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Saturday, August 29, 2009
The Story That Made Me Cry
Have you guys heard of baby Brianna Lopez? Baby Brianna Lopez died July of 2002 at only 5 months old. She didn't die of sickness, although I think that would have been much better than what she had gone through in her short 5 months of life. She was abused by her parents. No wait, abuse is a mere understatement. I just can't find words to describe how badly they hurt this sweet angel. To make the long story short, baby Brianna had old and new bruises all over her body, old and new fractures, old and new bite marks. Her father and uncle even raped her!!! Now, some of you might wonder what her mother did? Well, her mother was in on it too, she also beat the baby and bit her several times. The night she died her parents and uncle were drunk. They tossed her up and down and she hit the ceiling a couple times and slammed onto the ground. They tossed her some more, sometimes they were able to catch her and other times they didn't. The mother went to sleep first while the father and uncle raped her numerous times that night.
The next day, her mother noticed that she was not breathing. So they brought her to the hospital. I read in some of the links that she was dead on arrival, I also read in other links that she died 2 days after she was brought to the hospital. I don't know.
The old and new bite marks, bruises, fractures meant that she had been abused for all of her 5 months of life. How sad is that? Her finger was also lacerated. She was badly beaten from head down to her very toes. The cops who investigated on the case cried, they couldn't believe at what this poor child went through. Upon questioning the uncle about the bite marks, some news articles mentioned him saying something like "I didn't bite a huge chunk off of her". OMG!!!
There aren't any pictures of her at home. None, not even one. The only pictures there are of baby Brianna are those of when she was dead, with bruises all over her face and body. The picture some of you might see if you search about her is actually edited, the community where Brianna was from wanted to remember her as a sleeping angel. Below is a copy of the edited baby Brianna picture and two more pictures of her all bruised up.
What happened to her parents and uncle? Well, they didn't get the death penalty. They have to serve a few years in prison, but I don't know for how long. Baby Brianna's grandmother knew of what happened but never reported it to authorities. She also went to jail but only for 30 days.
Sorry for sharing this story. I just wanted to get this off my chest. This story brought tears to my eyes.
37 comments:
- Nic said...
I hate child abuse stories, they upset me so much :(
- August 29, 2009 at 9:23 PM
- Jessica said...
Oh my, this is worst! Evil, evil people! This story's really depressing, Mel. I hope those devils rot in hell. They don't deserve a place on this earth.
Babies are precious. I don't understand why some people have in them to hurt such lovely beings?!
- August 29, 2009 at 9:35 PM
- Nashe^ said...
Sometimes, you really wonder what goes on in the minds of some people. Drunk or not, they have zero excuse.
- August 29, 2009 at 9:36 PM
- the girl in stiletto said...
omgd! just a few years sentence??? what thell is wrong with the authority??
- August 29, 2009 at 10:09 PM
- Chloie said...
That story is too heartbreaking. I can't imagine somebody wanting to hurt a baby. I can love babies even when they're not mine, how much more if you're the parent? I just hope those people rot in jail!
- August 29, 2009 at 10:25 PM
- Duni said...
I feel sick to the heart reading that story, and enraged that the parents only got a few years in jail. What kind of sentence is that? There have been horrendous child abuse cases over here as well - the parents get 'life' sentences, though.
It's all just too sad.
Babies can't fend for themselves - someone needs to speak up for them. I wonder why none of the neighbours reported anything.
- August 30, 2009 at 1:56 AM
- ChinkyGirLMeL said...
@Nic- i know. same here. =( That story really got to me. I can't get it out of my head.
@Jessica- I totally agree with you Jess. This is such a harsh reality. Poor angel.
@Nashe- Ya, and goodness they were beating her even when they were sober. Why couldn't they just put her up for adoption or something?
@The Girl In Stiletto- Yup a few years of prison time in exchange for the life of an innocent child. Isn't that infuriating?!
@Chloie- Unfortunately her parents won't rot in jail. They'll be out after serving a few years in prison. Not even a life sentence or anything. Isn't that so sad?!
@Duni- The neighbors didn't know anything. Just her grandma and I think another uncle knew about it. If they would have spoken up months before or even weeks before, they might have been able to save the precious life of an angel. This story really broke my heart. It saddens me to think that at 5 months an innocent child went through all this. She would have been better off suffering from an illness with parents sticking by her side and giving her hugs and kisses and prayers....
- August 30, 2009 at 2:22 AM
- RicAdeMus said...
Too upset to comment, but I'd like to share this (sorry it's so long), at least it has a happy ending:
Her parents never took the young girl to church
Never spoke of His name
Never read her His word
Two non-believers walking lost in this world
Took their baby with them
What a sad little girl
Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs
Never wanted to play
Or give kisses and hugs
She'd watch the TV and sit there on the couch
While her mom fell asleep
And her daddy went out
And the drinking and the fighting
just got worse every night
Behind their couch she'd be hiding
Oh what a sad little life
And like it always does, the bad just got worse
With every slap and every curse
Until her daddy in a drunk rage one night
Used a gun on her mom and then took his life
And some people from the city took the girl far away
To a new mom and a new dad
Kisses and hugs everyday
Her first day of Sunday school the teacher walked in
And a small little girl
Stared a picture of Him
She said I know that man up there on that cross
I don't know His name
But I know He got off
He was there in my old house
and held me close to His side
As I hid there behind our couch
The night that my parents died
- August 30, 2009 at 3:25 AM
- Carina Blogarina said...
Horribe story. I can't believe they got so few years... Which contry was this??
- August 30, 2009 at 3:54 AM
- ScoMan said...
This made me so teary and so angry at the same time. I can't believe what assholes some people can be.
If someone did this to little AJ, I'd make them wish they got the death penalty.
- August 30, 2009 at 8:26 AM
- Amanda K said...
OMG that's a horrible story. So sad..
- August 30, 2009 at 8:48 AM
- ChinkyGirLMeL said...
@RicAdeMus- awww that is such a happy story. Thanks for sharing. =)
@Carina Blogarina- yeah sadly, it was just a few years. =( That's horrible isn't it? They should have gotten the death penalty or something. This took place in New Mexico
@ScoMan- same here, i cried and was also angry after I read this. It's awful. I hate hearing stories like this. It just really gets to me.
@Amanda K- It is indeed so sad. I wish it didn't have to come to that point where she died. If only her grandmother spoke up or something.
- August 30, 2009 at 12:00 PM
- NITIA / MONTO said...
its very demonic. i feel sad reading this story. what i cant understand is that how'd they even raped her when she was only 5 months old?
- August 30, 2009 at 1:03 PM
- adin_22 said...
those people are evil....:(
- August 30, 2009 at 1:07 PM
- MelRoXx said...
Isn't that sick? How can they be so heartless? They seem to be mentally ill. Idiots.
- August 30, 2009 at 1:19 PM
- Abby Kihano said...
Brianna was brought to the hospital TWO days after her death?
This is very upsetting!
Who the hell do these "adults" think they are?! UGH! I just.. just.. wow!
They deserve life in prison! It's the same thing as a death penalty. Shoot.
This story is so sad :[
- August 30, 2009 at 4:02 PM
- Andhari said...
They really should be murdered and fed to the dogs for what they did!!! How could they do this??? This makes me outraged and cry as well. Omg. This isn't even a child, this is a baby!!!:'(
- August 30, 2009 at 4:06 PM
- Little Miss Tiara said...
oh my gosh, this is awful, are they insane? I mean, it's their own baby, right? And how could they do it to her? They're really evil, should be strike by a thousand of lightning bolts.
- August 30, 2009 at 7:45 PM
- bananas. said...
that's horrible yet sadly this happens a lot. it's heartbreaking.
- August 31, 2009 at 5:27 AM
- Tammy said...
Oh, I remember reading about this!
It makes me angry!
This is what the death penalty was made for!
This was not a mistake, or an accident! There is NO excuse!
People who harm any child in any way, should be castrated or sterilized! The HARD way!
And any people who suspect it/or no about it, sould get worse punishment. For they could have prevented it! None of this guilt crap!~ They are EQUALLY responsible!
- August 31, 2009 at 6:06 AM
- Sebastian said...
Wow... what an immensely sad story. I was kind of... in denial (?) as I read it. I mean, I can't actually believe that people would do such things? To a baby? Sick.
And how is killing a baby not murder...? That's even more crazy.
- August 31, 2009 at 7:00 AM
- Kym said...
oh wow... i have no words... grabe.
and they're only getting a few years in prison? *sigh*
how come nobody else knew about this? no one noticed? the neighbours? friends? nobody?!? ='(
- August 31, 2009 at 9:14 AM
- ChinkyGirLMeL said...
@Nitia- it's just so tragic isn't it?
@adin- yes, they sure are, i don't think I would consider them as people, they're animals!
@MelRoxx- mentally ill would be a mere understatement. Those people should get the death penalty.
@Abby- Her parents and uncle deserve to get tortured and die of a very slow slow slow painful death.
@Andhari- oh Andhari, you're just too sweet? Murder? oh, i say, they should be tortured and die a slow painful death.
@LittleMissTiara- Doing that to an innocent infant is really bad, but I mean, doing that to an infant who is their's? They are so heartless!
@bananas- I know...this is just one of the many horrific child abuse cases there is. sad isn't it?
@Tammy- I totally agree with what you said. And for those who knew what was going on they too deserve to be punished just as bad as those who were responsible for such acts. Telling authorities would have been able to save the life of an innocent infant
- August 31, 2009 at 2:41 PM
- miss rambles said...
people can be sooo cruel and do not deserve children.wot a waste of life. i am actually too sad to comment. at least she was too young to understand wot was hapenning to her.
thanks for sharing this as awful and sad as it maybe!
- August 31, 2009 at 5:17 PM
- Star-chuu said...
This story so heartbreaking. Why there are people who can make a horrendous thing..too sad and too bad, the world are full of sinful thing even an innocent angel been a victim.
- August 31, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- Nora Johnson said...
Totally agree this is an extremely sad story. It's amazing that human beings - let alone her relatives -could commit such evil.
A powerful & moving story - thanks for sharing!
btw thanks for follower link- so glad you came across my blog as I've now discovered yours too!
- September 1, 2009 at 1:59 AM
- ScribblesNDots said...
How sad!:-( People can be soo evil, it's crazy to think that people like that are actually out there. At least she's not being abused anymore....
- September 1, 2009 at 4:47 AM
- nurseabie said...
I just can't understand that they were able to do it to their very own child. Babies are precious gift from God. They are lucky to have a baby. Upon reading it I really felt so bad.
- September 1, 2009 at 8:44 PM
- Tina T said...
This story is just horrifying. It's horrible that one person could be so sick, but to have so many people involved is just beyond anything I can comprehend. Many people that get sent to jail for hurting kids don't make it out alive, and that would be well deserved for these monsters.
- September 2, 2009 at 8:36 AM
- floreta said...
i do remember hearing about this a year or two ago and it's so heartbreaking. i can't even COMPREHEND raping a baby.. like the logistics let alone the ethics and all that is WRONG with it..
- September 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- - kimmy - said...
oh my god :[ there are some really sick, disgusting people in this world... it is sad to know these events really do exist...
- September 4, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Angela Darling said...
My sister just told me about this story!!!! It's horrible. How could anyone ever so such a thing?! She was so innocent and had to deal with so much... it's just not fair.
- September 6, 2009 at 12:31 AM
- Angela Darling said...
My sister just told me about this story!!!! It's horrible. How could anyone ever so such a thing?! She was so innocent and had to deal with so much... it's just not fair.
- September 6, 2009 at 12:32 AM
- LiLu said...
Oh my lord... is there anything worse than abusing someone who can't protect themselves? I think not.
- September 8, 2009 at 2:48 AM
- Ella said...
This is horrible Mel... It just shows how evil people can be... The world is enslaved by wickedness...This is beyond imagination... :(
- September 9, 2009 at 7:48 PM
- jooLee said...
omg that's so sad what is wrong with people these days?
- September 13, 2009 at 1:12 AM
- The Demigoddess said...
What has the world come to? These people should get the death penalty. If they were in the Philippines, they would have been killed by the vigilante just to set an example.
- September 15, 2009 at 8:08 PM


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A First Step Toward HGH Testing—in the Wrong Direction
The population study is a flawed idea and the test they're talking about might not catch anyone. Here's the right approach
After two years of relative stalemate, the NFL and the Players' Association have agreed in principle to collaborate on a study that would remove one of the major hurdles to HGH testing. On Monday an e-mail from the union advised players to prepare to give blood samples during training camp as part of an NFL "population study."
The point of a population study is to characterize normal growth hormone levels in a particular group—in this case, NFL players—so that biostatisticians can set a cutoff or "decision limit," essentially, a goal line on one side of which a test is positive, and on the other negative.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has already conducted such studies of athletes and used them to set decision limits in Olympic sports. (The WADA guidelines are also used by Major League Baseball.) But during the NFL's two-year-long impasse over HGH testing, which was agreed to in principle in the 2011 CBA, the union was adamant that NFL players are a unique population, potentially with special growth hormone profiles, and thus deserve a separate study to determine their decision limits. Says Domonique Foxworth, president of the NFLPA, "Just assuming that we can follow guidelines about someone's body that were set up with a population study on non-football players, I think, is somewhat problematic."
Now the players will get their population study, led by a doctor and two biostatisticians—one of whom, Donald Berry, has been very critical of the methods used to arrive at drug testing decisions limits—agreed upon by the league and union. While there are still plenty of issues to be worked out, it's certainly a step toward HGH testing. But as for ridding the league of HGH use, even when the other issues are resolved—the union, for one, wants Roger Goodell out of the picture with respect to any discipline that would result from a positive test—we shouldn't hold our breath.
In terms of their natural HGH profiles, NFL players almost certainly are not a unique population. They're humans, just like everyone else. The test that the league and the union are considering, known as the "isoform test," looks for a ratio of different types (or isoforms) of growth hormone in the body. Two of the primary forms differ by their weight; one weighs 20 kilodaltons and the other 22 kilodaltons. But synthetic HGH comes only in the 22-kilodalton variety. So when an athlete injects synthetic HGH, the drug upsets the normal ratio of isoforms in the body, and that is what the test picks up. By WADA standards, if an athlete's ratio is more than about three times normal, he'll be classified as having used HGH.
The data thus far show that a person's ratio is relatively stable over time, and that isoform ratios do not differ with age, body weight or height. NFL players' ratios, that is, should not diverge from those of high jumpers or shot putters or rugby forwards or centerfielders or armchair QBs. Not naturally, anyway.
But here's how NFL players might differ: It's long been suspected (if not taken for granted) that HGH use is prevalent in the league. While it might not reach the 60% to 70% level that former quarterback Boomer Esiason estimated last year, NFL strength coaches who spoke with me on condition of anonymity said they believed a significant number of players use HGH, given that it can be used with impunity, that many of the potential short-term side effects (like joint swelling) appear reversible when a player stops using, and that the lone, randomized study that looked at HGH specifically for speed enhancement found a real benefit in using it. Essentially, if NFL players aren't using HGH, it's more an ethical or health decision than anything else.
If Esiason is anywhere in the ballpark about the prevalence of HGH use, then an NFL-specific population study will give results that are massively skewed by current HGH users. Adolpho Birch, the NFL's senior vice president of law and labor policy, told me last month that the league does not believe an NFL study makes sense but that "the goal the commissioner set is to get testing. Without being too specific, we're willing to do what needs to be done to get that." But it absolutely doesn't make sense under any circumstances if the study is just going to a give a profile of a community rife with HGH users. In fact, if the results of the test will only be used to establish the limits—a letter the union sent to its members said no other use would be made of the data, meaning no retroactive discipline for a high HGH level—a cynic might suggest that NFL players should make sure to use HGH before their blood is drawn for the population study. Then the decision limits might be set so high that nobody will ever fail a test. It would be like using the NBA as a reference population for a height study.
Catching an athlete using HGH is difficult enough as it is, without skewed decision limits. Drug testing in sports works along a particular ideal of a justice system: Conservative testing thresholds ensure that many guilty parties will skate; in return, the chance of accusing an innocent person is minimized. That is one reason why, from more than 10,000 HGH tests around the world since 2004, only 12 have come back positive. In an early study on the isoform test, even the subjects who were intentionally doped for research purposes did not exceed the current isoform test cutoff of 1.8 for a positive. The other reason why there are so few HGH positives is that the detection window using the isoform test is between 10 and 20 hours.
The NFL's current drug testing policy restricts random in-season testing to two days each week, and only 10 players per team are tested. (One of those days is typically Monday so testers can look for stimulants with short detection windows that were taken for games.) Let's assume it's not hard for one of the other players to find out when a teammate was tested. With a test that has a detection window of less than 20 hours, and players who can conceivably figure out days on which they won't be tested … you get the idea. (This isn't even to mention the fact that the isoform test has no chance of picking up other forms of growth-hormone doping that don't involve injecting a synthetic version, like the use of secretagogues, agents that cause the pituitary to release more growth hormone.) Even if the isoform test were put in place tomorrow, it's hard to imagine much of an impact beyond getting Congress off the NFLPA's back.
If that is the goal, then using the isoform test based on an NFL population-study is a great idea. In January, congressmen Darrell Issa and Elijah Cummings of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wrote a letter chiding the NFLPA for stalling rather than following the example of the MLBPA, and they threatened to take a hands-on approach. But it's pretty clear that the government has little regard for the nosetackle-sized devils in the details.
Baseball has made tremendous strides in anti-doping in recent years, and of the professional leagues its procedures are closest to the kind of testing to which Olympians are subject. In collective bargaining in 2011, MLB and the union agreed to begin HGH testing—MLBPA executive director Michael Weiner says the positive test of minor leaguer Mike Jacobs was a factor—essentially pending agreement on the details of implementation before in-season testing would start. Sound familiar? And yet, as far as baseball has come, it doesn't exactly have a halcyon consensus on HGH testing.
In 2013, baseball amended its Joint Drug Testing Agreement to include in-season blood testing for HGH, but with a special provision carved out only for the isoform test. Should a major leaguer test positive for HGH, he has the right to challenge in arbitration not just his specific test, but the entire underlying science of the isoform test. This provision does not exist for other drugs, like nandrolone, for which the testing science is agreed upon. "The reason we went forward," Weiner says, "was that on the one hand we believed that there was some scientific validity to what we saw [in the isoform test]. On the other hand we weren't really sure." In other words, MLB and the MLBPA built into the agreement a degree of uncertainty about the test; it just hasn't been challenged because no major leaguer has come up positive yet. And thanks to a recent Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling that overturned the HGH positive of an Estonian skier because of questions about WADA's decision limits, if a baseball player did test positive, "I think it would be very difficult to uphold," Weiner says.
So while congressmen Issa and Cummings are chiding the NFLPA and using MLB as a model, baseball's HGH agreement would be hard-pressed to actually produce a sanction, at least until the decision limits are bolstered (a process WADA is currently undertaking). And Birch says the NFL has offered the current MLB program "essentially word for word" to the NFLPA.
Rather than haggling over the isoform test, if the NFL and the union want to get tougher on doping in general, they should strengthen their current testing protocol by opening the entire week to the possibility of random testing. Just as one's HGH isoform ratio returns to normal quickly after an injection, there are forms of testosterone that can cause a spike in the testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio (the first layer of testing looks for this "T/E ratio") that then returns to normal in hours. So any system that gives an athlete a way to deduce days on which he will not be tested has a massive hole.
The NFL could also make more frequent use of a test called IRMS, which can detect synthetic testosterone use even in the absence of an elevated T/E ratio. (IRMS testing is typically only done for confirmation when an elevated T/E ratio is detected.) From conversations with athletes, doctors, and steroid dealers over the last few years, I'm convinced that athletes rarely use HGH alone, and that anywhere HGH is used, testosterone is used more. Christiane Ayotte, head of the WADA-accredited lab in Montreal, says that her lab handled two cases of baseball players in which T/E ratios were normal but IRMS testing found synthetic testosterone. The NFL has for years used some random IRMS testing on samples that don't have elevated T/E ratios.
If the NFL and the NFLPA are intent on slogging through an HGH testing agreement between collective bargaining periods, the parties might do better looking toward the next technology rather than conducting a population study that will be redundant at best and futile at worst.
The London Olympics last summer marked the first use of a new HGH test called the biomarker test. This looks for telltale increases in particular blood markers that show up after HGH injection. The biomarker test does not pick up doping within the previous two days, but the detection window extends back beyond that for at least a week, so it has the potential to be much more effective than the isoform test. In addition, the biomarker test has been in development since 1996, and the research process has produced mounds of peer-reviewed scientific literature, so it is not subject to the kind of legal challenges that the isoform test is.
Believe it or not, a big part of the delay in implementation of the biomarker test—it is still in relatively limited use—has been the lack of a steady supplier for the testing kits. That, of course, can be remedied, particularly if a wealthy league wanted to make it a priority. (Says the NFL's Birch, "It is incumbent first to get agreement on the test that is fully operational.")
If the NFL and NFLPA are committed to deterring HGH use, this might be a good time to move away from the isoform test and start haggling over the biomarker test instead. It might actually catch somebody, and make it stick.
I heard many players shifting to herbal HGH releasrs, (source : https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/hgh/index.html ), but NFLPAdoesn't seem serious anyways
Concentrating on detecting HGH seems like a waste of time. Why not test for IGF-1 instead? Anyone getting any supposed "benefit" from injecting HGH is by definition going to have to have an elevated IGF-1 level. There are only two reasonable ways to have an elevated IGF-1 level...a growth hormone producing tumor (almost always in the pituitary gland) or via the injection of synthetic GH or GH stimulating compounds. (background info = http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/interpretive-guide/?alpha=I&unit_code=35100)
Its amazing to me that anyone gets any athletic benefit from injecting GH. Three years ago I had brain surgery to remove a growth hormone producing pituitary tumor (probably had it for 15 years or so). I suffered from an array of issues from elevated GH/IGF-1 levels including diabetes, fatigue, sleep apnea, carpal tunnel in both hands, joint pain and swelling, and abnormal bone growth which caused my shoe size to increase from 9 to 12, my ring size to go from 13 to 16 and multi-level spinal stenosis which in itself necessitated major spine surgery to relieve my excruciating back pain.
It's my belief that there is no benefit for NFL players beyond a placebo-effect and the only ones benefitting are the back alley doctors/labs supplying the GH to players.
Great writing Mr. Epstein, this piece covers a whole realm normal football fans know nothing about. I found this article to be quite informing, and the "HGH Has Its Uses" sidebar very interesting as well. Loving the MMQB site as a whole.
Some lab will start making the 22 kilodalton size HGH so the isoform ratio test will be useless. The biomarker approach is probably the best way of testing HGH use but there will need to be population studies since the biomarker is further downstream. The biomarker's blood level can be altered by other biological pathways which might be "special" in The NFL population. If the biomaker is IGF, it is surprising that test kits are not available since this is a standard blood test run by most hospitals.
Kind of like setting the blood alcohol limit for DUIs based upon people leaving the bars.
Lost me at "are not a unique population"
good read. is there a direct correlation between a player's isoform test and their production on the field? can the best players in any sport make an argument that they are good at what they do because of the way the test comes out? It sounds like the NFL is doing a population study under the same idea that their players are already different.
I hadn't fully realized the science of it all. Knowing that synthetic HGH shows up differently in the bloodstream kinda kills the NFLPA's argument, doesn't it? And it proves rather conclusively that all the NFLPA wants to do is put things off as long as possible.
There are still unanswered and undetermined health risks with all of these synthetics they are injecting; were the NFLPA so concerned about the players, I would think that they would have a concern toward the players' health. Instead, they fight everything. Tighter rules regarding player safety? Fought it. Stricter penalties for hitting a player in an entirely unsafe manner? Fighting it continually. Mandatory safety equipment? Fighting it. Better testing for drugs that could harm a player's long-term health? Fighting it successfully for 2 years now.
The Association (NOT a union) isn't about the players, it is about the financials of the players RIGHT NOW. It comes down to one thing - money. Don't jeopardize the current players, don't worry about past players, and future players ... well, they'll just have to toe the line.
Humans using chemicals to improve their bodies?
The horror of drug use indeed.
The quest for performance enhancement will never end, and the use of illegal substances to achieve that enhancement certainly won't end until the penalty is stiff enough to act as a general deterrent. While questions regarding testing methods, etc., may result in holding off on the nuclear solution right away, I still think that within two positive tests for a banned PED a player should be banned from the sport for at least two years. For many players, this would effectively end their career. In addition, all contracts should become immediately void.
I know that this will never happen, and to me that just proves that the NFLPA isn't really serious about the issue. If it were, and all of its members could agree not to use PEDs, than the penalty wouldn't be an issue. I might think that 25 years in prison for passing a false bond to the United States is an incredibly stiff penalty, but guess what - I'm never going to do that, so it doesn't matter to me.
Also, not sure if the biomarker test is simply another name for it, but why isn't the use of a biological passport, a la international cycling, on the table? As dirty as cycling was, I consider it a minor miracle that there are so few positive tests now. And all those positive tests that cyclists appealed? Well, one by one those cyclists are admitting to doping and losing or dropping their appeals.
I never understood the NFLPA fighting PED testing.


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President Barack Obama and his family have welcomed thousands of children to the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll. But on a day that kids devote to chocolate and jelly beans, first lady Michelle Obama is highlighting healthy habits. She advised kids to "eat your vegetables," before the family mingled with the participants. The White House's South Lawn was transformed into a rainbow of colors as boys and girls played games to the sounds of kids' show tunes, in the presence of athletes, entertainment figures and "Sesame Street" Muppets.
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Asmara — The Administration of the Central region indicated that it implemented various development programs this year at a total expenditure of 376 million Nakfa with a view to improving the inhabitants' livelihood.
It made the statement at an assessment meeting in which the regional Administrator, Mr. Kahsai Gebrehiwet, indicated that the accomplishment registered is a groundwork for bright future and called for enhancement of integrated endeavors.
Accordingly, implementation of 8 potable water supply projects has been finalized while that of 11 others is underway. Furthermore, fog harvesting and fishery activities in dams have become promising, besides the construction of dams and micro-dams, as well as the laying of irrigational infrastructures.
Reports indicated that 8 Elementary Schools have been opened while 3 others were upgraded to junior level, and that adult education has gained momentum. Efforts are also being made to solve technical problems as regards distribution of potable water.
Moreover, land plots have been distributed to 70 garage owners in the environs of Asmara, which move on the part of such institutions would have positive impact in ensuring environmental hygiene in the city. Similar measures would also be taken pertaining to brick factories and animal farms following the finalization of the necessary study, reports added.
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As a concerned citizen, I'm adding my voice to those who have already written regarding the proposed elimination of the STC Service between Eastend-Swift Current and Eastend-Mossbank.
I feel this is a valuable, necessary service the taxpayers in this area can not afford to lose. I think more than the number of passengers using this service needs to be taken into consideration.
As taxpayers in this area, we will be contributing through our tax dollars to the building of the new Regina Football Stadium. Albeit, it will not come out of the coffers of the Department of Highways, but since there is only one taxpayer, it will still be part of our contribution. Every time that SaskPower and SaskEnergy donate new turf or upgrade stands in the Regina Stadium, that involves taxpayer dollars. Does it not make sense that a bus service to an isolated area should also be subsidized by taxpayer dollars? How are the royalties from our natural resources directed? Our corner of the Province contributes greatly to that.
I take exception to the comments made by Cypress Hills MLA Wayne Elhard in the Southwest Booster dated April 11, 2013. He states that "The hardship cases are the ones that bother me, cause me some concern". How concerned is he? Will he be one of the volunteers to drive people to the city where they can catch a bus? How does he think people who are ill, and not likely working, can afford to "hire somebody" to drive them? He further states "There may even be a private sector operator who would like to establish a more consistent service". Would funding be available to assist someone in this regard? How much might that cost? It would seem that as long as the cost doesn't hurt the bottom line of operating costs of the STC, it is fine to eliminate this service. I would caution the present Government to remember that Rural Saskatchewan counts and there will be another election.
I am asking for public support on this issue. I would appreciate it if people would continue to show their concern through letters to the Highway Traffic Board. Please remember that if our service can be eliminated, it can happen elsewhere in the Province.
Please direct your concerns to: The Highway Traffic Board, 1550 Saskatchewan Drive, Regina, SK. S4P 0E4. Fax: 306-775-6618. Email: contactushighwaytrafficboard.sk.ca
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The strides hockey players have to make to get into shape go from preseason skating to training camp to exhibition games to regular-season games. There's a remarkable difference to each level, and preseason skating is where the Komets start to pop the clutch.
A group of about 12 former, current and possibly even future Komets has been skating for two weeks at Lutheran Health SportsCenter. Training camp starts Oct. 6 with an immediate scrimmage, and everyone is building now to make a good impression.
"This is mainly conditioning and getting a feel for your hands,'' Komets forward Chris Auger said. "It's nothing like anything we should be expecting at training camp. Training camp will be a lot more up-tempo with a lot more guys. This is just helpful for the guys who are around.''
As Kaleigh Schrock said, anyone can work out all summer in the weight room, but there's really no lifting that is going to train skating muscles.
"Guys have new equipment they are trying to break in and get their legs going,'' Schrock said. "There are a few things you try to work on and get better at during the drills, but it's not like it's simulating training camp.''
It's better than nothing. Auger, Schrock, John Dunbar, Jeremy Gates and Brandon Marino are the returning Komets who have been working out. Forward Matt Firman had been skating until he left recently to compete in training camp with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League.
Former Komets J.M. Rizk, Leo Thomas, Brandon Warner and Tyler Butler have been skating, as have Fort Wayne natives Cody Hess and Larkin Saalfrank who will leave soon for tryouts in Class A pro hockey. New Komet Scott Fleming has also been making a strong start.
Mostly, the players work on drills and scrimmage three-on-three across the width of the ice to keep up the tempo and work in close proximity for stickhandling.
Most of the players have been skating this summer at home before coming to Fort Wayne. Maybe they were skating with NHL, AHL or college players who have left already for training camp or school.
"It's a lot better than sitting home watching TV,'' Marino said. "I could have sat around home for two weeks, but I'd have been skating by myself, and this makes a lot more sense to be here. You get a little bit of camaraderie going. It's been very beneficial.''
Still, every player knows they are going to feel the strain the first day of training camp no matter what they do now. Then the first exhibition game is Oct. 9 at Wheeling.
"Everyone is from different places, and everyone has different levels of hockey available to them,'' Gates said. "This is a good chance to get on the ice with guys who are more of the same skill level and iron out your bad habits you might have picked up over the summer.''
Komets add defenseman to roster
The Komets announced Thursday they have invited defenseman William Lacasse, 26, to join their training camp roster. Lacasse will be entering his second pro year after making his debut last season in ECHL stints with Greenville, Idaho and San Francisco. He scored two goals and five points in 26 games and also skated 26 games with Augusta of the Southern Professional Hockey League, scoring five goals and 14 points.


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As the New Year kicks off, I am celebrating the end of my first trimester. Like all modern parents, I am glued to the internet for regular baby updates. I find the internet has more patience for endless stupid questions than real life doctors.
This week I found out that my unborn child is old enough to have functioning kidneys, which means it (or they) are probably peeing in my tummy. They are also developing intestines, and should therefore be adding shit to the contents of my womb shortly. Great news, but forgive me if I'm not dancing about with joy. Pregnancy has been mostly unkind to me so far, although I am overall cognisant of the great blessing of being with child in the first place.
The one thing the pregnancy has birthed is a new and heightened appreciation for my husband. Instead of dumping me at my mother's house like any good African brute, he has been on hand 24-7 through all the first trimester drama. He has held my dreadlocks out of the toilet while I throw my guts up. He has become a vegetarian for weeks while I banished the very smell of meat from the house.
He has patiently gone out at all hours to procure pizza, rum and raisin chocolate, ice cream, chilli crisps, peanut butter, tuna and pineapple soda - depending on which way the wind was blowing when I woke up (of course with no guarantee that I would still want to eat these things once he returned). He has kept away the people I did not care to see. He has typed my work, managed my emails, answered my phone, chauffeured me about, chosen my daily clothes and has not once lost his patience with me and my pity parties. He has also endured my total loss of interest in life and conversation without complaint.
When I turn on the television and see shirtless teenage boys covered in stupid tattoos with the waistbands of their pants hanging at the backs of their knees singing to semi-nude girls about love, I snort - what could they possibly know of what we have been through the past three months? What do they know of being entirely responsible for another human being; of selflessness? I can only hope they are lucky enough to get here someday. In any case, I find it difficult to take anyone seriously when they cannot even tie their trousers properly. In the course of my work, I occasionally get to talk to some teenagers, and I find that narrating to them the origin of that saggy pants fashion tends to cure most of them of the desire to show their underwear.
Apparently, whether it be urban myth, legend, or fact, the habit of letting one's pants hang down originated from the prisons of America. The men let a little bit of the crack of their bottom show as an advertisement to the other inmates that they were open for business at that end, as it were. For most boys, this is enough of an incentive to figure out how to use their belts properly.
Anyway, in other good New Year news, my tendency to throw up everything has gone down drastically. I find that if I eat a little bit at a time and sit very still after a meal, my stomach is confused into thinking I am not there, and it hangs on to the food awaiting my return. By the time it realises it has been fooled, we have digested enough to keep us alive. However, there are other things which can still make me nauseous - such as a conversation I overheard yesterday.
Two very respectable looking men were standing on the pavement while I waited for Hubby in the car. A mentally disturbed young girl walked past; she was about 17 and naked except for a piece of cloth barely covering her essentials. And of all things, these two men began to discuss how this girl was not going to survive being raped that evening, especially with a pair of buttocks like hers. Hubby returned to find me looking very green - and when I told him why, we were both ill. These reminders of the kind of world we are bringing children into can be a bit too sobering. I'll focus on the happier thought of the banana bread Hubby has lovingly dished up.


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Brandon Mairs is a San Francisco-based entrepreneur with plans to introduce two cutting-edge new phones to the market in the next two years. The first, pictured above, is ultra-slim with wireless charging technology and its own operating system. The second, Mairs is only calling 'sci-fi status.' arubixs
The UpTake: Mobile phones haven't progressed enough for DIY aficionado Brandon Mairs, so he set out this fall to design a set of phones with their own unique operating system to challenge everyone in the market today.
Visit Brandon Mairs's home in San Francisco, and you'll see among the dozens of items he's made by hand a wood-and-leather bed frame and headboard, and a once convertible Porsche with a hard-top roof.
The serial entrepreneur calls himself a "DIY guy" who is always "obsessively making everything he owns."
And that helps to explain why the founder of arubixs is so bullishly going after the mobile device industry with two products—the One-by-One, an ultra-slim, wireless-charging phone with its own operating system coming in January; and in 2015, a second phone so out there he'll only describe it as "sci-fi status."
"It's so far different that I think it may be ahead of its time," says the Palo Alto native, who plans to spend 2014 rolling out the One-by-One and testing the out-there concept with consumers.
But no matter what the tests say, Mairs plans to bring both devices to market. "The only way to get viable data would be to actually launch," he says.
Arubixs came out of Mairs's own frustration earlier this year building an app that he hoped would look and work the same on iOS and Android. It would aggregate tasks, social networking, news and sports scores into one activity stream, with the most recent content at the top. It worked great on Android, but not so great on iOS.
"It was silly to me to have one application that is really kickass and the other one not as cool," he says. His solution was to build a whole new operating system that could make Java or iOS apps look and function equally well.
And because most mobile manufacturers are already aligned with Google, Apple or Microsoft, he'd have to also find an unaffiliated device manufacturer to partner with. When a deal with a Chinese company fell through and he couldn't find anyone else to partner with, he started tinkering. In taking apart phones and putting different components together, he landed on a prototype for the One-by-One and ideas for an even more progressive device.
Laura Baverman is a business journalist newly relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina. Before her move, Laura spent nearly four years tracking Cincinnati's growing technology and startup scene for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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When I caught this post from The Hill that the Senate had approved the Export-Import bank vote, it certainly rang a bell with me. Indeed, Obama changed the charter back in February without so much as a " how did he do that" comment from much of anyone. He trashed the charter so he could compete with U.S. banks and give out money to the greenies. First the good news:
The Senate passed legislation reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank on Tuesday after voting down five amendments that would have limited the program's scope and power.
The passage of the bill, in a 78-20 vote, sends the legislation to President Obama, who is expected to sign the reauthorization, which runs through September 2014.
The reauthorization also ends an unexpectedly long fight on Capitol that divided the Republican Party.
The Export-Import Bank is generally considered a noncontroversial bill, but it came under attack this year from conservatives who argued it was a form of corporate welfare that distorted free trade.
Obama trashes Import Export Bank Charter – February 19, 2012
Here he goes again. Throwing out the Charter to the Import-Export bank. What was in effect for 80 years, he just says now that is an annoyance. Best part is that he will no doubt give preference for Green companies. He is moving on to finalize the taking over of all banking, you betcha. If he gets by with this, there will be no end if he subverts Bank Charters. GOP? I can't hear you! American Thinker has the whole thing, if you have the stomach for it on a Sunday.
Acting without any legal authority, President Obama has overridden the federal charter of the Export-Import Bank, and turned it into a competitor for domestic loan business, in utter defiance of the law. Hardly anyone has noticed or seems to care. Speaking at a Boeing assembly plant in Everett, Washington Friday, President Barack Obama announced a bold new plan to help American exporters: he would broaden the services of the Ex-Im Bank to help grow our exports.
He has also announced that he will order the Ex-Im Bank to begin making short-term financing loans of six to twelve months — not necessarily connected to any export sales! — to small domestic firms who want to increase their exporting activity. That's so open-ended, it can mean anything and include any company. Not that there's anything wrong with loans to small businesses; it's just that this is not the job of the Ex-Im Bank. Short-term loans to domestic businesses are for normal domestic banks to offer; that's what the business department of every bank in the country is for!
Well, if there's one thing we've learned from watching the Obama Administration in action for three years, if there's anything they despise, it's pesky laundry lists of rules that limit executive desires.
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It was a gorgeous cool early morning on Oct. 13, 1999 when I packed up all of my art supplies, slammed the back screen door and headed to 204 East Main Street to paint for the entire day ahead. The day before I had spotted in a front store window of our old WeirŌĆÖs Drug Store which is now SullivanŌĆÖs Office Supply something as cute as a bug.
By MATT CRANE
Lynette McDougald has an ear for the language of flowers.
The University Florist manager and Floral Design instructor is scheduled to bring her unique brand of passion and design to the 2012 Southern Garden Symposium Oct. 12-13 in St. Francisville, La.
I usually go to bed with my remote control. ItŌĆÖs become my pacifier and my lifeline to the broader world.┬ĀBeing a bit of an insomniac, I often awake at 2 a.m. with my pacifier clutched tightly in my fist. I instantly click it to reruns of Cheers or Frazier, and they put me right back to sleep.
Oktoc native Anna Marie Rasberry has a special connection with the annual Oktoc Country Store and continues to keep her legacy and community tradition alive today.
By JAY REED
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Did you ever wonder what a mango sounds like?┬ĀWell, now you know.┬Ā
By ALIX HUI
If youŌĆÖre going to fall, you might as well try and do with style.
My high school friends and I took a road trip this weekend and had to pull off the road several times to yuk-it-up over some gaff we had made while pretending to be tech-savvy.
I saw a landscape of a waterscape tower, and was inspired to sketch and paint a landscape of a scene of water. What is a water tower? It almost looked like a tall insect with an elevated tank to give pressure for distributing water to citizens of Starkville, which has been known as having the most refreshing and tasteful water in all of Mississippi.
Claire Spradling's mother always said, "I wish someone in the family would be a writer."
After 25 years working as a Registered Dietician, Spradling left her position in the medical field and after years of working is ready to debut her first novel, "Duress."
The annual Oktoc Country Store is fast approaching, and community members are working hard to keep the 42-year-old tradition alive.


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Alison Lee ties for fourth individually; Erynne Lee aces the sixth hole.
Alison Lee is one shot off the lead.
Bruins looking to sustain momentum from Allstate Sugar Bowl victory.
Bruins set single round and 54-hole tournament records.
UCLA leads the field at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate
Field will play 36 holes Monday beginning at 8 a.m. CST.
Bruins tied for the AllState Sugar Bowl title last season.
Law leads the Bruins by tying for third.
Freshmen Law and Lee continue to lead Bruins.
Law and Alison Lee post even par scores.
UCLA is the two-time defending champion and four-time winner at this event.
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"We cherish too, the Poppy red / That grows on fields where valor led, / It seems to signal to the skies / That blood of heroes never dies."
— "We Shall Keep the Faith" by Moina Michael
For many Marylanders, Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer. It is a day marked with trips to the beach, backyard cookouts, baseball games, community pool openings and, for the next 90 days or so, paying attention to Friday afternoon traffic reports detailing the backup at the Bay Bridge.


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On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 01:30:24AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> If you get tired of cleaning up after it, require that posters correctly
> answer a simple question of your devising, e.g., "What's Jimmy Carter's
> first name?", and then discard any submissions that don't include a
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I get a lot of people (I'm guessing many are non native English speakers)
who don't really even understand what the form is asking.
(e.g., when I said: "Where did you learn about Tux Paint? (e.g., a magazine)",
I got a LOT of responses that said, literally, "e.g., a magazine".
Ok, let's use the word "example:" instead. Where in the world are you?
I got a lot of people who, again, copied the example. So now I use
a complete nonsense example ("Tuxville, Antarctica"), so that I can at least
tell which ones are legit answers, and which ones are confused users.)
Any kind of 'answer a question', 'type the scrambled text' or
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While shipments of rigid printed circuit boards (pcb) were off slightly throughout the US and Canada this past year, actual bookings had decreased 9.2%, according to trade association IPC, Bannockburn IL.
Year to date, rigid pcb shipments grew 4.4% and bookings decreased 0.2%. Compared to the previous month, rigid pcb shipments were down 12.4 percent and rigid bookings fell 14.3 percent. The book-to-bill ratio for the North American rigid PCB industry in October 2012 slipped below parity to 0.98.
"Although the book-to-bill ratios continued below parity in October, sales rebounded in the flexible circuit segment," according to Sharon Starr, IPC director of market research. "The industry's recovery is expected to resume in the near term, but possibly not until early 2013. Action by the US Congress to deal with the 'fiscal cliff' will have a significant impact on economic growth and business confidence."
IPC's monthly survey of the North American PCB industry tracks bookings and shipments from US. and Canadian facilities, which provide indicators of regional demand. These numbers do not measure US and Canadian pcb production. To track regional production trends, IPC asks survey participants for the percent of their reported shipments that were produced domestically (i.e., in the USA or Canada). In October 2012, 82 percent of total pcb shipments reported by survey participants were domestically produced. Domestic production accounted for 82 percent of rigid PCB and 84 percent of flexible circuit shipments in October by IPC's survey participants.
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Project to detect possible damages in aircraft parts early in processOctober 16, 2014 9:21 am | News | Comments
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December 21, 2012
159 Schools Share $148,798 in Healthy Habits for Life Grants from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation
School nurses, teachers and administrators in 55 Kansas counties will be able to deliver at-school programs aimed at improving the health of Kansas children by sharing $148,798.73 in Healthy Habits for Life grants from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation. The BCBSKS Foundation distributed the funds in mid-December to 159 schools, allowing school personnel to deliver programs in 2013 that will help students reduce their cardiovascular risk, increase their physical activity or learn healthy eating habits.
"Childhood obesity is a growing trend in our state, and Kansas school personnel – such as nurses, physical education, health and consumer sciences teachers, and principals – are leading the charge to reverse the trend by helping our young people develop healthy eating and physical activity habits," said Marlou Wegener, chief operating officer of the BCBSKS Foundation. "The Foundation is proud to be part of that effort by providing the funds these dedicated professionals need to bring their programs to fruition."
Each year, grantees use the funds on a variety of programs, such as purchasing nutrition curriculum, exercise equipment or healthy snacks, or organizing walking programs and family health fairs. Since the grant program's inception in 2006, the BCBSKS Foundation has distributed 600 Healthy Habits for Life grants in excess of $573,000.
"On behalf of the BCBSKS Foundation board of directors, we are pleased with the response to this year's call for grant applications and are thrilled to support the efforts of 159 school staff members who are committed to improving the health of their students," Wegener said.
"With children spending so much of their time at school, the Foundation understands that schools are a great place for children to learn the healthy habits that will serve them well throughout their entire lives," she said. "We also recognize that schools face ever tightening budgets making it more difficult for them to provide such health-related programs."
The amount of each grant was based on the applicant's request for the program he or she proposed, up to a maximum of $1,000. The school district or private school must be located in the service area of the BCBSKS Foundation (all Kansas counties except Johnson and Wyandotte).
About the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation promotes the good health of Kansans who live in the Foundation's 103-county service area. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, the largest health insurer in the state, incorporated the Foundation in 2005 as a way to further deepen its commitment to helping all Kansans lead healthier lives, an effort which both entities believe is an essential factor in keeping health care affordable. Through its giving, the Foundation focuses on key health issues that can impact the lives of many Kansans. It funds programs and activities that are, at their core, health-related and in particular, promote health improvement, health care access, health education, healthy behaviors and prevention initiatives. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas are independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Both entities serve all Kansas counties except Johnson and Wyandotte.
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Seven Kabete parliamentary candidates yesterday engaged in a heated public debate on how they intend to develope the constituency.
The debate, held at Kabete Stadium, was attended by outgoing Kikuyu MP Lewis Nguyai, who is vying for the seat on a Narc ticket, James Wanjohi (Pick), Gabriel Gathungu (Agano), Charle Maina (Safina) and Samuel Ng'ang'a (DP).
Independent candidates Moses Muchiri and Stanley Kamau also graced the event that was organised by civic education coordinators and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
However, TNA candidate George Muchai, who is Cotu's deputy secretary general, skipped the meeting. The seven candidates tried to outwit each other on who is more qualified and experienced for the seat and whose manifesto is better.
Nguyai said he has used the Constituency Development Fund to improve education, repair roads and to improve security.
"Our schools have enjoyed the best facilities. Women can now transport their produce to the Gikomba Food market in Nairobi with ease," he said.
"I used the CDF to built police posts in every location. Five years ago, a week could hardly pass without a burial of someone killed in a robbery."
Maina said he will use his experience as a lawyer to fight for the rights of the less privileged in the constituency. He however said he supports Jubilee presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta, even though Paul Muite, the Safina leader, is also running for the top seat.
On his part, Wanjohi pledged to build a food market in Wangige and to push for subsidised seeds and fertilisers. "My wife and I bought land worth Sh6.5 million which we donated to the youth to help them generate income," said Wanjohi. The candidates promised to conduct their campaigns peacefully.


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We shouldn't be too surprised to see Mark Webber on pole position for tomorrow's Korean Grand Prix. Think back to Silverstone: Webber and Alonso were the season's only two-time winners and looked, for all the world, to be the likely dualists for this year's world title. Back in the summer (well, July), Sebastian Vettel looked like an also-ran, pouting his way from one sore-loser interview to another. The shine came off. Then he took a holiday. We all know what's happened since F1 came back from vacation.
So what, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Sunday Afternoon Club, do you make of tomorrow's set-up? It's a back-on-form Vettel on a hat-trick vs a Webber who looks to have re-found his mid-season form. You wouldn't call Vettel and Webber team-mates not by any stretch of the imagination. Vettel has everything to gain, Webber little to lose, except pride if he's asked to move over. They're bred tough, those Aussies. Expect fireworks.
On the second row Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso will be looking to take advantage of any defensiveness from either Red Bull driver. Hamilton can't afford not to; he really has to drive for a win tomorrow or add 'mathematically almost impossible' to 'in all reality, Jake, highly improbable' in the lexicon of all things championship related.
Alonso meanwhile is harder to call. He's got where he is by finishing time and time over with a decent, if not always spectacular haul of points. The wins, in Malaysia and Valencia at least, came about in extraordinary circumstances. Germany was sheer class. Class he's not been able to show since first McLaren, then Red Bull got their respective mojos back.
So does Fernando do tomorrow? Play for points and hope Webber is allowed to beat Vettel? Or race both them and Lewis, recognising that while the Ferrari F2012 seems to work pretty well around Yeongang, it might not around New Dehli, Yas Marina, Austin and Sao Paulo? Yup, only four races to go after this one, and in danger of repeating what we said last week; Fernando Alonso is fighting for the world championship in the third or fourth quickest car out there.
The other 'contenders'? Jenson Button starts 11th after being caught out by a yellow flag in Q2. He reckons he has the faster car out there, so here's hoping McLaren can show more tactical nous than they have in most of this season's races and, indeed, qualifying sessions. Kimi Raikkonen, meanwhile, seems happier with his car and maybe just feels obliged to say so, now that the team has told him the new exhausts are staying on no matter what he says. Kimi starts fifth, RoGros seventh. Sooner or later we are going to see this race-pace from the Lotus the other teams have been talking about all year, surely?
Top ten then; Webber, Vettel, Hamilton, Alonso, Kimi, Massa (who looks more and more likely with each passing day to hang on to his drive…), RoGros, Hulkenberg (…who we guess won't now be going to Ferrari), Rosberg and Schumacher.
But it's all about Webber. We've never really felt we've know what lies behind that lantern jaw and those increasingly chiselled chops. We get the feeling we are about to find out.
Remember, race starts at 7.00am. BBC and Sky.


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text: Bateson, George C. Auburn, Michigan Mr. Bateson passed away suddenly Saturday evening November 3, 2012 at McLaren Bay Region. Age 80 years. The son of the late George 'Jack' & Gladys (Coleman) Bateson, he was born August 15, 1932 in Bay City. George served with the United States Air Force. George is survived by his wife; Geraldine C. Bateson, two daughters and one son-in-law; Bonni J. Bateson and Autumn D. (Keith) Johnson, one son; George A. (Delia) Bateson, several grandchildren, one brother; Frank Bateson, one sister and brother-in-law; Janice "Sis" and Dennis Curtice and many nieces and nephews. At the request of Mr. Bateson Cremation has taken place and there will be no services at the Gephart Funeral Home, Inc.