforcement — that outweighs the intrusion on individual liberty. Examples include drug testing of students, roadblocks to detect drunk drivers, border checkpoints, and security screening at airports."
"I disagree completely," Paul said. "And I think if we give up our liberty for security, we may end up with what Franklin said, and that's neither — neither liberty nor security."
Beyond that, Reason reported, "Kavanaugh also perceived a 'special need' in a 2012 case involving the U.S. Forest Service's random drug testing of people employed at its Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers. While two members of a three-judge D.C. Circuit panel deemed that requirement unreasonable because the government had presented no evidence of 'a serious drug problem among staff,' Kavanaugh said the policy was justified as a way of shielding the at-risk youth served by the centers from drugs."
Conservatives are no doubt split on whether the NSA ought to vacuum cyberspace and the atmosphere, sucking up even the private conversations of perfectly innocent Americans in the hope of bagging a terrorist. But regardless of what one thinks about any given example, a larger concern ought to give pause. The government's power to code and trace our activities, as depicted in such popular television fare as 24, has reached frightening levels. As I wrote in Chronicles in 2008, quoting the late Sam Francis, the tyrants of old, such as Mao or Stalin, would drool at the prospect of having the techno-gadgetry available to the Deep State today.
Given his support for Rehnquist's view that obviously guilty criminals should not be freed on technicalities, such as a warrantless search that turned up evidence of guilt, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune summed up Kavanaugh this way: He has a "soft spot for police abuses."
So where will Kavanaugh come down on the Fourth Amendment? Kavanaugh might not like the exclusionary rule, which forbids prosecutors from using illegally obtained evidence, wrote Rory Little for the Scotusblog, but "many of Kavanaugh's rulings can be labeled 'pro-defense': Although some court-observers fear that Kavanaugh's confirmation could drive the Supreme Court further to 'the right,' I found at least eight D.C. Circuit decisions … in which Kavanaugh wrote to join a 'pro-defendant' ruling."
On criminal cases, Little called him a "'Kennedy-esque' moderate."
Taking Private Property
As bad — or good — as Kavanaugh might be on the Fourth Amendment, those who have examined how he might rule on takings and the burdensome federal regulations favor his confirmation. "While commentators have been scrutinizing Kavanaugh's record on hot-button topics like abortion and immigration," Realtor.com observed, "there's been little discussion of what a more conservative court could mean for home buyers, sellers, and owners. And it could mean a great deal."
That report anticipates more property cases heading to the court. If Kavanaugh is confirmed, plaintiffs will find a court more amenable to their interests and more opposed to eminent domain seizures. "Eminent domain could be checked," the website averred. The site explained:
For years, when most Americans thought of eminent domain, they thought of it as the government seizure of privately owned land to use for new schools, roads, or utilities.
But Kelo v. City of New London changed those perceptions. In a slim 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court decided in 2005 that local governments could use eminent domain to take private land when redevelopment would result in economic benefits to a community.
That means that homes could hypothetically be seized and turned over to a developer, and a mall or hotel could go up where they once stood. Property owners would be compensated for their losses. (In response, a number of states passed laws restricting this practice.)
But now, the website noted, with Kennedy gone and his replacement much less inclined to grant government such broad powers of seizure, the outcome could be different. One such case, the website reported, involves a challenge to an ordinance in Scott, Pennsylvania, that requires residents who own property where graves are found to permit public access during the day. Kavanaugh, many believe, is a vote to strike down such an ordinance as an unjust taking.
As environmental restrictions go, Politico reported, Kavanaugh "is not a fan of what he believes is the overreach of many government agencies — including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Loosening or rescinding various federal and environmental regulations could make more land available to builders and could give property owners more control over their land." A memo from the White House to business groups, Politico reported, reminded the recipients that "Kavanaugh helped kill President Obama's most destructive new environmental rules" and has "led the effort to rein in unaccountable independent agencies."
Stephen Wermiel, a professor of constitutional law at American University's Washington College of Law, told Politico that "Kavanaugh joins a court that already thinks government agencies have too much regulatory power. He'll be a strong fifth vote to spread that view."
Kavanaugh on ObamaCare
What Kavanaugh might do were an ObamaCare case to land on the court's docket depends on whom you talk to. The headlines about it are, literally, all over the place:
The Los Angeles Times: "Kavanaugh signals skepticism about the latest GOP lawsuit to overturn Obamacare"
The Washington Post: "Brett Kavanaugh could take an ax to Obamacare"
USA Today: "Brett Kavanaugh on Supreme Court could kill Affordable Care Act"
The Federalist: "How Potential SCOTUS Pick Brett Kavanaugh Wrote A Roadmap For Saving Obamacare"
According to the LA Times, when he traversed the halls of Calhoun and Clay for the ritual meet-and-greet, Kavanaugh told Democrats that he might not vote to overturn the unconstitutional law. "Kavanaugh has signaled in private meetings with Senate Democrats that he is skeptical of some of the legal claims being asserted in the latest GOP-led effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act," the newspaper reported.
The lawsuit in question — filed by Texas plus 19 states — argues that ObamaCare is unconstitutional because Congress essentially repealed the mandate that forces Americans to buy some sort of insurance. As two lawyers involved in the case wrote for The Hill, "The new ACA challenge is quite simple. The Supreme Court held that individual mandate was only constitutional because it was a tax, and in doing so, salvaged the remainder of the ACA. It was only a tax because it produced 'some revenue.' Now, the individual mandate produces no revenue. On December 22, 2017, Congress eliminated the tax penalty. Because it produces no revenue, it can't be described as a tax. Thus, Congress has no constitutional authority to support the individual mandate."
Question is, would Kavanaugh buy that argument. Writing in Reason magazine, Damon Root suggested that Kavanaugh's dissent in Seven Sky v. Holder might tell us. That lawsuit challenged ObamaCare's constitutionality by asking whether Congress has the authority to impose the individual mandate.
The federal court upheld ObamaCare, but Kavanaugh dissented, "not because he necessarily disagreed with the majority's Commerce Clause analysis. Rather, Kavanaugh dissented because he thought the federal courts had no business hearing the case." Root continued:
"For judges, there is a natural and understandable inclination to decide these weighty and historic constitutional questions," Kavanaugh wrote. "By waiting, we would respect the bedrock principle of judicial restraint that courts avoid prematurely or unnecessarily deciding constitutional questions."
But let's get back to what Kavanaugh told senators: "As Kavanaugh made the rounds on Capitol Hill in recent weeks he suggested that even if one piece of the healthcare law is ruled invalid, the entire law doesn't necessarily have to come down with it, three Democrats who were in the meetings told the Los Angeles Times."
When Democrats asked about the lawsuit, Kavanaugh would not address the case "directly, but repeatedly pointed to the legal idea that one unconstitutional provision shouldn't eliminate an entire statute." Of course, those same Democrats suspect Kavanaugh's comments might be an "attempt to use legal semantics to alleviate fears that he would support the renewed legal attack on the Affordable Care Act."
So, again, the question is how Kavanaugh would vote. Answer: unpredictably. He's not a hidebound legal ideologue.
No Way to Tell
So what can anyone say about Kavanaugh's upcoming decisions should the Senate approve him, which it likely will? Not much. No one can predict how Kavanaugh, or any other judge who has taken positions at odds with what a given constituency expects, will vote.
Some judges are entirely predictable. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of them. So was, from the conservative side, the late Antonin Scalia. Others are less so. Kavanaugh might be good on guns, but bad on ObamaCare. Knowing the future is impossible. No one thought Chief Justice John Roberts, a Bush appointee, would save ObamaCare. But he did. Just as another Republican, Anthony Kennedy, a Reagan appointee, enshrined the fiction of homosexual "marriage" into federal law. And not just with his vote: His deciding text contains the most legally, theologically, and philosophically preposterous paragraph ever penned by a man with a law degree.
No matter what Kavanaugh does, whichever side he enrages will say, "I told you so."
In late August, former House speaker and abortion fanatic Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), a Catholic who has repeatedly misstated the teaching of her church on the matter, divulged one way she's working to thwart Kavanaugh's appointment: "I pray a lot."
Well, conservatives better pray a lot, too. Not necessarily that Kavanaugh gets the seat — he will, barring some unforeseen event — but that when he does, he votes to uphold the Constitution and begin rolling back the court's century-long attack on the American political order.
Kavanaugh in Brief
Democrats are furious about President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to replace Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court, and not just because they fear he might undo the modern Left's most sacred legal text, Roe v. Wade.
They don't like him for another reason: Kavanaugh was on the team assembled by Independent Counsel Ken Starr, the man whose probe of President Clinton led to the first impeachment of a president since Andrew Johnson. Like Johnson, Clinton escaped conviction.
Indeed, Kavanaugh wasn't just a member of the team. The Yale Law School grad was its captain in some ways. He authored a sizzling memorandum that said Clinton had "disgraced his office, the legal system and the American people by having sex with a 22-year-old intern and turning her life into a shambles."
He also wrote a number of shockingly frank questions to probe Clinton's relationship with the intern, Monica Lewinsky, and he was the lead author of the Starr report.
Kavanaugh went to Yale undergrad and law school, graduating in 1990. He clerked for two federal judges, then landed a spot with Neil Gorsuch (Trump's first pick for the Supreme Court) clerking for Justice Anthony Kennedy.
He became a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2006 after serving the Bush White House.
The usual suspects, such as People for the American Way, opposed Kavanaugh's nomination to the appeals court.
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Forget the matching denim ensembles you've seen before (sorry Britney and Justin!), these celeb couples – past and present – have a pulse on in-sync styling, minus the cheese factor! So take notes for your next his and hers shopping spree as we take you through some of our favourite matchy-matchy A-lister moments. Did someone say #twinning?
Victoria and David BeckhamOur favourite spice girl and her rock star athlete husband have been dressing in sync from day one. Their fashion sense has come a long way, and while some of their throwback looks verge on cheesy, their present-day style is anything but.
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Prince William and Kate MiddletonThese two are always dressed to impress (just take a look through Kate Middleton's top 10 style-defining looks), and we've noticed a pattern in their ensembles as of late - they love to coordinate for the press, it seems! A navy blazer and tucked in dress shirt is a good look on both of them, don't think you?
Kim Kardashian West and Kanye WestOK, these two have been coordinating colour schemes for a long time now, but their most recent idea? Getting the whole family in on the fun, which we love even more.
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Jessica Biel and Justin TimberlakeThese two low-key lovebirds aren't big on flashy fashion moments, but manage to look adorable together from walking the red carpet to running everyday errands, nearly looking like twins. One thing this pair has taught us? Scarves and denim is a must.
Ellen Degeneres and Portia de RossiThese long-time lovebirds have always had fun wih their style, and while they do often step out in different-but-complimentary glam for the red carpet, we love their off-duty looks best. Here they give us major airport-style inspiration with their slicked back locks, matching sneaks and bomber jackets. Plus, you'd never know there was an age gap between them. See all of the celebrity couples with surprisingly big age gaps, like these two.
Jennifer Aniston and Justin TherouxThese two love their dark threads, casual-fitting denim, tinted aviators and lace-up boots. We love their low-key cozy NYC style – definite fall-season inspiration! We think Jen's just one star who broke up with their partner and totally traded up.
Katie Holmes and Tom CruiseSo this rollercoaster romance may not have stood the test of time (see 21 famous women who make divorce look good), but these two definitely knew how to make an entrance, on and off the red carpet. Anyone else getting serious Top Gun flashbacks?
Johnny Depp and Kate MossOut of all of the '90s couples who need to get back together these two top our list. Their love story may be a thing of the past but these leather-loving stunners are still giving us current trend vibes with their grunge-chic style.
Amber Heard and Johnny DeppAnother relationship in the books for Hollywood bad-boy Johnny Depp – but sadly, this one goes down as one of the nastiest celebrity divorces of all time. Before it all went south this past year, these two had some great fashion moments. Here, Heard takes cues from then-hubby Depp as she walks the red carpet in a matching suit-style ensemble for her role in The Danish Girl.
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Kylie Jenner and TygaThe on-again, off-again twosome were definitely ON when they were snapped here snuggling in matching black tees – we're guessing Kylie lost her pants? It's rare to see this Kardashian in anything less than full-glam, but when she does dress down, it's usually in sync with the low-key style of beau, rapper Tyga.
Ashton Kutcher and Mila KunisOnce these two got together after meeting as teens on set (see the sweet ways celebrity couples first met) all bets were off. These two cuties may not have height in common, but they do share a love of casual threads – and sports! We love how effortlessly adorable they look in denim and brown boots while on their feet cheering at a Laker's game.
Kevin Hart and Eniko ParrishIt's all in the details for these two, who always stun on the red carpet in synchronized ensembles that may not match exactly but definitely shine as a pair. We love how sleek these two look here, with Eniko's slinky gown playing off of the crisp sheen in Kevin's lapels.
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With his big, baritone voice and his infinite knowledge of Brooklyn Heights (he's lived there 54 years), Greeter Brad Smith took us on a trip that could only be called heavenly. It was an exploration of three churches, all in a designated Historic District. Since Brooklyn is known as a "City of Churches" we knew we were in for a treat.
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This post is the first of a series of articles on how to empower your dev environment with ESLint, Prettier, and EditorConfig. If you already know ESLint, Prettier, EditorConfig and how you can benefit from using them together, do not worry! You will know how to configure them to work together in…Continue reading →
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Expert: It is in the national interest of the United States to prevent Ukraine from becoming a Russian satellite
"Ukraine is more democratically oriented than Russia. Historically, it has closer ties with Europe; and geopolitically, it can provide a necessary check on Russia's imperial ambitions. In the best-case scenario, Ukraine can become a proud member of the European community; in the "medium" case, an independent Ukraine can be a buffer between an authoritarian, anti-Western Russia, and NATO/the EU; while in the worst case, Ukraine can once again lose its independence altogether and be drawn completely into the Russian orbit," Cohen admits.
Thus, in his opinion, it is important for American policymakers to understand and counter Russia's neo-imperial designs on Ukraine. Specifically, the U.S. should announce public and diplomatic support of associate EU membership for Ukraine and the DCFTA in Washington, Europe, and in Kyiv; send high-level officials to visit Ukraine; provide technical assistance, if requested, to boost the country's lackluster economic performance; and encourage Europe to lower its trade tariffs with Kyiv.
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More precisely, the White House should reaffirm the guarantees of Ukrainian sovereignty and independence pledged by the U.S. in 1994, which include protection from economic pressure. The U.S. should also promote the release of former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko from prison—a step that would further encourage the Europeans to sign the Association Agreement, Cohen says. US should also expand an international technical assistance to Ukraine for steps Kyiv may take to defend its trade from discriminatory Russian trade practices. One of the possible activities is a preparation of WTO claims.
"The Obama Administration should denounce Moscow's illegal economic pressure on Ukraine to force it to join the Customs Union and provide technical advice on measures Kyiv can take to oppose such pressure in the WTO and other international frameworks," the expert claims.
American geopolitical interests and ties to Eastern Europe require high-profile and unambiguous support of Ukraine's Association Agreement and DCFTA with the European Union. The U.S. needs to join Ukraine and its European partners in derailing Russian economic blackmail and soft-power pressures, Cohen admits.
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- Presidential Administration official says terrorist attacks could take place on May 9
- Ukrainian Security Service Chief: Twenty-six Russian security officers were involved in planning of the bloodshed on Maidan
- Edward Lucas: the EU has enough strength to respond to Russia's pressure
- The Economist: Ukraine is the most valuable prize left for the EU in Eastern Europe
- The Washington Post: Former Soviet states stand up to Russia. Will the U.S.?
- U.S. Congressman: US should not allow Eastern European countries to be browbeaten by Russia
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
How I Tackle Writing
by Celia Yeary
Did you know you can find numerous articles on the internet about how to write a novel? Most of them begin with "think of a good story." Now that, in my opinion, is the most fascinating bit of advice I've ever read. "Think of a good story." I wonder if Margaret Mitchell said that to herself as she sat down at her typewriter. She certainly had a good story; I'll admit that.
How did Margaret Mitchell find the novel titled Gone With the Wind? I have no idea, but I don't imagine she sat down one day at her desk and thought, "I need to think of a good story," and voila! her Best-Selling Novel was born.
First, for me to think up a good story I need time to DAYDREAM. That's step number one —time to stare into space and let my mind wander, imagining a scene or a character. This might occur while I'm watching mind-numbing television, or while we're on a long road trip and I have time to stare at the highway in front of me, or best of all, the house is quiet and I'm all alone.
Second, I need A PROMPT of some kind. This might be an old weathered gray house on the side of the road, and I wonder who lived there and why. Maybe I see unique person walking along the sidewalk, and I wonder who she is and where is she going. Perhaps I read a news article, and something in it turns into a scene with people acting out the story in the article.
Third, I need to ENVISION a character, male or female, doesn't matter. Who is this character? What is her story? I needed to write a 25,000 word Christmas story, and I thought of a couple who recently married. She is a nurse, very tall, and she married a doctor who is even taller. So, my story is based on a young woman who is to be maid of honor to her brother's best man. She worries, but when she meets him, he stands even taller than she. And of course, he's a hunk. In my story, my heroine is a pediatric nurse and my hero is an ex-Army medic.
In a nutshell, that is how I begin writing a story. Let me give you an example. Occasionally, we travel north about 200 miles to visit my mother in the nursing home. On the way, we pass a road sign that points west and says, Thurber 15 miles. I've never heard of this town. So when I returned home, I immediately Googled the name. I learned it is a ghost place with only one tall smokestack and numerous cemeteries remaining. Once, though, it had been a thriving town of 3,000 that produced coal. Ah, so Erath County had coalmines. When?
From a little research, I learned all about the town and even found a website with old photos. The citizens abandoned it around 1915, and the owners of the coal mine leveled it. Why? I found a rich history there in that area, which resulted in my imagining a young man who walked away, wandering until he came upon a farm where a young girl lived with her family. From there, the entire story fell into place.
I titled my story Wish for the Moon and is now contracted with Willow Moon Publishing. The story turned out to be a "coming-of-age" novel, which created a problem with getting someone to publish it. I refused to make it into a pure romance, and that dilemma happened more than once. I stubbornly held on to it. While it is an adult love story, romance is not the focus. In a stroke of very good luck, I ran across WMP.
Thank you for reading today. I do appreciate Nancy for inviting me to guest on her blog.
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20 comments:
- Maggie Toussaint said...
I have a similar process, Celia. That daydreaming time is really essential for me, and it is harder to find in a busy lifestyle.
Enjoyed your post!
- September 22, 2010 at 8:47 AM
- LK Hunsaker said...
Celia, I agree that daydreaming is essential! As is having the imagination to see what everyone does and while they see and dismiss, we see and imagine.
Glad you found someone to take your mixed genre. Those are my favorite stories to read. ;-)
- September 22, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Keena Kincaid said...
Good morning. I like you've managed to distill your process for coming up with a good idea. I agree that time to sit and think is the key to good stories. Navel gazing is likely responsible for everything from Shakespeare to the wheel.
- September 22, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- Unknown said...
I'm a daydreamer too...and a night dreamer, and a nap dreamer ;)
- September 22, 2010 at 11:10 AM
- Mona Risk said...
Celia--Thank you for sharing your inspiration. My ideas usually come when I am not writing, mostly when I'm on vacation and my mind is finally relaxing. All my stories are based on a real event that happened to me or someone I know, and then I daydream the rest of the story. I practically write it in my mind before typing the words.
- September 22, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Morgan Mandel said...
I love that title, Wish for the Moon. Also, I agree not to get your novel categorized into something you don't intend it to be recognized as.
Morgan Mandel
- September 22, 2010 at 1:43 PM
- Sue Perkins said...
My process is very similar Celia. I start with a scene with the heroine in it, zoom in on the heroine and then build the world around her, the story follows of its own accord.
- September 22, 2010 at 2:06 PM
- Vonnie Davis ~ Romance Author said...
Great blog! I, too, need quiet to allow inspiration to raor in. Late Friday night I e-mailed my 83,000+ manuscript to my agent. I should have felt relief. What I felt was lost. What would I work on next: A manuscript in my drawer, badly in need of revision or a historical I'd abandoned earlier this summer? Sunday morning around 3am, I woke up with the first paragraph of another novel doing the jitterbug in my head, so I crawled out of bed, grumbling, and fired-up the laptop. No one said we have to happy when inspiration hits us...
- September 22, 2010 at 2:21 PM
- Unknown said...
MAGGIE--yes, I know you're a daydreamer--that's the mark of an excellent writer. Thanks for the comment--Celia
- September 22, 2010 at 2:40 PM
- Unknown said...
LORAINE--thank you! Yes, I was so pleased someone would publish Making the Turn. The prints are selling pretty well here in town, and I'm very happy about this. I hope they like it as much as they like my Western Historicals. It was like, "Well, I guess I'll try it." I'll let you know. Celia
- September 22, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- Unknown said...
FUNNY, KEENA! I hadn't thought that the wheel might have been invented by the same method. I must have quiet and be alone to think up that "good plot." Celia
- September 22, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Unknown said...
A.R.--me, too! I sleep well at night, and I take a nap during the day. Nice of you to come by--thanks--Celia
- September 22, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Unknown said...
MONA--your method is interesting. I never write about someone I know, with the exception of Making the Turn.It's difficult to find quality time to truly relax and daydream. Our world is so busy. Thank you for coming by--Celia
- September 22, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Unknown said...
MORGAN--thanks for the support. I thought I was going to have to put Wish for the Moon in my archives. But I was never even tempted to rewrite it into a real by-the-book-romance. Celia
- September 22, 2010 at 2:48 PM
- Unknown said...
SUE--that's ane escellent synopsis of how you write--and yes, how I do, too. The character is always front and center. Thanks for commenting--Celia
- September 22, 2010 at 2:49 PM
- Unknown said...
VONNIE--oh, I love your comment! And I can identify about feeling lost when you send off a ms for submission. It's like shooing your baby out the door, then the house feels so empty. I'm glad that new inspiration hit you--even though in the middle of the night. Celia
- September 22, 2010 at 2:52 PM
- Diane Craver said...
I daydream a lot before I start a new story. Once I have characters in my head, I think of bits and pieces of dialogue while daydreaming. I love writing dialogue.
I enjoyed learning your writing process! Have a great day, Celia!
- September 23, 2010 at 4:17 AM
- Unknown said...
THANKS--Diane--it seems daydreaming is the one big ticket item we all need to write. A universal phenomenum, I guess. And you have a great day, too. Celia
- September 23, 2010 at 5:59 AM
- Linda Swift said...
Great blog, Celia. I agree with Mona that I usually have a story finished in my head before I put it into real words. Or I revise as I type it. And oh, that precious time when we are alone to let our minds wander and be creative. Only another writer can understand our need to have this uninterrupted space. I don't know about others, but I get grouchy when I go too long without this. Linda
- September 23, 2010 at 8:09 PM
- Unknown said...
LINDA--I can identify--getting grouchy when I can't find time alone. It's that solitary time when the voices in my head really speak loudly enough that I can get it the written word. Thanks for coming by--I appreciate every word you say--Celia
- September 24, 2010 at 4:56 AM


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( A Timely Reminder to all from our Throws Coach Paul Reed )
Quiet tonight at the track Thursday 7th June 2018,
but some people were still wandering into the throws sector on the centre field.
Once again can I please remind all users of the facility, athletes, coaches, parents, etc, etc,
that you should not enter the inside of the track unless you are involved in training
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Pumpkin spice everything. Freezing rain. People complaining that people are already getting ready for Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas. It can only mean one thing: winter's on its way.
But how do you make sure your BMW is ready to face everything the winter months have to throw at it? We take a look at five tips that will keep you from being caught out next time a blizzard cuts across the freeway when you're 50 miles from home.
1. Just Drive Your X3 Instead
Okay, so maybe not everybody's going to have one car for the summer and another for the winter, but if you do, now's the moment to make the switch. And if you don't…well, maybe you were just waiting for an excuse to get a second BMW? Something a little more suited to ploughing through snowbanks taking the kids to school. Carpe diem. Just don't end up like this guy.
Obviously, calling a car your winter car isn't going to suddenly make it immune to freezing and sliding everywhere and being a PITA, so this isn't an invitation to stop reading. Onwards!
2. Check Your Tires
If you happen to live somewhere that seems to spend half the year under a thick layer of ice, you're probably already used to switching over the snow tires (it may even be mandatory in some areas; make sure you check the local regulations before heading off into unfamiliar territory).
Even if you don't need to go all-out on snow tires, lots of people like to change for a tire with a deeper tread for the winter months, for improved traction. That way you can switch back for a racier tire when spring comes round, and always have optimal performance.
Whatever you choose to go for, keep a close eye on your BMW's tire pressure. Without getting bogged down talking about the laws of physics and drawing graphs (and why would we? These guys have already done the heavy lifting for us), your tire pressure is going to go down in the cold, exactly when reduced traction means tire pressure starts to really matter. It's not a good combination.
Check your tires to find out exactly what pressure you should be aiming for, and make sure it stays there all season.
3. Maintenance, Maintenance, Maintenance
As you're looking at your tires, it's probably a good idea to give your car a complete once-over.
For one, you'll want to make sure you switch to winter wiper fluid, to keep yourself from freezing everything. Your wiper blades may also need to be replaced, because they're going to be coming in for a lot of punishment over the next few months.
It's also a good moment for an oil change. That could mean using a different oil altogether (generally speaking, a thinner oil is better suited to winter conditions), or your existing oil might be enough, but a fresh, clean batch is sure to give your engine a better chance of withstanding what winter has in store.
And if you're going to change your tires, fluids and oil, why not go even further? Check all your seals and linings, check for rust, check for anything that looks like it could end up being a chink in your BMW's armor and make sure it's fixed in time for the onset of winter.
4. Fill Up Your Gas Tank
Obviously you're filling up your tank in all seasons, but it's particularly important in winter to keep it topped up whenever possible.
Leaving too much space in your tank makes it easier for moisture to gather, which can end up freezing in your fuel lines and causing all sorts of bad stuff that you definitely don't want.
You can help fight off this impending disaster by also regularly using fuel deicer throughout the winter months. Basically, if there's any chance of anything freezing (whether it's fuel, wiper fluid, radiator fluid or just your door locks), you should be taking whatever steps you can to make sure that definitely doesn't happen.
5. Get a Survival Kit Together
You don't want to get stranded in the middle of nowhere in sub-zero conditions with no idea what to do next. In the winter, an in-car survival kit is an essential.
That doesn't mean loading your trunk up with tinned meats and freeze-dried desserts (though of course you're going to be glad you brought along a little food and a blanket if you end up breaking down far from the nearest tow truck), but you're going to need the basics to get your BMW moving again if you're snowed in.
You'll need:
- Ice scraper.
- Snow brush.
- De-icer (for your locks, so make sure you can spray it).
- Salt / grit / tire mats (for increased traction).
- Shovel.
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If you're one of those people looking for healthy alternatives to taking care of your hair and skin, read on. There are several hair and skin care products on the market. What they all have in common is that they all have several ingredients in the products, with some having the same ingredients as others. However, if you're a health conscious user, how do you know which ones have ingredients you should avoid?
Four individuals were asked recently to give their input on which ingredients to avoid in hair and skin products. Based on their own experience and knowledge, they were able to give their insight on this manner that'll make shopping for healthy beauty and hair care products easier.
"Basically I always tell my clients, if they try out a new product and after 1-2 weeks of using it they see more clogged pores, more oil in their skin, bumps, zits, acne or mild eczema or irritation, dump the product," said Monica Kovacsinszky, a Beauty Consultant of Market America. According to Monica, the worst ingredients one shouldn't have in their hair or skin are: linseed oil, olive oil, cocoa butter, oleic acid, coal tar, squalene, corn oil, safflower oil, lanolin, mineral oil, sun flower oil, avocado oil, coconut oil, grape seed oil, sesame oil, peanut oil, mink oil, and lanolic acid.
Beauty products in particular that have oil in them can cause acne, which is why even though not all oils can cause acne, it's best to avoid them altogether.
Melissa Douglas, a beauty blogger of MyHair Paradise, says she stays away from products that contain parabens, which she says has been linked to breast cancer, petrolatum and mineral oil, that aren't suitable to breathe or have on your hair or skin, and toluene, which damages the nervous system.
Charlie Emery, who provides beauty tips through her YouTube channel, agrees that mineral oil is an ingredient that should be avoided, but adds that it doesn't allow your skin to breathe, and that you might as well wrap yourself in plastic, cause that's how your skin would feel.
"A friend of mine did a test at a party of hers and put a cracker in a bowl of water, and a cracker in a bowl of mineral oil, Charlie said. At the end of the night, the cracker in water was complete mush and the cracker in the oil was completely unchanged. Do you really want that on your skin? Talk about break outs."
Lastly, upon getting input from Sonya Stratfull, a hair stylist, she gave her insight the main ingredient people should watch out for when purchasing hair products.
"One ingredient to avoid are various alcohols that dry out the hair," Sonya said. Even if someone had oily hair, the alcohol could dry out the skin and cause oil glands to overproduce as a reaction and thus creating a terrible cycle that may take weeks to treat."
Now that you've heard from a few beauty experts of ingredients that you should avoid in hair and beauty products, do you agree or disagree with some of the ingredients mentioned in this topic. Why or why not? Perhaps there are ingredients that weren't mentioned that you know could have made the list. Comment below and share your thoughts.


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Grady Tate was born in Hayti, North Carolina on January 14th, 1932 and took up singing at four years old and drumming just a year later! Throughout the sixties and seventies when I used to listen to LP's on the Verve label almost non-stop, he was up there with my favourite drummers mostly because he played with everyone I wanted to hear. I'm not sure how many of my contemporaries even knew who he was.
He wanted to be a singer but gave up for a while when he reached 12 and his voice broke. That said, years later he was encouraged to sing by Peggy Lee, whereupon he made many vocal records with (to me) an ahead-of-its-time soulful, gospel voice with the same sort of timbre and delivery as Sammy Davis jnr. He was an extremely tasteful drummer who became a very in demand session player (often with all my favourite jazz organists) as you'll see when I finally get around to his discography.
Believe it or don't, at 10 years old he was actually the drummer of choice in Durham, North Carolina.
Grady was self-taught and said he studied by listening but worked on the fundamentals of his jazz drumming when he was in the US Air Force from 1951 to 1955. He said he didn't actually have any favourite drummers, it was the music being played that he was into. After his demob he returned to Durham to work on his education, studying psychology, literature and theatre. After graduation he moved firstly to Washington, DC to be a night-school teacher while moonlighting on drums with Wild Bill Davis. His next move was the important one, to New York in 1963. There are two reasons given for it – so take your pick. One was so he could play with the Quincy Jones Big Band, which was absolutely true, but the other was to enrol in the New York Academy of Dramatic Art. In the event we know he ultimately played with Quincy Jones and a great many others – so acting's loss was music's gain.
Hard bop was a musical category Grady specialised in. It's a sub-genre of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Journalists and record companies were struggling to categorise the music in the mid-1950s and describe a new current within jazz. The music incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues. Grady Tate's contribution meant playing right on top of the beat, not in front of, or behind it.
I mentioned Grady played with organists and in a way he seemed to specialise in this. He played with Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff and Shirley Scott on just about every tune I love and had the ability to be 'on' and swinging from the very first down beat. Grady played on all my favourite Hammond organ jazz titles with the exception of one. He played brilliantly on. "The Cat", "Organ Grinders Swing", "Got My Mojo Working", and "Monster". (The exception was Groove Holmes' "Misty" on which I believe it was Idris Muhammad on dums)
It's amazing how fifty (make that almost sixty) years after the event all this music still sounds absolutely fresh and perfect.
Grady Tate's career résumé is extensive and seems to include everybody who has ever made musical waves and a great deal of his greatest work was with producer Creed Taylor who looked upon Grady as being CTI records house drummer . But it would be remiss of me not to give you a reasonable taste of the artists he's played with.
So here goes and in no particular order:
George Shearing, Django Reinhardt, Louis Armstrong, Lou Rawls, Quincy Jones, Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, Aaron Neville, Lena Horne, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Nancy Wilson, Oliver Nelson, Simon and Garfunkel ("The Concert in Central Park"), Diana Ross, Nat Adderley, Tony Bennett, Benny Goodman, NYJQ, Dizzie Gillespie, Chick Corea, Oscar Peterson, Billy Taylor, Roland Kirk, Kenny Burrell, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Bette Midler, Michel Legrand, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack (on "Killing Me Softly") and Peggy Lee who incidentally encouraged him to sing (check out his version of Van Morrison's "Moondance" on Youtube.)
Another example of his singing is on a series of kid's educational programmes for America called 'Schoolhouse Rock' working with among others, Blossom Dearie. I'm particularly fond of his interpretation of the nine times table with 'Naughty Number 9'!
Oh, and he played drums for six years on Johnny Carson's 'Tonight Show' which should have helped him out with his mortgage! (BTW Johnny Carson was also a one-time drummer.) This wasn't Grady's only brush with TV because he played on the 'Twin Peaks' sound track as well as 'The Wiz' and 'The Lady Sings The Blues' with Diana Ross.
Besides being a drummer, Grady Tate was a properly educated person, so much so he ended up as a professor of jazz, beginning in 1989 at Howard University in Washington, DC.
I saw Grady playing with various sets including Sonor, Pearl, Mapex (he was one of the first) and Ayotte although I suspect he would have played an American set in his early days although I can't find a picture of anything built in the New World other than a Fibes with an 18" bass drum. As far as cymbals are concerned he seems to have spent a lot of his career playing Zildjian.
Grady Tate has been described as "the best singer to emerge from the ranks of instrumentalists since Nat Cole."
Grady Tate died on October the 8th 2007 at 85 but was still going strong to the end. He has left a legacy of tasteful playing and singing which I believe is second to none. RIP.
Bob Henrit
May 2018


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Gaining momentum from one to two and even three children.
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- Included Bassinet Bug Shield and Storage Bag
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Seat: 3.1 kg
Carrycot: 3.8 kg
Carrycot suitable for infants from birth
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