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Videos on Fetal Development
- InsidePregnancy- The Baby Center
- In the Womb – National Geographic
- In the Womb: Multiples – National Geographic
- From Conception to Birth – Discovery Channel
Milestones of Fetal Development
*from the moment of conception
Weeks 1-4
- Conception occurs when the sperm fertilizes the egg.
- Gender is determined by the sperm, which carries either an X or a Y chromosome. An X chromosome indicates a female baby, and Y denotes male.
- The embryo implants itself on the wall of the uterus.
- A neural tube forms; it will ultimately become the brain and spinal cord.
- The circulatory system rapidly forms (including the umbilical cord), and the heart begins to beat toward the beginning of Week 3.
Week 5
- Permanent kidneys appear.
- Hands and wrist joints are forming.
- All cranial nerves are now present, and limb nerves are forming.
- Subtle movement begins.
Week 6
- Brainwave activity has begun.
- Arm and leg bones form, along with tooth buds.
- Hands begin to move.
- Eye lids are present and growing and primitive nasal cavity forms.
- Vital organs are continuing to form, including the kidneys, liver, pancreas, lungs, stomach, and intestines.
Week 7
- The head rotates and legs move; the baby is also able to hiccup.
- Hands can touch each other and fingers can overlap.
- The heart, which began beating weeks ago, is nearly complete and is beating very quickly now (peaking between 165 and 170 beats per minute).
- Feet begin to have tiny notches that will become toes, and knee joints form.
Week 8
- Hair appears around eyebrows and in mouth.
- Urine production and release begins.
- Joints are similar to those of an adult.
- Right- and left-handedness begins to emerge.
- Fingers and toes are webbed and short but continuing to grow.
- Eyelids are completely fused together.
Week 9
- Weight increases 75% this week.
- The head is now much larger than the rest of the body.
- The baby can suck thumb and move tongue.
- Early vocal cords are present and the baby begins to yawn.
Week 10
- Fingernails and toenails start to grow, and unique fingerprints are now present.
- Bones are beginning to solidify.
- Eyes now roll down reflexively.
- Buds form that will eventually be secondary teeth.
Week 11
- Nose and lips are completely formed; complex facial expressions begin.
- Reproductive organs are well-formed and gender can now be seen on ultrasound.
- Intestines absorb water and glucose.
- Weight increases 60% this week.
Week 12
- Hands touch mouth up to 50 times an hour.
- Bile production begins in liver.
- Bowel movements begin.
- There are taste buds all over mouth.
Week 13
- Teeth, as well as other tissues, are growing.
- Cilia are lining airways.
- Most of the body is sensitive to touch.
Week 14
- Girls move their jaws more than boys do.
- Cerebellum resembles that of an adult, and cerebral cortex now has four lobes.
- Fat deposits present in cheeks.
- Touch to mouth causes the baby to turn away.
Week 15
- Stem cells arrive in bone marrow.
- Body fat emerges throughout body.
- Glucagon is present in the bloodstream.
Week 16
- The mother can begin to feel the baby's movements.
- Tooth enamel is forming.
- Bronchial tree is nearly complete.
- The baby has hormonal stress response to invasive procedures.
Week 17
- The retina now has discrete layers.
- The cerebral cortex is now active.
- Meconium (made up of products of cell loss, digestive secretion, and swallowed amniotic fluid) is accumulating in the bowel.
- Eyes have now shifted to their final position, and ears are almost done moving.
Week 18
- A cream-like substance, called vernix caseosa, protects the skin from exposure to amniotic fluid.
- The bones in the inner ear and nerve endings in the brain have developed enough that sounds can be detected.
- Sweat glands have formed.
- Insulin secretion begins.
Week 19
- Melanin production begins.
- In female babies, the number of oogonia, which will become eggs, reaches its height; oogonia production ceases permanently.
- In male babies, the prostate gland begins to develop.
- Daily cycles in biological rhythms, such as sleep, begin.
Week 20
- All skin layers and structures are now present.
- The cochlea in the inner ear reaches adult size and the baby can now respond to sounds.
- The eyelids separate and the eyes now open and close.
- The head is now about 20 centimeters in circumference.
- This is the earliest that low-levels of surfactat, a substance necessary for gas exchange in the lungs, are produced.
Week 21
- Legs are reaching their correct proportions.
- The brain is growing very quickly; nerves begin making complex connections and will continue to do so until about 5 years after birth.
- Hair begins to grow on the scalp.
- A baby born prematurely at this stage has better than a 50% chance of survival.
Week 22
- Cornea structure is now developed.
- White blood cells are developing to allow the baby to fight off infection.
- As the baby gains weight, the skin becomes less transparent and wrinkly.
- Hearing becomes clearer as inner ear bones harden.
Week 23
- The brain weighs about 100 grams this week, and is about to start a major growth spurt, in which its size will increase 400-500%
- The baby's nostrils open.
- Daily movement helps work out developing muscles.
Week 24
- The baby can hear things outside the womb now, and will have a blink-startle response to a loud, sudden noise.
- Loud noises also cause an increase in heart rate and movement.
- Surfactant is now definitely present, so gas exchange outside the womb is possible.
Week 25
- Rods and cones, which allow the eye to detect light and color, are now present.
- The baby now has the ability to taste, which affects the rate at which he or she swallows amniotic fluid. If the mother eats sweet food, he will swallow faster, while bitter food leads to slower swallowing.
- The intestinal lining now contains all adult cell types.
Week 26
- The sense of smell is now present.
- Tear production now begins.
- Additional fat deposits continue to decrease wrinkles.
- Eyelashes are now growing.
Week 27
- Pupils react to light.
- Fat deposits continue to build up so that the baby can maintain body temperature after birth.
- The placenta is maintaining a higher temperature than that of the rest of the mother's body, roughly 100.7 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
Week 28
- The baby can now differentiate between high and low frequency sounds from outside the womb.
- Bone marrow takes over the production of red blood cells from the liver.
- Smooth brain tissue is developing wrinkles and folds as brain mass increases.
- By now the baby can do somersaults by a series of movements similiar to walking.
Week 29
- The baby's head is no longer disproportionate to the rest of the body.
- Eyes can move around in their sockets, and all the rest of the senses are functioning too.
- Movement becomes less pronounced as the uterus becomes more cramped.
Week 30
- Breathing motions continue to be common, even though there isn't any air in the womb.
- The cerebral cortex now consists of six layers.
- The head is now about 30 cm in circumference.
Week 31
- The baby is most likely having dreams by this point.
- Growth will begin to slow down now, but weight at birth will still be approximately twice what it is now.
- A doctor will now begin noting the position of the baby in hopes that it will be born headfirst.
Week 32
- The baby's memory begins working, as he or she will typically prefer songs heard in the later part of pregnancy to ones heard only after birth.
- The formation of glomeruli, blood-filtering capillaries in the kidneys, is complete.
- Muscles of the lower esophagus are now functional.
Week 33
- The baby's skull bones have not fused and are very pliable.
- Amniotic fluid is at its highest level and will stay at this level until birth.
- The baby may settle into the head down position at this point, though it may happen later in pregnancy.
- The mother may gain additional weight at this point as the baby is doing the same.
Week 34
- Rapid weight gain includes increase in brain weight as the myelin sheath around nerves is thickening during the last weeks of pregnancy.
- The immune system is continuing to mature so that the baby can fight infections.
- Pressure from the baby being head down may cause the mother to urinate more frequently.
Week 35
- The baby has now developed a firm grip.
- He or she will now gain ½ to ¾ of pound each week.
- Lung development is almost complete and lungs are almost ready for birth.
Week 36
- Surfactant production accelerates.
- Brain weight is approximately 300 grams.
- The immune system continues to develop as the baby receives antibodies from his or her mother.
Week 37
- Fetus drinks an estimated 15 ounce of amniotic fluid each day.
- The baby is becoming more coordinated and can now grasp things.
- The pregnancy is now considered full-term and a doctor will not try to stop labor if it starts.
Week 38
- Baby is considered "full term."
- Breathing motions will sometimes cause the baby to get hiccups.
- Vernix, the waxy substance on the skin, is mostly gone now; only a small amount remains to help the baby go through the birth canal smoothly.
- The baby is gaining a half ounce to an ounce each day.
- The mother's appetite may decrease as there is less room for everything in her body, including her stomach.
Week 39
- The baby now has over 300 bones as the skeleton continues to develop.
- All organs are now ready for birth, including the lungs.
- The umbilical cord is now about 20 inches long and a half inch thick; due to crowding, it is not uncommon for it to get knotted.
Week 40
- Baby is born!
- After birth, most of the vernix will be gone, though some traces may still be noticeable.
- The head may be cone-shaped after birth due to the passage through the birth canal, but will become round again in the next few days.
- The baby will be capable of crying at birth, though tears may not appear because of underdeveloped tear ducts.
Note: Some women may have pregnancies that are shorter or longer than 40 weeks.
Websites on Fetal Development
- Windows to the Womb by Life Issues Institute presents high quality images of unborn babies and 4D ultrasound videos.
- Science for Unborn Human Life has hundreds of facts about the rapid development of the unborn child's body, movements, sensations (including pain), and learning, with each fact accompanied by a reference to the scientific or medical literature. The accuracy of the information is endorsed by eight independent OBGYNs.
Fetal Development informational Graphics
Fetal Development Flyers
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- Information borrowed from The Endowment for Human Development and from AmazingPregnancy.com
- Some images obtained from Life Issues Institute


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Furcal and predictions – Josh Rawitch
Another good win today, as Jae Seo looked awesome on the mound. Rafael Furcal's back tightened up, though, so he left the game early and is listed as day-to-day. We're all hoping it's nothing serious and right now, we have no reason to believe it's bad, but you never like to see one of your top players go down to an injury in the final days of spring.
Meanwhile, ESPN has put out its predictions for 2006. It's pretty cool to see that nine of 15 people picked the Dodgers to win the West and Rob Neyer picked us to beat the Twins in the Fall Classic. While these are only predictions, is does make you feel good about the way people view the team heading into the season.
One more game left in Vero before we head to Vegas. Even though we spend a lot of time time here and people like to joke about "being ready to go home," we'll certainly miss this place. Craig Callan and his staff take incredible care of us in our second home and we're extremely grateful for all their hard work.
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Sorry to go off topic here… but could someone perhaps put my two cents worth in for adding a last series of Stadium Renovation Photos before the season starts? I live in Idaho, and being a former Angelino, I'd really enjoy a view of the finished product online. I can't wait for ESPN's opening day coverage and especially with the possibility of an HD Telecast! It should be a perfect opening day capped with a Dodgers victory over the Braves! Thanks!
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The fact that you have options in what to use for your next musical masterpiece is genius in itself.
The frightening part is, you should see how many I've got started that haven't come together yet.
Can't force them though – the quality suffers!!! LOL
Sounds like Ned. LOL!!
Only he doesn't wait and the quality is non existant!!!
I fully expect Ned to do something completely stupid – he's due.
He can't help himself.
Yep, he's due!! Sad!! Well, at least any deal has to be approved by MLB before he can pull the string.
Crap Wally? I like it.
If Ned ain't steppin' in it, Frank's spreading it around.
Thanks Beav!! I thought you might. Don't forget SoJerkOff rubbing the fans' nose in it!! LOL!!
And it doubles as a group photo of Frank, Ned, and SoJerkOff!!!
Yeah, together they're one big steamy pile.
Did you notice Donny, Conte, and Honeycutt flying around the shit pile!!! LOL!!!
Yeah, and you know eventually they're going to land in it!!!
Ha-ha!! Face first!! I hope all three are gone when we get new owners!!
Wonder come the 31st what Frank's desperation move is going to be. Think there's an off chance anyone will personally loan him a few mil so he can cover it? Of course then he has the next one on June 15th.
Doesn't seem likely as he doesn't have any assets that aren't tied up by Jamie. I look for him to file bankruptcy any day now. It won't help him, but, it will delay the process.
I read that a lot of people thing Seligs quietly maneuvering his executives in place to take over the club.
Wonder how long that whole process will take?.
It ain't over until the fat Uribe sings.
Thing is think in Canadian.
LOL!! Yep, I'm sure Buds' got his ducks in a row. From the other owners to the lawyers, to interested owner prospects. If he takes over the team there will be plenty of bidders and it shouldn't take long. Just like in Texas last year.
Yeah, you'd have to be a fool to hitch your wagon to Frank, even if you're a lawyer. From what I've seen. lawyers like to get paid. And anyone that's already spent the money from 2 years into the future, doesn't have any.
Yep, I can't see anyone left to go out on a limb for Frank. Jamies gonna do everything she can to see that he doesn't burn up what equity is left in legal fees. Plus, shes' gotta be worried about where the money is going to come from to keep paying her 225K/month in support and 400K+/month in mortgages and interest on the company debts. I think shes' getting as desperate as he is about now. The noose is tightening.
Hey Wa-a-a-ally, I don't think mom and dad know we're still up.
Quick, where'd ya hide Dads old magazines?
National Geographic or the funny ones he gets that come in the brown wrapper?
Gee, the good ones in the brown wrappers are swell!!! Remember how sore mom was when she found'em..
Shoulda told her they were Eddie's, you know like you did that jelly stuff you put on your hand and told me that you were just trying to soften up your baseball mitt from the inside out.
Oh yeah, that lotiony stuff I found in your dresser!!!!
Makes me feel funny, but in kinda a good way.
I know what you mean. Makes ya feel kinda goofy inside!!!
I think
we're I'm gonna get it but good from mom and dad in the morning.
Hope TruMom doesn't see what we've been doing Wally. It'll give her the vapors.
LOL!!! Yeah, she gets to acting all funny and stuff!!! Especially with those finger puppets!!
I see the boys are at it again 🙂
H-h-h-h-hi Mom. We wuz jist goofing around.
Quick Beav, hide the magazines!!!
Gee mom, uh, we was just studying!!!
Yeah. We wuz jist goofing around studying.
Think we'd better scout for another thread in the morning!!
Good idea!!! Don't tell Lumpy and Eddie. They're creeps!!!
You'll be alright though, I heard her tell Dad that he was being way to hard on the Beaver the other night.
Whew! I'll sleep a whole lot better knowing that!!!
Yeah, me too!!!
BTW, did you smell burning rubber the other night?
Those magazines sure have been around.
Uh, gee mom, Lumpy must have forgot and left those here.
Guess I'd better hit it my friend. Wife's starting to look at me like I'm crazy (hell she ought to know that by now!)
Don't know if I'll catch the game, but will check to see if there is any postgame activity.
Thanks for the laughs!!
Good idea!! You too. Catch ya later my brother.
Goodnight Theodore!!!
Hi'Ya Nelly!! Hope you had a good day. Anyway, I'm gonna rack it myself. Hope to catch you for the game tomorrow!!!
Goodnight to you too Wally!!!
That scorched policy of Ned's is way too scary. Is the MLB monitor supposed to keep Ned from giving away all of the Dodgers good players? Who's going to stop him?
I finally decide to go to sleep early last night because nobody was here to play and, good grief, the kids went crazy! TruMom will have to find a better hiding place for her stash of magazines 😕 See you in a little while….I have to go play with my ever growing supply of finger puppets.
LOL Trumom. We missed you last night.
Looks like Uribe will be going on the DL with abdominal strain. Hurling will do that to you 🙂
I hope they can keep him away from the buffet while he's on the DL.
LMAO! Question: When Caey Blake comes back and they say he may play LF…what happens to Gwynn, Gibbons and Sands? Do you think Thames is coming back? Or, is he on a permanent DL?
*Casey Blake
Well, I hope they play Blake alot at 1B and bench or trade Loney. At least a platoon at 1B. And they need to leave Sands alone. The Gwynn, Gibbons, Thames idea is stupid and was ill concieved from the start. Should have kept XPaul, given him a real shot, and saved their collective 2.3M.
Sounds good. Or, they could play Jerry at first when Blake is in LF. Knowing the way we do things, Jerry will probably be sent down 😦 and we will be stuck with Gibbons and the rest of the pitiful crew.
Most likely Trumom. Why should we expect anything to change with Ned and Donny!! They both suck!!!
Todays lineup:
1. Furcal, SS
2. Carroll, 2B
3. Ethier, RF
4. Kemp, CF
5. Loney, 1B
6. Barajas, C
7. Gibbons, DH
8. Sands, LF
9. Mitchell, 3B
Well, here's a good read. Go away Ned!!!
Wow…just what we've been saying all along! See how smart we are, indeed!
LOL!! We've been saying it four over 5 years!!!
Just read that they have a suspect in custody in the Stow beating. God, I hope they catch these slimeballs and fry their asses!!!!
Now, they are saying they have two in custody and are looking for a woman. Apparently she was wearing an Ethier shirt. Imagine that, she plus about another 20,000 fans 😕
And, an interesting tid bit on why Garland imploded!!!
Good grief! What crock of shit!
Yep!! Sounds like Garland throwing his catcher under the bus. Asshole!!!
Steve Lyons is such a joke! He's saying that the Astos stink and we should go in there and sweep them…lmao! I'd worry about winning one game.
The Astros do stink, however, so do we!!! Good matchup of teams going nowhere but down this season. We do have Kersh and Billz going, so I would hope to win the series from them.
Lyons forgot to mention the fact that we stink too 😉
There're only 3 teams in baseball with worse records than our Dodgers. Minnesota, Houston, and San Diego!!!
Yep. We have the same record as the White Sox and we are 6 games out while they are already out by 8….so, our division really sucks as a whole.
Yep Trumom, that's the bad part. We need a team to run away with our division. The clowns we have running the show (Frank, Ned, and Donny) think we're still in it and make stupid moves at the trade deadline. Although most of Neds deals have been bad whether at the deadline or not. Technically, we are still in it because of our weak division, but, physically, mentally, and talent wise, this team is toast.
Hiroki…do your thing! GO DODGERS!!!
Once again, no-hitter gone with first batter!
Every freaking game…it's come-from-behind or a damn blow up from our BP!
LMAO….this is pathetic already!
Pathetically Funny!!!! Might as well enjoy the fireworks. The fallout will be the ashes of Frank and Furter. And with them Donny, Honeycutt, and Conte!!!
That's what my Hubby just said! lol And, he said get rid of all the players and bring up the AAA team! I said, that's what we have right now!
You'd expect that with Kersh, Billz and Kuroda, we should be able to win those 3 games…so, three out of five woud be okay. But, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, it ain't gonna happen!
Yeah, but somewhere along the line you have to score some runs.
Runs…what are those?!
Oh, well, at least it was only the first inning. No problem making up three runs 😕
That's right Trumom. Furcal the saviour is back!!!
Too bad he can't pitch too!
This is going from bad to worse! Yep, Jhall….PATHETICALLY FUNNY!!!!
In a punchbowl full of turds, Loney still can't hide how worthless he is!!!
But, Lyons pointed out, he has an 8 game hitting streak 😉
Alright Bonehead Loney!!! What a waste!!!
Hey Wally!
Seeing your avatar brings back memories of George Carlin talking about shopping for the fake dogshit in the novelty store. . .
Could I see something in a St. Bernard please?
LOL!!! The pile is growing as we speak VL!!
Good afternoon all.
Already in a hole, and Loney caught sleeping on the base path.
Great start!
Isn't this fun, vl?! Got your drinks ready?
Just chilling some brewski's. 😉
Hi'Ya VL!! It has finally gotten so ludicrous that it is funny to watch this bumbling bunch of dung!!!
I'm sorry but no offense, struggling or not, should have to make up runs like this on a daily basis. They should be able to score 1 or 2 runs and win a game on occasion. This will just make the offense press harder, which we know never works.
Yep…they have to all be saying WTF?!
LOL Trumom. What the f*ck or Waiting for Free-Agency!!!
Hi'Ya Nelly!!!
Jeeez! The hole keeps geting deeper. They're teeing off on Kuroda today.
I'm sitting here watching the telecast on WGN. Still trying to decide whether to listen to Charlie & Rick, or Steve Stone, and his nimrod sidekick. .
They are all awful! Just pick your poison 🙂
Good Afternoon Jhall!! ……or maybe it should just be "afternoon Jhall!" because the Dodgers are playing so "good" right now. However, ITD is always good 🙂
Dodgereric – I hope you are having a wonderful day with your son on his birthday. You are one amazing dad!!
Its all good Nelly!!! Hope you are having a wonderful day!!!
You just can't help laughing at this Frank and Furter dung heap!! I can laugh because it will be their undoing!!!!
Y'all sound like you could use some cheering up. How about a little BJ Thomas, Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song:
Its cold out here tonight
And the season's just not right for a polka-dot love thong
Bum buddies done bummed buddy's dong thong
Hey, are you gay?, you donned a
Bum buddies done bummed buddy's dong thong
And had to walk on home
Looking like a lady
Looking like a lady
So partake with me, eccen-tricities
Where dad had to make everybody lie-i-i-i-i
A polka-dot thong, and a hot pink sarong
And all those late night calls on the phone
Hey, are you gay?, you donned a
Bum buddies done bummed buddy's dong thong
And had to walk on home
Looking like a lady
Looking like a lady
So par-tay with me, this strange malady
The one all those said that you shouldn't try-y-y-y-y
A polka-dot thong, and a hot pink sarong
And a bustier with points like a cone
Hey, are you gay? , you donned a
Bum buddies done bummed buddy's dong thong
And had to walk on home
Looking like a lady
Looking like a lady
Hey, are you gay? (are you gay?), you donned a
Bum buddies done bummed buddy's dong thong
And had to walk on home
Looking like a lady
Looking like a lady
Hey, are you gay? (are you gay?), you donned a
Bum buddies done bummed buddy's dong thong
And had to walk on home
Looking like a lady
Looking like a lady
©NedCo Broken Records 2011
What are YOU drinking today? Absynthe? LOL
( 🙂 🙂 🙂 )
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
You, in your dong-thong & me in my cone-pointed bustier….woo-hoo!
We're a sight Tru!!
Where are the CHAPS?
We must NOT forget the chaps 😕
LMAO!!!!! Oh enchanted!!! The ITD Koolaid is flowing today!!! LOL!!!!
Hey, got your mind off the train wreck for 3:27. 'Bout all you can do anymore to make it through a game.
Sheee-it! Loney should have had that!
As if it weren't bad enough, Dre hurt himself 😦
Not good. He normally makes that catch.
Glad they finally nabbed SOMEONE in the Bryan Stow incident.
It's a wonder what happens when they double the reward.
The informant will be receiving Frank's addition to the reward as well: 8 vouchers to any Dodgers Monday-Thursday home game, sans blackout dates.
Don't scoff. Last week, it was only 4 vouchers.
It was surely the vouchers that turned the tide 🙂
Hapless bunch aren't they?
There's a perfect emoticon for games like these:
Tripping up 'Dre, slamming into Barajas, Juanpy is a killer today (and we're still paying him for it).
Reminds me of when Shawn Green went to New York, and decided he wasn't afraid to get grass stains on his pants anymore.
Once the defense lets Kuroda down, it all goes south. . .
Damn! If Loney had a brain, he'd have a triple!
Barajas out. This team is jinxed!
This team is Nedded.
Hell, nobody probably wants to play any more!
I'll say this for Kruk and Kuip: They've never exclaimed "YES!" after the Giants get a 1B putout.
My gf's brother is a Sox fan, and never watches the games on TV because of the announcers. I say they reinstate Shoeless Joe, and ban these two twerps from baseball in his stead.
I had to listen to them yesterday and they are much worse te Krud & Krap! Probably the worse in baseball.
Maybe that dinger Sands got yesterday kick started his offense.
Well, its about time for some Cormier fireworks!!!
About the same effect of throwing gasoline on the fire.
Furcal SUCKS.
He and Kuroda both should be traded before the deadline.
We might even get a couple of decent prospects for each, if Ned wasn't in charge.
I though Furcal ws our savior 🙂
I agree Bear!!! Furcal will probably be back on the DL before July however.
Our players go from the DL to the DL. The Dung List to the Disabled List!!
😕 ) )
Cue up 'Sad but True' from Metallica.
Furcal's entire career with the Dodgers is worth exactly TWO FINGERS – the middle finger on each hand.
< < Like this?! lol
Barajas – wrist injury. Andre – toe & back injury.
I sure hope Barajas isn't hurt bad. Navarro STINKS from behind, and BOTH sides of the plate!
LMAO…..I thought you said his behind stinks! I was wondering how did you know?!
No brainer with his defensive abilities. Passed ball. Need I say more?
Yep, Navarro is a total waste. Another jewel in Neds crown of shame.
Navarro STINKS from behind…
Must be how Ned found him – he was drawn to the scent.
At least the Cubs are loveable. These guys are just losers.
You know we are really bad when Juanpy has 3 hits!
Can't wait to get back to LA and see all the EMPTY SEATS.
When it comes to Navarro, here I thought Ned had made one of his better moves in trading him several years ago, no matter who we got in return, but then he has to go and get Navarro back on the team. How do we get rid of him now?
Just goes to show what a mental midget Ned is.
Somebody posted on Facebook: You know the old saying, you get what you pay for….well, thanks a lot McCrackhead! lmao!!!!
What happens when we actually play a good team?
Probably 12 – 1 🙂
The wrong end of shutouts!
Phillies have signed Pathednik
Bases loaded. Nobody out.
Inning over.
Well looks like the 'replacements' got the bases loaded with no outs. I sure hope Furcal drives some in. . .
NOPE! Wish in one hand & shit in the other. .
Bases loaded…0 outs…how many runs?
🙂 🙂
Without a hit, too!
I think when we play American League rules they should refer to our guy as the "designated batter." We don't have any 'hitters" on our team.
DB it shall be!
Vizquel is such a freak. He could still be playing at 50.
Don't tempt Ned.
I've decided that Ned doesn't need a pair of chaps, but rather just the one side because everything he does is half-assed.
I thought the chaps were for you?! lol
Wearing the thong, you need protection. 😕
Donnie mught want to go get Guerra and save both his psyche and his arm.
Mught is Irish for might.
This bullpen's gonna be in great shape in Houston.
Houston…we have a problem.
Probably so. I just hope Dodger pitchers can keep the ball in the yard. Minute Maid park is a launching pad as long as you don't get it airborne to straight away CF.
Alright Trontoasto!!!!
Shhhh….don't tell Nellyjune that Juanpy was the cause of Andre's injury. She won't like that one bit!
One bright spot today…..JERRY……4 – 4 🙂
Jer-ry!!! Jer-ry!! Good to see him have good success today. Makes the game worth watching – the only thing worth watching, when I think about it.
Wow! This breakout day for Sands is about the only bright spot for this team today. ;(
Jeez, Sands bare got second base warm and there's three outs already.
Nice game Jerry!!! Other than that, just more dung for the heap!!!
Bare is Norwegian for barely.
It's good to be multi-lingual, Beav.
It does come in handy when commenting on this team sparks!!
Ned's probably trying to figure out what pitcher he can package with Sands to get Dotel back.


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The colour machines are listed below. Please note that the colour machines actually consist of two clusters: The "black cluster", whose lead machine is black.ece, and the "maroon cluster", whose lead machine is maroon.ece. The maroon cluster is connected by a private ethernet that we will use in Lab 4.
You can click on any of the following machine IDs to establish a telnet session. If you want to run any X window applications, you should also execute the command xhost XXX.ece.cmu.edu on you local machine, where XXX is the name of the machine to which you connected.
The colour machines can be reached remotely via any internet connection. They live off in some machine room and don't even have consoles. They can act as X window clients, however, so you can treat them the same way as the Andrew Unix servers, (except that they're a lot faster. :)
These machines work from an AFS account set up for you in domain ece.cmu.edu. You can navigate between this account and your andrew account using standard AFS operations. You can use klog to authenticate yourself from one domain to another.
The password file is copied from the lead machine in cluster machine to all others in that cluster each night. So if you make a change to your default shell, etc you need to make that change on both black and maroon.
Password changes should be made using the kpasswd command and they will take effect immediatly on all machines in the group.


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I left my camera in Annapolis the other day and picked it up yesterday so here are some pictures from the last few days....
Our shopping trip this morning
Feeding the ducks in Annapolis
Playing baseball in Annapolis
Playing baseball in Annapolis
Ryder with Ben
A few pictures of Maddie
Ryder was crying so Zak gave him a hug & kiss
This week we will be busy packing for our trip to NH and ME along with trying to clean the house so that it is not a mess when we get home. The dogs will be staying with Rich & Laura so we know they will have fun playing with their dogs for the week.
Today we are going to the Verizon store to upgrade Ben's cell phone along with our calling plan. We will be getting the newer plan with the mobile web, e-mail, Vcast, and VZ navigator. This means I will be able to update the blog and Face book with pictures during our vacation along with being able to make changes to our Fantasy Football leagues. Yes, Ben has gotten me turned on to the Fantasy thing. It is fun and gives me a reason to watch the games with him which he enjoys. We would both love to get a Blackberry, but those plans are way too expensive so that will have to wait for a while.


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There's growing speculation about what might be accomplished at the United Nation's climate change conference in Copenhagen Dec. 7-18, especially now that the world's two biggest carbon emitters—the U.S. and China—have outlined both bilateral and individual goals in reducing emissions.
Business is watching closely to see if a global agreement can be reached anytime soon—the earliest time now looks to be 2010—but it's hardly standing on the sidelines waiting.
Some say climate change is the next great technological fonder as well as profit center. Technology is being developed, manufactured and sold. The same goes for goods and services.
Though fortunes will be lost, more will be made, and CNBC wants to help break down what a reduction in carbon emissions means for business and investors.
Towards that end, nine chief executives and chairmen from around the world have signed up for an exclusive CNBC initiative aimed at identifying opportunities in clean technology and the the larger business of sustainability.
Here's the council members. Watch for them on CNBC.
Chad Holliday, Chairman of DuPont
Industry: Seed producer, chemical maker
Revenue: $31.84 bn.
Carbons Cut: Between 1990 and 2003, the company cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 73 percent.
Carbon Goals: Decrease greenhouse gas emissions by an additional 15 percent from a base year of 2004 by 2015. (Watch the interview here.)
Léo Apotheker, CEO of SAP
Industry: Software
Revenue: €11.58 bn. ($17.23 bn.)
Carbons Cut: Cut its CO2 by 6.75 percent between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008.
Carbon Goals: Reduce CO2emissions to 2000 levels by 2020. (Watch the interview here.)
Mike Splinter, CEO of Applied Materials
Industry: Maker of Chip-production machinery
Revenue: $8.13 bn.
Carbons Cut: Cut carbon footprint by over 20,000 metric tons or 10 percent since 2006.
Carbon Goals: Reduce CO2 emissions by 20 percent by 2012 from a 2006 baseline.
Lars G. Josefsson, CEO of Vattennfall
Industry: Utility
Revenue: SEK 164.55 bn. (23.9 mn.)
Carbons Cut: Decreased CO2 emissions by 3 percent between 2007 and 2008.
Carbon Goals: Cut CO2 emissions per kWh in half by 2030 compared to 1990; become climate neutral by 2050. (Watch the interview here.)
John Rowe, CEO of Exelon
Industry: Utility
Revenue: $18.86 bn.
Carbon Cuts: Cutalmost 6 million metric tons of CO2.
Carbon Goals: Reduce 15 million metric tons of CO2 emissions by 2020. (Watch the interview here.)
Dr. Zhengrong Shi, CEO and Chairman of Suntech
Industry: Solar
Revenue: $4.14 bn.
Carbons Cut: NA
Carbon Goals: NA
Mike Mack, CEO of Syngenta
Industry: Agricultural Chemicals
Revenue: $11.62 bn.
Carbons Cut: Cut 19 percent in CO2 emissions per dollar of EBIT from the 2006 baseline
Carbon Goals: Decrease CO2 emissions relative to EBITA by 40 percent by 2012 compared with 2006. (Watch the interview here.)
William McCracken, Chairman of CA
Industry: Software
Revenue: $4.27 bn.
Carbons Cut: Reduced carbon footprint over 30% in the last two years.
Carbon Goals: "CA does not forecast its future emissions and/or energy use at present." - CA's 2008 Sustainability Report (.)
Hans Wijers, CEO of Akzo Nobel
Industry: Paint
Revenue: €15.41 bn. ($22.9 bn.)
Carbons Cut: Reduced CO2 emissions 1 percent per ton of production in 2008.
Carbon Goals: Cut cradle-to-gate carbon footprint by 20-25 percent per ton of product by 2020 compared to 2009. (Watch the interview here.)
*Revenue based on 2008 figures


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This is a thread for you guys, to say hi and meet other fellow torcers
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Were you disappointed that Tyrion didn't learn an important piece of information in this week's Game of Thrones finale? Relive one of his scenes paired with the original text from A Storm of Swords. Possible spoilers if you haven't read the book, even if you've seen the finale.
Redditor GipsySafety posted this reimagining of the scene where Jaime frees Tyrion from his cell. We don't know why the showrunners decided to cut Jaime's revelation to Tyrion regarding Tyrion's first wife or if the information will ever come up later. But it's an important moment in Jaime and Tyrion's relationship, and we're a little bummed it didn't make it to the screen. Now if only we could get another one of these image series revamping the final scene between Tywin and Tyrion.
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J&J Tuberculosis Drug Gets Fast-Track Clearance
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Johnson & Johnson's JNJ 0.22% drug to treat a form of resistant tuberculosis that is uncommon in the U.S. but growing globally.
The drug, Sirturo, will treat patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis, or MDR-TB, a possibly fatal disease that affects as many as 630,000 people world-wide who can't be cured with existing therapies alone. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that mostly involves the lungs.
Sirturo, also known as bedaquiline, is not expected to be a large moneymaker for Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's largest health-care conglomerate, because the disease is prevalent in poorer countries unable to afford high prices for the treatment. Providing the drug, though, could help the company create goodwill among regulators, governments and patients around the world.
"The commercial opportunity is very limited," said Pamela Van Houten, a J&J spokesperson. "This is part of our commitment to advance innovative medicines that help address serious public-health issues."
The company said it expects to begin selling Sirturo in the second quarter of 2013, and won't announce its sales price until then. Fewer than 100 Americans have MDR-TB, according to J&J, but FDA approval is likely to strengthen the chances for approval in regions where the disease is more prevalent, including India, China and Eastern Europe.
However, the drug's potential risks, including an increased risk of death, has raised concerns among members of the FDA. The agency will require that a prominent warning label be placed on the drug, informing consumers that patients taking Sirturo in clinical trials saw increased rates of fatalities.
"Because the drug also carries some significant risks, doctors should make sure they use it appropriately and only in patients who don't have other treatment options," said Edward Cox, an FDA official.
About 11.4% of patients taking Sirturo died in during clinical trials, compared to 2.5% taking placebos.
The FDA granted Sirturo accelerated approval, which is a type of temporary approval for diseases that don't have viable treatment options, based on less clinical data than required for traditional drug approvals.
The accelerated approval was based on data from a pair of Phase 2 studies—one of which showed 77.6% of patients in the treatment group reaching treatment success after 24 weeks compared with 57.6% of those in the placebo group.
It is still unclear, though, whether Sirturo caused the increase death rate, said Mel Spigelman, chief executive of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, which is partnering with J&J to develop Sirturo in more common strains of tuberculosis.
"It looked more likely that this was just a bad coincidence," Dr. Spigelman said. "But you have to be careful, and the monitoring will have to be rigorous."
Last month, an FDA panel backed early approval for the drug, although panel members were divided on whether Sirturo played a role in deaths seen in clinical studies.
The consumer group Public Citizen, which had been strongly opposed to approval, said Monday that it was disappointed in the FDA's decision.
"There were five times more deaths in the drug group than in the placebo group," said Sidney Wolfe, director of health research at Public Citizen. "I don't see how [the FDA] can be so dismissive about it."
Tuberculosis usually is treated with a combination of four drugs for at least six months, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Some forms of tuberculosis, however, can't be treated with currently available drugs, which the FDA has said "threatens to erode the progress made in the world-wide control of tuberculosis."
Sirturo is designed to work in a new way to treat tuberculosis and would be used with other drugs.
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Monarchs Take on ECU; Lady Monarchs Set to Compete Against ECU & Campbell
By ODU Athletics
Jan. 18, 2013
NORFOLK, Va. - The Old Dominion University men's and women's swimming/diving teams will be back in action on Saturday, Jan. 19 in Greenville, N.C. The men will compete against East Carolina University; while the women will take on ECU and the Fighting Camels of Campbell University. Competition is set to begin at 1 p.m. in the `Minges Natatorium'.
ECU's men will enter Saturday's meet with a 4-1 record in their duals meets. ECU's women are currently 5-1 against competing teams so far this season. Campbell's women are 8-4 in meets to this point and won the Radford Invitational and the UNCW Seahawk Invitational before winter break.
The last time ODU's men were in the pool, they lost to UMBC 160.5-133.5.
Sidni Hoxha and Vitor Sa had strong performances for Old Dominion. Hoxha and Sa along with Ben Hansen also won the 400-yard freestyle relay race with a time of 3:09.25.
Hoxha's also won the 100-yard freestyle (45.85) and placed second (1:42.18) in the 200-yard freestyle race.
Sa also had a pair of second place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle (22.24) and the 100-yard butterfly (51.42). Francisco Byrne finished just behind Sa in third place with a time of 52.27 in the 100-yard butterfly.
Bernardo Figueredo cruised to a victory in the 1000-yard freestyle as he finished in 9:41.07.
The Monarchs swept the 200-yard IM race, as Carter Watson took first (1:57.38), Edward Hubert placed second (2:02.50) and Brian Burns, Daniel Chalfant and Ben Leach placed second in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:18.25.
Reed Mathews completed the 200-yard butterfly race in 1:54.75, which earned him a second place finish.
The Monarch are now 3-2 in their dual meets this season.
ODU's women also dropped their meet against UMBC, 162-127.
Ashley Luchsinger, finished just behind Hubert and took third place in the 100-yard butterfly race. Hubert also won the 200-yard butterfly (2:03.26).
Ashley Luchsinger that won the 400-yard freestyle relay.
The Lady Monarchs are now 5-3 in their meets this season.
Be sure to follow Old Dominion Swimming on their new Twitter name: @ODUSwimDive. Also be sure to follow ODU on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/ODUSwimDive.


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Zona 0 is a 1991 videogame from Spanish company Topo Soft, for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX 8-bit home computers, and for PC-VGA.
The game recreates the Light Cycle sequence from TRON. Two players drive a cycle each inside an isometric arena and try to wrap and block the opponent's cycle path to achieve the victory. Cycles only turn in angles of 90 degrees and leave a solid Jetwall in their wake.
The cover art is by Spanish famous illustrator and cartoonist Alfonso Azpiri, and features a prominent evil Sark-like character, a light cycle-alike machine and raider, and a clearly TRON-inspired title logo, to a point that the "O" and "N" letters of "Zona" looks exactly the same as those of the TRON logo.
Despite the evident similarities, the game is not an officially licensed product with Disney (a customary of many videogame companies of the era).


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EA is doing away with its Online Pass program from this point forward, a decision the video game publisher says is partially based on player response.
"Yes, we're discontinuing Online Pass," EA senior director of corporate communications John Reseburg confirmed to GamesBeat in an e-mail. "None of our new EA titles will include that feature."
The modern military first-person shooter Battlefield 3 and a number of other EA games such as Madden NFL use Online Pass. You need it in order to play many of a game's online features, including multiplayer. A code activates the Pass, which has a one-time use. You need a new code (which the publisher offers, of course, for a fee) if you're playing the game on another console or if you bought the software used and the original owner redeemed the original. But players never embraced this feature.
"Initially launched as an effort to package a full menu of online content and services, many players didn't respond to the format," Reseburg said. "We've listened to the feedback and decided to do away with it moving forward."
Online Pass is seen by publishers as a bulwark against the second-hand market, which retailer GameStop dominates. Publishers were worried that consumers were buying games used instead of new — especially big games with popular multiplayer modes. So the online pass became a way that publishers forced consumers to either buy a game new — or pay extra for online.
But from this point forward, you won't need an Online Pass for any of EA's games online.
"We're still committed to creating content and services that enhance the game experience well beyond the day you first start playing," Reseburg said.
EA wasn't the only publisher using an online pass system. Activision and Ubisoft are among a handful that make use of it.


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- Title: By Royal Command
- Author: Laura Navarre
- Series: N/A
- Genre(s): Historical
- Publisher: Carina Press, July 2012
- Source: NetGalley ($4.16 ebook)
- Length: 274 pages
- Trope(s): Widow, Alpha Male(s), Beta Hero, Big Misunderstanding, Simile Sex, Hair Fetish, Evil Royal Relation
- Quick blurb: Newly widowed niece of King Ethelred (he of the Unreadiness) is forced into a betrothal with a Norman nobleman – but she's distracted by the large and tawny Viking assigned as her escort.
- Quick review: The author has a thesaurus, and she knows how to use it.
- Grade: D
Grappling with savage urgency in a riot of tumbled cushions, she plunged headlong into rapture in the arms of her wrathful angel.
Status Updates: Read With Me Vicariously
You can tell by the dates that I avoided writing this review.
- 09/12 – 40%: "…the curving shell of secrets nestled between her thighs" o.0
- 09/13 – 42%: This book is much more Bodice Ripper than I anticipated….
- 09/13 – 58%: The metaphors. EVERYTHING is a water, fire, weather or war metaphor. And the interjections. By Odin's smelly underpants, the INTERJECTIONS! Lots of references to Odin and Thor, but no Loki yet. Heroine prefers to invoke St. Cuthbert and St. Wilfrid.
- 09/14 – 65%: The book that will never end. I made it this far, but this is taking WAY too long to finish.
- 09/15 – 78%: Still not done… *whimper*
- 09/17 – 100%: Finally finished, and I still haven't quite distilled why this didn't work for me.
When I finally started the distillation process, I had to put the crankypants on.
The writing style….
I can't really call it the author's "voice," because I never really heard one. Instead, I felt bombarded with every literary device we learned in junior high language arts class. Action verbs. Adjectives. Metaphors. Interjections. Euphemisms. Rinse. Repeat.
As he fitted himself against her, an epiphany burst within….
She opened herself to the storm of sensation, reached for him with both arms as he surged inside to fill her. Their joining brought him toppling down on her, in the blazing splendor of the archbishop's bed. He gripped her in the same desperate clutch, held her moored against his rapid thrusts. Her tight channel stretched to accept him, ripples of pleasure pulsing through her. Blindly, she struggled toward the conflagration.
Without warning, it ignited her. She dug her nails into his sinewed back and clung with all her strength. The cataclysm flung her high, outside herself, as he went rigid in her arms.
The hundreds (literally) of other examples can be grouped into thematic categories, including:
Fire, Heat & Light:
…He was ice and yet her burned her.
…For an instant, she burned in the dark flames that kindled in his glaze.
…Once she'd kindled like dry wood beneath his ravening flame.
Earth, Wind & Water:
…She cried out, heedless of anything except the waves of pleasure surging over her. They left her beached against him, gasping, as the tide ebbed.
…They'd be lucky to weather this tempest without foundering on the shoals of disaster.
…In his wake, a sea of whispers foamed.
Military Manuevers:
…She waged a desperate rearguard action against the impulse to burrow into his arms and hide her face against his chest.
Reverse Anthropomorphism:
…Without warning a serpent of acid and flame uncoiled in her belly. It struck at her womb with savage fangs, making her cry out.
…The savage teeth of anguish tore at her heart.
…The subject of her tortured thoughts had followed her scent to ground.
Religious Interjections:
…Shaking his head, he said roughly, "Odin's pain, we're lost in this," and dragged her into his arms.
…"By Odin's lost eye, Katrin." He panted. "I can't – it must be now."
Weird & Wonderful:
…A fey voice was singing in her blood, a siren's song luring her to ruin. Like Odysseus, she saw her doom but strained toward it all the same.
…She scrambled for purchase along the slippery slope of truth.
…In the moment of blinding fire before darkness fell like a hammerblow, the night disgorged a dark shadow.
Hair on Fire:
…Firelight blazed in his gold-bright hair
…Riveted, she stared up at him, the fire burning in his golden hair
…The shreds fell away, leaving her clad in naught but a tangle of firelit hair
View more… LOTS more. It's a bona fide Hair Fetish. I'm not kidding.
And, of course, lots more Simile Sex:
…He swallowed her desperate noises like wine as he flooded her with his essence. Then the waves closed over her head and she was drowning, spinning downward like a cork, like the plummet of her soul as she fell from grace. Katrin surfaced slowly from the dark sea of passion.
…All the way along her crevasse he stroked her to find that pulsing heart, the eye of the storm sweeping through her.
…His fingers slid between her moist folds to find the beating heart of her pleasure.
…The molten heat of hellfire pooled at her center.
I can't even count the number of times I was kicked out of my reading trance. In a 274-page book, I had a total of 108 Kindle notes and highlights. Only a handful of those were dialogue excerpts – and that's not a good thing for a character-driven reader like me.
Speaking of characters….
The romances….
Yes, plural. Three – count 'em, THREE (3) – "heroes" (and I use that word loosely) are at least one too many.
Love Interest #1: Eomond, the Large and Tawny Half-Viking Escort
He lasts about halfway through the book until the inevitable Big Misunderstanding that compels her to complete her journey to…
Love Interest #2: Rafael, the Enigmatic Betrothed
Unfortunately, he stays enigmatic even after Katrin arrives at his castle, because he's suddenly sent off to…somewhere…, leaving her with…
Love Interest #3: Borovic, the Sinister Future Brother-In-Law
He's the ultimate alpha male who decides he wants Katrin for himself – can Katrin resist his seductions???
Meh. By that time, I really didn't care who she wound up with, because Katrin seemed like nothing more than a shallow prop. She wasn't kick-ass, she wasn't a doormat. She was just there, reacting to everything that happened around her, which made it very difficult to connect with her as the main character.
The pacing….
The storyline and storytelling also suffered from the "way too much" syndrome of the whole book. Between the three love interests and the Evil Uncle King and all the random "insert action sequence here" filler moments, the lack of cohesion and focus killed it for me by about halfway through.
I'm still wondering why I didn't DNF this. It wasn't horribly written and it wasn't actively pissing me off, so I guess "distracted and bored" wasn't enough of a reason to stop reading.
Fire, Heat and Light
Word counts:
Fire = 72 | Burn = 56 | Heat = 50 | Flame = 37 | Light = 33
Glitter = 28 | Flare = 15 | Ignite = 12 | Fiery = 5
- …mane lashing the air with black flame
- …stamped out like the flame of her love
- …even your defiance inflames me
- …swept across the battlefield like a dark flame
- …a moth drawn in tightening spirals toward his fatal flame
- …with his back to the fire, like Lucifer at the gates of Hell
- …an azure flame sparkling with silver
- …flaming with embarrassment
- …his touch igniting her
- …the dark embers of his gaze
- …vast reservoir of energy like banked fire
- …close enough to feel his banked fire licking at her skin
- …his frustrated desire beat at her like a forge-fire
- …with seeking heat
- …his heat licked her thigh
- …tendrils of heat coiled through her
Earth, Wind & Water
Word counts:
Wind = 53 |Water = 23 | Wake = 22 | Thunder = 21 | Ripple/rippling = 19
Sea = 17 | Current = 16 | Flood = 16 | Storm = 15
- …waded into the treacherous waters of deception, feeling her way as she would with her toes in a strong current.
- …made her wanton, planting it within her body like his seed
- …eyes met hers, dark and rich as the loam beneath her boots
- …drifting on a tide of pleasure
- …a scalding flood of embarrassment
- …drank him in like water
- …powerful currents moved beneath the surface
- …trembling with aftershock
- …the abyss that yawned before her
- …thundered down the quintain like an avalanche
Military Manuevers
- …With words alone he struck her, wielding suspicion and mockery like weapons
- …mounted warrior the size of a siege tower
- …monumental fellow towered over her like a war-engine
- …rose like a siege tower in the saddle
- …battalion of emotions assailed her
- …quivered like a drawn bow
- …a mounted Eomond, massive as a war engine
- …she'd flung words like catapault stones
Anthropomorphism & Reverse Anthropomorphism
- …A fierce hope soared within her, like one of his raptors arrowing high against the sun's white heat.
- …stung by the bee of vanity
- …sinuous muscle rippling like serpents under tight-stretched skin
- …swift as a striking serpent he had her
- …reaching on tiptoe across the gap of suspicion
- …seized by the cold hand of dread
- …the watchful eyes of the night
- …pulsed with the lifeblood of power
- …frisson of awareness touched her like a finger
Blasphemous Interjections
- God's mercy/wounds/truth/own truth/grace/angels = 18
- For the love of God/God's love/for God's love/God in heaven = 9
- God be praised/praise God = 2
- Dear God/by God/God save me = 9
- Sweet Jesus/Jesus in Heaven = 13
- Christ's Rood/by the Rood = 2
- Mary and/or Joseph = 11
- St. Catherine = 2
- St. Sebastian = 4
- St. Wilfrid = 7
- St. Cuthbert = 12
- For the love of Freyja/Freyja's mercy = 3
- Thor's hammer/bloody hammer/teeth = 8
- Odin's pain/name/lost eye = 15
- By all the gods = 1
Weird & Wonderful
Word counts:
Dark = 99 | Spill = 40 | Surge = 30 | Dread = 27 | Pulse = 18 | Coil = 17
- Overhead, the clarion call of trumpets unrolled like silver scarves across the sky.
- His keen eyes were a searching beam that would surely penetrate her deceptions.
- Kissed by a man whose clear purpose was domination, laced with lacerated pride.
- She could hardly grasp what had just occurred, how her hasty plans, forged in cunning and despair, had skewed so wildly amiss.
- Rafael lived his life steeped in secrets, drinking them with his morning ale.
- Like the Red Sea before Moses, waves of startled fighters parted before him.
- The gatehouse disgorged an ebony courser that skimmed down the road toward them like oncoming night.
Hair Fetish
Word counts:
Hair = 113 (!!!) | Curls = 43 | Tangles/d = 28 | Tawny = 13 | Tendrils = 11
More Hair on Fire:
- …He stood with the lamp burning in his hand, light gleaming in his hair, a Prometheus blazing with divine fire
- …Proud and fearless as a lion, with your hair on fire from the sun
- …It flared and smoked, heat singeing her hair
- …his hair on fire in the torchlight, he raked the hall with his Viking gaze
Sexy Hair:
- …coral nipples framed by her curling russet mane
- …their hair mingled gold and bronze on the pillow
- …in a tangle of bedclothes, her long hair wrapped around them
- …wrapping fingers in her hair to hold her
- …gripping handfuls of her hair as he drove against her
- …gripped her piled hair
- …pulled her against him and gripped her hair
- …laughed into her hair
- …whispered into her hair
- …murmured into her hair
- …groaned into her hair
Katrin (the heroine)
- …thick curling tendrils slithered aside
- …fiery hair tumbing over her shoulders
- …a tangle of fiery curls
- …tangle of firelit hair
- …fiery hair streamed around her
- …all color leached to her flaming hair
- …veil of flying hair
- …wind-tangled curls
- …tangle of wind-flung curls
- …hair still streamed, unbound and wind-tangled
- …wind flung her hair around her
- …skeins of her copper hair
- …skein of red-gold curls
- …rope of hair
- …wound the russet hair into a thick rope
- …hair spilling over her shoulder
- …tangled mass spilled down
- …hair streaming down in disarray
- …gathered her streaming hair
- ..stripped ribbons of hair from her braid
- …wet ribbons of hair
- …flying ribbon of hair
- …unraveled her hair to blow in burnished ribbons
- …burnished hair coiled at her nape
- …burnished hair coiled smooth beneath her fillet
- …burnished hair that spilled down her back
- …her burnished curls
Eomond (Love Interest #1 – The Viking)
- …mane of tawny hair (2)
- …tawny hair blazing with firelight
- …tawny hair flying
- …tawny hair tumbling forward
- …this beautiful long-limbed pagan with tawny hair
- …light gleaming in his hair, a Prometheus blazing with divine fire
- …firelight blazed in his red-gold hair
- …fire burning in his golden hair
- …his hair on fire in the torchlight
- …blond hair flying
- …streaming blond hair
- …golden hair falling into his eyes
- …raked a hand through his hair (2)
- …raked back his hair (2)
Rafael (Love Interest #2: The Unknown Betrothed):
- …twining fingers in his decadent raven curls
- …glittered in the dark curls framing his face
- …fickle breeze combed throug his dark curls
- …black hair falling in tangled curls
- …breeze ruffling his dark curls
- …framed by a tangle of wind-flung curls
Borovic (Love Interest #3: The Sinister Future Brother-In-Law):
- …wind tore his shaggy hair
- …wind riffling his shaggy hair
- …shaggy-haired bear of a man
- …shaggy hair streamed in the wind
- …exposing a shaggy head of sandbrown hair
- …wind stirring his shaggy hair
Simile Sex
- …the curving shell of secrets nestled between her thighs
- …sheltered crevasse
- …petal-soft folds
- …the deep musk of passion
- …the sticky dampness of shared desires
- …her secret place
- …the searing blade of male arousal
- …her wet passage
- …he stroked that pulsing jewel
- …her exposed secrets
- …the small heated mouth were moisture gathered
- …reveled like Jezebel when he spread her wide
- …the blade of his desire nudged against her pulsing womb
- …liquid heat pooled at the cradle of her thighs
- …tendrils of sensation unfurling within
- …tendrils of pleasure shot through her
- …tendrils of desire coiled inward to her belly
- …smooth petals of her body warm with longing
- …her channel running slick with honey
- …womb still burning from the force of their shared passion


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Hamilton seeks greatness with Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton does not believe he is taking a gamble by leaving McLaren for Mercedes next season.
TOKYO - Lewis Hamilton does not believe he is taking a gamble by leaving McLaren for Mercedes next season, saying the move could catapult him into Formula One's pantheon of greats even if it does not pay out immediately.
"No doubt it was one of the most difficult decisions I've faced in my life up to now," the 27-year-old told Reuters in an interview in Tokyo before this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.
"But a lot of other racing drivers, a lot of greats - (Alain) Prost and (Ayrton) Senna, they've all been with several teams," added Britain's 2008 world champion.
Hamilton's decision to cut the umbilical cord with McLaren ended season-long speculation about his future and could usher seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher back into retirement as the man he replaces.
"I'd been thinking for quite some time... what I wanted to do with my future, where I want to go," said Hamilton, who has raced for McLaren since his sensational F1 debut in 2007.
"It's easy staying in the same place, but going somewhere else and taking on a new challenge is sometimes maybe even more exciting."
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh called the move a "mistake" but Hamilton said he knew what he was doing.
"I don't (think it's a gamble)," he said. "Not really. I've had such a great career with McLaren. I signed for McLaren when I was 13 and have had such an incredible journey with them.
"In the end I had two offers on the table which were very similar but one was a lot more exciting. It's just a challenge.
"I could stay in the great car that I have, which I've worked really hard to help develop with the team, or go to a car that's not so well developed and help it."
Hamilton said he had not spoken to McLaren's executive chairman and former team principal Ron Dennis after making his decision to leave last Wednesday, two days before the announcement.
"We didn't speak about it," said Hamilton, currently fourth in the world title standings, two spots higher than McLaren team mate Jenson Button. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is out in front.
"He (Dennis) spoke to me in Singapore (the race before Japan). That was about it. We haven't spoken since."
Mercedes team chief Ross Brawn has tipped Hamilton to be able to emulate Schumacher by dominating Formula One at his new team, just as the German did with Ferrari in the early years of the century when Brawn was the technical director there.
"Of course that's always the plan," said Hamilton, his diamond earring glittering. "But things don't always go to plan."
Most observers expect Mercedes to become a real force in 2014 when the sport is due to switch to new 1.6 litre V6 turbo engines.
Mercedes have won just once in 50 races since they returned to the sport as a full works team in 2010 and Hamilton recognised he might not be able to fight for the 2013 title.
"No, I'm fully aware the car at the moment is not a world championship-winning car," he said. "The car that I'm in right now is a car that I've developed. Next year will be an evolution of the car that I've helped develop and that will be a championship contender.
"But we (Mercedes) will work very, very hard to have a better year next year, but it takes time. You don't just arrive and things change," he added with a click of his fingers.
"I think the focus is more long-term," he stressed, having bought into Brawn's track record of producing winning cars after a period of building and tweaking.
Brawn GP, previously under-performing Honda, won both titles in 2009 with Hamilton's current team mate Jenson Button.
Mercedes bought Brawn GP at the end of 2009 and renamed it.
"If I can go there, help them progress, if we get some wins, if we eventually win the world championship - that's going to be an incredible feeling for all of us," said Hamilton.
The Briton insisted there were no hard feelings, likening his exit from McLaren to leaving home.
"Yeah, definitely, because it's my family," said Hamilton. McLaren will always have that place in my heart because I signed when I was 13, met Ron when I was 10. I'm so incredibly grateful to Ron.
"But we must not forget that, whilst it was Ron who signed me up, at the time it was McLaren and Mercedes, and Mercedes had to also say, 'Yes, we'll take him' so it was a joint decision by them.
"My last five years has been Mercedes and McLaren so I've always been a part of the Mercedes family but now I'm moving to be a full part of the family."


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Mick Jagger will become a great-grandfather, daughter says
Photo: Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP
LONDON >>-Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is set to become a great-grandfather early next year.
His daughter Jade told The Sunday Times that her 21-year-old daughter, Assisi, expects to give birth in several months.
She tells the newspaper she does not expect Jagger to slow down now that he's set to become a great-grandfather. The ever-popular Stones plan to tour Australia next year.
Assisi tells Hello! magazine that Jagger was pleased when she told him the news.
She tells the magazine, "He said, 'Well done.'"
She says, "I imagine it's nice to be a great-granddad, although I'm not sure he likes the idea of getting old, or being called one. I call him Mick — I wouldn't start calling him grandpa."


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As his beloved wife Maureen noted, Tom Hafey was not a religious man in the conventional sense.
His religion was football - of the Australian rules variety.
As such, where else to hold the funeral for Richmond's greatest-ever coach and one of the sport's legendary figures than the MCG - the scene of his four VFL triumphs with Richmond in 1967, 1969, 1973 and 1974.
The four premiership cups and pennants formed the backdrop as Hafey's brother Peter, his three daughters, six grandchildren and great mate Kevin Bartlett recounted their fond memories of a man who died from cancer last Monday at the age of 82.
Since ending his 522-game coaching career at his fourth and final club Sydney in 1988, Hafey has changed many lives with his inspirational talks at countless schools, sporting clubs and prisons.
One of his most famous catchcries of "if it is to be, it is up to me" was repeated warmly several times on Monday.
As was Hafey's inevitable response to queries about his wellbeing: "Sensational - and getting better".
His loves included physical fitness, self-improvement and family.
Among his hates were alcohol and tattoos - although he was never judgmental.
As recently as a few months ago, Hafey was rising at 5.20am every morning to tackle a gruelling fitness regime of running, hundreds of push-ups and sit-ups and a long swim in Port Phillip Bay.
Grandson Tom Trotman recalled a man who tore a calf on a tandem scooter ride. One who ripped a muscle from the bone doing bench presses - and promptly added another 10kg to the barbell.
Trotman said he regularly drove him to school dressed only in a pair of shorts.
The response from his school friends was that Hafey was surely the only grandad - let alone one aged in his late 70s - who could pull such a thing off.
Family holidays took place at the Victorian seaside town of Sorrento. It was "the best place in the world" according to Hafey, who often gently chided anyone who talked of upcoming international trips.
Younger brother Peter recalled the Richmond milkbar run by Tom and Maureen Hafey in the 1960s and 1970s which attracted a colourful crowd including footballers, boxers, pro runners and cyclists.
If anyone turned up looking shabby, they were ordered upstairs to brush their teeth.
Bartlett - who played the majority of his club-record 403 games under Hafey - reminisced about Hafey's first game as a VFL coach in 1966, which ended in a six-point win over arch-rivals Carlton.
A then 18-year-old Bartlett spent much of the day sitting on the bench telling Hafey why he should be out on the ground - only to find himself dropped to the reserves the following week.
But no one was questioning Hafey's methods after he masterminded the club's golden era, before famously falling out with Tigers' powerbroker Graeme Richmond in 1976 and moving to Collingwood.
After the service, more than 150 men who played senior football under Hafey ringed the MCG playing arena along with the current Richmond squad as the hearse did a lap of honour.
Significantly for a man loved wherever he went, the past players included several from Victorian country club Shepparton, who Hafey led to three flags in the 1960s before answering the call to take Richmond out of the wilderness.
There were many household names from Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong and Sydney, including dual Brownlow medallist Greg Williams, who only got a belated shot at VFL/AFL football after writing to Hafey at the Cats begging him for a chance after being overlooked by Carlton.
A crowd numbering several thousand turned up to pay their respects to Hafey, many of them dressed in yellow and black.
After departing the MCG, the hearse did another lap at nearby Punt Rd Oval, Richmond's spiritual home - where any youngsters present were invited onto the turf for a kick of the footy.
Hafey would most definitely have approved.


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ANAHEIM, Calif., April 6 (UPI) -- Kari Lehtonen made 27 saves Friday and allowed only a first-period goal in boosting Dallas to a 3-1 win over Anaheim.
All the scoring took place in the opening period and the Stars did enough of it to end a three-game losing streak.
A shorthanded goal by Eric Nystrom with 6:04 to go in the first period put Dallas in front for good and Alex Chiasson scored on a tip-in with 48 seconds left.
The first Dallas goal came from Lane MacDermid, but Andrew Cogliano briefly brought Anaheim into a tie by putting a slap shot by Lehtonen midway through the period.
Viktor Fasth made 22 saves in the loss.
The teams faced each other in three straight games with Anaheim having won the first two. The Ducks missed a chance to move within a point of Chicago for the best record in the Western Conference.