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More Consequences of Anti-Vaccination Misinformation
Posted by jlwile on January 2, 2014
Vaccines are a powerful means by which certain diseases can be prevented. Many scientific studies demonstrate that they are both safe and effective, but unfortunately, there are those who have been convinced by misinformation produced by anti-vaccination groups. As a result, some infectious diseases are beginning to make a comeback in the United States. One of those diseases is measles.
One reason measles is making a comeback in the United States is that there are several other parts of the world where measles has a stronghold. Since world travel is common, it is easy for someone to import the disease back to the U.S. In most cases, this isn't a problem, because most travelers come into contact with people who have been vaccinated. As a result, the virus has a difficult time spreading, and the traveler is usually the only one who ends up suffering from the infection. Every once in a while, however, a traveler will come into contact with a group that has a very low vaccination rate. When that happens, the disease spreads quickly.
For example, in April of 2013, an unvaccinated person returned home to North Carolina after spending three months in India. Along with souvenirs and stories, the traveler brought home the measles virus. Two other unvaccinated family members got the disease, and in the end, there were 23 confirmed cases of the measles. The vast majority of them (18) were among unvaccinated people. Two of the measles cases were in people of unknown vaccination status, and three were in people who were fully vaccinated.
This, of course, brings up a very important point. When people refuse vaccination, they often think that the only possible consequences will be to them and their family, but that's just not true. No medicine, including vaccines, is 100% effective. Thus, there will be a small percentage of people who get the vaccine but are not fully protected against the disease. When unvaccinated people provide a breeding and transmission population for the disease, this increases the risk to all people, even those who are vaccinated.
Another example of such a measles outbreak occurred in late 2013. A traveler with an unknown vaccination history had visited Indonesia. Upon returning, the traveler went to a church in Texas in which the pastor had been critical of vaccinations. As a result, many of the members were not vaccinated against measles. In the end, 25 people were struck by the illness, and the vast majority of them were either unvaccinated or have no known vaccination history.
Last year's largest measles outbreak was the result of a similar story. In March of 2013, an unvaccinated teen returned to Brooklyn, NY from London. The traveler carried the measles back to an orthodox Jewish community that avoids vaccination. There were 58 identified cases of the measles that came as a result of this exposure, and all of them were in people who were either unvaccinated or had no known vaccination history. In this outbreak, one child got pneumonia as a complication, and two pregnant women had to be hospitalized. Unfortunately, one of those women miscarried.
It is truly sad that the anti-vaccination movement can mislead as many people as it does. There is simply no good scientific evidence to support most of their claims. Not long ago, a group dedicated to anti-vaccine misinformation sponsored a debate between me and an anti-vaccine scientist. The debate went so poorly for the anti-vaccine position that the group removed all mention of it from their website. If you would like to watch the debate, however, you can get it here. (Thanks to Matt Fig for converting it to Youtube format!)
If you have been misled by anti-vaccine propaganda, please take the time to read from my collected articles on vaccination. Like all medicines, vaccines have side effects, and there are some people who should not get them. This is why you should consult with a physician who knows your family's medical history before taking any medication. However, for the vast majority of people, the risk associated with not following the standard vaccination schedule is significantly higher than the risk associated with doing so.
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Are there risks in getting vaccinated (as an adult) after having NOT been vaccinated all your life?
how do you feel about the hpv vaccine for teen girls?
Dr. Wile, what are your thought on how many vaccines are being put together? I don't have any issie with vaccines as a methodology for preventing disease, I simply don't care for the pace which Doctors prescribe them. In many cases Doctors follow the insurance guidance instead of the AAP and WHO guidance (personal experience). That has always been my concern.
Dr Wile, I have heard that vaccines are made from fetal matter. I haven't looked into this but my scientist friend confirms it. I'd like to hear what say about this. Thank you
Dr. Wile, Thanks for a rational and scientific presentation regarding vaccines. As a physician, now writing Christian fiction, I absolutely gnash my teeth when fellow writers say they won't accept immunization for any of the numerous diseases the vaccines for which are made from the tissue culture stemming from those two abortions five decades ago. When my first wife died over a decade ago, I didn't like it–I was as opposed to her death as I am to abortion–but my dislike didn't stop me from acceding to her wishes and allowing organ and tissue donation. Let some good come from even the worst situation. And that's what's happened with these vaccines.
I appreciate your post.


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Trinity Rep's "Oliver!," which opened Sunday, harks back to the old days at Trinity, when the place was staging raw, gritty theater.
That's probably because the theater brought in the husband-and-wife team of Richard and Sharon Jenkins to helm the project, and both got their start at the theater back in the 1970s, when Adrian Hall ruled the roost. Richard Jenkins, the Oscar-nominated film actor, led Trinity in the early 1990s, which was the last time he directed a show.
"Oliver!," which takes place in the upstairs theater, plays out on the recycled "Christmas Carol" set, minus the huge clock face. But it's a much darker side of Dickens we see, as we follow Oliver through the streets of London, where he hangs out with crooks and killers.
Trinity, of course, has a long history of staging musicals, but without the glitz of Broadway. The show opens with the orphans from the workhouse singing "Food, Glorious Food" stretched out on a simple set of stairs rather than sitting around an imposing dining table.
The show is intimate, in other words, with a much-reduced orchestra stationed on the upper tier of the set. And it asks us to use our imaginations, rather than spell everything out.
Again, it looks pretty gritty, with pieces of clothing stretched out on a line near Fagin's lair, and people popping in and out of trap doors.
Still, to put on a musical, you need singers and dancers. And Trinity has both those bases covered.
Rachael Warren, who plays Nancy, Bill Sykes' long-suffering girlfriend, sings her heart out in "As Long As He Needs Me." And she is a hoot when knocking back shots in the rollicking drinking song, "Oom-Pah-Pah."
And 14-year-old Noah Parets was terrific as the Artful Dodger. His singing is solid (he's sung the national anthem at Fenway Park), and he more than does justice to Sharon Jenkins' ambitious choreography, which weaves together tap and ballet. There is, in fact, lots of dance in this show.
But there are many talented kids, too, including Phineas Peters, who's played Tiny Tim a couple of times in recent years, as a plucky Oliver, the orphan boy who falls in with Fagin and the Artful Dodger.
The surprise of the show, though, just might be Stephen Berenson, who is a masterful Fagin, the crafty crook who teaches boys the art of picking pockets. Berenson, who appeared in a long, stringy gray wig, started out big and stayed there, never fading. And while he doesn't get to sing much at Trinity, he's got a great voice.
Boston-area actor Timothy John Smith made the perfect Bill Sykes, with a shaved head and a pink scar running across his face. And boy, is he brutal. But then there is some semblance of justice in this tale, and things don't end well for Bill, who meets his end in a dramatic scene that's cleverly staged.
There's some wonderful fun in the opening moments of the show between Tom Gleadow's Mr. Bumble and Anne Scurria's coy Mrs. Corney, who dodges Gleadow's advances only to end up in his lap, straddling him.
And only at Trinity would Chris Turner come down from his perch in the band and run across the stage with his horn.
Even though Richard Jenkins has spent the past couple of decades acting in film, he has not forgotten how to make a show sing on stage. This "Oliver!" is all about theatrical moments, all about telling the story and not worrying about spectacle.
It's entertaining and very funny. Don't miss it.
"Oliver!" runs through March 30 at Trinity Rep, 201 Washington St., Providence. Tickets are $28-$72. Call (401) 351-4242, or visit trinityrep.com.


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The Jones Family Win 2010 Converse Band of Ballers
If you weren't at today's Converse Band of Ballers, you missed out. Bringing together Converse's love of music, basketball and the city of Atlanta, seven teams battled it out 3-on-3 to be the champ. The teams include returning champs Jim Jones and The Jones Family (surprise guest Cam'ron, God Shammgod & Adrian "A-Butta" Walton), Jermaine Dupri and the So So Def Family, The Black Lips, Of Montreal, Steel Train, the Bad News team (Jay Electronica, Donnis & Sean Price) and the Southern Hospitality team (OJ Da Juiceman, Pill & Shawty Lo). In a gym small enough to make all the fans feel like they were a part of the action, the returning champs turned in a repeat performance. I got up with the day's MVP A-Butta, as well as Capo and Shammgod after the game.


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I got into making photos in high school. My photo teacher was an old-time Sierra Clubber—he got me into climbing.
I try to climb at least four or five days a week. I really love to boulder and solo easy routes. It's the movement that turns me on. I never was into pushing numbers.
I was kicked out of Brooks Institute of Photography after one and a half years. Seems I was too much of a troublemaker.
I've always made nudes and climbing photos, and I guess I wanted to mix the two passions and see the results. I also was a bit tired of making photos for money and wanted to just make some art.
The calendar barely pays for itself. I've had a few benefactors through the years: my muse, Elizabeth U., and also Paul Fish at Mountain Gear, who has been the biggest retailer of the calendars for almost 10 years.
My male nudes calendar didn't do well at all. The images were great, but I guess the public wasn't ready for it. Strangely, I sell more calendars to women than men, but they seem to buy them for their boyfriends.
The worst reaction I had when I asked someone to pose was almost getting punched out by a jealous boyfriend. I guess he was insulted that I didn't ask him to pose nude.
Once I was making a photograph of a girl on a boulder in the Merced River in Yosemite. The sun was in her eyes, so she couldn't see much, which was good. A tour bus of Asians pulled off the road, and there was a stampede of people with cameras trying to get out the door. My model asked what was going on. I replied, "Nothing's going on, just grab the holds and flag your left leg." I couldn't stop laughing.
"My male nudes calendar didn't do well at all." - that's a shame. They few in your print gallery look so good. I'd back that on KS if you ever decide to try again =)
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Making a home office work can be a challenge for even the most resourceful entrepreneur. That challenge is intensified when more than one entrepreneur works at home. Judy Proudfoot, 45, went into business for herself in 1995, designing and selling handpainted clothing items that she produces in her house. Her husband, Mark, launched a homebased advertising business at nearly the same time, meaning that both husband and wife now work daily in adjacent work areas in the basement of their home in Alexandria, Minnesota.
"Mark produces advertising brochures for a handful of resorts in our area, does promotion for four different banks, and puts together an 80-page magazine for the Chamber of Commerce of Alexandria, among other things," Judy explains. "I produce my handpainted T-shirts and sweatshirts. As for our basement offices, he ended up with our furnished guest bedroom, which is fully carpeted and resembles a quaint `executive office.' I ended up with his old workroom area, right next to it, which is unfinished and has a cement floor. It only makes sense, though, because I'm the one doing all the paint work."
Judy says her workplace is far from elegant, but is ideal for her needs. "We were able to find a used work table that's about the length of three card tables pushed together, and it's got shelving underneath where I can keep all my paints and supplies," she states. "My important paperwork and designs are filed away in four big cardboard boxes. I pounded a bunch of nails all over the walls so I can hang my designs while I work on them, which gives them a place to dry. Our laundry-room area is only steps away, providing easy access to our clothes drier so I can heat-treat my creations when they're done. I've even got a window that faces south, so I've got a lot of natural light that comes in, which is helpful when I'm painting."
One reason why the Proudfoots have been able to make their dual-entrepreneur situation work so well is that they understand the value of separating the professional areas of their home from the personal areas. Another is that they stick to a consistent work schedule.
"We thought it would be best to keep all business-related items down in the basement, so it would be easier to remove ourselves from our work. Upstairs, ours is just like any other normal household," Judy explains. "One thing we agreed on when we decided to start our businesses, however, was that we would stick to a regular work schedule. We're usually both down in the basement by 8 a.m., we take coffee breaks and stop for lunch just like anybody else, and by about 4:30 in the afternoon, we're done. During busy periods, we'll sometimes go back down to the basement after dinner to work awhile longer. But we have a rule in our household that no matter what's happening, we have to be done by 9 p.m., which gives us another hour or so of time together to do whatever we choose.
"We're very disciplined. We have to be," Judy says. "Because once we start to let things slide a bit, that's when the stress level goes up in our house."
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Take Two for February 6, 2013
US debates immigration reform, but Mexico stays silent
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Then president-elect of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto delivers a speech during a conference in the framework of the 'Mexico Business Summit' in Queretaro, Mexico, on November 12, 2012.
Mexico has a lot riding on the outcome of immigration reform in the U.S. Out of the 11 percent of Mexicans who live aboard, most reside in America. Also, remittances from the U.S. to the country accounts for about 2-3 percent of its GDP.
But while it has a lot invested in the immigration debate, Mexico has remained mostly silent.
LA Times reporter Richard Fausset explains that it's politically advantageous for government leaders in Mexico to stay under the radar.


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I found this on another forum and thought it most helpful.
There are many things that can happen that may cause an emergency situation to arise during the breeding/egg laying process such as egg binding, egg peritonitis and prolapsed uterus and death.
Egg binding is when the bird cannot pass an egg and it has become "stuck" inside the hen causing obstruction of the uterus or oviduct leading to a prolapsed uterus. It takes 24-25 hours for the egg to form. If the egg remains in the oviduct for longer periods it can cause the oviduct to rupture.
Egg binding can be caused by obesity, no exorcize, heredity, an inadequate diet which lacks calcium and essential vitamins & minerals, mal-formed eggs, over laying and damage to or infection of the oviduct. This condition requires immediate VET assistance and can cost you the life of your hen.
Egg peritonitis is when the birds suffers an inflammation of the abdomen (peritoneal cavity) caused by leaking from the oviduct & ovaries the contents of the mal formed or broken egg inside of her which can allow the yolk to enter the bloodstream causing bacterial infection, poisoning and death. This condition also requires immediate VET assistance.
There are many other things such as a ruptured oviduct, prolapsed uterus or a hen can push/strain so hard that they push out her insides through the vent; this is very serious and can cause death in most cases.
If you believe your hen IS egg bound….
In my opinion THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION! You need to get your hen to a Farm animal Vet NOW!! As I am unable to see your hen, and by your brief description of the hen symptoms suggests it is in need of IMMEDIATE avian vet attention! I cannot diagnose this problem and if the hen does have a tumor, an infection or is in fact egg bound it is most likely suffering.
If egg bound; this pain/suffering/stress will not go away until the egg has passed or been removed by the vet or the hen dies. In this situation you definitely need a visit to the vet NOW rather than later as every minute that is passing by your hen is in pain & suffering.
DO NOT try to remove a bound/stuck egg yourself… ever! The egg could break inside the hen leading to pain, suffering, infection and/or death. If internal organs have been pushed out of the vent by the hens straining, DO NOT try to push them back in your self. These are life-threatening situations that require delicate procedures performed certified farm animal specialists. Some times these hens will still circum to their ailment/injuries depending on the severity.
Below are posted some links to pictures and avian x-rays showing abnormal (egg bound) illustrations for your review. This will give you an idea of where the swelling or hardness may occur if your hen is egg bound. These pictures may not be that of a chicken but the illustrations/x-rays will show you what egg binding looks like and give you an idea of how painful this condition is for your hen.
Avian x-rays: Egg Bound
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My name is Kit!
Facts about Kit
- Breed: Beagle
- Color: Tricolor (Tan/Brown & Black & White)
- Age: Adult
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Female
Kit's Info...
I am already spayed, purebred, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with dogs.
Hello there! Special Ops Agent Kit at your service! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to be my forever family. In return, you get tons of love, affection and cuteness!
I take my job seriously- I scope out every inch of the house and yard. I am alert to every noise, and I'll be sure to let you know if there is food lurking anywhere in the house, especially the kitchen! Playing with toys and running around is a vital part of my job. I am a pro at search and destroy deployments when there are fuzzy stuffed animals around. To keep fit and ready for my next assignment, I have taught myself to play ball on the stairway. I carry a tennis ball to the top of the stairs, let it go, then race it down and try to catch it before it hits bottom! I'm also a pro at dodge and dart maneuvers and the barrel roll to change direction when playing with my foster sister or friends at the dog park. Our training missions are the best! All I have to do is Sit, or Down, or Shake, and I get a treat!
I am still an agent in training, though, and foster mom says that learning to only potty outside is my most important mission yet. (Still working on that one.) I will stay in my crate if you need me to, but I just might howl and whine a bit to let intruders know that I'm still on the job. Because I'm constantly on surveillance, I can be a little shy of strangers, and startle or run at loud and sudden noises. I get along great with the kids I've met though, and haven't shown any aggression, even when foster mom takes my bone away. When we get in the car for my next mission, I ride quietly in the back to rest up for whatever adventure is next.
So if you need a little Special Love, er, I mean Special Ops in your life, I'm your agent! Kit is on the job!
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- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Pittsburgh already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Pittsburgh breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Beagle breeders who help with Beagle rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Pittsburgh paves the way for another one to be saved.


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So hopefully the enclosed picture works. I know the common wisdom is to cut just above the "5 leaf". On the picture I have attached the blooms are over and now have "rose hips".
What if I cut right below the rose hips vs. further down just above the the 5 leaf? I thought I had read only roses bushes require to be cut above the 5 leaf? |
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BTW the rose picture is a purple pavement. And to clarify the above comment....Do only certain roses need to be cut just above the 5 leaf? |
I'm not sure what you're asking, especially since that big leaf is a 7-leaflet leaf. Whatever it is, bottom line - sometimes a stem doesn't make any 5-leaflet leaves near the bud. Sometimes they're only 3's or 2's. If it's a new or weak rose, there's no reason to go overboard in trying the find a 5-leaflet leaf. Simply cut down to the next leaf junction. You should probably just be doing that anyway with a new rose. |
BTW, in case your question was about 7 vs. 5, a 7-leaflet leaf certainly qualifies - even more so.;-) |
Rosetom Sorry about the confusion. Yes in the picture its a 7 leaf. Directly above or in this case to the left of the leaflet (near the verticle thorn) is where I would cut to encourage new blooms correct? Also what would happen if I cut right below the "rose hips" vs further down near the 7 leaf. The rose bush is a purple pavement and really puts out blooms all summer. I just want to make sure I'm deadheading correctly. |
Yes, between the vertical thorn and the leaf junction is where you should cut - maybe a bit closer to the leaf junction. In my experience, a stronger, (even quicker) new shoot will occur if you get the cut just above a leaf junction. Cutting the blooms/hips just underneath will hinder growth - at least until the stem figures out that part is not going anywhere and it dies off. |
What if you have several 7 leaflets. Do you cut at the junction closest to where the spent flowers were........or go down the main branch and cut at the 2nd or 3rd 7 leaflet |
Your last question -- WHERE you cut would depend upon the age and maturity of the rose PLANT, and what you are trying to accomplish. IF you want to grow roses on long, strong stems for exhibition, you would cut fairly far down the cane, to wood of some sturdy size. The idea is that (generally) the new flower stem will be slightly less in diameter than the wood it grew from. I would NOT deadhead that way if the plant in question is immature. I would probably not do it with the sort of rose you are showing us. IF, otoh, you want to encourage your plant to grow larger and stronger, OR if you want to produce a garden plant with masses of bloom, you would remove far less of the cane. In some cases, you would just snap off the faded bloom with your fingers. This is particularly recommended if the plant is immature, or you want it to get bigger. Since we no longer exhibit roses, we generally remove little from the plant. And with our less-mature roses, we deadhead the way my grandmother taught me: snapping off faded blooms with our fingers. Jeri in Coastal Ventura Co., SoCal |
Implicit in the above comments is that the 5-leaflet thing is an old wives' tale that most experienced gardeners ignore. It works OK on hybrid tea roses, which tend to produce a 5 on the second leaf down. On other roses it is totally inapplicable. I don't follow that rule for any rose. If I want the plant to get bigger, I just remove the spent bloom or hips. If the plant is getting too big, I take 1-2 feet of stem, cutting above any old leaf that happens to be there. |
There is no hard and fast rule on pruning. Some people just snap off the spent blooms right below the hip. I do this a lot of the time. Others will prune to above a 5 leaf joint. As Jeri said, you can do this at the first 5 (or 7) leaf joint or, as I do sometimes for exhibiting purposes, go further down the cane. It's also perfectly fine to prune any rose much deeper while dead heading to maintain a good shape or size as well. And you don't HAVE to dead head at all. I've seen a lot of roses that haven't been dead headed in years and they're still growing and blooming like gangbusters. In any case, whether you prune high or deep or not at all, you can only lay some ground work and suggest where the rose will grow. But the rose, not you, will decide when and where it will grow from next, lol! |
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servings4 people
2 lbs boneless beef chuck , cut into 1.5 inch cube (weigh after trimming)1 stalk lemongrass , cut into 2 inch pieces and bruised
3 tablespoons fish sauce
1 ½ teaspoons Chinese five spice powder
1 ½ teaspoons brown sugar
2 ½ tablespoons minced ginger
1 bay leaf
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium onion , chopped
2 cups chopped fresh tomatoes or 1 (14 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
½ teaspoon salt
1 lb carrot , peeled,cut into 1 inch chunks
2 star anise
3 cups water
Thai basil (optional)
cilantro (optional)
Directions:1. Mix lemongrass, fish sauce, 5-spice powder, ginger, brown sugar and bay leaf, marinate the beef for 30 minutes.
2. Over high heat, heat oil in a heavy-bottemed 5-quart pot, sear the beef quickly then remove, reserve lemongrass and bay leaf for later use.
3. Reduce heat to medium, cook onions till translucent (5 minutes), then add tomato and cook with lid on for another 12-15 minutes.
4. If sauce is too thick, add a bit of water.5Add back the beef, lemongrass, bay leaf and star anise, cook uncovered for 5 minutes then add water.
6. Bring pot to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
7. Add carrots and simmer for another 45 minutes until beef and carrots are tender.
8. Remove bay leaf, lemongrass and star anise before serving with cilantro and Thai basil.
9. Taste great with steam rice or French bread.
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recipe at a glance
type: Soup/Stew
main ingredients: Beef
cuisine: Vietnamese
dietary considerations: Low Sodium, Wheat/Gluten-Free
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Eva eggs on a nip slip in this Cushnie et Ochs dress with a tempting, triangular neckline at the grand opening of SHe by Morton's restaurant/nightclub in Las Vegas.
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As many of you know, my husband and I know the pain of losing a baby. We also know many other families who have endured restless nights as they wonder if they're premature babies will survive.
That is why I'm very excited to be a part of March for Babies this year and hope you will join my team!
Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick. We're walking because we want to do something about this.
The money we raise will support March of Dimes research and programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives. And it will be used to bring comfort and information to families with a baby in newborn intensive care.
Please join my team. You can do so on my team Web page. If you can't walk with me, please help the team reach our goal by making a donation. You can do that online as well.
Thank you for helping me give all babies a healthy start!
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Would you like to see what March for Babies is and why I'm walking?
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Sitting at work this morning with that nice post-ride glow from the day before… I also have an incredibly tight lower back, buttock and calves.
Why? Because I was on a hardtail. I've loved hardtails. For a long time I didn't have a full susser of my own and didn't miss one.
The last few years though I've been riding full Suspension bikes more and more. Mostly because they're so good up stuff and also faster down stuff.
But maybe I just need them (full suspension bikes) now to protect my body…
Saying that, there's something deeply enjoyable about the pingy-ness of a hardtail. Trying to pop through sections rather than ploughing on. Ultra slow-mo nadgery stuff seems easier as well, I just needed to re-learn that my knees and thighs are suspension units in their own right. Where you're normally using your legs to push the suspension into the ground for corners (for instance) you may find on a hardtail that you're lifting and going in "light".
Part of my problem is my lack of flexibility. As an analogy, if being flexible is a willow sapling, then I'm a piece of 39 year old balsa wood kept by the side of a fire.
I keep promising myself that I'm going to start to stretch every day… but every day seeems to turn to tomorrow or the day after. I think it's time to bite the bullet, get a unitard and go to Yoga. So Beware.
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Internal politics can be poisonous to a sale. They can also make a sale happen. Over the years, I've developed my own system on how to determine "who's who" in the world of internal organizational politics. Here's my system in one sentence: Find out who the boss is of the person you're calling on.
Let's say you're getting ready to give a presentation to BigCo. You take the time to find out who is on the board of BigCo. Much to your surprise (and horror), you find out that three of the five board members are customers of your biggest competitor.
Before you invest any time and resources on your presentation, you must pick up the phone, make an in-person visit, send an e-mail or leave a voice-mail message for your target prospect's top officer. Ask something like the following: "Will the fact that three of your five board members are customers of my largest competitor have any impact on your becoming a customer of mine?"
Use what you learn about the board to pose a positive, direct and meaningful question to your target prospect--a question that solicits this top officer's opinion and gets you the answer you need to put yourself in the best possible position.
Now you must find out how long the incumbent top officer has been in command and where she/he came from. Here's why: Suppose you find out that the person you are targeting your presentation to came from an organization that was one of your competitor's strongholds a few years ago? Then you must also ask something like this: "How much of an influence will your past experience with XYZ Co. have on your decision to become a customer of mine?"
Keep in mind that "best possible position" may not translate as "first place." Sometimes it's better to cut your losses than to continue to invest your time and your organization's funds and resources.
As you can see, it will be difficult to come up with a "hard dollar" cost for the political risk of your presentation, but you may want to add the total revenue potential of this sale to the total of your financial and opportunity risk.
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Take a look at your total financial, opportunity and political risk, and ask yourself the following:
2. If I had to pay for the expense of making this presentation out of my own pocket, would I still deliver the presentation?
If you decide to move forward, I also recommend putting together a discovery agreement--a proposed agenda for your presentation that contains your understanding of the goals, plans and objectives of the target organization. The vast majority of top officers have zero tolerance for incompetence. I also know that top officers need to always feel that they are in control. The discovery agreement lets you address both concerns. It's a brief synopsis compiled in bullet points listing your understanding of the unique challenges, initiatives, needs, goals and plans that are now facing this organization. The discovery agreement is basically a hedge against incompetence.
Note that the discovery agreement does not explain or introduce your ideas. That's what your presentation will do later on in the process.
Take a look at your sales forecast, and select the next prospect that is ready for a sales presentation. Take the steps I've outlined at the beginning of this article and perform your due diligence and mathematics. Then determine the overall risk and prepare your discovery agreement.
In next month's column, I'll go into more detail about the actual presentation.
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Just looking through the plant catalogs, and I was wondering if there are any bamboo plants capable of both producing edible shoots and surviving -20F winters? We're south of the Twin Cities (near Hastings), and it looks like we're getting close to being zone 5a now based on the updated hardiness maps. It looks like "Nuda" might be my best bet. Anyone tried this one, or have another variety to recommend?
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Even though some bamboo can grow here, I don't think any would ever be vigorous enough to grow enough shoots for harvest, let alone be large enough. I would think it would be a given not choose a clumping species, as they would inherently not be as vigorous. Nuda is a clumping type. But it would be nice if you could prove me wrong... Rick |
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The Senate bill has a gaping loophole in it that could negate a central promise of health reform – that insurers can no longer charge more because you are sick.
The loophole comes in the form of an expansion to so-called "workplace wellness programs" that are supposed to reward employees for healthy habits. In practice, however, it could allow insurers to charge thousands of dollars more because, for example, a person is sick or overweight or has high cholesterol.
Here's how these programs are supposed to work: There is limited evidence that says when employers provide their employees with health programs like building a gym in the workplace and allowing employees to use it before, during, or after work, or hiring a company dietitian to help employees eat better, employee health, moral, and productivity increases. And, their insurance costs go down. So, programs can be devised that offer small monetary rewards for participating in programs like this.
The key here is that the programs should be designed to actually help employees with their health, and the goals set for financial incentives should be able to be accomplished by everyone.
Current law allows employers to vary insurance premiums and deductibles up to 20% based on the health of the employee or their family. That works out to a substantial $965 for individuals and $2,675 for families per year, based on the total cost of coverage. And current law allows employers to set whatever metrics they want – as long as they are "reasonably designed" – for that variation in premiums, and counts something as flimsy as lighting an aromatherapy candle in the office as a "workplace wellness program."
(In fact, aromatherapy is specifically mentioned in the text of the regulations as an example of how easy it is to set up a workplace wellness program.)
So, in practice, employers can purchase a cheaper insurance plan which passes on more costs to their employees, and then lower the price for only those employees who, for example, hit a certain weight target or have low cholesterol. These kinds of targets unfairly burden low-income workers, women, single parents, or people working two jobs, who have less time to work out or eat right. And this practice comes with a double-whammy: Those people, people who need health care the most – are stuck with higher premiums, meaning they avoid the health care they need.
The Senate bill would vastly expand this already large loophole, allowing employers to vary premiums up to 30% (and up to 50%, at the discretion of future secretaries) based on the health of an employee. In effect, employers could make everyone's health care up to 50% more expensive and only lower health care costs for those meeting the targets, however unreasonable they might be. Instead of being a reward for people with good health, they could become a penalty for everyone else, and a major way to force employees to shoulder more of the cost of health care and employers to carry less.
(For more on the Senate provisions, see this fact sheet from the American Heart Association [pdf] and this fact sheet from the National Partnership for Women & Families [pdf].)
This is not idle speculation. Chuck Stone, Director of North Carolinians for Affordable Health Care with
the State Employees Association of North Carolina/SEIU Local 2008, told reporters today that he saw it happen in North Carolina this year.
To close a projected $1 billion budget gap, North Carolina legislators decided to make the state employee health care plan worse, moving it from a plan where employees pay 20% of the costs to a plan where they pay 30%. This was done under the guise of "workplace wellness." Those North Carolina employees who abstained from tobacco or met weight targets would be able to go back on their old 20% plan. Everyone else would have to use the new 30% plan.
The goal, as told to Stone by state legislators, was to cut costs, not help worker wellness.
And it gets worse. As Stone said:
The financial incentives aren't only for the employee abstains, they're for the entire family. So if one person in the family smokes or is overweight, the entire family has to use the more expensive health care plan.
I've had employees calling in telling me, "I already can't afford to pay for health care coverage. How can I pay for products to help me stop smoking or lose weight?"
The Senate bill vastly expands these provisions, allowing for as much as 50% variation in premiums, a staggering $2,412 per year for individuals and $6,688 per year for families. As Andrew Kurz, former chief financial officer of Wisconsin Blue Cross-Blue Shield, said:
Wall Street demands profits, and insurance companies provide them. This is a loophole they will drive a truck through. We got into this mess because insurers charged higher premiums to sick people. If you now charge lower premiums to healthy people, you get the same result.
By contrast, the House bill allows for research into these programs to find out what works – something that doesn't really exist now – and allows them to be incorporated into health plans in the Exchange only after scientific evidence has proved they can help people stay healthier without adversely impacting them.
The American Heart Association and hundreds of other patient advocates have sent a letter [pdf] to Congress urging them to close this loophole in the Senate bill and adopt the House language, and the issue is starting to get notice on the Hill.
As well it should. Stopping insurers from charging more based on health is one of the central promises of health reform. The Senate bill, as written, allows insurers a huge loophole to continue doing just that. We must hold them accountable, and this loophole must be fixed in conference as we finish reform right.
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i'm curious as to where i can select or add different arm build targets (armi/thumb) in carbide.c++ v2.0. i have the s60 3rd fp1 sdk installed and only have access to gcce. how do i tell carbide which arm target to build?
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Major Chivalry patch adds thirteen new maps, five weapons and more
Anybody who hopped on the Chivalry: Medieval Warfare deal on Steam last weekend may well have got themselves even more of a bargain than first thought.
Grand Theft Auto V gets September release date, PC version still in question
It's tricky to decide how closely to follow Grand Theft Auto V news stories when a possible PC version is, just that, "possible." People would clearly like a PC release of the latest in Rockstar's famous open world series, but the developer is remaining fairly ambiguous on the issue.
Omerta: City of Gangsters Review
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Warframe director: supportive players are subject to some "poisonous attitudes"
Steve Sinclair, the creative director on Digital Extremes' Warframe, has told IncGamers that he's seen a lot of negative feelings directed towards players who've chosen to support the free-to-play game by purchasing items.
The Showdown Effect swaggers into its beta phase
Arrowhead's The Showdown Effect is taking one step closer to its big premiere, with the announcement that the 2.5D, movie-themed multiplayer shooter is now in beta.
GRID 2 races onto shelves in May
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Dead Space 3 story trailer sets the scene for the horror that awaits
It's in space and it will probably make you jump when you're playing it, but what's it all about?
Sim City looking gorgeous at night in shots
The excitement builds for Sim City, especially after the beta test which was just too short to really enjoy.
Aliens: Colonial Marines tactical multiplayer trailer with guns blazing
The Marines are up against it in this new trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines.
See the wonders of Columbia in new Bioshock Infinite Trailer
A new gameplay trailer for Bioshock Infinite dropped into IncGamers today and in this visual feast you can delight at the wonders in Columbia and also enjoy some more gameplay footage.
Medal of Honor to be rested but new Battlefield is due next year
EA's financials for the third quarter highlighted the poor performance of Medal of Honor: Warfighter, and according to EA Labels' president Frank Gibeau, the series is going to be taken out of their release rotation and given a rest.
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This was the origins of what we now know as the Astrodome. I assume this photograph was taken just over 50 years ago, when ground on the domed stadium was broken on January 3, 1962.
Before you roll your eyes and assume that the gentlemen firing hand guns into the earth are nothing but country rick bags, it's worth noting that the idea for building the very first multi-purpose domed sports stadium came to Mr. Roy Hofheinz while he was on a tour of Rome. There he learned that the builders of the ancient Colosseum installed giant velaria to shield spectators from the Roman sun. After all, watching gladiators murder each other would be uncivilized without a properly constructed awning.


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Conrad Boychuk, senior director for recreation and venue development at CEI Architecture is a life-long sports fan with a passion for construction. Here, he explains the importance of spectator experience in sports stadia
"I've always been fascinated with spectator facilities and the dynamic of bringing large groups of people together for a shared experience," says Conrad Boychuk, senior director for recreation and venue development at CEI Architecture. A life-long sports fan, he still remembers his earliest spectator experiences watching live wrestling with his father and grandfather. "Building memories really enhances the human experience," he reflects.
This fascination with the spectator experience has guided him throughout his career. His initial focus was on the performance venue side of things, although his first few jobs as a young architect concentrated on recreation, so the extension to spectator facilities was a natural next step.
The senior director's current role is to grow the spectator facet of the business at CEI Architecture. He says that the firm has a great portfolio of projects in the recreation sector, which is quite a bit different to spectator facilities; "My role is to facilitate the transition to event-based facilities rather than programme-based ones," he confirms.
Boychuk's expertise has earned him a place within several high-profile projects throughout his career. Some 15 years ago, he was on the original design team for the redevelopment of BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, and was involved in a couple of concepts for a new retractable roof. He was subsequently involved in the current retractable roof, which has been a magnificent achievement – the largest of its kind in the world.
Despite this, Boychuk says his proudest achievement in the industry is not design-related. "One thing that was really gratifying for me was having a client say that my job was protecting him from himself," he reveals. "When we first started the project, he felt he had a good handle on things. That was a bit simplistic and his growth in understanding the event centre (and how much he didn't know and relied on others) was satisfying. My role was not as a designer but in a sense as a mentor."
Moving forward, Boychuk foresees continuing improvement with regards to 'the fan experience' within stadia. " I think we are going to see a continuation of highly technical productions, whether we are looking at concerts, sporting events, and even trade shows, " he says. "Not so long ago, people felt that the ability of television to get close to the performer gave it a leg-up on actually being in the stands. I think that, while broadcasting is doing an even better job, the electronic enhancements and effects experienced in the bowl create an excitement that is not fully transferrable onto the smaller screen. I think audiences are requiring more stimulation and the creativity of performers and sports teams are more than capable of stepping up."
He additionally hopes to see more attention being paid to the general ticketholder. "There has been a reliance on corporate investment for the leasing of amenity packages such as private suite, loge boxes and club seats,' he explains. "I think that one of the areas for potential growth with the accompanying revenue stream centres around enhancing the before- and after-game/event experience for the general ticket holder. I think at this level there is a loyalty to a venue or home team, and that exists more with general ticket holders than at a corporate level. Although those revenues for amenity leases are great to have, the real untapped resource is the basic ticket holder and his/her/their ability to be moved into a more stimulating environment with the accompanying additional revenues."
In terms of stadium design and functionality, Boychuk expects there to be less of a separation between the 'performing arts venue' and the 'entertainment and sports venue'. "Although the performing arts venues will continue what they have done, I really believe that the larger facilities that incorporate sports events will make significant inroads into the traditional realm of performance and cultural events. The realm of the large-crowd spectator events is on a significant threshold," he concludes.
Conrad Boychuk will be the moderator of Session 5: the Canada market report roundtable, within the Architecture & Built Summit at Stadia Design & Technology Expo 2012 (0900-10:00, Wednesday 9 May 2012).
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Sudden success won't just affect your company; it's bound to affect you. You'll have some questions to answer, sooner rather than later. How many extra hours should you work? What sort of car will you buy with that new wad of cash?
Jeff Kennedy, 41, is the president and CFO of Sight & Sound Software, a Portland, Oregon, company that designs Web technology for the travel industry. His biggest clients are Wal-Mart and American Airlines. Sight & Sound started in 1994 and made $20,000 that first year. By 1995, Kennedy and his partner, Mark Tilden, 44, were bringing in $100,000--not the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but Kennedy notes he could start buying groceries regularly again. In 1996, American Airlines hired Kennedy and Tilden's company "to devise a disk-based direct-dial product that allowed American's customers to make their own air, car and hotel reservations."
That may be Greek to all of us, but this won't be: In 1996, the partners made about $500,000, a 400 percent jump.
American Airlines liked Sight & Sound's product so much, it asked Kennedy and Tilden to create the booking engine for its Web site. "When we heard we had the contract to build the booking engine for http://www.aa.com, Mark and I just sat there for a minute, stunned," says Kennedy. "We knew it was huge, that it would change everything. We looked at each other and grinned. I leaned a little too far back in my surplus office chair and fell over. All I could think about was a good, stiff drink."
Sight & Sound has since hired 25 employees and has experienced an 865 percent growth rate over the past five years, bringing in $4 million this past year. Which, among other things, means Kennedy has had to put off taking a European vacation with his wife. In fact, he says, "it's very difficult for me to justify taking more than a week off."
But Kennedy insists that even the busiest and most successful entrepreneurs need to take care of themselves. So he takes a lot of three-day weekends and two-day getaways, even if it's just to a Holiday Inn in downtown Portland.
Sudden success means your own bank account will likely swell, too, notes Rob Elliott, senior executive vice president of Bessemer Trust, a New York City wealth management firm. And his company, of course, would only be too happy to help you with your finances. But Elliott makes a good point: "You do have a responsibility to think very seriously about your wealth and how it will impact you, your spouse, your children and your society." We suggest you think about that while driving your new Lexus.
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Bessemer Trust, (212) 708-1900, firstname.lastname@example.com
Sight & Sound Software, http://www.sight-n-sound.com
Wood Family Enterprises, (800) 456-0851
Geoff Williams has written for numerous publications, including Entrepreneur, Consumer Reports, LIFE and Entertainment Weekly. He also is the author of Living Well with Bad Credit.
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Now, a sneak peek inside SyFy Dream Machines.
Hi. My name is Marc.
I'm Shannon.
And we're the Parker Brothers.
I feel the need, the need for speed.
Since we were little kids, my brother and I dreamed of building things that people say can't be built. Let's just see if it's possible. So we opened up this 15,000-square-foot facility to build basically whatever we wanted to build.
Our motto is dream big, build bigger. I guess to us the dream machine would be something that previously was thought to be impossible. Basically what we're gonna do is we're gonna take a Formula 1 car something from outer space, fighter jets, all kinds of stuff and mix it together.
A dream machine is anything that you may have seen in a movie or anything science fiction that doesn't really exist yet, and we take those ideas and turn them into a reality, something you can actually drive.
When you sit in this thing, I want it to actually have that feel that oh my God, I'm in a space craft or I'm in a fighter jet.
My brother Shannon, he's the design end. He comes up with these really outlandish, over-the-top ideas, and it's my job to come up with the way of actually bringing them to life and making them functional, so you make it pretty, I'll make it work.
I may come up with things that most people would say can't be done, but I can always give it to Marc and he'll say I'll find a way.
Alright. Let's get it going.
I try not to pull shin and back anymore than I have to with his creativity because I want him to push the envelope. I want him to come up with something really different and unique that people are gonna appreciate.
I'm not playing around with this all day. You can play around with it until it's right now. Shoot, make it. I got a damn razor blade in my hand, I'll cut them lips off which is shoot.
You know sometimes working with my brother is a little difficult.
You stab me then you'll have to do this.
But together, we make a pretty good team.
Look at this, open up the cockpit like a fighter jet sort of actually slide back.
I like that.
I can do it.
We butt heads sometimes but it always works out in the end to where we have a really cool project when it's finished.
A lot of our inspiration comes from our childhood, you know, comic books and cartoons and science fiction television, movies and shows which is anything fantasy-based. It'll do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs.
We really take a lot of creative license in the build. We don't follow a lot of stringent blueprints or stick with any one specific idea. As we're building it, it's kind of like sculpting. You know we'll just keep creating it until we look at it and go oh, that's exactly what we wanted.
I'm gonna drive this way over the speed limit.
The only thing that can stop us is our own imagination.
We build the impossible. Anything that they say can't be built, we're gonna build it.
Dream Machines, an original series, Tuesdays at 10 premiering April 10 only on SyFy, imagine greater.
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"Sam Perricone will certainly be missed," produce marketing veteran Dick Keim said in an e-mail.
Memorial donations were to go to St. John of God, Los Angeles; the Villa Scalabrini Retirement Center, Sun Valley; or the Franciscan Renewal Center, Scottsdale, Ariz.
For more coverage on Sam Perricone, visit the Orange County Register.
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Response to Time: What Choice? OUR Choice
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Written by Charlotte Taft for RH Reality Check. This diary is cross-posted; commenters wishing to engage directly with the author should do so at the original post.
It is always exciting when one of our colleagues is featured in an important article such as Time Magazine's Cover article What Choice? Many thanks to Abortion Care Network member Tammi Kromenaker and all her staff and patients at the Red River Women's Clinic in Fargo, ND for inviting this journalist into their daily routine and letting her see firsthand both the caring provided by an independent abortion provider, and the ridiculous hoops that patients have to jump through. Tammi made sure that the journalist understood some of the complex reasons that women choose abortion. Pickert noted that when a patient wasn't sure about her choice she was given more time to consider what she wanted to do. She shared many statistics that the public may not be aware of, for example that independent clinics provide the majority of abortions, and that most of the women who have abortions already have children.
But I was sorry to see that, like so much journalism, this article seemed determined to focus on conflict and failure, rather than on the extraordinary energy and transformative gifts of the movement for women's reproductive choice have yielded over these past forty years.
I know Kate Pickert had access to another perspective of the movement because I had a lengthy interview with her. I shared the fact that there is really nothing new about the Reproductive Justice concept — that what the early women's movement worked for was a panoply of changes including access to excellent child care; health care; housing; freedom from violence; access to credit; equal pay; progressive divorce laws; an end to forced sterilization; access to understandable consent information for any medical procedures; safe birth control; and, yes, safe and legal abortion. Of course we didn't see abortion as separate from other aspects of women's' lives. What we wanted is what we still want — a society that supports the ability of women to make real choices about their lives — not one in which women have children they don't want to have because they don't have access to abortion; or have abortions they don't want because they can't afford to have children. I acknowledged that over the years political and legal attacks on abortion have backed us into a corner in which we have often felt we have to protect the most fundamental right to an abortion, and the movement for Reproductive Justice reminds us that we cannot sacrifice any of our fundamental rights without putting them all in jeopardy.


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Poor Jade with the stunning green eyes, finds herself looking for a home with no other pets. She is approx. a year old and enjoys her people and loves to be around them. When she was adopted her owners loved her and tried very hard to merge her with their other pets but alas it was not going to work out. She has adjusted well being back with us but is ready to get into a new home.
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- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Jenkintown already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Jenkintown breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
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Susan McKeown By Paula Kirman Published March 13, 2007 Blackthorn: Irish Love SongsWorld Village 468054 IRELAND
Dublin's Susan McKeown is no ordinary Celtic singer. Her lilting vocals, whether in Gaelic or English, are full of personality. Blackthorn, her ninth and latest album, is comprised of Irish love songs that are tender and powerful. McKeown makes each song sound personal and sensual. A world traveler, she used an international ensemble of musicians who add a universal feel to the album, even though most of the songs are presented in Gaelic. And so it should be—love is a universal experience, yet personal at the same time. The songs deal with falling in love, pursuing love, betrayal and other themes on the darker side of the emotion. While the arrangements are solid and melodic, McKeown's voice is the centerpiece of her music. With a background in jazz and rock, as well as traditional Irish music, she adds a contemporary flair to these songs without abandoning their roots.


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Our friends over at Pushbullet released yet another new and amazing feature this morning for their cross-platform notification/sharing/do-all-the-things service, called Channels. You could think of Channels a bit like IFTTT's automation, in that they help to automatically alert you to things you care the most about, across all of your devices, at the same time. Channels are subscribe-able notification feeds that channel owners can push alerts through. Make sense? (more…)
Pushbullet Update Introduces Universal Copy and Paste Across Devices
Pushbullet, an app that continues to impress us with each new update, is back again with something that may blow your mind a little. The Pushbullet team is calling it "universal copy and paste," because, through Pushbullet, you can now copy something on one device and then paste it through another, instantly. (more…)
EvolveSMS Partners With PushBullet, Lets You Respond to Texts From Your Computer
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The bad news is the third-ranked Bearettes (29-2) will have to face Science Hill (33-3), ranked second in the final Associated Press poll and returning all of its players from last year's state runner-up squad.
"When we saw we weren't in Riverdale's side of the bracket, we got excited, but that didn't last long when we drew Science Hill," commented head coach Jason Reuter Sunday evening. "Science Hill is considered by most people as the second-best team in the state. We were hoping not to have to face them until the semifinals as least, but that's not the way it turned out."
While the girls are preparing for the state tournament, the Bradley boys are hoping to do the same after tonight's TSSAA Sectional game at "The Jim." The Bears (19-12) will play host to sixth-ranked Siegel (27-5) for a 7 p.m. tip off. The boys' state tournament will be held next week.
Facing such a strong opponent in the opening round is not the main concern for the Bearettes as they are waiting to hear from the TSSAA on the eligibility of junior Rebecca Reuter.
The 6-foot-2 post was whistled for the first two technical fouls of her playing career Saturday, both coming in the fourth period of Saturday night's TSSAA Sectional Game victory over fourth-ranked Blackman. The latter came after she had been whistled for her fifth foul of the night with 2:29 left in the contest.
By TSSAA rule if a player or coach is ejected from a game, he or she must sit out the next two games. However, Bradley is hoping that since neither technical was assessed for fighting, vulgarity or unsportsmanlike conduct, there could be some leeway in the punishment. On both plays, Reuter and Blackman players were going for rebounds and in the battle for the ball, fouls were called.
"We didn't discuss it today (at the draw meeting), because it wasn't the place for it, but we have given TSSAA the game film to show there was no malicious action on Rebecca's part," commented coach Reuter, who is also her dad. "The officials have to file a report that won't get to the TSSAA office until Monday and then hopefully we'll hear something.
"We're proceeding to get ready for the tournament as if we are not going to have her, but we obviously hope we do," he added. Taking Reuter's spot in the starting lineup would be 5-foot-8 senior Baylee Carroll, who has been the team's first player off the bench all season.
"Baylee is a hard worker and a good player that doesn't mind getting in there and battling for balls, but the fact of the matter is there's a big difference between 6-foot-2 and 5-foot-7 or 8," coach Reuter remarked.
Even with four of the eight teams in the state tournament field being listed in the final AP poll, the Bearettes and Lady Hilltoppers' battle is the only matchup of state-ranked squads.
Top-ranked Riverdale (32-0) will open the four-day event at Middle Tennessee State University's Murphy Center at 11 Wednesday morning against Brentwood (22-11), while ninth-ranked Memphis Central (25-5) will take on Knoxville Bearden (24-6) at 12:30. After the Bradley-Science Hill contest at 2, Antioch (26-6) and Memphis Overton (31-6) will wrap up the state quarterfinals at 3:30.
Bradley is making its first state tournament appearance since 2000, while Science Hill is playing in its third straight, having made the state semifinals in 2011 before playing in the state title game last March.
The Bearettes are hoping to be able to practice at UTC's McKenzie Arena today to get used to the bigger facility atmosphere, but the venue hosted a truck pull over the weekend, so it was uncertain how quickly the basketball floor was going to be reinstalled. "We'd like to practice there tomorrow (Monday) and Tuesday on our way to Murfreesboro, but we just don't know yet," coach Reuter stated Sunday evening.