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After their Week One comedy of errors in Seattle, the 49ers enter their Monday-night engagement with the defending Super Bowl-champion Saints looking like the NFL's version of "Animal House," with "elephants" and "rats" seemingly running rampant, threatening to turn a season that most league observers believed offered great promise into an unmitigated disaster.
It could be a much different story, of course, should they rebound from their shocking 31-6 shellacking by the Seahawks — the second-worst season-opening loss in franchise history — and turn back the Saints in their home opener Monday evening.
But after a week of heavy drama full of emotional twists and turns — a team staple dating back to GM Scot McCloughan's mystifying exit from the premises just five weeks before the 2010 draft — it's hard not to be focused on the red flags that were raised eight days ago in Qwest Field, no matter how much beleaguered Niners head coach Mike Singletary tries to move forward and focus squarely on the future.
The hard truth is that the Niners' ugly season-opening defeat was the worst-case scenario imaginable.
"It was pretty bad," one team insider told PFW. "I went back and looked at the game very closely, and a lot of times when you do that, things don't look as bad. But this time, it looked worse. There were so many mistakes, so many breakdowns, things they said they weren't going to do this season that they ended up doing."
The offense's failure to communicate — which a scathing Yahoo! Sports article a few days after the game blamed primarily on the perceived play-calling shortcomings of offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye — qualifies as the No. 1 breakdown.
Whether it was Raye's fault or not, the Niners failed miserably to capitalize on a 99-9 yardage advantage in the first quarter against the Seahawks. After getting inside the Seattle 10-yard line on their first three possessions of the game, they settled for two field goals and a failed 4th-and-goal.
The obvious play-calling confusion was particularly costly when QB Alex Smith took a delay-of-game penalty in the second quarter on a 4th-and-goal from the one-yard line, forcing the team to settle for a 23-yard field goal.
In case you've forgotten — and nobody in Niners Nation has — San Francisco led the league in delay-of-game penalties last season.
Fueling the fire were the mixed signals that continued after the game, when Singletary said the problems were caused by a faulty headset, and Smith begging to differ, claiming that he just wasn't getting the plays fast enough.
"It's a real hornet's nest," the insider said. "They need to come up with a solution fast."
The way we hear it, though, Smith's relationship with Singletary remains rock-solid, with no signs of crashing and burning the way Smith's relationship did with Mike Nolan, Singletary's predecessor.
"There is no problem that I can see,' the insider said. "When Alex was at loggerheads with Nolan, you could really tell that he was upset. That was not the case at all Monday after the opener. He was very optimistic, and he did not have his head down at all.
"Alex is constantly talking to the coaches. The lines of communication definitely look open."
To his credit, Raye took full responsibility for the miscommunication issues in Seattle.
"I bear all the responsibility for the way we operate on offense," Raye told the local media last Thursday. "I'm the leader, it's my watch and I have the responsibility for the things that occur that concern the offense."
If the team's walk-through that took place Friday morning is any indication, the Niners' hopeful solution to their play-calling problem will be a wristband for Smith with numbered plays. Rather than relay the entire play-name from the booth, the idea would be for Raye to simply call a play number that Smith could quickly cross-check, thus saving time and confusion.
"I think that would be a great idea," the insider said.
But that also would solve only one of the problems that were on display in the Niners' opener. Whether the Niners also can find a way to get more production out of 2009 first-round WR Michael Crabtree, improve their shoddy play on the offensive line and eliminate the defense's ill-timed overaggressiveness and lack of pressure remains to be seen.
Crabtree, whose lack of preseason playing time triggered a tense altercation in practice with highly emotional team captain Vernon Davis shortly before the season, caught only two passes for 12 yards in the opener. He also had two interceptions thrown in his direction.
On the first one by Seahawks S Jordan Babineaux, Crabtree appeared to take his eye off a ball in his hands. On the second one by Seahawks CB Marcus Trufant, he appeared to run a slow route and then made a halfhearted attempt to bring down Trufant on the defender's way to a backbreaking 32-yard TD return.
"Crabtree tries to minimize everything, telling everybody that everything is just fine between him and Alex, but it's obviously not," the insider said of the Niners' supposed No. 1 receiver, whose questionable work habits are widely considered to be the "elephant" Singletary said was "exposed" after Crabtree's rift with Davis. "They are wanting to get more out of him, moving him around to different spots.
"They need him to step it up."
And the offensive line?
"Just horrible," the insider said, alluding to his second viewing of the game. "The run blocking was bad; none of the linemen could get to the second level. (First-round OLG Mike) Iupati played high the whole game. And (OLT Joe) Staley's performance, after being so outstanding in the preseason. was inexplicable. I mean, (Seahawks DE) Chris Clemons (four QB hits) is hardly Lawrence Taylor. I think his game was just an aberration."
The prevailing feeling is that the subpar Week One effort by the Niners' defense, which came on so strong last season under the direction of Greg Manusky, was also due more to just a very bad day at the office.
"I really don't see the defense being nearly as big a problem as the offense," the insider said. "Obviously, the jumped routes really hurt them. Overall, they just did not play well. What was really surprising was how little pressure they put on (Seahawks QB Matt) Hasselbeck. They didn't blitz much at all. I think they thought they could get home with just a four-man rush, and they should have."
And there's one more major question worth pondering: Is Singletary, who felt compelled to call two team meetings in the wake of the Week One disaster, in danger of imploding before our eyes?
As evidenced by his meltdown on his pregame TV show this past Thursday — when he angrily made reference to "that dad-gum Yahoo! commercial" before regressing into a Drew Rosenhaus "next question" mode — as well as his promise to snuff out the "rat in the building" responsible for the Yahoo! article, his skin appears to be getting increasingly thin.
"His decision to call that second meeting Sunday night after getting back from Seattle was very strange," the insider said. "He might have showed some insecurity, indicating that he could have been too harsh in the first meeting. But by that point, you would think the players would have had enough already and just wanted to go home to their families."
Apparently, though, while there's still plenty of time for the 49ers to right their ship, it looks like heavy drama will become a way of life the next 16 weeks and possibly beyond.
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Sophomore Florida linebacker Neiron Ball landed in Shands Hospital's ICU back in February where he's underwent treatment for a "congenital vascular condition," after a blood vessel ruptured in his brain.
After four days in the hospital, Bell recovered but did not participate in spring practice or the Gators. His brother-in-law has now told the Orlando Sentinel that its likely Ball will miss the upcoming 2011 football season as well as he continues to recover.
"He's healthy. He's fine," Myricks said. "He's probably going to miss next season."
Myricks said the coaching staff has been supportive throughout the process. "We're all appreciative to coach (Will) Muschamp, the doctors, the staff, everybody," he said.
Ball played in all 13 games as a freshman for Florida, recording 10 tackles. He was expected to compete for playing time at linebacker as a sophomore.
Ball is expected to return to school in August, even if he doesn't play football.
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COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - From lavish vacations to a night out on the town. No matter what you're buying, you can live it up for a lot less. "You never want to pay full price for an item, in fact you probably never need to pay sale price for an item," says Founder of Couponmom.com Stephanie Nelson.
How do you do it? According to Nelson, there's a simple formula for saving on anything.
A little planning to find the deals, match those with other discounts, leads to extra dollars in your pocket.
"We call it stacking the savings, it's possible to get things absolutely free."
Here's a list of things you should never pay retail for:
Travel--There are plenty of websites out there to follow, like Travelzoo, Kayak and Hotwire, some will even send price alerts when airfare drops. Check out Bing travel, formerly Farecast. It features a price tracker.
"I have an entertainment book and if you do, which you should, you can go to entertainment.com and register the book and then that enables you to get these really deep discounts on car rentals," explains Nelson. As far as hotels, travel websites are just one way to save.
Nelson says the old fashioned method of calling the hotel itself could score you an even better deal. "Because sometimes they have special rates that they're giving out directly that can save you a lot of money."
Clothes--"If you're doing a big, shopping clothes trip, it's possible to save $100 with a coupon," says Nelson. How? According to Nelson, retailers are much more aggressive with sales than they used to be. For example, years ago, and item would be full price at the beginning of the season, then go on sale at the end of the season. Now, shoppers can catch sales all times of the year.
"Wait for a little time to go by to get the great sale, combine it with a coupon, you may save 75% on a nice clothes."
Other tips, get close to the clerks so you get insider treatment and a heads up for markdowns. Take advantage of any customer rewards programs, and get deals delivered directly to your inbox.
Personal Care Products--"Because those are all items that frequently go on sale, always have coupons and at the drug stores they have automatic rebates." This includes items like shampoo, toothpaste and diapers.
"If you can save say, $100 on personal care items, you actually have $100 extra to spend on the food that you like."
Groceries-- "Up to 40% of the average American's food dollar is wasted." Nelson says that's because consumers either shop for food and never eat it, or double buy what's already in the pantry. "If we were just smarter with our planning, you would save a lot more," adds Nelson. They key of course is to combine sales like buy one get one, with coupons and stockpile items when they're at the lowest price.
Restaurants--At websites like restaurant.com, you can sometimes get $25 gift certificates for $2. "I don't go to any restaurant without just going to Google and writing in that restaurant's name and the word coupon," says Nelson. You can also take advantage of coupons that come in the mail and get specials delivered via email from your favorite restaurant.
Books and Magazines--Nelson says she shops at the Salvation Army or Goodwill for second hand paper backs. I recently got a free, magazine subscription for three, different publications just for answering a survey from a retailer.
Movies/DVDs--I subscribed to have specials emailed, as well as come through text from Redbox. The company will text you free, rental codes each week. Other companies offer similar discounts.
Prescriptions--You can talk to your doctor about samples before you buy a full prescription. Publix offers free, antibiotics. Plus, several drug stores, as well as retailers like Target offer gift cards for transferring prescriptions.
Appliances--Major retailers will often discount older models and even put them on clearance at some point. Check several to price match, also look online and check with retailers to see if they have outlet or clearance centers.
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By George Bremer
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Ryan Grigson's 16th trade with the Indianapolis Colts was his boldest.
By far.
The Colts on Wednesday traded their 2014 first-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for second-year running back Trent Richardson.
The deal was preceded by a few cryptic tweets from owner Jim Irsay about a "monster trade" that would "shock" Indianapolis fans. And the deal certainly lived up to the hype.
Opinion quickly came pouring in from all corners, with many Browns expressing surprise at the transaction on their Twitter accounts and several Colts happily welcoming Richardson to the team.
Indianapolis had been searching for a running back since starter Vick Ballard was lost for the season to a knee injury last week. Cleveland chief executive officer Joe Banner said talks began Tuesday, and the deal was quickly consummated.
Richardson has rushed 298 times for 1,055 yards and 11 touchdowns in 17 career games. He also has 58 receptions for 418 yards and one touchdown.
The No. 3 pick in the 2012 NFL Draft — two spots behind Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck — he helped Alabama win national championships in 2009 and 2011 while playing alongside Colts nose tackle Josh Chapman.
Banner and general manager Mike Lombardi were not in charge, however, when Cleveland traded up to pick Richardson. The running back was not an ideal fit for first-year head coach Rob Chudzinski's offense, and the Browns now will have two first-round picks in which to continue their rebuild next spring.
For Indianapolis, Richardson represents another piece for a young offense that is stockpiling weapons. He'll join Luck, wide receiver T.Y. Hilton and tight ends Coby Fleener and Dwayne Allen as second-year stars for the Colts.
It will be awhile, however, before Richardson plays his first game alongside Allen.
The Colts announced earlier Wednesday that the former Clemson star will undergo season-ending hip surgery. Allen was injured on a third-down play in a Week 1 victory against Oakland.
The tight end leapt for an incompletion from Luck and was hit in the air by Raiders defensive back Tyvon Branch. His right leg landed awkwardly, and his hip hit the Lucas Oil Stadium turf.
Allen had hoped to be ready to play in last week's loss against the Miami Dolphins. But the hip did not respond well to treatment, and he went for a second opinion early this week.
Allen is the third starter lost to a season-ending injury by the Colts in the past six days, joining Ballard and left guard Donald Thomas. That fact might have strengthened the urgency to trade for Richardson.
"Like Donald, like Vick, like anybody we've lost at this point, it makes you sick," head coach Chuck Pagano said of Allen's injury before news of the trade broke.
Fleener, Dominique Jones and Jack Doyle are the other tight ends on the Colts' active roster, and seventh-round pick Justice Cunningham is an option on the practice squad.
Fleener's role is certain to expand, though Pagano did not get into many specifics. The 2012 second-round pick had four catches for 69 yards and one touchdown with Allen out against the Dolphins.
"I think we all saw why we took Coby where we took him, what he can do," Pagano said. "Last week, (he) played an excellent football game. Not only in the pass game, he blocked well. He'll continue to do that. He knows his role is obviously going to expand now. We got all the confidence in the world that he'll play at a high level for us, a winning level."
The Colts (1-1) start a difficult stretch of games Sunday with their first road game of the season against the defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers (1-1). That game will be followed by a trip to division rival Jacksonville (0-2), then dates against Seattle (2-0), San Diego (1-1), Denver (2-0) and Houston (2-0).
Pagano said Indianapolis is well aware of the immediate challenge ahead.
"We're playing a really good football team," he said. "They're well-coached. They've got great players all over the place. So it's more about us. It's more about our preparation. It's more about our focus, knowing exactly what to do so we can go out there and play fast."


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|Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
|Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York, USA
|41°47′46″N 73°56′31″W / 41.79611°N 73.94194°WCoordinates: 41°47′46″N 73°56′31″W / 41.79611°N 73.94194°W
|211 acres (0.85 km2)
|December 18, 1940
|372,517 (in 2005)
|Governing body
|National Park Service
|Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
|Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York, USA
|41°47′46″N 73°56′31″W / 41.79611°N 73.94194°WCoordinates: 41°47′46″N 73°56′31″W / 41.79611°N 73.94194°W
|211 acres (0.85 km2)
|December 18, 1940
|372,517 (in 2005)
|Governing body
|National Park Service
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, located in Hyde Park, New York, is one of America's premier examples of the country palaces built by wealthy industrialists during the Gilded Age.
The site includes 211 acres (85 ha) of the original larger property historically named Hyde Park. Situated on the east bank of the Hudson River, the property includes pleasure grounds with views of the river and the distant Catskill Mountains, formal gardens, natural woodlands, and numerous auxiliary structures. The grounds also include Italian gardens that have been restored by the volunteer Frederick W. Vanderbilt Garden Association. Frederick William Vanderbilt (1856–1938) purchased the property in 1895 for use as a seasonal country residence.
Its main feature is a 54-room mansion by the distinguished architectural company McKim, Mead & White, with Charles Follen McKim designing the plan and Stanford White assisting by serving as an antiques buyer. Designed and built between 1896–1899, the house is a good example of the Beaux-Arts architecture style and one of the architects' finest residential projects. The interior of the mansion is an archetype of the American Renaissance, incorporating a range of European antiques and finely crafted period reproductions. Herter Brothers and A. H. Davenport and Company were subcontractors who executed McKim's interior designs. The Vanderbilts also hired Georges Glaenzer and Ogden Codman to decorate several rooms. E.F. Caldwell & Co. manufactured the majority of the lighting.
The earliest development of the estate began in 1764 when Dr. John Bard purchased land on the east side of the Albany Post Road, where he built Red House and developed the agricultural aspects of the eastern section of the property that continued through Frederick Vanderbilt's occupancy. Bard family ownership continued through 1821 with his son, Dr. Samuel Bard (1742–1821), owning the property from 1799 to 1821. In 1828, Dr. David Hosack, president of the New York Horticultural Society, purchased the property from Samuel Bard's heirs, with André Parmentier helping to design the grounds. In 1840, John Jacob Astor purchased the property from Hosack's heirs for his daughter Dorothea and her husband Walter S. Langdon.
Frederick W. and Louise Vanderbilt purchased Hyde Park in May 1895 from Langdon's heirs. Attracted to the beauty of the Hudson Valley and the east bank of the Hudson River, Frederick and his wife settled comfortably in their new 600-acre (2.4 km2) estate. The location was ideal, offering quick and easy access to New York City on the Vanderbilt's own New York Central Railroad. The estate was primarily used as a vacation home for the Vanderbilt family. The previous owners of the estate had made it famous for its grand landscape and array of different plants and trees throughout the property. The New York Times described the Vanderbilt's estate as "the finest place on the Hudson between New York and Albany."
A niece, Margaret "Daisy" Van Alen, inherited the property when Vanderbilt died in 1938. Encouraged by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (who owned an estate nearby), Van Alen donated a portion of the estate, including the residence with most of its original furnishings, to the National Park Service. The property became owned by the National Park Service in 1940. From 1941 to 1943, President Roosevelt's Secret Service was housed in the basement and third-floor service areas, and some of the President's personal White House staff and friends occasionally stayed in the main bedrooms of the house, including those of Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt.
The house has a classic Beaux-Arts plan, with the major public rooms on its ground floor—the central Elliptical Hall, Dining Room, and Living Room—in an axial arrangement parallel to the Hudson River. North and South Foyers provide transitional space from the Hall to the Dining Room and Living Room. Five secondary spaces are located off the Elliptical Hall: the Lobby, Den, Gold Room, Grand Stair Hall, and Lavatory. The second floor rooms, comprising Mrs. Vanderbilt's suite of Bedroom, Boudoir and Bathroom (designed by Ogden Codman), Mr. Vanderbilt's Bedroom and Bathroom, Guest Bedrooms and Baths and the Linen Room, are disposed around the Second Floor Hall and the North and South Foyers. The third floor contains five additional guest bedrooms, and a Servants' Hall separated from the guests' rooms by a door at the main staircase. Supported by both concrete and steel, the Vanderbilt mansion was considered modern for its time. The mansion also included plumbing and forced hot air central heating and electric lighting which was powered by a hydroelectric plant built on the estate on the Crumb Elbow stream. The Vanderbilt estate had electric lighting before the surrounding area.
Frederick's interest in and love of horticulture caused him to develop several large gardens on the Vanderbilt estate. These lavish gardens incorporated the formal "Italian" style. This meant that the beds were arranged in such a way that if you drew a line across the middle, either horizontally or vertically, one side of the line would mirror the other side. These formal gardens also consisted of multiple tiers, which depended on the type of plants. Each level was different. Frederick himself added the rose garden which contained almost 2000 "vintage" rose bushes along with other kinds of roses. The Vanderbilt gardens were grand and exquisite.[1]
This article incorporates text from National Park Service documentation, which as a product of the US Government is in the public domain.
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transtoba2 facilitates the transliteration or transcription of a word or text from the Roman script into the Toba Batak script. Transliterating from the Roman into the Batak script is not an easy undertaking, as the Batak script has a number of peculiarities that complicates the process of transliteration. This program uses a set of algorithms which enables the user to effortlessly transliterate from the Roman to the Toba Batak script.
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you crawled into your shell
with their demons
destiny wanted it
words ache at my tongue
when my day is done
in a different way
something I can't understand
from a distance
boy in a box
sent from my iPhone
of my ludicrous imagination
love's forgiveness eases
things I can never
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but hiding from you
never really there, but then
I like you, most days
the bee's knees
emotion of euthanizing
new power into my veins
my worst nightmare
silently continue
your sadness
sung the song of mystery
what I love about you
the outside world was
if I let you in again
because on the inside
how to reach you
wrapped our arms and legs
pulling me up to you
real sweet shit
in equal parts
poetic words have failed
a fountain singing to
a succession of images
I don't need words
you had your reasons
inside of the truck
the angelic creature
I hardly get to see
even after so much trying
despite not actually knowing
never happiness
what lies ahead
your burned friend
talking and texting
unspoken between us
and nights like tonight
you love machinery
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you were my first love. i fell fast. i fell hard. i fell foolishly.
i loved you more than i loved myself. i love you more than air. more than living. more than my own life. i imagined my life with you. a wedding. a home. children. growing old.
then we had that pregnancy scare. after that, you were never the same. you grew distant, you pushed away, you crawled into your shell with no intention of coming out.
you would not touch me. you would not kiss me. you would not hold my hand. you wanted out, you wanted nothing to do with me. you broke my heart. but i was in love and i could not let you go.
two years you hung onto to me. two years of my life you led me on, lied to me. two years of me wondering what i had done wrong. i fought for you. i fought for us. i fought to make you love me. you gave me false hope when you said "i am not ready to say goodbye" over and over again.
when i look back at that foolish girl i wish i could tell her that there is someone else out there who will love you more than air. more than living. more than their own life. there is a someone who will fight for you, fight to be together, fight anything that tried to get in his way.
i now understand that a first love can be strong, but it does not mean it will be the strongest, nor the most most important. love is not about being with someone who is always selfish. love is not about hurting someone everyday. love is not walking away. love is not lying. love is not taking advantage of another person.
love is selfless, understanding, compromising, fulfilling, and trusting. something you never did.
so thank you for being that bad example that helped me see when good example stood right in front of me. thank you for walking away and not looking back. it allowed me to find the person who is not a coward.
thank you for being my first love.
Thank God you were not my last!
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Portales, NM - The city of Portales is now seeking to build a new wastewater plant.
The city council will hold a public hearing over the project today at its regular meeting.
The city is applying for a 27-million dollar loan from the New Mexico Environment Department.
Officials say the plant is needed to meet state standards and sustain the growing population.
They add the current system is outdated and was never designed to handle both residential and industrial sewage.


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I took the picture at 12:30am 1/3/2010. The temperature was 0 and the wind chill was around -12. The steam was just pouring out of this factory in Hartford City.
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2008-09 Women's Basketball Coaches
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Nathan Daume is entering his third season as a member of the Eagles women's basketball coaching staff.
Daume came to FGCU from Hutchinson Community College, where he spent five years serving as their Head Coach. He was only the fifth women's head coach in the program's 33-year history. Daume left Hutchinson CC with a career record of 97-59.
Daume led Hutchinson CC to three 20-win seasons, including a 23-8 record in 2005, the fifth-best season in HCC women's basketball history. In his final season, the HCC women finished the season 21-11 and lost in the quarterfinals of the Region VI Tournament. His 97 wins place him fourth on the HCC women's coaching list.
Defensive strategy is something that Daume brings to FGCU. HCC ranked in the Top 10 nationally in scoring defense in four of Daume's five seasons; three times they were ranked fourth or better. His 2004 team was No. 1 in the nation, allowing only 48.0 points per game. In seventy of the 154 games that Daume coached at HCC, his teams limited opponents to less than 50 points. On 35 of those occasions, HCC allowed less than 40 points. Hutchinson also allowed 70 points or more only 10 times during Daume's tenure.
During his time at Hutchinson CC, Daume had great success in moving players on to the four-year level. In five seasons, eight of his players moved on to the Division I level, six more to Division II and four others to NAIA schools.
Before taking over at Hutchinson, Daume spent six seasons at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kan. From 1996 to 1998, Daume served as the assistant men's coach with the Greyhounds. Then in July of 1998, he was named Fort Scott's new head women's basketball coach.
Over a span of four seasons, Coach Daume's teams compiled a 63-62 record.
Coach Daume's 2001-2002 team finished with a 24-9 record and advanced to the Region VI tournament semifinals before losing to eventual NJCAA national champion Seward County.
After that season, Daume was named Jayhawk East Coach of the Year and three players from that Fort Scott team moved on to Division I programs.
From 1994 to 1996, Daume served as a student assistant at the University of Missouri under Head Coach Norm Stewart.
After graduating from Oak Ridge High School in Missouri, Daume attended Southeast Missouri State. After a season of junior college baseball at Jefferson College, Daume transferred to the University of Missouri and earned his bachelors degree in December 1994.
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Denim Day & the Right to be Sexy—Because There's Never an Excuse for Rape!
Submitted by Kyla Bender-Baird on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 1:31pm
By Kyla Bender-Baird
Today is Denim Day. I'm wearing jeans to work in support of sexual assault survivors and to raise awareness about sexual assault misconceptions. Denim day has been around since the late 1990s when the Italian Supreme Court overturned a sexual assault conviction because the survivor wore tight jeans when she was raped. In protest, women in the Italian Parliament wore jeans to work. (read more about denim day's history here)
As Hello Ladies writes,"Denim Day reminds us how important education, understanding and awareness are with regards to sexual assault." According to the CDC, 1 in 6 women in the U.S. report experiencing an attempted or completed rape at some time in their lives.
And yet, we're constantly battling the same sexual assault misconceptions over and over and over again. (For some sexual assault myth busting, click here, here, and here.)
Alex DiBranco's post on Change.org today offers a partial explanation for why we aren't making greater progress:
"We've made more inroads in domestic violence in shifting attitudes than we have in sexual violence." Part of it, [Patti] Giggans suggests, is "the fact that S-E-X in the term sexual violence makes it just really hard for people to even talk about let alone do something about it." Oh no, not the three letter word!
Patti Giggans is the Executive Director of Peace Over Violence, the violence prevention organization that has been behind denim day since its inception.
Meanwhile, there are so many amazing activists working to move the conversation forward. I've been blessed to meet many of these activists whose work has challenged my own conceptualization of sexual violence and how I process it in my everyday life. What I've learned from these activists is that we don't have to give up our sexuality in order to fight sexual violence.
From Jacyln Friedman and the other writers in Yes Means Yes!, I've learned about enthusiastic consent, which Friedman defines as,
Enthusiastic consent is a principle that says that "no means no" is crucial – if a sexual partner says no, you have to stop – but it's not enough. In order to ensure consent and prevent sexual violence, everyone, regardless of gender, has to make sure that their partner is enthusiastic about what's going on.
From Emily May and Hollaback!, I've learned about the importance of breaking the silence around street harassment and my right to feel safe and confident. As May explained to me when I interviewed her for Curve magazine,
"Street harassment is taking away someone's agency. It's being told who you are rather than defining that for yourself."
From Nancy Schwartzman and The Line Campaign, I've learned to not be afraid of the perceived "grey area" in sexual assault and to articulate my own line.
As you sport your denim today, what lessons are you thinking about and who did you learn them from? Whose work makes you stand up and yell, I'm with you!
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text: Inner and Outer Thigh Exercises 7 Moves Toward Tight, Toned Thighs! by Anna Monette Roberts 9/30/13 421 Reactions 243.5K Shares Print 243.2K 237 81 8 2 Leggings, skinny jeans, and minis are all fashion staples for Fall, so toned thighs will help you rock your Autumn wardrobe. Firming up the upper thighs with some sculpting exercise will certainly help, especially if you stick to a healthy eating plan and keep up a vigorous cardio routine. Here are a few of our favorite moves for toning those gams. — Additional reporting by Emily Bibb Source: Corbis Cross Jacks What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 For a great warmup move that works both the outer and inner thighs try this variation on the basic jumping jack. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and extend your arms straight out to either side with palms facing down. This is the starting position. Jump and cross your right arm over your left and your right foot over your left. Jump back to the starting position, then cross with the opposite arm and foot. This counts as one rep. Continue alternating sides and repeating this movement until you complete 25 reps. Be sure to keep up the pace and not allow too much time for recovery between jumps; this way you'll be sure to keep up your heart rate and engage your whole body. Source: POPSUGAR Studios 1 / 7 Sumo Squat With Arm Raises What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Celeb trainers David Kirsch, Jackie Warner, and Teddy Bass all recommend the sumo squat for creating shapely legs. For maximum burn, focus on the inner thighs when straightening the legs, not the quads. Stand with legs wide and toes pointed outward slightly. Hold a pair of dumbbells in your hands with your arms straight and your palms facing down. Bend your knees until your knees are over your ankles while raising your arms to just below shoulder height. Arms should be in line with your legs — you should see the weights in your peripheral vision. Straighten your legs and lower your arms simultaneously. Complete three sets of 15 reps. Source: Megan Wolfe Photography 2 / 7 Lateral Band Walks What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 For maximum burn and quick results, turn to your fitness band. Lateral band walks tone the glutes on the sides of your pelvis and your tush, too! Plus, strong glutes help stabilize the pelvis, making this an exercise for those who like to run. Place a resistance band just below your knees. Begin standing with feet directly underneath your hips, and squat about halfway down. Take a step sideways to the right as far as you can. To fully activate the muscle, be sure to step onto your heel, rather than your toes. Actively resist the pull of the exercise band as you bring your left leg slowly toward your right, returning to the starting position. Step to the right 20 to 30 times, then reverse directions stepping to the left 20 to 30 times; you really want to feel the muscle burn. Repeat for three sets. Source: Megan Wolfe Photography 3 / 7 Step-Ups What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steps-ups work your legs and glutes while making your heart pump! When completing step-ups, be sure to have weight in your heel to work your thigh rather than your calf muscle. Here's how: Stand in front of a sturdy chair* (make sure it won't slide out from under you) and place your left foot in the center of the seat. Step up onto the chair and bring your right knee forward and up. Lower yourself back to the floor, with the foot landing quietly. Switch legs, and repeat. That completes two steps. Do 20 steps total. *If a chair feels too high, use a shorter stool or a bottom stair. Source: Megan Wolfe Photography 4 / 7 Elbow Plank With Leg Lift What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adding a leg lift to your side plank tones the outer thigh while challenging your core. The trick to keep the pelvis high as you lift your top leg is to reach the inner-thigh of your bottom leg toward the ceiling. Place your right elbow on the ground. Extend both legs out so that your body is in one straight line, and you're balancing on the outside edge of your right foot. Flex both feet if you can and rest your left hand on your upper hip. Keeping your spine lengthened and your abs engaged, lift your left leg up just higher than our top hip. Then slowly lower it back to your bottom leg. Keep your waist up and lifted and don't sink into your bottom shoulder. Do three sets of 15 to 20 repetitions on each side. Source: POPSUGAR Studios 6 / 7 Pilates Side-Lying Leg Lifts What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 This exercise might remind you of Jane Fonda's workout videos from the '80s, but it's been a staple of the Pilates mat repertoire for decades. Since the knee is straight, you work all the muscles of the inner thigh group. Here's how: Lying on your side, lengthen your bottom leg and cross your top leg over it. Rest either your knee or foot on the floor. Prop your head up with your hand or rest your head on your arm. As you exhale, lift your bottom leg up, and inhale as you lower it back down. Your torso should stay still while you do this. Do 10 reps, then repeat on the other side. Watch a video on how to do the side-lying leg lift here. Source: Megan Wolfe Photography 6 / 7 Crossover Lunge With Medicine Ball What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 This lunge variation tones the lower glutes as well as the inner thighs. Holding a medicine ball makes the move a bit more challenging too. Stand with your feet shoulder distance apart, holding a medicine ball. Take a large step diagonally forward with your right foot, planting your foot at the 11 o'clock position. Sink down until your thighs form right angles. Keep the medicine ball stable. Extend your legs, then lift your right knee and bring it in toward your chest. Step back with your right leg, this time lunging behind your torso and stepping back to the eight o'clock position. 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5 a.m. snow day calls not welcome by everyone
Despite objections from some of its members, the school board Monday kept a policy on the current emergency notification system.
Nashua, Weare, Epsom and Hooksett use a similar system. Manchester parents can sign up for text message alerts.
For Goffstown parents who find the Power Announcement phone calls more annoying than convenient, there is an opt-out. That option is not available to teachers and staff, and one board member thinks that's unfair and a misuse of the technology.
Board member Dan Cloutier said he's concerned those early morning phone calls are a nuisance to spouses of school district employees who don't have to be up at that early hour. He said the system wasn't really intended to be used to announce snow days.
"The issue is getting a call on a snow day," said Cloutier. "Is that an emergency? In my regard, no. I agree with it when there's an emergency, but that's not what we use it for."
Buckley said Power Announcement is intended to deliver a message before teachers get to school. She worries staff members who opt out of the phone call could walk into a dangerous situation.
"Heaven forbid there's a gunman or something," Buckley said.
In addition to telephone, TV and radio, snow day notifications are sent using text messages and emails, Buckley said.
New board member Ben Hampton, who teaches at Manchester Community College, said a similar system is in place where he works, but teachers and staff can opt out of the early morning phone call.
"I think there's a better way of doing this," he said.
Buckley said only two staffers have asked not to be included on the list.
In Bedford, the school district uses Alert Now, a system similar to Goffstown's Power Announcement. Superintendent Tim Mayes said in Bedford two phone calls go out on the morning of a snow day, one at 5 a.m. for teachers and staff and the other at 6 a.m. for parents.
"We didn't use it initially for snow days," Mayes said. "But then we had a number of days out when the power was gone and they said, 'This is great - keep doing it,'" he said. Mayes said since the system was put in place in 2009, no one has asked to be taken off the call list.
Mayes said snow day cancellations are also made using Twitter, the school district's Facebook page, as well as television and radio.
Scott Earnshaw is the parent of two children who attend Bedford schools.
"I think it's convenient to have the calls come through," he said.
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If you're missing Lyon vs. Paris Saint-Germain, you're really missing out. The two sides are playing an absolute cracker at the Stade de Gerland, with defending pretty much nowhere to be seen and some beautiful attacking football on display. The hosts started on the front foot, putting some major pressure on Salvatore Sirigu's goal, but containing the likes of Javier Pastore and Nene was always going to be difficult ask for the home defence, and it was PSG who took the lead when Guillaume Hoarau slipped a shot into the bottom corner twenty minutes in.
They came close to adding to the 1-0 scoreline, with Hugo Lloris having to save well from Javier Pastore and then Alex, but Lyon were unfazed and came back in a big way. Bafetimbi Gomis ripped home a delightful volley from a floating Kim Kallstrom pass, Lisandro Lopez made it 2-0 a few seconds later, and Michel Bastos capped off an absolutely magical six-minute spell for the hosts by sending a screaming half-volley straight into the back of the net.
That score wouldn't stand long either, however - in the last minute of first half stoppage time Maxime Gonalons cut down Nene in the box for reasons unknown, and the forward sent Lloris the wrong way with his penalty. It's 3-2 to Lyon at the break, and you'd have to imagine that there are more goals in this.


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MILLINOCKET, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- Two towns in the Katahdin region got some welcome news this week. Both Millinocket and East Millinocket collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes owed to them by Cate Street Capital.
TheNew Hampshire-basedcompany owns both the East Millinocket paper mill as well as the closed mill in Millinocket. Up until this week, Cate Street owed about a $1million in unpaid property taxes on the shuttered mill. The company also needed to pay more than $350,000 to cover taxes on the East Millinocket paper mill for half of the last tax year. Officials in both towns say the payments were wired this week.
Officials in Millinocketcan now use their tax payments to borrow more money as the town is facing a massive cash flow problem. Town leaders say even with the payment, property taxes in Millinocket are likely to rise next year.
"Starting this year...we're still going to be alert on what we spend," said town manager Peggy Daigle, "and we're going to try to not spend what we don't have to spend...so that we increase what we have over at the end of the year...so we have a better position next year...when we set the mill rate again next year."
Daigle says at this point the mill rate in Millinocket is going up nearly 12 percent. She says next year even more budget cuts for the town and its schools will be likely.
Officials in East Millinocket say their cash flow is looking better going forward. They say if Cate Street wasn't able to make tax payments on the mill in their town, the town would have had to hold off on capital projects.


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The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) helps communities and enriches lives by combining the collective strengths of the industry to provide grants, volunteer service and leadership.
The IICF Midwest Division kicked off their volunteer efforts with a one-day effort during the 2012 IICF Volunteer Week (now Week of Giving). Nearly 250 insurance employees (from 11 companies) collected over 3,000 pounds of trash on Chicago area beaches, 20 dedicated team members served meals to families at three local Ronald McDonald Houses and over a 120 volunteers in the Kansas City area packaged food for the local Harvesters food bank, cleaned up debris in Joplin, MO and helped paint and clean a local nonprofit organization in Kansas City. In total, the IICF Midwest Division volunteers contributed over 1,500 hours of service in just one day!
Plans are already underway for 2014 IICF Week of Giving volunteer projects, October 11-18, 2014. Visit the Week of Giving – Volunteer section of the website to learn more.
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The Gates of Eden takes the strenuous, overhanging slot immediately left of Double Jeopardy. Nothing to hide here! The climbing is reminicent of the struggle-fests found on just about every multi-pitch 5.9 in Yosemite- this is a good trainer for building confidence in thrashing. The climbing is actually quite good, and well-protected to boot. Getting off the ground is the hard part, but the whole climb provides a sustained workout. Step left to anchors on Grand Inquisitor or Hound Dog, then rappel; or continue up and right to join upper Cosmosis. The aspiring 5.9/5.10- trad climber could devise a bit of a marathon on Bell Buttress by climbing Gates of Eden, Double Jeopardy, Cosmosis, West Crack, and West Face in-a-day. A good trainer for something like the NE Buttress on Higher Cathedral Rock in the Valley...
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The Eagles have given up 48+ points just 13 times in their long history, two of those games this year alone. And the latest was the worst of the bunch: Chip Kelly's Eagles were ripped up by back-up QB Matt Cassel and the wounded, Adrian Peterson-less Vikings. Credit poor coaching.
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Parliament Hill (French: Colline du Parlement), colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings — the parliament buildings — serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada and contains a number of architectural elements of national symbolic importance. Parliament Hill attracts approximately 3 million visitors each year.
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The capital of Canada is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. There are offically ten provinces and three territories in Canada, which is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area.
While politically and legally an independant nation, the titular head of state for Canada is still Queen Elizabeth.
On the east end of Canada, you have Montreal as the bastion of activity. Montreal is famous for two things, VICE magazine and the Montreal Jazz Festival. One is the bible of hipster life (disposable, of course) and the other is a world-famous event that draws more than two million people every summer. Quebec is a French speaking province that has almost seceded from Canada on several occasions, by the way..
When you think of Canada, you think of . . . snow, right?
But not on the West Coast. In Vancouver, it rains. And you'll find more of the population speaking Mandarin than French (but also Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Farsi, German, and much more).
Like the other big cities in Canada, Vancouver is vividly multicultural and Vancouverites are very, very serious about their coffee.
Your standard Vancouverite can be found attired head-to-toe in Lululemon gear, mainlining Cafe Artigiano Americanos (spot the irony for ten points).
But here's a Vancouver secret only the coolest kids know: the best sandwiches in the city aren't found downtown. Actually, they're hidden in Edgemont Village at the foot of Grouse Mountain on the North Shore.
"It's actually worth coming to Canada for these sandwiches alone." -- Michelle Superle, Vancouver
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Don't you want to come with me?Don't you want to feel my bones on your bones?It's only natural.Don't you want to swim with me?Don't you want to feel my skin on your skin?It's only natural.
Chapter 3
Completely drained, she sluggishly stumbled upon the kitchen. It was eight o'clock by the time she finished her homework (and surfing the web) and dragged herself house side of her sanctuary to see her mom. She heard the T.V. but didn't recognize what her sister was watching. Marie opened the refrigerator slowly, knowing she was hungry but still not sure what it was she was craving. She saw milk, baked chicken, day old lasagna, and cold pizza from Wednesday. She finally decided on the pizza, knowing the lasagna would be more satisfying, but her laziness won over and pizza was the next best thing.
"I heated up your lasagna." her mother's voice whispered softly, startling her. "I know how much you like it."
Marie looked in the direction of her mother, avoiding eye contact. "Thanks." She said stiffly, though her mom knew she was sincere. Marie shifted from the counter back to the fridge, returning the pizza to its temporary home. She was drawn to the steamy lasagna and deeply inhaled, letting the comforting scent flood though her nose. Her mom stood in the kitchen as if waiting for something. Marie hated what they had become, but she couldn't help but feel the slightest bit of resentment towards her, and it occasionally seeped through her façade.
She had grown cold and calloused towards her mom over the summer. She was, after all, directly responsible for her life being uprooted; however pathetic the life she worked so hard for was, it was hers. She didn't have anything special, but she was happy, truly happy with her small group of close friends in San Francisco. During the summer she had only her sister and her mom. However, her mom was working full time, meaning she really only had her sister.
As the months went by she could feel herself fading into the background. During times like these she would have overwhelmingly large waves of loneliness wash over her, and just wanted to be left alone even more then before. Logically, she knew it wasn't right to be upset with her mom. She loved her daughters, and provided for them and there really wasn't anything she could do about them moving. She wasn't exactly in the position to quit her job just because it would anger her teenager daughter to be moved.
Marie huffed and began eating her lasagna that was no longer steaming. She looked up and saw her there, still in the kitchen, waiting. Her mom was about 5'5, with broad shoulders that matched her build. Although she wasn't petite, she was beautiful and had maintained her beauty far into her late forties. Everyone said Marie looked just like her mother, but she often had trouble seeing it.
"Yes?" Marie inquired curiously. The sour look on her mothers face told Marie something was wrong, but wasn't sure if she had caused it or if it was because of another trying day in her frustrating office.
"Are you mad at me, Marie?" She choked out slowly, her frozen mask shattering into a million pieces, making each tiny bit of pain on her face visible to Marie.
"What? Why?" Marie paused in her eating, worried her mom heard those awful thoughts she was having. She knew it was impossible , but the idea of telepathy always entertained her.
"Because it has been a month since school started and you have probably said two words a day to me. I feel like I don't know anything about you. I…I just feel like I'm losing you." She stood in front of Marie, unintentionally trapping her between the counter and the fridge.
Marie felt a rush of guilt. Why was she mad at her mom anyways? Marie glanced at her mother-who was far shorter then her, due to the genes she inherited from her father. She couldn't help but feel ashamed for blaming her. None of this was her fault, she had given up her life as well for their well being. It then dawned on Marie that her mother may feel just as alone as she does.
She set her half eaten plate of lasagna on the counter and walked to her mom. Lying her head on her shoulder and wrapping her arms around her middle, they both stood together ion silence, holding each other like they used to.
"Love you mom." Marie whispered.
"I love you too baby girl." Marie planted a kiss on her cheek and released her. After eating the rest of her lasagna she remembered she had to shower and quickly put her dishes in the sink.
Marie walked into the small bathroom and turned on the shower. As the steam began to appear she put on her favorite song and slowly stripped each piece of clothing from her tired body. The full length mirror beside the sink gave her a full view of her pale skin. She stood examining herself and found she was actually pretty content, aside from the tiny bump on her lower abdomen that she could never do enough crunches to get rid of, she really liked her body.
Once she was in she sang along to the seductive lyrics, wishing she had some company in the shower where she stood alone. She washed herself slowly and thoroughly, running her hands over every inch of her skin. The hot water pounded on her pack, relaxing her and putting her at ease. She finished up and stepped out of the shower.
Noticing something on her chest, she straitened her body and looked in the mirror again. She hadn't noticed before but there were small stretch marks on her right breast, which unfortunately meant she was growing again. Not that she minded that much, but the stretch marks were inconvenient.
She made her way back to her room and put on a purple tank and some underwear, dried her hair and curled up in her bed, relieved to finally be sleeping.
She saw a boy, no a man, in the dark standing before her. She fixed her eyes on his dark, crisp features that she almost recognized. He was very handsome, and before her inhibitions had time to register she was leaning forward into a kiss. He kissed her back, slowly and gently at first, but before her mind could catch up with her actions it became hungry and lustful.
Suddenly there was a wall behind them and she felt him pushing against her. She felt her pulse rising along with her desire. Her breathing quickened and she no longer thought about her actions, but let her body decide. She felt his rough hand on her thigh, driving her heart beat to a pace she never thought possible, and he slowly dragged his fingers upward, caressing her along the way.
She boldly let her tongue escape from her lips into his mouth. She followed his lead and her instincts as they continued. His hand, that was tracing intricate patterns onto her thigh, was trailing up to her hip and worked its way under her shirt. Light fingers grazed her skin, electrifying the air and sending sparks throughout her midsection. Soon his fingers reached her waist, where they grasped her body firmly and pulled her closer.
It was strange that he managed to be gentle and have complete control at the same time. She felt as if she were swimming in the ocean, completely engulfed by something so powerful, so unstoppable, but knowing that she could get out anytime she pleased. Instead, she chose to ride the waves of pleasure for as long as they would last.
She had one arm reaching upward, tightly holding on with the limb laced around his neck. The other was lower, much lower. She started at his shoulder and slowly brought her hand down feeling his strong, taut muscles that she couldn't believe. She felt his strong abdomen and went lower. Finally, she reached his jeans and slipped the tips of her fingers inside, lightly teasing his lower stomach. She stretched her fingers upward and found what she wanted. 'Yes!' She thought. His abs were tight and smooth and she couldn't keep her hands away from them.
She felt him drag his hand down her stomach, past her belly button and down to her underwear. He slipped his hand inside and began messaging her.
"Oh…Uh." she moaned. He began fingering her and she arched her back, overwhelmed by the intense pleasure. He added another finger and got rougher with his movements, but she soon realized the rougher he was, the better it felt. He added another finger and continued. She winced at first, but soon the pain was instantly being transferred into pleasure this man was bringing her.
"Oh…Oh god." She moaned louder. She wanted to go all the way, she wanted with every stitch of her body. As if he heard her request he began roughly pushing her back and she tripped on a bed. They fell onto it and began rapidly removing clothing, as if their lives depended on it.
Soon they were naked and there were no longer any barriers between their bodies. He was heavy on top of her, but she liked it. His skin was warm and smooth, and he smelled of the forest. Lifting himself, he entered her carefully, gently. It was incredible, like nothing she'd ever felt before. Her walls tightened and quivered around him as he moved inside her. He growled, turning her on more then she already was. She moaned again as they made love. She felt her breathing quicken and her entire body tensed, she finally felt the release she had been longing for.
She rolled over in her sleep, only to awaken herself from her amazing dream. She was sweating and breathing rapidly. She sighed disappointedly and looked up at the full moon, wishing more then anything to return to that…
He loved the way the leaves crunched underneath his feet as he and his sister ran through the damp forest. Something he loved about California was that they never had much of a winter. Even now in early February, all he needed was a hoodie to stay warm. He liked to keep a steady pace, while his sister Tess was unpredictable and sporadic in her running. Derek breathed in, inhaling the scent of a group of deer about a quarter mile away.
They continued running but suddenly he stopped, motioning for Tess to follow his lead. It was then that they turned, needing to be ready for the hunt. He felt his nails growing and his now massive K-9s were poking out so that he had to let his mouth hang slightly open. They stealthily inched closer to where he smelled the group of dear. Derek's only focus at that moment was the large buck standing a couple hundred yards from him. In and instant he raced forward tackling the deer and latching onto his neck and breaking it, killing the buck quickly and painlessly.
While he ate, he let his humanity soak away completely and let his animal take over. His mind was clear and he felt at peace here in the forest. He finished up and looked around, unsure of where Tess went. He let out a deep howl, knowing she would respond. He enjoyed times like this, times when he could rely solely on his instincts.
Tess howled from a distance, calling Derek's attention towards her. She must have chased her deer a ways before making the kill. He began walking through the woods and suddenly smelled something…off. He jogged up the hill and gaped at the open field below. What he saw shocked him back into his human form. The field was burned…badly, but only in certain spots. He looked closely and saw it was in a perfect spiral.
"Tess!" He yelled with fear in his voice. He ran quickly following her scent. "Teeeess!" He yelled louder. Where was she?! He knew they needed to get back to the pack, more importantly back to his father.
"Derek! Derek what's' wrong?!" She asked nervously, genuinely confused.
"Tess, look. Do you know what this is?" He looked around, wondering who did this.
"No… Derek this is freaking me out, lets go home." She pleaded as she tugged on his jacket.
"Ok, yeah…lets go." He replied, still looking at the field.
They swiftly ran through the dense woods heading strait for home. Derek felt a million questions buzzing in his head all at once, and had a sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach. Although he couldn't be sure, he could hear the echo of Kate's voice. 'You'll regret this.' He turned around one last time before he hit full speed.
They began howling when they were within ear shot and by the time they were at the house his dad and uncle Peter were waiting on the porch. His father looked a lot like him, but had the signs of wisdom and age on his face. Peter looked like family but had taken after his mom and didn't share the sharp features Derek and his father did. Right now he looked concerned, for it was very rare for a wolf to call that urgently on his own territory. Derek and Tess jerked to a stop as their dad stepped forward.
"What's wrong?" He urged.
"Dad someone has been on our land, there is a giant spiral burnt into the ground over in a field."
"Wait. What did you just say?" He turned to Peter with a worried look.
"A spiral, its burnt into the grass. What's wrong? What does it mean?"
"Nothing, it means nothing…" Derek's mom stepped out of the house onto the porch and looked to his father.
"What's the matter?" She questioned. He looked over at his wife lovingly, "Its nothing Katherine, Derek and Tess found something in the woods. Me and Derek will go check it out, don't worry." He replied as he pecked her on the cheek. It was obvious that the years they had spent together had only made them more in love.
They ran back to the field as quickly as possible, luckily Derek had no trouble finding the area. His dad and Peter cautiously walked around the charred grass sniffing the air, looking for a scent and mumbling every now and then. He looked around and finally up at Derek.
"Who ever did this knows what we are, and they knew what they were doing." Peter said coolly. Derek felt spooked, he was glad he was with his dad.
"What is this dad?" He demanded. "What does it mean?"
His dad looked down and shifted the dirt under his shoes. Looking up at Peter and then to Derek he answered, "It means…revenge."
"Hey Tess, did your mom say I could come over today?" Marie questioned. She was excited that she was being accepted into Tess's group so easily, and was getting close to these girls. Friday night sleepovers were what she missed the most about best friends.
"Ya, she even let me have the car today! We don't have to ride with Derek after all!" Tess proclaimed excitedly. Although Marie had never seen Tess's older brother, she sure heard a lot about him.
"Cool, Katy and Bridget will be there right?" Marie wondered aloud.
"Oh I forgot to mention it, they both have plans tonight, its just you and me." Tess joked seductively as she stretched her arm across the lunch table and walked her fingers up Marie's arm, causing the girls burst out laughing.
"You're so goofy Tess, where would I be without you?" she laughed.
"Bored, and lonely…" Tess winked. Marie smirked and laughed again.
The rest of the day flew by, and before Marie could believe it the final bell rang and she was off to the parking lot. She met Tess by the door and they walked silently to her car. They hopped in and shot away from the school. Tess rolled down all the windows, including the sun roof, letting the brisk February air into the car, and blasted "Hips Don't Lie" on the radio as they drove down the small town roads. They both sang as loudly as they could and Marie couldn't be happier.
"Friiiiidaaaaay!" Tess yelled at the top of her voice. "THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY!!" Marie stuck her hands up and gave out a whoop in response to Tess's yelling. They turned onto a dirt road and continued for more then a mile, which had Marie confused.
"Where are we going?" she wondered out loud.
"To my house I told you I lived in the sticks," She chuckled, "well the sticks of California."
"Oh" Marie sat back and watched the beautiful scenery go by and wished she lived somewhere this special. Suddenly they came upon a mammoth house that Marie could scarcely take in. She just couldn't believe its enormous size, what would someone need with this much room? The car rolled to a stop and the girls got out and walked inside.
"Tess!!!!!" Squealed a little girl running up to them and grabbing Tess's leg. She looked about six years old and had lighter hair then Tess, but the exact same big brown eyes.
"Hey bean! How was your day little girl?" Tess replied brightly.
"It was good, me and mommy are playing with noodles in the kitchen. Who is this?" She asked, poking Marie in the thigh curiously.
"My name is Marie, I'm gunna sleep over, is that ok?" She asked while bending down to get to eye level. She hoped this little girl liked her enough to want her to stay.
"Yaaaaaaaay!!! A seep over!" She screamed, running into another part of the house. Tess and Marie laughed and followed her into a giant kitchen that looked like it was made to feed an army. The entire house had wood paneling that was beautiful and Marie had a hard time not looking around.
"That was Jillian, but we call her jilly bean, or bean for short. She's my sister." They walked in the kitchen and saw one older boy with spiky dirty blonde hair and twin girls who had a caramel brown hair that went down there back and looked exactly alike sitting at a extremely large wooden table eating something. A medium built woman turned around and Marie instantly knew this was Tess's mom due to their identical eyes.
"Hello! What's your name again? I'm so sorry, we have so many around here I lose track sometimes." She said with a warm smile as she went to dry her hands on a towel.
"My name is Marie, we moved here after Christmas. I'm still kind of new." Marie replied.
"Its very nice to meet you Marie. I'm Katherine." She explained as she took Marie's hand comfortably. "We are having spaghetti for dinner, is that ok?" She asked.
"Oh, yeah, that's fine." Marie answered. Her and Tess walked over to the table to sit.
"These are my cousins. This is Chloe and Ann," Tess said motioned to the twins, "they are 11."
"Hi." One waved and nudged her sister sitting next to her.
"Oh, uh hi." said the other twin. One was texting and the other had a Harry Potter book right next to her face.
"Hi." replied Marie awkwardly.
"And this is Alex, he's 14." Alex stayed focused of the video game he held in his hand and completely ignored Tess. "He'll say hi later. Once he's back to the land of the living, that is." They went to the living room and watched a movie for about an hour and a half.
"Come on, lets go up stairs." The girls jumped from their seats and rounded the corner to the giant stair case in the front entrée. When Tess made it to the top she turned to the left and walked down a hall way to her bedroom, which was twice the size of Marie's own bedroom.
"Whoa…you're room is big. Your house is so cool." Marie said, secretly jealous.
"Ya, I like it, but the only reason we have it is because my grandpa built it, we aren't rich or anything." Tess said nonchalantly. Marie inwardly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed at herself for being self conscious.
"Oh, that's cool." Marie bounced on Tess's bed and looked up at the ceiling.
"Sooo, how is Dylan? Mr. Hunk and a half?" Marie joked.
"Hmmm, delicious." She said with a mischievous grin, "I'll tell you about it after dinner, lets go."
"Ok, I'll meet you down there. Where is your bathroom?" Marie requested.
"Oh its down the hall and next to the stairs."
Marie slowly made her way down the hall, admiring the house's beauty along the way. While she was using said bathroom she heard loud footsteps on the stairs and wondered who would be stomping up the stair case so loudly. Suddenly there was a bang at the bathroom door that made her jump.
"Tess!" A deep voice yelled. "Tess god, hurry up!" Marie quickly finished up and swung open the door. 'No,' She thought, 'no, it can't be. There is no way in hell its him! He's the guy from my dream!'
"Uh, s-sorry." She stuttered. As she remembered the details of her dream, her cheeks flooded with heat.
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Kalamazoo Unfiltered American Wheat Ale - Bell's Brewery, Inc.
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3.5/5 rDev -10.9%
01-09-2012 00:46:02 | More by imperialking
3.5/5 rDev -10.9%
11-27-2011 05:24:10 | More by barnzy78
3.25/5 rDev -17.3%
11-27-2011 03:37:33 | More by brandoman63
4/5 rDev +1.8%
As wheat ales go, this knockoff of Oberon is a fresh tasting wheat ale, mildly hopped, with a floral note. Hazy light brown with a decent head. Breadiness in the nose, with wheat accents. Very drinkable and soft, lush and smooth, a fine summer drinker and gateway beer to the Bells lineup. This brew was bottled on June 16, 2008 and consumed on July 2nd.
11-28-2009 18:35:24 | More by robbyc1
3.1/5 rDev -21.1%
A- A Hazy gold color when poured, has good head retention
S- Smells slightly fruity and a bit cheesy
T- Leaves a milky coating with a slight bitter but heavy feel.
M- Medium-light body with high carbonation.
D- Not really a beer I'd drink regularly.
09-23-2008 22:49:23 | More by beerfairy
4.28/5 rDev +8.9%
Pretty similar beer to Oberon, and therefore excellent. Hazy golden color. After a little bit of time there's no head. Very crisp flavor with some citrus kick and a good balance of hops. Overall, a magnificently balanced wheat ale. I assume Bells will stop making this now that they are distributing Oberon in Chicago again.
09-04-2008 04:34:16 | More by waltonc
4.1/5 rDev +4.3%
(Served in a weizen glass)
had to try some phoberon before it is gone.
A- This slightly hazy glowing orange body has some small particles swirling around like a beer snow globe with a yellowish creamy head that last for a good long while. There is a gentle carbonation of tiny bubbles that support the head.
S-The light taste of white bread dough blends into a soft piney citrus hop finish.
T- The taste of hops is the first thing I notice with a spicy dry orange quality to them. After a few sips the notes of white wheat bread and a slight musty note come through. There is sweet orange flavor that fades into soft green hops at the finish. The soft bitterness of hops and orange peel hints linger for a moment after each sip.
M- This beer has a medium-full mouthfeel
D- The citrusy flavor of the hops have some nice depth to them and the light flavor make this a nice summer sipper especially as the temperature rises.
08-18-2008 18:09:27 | More by rhoadsrage
3.9/5 rDev -0.8%
A- golden yellow with a small off white head. nothing special here
S- slight clove and banana and a bit of yeast
T- spicy and slightly hoppy with a touch of mild citrus. very pleasant.
M- a little thing and slightly too much carbonation.
D- a very drinkable summer beer. similar to oberon, but not quite. oh well, i live in illinois and this is the closest i can come up with.
07-31-2008 04:19:57 | More by jwinship83
North Carolina
4.33/5 rDev +10.2%
Obtained this bier from a patient of mine who is really into Bell's Brewery products.
A: Looks good pouring out of the bottle and into the glass. Good-sized head with decent lacing. Almost a yellow-orange color and very hazy. Not as much as a typical hefeweizen, but close.
S: Citrusy, bready, and wheaty...
T: One of the best american made biers I have had in a long, long time. A little hoppy, refreshing, and very satisfying. The smells come out in the taste.
M: Pleasant, nothing exciting here.
D: This is definitely a bier I would have at my local watering hole as well as bringing it to a friends place for a BBQ.
Overall, find this bier and enjoy it. Many people prefer the Oberon from Bell's, but this is better...Prosit.
07-27-2008 00:31:28 | More by nocheinsbitte
North Carolina
4/5 rDev +1.8%
Pale hazy amber with a decent white head that lasts and laces well.
Very fresh scent of gentle wheat, fresh meadow grasses, orange and lighe spice.
Flavor is very wheaty and fresh, light citrus, flowers, hints of bubblegum, and grass. Hops have a green freshness that matches the fresh flavors of the beer.
Body is medium, creamy, wheaty-slick and very quaffable. My boy Steve brought back a sixer from a recent trip to Chicago. Glad to have sampled this. Everyone who tried it compared it to Oberon, I thought it wasd just a hair more complex.
07-24-2008 19:59:52 | More by AlexJ
4.1/5 rDev +4.3%
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a 20oz imperial pint.
Batch # 8515
A: Pours a hazy/cloudy, bright, pale-golden color that shows off whispy tendrils of yeast sediment floating inside. Off-white, one-finger head recedes quickly and leaves a bit of lace in the glass.
S: Interesting aroma of fresh baked bread, lemon-y citrus, yeast, herbal hops, and toasted grain.
T: Spicy yeast, lemon, toasted malt, freshly baked bread, spices, a touch of caramel, orange zest, and herbal/floral hops fill the bill here.
M: Prickly and bitter with some welcome washes of sweet juiciness. Finish is dry and long lasting.
D: Heather and I drank a lot of Oberon recently and I have to say, I actually prefer this. Lots of bready characteristics coupled with bitter hops and toasted malt. Very refreshing!
06-30-2008 23:27:57 | More by GbVDave
3.9/5 rDev -0.8%
Pours cloudy golden color with minimal head.
Scent is malty with wheat, yeast and a little citrus.
Wheat flavor is strong, with nicely balanced malts and yeast. Yeast lingers into a dry finish.
Mouthfeel is a little biting, but clean.
Doing a side by side comparison with this and Oberon, I definitely prefer this. It may have been the fact that it was fresher, but I thought this beer was more balanced.
I usually pass wheat beers up, but I think I will be picking some more of this up while it is still available and enjoy some more on a hot summer day.
06-24-2008 00:37:39 | More by paco1029384756
4.15/5 rDev +5.6%
Pours a very hazey amber with a medium golden pilsner touch amidst a high sediment content. Very sluggish bubbling, but great two finger head with some almost even lacing. Has a dry banana bubble gum aroma with a very faint herbal hop note that finishes the nose nose of this beer. The taste starts a bit subpar fr a Bell's brew. A bit adjunty with a touch of wheat and cloves and and maybe some carob. Hints of yeasty must with a few banana grove notes. Earthy and fruity mixwith some very faint, dry toast notes. The palateis a little spongey and clumpy, but still insanely refreshing and satysfying.
06-22-2008 02:29:54 | More by scruffwhor
3.98/5 rDev +1.3%
Appearance - Deep golden yellow with a heavy brown tint. Thick white head that remains protecting the flavor from oxygen
Smell - I know that some others said citrus, but I'm getting a heavy smell of green herbs and STRONG yeast/bread and citrus on the back end.
Taste - Strong wheat upfront... almost flour like with a bitterness not necessarily from hops... maybe the herbs I smelled? Again citrus on the back end... an after thought.
Mouthfeel - Dry... full bodied... zesty carbonation. Thicker than I expected.
Drinkability - It is a Bell's... err... Kalamazoo, do you really need to ask? Of course it is drinkable. I'm off to the fridge for another once I've finished this post.
I tell you what... I usually reserve my reviews until after I've had at least 2 visits to a beer. I poured my second and reserved the sediment. Now, I get the citrus that everyone is talking about in the smell... Not so much in the taste though. Still a great beer and one of the few times I recommend against sediment being added in. But please decide for yourself.
06-19-2008 00:00:54 | More by MayorAdamWest
4.5/5 rDev +14.5%
A - deep golden colour, slightly hazy; moderate head that dissipates fairly quickly
S - citrus, strong orange, up front followed by slight wheaty scents
T - once again, citrus reigns with bits of hoppyness shining through
M - bubbly and light, very smooth
D - definite session beer; will be a great summer beer
Both my local beer bar and local liquor store picked this up the same weekend. Cannot wait to pop open a bottle to see how that is.
06-14-2008 19:26:41 | More by zorandra
4.28/5 rDev +8.9%
Batch # 8515
Pours a hazy lemon-orange with a large lid of fine, fuzzy, eggshell color that slips slowly to leave a thick rim of lace.
Smells of light, citrusy, lemons and oranges with tangy wheat and yeast, and light grassy herbal hops.
Excellent feeling medium body with lots of creamy, smooth, massaging carbonation. Flavors of the softly sweet, citrusy lemon-orange variety with lightly toasted wheat, and lightly spicy-bitter, herbal hops.
I was fortunate enough to be in Michigan drinking fresh Oberon last weekend and I'm pretty sure that this is just about a dead ringer of that. Either way, it's damn good stuff and a must try for Illinois residents. Thank you Bell's. Thank you.
06-13-2008 03:54:28 | More by Slynger
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A portrait comprised of socks – that's one of Malaysian-born artist Hong Yi latest works.
Eschewing paintbrushes, Hong Yi, who goes by the nickname Red ("Hong means red in Chinese"), has previously created a portrait of Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jay Chou using coffee ring stains. Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, most famous for his Sunflower Seeds installation, rather appropriately had his image mastered from sunflower seeds and staying relevant to her respective subject's life, she also 'painted' retired NBA superstar Yao Ming portrait using a basketball.
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When did you begin painting with things other than brushes?
Two years ago during my Uni holidays I got bored at home in Malaysia and had the urge to paint. Justin Bieber's song 'Baby' was blasting everywhere at that time, so I thought I'd do a portrait of him. I realised I didn't have my painting equipment with me – I left them in Melbourne where I studied - so I used Korean chili paste from the fridge and painted his portrait on a plate.
You're an architect by profession. How do you fit your art in with your day job, is it very time-consuming?
It differs from project to project depending on what type of materials and objects I am using. My portraits of Ai Weiwei with sunflower seeds and Yao Ming using a basketball took me about 2-3 hours to complete. The Jay Chou portrait with coffee took 12 hours, while the Zhang Yimou sock and bamboo stick portrait took 3 weeks to plan, design and install.
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What are you inspired by?
People who dare to chase their dreams and passions; acoustic and tonal music; design; blogs; kindness; love; patterns; New York and currently, the Chinese tradition and culture.
Who would you love to meet?
Katie Sokoler; to get a peek into her world of love hearts, rainbows and laughter. Jeremy Lin; to thank him for being such an inspiration. Bjarke Ingels; the current rockstar architect who has been a breath of fresh air in the industry. Yayoi Kusama (sculptor, painter and novelist) because I love her stunning, disturbing works, and I just want to see what she's like in person.
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What is your ultimate aspiration?
To organize my own art and design exhibition in a few cities around the world and to use art to empower and inspire others.


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