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Union Leader senior political reporter John Distaso reported Monday that Campbell, while claiming publicly that the gas tax money is desperately needed to fix our roads, was also promising his fellow pols that the tax hike is a "gift that keeps on giving."
As his daddy used to say, Campbell told select Democrats in an ill-advised email, "don't spend it all in one place.'' (One can almost hear him guffaw and slap his knee.)
Campbell explained a little-known and little used provision in law that allows agencies other than the transportation department to gain millions of dollars from his gas tax hike. Consumers can seek a partial tax refund for gasoline purchased for things other than their cars. But they don't know about it, Campbell said, and therefore the state can count on raking in millions of dollars beyond his own high estimates of what highways need.
Of course, Campbell has been saying that every penny of a 15-cent per gallon tax increase must and will go to fix roads and bridges. It's in the state Constitution, he has been saying.
Caught red-handed, Campbell's lame response was to tell Distaso that his email boast is a good thing because now consumers will know to apply for the gas tax refund.
Even before his blunder, Campbell's timing was dreadful. In the event anyone in the Legislature hasn't noticed, gasoline prices are soaring. The increase in price has placed enormous strain on family budgets.
It is undermining economic growth and is putting inflationary pressure on an already stressed economy. It also comes at a time when the logic of giving government more money to spend is under serious challenge.
At the federal level, the debate, the fight, is over cutting government spending — not finding ways to increase it. No less can be said or done at the state level.
Roads and bridges are important. The need to maintain the infrastructure, built at significant taxpayer expense in the first place, goes without saying. But should it require steep new taxes to do that job? Should additional spending be the only solution?
The government — at all levels — needs to be held accountable for the money it already receives. It is time to demand that government live within its means, which is to say the people's means.
"Don't spend it all in one place" must give way to "don't spend what the people don't have."
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Volunteer firefighters in Madison County want to build a new fire hall, and county commissioners are doing what they can to help.
The commission discussed helping the Harvest Volunteer Fire Department apply for a loan worth nearly $1 million Wednesday. Commissioners said they are willing to do what they can to help because they want volunteers to have the equipment to better protect the community.
"This is treemill money that they are using to build this facility," explained Commissioner Phil Vandiver. "Anything we can to do to make that a cheaper process, we are willing to work with them and help them out on."
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Wet winter weather gave south Georgia farmers headaches. Now new research being conducted here may help them better predict rain amounts and figure out when they can get in their fields.
The big problem was that too much rain meant the soils stayed wetter for a longer period of time, and that meant that you couldn't plant. But now there's a way to figure out how much rain has fallen on fields.
South Georgia farmers like the usually abundant rains that we see, but sometimes nature is a little too generous. When that happens, farmers are left with nothing more than empty, waterlogged fields. But when the rain ends, when will the fields be ready? This device may be able to answer that question.
"They are tipping bucket rain gauges," said Kofikume Dzotsi of the University of Florida. "We are installing 50 of these rain gauges."
Dzotsi is part of team of researchers installing the gauges in fields throughout Dougherty, Mitchell and Baker Counties. It's part of research that's being conducted by the Southeast Climate Consortium, a group of eight universities.
"They do some research to help farmers."
All the gauges are needed because rainfall can be quite variable, as this graphic shows. While the airport has picked up less than 10 inches of rain, the gauge at ASU has seen almost 12 inches and at WALB, we've seen nearly twelve and a half inches.
That means that farmers need a better way idea of how much rainfall to expect.
"One of the goals of this project is to be able to account for that variability."
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While good research takes time to complete... "We need the gauges to be in place for a minimum of two years."
When these researchers are done traveling around the area, it's the farmers who will benefit, by having a better idea of when to put their crops in the ground.
While they've decided on the number of gauges to install, they haven't found all of the locations yet.
If you want one of the gauges on your land, and you live in one Dougherty, Baker or Mitchell County, you can call your local extension agent and ask how to get one.
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In January the U.S. Navy announced a crash program to convert the USS Ponce, a 41-year-old amphibious transport, into a floating base for helicopters, minehunters and Navy SEALs in the Persian Gulf. Adm. John Harvey called the ship's three-month conversion a "remarkable feat."
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Graffiti in Italy
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Most people want to photograph the history and art when they go to Italy. Graffiti In Italy shows the less seen "art" of Italy. This book includes graffiti from Florence, Rome, and Venice, taken in May 2007.
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NASHVILLE (BP) -- A Los Angeles-area Southern Baptist church that some media reports said adopted a "third way" position regarding homosexuality in reality never voted to adopt any position on the issue and split into two groups in early June amid unresolvable deadlock, an elder at the church has told Baptist Press.
A vice president with the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee said EC staff members gathered information on New Heart Community Church in La Mirada, Calif., during the week leading up to the SBC annual meeting in Baltimore and were prepared to provide that information to President Fred Luter and the Credentials Committee if any motion was presented concerning the church. However, the one motion presented regarding New Heart was ruled out of order because it directed SBC officers to take action prohibited by Article IV of the SBC Constitution.
"Given the high profile of the story, SBC Executive Committee staff and many SBC messengers fully expected one or more motions at the SBC annual meeting requesting the convention to withdraw fellowship from the church," Roger S. Oldham, EC vice president for convention communications and relations, said. "A motion to withdraw fellowship from the church would have been in order, we believe, and could have been acted upon during the annual meeting or referred to the Executive Committee for consideration at its next meeting.
"... The fact that there was no motion made by a messenger to withdraw fellowship from New Heart Community Church during the SBC annual meeting does not preclude the SBC Executive Committee from addressing this matter, something that could happen at its next meeting, depending on what takes place with the church between now and then. EC staff continues to gather information to prepare a background for its officers and members in preparation for the September meeting," Oldham said.
Contributing to the complexity of the situation, the EC had been uncertain whether New Heart was an independent church or a church-type mission under the watchcare of a sponsoring church. The SBC's Annual Church Profile database erroneously listed New Heart as a church-type mission based on data reported years ago. But former New Heart elder Cass Bensberg recently told the EC that the church constituted independently about a decade ago.
Bensberg, an elder at New Heart for 12 years, told BP that on May 18 the church voted on four possible courses of action in light of a February announcement by pastor Danny Cortez that he no longer believes all homosexual acts to be sinful. Before the vote church members stipulated that a two-thirds majority was required to take any action. The church also stipulated that it would separate peacefully into two groups and divide its assets if there was not a two-thirds majority. Because there was no such majority in favor of any option, the church separated as agreed.
The four options presented were:
-- Terminate Cortez as pastor and maintain the traditional Christian view that homosexuality is sinful.
-- Take more time to consider the issue.
-- Establish New Heart as a "third way" church, neither affirming or condemning homosexuality but "agreeing to disagree."
-- Become a fully gay-affirming church.
On the first round of balloting, 40 percent voted to maintain the traditional position and 56 percent voted for a third way. On the second round of balloting, there was a 60-40 split, with the majority favoring a third way, Bensberg said. The failure to achieve a two-thirds majority led to the previously agreed upon separation.
The faction that went with Cortez retained the name "New Heart Community Church" and the articles of incorporation. That group will meet in two private residences over the summer and plans to rent property in the future. The group includes an estimated 50 people, with some gay-affirming families joining since the split, Bensberg believes.
In a statement emailed to the Executive Committee, Cortez said the congregation "will develop and articulate a clear Third-Way position statement."
"While New Heart Community Church has received considerable attention recently, much of that attention has resulted from sensationalist media coverage," Cortez wrote. "We wish to state that as a church we have done nothing officially to affirm, approve of, or endorse homosexual behavior, and so remain in accordance with Article III of the Southern Baptist Convention's constitution, even as our individual members, including recognized leaders both paid and unpaid, hold to varying perspectives regarding same-sex marriage.
"Still, in the midst of our congregation's peaceful and prayerful disagreements regarding same-sex marriage, we remain unified in our vision to invite LGBT persons into fellowship and communion. Moving forward, members of New Heart will develop and articulate a clear Third-Way position statement," Cortez wrote.
Oldham made clear that Cortez's or the church's opinions that they "remain in accordance with Article III" do not bind the SBC or its Executive Committee, either of which may make a unilateral and binding decision about whether cooperation should continue.
The faction of New Heart that voted to maintain a traditional Christian stance includes about 40 people and is considering whether to constitute as a church or simply disband. The traditional group includes three of New Heart's four elders -- Cortez being the fourth -- and continues to meet in the facility New Heart rented from a sister church.
The sister church, which Bensberg believes is not Southern Baptist, granted New Heart time to make a decision regarding homosexuality but said it would not allow teachers in its facility who refused to denounce all homosexual acts as sin following the decision, Bensberg said.
"The entire process was very painful and is probably the most bizarre experience I have experienced in my Christian life," Bensberg wrote in an email to the EC. "We parted peacefully on June 8th although there are many who are still processing all that occurred."
Bensberg told BP that if the traditional group forms a new church, it will align doctrinally with the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message.
Several factors contributed to the division and chaos at New Heart, Bensberg said. Among them:
-- Cortez studied "homoerotic" literature secretly for two and a half years before revealing his extensive reading to either the elders or his wife. Only one man loosely associated with the church knew that Cortez was in the process of changing his mind on homosexuality.
In a Feb. 9 sermon posted on YouTube, Cortez said he also spent significant time in traditionally homosexual venues like gay bars during his study and "saw the presence of God there." For more information on Cortez's change of mind, see the June 17
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-- New Heart did not have a formal membership process and did not vote as a congregation on whether to receive new members. Anyone was regarded as a member who was presumed to be a follower of Jesus, was involved in church ministries and contributed financially to the church.
-- All "members" 12 and older voted on whether to affirm homosexuality. Some children and youth voted for a third way even though their parents voted to maintain the orthodox position, Bensberg said. He attributed the youth vote in part to the young people's friendship with Cortez's son, who, according to Cortez in his Feb. 9 sermon, recently announced that he is homosexual.
-- Approximately 12 people who hold an orthodox view of sexuality left the church in the months leading up to the final vote. Their presence likely would have resulted in a 50-50 split, Bensberg said.
-- New Heart had a significant degree of biblical illiteracy among its members, Bensberg said. When the orthodox group began meeting separately, they launched a study of basic doctrines like the inerrancy of Scripture and the Trinity only to discover that many people didn't know foundational Christian theology.
The California Southern Baptist Convention, with which New Heart cooperates, said it is attempting to gather information and decide what, if any, action to take.
Fermín Whittaker, CSBC executive director, told the California Southern Baptist newsjournal, "I am burdened when Christians, and especially churches, make decisions that are not compatible with Scripture. It seems too easy to be lured into unbiblical positions of belief by the power of today's culture. Scripture is clear that the practice of homosexuality is sin and is not harmonious with teachings and traditions of a New Testament congregation.
"My office is attempting to discover firsthand the truth of what Danny Cortez and the members of New Heart Community Church in La Mirada believe regarding homosexuality in the life of their church. At the same time, CSBC is attempting to determine processes and procedures for addressing this situation. Once these are known, CSBC leadership will make decisions of how to proceed regarding its relationship with New Heart Community Church."
New Heart also cooperates with the Los Angeles Southern Baptist Association, but Bensberg estimated that the church has not had contact with associational leadership in a decade.
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Tendring's planning portfolio holder Carlo Guglielmi, said: "We are very pleased that the courts have decided that this document does not infringe on or conflict with the Local Plan.
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Pepper Shooters Recipe
Pop one of these savory peppers into your mouth for a tantalizing array of flavors. It's like an antipasto platter all in one bite.Taste of Home Test Kitchen,
- 24 pickled sweet cherry peppers
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- Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds; set aside. In a small bowl, combine the cheese, salami and pesto; spoon into peppers. Drizzle with oil. Chill until serving. Yield: 2 dozen.
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American Transcendentalism: An Online Travel Guide
Journals Poetry Special Presentations Syllabus WebQuests Links & References About This Site
"WebQuests" are guided, targeted explorations of Internet resources. Students in American Transcendentalism were provided with a new WebQuest each week. They completed the WebQuests as they jumped into the primary reading for the week (and sometimes the WebQuests included the links for the primary reading as well). Designed by Dr. Linda Tate and Dr. Patricia Dwyer, the WebQuests are full of rich resource material and innovative ideas for classroom instruction.
Thinking Like a Transcendentalist
"American Transcendentalism: An Online Travel Guide" was produced by students in ENGL 446, American Transcendentalism, and ENGL 447, American Literature and the Prominence of Place: A Travel Practicum. These courses were team-taught in the Department of English at Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, in Spring 2002 by Dr. Patricia Dwyer and Dr. Linda Tate. For more information on the course and the web project, visit "About This Site." © 2003 Linda Tate.


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Faint Hearted Faction Update
by Gary Boatwright, Thu Jan 13, 2005 at 11:00:46 AM EST
Update [2005-1-13 16:31:31 by JollyBuddah]: [Rep. Adam Smith came around].
Rep. Robert "Bud" Cramer (D-AL)
Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn) (#)
Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wisc)
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO) (#)
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn)
Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss)
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
(Say It Ain't So) Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (#)
Associate Members
Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA) (#)
(ed.note: 'L&P!' designates members who are "Loud and Proud!" in their support of the president's private-accounts-based Social Security phase-out bill. "OFO?" designates members who may already have "One Foot Out" of the Fainthearted Faction. Linked asterisks (*) note events, statements or stories that have affected a member's position within the Fainthearted Faction.)
Jolly Buddah editors note: asteriks replaced with #
And an interesting Robert Novak editorial in which he claims that:
Four Democrat senators met in Graham's office with him and two GOP committee chairmen. It was not really negotiating, but the prelude to negotiating a bipartisan agreement. Graham put it to me this way: ''Nobody has crossed the Rubicon yet, but maybe they can see it.''
Novak names names:
Baucus has denied being in the Fainthearted Faction. Lieberman, Nelson and Lincoln deserve some extra special attention. These three in particular, need to hear from their constituents and anybody else who doesn't want to see Social Security dismantled.
This also raises a challenge from the DNC Chair candidates about how they would handle this situation if they became chair. Do Dean, Rosenberg and Fowler think it is acceptable to let the Fainthearted Faction go their own way on Social Security? What sanctions are any of them willing to impose for any Democratic member who crosses the rubicon and gives Bush bi-partisan cover to dismantle Social Security?
Josh also links to a list of 25 vulnerable Republicans at The Left Coaster with large senior populations in their district. How many seats do we need to win back the House?
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CONROE, Texas (AP) - Public health officials in East Texas say an illness that may have sickened at least eight people, including four deaths, has been attributed in one case to the H1N1 virus.
In a statement from the Montgomery County Hospital District and Public Health District on Wednesday, spokeswoman Jennifer Nichols-Contella said none of the four patients who died had received a flu shot, which protects against the H1N1 virus. Among the others, two patients tested negative for all flu viruses and one was diagnosed with H1N1.
The Houston Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/18zxAV0 ) eight cases this month were reported by Conroe Regional Hospital, about 40 miles north of Houston. The Texas Department of State Health Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating.
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I went to my first A's game (apparently) in the mid-80s or so. As I was a young child, I have no recollection thereof, but I'm informed and believe and thereon allege that I spent the entire time demanding to see every water fountain. Since then, I've been to a great many A's games. My original love for water fountains continues, but these days I try to focus more on the games. There have been many great games since the mid-80s and many great clinchers!
However, I'd never been to a clincher. I did have tickets to the 2000 clincher but for some insane reason due most likely to insanity, I gave those two tickets to my brother and dad. I have a strong memory of sitting alone in my fraternity at Cal watching Izzy strike out some rando to clinch the playoffs. The only thing better than sitting alone watching the game? BEING AT THE GODDAMN GAME ITSELF!
So, clearly, mistakes were made. Mistakes have been made. I couldn't make it to last year's clincher, because it was in the middle of a work day. A work day?!?! Why can't we live in a socialist paradise where no proletariat has to work ever again. Thanks, Obama.
When I saw that the clinching could take place on Sunday's game, I knew I had to be there. So, I was. I ended up way overpaying for my tickets by buying ahead when, unfortunately, I didn't have to (really, we couldn't sell out the last home game of the season when it's a clincher?!?!?!). But I was there and ready to go!
And so was Sonny G, soprano sax/pitching master:
This game was similar to one of my favorite games I ever attended: Game #20 of The Streak. A's jump out to a big lead and then the opposing team comes back. Back then, the Royals actually came all the way back (Thanks, Billy Koch.) Today, however, the Twins weren't able make it all the way and it never felt like much of a game. The final score was 11-7, but it seemed like an A's blowout through and through.
As went up big early, thanks to a 3 run homer by CoCo. For me and my friends, it became more about following the Rangers-Royals than the A's. Were the Rangers going to win? I was rooting for them to win, because I felt that it'd be more exciting to clinch on the final out of today and not in like the 3rd inning.
However, it was not to be as the Royals had a walk off granny. I was walking through the Bar+Grille during the 10th inning and there was a huge group of fans watching in there. I should have stayed in there to watch, because I heard that the scene was amazing. Instead, we went to other seats and found out from our phones.
When the walk off happened, the fans started going crazy, randomly, in increasing waves of excitement in the middle of an inning when Sonny Gray actually wasn't doing very well. I heard on the radio, it confused the A's and took them out of their element a bit. SORRY GUYS!!!!!
After the end of the inning, they showed the granny on the big screen, changed the item on the scoreboard, and everybody continued to go crazy. Plus, hugs!
Then, it was a laugher all the way! We were hoping for a Nontuple Switch, to get all the backups some playing time. That did not happen.
These people were wandering around the stadium (I saw them in a few diff sections), squirting people, raising a ruckus, and generally carrying on. I love it when people carry on and I'm enthusiastic about the scene they bring. Do other stadiums have all this? Do they have the posters on the bleachers? Do they have the fans all dressed up walking around, cheering? I've only ever been to AT & T Park, which is much more sterile in comparison.
The line to buy these was extremely long. I usually don't buy the Division shirts right off the bat. You gotta wait and see. If the A's win the World Series, you don't want to be all "I CAN'T BUY A SHIRT, BECAUSE I SPENT MY CHAMPIONSHIP SHIRT BUYING BUDGET ON THE WEST DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SHIRT?!?" Gotta play it cool, guys.
Soon, it was time for the As to win this thing!! The winner of last year's clincher made an appearance:
And we were off!
The players celebrated on the field and sprinted back inside. I wasn't sure what was gonna happen, but some started spilling back out.
Somebody was running around the outfield in a Georgia football helmet. We had no idea who it was, but it turned out to be Reddick, playing up for the right field bleachers.
Then, Coco came out and did a lap for the fans. He was high fiving everybody and signing autographs. The fans were chanting CO-CO-CO-CO-CO-CO-CO-CO. It was great!
Many other players followed him, although I couldn't quite get good photos of them due to the fans.
Kara was interviewing various players, like Suzuki and Reddick and CoCo. Everybody was in a great mood! Then, they started showing interviews up on the big screen from the inside. While that was happening, CoCo came back out with his family and was doing the Bernie Lean with them.
They were showing more interviews from the inside on the big screen, but I didn't know if others were going to come out. At that point, I decided to head out. It had been about 30 minutes since the game ended and things appeared to be winding down on the field. Perhaps I missed something. If others have photos, feel free to post in the comments. I'm sure many of you were right around me and have many great photos of the events, too!


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The latest weekly installment of the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches rankings was released today and two of the area's top teams retained their lofty rankings.
On the boys' side of things, Ponder (21-7, 7-1) checked in at No. 4 in the Class 2A rankings after the Lions knocked off Brock in a colossal District 9-2A matchup last Tuesday.
Based on the TABC rankings, Ponder's district is arguably the toughest in all of 2A. Brock (21-7, 6-2) is ranked fifth, while Peaster is ranked sixth.
Ponder leads Peaster (17-6, 6-1) by one game in the district standings, while Brock is 1 1/2 games back of the lions.
The Argyle Lady Eagles held steady at No. 2 in Class 3A's girls rankings. Argyle (27-1, 5-0) has rolled all season and its only loss is to Round Rock Cedar Ridge, the No. 19 team in Class 5A. Argyle still trails undefeated Waco La Vega.
The Lady Eagles will end the season with a big road contest against third-ranked Celina on Feb. 4.
In the TABC's girls large private school rankings, Liberty Christian checks in at No. 6.
You can find the complete rankings at the TABC's website.


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2. Each person must post 11 Facts about themselves in their journal.
3. Then Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create eleven new questions for the people you tag to answer.
4. You have to choose 11 people to tag and post their icons on your journal.
5. Go to their page and tell them you have tagged him/her.
6. No tag backs.
My facts:
1: I won't fall asleep if there are any noises around me unless I'm really REALLY tired. Even the sound of a ticking clock will keep me awake for hours (that's why I only own digital clocks)
2: I have an operation scar on my belly that looks like this →
3: I love wigs. If I had the money, I would buy all the wigs, if I need them or not. Sometimes I look around ebay and find so many wigs I just want to own because they are so pretty.
4: I never liked my middle name Charlotte until I watched Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
5: I really dislike Brussels sprouts to the extend that I will throw up when I eat them because I just can't stand the taste.
6: I fangirl more about Vocaloid music than I ever have fangirled about any real musician or band.
7: I love cooking and baking, but since I'm living alone I don't do it often because it just isn't worth the effort.
8: I don't like to read mangas online. It gives me headaches and I prefer having a book in my hands. But since they are so expensive, I haven't read many series.
9: No matter what series, I always seem to ship something nobody else in the fandom ships. Aside from my girlfriend.
10: I went to my first convention in 2003 and did my first cosplay in 2005. I slowly start to feel old.
Questions I was asked:
1. What's your favorite game?
As lame as it may sound, Pokémon and Kingdom Hearts. But I also liked some Final Fantasy parts and Magna Carta.
2. Dragons, phoenix or unicorns?
Uh... Pheonix.
3. How many languages you are able to speak?
Sadly, only two.
4. Which languages?
German, my mother tongue, and English.
5. How did you find out about DeviantART?
I have no idea, I've been here far to long to remember how I got here.
6. Cats or Dogs?
I love both. But I think if I had the option to get one of them as a pet, I'd choose the cat.
7. PC, Linux or Mac?
PC, even if Macs are kind of cool. But I find them quite complicated.
8. What's your favorite tv program (I accept animes as answers!)
I don't really watch TV. But I love BBCs Sherlock and I also used to watch Bones, though I haven't in ages. I also like some comedy shows like Scrubs, The Big Bang Theory or How I Met Your Mother. Anime wise, it's probably too much to list them all, but I always enjoy Detective Conan when it's on TV.
9. What kind of thing or theme you love to draw?
Ahaha, that's easy, I don't draw ='D
10. Ice cream: vanilla or chocolate?
Vanilla uwu Or Ben and Jerry's, there it doesn't really matter.
11. Favorite book?
Again, very lame: Harry Potter.
No Questions, no tagging.


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Return to play (RTP) after a child or teen suffers a sport concussion is a step-by-step, graduated, exercise-limited process:
While bed rest is not required, strenuous activity should be avoided until the athlete has no post-concussion symptoms [2] at rest, with at least one study showing an association between athletes engaging in activities requiring high levels of physical exertion and greater impairment on computerized neurocognitive testing (e.g. ImPACT testing) and reports of more concussion symptoms. [8] Broad restrictions of physical activity are recommended, including:
Just as athletes recovering from a concussion needs to get physical rest, they need to get cognitive (mental) rest as well.
Because a concussion impacts the brain's cognitive function (those that involve thinking, concentrating, learning and reasoning), not its structure, it makes sense that engaging in cognitive activities (in other words, doing something that requires thinking or paying attention ) is likely to make an athlete's concussion symptoms [2]worse (although no conclusive link has been established to adverse long-term health effects)
As a result, both the most recent international consensus of concussion experts [1] and, most recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics [2] recommend that athletes limit scholastic and other cognitive activities to allow the brain time to heal.
Cognitive rest means:
Such rest has been recommended despite the fact that, until June 2012, there was no empirical evidence to support such treatment. With the publication of a new study in the Journal of Pediatrics [7] documenting the effectiveness of prescribed rest for the treatment of post-concussion symptoms and cognitive disfunction, whether the rest is applied in the early or prolonged stages of recovery, athletes, parents, and school and athletic officials who do not see the therapeutic value of missing school or sports, especially when weeks or months have passed since the injury, it is hoped, will now be less likely to resist or challenge such clinical judgment.
Once physical symptoms clear, but before exercise is allowed, a gradual return to a full academic day can begin, with classroom accommodations [3].
At the Lawrenceville School, a New Jersey prep school, for instance, a concussed athlete must stay in the infirmary on "strict rest in a darkened room with no iPod, no computer, and no reading" until his or her physical symptoms of concussion [2] are at or close to their pre-injury baseline. At that point, he or she is gradually allowed to return to a full academic day, long-time Medical Director, Dr. Robin Karpf, tells MomsTeam. "Their short-term memory and processing speed may continue to be off their baseline, but as long as they are not experiencing significant physical symptoms, I allow them back to the classroom with academic accommodations [3]." (An e-mail is sent to all the athlete's teachers with information on the possible need for such accommodations).
"We need to do more to educate teachers that adjustments may need to be made for a concussed athlete," Dr. Karpf said. Kids who don't get cognitive rest, she has found, are more likely to have concussion symptoms that linger longer.
If the increased cognitive challenges of the classroom bring about a recurrence of their physical symptoms, Dr. Karpf says, she returns them to rest. She does not start their gradual return to exercise or sports until they have returned to their neurocognitive baseline.
A 2010 study of high school athletes with concussions [4] [3] reported that:
Experts nevertheless caution that, while an estimated 80 to 90% of concussions heal spontaneously in the first 7 to 10 days, children and adolescents may require a longer rest period and/or extended period of non-contact exercise than adults because their developing brains cause them to experience a different physiological response to concussion than adults and take longer to recover, and they have other specific risk factors, such as the risk of second impact syndrome [5].
A number of recent studies suggest that concussed adolescents, perhaps even more than younger and older athletes, need longer to recover full cognitive function and should be held out of play longer. One study [6] found that concussed adolescents have difficulty recovering the ability for high level thinking after injury and may require extended recuperation before full recovery of so-called 'executive function' is achieved, with researchers at the University of Oregon and University of British Columbia finding that executive function was disrupted in concussed adolescents for up to 2 months after injury when compared to healthy control subjects.[11]
In the absence of daily testing by a health care professional with concussion expertise (certified athletic trainer, school/team/primary care/sports medicine physician, neuropsychologist) to clear a student-athlete to begin the graduated return-to-play protocol, a student-athlete should observe a 7 day rest/recovery period before commencing the protocol. This means that, for such athletes, return to sports will take at least two weeks. Some leading concussion experts, including Dr. Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, a sports concussion neuropsychologist featured in the new PBS documentary, "The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer," [7] recommend taking a minimum of three weeks off before returning to sports after a concussion.
Younger students (K-8) should observe the 7 day rest/recovery period after they are symptom-free at rest prior to initiating the graduated-return-to play protocol.
As young athletes tend to consider only a small subset of their potential symptoms when reporting their recovery [8] or saying they are "back to normal" after concussion,[6] caution is urged in considering athletes' self-reported symptoms in their return-to-play decisions, and the same caution is warranted in relying solely on neurocognitive test scores having returned to normal before the graduated exercise protocol is begun.
Indeed, a recent study [9] [9] of concussed student-athletes who reported no symptoms and had returned to baseline on computerized neurocognitive tests taken before beginning the graduated exercise protocol, found that more than a quarter exhibited declines in verbal and visual memory on the tests after moderate exercise, prompting a recommendation that student-athletes not be cleared for full contact activity until they are able to demonstrate stability, particularly in memory functioning, on neurocognitive concussion testing performed after the exercise protocol is begun. While this was only one study, additional post-exercise neurocognitive testing may eventually become an important part of the RTP protocol.In practical terms, this more conservative approach means that:
Return to play after concussion should follow a six-step process:
|1. No activity
|Symptom limited physical and cognitive (e.g. mental) rest (see above)
|2. Light aerobic exercise
|Walking, swimming or stationary bicycle keeping intensity less than 70% of maximum predicted heart rate; no resistance training
|Increase heart rate
|3. Sport-specific exercise
|Skating drills in ice hockey, running drills in soccer. No head impact activities
|Add movement
|4. Non-contact training drills
|Progression to more complex training drills, e.g. passing drills in football and ice hockey; may start progressive resistance training
|Exercise, coordination and use of brain
|5. Full contact practice
|Following medical clearance, participate in normal training activities
|Restore confidence [13] and allow coaching staff to assess functional skills
|6. Return to play
| Normal game play
While many of the youth sports concussion safety laws [10] passed by the states in recent years contain broad language allowing any "qualified health care professional" to make the return-to-play decision, studies show that many primary care physicians [14] [10] lack the expertise required to make return to play decisions. Because they have more training and experience in concussion diagnosis and management, certified athletic trainers [15], team doctors, and neuropsychologists are usually the best qualified to decide when it is safe for an athlete to return to play.
Generally, each step should take at least 24 hours, so that, assuming the athlete does not experience a reoccurrence of concussion symptoms at rest or with exercise as she progresses through the exercise program, she will be able to return to sports in about a week's time after symptoms have cleared.
If any post-concussion symptoms [2] occur at any level, the athlete needs to drop back to the previous level at which she was symptom-free, and try to progress again after a further 24-hour period of rest has passed.
As suggested in the Model Policy and Guidance for Prevention and Treatment of Sports-Related Concussions and Head Injuries [17]recently issued by the New Jersey Department of Education pursuant to that state's concussion safety law [18], in the absence of daily testing by a health care professional with concussion expertise (certified athletic trainer, school/team physician) to clear a student-athlete to begin the graduated return-to-play protocol:
In their desire to return to the playing field, some high school athletes fail to comply with return to play guidelines. A 2009 study [4] by researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio found that at least 40.5% and 15.0% of athletes who sustained concussions returned to play prematurely under the now-outdated American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and then current Zurich return-to-play guidelines.
A 2011 study [4], [5] however, shows for the first time the important role computerized neuropsychological testing [20] is playing in concussion assessment and return to play decisions. Athletes who had taken a pre-season, baseline ImPACT computerized neuropsychological test, and took the ImPACT test again after suspected concussion were less likely to return to play on the same day, and less likely to return to play within a week of their injury, than the three out of four injured athletes who did not undergo such testing.
The authors suggested three possible reasons:
A 2013 study [9] [9] of concussed student-athletes who reported no symptoms [2] and had returned to baseline on computerized neurocognitive tests [22] taken before beginning the graduated return to sports protocol, found that more than a quarter (27.7%) exhibited declines in verbal and visual memory on the tests after moderate exercise.
The findings prompted the study's authors, led by sports concussion neuropsychologist Neal McGrath, Ph.D. of Sports Concussion New England, to recommend that neurocognitive testing become an "integral component of the athletic trainer's post-exertion evaluation protocol and that student-athletes should not be cleared for full contact activity until they are able to demonstrate stability, particularly in memory functioning, on such post-exertion neurocognitive concussion testing."
"Our thinking," said McGrath, "is that since exercise is known to cause recurrence of symptoms in some athletes who may not be fully recovered, and since neurocognitive testing has been shown to reveal persisting cognitive deficits in athletes who say or feel that they are symptom-free [8], [6] any significant decline in post-exercise cognitive test scores for those athletes who have reached the point of feeling fully symptom-free, with resting neurocognitive scores that are back to baseline, would indicate that more recovery time is needed before returning to contact sports action. We would follow those athletes until their post-exercise neurocognitive test scores remain stable at baseline levels before clearing them to return to play."
2. Halstead, M, Walter, K. Clinical Report - Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics 2010;126(3):597-615.
3. Meehan W, d'Hemecourt P, Comstock D. High School Concussions in the 2008-2009 Academic Year: Mechanism, Symptoms, and Management. Am. J. Sports. Med. 2010; 38(12): 2405-2409 (accessed December 2, 2010 at http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/38/12/2405.abstract?etoc).
4. Yard EE, Comstock RD. Compliance with return to play guidelines following concussion in US high school athletes, 2005-2008. Brain Inj. 2009:23(11):888-98.
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I kinda wanted to put this off. In fact, I had considered breastfeeding exclusively for her first year. I love breastfeeding my baby, and figured that as long as it was meeting her nutritional needs that there was no rush to introduce anything else. Except now I'm thinking that it might not be meeting her nutritional needs. She's waking up hungry a lot. I mean, at this point we're lucky if we get a three-hour stretch overnight. This isn't a sleep-training issue -- it is very clear that she is hangry. Very, very hangry. Not-so-coincidentally, my milk supply also seems to be dropping off. Plus, she is now intrigued by/reaching out for our food.
I can take a hint. At six months + one week old, my 15.5-pound baby is ready for some veggies and meat.
How exactly are we going to do this? Well, I'm not 100% sure. I totally get the philosophy behind baby-led weaning and I believe it is doable, logical and effective but I'm also not convinced it is the right choice for us. At the same time, I really don't want to feed her a mush-only diet for the next however-many months. It is all so overwhelming to me, and I think the best approach is to just kind of wing it and see where this feeding adventure takes us. So, for now, we'll start with homemade baby food (I think this is the safest and easiest route). We also have our Munchkin Fresh Food Feeders, which will be great for avocados and other fresh fruits. Once we get comfortable with the whole feeding process, we'll probably move on to regular (i.e. not puréed) foods. I'll continue to breastfeed, too, until she reaches her first birthday (approximately). In terms of her feeding schedule, I'll probably start by giving her a small amount of one single food early in the day (after nursing). We'll add more foods and feedings when we feel the time is right. And while I don't know that you really need recipes to make baby food, I'll definitely be consulting a book called Blender Baby Foods by Nicole Young for inspiration. Many of the recipes in Blender Baby Foods sound super delicious, actually. Like orange pumpkin purée and squashed apples. Mmmm. The book does encourage the consumption of grains and legumes, but it is easy enough to skip those recipes in favor of the paleo-friendly selections.
As far as fortified rice cereal, which seems to be one of the more common first foods for babies, it will not be a part of our baby's diet. Our pediatrician recommended it because babies apparently need the extra iron, but I'm not a fan of the idea. I think we can meet all of her nutritional with natural, unprocessed foods.
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The President is unaware of this development. He has not been briefed yet by the 6pm news. twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/sta…—
Matthew H. (@Matthops82) August 01, 2013
Explosive new report via CNN's "The Lead":
Sources now tell CNN dozens of people working for the CIA were on the ground the night of the Benghazi attack 1/2—
The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) August 01, 2013
, and that the agency is going to great lengths to make sure whatever it was doing, remains a secret. 2/2—
The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) August 01, 2013
CIA is polygraphing operatives regularly, in an "unprecedented" attempt to keep Benghazi secrets, sources tell CNN, @DrewGriffinCNN reports—
The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) August 01, 2013
The CIA responded to CNN's report in a stmt, saying it "enabled all officers involved in Benghazi the opportunity to meet with Congress."—
The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) August 01, 2013
A source now tells CNN as many as 35 Americans were in Benghazi night of attack, with as many as seven wounded, some seriously.—
The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) August 01, 2013
A source tells CNN that 21 Americans were working in the building known as the annex, believed to be run by the CIA. #Benghazi—
The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) August 01, 2013
Absolutely damning if true.
"We should have the people who were on the scene come in, testify under oath, do it publicly, and lay it out," says @RepWOLFPress. #Benghazi—
The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) August 01, 2013
Is this still a "phony scandal," President Obama?
Sounds from this like CIA is trying to prevent info from coming out on what the Benghazi facility was being used for. thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/01/exc…—
Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) August 01, 2013
GOP Rep. Frank Wolf suggests that potential whistleblowers have been subjected to intimidation:
In the aftermath of the attack, Wolf said he was contacted by people closely tied with CIA operatives and contractors who wanted to talk.
Then suddenly, there was silence.
"Initially they were not afraid to come forward. They wanted the opportunity, and they wanted to be subpoenaed, because if you're subpoenaed, it sort of protects you, you're forced to come before Congress. Now that's all changed," said Wolf.
All of this raises even more questions about the extent to which the White House went to keep the truth buried. What really happened in Benghazi?
Time to ask…What are they hiding? Besides our President's complete incompetence…—
S.M (@redsteeze) August 01, 2013
They must have known how many people were in peril, and that others were injured. Yet did nothing. What?! #Benghazi—
Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 01, 2013
The Obama administration left 30-40 people out there to die. #Benghazi—
RB (@RBPundit) August 01, 2013
Does this CNN blog item bury its lede in the final 3 grafs? Bengahazi was about weapons transfer? bit.ly/16K6gNY—
Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) August 01, 2013
Best part is how the State Department asserts they weren't involved in the transfer of weapons—thanks for the confirmation. #Benghazi—
the eye (@ShannonPoe) August 01, 2013
Let me repeat.. To this day we still do not know a single order Barack Obama gave the night of Benghazi… Not one…—
S.M (@redsteeze) August 01, 2013
@DrewGriffinCNN What orders came directly from Barack Obama the night of Benghazi?—
S.M (@redsteeze) August 01, 2013
Where was Obama during #Benghazi attack? What did he do or say? How corrupt is the media that they're totally disinterested in that? #TCOT—
Rene Ferrer (@RF2678) August 01, 2013
This is frightening.
CIA operatives are usually polygraphed every three to four years. Benghazi survivors are being put through it once a month.—
SunnyRight (@sunnyright) August 01, 2013
There's no fucking way the administration didn't have several sources of information telling them about the severity of the attack.—
RB (@RBPundit) August 01, 2013
The CIA used to be a proud institution. Now it's helping Obama cover up the truth of what happened in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012. Disgrace.—
Harry (@Tark31) August 01, 2013
More evidence today that Benghazi alone should have cost Obama re-election.—
Benjamin Martin (@B_MartinTRS) August 01, 2013
How much taxpayer funded silence on #Benghazi will Americans tolerate? Unprecedented measures and untold staffing levels protecting Obama.—
Patrick Brokaw (@pbrokaw) August 01, 2013
This President's first thought when Benghazi went down was "Oh shit, the election"..—
S.M (@redsteeze) August 01, 2013
This President's second thought when Benghazi went down was "Blame the First Amendment"—
S.M (@redsteeze) August 01, 2013
Obama hasn't addressed Benghazi since throwing an innocent American citizen in jail in the middle of the night.—
S.M (@redsteeze) August 01, 2013
The Administration sure seem to be going to extraordinary (and creepy) lengths to hush up what it casually calls a #PhonyScandal—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 01, 2013
It is monstrous that the US, once the most open society in the world, has become a Security state and not even for security but for politics—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 01, 2013
and shame upon those hyperpartisan monsters who wish to pretend this is all perfectly normal. It's not normal, and it's scary.—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 01, 2013
There is no excuse. None.
God Save Us All From Obama's #PhonyScandals—
DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 01, 2013
Kudos to "The Lead" for having the guts to go public with this report. We can only hope their bravery doesn't come back to bite them.
Now we wait for the White House's media defenders to attack and smear Jake Tapper and Drew Griffin. You know it's coming.—
SunnyRight (@sunnyright) August 01, 2013
Headed soon to Eric Holder's desk: A subpoena for Jake Tapper's phone records? #benghazi—
Allahpundit (@allahpundit) August 01, 2013
Here's CNN's explosive report:
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Editor's note: This post has been updated with additional tweets and video.
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All last year I never questioned Haley's calling or overall decisions. The running game was anemic but that wasn't really his fault, more of a lack of O-line and running talent. His and Ben's production at the start of last year was great and prior to Ben's injury they were a dynamic duo.
Since Ben's injury they have failed to amaze. Now not all of this is on Haley obviously, a lot of the play calling would be successful if they had a working O-line (Week 1) and the receiver caught more of the passes that hit them on the hands (Weeks 1 and 2). But after that Cotchery reverse, I have to begin to question what is going on with this offense.
I think that week 1 is going to be an outlier this year. For all intents and purposes we didn't score any points. That last second touchdown was fluff against a prevent defense. Our O-line was playing without a leader and it showed.
Week 2, our O-line looked much better and gave Ben 2-5 seconds in the pocket usually, as opposed to 1-2 from last week. Our running game even looked bad at times, instead of completely awful. This was only true with Felix in the game though, Redman still looks like he can't cut to a hole worth a damn. There was one play in particular where it was primed for him to follow Foster through a hole on the right side, and he cut back inside into the arms of 3 defenders turning a possible 7+ yard gain into a 0 yard gain leaving a long third down.
My issue with the week 2 play calling stems from one main thing. Many of our completed passes were in the 8-15 yard range, and yet on several drives all we threw were long bombs. Yes we had single man coverage, but I think our WRs have shown thus far that they can't win in single coverage. Unless it's a deep ball where our guy has separation, maybe it's time to work in more curl routes or quick slants. Sanders and Brown are extremely quick, but weren't able to outrun the CBs of Cincy. Some plays that allow them to use their quickness were called, but very rarely. And there shouldn't be a single play called where Jericho is supposed to evade or outrun anyone. C'mon man.
Ben has also looked extremely rusty these first 2 games. I'm not sure if it's due to the lack of separation and he's trying to put the ball where only the WR can get it, but lots of balls are too high, or too far forwards or backwards for receivers to catch in stride. I'm hoping that the Steelers find a way to get Moye and Wheaton on the field a lot more. Moye showed better hands on his catch than any other Steelers had all night, except for maybe Sanders who had 2 nice catches right before getting crushed.
Season Prediction:
Steelers begin to turn it around in week 6 after getting back Bell and Miller. Bell isn't able to completely turn around the running game, but Miller adds a key 3rd down target that increases our First Down count and keeps drives alive.
The Steelers Def. gets tired of being called "soft" by ESPN analysts and begins to once again kick ass. They stop overrunning plays when trying to make a splash play, and begin to get solid stops that force teams into passing situations and results in more turnovers.
The Steelers end the year 10-6 shocking everyone, even themselves, and get a wildcard spot in the playoffs.
Bizarro Steelers Prediction:
Steelers go 5 - 11, Haley is let go, Father Defense retires, most of our players over 30 are let go, the Steelers begin a rebuilding cycle that lasts 4 years with the Steelers back in the Superbowl in 2018 with Ben's replacement.
If I had to bet, I'd put my money on prediction #1, because you can never count the Steelers out, especially if the world is looking down on them.