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Vasospasm refers to a condition in which a blood vessel's spasm leads to vasoconstriction. This can lead to tissue ischemia and tissue death (necrosis). Cerebral vasospasm may arise in the context of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Symptomatic vasospasm or delayed cerebral ischemia is a major contributor to post-operative stroke and death especially after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Vasospasm typically appears 4 to 10 days after subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Along with physical resistance, vasospasm is a main cause of ischemia. Like physical resistance, vasospasms can occur due to atherosclerosis. Vasospasm is the major cause of prinzmetal angina.
Normally endothelial cells release prostacyclin and nitric oxide (NO) which induce relaxation of the smooth muscle cells, and reduce aggregation of platelets. Aggregating platelets stimulate ADP to act on endothelial cells and help them induce relaxation of the smooth muscle cells. However, aggregating platelets also stimulate thromboxane A2 and serotonin which can induce contraction of the smooth muscle cells. In general, the relaxations outweighs the contractions.
During atherosclerosis a dysfunctional endothelium is observed during examination. It does not stimulate as much prostacyclin and NO to induce relaxation on smooth muscle cells. Also there is not as much inhibition of aggregation of platelets. In this case, the greater aggregation of platelets produce ADP, serotonin, and thromboxane A2. However the serotonin and the thromboxane A2 cause more contraction of the smooth muscle cells and as a result contractions outweigh the relaxations.
Ischemia in the heart due to coronary vasospasm can lead to angina, myocardial infarction and even death.
The occurrence of vasospams can be reduced by preventing the occurrence of atherosclerosis. This can be done in several ways, the most important being lifestyle modifications — decreasing low-density lipoprotein (LDL), quitting smoking. Pharmacological therapies include hypolipidemic agents, thrombolytics and anticoagulants. Pharmacological options for reducing the severity and occurrence of ischemic episodes include the organic nitrates classified as having long acting (i.e. isosorbide dinitrate) and short acting (i.e. nitroglycerin) durations of action.
These drugs work by increasing nitric oxide levels in the blood and inducing coronary vasodilation which will allow for more coronary blood flow due to a decreased coronary resistance, allowing for increased oxygen supply to the vital organs (myocardium). The nitric oxide increase in the blood resulting from these drugs also causes dilation of systemic veins which in turn causes a reduction in venous return, ventricular work load and ventricular radius. All of these reductions contribute to the decrease in ventricular wall stress which is significant because this causes the demand of oxygen to decrease. In general organic nitrates decrease oxygen demand and increase oxygen supply. It is this favourable change to the body that can decrease the severity of ischemic symptoms, particularly angina.
Other medications used to reduce the occurrence and severity of vasospams and ultimately ischemia include L-type calcium channel blockers (i.e. verapamil, diltiazem, nifedipine), nimodipine and Beta-receptor antagonists also known as beta blockers or β-blockers (i.e. propranolol).
Beta-receptor antagonists do not cause vasodilation but they do decrease the heart's demand for oxygen. This decrease is caused by a reduction in heart rate, afterload and wall stress, leading to less contraction force needed by the myocardium. B-antagonists also increase coronary blood flow since they reduce heart rate.
L-type calcium channel blockers induce coronary dilation as well as decrease the heart's demand for oxygen by reducing contractility, heart rate, and wall stress.
Like most pharmacological therapeutic options, there are risks that should be considered. For these drugs in particular, vasodilation can be associated with some adverse effects which might include orthostatic hypotension, tachycardia, headaches and palpitations. Tolerance may also develop over time due compensatory response of the body, as well as depletion of -SH groups of glutathione which are essential for the metabolism of the drugs to their active forms.
Potential side effects:
Organic nitrates should not be taken with PDE5 inhibitors (i.e. sildenafil) since both NO and PDE5 inhibitors increase cyclic GMP levels and the sum of their pharmacodynamic effects will greatly exceed the optimal therapeutic levels. What you could see upon taking both medications at the same time, as caused by the much higher induction of relaxation of smooth muscle cells, include a severe drop in blood pressure.
Beta-receptor antagonists should be avoided in patients with reactive pulmonary disease to avoid asthma attacks. Also Beta-receptor antagonists should be avoided in patients with AV node dysfunction and/or patients on other medications which might cause bradycardia (i.e. calcium channel blockers). The potential for these contraindications and drug-drug interaction could lead to asystole and cardiac arrest.
Certain calcium channel blocker should be avoided with some beta-receptor blockers since they may cause severe bradycardia and other potential side effects.
Since vasospasms can be caused by atherosclerosis and contribute to the severity of ischemia there are some surgical options which can restore circulation to these ischemic areas. Regarding coronary vasospasm, one surgical intervention, referred to as percutaneous coronary intervention or angioplasty, involves placing a stent at the site of stenosis in an artery and inflating the stent using a balloon catheter. Another surgical intervention is coronary artery bypass.
This information is a summary of a lecture given by a professor at Albany College of Pharmacy.


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Partners Lee Mikles and Patrick Callahan founded Archer in 2003. Miller and Derins joined the leadership team in 2005 and 2007, respectively. Guided by this team, the organization has enjoyed tremendous growth, working with many of the region's most admired brands and growing to more than 50 full-time employees. The company has earned numerous accolades along the way, including Inc. Magazine and "Philadelphia 100″ fastest growing companies, Delaware's Best Places to Work, and more than 100 agency awards.
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Mikles and Callahan will continue providing guidance as Co-Chairmen of the Board and advisors to the company.
"This plan has been in the works for over a year, allowing for a seamless transition of daily leadership," Mikles said. "Mike and Todd have the experience and the vision for growth that is needed to drive the company forward."
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Aside from carrying shoes for all running disciplines ranging from light jogs to triathlons, the shop?s staff also outfits visitors with workout apparel and accessories, including compression gear, orthotics, heart-rate monitors, and jogging strollers. Despite the breadth of their catalog, Mark and David both reject the personal detachment of a large retail store. They invest in several local running programs, sponsoring races where they time the competitors and host finish-line services. Works by neighborhood artists decorate the shop?s walls, alongside leashes and pet jackets by Ruffwear?items of potential interest to Mark's dog, Sam, who accompanies his owner to work each day.
In 1993, after years as a tech in the carpet cleaning industry, Gregory Cole founded Pro Carpet as a one-stop shop providing the best carpet-cleaning practices he had learned during his career. Gregory's team, which now numbers more than 30 techs, begins each carpet-cleaning service with a thorough walk-through, during which customers can point out specific soiled areas before the techs evaluate carpets for their levels of dirt, stains, and rainbow sprinkles. As they begin to clean, they employ steam-based cleaning and stain-specific products, such as the company's proprietary enzyme-based pet-stain formula, to remove odors and soils.
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The values showcased below are all considered for the final GFP ranking recognized as the "Power Index" (abbrv: "PwrIndx"). PwrIndx scores are judged on a perfect value of "0.0000" which is realistically unattainable due to the number of factors considered per country. Bonuses and penalties are added to each nation (as needed) while landlocked countries (ex: Austria) are not penalized for lack of a standing navy.
A total of 106 countries make up the GFP ranked list.
Going beyond military equipment totals and perceived fighting strength is the actual manpower that drives a given military. Wars of attrition favor those with more.
Total Population: 38,087,812
Available Manpower: 20,387,681
Fit for Service: 17,249,119
Reaching Military Age Annually: 672,993]
Active Frontline Personnel: 512,000
Active Reserve Personnel: 400,000
Tank value includes Main Battle Tanks, light tanks and tank destroyers, either wheeled or tracked. AFV value includes Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) and Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs).
Tanks: 1,050
Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFVs): 1,748
Self-Propelled Guns (SPGs): 180
Towed-Artillery: 300
Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems (MLRSs): 148
Includes both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft from all branches of service. All aircraft types accounted (UAVs, gunships, special mission, naval/carrier, trainers, etc).
Total Aircraft: 404
Fighters/Interceptors: 74
Fixed-Wing Attack Aircraft: 22
Transport Aircraft: 203
Trainer Aircraft: 46
Helicopters: 188
Attack Helicopters: 36
Aircraft Carrier value does not include dedicated "helicopter carrier" vessels. Total naval strength includes all known auxiliaries as well.
Total Naval Strength: 35
Aircraft Carriers: 0
Frigates: 3
Destroyers: 0
Corvettes: 12
Submarines: 6
Coastal Defense Craft: 0
Mine Warfare: 0
Despite the advances made in battlefield technology, oil remains the lifeblood of any fighting force.
Oil Production: 1,875,000 bbl/day
Oil Consumption: 315,000 bbl/day]
Proven Oil Reserves: 12,200,000,000 bbl/day
War is as much a battle of logistics - moving man and machine from points all over - as it is direct combat. Labor Force reflects possible wartime industry strength.
Labor Force: 11,050,000
Merchant Marine Strength: 38]
Major Ports and Terminals: 9
Roadway Coverage: 111,261
Railway Coverage: 3,973
Serviceable Airports: 157
FINANCIAL (in USD)
Regardless of military strength in numbers, war is still driven by financing as much as any one leader or weapon.
Defense Budget: $10,570,000,000
External Debt: $5,639,000,000
Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold: $191,600,000,000
Purchasing Power Parity: $277,400,000,000
GEOGRAPHY (in km)
Geographical values primarily figure into a defensive-minded war (i.e. invasion).
Square Land Area: 2,381,741 km
Coastline: 998 km
Shared Border: 6,343 km
Waterways: 0 km
Partial Sources: CIA.gov, CIA World Factbook, wikipedia.com, public domain print and media sources and user contributions. Some values may be estimated when official sources are lacking.


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Kia has really come a long way in a short time, and it seems that few people have taken notice. Styling is the most visible improvement to Kia's product portfolio, and Peter Schreyer, formerly of Audi, gets the credit there. Powertrains have also come a long way, though they aren't quite as remarkable as the new design language.
My main concern with the Optima Hybrid is the shudder you feel when leaving from a stop. It's possible to glide away on electric power, but most starts require assistance from the gas engine and there's a definite shudder when it kicks in. The shudder isn't terrible; and not that long ago this could have been considered a pretty well calibrated hybrid system. But developments in hybrids are happening very quickly. It's now common for new entries to leapfrog the competition, and Kia just hasn't made that big of a leap.
I do like Kia's choice of a conventional torque convertor automatic transmission. If the engine is running, it feels and sounds like a normal midsize sedan. No CVT here causing the engine to hang at the power peak during acceleration while filling the cabin with an unrefined sound. If it weren't for the shudder when the gas engine kicks in, I'm sure most people wouldn't notice the Optima were a hybrid.
The Optima is still a strong competitor in the mid-size hybrid sedan class. I'd probably choose the Ford Fusion, because of its better powertrain calibration and integration, but I wouldn't fault anyone for choosing the Optima if they were put off by the Ford's gimmicky instrument cluster.
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I certainly can understand the appeal of a midsize sedan with fuel economy ratings of 35 mpg city and 40 on the highway. But the sacrifices in drivability demanded by the Optima hybrid are too much.
The spring steering, grabby brakes, and non-linear throttle response create sort of a funhouse driving experience, except that's it's really not fun.
Kia can do better than this. A turn behind the wheel of the Optima turbo proves it.
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As both Phil and Joe have noted, Kia has some work to do in with its hybrid powertrain. Other manufacturers (Toyota and Ford) have managed to tune their hybrids so that the transitions from electric to gasoline power are relatively transparent, but in this Kia, there's a definite lag as the gasoline engine kicks in.
One thing the Kia has in spades, however, is its styling. Case in point: My sister is currently looking for a new car to replace her aging Volvo S60. She's has been considering the Lexus IS, Infiniti G, Volkswagen CC, and Mercedes C-class, among other premium sedans. Imagine my surprise when she mentioned that she'd seen the Kia Optima and thought it looked like something she might be interested in. That speaks volumes to the huge strides Kia as made in appealing to buyers.
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Ditto to my colleagues' complaints about the Kia Optima Hybrid's touchy brakes and rubbery steering, but I will point out that off-the-line acceleration, at least, is pretty strong. The all-new Toyota Camry Hybrid has surpassed the Kia's hybrid efforts, no surprise given Toyota's leadership in that arena, but I imagine Kia will catch up pretty quickly. For now, if you want a Kia Optima, get one with the standard gasoline engine or upgrade to the turbo. If a hybrid sedan is specifically what you want, look to the Ford Fusion or the Toyota Camry.
Joe DeMatio, Deputy Editor
Given that this is Kia's first production hybrid, it's not surprising that the system could use a little polish. The engine's start-up delivers an ungainly shudder, and the switch between regenerative and physical brake systems isn't seamless. That said, the Optima hybrid is a formidable first effort, and it incorporates some features - notably the conventional six-speed automatic transmission - that help it stand apart from some competitors.
The problem is, as Phil Floraday suggests, that this segment moves at an extremely fast pace. Addressing these calibration issues isn't an insurmountable task, but it would behoove Kia to tackle them sooner than later. Seeing as the Optima's sophistication already surpasses most expectations, it deserves a hybrid driveline that matches.
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Black bears love strawberries. The bears of Northern California could often be seen wandering through the berry patches surrounding Mt. Shasta, an area favored by travelers since the 19th century because of the charmingly hospitable inns and restaurants found there. Bob and Laurie Manley were inspired to recreate the area's post–Gold Rush hospitality, and they opened their first restaurant, Black Bear Diner, near those same strawberry patches. Nearly 20 years later, their brand has grown to encompass 50 different locations, each of which retains the founders' principles of small-town charm and generosity. The menus also preserve the mom-and-pop vibe, with dishes such as secret-recipe sweet-cream pancakes, old-fashioned burgers wrapped in wax paper, and, of course, homemade bear claws. Each location is adorned with a trademark bear sculpture that has been hand-carved by Washington chainsaw artist Ray Schulz, who often grants his works with regional characteristics such as cowboy hats or taxi-hailing skills.
Hearty appetites call for hearty meals. Mike and Ronda's The Place answers the call with the famous Hungry Man special, a massive plate loaded with a.m. staples. Breakfast sandwiches and chicken-fried steaks similarly kick hunger to the curb. Remember to leave some room for the cinnamon rolls, which are baked fresh daily.
You won't find many light, barely filling breakfast items on the menu at Perk Eatery. That's because the chefs use recipes perfected by three generations of Midwestern restaurateurs to create stick-to-your-ribs meals just like the ones their mothers made for them. But recipes aren't everything—the plates of steak 'n' eggs, western omelets, and banana-nut pancakes go one step further in their quest for a homemade taste. They incorporate local and organic ingredients. The staff uses hormone- and antibiotic-free meats, cage-free eggs, and certified organic coffee roasted especially for the eatery so that diners can know what they're putting into their bodies without installing metal detectors in their molars. Lunchtime brings the same careful ingredients in classic sandwiches and grass-fed burgers, which emerge fresh from the grill until they close at 3 p.m.
For most people, making pancakes is sort of a mindless process. But Joe Seriale isn't most people. Though a chef at heart, Joe was determined to learn every facet of the food-service industry—throughout his career, he's been a cook, head waiter, bar manager, traveling private chef, and has held upper management positions at food-supply companies. So when he finally got the chance to open his own restaurant, he knew exactly what he needed to do to set his diner––and its food––apart. For his menu at Joe's Diner, he wasn't interested in making run-of-the-mill pancakes. He created a recipe for buttermilk pancakes that convinced the Phoenix New Times to proclaim his the city's best in 2010. The extra effort can be seen in many of Joe's dishes, including biscuits with homemade chorizo gravy, muffulettas with family-recipe tapenade dressing, and fresh baked pies. And, of course, there's also the meatloaf first made famous at a café owned by Joe's grandma Dan, who gave him his first job at the age of 11.
Working alongside Joe is his wife, Joan, who has more than 15 years of restaurant experience and grew up less than a mile from the diner. Together, they serve breakfast and lunch in a dining room that harkens back to the diners of olden days, complete with black-and-white checkered floors, red vinyl booths, and meal orders transmitted through Morse code.
Welcome Diner was built in the 1940s, but it didn't arrive in Phoenix until 40 years later. Entrepreneur Arthur Valentine prefabricated a handful of diners in Wichita, Kansas, then shipped them across the country to aspiring business owners. With their simple design, the diners were easily moveable, and this one is quite traveled: it spent a good decade of its past life in Los Angeles, then moved to a stretch of Route 66 outside Flagstaff, where truckers could easily pop in while their trucks, too large to fit inside, sat leashed to telephone poles in the parking lot. It finally moved to Phoenix in 1980, where it sat abandoned for more than 20 years. In 2003, the building fell into the hands of artist Sloane McFarland, who revived and gently renovated the restaurant. He and his team kept most of the building's original elements intact except for one new addition to the exterior: the words "Welcome Diner" in cheery red letters. Today, the tiny eatery serves up its own brand of inventive American cuisine. The PB & B burger, for one, tops a half-pound Niman Ranch beef patty with a layer of peanut butter, a layer of bacon, and a layer of bread-and-butter pickles. The vegan po'boy, on the other hand, forgoes meat for fried avocado, kale, and a cajun remoulade. Of course, it wouldn't be a diner without breakfast. Morning hours bring lemon-ricotta pancakes and creative biscuit sandwiches.


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Hi all, Here is the summary from today's council meeting. The complete log will show up at http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/ shortly. Thanks, Donnie
Quick summary ============= Code of Conduct enforcement --------------------------- Promote individual devs responding to people who are being jerks. Keep responses private, unless that person gets out of hand. dberkholz will get things going. To help or get advice, contact him. GLEP 46: Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml -------------------------------------------- Approved, with a caveat: Clarify reasoning for protocol restriction to http:// and https:// EAPI=1: Where is the approved specification? -------------------------------------------- A long discussion was had about using EAPIs without a spec. Halcy0n is getting the PMS ready for EAPI=0. To help, contact him so we can get it done and approved ASAP. Roll call ========= (here, proxy [by whom] or slacker?) amne here betelgeuse here, but 1h20m late of the 2h meeting [server problems] dberkholz here flameeyes here lu_zero here vapier proxy [halcy0n] jokey here Updates to last month's topics ============================== http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20080110-summary.txt Code of Conduct enforcement --------------------------- Last month: Council members agreed on the direction. dberkholz will provide additional details on -council ML Updates: dberkholz posted a simple suggestion to -council last night: http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-council/msg_ba125098c929ea31f34051dfb009d436.xml The basic idea is to just promote individual devs responding to people who are being jerks. Privately, unless things get out of hand. Council supported the implementation. dberkholz will get things going. Document of being an active developer ------------------------------------- Last month: dberkholz and araujo will look into a scribus based template. Devrel will have to generate a signing key for these purposes. Updates: araujo was working on a script to automatically insert data into XML in scribus or inkscape formats. He said he would work on it this weekend. Template file on hold pending format decision from script Any news from devrel on key? dberkholz pinged musikc for an update. Slacker arches -------------- Last month: vapier will work on rich0's suggestion and repost it for discussion on -dev ML Updates: No changes. GLEP 54: scm package version suffix ----------------------------------- Last month: Sent back to -dev. peper was to repost it. Updates: No discussion on -dev. No resubmission to council. GLEP 55: Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) ------------------------------------------------- Last month: Sent back to -dev Updates: No discussion on -dev. No resubmission to council. New topics ========== GLEP 46: Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml -------------------------------------------- http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0046.html http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_46d474d621455bc204654dc483e87cc5.xml Approved, with a caveat Questions were raised about requiring http:// and https:// only. What about ftp:// ? What about no limitation, and requiring tools to throw out protocols they don't recognize? Why is that restriction there? Once those questions are resolved, it will be finalized. EAPI=1: Where is the approved specification? -------------------------------------------- http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_e1b4a369534e30b8a64c6c6429cfe729.xml A long discussion was had about whether we should continue using EAPI=1 when we don't have EAPI=0 approved, reverting EAPI=1, and the value of specifications in producing quality code. People generally agreed about not adding any new EAPIs until the PMS for EAPI=0 is approved, but there wasn't agreement on changing anything about EAPI=1. To make forward progress, Halcy0n agreed to work on getting the PMS ready for EAPI=0. He asked for anyone else interested to contact him so we can get it done and approved ASAP. Halcy0n will give us an update at the next council meeting.
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DEReC › Norway › Publications & Documents › Health
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Improved outcomes for women and children as more education, lower fertility rates, higher nutritional status, and lower incidence of illness, among other outcomes, have broad benefits. After more than a decade of effort, these goals have proved difficult to attain and are unlikely to be achieved by 2015.
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Seeking to achieve a participatory approach to development has been the focus of much donor attention, as well as an expressed objective for the governments of many developing countries. The overall objective of which is to develop and pilot test a methodological framework that can be used by international development agencies to improve understanding of the importance of local ownership and participation for aid effectiveness.
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The Health Results Innovations Trust Fund is a multi-donor trust fund supported by the governments of Norway and the United Kingdom and managed by the World Bank. This evaluation is the first in a series of evaluations which will take place over the course of the programme.
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The comprehensive focus of Norwegian Assistance on primary health care development and systems development during Phase 1 had great significance in helping Botswana structure a health service that enabled greatly improved access to health care throughout Botswana.
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A funeral will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at First Baptist Church of Cleveland with the Rev. Tom Wickes officiating.
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We all know that librarians are not the prototypical sensible-shoes-wearing little ladies with buns, but did you have any idea how much fun we can be? Here's a collection of news stories I've assembled about some image-busting librarians and the imaginative parties, programs, competitions, and stunts they've staged for their communities. To get an idea of what I had to say in this presentation, see my column, "Party People," http://marylaine.com/exlibris/xlib307.html.
Canton Public Library, http://town.canton.ma.us/library/ - Join the Friends for a 5-hour fiesta of books - Buy a bag 'o books for $5 bucks. - Buy 'em here - Take 'em home! - For the first 5 customers who were born on the 5th of May the Friends' Mariachi a Capella Quintet will sing a chorus of "Happy Birthday" - or for a $5.00 donation they won't.
InfoIsland in Second Life - Official site and blog, <http://infoisland.org/>; Library Success Wiki entry, <http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Info_Island_I>; Slide Shows Tagged with InfoIsland, <http://www.slideshare.net/tag/infoisland> - See slide 47!
Library School Avatars, http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2410/library-education-goes-virtual
The Hollywood Librarian
Break-dancing librarian, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK0GmiSMNGI
Library Workers Picket with Flair, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070823.BCSTRIKE23/TPStory/National
Pimp My Library, http://www.pimp-my-library.blogspot.com/
Unshelved! http://www.unshelved.com/Default.aspx
Calendar girls: "Move Over, Marian," http://www.helenair.com/yt/?p=734
Wyoming Libraries campaign, http://www.wyominglibraries.org/campaign.html
Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto - YouTube video a la Burning Man, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZblrRs3fkSU
"Not so prim and proper," http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/books/s_525170.html
Interesting librarian backgrounds: http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/09/27/be-librarian.html
Some image-busting librarians: comics maven Robin Brenner, <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6423406.html>; Jessamyn West, <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA200903.html>; and <http://librarian.net>; "Lunar hunk" Aaron Coutu <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA385872.htm>; Library director, juggler, and teller of tall tales Michael Sullivan <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA510783.html> and <http://www.talestoldtall.com/>
Harry Potter parties galore! See <Haunted Harry III, at Escondido Public Library> and <http://www.flickr.com/photos/escondidopubliclib/sets/72157594354391253/>; Harry Potter Prediction Party at Wallingford Public Library, <http://wallingfordlibrary.blogspot.com/2007/07/harry-potter-prediction-party.html> and the Deathly Hallows Prediction Contest at the St. Charles Public Library; a costume designer's presentation on making your own costume or adapting your Muggle wardrobe at Oshkosh PL; making slime at the Summitville (Indiana) Library;
Library Princess Tea Party, <http://www.herald-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070819/NEWS01/708190363/1001/NEWS10>; also, the Pink Princess Party Story Time at Oak Bluffs (MA) Public Library <http://childrensobpl.blogspot.com/2007/06/pink-princess-party-story-time.html>
Retro parties: Fabulous Fifties Sock Hop week at Imaginon; 80s Party, Kinderhook (NY) Memorial Library <http://teen-o-mite.blogspot.com/2007/03/teen-night-80s-party.html>
Teen Lock-ins - Unquiet Fridays at the Princeton Public Library; Lights Out at the Library Sleepover at Wilton (CT) Library; Locked in at the Library, at Seattle Public Library, Somerset County (NJ) Library, and Bridgeport (CT) PL; more about NJ library lock-ins, <http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/2007/09/2007-summer-reading-program-in-review.html>
Teddy Bears Picnic, at Bethlehem (NY) PL; also at Prospect Heights (IL) PL, where it's combined with a parade
Pool parties: Lakewood Public Library; Oak Hill (OH) Public Library end of summer reading program swim party
Library anniversary parties, like Bristol Public Library's reproduction of the original dedication program <http://www.bristolpress.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18691452&BRD=1643&PAG=461&dept_id=571108&rfi=6>
Ender�s Back-to-the-Future Costume Party with Stargazing on the Roof, Forsyth County (NC) Public Library, http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_RelishArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352640908&path=!living&s=1037645509005
Ghostbusters, Gross Out Challenge and Costume Party, Kinderhook (NY) Memorial Library http://teen-o-mite.blogspot.com/2007/06/teen-night-ghostbusters-gross-out.html
CeLIBration at Georgia Tech, with speed dating, improv comedy, ninja tag and more http://theubiquitouslibrarian.typepad.com/the_ubiquitous_librarian/2007/08/celibration-200.html
Suggestions: Most Influential People Who Never Lived Party http://marylaine.com/exlibris/xlib295.html; 43-Man Squamish event and party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43-Man_Squamish
Garage band nights and other rock events: Michigan YA Librarian Bill Harmer's widely imitated idea to bring rock group High Strung into the library <http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070827/ENT07/708270308/1046>; Douglas County (CO) Library's Battle of the Bands; Fargo PL annual teen rock festival
Duct Tape crafts. "Sample the colors of the Duct Tape rainbow--try your hand at a duct tape cell phone holster, wallet, picture frame or bookmark" at Springfield-Greene County Library (MO); making Duct Tape Ties for Father's Day at Imaginon; Duct Tape Craft sessions at Southfield (MI)Public Library
As seen on television: "Antiques Roadshow" type events: Rare book appraisal at San Francisco Public Library, also at Lincoln City Libraries (NE); Antiques Evaluation Day with Wes Cowan at the Allen County (IN) Public Library, <http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/>; Brown County Public Library (IN)
As seen on television: extreme makeover program: Martin Library, York, PA, Room Facelift Contest with presentation by HGTV hosts of Room by Room, http://www.yorklibraries.org/martin/programs/GO/families/contest%20application.pdf
Anime, Manga, and CosPlay events: Westhampton (NY) Free Library Cosplay Party and Comicon, <http://westhamptonfreelibraryclubmanga.blogspot.com/2007/08/cosplay-party-comicon.html>; Cincinnati Public Library, <http://teenspace.cincinnatilibrary.org/library/>
Interactive Murder Mysteries: Way Library (Perrysburg, OH), Mayhem at the Murder fundraiser; Lincoln City Libraries (NE) cohosted a Mayhem in the Midlands Mystery Convention
Dance classes: Hip Hop Dance Classes at the Houston Public Library, Belly Dancing classes at Mount Laurel Library and Queens Library
St Joseph County (IN) Public Library's Dungeons & Dragons event
Time Capsule, Mitchell Memorial Library, http://public.travis.amc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123068250
Things That Fly, Houston Public Library - making paper airplanes, gliders, kites, flying saucers
Queens Library: "Nicole Bass, the world's largest female bodybuilder at 6 ft. 2 in. and 236 lbs., former WWE and ECW wrestler, who will speak on nutrition, bodybuilding, pro-wrestling..."
Low Rider show at the Ft. Worth Public Library, http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6312500
World Cup Soccer viewing, Princeton Public Library, http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/2006/07/soccer-serendipity-success-ppl.html
Go Hog-Wild at the Roxbury (NJ) Public Library. Michele Reutty, president of NJLA and member of a motorcycle club called Spokes-Women, staged an all-day motorcycle event, http://www.spokes-women.org
Make a Movie Night, teen event at Asheboro (NC)Public Library http://tametheweb.com/2007/04/teens_can_make_movies.html
Queens Library: What to Do with Tape & Glue, Grown-ups' Style
Sidewalk Drawing - St. Charles (IL) Public Library
RhythmWeb - "Learn about the drums of the world and how to make homemade ones." Houston Public Library
Connect up with the International Space Station: Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL, http://www.dailyherald.com/column/?id=34179
Turn old computer parts into jewelry at the Ann Arbor District Library
Model train exhibit, Smyrna (TN) Library, http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=4936
Science on Patrol, King Count Library System, in collaboration with the King County Sheriff's Office, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/eastsidenews/2003836977_library15e.html
Giant Chess at Hennepin County Library
The Art of T-Shirt Slashing at the Hennepin County Library
Women's Business Expo, Middle Country (NY) Library http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzlibe0919,0,5883047.story
"Local Public Servants Read to Children as part of the fifth annual American Hero Bookfair," Yuma County (AZ) Libraries, http://www.yumasun.com/news/children_36409___article_news.html/yuma_zinn.html
Community festivals
Librarypalooza - Princeton Public Library, Everett (WA) Public Library - http://www.towntopics.com/oct0803/gallery.html; http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6423395.html;
Arts Festival, Las Vegas Clarke County Library District, http://www.lvccld.org/events/event.cfm
Sample the Arts at Springfield Greene County (MO) Library, http://thelibrary.org/programs/other/samplethearts.cfm
Community Tile Day, "Birthday Mural" at Corvallis-Benton County Library (OR) - http://www.gtconnect.com/articles/2007/07/26/news/people/2gwd01_july21.txt
Queensborough Library - something for all 142 nationalities in the community - http://queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_id=27§ion_id=6 - Polish Folk Music and Dance, A Musical Journey, from Hebrew to Yiddish, Brazilian Music Concert & Dance Performance, Traditional Puerto Rican Music of Cuatro Puertorrique�o, etc.
Wilton Library's all-community concert with Chris Brubeck
Cinco de Mayo celebrations and Dia de los ninos; dia de los libros celebrations, http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/diadelosninos/diacelebrations/diacelebrations.htm; see Omaha Public Library's contribution to Cinco de Mayo parade http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2252206039125231411
Storytelling Festivals - Multnomah County (OR) Library's Tapestry of Tales, <http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/>; Orem (UT) Public Library Timpanagos Storytelling Festival, <http://www.timpfest.org/about/library.html>; Tampa-Hillsborough County Library, <http://www.tampastory.org/>.
Book Crawl - Ann Arbor District Library, Chelsea District Library, Ypsilanti District Library in concert
Barbecue for Books, Ashland (OR) Library fundraiser, http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070908/LIFE/709080313
Snacking the Middle East Way - Bettendorf (IA) Public Library
Cookie Swap, Stillwater (OK) Public Library, http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Programs_for_Adults
Marshalltown (IA) Public Library fund-raising event: the annual downtown chocolate walk
Salsa Making Contest - Ocean County (NJ) Library
Books, Blooms and Baked Goods Sale, Bonham (TX) Public Library http://heralddemocrat.com/articles/2007/04/14/life/life03.txt
A Night To Remember - Titanic fare at the Ocean County Library, http://tritown.gmnews.com/news/2007/0913/Front_Page/015.html
Cakepan Collections: North Liberty (IA) Public Library, http://www.northlibertylibrary.org/vttwo/cakepans/cakepans.html; also Reed Memorial Library (OH), whose collection includes Sponge Bob, Barbie, Spiderman, etc.
Willie Wonka Design a Candybar Contest, Cuyahoga County (OH) PL
Dayton&Montgomery County Library teen event celebrating National Potato Chip Day
Cookies in the shape of the new library building - St. Ambrose University Library
Competitions and Stunts
The Smelly Six of the Henderson District Library, <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA633315.html>; also see <http://www.flickr.com/photos/12764830@N00/>; cf Read for the Record at Howard County Library, to break the world record for the largest shared reading experience, <http://www.hclibrary.org/about/press_readrecord.php>; also, the Reading Relay, Washoe County (NV) Library System, <http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070929/NEIGHBORHOODS/709290326/1247>
Teen video, photography, and art competitions: Princeton PL's Student-Made Film and Video competition; Lakewood Public Library's Photos of the city of Lakewood competition, <http://www.lkwdpl.org/art/photocontest/index.html>; Kids' Art Fair at Ann Arbor District Library <http://www.aadl.org/node/4512>; Pet and Wildlife K-12 Photo Contest, Ann Arbor District Library; Asheboro Public Library's video editing contest <http://tametheweb.com/2007/04/teens_can_make_movies.html>
As seen on television: American Idol competitions: Chesterfield Township Public Library, <http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070902/CFP06/709020357/1110/NEWS>; also, Louisville Free Library's Library Idol competition, <http://public.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/07/1725206>
Geocaching events: Penn State Library, <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051017071602.htm> and <http://www.psu.edu/ur/2005/geocaching.html>; also Case Western Reserve Library's Geocaching contest, <http://library.case.edu/ksl/csgd/geocaching.html>; and Nampa Public Library; What IS geocaching? <http://www.case.edu/pubs/cnews/2003/4-17/schneider.htm>
LEGO contests, Ann Arbor District Library, <http://www.aadl.org/node/4869>; also Marshall District Library (MI) <http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070719/LIFESTYLE08/707190305/1032/LIFESTYLE08>
Costume contests: FantasyFest Costume contest for teens at the Douglas County (CO) Library; or come to the Ann Arbor District Library to create your own superhero costume; Society for Creative Anachronism program at the Fargo Public Library (motto: "where the fun is free") ;
Writing contests: St. Joseph County Library's Eerie Imaginings short story contest, http://sjcpl.org/whatsnew/libraryevents/eerie/default.html;
Athletic events: Library Walkathon, Waterboro (ME) Public Library <http://www.waterborolibrary.org/labels/waterboro>; Read and Run for Your Health 5K and 1 Mile Walk at Henderson Libraries <http://www.mypubliclibrary.com/programs/5KRun.html>; Huntley Area (IL) Public Library Kick-a-thon <http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2007/08/15/news/local/doc46c287daacdd7168083014.txt>; 5K Race for the Kennebunk Free Library (Its 10th annual) <http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070712/NEWS/707120364/-1/rss07>
Gaming contests: Dance Dance Revolution contests, Super Smash Brothers Melee at St. Joseph County Public Library; Forsyth County Public Library; Imaginon, many others.
Pimp My Bookcart contests, <http://www.unshelved.com/blog.aspx?post=877>; winners: <http://www.unshelved.com/blog.aspx?post=745>
Bookcart drill teams, <http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0627/p20s01-algn.html>; videos: <http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3D22BCD718780C1C>; photo sets: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/americanlibraries/641160172/>
Library moving day stunts: human chain at St. Ambrose University Library; the Great Mount Kisco (NY) Library Book Race, http://mtklibraryfoundation.org/newsbookrace.html
A Day in Allen County on Flickr
Voluntary Public Humiliation: "Wackiest librarian in Texas" perches on roof until $20,000 is raised <http://www.main.org/tla3/rosealeta.htm>; Turn library staff into the superheroes of your choice, <http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=128697&ac=PHnws>; Aaron Coutu of the green hair (see above)
M&M mosaic Guinness Book event at Evergreen Park Library (IL), http://mosaicinfo.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/library-has-sweet-way-to-break-a-record/
Teen YouTube Contest for a library promotion - Eden Prairie Library (MN), http://tametheweb.com/2007/08/eden_prairie_library_contest_e.html
Nampa (ID) Public Library Contest for Ideas for the new library, http://nampalibrary-sketchbook.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html
Teen Songwriting Contest, Nashville Public Library, http://www.library.nashville.org/teens/songwriting/songwritingsongs7.asp
Fantasy Baseball Competition at the Krauss Memorial Library, Rockford MI, http://folusa.org/sharing/programs-projects.php
Celebrity Doodles Auction, Bettendorf Public Library, http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/libraryfund/events.htm
Win an iPod Shuffle at our Guitar Hero Contest, Corbin Public Library (MA), http://chesterccorbinyouthservices.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/win-an-ipod-our-guitar-hero-contest/
Partners in a Great System (P.I.G.S.) promotion, Alliance Library System, <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA510552.html>; cf Painted Bears fundraiser for the Park County Library in Cody, WY, http://www.codyenterprise.com/articles/2007/08/08/news/news1.prt
Gname this Gnome at the Jones Library, Amherst MA; cf name the cartoon dog's sidekick at Anderson (IN) Public Library for Library Card Signup Month in 2005.
Spooky Superstitions Day Friday the 13th at the Hartford Public Library, http://www.hplct.org/teen/superstitionday.htm
Cupstacking competition, Ann Arbor District Library
Easter egg and book hunt staged by junior Friends of the Reno Library (?)
Googlewhack@your library, http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0928sr-arts28sideZ8.html
Build a Scarecrow on the front lawn contest, Clapp Memorial Library, Belchertown MA, http://folusa.org/sharing/programs-projects.php
Car Rally treasure hunt adventure, Fort Frances Public Library, Ontario, CA, http://www.fftimes.com/node/204027
Baker & Taylor Cat Calendar Contest, Payson (AZ) Public Library, http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/localnews/story/30287
Whining Contest at the Chesterfield Township (MI) Library's Stilton Cheese and Whine Party, http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070828/NEWS01/708280311/1002
Quilt Me a Story Contest, Pelican Rapids (MN) Public Library
Recycled Art Competition, Delphi (IN) Public Library, http://www.carrollcountycomet.com/news/2007/0905/local_News/077.html
Displays, Design and Decorations
Prospect Heights PL (IL) decorates for Christmas with children's hats and mittens, to be given away to children in need
"For Dummies" Book Display, Lansing Public Library, http://www.flickr.com/photos/lansinglibrary/454834828/
Chicago Public Library's To Kill a Mockingbird promotion
Anonymous library: "Follow the Yellow Book Road; "Read My Lips" displays, both based on appearance of book jackets
Mural project at the Belleville (Ontario) Public Library
Ideas from FOLUSA members http://folusa.org/sharing/programs-projects.php
Maybe a little TOO cool? "Walworth Library Director accused of furnishing alcohol to minors." http://www.theweekextra.com/news/0807/082407library.html


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Paul KuharskyReading the coverage of the Tennessee Titans... As he gets ready for camp, Titans receiver Kendall Wright worked out at Baylor with Robert Griffin III, says Jim Wyatt of The Tennessean. Former Titans defensive lineman Dave Ball has pledged to cle...
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Are Schaub, zone scheme right for Texans?
Paul KuharskyThe way the Houston Texans used -- and didn't use -- James Casey was an issue I struggled with in 2012. Gary Kubiak increasingly forced a round peg (a quality pass-catcher with great hands capable of being a matchup problem) into a square hole (a ful...
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Video: Considering Jordan and Jaguars
Paul KuharskyWhile NFL fans look at the Jacksonville Jaguars and the upcoming draft and think quarterback, signal-caller isn't actually the long-standing issue the team might have the easiest time solving with the No. 2 pick. Sure, the Jaguars need a quarterba...
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Luck loses out to RG III for offensive ROY
Paul KuharskyI could make a case for Andrew Luck as offensive rookie of the year in 2012. But I can't mount a giant objection to the results. The panel of Associated Press voters gave the award to Robert Griffin III with 29 votes. Luck was second with 11 and S...
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Bradley lone defensive guy in new hires
Paul KuharskyBefore Thursday, the newest members of the NFL head-coaching fraternity -- Doug Marrone in Buffalo, Andy Reid in Kansas City, Mike McCoy in San Diego, Rob Chudzinski in Cleveland, Chip Kelly in Philadelphia and Marc Trestman in Chicago -- all had one...
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Kiper All-Rookie Team: Luck's the QB
Paul KuharskyMel Kiper's All-Rookie Team is loaded with AFC South skill players on offense. Kiper likes Colts quarterback Andrew Luck ahead of both Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson as his rookie quarterback. "He gets the most juice here because no team...
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Who calls the protections, and why?
Paul KuharskyA young quarterback breaks the huddle and steps to the line. There is much to assess staring at him from across the line of scrimmage. What's the coverage? Is it better to run or pass against it? Is that safety really coming at me or is he disguis...
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Clock on Locker, young QBs ticking louder
Paul KuharskyNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The ticking clock for young quarterbacks is louder and louder. If they allow for it, they can hear it at every turn. Quick success for Cam Newton, Andy Dalton, Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson means a large...
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Colts unite Luck with Griffin
Paul KuharskyThe Colts made a practice squad addition Wednesday that left many people doing a double take. Robert Griffin III was drafted one spot behind Andrew Luck in April and the two are battling for NFL offensive rookie of the year. Indianapolis now ha...
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RTC: Brown as NFL's top left tackle
Paul KuharskyReading the coverage ... Houston Texans Brandon Harris was fined $21,000 for his Thanksgiving Day hit on Detroit punt returner Stefan Logan, says Dale Robertson. In the past two weeks, Andre Johnson went from 21st in receiving yards to third...
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Detailing Andrew Luck's record game
Paul KuharskyWe've discussed Andrew Luck vs. Robert Griffin III in this space. Sunday's excellent performance by Luck requires no mention of RG3. Luck passed for 433 yards, breaking the NFL single-game record for pass yards by a rookie, set a year ago by Ca...
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A progress report on Luck (its good)
Paul KuharskyThe gushing can be a little much at times, which is surely a part of why Andrew Luck avoids it. He's not particularly interested in what is said about him. Luck will not see this progress report, and that will save him a couple of minutes -- and d...
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RTC: Colts couldn't run or stop run
Paul KuharskyReading the coverage... Why Andy Benoit prefers to watch football alone. I am not big on DVRing, but can relate to a lot of what he writes here. Houston Texans Houston started fast but left issues that need to be addressed in their preseason l...
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Three things: Colts at Redskins
Paul KuharskyThree things to ponder as the Colts take on the Redskins in Washington this afternoon: The quarterbacks: Despite the T-shirts billing this as a big deal mano-a-mano matchup, Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III know they won't be on the field at the...
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Please don't buy this Colts-Redskins shirt
Paul KuharskyIf you like the preseason at all, you like it more than me. I hate meaningless games and a very high percentage of the meaningless game evaluation talk. Like many in roles like mine, I hate that I wind up fueling some of it. But I try to minimize it ...
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RTC: Thompson doesn't feel like a project
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Kevin Fletcher hopes so. "This is a pivotal year for me," he says. "I've always been able to move on to the next level, and [Poland] is another big test. If I do well, I can start earning $100,000 or more and maybe get noticed, but I'll have to cut it in a better league."
Polish basketball is competitive -- Fletcher will face players like former Temple star Lynn Greer -- but the very best European teams are in Spain, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Italy -- a lesson the supposedly invincible U.S. Olympic basketball team learned the hard way on August 3 when the Italians blasted them 95-78 in an exhibition game. If things go right, Fletcher could find himself in Madrid or Rome in the next few years, on a club even more closely monitored by the NBA. "I need to tighten up my big-man game," he says, "to improve my post moves, and finishing around the basket. I have to develop. To go on [to the NBA], it would take a collision of luck, hard work and preparation. But it's not out of my dreams yet. I'm still striving for it, and my agent tells me to stay focused."
Still, if it doesn't happen, if Fletcher's back-door route to professional basketball ends in Gdansk or Trevisia or Barcelona, that won't be the worst thing in the world. "What I've learned in Europe," he says, "is that when you're away from home ten months a year, you have to adopt an entire life, not just play basketball. You have to make friends and get some things going other than basketball. In Portugal, we played before crowds of 1,000, sometimes 1,500, but because you're in the paper every day and you're a big American, you get noticed. But that's not everything. I learned all I could about the people, the language, the culture. I enjoyed that, and it helped me grow as a person. In Poland, I'll do the same thing. Another adventure."
Still, the old desires endure, tempered by some doubts and second thoughts. Home for the summer -- "my schedule is a little like a teacher's," Fletcher says -- he's been playing in three summer leagues, working out at the gym and helping his mother, Jeanny Busacca, by working in the yard. That's where his old hoop is, and when he looks at it, mixed memories come flooding back. "The thing is," he says, "in the period in my life when I was growing most, I was playing least. So it's a reminder of lost time that might have helped me in my career and my life, to get me to a better place than I am now as far as basketball goes. A Division I school. Maybe an NBA career. There could have been other opportunities, so I'm trying to make up for that now by working hard. Maybe I can get there another way. But if I don't, I'm happy where I am. Not satisfied. I still have the hunger, but I'm happy where I am. It's a dream job. Wherever you are, you try to have a complete life."


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The most important characteristic of survivors, in all contexts, is resiliency. Resiliency capacity is built through the management of energy. Nobody is immune to the effects of linear stress. We all must learn to create waves of stress and recovery. However, the waves are not meant to just maintain balance. They should be created in a way that expands your capacity and supports growth.
Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz, in their book titled The Power of Full Engagement, discuss the process of creating waves of stress and recovery in great detail and provide an effective framework for implementing it in your life. I highly recommend you review you review their work.
"To maintain a powerful pulse in our lives, we must learn how to rhythmically spend and renew energy."
— Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
A key to resiliency in tough times is to improve your skills and make yourself more valuable in the changing marketplace. It is not about creating an air tight bunker in your current comfort zone. We must all pursue our best, be prepared for the worst, and expand our margin every day, every week, every month, and every year. This is only way that we will become more resilient for our future challenges and opportunities.
When tough times hit, most of us immediately move into survivor mode. Unfortunately, our particular survivor mode resides in a comfort zone that likely was not proactively developed to suit the necessities of our tough times. Thus, the reactive survivor mode actually prevents us from maximizing our opportunities to survive and thrive in tough times.
"Because we are, by nature, proactive, if our lives are a function of conditioning and conditions, it is because we have, by conscious decision or by default, chosen to empower those things to control us."
— Steven R. Covey
All too often these days, people are reactively activating their survivor modes and compounding the effects of the realities of these tough times. To use Steven R. Covey's terminology from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, now is a good time to create more space between the stimulus (recession) and your response (your survivor mode).
In that space, I recommend your commit to expanding your comfort zone in small but significant ways each day, each week, each month, and each year. Ask yourself…
- How can I improve my chances of surviving these tough times today, this week, this month, and this year?
- How can I improve my chances of thriving in these tough times today, this week, this month, and this year?
- How can I expand my comfort zone today, this week, this month, and this year?
- How can I effectively rejuvenate and recover from the stress of the above efforts today, this week, this month, and this year?
Do this every day, every week, every month, every year and you will regularly meet your needs and feel confident about your future!
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Gluten-Free Oatmeal Raisin Muffins with Honey
Anything containing oatmeal and raisins is usually among the all-time favorites in my house, and these muffins are no exception. So, I made several batches of them and experimented a little with the sweetener. These Gluten-Free Oatmeal Raisin Muffins with honey are what we like the best. In fact, a not-to-be-disclosed family member declared that these were absolutely delicious!
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To anyone raised on traditional assumptions about rock -- that for all its rawness and cathartic energy, it is ultimately joyful and uplifting -- the nü-metal scene has been a hard keg to tap. Sullen and repressed, the new rock curls up in a corner, making few attempts (beyond the occasional lapse into stripped-down introspection, as in Staind's ''It's Been Awhile'') to reach out to anyone beyond its designated crowd. It's more than appropriate that a new generation reclaims and reshapes mainstream rock, but does it all have to be so grim, even before Sept. 11?
Though lumped in with this scene, thanks to an Ozzfest slot and their roadwork with Korn, Incubus would rather not be included, thank you. The band's hit ''Drive'' (from their 1999 breakthrough album, ''Make Yourself'') presaged nü metal's interest in the intermittent unplugged melody, and lead singer/heartthrob Brandon Boyd, with his wavy locks and herbal-life philosophy, is the anti–Fred Durst. ''Make Yourself'' also featured vintage funk that could have been found on ''Shaft'''s cutting-room floor, and trippy turntable scratching. (DJs are the must-have accessories of these bands, even if it's sometimes hard to know what they do other than provide a patina of street cred.)
Incubus' nontraditional drift continues on Morning View, a third album that, with its sonic kitchen-sink approach to record making, feels more like a typical band's experimental sixth album. Boyd contemplates the ups and downs of sadly fractured relationships to the accompaniment of strummed acoustic guitars and strings (''Mexico''), an exotically twangy plucked instrument and strings (''Aqueous Transmission''), and hippie-pop harmonies (the swooning and unexpectedly beautiful ''Are You In?''). ''11 a.m.,'' a nicely detailed ode to sleeping-in depression, is a moody mantra. At times, these musical meanderings verge on self-indulgence and callowness, as they have with prog bands dating back to the Moody Blues. There's also something generic about Boyd's blandly earnest voice and the band's musicianship; hints of a half-dozen '90s alt-rock bands ripple through the album. But in the current climate, credit Incubus for at least trying something beyond rage & roll, for imagining possibilities beyond nihilism set to a beat.
To be sure, ''Morning View'' has its share of very contemporary aggression. Full-on thrashers like ''Nice to Know You'' and ''Blood on the Ground'' find Boyd spewing mouthfuls of disillusioned venom toward an ex. But even here, Incubus tweak the formula of their peers. Besides hooks, these tracks sport swirling, multilayered arrangements with tempo-shifting, hills-and-valley arrangements. (And check out the way DJ Kilmore turns his turntable into a flute on ''Circles.'') Another textured pile driver, ''Just a Phase,'' could be interpreted as Boyd's petulant, dismissive take on rap-metal (''You are a fingernail running down the chalkboard/I thought I left in third grade'').
Given his penchant for good vibrations, it's surprising that Boyd would lower himself to this level of name-calling, even if it does provide guitarist Michael Einziger an opportunity to crank up his amp to 11. But the two contrasting Incubuses we hear on ''Morning View'' -- call it hard rock and soft rock -- are also symbolic of the creative challenges facing the new rock. On the televised all-star fund-raiser ''America: A Tribute to Heroes,'' how telling was it that Fred Durst chose to sing Pink Floyd's 26-year-old ''Wish You Were Here,'' rather than one of his jackhammer rants? And how equally revealing was it that Neil Young's emotional rendering of John Lennon's ''Imagine'' would be the evening's musical highlight? It's hard to imagine Brandon Boyd as the Lennon of a new generation, but ''Morning View'' cracks open the window just enough to let the sun shine in.


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Rancho Rating: ***** Director: Antonio Adamo
Starring: Agnes, Camilla, Christoph Clark, David Perry, Dora Venter, George, Ian Scott, JP Armand, JPX, Julia Crow, Lynn Stone, Nacho Vidal, Pascal St. James, Robert Rosenberg, Sandra Kay
by HoustonDonCompilations have long been a problem in the wonderful world of porn. All too often, consumers get stuck with crap when they paid to see the real deal. How often have we purchased a titles and later found it to have edited scenes, filler material that no one else wanted, and much of the material not related to the focus of the advertising? All too often I'm afraid. Private, as great as they are for delivering great production values and hot looking women who like sex, is not always successful in it's compilations either. I know-I've seen some of them. The good news, no make that great news, is that Cum In My Bum is a top of the line release by the folks at Private.
Each of the 7 scenes has a very attractive lady (or two), each scene has lots of oral and anal sex, and in all the scenes the women appeared to be more than just suffering through the action. The sources of the scenes varied a lot, some are not on dvd at this writing, but none of them were filler scenes. To top off the good news, the technical qualities of this release were always top notch too. Crystal clear picture, even lighting, smooth camera work and editing, and the kind of attention to detail that I had worried Private might've lost with all it's grand features these days.
Rather than break down each scene by cast member or the specific type of action, I'll leave you with this summary: If you like anal with babes and high end production values, you can't go wrong here unless you must have a DP in every scene (there were only 2 of those). Good work so I rounded up the 4.5 I would've given this one to a 5 in the tradition of Rancho Carne. PS: The directors included Antonio Adamo, JY LeCastel, Tom Herold, and Pierre Woodman.
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Running Time: 93 minutes | Production Date: 10-11-2002
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Joe Posnanski's biography of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno follows in the tradition of works by Richard Ben Cramer on Joe DiMaggio and David Maraniss on Vince Lombardi. Having gained unprecedented access to Paterno, as well as the coach's personal notes and files, Posnanski spent the last two years of Paterno's life covering the coach, on (and off) the field and through the scandal that ended Paterno's legendary career.
Joe Posnanski, who in 2012 was named the Best Sportswriter in America by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, was with Paterno and his family as a horrific national scandal unfolded and Paterno was fired. Within three months, Paterno died of lung cancer, a tragic end to a life that was epic, influential, and operatic.
Paterno is the fullest description we will ever have of the man's character and career. In this honest and surprising portrait, Joe Posnanski brings new insight and understanding to one of the most controversial figures in America.
A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series — The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds
From 1972 to 1976, the Cincinnati Reds—the franchise known as the Big Red Machine—dominated the National League, winning four division crowns, three league pennants, and two World Series titles. But their 1975 season was the stuff of sports legend. Joe Posnanski captures all of the passion and tension, drama and glory of a baseball team considered to be one of the best ever to take the field. Featuring a who's who of stars — including Pete Rose, Ken Griffey, Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, George Foster, Cesar Geronimo, Dave Concepcion, and Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson — The Machine brings to life all the hopes and excitement, fireworks and controversy of a remarkable team's extraordinary year in a rollicking thrill-ride. Published by William Morrow. Available from:
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A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
When Legendary Negro League player Buck O'Neil asked sports columnist Joe Posnanski how he fell in love with baseball, Posnanski had to think about it. From that question was born the idea behind The Soul of Baseball. Posnanski and the 94-year-old O'Neil decided to spend the 2005 baseball season touring the country in hopes of stirring up the love that first drew them to the game. This book is just as much the story of Buck O'Neil as it is the story of baseball. In a time when disillusioned, steroid–shooting, money hungry athletes define the sport, Buck O'Neil stands out as a man who truly played for the love of the game. Posnanski writes about that love and the one thing that O'Neil loved almost as much as baseball: jazz. It is an endearing step back in time to the days when the crack of a bat and the smoky notes of a midnight jam session were the sounds that brought the most joy to a man's heart. Published by William Morrow. Available from:
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A Collection of Columns
Baseball, football, basketball, golf : If they're playing it, Joe Posnanski savors it. As columnist for The Kansas City Star, he has written eloquently about big victors and stirring victories, and also about humbled losers and heartfelt loss. These essays, collected from his work for The Kansas City Star, are all about life as told through the medium of sport - whatever's in season.
Kansas City Star Books/The Kansas City Star Co. (June 14, 2001)
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