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Domina Cinara is writing again!
January 23, 2010
The now Domina Cinara has started writing her femdom stories again! Glimpses into her real life, her tales of sex, domination and sadistic creuelty are extremely hot and reflect the power, confidence and intelligence of this amazing woman.
Her first new story is only a few chapters in as I write this but I'm sure will build quickly considering how much and how often she is known to write. It's apparently going to center on the themes of strapon sex and forced bondage, which we know she really loves to talk about.
She's also opened up a gallery where she will be posting more dominatrix pictures of herself. Only about a half dozen are up so far but she's said more are coming soon.
- A male slave
Long Live The Domina!!!
January 14, 2010
For the last three months I've been regularly getting private comments asking if I know anything about what has happened to Domina Amanda and when she is going to return.
I decided to hold off on publicly posting any of the rumors about what she was doing and when she might come back, choosing instead to wait until the expected day arrived.
And here we are.
Go check out Domina Cinara -
Femdom Stories and you will see what I mean.
YES, IT IS HER! – This is her new diary. Check out the pictures, the writing style, the free erotic audio stories and then contact her yourself and see!
The name Domina Cinara has to do with her "departure" 3 months ago. She won't talk about specifics, but she does say that "Cinara" is her middle name and she's decided to use it. She wrote a post explaining more.
Those of you who have been patiently waiting these last months should take my advice and look, you will be very glad you did
And make sure to take a look at her other site while you're at it (a third is coming soon) – Dominatrix Phone Sex – for more pictures and free erotic audio mp3s.
- maleslave
Back From A Femdom Strapon Holiday in Germany
January 6, 2009
Well, I was away for the holidays. I went to Europe and enjoyed a very serious taste of the femdom BDSM scene in Germany. Those people sure do love their latex, and "dominant women" doesn't tell the half of it when it comes to the female as found in Germany. I nearly had the life whipped out of me by this huge breasted blonde Amazon with hair down to her ass. She was all decked out in latex molded to fit her body – complete body suit with long gloves and thigh high boots worn over it, capped off by a full strapon harness with a thick black cock loaded in it. Her tits were so damn big it was glorious, and she had her nipples pierced with these huge, heavy rings that shown clear through the latex pressing against them.
I'm still in shock over the experience and I want to write about it in detail sometime. She was fantastic. Whipped the hell out of me, then she bent me over and nearly forced her whole hand up my ass. Scared the hell out of me then, but my cock is getting hard thinking about it now.
Gotta tell you, there is something really hot about a dominatrix speaking German while taking your ass with a strapon. That language is so built for femdom – nothing soft and sweet about it. It is totally perfect for a dominatrix to use while in session, because it sounds of pure domination and command. It's not so much cruel sounding, as it makes you jump when spoken the right way, and leaves no room for hesitation.
Whew! I should write a whole post telling about what she did to me, and I hope to. Damn heavy strapon domination for sure, and that portion of our femdom session really blew my mind, along with the huge load she had built up in me. But she did a lot more than whip me and abuse my ass. Give me a week or two to settle down and I'll happily talk about it.
Seems the post I did on forced bi stories is popular. I've been getting a good reaction to it including some comments. I think that just goes to show how popular forced bi really is. Guys might not talk about it but like I said, it's apparently a fetish many secretly share. You should take the time to click it and read the comments that its gotten. A transsexual lady wrote a long response adding her insight to the subject that is very good.
Speaking of forced bi stories, I've been catching up on this new series Domina Amanda is writing about a sissy crybaby that she and a friend are in the process of feminizing – (you can read the first chapter "A New Butt To Plug" here – Femdom Strapon (will update link when Domina is done moving her site). It's like six chapters in so far, and I know more has happened since then so she has a lot more to tell. It starts with this friend delivering the boy as a birthday present to Domina Amanda. She wanted an anal virgin to break in her new strapon with, so her kind friend offered up a new boy she'd been playing with. Since then, the two of them have been abusing this guy in so many great ways. The part where she describes their trip to Manhattan is hilarious.
I also added a new fetish picture of Domina Amanda in a tight latex outfit. It's at the bottom of the sidebar. The pictures in this set are really hot and I hope to post another one in the future. Too bad you can't see the latex stockings and black high heels she's wearing in this one, but that'll give you something to look forward to.
- maleslave
Femdom Forced Bi Stories – Effect on a Male Slave
November 4, 2008
I was talking about feminization and sissy training, and drifted into the more masochistic male slave forms of these things, like forced crossdressing and forced bi sexuality.
Motivations for feminization are obviously unique to the individual. While some are men who truly want to become women – which maybe we could say is the "pure" form of female transformation – others are into it from a strictly sexual stance; masochistic and often inclusive of some kind of forced bi. Not all of these in the latter case actually enjoy feminization for what it is supposed to be about – they don't want to be women – many enjoy it for the male humiliation and strong feelings of submission. (Though I should also add that there are plenty of crossdressers who are also submissive and masochistic enjoying both sissy femdom play and feminization.)
I think it's the same way with forced bi fantasies and the attraction to stories with such themes. When you add femdom to any of this, you don't necessary have to be otherwise into bi sex acts to enjoy it all. Like forced feminization, the femdom component is the main thrill for many – a woman forcing your to do what she wants, not matter how extreme. Masochism and submission, rather than primarily bisexuality. In fact for those that are truly straight, being made to dress like a woman and perform bi sex acts on another man is tremendously humiliating and demeaning. But instead of being just revolting and shameful, and thus loathsome, those negative feelings end up being sexually exciting, as they turn into intense sexual pleasure to the masochistic male slave. It's the femdom component and the necessary masochistic inclinations of the one being made to perform.
That's not to say that all guys into forced bi play aren't hiding something. I'm sure plenty of guys who are into these things are probably bisexual but don't want to fully face that. But through this kind of femdom forced bi, the guy can live out his bisexual fantasies without having to admit the truth fully to himself. He can fall back on the "forced" component – "she made me do it" – while consciously seeing his attraction to be only to the beautiful dominatrix – a female – and his want to be her slave and do as she commands him.
As a male slave, I can see the fetish attraction to both forced feminization and forced bi. Such a complete and shocking sense of being owned and having no control at all. When one thinks of female domination they think of bondage, whips and a cruel dominatrix in leather. This is so much more than femdom torture or punishment in those mundane senses, this is transformation beyond male slavery. In that way it is exciting to me, even if I don't want to dress like a girl, and it's perhaps even more masochistically exciting for that exact reason. Even if it's not something I'd probably subject myself to, femdom forced bi stories and tales of similiar theme are still very arousing for reasons I've said.
Domina Amanda is writing a series of stories about a sissy slut she has. In them, she isn't forcing the slave to be a girl, but is turning him/her into a whore. I admit something like that is very hot to me, and the scenes she describes in her story as the sissy whore begins to service men has a very hot quality to it (I put a link to it at the bottom of this post). Something like forced bi cock sucking, or anal sex – the idea of how shockingly submissive and degrading that is; such an extreme sense of female domination and abject male slavery. I guess you could say that while I've never looked at men that way, and the idea of that alone does nothing for me, I do look at dominant women that way – the dominatrix would be the focus, and it would be her that was doing the things to me.
Would I do it by pure choice? No, because I don't want to dress up like a sissy and I am straight (and homosexuality on its own turns me off – no offense). But if I was made to do it by a dominatrix like Amanda, that would be different. The turn on would be how submissive the act is and how degrading. The other male is just an object – a sex toy being used by her, and the bi sex is a form of masochistic torture – something the male slave is being subjected to. You aren't really being that much of a slave if everything you do is totally what you want to. It's when you do things you never would, because a hot fetish dominatrix commands it, that you really feel your slavery. And the more extreme is it, as in the case of forced bi, the more deeply that submission and masochism is felt. Not saying it's something you start off with, it's better for those already deeply into their male slave training.
Whatever the case femdom forced bi stories are intensely hot displays of dominance and submission. All the more so if the male slave is straight and even replused by bisexuality.
Here's the link to that story I told you about earlier, it's Part 7 in a series, and is really hot and dirty. You can find the other chapters on linked to it -
Free Forced Bi Stories – "Whore Bent Over In An Alley" (her old site closed :(
Domina Amanda's new sites are now open.
She'll need time to build them into the massive thing her old diary was.
She's already posting free audio clips to one…
Dominatrix Phone Sex
And her new femdom diary is growing quickly…
Femdom Stories
I'm sure it will include many of her infamous forced bi stories.
One of My Favorite Pictures of Domina Amanda
August 20, 2008
I've been away the last few weeks, which is why I haven't added anything here in almost a month. This is a great time of year to travel and I was lucky enough to be able to mix pleasure with business, so it was a beauty. But now that I'm back my attention will be on my duties here more. I don't really have any femdom stories from my trip – it wasn't that kind of travel and I'm a bit timid when it comes to acting out my fetish fantasies. That's the big hurdle of my sex life, at least when it comes to BDSM stuff.
I decided to add one of my favorite pictures of Domina Amanda to the sidebar of my blog. I absolutely love this profile shot, as it shows off her beautiful curves so wonderfully, while still leaving enough to the imagination. Her ass looks so amazing there, as does her waist, and her taller than average height is made clear as is her obvious beauty. Such a perfect vision of female body worship.
I have a picture of her in a pair of long leather gloves that I want to add soon. I love how hot she looks in leather, and there's something so right about elbow or shoulder length gloves on a dominatrix. Sexy and elegant, while very dominant, they are definitely high on my fetish list. And Domina Amanda does such cruel femdom things when she's wearing a pair of long leather gloves.
Thinking about it gives me this vision of her standing there before a tightly bound male slave, slowly putting each glove on. Letting the leather slide up her arm, then using her other hand to smooth it and work each finger in tightly. Taking her sweet time to really let this whole ominous effect sink in for the watching male slave. This cruel smile on her face through it all, that of a dominatrix who knows exactly what she is planning for you, and wants you to suffer the anticipation as long as she pleases.
Sadly my own dopey fears would hold me back from being that male slave myself. Best I can hope for is reading about such things, or maybe seeing them in femdom pictures, and then having my own fetish fantasies based on them where I am bold enough to fully enjoy the BDSM scene myself.
A note on Domina Amanda's femdom stories – she just finished her latest, a twelve part description of a mixed real life femdom session and domination phone sex call. This is the link to the final post – strapon domination.
Forced Lesbian Domination Story
July 25, 2008
Most of the femdom stories Domina Amanda shares are things taken from her actual life (like the series of lesbian domination stories she is currently writing about her puppy slave on her blog right now), and these constitute a sizeable portion of her blog. But she does occasionally write some fictional femdom stories, such as the series of giantess tales she wrote for Giantess Island (an expanded version of one of these she recently added to her diary also).
There is another blog I have found that is somewhat like my own – one owned by a fellow admirer of Domina Amanda. Instead of writing about his experiences with her, or details about her life as I and others have done, this one is dedicated strictly to femdom stories involving her.
There isn't much on it yet, but what is there is excellent – a long lesbian domination story that is a fictionalized retelling of a night Domina Amanda spent in an NYC BDSM club. She spoke of this night on her blog, telling of how an auction was held there that night and a dominatrix friend of hers won an inexperienced female slave for the evening, who she then took up on the main stage for a public bondage performance.
The femdom story is an imagined version of what else could have happened that night, blending real events with fictional embellishment. Written by Domina Amanda, the basis for the story is a real girl that caught her eye that evening at the BDSM club – the nervous companion of the young slave girl who was won by Domina Amanda's dominatrix friend. In her femdom diary she mentioned her attractive this girl was, but preoccupied with other things that evening, she never actually did anything with her. The story follows a "what if" scenario from there – what if she had not just approached the girl, but followed fully through with her desire, leaving the young wannabe female slave with no choice but to submit to both slavery and lesbian domination.
The story is incomplete but you can read the 6 chapters that are done here – femdom stories
Sissy Fetish Audio Clips and Femdom Feminization Stories
July 22, 2008
Domina Amanda has written and recorded a bunch of sissy audio samples for one of the girlie fetish forums. Some are forced feminization with femdom strapon sex, while others are sissy cross dressing, transformation, modeling, that kinda stuff. She's written posts describing each one in her diary, and they've been collected here – sissy school – so click this link if you want to look and listen to them all.
I know Domina Amanda likes sissies very much (she's extremely open minded, as I suppose someone that deeply into female domination and BDSM would have to be). She currently has a sissy maid that lives near her and is often in her home. This is a practice she says she cannot do without, and no matter where she is living she always searches for a good sissy maid to oversee the domestic tasks in her home. She's often said no dominatrix should be without at least one.
This most recent one is a Victorian style maid she's had for I think more than a year now, and is so deeply along in feminization that Domina Amanda only refers to her in the feminine "she/her". I know she speaks highly of the formal dinners her maid prepares and serves for special occasions. This one I think is bisexual, though I know he/she is kept in chastity most of the time.
One of Domina Amanda's older audio clips can be found here -
Sissy Audio – Sweetie is a Pink Panty Tease Model
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT – I just wrote a new post with links to THREE MORE feminization recordings Domina Amanda has done.
These new clips are much more graphic than the one linked above, and as usual, Domina Amanda not only provides direct links to each audio but also writes more about the slut that inspired it.
You can find these 3 new clips through here – free sissy audio stories
A slut being trained as a whore… forced cock sucking… and a tight virgin boy pussy is popped… these new clips are really hot and totally free!
Domina Amanda – From NYC To San Francisco
July 19, 2008
Domina Amanda's move to the San Francisco Bay Area is said to have been influenced by a mix of her want to continue her collegiate studies there on the grad level, her new BDSM business commitments with people living in the area (she is part owner in a major scene related website), and her want to spend some time in another part of the country. San Francisco also held the added attraction of having its own strong femdom BDSM scene, something she first experienced in that city's form during past visits to participate in the Folsom Street Fair. She has said that she intends to move back to NYC in the future, but her current commitments require her to stay at least the rest of this year in California.
She is not currently working as a dominatrix (in the sense of owning or working for a prefessional femdom dungeon), since her time in grad school and at work occupies much of her time. But she's still deeply involved with the BDSM community, having a number of personal slaves that live locally and one bisexual puppy girl that is with her at all times – "it's only proper for the superior female to be surrounded by those meant to serve her… and it's only natural for the dominant female to do what she was born to – dominate. Just as it's only natural for the masses to do what they were born to – be my slaves ~laughs~."
At the invitation of a friend, she recently began doing femdom phone sex again as a further outlet for her own sexual fantasies and compulsions. Her strong sex drive and uninhibited approach to enjoying it is part of why she thinks she could never live in the country, as much as she thinks it's nice there. Diversity of people and sexual outlets are a must for her, and she has the constant drive to meet and "explore" new "possibilities" ("possibilities" being what she calls other human beings that she chooses to explore through sexual domination). "There are all different kinds of people out there… it isn't that some are good and some bad… it's just a matter of figuring out how best you can use them for your own pleasure. Bad people are only bad because they are in need of someone to put them in their place. No slave is worthless, you just have to know how to exploit them in a way that makes them worthwhile to you ~grinz~."
Domination phone sex is something she has been involved with in the past, and it was her great knowledge and notoriety in the BDSM community that led to her being offered a job as a private contractor with the company she now works with. Due to the depth of her real life experiences, she has quickly grown to be one of the most popular Mistresses involved there, and one of the top sexual domination operators.
Domina Amanda sees domination phone sex as an interesting variation on the real face-to-face thing. The primary attraction for her is the nature of the medium and possible content. The nature of the medium – world wide phone network – allows an incredible variety of callers from all over the planet, and a near endless source of new people to "violate and corrupt". In terms of content, since domination phone sex is largely fetish fantasy, the possibilities can go further into the extreme, not just what is being done, but where and how. Cruel femdom torture sessions on the phone can be held to realistic limits, or founded in completely fanciful stories that would be impossible to do in real life. Whatever the case, the medium presents its own set of options for sexual domination that she feels any dominatrix would at the very least find interesting.
She is also writing an online diary where she shares her experiences and opinions on BDSM and female domination. These experiences are often related through the telling of femdom stories taken from things she has done in her life. Not really written in a true story form, they are more glimpses into her cruel mind, shared in a very conversational style (though she has written some fictional femdom stories too, like her giantess tales and those of her alter-ego – Demoness Amanda, BDSM stories).
- maleslave
Long Leather Gloves and Femdom CBT
July 12, 2008
The latest in Domina Amanda's collection of femdom stories and BDSM reflections is building very nicely (this is the link to the latest in the series – femdom CBT). Just like I was saying a few days ago, as I read the first three parts of the story I could tell things were going to go extreme in not time at all, and that is exactly what's happened. Leave that cruel dominatrix alone with a bound slave and you know she's gonna go all femdom sadism on him in no time. Give her an audience and the torture is gonna get brutal for sure.
Right now it's gone femdom CBT. No sex toys yet, just her leather gloves crushing, twisting and pulling. I love it but it makes me cringe too. That and the heavy rope bondage. The image she puts in my head of that female domination scene is so hot.
Watching something like that, or reading about it turns me on so much, but I can't imagine having such torture done to me. To me, what's down there seems too fragile, and yet I have witnessed seriously brutal CBT before, and the capacity for the male genitalia to take punishment is beyond what one would expect. Maybe it's that sense of threat and impossibility that gets a rise out of me, I don't know but I like it and admit the BDSM fetish attracts me. The thought of being her helpless bondage slave gets my heart pounding. Think too much and my head spins. But I think that if I ever met Domina Amanda I would coward out. I know she is coming back to NYC this Fall, and will be making an appearance at the femdom dungeon of that dominatrix friend of hers I've written about here.
I will continue the posts about Domina Amanda's past in a couple days. Until then visit her femdom diary to read more about her from her – Domina Amanda – she posts like mad to that thing. Not dozens of posts weekly, but frequent and long.
Here's a blog by a hot young stripper. She's a fetish model too so there are lots of pictures of her up on it… most of them of her in leather thigh high boots.
- maleslave
Cruel Femdom Story
July 9, 2008
Right now on her blog, Domina Amanda is talking about a recent femdom BDSM session she had with one of her personal sex slaves, while a dominatrix phone sex caller listened in on speaker phone. The story started off good with her describing the two slaves and what she enjoys doing to them, but it's getting really good now, full of lots of the cruel femdom details as she really gets into the bondage scene.
Domina Amanda's femdom BDSM stories are always about things she has really done. They're more reflections and experiences than they are stories really. Best parts arent even when she describes what she did, but how into it she was. This beautiful dominatrix (this guy talks to her a lot and tries to find out more details about things she mentions in her femdom diary, then he posts them to his with her permission) talking about how the cruel things she's doing to some slave gets her off. How much she likes to make men scream and suffer sexually, using them so throughly that they are unable to move when she is done with them. And as you read her words you can feel the devious smile that's on her face, and sadistic joy in her eyes as she remembers the moment she is talking about. Her attitude so fits what she looks like, and what she is into.
You can find this BDSM story here – cruel femdom. It's in 3 parts right now and looks like at least one or two more to go. The primary themes are a mix of rope bondage, voyeurism, and sexual domination. It would appear that the next chapter is going to see some femdom CBT, and she has already played with one of those leather whips she loves so much. And the male slave that is with her is of course "suffering" under some tight rope bondage, as one would expect from Domina Amanda.
Best part for me is the end of the latest post, but I'll shut up there. I like it when she gets all cruel femdom on helpless slaves, but I'm such a coward myself. Weird how someone can be so turend on by sexual domination, femdom BDSM and everything like that, and yet totally frozen when it comes to taking the leap into being the target of the abuse I love to imagine. All I've been able to do so far is make dominatrix phone sex calls, read BDSM erotica and watch femdom themed movies, besides my own fetish fantasies. I like some crazy stuff so I think it's probably best I stop there LOL. When I say my thing is cruel femdom I'm not joking.
- maleslave


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If you're focusing on eating a healthy diet, eating pizza probably isn't at the top of your list of approved foods, and Chicago-style pizza is probably laughably out of reach for you. So it may not surprise you to read that David Zinczenko co-author of Eat This Not That rated the 7 pizzas that were the worst to eat, and a Chicago-style pizza came out in the number 1 slot. The individual sized Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza contains 2,310 calories, 162 g fat, and 4,920 mg of sodium. Yowza, right? But at least we have someone agreeing that Chicago-style pizza is #1. Right?

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In 1854, Esther O'Zayle-Solomon, a refugee from the Portuguese Inquisition, stood on a Southampton dock watching the SS Calcutta set sail for Melbourne. As she waved her son goodbye, she could never have imagined the crisscross-continental future of her dynasty. Likewise, Solomon, waving from the deck, could little have imagined that his Australian-born daughter would marry a man burning with gold-fever and in turn sail to South Africa.And, even in her wildest dreams, his daughter—Hannah Solomon-Myers, mother of Ivy Myers-Oliver and grandmother of Nola Oliver-Horwitz—could never have imagined that 140 years later her line would become dinky-die Aussie once more. Nola traces the history of both her and her husband Ralph's clans—how they came together and how they forged new lives in distant lands. Nola (who modestly refers to herself as just a simple housewife) records their stories: tales of persecution, adventure and achievement, including relatives whose contribution to the world is legend—Albert Einstein and Paul Ehrlich in the sciences; Myra Hess, Ronald Harwood and Sir Anthony Sher in the arts.They got the brains, quips Nola, but we got the looks. To her family, who lovingly and respectfully call their feisty, fit, seventy-seven-year-old matriarch, The Balabos, Nola bequeaths this great gift—a slice of their heritage preserved forever between the leaves of this memoir.
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ADHD is often misunderstood.
From diagnosis and testing to ADHD treatments, many parents get confused by all of the information, and much of the misinformation, available about ADHD.
If you take a step back and look at ADHD like any other chronic childhood condition, like asthma, diabetes, or epilepsy, you will have a much easier time parenting your child with ADHD and getting help.
ADHD Symptoms
The symptoms of ADHD are usually grouped into three major categories, including:
- having trouble paying attention (inattention) and getting easily distracted
- being hyperactive or "on the go" (hyperactivity)
- being impulsive or doing things without really thinking about them (impulsivity)
Keep in mind that many children can occasionally get distracted or be a little hyperactive. To be considered a true symptom of ADHD, these symptoms should also be causing some kind of impairment, for example, leading to behavior problems, school performance problems, difficultly making and keeping friends, etc.
Types of ADHD
Children can have ADHD even if they don't have all of the symptoms of ADHD. That is because there are several types of ADHD, including:
- ADHD, Inattentive Type - which includes those children who mostly have symptoms of inattention, such as not being able to pay attention to details, getting easily distracted, being forgetful, etc.
- ADHD, Hyperactive - Impulsive Type - which includes those children who mostly have symptoms of hyperactivity and/or impulsivity, such as fidgeting a lot, having trouble staying in his seat, talking excessively, being on the go, interrupting others, having trouble waiting for his turn, etc.
- ADHD, Combined Type - if the child has all of the major symptoms of ADHD
A lot of people talk about ADD and ADHD as if they were two different things, reserving ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for those kids who are hyperactive and ADD for those aren't. Keep in mind that both ADD and ADHD are simply generic terms for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder though and don't really describe the type of ADHD a person has.
Getting Tested for ADHD
Parents looking for a quick test for ADHD are going to be disappointed. Unfortunately, there is no blood test, x-ray, or other ADHD test. Instead, your child's pediatrician will test your child for ADHD by:
- asking the child's parents open-ended questions and focused questions in an interview
- providing questionnaires and ADHD symptom checklists or ADHD rating scales for the parents and teachers
- evaluating the child for other coexisting conditions, such as conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, depression, anxiety, and learning disabilities
Other ADHD tests are available, however, the American Academy of Pediatrics states that "other diagnostic tests are not routinely indicated to establish the diagnosis of ADHD." These would include regular screening for high lead levels, routine thyroid function testing, brain imaging studies (MRI, CT, SPECT, PET Scans, etc.), electroencephalography (EEG), or continuous performance tests (CPTs).
Your pediatrician is a good place to start when you are concerned that your child has ADHD, but other health professionals that do ADHD testing include child psychologists and child psychiatrists.
ADHD Treatments
Although there seem to be many ADHD treatments that you could use to treat your child with ADHD, only two types are recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. These recommended ADHD treatments are ADHD medications, including stimulants and non-stimulants, and behavior therapy.
The AAP states that behavior therapy can include "parent training in behavior therapy and classroom behavior interventions," and focus either on the "child's behavior problems and difficulties in family relationships" or on his behavior in the classroom.
ADHD Medications
Much of the stigma surrounding ADHD medications, besides the fact that they are stimulants, revolves around the side effects they cause. Originally, there were only two medications, Ritalin and Adderall, and they came in just a few dosages. That often meant that a child had to tolerate any side effects he had, such as weight loss, insomnia, or even changes in personality, if he wanted to continue taking the medication.
Fortunately, there is now a much greater choice in ADHD medications and each is available in a wide range of dosages. This makes it much easier to fine tune a child's dosage to maximize the medication's benefits and minimize, or eliminate, any possible side effects.
Commonly used ADHD medications include:
- Methylphenidate- (or Ritalin)-based
- Concerta
- Daytrana (patch)
- Focalin and Focalin XR
- Metadate CD
- Metadate ER
- Methylin Chewable Tablets
- Methylin Oral Solution
- Methylin ER
- Ritalin
- Ritalin LA
- Ritalin SR
- Amphetamine-based
- Adderall and Adderall XR
- Dexedrine
- Vyvanse
- Non-stimulants
These medications differ in how long they last (short-acting vs. long-acting), their side effects (which can differ from one child to another), and in what form they are available (capsules, patch, pills, etc.). If one doesn't work, your pediatrician will likely adjust the dose or switch to another until you find the right medicine for your child.
Extra Help for Kids with ADHD
If your child's ADHD medication is not working well, you may need extra help, which can include:
- further testing to confirm that the child truly has ADHD
- modifications at school under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- behavioral therapy
- an evaluation by a child psychologist and/or a child psychiatrist
- getting a good night's sleep
AAP. Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosis and Evaluation of the Child With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Pediatrics 2000 105: 1158-1170
AAP. Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of the School-Aged Child With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Pediatrics 2001 108: 1033-1044.
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. J. AM. ACAD. CHILDADOLESC. PSYCHIATRY, 46:7, JULY 2007


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An Obvious Lesson for Microsoft and it's OEM Partners?
How to Sell Things
I would never claim to be a sales and marketing expert. So maybe I'm mistaken, but I though there was a tried and true method for selling things to people:
- Show them the product
- Convince them of why they should want the product
- Tell them where they can get it
- Finally, say what it will cost them
While I'm sure there may be other ways to do it, I think this is how the home shopping network and infomercials keep the money rolling in. So if I take a leap of faith, and assume that the aforementioned method is reasonably correct, then why do Microsoft and their partners seem to be doing something completely different?
Exhibit A...
Microsoft Surface
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Back in June Microsoft announced the Microsoft Surface, their official entry into the new tablet market. They showed off a very attractive, and fairly innovative device that was identifiably different from the competition. I sat, eyes glued to my laptop screen, as I watched their presentation.
- Attractive design...check!
- Cool and compelling features....check!
- Microsoft presentation glitch....check :p
- My android tablet getting closer to the trashcan....double check!
With my credit card at the ready, I waited for those magic words that never came, "The surface will be available on ??? for a price of ???; and you can preorder right now by going to ???" Microsoft, that ain't right.
OEMs and Windows 8
With all of the announcements coming out of IFA 2012 from companies like HP, Samsung, Sony and Asus, the one thing I never heard was price. Even with dates for availability, the only quotes I read from hardware partners was, "launching with Windows 8". Fortunately Microsoft did say when windows 8 will be available. But is it too much to ask for someone to say, "PC X will be in stores October 26th"? Microsoft, that ain't right.
Windows Phone
Who has two thumbs and would have preordered a Lumia 920 today? THIS GUY!
I'm a T-Mobile customer(U.S.), and in all likelihood the first flagship WP8 device is not going to be on my network. What's worse, I still have over a year left on my contract. However, today I was convinced to bite the bullet and switch, so that I could enjoy the magical device Nokia just announced. I said I was convinced, but that may change. Why? Because no price, date or carrier was announced.
As more devices are announced. I may find something acceptable (if not magical) on my own network, that will hold me over until the end of my contract. For a company like Nokia, who is struggling a bit, grabbing hold of those people willing to make the switch matters. They even have a hash tag for it. Worse yet, next week the new iPhone will be announced; and it's a safe bet that Apple will tell you when you can get it and how much it will cost. With no announced date, price or carrier for the new Lumia, potential customers are lost to competing products who will gladly take their fist full of money...now. Microsoft, that ain't right.
Final Thought
I wonder if I'm a sane man in a crazy Microsoft world, or a crazy man looking too harshly at Microsoft's ingenious Marketing plan. All I know is I have a fist full of money, a crappy android tablet (XOOM), and an old Centrino Duo laptop that's needs replacing. Someone's going to get my money. I guess I'll be good kid and wait till the end of October, but I'm quite sure that there are others who will not.


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CLEVELAND, BRADLEY COUNTY, TN (WRCB) -- A production crew from A&E's "Disaster Guy" is shooting in Cleveland. Within a couple of weeks an elderly couple will have a new home.
The host of the show said it's about finding people that have been through the unthinkable and making life thinkable. He's been in the construction business for 25 years, and says finally he's found a job that is more than just a paycheck.
"My mission in life is to take the unbearable in life and make it bearable. Let's take the devastation the nightmare, and in record time bring you back home to paradise," said host of the show Steve Frasher.
The April 27th storms took everything from Betty and Jerry Morris. "Disaster Guy" executive producer Jon Grosskopf felt obligated to help.
"This is where the entire family would congregate on special occasions, and to have lost it all was a huge blow to not just Jerry and Betty, but to the extended family," said Grosskopf.
More than 100 workers and volunteers will have the home back up within a few weeks.
Frasher who doesn't seem to take breaks says it's hard to pick one home when there's so much destruction.
He said he often has to convince families it's ok to accept help. The Morris' were no different, "these people are givers not takers, it was very hard for them to allow me to give to them. But we're fortunate they let me do it."
Frasher said each finished product is like Christmas morning to him, it takes his crews a few weeks to wrap the present. The end result never lets him down.
"For them to come home to something that quickly, they're blown away. It blows me away every time. It's like pinch me am I sleeping. Nope you're not. You're home," said Frasher.
This house will be done in a few weeks, and we'll bring you updates along the way. The show airs this fall.
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Questions asked by students: ESL
Questions asked by students thinking of enrolling in ES&L
Do I have to be a Trinity student to take ES&L?
No. You can be a student at any of the other colleges on the St. George campus and still take the program.
What can I do with a major program in ES&L?
ES&L allows undergraduates to explore ethics, society, or law with an interdisciplinary approach in a small program with excellent colleagues based at Trinity College in the University of Toronto.
Issues at the intersection of ethics, society, and law are fascinating. Students are required to cover core areas in each stream, but are also allowed to select their own areas of focus from many optional courses.
The program does not aim to prepare you for a specific career but it will provide you with a useful background for a wide range of careers, for example, in law, business, journalism, teaching, social work, or clinical ethics. It may serve as a significant part of an undergraduate degree in preparation for graduate studies in such fields as philosophy, political science, sociology, legal studies, public policy, etc.
Students may explore the study of the law to see if they are interested in law school (or to focus on either ethics or society).
Majors commonly doubled with ES&L include Political Science, Philosophy, and Criminology.
So it is not a "pre-law" program?
Right, ES&L is not designed for "pre-law" students in particular. (However, quite a few of the students in the program do apply to law schools.)
What if my first request to enroll in the program is unsuccessful?
ES&L had 260 requests in the first round of 2013, and at least 100 more requests were anticipated in the second round. But there are only 70 new spots available in the program each year. Thus the program is having to set a cut-off in the B+ range.
That is why achieving the threshold average in the relevant courses does not ensure invitation to the program, as is stated in the the ES&L entry in the FAS Calendar.
Students who are not successful in their first request are certainly welcome to apply in subsequent rounds or years, and in the interim to take courses (that are not restricted to ES&L students) that count in the program.
The program is becoming increasingly popular and competitive. For applicants coming out of second year, in the first round in 2013 the cut-off fell in the B+ range (just as it did for applicants coming out of first year). Each interested student should asses carefully the likelihood of achieving a competitive average in the required prerequisite courses; if there are concerns about achieving the average, a "plan B" would be a good idea.
The cut-offs cannot be predicted with certainty. They depend on the number and quality of requests.
The online FAS Calender (p. 590) stipulates the relevant base requirements:
The Ethics, Society, and Law Major is a Type 2 limited enrolment
program. Enrolment is limited to students with an overall average of 73%
or higher in 3 FCEs (at the end of first year) selected from courses that
are categorized as BR=2 and/or BR=3. For students applying at the end
of second year, a minimal overall average of 73% is required in 3 FCEs,
as follows: (a) PHL271H1, (b) 2.5 FCEs from other courses that count
towards the program including at least 0.5 FCE from: POL200Y1,
PHL265H1, PHL275H1, ETH201H1, ETH210H1, ETH220H1, and
ETH230H1. In either case, achieving the threshold mark does not
necessarily guarantee admission to the program in any given year.
Applications beyond second year will be assessed on a case-by-case
If I have already taken some ES&L courses before enrolling in the program, can I count them as program credits?
Yes. For example, if you take PHL 273H (Environmental Ethics) before enrolling in the program, you can count it as a program credit.
If I enrol in ES&L and in another major program or in two additional minor programs, and if I take a course that can be used to satisfy a requirement in two of these programs, can I count the course for credit in both programs or in only one?
You may use the course to satisfy requirements in both programs provided that your programs (two majors or one major and two minors) include at least twelve different courses (FCEs). Please consult the Degree Requirements section of the Faculty of Arts and Science Calendar and your College Registrar for further information on double-counting courses.
What about prerequisites for courses in ES&L?
Many upper-year courses in the program have prerequisites determined by their home departments or colleges, and many of these prerequisites are not ES&L courses. Thus students need to plan ahead and make sure their program of study fulfills the prerequisite requirements for the courses they wish to take in upper years.
Although the ES&L program does not have any 100-level requirements, there are upper-year courses in the program that have 100-level prerequisites. You need to make yourself aware of these prerequisites and plan accordingly.
Questions asked by students enrolled in the program
Is there anything special I need to know about being in a program in which most of the courses are listed from a number of other departments and colleges?
Yes. First, the chief benefits of being in such a program are flexibility and multidisciplinarity. The options available to you have been drawn from many departments and colleges in the Faculty of Arts & Science. Second, this means that many of the courses do not give priority to ES&L students. Thus you need to plan ahead carefully, and enrol in courses as soon as your enrolment period is open. It would also be advisable to have alternative selections in mind when enrolling. Third, many upper-year courses in the program have prerequisites determined by their home departments or programs, and many of these prerequisites are not ES&L courses; thus you need to plan ahead and make sure your program of study fulfills the prerequisite requirements for the courses you wish to take in upper years.
Where can I find a list of courses available in ES&L?
Please see the lists of courses, starting at: ES&L at Trinity: Requirements and Courses. The lists, divided into required courses and streams A, B, C, and D, are updated regularly. Course Descriptions can be found in the Calendar.
If you notice a change in the status of a course offering that should be recorded on our web pages, please inform the ES&L Director.
May I substitute a different course for one of the courses in the program?
With the permission of the Program Director, you may substitute courses not listed in the program for a maximum of two of the program's optional courses (FCEs).
There are some 80 optional courses listed in ES&L; unless you have a relevant timetable conflict or some other special circumstance making it necessary that you look for a substitute, we do not normally grant substitution credits. If such circumstances are the case, please send the Director (1) a brief email note clearly explaining the necessity for the substitution credit, as well as the following information: (2a) the full calendar course description (with web address), (2b) the departmental description for the course (if any, and web address), and (2c) the course website and description for the course (if any). Potential substitution credits should have official calendar descriptions that indicate content directly relevant to the study of ethics, society or law. The Director's decision will be based largely on whether, in his judgment, the course(s) would be suitable for inclusion in the program.
Students require a note from the ES&L Director giving permission to count a substitution credit. They are strongly advised to keep a copy of the note on file as a record of permission in case there is any confusion about the fulfillment of requirements in the future.
If I find a course (not listed in ES&L) that I think would be a suitable course for the program, what can I do?
You should tell the Director. If the Director considers the course suitable for inclusion in the program, he will recommend to Trinity's Dean of Arts that permission be sought to add the course to the program. The Dean will seek the permission of the college or department that sponsors the course.
What if I do not have a prerequisite for an ES&L course I want to take?
This would normally mean you would not be eligible to take the course. If, however, you think you have equivalent preparation, you should speak with the instructor.
What role does TRN 412H play in the ES&L program?
Its role is to integrate the program by examining selected topics and readings related to the themes of ethics, society, and law in the format of a senior seminar. The course is restricted to students in their final year of registration in the program.
What role does TRN 425Y play in the ES&L program?
Typically in mid-July the 12-15 senior ES&L majors with the highest cGPAs are invited to join the Law Workshops course. The course is challenging and seating is limited. It is unlikely the cut-off would go below a cGPA of about 3.50 in any given year.


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Beyond Good & Evil HD Hovercrafts To PSN
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Jealous of all the Xbox 360 gamers exploring the world of Hillys with Jade and Pey'j? I would be too. How could Ubisoft leave PS3 gamers high and dry like that? Patience is a virtue my friends and Sony fanboys would be smart to start learning how to wait.
The PlayStation Blog got the scoop from Eric Damian-Vernet, Associate Producer at Ubisoft:
PS3 users will also be rewarded for their patience with two PS3 exclusive avatars for their profile cards. If you download BG&E HD within the first two weeks of release you'll get both Jade and Pey'j avatars (above).
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Game one of part II of the Subway Series saw the Mets fall to the hated Yankees by the score of 5-1 on Friday night. Jonathan Niese was touched up for three runs in the first inning and the offense was plagued by a lack of timely hitting and some suspect umpiring from home plate ump Jerry Layne.
The key play came in the 7th inning, which you can view here in case you missed it. Despite the call being disputed by Reyes and Chip Hale, the home plate umpire Layne stuck by his call after game.
Game two of the series is scheduled for 4:05 PM tomorrow and will be broadcast nationally on Fox. Taking the mound for the Mets will be Dillon Gee and for the Yankees, Bartolo Colon will return from the disable list. Colon, in the midst of a surprisingly excellent season, was on the shelf with a hamstring injury suffered trying to cover first base.
If you want to go to the game and have some money available to plunk down (apparently $45, to be exact), the Mets are selling standing room tickets for tomorrow's game. Tickets go on sale at 9:00 AM at the Citi Field box office.
Some news on injured players: in case you missed it yesterday, Taylor Buchholz will stay on the shelf for the foreseeable future, as he's suffering from a combination of depression and anxiety. Get well soon, Taylor. Manny Acosta's status is up in the air due to his injured wrist. Ryota Igarashi would be recalled in the event the Acostalypse hits the DL. Finally, Johan Santana threw from a mound on Wednesday with no issue. Keep your fingers crossed!
Two people were singing the praises of Jose Reyes: Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley, who'll be on the TBS All Star selection show on Sunday and future Hall of Famer Alex Rodriguez both had glowing reviews of the Mets shortstop.
Mike Piazza will manage the US team in this year's All-Star Futures game. The Futures game, a showcase of the best minor league talent around the country, is set to take place July 10th at 6 PM and can be seen on ESPN2. Binghamton starter Matt Harvey was chosen for the US team, while St. Lucie third baseman Jefry Marte will play for the World team.
Congratulations, Bobby Bonilla! As of July 1st, you're officially back on the Mets payroll! Don't spend it all in one place.
Jeff Sullivan classifies closers celebrations using animated gif's of each closer. Frankie Rodriguez naturally fits into "The Showstoppers" category.
Around the NL East
Not much help in the division on Friday, as three of the other four teams won. Only the Marlins fell, 15-5 to the Texas Rangers. They're now 4-6 under Jack McKeon.
The Phillies won 7-6 over the Blue Jays, despite a predictably poor start from Kyle Kendrick. Cole Hamels will try to make his next start after getting hit in the non-pitching hand with an Adrian Gonzalez line drive.
Jair Jurrjens threw a one-hit complete game shutout as the Braves beat the Orioles 4-0.
The Nationals beat the Pirates 2-1, Davey Johnson's first victory since taking over as manager. The Nats are 1-3 under Johnson. Obviously, they should #firedaveyjohnson for ruining the chemistry, amirite?
Around the Majors
Dave Cameron delves into a really crazy topic: Trading 22 year old stud pitcher Michael Pineda. Wait, what? If he's available, we'll gladly take him off the Mariners' hands, Mr. 6org!
The Frank McCourt case seems to churn out new news daily. Apparently, McCourt had to pay a $5 million commitment fee to secure the hedge fund financing temporarily keeping the team afloat. Some checks paid to Dodgers' gameday employees bounced. It's quite a shame that McCourt was allowed into the fraternity of baseball owners.
Finally, David Ortiz and Prince Fielder will serve as "Home Run Derby Captains" representing their respective leagues in this year's home run derby. This is a brand new format, which will require Ortiz and Fielder to choose the other three competitors in each league. This seems like a strange way to choose the participants.


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Possibly the best thing about having a startup is finally hiring exactly the people you admire and want to learn from. It took two years to hire Ryan Rawson and Alex Newman. It was totally worth it.
And you should work for us too. Just drop a line to firstname.lastname@example.com … a sentence saying "hi".
So, why the hell should you work here instead of some companies that promise to IPO soon?
Because we're changing the data infrastructure industry and you're going to be essential.
You're going to be the first technical non-founder. That's pretty amazing. You'll be integral to the product's success…it won't ship without you. And we'll listen when you want to build something your way, using the tools you want.
You're going to get to build something from the ground up, the way *you* want it. How many times have you raged against your database because it's horrible/slow/inflexible? How many late-night phone calls or times spent optimizing joins instead of building cool stuff? You get the chance to build something you've wanted your entire life.
We don't hire jerks. We surround ourselves with the folks we want to be like. You're going to be in a free-thinking, judgment-free environment. This is rather rare in this part of the startup world, it seems.
Just drop a line to firstname.lastname@example.com … just a sentence saying "hi".
You'll build software that *ships* and is the most important part of our customers' infrastructure. You'll get to talk to those customers so you know you're not wasting your time with wrong features. You're enabling entire new sectors of business.
We're obsessed with building pragmatic things that work in "the real world" and joining them with the most cutting-edge distributed systems research. We've built and run some of the largest companies and infrastructures: Sun, Amazon, Google, Intel, and more. Even the CEO codes almost every day.
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Engineer: Database Core / Distributed Systems: San Francisco
Help our core team build a database from the ground up. Finally, you can do things "the way they should be". Instead of a db from the 1980′s, we're creating a platform for modern, real-time applications.
Here are some things you may enjoy doing or learning about:
- Building query planners and optimizers
- Compiler design
- Functional programming (Scala, Clojure, etc.)
- Distributed systems architecture: failover, replication
- JVM tuning and performance hacks
- Turning academic research into reality
- Resilient systems for the real world
Engineer: Operations and Automation: San Francisco
Yes, this is a "DevOps" role. If you like coding *and* systems work, you're going to enjoy this. You'll be the one responsible for building clusters that heal themselves and deploy seamlessly in the cloud or customer sites.
- Cluster automation
- Deployment frameworks like Chef, Puppet, CFEngine
- Building monitoring tools that you enjoy using
- Upgrading and recovering from failure with no downtime
- How to make Linux behave
- Hadoop/HBase/BigTable/other distributed systems
- And perhaps a bit of UX hackin'
Just drop a line to email@example.com … just a sentence saying "hi".


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Big names riding the coaching carouselKamakshi Tandon
Another tennis season has begun, and what's the hottest new accessory for guys heading back on tour? A former legend as coach. Everyone who's anyone is getting one, it seems. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have officially made it all the rag...Blog | December 31, 2013
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Replay: Thomas Enqvist (SWE) and Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) vs. Gas...Watch ReplayJune 05, 2013
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Andrew Florent cancer benefit to include Jim Courier, Pat Rafter
Tennis greats are teaming up for a charity auction to raise money for retired player Andrew Florent, who was recently diagnosed with cancer.Story | Conversation | January 20, 2013
Goran Ivanisevic deemed too costly for Croatia Davis Cup team
Croatia's tennis federation has ruled out Goran Ivanisevic as the next captain of its Davis Cup team because of his financial demands.Story | Conversation | December 16, 2011
Top seeds do great things at WimbledonKenton Wong
When it comes to Wimbledon, the top players are usually on their games. Since Goran Ivanisevic won the tournament in 2001 as an unseeded wild card, every Wimbledon men's singles winner has been a top-four seed. So without further ado, here is what...Blog | June 19, 2011
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Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic lost his doubles match in a one-time return to ATP competition at the Zagreb Indoors.Story | Conversation | February 01, 2011
Goran Ivanisevic to play doubles at Zagreb Indoors
Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic will make a one-time return to ATP competition to play doubles at the Zagreb Indoors.Story | Conversation | January 29, 2011
Put On Your All-White Outfit And Celebrate The Start Of Wimbledon...
AP Photo/Alastair Grant What's in store for Andy Roddick at this year's Wimbledon: A Men's Singles Championship or more kitchenware? Wimbledon didn't officially start until today, but Andy Roddick has been fired up since the US Men's controversi...Blog | June 21, 2010
Rafael Nadal to miss Wimbledon with knee problems
Rafael Nadal won't play in Wimbledon this year as he continues to battle knee fatigue.Story | Conversation | June 19, 2009
Teen Tomic taking his time to ATP TourLindsay Berra
Combine the heart of Lleyton Hewitt, Goran Ivanisevic's serve and Roger Federer's ground strokes, and what do you get? The hopes and aspirations of Australia's next great tennis player.Story | Conversation | December 14, 2007
Agassi to retire after Wimbledon, U.S. Open
Andre Agassi said on Saturday he would retire from tennis after the U.S. Open this year. The announcement came at Wimbledon, where he won the first of his eight Grand Slam singles titles in 1992 when he beat Goran Ivanisevic.Story | Conversation | June 24, 2006
Philippoussis gets Queen's Club wild-card invitation
Mark Philipoussis received one of the three wild-cards invitations Wednesday for the Queen's Club.Story | Conversation | May 31, 2006
Ljubicic to lead Croatia's Davis Cup defense
Ivan Ljubicic agreed to be a player-captain when Croatia begins defense of its Davis Cup title against Austria next month.Story | Conversation | January 16, 2006
Report: Ivanesevic to lead Croatia Davis Cup team
Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic is likely to be appointed Croatia's Davis Cup captain, daily newspaper Jutarnji List reported on Tuesday.Story | Conversation | December 27, 2005
Reluctant spectator Ivanisevic savors Davis Cup glory
Goran Ivanisevic reveled in Croatia's historic Davis Cup triumph over Slovakia after being a reluctant spectator all week.Story | Conversation | December 04, 2005
Ljubicic, Ancic help Croatia take 2-1 lead over Slovakia
Ivan Ljubicic and Mario Ancic won Saturday's doubles in straight sets to put Croatia ahead 2-1 against Slovakia and one win away from its first Davis Cup title.Story | Conversation | December 03, 2005
Ivanisevic not in Davis Cup lineup for Croatia-Slovakia
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PEORIA, Ill. -- A local hospital is testing its ability to handle a major disease outbreak.
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center is conducting its first-ever mass vaccination drill.
The scenario is a flu outbreak, and the hospital must give the vaccine to its employees as quickly as possible.
OSF officials set a goal to administer the flu shot to its 6,400 employees in 42 hours, a task they say usually takes 5 months.
In the event of an outbreak, they say protecting their own would be the first priority.
"If our hospital can't continue to provide that healthcare, then what happens to our patients that are in here now and our future patients seeking healthcare?" asked Troy Erbentraut, manager of disaster preparedness. "So, we need to protect staff members so we can provide healthcare."
After OSF staff is vaccinated, members would then assist the public health department with public safety.
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With three wins in Maui, the Zags are positioned to move up in the polls. Lots of Ranked teams took a nose dive this week and it ain't over yet! We all know west coast teams get no love from the pollsters back East. Reputation can mean more than how you play sometimes. How much do you think the Zags will move up?
For those that watched the games, they will have seen first hand, mental toughness exhibited by Few's troops. This is something that is hard to evaluate until the teams actually take the floor. I think the Zags will get a little love next week and will move into the number 18 spot perhaps jumping over two or three teams in front of them.


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"We've got a blind date with destiny... and it looks like she's ordered the lobster"
For the full write up of the Big Ugly, here is the link
Summary of Recent Developments
Posturing, spitting contests, and mandatory drug test-inducing CBA proposals seem to be driving the 2011-12 NBA season, crashing right towards the Great Big Acme Anvil.
Militant owners pressuring for offering even less, the union discussing de-certification; this could turn ugly very quickly.
In Short
As the wise Reverend Johnson once said… "O Lord, do we have the strength to carry off this mighty task in one night? Or are we just jerking off? "
Proposed Goals for Agreement / Current Status
Contract Length – Agree to 4yr/3yr
Status – Still in work
Bird Rights and the Melo Rule – Agree to no change
Status – Still in work
MLE – Agree to $4m/2yr annual MLE with player Bird rights after the 2years
Status – Battleground. League offers for $5m/3yr or 4yr (non tax teams, alternating years) and $2.5/2yr (tax teams, alternating years). The two sides seem to be going in the opposite direction and making little sense while heading there. A "mini" MLE is now in play for luxury tax teams $2.5mm for two years; every other year. The non-tax MLE is still $5mm available each year; but now the owners are proposing alternating durations; 4year MLE contract length one year, 3year the next, then 4 then 3 and so on.
Really, alternating years? Was yesterday "Bring Your Grandchild to Work and Let Them Takeover Negotiations" Day and I missed it? Or is the reason Michael Jordan did not speak yesterday was because he brought along the supporting cast from Space Jam to do his talking for him?
The "every other year" element is pure goofiness… "Hey Bobby you get a 4year MLE contract because you are a free agent this year. Sorry Timmy, you are a free agent next year so you get hosed".
The union needs to protect the players and remove the every other year garbage; even if the union gives up a little something in the end
Amnesty – Agree to 1x amnesty contingent on amnestied money does not count against the cap or tax
Status – Tentative agreement for a one time Amnesty – 75% of the amnestied money would fall of the cap & luxury tax (players still get paid in full).
Cap Reform – Agree to positive reforms in areas such as Injury Exception, Contract Buyout and such
Status – Tentative agreement for a "Stretch" Exception allowing team to waive players, stretch out the remaining payoff over several years and reduce the salary cap hit by the team.
I hope the Stretch Exception doesn't get lost in all of the yelling and spit wad shooting going on.
Luxury Tax – Agree to current luxury tax in place today
Status – Battleground. Taxes on top of taxes, taxes for teams 3 out of 5; confusing, confounding and directly aimed by envious small market owners towards the big boys; the league now offers $1 additional tax instead of $1.50 and the union wants $0.50 tax on the first $10mm then $1 after that.
The Luxury Tax Cliff, compliments of Ken Berger of CBSSports.com. Teams who may creep over the tax line are at risk of losing their slice of the tax pie refund. The small market owners… errr, I mean the league offers those teams get a half share.
Free Agency – Agree to current free agency framework
Status – Still in work. There was discussion published about the 125% trade match is being negotiated for a higher ratio; players proposed 225%, the league offered 140-150%.
I hope this doesn't get lost.
Sign and Trade
Status - Battleground. The league wants no S&T by tax teams, the union says "bite me".
Contract Opt Outs – Agree to player and franchise opt-outs every two years
Status – Still in work, though I've read recently that the league wants to limit or remove Opt Outs.
Salary Cap – Agree to plan similar to what is in place today
Status – Still in work, but in recent articles, a $60mm (est) cap for Year 1 is being shopped around by Knicks owner James Dolan.
BRI – 52/48, 51/49, possibly even 50/50 dependent on successful agreement on the other goals
Status – Battle of the Bulge. Frankly the smartest option was the 50-49-1 floated by the union (50%-union, 49%-league, 1%-Retired Player Pension Fund).
The owners' floating 49-51% offer doesn't pass the smell test. Golden Rule- if you can't explain it in 1 sentence, you're selling a pile of carp.
Contract Roll Backs - No
Status – Still in work, wind seems to be blowing towards no roll backs
Franchise Tag – No
Status – Still in work
Union Decertification - No
Status – In Discussion and appears to be seriously considered by the union; in short, the nuclear option.
NLRB Ruling – Not covered in initial write up
Status – Awaiting Ruling; potential blockbuster either way the ruling goes


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The library will host a Cupcake War on June 19. Contestants in four age groups -- under 9; 10 to 13; 14 to 18; and 19 and older -- are invited to compete. All participants must be registered by 5 p.m. on June 19 and public voting will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Prizes will be awarded in the four age groups and People's Choice awards will be given for entries collecting the most donations from the public in each age group.
Chef Susan Notter will present a sugar-sculpting demonstration at 7 p.m. Notter is the winner of Food Network's "Halloween Wars," the director of the Pastry Arts program at the Pennsylvania School of Culinary Arts in Lancaster, and a New Freedom resident. The demo is free and open to the public.The awards ceremony will immediately follow the program.
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Yes. I said 2007. Now that spring training is here I am looking for ways to kill time in the pre-March Madness malaise. HMMM
Wait I still have my mlb.tv membership from last year! How about I check out some of the awesome games from last year.
Unfortunately my memory is worse than a stoned Alzheimer's patient. Other than the 12-11 June comeback game against the Tigers I can't remember the great non-playoff games to watch from last year.
A little help anyone?


text: Honestly I do like him as our GM so many thing to like he is a guy who does what he says he will do and does it well, but I feel he can use some river boat in him. Is it just me or does he play it way to safe, the addition of star and shorts were great don't get me Wrong and from purely BPA it worked but is going BPA really always going to work? it will in fact get you the best player but will it fill needs? Also him only going for small one year contracts I get that we have a small cap space but at some point you need to take some risk and I don't feel he will do that. Meaning no nicks or big name DB or OL. As well as the guys played last year... It didn't work


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Media Finally Outraged Over Christmas Censorship ŌĆō When It Involves the Word ŌĆśGayŌĆÖ
The war on Christmas music has taken a strange turn, with the mainstream media finally up in arms at the overly PC handling of the holiday's song lyrics. But it isn't the constant barrage from uber-sensitive atheists trying to eliminate every reference to Christmas from our schools and public places that has them fired up.
No, it's an elementary teacher in Michigan that has raised their ire.
The flurry of controversy arose when the teacher, weary of hearing her students giggling every time they had to sing the words 'gay apparel' during their rendition of Deck The Halls, decided to replace the word 'gay' with 'bright'.
The reception from the media, as you may have heard, was rather chilly.
What you may not have heard covered in the MSM was an essay penned by one Colin Curran, a 16-year-old high school junior from New Jersey. Taking to the Huffington Post during this same time period, Colin told a story about a high school assignment which involved creating a music playlist for a young children's holiday breakfast. There was one catch – none of the songs could contain a certain set of offending words, such as Christmas, Hanukah, Jesus, God, or Santa Clause. The reason, Colin explains, is that the "principal does not want to offend anyone with belief-specific music".
Google Colin's name under the news section and it reveals a single hit, having nothing to do with the student from New Jersey. Google 'bright apparel' and it's a whole different ballgame.
Here is a sampling of some of the coverage:
"Parents thought the Cherry Knoll teacher had been naughty and not so nice when the elementary instructor replaced 'gay' with 'bright' after her students wouldn't stop laughing when they sang the word."
"Use it as a teaching moment or just tell the kids to pipe down and sing the song as written."
"Someone had to straighten out that carol - can't have children donning gay apparel."
"A Michigan music teacher's decision to censor the word 'gay' from a traditional Christmas carol is being met with a frosty response."
"A traditional Christmas carol is at the center of controversy at a TCAPS elementary school."
Of course, the school's principal, Chris Parker, didn't miss an opportunity to crank the PC up a notch by calling this a 'teachable moment' for student and teacher alike.
In a report for ABC 57 News, Parker doubles down on his overreaction saying, "We have an anti-bullying and discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and so going forward, the teacher will be addressing 'this is how we're supposed to be reacting. This is the way to be respectful about this.'"
The amount of attention being heaped upon the Deck the Halls non-troversy, and the lack of attention being paid to the omission of Christmas altogether from a music playlist in New Jersey are striking.
Why no outrage over the removal of basic, essential elements of many holiday songs? Christmas songs eliminated? References to God and Santa Clause? Now that's okay. But gay? That's just going too far.
Instead, we get snarky reminders from the offended parties that 'gay' does actually mean 'happy' by definition, a lesson we all learned growing up when we looked at our parents, giggling with immature minds, as the theme song to The Flintstones played on the television.
We get it, oh-overly-offended-ones.
But why such a hostile reception for a teacher simply trying to make life easier on herself with a group of children? Especially when all one has to do is look up Deck the Halls on Wikipedia to see an original version of the lyrics, featuring the line, "Don we now our bright apparel."
I find it fascinating that the same people that are outraged that a teacher would remove the word 'gay' from a Christmas song, are the same people who would voice zero opposition if the word 'Christmas' were removed from a Christmas song.
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I like MSNBC's advice;
Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 10:15pm.
the same could be said for the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Part of the "teaching moment"
Submitted by redfish on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 11:37pm.
Part of the "teaching moment" should include that the word "gay" started taking on negative connotations before it was applied to a particular sexual orientation, and was only applied that way as an epithet. So when kids call something "gay", it isn't homophobic.
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Gay Apparel
Submitted by Anneke9 on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 11:58pm.
Come on. I was in elementary school in the 1960s. We used to laugh at "gay apparel" because it brought to mind men in drag, looking like Ethel Merman, strutting across the stage at Finocchio's in San Francisco. Hell, it brought to mind any man in drag mocking women.
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Submitted by LinTaylor on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 12:30am.
This doesn't even have anything to DO with homosexuality! It's like the idiots who giggle when they read Shakespeare and see the "What, ho"s! I...just...gah, I'm going to quit before my head explodes.
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Trolling the same old troll
Submitted by dave_worrell on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 1:42am.
It's not like the song hasn't been altered before. I've seen and heard versions ranging from "Troll the ancient Yule tide carol" to "Sing the ancient Yule tide carol" to "Sing the ancient Christmas carol".
Just another case of the liberals trolling the same old troll. I feel for the poor teacher that wasn't doing anything except coming up with a quick and easy solution to a little headache.
Next they'll make her file a report on every kid that giggles and suspend them for violating the anti-bullying policy for giggling. Falalalala.
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Viva Le Difference
Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 1:57am.
What this episode really shows is that all the sensitivity training in the world will not overcome biology. Spend some time with any ordinary group of young folk and you'll discover the Glee crowd are still viewed as laughable curiosities. The boys want girls and vise versa.
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A bunch of my friends and I
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 2:00am.
A bunch of my friends and I in elementary had the same reaction as homo-genized milk. Or even the word. Homo, it brings smiles to me even now. I don't thing gay was in vogue then, but queer was.
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Naughty or Nice
Submitted by Alpha Tango on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 3:04am.
The word 'gay' has been hijacked by liberals to mean 'homosexual.'
Gay was a great word before the its meaning changed. The new meaning is very naughty.
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It wasn't hijacked by
Submitted by redfish on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 3:14pm.
It wasn't hijacked by liberals, though it wasn't used to refer to sexual orientation at first:
"In addition to its original and continuing senses of ŌĆ£merry, livelyŌĆØ and ŌĆ£bright or showy,ŌĆØ gay has had various senses dealing with sexual conduct since the 17th century. A gay woman was a prostitute, a gay man a womanizer, a gay house a brothel. This sexual world included homosexuals too, and gay as an adjective meaning ŌĆ£homosexualŌĆØ goes back at least to the early 1900s." http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gay
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Submitted by Kleenex on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 6:02am.
I don't why the term "political correctness" is even used because it's anything but correct. These idiots claim they're for free speech while at the same time trying to censor it.
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PC should rightly
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 12:31pm.
be called political censorship, or cultural Marxism.
If you're not getting flak, you're not over the target.
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Wasn't it just a few years
Submitted by moderncommentaries83 on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 7:17am.
Wasn't it just a few years ago that using the word "gay" in any context was a horrible, bigoted slur?
Time to update the "Normal English to Liberal PC Goodthink Speech" dictionary again...
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I can't keep up
Submitted by Franksam on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 8:26am.
I preferred the "We're here, we're queer" model to "gayness". One knew with whom one was dealing, and one could keep things 'straight'. Even 'queer' used to mean something different, though, as in "odd", or unusual. We've been told that homosexuality is now to be considered as 'normal' as any other sexual orientation, thus also re-defining what 'normal' means.
Let's don't even get started on 'faggot' until I understand the crisis at hand.
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I burned a faggot the other day
Submitted by dmacleo on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 9:06am.
yup, wind damage to trees.
bundled up a faggot of branches and burned it.
smoked a faggot too, but thats a line I don't want to get into :)
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"'queer' used to mean something different..."
Submitted by richflanj on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 9:24am.
"Even 'queer' used to mean something different, though, as in "odd", or unusual."
It still does.
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I guess
Submitted by HockeyKid on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 8:30am.
it's time to throw another faggot on the fire.
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OK, I was just talking about this
Submitted by TeachertT on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 9:20am.
the day before this story came out. LOL I was a teacher of 1st graders who had to teach the kids Deck the Halls for the school Christmas program(1993). I can assure you that I didn't change the word. I just spent nearly every day reminding them the real meaning of the word "gay". I finally got the chuckles done to a minimum. At least enough for them to be able to sing the song, correctly. Personally, I think the quality of teachers must be going downhill.
AS far as the NJ story, why even bother having a program, if you are not going to sing any Christmas songs?
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well why not?
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 12:28pm.
Gays are the new object of worship and adoration in this country for liberals. It used to be the homeless who were the saintly ones.
If you're not getting flak, you're not over the target.
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had to laugh
Submitted by conservative educator on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 6:52pm.
"The flurry of controversy arose when the teacher, weary of hearing her students giggling every time they had to sing the words 'gay apparel' during their rendition of Deck The Halls, decided to replace the word 'gay' with 'bright' "
I had to laugh. I have taught 6th grade for 12 years. I let my kids know very early in the year that laughing at "balls", "urine", "gay", etc. is not allowed in my classroom. Any teacher who cannot control her/his classroom better than that, needs to rethink their behavior expectations.
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The Romanian Patriarch issued an appeal on February 11, 2010 "...to all Romanian Orthodox clerics and faithful abroad, who are, without blessing, in other sister Orthodox Churches or in non-canonical church structures, to restore their direct communion with their Mother Church, under the canonical jurisdiction of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church." Taking what appears to be a page from the Ecumenical Patriarchate's book, the Romanian Patriarchate asserts the universality of the Church (the "Catholic -- or katholikos in the Nicene Creed's "...only Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church) is derived not from the trans-cultural, trans-tribal, and trans-national character of the Gospel, but from ethnic identity and affiliation albeit without the accouterments such as the universality of Hellenism to buttress the argument. Not everyone agrees. I've posted the response to the appeal first, and the original appeal second. Postings on this page are truncated (signers names … [Read more...]
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Knife went out yesterday, hoping it will arrive Monday...thanks Pitonboy for another fantastic PA.
The Kato arrived yesterday in good order. Haven't had a chance to use it yet, but my initial impression? If Conan the Barbarian had a gyuto, this would be it! :viking:
A very manly knife indeed.
More to follow.
Any updates on the sword?
Goes out to Rick tomorrow according to plan; my impressions to follow soon thereafter.
This past week has been a difficult one at Casa Chifunda...we almost lost both our dog and my daughter's puppy but all seems to be well now.
It's only a dog, until it's your own. :(
The knife was delivered today, well packed, in fine shape. I'm looking forward to putting it to work. Thanks, Ben!
The knife is on its way to daveb.
It gives a new meaning to the phrase "mighty gyuto".
Many thanks to you, Ben, for making the passaround possible.
Review Rick?
Knife has arrived in Tampa, opened in kitchen, bad day to be a carrot.
Look forward to spending some time with it.


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Since this fight seems to have been fairly divisive so far, and has resulted in the disgraceful creation of the "A Train" I figured it was a natural shout for a sig bet. Now I know that the fight is pretty lopsided on paper, so i'm willing to kick thing off with a sort of handicap system.
I'm going straight for the head of the monster, Warlord, you are responsible for this, so I want you! Here are my terms:
If the Fraudster somehow wins and plunges heavyweight boxing into its darkest depths, you get my sig for a month
If Haye rights this horrible wrong, as the bookies think he will, I do not want to own your sig, I only wish you to remove any Harrison related support from your profile, and issue a public apology to myself and the other Brits on the board for supporting this giant mouth who we are sick of hearing about, and a public apology to all boxing fans on fighthype for hoping that the heavyweight belt found itself around the waist of a total and utter fraud!
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Column by Gene Collier in the Post-Gazette
Gene Collier from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette shares his thoughts. The most compelling piece is a quote from a former member of the BOT who thinks that PSU should have rejected the Freeh report and sued. He said it was incomplete. No kidding. The push back is making me feel more hopeful that the tide may change and the penalties may be reduced and some, like cutting Joe Paterno's wins reduced.


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Any business owner that is not pleased with profitability should consider the benefits of sales training programs. While every business that uses up front salespeople has its guidelines, professional training has the potential to turn employees into actual professionals. This includes familiarity with the product but also advanced selling skills. The difference will become immediately apparent. Whether a company uses door to door salespersons or telemarketers to call potential customers at their homes, training for complex sales teams can leave a positive impression even on intelligent audiences.
Sales management development is critical for large corporations that must sell equally large clients on expensive service packages. Expert persuasion is not so much about being friendly as creating an impact. Customers who are themselves businesspeople expect to work with professionals and will be content with nothing less than a strong presentation. Good training goes a long way to making sure employees are not just multimedia wizards but also have the type of intelligence needed to interact with powerful and wealthy clients.
Teach Employees New Skills
A real management training company does more than teach employees new skills. The company is there through the entire process, helping your business meets its needs. It backs up better skills with resources and oversight as a business partner. This is not a one-time service so much as an integrated package that leverages greater opportunity for the business that chooses to go the distance and wishes to be prepared to meet affluent clients who are worth the expense.
The only downside to outsourcing management sales training is the expense. A business owner might not be up to the task or have the resources in-house. Relying on third party vendors can provide the equivalent of entire departments without actually having to hire additional employees. While professional results are delivered, the customers need to be worth this type of investment. A large sales team that will be representing high cost goods can be well worth third party training. Employees who serve as store front greeters and cashiers might not draw enough extra revenue through learning complex sales techniques.
A business that sells new cars would be well served by sending their lot representatives to management training. Such employees represent the business to people who are prepared to spend thousands of dollars on a new vehicle. Correct public relations training and situation management techniques could be invaluable, considering the money at stake. Low-level employees who work a store front only need to be polite to do their jobs. They are not selling anything so much as bagging goods and bidding customers a good day.
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Anyone who works individually with clients needs to be professionally trained. Those who deal with sensitive issues as part of a public relations team should be formally trained in both persuasion and dealing with difficult questions. Sales and management training is not about learning how to pitch a sale so much as being able to talk with people and interact in a manner that is profitable for the company. The profit is not only from direct sales but the added benefit to image and goodwill. Every employee should know how to be diplomatic, if their public exposure has any bearing on a business's image.
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THOMPSON ISLAND – Five years ago, Abubakar Suleiman was hunting zebras with spears and trying to avoid antagonizing cheetahs.
There was a school where he lived, in rural northern Nigeria, but he had barely been there in his 10 years. He found the teachers cruel, the pidgin English impossible. There was no running water at home and patchy electricity. His family ate little beyond what they could grow or kill. When he wasn't hunting, or tending to the chickens and donkeys on the farm where his grandmother was raising him, he was playing soccer.