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A premature infant believed to be the smallest baby ever to survive was called "a great blessing" Tuesday by her mother, who is preparing to take the little girl and her twin sister home from the hospital.
The baby, named Rumaisa, weighed 8.6 ounces when she was delivered Sept. 19 at Loyola University Medical Center — less than a can of soda. That is 1.3 ounces less than the previous record holder, who was born at the same hospital in 1989, according to hospital spokeswoman Sandra Martinez.
Rumaisa, her twin sister, Hiba, and their parents were introduced Tuesday at a news conference at the hospital in suburban Maywood. The girls were wrapped in identical striped blankets.
Mother rendered speechless
Their mother, Mahajabeen Shaik, said she didn't "have the words to say how thankful I was" when she first got to hold her children, in their second month.
"It's a blessing, it's a great blessing," Shaik said.
Hospital officials said they're doing so well that Hiba, who weighed 1 pound and 4 ounces at birth, could be released from the hospital by the end of this month, with Rumaisa following as early as the first week of January.
"They're maintaining their temperature, they don't need an incubator. They're taking their bottles. ... They're normal babies," said Dr. William MacMillan.
Rumaisa now weighs 2 pounds and 10 ounces. Her twin weighs 5 pounds.
Shaik, 23, developed pre-eclampsia, a disorder characterized by high blood pressure and other problems, during pregnancy. The condition affected Rumaisa in the womb and her mother's health, prompting a Caesarean section at 25 weeks and 6 days. Normal gestation is 40 weeks.
Shaik and her husband, Mohammed Abdul Rahman, 32, said they are looking forward to bringing their children home. The couple, originally from Hyderabad, India, live in the suburb of Hanover Park.
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"We want them to be good human beings, good citizens, and she wants them to be doctors," said Rahman, looking at his wife. "Doctors. Yes, of course, of course," she said, laughing.
Both girls underwent laser surgery to correct vision problems common in premature babies, MacMillan said. Tests have shown that there is no bleeding in Rumaisa's brain, another common complication in premature infants that can put them at risk for cerebral palsy.
Madeline Mann, the previous record holder as smallest known surviving preemie, returned to Loyola Hospital earlier this year for a celebration. Now 15, she was described as a lively honor student, though small for her age, at 4-feet-7.
According to the hospital, more than 1,700 newborns weighing less than two pounds have been cared for there in the past 20 years.
Stephen Davidow, a hospital spokesman, said a routine delivery costs about $6,000, while caring for a premature baby costs about $5,000 a day. Rumaisa, who has been in the hospital 90 days, is covered by Medicaid, hospital officials said.


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OKLAHOMA CITY — The Lakers are debating whether to bring Pau Gasol off the bench when he returns from knee tendinitis, said a person familiar with the team's thinking.
Gasol has struggled mightily this season, averaging 12.6 points and shooting only 42%, both career lows.
The Lakers are trying to decide how a demotion to the bench would affect Gasol. If they determined it would be adverse, they'd keep him in the starting lineup.
It was unclear when Gasol would return, though it could be Sunday against Utah at Staples Center. The Lakers then take off for another road trip, to Cleveland, New York, Washington and Philadelphia.
Before Friday's game, Gasol worked out on an elliptical machine. He has not started running again.
Antawn Jamison, Gasol's replacement the last three games, has averaged 13 points and six rebounds since joining the starting lineup. Jamison's worst game of the three was Friday against Oklahoma City — nine points and five rebounds in the Lakers' 114-108 loss.
Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni has benched Gasol twice since taking over the team. Gasol was held out the entire fourth quarter in a loss to Memphis and the last 6:07 in a loss to Orlando.
D'Antoni recently said he went with Jamison in those two games because "we just have to be a more dynamic team."
"We're slow right now," D'Antoni said this week. "Athletically, we're struggling against young teams that just run up and down."

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I don't have it analyzed as well as that, but I know like I know my name that the sensations come while I'm asleep and wake me up.In 1, I am still aware enough to feel the sensations and know I am moving. I try to stay asleep, knowing that it will not work. In REM, I can tell because just as the need to urinate or vomit becomes part of your dream, my movements do. The movements are in my dreams, as is my prone mattress dance. This eventually takes me to stage 1, where I realize I am not going to overpower it and I have to wake up completely.
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Caterham will assess whether it made the right driver choices for 2014 at the end of the season, boss Cyril Abiteboul has admitted.
Rumours are doing the rounds that Caterham regrets ousting the experienced Finn Heikki Kovalainen in favour of so-called 'pay drivers'.
The rumours add that Kovalainen could soon replace the Dutch rookie Giedo van der Garde, even in 2013.
But van der Garde insists he has a "watertight" contract for the whole year, adding on Wednesday: "I will finish the season."
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1964 Buick Riviera: This second-year example of Buick's personal luxury coupe has arguably seen better days, but you've gotta admit, it looks positively menacing.
1963 Mercury Monterey: With Mercury having been against the ropes since...well...a long-ass time now, it's worth remembering just how rad their products once were. Take this 1963 Monterey Custom 2-door hardtop, complete with the "Breezeway" roll-down rear window and the accompanying oddball roofline.
Am I alone in having a burning desire to cruise this baby down the main drag on Saturday night with a certain J. Wagner snuggled up next to me on the big bench seat? Didn't think so.
1965 Chrysler: This majestic child of Ma Mopar, though clearly fallen on hard times (Dig the precision-engineered driver's window repair!), still has that certain presence about it. That certain GIGANTIC presence about it.
1956 Chevrolet: Considering how much coin Tri-Five Chevys command these days, you'd think a clean, stock looking '56 Bel Air 2-door sedan would at least be hidden under an industrial-strength car cover and parked in the driveway. Well, that isn't the case with this one, which apparently calls a Costa Mesa cul-de-sac home. I've always thought the '56 was the best looking of the three shoebox Bowties; how about the rest of the Commentariat?
1968 Pontiac Catalina: The current Pontiac advertising tagline is "Pontiac is Car." Unfortunately, the models other than those belonging to the G8 and Solstice families are not Car; they're things you use to cover the oil spots on your driveway.
However, there was apparently a time when all new Ponchos were indeed Car. Exhibit A: This 1968 Catalina ragtop. If Oprah had given these things away, she'd be President Winfrey now. Stick that hyperbole in your pipe and smoke it.
1962 Cadillac: This 1962 Cad (I'm fairly sure it's a Sedan deVille) has seen better days, but what state would the true Jalop rather have it in: An over-restored beauty you'd be scared to take out of its plastic bubble, or this property-value-sucking, pseudo rat rod form? Exactly.


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What does that make these San Antonio Spurs? For a while, in the third quarter, the Spurs were playing basketball as some sort of unified, all-devouring superorganism, a collective consciousness stretching all the way from baseline to baseline. The Thunder would make a perfectly sound-looking foray into the paint, for what ought to have been a high-percentage shot, and suddenly big bodies and long arms would come together in a palisade around the rim. The Spurs would bat a rebound in the air, and bat it again, the white uniforms spreading out and moving on the attack without hesitating to see whether the ball was under control yet. The ball would be under control.
It was like seeing the second-term Chicago Bulls: a few defensive stops, Scottie Pippen nonchalantly spotting up at the top of the key for a three-pointer or two, and there would be a 12-0 run.
You see the ineffable, and the urge is to talk about the abstract and the inhuman. So: yes, teamwork. Yes, spacing. Yes, ball movement. What a system the Spurs are playing!
But then there's Manu Ginobili. San Antonio's player of the game yesterday was Tony Parker, unquestionably—a game-high 34 points, from all over the floor, with eight assists. Even so, the two plays above, the plays that defined the game, were Ginobili's.
The first one comes with the Spurs in excelsis, leading by 17 in the third, running out four-on-three after a defensive stop. Ginobili catches a pass from Parker, in perfect position for a three-point attempt from the right wing. Instead of shooting, he pump-fakes, draws Harden over to defend him, starts driving toward the lane—and then whips a behind-the-back pass to Parker, who is alone in the right corner. All alone, as alone as a player can be without being on a breakaway. Ginobili's move has cleared out the entire right-hand half of the court. As Parker squares up, the other nine players are spectators. The lead goes to 20.
Sure, that's unselfish ball movement. It's also playground filigree. Now the other play: fourth quarter, the Thunder within 8. Oklahoma City has dug in and made it a bit of a game, thwarting the Spurs' hopes of simply annihilating them in a blast of white light and white noise. San Antonio looks grumpy and a little out of sorts.
So Ginobili launches a one-man assault on the lane, slipping by Harden, heading straight at Durant, and then jumping sideways, holding the ball through the top of his jump, still holding it on his way down, and finally launching a push shot from somewhere near his ear. The ball hits the back rim like a beanbag and plops through the hoop.
Technically, Ginobili's foot comes down before the ball leaves his hand. Kobe does that too, sometimes. Occasionally the game's greatest athletes maneuver themselves around the letter of the rulebook. Feel free to disapprove. Also feel free to try to hit that shot yourself, legally or illegally, over Kevin Durant.
And the unlawful landing only affirms what a breathtaking garbage shot it is. It's a garbage shot the way Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" was a piece of plumbing equipment. Sure, you have to be disciplined and focused to win 31 out of 33 games, and
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This week Godolphin House, near Helston in Cornwall, is open to the public for the first time since it was acquired by the National Trust in 2007.
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This more absolute position against contraception and in favor of large families (known as "Quiverfull") is one that Protestant friends of ours who have lots of kids have called "divine family planning."
In this thinking, married couples simply have sex, with no need to plan at all. They don't even need to think about it. They simply "let nature take its course" (which entails God's Providence in the end, in this matter, as is everything else in some sense). Whatever will be will be. The woman is either fertile or not. If not, there is no sin because there was no deliberate intent to avoid children. If so, then whether a conception occurs is left in the hands of God. Nothing is planned; the couple is simply completely open to procreation, and not trying to avoid it. It's a form of fatalism.
I think the crux of the matter is the nature of sufficient cause to avoid further children, and the limitations on the command to "be fruitful and multiply." I don't think it is a sin to intelligently, thoughtfully plan, in the matter of children. That is a matter of stewardship, just as in any related matter of care of that which God has entrusted to us. We are stewards of our children, as well as of our gifts and abilities and money and possessions and responsibilities, or our time. Hence, Blessed Pope Paul VI wrote in Humanae Vitae (16):
. . . the Church is the first to praise and recommend the intervention of intelligence in a function which so closely associates the rational creature with his Creator; but she affirms that this must be done with respect for the order established by God.
Paul VI goes on, in this passage, to explain the Catholic rationale for such Catholic planning and NFP:
If, then, there are serious motives to space out births, which derive from the physical or psychological conditions of husband and wife, or from external conditions, the Church teaches that it is then licit to take into account the natural rhythms immanent in the generative functions, for the use of marriage in the infecund periods only, and in this way to regulate birth without offending the moral principles which have been recalled earlier [20].
The Church is coherent with herself when she considers recourse to the infecund periods to be licit, while at the same time condemning, as being always illicit, the use of means directly contrary to fecundation, even if such use is inspired by reasons which may appear honest and serious. In reality, there are essential differences between the two cases; in the former, the married couple make legitimate use of a natural disposition; in the latter, they impede the development of natural processes. It is true that, in the one and the other case, the married couple are concordant in the positive will of avoiding children for plausible reasons, seeking the certainty that offspring will not arrive; but it is also true that only in the former case are they able to renounce the use of marriage in the fecund periods when, for just motives, procreation is not desirable, while making use of it i during infecund periods to manifest their affection and to safeguard their mutual fidelity. By so doing, they give proof of a truly and integrally honest love.
I think a related factor is the matter of heroic virtue. No woman is required to go to extraordinary lengths to have children, simply because she and her husband are commanded to multiply. There comes a point where it becomes "excessive" to some extent (in some cases, even to the point of morbidity). For example, if a woman has good medical reason to believe that she has, say, a 90% chance to miscarry (perhaps if she has had five in a row and has very weak ovaries and/or uterus), should she try to become pregnant, anyway? I say no, and I think it is very clearly no. It is a reasonable and moral determination to make, that the risks are too great. We make such choices all the time in life.
It is not "anti-child" at all to come to such a conclusion. It is pro-woman. It is pro-reasonable expectation of failure and success. The same God Who allows new life to be conceived and Who gives us the privilege of taking part in this sublime miracle, has chosen to allow some women to have miscarriages and to suffer, or, for that matter, to be infertile. Those things have to be accepted, too, as part of God's will.
No one is forced in Christianity to undergo extraordinary, heroic suffering. A person may choose to do so, but it is not required. The woman in the hypothetical scenario above could choose to try to get pregnant again (she has a free will, and nothing restrains her from doing so, in terms of law or moral teaching), but no one should say she is required to, under pain of mortal sin. The Catholic Church does not requires such a thing at all, nor does it seem at all clear to me that the Bible does (when the relevant passages are properly scrutinized). Therefore, it is not wrong or immoral to avoid needless or extraordinary suffering, based on good reason to believe it will very likely occur. It is merely not heroic.
I'm now reading the interesting "Quiverfull" entry in Wikipedia. The error regarding human planning somehow being contrary to God's will is a typically Calvinist motif, leading to a certain "fatalism" which is contrary to Scripture. The biblical view of human cooperation with God is not "monergistic," as Calvinists call it, but synergistic. Here are a few scriptures that, in my opinion, clearly establish the latter:
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
KJV: For we are labourers together with God . . .
Phillips: In this work, we work with God . . .
Amplified: For we are fellow workmen — joint promoters, laborers together — with and for God . . .
The Greek for "labourer" is sunergos (Strong's word #4904). It appears (usually as "fellow labourer" or "helper," etc.) also in Rom 16:3,9,21, 2 Cor 1:24, 8:23, Phil 2:25, 4:3, Col 4:11, 1 Thess 3:2, Philem 1,24, and 3 Jn 8. The related sunergeo (#4903) is at Mk 16:20, Rom 8:28, 1 Cor 16:16, and James 2:22.
Baptist Greek scholar A. T. Robertson, in his Word Pictures in the New Testament, writes at 1 Corinthians 3:9:
. . . (co-workers of God) . . . God is the major partner in the enterprise of each life, but he lets us work with him.
Likewise, Marvin Vincent, in Word Studies of the New Testament, states:
'It is of God that ye are the fellow workers.'
W. E. Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words:
'Sunergos' denotes a worker with . . . See the R.V., 'God's fellow-workers.' (under "Work")
I rest my case. 1 Corinthians 3:9 thus clearly teaches direct cooperation of the believer with God. This would include, it seems apparent, such notions as "planning" and making intelligent choices, including the matter of children. And there are other such verses, too:
2 Corinthians 6:1 Working together with him, then, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain.
Philippians 2:12b-13 . . . work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Mark 16:20 [a disputed text, but still shows how the early Christians thought] And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.
Furthermore, recently I replied to the similar notion that we have the Holy Spirit guiding us, and thus need no human teachers. I produced several passages showing that God uses human instruments to do His will (which is analogous to our planning while working together with God in the matter of conception):
Acts 15:25, 28-29 (RSV) it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, . . . For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell."
Acts 20:28 Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
Acts 13:1-4 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyre'ne, Man'a-en a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleu'cia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
Back to the Wikipedia article. Protestant pastor John Piper is cited, making a criticism. I agree with him:
just because something is a gift from the Lord does not mean that it is wrong to be a steward of when or whether you will come into possession of it. It is wrong to reason that since A is good and a gift from the Lord, then we must pursue as much of A as possible. God has made this a world in which tradeoffs have to be made and we cannot do everything to the fullest extent. For kingdom purposes, it might be wise not to get married. And for kingdom purposes, it might be wise to regulate the size of one's family and to regulate when the new additions to the family will likely arrive. As Wayne Grudem has said, "it is okay to place less emphasis on some good activities in order to focus on other good activities.
Now, Piper, in the article from which this is cited, espouses contraception and sees no difference between that and NFP, so he doesn't understand the historic Christian objection to contraception (Luther and Calvin thought it was murder); doesn't even seem to have a clue. But in the above sentiment, he is essentially correct. The article also accurately describes the Catholic position:
The Catholic teaching therefore is that, while humankind have been commanded by God in Genesis to increase and multiply (Gen 2:18), parents also have a responsibility to their families and to society to ensure that the children they have, can be appropriately cared for. In addition, the health of the mother is a concern; having pregnancy after pregnancy with no recuperative time does not fall under responsible parenthood.
I have, I think, cast considerable doubt on one key premise of the "Quiverfull" philosophy: a skewed notion of how God's Providence relates to human free will and cooperation. We see, accordingly, that several adherents of this view (listed in the article) are either Calvinists or Baptists, who have a similar "monergistic" philosophy:
Doug Phillips (Reconstructionist; extreme Calvinist)
R.C. Sproul, Jr. (Calvinist)
Matthew Trewhella (Calvinist)
Jim Bob Duggar (Baptist)
Michael P. Farris (Baptist)
I couldn't determine the precise religious affiliation of central figures Mary Pride and the late Charles Provan.
I would argue, however, to be fair, that Piper is also a Calvinist, and he has a more nuanced view of our stewardship of God's good gifts. But then he thinks contraception is fine and dandy, too, so the reasoning in each case has to be considered individually. I'm merely highlighting some premises that contribute to a particular view of Divine Providence and how it relates to our lives in the matter of bearing children.
(originally 9-20-08)
Photo credit: Mishanec Family of Olean, New York: mid to early 1920s. Posted by Pamla J. Eisenberg [Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 license]


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The problem is when I close it and I want to open it, All of my things are gone. And I need to write again, and it takes times. Do you have an idea to save it? (Maps,Welcome Message etc)
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Back in January, there were rumours that Microsoft would be releasing a special Titanfall-branded Xbox One console. That machine never actually appeared. At least, it never did for consumers.
At least one of the consoles was made though, as it was presented to Respawn today by Microsoft. You can see in the image above that it matches the design from the January report. You'll also notice that, because the sticker under the disc drive is still there, this appears to be a production paintjob, not something extra they applied to a normal retail console.
Jealous. A lot of people hated on the design, but to me, it looked like a Mass Effect-themed console, something Cerberus would have had lying around.
Note that while the console itself is a special gift, the control pad is something you can buy.
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Perriello candor draws attention
Frosh Congressman Tom Perriello spoke candidly/cynically about a Congressional tendency to spend, and that won him a headline Thursday–- "Dem Congressman: 'If You Don't Tie Our Hands, We Will Keep Stealing'..."–- on the heavily-trafficked Drudge Report. (Conservative radio host Rob Schilling takes credit for the video.)
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What the hell is "jim" rambling on about?
I guess when Tom says "we" he really doesn't mean himself. Freudian slip perhaps? This country is teetering on the brink of financial, social, and moral collapse, and Perriello and the rest of the Obamanation seem to be rubbing their palms together with glee. Disgusting.
To clarify:
The video was shot by Audrey Welborn and produced/distributed by The Schilling Show.
The story was broken on The Schilling Show blog and The Schilling Show on WINA yesterday, prior to going national.
"This country is teetering on the brink of financial, social, and moral collapse, and Perriello and the rest of the Obamanation seem to be rubbing their palms together with glee."
Exactly the type of over-the-top, sky-is-falling hyperbole that prevents teabag nation from being taken seriously. Go shag yourself.
What the hell is "yepper"
This kind of straight talk and candor is exactly why Tom got elected, and why he'll most likely get re-elected.
He's advocating for pay as you go or balanced budget legislation, which you would think would be a position that any conservative would support. Unfortunately, he has a 'D' next to his name, so the Tea Partiers will try to take his comment out of context and spin it against him.
Good job by the Hook presenting the story fairly.
moral collapse indeed. the democratic defeatist policy. who can we bow to next? queen pelosi is weak and subservant. "teabag nation" is the same that continues to defend the freedoms of those that can sit here and shop at whole foods while commenting on how tough their life is when forced to live without soy milk and tofu because of the 4 inches of snow the prius cant navigate. keep out cali and let in texas, this is disgusting. my generation may be that of kill, but there are no second chances in life.
Medicare, medicaid, public schools, post office, state police force, Regan enlarged earned income credit and more. Little late for conservatives to say we don't want socialist state, its been here. And thank you Republicans for putting George W Bush in office so there would be a complete uprising against his policies and have the Democrats win a unbeatable majority to pass health care reform. It should be called Wcare!!
Rob Schilling really cares about us in Charlottesville. Check out the cool stuff he sells: http://www.zazzle.com/schillingshow
I will bet you $599 that whomever wins that Repub. Primary will try to spin this puppy so far out of context that it'll make your head snap from the sheer ammount of spin.


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A few months ago, when Val Yacik, the leader of my prayer shawl group, gave us all a free pattern for a ruffled scarf, which she called a "potato chip scarf," I thought it was sort of interesting. Several members of the prayer shawl group seemed to be making them for our 100 scarves project for the soup kitchen in South Bound Brook, and they looked like they were having fun with them. But I had already made my 5 scarves, and we were doing other charity projects in this blog (for the handicapped children's treatment center and the Children's Specialized Hospital). So I didn't think too much about making one.
Then in September, I went to a fashion show at Bloomingdale's and discovered that ruffled scarves are the cutting edge of fashion this year, and suddenly that simple pattern from Val was a lot more appealing. Of course, by then, I couldn't find the pattern anymore, but a few weeks ago, I got it from her again and took a closer look at it. I can't share it here because there's no designer listed on it, and I don't know if I'd have permission. But that doesn't matter because I've redesigned it. The original pattern called for casting on 20 stitches, and that seemed too narrow to me. So I cast on 30, using my favorite go-to economy yarn, Caron Simply Soft. You can use any knitting-worsted weight yarn (or heavy dk) that you want.
The two main colors at Bloomingdale's for coat accessories seemed to be red or purple at the fashion show, so I chose the fire-engine red mill-ends yarn I bought at A.C. Moore a couple of weeks ago when Chelle and I met there. I started my first scarf on Monday, and I have about 11 inches done now.
This entire scarf is done with short-row shaping. This was my year to learn about short rows: I did two shawls with it and two Vine Yoke Cardigans. With the shawls, I learned that when you turn the project in the middle of the row and knit in the other direction, you take a moment to wrap yarn around the stitch that is next to the turn, and then when you go back and knit a full row over the turn, you knit that wrap together with a stitch to prevent any holes in the work. This is fine if you are knitting stockinette (knit a row, purl a row), but I learned from Ysolda Teague, the designer of the Vine Yoke Cardigan, that it's unneccessary if you are knitting the garter stitch (knit every row). With the garter, go ahead and wrap, but don't knit that wrap together with another stitch. This will give you a very nice finished look, believe me.
Keep that in mind if you want to make my version of the ruffled scarf, which is a garter stitch project. It goes very fast, involves a bit of counting, but once you get the hang of it, you'll enjoy the rhythm. Notice that each time you do a short row, it's 3 stitches shorter than the short row before it. This may help you with your counting. It certainly helps me.
Cast on 30 stitches on size 8 needles. If you don't have a size 8, a size 7 or 9 would probably work almost as well.
Knit two rows.
Begin short row shaping:
K 13, wrap & turn, k13
K10, wrap & turn, k10
K7, wrap & turn, k7
K4, rap & turn, k4
Repeat this shaping ad nausium until you have the desired length.
Don't expect to see the ruffles clearly until you have knitted about 5 or 6 inches. The more you knit, the better the ruffles will fall (show up).


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UK sports equipment specialist acquired by ABEO Group
French sports and leisure equipment designer ABEO has acquired an 80% stake in Sportsafe UK – a specialist in sports equipment maintenance – in a deal advised by BCMS.
Colchester-based Sportsafe UK inspects, services and installs sports and fitness equipment, serving more than 15,000 customer sites primarily in schools and universities. With around 90 employees, the company generates 60% of revenue from repair and maintenance contracts.
ABEO is a major player in the sports and leisure market – and supplied all the gym equipment for the Rio Olympics. Headquartered in France, ABEO generates 66% of sales outside its home market through a portfolio of strong brands – including Gymnova in the UK.
ABEO Group Managing Director Jacques Janssen said: "The UK is the group's second and our sports division's sixth largest market. Acquiring Sportsafe UK therefore gives us a chance to boost growth, both on the UK sports equipment market and in services. Like Janssen-Fritsen in the Netherlands and Adec in Belgium, the company has a very buoyant and successful UK services business that covers equipment inspection and maintenance."
Sportsafe founder and CEO Jonathan Neill remains in charge of operational management, and added: "We have been growing very fast, doubling our turnover in the last two years. As we're now looking at international markets, becoming part of a larger international group will help us accelerate our growth plans.
"Although we had several offers, ABEO is a market leader in our industry, and its growth strategy and culture fits in perfectly with where we are heading. This is a game-changer for us, and I would like to thank BCMS for helping us negotiate to get this deal over the line."
BCMS acted as financial advisor to Sportsafe UK, with legal advice provided by the Worcester office of Harrison Clark Rickerbys.
BCMS Senior Deal Leader James Pugh commented: "Jon has built a fantastic business over the past 20 years, creating a genuinely innovative and transformational organisation with strong growth prospects, and he was a pleasure to work alongside throughout this transaction.
"While we generated strong interest from private equity, it was clear early on that a larger industry player with an established footprint outside the UK would be the best fit for both parties."


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New regulations will effect electric co-op customers
To the editor:
Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative and its wholesale power suppliers Corn Belt Power Cooperative in Humboldt and Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative in Lemars do not agree with the Obama Administration's use of the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide. The new regulations will directly impact our member-owners resulting in an increase in the cost of electricity and compromising the reliability of the electric grid when numerous coal plants are shut down.
It should be our elected Congress, not the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who develops a solution to reduce carbon emissions taking into account available technology, proper timeframe and previous utility efforts.
Forcing carbon dioxide regulation by essentially shutting down coal in the United States will do nothing to curb emissions worldwide. It does, however, close the door on innovative solutions that would keep coal a viable part of our energy future. It also puts many families at economic risk as they will certainly see dramatic increases in their electric bills once coal is restricted as a source of the electricity they depend on.
Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative and our wholesale power suppliers have taken great strides in the past 10 years to diversify our energy portfolio with renewable energy, increase energy efficiency efforts and implement new technology to more efficiently manage our system load.
In fact, our Cooperative has demonstrated its commitment to a sustainable environment by making substantial investments to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency, both of which help reduce carbon emissions.
Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative not only supports renewable energy, we also are a local leader by investing more than $44 million in two 10.5-megawatt wind farms in 2009. Because we are advocates for our member-owners the project had to make a positive business case to support the economics of their rural electric cooperative.
Most recently in 2012, our Cooperative invested in load management systems to help reduce peak demand and delay addition of new generating sources. But baseload energy produced from coal is still necessary.
Last year, approximately 70 percent of the power our cooperative delivered to its members was generated with coal. Coal is a reliable, domestic and abundant resource. The federal government needs to work with us as a partner to make sure coal remains a part of our energy future.
Let your voice be heard. Go to www.action.coop and let the EPA know that America needs a common sense solution.
Rick Olesen
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Votto, Phillips man right side of infield for NL in ASG
Reds duo goes hitless while starting; Chapman hurls scoreless seventh
NEW YORK -- When Reds first baseman Joey Votto and second baseman Brandon Phillips took the field in Tuesday's All-Star Game at Citi Field, they became just the fifth set of teammates to comprise the right side of an infield as starters in a Midsummer Classic.
They joined only the Dodgers' Steve Garvey and Davey Lopes in 1979-1980; the Phillies' Pete Rose and Manny Trillo in '82; the Astros' Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio in '97 and the Brewers' Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks in 2011
It was a special moment for both Votto and Phillips, who earned the starts based on fan balloting leading up to the game, while Reds closer Aroldis Chapman made it via the player ballot. The National League lost, 3-0, to the American League.
Votto went 0-for-2 at the plate with a strikeout before he was replaced by D-backs first baseman Paul Goldschmidt in the fifth inning, while Phillips led off and went 0-for-2. He also made an outstanding barehanded play to turn two to end the fifth, and was replaced in the sixth by Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter.
"For me and Votto to be starting, we just want to thank the fans," Phillips said. "If it wasn't for the fans we'd be playing in empty seats and I wouldn't have started. So I just play for the fans, my family and to entertain people."
Votto, an All-Star for the fourth straight year, said it was an honor to make his second straight start for the NL at first base. He also said he enjoyed playing at Citi Field, which featured 45,186 fans to mark the largest crowd in the stadium's history.
"I love this ballpark," Votto said. "It's one of my favorites in the game. It's a great park to play in and the fans are terrific. I love seeing the planes take off and land overhead. It just has a real charm to it."
Votto struck out looking against Tigers right-hander Max Scherzer in his first at-bat and grounded out to second base in his second at-bat against Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez.
But it doesn't take away from his impressive season, as he's hitting .318 while leading the NL with a .434 on-base percentage. He also has 15 homers and 42 RBIs in 95 games after having two arthroscopic knee surgeries last year after tearing meniscus cartilage in his left knee on June 30, 2012.
"It's very meaningful for me," Votto said. "Whether you're picked by the fans or your peers, it's people acknowledging how well you played and all the work you put into the game on a daily basis. Last year, I had multiple knee surgeries, so to be able to come back and start the All-Star Game, I'm very proud of that."
Phillips, meanwhile, led off the first inning for the NL with a flyout to left field. He then grounded out to third in his second at-bat against Hernandez. But he showed off why he's won three Gold Glove Awards in the fifth, as he made a barehanded catch at second base to turn an inning-ending double play on a sharp grounder to shortstop from Mike Trout with runners at first and second.
Chapman hurled a scoreless seventh inning, as he walked leadoff man Nelson Cruz, then got Edwin Encarnacion to hit into a double play and Adam Jones to strike out.
It was also special for the Cuban-born left-hander, as his parents were in attendance to watch him play in his second Midsummer Classic.
"They got here in January," Chapman said through translator Tomas Vera. "They spent Spring Training there with me. We didn't want to say anything to anybody."


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OTTAWA – The much-awaited results of Canada's latest wireless spectrum auction are about to be announced.
Industry Minister James Moore says winners of the 700-megahertz auction will be disclosed during a media lockup in Ottawa on Wednesday.
Ten bidders, including Canada's big three telecom companies: Bell (TSX:BCE), Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) and Telus (TSX:T), participated.
The airwaves up for grabs are considered particularly valuable because they allow signals to travel further and penetrate buildings and tunnels where calls are often dropped.
The previous auction in 2008 raised $4.3 billion for federal coffers and saw the addition of several new wireless companies.
Another auction for wireless licences for the 2,500 megahertz band is set for April 2015.
The government has put rules in place for that auction that caps on how much 2,500 megahertz spectrum companies can own, a move Ottawa says will largely shut out Rogers and Bell because they already own large chunks of it.
Moore has also said legislation is coming on roaming rates that big telecom companies charge their small rivals for using their cellphone networks.
An announcement is also in the works on forcing telecom companies to use the spectrum they haven't deployed, or face losing it.


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As part of the Bruins' "sorry about the lockout" apology tour (and Jeremy Jacobs being personally responsible for making it so long and acrimonious), fans are getting free food. Lots of free food! For each of Boston's five home games in January, each fan gets three vouchers for food or non-alcoholic drinks from the concession stands.
Today's matinee, a shootout win over the Jets, produced this gem on NESN. It's tough to make out what he's eating, or what inedible piece of detritus he found (pube? tooth? Tim Thomas?), but the look he gives his mother tells the story.


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I'm in London for meetings, fall asleep on the train after staying up too late writing reports. One of the lads drops me off at the station on his way to site, he sings the entirety of London by The Smiths at me in the car, singing along to the fast live version from the Rank album. All the way down I have the lyrics "do you think you've made the right decision this time?" stuck in my head as I fall asleep and wake up again. Also stuck in my head are the words from the Bo Selecta Bored of the Rings sketch which is a site banter favourite, particularly for the last few weeks. At the station he hands me a report and assures me "I've sprayed upon every page!" "I'm going to London town centre in the middle and I shan't be back!" I tell him and leave. It's typical site banter, seizing on little artefacts of pop culture like the most obscure and occult small finds.
After the meetings I make it to the Tower of London for the last hour. It's crawling with tourists and I must have ended up in about fifty holiday snaps as I head for the White Tower. Two teenage American girls regard the codpiece on Henry VIII's suit of armour. "Oh my god! If this guy got hit in the junk NOTHING would have happened!" I look at the design, it is very ostentatious, like a party seven emerging from the groin but I imagine it reflects contemporary clothing fashions. Having worn groin guards for various sports over the years I wonder if the design had any hidden practical merits, as getting kicked in the knackers while wearing the modern cricket box design always makes me flinch. I imagine "my junk" would be safer lying in the armoured barrel of Henry VIII's armoured codpiece, I wonder if there is a paper in this somewhere, if I decided to test the hypothesis by experimental archaeology I would have no problem finding volunteers to kick me in the knackers. Such is the life of the small company archaeologist.
In my hotel at Tower Bridge I try to relax by watching the film Plunkett and MacLeane, but I've still got my game face on, I notice the drain they run down near the end has an egg-shaped profile, something yet to be invented in the 18th century. The egg-shaped profile in London drains had a brief vogue in the 19th century as it was less likely to block but problems with repairing and cleaning saw the normal tunnel profile return. I end up in the Red Lion in Westminster, I love that most London pubs have stayed traditional but my arm sticks to the unwiped counter. It wouldn't have happened in one of my pubs, it feels like not that long ago I was still a barman, an out-of-work-archaeologist, now there's so much archaeology work on I haven't got time to wipe my metaphoric counter.


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Hanson to start vs. Twins on Tuesday
ANAHEIM -- With Jason Vargas and Tommy Hanson on the disabled list, the Angels have been relying on four starters -- something off-days and the All-Star break have allowed them to do.
However, that will come to an end on Tuesday when Hanson is slated to start against the Twins.
"Tommy came out of his bullpen feeling good, and we're going to pencil him in for Tuesday," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
Hanson, 4-2 with a 5.10 ERA on the season, was scratched prior to a June 26 start against the Tigers and placed on the DL with a right forearm strain.
The right-hander threw 59 pitches in 3 1/3 innings during a rehab assignment with Class A Inland Empire on Thursday and will likely be confined to a limited pitch count Tuesday.
"We'll evaluate that, but he should have enough to pitch deep enough into the game," Scioscia said.
While Tuesday's start is big for Hanson, who has made just nine starts this season because of time on both the DL and bereavement list, it is also a good sign for an Angels rotation that needs to step up in the second half.
"I think it's an important first step," Scioscia said. "When you see Weave [Jered Weaver] and C.J. [Wilson], hopefully Jerome [Williams] getting back on track, we've got some guys that can help us do what we need to do in the second half, but it's going to take five."
Once Hanson is activated Tuesday, the Angels will have four-fifths of their original rotation back in the mix. Vargas, who had a blood clot in his left armpit, is expected back in either late July or early August.
"I think the biggest thing is getting depth back in our rotation," Scioscia said. "You can talk about needing a sixth and seventh, but at this point in the season, we need one through five. We need those guys to get it going for the second half and we're not quite there yet."