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Gallery Hop to feature 'pop-up' glass exhibitsWritten by Morgan Delp | | firstname.lastname@example.com
A series of art exhibits will pop up around Toledo the week of June 13-17 in conjunction with the Glass Art Society Conference. The exhibits will be showcased during a free Gallery Hop on June 15.
Bullseye Glass will team up with Cincinnati-based Brazee Street Studios to host an exhibit and children's workshop at TSA during the conference, which is expected to draw more than 2,000 glass artists from around the world.
It seems fitting Bullseye Glass Co. would show an exhibit in Toledo, where the American studio glass movement began 50 years ago.
The company, based in Portland, Ore., is "one of the biggest glass art product suppliers and well-known companies in the glass art community," said David Saygers, artistic director for Toledo School for the Arts (TSA).
Bullseye's exhibit is titled "Import" because the work features a cross-pollination of ideas and influences from other countries, said Michael Endo, assistant curator at Bullseye Gallery.
"The exhibit will display work being made in other places and include a crossover of information and materials," Endo said. "It will feature a wide range of work, from famous artists like Klaus Moje to emerging artists."
Bullseye, along with Moje, was instrumental in developing kiln-formed glass, as opposed to the hot glass or blown glass, which is produced in a furnace, Endo said.
"People had kiln-formed glass for a long time, … but if you took different colored glass, especially contrasting colors, and tried to fuse them together, they would break apart," Endo said. "One of Bullseye's founders saw [Moje] in a lecture in 1979 and they talked about creating this (kiln-formed glass). Two years later … Bullseye created the first palette so that you could fuse different colors and it was guaranteed to work."
Endo said he is extremely excited to present the "other aspect of the glass movement that people don't talk about."
"We will be showing artists in the beginning of that movement," Emdo said. "It's a young movement, medium and technique. We're promoting artists on the cutting edge of this new technique."
Youth workshops
Sandra Gross, owner and director of education at Brazee Street Studios, attended one of Bullseye's teaching forums in Portland and later opened a resource center in Cincinnati where she only sells glass made by Bullseye.
Accompanied by Youth Coordinator Emily Repp and assistant Alexis Victor, Gross will offer three free workshops for kids ages 6-14 at TSA, using glass donated by Bullseye. The two three-day workshops, called "Space," filled within six hours of open registration.
Gross said the sessions will give kids' pieces context by making them part of a scene to be displayed after the workshop.
"On the first day, there's going to be a research component about the solar system, planets, etc., and then the next two days they will be fusing glass to make those components," Gross said. "Brazee will bring smaller, precut pieces and then [the kids] will spend time drawing and imagining and then they make their own planets. They cut them out and assemble them and we fire them in the kiln overnight at 1,430 degrees."
Children in the "Space" workshops will have the opportunity to participate in the "roll-up" technique of glass art, with help from Australian artists Marc Petrovic and Tom Rowney. While the kids' planet pieces will be 2-D, the display's sun and moon will be made 3-D through the roll-up technique, Gross said.
There will be a live demonstration of this roll-up process — in which flat pieces fired in the kiln are rolled into cylinders and then blown out into sphere objects — on June 16 in the TSA parking lot.
Michelle Carlson, programs coordinator for the Arts Commission, was not surprised at the enthusiastic response to Brazee's workshops.
"Our youth are hungry and they want artistic experiences," Carlson said. "We know that from several youth programs we do. There's almost too few programs for the youth to enrich their arts experience. We have a great arts community, from those still in school to older, established artists."
The Bullseye exhibit is just one stop on the free Gallery Hop tour, which will take place June 15 from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Carlson said there are already 20 confirmed stops on the tour and up to 38 are expected to make the final list. Buses will loop between designated stops. The Arts Commission's June Art Walk, typically the second Thursday of each month, will take place on June 15 in conjunction with the
Gallery Hop.
For more information and a map of galleries, visit theartscommission.org or www.glassart.org.
Paula Brown Gallery
The Paula Brown Gallery, 912 Monroe St., in Downtown Toledo, will host several events during the Glass Art Society Conference, including a wine tasting during the Gallery Hop on June 15. A selection of wines will be available for $1 per tasting and bottles will be available to purchase, according to a news release.
An exhibition of glass wall sculptures by Jen Violette will be on display June 11 through Aug. 1. The artist will be in attendance from 6-9 p.m. June 15 during the Gallery Hop.
An exhibition of new Annieglass by artist Annie Morhauser will also be on display June 11 through Aug. 1. Many of the pieces are made from glass manufactured at Pilkington's Toledo plant. The artist will be in the shop and available to handsign pieces from 6-9 p.m. June 15 and noon-3 p.m. June 16.
From June 12-16, the gallery will host Columbus-based Hawk Galleries' exhibition of Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien, a key figure in the development of sandcast glass.
The shop will also host a trunk show of Antares Venezia glass jewelry designed by Fulvia Notari through July 1.
In addition to specific exhibits, the shop will display works by Tommie Rush, Richard Jolley, William Gudenrath, Venini, Iittala and more.
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Acting on a citizen's tip that missing teenager Desiree Travers was staying at a house in Galax, local authorities found the 15-year-old early Wednesday morning, leading to the arrest of a Galax man.
Travers reportedly left her home late April 19 or early April 20 and had been missing prior to Wednesday morning. The search for Travers was about to enter its fifth day until police received a tip from a citizen that said she was staying at a house in Galax, said Hillsville Police Chief Greg Bolen.
At approximately 12:10 a.m., officers from the Hillsville Police Department, Galax Police Department, and the Carroll County Sheriff's Office conducted a joint investigation that resulted in the arrest of Carlos Enrique Reyna, 22, of Galax, said Bolen. Reyna was arrested by officers Jody Poole and Silverio Gonzales of the Galax Police Department on a warrant for Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.
Travers was taken into custody by Chief Bolen and HPD Investigator James Alderman and returned to her mother. The previously mentioned officers, along with Deputies Shannon Goad, Chuck Edwards, Rocky Dalton, and Sgt. Justin Haga of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, secured the house and found Reyna and the missing juvenile inside, Bolen said, adding that other charges on Reyna may be pending by the Galax Police Department.
"This brings a conclusion to a stress-filled and worrisome week that catapulted Desiree Traver's case into the public eye. I cannot stress how important everyone's help was with this case," Bolen said. "Once again the public called in with tips, our 'Facebook Faithful' did an amazing job getting the word out to everyone, and the family was real tenacious and helpful with information and tips through this whole process."
Bolen said the Hillsville Police Department was overwhelmed with support and help from other law enforcement agencies during the four days Travers was missing.
"All of the agencies who responded so graciously and willing to lend a hand wherever needed were amazing. I am so honored to be working in such close proximity with such competent departments," said Bolen. "Carroll County Sheriff's Office and Galax P.D. worked hard and provided great support to us. The FBI's field agent came in from the Roanoke office to assist us and provided strong support. This was a total team effort with everyone coming together and caring enough about a missing girl to help spread the word of her missing, and that eventually led to her being found."
Bolen said he has been amazed at the power of social media. This case spread quickly, reaching many across the nation and beyond, including Southeast Asia.
"I had a man from Vietnam message me to say that he had sent the information to a relative in Miami, Florida, who in turn had printed up our missing person posters and hung them around the airports, bus stations, and taxi stands. A man from Vietnam helped with this search!! That's the great thing about Facebook, you don't even have to ask and people will share the posters or pictures of the wanted or missing," Bolen said. "I cannot begin to express my full gratitude to our Facebook Faithful. Thank you again to everyone for your help in returning this little girl to her family."

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Here's a quick look at who the Erie BayHawks picked in Friday's 2012 D-League Draft. The BayHawks drafted Jack McClinton III in the first round. The BayHawks start training camp Nov. 10.
First round — Jack McClinton III (6-1, 185, SG, Miami)
Date of birth: Jan. 19, 1985
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Armed robbery at Redbox reported
The Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery that happened at a Redbox machine on Edgefield Road in North Augusta, according to a sheriff's report.
The victim told officers the suspect approached him at the machine, asked him about marijuana and asked to go back to the victim's vehicle, according to the report.
Once inside the vehicle, the suspect asked the victim to pull around to his girlfriend's vehicle, then pulled out a silver handgun.
The suspect "slapped" the victim in the face with the gun, then demanded the victim's money, cellphone and cigarettes, according to the report. He told the victim to leave "before he shoots up his vehicle."
The suspect exited the vehicle and got into a white Jeep Cherokee that left the scene, according to the report.
The victim told officers he attended school with the suspect and that he did not want to press charges.
Man accused to breaking into home
A Warrenville man was accused of breaking into the home of a person he'd invited to his home to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.
The victim told officers she was at the suspect's home on Old Apache Lane watching the Super Bowl about 9 p.m. Sunday when the suspect said he was feeling sick and was going outside to throw up, according to the report.
After the suspect had been gone a while, the victim said she became suspicious.
Someone reportedly told the victim the suspect was going to break into someone's home, and the victim, who also lives on Old Apache Lane, wanted to see if it was her home, according to the report.
She saw the suspect walking from her home, and found that someone had gone through her belongings inside the house.
The suspect reportedly took some jewelry but it was returned by the suspect, according to the report.
The victim did not want to press charges against the suspect since her items were returned, but she did have the suspect placed on trespass notice.
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WILLIAMSON - "Someone once asked if I felt that answering telephones for a living was a true profession. My reply was that I thought it was a calling," stated Doug Goolsby, a Paramedic and a dispatcher with Mingo County 911 services. "The dispatchers I work hand in hand with are the true definition of what that calling means."
The Mingo County 911 dispatchers are made up of 11 employees, both males and females, who have averaged a 5 year stint doing their job. Willie Spence, Tony Christian, Doug Goolsby, Matt Bucci, Christina Endicott, Anthony Davis, Amanda Kennedy, John Stacey, Monica Hinkle, Paul Miller and Tony Dixon are dedicated to serving the needs of Mingo County and are the voice on the phone when you find yourself in need.
Dispatchers are the unsung heroes of public safety. They miss the excitement of riding in a speeding car with lights flashing and sirens wailing. They can only hear of the bright orange flames leaping from a burning building. They do not get to see the joy on the face of worried parents as they see their child begin breathing on its own, after it has been given CPR.
Dispatchers sit in darkened rooms looking at computer screens and talking to voices from faces they never see. It's like reading a lot of books, but only half of each one.
Dispatchers connect the anxious conversations of terrified victims, angry informants, suicidal citizens and officers who may be having a bad day. They are the calming influence of all of them - the quiet, competent voices in the night that provide the pillars for the bridges of sanity and safety. They are expected to gather information from highly agitated people who can't remember where they live, what their name is, or what they just saw. And then, they are to calmly provide all that information to the officers, firefighters, or paramedics without error the first time and every time.
Dispatchers are expected to be able to do five things at once - and do them well. While questioning a frantic caller, they must type the information into a computer, tip off another dispatcher, put another caller on hold, and listen to an officer run a plate for a parking problem. To miss the plate numbers is to raise the officer's ire; to miss the caller's information may be to endanger the same officer's life. But, the officer continues to do his job, not truly understanding what the dispatchers are doing for him.
Dispatchers have two constant companions, other dispatchers and stress. They depend on one, and try to ignore the other. They are chastened by upset callers, taken for granted by everyone until they are the ones needing assistance. They are criticized by the public, and at times, even by the officers. The rewards they get are inexpensive and infrequent, except for the satisfaction they feel at the end of a shift, having done what they were expected to do.
Dispatchers come in all shapes and sizes, all races, both sexes, and all ages. They are blondes, and brunettes, and redheads. They are quiet and outgoing, single, or married, plain, beautiful, or handsome. No two are alike, yet they are all the same.
They are people who were selected in a difficult hiring process to do an impossible job. They are as different as snowflakes, but they have one thing in common. They care about people and they enjoy being the lifeline of society - that steady voice in a storm - the one who knows how to handle every emergency and does it with style and grace; and, uncompromised competence.
Dispatchers play many roles: therapist, doctor, lawyer, teacher, weatherman, guidance counselor, psychologist, priest, secretary, supervisor, politician, and reporter. And few people must jump through the emotional hoops on the trip through the joy of one caller's birthday party, to the fear of another caller's burglary in progress, to the anger of a neighbor blocked in their drive, and back to the birthday caller all in a two-minute time frame. The emotional rollercoaster rolls to a stop after an 8 or 10 hour shift, and they are expected to walk down to their car with steady feet and no queasiness in their stomach-because they are dispatchers. If they hold it in, they are too closed. If they talk about it, they are a whiner. If it bothers them, it adds more stress. If it doesn't, they question themselves, wondering why.
Dispatchers are expected to have the compassion of Mother Theresa, the wisdom of Solomon, the interviewing skills of Oprah Winfrey, the gentleness of Florence Nightingale, the patience of Job, the voice of Barbara Streisand, the knowledge of Einstein, the answers of Ann Landers, the humor of David Letterman, the investigative skills of Sgt. Joe Friday, the looks of Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie, the faith of Billy Graham, the energy of a 2 year-old hyped up on chocolate and the endurance of the Energizer Bunny .
Is it any wonder that many drop out during training? It is a unique and talented person who can do this job and do it well. And, it is fitting and proper that we take a few minutes or hours this week to honor you for the job that each of you do. That recognition is overdue and it is insufficient. But, it is sincere. It takes a special person with unique skills.
"There's no such thing as a hot meal or a finished conversation on this job," stated Tony Christian. "But what we do, we do willingly. We care about each and every person that calls for help. We will do our very best to get you police, fire department personnel, EMS, whatever you need to take care of your emergency in the least amount of time possible."
"We're a family here, we care about each other and look out for one another," said Christina Endicott. "That's what we're supposed to do."
The Daily News admires all 911 dispatchers throughout the Tug Valley area, and thanks them for the thankless job they perform. Dispatchers are heroes, and we are proud to know that should an emergency arrive in any of our lives, it will be their voice we hear on the other end of the line, calmly instructing us and getting help to us as quickly as possible.


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CHARLESTON — The commission working to preserve the culture of slave descendants on the sea islands in four southeastern states is looking for its first executive director.
The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission announced in May that it would be seeking an executive director and this week formally opened a national search, working with Millbrooke Human Resource Consulting to fill the position.
"We're thrilled to be at this point. A great deal of work was accomplished, and we are ready to find the right person to run the day-to-day operation," Althea Sumpter, the vice chairwoman of the commission who is heading the search committee, said in a statement. "The success of the Gullah Geechee Corridor will be partly dependent on the commission finding the right candidate for this position."
The qualifications for the executive director include, among other things, knowledge of the Gullah Geechee culture, experience in fundraising and experience in strategic planning.
A 272-page management plan for the corridor including parts of the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida was more than a dozen years in the making and received final approval from the U.S. Department of the Interior in May.
The culture is known as Gullah in the Carolinas and Geechee in Georgia and Florida. The corridor reaches along the coast from Jacksonville, N.C., to just south of Jacksonville, Fla.
The culture survived for decades because of the relative isolation of the area's sea islands but now is threated by rapid coastal development.
The management plan focuses on educating people about the culture, documenting sites important to it and developing economic opportunities for those who live there. In developing the plan, public meetings were held in all four states, and more than 1,000 sites significant to the culture were identified.
The executive director will be required to help oversee the implementation of the management plan. The last day to apply is Aug. 29.
The effort to preserve the corridor began in 2000 when U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, the first black congressman from South Carolina since Reconstruction, asked for a study of Gullah resources.
Congress approved the corridor in 2006 and then the work on developing the management plan began in earnest.
The commission earlier this year opened its own office in Charleston.
FILE - In a Friday, June 1, 2012 file photo is a drawing of a road sign being used to designate the Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor in the Carolinas, Florida and Georgia displayed during a meeting of the corridor commission in Mount Pleasant, S.C. The commission is working to preserve the sea island heritage of slave descendants in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. The agency is now looking for its first executive director and taking applications through Aug. 29. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, file)×
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(New York Times) - The family of Junior Seau, a former star linebacker who shot and killed himself last year, sued the N.F.L., the helmet maker Riddell and others on Wednesday, accusing them of hiding information about the link between head hits and long-term cognitive issues.
The family said the league not only "propagated the false myth that collisions of all kinds, including brutal and ferocious collisions, many of which lead to short-term and long-term neurological damage to players, are an acceptable, desired and natural consequence of the game," but also that "the N.F.L. failed to disseminate to then-current and former N.F.L. players health information it possessed" about the risks associated with brain trauma.
Seau's family, which filed the case in state court in San Diego, is seeking an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages.
Seau was 43 when he shot himself in the chest at his home in California in May. He played 20 seasons in the N.F.L. with the San Diego Chargers, the Miami Dolphins and the New England Patriots. This month the National Institutes of Health said tissue samples from Seau's brain showed that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head hits and brain trauma.
"We were saddened to learn that Junior, a loving father and teammate, suffered from C.T.E.," Seau's family said in a statement after its complaint was filed. "We know this lawsuit will not bring back Junior. But it will send a message that the N.F.L. needs to care for its former players, acknowledge its decades of deception on the issue of head injuries and player safety, and make the game safer for future generations."
Greg Aiello, a spokesman for the N.F.L., said the league's lawyers would "respond to the claims appropriately through the court."
The N.F.L. has often asked courts to move these cases to federal court in Philadelphia, where similar complaints have been consolidated. More than 4,000 retired N.F.L. players and their family members, including those of Ray Easterling and Dave Duerson, who also committed suicide, have similar cases pending there.
The N.F.L. has asked that the cases be dismissed, arguing that the league's collective bargaining agreement with its players covers these issues.
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Cris Cyborg: Ronda Rousey thinks Gina Carano is an easy fight
"I wasn't surprised because I knew how tough is for Gina to go down to 135, so (this fight) would need to be a catchweight," Cyborg told MMAFighting.com.
"Gina Carano is a great athlete and I'd happy if she returns to MMA, doesn't matter if it's against Ronda. But she hasn't fought since 2009. Her last fight was against me at Strikeforce, so I believe that Ronda thinks it's such an easy fight that she would even move up. She knows that it would be different against me, especially because I already defeated Gina."
Cyborg didn't make a prediction on who would have won a fight between Rousey and Carano, but believes that ring rust would be an important factor.
"They both are great athletes and have chances to win," she said, "but Gina Carano hasn't fought for four years so she's not in a good rhythm."
Cris Cyborg returns to action on March 28 in a muay thai title fight against Jorina Baars at Lion Fight in Las Vegas, Nev., but is confident that she will make her bantamweight debut in MMA this year.
"My focus now is in my 145-pound title fight at Lion Fight," Cyborg said. "I have many fights this year, and one of them will be at 135."
With a natural weight of 165 pounds, Cyborg has already changed her diet to make 135 and stay healthy to compete.
"People think that it's just 10 pounds, but my normal weight is 165 pounds of muscle with 4% of body fat," she said. "Losing muscle is a hard job, but I'm working to lose weight and be prepared (to fight).
"Obviously, I'm changing my diet and training. Nothing is impossible for God. My job is to work hard and do my best, dedicate in training and in my new diet. The rest is consequence."
Anderson Silva Believes Dana White Owes The Fans Rousey vs. Cyborg
In an interview with Combate Silva put it as such:
"I believe this fight needs to happen. The Ronda is a great fighter. But Cris has 90 % chance of winning the round. She trains hard and has all the features and appropriate techniques to win the round. This fight needs to happen, because Dana White owes it to the audience; the UFC."
I would imagine she dropped weight to fight at a more optimal weight class. If she avoided getting her ass beat by a cheater that's an added bonus.
"He's got big balls. I like that." -Josh Koschek on Frank Trigg's balls.
Wow Rouseys got the bollocks to call out Cain, Floydmayweather, and Gina who won't come out of retirement to fight some brat. Basically people she'll never have to fight. Yet she won't address Cyborg.
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Hi WW, I agree with the hidden gospel approach and use it myself, here one the Lord showed me years ago.Ever wonder how the river of life works within us?Genesis 2:10-1410 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. Revelation 22:1-2And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Pison------------increaseGihon-----------bursting forthHiddekel-------rapidEuphrates------fruitfulness So we have the river of life giving increase bursting forth rapidly unto fruitfulness.We can learn so much more by looking at the meaning of names then just reading the names themselves, God surely knew what He was doing.God bless
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White: Rousey is like a Diaz brother
White: Rousey is like a Diaz brother - Mixed Martial Arts News
White tells "Inside MMA's" Ron Kruck that the move had everything to do with Rousey, herself:
"Ronda Rousey. Watching her, meeting her, knowing her. From the outside, she's this beautiful girl who won a bronze medal in the Olympics and everything else, but when you talk to Ronda Rousey, and you get to know her, she's a Diaz brother, inside. She's a real fighter, and that's what I look for in anybody, whether you're a male or a female. She's nasty. She's mean. She likes to fight, and she likes to finish people. Those are the kind of people I like, whether you're a male or a female."
Recently, White stated that he believes "Cyborg" doesn't want to fight Rousey. When prompted, once again, he was sticking to his guns:
"I think the issue is that it's pretty clear that 'Cyborg' doesn't want this fight. I'm trying out this 135 pound division. I think that the division is stacked enough where she has some serious opposition ahead of her. But, that's it. I'm trying out this 135 pound division."


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In the future of the Star Trek series, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise would occasionally need to tow another ship. When they did so, they didn't pull out the tow cables – they used a beam of light called a tractor beam to pull the other ship.
This isn't as far-fetched a concept as it sounds. NASA is actively working to develop these as a means of sample collection for their rovers. And now scientists at the University of St. Andrews and the Institute of Scientific Instruments have developed a working (albeit quite miniature) tractor beam themselves.
The main challenge to building a tractor beam is pretty intuitive. When a stream of light hits an object, it tends to move in the direction that the light is. However, some recent research has shown that with the right geometries, small microparticles can move in the opposite direction of the stream of photons.
Building on this previous research, the team constructed a beam of light and tested it on polystyrene particles with varying sizes – some were 400 nm, others were 1000 nm. The researchers weren't only able to pull them with their tractor beam, they were actually able to manipulate the beam to only pull certain particles. In other words, they could adjust the beam to only pull the 400 nm particles, then change it to only pull the 1000 nm particles.
That has an exciting application to medical testing. If this process can be refined to be used with biological particles, it could be possible to use it to sort items within a blood sample. That could make a huge difference in the ability to diagnoses disease and understand how it works.
"These methods are opening new opportunities for fundamental phonics as well as applications for life-sciences," said research team member Dr. Brzobohaty in a press release.
With this experimental success, it'll be fascinating to see some of the applications to come out of this. Just one thing, though – don't expect these tractor beams to be pulling spaceships anytime soon. Right now, those applications are pretty limited to microscopic particles. That doesn't make this any less of an achievement, however.
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Hi all! I am Heather, mom to three, and I am here to see who all can relate to my story. A bit of history, I am obese (bleh) and have been all throughout my marriage and pregnancies. My first two pregnancies were perfect...in fact my second made it look so easy that I subconsciously wanted a third less than a year after he was born (read:sarcasm).
My second was 11 months old when I was staring down at a positive pregnancy test. I didn't have insurance, had to cancel mine to put all our kids on at the same time, so I was freaking out. State said we made "too much money" to get any help, so we were going it alone...I went to a lower cost office that went off our income, but was still too much to be able to afford, so I skipped a lot of my pre-natal appointments due to the fact that I was "feeling fine, had done this before, nothing I haven't heard before" type situation. About half way through the pregnancy, I started feeling like something was off. I spent the latter second half of the pregnancy feeling anxious, and breaking down into sobs because I felt like I was going to die and didn't know why. This went beyond being "nervous" about delivery. I had been there before, twice, and knew what to expect and yeah getting poked with needles and having a person come out of your hoo-ha wasn't exactly fun, I felt absolute, gripping, fear for this delivery. I told my husband one day that something was going to happen, and he tried to calm my fears but in the back of his mind, he too felt something was off and was fearful as well. We were both trying to be strong for one another, but deep down it was as if we knew...but didn't.
I had had higher blood pressure since the first appointment, which I thought was odd since I hadn't experienced that before. They monitored it as closely as possible, and of course nothing ever came up in my urine that would lead them to believe I was developing preeclampsia, but it was definitely a topic of concern at each appointment. Let me throw this out there too, I felt like this was THE worst experience with a doctors office that I had ever had. Because I was limited to their care due to my financial situation, I felt trapped and angry that I was receiving (what I felt) was crappy care. I didn't think I was getting taken seriously by my doctor, I mean she was nice, but looking back I really feel like had I of had the doctor that delivered my second, none of this would have happened in the end. He was a careful and concerned doctor that I tried to hate but in the end knew he had my best interest at heart. I would have given my right arm to have been able to go back to him, and yet there I was, "stuck" using this cheaper office that I attribute to almost losing my life.
Fast forward to the last 6 weeks of the pregnancy. My blood pressure kept hovering around the 140/90 range...nothing too crazy. Throughout the last six weeks, it would go back and forth between high and normal. At one point around 35 weeks my doctor sent me straight to L&D because my blood pressure was 142/98 and she wanted to monitor me for a bit. While there, hanging out in bed, crying because I thought I was about to have to be induced, my blood pressure went down to 120/76, and they sent me home on my merry way. I was relieved but at the same time confused, and feeling like I shouldn't have been let go. The last four weeks of the pregnancy, my doctor had me seeing a maternal fetal specialist to make sure my son's growth was on track and to also keep a closer eye on things. Each week I was seeing both my OB/GYN and the specialists office, and each time I was seen by someone different, who told me a different story; you will be induced, lets hang in there, yeah looks like you will be having a baby this week, oh well lets just wait and see, and on and on it went. The week I was to be 39 weeks I canceled the specialists appointment because I was tired of the games and felt like they were just stringing me along to get more money out of me. The blood pressure was still higher than normal, but not quite "dangerous" either...I guess they thought just letting me continue on like that was better for the baby since in MOST cases, the longer baby cooks, the better of course.
I went into labor and headed to the hospital. I was freaking out, remembering my fears and anxiety over dying during childbirth, and felt completely emotional and torn between wanting to get it all over with and not. Labor went fine, other than the epidural being THE worst I have ever had. It wore off and I ended up feeling everything while pushing, and I literally wanted to punch the anesthesiologist in the face while he was putting it in because he was smacking his gum in my ear. Worst experience ever. Ironically my blood pressure dropped to 80/50 after he put the epidural in, and I ended up having to have medication to up my blood pressure (weirdest turn of events that I could remember).
After delivery, I felt fine, was relieved it was all over, and felt like maybe the fears and anxieties were just that...nothing. We went home and my mom was there that week to help me out. I was petrified to be home alone with all three kids, being as my boys were 19 months apart and the second was (and still is) CRAZY as all get out. I believe we came home on a Monday or Tuesday and by Thursday I felt off. I was having weird pains under my ribcage and thought it could be due to the vicodine I had been taking...I had never had to take anything more than Motrin for the discomfort after giving birth, so the fact that I was using the narcotics RX was out of character for my previous experiences. By Friday I was in tears again and called the L&D ward who then forwarded my call to post partum who then told me they couldn't tell me anything over the phone by law and that if I was really that worried I should head to the ER. Well, I didn't have insurance, so I hung up even more upset because I didn't want to head to the ER and have yet another bill that we couldn't pay, but at the same time I knew something was off and that I should probably seek help. My dad had arrived to pick my mom up and bring her back home (lived five hours away) and he told me to stop freaking out, that I was fine, his friend who works as a nurse in an ER told him I was fine, etc. I tried to calm down long enough for them to leave, and then Sunday rolled around. I slept a lot that day...I was trying to escape the discomfort and anxiety, the weird pain in my ribcage, the odd sensation that I felt like I was dying, etc., any way possible. Monday rolled around and I woke up around 2 a.m. that morning with a splitting headache...it was like NOTHING I had ever felt before in my life. Nothing got rid of it. I tried caffeine, Excedrin Migraine, resting...NOTHING worked. My daughter went to school and my husband made the split (life changing) decision to stay home from work that day to help me out a little bit more. He told me he would probably take Tuesday off as well but that in the afternoon he would need to run by work and grab some things so he could work from home and get caught up. I was thankful he stayed home and we ran some errands and picked up our daughter from school. He told me he was going to go ahead and run to work but that he would take the older two so that I could be there with the baby and hopefully get some rest. I felt anxious and like I wanted out of the house, so I told him I would just go along for the ride and we could stop at Sonic for Happy Hour to grab some drinks. The headache was still present and I thought more caffeine was needed. I usually drive because I get car sick so I drove...we rolled into Sonic about ten minutes up the road and placed our drink order. The next thing I remember, I was waking up in an ambulance with my husbands eyes wide with fear.
I had a seizure while sitting in the stall at Sonic. Moments before I had been driving, and a few minutes up the road we would have been on the highway going 70 mph. God was watching out for us that day, as I was safely strapped into my seat and did not hurt myself by falling. All children were safely in their carseats, and nobody else on the roads were harmed. I spent another night in the hospital on mag. sulfate drip and was released to go home the next day.
The odds of experiencing eclampsia after pregnancy are EXTREMELY low, but in my case, it was even more rare because I had never been diagnosed with preeclampsia, nor was I induced because of preeclampsia, so my story is uncommon. I knew it was serious, and since then have had bouts of depression and anxiety over the whole experience. We could have all died in the car that day, I could have died from HELLP syndrome, but I didn't and here I am today telling it to anyone who will listen. Anything can happen, I know that my life was blessed to be able to continue and that I am able to be here to raise my beautiful children, but it frightens me to think that I might end up pregnant again. We were planning on being done after our second, then this pregnancy was a complete shock and surprise, so we were FOR SURE done...now I have an IUD and I am trying to convince my husband to get a vasectomy so that the chances of us ever accidentally getting pregnant again are slim to none. It could be life threatening for me again, and I won't take that chance. I cheated death once and won't try my luck against mother nature...I am here for a reason and I want it to stay that way.
Sorry this was so long winded. It's so great to have a support system like this with women who have experienced the fear and severity of preeclampsia. I have resigned myself to be as proactive about this now and plan to walk on May 12 here in Salt Lake City to help raise money and awareness.
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To be fair, Obama was really surprised to find that Romney had changed his stance on quite a few issues, including his tax policy and plans for health care. This seemed to throw Obama off of his game because many of the points Obama was making didn't make sense given the changed position Romney had. One of the best sites to gain insight into the election is CNN
Another thing that helped Romney is that he did the age old trick of "promise everything" so that he seemed to be capable of giving the people everything they could ever want, without having to raise taxes. Obama seemed a little more realistic by saying he would raise taxes on the wealthy to support many of the initiatives he had planned which would be costly.


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Whether in competitive sports or piano playing, it pays to practice, practice, practice, which is also true in the art of stop placement. Here, MoneyShow.com's Tom Aspray, reviews a few recent trades to help improve your stop management skills.
In the last trading lesson, Mastering the Basics of Stop Placement, I shared some examples of how I place initial stops and how they are adjusted as the trade progresses. Using past recommendations as examples I hoped that the reader would gain some insight so that they could improve their stop management as well as learn how to better protect their profits
From the response it appears that I was successful and the process also allowed me the opportunity to dissect many of my trades, which is always a good learning experience. Through additional examples I would also like to offer some suggestions on what might have been done differently.
This has been a good year for the healthcare stocks as the Select Sector SPDR Health Care (XLV) is up 15% so far this year while some of its industry groups like biotechnology have done much better. It was one of the industry groups that I focused on in May as I recommended going 50% long Amgen Inc. (AMGN) at $68.54 and 50% long at $67.12 with a stop at $64.76 (risk of approx. 4.5%).
AMGN had broken out of a four-month trading range in April and was consolidating in May. The initial stop, line a, was placed well under the April lows. In early June, AMGN had a low of $67.21 and hit the first buy level. Two weeks later it overcame the resistance at line b and completed its continuation pattern. The stop was then raised (point 1) to $66.89, which reduced the risk on the position.
AMGN made a high in late June of $73.75 and after a brief pullback turned higher again. This created a short-term swing low and on June 29 (point 2) I raised the stop to $69.34, which was well under the low at $70.88.
After a brief correction from the new high on July 3 at $75.17, AMGN again moved higher, so on July 9 (point 3) I recommended selling ½ at the position at $76.88 and tightened the stop to $73.46. This was just under the low of $73.61 on July 5 and in hindsight was probably too tight as under $72 would have been better. I was fortunate to avoid being stopped out.
The sell order was filled six days later (point 4) and AMGN hit a high a few days later at $80.25. Just three days later AMGN was back to $75.70, but soon after rallied sharply to another new high of $84.39. Therefore on August 9 (point 6), I raised the stop to $74.68 as I did not want to see a drop below the prior low of $75.70.
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Monday, August 18, 2014
Filing has officially closed for Berkeley County school board candidates, and every district except one will have two candidates vying for the seat.
District 2, 4, 6 and 8 are up for reelection Nov. 4. Filing for the nonpartisan seats closed noon Aug. 15.
Two of the incumbents have not filed for reelection: District 2s Doug Cooper and District 6s Sheldon Etheridge. Etheridge has told the Gazette he is moving to Clarendon County. Cooper has not given a reason as to why hes not seeking reelection.
District 2 will be fought between Mac McQuillin and Rindy Ryan. McQuillin filed just after noon on Aug. 1 when filing opened, and Ryan filed during the last week.
District 4s incumbent Shannon Lee has filed to seek her second term. She is being challenged by Jeff Reuer.
District 6 is wide open with two nonincumbent candidates: Tommy McPherson and Sally Wofford. Wofford filed first. McPherson filed during the last week.
McPherson has volunteered with district schools for more than 20 years.
Running is an extension of what Ive been doing for 20 years. Its just one more step in community service, he said. McPherson added that he hoped hed bring his reconciliation skills and get people moving in the same direction on the board.
District 8s only candidate is incumbent Frank Wright, who is seeking his fifth term on the board.
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Sen. Fox remembered for advocacyBy Neal P. Goswami
VERMONT PRESS BUREAU | January 11,2014AP File Photo
State Sen. Sally Fox, D-Chittenden, listens during debate on the Senate floor in April 2012 in Montpelier.MONTPELIER Chittenden County Sen. Sally Fox died early Friday after a prolonged battle with lung cancer.
Fox, 62, a Democrat from South Burlington, was diagnosed with sarcoma in 2012. The longtime lawmaker was elected to the Senate in 2010 after a lengthy earlier stint in the House. She was currently serving on the Senate Health and Welfare and Appropriations committees.
House Speaker Shap Smith announced her death Friday morning in the House chamber, saying she had died peacefully, surrounded by family, around 3:15 a.m. Many lawmakers gasped upon hearing the news, and some were emotional.
Later in the morning, Lt. Gov. Phil Scott gaveled the Senate to order with a heavy heart, noting that Foxs death was bringing the first week of the session to a tragic close. Foxs seat sat empty, and her desk was clear except for a single white rose.
Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell said on the Senate floor that the news of Foxs death made it very difficult to compose our thoughts. He said a resolution honoring her will be prepared for Tuesday, when senators will be able to provide their own remarks in her honor.
In a statement, Campbell praised Fox as a tireless advocate who always looked out for vulnerable Vermonters. He said that her spirit will live on and provide us with guidance, compassion and support.
It would be difficult to find a more passionate advocate and champion for our most vulnerable citizens the young, the elderly and the disabled, Campbell said. As a Chittenden County state senator, she fought tirelessly to ensure that all Vermonters have access to quality health care, that those who suffered from mental illness are not forgotten, and that our children are provided with every opportunity to succeed.
Both Campbell and Smith noted Foxs absence Tuesday when the Legislature reconvened for the 2014 session. Moments of silence were held in her honor in both the House and Senate.
Many of Foxs colleagues in the Legislature echoed Campbells sentiments Friday, noting that she was deeply respected for her work advocating for the poor and disabled through her work as an attorney with Vermont Legal Aid.
Fox was elected to the House in 1986 and served in that chamber for 14 years. In the House she served as chairwoman of the Appropriation and Judiciary committees and as assistant majority leader.
According to her Senate campaign website, Fox was most proud of her role in creating the Vermont Family Court system, which consolidated all family- and child-related issues into a single venue.
Sen. Claire Ayer, chairwoman of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, said on the Senate floor that a table was placed outside the committee room to allow people to leave messages for Foxs family.
A lot of people who work in this building lobbyists, students, pages, whatever are grieving about Sen. Fox, and its surprising the number of constituents who come here who are grieving and would like to say something to her family, so we have put some paper out there and a pen, she said.
By Friday afternoon, dozens of messages had already been left.
Gov. Peter Shumlin, who served on the Judiciary Committee when he was appointed to the House, said Fox was a mentor to him and will be remembered for her role as an advocate.
Sally Fox was a relentless champion for kids and vulnerable Vermonters. Those who often lack a voice always had an advocate with Sally in the State House, Shumlin said in a statement. Sally took me under her wing and taught me a great deal about how to effectively serve Vermonters in the State House. She was a great friend, and I will miss her tremendously.
Shumlin on Friday ordered all flags at the State House, federal and state facilities and public buildings and grounds around the state to be flown at half staff from sunrise Sunday until sunset Tuesday.
The governor has the task of appointing a senator to serve until the next election.
Fox is survived by her husband and two adult sons.
Services will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday at Temple Sinai in South Burlington, followed by a private burial.
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The Story of Offenburg Coimin At Ya
Who are Offenburg Coimin At Ya?
Hi, We're a German SPL Team and also compete in the German DPL where we placed second last season we currently have nine players on the team from all over Europe, Germany and the U.S.
Our team captain is Moritz Berndtson (Germany) Moritz and his brother Dario Berndtson (Germany) both have been on Comin At Ya for a while.
The rest of the roster consists of Manuel Hess (Germany), Sebastian "Schuby" Schubert (Germany), Marvin Bunsch (Germany), Dominik "Steigi" Steigmeier (Switzerland), Pascal Haefeli (Switzerland) Manuel "Orlando" Büttgenbach (Belgium) and Daniel Park (USA).
Starting the 2013 season Comin at Ya picked up four hungry new players, some of them well known to the local and European paintball community. The more experienced additions were Pascal Haefeli who had formerly played for another DPL Pro team and Manuel Büttgenbach who had played for a Belgium SPL team in the Millennium Series.
We also picked up LA Ironmen Daniel Park known for being a powerhouse on the snake side and he is a force to be reckoned with.
Marvin Bunsch has been team captain of the German U19 national team and was the last pickup for Comin At Ya this year. He is currently the youngest player to compete in the DPL Pro division.
What happened at the last Millennium?
Coming into the Campaign Cup in London we had only one thing on our mind and that was winning the event. There is no magical formula to moving up to the CPL. It´s all about being consistently good in every event, every game and every point of the game It´s as simple as that!
After taking a second in Puget Sur Argens and a ninth place in Bitburg it wasn't looking too good for us. Knowing this we practiced as hard as we could and played many points against other teams, mostly from the CPL. Most of us arrived in Basildon on Thursday and we had a practice scheduled at 5pm.
There was some confusion because of general delay and teams that just didn´t want to leave the field. The practice was rough but that usually means that our prelims will be good. It tells you where you get shot and how to tweak the game plans accordingly and you really get to know the field that much better.
Our first game on Friday was against the Dogs D Amour this was a team that we lost to in Bitburg but this time around we were confident in our abilities. It was a pretty close game that we ended up winning 4-3.
The next game was against Amsterdam Heat and we won 4-2. And this win succored us a spot in the Sunday Club.
On Saturday our last game of the preliminaries was against Brussels Graffiti with the momentum that we had we where able to beat them 4-1.
This win reassured everyone on the team that we were ready to go to the finals.
After a little rest on Saturday afternoon in the surprisingly nice weather we went to bed early to be ready for the upcoming task. The games on Sunday went like this, We beat Paris Triade 4-3, Then beat Boost Air Rennes 4-1 we're on a roll and feeling great. Then we came up against London Tigers… We had a battle on our hands with Tigers getting a quick lead and we ended up losing 2-4.
This lose against Tigers meant we would be competing for third and fourth place only! Being so close to making it to the finals and gathering the much-needed points and then missing it was detrimental to our morale. Everyone was tired of the hard games before and previous injuries starting aching a little bit more. But all of us have played paintball long enough to know that there is no place for that during an ongoing tournament. So we got up, re-grouped and focused on our last game, which was against fellow Dye Team Drammen Solid.
We had been helping out each other the whole weekend and watched each other's games too. Even though they are friends of ours we still wanted to win and we all have on both teams a huge amount of competitiveness in all of us and we all want to win.
A good example of this is my teammate Sebastian "SCHUBY" Schubert. He left everything he had on the field. If you watch our game against Solid closely you can see him throw up a couple of times. He still kept going and nothing could make him slow down not even a little bit. We won 4:0 against Solid, which put us at third place overall so all isn't lost as we are still in the running for that CPL promotion but we will have to play better and be more consistent.
And we will just have to see how it goes in Paris. We are definitely ready to prove that we are worthy of playing in the CPL.
Give the new players of the sport some tips on how to improve their game.
There is no secret to playing Paintball in our opinion. Basically we are trying to practice against the best teams as often as possible. Not forgetting to run drills because without the basic skills there is no future for you in competitive paintball.
As a Team we try to practice against teams of equal or a higher skill set then us. This often means travelling far and maybe even flying to different countries but for us this is all part of becoming a better team and it is actually pretty fun too.
Travelling with your buddies and seeing different parts of the world makes for amazing memories. So if you are willing to take anything away from this Blog then listen up… Surround yourself with people you can benefit from and vice versa. Stick with people you really like and connect with
Yes, there might be a team that is currently better than yours or seems to offer great sponsorship but guess what, it´s not worth it if you are playing with a bunch of selfish guys that you don't even like!
These kinds of teams won't last long… What I mean is interpersonal relationships. In paintball with all its ups and downs you need teammates that have your back and in a moment of weakness you need to be the person that they can count on.