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Former assistant chief would get tax break
A former top-ranking San Diego police official has applied to reclassify her retirement as a disability pension, even though she began receiving her benefits in 2004.
If the change is approved, the former assistant chief would be relieved of 50 percent of her state and federal tax liability.
Pension and labor officials say the reclassification option is needed to make sure public-safety workers are compensated when service-related injuries turn up after they retire.
Critics say disability retirements are commonly abused and contribute to unsustainable obligations for pension systems supported by tax dollars.
How long should police retirees have to reclassify their retirement as disability?
Three years 19% (82)
Longer than three years 11% (45)
Four months 15% (65)
They should not be able to do this at all 55% (232)
424 total votes.
Cheryl Meyers rose from beat cop to assistant chief over decades of service to the citizens of San Diego, climbing the command ranks during a period when the department did not always treat women recruits fairly.
In 2004 she entered the Deferred Retirement Option Program, which allows employees to begin receiving their pension payments in a special account for five years while still working and collecting a paycheck.
Five years later, Meyers' time was up and she left the department after 32 years with almost $800,000 in her special retirement account. She receives an annual pension of $206,000, including annuitized payouts from that account.
By June 2012, days before a three-year window to reclassify terms of her retirement closed, Meyers filed for the switch to a disability retirement.
She told U-T Watchdog that the designation is appropriate because she suffered multiple injuries with lasting effects over the years, which is why the system was developed. She declined to identify her specific disability.
"People tend to think you're not injured as a cop unless you get shot. That's baloney," Meyers said. "There's all kinds of injuries. We put ourselves in harm's way every day, and we get hurt doing that."
The application, one of dozens of disability retirement applications now under consideration by the San Diego City Employees Retirement System, was put in the hands of an adjudicator in September.
A hearing is likely to be scheduled in April. Hearings are typically held in open session but may be closed at the applicant's request. Meyers requested and received a closed process.
San Diego pension officials said they could not discuss Meyers' claim due to confidentiality rules. But they said the board examines every application carefully.
"As a fiduciary, SDCERS conducts a thorough and exhaustive disability application process to validate disability claims," spokeswoman Christina Di Leva said in a statement.
The three-year window allowed by city pension-system members is more generous than the allowance granted to San Diego County workers.
County employees have four months after they retire to change the status to disability, unless "they can show continuous incapacity" from the time they left, county pension spokesman Dan Flores said.
Disability retirements have generated increasing scrutiny as more municipal and state pension systems struggle to meet financial obligations approved by their elected leaders.
With $5 billion in assets and $7.3 billion in liabilities, for example, the San Diego city pension is underfunded, according to its 2012 actuarial report. The fund had 68.6 percent of the money it needed as of June 30 of that year, the latest percentage available. (The pension asset and liability figures were corrected 12/23/13.)


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What Should the Furniture Wear?
The sofa looks tired
The fabric is faded/worn/spotted/stained/ripped and the color bears no relationship to the rest of the décor, because you've been lugging it around since college.
Well, maybe this story is a mite exaggerated in your case, but in any case, it's time for a change.
Whether you are buying new upholstered furniture, reupholstering, or having a slipcover made for what you already own, it takes well considered thought to select just the right fabric.
This is where it gets complicated
You would think that common sense would automatically rule as a guide, but hardly anyone is immune to wishful thinking, when faced with the wide range of fabric choices available today. This is, of course, if you aren't paralyzed with confusion and indecision to begin with, given the wide range of fabric choices available to today.
Once past paralysis, (God willing) some unerring instinct will then, most likely, cause you to gravitate to the most beautiful, most expensive fabric at hand. It takes a lot of discipline, (not without a touch of sadness) to come back to reality and the concerns of your real life and real life style. Now what?
Don't worry. The perfect solution is nearer than you think. There are now available a very wide range of colors and textures at more affordable prices than ever before. Synthetic fabrics have really improved too. They have higher stain resistance and can usually be spot cleaned, making them virtually kid/pet proof. Blends of synthetic fibers with natural fibers are available too. The average price per yard is lower than with an all-natural fiber fabric in most cases. You also get the easy cleaning properties of synthetics, along with the beauty and better "feel" of a natural fiber.
Here's a short checklist to help inform your prospective decisions:
- Consider the suitability of fabric weight (thickness), weave and texture for the intended use.
Re-think using a pale silk to re-upholster the family room sofa
where three small children, their friends, two dogs and a cat
will be playing.
A fabric with texture, versus a smooth finish, is less likely to show dirt, wear and spots. Medium to dark colors are good for the same reason. Unless the piece of furniture is specifically to be used as an accent piece, lean towards interesting, textured neutrals so you can more freely use colorful rugs, artwork, etc.
- Durability: including an understanding of the natural life of some fibers.
Silk, for example again, is very fragile, and fades at the mere hint of sunlight. Some major fabric companies like Kravet, submit their fabric to rigorous testing, including a run through equipment that "double rubs" the fabric thousands of times to rate durability. A fabric that has been subjected to 20,000 double rubs is considered suitable for heavy duty. I should hope so.
- Ease of cleaning and overall resistance to wear, dirt and spotting.
We all feel better when we see that a liquid and/or dirt repellant finish has been applied to the fabric, but remember this is not a "magic" finish. Don't delay attending to any messes. I have been told that the applied finishes don't have a very long life, but until they fade away, can certainly help.
If your existing furniture is still in good shape and serviceable, consider slipcovers. Slipcovers are a less permanent investment, can be removed for dry-cleaning, as well as give you an opportunity for seasonal design variety. You could have a set of slipcovers for the cold months and a different set when it's warm. Be forewarned. It isn't a good idea to wash slipcovers, unless the manufacturer specifically gives the OK. Washing changes the body of the fabric, and could cause some shrinkage. The cover may not fit as well afterwards, if it fits at all.
Upholstery fabric ranges in price from under $20 per yard (some canvases for example), to several hundred dollars for various reasons of fiber content, intricacy of weave, foreign manufacture, etc. Consider the cost of fabric versus use. Some fabrics, though expensive, are so beautiful and wear so well, that the initial high cost amortizes to a very good deal over the long years of use. Mohair velvet is a good example of this.
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Before he was 14, Ray Bradbury and his family moved several times to and from Waukegan, Illinois, where he was born, to Tucson, Arizona. In 1934 they moved to Los Angeles, where Bradbury has since spent most of life. After graduating from high school in 1938, he sold newspapers for four years on L. A. sidewalks, while publishing his own amateur science fiction magazine, his first story sale not coming until 1941. Turning his attention to full-time writing in 1943, Bradbury continued to write short stories, the best of which he compiled in 1947's DARK CARNIVAL collection. Through the 1950s and well into the 1960s, Bradbury was the reigning king of science fiction. Starting with the masterpiece THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (1950), Bradbury's output from this period is fairly littered with classics; FAHRENHEIT 451 (1951), the collections THE ILLUSTRATED MAN (1951) and THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN (1953), SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1962), and the I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC collection (1969). Over his career, he has received numerous awards and honors, including having a crater on the moon named after his novel DANDELION WINE. His writing continued apace, but Bradbury began branching out in the 1960s, exploring scriptwriting, lecturing, and architecture; he served as a consultant on Walt Disney World's Epcot Center, the United States Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair, as well as on other structures around the country. Though not much of his written work has been explicitly "science fiction," it has often contained enough of an element of the fantastic that he is primarily considered to be a science fiction writer. Even so, Bradbury has earned a prominent place in the pantheon of American literature.


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Earnings for Information Assurance Analysts in the United States come in at around $74K per year on average. Compensation for this group is mainly affected by location, but career duration and the individual firm are influential factors as well. Medical and dental coverage is claimed by a large number, and a fair number earn vision coverage. Job satisfaction for Information Assurance Analysts is high. The numbers in this rundown were provided by PayScale's salary survey participants.
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Information assurance analysts are mainly responsible for the planning, implementation, upgrading, and/or monitoring of security measures which make up the protection of corporate or government computer networks. They are responsible for ensuring that security controls are in place to protect both the electronic data itself and the electronic infrastructure in which it is stored. In addition, their job may require them to respond to attacks on the company's computer systems via viruses or other security breaches. As a fairly new job category, information assurance analysts are part of the greater, more well-known job category of information security analysis.Read More...
Their job requires information assurance analysts to discuss computer access issues, security violations and program changes with other users. A good deal of time is spent documenting security and emergency measures policies/procedures and the tests that go with them. Information assurance analysts also train users on IT security measures and policies. Besides coordinating new computer system implementations, they also monitor existing systems, correct errors, and may change user access rights to prevent security breaches.
For government jobs, certain government certifications and programs are required in combination with a Bachelor's degree and a "security+" certification. Additional qualifications which may be helpful include experience in documenting meetings and the ability to adapt to quickly-changing situations. A Bachelor's degree in the IT field is highly beneficial.
For corporate jobs in general, Bachelor's degrees in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent work experience are required.
For both government and corporate jobs, a knowledge of security frameworks, standards, and guidelines is preferred, and experience in computer security operations, policies/standards, and IT threat management can be extremely useful.
Survey results suggest that Information Assurance Analysts use a fairly large toolkit of professional skills. Most notably, skills in Security Policies and Procedures, Security Risk Management, Security Testing and Auditing, and Security Intrusion Detection are correlated to pay that is above average, with boosts between 5 percent and 7 percent. Most people who know Security Policies and Procedures also know Security Testing and Auditing and IT Security & Infrastructure.
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For Information Assurance Analysts, busy Washington offers a higher-than-average pay rate, 35 percent above the national average. Information Assurance Analysts will also find cushy salaries in Huntsville (+20 percent). In San Diego, salaries are 6 percent below the national average and represent the lowest-paying market. Employers pay around 5 percent less in Norfolk and 4 percent less in Arlington, below-median salaries for those in this field.
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Peli release i1010 iPod case in the UK
Peli, makers of heavy-duty photographic and electronic equipment luggage, first unveiled its i1010 case for the iPod last year, and has now released it to the UK market.
The big-as-a-brick i1010 fits iPod video, nano, and shuffle in its water- and shock-proof shell, made of polycarbonate. On the outside is a headphone jack, while inside is room for your headphones and cables.
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hey, could either of you guys post a list of the links for the FILA events you have.
I've downloaded close to 200 of those matches (2006 worlds, 2007 euro, 2007 jr worlds, 2007 worlds, etc)
however, my incredibly smart-self did not save the links for any of those files.
Do you mind posting all of them? Personally, I think they should be a sticky... I've taught my team so much from watching those videos.
oh, and why can't we beat the frikkin second-stringers from Russia (i noticed the first-teamers wrestled against ukraine)?


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The Gregory Canyon project is much needed
Already strapped homeowners cannot be expected to continue to carry the burden of our current economic meltdown. Generating new business is key. In order to lure new businesses we must demonstrate our ability to build much needed, privately funded infrastructure that will serve our needs for decades to come.
In August 2004, The San Diego Union-Tribune editorialized about the critical nature of this project, saying, "The need for these facilities is now 10 years closer. The technology to operate the landfill safely – that is without toxic leaks – is now 10 years better. The county has 10 years more residents, almost 800,000 tons of trash a year from North County alone, and lessening space for it in landfills elsewhere. The extensive requirements of environmental regulation are 10 years stricter and 10 years closer to fulfillment."
Six more years have passed since those observations were made.
The time is now.
Alpert and Killea are former state senators from San Diego. Meier Wright is president and CEO of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp.


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Yamaha Motor Australia is proud to join forces with New World Marine, one of Melbourne's largest marine dealerships. The appointment of New World Marine as a Yamaha dealership comes just in time for the Melbourne boat show and is great news for Yamaha customers looking for quality service or new product in their area.
New World Marine teams up with Yamaha in time for the Melbourne Boat Show
Joint directors of New World Marine, Michael Mulquiney and son Andrew, have extensive experience in the marine industry. Michael has been part of the marine industry in Victoria since 1983, working for numerous marine dealerships in the Melboune area. In 2003 Michael opened New World Marine in its original location in Berwick, and in 2008 moved the business to its current premises in Dandenong South.
Although the business has grown and gone from strength to strength, New World Marine still maintains a family business feel, with Michael's wife Jan, son Andrew and his wife Kristy all filling important roles within the dealership.
When asked about his decision to become a Yamaha dealer Michael Malquiney was excited about the possibilities Yamaha's product bought to their dealership.
'We're especially excited by the opportunity to sell Yamaha's large horsepower V6 engines. These motors are a perfect match for our larger Cruisecrafts and Brig Inflatables' said Michael. 'We're also looking forward to some of the other benefits associated with being a Yamaha dealership such as being able to offer our customers Yamaha Motor Finance and Yamaha Marine Insurance'
New World Marine's Dandenong South location features a huge display yard as well as an immaculately presented indoor showroom featuring New World Marine's premium boat range. New world Marine's service area fills over 600 square metres with easy drive in/drive out access for customer convenience. New World Marine also stocks a full range of chandlery, marine electronics and water sports gear.
New World Marine will continue to sell a full range of Australian built Cruisecraft, Stacer and Formosa boats, now with the option of being powered by Yamaha's class leading range of two and four stroke motors, as well as Mastercraft, Brig and Glastron boats.
New World Marine will also sell and service a full range of Yamaha WaveRunners from the top of the line FX SHO supercharged three seaters right down to Yamaha's classic stand up craft, the SuperJet.
'Yamaha couldn't be more excited about the appointment of New World Marine', said Iain MacLeod, National Sales Manager for Yamaha Marine product. 'Even as a former competitor, Yamaha always had tremendous respect for New World Marine. Now we have the opportunity to work together we're expecting to achieve great results for both companies and particularly Yamaha customers.'
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- Bandana – measure and cut a 10" by 20" triangle from fabric. Sew a ¼" hem around entire bandana.
- Wash outfit and bandana in washer to remove sizing. Cover work surface with plastic tablecloth.
- Place damp pieces on plastic and smooth flat. Place hand on right side of dress then pull up fabric about 3". Tightly wrap rubber band around fabric, then pull up an additional 4" and wrap another rubber band around the base of this section. Pull up another 4" and repeat, for a total of three rubber-banded sections on dress. Add rubber band around elastic on each pant leg then two more about 3" apart. Find center on long edge of bandana and pinch together. Add rubber band about 3" in then add one more about 2" from first.
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- Carefully squeeze Purple on first section of dress, pants and bandana. Add Red to next section then Fuchsia to last.
- Let dyed fabric sit for 4 to 6 hours. Use scissors to carefully cut off rubber bands. Wash pieces in washer with small amount of laundry soap then dry in dryer. Iron smooth.
- Cut ribbon in half then use needle and matching thread to sew one end of ribbon to each end on bandana
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Scott Weiland may have a few things on his plate these days: an August tour with his solo band, the Wildabouts, a new CD with his band in the works, a lawsuit that's been filed by Stone Temple Pilots (which fired Weiland, the band's singer earlier this year) to prevent Weiland from using the Stone Temple Pilots' name or its songs and a new marriage to photographer Jamie Wachtel. But that hasn't stopped him from thinking about reuniting with his other band, Velvet Revolver.
"I'm definitely open," Weiland said in a late-July phone interview when asked about his interest in a Velvet Revolver reunion." When we played for the benefit of John (O'Brien), John's passing for his family, getting back together and playing on stage was amazing."
That reunion gig in January 2012 for O'Brien, the late composer who worked on such films as "Iron Man," "Iron Man 2" and "Pineapple Express," brought Weiland together with his former Velvet Revolver bandmates, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner for the first time since 2008.
But if Weiland is interested in Velvet Revolver, the same doesn't appear true for at least a pair of his band members. Slash has said he isn't interested in reuniting with the singer.
McKagen (who was in Guns 'N Roses with Slash and Sorum and is in the new band Walking Papers) also rejected the Velvet Revolver reunion idea (at least for the foreseeable future) during a separate phone interview.
"I wish that guy nothing but the best, but not right now," McKagan said.
Quick Hits
Gaga mania is set to return on Aug. 19 when Lady Gaga releases "Applause," the first single from her next album, "Artpop," which is set for a Nov. 11 release.
Jimmy Buffet will release a new studio album, "Songs From St. Somewhere," on Aug. 20. It features 15 tracks, including a duet with Toby Keith on "Too Drunk To Karaoke."
Lady Antebellum has announced the first dates for its "Take Me Downtown" tour, from Nov. 8-Dec. 14. Kip Moore and Kacey Musgraves will open the shows.
Fast-rising country duo Florida Georgia Line has announced dates for its first headlining tour. Shows are set for Oct. 3-Dec. 14. The band's hit single, "Cruise," has just broken the record for longest running No. 1 single on "Billboard" magazine's Hot Country Songs chart, having held that slot for 22 straight weeks.
John Fogerty will tour from Oct. 10-Nov. 13.
Blitzen Trapper will have its seventh album, "VII," ready for release on Oct. 1. The group has shows set for Sept. 17-Oct. 13.
James Blunt will release his fourth studio album, "Moon Landing," on Nov. 5.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will release a new album, "Unvarnished," on Oct. 1. It's Jett's first album of original music in seven years.
Electronic music pioneer Gary Numan will be back with is first album in seven years, "Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)," on Oct. 15.
Kaskade will release his eighth studio album, "Atmosphere," on Sept. 10.
Harry Connick Jr. has announced a fall tour for Oct. 19-Nov. 17.
Pretty Lights (Derek Vincent Smith) will tour from Oct. 10-Nov. 27.
Barbarosa release its new album, "Bloodlines," on Thursday.
Dead Daisies will release its self-titled debut CD on Tuesday. The band includes members of Guns 'N Roses, Thin Lizzy and INXS (Jon Stevens, Richard Fortus, Dizzy Reed).
The Moondoggies will release its new album, "Adios I'm A Ghost," on Tuesday. The group will tour with Rose Windows from Oct. 9-Nov. 3
Other acts releasing CDs on Tuesday include: Barn Birds ("Barn Birds"); Don Cavalli ("Temperamental"); Chastity Belt ("No Regrets"); Creep ("Echoes"); David Liebe Hart Band ("David Liebe Hart Band"); Dog Party ("Lost Control"); Eros And The Eschaton ("Home Address For Civil War"); Feuding Fathers ("Kid Tested, Father Approved"); Matt Hires ("The World Won't Last Forever, But Tonight We Can Pretend"); Valerie June ("Pushin' Against A Stone"); Shayna Leigh ("Tenderness"); Serianna ("Define Me"); Transitshop ("Velocity"); David Weiss ("Endangered Species: The Music Of Wayne Shorter, Live at Dizzy's Coca Cola Club"); Washed Out ("Paracosm"); Christa Wells ("Feed Your Soul"); The Wild Feathers ("The Wild Feathers"); and XNY ("Orange").
Road Trips
Michael Franti & Spearhead will tour from Aug. 10-Oct. 12.
Zappa Plays Zappa (featuring Dweezil Zappa) will perform the Frank Zappa album, "Roxy & Elsewhere," on a tour that runs from Sept. 3-Nov. 3.
Ewart & the Two Dragons will tour behind its newly released second album, "Good Man Down," from Sept. 4-Oct. 12.
Jamaican Queens will tour from Aug. 24-Sept. 29. Houses is also on the bill beginning Sept. 8.
Other acts that start tours soon include Ra Ra Riot (Aug. 23-Oct. 13); Deerhunter (Aug. 23-Sept. 22); Il Volo (Aug. 25-Sept. 29); Alt-J (Aug. 27-Sept. 29); El Ten Eleven (Aug. 28-Sept. 28); Bleeding Rainbow (Aug. 28-Sept. 21); Shigeto/Beacon (Aug. 29-Oct. 5); D.O.A. (Aug. 29-Sept. 22); Walk The Moon (Aug. 30-Oct. 31); ZZ Ward (Aug. 31-Oct. 15); On And On (Aug. 31-Sept. 28); Dessa (Sept. 2-28); and Lapalux (Sept. 4-Oct. 5).
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SARASOTA, Fla. – In the Reds' spring training clubhouse, most of the lockers are arranged in numerical order. That means this year's phenom – No. 32 Jay Bruce – is seated right next to last year's phenom – No. 34 Homer Bailey.
"I just laugh," said Bailey, who was touted as the team's savior just a year ago. "There are so many guys who have been through it -- the top prospect that's supposed to change things overnight, that doesn't happen often. There are a lot of guys with potential, but for that to happen, we have to do things right on the field."
Don't get Bailey wrong, he thinks Bruce is extremely talented and will certainly find himself at Great American Ball Park at some point this season — "he's going to be there this year," Bailey said, "it's only a question of when."
However, if Bruce doesn't hit five home runs in his debut or – God forbid – he strikes out once or twice, Bailey sees that as part of coming up to the big leagues, not that Bruce is any less of a prospect.
"If he slumps, what are you going to say? He's done? No, he's still got the same talent. He's good – he's really (freaking) good," Bailey said. "He's the best player in our organization. What are you going to say after a slump, that's he's done? He's good enough that you watch him play and say, 'damn.' It's not that he hits a 600-foot home run or a play in the gap. It's that he makes all the routine plays and a bunch of good ones. It's not how far he hits it, it's that he hits a lot of home runs."
As a teammate of Bruce's in the minor leagues, Bailey knows his fellow Texan is special, not just because of Bruce's talent, but also because of the way he goes about the game.
"When I came to the field every day, I was usually the third or person there every day. I'd get there and Jay would be there and Joey (Votto) would be there and maybe one other guy," Bailey said. "Bruce) would be out there getting reads off of balls to see how they'd play in every stadium."
Bailey is confident Bruce will do the same thing when he gets to the big leagues and that's why he'll ultimately be successful. However, Bailey also knows how quickly public opinion can sour.
Last spring Bailey's every move was watched and he struggled. When he made his big league debut June 8 against the Indians at Great American Ball Park there was a postseason-type buzz.
When Bailey went 5 innings and got the win, it was proof that things were turning around. But in his fourth and fifth big league starts, Bailey was shelled and following another start was but on the disabled list dismissed by many as a bomb. Despite going 2-0 with a 3.71 ERA in three starts after coming back from the DL, he was still being labeled as "overhyped" by those who had led the cheers. During the off-season, fans called for the team to trade Bailey for other pitchers, counting him out before his 22nd birthday (May 3).
"The only thing that really got me, when we were in Louisville, we watched Reds games and we heard bring him up, 'he's going to struggle let him get the growing pains out,'" Bailey said. "Then I come up and have a couple of bad games and it's, 'why'd we bring him up?' Wait, you're contradicting yourself. It's the big leagues, everyone struggles. I knew I was going to struggle."
As far as 2008 goes, Bailey isn't placing any expectations on himself, even though the expectations of others are suddenly much lighter.
"The only thing I'm doing is going out there and playing. If I do good, I deserve a spot, it's something I have to earn," Bailey said. "I don't know if I'm at the top of the list or the bottom of the list. I don't know and I don't want to know. If the team breaks and I'm here, great, I'll be happier than anyone. If I'm not, I know there's stuff I have to work on."
Either way, Bailey's now at ease and ready to watch the spotlight shine on someone else.
"That was such a mess," Bailey said. "Now they've put Jay next to me and I have to hear his (stuff). I told him, I know where you are, because I was there last year. I'm glad that (stuff) is over. That was more of a pain in the (rear) than anything. It was annoying more than anything. I knew going into the spring I wasn't going to make the team."
Bailey's still in the hunt for a spot in the rotation and there are three open positions. Although many saw the team signing Josh Fogg as a lack of confidence in Bailey, he doesn't.
"When I made it up there, I had two bad games. Hello? I'm not worried. We made trades for pitchers, I'm all for it," he said. "Whatever it takes to win, I'm all for it. I don't give a (care) about personal things. If I'm 2-18 and we make the playoffs, I don't care. I hope those are a lot of 1-run losses, but I hope I get a bunt over or something to help us."
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Glencoe police said today that a body found this weekend near the Edens Expressway spur ramp in Northbrook was wearing a medical ID bracelet worn by an 82-year-old Glencoe man missing since January.
Glencoe Police Deputy Chief Alan Kebby said a landscaping crew working on the property at a Jewish community center near the Edens spur ramp contacted Northbrook police Saturday morning after finding the body, which the medical examiner's office has tentatively identified as that of Harvey Caplin.
The Cook County medical examiner's office determined following an autopsy Sunday that the man died from heart disease, with cold exposure a contributing factor. The death is the 31st this season from cold-related causes in Cook County, according to a spokesman for the medical examiner's office.
A positive identification of the man is still pending the results of dental records and DNA testing, Kebby said.
If the man is identified as Caplin, Kebby said he may have walked in frigid, snowy weather roughly one and a half miles from his home at the 800 block of Forestway Drive to Dundee Road, then headed west on Dundee toward the Edens near the spur ramp.
"He may have been attracted to the lights and we did have unconfirmed reports of sightings of people walking near the Edens," Kebby said, adding, that "we also had a lot of disabled motorists that night because of all the snow, and they were walking around that area, too."
Caplin was last seen around 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 21, authorities said, when he wandered away from his Glencoe home near the Chicago Botanic Garden.
His wife, Anne Caplin, previously told the Tribune that she left her home that evening for a quick trip to the post office. When she returned, her husband, who suffered from dementia, had vanished.
For the past two and a half months, officers with the Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, the forest preserve district, the Illinois State Police and Glencoe police – assisted by neighboring police departments – launched multiple searches for Caplin using helicopters, ATVs, snowmobiles and K-9 units, with divers combing the waters of the Skokie Lagoon.
But Kebby said the brutal winter's record snowfall and sub-zero temperatures hampered the search, and officials awaited the spring thaw, realizing that once the foliage began budding on trees and ground cover, officials would have yet another visibility problem.
"Not a day has gone by when a resident has not stopped us and asked about this case. And in a small town like Glencoe, it's not just a missing man – they all knew Mr. Caplin by name," Kebby said.
"This could bring some closure for the family and the community, but it might not make anyone feel any better, as they're still grieving a loss."
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THE WOMEN stars Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine and more.
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My oldest always called in nanas too. Then my second morphed that into "angas" :)
My youngest is 17 months and has said neh- neh since preverbal. She also pats her chest and and says "neh neh bye bye bed" if she is tired and wants to nurse to fall asleep. My now seven year old just made a eh-eh-eh-eh sound until she said nurse. I nursed her until about 2.5. I often ask, "do you want to nurse?" so this one might transition to that too soon.
Me College Literature Professor (36) and DH (35) married 7/05, together since 1/99; Mom to two lovely and fierce little girls: DD1 2/06 and, after 18 months TTC (and a couple years NTNP), DD2 born 7/3/12! Dedicated AP parent who is for selective (most) vaccination.
"Nee-see". A verb and a noun - as in "I want to nee-see" and "I want to see your nee-sees!"
Probably falls into the "not right" category,be we called it "the buffet" Always open and all you can eat :) My son weaned before he picked up a word for it.
Life is strange and wonderful. Me , DP , DS (3/09) , 3 and 4
Booby. As in "do you want some booby?" and "we're going upstairs to have booby". Not sure how we got to that, but there it is. Admittedly there have been times when I wished we called it something a little more subtle....like when we're out and about and my breaking-down toddler wails "I want some BOOOOOOOBY!!!!!!"
With my older son, it was "boobies", but when he was an older nurser (2 1/2?), he told the cashier at the store, "I'm gonna go home and get some boobies.", so I changed the terminology when it came to my second baby.
With my little one, he calls it milky, or milkies, if he wants plural. He also refers to them as "this one" and "that one", depending on which one he's closest to. lol
Hehe, when I was little, I called it "ni-nee" - kind of like going "nighty-night" I suppose. :) My sister and I called breasts "milks" and we still sometimes jokingly call them "our milks" :p
For my baby (4.5mos) DH and I just say "milk" but in an embarrassingly babyish voice, so it sounds like we're saying, "meelk" lol! I'll ask, "Do you want some meelk?" while signing milk to him and he'll either fuss and turn his head away or get all happy and excited, pretty cute. :)
Sometimes if he's just laying there because he's been popping on and off so many times, I'll ask him again if he wants "meelk" and then tell him that the milk shop is closing when I put my nursing flap back up haha.
With my first, I called it NeeNee Soup. But as he learned to talk, picking up words like "orange juice" "apple juice" "grape juice" he began to refer to nursing as "NeeNee Juice" which was just fine by me. So that's what we called it when the others came along.
Nippie. As in, "would you like some nippie?" I've accidentally said it out in public before. No biggie, my pride was left in the hospital room. I'm just waiting for when he starts talking and yells "NIPPPIIIEEEE!" in front of a bunch of people, lol.
DD 1 was "ies" as in "boobies". DD # 2 is "booby". Like the rest of you, there were times where I wished we had chosen a more subtle name.
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We just call it nursing, most of the time - "Do you want to nurse?" But sometimes we ask him if he wants "milks". No idea why/how it became plural. DS has recently taken to wailing/babbling either "mimimimimimimimi" or "mimomimimomimomimo" when he wants to nurse. At first I thought he was just saying mom, but I've since realized he's saying his version of milk. When he actually says mom (a word he only recently learned - he had to figure out "ball", "dog", "blueberry", "book", "daddy", and several other more important words first ), it never has the "ee" sound in it, like milk does.
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An embarrassing story. At one point, when my youngest was then around just turning 1 year old she was saying, "Mina Mina!" to nurse, I told my husband, "I think she's trying to say, "nummy" sideways," He immediately corrected me by saying, "No, every time she asks to nurse when you're up and around you say, "in a minute." She's trying to say, "In a minute!"
OMG. I was so ashamed. My poor toddler put on the back burner because I was cooking or dealing with her siblings. The trials of having to be "the caboose."
All my kids were like Pavlov's dogs when I would get on the phone with a client. I'd answer and they'd be on my lap lifting my shirt in a moment! "She's a captive audience. She can't move, I'll move in and she can't tell me to wait!" I'm sure my kids all thought this, because I tend to move around a lot, but sit still when talking to clients, and they knew that from a young age.
We call it either "mama milk," "milkies," or some times just "milk." These all started with my first and we've just stuck with that for the second. DD1 is 3 and self-weaned some time ago. Now she likes to tell me that her 10-month old brother needs "mama milk" and she needs "Avery milk" (cow, almond, soy, coconut, etc). As I'm typing this she asked for "Avery milk." I asked what that meant and was told "it's in the refrigerator." When I asked where her brother's milk was, I was told "in my mom's boobs."
DS1 calls my breasts "moots" because they make "mama moot". We (as in DH and I) called it mama milk and when he was a young toddler he pronounced milk "moot". So that stuck and when he wants to nurse he still asks for "moot" or "mama moot". I remember once going into Victoria Secret when he was about maybe 2 years old. He looked around, got this look on his face, and said "mooooots"
He also calls his favored side "the front" and his less favorite side "the back". And, now that I'm tandem nursing sometimes I will give him the empty side if I know his brother will need to nurse soon. When that happens sometimes he will stop nursing, look at me, and say "This one only has bubbles".
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Meimei's (pronounced May-may) My first daughter Ada came up with this name for breastfeeding. As a three year old, she used it as a name for one of our chickens. Our youngest Helen at 2.5 is still nursing and asking for MeiMei's.
We call it boobie "do you need some boobie?". My non-biological 4 year old call it milk-things "I think she needs your milk things!!!"
My daughter always called it "the boob."
My little lady (15 months) calls it "gickies," which is her version of "milkies." She can definitely say "milkies," but she's so used to calling it gickies that it just stuck. I love it!!
My DS will just say "I want milk. YOUR Milk! "
He also calls his favored side "the front" and his less favorite side "the back". And, now that I'm tandem nursing sometimes I will give him the empty side if I know his brother will need to nurse soon. When that happens sometimes he will stop nursing, look at me, and say "This one only has bubbles".
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Before she could speak, she would make a sucking sound, but later on she called it "milk milk".
Oh, the sucking sound! I guess that's what it would be called... DS began making that noise to signal that he wanted to nurse when he was preverbal. He would move his tongue the same way he does when nursing, and it made the funniest clicky kind of noise. I forgot about that. He did it involuntarily when he was very small and just about to latch on, but a few months later it seemed pretty clear to me he was doing it on purpose to tell me he wanted to nurse.
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The very first time my son mentioned nursing, he called it "bob." Now, though, he calls them the "boofs." "Boof, please!"
He also calls his favored side "the front" and his less favorite side "the back". And, now that I'm tandem nursing sometimes I will give him the empty side if I know his brother will need to nurse soon. When that happens sometimes he will stop nursing, look at me, and say "This one only has bubbles".
I have a "chocolate" and "vanilla" side, due some skin pigmentation changes that occurred during pregnancy (and which the doctor informed me yesterday are most likely permanent ). But that's really a joke for dh and me, ds is still too young to have any clue.
And yes, similar to what someone else mentioned, he also comes, looks me right in the eye, and starts curling and moving his tongue in his open mouth, like he's already so excited about nursing he can't help but pretend he's already doing it!
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Their Spirit, Our History
Their Spirit, Our History was written to help young Australians to understand the historical significance of Anzac Day. It includes commemorative classroom activities and an outline for planning your own commemorative ceremony.
Their Spirit, Our History (5.12Mb PDF)
Funding support was provided by the Department of Veterans' Affairs under the Federal Government's Their Service - Our Heritage commemorative program.
The booklet drew on previous publications on Anzac Day published by the Australian War Memorial, and was designed by Fivefold Creative.


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Originally written on Football Nation | Last updated 1/25/13
JaMarcus Russell. He was a former first-round selection and top overall pick from the 2007 draft class.The Raiders spent $61 million, 32 of that guaranteed, just to get him to end his holdout.In repayment, Russell gave the Raiders a lemon, or was it a king-sized bust as he went 7-18 as a starter, before the Raiders and Al Davis released him back in 2010.Now, after nearly three years of not playing, Russell is attempting a return to the NFL.Many are calling this decision delusional, but there's a very fine line between insanity and sheer genius. Russell already has the public eating out of his hands; the same way he fed himself to a whopping weight of near 300 pounds, clearly making him the prime candidate for "America's Next Biggest Loser." Sure, Russell will go through the motions of gaining the public's pity as he goes through another failed attempt to be successful in the NFL. Also, he will use outcry after outcry to lull you in, so he can accomplish his goal and turn a huge los...
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Many people ate oysters then, they were considered the food of the poor! At one point apprentices tried to strike, complaining that they had to eat oysters every day! Odd how these things change huh?
Strongly suspect you are indeed nurturing a weed, as solanum does not usually behave in quite such a strong wasy as you describe, but as sotongeoff suggests, a picture will confirm it one way or the other.
I did wonder! I'm not so very far from you, just north of Nottingham, pretty soggy here too - tend to forget the greenhouse watering when everything else is soaked.
Isn't it interesting how some people cannot grow plants that most people regard as virtually weeds? I have never, ever been able to get welsh poppy to settle here - though I did eventually get lily of the valley to get going. japanese anemones grow, but do not spread, unlike oregano which in its various guises is absolutely everywhere, along with hardy geraniums!
I think I might just wait to celebrate when I see the evidence outside the door - though it is dry and fairoy bright just now ...............
Watered? Where are you living?
Never have we seen so much cleavers, goosegrass, johnny run by the hedge, sticky grass - as many names as there are. I even found a piece up in the golden hop, about 8 foot high, never had that before. Ir is certainly a very good year for it. Also in other countries, my sister in laws garden in the Netherlands is overun with it as well - must like the wet?
The weed control membrane is a good idea though, as it will keep the fruits clean - but the slugs crawl across it very easily - there are no really good answers to keeping strawberries completely untouched that I am aware of, maybe others know more. Netting and vigourous observation for ripeness and quick removal then seems to work best.
You can also chop or mince it and freeze with a litle water in ice cube trays, you might not want oil in all your dishes. Just throw as many cubes as you want into any dishes needfing garlic - that is, all of them! Well, maybe not jam tarts ..........
I was interested to read your question as mine are also more sparse than usual, though the leaves that are present are a very good colour. I'm inclined to blame wet and dry in the wrong seasons, plus dark and cold since April. i imagine they will recover, mine are abut the same age as yours so, with you, I shall await with interest to see if any experts know of any other reasons why this has happened.