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How Childlike Humility And Curiosity Can Inform, Inspire, And Unlock New Ideas
Kids have an insatiable appetite for knowledge and an unapologetic curiosity for all things new and misunderstood. When they don't know the answer they actively seek the truth. They have a natural humility without posturing, pretense or ego wrapped up in their questions; they fill up their knowledge bank by being open.
Whenever I'm in the car with my 6 year-old daughter, she bombards me with "Why this Daddy, why that Daddy?," and if she doesn't understand how or why something works, from the simple to the complex, she has no hesitation asking. It's amazing how the power of asking "Why?" and the conversation that follows always lead to a deeper discussion around the subject and clarity.
Don't be a know-it-all.
Young children are like sponges, full of optimistic curiosity that fuels their confidence to be creative. But as they get older, they lose that magical openness, and, for many, the door to creativity closes very early. It starts in elementary school when the need to fit in comes from peers and parents, to get the grades and tick the boxes. Taking risks and asking why becomes less important than knowing the answer and conforming. In a world where ticking boxes is rewarded, we're not encouraging people to come to work with that passionate childlike curiosity because it's not encouraged in our education system.
Many corporate cultures program their people to think that they have to have all of the answers, and this leads to breeding know-it-alls who have to have all the answers, and through position or posture create confusion, and waste time and valuable resources because they don't really know what they're talking about.
Wake up stupid.
While many come to work ready to compete for attention and credit rather than to learn and be inspired by those who are more experienced, we can learn a lot from how kids operate. They wake up every morning with an open mind, living like a sponge for knowledge, approaching every project, every challenge or interaction with an "I know nothing; teach me" attitude. Go to work with an open mind and childlike curiosity that helps you see things that you'd otherwise be closed to. Embrace being the dumb one in the room; it opens the mind and leads to great conversations and fresh new ideas.
"Why" is a powerful learning tool.
Approach every situation and every business challenge with a learning mindset. Put "why" to work by challenging convention and existing solutions with questions that help you gain knowledge and understanding. Use the power of "why" in all aspects of your work (and in relationships for that matter) for clarity on the objectives, reason for a project, and observational learning around consumer behavior. If you don't know, or you don't understand why your team or the company is going down a path, don't sit there as an uninformed passenger ask why. Here are some things you might considering questioning this week:
- Why not?
- Why did you ask me to do this?
- Why are we doing it like this?
- Why are we talking about this?
- Why don't we think of a better way?
- Why don't we step back and ask for input?
- Why didn't I get the promotion?
- Why do people love this?
- Why should I care?
- Why is no one listening to us?
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I love this article. I have always felt it's important to develop a childlike curiosity in so many areas of life. At the same time, I recognize that this approach is not always accepted or understood by others. Regardless, I think it's a very valuable approach to learning. Great read!


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"Mildred Pierce," starring Joan Crawford, is the first of Cher's picks for "A Woman's World: The Defining Era of Women on Film," on AMC tonight.
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Cher lets down her hair to help launch "A Woman's World: The Defining Era of Women on Film" (7 p.m. Friday, AMC), a spotlight series featuring movies handpicked by the Academy-Award winning actress. First up: 1945's "Mildred Pierce."
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"20/20" (8 p.m. Saturday, KSTP, Ch. 5) celebrates the 50th anniversary of "General Hospital" by looking at how the soap opera handled sensitive issues over the decades. Former cast member Rick Springfield stops by to remind us that he still wishes he had Jessie's girl.
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"The 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards" (7 p.m. Sunday, WCCO, Ch. 4) pays tribute to late TV producer Dick Clark by teaming George Strait and Garth Brooks for a musical performance. Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton are the hosts.
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What type of people are Taurus's attracted to?
Hi I am a Taurus and i want to know who the right girl to go out with is. Please help because if you do I will back you up for the rest of eternity!
Answer by It's a Long Story
They attracted to the ones that got money and a Mercedes-Benz.
Answer by soriku
I'm a female Taurus and we are attracted to other Taurus sometimes scorpio capricorn libra and Virgo
Answer by Karla
Im attracted to cute guys who are intresting traditional morals,and romantics and someone I can learn from
Answer by SaggiMC
well there are three signs which I would definately say stay away from, your opp sign scorpio and the sign either side of scorpio which is libra and saggi as these create a 150′ quincunx sign aspects.
First you need to understand that you are NOT the sum total of your sun sign!
newspaper and magazine astrology is nothing related to the proper astrology that Astrologers use, this is just a pinch of salt entertainment sort. What they do is put each sun sign conjunct the Ascendant and read where the 10 planets fall in any one of the 12 houses. So when you have got your free chart from astro.com you will know your Ascendant sign, then if you want use this type of recreational fun, then you would look up your Ascendant sign to stand any kind of chance of having those planets in the right houses for you…. If you cannot get past this idea of JUST sun signs, you will always stay in kindergarden.
First go to astro.com and get your free chart, then use their interactive model to get an explanation, then go to cafeastrology.com and do the same, but do *not* use their charts as they inferior. Then come to mytribe reached via my homepage and get the link *start with basics.*
If you cannot get past this idea of JUST sun signs, you will always stay in kindergarden. perhaps if you learn more some of the basics in astrology then with your future questions this should help you ask more poignant questions, for your own evolution
This slide shows the meanings of the planets
this slide shows the house meanings, natural house rulers and notice the compass points are reversed? this is not a mistake
Synastry doesn't work off *signs* but the mathematical aspects they make to another's chart. So synastry (chart comparisons) compares ALL 10planets, Ascendant, Midheaven, Juno, Vertex, Nodes, Part of fortune. so failing no chart appearing you will have to do some research yourself and this is where I come in, for no charge whatsoever (just because I love astrology and this is MY vocation) I will walk you through astrological techniques you are asking about
So broadly speaking then, if mutable on the angles ie: Ascendant/Descendant (pisces,Gemini,virgo, Saggi) this indicates more than one marriage. Mutable on the Midheaven suggests more than one career. Mutable moons are *capable* of loving more than one person at the same time
the Angles (Ascendant/ Descendant) in synastry are THE most important, IF within 3′ max orb, so if mars, venus, (pluto), jupiter, mercury, moon – all the personal planets except pluto.
But really its the Ascendant *signs* that attract and cause the chemistry, lust and attraction factor to get things started and moving in the first place. Of couse not everyone knows their TOB and this complicates matters further.
Personally, I wouldn't like to have pluto involved in synastry as it could be destructive, intense, manipulative, obsessional, demanding and contain power struggles galore.
Neptune would bring to the table over-idealised pedestal kind of love, illusions confusions and delusions, possible lies even.
Saturn would bring responsibilities, acts as cement for good OR bad which everyone needs these for longevity, or there would be little holding you together. It brings structure, hard work and a reality check, but it can also be a *wet blanket* planet to.
Uranus brings excitements, sudden on/off type relationships, but not necessarily stable ones. One person may really need lots of freedom and independence within relationships. Now this statements really would not go down well with strong water types, as their response would probably be: "Well if you are in a deep and loving committed relationship what the B**** hell do you want freedom and independence for?*
Jupiter brings in OTT espec if personal planets are involved, if malefic outer planets (saturn, uranus, neptune and pluto) it may bring problems. Jupiter is about expansion, faith but sometimes doesn't know when to stop, be reliable and/or responsible this is Saturn's domain.
Mars brings in action by sign, house and aspects (as do the others) but what if someone mars was afflicted by hard aspect to uranus (bad temper) and also made a conjunction with your venus? well highly sexed/charged but uranus may want something different, risky or unconventional even..
Just remember planets are modified by signs, where they express are houses and how they express are mathematical *aspects*
If you go to my homepage there are 3 links that cover synastry just this very topic for you to research
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What is your personal assessment of female Geminis.?
Not what they write in the Astrology books, but your own personal generalization of women born under this sign.
Answer by Rogha an da dhiogha
I find them intelligent, witty and charming. They are good conversationalist and never fail to have interesting and intriguing things to tell you. Gemini sun women are less flighty than their Gemini ascendant counterparts. My Gemini friend is really into online gaming and team games.
Answer by Kae
Since I am a Gemini woman
I shall answer for you!
-We are private people! Our "superficiality" and "shallowness" is not so. We just are able to communicate those things much easier/we don't care to communicate our deeper ideas as we feel they are very private and special to us. That goes for emotions, ideas, thoughts, etc. We all have a private place that no one can come into. And people who try just drive us off. We may act dumb, but that's just a part we play. We have many masks to cover the private self.
-We adjust to the people we are with. If they are more shy, we are less outgoing. If they are more outgoing, we match that too. We love communication and making people feel at ease and comfortable.
-We will always be independent and prefer to do things our own way. Just let us and you will save yourself some trouble. We will ask only when we need it. But usually we want to try it our own way and fail first before we ask someone else
-We are looking for the "one", but we aren't only focused on that.
-We follow our heads, not our hearts. But that doesn't mean we don't feel. We feel pain, heartbreak, etc. The reason we are able to move on so quickly is simply because we have already thought out the endings to our relationships before they happen. We plan for every kind of situation so we know what to do before it happens. Thus it's easier. We feel the loss before it happens. Not healthy, necessarily, but that's what we do!
-We have many different interests and need the space to let us pursue all of them or whatever new thing that comes. We want to be well-rounded and we devour anything that peaks our interest.
-We don't have multiple personalities… we simply "think" before we act and our thoughts skip and jump ahead and we don't bother to explain it. Makes us seem a little crazy.
-We are usually faithful. We'd rather break up first than cheat. We "flirt" with other people, but it's really just our way of communicating and make people feel at ease/feel good. And we joke with the people we are really serious about. The goofiness and silliness and teasing IS us being "serious" with our partners. It's how we show affection.
-We will leave you if you bore us. Sorry, but that's just not something we can deal with.
-The more you try to catch us and keep us, the more we will run. Think butterflies. We need to be free or we will suffocate and die.
-We can have big tempers. We hide our anger and don't freak about the little things, but we don't forget either. The little things build up and eventually we can't stand it and you cross our boundaries and we explode. Don't get surprised. lol
-We put our hearts into a relationship 100%. If we aren't appreciated and only criticized, we will get discouraged. We don't have faith in lasting relationships because we are scared and vulnerable… we need someone to give us faith and lead us and give us hope.
Answer by Chris Q.T.
the love of my life is a Gemini, & next time i'm with her, i'll never take a second with her for granted & have any doubts or waiver about what's real between me & her,
I Love Making Gemini Gals Happy Happy & Special &
beautiful as the setting sun
just wanted to say lol
edit: i bet they've been through so much like the love of my life & feel the same way & all that or something
& i understand them =[ like no other, that's why i still love the of my life till this day anyway
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During the day, the views of the indutrial Ruhr town are apparently worth the hundreds of steps. At night, the entire structure is still climbable so long as its lighting system glows, giving the steel structure a freaky silhouette. Freaky can be good. We like freaky. Time to return to D�sseldorf.
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HOUSTON – Duke Energy North America (DENA), the developer of North American power projects for Duke Energy, today announced it had acquired a 50-percent interest in the Griffith Energy Project from PP&L Global, Inc. (PP&L), a subsidiary of PP&L Resources, Inc. (NYSE: PPL). Griffith Energy LLC is currently developing a 600-megawatt merchant power project near Kingman, Ariz., to serve southwestern U.S. markets. The Griffith Energy Project will use natural gas-fired, combined-cycle technology. Pending final permit approvals, construction will begin in September and commercial operations will commence in July 2001. A turnkey construction contract with Black & Veatch/Zachry was executed earlier this month. "Acquiring a 50-percent interest in the Griffith Energy Project provides DENA an early entrance into the southwest market," said DENA President and CEO Jim Donnell. "PP&L has done an excellent job developing this project and we are excited to work with them. As DENA manages its portfolio of assets, we continue to look for opportunities to leverage our commercial and technical skills by developing our own projects and adding strategic value to those of third parties." "The Arizona project is a solid addition to DENA's portfolio of Western System Coordinating Council (WSCC) assets that already includes four power plants in California," Donnell said. "The Southwest is one of DENA's target markets and we continue to look for additional development and acquisition opportunities in this region as well as others across North America." PP&L Global is PP&L Resources, Inc.'s second-largest subsidiary. The largest, PP&L, Inc., delivers electricity to 1.3 million customers in Pennsylvania, generates electricity, and markets wholesale energy in the United States and in Canada; and through PP&L EnergyPlus Co., sells competitively priced energy and energy services to newly deregulated markets. Other PP&L Resources companies are: PP&L Spectrum, Inc., which markets energy-management services and products; Penn Fuel Gas, Inc., which sells natural gas and propane in Pennsylvania and Maryland; and Burns Mechanical, Inc., H. T. Lyons, Inc., McCarl's Inc. and McClure Company, which are mechanical contracting and engineering firms that provide services in the mid-Atlantic region. Duke Energy North America (DENA), a unit of Duke Energy, is a premier developer, owner and manager of wholesale electric generation projects throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. DENA offers industry-leading expertise in project development, construction and operations as well as portfolio management including commercial transactions, risk management and energy trading and marketing. Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) is a global energy company with more than $26 billion in assets. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., the company reaches into more than 50 countries, producing energy, transporting energy, marketing energy and providing energy services. In the United States, Duke Energy companies provide electric service to approximately two million customers in North Carolina and South Carolina; operate interstate pipelines that deliver natural gas to various regions of the country; and are leading marketers of electricity, natural gas and natural gas liquids. Additional information about the company is available on the Internet at: www.duke-energy.com.
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Inside Tom Ford's Vanity Fair Stint
The controversy! The actresses! The collaboration with Joe Zee! Friday, December 09, 2005 (NEW YORK) Tom Fords up to his old tricks again. Sources inside the fashion halls of Vanity Fair, not to mention publicists at more than one luxury fashion house, have been abuzz over the apparent drama Ford is stirring up since editor-in-chief Graydon Carter confirmed his position as artistic director of the annual Hollywood photo portfolio, scheduled to bow in March. Specifically, Ford was said to have requested that the Vanity Fair fashion department pull really grown-up clothes (translation: skin-baring dresses and platform high heels) for 12-year old Dakota Fanning, just one of a bevy of actresses he worked with. Its one thing to have an artistic eye, but its another to be offensive, said one source who worked on the shoots. Its been an interesting adventure. Whats also interesting is that sources are now saying that Fords guest-editing gamble might very well become a permanent venture at the Condé Nast title. While all those involved with the issue remain tight-lipped about which actresses achieved the cover statusonce again photographed by Annie Leibovitzwhat is known is that none of the actresses will wear any of Fords own ready-to-wear line, which he is currently developing. Patricia Clarkson and Mission: Impossible III star Michelle Monaghan are among those featured inside the issue, which also boasts contributions from an array of famed shutterbugs, from Terry Richardson to Michael Thompson. Meanwhile, Joe Zee hasnt been sitting idly by since his magazine, Vitals, folded at the end of September. The contributing fashion editor at W has, for the last two and a half weeks, been in Los Angeles working as fashion director for the March issue alongside Ford. Its Zees first collaboration with the man infamous for his attention to detail, and some are even hinting that the proactive Zees relationships and experience with celebrity styling would make him the ideal candidate to succeed Anne McNally, who left the magazine earlier this month. When asked about the issues theme, Zee replied, Tom Ford, of course. A spokesperson for Vanity Fair offered no comment on upcoming issues. JIM SHI http://www.fashionweekdaily.com/news...973&itype=8486 |
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Rachel McAdams refused to pose nude for magazine source: http://www.radaronline.com/fresh-intelligence/2005/12/09/index.php Tom Fords Indecent Proposal We hear flesh-obsessed designer Tom Fords guest editing gig for the Vanity Fair Hollywood issue recently hit a little kink. Sources close to the glossy say demure rising starlet Rachel McAdams stormed out of a November cover shoot for the annual industry mash note, firing her publicist on the way, after finding out that the designer expected her to pose in the buff. According to mag insiders, Ford had prearranged with McAdams publicist, Wolf Kastellers Amy Van Iden, for the in-demand Red Eye actress to appear nude in a group portrait of Hollywoods breathtaking beauties-of-the-moment, including Keira Knightly and Scarlett Johansen. (We presume the shoot was conceived along the lines of Herb Ritts famous 1989 supermodel ensemble, Stephanie Cindy Christy Tatjana Naomi, but considering Fords role in the project its possible to imagine a raunchier scenario.) Unfortunately for legions of mouth-breathing McAdams fans, were told Van Iden neglected to tell her family-friendly chargewho may have been the only actress in the Wedding Crashers to keep all her clothes onthat she would have to undress for the shoot. When she arrived on the L.A. set and found out what Ford had in mind, were told she turned tail and promptly fired Van Iden. Every magazine wants her on their cover and thinks shes gonna be huge, so she can get away with being picky, says a Condé Nast insider. But everyones really impressed that she stood up for herself. Its kind of amazing, actually. While the 29-year-old actresss chaste retreat suggests she has a tad more dignity than the average Hollywood climber, its odd she was so blindsided by Fords concept. After all, the former Gucci designer has previously told reporters the entire issue would be naked, and his recent work has certainly showcased his fondness for letting it all hang outhe posed au naturel for a 22-page spread in last months W, his new line of cosmetics for Estee Lauder is called Amber Nude, his ad campaign for the fragrance Youth Dew features a naked Carolyn Murphy, and an advertisement he produced for a new line of sunglasses reportedly features porn stars whom he says were paid to have sex on set. Neither Ford nor VF spokeswoman Beth Kseniak returned calls about the shoot. McAdams manager, Shelley Browning, confirmed that McAdams presently does not have a publicist, but she would not comment on the incident and referred questions about the photo session to the magazine. Van Iden herself did not return calls. |


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Haiti in 3-D
Experiencing the work of Haiti's master sculptors, one can almost hear the rhythm of the resurrection drums, a link with the ancestral spirits and divinities alive in these artists' fingertips. During the past half-century, from the forged-iron graveyard crosses of Georges Liautaud to the found-object fabrications of Pierrot Barra to Giullardo's monumental figure of a female, fashioned from an automobile husk, mufflers, oil filters, and hubcaps, Haitian sculpture has defied easy description.
"Lespri Endepandan: Discovering Haitian Sculpture," an exhibition honoring Haiti's sculptural tradition, opens Friday, September 10, at FIU's Frost Art Museum, providing a rare opportunity to survey a body of work scholars attribute to "the Haitian Renaissance" and the overarching influence of vodou on the national aesthetic. Curated by Elizabeth Cerejido, the 50 pieces gathered for the show are loosely structured in three categories based on the evolution of Haitian sculpture during the past five decades. Iron Traditions showcases the work of the Iron Masters who paved the road for a distinct cultural canon. Ritual Objects focuses on three-dimensional characteristics. Contemporary Interpretations highlights cutting-edge work from Haiti's younger generation of sculptors.
"One of the most exciting things about this show is that it reflects a bold and innovative use of the unlikeliest materials in a majority of the work assembled and at times the playful and over-the-top sensibilities of the younger artists in the exhibit" Cerejido affirms. Arguably, the spirit of Gede, the he-man god of sexuality and trickster figure, seems manifest in a piece by Jean Herard Celeur, replete with a monstrous phallus and huge skull reproductions, exuding a sense of eroticism associated with the awareness of death. Patrick Narbal Boucard's, Coloured, one of the show's more unusual confections, depicts a life-size rag doll formally dressed in black tie and tails and sporting what appear to be a pair of scuffed white Nike sneakers. This lurid figure is encased in a glass coffin set on hobby-horse-like rockers and topped off by a medieval-looking chain-mail helmet on a lance jutting from the doll's head. This piece makes a fine allegorical yardstick for measuring the syncretic influences of old-world Catholicism and vodou's animism.
The doll, known as a "Gollywog" in England, was a popular Sambo figure during British colonialism and in the artist's hands becomes a powerful statement against racism.
Long considered a dumping ground for the prefab products of the industrial world, Haiti may be seeing its sculptors drum up a resurgence with an approving nod from the gods. A testament to their singular imagination and extraordinary creativity, these artists make a dramatic statement here: They have ingeniously given the West a unique visual language from the waves of oil barrels, plastic dolls, bicycles, and endless tangle of flotsam washed up on their island's shores.
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AbstractTime series of satellite sensor-derived data can be used in the light use efficiency (LUE) model for gross primary productivity (GPP). The LUE model and a closely related linear regression model were studied at an ombrotrophic peatland in southern Sweden. Eddy covariance and chamber GPP, incoming and reflected photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD), field-measured spectral reflectance, and data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) were used in this study. The chamber and spectral reflectance measurements were made on four experimental treatments: unfertilized control (Ctrl). nitrogen fertilized (N), phosphorus fertilized (P), and nitrogen plus phosphorus fertilized (NP). For Ctrl, a strong linear relationship was found between GPP and the photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by vegetation (APAR) (R-2=0.90). The slope coefficient (epsilon(s), where s stands for slope) for the linear relationship between seasonal time series of GPP and the product of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and PPFD was used as a proxy for the light use efficiency factor (epsilon). There were differences in epsilon(s) depending on the treatments with a significant effect for N compared to Ctrl (ANOVA: p = 0.042, Tukey's: p <= 0.05). Also. epsilon(s) was linearly related to the cover degree of vascular plants (R-2= 0.66). As a sensitivity test, the regression coefficients (epsilon(s) and intercept) for each treatment were used to model time series of 16-day GPP from the product of MODIS NDVI and PPFD. Seasonal averages of GPP were calculated for 2005, 2006. and 2007, which resulted in up to 19% higher average GPP for the fertilization treatments compared to Ctrl. The main conclusion is that the LUE model and the regression model can be applied in peatlands but also that temporal and spatial changes in epsilon or the regression coefficients should be considered. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Kristers Gudlevskis stopped all 29 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season. He had 5 last season. He also got his save percentage back to .900 with the victory, just a shade below his .901 of a year ago.
First Period SYR Gourde, (24) (Koekkoek, Kunyk), 9:31 (PP)
Second Period NO SCORING
Third Period SYR Courtnall, (5) (Smith, Blujus), 16:25
Yanni Gourde, Gudlevskis, and once (and future?) Bolt Prospect Justin Courtnall were the game's three stars. Yes, quiet acquisition Justin Courtnall, the ex-Lightning pick and son-of-a-Geoff. He's back in our lives. Reunited, and it feels so good.
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No. 18 Harvard Crimson 3 @ No. 12 Yale Bulldogs 2 (2OT) ECAC Quarterfinals Harvard wins best-of-3 series, 2-1
F Brian Hart, HAR: 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG Season totals: 33 GP, 7-9-16, +4, 19 PIM 2013-2014 totals: 30 GP, 7-8-15, -8, 20 PIM
Predators prospect Jimmy Vesey scored his 27th goal of the season at 16:46 of the second overtime to propel Harvard into the ECAC semifinals. Harvard had a 5-minute power play at the end of the first overtime, but couldn't capitalize. Brian Hart had the primary assist on Harvard's game-opening goal. Yale would later take a 2-1 lead before Harvard forced overtime with a goal with 3 ½ minutes left in regulation.
Union Dutchmen 1 @ No. 11 Quinnipiac Bobcats 3 ECAC Quarterfinals Quinnipiac wins best-of-3 series, 2-1
F Matthew Peca, QU: 1-0-1, +3, 0 PIM, 5 SOG, *Third Star* Season totals: 36 GP, 7-27-34, +3, 25 PIM 2014-2015 totals: 40 GP, 12-26-38, +4, 16 PIM
Peca scored for the second consecutive game – a shorthanded goal into an empty net to seal a Bobcat win and advance them to the ECAC semifinals. QU had to play the majority of the game without leading scorer Sam Anas (undrafted), who was injured.
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 1 @ Sherbrooke Phoenix 5
C Cameron Darcy, SHR: 1-2-3, +1, 0 PIM, 5 SOG, 8/18 FO, 3 Hits, *First Star* With Sherbrooke: 35 GP, 20-25-45, -7, 34 PIM With Cape Breton: 19 GP, 1-13-14, -6, 14 PIM Season totals: 54 GP, 21-38-59, -12, 50 PIM 2013-2014 Season: 65 GP, 35-47-82, +3, 51 PIM
Darcy was named first star for his 1+2 effort against the visiting Huskies. The Phoenix sits in a 3-way tie for sixth on the league table.
Ontario Hockey League
Windsor Spitfires 4 @ Niagara IceDogs 8
W Cristiano DiGiacinto, WSR: 0-1-1, +2, 5 PIM Season totals: 60 GP, 21-23-44, -9, 100 PIM 2013-14 totals: 50 GP, 17-11-28, +8, 101 PIM
DiGiacinto hit the 100-PIM mark for the second year in a row with a fight against Aaron Haydon.
Western Hockey League
Lethbridge Hurricanes 1 @ Calgary Hitmen 4
D Ben Thomas, CAL: 0-0-0, +1, 4 PIM Season totals: 57 GP, 7-24-31, +15, 26 PIM 2013-14 totals: 72 GP, 7-24-31, +11, 39 PIM
Calgary returned home after their 11-game road trip and picked up a win over Lethbridge.
Note: Dominik Masin (OHL Peterborough) is out for the season after undergoing surgery for facial fractures.
Val-d'Or Foreurs 1 @ Quebec Remparts 4
W Adam Erne, QUE: 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG, 3/4 FO, 2 Hits, *First Star* Season totals: 58 GP, 40-44-84, +24, 102 PIM 2013-2014 Season: 48 GP, 21-41-62, -3, 65 PIM
Erne scored his 40th goal of the season in Quebec's 4-1 home win over visiting Val-d'Or. He was named first star for the second game in a row.
Sarnia Sting 3 @ Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 6
D Anthony DeAngelo, SOO: Did not play With SSM: 24 GP, 13-35-48, +26, 47 PIM With Sarnia: 29 GP, 10-28-38, +1, 64 PIM Season totals: 53 GP, 23-63-86, +27, 111 PIM 2013-14 totals: 51 GP, 15-56-71, -34, 90 PIM
DeAngelo rested again for the Soo, who has already clinched the West's top seed.
Windsor Spitfires 1 @ Erie Otters 4
W Cristiano DiGiacinto, WSR: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM Season totals: 59 GP, 21-22-43, -11, 95 PIM 2013-14 totals: 50 GP, 17-11-28, +8, 101 PIM
Connor McDavid had two goals and a helper as Erie topped Windsor, 4-1. The Spits playoff hopes are fading as they're now five points behind Saginaw for the eighth and final spot in the West.
Moose Jaw Warriors 4 @ Regina Pats 3 (SO)
C Brayden Point, MJ: 1-0-1, -2, 0 PIM Season totals: 57 GP, 35-45-80, +8, 44 PIM 2013-14 totals: 72 GP, 36-55-91, -27, 53 PIM
Moose Jaw avenged a loss to the Pats on Friday night with a shootout win Saturday night. Point scored in regulation, but missed his shootout attempt. The Warriors are four points behind Swift Current for the final playoff spot in the Central Division. Both teams have three games remaining.
Calgary Hitmen 4 @ Lethbridge Hurricanes 2
D Ben Thomas, CAL: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM Season totals: 56 GP, 7-24-31, +14, 22 PIM 2013-14 totals: 72 GP, 7-24-31, +11, 39 PIM
Calgary won the final game of their bazillion-game road trip and can now head home. Bazillion may have been a bit of an exaggeration. Calgary finished 7-4-0 on their road trip.
No. 18 Harvard Crimson 0 @ No. 12 Yale Bulldogs 2 ECAC Quarterfinals Best-of-3 series tied, 1-1
F Brian Hart, HAR: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 4 SOG Season totals: 32 GP, 7-8-15, +3, 19 PIM 2013-2014 totals: 30 GP, 7-8-15, -8, 20 PIM
Yale evened its series with the Crimson, forcing a deciding Game 3 on Sunday.
Merrimack Warriors 0 @ No. 3 Boston University Terriers 5 Hockey East Quarterfinals BU wins best-of-3 series, 2-0
D John MacLeod, BU: Did not play Season totals: 29 GP, 2-6-8, +13, 46 PIM 2013-2014 totals (USHL): 19 GP, 1-4-5, +1, 36 PIM
MacLeod was a game-time decision for this game after missing the previous two with an injury. He sat again Saturday but all indications are he could be available for the Hockey East semifinals next weekend. Matt O'Conner, a free agent goaltender, stopped 27 shots for the shutout.
Colorado College Tigers 2 @ No. 1 North Dakota 3 NCHC Quarterfinals UND wins best-of-3 series, 2-0
F Brendan O'Donnell, UND: 1-0-1, +1, 4 PIM, 3 SOG, *Second Star* Season totals: 35 GP, 13-6-19, +12, 35 PIM 2013-2014 totals: 34 GP, 7-11-18, +7, 10 PIM
O'Donnell scored for the second straight night, setting a new career high for points in a season and helping UND to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff next weekend.
Union Dutchmen 3 @ No. 11 Quinnipiac Bobcats 2 ECAC Quarterfinals Best-of-3 series tied, 1-1
F Matthew Peca, QU: 1-0-1, E, 0 PIM, 4 SOG, *Third Star* Season totals: 35 GP, 6-27-33, E, 25 PIM 2014-2015 totals: 40 GP, 12-26-38, +4, 16 PIM
Union came back from a 2-1 deficit, scoring the game-winner with about four minutes left in regulation. This game less than 24 hours after QU won in triple overtime Friday. The two teams meet again on Sunday.
Penn State Nittany Lions 2 @ No. 15 Minnesota Golden Gophers 6
G Adam Wilcox, MIN: Win, 27 saves on 29 shots Season totals: 35 GP, 20-11-3, 2.46 GAA, .909 sv%, 5 SO 2013-2014 totals: 38 GP, 26-6-6, 1.97 GAA, .932 sv%, 4 SO
Wilcox won his 20th game of the season, helping the Gophers to their fourth-straight conference title (2 Big 10, 2 WCHA). According to the Gophers' website, the win was the 71st of Wilcox's career, which is the most among all active college goaltenders. Minnesota will play the winner of Ohio State-Penn State next Friday in the Big 10 tournament.
*USCHO poll used
Flat Lightning done in by late mistakes.
Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed 2 goals on 29 shots for the loss. He deserved better. He was the only reason the team had a chance in this game at all.
First Period NO SCORING
Third Period 4:13 TB Kucherov (26), (Drouin, Carle) 10:00 WPG Stafford (14), (Stempniak, Tlusty)(PP) 12:44 WPG Wheeler (20), (unassisted)
Vasilevskiy was the game's third star.
This was a trap game, and the Lightning fell right into it. You look at the opposition over this 4 game stretch: Montreal, Boston, Winnipeg, Montreal. Yep, one of those things is not like the others, and the Lightning didn't have their intensity tonight. They worked themselves into pretty strong position to get 1-2 points, though, thanks to Vasilevskiy's goaltending and Kucherov's Third Period snipe. Even with the Jets tying it after Kucherov got kicked out of the game for face planting Enstron they were in ok shape. Riiight before Hedman decided to essentially hand Wheeler the GWG. A worse turnover you will not see in this league, and it's completely unacceptable from your franchise cornerstone defenseman.
Through 70 games the Lightning have 91 points, having once again met the 12-in-10 threshold in segment 7 of the season. They actually got 13 points, meaning they've got 7 insurance points in hand heading into the final segment of the year. 5 points should tie up playoff position comfortably, but it's the banner the Lightning are looking for, and they did themselves no favors tonight with that endeavor.
Mike Angelidis had 2 penalty minutes and 1 hit in 7:05. He was also 17% on 6 draws.
Vladislav Namestnikov was -1 with 1 shot and 4 hits in 15:09.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
Almost a shutout.
Allen York allowed 1 goal on 34 shots for the very near shutout. The only shot that got him was a long seeing eye point shot through two layers of traffic from the point with 4 seconds left in the game. Oof.
Second Period SYR Marchessault, (17) (Martindale, Vermin), 15:55 (PP)
Third Period SYR Ashton, (7) (Marchessault), 19:42 (EN) ALB Hrabarenka, (5) (Wohlberg, Thomson), 19:56
Allen York and Jonathan Marchessault were the game's first and second stars.
Syracuse was outshot by about a 3:2 margin in the contest, but they rode York's performance and Marchessault's scoring to the finish line. Ultimately, that may be the style the Crunch have to adopt if Namestnikov stays in Tampa Bay. They'll have to play closer to the vest because they won't have the same level of game breaking skill, and Marchessault will be counted on heavily because he's the one member of the Crunch that still has that game breaking ability.
KHL Eastern Conference Semifinals (2)Novosibirsk 3 vs. (3)Magnitogorsk 2 Novosibirsk Leads the Series 2-0 Vasily Koshechkin, Magnitogorsk, Loss, 29/32, 3.06 GAA, .906 sv% Playoff totals: 7 GP, 4-3-0, 1 SO, 1.88 GAA, .938 sv% Regular season totals: 51 GP, 32-10-6, 5 SO, 1.86 GAA, .934 sv%
Ex-Kings 5th rounder Patrik Hersley had the eventual game winning goal for Sibir in their 3-2 win over Magnitogorsk. Longtime KHL star Danis Zaripov had 1 goal and 1 assist in defeat for Magnitka.
Victoriaville Tigres 2 @ Sherbrooke Phoenix 3
C Cameron Darcy, SHR: 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM, 6 SOG, 8/17 FO, 2 Hits With Sherbrooke: 34 GP, 19-23-42, -8, 34 PIM With Cape Breton: 19 GP, 1-13-14, -6, 14 PIM Season totals: 53 GP, 20-36-56, -13, 50 PIM 2013-2014 Season: 65 GP, 35-47-82, +3, 51 PIM
It took longer than expected, but Darcy hit the 20-goal mark for the season.
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 2 @ Quebec Remparts 3
W Adam Erne, QUE: 1-2-3, +2, 0 PIM, 5 SOG, 3/8 FO, 1 Hit, *First Star* Season totals: 57 GP, 39-44-83, +23, 102 PIM 2013-2014 Season: 48 GP, 21-41-62, -3, 65 PIM
Erne is now within one goal of 40 for the season. He had a goal and two assists Friday to lead the Remparts to a home win over Nikita Kucherov's former junior club (of course, he played a little for Quebec, too).
Plymouth Whalers 1 @ Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 5
DeAngelo and his 23-game point streak were not in the lineup Friday. According to the Sault Star, speculation was he was being rested. The Soo has already clinched the conference's top seed.
Regina Pats 4 @ Moose Jaw Warriors 3
C Brayden Point, MJ: 1-0-1, -2, 0 PIM Season totals: 56 GP, 34-45-79, +10, 44 PIM 2013-14 totals: 72 GP, 36-55-91, -27, 53 PIM
This loss will sting Moose Jaw as the Warriors held a 3-0 lead before giving up the game's final four goals. The game-winner was scored shorthanded with less than five minutes remaining in regulation. Point had a beauty of a goal, scored on the power play when he took a pass below the left wing circle, stepped into the slot and roofed a forehand into the far top-corner. The Pats did a nice job of collapsing on him whenever he got the puck to eliminate any time or space. He was clearly a marked man.
Calgary Hitmen 2 @ Red Deer Rebels 3
D Ben Thomas, CAL: 1-0-1, E, 0 PIM Season totals: 55 GP, 7-24-31, +14, 22 PIM 2013-14 totals: 72 GP, 7-24-31, +11, 39 PIM
Thomas match last year's goal total of seven, scoring in the first period to give the Hitmen a 2-0 lead. Red Deer scored three times in the second period. Calgary has one game left on its month-long road trip.
No. 18 Harvard Crimson 3 @ No. 12 Yale Bulldogs 2 ECAC Quarterfinals Harvard leads best-of-3 series, 1-0
F Brian Hart, HAR: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 2 SOG Season totals: 31 GP, 7-8-15, +3, 19 PIM 2013-2014 totals: 30 GP, 7-8-15, -8, 20 PIM
Harvard upset Yale on the road to take an early lead in their ECAC series.
Merrimack Warriors 2 @ No. 3 Boston University Terriers 6 Hockey East Quarterfinals BU leads best-of-3 series, 1-0
MacLeod remains out of the lineup. He's now missed two games. One report Friday said MacLeod is a game-time decision for Saturday.
Colorado College Tigers 1 @ No. 1 North Dakota 5 NCHC Quarterfinals UND leads best-of-3 series, 1-0
F Brendan O'Donnell, UND: 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG Season totals: 32 GP, 11-6-17, +10, 29 PIM 2013-2014 totals: 34 GP, 7-11-18, +7, 10 PIM
North Dakota took a 1-0 series lead on Colorado College, winning big at home, 5-1.
Union Dutchmen 3 @ No. 11 Quinnipiac Bobcats 4 (3OT) ECAC Quarterfinals Quinnipiac leads best-of-3 series, 1-0
F Matthew Peca, QU: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 1 SOG Season totals: 34 GP, 5-27-32, E, 25 PIM 2014-2015 totals: 40 GP, 12-26-38, +4, 16 PIM
The Bobcats scored twice in the final two minutes of regulation, including the game-tying goal with just over 30 seconds remaining on which Peca had an assist. The game-winner was scored by Alex Barron at 6:32 of OT3.
Penn State Nittany Lions 0 @ No. 15 Minnesota Golden Gophers 5
G Adam Wilcox, MIN: Win, 18 saves on 18 shots, shutout, *Second Star* Season totals: 34 GP, 19-11-3, 2.47 GAA, .908 sv%, 5 SO 2013-2014 totals: 38 GP, 26-6-6, 1.97 GAA, .932 sv%, 4 SO
Wilcox set a new career high for shutouts in a season with five, stopping all 18 shots he faced against Penn State.
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I got my picture taken with Tim Henman during the TMS Canada event this year in Toronto. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
My picture with Tim Henman!fat_bastard 09-14-2004, 09:44 AM I got my picture taken with Tim Henman during the TMS Canada event this year in Toronto. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: maratski 09-14-2004, 10:15 AM Nice! :) joeb_uk 09-14-2004, 10:34 AM are you sure thats you ;) you dont look a fat bastard fat_bastard 09-14-2004, 11:38 AM :lol: Yep, that's me. I shed quite a bit of weight this summer. :p ;) fat_bastard 09-14-2004, 11:44 AM Nice! :) swoon Kristen 09-14-2004, 12:00 PM you might like to post it here as well mr bastard ;) Nice photo. Tim!! :drool: http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=14728 maratski 09-14-2004, 02:36 PM swoon you know the harem loves you! BaselineSmash 09-14-2004, 03:58 PM He looks ecstatic. ae wowww 09-14-2004, 04:56 PM He looks ecstatic. he sure does: did you take that yourself? BaselineSmash 09-14-2004, 06:55 PM he sure does: did you take that yourself? # Eh...yes. :confused: joeb_uk 09-14-2004, 08:13 PM :lol: Yep, that's me. I shed quite a bit of weight this summer. :p ;) how does the name "skinny bastard" sound ;) ? Corinna 09-14-2004, 08:23 PM great pic :yeah: Ballbuster 09-15-2004, 04:22 AM no offense, but that pic looks chopped. ¿esquímaux? 09-15-2004, 04:33 AM Great pic fat bastard :D Tim is :drool:; and you're sizzlin' yourself mr. man ;) Dutchie 09-16-2004, 03:32 PM Look how cool that photo is! Well done! landoud 09-16-2004, 08:25 PM u look great.. and not fat fat_bastard 09-19-2004, 03:38 AM Thanks :hearts: It was after a practice session of Tim's. He was signing my stuff and I asked if I could take a picture with him and gave the camera to a girl who had been standing next to me. She took the picture for us. :) rassklovn 09-19-2004, 10:23 AM fat, you definitely didn't all the pies. Daniel 09-19-2004, 10:27 AM nice pic :kiss: :drool: |


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Very cool museum pics - POST MORE PICS - we know you have them!!
From Detroit to Niagara
Trip Start
Sep 09, 2006
Trip End
Nov 09, 2006
Just tons of stuff.. And of course we bought some...
The off to the Greenville Village and Ford Museum! WOW!! Don't have enought time in one day to say how cool this was. From the 15th million model t
To the tavern..
1800's train around the complex..
And the Dymaxion house.... where this invention was done after the war to use old airplanes to provide housing.... very cool. Don't know why they are not around but very interesting..
Even the car JFK got shot in and the actual chair Lincoln was killed in.. If any of you ever get to Detroit... THIS IS A MUST.. And plan on a few days.. Incredible!!!
Off to Niagara today... Back to you soon!!!


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I can't touch you anymore,
I can't tell you how I feel,
as I fall, You would walk.
Heavy hearts do bury words
Under promises and "anything you wants," you'll have.
Like a body without warmth
Feels the blood arrest
and blackens from the cold, I'd cave
For kings and queens misunderstand
Heaven isn't held
but takes you by the hand, so I've found
I can't touch you anymore
I can't tell you how I feel
as I fall, You would walk.
Tame your thoughts and let me in
Break your callous ways and press me to your skin
Save a rose


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Wikipedia prides itself on always providing a neutral point of view. As long as there is a reliable source without bias, their editors ensure the content is printed. Why, then, is the page on penguins lacking a 2008 scientific discovery by the BBC … [Read more]
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ReportingService2010.ListModelItemChildren Method
SQL Server 2014
Returns an array of model item child elements.
Namespace: ReportService2010
Assembly: ReportService2010 (in ReportService2010.dll)
public function ListModelItemChildren( Model : String, ModelItemID : String, Recursive : boolean ) : ModelItem[]
- Model
- Type: String
The fully qualified URL of the model including the file name and .smdl file name extension.
- ModelItemID
- Type: String
The identifier of the model item for which to retrieve child items.
- Recursive
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A Boolean that indicates that the tree after this model item should be returned. The default value is false.
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Mao Asada short http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn6q1XkSMMA Yay its here.
While we're all scrutinising Mao's 3A, did anyone think her 3Lo was a bit under?
Love love love Mao's smile at the end of her program though.
There were a few URs called, but only on the VERY low level skaters. This tech team was generous overall. Not even that many edge calls.
Tech panel at 4CC tend to be lenient and GOE happy especially to ladies. Remember many edge calls and URs were overlooked last year, including Asada's. It is being held in Japan this year, where Asada could win NHK popping jumps all over. You never know what will happen at Worlds in Canada, which has Osmond.
Well as long as there is consistency and the generosity applies to most of the skaters, I think it's fine. Might be some inflation here due to it, but I'm happy enough if it doesn't affect the placings.
Ok, here we go again. When Mao does a 2A, 3F-2lo and a 3lo, and gets something like a 66, she's so overscored, because she didn't do a 3-3 combo or something. Now that she did a 3A and the other two triples, ALL RATIFIED, her jumps should have been be downgraded, so she's overscored again. Well, haters can hate, Mao Asada was incredible and got the highest SP score of all the ladies since 2010 olympics. Nobody will change that fact. Congrats to her! An incredible and brave performance.


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March 18th, 2008
Capacity Utilization: Weaker, But Not At Recession Levels
Somehow, other news seemed to overwhelm yesterday's release of industrial production and capacity utilization.
At 80.9% in February, capacity utilization continues to weaken but is far from the sharp declined that typically accompany recessions.
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We created Pandora to put the Music Genome Project directly in your hands
It's a new kind of radio –
stations that play only music you like
Rova Saxophone Quartet
It was perhaps inevitable that ensembles comprised of like instruments should appear. With the advent of the World Saxophone Quartet in the late '70s, the all-saxophone band came into vogue. The San Francisco-based Rova Saxophone Quartet was formed at virtually the same time as the WSQ. While it never attained that band's degree of popularity, Rova became the second most famous ensemble of its kind, and probably the most adventurous. Rova was founded in October 1977 by Jon Raskin, Larry Ochs, Andrew Voigt, and Bruce Ackley. Its first concert was held at Mills College in Oakland in February of the next year. From the beginning, Rova was unique. While at heart a free jazz-based unit, the group's members had a manifest love and interest in 20th century art music of all kinds; Charles Ives, Olivier Messiaen, John Cage, and Edgard Varèse were acknowledged influences, along with jazz greats like John Coltrane, Steve Lacy, Anthony Braxton, and Ornette Coleman. The group recorded its first album, Cinema Rovaté, in 1978 for Ochs' Metalanguage label. Since then the band released more than two dozen recordings on labels such as Black Saint, New Albion, Sound Aspects, and hatART.
The band has performed all over the world. In 1983, it became the first new music ensemble from the United States to tour the then-Soviet Union; a film documenting the experience was subsequently aired on PBS. In 1986, the Ganelin Trio became the first Soviet jazz group to play the U.S. as guests of Rova, performing at the group's Pre-Echoes series of collaborative events. The series would in later years include such musicians as John Zorn, Braxton, and Terry Riley. Voigt left Rova in 1988, to be replaced by Steve Adams. Rova has been a registered not-for-profit entity since 1985, thus enabling it to commission new works and generally promote themselves and the cause of new music. Rova's music embraces a variety of contemporary techniques, from serialism and cue card-based game pieces to rock and free improvisation. The only constant in their music is the avoidance of cliché. ~ Chris Kelsey, Rovi


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Eight years later, there's a whitewash of President Barack Obama's HHS' nominee abortion record.
As a Democratic governor in red-state Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius has vetoed several bills that would modestly restrict abortion. She supports late-term abortion. She's socialized and taken money from well-known abortion extremists, and she has been unofficially ostracized from the Catholic Church for her stance. But you'd have to go out of your way to learn much about that from the news reports that followed the Feb. 28 announcement that Obama planned to nominate her as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
This is a position that controls a $700 billion budget and, according to the New York Times, "would have considerable influence over government policy on abortion."
NBC's David Greogory noted during the March 1 Today that Sebelius "faces some difficulty because of those anti-abortion groups," and the on-screen graphic read, "Anti-Abortion Groups Have Vowed to Oppose Her Nomination."
CBS correspondent Russell Pinkston reported later that same day on Evening News that, Sebelius "is not without controversy" and that she is "a Catholic who supports abortion rights, has received harsh criticism from anti-abortion groups."
Pinkston did include footage of Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, criticizing Obama for choosing a pro-choice politician for the post of HHS Secretary.
ABC didn't mention the potential controversy at all during its reporting of Sebelius' nomination.
No network noted Sebelius' association with Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider. In May 2007, Sebelius spoke at a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri. The chapter's summer 2007 newsletter related:
Friends of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri gathered Tuesday, May 15th for a truly star-studded affair. "I've Got Rhythm, I've Got Rights" showcased two champions of our cause, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and PPFA National President, Cecile Richards.
Both Cecile and Governor Sebelius spoke passionately about the challenges Planned Parenthood faces, specifically citing the more than 240 "uninvited guests" lining the streets of the Jazz District. Governor Sebelius walked right through these unpleasant protestors and didn't miss a beat. In fact, both women mentioned in their remarks how meaningful it is for supporters to experience first hand what PPKM staff and thousands of women trying to access health care must deal with on a regular basis.
Unexposed Extremism
It was only Bill O'Reilly on Fox News who discussed Sebelius' record on March 2. He reported:
[T]he governor is a controversial choice because she has opposed most restrictions on abortions even late term. And the archbishop from Kansas Joseph Naumann suggested she refrain from receiving communion as the governor's Catholic. Well, she came to our attention after accepting campaign money from George Tiller, known as Tiller, the baby killer. He's currently charged with a variety of crimes centering on his abortion practice. He aborts babies at any time for just about any reason if you pay him $5,000.
Later in the show conservative commentator Mary Katherine Ham noted, Sebelius "is pretty outside of the mainstream when it comes to parental notification, when it comes to restrictions on late-term abortions" and that Tiller "was a pretty big supporter of hers."
Americans United for Life, a pro-life organization, posted Sebelius' veto record regarding abortion-related legislation. It includes a measure designed to reinforce existing parental notification laws through requiring identification of any adult accompanying a minor for an abortion, photo identification of the minor, a written declaration of the relationship of the adult to the minor, and the prohibition of any abortion provider aiding a minor in obtaining a judicial waiver.
As for late-term abortion laws, AUL reported that Sebelius has vetoed legislation:
- Requiring explicit medical reasons for late-term abortions;
- Requiring abortion providers to report the diagnosis or the nature of the condition which necessitated a post-viability abortion; and
- Permitting injunctive relief for either a completed or about-to-be-performed illegal late-term abortion and adding certain prosecutors (in addition to the Attorney General) to prosecute violations of existing prohibitions on late-term abortions
The AUL brief also contains this paragraph:
She has routinely opposed or vetoed several abortion-accountability bills, including medically-supported clinic regulation legislation which she vetoed in both 2003 and 2005. The need for this critical legislation was predicated, in large part, on evidence of shocking conditions in Kansas abortion clinics. For example, two inspections of the same Topeka abortion clinic discovered fetal remains stored in the same refrigerator as food; a dead rodent in the clinic hallway; overflowing, uncovered disposal bins containing medical waste; unlabeled, pre-drawn syringes with controlled substances in an unlocked refrigerator; improperly labeled and expired medicines; carpeted floor in the surgical procedure room; and visible dirt and general disarray throughout the clinic. Dr. Krishna Rajanna, who operated the unsanitary clinic, also consistently violated the practice guidelines for conscious sedation.
Even absent the abortion controversy, the nomination to Health and Human Services Secretary of someone who declined to address such basic issues in her own state should be news.
Sebelius' association with Tiller is equally troubling. An abortionist currently facing trial in Kansas for violating state restrictions on late-term abortions, Tiller and his wife gave Sebelius $12,450 in campaign contributions when "she was running and serving as the state's insurance commissioner," according to a 2008 Associated Press article. The AP was quick to note that Sebelius' did not receive campaign contributions from the Tillers for her gubernatorial campaigns, the first of which she won in 2002.
However, other reports indicate that Sebelius hosted Tiller and his staff at a reception at the governor's mansion in April 2007. The governor's spokeswoman, Nicole Corcoran, told the AP the event was "a prize at a fundraising auction for the Greater Kansas City Women's Political Caucus" and that "Governor Sebelius donates auction items like a dinner or reception to organizations whose causes she supports. We do not control who purchases it." According to George Weigel, writing at First Things, "The equally notorious Nebraska partial-birth abortionist, LeRoy Carhart, was also at the 2007 reception, the story of which only came to light after the Associated Press invoked the Kansas Open Records Act."
Start the Presses
Average Americans would not know about Sebelius' record if they depended solely upon mainstream news outlets for their information. Even print media, which could arguably allot more space to Sebelius' pro-abortion beliefs, chose to largely ignore them.
A Feb. 27 Associated Press headlined, "Abortion Foes Vow to Fight a Sebelius Nomination" focused almost entirely on the Tiller event and failed to bring up any of the legislation Sebelius vetoed. Based on that article, it appeared pro-lifers were upset over an isolated event that happened nearly two years ago.
USA Today failed to mention abortion at all in its March 2 coverage of Sebelius. The Washington Post downplayed her pro-abortion record. A March 1 article addressed it in the very last paragraph by saying, she "has endured fierce and often personal criticism from antiabortion activists largely because she vetoed a bill that would have required doctors who perform late-term abortions to report a reason for the procedure. After the veto, the archbishop of Kansas City asked Sebelius to stop taking Communion."
A March 2 Washington Post article again noted Sebelius' veto for the measure that required doctors to explicitly state the reason for performing a late-term abortion and added a bit about the event attended by Tiller, but still failed to discuss more of her record.
However, The New York Times acknowledged Sebelius' radical pro-abortion record in two articles. A March 1 piece noted the Tiller event and that the governor "has repeatedly vetoed abortion regulations on legal or policy grounds." A March 2 piece noted in the last paragraph, "she has consistently defended abortion rights in a state where the anti-abortion movement can be fierce. She has vetoed anti-abortion measures almost every year, including bills that would have required the licensing of abortion clinics and allowed relatives to petition a court to stop a late-term abortion."
While the Times came the closest to exposing Sebelius' record, it did not adequately address the parental-notification veto. The Post, the Times and USA Today failed to address the past campaign contributions from Tiller and the parental-notification veto.
Pro-abortion groups listed Secretary of Health and Human Services as a position of interest in the wish list they sent to Obama during his transition. In the case of Sebelius, they got exactly who they wanted. Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards said in a statement that Sebelius "has a strong record of supporting commonsense prevention policies that improve health outcomes."
Sebelius also has a strong record as a pro-abortion radical. But you'd never know that from the news media.


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Here is my little miss milk, on her way to a costume birthday party. I was a little concerned because I knew all of the other little girls going to the party are all really quite girlie. I assumed that Addie would be the only girl not dressed like a princess at the party. But when we arrived, there was only one Snow White there, amongst assorted witches, bats, and Transformers. Addie held her own.
Growing up, I had no interest in the stereotypically girlie world - dolls, princesses and the like. I still remember my mom's disappointment that I didn't care for Barbies! I had an older brother for inspiration, and so I spent most of my time running around after him. And playing with my pets. Oh, and I have clear memories of pretending I had a crafting TV show in which I'd show people how to make things.
Adelaide has only lightly dabbled in moments of pink and fairies. I usually steer her away from over marketed girly type things. Truthfully, after years of working in marketing, they kind of freak me out! And I am secretly relieved that she hasn't been overly obsessed with any of these things... (yet!)
But the other day, out of the blue, Addie said to me: "Mama, how come you never let me have any princess things?" and I felt so incredibly guilty! Have I been denying my daughter the joys of discovering her feminine side? Oh my.
And so that very afternoon, we trooped over to the neighbourhood dollar store - our mission: $2 for Addie to pick out any item she desired.... it only had to be something princess. After much searching and deliberating, we left the shop with a pack of fairy crayons - she didn't want the princess ones, after all.