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Caffeine, as we explained in our article "4 benefits of caffeine in sports," is a substance that can really help improve athletic performance and wake up your nervous system.
But can a cup of coffee before your cardio workout actually help burn fat? Yes, it can. Here's how it works.
During the last phase of sleep, before you wake up, you generate human growth hormone, which facilitates the circulation of free fatty acids from your fat stores, making them more likely to be used as fuel as opposed to carbohydrates (glycogen) or lean muscle.
When you ingest caffeine, your body releases an enzyme called lipase, which prioritizes the metabolization of free fatty acids from your fat stores over carbohydrates (glycogen) for fuel.
These two things together encourage your body to burn fat for energy instead of glycogen or lean muscle. It's why downing a cup of morning coffee before a low-intensity cardio workout can help enhance your workout and accelerate fat loss over time.
Also, when you do cardio work in the morning on an empty stomach, it makes your body more insulin sensitive. Insulin resistance is linked to increased body fat.
The disadvantages
1. High-intensity cardio workouts can be dangerous on an empty stomach, even without caffeine. If your morning workout consists of anaerobic exercise, you won't be using fatty acids as fuel and will rapidly deplete your glycogen reserves. You'll be burning calories, but a better time for that is later in the day.
2. If your cardio workout on an empty stomach is too long, you run the risk of damaging muscle tissue through the action of catabolic hormones in your body.
3. Caffeine is a diuretic, so be sure to drink plenty of water before and after your workout to compensate for any water loss caused by caffeine and prevent dehydration.
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Many athletes use this method to lose weight rapidly and compete in lower categories, as well as beginning weight lifters in the definition phase. They also normally take anticatabolic sports supplements like glutamine or BCAAs (more information on these substances can be found in other articles on our blog).
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This fast-paced interactive mix of fun-filled stories, rhymes, and songs paired with a simple craft is designed to introduce and practice critical early literacy skills. The shorter length and fast pace make it perfect for active children with short attention spans. Younger siblings are welcome. This program will be held at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, located at 3650 West 106th Street in Carmel, and is for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. No registration is required. |

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THE MARIN COUNTY Civil Grand Jury says Marin school administrators and trustees have some homework to do.
In a not-so-glowing report, the grand jury found that Marin public schools don't all follow uniform or up-to-date guidelines when it comes to dishing out discipline, in particular suspensions.
In fact, Marin schools suspend a lot of kids when state law calls for districts to do much more to keep those kids in school, learning.
One local educator told the grand jury, "Some parents and faculty don't want fluffy diversion stuff."
That attitude may not be pervasive across Marin schools, but the number of suspensions from local high schools exceeds the state average for cases that don't involve violence or breaking the law. Such suspensions account for about one-third of Marin's total.
The grand jury asks a good question: What good does suspending kids do for the education of those youngsters? How are those kids learning by not being in class?
"Most school suspensions inflict more harm than good," the grand jury writes in the opening sentence of its report.
The issue is even more troubling when statewide statistics show that most kids who are suspended frequently have struggles at home — poverty, abuse or neglect, possibly all three.
In addition, the state Education Code was changed last year to require that student suspensions for nonviolent offenses should be imposed "only after other means of correction fail."
The grand jury, which conducted 30 private interviews over five months, found that most local administrators or trustees had no clue about this change in the state code, yet they were making decisions about whether to kick pupils out of school.
As the ones with the responsibility and power to make such decisions, they should be up to date with changes in state policy.
Maybe the state standard is too "fluffy" for some local educators, but you would expect local school leaders to be following the rules and making sure that their rules are in keeping with state law.
The grand jury called this issue "a significant lapse in administrative oversight. This seems to be a case where a mandate slipped between governance cracks."
That's one of the reasons districts pay a lot for lawyers.
This disconnect should prompt questions from local school trustees.
Turnover of administrators, especially principals and vice principals, was cited by the grand jury as one of the reasons frequently given for why there may be a lack of clarity and uniformity about disciplinary policies from district to district, or even school to school.
That's not necessarily a good excuse, particularly when, as in some recent years, 500 to nearly 700 kids were kicked out of class.
The grand jury did its homework and found that local educators haven't done theirs.
Dealing with disciplinary issues is not an easy job, but when those handing out the discipline aren't sure about what's right or wrong, that's a problem that should be rectified — promptly.


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Friday, February 20, 2015 6:30 pm -9:00 pm
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Gears of War Imulsion Energy Drink: Mmmmm. Imulsion.
The Gears of War geeks over at Gearspedia describe Imulsion as "a phosphorescent, highly volatile, low-viscosity fluid originally discovered by an oil exploration drill on the planet Sera." They go on to say "direct exposure to Imulsion for any length of time will cause Locust subjects to transform into Lambent forms, making them, amongst other things, highly explosive when killed. In extreme cases, Imulsion exposure will cause the subject to mutate uncontrollably…"
So why not turn Imulsion into an energy drink? Sounds yummy to me.
That's what the guys over at Boston America have done with this sticky sweet yellow concoction being sold under the GOW brand name. I bet if Marcus and the Gears had been drinking this stuff all day long, they would have been much more efficient at curb-stomping the Locust Horde. But the Gears' loss is your gain, and you can buy a case or two for yourself.
Imulsion Energy Drink is available over on Amazon for $2.99 (USD) a can. Drink up.
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makes 4-6 servings
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 medium onions, finely chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 2 celery stalks, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
- 2 carrots, peeled, finely chopped (about 3/4 cup)
- 6 ounces ground beef (85% lean)
- 6 ounces ground veal
- 3 ounces thinly sliced pancetta, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 3 cups (about) beef stock or chicken stock, divided
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 pound tagliatelle or fettuccine (preferably fresh egg)
- Finely grated Parmesan (for serving)
Heat oil in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add onions, celery, and carrots. Saute until soft, 8-10 minutes. Add beef, veal, and pancetta; saute, breaking up with the back of a spoon, until browned, about 15 minutes. Add wine; boil 1 minute, stirring often and scraping up browned bits. Add 2 1/2 cups stock and tomato paste; stir to blend. Reduce heat to very low and gently simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors meld, 1 1/2 hours. Season with salt and pepper.
Bring milk to a simmer in a small saucepan; gradually add to sauce. Cover sauce with lid slightly ajar and simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until milk is absorbed, about 45 minutes, adding more stock by 1/4-cupfuls to thin if needed. DO AHEAD: Ragu can be made 2 days ahead. Chill uncovered until cold, then cover and keep chilled. Rewarm before continuing.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Season with salt; add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until 1 minute before al dente. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup pasta water. Transfer ragu to a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pasta and toss to coat. Stir in some of the reserved pasta water by tablespoonfuls if sauce seems dry. Divide pasta among warm plates. Serve with Parmesan.
my notes
- Calories904
- Carbohydrates104 g (35%)
- Fat34 g (52%)
- Protein41 g (81%)
- Saturated Fat11 g (53%)
- Sodium661 mg (28%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber6 g (24%)
- Monounsaturated Fat16 g
- Cholesterol91 mg (30%)
recipe at a glance
type: Pasta/Noodle Dish
main ingredients: Pasta, Meat, Noodle, Beef
cuisine: Italian
dietary considerations: High Fiber
holiday/celebration: Father's Day, New Year's Day, Winter, Poker/Game Night, Potluck


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Kimmy and Emily's Halloween sketch
By popular demand, here is the sketch taped for the annual kids Halloween party, starring Kimmy and Emily. Apologies to my non-Russian-speaking audience – this is entirely Russian in content.
By popular demand, here is the sketch taped for the annual kids Halloween party, starring Kimmy and Emily. Apologies to my non-Russian-speaking audience – this is entirely Russian in content.
Kimmy finds ways to make her little sister occupied – why not make a short video together?
For some time now, my middle child has been entertaining herself with making short movies using her webcam and the basic video-editing software installed on her PC. She asked me to put up her latest "trailer" here on the blog.
The quality is the basic home-video variety, but that should not prevent you from giving me your "Ooh"s and "Ah"s.
Today marks the day on which another member of the human race figured out the complicated act of walking upright. Here is the proof:
My Russian-speaking audience will enjoy this impromptu performance by Becky of the well-known New Year's song, which she literally learned in an hour or so prior to going to her New Year's party. Those of you who do not speak Russian may still be able to appreciate the fact that Becky started playing guitar only a few months ago.
My eldest daughter seems to be the primary source of material for my blog lately. At her request, I am putting up another of her drama class projects, so that it is publicized to my considerably larger audience.
The assignment was to select 3 words that either described the person, evoked a specific emotion or simply had a certain meaning, and then display them in a 10-second video-clip in some creative way. Becky's pick was technically 4 words – but who's counting? – and her presentation idea was to actually perform the action somewhat opposite to the words being shown.
Here's how it turned out.
Uncredited editing by yours truly.
I don't want to provide the name of this little performance out of concern for what type of future Google searches it may attract. You'll understand.
This is something Becky did for a graded Drama class project at school a while ago. We decided to take a video cut for posterity.
My eldest daughter reminded me that I promised to put her latest artistic achievement up on my blog. That promise is about two months overdue now, but I'm sure she'll forgive me. Here is the school project by Becky and her friend.
Becky and Kimmy returned to the Old Bridge skating rink soon after we came back to the area. The rink traditionally stages a holiday skating show for all of the student skaters and their coaches. Our girls signed up for a number together, which I am happy to present to my audience.
A few weeks ago Natasha scored free tickets to participate in a taping of a UK food channel show "Market Kitchen". She invited a couple of girlfriends and spent half a day in a studio listening to chef's presentations and tasting their creations. She says it was a lot of fun.
Her TV appearance consisted of one two-second-long close-up plus dozens of fleeting moments where she could be prominently seen in the background. I finally got around to making a short clip of that.
I currently do not possess recording equipment to transfer a Sky+ program into portable digital format. Instead, I resorted to the incredibly inventive trick of positioning a camcorder in front of the TV. That – and my lack of willpower to go to extra lengths – accounts for the far from ideal sound.
In lieu of any other content that I can provide at the moment, here is a recent masterpiece from my budding artist offspring, a music-video-ish interpretation of the immortal Shakespeare's play by Becky and her friends.
As with her poem, Becky decided that my vast audience offers a chance for better publicity than her own blog readership. Therefore, posted with full author's consent.
This little project has been years in the making.
When I worked on the movie about our first Paris trip, in 2002, the well-known Russian pop song (called "Walking about Paris") was the obvious choice for an opening segment. Unfortunately, I realized that we did not tape a single scene related to the song lyrics then. Making a separate music video for the song became an item on my "someday" list.
A couple of visits to Paris later, in May of 2007, we finally got to taping necessary footage. Becky was enlisted as a principal camera-person and, during our wanderings about the city, she recorded Natasha and me walking around various sights.
Still, I did not get into the mood for movie-making for almost two years afterwards. But Natasha kept prodding me, and I eventually produced a reasonable piece of work, offered for your discerning appreciation herewith.
It snowed here last night. For no more than an hour, and melted instantaneously, but it was a huge surprise nonetheless.
While Becky boldly went where her parents have never gone before, – she is on a school trip to Iceland, – Kimmy required extra attention than normal during her half-term break. So Natasha enrolled her in a three-day theater workshop, brought her to see a Russian circus troupe and commandeered half of the living room for continuous work on the summer vacation scrapbook. They also sang together, with Kimmy learning songs that she did not know the words to before. That obviously necessitated a session of videotaping. Here is one performance.
For my non-Russian-speaking audience, the song is called "A True Friend" and is basically about friendship.
One of the gifts that Becky received this year for her birthday was a recording studio experience (idea by Mom, funding by Grandma and Grandpa). She enlisted a couple of her friends as a personal gallery and went the other day to record three songs of her choice. I have to say that she somewhat erred in regards to picking songs commensurate with her vocal range, but she had a blast nonetheless. Below are a few outtakes from the occasion.
Note: YouTube screwed up the first 8 seconds of video in their "conversion" process, and I don't have the willpower to try again.
Besides giving everybody a chance to see my girls enjoy an exotic – for us – pursuit, I also aimed at illustrating the quick-changing weather with this clip. Alas, compressed diminished quality of the video made that less discernible. Just smile at the sight of the girls ahorse, then…
P.S. I know I should not be, but I am slightly disappointed with my first attempt of posting a video on YouTube. A half-gig DVD-quality .AVI file took ages to upload, but I specifically went with that because I expected YouTube's internal compression to degrade quality. Yet, it turned out worse than I expected. I should try something like mpeg4 next time to see how it compares… Also, YouTube required me to come up with "tags", and then suggested some stupid "related" videos based on that. I guess, the Volga Boatmen Song is always perfectly related
By popular demand, here are two more numbers from Becky's performance with her choir.
It took me several days to figure out a good way to post locally stored streaming videos on my website. Trust me, every blogging software puts limitations on what you can transparently do, and what appears to be a simple task with embedding YouTube video becomes a lot less simple when you want to refrain from going to other sites for the components of the embedded object. And then, with .flv format, various containers behave in a different way, not necessarily the way you'd like them to. But I must be boring you.
In any case, I arrived at a reasonable solution (futher tinkering expected), and now feel empowered to start posting various video clips from our on-going recordings.
I do lack ready material at the moment though (other songs from Becky's choir performance will be posted later this week). So, for the next number, at Becky's request, I am posting the video that she and her friend made at their recent trip to the movies a couple of weeks ago. As it goes with such videos, the quality is on the lowish side…
It has not been a great week, as we all fluctuated between unwell and well states. Natasha took through Tuesday to recover from Sunday's malady, but was feeling fine and went for her badminton session on Wednesday. I was back in office on Tuesday, but continue to have a peculiar relationship with food intake, and have not even deigned to go to gym. Becky went to school on Tuesday, but had to be taken out late in the morning, and then spent all Wednesday in bed. And Kimmy suddenly developed a fever on Wednesday night, taking her turn of staying home…
But by the end of today, we were all more or less in decent shape and attended a concert at Becky's school. She sings in two different choirs and participated in four numbers. Three of those were absolutely fantastic and I offer you here the one that I liked the most. Enjoy!


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Mario and Other Pop Culture Icons Made from Recycled Cans: The Aluminum Kingdom
It's-a me can Mario. This awesome Mario sculpture is made entirely from recycled cans by artist Makaon, who does some pretty amazing work. He uses discarded beer and soda cans to create all kinds of cool characters.
The cans are used as the color palette to create the characters and the patterns on the cans add a neat visual look. Some of Macaon's other creations include various Pokémon, Ultraman and Darth Vader just to name a few. Check out the gallery below to see more of these amazing sculptures.
Imagine if we reused all of the wasted soda and beer cans and created huge public geek sculptures like these. That's a world that I want to live in.
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these were all done from freely available paper craft guides. no talent here.


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Crystal Evans
Updated: March 16, 2013 6:21AM
When Crystal Evans earned her degree in mechanical engineering in May, the Purdue University North Central alum soon packed her belongings and headed to her new job in Victoria, Texas.
"I was fortunate to have six job offers from a mix of companies," Evans said. "The decision to move was easy. I found a company I believed would utilize my recent education, unique abilities and enthusiasm as a catalyst for growth."
Evans is working for INVISTA, one of the world's largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers, primarily for nylon, spandex and polyester applications.
"This has exceeded my expectations. I couldn't be more satisfied with my decision," she said.
Evans took an interesting route to her position with INVISTA. She traveled to Victoria to interview with a different company. But, she had a chance meeting with an INVISTA employee.
Evans instantly recalled the words of PNC's Larryl Matthews, professor of mechanical engineering. "He told us to never miss an opportunity to network." So Evans mentioned she was seeking an entry-level engineering position and in return, she learned that INVISTA was hiring mechanical reliability engineers.
Before the conversation was over, Evans had already started the online application process on her smartphone. She was soon interviewing for the job.
The decision to move to Texas was not difficult. "I needed to find a company that both impressed and excited me. INVISTA delivered across the board. INVISTA's cultural beliefs and market-based management business philosophy mirrors my personal beliefs and professional aspirations."
Evans was hired as a mechanical reliability engineer, but soon accepted a new role as the Reliability Center coordinator and is responsible for the daily operations of one of the business units.
This is Evans' second bachelor's degree. In 2006 she earned a degree in business at PNC, but found she wanted more.
"When PNC adopted the mechanical engineering program I decided to return to school full time in 2009. I never want to stop learning and growing. I believe engineering is the perfect discipline to keep me challenged," she explained.
She found what she was looking for in the mechanical engineering program. "The PNC program surpasses the expectations of many engineering programs. The experience and knowledge I gained have proven to be invaluable. I feel extremely proud to be a graduate from the PNC program and am grateful for the opportunity to share the classroom with so many wonderful professors," said Evans.
She cited Matthews; Li Tan, associate professor of electrical engineering; and Aaron Warren, associate professor of physics, as her most influential professors.


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August 22, 2013 by TMO
Islamic Center of Long Island breaks ground on expansion
LONG ISLAND,NY–The much awaited expansion of Islamic Center of Long Island has finally broken ground. The Long Island Press reports that this oldest mosque on the island will undergo a $4 million expansion.
"We've been waiting for this day for a long time," ICLI chairman, Habeeb Ahmed, told the congregation Friday in front of a recently completed $1 million parking lot that has helped ease congestion in the neighborhood.
Joining the mosque's board for the groundbreaking ceremony were dozens of worshipers, religious leaders from other faiths and about a half-dozen local officials who have assisted in the expansion project by educating the surrounding community, including the village's mayor, Peter Cavallaro, who was praised for his efforts during the process.
The plan calls for more classrooms to support the growing number of Muslim families moving into the community, a recreation area, an interfaith center and a space for seniors—or "medicare beneficiaries," one mosque trustee said.
Mosque plans delayed
ST.CLOUD,MN–St. Cloud's Planning Commission has delayed a decision on the local Islamic Center's proposal to build a new mosque and related buildings amid opposition from some neighbors.
The Islamic Center of St. Cloud wants to build in a mostly residential area. Minnesota Public Radio News reports that requires a decision by the city on whether to change zoning in the area in question.
Nearby residents say their concerns are about traffic congestion in the area, not religion. The center's president says he's willing to scale back some of the plans for the site to compromise with neighbors.
Several students honored at NJ Young Scholars Program
On Aug. 3, 107 students in New Jersey SEEDS' Scholars and Young Scholars Programs completed their 14-month experiences with the organization and celebrated their graduations.
New Jersey SEEDS is an educational nonprofit that transforms the lives of motivated, high-achieving students from low-income families. The Scholars Program is a tuition-free academic program designed to prepare eighth-grade students in New Jersey for placement in academically rigorous selective schools with substantial financial aid packages. The Young Scholars Program works with children in fifth and sixth grades in Greater Newark. Students enrolled in the tuition-free program engage in academic classes before being placed in day or junior boarding schools with significant financial aid directly from the independent schools.
At the ceremony, several students were honored for academic and leadership accomplishments:
Abdul-Nafea Syed was named the Dwight L. Wilson Scholar for his sense of personal ethics, honesty, integrity, love of education and willingness to work hard while enrolled in the New Jersey SEEDS Scholars Program.
— Amera Youssef was presented with the Dean's Award for her overall achievement, strong leadership, citizenship, exceptional academic qualities and great personality while enrolled in the Scholars Program.
— Nada Zohayr was named the Amy Ziebarth Scholar for her passion for social justice and strong commitment to SEEDS while enrolled in the Scholars Program.
Bernards library 'Muslim Journeys' grant
BERNARDS TWP., NJ– The Bernards township library received a $3,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA) to host a five-part reading and discussion series titled "Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys.''
The library is one of 125 libraries and state humanities councils across the country selected to participate in the project, which seeks to familiarize residents in the United States with the people, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims in the U.S. and around the world.
"Bernards Township is a community of well-educated, cultured and motivated citizens,'' said Library Board President Tim Opremcak. "It is a testament to them and the quality of our library that we were the only public library in New Jersey, along with three academic institutions, selected for this honor."
All programs will be held at the township library at 32 S. Maple Ave. in Basking Ridge.
The Muslim Journeys theme that the library has chosen to explore is "Points of View." Through the titles selected, readers will encounter individual experiences in Muslim majority societies through memoirs and novels representing a diverse geography and some of the best contemporary storytellers.
"We are delighted to have been chosen to host this unique series that will allow patrons a chance to discuss some important themes in Muslim history and literature with the help of a well-qualified scholar," said Library Director Ruth Lufkin.


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Reece's Faith, Part 3
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Faith thought she heard a jumble of foul words as she was thrown quite literally from her daydream. With a yelp the blonde became airborne for just a moment, then landed with a thud on the bike seat. She was aware that they were going slower and were surrounded by midtown traffic. It also seemed that she grew shorter and Reece grew taller. What's wrong with this picture?
"Christ! Uh babe? Would you mind scootching back a bit?" Reece sounded as if she was in pain.
Confused, the passenger realized she was sitting comfortably in the driver's seat and Reece was straddling the gas tank.
"Oh my God!" she yelled as she struggled to settle herself further back on the seat without leaning on her lover for support. She helped pull Reece back into place, which wasn't easy as she was steering the bike around another pothole.
"Are you ok?" Faith knew how hard she'd hit the seat, and it couldn't have been pleasant for Reece.
"Fucking potholes! Where the hell are all my tax dollars going?"
Faith could tell her lover was really pissed off again, and she frowned.
"That's it! I refuse to pay taxes any more! If I have one mark on this bike..."
Well, this sucks. After that little daydream, she was more than eager to get home and "discuss."
Now she'd have to wait till Reece calmed down. Lovely.
"...If there's one fucking little scratch..."
Hello??? Did you forget about me? The girlfriend?
They stopped at a red light and Reece turned around and took off her helmet. Faith didn't like the angry look on her face at all.
"Are you alright? You didn't get hurt did you? If you are I'll sue the fucking Department of Transportation."
"I'm ok, honey." She received a skeptical look. "Put your helmet back on, I'm really ok."
Satisfied, Reece replaced her helmet and turned back around. "I'll sue the freaking city."
What the hell is the matter with her? Its just a pothole? Faith worried again. Reece had been acting like this all week, jumping at little things and getting really angry over nothing. If she keeps this up, I'll never be able to tell her about my script! She took her hands out of Reece's pockets and replaced them under the leather jacket. She comfortingly rubbed all the parts of Reece's anatomy that she could reach until she felt the tension dissipate slightly. Then she moved her hands further south and toyed with the waistband of Reece's jeans. It wasn't exactly her fantasy, but it would do.
"Did you hurt yourself anywhere that needs a kiss, sweetheart?"
"Oh yeah, it needs many many kisses."
"Well then, let's get this baby home, shall we?"
Faith pulled Reece's shirt out from her jeans and stroked the tight stomach teasingly. The driver started wiggling around in her seat.
"You better stop that, Red."
"Oh? Why is that?" Faith was feeling rather cocky making her lover squirm.
"Because with that graceful landing, the seam of my jeans wound up someplace that it shouldn't be.."
"Ohhhh?" Faith tugged on the waistband with a smirk, thoroughly enjoying the feel of Reece's butt jerking against her spread thighs.
"Yeah and if you keep that up, it'll be over way before it starts."
"And that's a bad thing?"
"Don't make me stop this bike, Faith." she teased.
"Oh alright," she grumbled, suddenly reminded of long car trips with her father. Sliding her hands up Reece's ribs to bring her back to the present, she was satisfied with the shudder she caused. Pleased that she'd calmed the edgy woman, Faith leaned back against the sissy bar and relaxed for the rest of the ride.
After many hours of "discussion," in various rooms of the house, the two freshly-showered women were sitting in the living room eating dinner. Reece was still edgy, and Faith was trying to figure out a way to bring up the script without an explosion. It would help if she told me what was bothering her. The actress had been all set to tell her 5 days ago when she received the damn thing, but Reece's behavior that day had been very unpredictable and hadn't gotten any better since. Faith felt that if she told her now it would look like she was trying to hide it from her, and that wouldn't be good at all.
"What's wrong, Faith? You aren't acting right."
Faith gulped down some wine and prepared for the onslaught. "Well, I have this thing.."
The phone rang and Faith thanked all the gods."I'll get it babe." She picked up the phone in the guestroom.
"WHAAASSSUUUPPP!!" Cori screamed.
"Oh god, not that, anything but that. Packs of teenagers have been drive-by whassuping all month." Faith cringed.
"So, did you tell her?"
"No, I was trying to, but she's been acting so schizo lately, I'm afraid this would make her wild."
"You know, now that you waited so long, it's not gonna look good."
"Yeah, thanks for the brilliant deduction, Watson."
"I have an idea."
"No, no. That's quite all right."
"So my suggestion of telling her while you had your face between her legs wasn't brilliant? Don't scoff."
"Did you forget the size of her quads?"
"She's not going to kill you Faith. But I have serious doubts that 'Jim the Dim' will survive," she added seriously.
"Would you stop? Jim is a nice guy, he's just been unfortunately cast."
"Yeah, well, you're the one that's gotta kiss him anyway. Oh man, I can't wait till you tell her about the bed scene."
"Are you crazy?" Faith felt her palms sweat.
"It's been a while since I saw a good murder, the movies just aren't what they used to be."
"You're twisted you know that? Oh no..." her voice was almost a squeak.
"What's wrong? Faith?"
Reece dropped the script on the bed next to Faith and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Uh, Cor, I gotta go." The gulp was audible.
Cori hung up the phone with a gulp of her own. "Hide the breakables and set up the sofa bed, Violet, we may have a visitor."
"I can explain why I didn't tell you sooner, babe..."
"Tell me what? Spill it!"
"You don't know?"
"What's the fucking secret, Faith?"
Puzzled, the actress shook her head. "Um, you didn't read the script?"
"Should I have? Is that the only way I'll be able to find out what's been eating at you?" Reece picked up the script and started leafing through it. Faith snatched it away.
"No, I'm sorry. I had something to tell you, and I didn't know how...it's silly really...now it's blown way out of proportion."
"So, if it's so silly, why don't you tell me now?" The club owner was now standing menacingly over the actress.
"I'm afraid ..."
"Of what!? ME? What have I ever done to you for you to be afraid of me?" She practically screamed.
"You didn't let me finish. I'm afraid of how you'll react, and well, you just confirmed my fears."
Reece suddenly felt like a shit. Of course she's afraid, look at you, you idiot! She took a deep breath and sat down on the bed.
"Faith, look, I've been freaking out all week over this."
"I'm having trouble at the club, and now you're hiding something from me. I knew it the minute you walked in the door after the read-through. Are they killing you off? Are they gonna hurt your character? C'mon, what gives?"
"What trouble at the club?"
"Inspectors showing up daily, auditor sniffing my ass. It seems your friend from my favorite club has been getting his rocks off torturing me."
"I'm sorry Reece. Really. If I had known you were having such a hard time.."
"Please, Faith, just tell me what's going on so I can stop popping Tums like Tic Tacs."
"Well, I, Judith, has a love interest." She paused, gauging the reaction. Reece's lips got tight.
"Who's the lucky guy?" It looked like Reece's pupils disappeared.
"Jim" she whispered.
Reece made fists in her lap, her knuckles turning white. Faith stood and stepped away from the bed.
"We, uhm.."
"Consummate?" Reece offered through gritted teeth.
"Exactly." Faith flinched as her tall lover stood up and seemed to grow even larger.
"Oh. I see. Is that all?" She failed to make the smile sincere.
Faith nodded hesitantly.
"You were afraid I'd dislike this new character development and run amok all over your little set?" Reece looked her dead in the eye.
Oh, that's bad. Way too calm.
"Well, sorry to disappoint." she stated, still too calmly for Faith, "I'm very happy actually. Congratulations. This is good for "Judith".
"Thank you." Faith said to her lover's back.
Reece exited the room, her boots clomping across the hardwood floor.
Wait for it...
The actress let out the breath she was holding and threw herself on the bed. She called Cori and filled her in, adding that she should be careful not to get in the way of her angry boss tonight.
The tall form restlessly paced the length of her club. Sometimes she mumbled, and other times she sneered. The dancers whispered, the patrons stole glimpses. No one looked her in the eye. They 'd heard the rumors and she did, after all, live up to her reputation. If they hadn't witnessed it for themselves they knew someone who had, and they weren't suicidal. But what they didn't know was that Reece Corbett wasn't at all angry, she was a nervous wreck.
As the owner of the most lucrative gentleman's establishment in New York City, The Lounge, Reece already had her hands full. She didn't need this new development. Tonight, the love of her life was going to lie in bed with someone else, and she couldn't do anything to stop it. Feeling very helpless and threatened, she made fists and continued to pace. No one dared confront the agitated woman, but some people never learn.
"Geez, boss, I saw a thing on spontaneous combustion on one of those learning channels... this woman, all that was left was an arm."
Reece looked at Cori like she was speaking Chinese.
"What the hell are you talking about?!?" she yelled.
"I'm just saying, that you should stand outside or something. Don't take us down with you," Cori said rather boredly.
The tall woman glared at her magenta-haired friend.
"Hey, easy tiger, Faith is acting... she's not actually doing anything with the guy. What is the big hairy deal?" The dancer shrugged. "She did more up on that stage with me."
Reece narrowed her eyes. "And that's supposed to make me feel better?" She stomped off to her office to brood.


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The forage supply in Georgia is extremely tight, reports Dennis Hancock, extension forage specialist at the University of Georgia. "The Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service reports that over 70% of Georgia's pastures are rated either poor or very poor," he says. "In northwestern and southern Georgia, precipitation is already 14-16" below normal for this time of year and nearly 90% of pastures in these areas are rated poor or very poor."
Although producers growing bermudagrass or alfalfa under irrigation are finding a very favorable market, most of Georgia's hayfields are dryland and currently lie dormant, Hancock says. Beef producers have started to wean calves early to lower the forage demands of the brood cows. Dairy producers and horse owners are having great difficulty arranging for hay supplies from local sources.
"Although much of the small grain crop that was damaged by a late-spring freeze has been baled and will help carry some animals for a while, approximately 25% of the forage samples coming through the University of Georgia's Agricultural & Environmental Services Laboratories have nitrate levels that exceed 5,000 ppm," Hancock says. "Forage containing more than 5,000 ppm can lead to nitrate toxicity. Producers who fail to test their forage and ensure that nitrate levels are diluted to safe levels may be setting themselves up for disaster this summer. Cattle may suffer reduced milk production, reproduction problems or even die when they are fed such high levels of nitrates."
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Days of Service
- Community Service Day for New
On Saturday, August 31st 104 NSU Sharks fanned out across the Fort Lauderdale area and took part in a wide variety of projects including: sustainable urban agriculture with the Broward Regional Health Planning Council, Animal care with FRIENDS Ranch, Sorting food donations at Feeding South Florida, a beach clean-up at John U Lloyd State Park, and a clean-up along Canal C-11 with the South Florida Water Management District.
- 9/11 Day of Service
In remembrance of the events of September 11, 2001 40 students worked with 3 different community affiliates: Feeding South Florida, the Broward Regional Health Planning Council, and Lauderdale Manor.
- Make a Difference Day-As part of the larger, national Make a Difference Day, 43 students took part in a variety of projects including working with Feeding South Florida and the Autism Speaks Walk right on NSU's campus.
- National Hunger and Homelessness
Awareness Week
Together, the Office of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement and Alpha Phi Omega partnered to sponsor National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The week featured a Meet and Greet with local community affiliates, the Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, and an informational session with Lauderdale Manor.
- MLK Day of Service
"Make it a day on, not a day off," On January 20, 2014 NSU will be teaming up with several community affiliates in service to our community to honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To register and participate, click here.
- Earth Day of Service
Earth Day was started in 1970 as a way to raise awareness through active participation and education in environmental protection. NSU will be hosting an Earth Day of Service on April 5th and will feature projects centered on environmental care. To register and participate, click here.


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Part two in a series examining the Red Sox' advance scouting, how it's changed over the last 15 years and how it translates to results on the field.
BOSTON — Ben Cherington remembers what constituted advance video scouting in 1998.
"The Indians were one of the first teams to start using a charting program to record type and location of every pitch for the teams we were preparing for," Cherington explained. "We'd accumulate a database over time and use that to start to find tendencies."
There was one caveat.
"It was manual," Cherington said. "I was watching on TV and charting on a graph or whatever."
Whomever the Indians wanted Cherington to scout, he'd have to do it in this painstaking process, watching and charting each pitch of each game by hand. At least the pace of play was a little quicker back then.
Cherington wasn't alone in baseball at that time. Third-base coach Brian Butterfield remembers hours spent coursing through blurry, far-from-exhaustive video when he was working for the Yankees and Diamondbacks in the 1990s. Bench coach Torey Lovullo's first advance meeting was about pitcher tendencies — that the coach or the catcher was pretty sure of, anecdotally.
Nowadays, that kind of information is available league-wide through BATS! video software. Each team essentially starts at the same information baseline.
(Even common fans have more access to loads of Pitch F/X data now than front offices did 15 years ago. Websites such as Fangraphs, TexasLeaguers and BrooksBaseball.net all contain remarkably thorough information on pitcher tendencies. A fan at home can hop on BrooksBaseball during a game, visit a pitcher's player card and plug in whether the batter is right- or left-handed, and the count, and see what the pitcher is likeliest to throw.)
The scouting video is not just easily accessible; it's also easy to navigate. Just ask Butterfield, a man quick to divulge his flawed computer skills. Still, he can queue up video of every ground ball hit by an opposing batter to discern exactly how he should align his infielders in different situations.
"It's progressed to the point where you can really isolate to whatever your expertise is," Butterfield said.
The widespread availability of information has changed what it means to advance scout. The battle has gone from accumulating data to distilling it, to more finely filtering the information.
For instance, hitters don't need to know how a pitcher changes from 0-2 to 1-2; it's how he changes from ahead to behind, or what he likes to use 0-0 or 3-2.
The job, Cherington said, is going from "telephone books" of information down to the single sheet of paper placed on a player's chair before the game.
"If I have too much stuff available, it clutters my mind, just like when you have too much homework," said Butterfield. "I used to have too much homework, and I would just go to bed instead and leave it."
"We don't want to weigh the players down with more information than necessary. That was easy 30 years ago, because there just wasn't much information," Cherington said. "Now you can provide breakdowns of everything imaginable, and it wouldn't all be helpful to playing a game."
Properly distilling the information for the players' sake also builds trust. If you tell a hitter to look changeup ahead in the count, and he doubles on that changeup ahead in the count, a relationship is furthered.
"You've got to know what you're talking about," Butterfield said. "The player's got to know that you have their best interest at heart. They're extremely knowledgeable and they know what's going on. If you're a lot of hot air and you're not sincere about their best interests, they're going to catch on to that."
"It's basically understanding what the players want and need," said major-league assistant Brian Abraham. "You can work for hours, and if the players don't want it, then it's useless information."
It's a cycle the Red Sox staff goes through every couple days: Once the process was finished with the Angels, they were on to the Rays for this week's series at Tampa Bay. They'll push on to the Orioles shortly after that.
"Never-ending cycle," said Butterfield, who was excited the Sox play Tampa Bay again in a week's time, making the preparation a little easier for that series.
"It's got to be what's most important for this team against this team tonight: What helps us win?" said Cherington. "Figuring that out, going from this ocean down to a little pool of critical stuff, that's a challenge. That's what our guys are doing every three days."


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Once again, I am calling on the generosity of my great friends and family to help me raise money for a cause that is near and dear to me.
On March 28th of this year, Team Walking for Nana and Nina are walking in the 2009 Triangle Kidney Walk to help raise money for the National Kidney Foundation of North Carolina.
For those who don't know, my Mother (Nana to her grand kids) was diagnosed with End Stage Renal Failure in 2004. She has been on the transplant list since December 2005. Unfortunatley a transplant hasn't happened yet. We are still hopeful that a transplant will happen before she has to go on dialysis.
Remember, dialysis is not a cure for kidney disease, it is only life support.
This Saturday, Valentines Day, will be the one year anniversary of the death of our dear friend, Susie Trevino. Susie and my mother met on a website that helps those living with Kidney Disease have a safe place to vent there frustrations about all their experiences. I invite you to check this site out - it has truly become my Mothers second family. I Hate Dialysis.com We are NOT negative, we just HATE dialysis.. Susie's screen name was GoofyNina on the forums.
In October of 2007 the website had there first ever country-wide meet up! We met in Las Vegas for a long weekend and had an incredible time! This is where my mother and I first met Susie in person. As we saw her walking towards us in the casino we couldnt help but laugh! She had on a tiara, purple boa and a sash that said `Drama Queen`!! She had a personality that welcomed everyone! She was so kind and silly, her husband adored her and so did her friends, you just knew she was someone you wanted to know. Susie suffered from Renal Failure, as does my mother. In February of last year Susie took a turn for the worse. It was so quick. On Valentines Day, 2008, my mother and I received a call telling us that Susie had passed away. She was 40 years old.
That night my sister created this team for the first annual Triangle Kidney Walk, within 1 1/2 months we raised over $7,000! We raised more than any other team last year and a trophy is proudly displayed in my Parents house telling everyone who enters how much our family and friends care!
We couldnt have done this without all of you! Last year you were so generous, and I know, the situation for everyone is much different this year. The economy is suffering, we are all nervous about the future. Please remember, this fear of the future is the same fear those living with Kidney Failure live with every day, every moment. Any amount will help. If you are unable to donate at this time, please, sign up to walk with us instead! Be there with us on March 28th - walk with us, show my mother and all those living with this horrible disease how much you care.
Follow this link to donate or join our team!
Todd's 2009 Kidney Walk Page
And please, above everything, take a moment this Saturday to be greatful for your health and say a small prayer for Susies husband and family.
Thank you for your help
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"Today, we have a solid 10 percent...more registered voters," Gessler told reporters. "Colorado did not grow 10 percent in the last four years.... I think what contributed to this increase was the fact that the Secretary of State's office spent a million dollars in targeted, effective ads in the mail to encourage people to register to vote. And the Secretary of State's office made it incredibly easy for people to register to vote.... And I think this is a spectacular success story.... At the end of the day, the proof is in the pudding."Sam Levin Scott Gessler, next to graph showing huge spike in online visits in the final days of registration.
Gessler says there were 3,203,583 registered voters in 2008 and 3,296,953 in 2010. Now, with 3.6 million eligible to vote in the upcoming presidential election, which is likely to be decided by a very small margin of voters, these new registrants could play an important role in determining the next president.
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He did face backlash, however, for problems with the site on the final day to register -- and explained that the website was overloaded at times.
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There were 162,713 visits to the site on Tuesday -- and seventeen very serious procrastinators who either registered to vote or changed their information at 11:59 p.m., the final minute before the deadline passed.
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(violin, cello, piano, bass and drums unless otherwise noted)
Rump 2012, Duration 5 min.
56 2010, Duration 5 min.
Maintain 2010, Duration 8 min.
Ride 2010, Duration 5 min.
Cleave 2010, Duration 7 min.
Behavior Patterns 2010, Duration 7 min.
Anchor 2009, Duration 11 min.
For violin, cello, piano, bass and percussion (vibraphone and bass drum)
Dissolve 2009, Duration 4 min.
Swelter 2007, Duration 20 min.
For cello, piano and drumset.
Drivin' 2007, Duration 14 min.
Digging Two Ditches 2006, Duration: 6 min.
Imagining Winter 2006, Duration: 7 min.
Magnet 2005, Duration: 6 min.
In the Backyard 2005, Duration: 5 min.
No Response 2004, Duration: 6 min.
For Chamber/Solo
On and On and 2014, Duration 7 min.
For SATB chorus
Written for Sacra/Profana
Text by Matt McBane after John Muir
Premiere 9/20/2014, Carlsbad Music Festival
don't 2014, Duration 4 min.
For solo violin
Beneath 2014, Duration 5 min.
For solo violin
Premiere 9/20/2014, Carlsbad Music Festival
Lift and Cycle 2014, Duration 10 min total, each 5 min.
For flute, harp, viola
Commissioned by Musical Chairs Ensemble, Inc.
Premiere 5/3/2014, Staten Island Music, Staten Island, NY
Drawn 2013, Duration 24 min, in 5 movements
For violin, mandolin, banjo, guitar and bass
Commissioned by Jake Schepps and Expedition
Premiere 12/6/2013, eTown Hall, Boulder, CO
Frost 2013, Duration 4 min
For solo violin
Premiere 10/26/2013, Staten Island Museum, NY
Sway 2013, Duration: 6 min.
For solo piano
Commissioned by Michael Mizrahi
Premiere date TBA
Sleight 2013, Duration 9 min.
For solo bass
Commissioned by Eleonore Oppenheim
Premiere date TBA
Slink 2012, Duration: 7 min.
For baroque violin, viola da gamba and theorbo
Commissioned by Chatham Baroque
Premiered 10/5/2012 at the Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Contain 2012, Duration: 10 min.
For cello, guitar, bass and percussion
Commissioned by the Musical Chairs Ensemble
Premiered 6/3/12 at Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art Staten Island, NY
4 Pieces for Violin and Piano 2011, Total duration: 16 min.
1- Bounce, 2- Fleet, 3- Level, 4- Push
Can be played individually or as a set.
For violin and piano
Commissioned by the Mondavi Center
Premiered 1/14/12 by Alexi Kenney and Hilda Huang at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis, CA
within 2011, Duration 6 min.
For solo piano.
Written for Vicky Chow.
Premiered April 15, 2012, Fast Forward Austin, Austin, TX.
Handoff 2011, Duration 3 min.
For oboe, Bb clarinet, bassoon and horn
Commissioned by Dz4
Premiered 10/21/11 at the Greenwich House, New York
Arpeggiator 2011, Duration 7 min.
Solo violin.
Premiere 9/20/2014, Matt McBane, Carlsbad Music Festival, CA
Binary 2010, Duration 10 min.
For 2 percussionists: 2 drum sets, marimba and vibraphone
Commissioned by the Meahan/Perkins Duo
Premiered 4/9/11 at the Round Top Festival, TX
Anchor 2009, Duration 11 min.
For clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion
Commissioned by the California E.A.R. Unit, premiered 3/21/09 at RedCat, Disney Hall
Swelter 2007, Duration 20 min.
For cello, piano and drumset.
Commissioned by Real Quiet, premiered 9/28/07 at the Carlsbad Music Festival.
Synthetic Night 2006, Duration 9 min.
For flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano and bass.
Commissioned by Now Ensemble, premiered 5/2006 at the Carlsbad Music Festival.
Ghost in the Machine 2005, Duration: 30 min. in 3 movements
For amplified, processed string quartet and live video by Lucy H.G.
Commissioned by the Calder Quartet, premiered 4/2005 at the Carlsbad Music Festival.
2×4 2004, Duration: 25 min. in four movements
for string octet
Commissioned by the Calder Quartet and the California Quartet, premiered 5/2004 at the Carlsbad Music Festival.
Dust 2004, Duration: 3 min
For violin duo
Groove 2004, Duration: 5 min
For violin duo
Plus Minus 2003, Duration: 6 min.
For solo piano.
Shift 2003, Duration: 9 min.
For Alto Sax and Viola, or Clarinet and Viola, or Bass Clarinet and Cello
It's Alright 2002, Duration: 6 min.
for string trio
Granular Memory 2002, Duration: 5 min.
for large ensemble
Commissioned by the Bang on a Can Summer Institute, premiered 7/2002 at MassMOCA
Static Swell 2002, Duration: 13 min.
for percussion and cello
Turn On. Turn Off. 2001, Duration: 15 min. in 4 movements
For flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano/celesta, and percussion
Piano Decomposition 2000, Duration: 8 min.
For solo piano
Transient Textures 2000, Duration: 12 min.
For string quartet
MTA 204 2000, Duration: 5 min.
For non-pitched percussion trio
Blue Haze 1999, Duration: 4 min.
For violin and piano
For Orchestra
New Work 2014, Duration 15-20 min
For string orchestra
Commissioned by The String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Eli Spindel Conductor
Premiere date May 31, 2014
Brooklyn, NY
Reveal 2013, Duration: 12 min.
For chamber orchestra
Commissioned and premiered by wild Up, Christopher Rountree, conductor
Premiere date April 17, 2013
Los Angeles Philharmonic Brooklyn Festival
REDCAT at Disney Hall
Los Angeles, CA
Incline 2008, Duration: 6 min.
for string orchestra
Commissioned by the Westlake High School Orchestra, premiered 3/24/08 at Carnegie Hall.
Turn On. Turn Off. 2003, Duration: 15 min.
for string orchestra (arrangement of original composition)
Commissioned by the Viana do Castelo International Music Festival, Portugal, premiered 8/2003.
Tarnish 2003, Duration: 9 min.
For orchestra
For Multimedia
A Wagner Matinee 2008, Evening-length dance-theatre piece in collboration with choreographer Laura Diffenderfer.
For piano, percussion and electronics.
Commissioned by the Willa Cather Society, premiered at the Red Cloud Opera House, Nebraska.
Ghost in the Machine 2005, see chamber llisting above
For Film
Wednesday 2:45 pm 2007 Remote Control Monkey Productions, Directed by Lucy H.G. and Matt Soloman.
Genre: Drama. Film score for solo vibraphone.
The Paw 2005, Utopian Productions, Directed by Ritchie Steven Filippi
Genre: Film Noir. Film score for strings, prepared piano and solo trumpet
The Waiting Room Curious Productions, Directed by Craig Hammill
Genre: Drama, Film score for electric guitar textures, clarinet, cello and synths
Two Recorded at Paramount Studios
Genre: Suspense, Film score for string orchestra and harp
Ramblin' Recorded by the USC Thornton Symphony
Genre: Drama, Film score for full orchestra
Twilight Recorded at Paramount Studios
Genre: Mystery, Film score for mixed large ensemble
The Line Recorded at Paramount Studios
Genre: Drama, Film score for chamber orchestra
Raising Hell Recorded by the USC Thornton Wind Symphony
Genre: Horror, Film score for wind symphony
Echo and Narcicus
Genre: Drama, Film score for string quartet


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Rare Identical Triplets Born Among Quadruplets
Giving birth to quadruplets is still considered rare, but the Negus' family quads are really rare.
In a typical quadruplet pregnancy, each baby comes from four different eggs, but not so for Sabrina Negus. Her pregnancy was from two eggs. One of those eggs produced identical triplets, Porter, Logan and Mason. The other egg developed separately into the fourth baby boy, Connor.
How rare is this? There's only been 100 such cases recorded in the U.S.
The parents thought they were having twins, but one ultrasound showed 3 babies, and then another showed 4. Can you imagine being in their shoes? I'd be afraid to go for another ultrasound for fear they'd find I was carrying a litter!
The mom, Sabrina Negus said, "At that point I just started laughing, and Lucas about freaked out."
She made it to 31 ½ weeks after spending weeks on bed rest. The doctors decided it was time to deliver and what a labor intensive delivery it was. (Pun intended).
Every baby had 2 doctors and a team of 3-4 staff members. About 9 weeks later, all the babies were home. Both parents admit they are incredibly blessed. Sabrina Negus says, "There's not a thing wrong with these guys. They are absolutely healthy and you could not ask for anything more than that."
Are they quadruplets?
The world will look at these 4 brothers as quadruplets, but technically they are triplets plus one – all born on the same day. There will be no difference between raising them and raising quadruplets, either. Four diapers to change, 4 little mouths to feed, and 4 babies to get to sleep; amid all the chaos there is also four times the joy, cuddles, first smiles, and more.
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In the metro area, Meyerhoffer estimates that there are 12,000 minors who have a mother or father in jail. But because his program is so small, he only accepts kids through direct referrals from certain schools or social-service agencies. And even then, he carefully assesses each child before admitting him into the program.
"Not all of the kids qualify," he says. "There are some kids who have become so part of the system that when I interview them, their investment is slim to none. And at this point, I have enough experience in this field to know when the kid wants to do it and when the kid doesn't." But getting kids is the easy part. "There's never any shortage of children who need help," he continues. "When you don't have the resources, all you do is just turn the faucet a tiny bit so that only a few dribble out. Because if you turned the faucet all the way, you'd get flooded."
The hard part is finding a good, diverse range of mentors.
Of the thirty kids now in the program, twenty are boys and ten are girls; of the mentors, seven are men and 23 are women. And while the clear majority of children needing mentors in urban areas are ethnic minorities from the working class -- "Forty percent of the families we work with are at or below the poverty line," Meyerhoffer says -- almost all of his volunteers are middle- to upper-class and white.
In 2003, the Urban Institute found that 93 percent of incarcerated parents were men. Fatherless households and a lack of positive male role models have long been identified as major problems in many urban communities, and a contributing element in youth crime and violence. At a recent Denver conference on the educational challenges facing African-American adolescent males, the shortfall in adult male guidance was a recurring theme. A representative of Big Brothers Big Sisters even stood and made an impassioned plea for more men to get involved with their effort to provide mentors to children of prisoners. "We have a hundred kids on the waiting list," she said.
While Meyerhoffer says there's nothing wrong with pairing a seven-year-old black boy with a white woman, he admits that the shortage of adult males can be troubling, especially since his program dictates same-gender mentor matches for children ten years and older. "Part of the frustration is that there are so many boys being referred to this program, and I just don't have enough men to be able to do that," he laments. "A lot of it is from mothers who have sons and whose husbands are in prison. I have six boys on hold for this program right now who desperately need it, and I can't do it."
He's had some success recruiting at the sociology departments of local colleges. Meyerhoffer finds that students, who can get class credit for volunteering, make good mentors because they tend to have more flexible schedules and "they're a lot more socially conscious and understanding of diversity and hardship." He's also gotten mentors through presentations to community organizations, or by sheer dumb luck.
One day Meyerhoffer got a call from a man named Marc Plaskie. He was well-spoken, likable and really wanted to get involved.
But first, he said, there was something Meyerhoffer needed to know.
All psychiatric hospitals seem to look the same. There's always the puke-green walls, the light-gray linoleum, the tired mauve furniture. It's as though any color not emitting the benign hues of recovery might cause patients to dive out the windows in a screaming panic. But psych wards always made Anne feel safe. It was as if the standard horseshoe-shaped enclosure -- with the uniform rooms and uniform windows and anchoring nurse's station -- was two big arms wrapping around her. While other Chicago Reid Medical Center patients secluded themselves or vegetated or became morose, Anne became social. Giddy, even.
Growing up in Colorado Springs, Anne had always struggled with depression. In high school she was quiet and sensitive. She loved books and writing, and she felt words deeply; she was accepted into UCLA and majored in English. She was generally perky and good-natured, but every so often she'd become struck by an overwhelming sadness. Anne struggled. She went to a doctor who diagnosed her with bipolar disorder. (This was an incomplete diagnosis, she found out later. Her bouts of depression -- so intense that she often ended up in the hospital -- coincided with her period. It was eventually determined that she suffered from premenstrual dysphoric disorder.)
Anne started going to therapy, and her depression became manageable. She got a job as a nanny with a family in Virginia. She has always loved working with kids. It's such a pure thing, watching them figure out the world. "And with my mental illness, struggling to find that happiness, when you're around kids, it's so simple," she says. "You just feel very important and very loved. For someone who's kind of lonely and depressed, it feels good to have that unconditional love and not have somebody doing all the grown-up judging."


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