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I was adopted from New Jersey, which, like many other states, has sealed records for adoptees with closed adoptions. Year by year, states are starting to open records for adoptees. Every year, I search New Jersey papers online hoping to glimpse, "Adoptee Records to be Unsealed for New Jersey Adoptees." This topic of sealed records is always a hot one in the world of adoption. I have always thought adoptees records being sealed was rediculous, and nobody had a right to do such a thing! I remember back in college, I turned 21, and went out to a bar. I had an out of state license, and the bouncer didn't believe it was legit. I knew he would have an issue, so I brought along my birth certificate. I gave it to him… [more]
As many people can probably relate to, my hairdresser is the one person who knows everything about me. In a short amount of time, I have spilled my secrets to her. So, naturally when I started on this journey of finding my birth mom and her family, my hairdresser was given a front row seat on the roller coaster. I remember telling her when I found out who my birth mom was. She got so excited an hugged me tight. I was taken aback, I think because I hadn't thought it all the way through, I was still in shock mode. I was still going to that photo of her every 5 minutes and staring at it, amazed that finally I had a reflection staring back at me, and it… [more]
TRA Gratitude Project: Days 4 – 7 (Belated)
To catch up on the Gratitude Project, I will cover a few days at a time. I must admit that using micro-blogging sites like Twitter and Facebook makes it easy to pop up a gratitude statement each day. However, I'm hoping that you are returning here, dear readers, for the explanations WHY I'm grateful. Day 4: I'm thankful for adoption resources: books, blogs, etc. Even when I was growing up in the 70's and 80's, there were SOME books about adoption. Now there are multitudes of places to turn. Adoptive parents just have to search them out. I live in western Massachusetts and towns can get pretty spread out from here to there. But even in Western Mass, I've found a surprising amount… [more]
TRA Gratitude Project: Day 3
In my previous post, I explain why thanksgiving and gratitude is important to me. And because this is National Adoption Month, I will continue on with my gratitude project "30 Things I'm Grateful/Thankful For..." -- Adoption Edition! Day 3: I'm thankful for the neighborhood where I grew up. It's still a pretty awesome place. I'm a native Philadelphian. Born and raised. And even though I definitely had no control over this, I'm so thankful for my parents' choice of where to live in the greater Philadelphia area. My neighborhood was West Mount Airy -- a northwest section within the city limits of Philadelphia. It's south of Chestnut Hill and north of Germantown. It is famous for its diversity across all categories… [more]
Are My Past Choices Linked to Being Adopted?
Before I started the search for who I am, the search for my roots, my life had been full of ups and downs. I am writing this blog because when I was searching for my birth mom, I also started searching for reasons why I made certain decisions in my life, decisions that altered my life in negative ways. I started searching for links from being adopted to my poor choices. I searched and searched, and only came up with little sparks of possible connections, but nothing that came right out in black and white and said, "this is why you could have done this." I spoke to a counselor about the possible connection, and he said there was a possible connection. So, I thought I would outline my experiences to those… [more]
Life's Sudden Twists
Photo from Adoptionblogs.com A Yearning Soul Thoughts rush into my soul My eyes become watery with tears. I wonder if you were wed I wonder where you've been all these years. Emotions rush into my soul My need to know grows strong. In my heart, a hole Please, tell me what went wrong! Why couldn't you keep me? Why did we have to part? I wish that I could see These past feelings of your heart. I'm not angry at you for the choice you made I was adopted by a great mom and dad. My admiration for your choice will never fade but not knowing you at times leaves me sad. Not knowing anything about you All these possibilities in my mind. A search is something I may someday do Maybe one day, my birth mom I will find. I wrote… [more]
The Rest of the Story!
Last post I mentioned my search for my two remaining siblings from my birth mother. My next task was to focus on the paternal side of the family. Of my siblings, I share both parents with only my brother John with whom we have not made successful contact. What about my birth father's side of the family? From my birth certificate, he is Hispanic with Mexican roots. Unfortunately, his surname is quite common and I was overwhelmed before starting the process. First step: post on adoption and genealogy websites. Received lots of responses but no connections. A number of months later I received an email asking lots of questions: who are you, when were you born, and what do you know about your… [more]
More family!!!
Last time I mentioned finding my birth mom and oldest sister and my lack of success in contacting my (full) brother, John. Despite those setbacks, I do have a younger brother. After lots of searching, I found the youngest of the clan in West Texas. He is thirteen years my junior and such a neat guy. My older sister and I decided to meet about 11 months after finding each other in the mid-1990's. We decided that San Antonio was mid-way between Ohio and California. We invited Joel, the younger brother, from West Texas. As my sister and I (and our spouses) sat in the San Antonio airport we tried to pick him out of the crowd. I guess we were… [more]
Why Do Grandmothers Give Their Grandchildren Away?
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing Joyce Maguire Pavao in London. When I traveled the United States in Spring 2012 on a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship, making contact with Joyce was central to my project being a success. She opened up professional networks to me that I would have otherwise had no contact with. For me, Joyce became a mentor. Her enthusiasm and support meant a great deal. More than that, I'm very glad to have made a good friend in Joyce. It was Joyce that said to me "You not only need to ask the grandmothers who decided to keep their grand-children why they did that, you need to ask the grandmothers who decided to give to give… [more]
Avoiding the Undertow
Knowing it is a difficult pill to swallow, I nonetheless have to highly recommend seeking emotional healing prior to beginning an adoptive parent search. I'm not downplaying the healing role of a successful outcome, but at the same time, we have to take into consideration the fact that not all searches have happy endings and I'd like you to be ready for that. So, be prepared by taking the necessary steps toward healing and at least be in 'healing mode' prior to beginning your search. This is a protective measure that will strengthen and then help safeguard your heart. I recommend, at the very least, talking to someone you trust, who is stable in their own life, and… [more]

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Preview: Hurricanes v Stormers
Despite sitting eighth and eleventh respectively, the Hurricanes and Stormers know that a win would fire them up the standings this Friday.
With the Bulls on 28, the Stormers (24) know they can apply pressure on their rivals in a South African ladder that is about as tight as it can be.
Meanwhile in New Zealand, the Hurricanes are also four off their conference pace-setter and would go second ahead of the Blues with a win.
The Stormers though desperately need a victory to kick-start their season as their current position is not sitting well with supporters in the Cape. Fresh from a bye week they may fancy their chances of suffocating the 'Canes in Palmerston North with a physical game-plan - and also now that Julian Savea sits this one out due to off-field issues.
Mark Hammett has this week decided to revert back to the TJ Perenara - Beauden Barrett axis at half-back after a somewhat hot and cold experiment that saw Tusi Pisi wear 10 and Barrett line up at full-back. While Pisi is a quality player and tougher in the first line of defence, losing the enterprise Barrett brings has been noticeable. Also returning to the XV is Andre Taylor, who is back off the bench and needs to be a running threat without the presence of wing Savea.
With bad news comes good for the 'Canes, however, as the return of Victor Vito adds yet another option to their strong back-row. This week the in-form Faifili Levave finds himself on the pine alongside Ardie Savea - expect those two to make an impact in the second-half.
There were patches against the Force when the 'Canes recaptured the form of 2012 that scared the life out of rivals, but that is not yet consistent enough to warrant title talk. If they can put together a game that regularly breaks the Stormers' line - and Barrett is not found wanting in defence - then that stance may change ahead of a trip to Loftus in Round 12.
However the Stormers, who have had a few days to recover from their flight, will hope the return of Springbok wing Bryan Habana gives them the lift they have been craving.
Super head-to-head: Two of the strongest midfield defenders clash on Friday as Conrad Smith takes on Juan de Jongh. Both players rarely miss a tackle and Smith has without doubt been one of the most consistent centres in Super Rugby these past five years. This is a big chance, however, for De Jongh to celebrate his new Springbok contract with a personal victory.
Prediction: A tough one as the old 'bye week' argument but we feel the 'Canes by 2!
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Hurricanes: 15 Andre Taylor, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Conrad Smith (c), 12 Tim Bateman, 11 Matt Proctor, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Karl Lowe, 6 Brad Shields, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2 Motu Matu'u, 1 Ben Franks.
Replacements: 16 Ash Dixon, 17 Ben May, 18 Mark Reddish, 19 Faifili Levave, 20 Ardie Savea, 21 Chris Smylie, 22 Tusi Pisi.
Stormers: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers (c), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Gary van Aswegen, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Michael Rhodes, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 De Kock Steenkamp, 3 Pat Cilliers, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Rynhardt Elstadt, 19 Nizaam Carr, 20 Nic Groom, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Damian de Allende.
Date: Friday, April 26
Kick-off: 19:35 local (08:35 BST, 07:35 GMT)
Venue: FMG Stadium, Palmerston North
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri (New Zealand)
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The state's official showcase of Route 66, operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society, offers visitors a spirited tour of pure Americana. Focusing on transportation and Oklahoma's portion of Route 66, exhibits begin with "the world's largest curio cabinet" offering special treasures collected from along the route. Each exhibit room is flavored by the legendary music in keeping with its particular theme, like "Will Rogers Highway" by native son Woody Guthrie and the Eagles' "Hotel California."
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Mitral valve surgery - open
Blood that flows between different chambers of your heart must flow through a valve. This valve is called the mitral valve. It opens up enough so blood can flow from one chamber of your heart (left atria) to the next chamber (left ventricle). It then closes, keeping blood from flowing backwards.
Mitral valve surgery is surgery to either repair or replace the mitral valve in your heart.
In open surgery, the surgeon makes a large incision (cut) in your breastbone to reach the heart.
Alternative Names
Mitral valve replacement - open; Mitral valve repair - open; Mitral valvuloplasty
Before your surgery, you will receive general anesthesia. This will make you unconscious and unable to feel pain during the entire procedure.
- Your surgeon will make a 10-inch-long cut in the middle of your chest.
- Next, your surgeon will separate your breastbone to be able to see your heart.
- Most people are connected to a heart-lung bypass machine or bypass pump. Your heart is stopped while you are connected to this machine. This machine does the work of your heart while your heart is stopped.
- A small cut is made in the left side of your heart so your surgeon can repair or replace the mitral valve.
If your surgeon can repair your aortic valve, you may have:
- Ring annuloplasty -- The surgeon repairs the ring-like part around the valve by sewing a ring of metal, cloth, or tissue around the valve.
- Valve repair -- The surgeon trims, shapes, or rebuilds 1 or more of the 3 leaflets of the valve. The leaflets are flaps that open and close the valve.
If your mitral valve is too damaged, you will need a new valve. This is called replacement surgery. Your surgeon will remove your mitral valve and sew a new one into place. There are two main types of new valves:
- Mechanical -- made of man-made materials, such as cloth, metal, or ceramic. These valves last the longest, but you will need to take blood-thinning medicine, such as warfarin (Coumadin) or aspirin, for the rest of your life.
- Biological -- made of human or animal tissue. These valves last 12 to 15 years, but you may not need to take blood thinners for life.
Once the new or repaired valve is working, your surgeon will
- Close your heart and take you off the heart-lung machine.
- Place catheters (tubes) around your heart to drain fluids that build up.
- Close your breastbone with stainless steel wires. It will take about 6 weeks for the bone to heal. The wires will stay inside your body.
You may have a temporary pacemaker connected to your heart until your natural heart rhythm returns.
This surgery may take 3 to 6 hours.
Why the Procedure Is Performed
You may need surgery if your mitral valve does not work properly.
- A mitral valve that does not close all the way will allow blood to leak back into the left atria. This is called mitral regurgitation.
- A mitral valve that does not open fully will restrict blood flow. This is called mitral stenosis.
You may need open-heart valve surgery for these reasons:
- Changes in your mitral valve are causing major heart symptoms, such as angina (chest pain), shortness of breath, syncope (fainting spells), or heart failure.
- Tests show that the changes in your mitral valve are beginning to seriously affect your heart function.
- Your doctor may want to replace or repair your mitral valve at the same time you are having open-heart surgery for another reason.
- Your heart valve has been damaged by endocarditis (infection of the heart valve).
- You have received a new heart valve in the past, and it is not working well, or you have other problems such as blood clots, infection, or bleeding.
Risks for any surgery are:
- Reactions to medicines
- Breathing problems
- Blood clots in the legs that may travel to the lungs
- Infection, including in the lungs, kidneys, bladder, chest, or heart valves
- Blood loss
Possible risks from having open-heart surgery are:
- Heart attack or stroke
- Incision infection, which is more likely to happen in people who are obese, have diabetes, or have already had this surgery
- Post-pericardiotomy syndrome, which is a low-grade fever and chest pain. This could last up to 6 months.
- Memory loss and loss of mental clarity, or "fuzzy thinking."
- Heart rhythm problems
Before the Procedure
Always tell your doctor or nurse:
- If you are or could be pregnant
- What drugs you are taking, even drugs, supplements, or herbs you bought without a prescription
You may be able to store blood in the blood bank for transfusions during and after your surgery. Ask your surgeon about how you and your family members can donate blood.
For the 2-week period before surgery, you may be asked to stop taking drugs that make it harder for your blood to clot. These might cause increased bleeding during the surgery.
- Some of them are aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), and naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn).
- If you are taking warfarin (Coumadin) or clopidogrel (Plavix), talk with your surgeon before stopping or changing how you take these drugs.
Prepare your house for when you get home from the hospital.
The day before your surgery. Shower and shampoo well. You may be asked to wash your whole body below your neck with a special soap. Scrub your chest 2 or 3 times with this soap. You also may be asked to take an antibiotic, to guard against infection.
During the days before your surgery:
- Ask your doctor which drugs you should still take on the day of your surgery.
- If you smoke, you must stop. Ask your doctor for help.
- Always let your doctor know if you have a cold, flu, fever, herpes breakout, or any other illness in the time leading up to your surgery.
On the day of the surgery:
- You will usually be asked not to drink or eat anything after midnight the night before your surgery. This includes chewing gum and using breath mints. Rinse your mouth with water if it feels dry, but be careful not to swallow.
- Take the drugs your doctor told you to take with a small sip of water.
- Your doctor or nurse will tell you when to arrive at the hospital.
After the Procedure
Expect to spend 4 to 7 days in the hospital after surgery. You will wake up in the intensive care unit (ICU) and recover there for 1 or 2 days. Two to 3 tubes will be in your chest to drain fluid from around your heart. They are usually removed 1 to 3 days after surgery.
You may have a catheter (flexible tube) in your bladder to drain urine. You may also have intravenous (IV, in the vein) lines to get fluids. Nurses will closely watch monitors that show information about your vital signs (pulse, temperature, and breathing).
You will be moved to a regular hospital room from the ICU. Your nurses and doctors will continue to monitor your heart and vital signs until you are stable enough to go home. You will receive pain medicine to control pain around your incision.
Your nurse will help you slowly resume some activity. You may begin a program to make your heart and body stronger.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Mechanical heart valves do not fail often. However, blood clots develop on them. If a blood clot forms, you may have a stroke. Bleeding can occur, but this is rare.
Biological valves tend to fail over time. But they have a lower risk of blood clots.
Fullerton DA, Harken AH. Acquired heart disease: valvular. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 62.
Otto CM, Bonow RO. Valvular heart disease. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 62.
Reviewed By: Larry A. Weinrauch MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Outcomes Research, Watertown, MA.. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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There are three tenets that coach Lamar Owens repeats to his Georgia Tech A-backs.
"Be fundamentally sound, play with great effort and take care of the ball," Owens said.
Sounds simple enough, but those are just the general requirements. The specifics are much more demanding, adding urgency to Tech's task of finding a successor to Roddy Jones to start opposite senior Orwin Smith at one of two A-back positions.
In coach Paul Johnson's run-oriented option offense, the A-backs have to do it all.
"He will run routes," Owens said. "He will run with the ball. He will also block on the perimeter. He's pretty versatile. He's pretty involved in the offense.
"The main thing with the A-backs is you have to have the right attitude. You have to be tough, physical and also be willing to play extremely fast."
The Jackets know what to expect from Smith, who is probably the team's most dynamic offensive player. It's less certain what Tech can get from the other A-backs, who don't have much experience.
Johnson said junior Robbie Godhigh and sophomore Deon Hill entered camp ahead of the rest of the pack. But a lot can change during preseason camp and Smith said he's curious to see which of the younger backs emerges from the pack.
"They are looking good," he said. "I got to watch them during the spring and all of them have improved. I'm really looking forward to what they are going to do and seeing who is going to step up this year."
Owens said it was tough to tell who has made strides early in camp because so much of the position comes down to blocking. The full-contact sessions between now and the opener Sept. 3 at Virginia Tech will be important in determining the pecking order.
Godhigh, a former walk-on from Harrison High School, said he was eager to start practicing in pads for that reason.
"I love it," Godhigh said. "If it was up to me, I would want to scrimmage every day. I like going against the defense and competing. I like hitting."
There's no shortage of speed among the A-backs. That includes redshirt freshman Broderick Snoddy, who was the Class AAA state track sprint champion at Carrollton High, though Snoddy may end up at B-back.
Hill also has play-making potential. After a redshirt year, he was a standout on special teams in 2011 and scored a touchdown on his only carry of the season.
"Obviously we know he's a great athlete," said Smith, Hill's roommate and high school teammate in Phenix City, Ala. "We just need him to prove himself."
The other A-back candidates include B.J. Bostic and Synjyn Days. Bostic had 127 yards rushing on 13 carries as a freshman but suffered a season-ending thumb injury during 2011 preseason camp. Days is making the transition from quarterback.
Smith returns after rushing for 615 yards and 11 touchdowns on just 61 carries in 2011. He proved his big-play ability against Kansas when he became the first Tech player to ever have 100 yards rushing and receiving in the same game.
No matter which A-back starts opposite Smith, the others will see playing time. Johnson typically shuttles his A-backs through the game.
Owens said he's looking forward to finding out which of the other A-backs will emerge as a key player.
"It's a process but it's fun," Owens said. "It's fun being on a journey with these guys starting out and seeing what we want to be this year."
B.J. Bostic, 5-11, 170
Skinny: Injury redshirt last year after averaging 9.8 yards per carry as a true freshman, can improve blocking
Robbie Godhigh, 5-7, 188
Skinny: Probably the best blocker in the group and can catch, not as fast as others
Deon Hill, 6-0, 205
Skinny: Has size, speed and produced on special teams last year, could be better catching the ball.
Broderick Snoddy, 5-9, 190
Skinny: One of fastest on team, may end up at B-back
Tony Zenon, 5-8, 182
Skinny: Has great speed and shiftiness, needs to use it more effectively.
August 16th, 2012
7:20 am
Ken I think you might have found the time span to post an article and not have 15+ (exaggerated number) post within 5 seconds of you posting it.
Go Jackets!!!
August 16th, 2012
7:20 am
post = posts
August 16th, 2012
7:20 am
Hopefully first?
August 16th, 2012
7:22 am
Once again, 3 in at the tape simultaneously, we need a photo finish to show which 7:20 AM is really first.
August 16th, 2012
7:23 am
It must have been Marine Jacket, he made 2 posts at 7:20 AM so I guess he really was first.
August 16th, 2012
7:27 am
And I read the article 1st. What are the odds of that?
Go Jackets!!!
August 16th, 2012
7:30 am
Michael, any word on how Synjin has looked at A back? It looks like he is still number 2 QB.
August 16th, 2012
7:33 am
…or he would have known that Ken did not write this one…Semper Fi, and thanks for serving, and Welcome Home…
August 16th, 2012
7:34 am
Once again, our A-back situation leads me to theorize that we/CPJ have done some poor recruiting at that position.
With the sheer numbers of schollies invested in A-Backs there should have been one guy step up by now and show that he deserves to be on the field opposite of Orwin.
Instead we have slew of under-sized guys that might do "one thing well", but really isn't the complete package.
I will also say once again that CPJ is making a huge mistake with Synjyn Days, we have poor depth at Safety behind Holton & I-Johnson, Days was Recruited by schools like Okla. State as a Safety.
The defense needs Days much more than A-Back needs Days, besides, Orwin has been a "superstar at A-Back" and he only averaged 6 carries per game, the A-back opposite of Orwin only averaged about 4 rushes per game.
That is not enough touches per game to justify using a 6-2 215 to 220lb. elite physical specimen with speed at A-Back, especially since we know that Orwin's workload will increase this season, a guy with Days' size & speed would have a much greater impact at Safety, the position that "all the other BCS HCs" projected for Days.
CPJ is making a huge mistake NOT moving Days to safety.
August 16th, 2012
7:35 am
Theres proof ur the first to post but definitely not that you were the first to read it since u posted over an hour after the article was posted. You would be surprise how many people don't have the time that we do to fart around and post meaningless drivel
August 16th, 2012
7:50 am
WnE, you are absolutly the best analyst on these boards. I totaly agree with you most of the time. I want to be like you when I grow up.
Did you coach somewhere in your earlier life or just a student of the game? You know the same thing was said about Nesbitt, using him on the defense.
August 16th, 2012
8:11 am
August 16th, 2012
7:50 am
WnE, you are absolutly the best analyst on these boards. I totaly agree with you most of the time. I want to be like you when I grow up.
Did you coach somewhere in your earlier life or just a student of the game? You know the same thing was said about Nesbitt, using him on the defense.
I'm picking up on your sarcasm, but that's fine.
But here are the facts:
Nesbitt was never comfortable as a passer in college, but he was fortunate to have more big-play guys on defense plus Dwyer & Bey-Bey.
Nesbitt made an NFL Practice squad and ultimately an NFL Roster at safety with no background at that position in college, IMO that means that had he played Safety for 3 or 4 years at GT, he would have probably been All-ACC or possibly an All-American.
Would you rather have a QB that is a liability as a passer or have that same Athlete be a dominant Safety?
Let me have as many dominant players on the field as possible, is my preference.
August 16th, 2012
8:17 am
I agree, but what Nesbitt did at QB was win and that is the bottom line.
Tech did not have another QB in Nesbitts ability to run the TO. Thus putting him at safety would have left the O w/o a good QB.
August 16th, 2012
8:22 am
As much as it hurts to say….. You are 100 percent right! Damn you WnE….
August 16th, 2012
8:24 am
August 16th, 2012
8:25 am
Tony Zenon had a terrific Spring and is still showing well. He'll get into the rotation this Fall and I suspect he'll produce when on the field.
August 16th, 2012
8:35 am
Jacket Man
August 16th, 2012
8:25 am
Tony Zenon had a terrific Spring and is still showing well. He'll get into the rotation this Fall and I suspect he'll produce when on the field.
Last yr. Zenon looked great vs. Cupcake City, and then disappeared when we started to play "real competition".
Convince me that this yr. will be different with Zenon.
August 16th, 2012
8:40 am
I'm a homer, but pretty much agree with WnE here, despite the bashing he receives. The tiny A-back model just does not work out at this level, yet he continues to bring them in. The fact that he wants to get Days "on the field" indicates he wants to keep some of these other guys "off the field." There is a logjam at the position (some call it "depth"), yet no one stands out yet. I wish he'd recruit fewer oompa loompas, and bring in some true running back size guys for the position or maybe use some of those slots on defensive linemen.
Were you more comfortable with Lucas Cox or Anthony Allen at A-back, or Marcus Wright? Peeples was a bigger guy as well, though not as big and strong as Days
Where I disagree with WnE, is that I do agree with CPJ that he needs to get Days on the field on offense. He fits the mold I describe, and adds explosiveness like we had with Allen.
August 16th, 2012
8:59 am
Who is Michael Cunningham. Apparently some of you didn't actually read the article, or you would have noticed that Ken did not post it.
And, BTW………. U O A D !!!
August 16th, 2012
9:01 am
Tony Zenon is up to 182 lbs? Wow.
August 16th, 2012
9:01 am
Michael Cunningham, how does Tech look as far as major recruits for the other 4 or 5 slots they have available, anyone interesting or rated high, what are the positions Tech are looking for and what are there chances?
August 16th, 2012
9:04 am
I think the primary A back with be a one two punch with Smith and Days. Godhigh will be making people pay in the other A back spot.
August 16th, 2012
9:14 am
flea flicker from Days!
August 16th, 2012
10:29 am
Ken, if PJ has practices closed, does that mean you have to hang around outside Rose Bowl Field and catch everybody coming out of there? Or do they at least let you enjoy some air conditioning and bring players and coaches to you?
August 16th, 2012
10:30 am
Next year Deon Hill & Synjyn Days at A Back sounds really exciting on the outside right next to Jeff Greene, Waller, and or whoever the tall strong fast receiver is..
Again CPJ open up the passing and put these kids in space..
August 16th, 2012
10:32 am
PJ's practice habits are a drastic departure from his days at Georgia Southern, where practices were completely open. Then again, there wasn't much of a choice, since they took place with no privacy right next to the busiest intersection in Statesboro. A few of the older fans would attend practice every day and if they saw somebody they hadn't seen before, they went and checked them out.
August 16th, 2012
11:16 am
Is it wrong to say I sort of enjoy these latest articles without UOAD! around? For years, through all of the incarnations of his screen name, I have cringed reading some of the things he has posted…I'm sure he'll be back soon. I do respect his passion for ALL things Tech. I'd love to meet the real guy, and some of you others, before a home game sometime…generally people are better in person than their online personas.
Season tickets are in the mail..probably get here today. Got my parking pass back in the AMC lot…now called McCamish Lot E65…hated parking in W11 last season during the construction.
August 16th, 2012
11:29 am
I still feel like Zenon isn't getting enough credit. Maybe he has blocking issues. Hopefully we can get him on the feild as a kick returner.
August 16th, 2012
11:38 am
While I appreciate the mention, I don't think that I posted that comment. Of course, memory is the first thing to go. Of course, memory is the first thing to go.
August 16th, 2012
12:00 pm
Or we have enough talent that any of them at A-back can step in and produce.
August 16th, 2012
12:01 pm
Ken,—That be me on the Days and Smith question.
Ive been harping on keeping Days at A back because I too like the bigger guys coming off the edge like AA and Cox in years past. Also if he stays at A back this year he already knows the plays and continues to practice with the offense. If he switched to safety I dont see how he backs up at QB.
Plus whats not being said on the back up safety issue is that Thomas backs up at both safety and corner this year.
August 16th, 2012
12:18 pm
Days is being given every opportunity to start at QB. If next season this is a Vad or JT race at QB then maybe you look at Days at safety depending on your A back stable. You can argue that should have happened this spring but CPJ felt it best to give Days the shot at QB. I still think he helps the team most at A back now and for the future. Does that hurt his NFL prospects, depends on how good he might be at safety! This is a decent debate that will work out this winter.
August 16th, 2012
12:29 pm
Seems like Days would be a better fit at B-Back, He is big enough, and it seems like he could be the answer for some of the questions with that position. .We hae pleanty of depth at A back, less so at B-Back.
August 16th, 2012
1:14 pm
Well I'll go back with you Ken Sugiura, the same question I asked Michael Cunningham, do you have any thoughts or information as the next recruits Tech may be close to signing, how many spots are available and if they may be a high profile recruit thats leaning toward the Jackets, I would like to know.
August 16th, 2012
1:52 pm
@CT Jacket: I always thought memory was the second thing to go…but I forget what the first thing is.
August 16th, 2012
1:58 pm
@ Burdell……I have met UOAD in person, and he's a really nice guy. He's a little on the wild and crazy side, but he's still a good guy. I cherish his friendship. And as far as meeting at a game sometime this year, keep tuning in, and we'll let you know where and when. We only started doing that late last season, but we hope to make it a regular thing this year. You will be welcome to join us…..as well as any other regular TECH bloggers.
August 16th, 2012
1:58 pm
@ Yeller Bug…..a former preacher of mine said that in a sermon once. It cracked me up.
August 16th, 2012
5:23 pm
What WnE fails to note is that almost all of these ABs are either Fr/RFrosh or So/RSo. As noted in another article, folks want these kids to walk in and be a star but it doesn't happen like that. Only a handful of kids walk onto college fields and become stars right away (and guess where those kids are going – UGA, BAMA, FL – lets not kid ourselves). More than likely they will be really good players by their 3rd and 4th year.
I agree that I would rather see Days at AB as his size and speed fit well. I'm would be surprised if that isn't where he ends up.
And speaking of kids, more than half of the roster is still Fr/RFr or S/RSo. There are only 38 upperclassmen on this roster (only 13 Srs of which only 7 will actually see the field). We might have a special year because there is more talent with the younguns, but in 2 more years we will have a lot of MEN on the field instead of boys. That is how you win big, with the majority of your players having 3/4/5 years of experience.
It really takes 3 years for a new coach to get traction with his recruiting. I think we are starting to see it with CPJ. No matter what WnE says!
August 16th, 2012
5:25 pm
Oh, and all this talk of who the AB and BB are is great but the real key to a special season is the D and ST stepping up. The O has not really be a problem.
August 16th, 2012
5:58 pm
wne the reason the abacks dont get carries because your division 3 qb do not pitch the ball he keeps it all the time.
August 16th, 2012
6:06 pm
The Louis Young story was presented as if Young committed a crime, dealing dope and carrying a concealed weapon or something.,..geez….it's not that awful….wish he could play vs vt
August 16th, 2012
6:10 pm
big gt fan………You are so right. If TW dos not get into that pitch mode, it takes the big play factor out of the offense.
August 16th, 2012
6:12 pm
"the reason the abacks dont get carries because your division 3 qb do not pitch the ball he keeps it all the time"
Last year teams were covering the pitch man, forcing the qb to keep it. This was beacause TW was not the bruising runner that Nesbitt was.
August 17th, 2012
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August 16th, 2012
5:23 pm
What WnE fails to note is that almost all of these ABs are either Fr/RFrosh or So/RSo. As noted in another article, folks want these kids to walk in and be a star but it doesn't happen like that. Only a handful of kids walk onto college fields and become stars right away (and guess where those kids are going – UGA, BAMA, FL – lets not kid ourselves). More than likely they will be really good players by their 3rd and 4th year.
I agree that I would rather see Days at AB as his size and speed fit well. I'm would be surprised if that isn't where he ends up.
And speaking of kids, more than half of the roster is still Fr/RFr or S/RSo. There are only 38 upperclassmen on this roster (only 13 Srs of which only 7 will actually see the field). We might have a special year because there is more talent with the younguns, but in 2 more years we will have a lot of MEN on the field instead of boys. That is how you win big, with the majority of your players having 3/4/5 years of experience.
It really takes 3 years for a new coach to get traction with his recruiting. I think we are starting to see it with CPJ. No matter what WnE says!
Yet another huge lie that the CPJ apologists constantly put out to defend this HCs poor recruiting of A-backs.
Other than Orwin that is a Sr. and in his 4th yr. out of HS the other A-backs have this level of experience:
BJ Bostic RS-Soph. 3rd yr. out of HS
Robbie Godhigh RS-Jr. 4th yr. out of HS
Deon Hill RS-Soph 3rd yr. out of HS
Tony Zenon RS-Soph 3rd yr. out of HS
Broderick Snoddy RS-Fr. 2nd yr. out of HS
When you throw in Orwin, that means that all of our A-backs except ONE are in their 3rd or 4th year out of HS and are eligible for the NFL Draft IF they are good enough.
I use yrs. out of HS to measure players because it gives an indication of whether or not the player will get any bigger, stronger, faster.
GT has a lot of A-backs that won't develop a whole lot more, they are what they are.
Look at TJ Barnes, he's in his 5th yr. out of HS , he's not going to magically become some stud now when he hasn't come close to showing that in his past.
I see a bunch of guys that are in their 3rd & 4th yrs. out of HS and yet you are claiming that we are young at A-back, we are young when it comes to "game experience" they are young because they were not "good enough" to get on the field earlier in their careers, ergo they won't magically become game changers later in their careers.
Dwyer was legitimately pushing Tashard Choice for PT as a T-Fr., he became a game changer as a T-Soph..
None of these guys made a push for PT early in their careers, so it is very unlikely they will ever be game changers.
This is WHY CPJ is trying to push Days to A-back, to cover up for his poor Recruiting at the position.
Snoddy is the only player that you can claim is young and he's in his 2nd yr. out of HS, in today's modern CFB, that is no longer considered young.
In summary we are not nearly as young at A-back as you claim we are.
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August 17th, 2012
10:02 am
Ignore the didactic closet masterbater whose myopic drivel is vomit-inducing in its persistence and inaccuracy.
Seriously, who goes to a college football game and watches the game with the mentality of when No. 20 was recruited and his rating as a H.S. player? Why even watch the games if all that matters is recruiting?
With respect to 2011 – check the O-line. Herschel Walker or Barry Sanders would not have gained 1,000 yards with the disjointed performance by that crew.
When Synjyn has played QB, he too often fails to hand-off or pitch the ball and runs himself. The opposing defenses knew this and keyed on Days. He's a very good runner – that is why he is slotted at A-back. He is a play maker.
Moving Days to safety is a stupid idea. GT is deeper at secondary than it has ever been. There are already 5 excellent starters for 4 positions (Sweeting, Young, Johnson, Holton and Thomas).
Did CPJ under perform in recruiting A-backs for two years? Maybe he did. So what? We have plenty of talent to fill the gap, IF the O-line does their job.
Here's where CPJ deserves a lot of credit. He never dictated a position change to Synjyn (like making him switch to defense). Coach let the kid pursue his dreams. Thing is, his performance doesn't merit much playing time at QB.
Playing football is always more fun than watching from the sidelines. Synjyn wants to play and will get PT at A-back. And he will play QB if Tevin goes down early in the season.
There is hope and promise on the Flats this year. Go Jackets!
August 17th, 2012
10:38 am
Well said crackbaby!!
August 17th, 2012
11:01 am
Moving Days to safety is a stupid idea. GT is deeper at secondary than it has ever been. There are already 5 excellent starters for 4 positions (Sweeting, Young, Johnson, Holton and Thomas).
When it comes to analyzing GT FB I guess you are a crackbaby.
Holton has not played much from scrimmage and is coming back off of a Major Injury that slows down skill players, and he was only a 4.6 guy before the injury, there's guarantee that the ruptured Achilles hasn't cost him a step or so.
I-Johnson has not played well vs. better competition.
Those are our 2 starting Safeties and IMO they are huge question marks.
The back up Safeties are much worse and one of the #2s is a former Walk-on that just got a scholly.
Our CBs played horribly down the stretch last yr., they were exposed vs. Dook, were burned vs. UGa. by their T-fr. & RS-fr. WRrs, and vs. Utah in the Bowl Game we could not stop Utah's horrible passing game even when we knew they had to pass to come back.
Just because everyone says we have a good 2ndary that doesn't make it true.
I will admit our CBs are better than our Safeties, but our Safeties are huge question mark IMO.
August 17th, 2012
11:02 am
If you think my posts are dribble don't read them. I don't spend my time trying to be first on a bolt, if I were I would have posted 1st. Since you can't put two and two together I will. My post was a comment that the time the blog went up was at a point through the day no one was trolling to be first.
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The next movie Laawaris (1981) from this combination had Amitabh playing the illegal son of Amjad Khan. Unlike Trishul however Amitabh is unaware of this fact till the end, while though Amjad knows of the fact, he refuses to acknowledge him. This movie was however more famous for Amitabhs hijra act in the song Mere Angne Mein. While many industry folks criticized Amitabh for cheapening himself, nevertheless it must be said, that the song never appeared vulgar.Answered by jameel ahmed, 12 Oct '12 06:02 pm
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Children's Day is celebrated on April 30th. It is also known as "El Día Del Niño".
Universal Children's Day takes place annually on November 20. First proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1954, it was established to encourage all countries to institute a day, firstly to promote mutual exchange and understanding among children and secondly to initiate action to benefit and promote the welfare of the world's children.
There are many ways to celebrate Children's Day in México. All the schools have big parties with clowns, games, board games, mini disco, and piñatas! There is a lot of fun and happiness.
On Children's Day, we have special events with clowns, magicians, music, shows. Amusement parks as well as zoos and children's museums usually offer discounts or special deals for children on this day. Water parks are a popular option for spending the day, taking advantage of April's warm weather.
A common culture followed in Mexico on Children's Day is the singing of a song while enjoying a chocolate drink at breakfast. The chocolate drink is stirred with a molinillo (Mexican turned wood whisk, Its use is principally for the preparation of hot beverages) by rolling it between the palms of the hands. The kids sing the song while stirring the drink.
it is a festivity that is quite unique, full of laughter and play. If you want celebrate the children´s Day with your kids here is some ideas how to celebrate this special day.
1. - Make them a Special Meal
2. - Attend a free Children´s Day event
3. - Make a little party with Piñatas
4. - Share a Fun activity from your childhood
5. - Watch old Family Movies
So, if you're at Le Reve Hotel and Spa, Playa del Carmen on April 30, give a special "hello" to any children you see that day. It is time to Pamper your kids at Le Reve Hotel & Spa and visit our new Kids Club zone.


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Ben Stiller
With parents as funny as Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Ben Stiller was destined to make a career. He made his acting debut on a Broadway stage after dropping out of UCLA and his first film, Hot Pursuit, which starred his real-life pops, in 1987. He left a writing gig at Saturday Night Live after only five weeks, but his disillusionment motivated him to create his own sketch show. The short-lived Ben Stiller Show introduced the world to Stiller, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross and Janeane Garofalo and won a writing Emmy after it was cancelled by FOX. He splits his time between acting (Flirting With Disaster, Dodgeball, Greenberg), directing (Reality Bites, Cable Guy, Zoolander), doing charity work for Project A.L.S. and Haiti relief, and raising two kids, Ella and Quinlin, with his wife, actress Christine Taylor. While his most memorable projects like There's Something About Mary and Tropic Thunder tend to go for raunchy, self-deprecating and edgy laughs, Stiller has made quite a name for himself in the family-friendly arena with the Fockers, Madagascar and Night At the Museum franchises. He received the 26th American Cinematheque award for career achievement in 2012.
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text: (KDAL) - Prevention efforts over the last 17 years has reduced the number of Minnesota kids with lead poisoning according to the Department of Health. SInce 1995, the number of children testing with elevated levels of lead in their blood has dropped by 87 percent. However, they say that more work needs to be done. Lead paint and lead pipes in older homes are among the ways kids are exposed to unsafe levels of lead. Health officials recommend having homes tested for lead and children under six should also be tested for blood lead levels even if they seem healthy. Go to www.health.state.mn.us for more information.


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I know from the basis of my recent posts, it looks like I am narcissistic but I just love to take photos.. of things.. of me.. of everything. Haha, let's not pretend like you don't enjoy taking selfies. I surely do… remember.. you can't begin to love someone else if you can't love yourself.. HAHA saves some face. No but really.. I just like instagram too much.
Anyway, my point is.. HAS ANYONE SEEN HOW AWESOMESAUCE THIS IS?
This was given to one of my anaks, Bianca (who turned 18 yesterday let's all greet her a belated happy birthday on twitter @bianncaxvi). Illustrated by Michelle Reyes. GURL ANG GALING MO PALIT TAYO NG KAMAY. I love all the artworks that you guys/girls send me :)
Oh and just in case you missed the fun on my Twitter this morning because you live in Manila or someplace else that has a completely different timezone…
After a petty argument with mama over the event of her barging into my room, pushing me to the edge of my bed, taking up all of my doona and acting like it was all normal (which to some degree it kinda is).. I went a bit ditzy. Yes, just like yesterday morning. Don't know what I'm talking about? Back-read my brother's twitter.
So what happened after that was this:
I decided to wrap myself in my doona(quilt/blanket/duvet whatever you wanna call it) and lay down on the carpet in front of the bathroom door. I waited for my brother to come out and when he did, he put a foot on my head and walked away asking what the heck I was doing to which I responded "I'm a spring roll!", leading to his desire to instagram this work of art.
I just wasted a minute of your time which could have been spent on some better reading.. but don't fool yourself, that stupid story beget a smile from you. ;)
Vvell, enjoy saturday! Be ditzy. Have fun!80 notes
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Book your room at Christmas Farm Inn and Spa
Family Studio, Multiple Beds, Non SmokingMax Occupancy: 6 guests (up to 5 children, 5 infants)
Deluxe Suite, 1 King BedMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)
Cottage, 2 BedroomsMax Occupancy: 6 guests (up to 5 children, 5 infants)
Traditional RoomMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)
Jackson hotel with a full-service spa
Situated in a national park, this spa hotel is close to Jackson Falls, Jackson Historical Society, and Museum of White Mountain Art at Jackson. Also nearby are Wentworth Golf Club and Black Mountain Ski Area.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Christmas Farm Inn and Spa features an indoor pool. Other amenities include a full-service spa and a poolside bar.
Room Amenities
Televisions come with cable channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, air conditioning, and climate control.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Renovations & Closures
- Bar/Lounge
- Dining venue
Christmas Farm Inn and Spa
At your hotel
In addition to a full-service spa, Christmas Farm Inn and Spa features an indoor pool and a spa tub. The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This Jackson hotel also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, a fitness center, and a steam room. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Christmas Farm Inn and Spa is a smoke-free property.
- Indoor pool
- Ski passes available
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Total number of rooms - 41
- Number of floors - 2
- Restaurant
- Free breakfast
- Full-service spa
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- One meeting room
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Bar/lounge
- Television in lobby
- Wedding services
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free Wi-Fi
- Garden
- Poolside bar
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Outdoor seasonal pool
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Park your car
Free self parking
In your room
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Television
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cable TV service
- Climate control
- Complimentary newspaper
- Complimentary toiletries
- Iron/ironing board
- Free Wi-Fi
Eat and drink
A complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10 AM.
Onsite dining venue - This restaurant serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
An indoor pool, a seasonal outdoor pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a steam room and a fitness center.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, fitness facility, or spa tub without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Rafting nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Sledding nearby
- Snow tubing nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Snowboarding nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Snowshoeing nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Ski lessons available nearby
- Ski equipment rental shops nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Playground on site
- Cross-country skiing on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
AVEDA Concept Spa has 7 treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. The spa is equipped with Turkish bath/hammam. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
- Number of treatment rooms 7
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Massages
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
The fine print for Christmas Farm Inn and Spa
When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at 11 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
When you leave
Check-out time is 11 AM
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No elevators
No pets or service animals allowed
- Resort fee: USD 10 per accommodation, per night
- Breakfast
- Pool access
- Spa tub access
- Fitness center access
- Sporting facilities or equipment
- Phone calls (may be limited)
- Parking
- Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 20 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 20 per night
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast, if one is offered. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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Meet the Airmen Who Watch Over America's Nukes"
The Air Force monitors the world's most powerful weapons with equipment made during the Space Age, not the Information Age. But these old launch systems are holding up better than most people think. "To build something that has withstood the test of time and continues to be a marvelous engineering system is just nothing short of genius," Klotz says. "The 1960s designers really did think this through very carefully and designed in a lot of redundancy."
It takes thousands of dedicated airmen at three Air Force bases—Malmstrom, F.E. Warren in Wyoming and Minot in North Dakota—to keep the nation's ICBM silos operational. Since 2000, the Pentagon has spent more than $7 billion on ICBM renovations. None of the money went to launch facilities; the Air Force instead amped up base security, improved command and control cryptography, updated missile guidance systems and replaced rocket fuel. (The same warheads, deployed in 1979, sit in the ICBMs' noses, but this February the National Nuclear Security Administration began studying a replacement, to be produced in 2021.) Klotz says the Air Force has upgraded "every inch" of the Minuteman III missile since replacing its predecessors in the 1970s.
The Blast That Shook Psycho Platoon"
More than 2 million troops have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. Tens of thousands have returned with a bedeviling mix of psychological and cognitive problems. For decades, doctors have recognized that soldiers can suffer lasting wounds from the sheer terror of combat, a condition referred to today as post-traumatic stress disorder. They also have come to know that blows to the head from roadside bombs — the signature weapon in Iraq and Afghanistan — can result in mild traumatic injuries to the brain, or concussions, that can leave soldiers unable to remember, to follow orders, to think normally.
Now it is becoming clear that soldiers like Savelkoul are coming home afflicted with both conditions, in numbers never seen before. Studies have estimated that about 20 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have suffered a mild traumatic brain injury while deployed. Of those, anywhere between 5 percent to nearly 50 percent may suffer both PTSD and lingering problems from traumatic brain injuries. It is an epidemic so new that doctors aren't even sure what to call it, let alone how best to diagnose and treat it.
Cannibals Seeking Same: A Visit To The Online World Of Flesh-Eaters"
This is what happened: A little over ten years ago, on March 9, 2001, 39-year-old Meiwes, a computer technician living in the German village of Wüstefeld, brought home, had sex with and killed 44-year-old Brandes, a Berlin man who lived about 250 miles away. Meiwes then ate 44 pounds of his flesh over a period of ten months. While that may sound like murder, there's something else that should be mentioned: Brandes wanted it all to happen.
Meiwes and Brandes first communicated in February 2001, when the soon-to-be cannibal responded to Brandes' online ad looking for someone to eat him alive—"no slaughter, but eating." Soon they were sending daily emails to one another describing explicitly what would happen when they met. Brandes, writing as "Cator," wrote to Meiwes, a.k.a. "Antrophagus," on Feb. 5, saying, "I hope you're really serious about it, because I really want it and have already met enough cyber-cannibals."
Schemes of My Father"
My father didn't let on that anything was amiss. I knew nothing about the real estate crash, of course, or that savings and loans like my father's were going bankrupt all over the country, the calamitous tide of fraud and reckless lending that would become the S&L crisis. I didn't know that it would culminate in the failure of 1,043 S&L's or cost taxpayers over $120 billion to repair the damage. In Baltimore, at least, my dad had taken me to his office occasionally, a breathtakingly messy place that smelled like fast food and B.O. and Xerox ink, the floor carpeted with documents I wasn't allowed to step on. Strangely, though, after we moved, he never once brought me to his work. To this day, my own mother can't tell me a thing about what he was doing those years in California. As far as I was concerned, the secrecy added to his glamour. But even before more things began to disappear—the pool table and tennis lessons and Ferrari sedan he kept in the garage—the truth of my father's failure came out in subtler ways.
Rules of Misbehavior"
It's not every day that a sitting president takes cues from a sex columnist who once licked Gary Bauer's doorknob. But for all his prowess as an advice writer and viral activist, Savage's most lasting influence on American culture may ultimately register in a deeper and more enduringly significant realm: ethics. While he built his following by talking without fear or euphemism about the technical aspects of intimate life, Savage has moved inexorably over the years toward focusing on the moral ones. In so doing, he has carved a unique place for himself in the culture's discourse about sex. For years, there have been moralizing voices on the right standing athwart the rush of sexual freedoms yelling "Stop," and there have been others whose policy is to remain nonjudgmental toward sex as a form of expression. Savage yields to no one in his sexual libertarianism, but he has not been content to relegate the ideas of right and wrong to cultural conservatives. Wading deep into the free-fire zone of modern sexuality, he has codified a remarkably systematic—and influential—set of ethics where traditional norms have fallen away. The question is, into what kind of world do his ethics lead us?
The Blind Man Who Taught Himself To See"
Bats, of course, use echolocation. Beluga whales too. Dolphins. And Daniel Kish. He is so accomplished at echolocation that he's able to pedal his mountain bike through streets heavy with traffic and on precipitous dirt trails. He climbs trees. He camps out, by himself, deep in the wilderness. He's lived for weeks at a time in a tiny cabin a two-mile hike from the nearest road. He travels around the globe. He's a skilled cook, an avid swimmer, a fluid dance partner. Essentially, though in a way that is unfamiliar to nearly any other human being, Kish can see.
This is not enough for him. Kish is seeking — despite a lack of support from every mainstream blind organization in America — nothing less than a profound reordering of the way the world views blind people, and the way blind people view the world. He's tired of being told that the blind are best served by staying close to home, sticking only to memorized routes, and depending on the unreliable benevolence of the sighted to do anything beyond the most routine of tasks.
1 million workers. 90 million iPhones. 17 suicides. Who's to Blame?"
My tour guides don't mention the nets until I do. Not to avoid the topic, I don't think—the suicides are the reason I am at a Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, a bustling industrial city in southern China—but simply because they are so prevalent. Foxconn, the single largest private employer in mainland China, manufactures many of the products—motherboards, camera components, MP3 players—that make up the world's $150 billion consumer-electronics industry. Foxconn's output accounts for nearly 40 percent of that revenue. Altogether, the company employs about a million people, nearly half of whom work at the 20-year-old Shenzhen plant. But until two summers ago, most Americans had never heard of Foxconn.
That all changed with the suicides. There had been a few since 2007. Then a spate of nine between March and May 2010—all jumpers. There were also suicides at other Foxconn plants in China. Although the company disputes some cases, evidence gathered from news reports and other sources indicates that 17 Foxconn workers have killed themselves in the past half decade. What had seemed to be a series of isolated incidents was becoming an appalling trend. When one jumper left a note explaining that he committed suicide to provide for his family, the program of remuneration for the families of jumpers was canceled. Some saw the Foxconn suicides as a damning consequence of our global hunger for low-cost electronics. Reports from inside the factories warned of "sweatshop" conditions; old allegations of forced overtime burbled back to life. Foxconn and its partners—notably Apple—found themselves defending factory conditions while struggling to explain the deaths. "Suicides in China Prompt Damage Control," blared The New York Times.
The Stutterer"
It's hard to describe the feeling of stuttering to anyone who has always spoken smoothly. It is not a nervous impulse. It is not, despite appearances, a spastic feeling. Stuttering starts in the voice box and the upper lungs with something like a pressure clench, the sensation of some valves closing against a flow, a trap tripping its release at the wrong moment. (John Updike described it11 as the feeling of "a kind of windowpane suddenly inserted in front of my face while I was talking, or of an obdurate barrier thrust into my throat.") The clench occurs suddenly, irreversibly—in the final instant before beginning a sentence, in the middle of a phrase—making the experience of being a stutterer somewhat like the chronic knowledge that your clothes may explode off your body any moment.
The Radical"
By day, he studied potential treatments for gastrointestinal cancer — work that invariably required the use of animal models. By night, he crusaded against such animal research, sabotaging companies with links to it. Within a month, Harris would be caught vandalizing another company. Ultimately, he would become the first person in the United Kingdom to be convicted under a law intended to crack down on activist extremism.
The judge overseeing the case lamented a career destroyed and a scientist lost. "It may well be that your future inability to continue your research into gastrointestinal cancer will be a great loss to those who suffer that disease," said Judge Ian Alexander when he sentenced Harris to three years in prison. Harris was released within a year, and has now agreed to speak to Nature about what drove him to commit his crimes.
The New Virology"
In the physical world, they have nothing in common. Stuxnet is computer code, bits of binary electronic data. The swine flu virus is a biological organism, a unique remix of genes from older influenza viruses. But they share one fundamental characteristic: They spread themselves and attack before their targets know what is happening. And in that way, they offer a glimpse of a rapidly evolving class of dangerous threats that former U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Danzig once described as instruments of "nonexplosive warfare."


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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Authorities released the name Monday of a 7-year-old boy who died over the weekend when he fell off a fishing boat alongside a dock in National City.
Sebastien Felix of Bonita was returning from a fishing outing on San Diego Bay with his father, an uncle and a family friend when he tumbled into the water near the mouth of the Sweetwater River and was struck by the motorboat's propeller about 2 p.m. Sunday, according to port officials and the county Medical Examiner's Office.
Medics took the boy to Rady Children's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
The operator of the boat, who was docking it at Pepper Park when the accident occurred, was sober and was not expected to face charges, according to Marguerite Elicone, a spokeswoman for the Port of San Diego.
THIS IS A STORY UPDATE. For an earlier story, read below.
NATIONAL CITY (CNS) - A 7-year-old boy was fatally struck by a fishing boat that was docking Sunday at Pepper Park in National City, a spokeswoman for the Port of San Diego said.
An estimated 20-foot fishing boat with three men and one of the men's 7-year-old son was returning from a day on the bay to Pepper Park at 3299 Tidelands Ave. between 1:45 and 2 p.m., according to Marguerite Elicone, spokeswoman for the Port of San Diego.
The vessel's operator was attempting to maneuver it into the dock and the boy's father jumped into the water to assist docking. At some point the boy either jumped or fell into the water, Elicone said.
The boat made some jerking motions while it docked which could have caused the boy to fall into the water, she said.
"We don't know if he was trying to jump off to help his dad dock the boat or if he fell," Elicone said.
The boat's operator was unaware the child was in the water and inadvertently struck him with the vessel, Elicone said.
Someone at the park called for help and paramedics took the boy to Rady Children's Hospital, where he died, Elicone said.
Elicone said there was no sign of foul play or alcohol involvement and that the boat's operator would likely not face charges.
"It was just an unfortunate accident," Elicone said.
San Diego Harbor Police took the vessel to be examined and would determine exactly where the boy was struck and if a malfunction happened on the boat, Elicone said.


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We still use ctb.
We have our standard ctb file(s) based on city standards. If we want to change the way something plots, we x-ref into another drawing and change the color of the layer to the appropriate pen.
This leave the original drawing as it "should" be, but plots as required for that job/drawing sheet.
Yes Dean.... the OP was read. You may have noticed when you breezed thru it that he said not only does one group want to have yellow be different lineweights, but that another group wants to have yellow always be the same lineweight.
He then went on to ask for opinions from *both* sides of this issue.
Is it possibe to set a layer to plot with a screening using STB?
Credit where credit is due! Give kudos or accept as solution whenever you can.
Yes, using STB plot styles you can set layers to screen.
You can also use "transparency".
Any one here use CTB with fully 3d drawings?
Also hidden plot styles?
How? We've found hidden plot style does not respect CTB control. All settings to control line weight whether by layer or by style (dim style based line weight)) or CTB seem to default to LWDEFAULT setting.
Is any one seeing this also? Any solutions?
If you have a color set to a lineweight in the ctb instead of "useobjectlineweight" it will ALWAYS over ride a lineweight applied to an object... if the color used for the object is set in the ctb to useobjectlineweight you shouldn't have problems...
that is why i institute a system that limits the use of like 15-20 colors out of 255 in CTB setups such that you have access to "colors" and other "lineweights" even "blacks" as long as the ctb color is set to pen 7, and useobjectlineweight.
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