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The U.S. Postal Service has shelved a plan to close about a dozen north country post offices and instead will cut hours at many more.
The Postal Services original proposal, which would have saved $200 million, was met with backlash from members of Congress who represent rural areas. Those legislators applauded the move Wednesday.
I am glad to see the USPS offer a compromise to keep rural post offices open in the region, and I believe we have the beginning of a plan that will hopefully cut costs and preserve services, said Rep. William L. Owens, D-Plattsburgh, in an email statement.
U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a conference call with reporters that he spoke with Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe on Tuesday and was pleased to hear of the compromise.
Its going to be very, very good news for our rural post offices, he said.
The wrangling comes amid dire financial times for the Postal Service, which has a $20 billion budget hole, is considering cutting Saturday service and could lay off hundreds of thousands of workers.
Restructuring the Postal Services rural post offices could mean shared postmasters for the states smallest communities.
That opportunity could be available if postmasters take an early retirement incentive and their former positions become absorbed by another postmaster at a neighboring post office.
Maureen P. Marion, public affairs specialist for the Postal Services Albany district, said postmasters would be offered a retirement incentive as the system moves toward reducing hours at thousands of post offices. There are about 32,000 post offices nationwide, 17,000 of which were studied, and about 13,000 will experience changes.
Some smaller post offices would become administered by, or have oversight by, a hub post office, or an administrative postmaster, Ms. Marion said.
Overall, the reduction of post office hours nationwide, expected staffing changes to part-time employment and expected postmaster retirements would save the postal system $500 million within the initial two-year period, she said.
The Postal Service has consistently lost billions of dollars per year for the past few years as mail volume has declined. Ms. Marion said the Postal Service will continue to look for ways to control costs.
An original proposal included closure of thousands of small and rural post offices throughout the nation, including about a dozen in the north country. Ms. Marion said the Postal Service didnt go that route because it listened to what the people wanted their own post office in their own community.
It really is looking to be responsible to communities, she said. People said, We need our post office. The Postal Service continues to shift its size and shape. We believe this package restructures the post offices in a way thats needed. Community identity and all of that are served with this plan.
Ms. Marion said the upcoming changes are just some of many that are to come. With the losses the Postal Service faces, she said, this isnt the end of what were looking at.
She said she did not yet have a projected loss for 2012.
According to a statement the Postal Service released Wednesday, while retail window hours will be modified, access to retail lobby and post office boxes would remain unchanged, and the towns ZIP codes would be retained. The new strategy will be implemented over a two-year, multiphase approach and will not be completed until September 2014.
The following north country post offices will see their hours of operation cut from eight hours a day to four, according to information provided by Mr. Schumers office: Antwerp, Beaver Falls, Belleville, Brier Hill, Chase Mills, Constableville, Cranberry Lake, DeKalb Junction, Deferiet, Depauville, Dickinson Center, Ellisburg, Felts Mills, Fine, Hailesboro, Henderson Harbor, Mannsville, Natural Bridge, North Lawrence, Parishville, Piercefield, Pierrepont Manor, Rensselaer Falls, Richville, Rodman, South Colton, Three Mile Bay, Turin, West Leyden and West Stockholm.
The following north country post offices will see their hours of operation cut from eight hours a day to six: Brasher Falls, Colton, Hammond, Hannawa Falls, Henderson, LaFargeville, Lewis, Lisbon, Lyons Falls, Madrid, Morristown, Philadelphia, Redwood, Star Lake and Winthrop.
The following north country post offices will see their hours cut from eight hours a day to two: Chippewa Bay, DePeyster, Fishers Landing, Martinsburg, Newton Falls and Wanakena. The Pyrites post office would have its hours cut from six hours to two hours. The Lorraine post office would drop from six hours a day to four.
A Lorraine resident cheered the announcement.
Its wonderful news, said Susan M. Paine, who had protested the closure with her husband, Dean. The towns branch was first considered for closure in April 2011.
Mrs. Paine had become one of the leaders in protesting the closure after it was first proposed. In addition to writing several letters to the Postal Regulatory Commission, she called state and federal representatives to seek help to preserve the post office.
She said the post offices closure would have meant a prohibitively long drive for town residents to what would have been the nearest post office in Adams, a trip that for some would have stretched 18 miles each way.
She also stressed the importance of the branchs placement in downtown Lorraine, which has seen most of its business clear out.
Without the post office, you wouldnt really have anything, Mrs. Paine said. Its the hub. Thats where people meet.
She wasnt bothered by the drop in hours.
We can live with that, she said. Thats all right.
Times staff writer Gordon Block contributed to this report.
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Homes that could not be sold look set to be bought by city council
Posted: February 26, 2013|
NINE new houses in Derby look set to be bought by the city council after a developer failed to sell them.
And council leader Paul Bayliss says the authority will "look at any reasonable offer in terms of housing" as it looks to combat the city's "genuine shortage of homes".
He says the city centre properties, in Webster Street, could be turned into a supported housing scheme but that a final decision had not been made.
A council spokeswoman said there were a number of details that could not yet be revealed for commercial reasons, including the value and exact addresses of the homes and details of the developer.
But she said: "The housing development team has confirmed that it is in negotiations over the purchase of nine new-build, fully completed, two-bedroom town houses close to the city centre. The dwellings are of a high quality and are energy-efficient.
"The council hopes to be in a position to confirm the purchase and further details by the end of March."
Mr Bayliss said that having more two-bedroom properties would help the council "minimise the impact of the Government's bedroom tax".
From April, people in social housing with one spare bedroom will face 14% reductions in their weekly housing benefit, rising to 25% for two or more spare bedrooms.
The under-occupation penalty aims to encourage households to downsize if they have spare rooms, freeing up their homes for larger families.
A YMCA Derbyshire spokesman said his organisation would welcome the homes becoming low-cost social housing.
He said: "As the new bedroom tax and welfare changes take effect, it will be more difficult than ever for young people to find suitable accommodation."
A spokesman for the Local Government Association, the national group that represents councils, said it was not aware of such a purchase being made by other authorities but that this did not mean it was the first instance.
Mr Bayliss said: "It's the first time we've done this and I'm not sure it's happened that often at all before."


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Any Mommy Runners?
I feel the same way as you all! I've done 3 fulls and multiple halves. I love to run. I had to stop at 4 months because it was just too much for my body to handle while pregnant. I continue to walk every day though. I cannot wait to get back into it! My "push present" from my DH is to let me start training for a full once I'm feeling better. He's going to watch the baby. It has been so strange not running these past few months. It was such a big part of my life. I can't wait to get going again!!
Married 12/2005 to my awesome man
I ran my first Half in March, right before getting pregnant. Through the pregnancy I've just done a few miles a week. Officially, I ran a 5K last month, am running a 6K next weekend, and am planning to run an 8K in March. We'll see how that one plays out. :)
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NORMAN — Know that game, "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?"
Let's play it with Oklahoma football.
Where in the world is Trey Metoyer?
NORMAN — Know that game, "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?"
Let's play it with Oklahoma football.
Where in the world is Trey Metoyer?
The five-star recruit with "as good as it gets" ball skills has been MIA from big-game play.
He was supposed to be the answer to all of Landry Jones' receiving woes. He was drawing comparisons to be the best freshman performer since Adrian Peterson stepped on Owen Field.
Coach Bob Stoops even said the following about Metoyer after the spring football game: "He just has a natural feel for it, on spacing and how to make plays and get to the ball."
Then season came and Metoyer's connected with the out-of-bounds line more than Jones' arc-from-his-throw line. In four games, Metoyer's made 10 receptions for 90 yards. He had zero receptions in Oklahoma's 41-20 wreck of Tech.
Oklahoma actually painted a red line along the boarder of its practice field to help Metoyer adjust. Assistant coach Jay Norvell called it a loss of awareness.
"He got a little tight to the boundary a couple times," Norvell said. "He's gotta learn from that."
Norvell also attributed it to Metoyer being a young player who wanted to get a catch. Metoyer hasn't played a full football season since high school. Although he attended Hargrave Military Academy in between his senior year of high school and his freshman year at Oklahoma, the wide receiver didn't see much football time.
Metoyer called his lack of grabs a result of excitement. He wants to make the plays. He knows the expectations that the media, fans and coaches had for him. Metoyer doesn't think he's underperformed but said he has to keep reminding himself to stay calm and make the play.
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Whether or not we will ever admit it, most women own (at least) one padded bra. That doesn't mean we are unhappy with our bodies, or even that we are unhappy with our cup size. It's not a case of false advertising, or trying to be someone we're not. Nope, women's padded bras fall into the same category as our extra volumizing mascara, three inch heels, and those skinny jeans that make our butts look J-Lo worthy. They take what's already there… and kick it up a notch or two.
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Only problem is I'm not so handy with liquid liners!
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Hi Anonymous!
Thanks 😉 It's off my shopping list now! I'm not so great with liquid liner anyway but I was tempted by the idea of 8 hours of wear!
You saved me $16 😉
Thanks for your review on this!
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Hmmm, I've tried Bourjois eyeliner before (Liner Parfait, I think it was?) and I found the formula too watery and the brush bristles too long for a nice application. Do you know how this eyeliner compares?
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I'm not sure as I avoid liquid liners although this tempted me with the promise of long wear


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A London company is downsizing and that's leaving many looking for work. The downsizing is sending economic ripples not only through Laurel County, but through much of Eastern Kentucky.
Highlands Diversified is in the final stage of a downsizing in which it is eliminating about 100 jobs at its London manufacturing plant.
"It's devastating to a community to lose this number of jobs all at one time," said Dennis Karr, Industrial Development Director.
Karr says he gets resumes every day from manufacturing workers looking for work. Karr says when jobs are lost here, it's felt in several counties.
"London has been for 10 to 15 years, the place where most people in Southeast Kentucky work," Karr said.
One woman, who lost her job at Highlands Diversified about a week ago, says she's looking for a job, but can't find many that pay over minimum wage. That's just not enough to support a family. She says she'll probably have to relocate and move away from London.
There could be a silver lining. Karr thinks having so many workers out of job right now could actually make London attractive to a company that's considering moving here.
"So there could be a bright spot by landing a manufacturing company. We do have available labor here," Karr said.
Karr won't release the name of the company yet, but it promises about 150 jobs and possibly up to 400 jobs in the years to come.
Highlands Diversified's general manager says it had to downsize because it lost its contract with Midsouth Electronics in Jackson County. He says because the company gave employees notice months ago, many workers have been able to find other jobs already.


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I Want, No Need More Theo in My Life: Theobroma Cacao, that Is. ~ Jennifer Radhika Lung
Source: naturallysweetrecipes.blogspot.com via Jessi on Pinterest
I visited Costa Rica back in 2011.
In the midst of trying to learn kite surfing in gusty winds, traveling on bumpy roads, and simply hanging out on the beaches, I made sure I visited a cacao plantation. I mean, I love chocolate, the dark stuff. The 99 percent kind of stuff. I want to taste chocolate for what it is, and not all the sugar that masks the intensity of this fruit.
In my heart of hearts, I knew that this thing called cacao was magical—I hadn't realized how magical it really was, at least, not yet.
There was a small cacao plantation situated along the eastern Costa Rican coast that offered chocolate tours for tourist types. For the next hour, I embarked on a journey which changed my life. I saw cacao in it's red and yellow hued pods, tasted the fleshy white fruit that surrounds the seeds, and witnessed it's transformation from bean to what we like to call chocolate.
Theobroma cacao when translated from Greek literally means "food of the gods" (theos meaning "god" and broma meaning "food). The antioxidant and mineral properties of this delicious super food are greatest when it is raw and unprocessed.
In most commercial chocolates, the beans are roasted to bring out a nutty flavor, much akin to roasting nuts.Trust me, it smells amazing, but it also robs the seeds of some of the nutritional value.
Take a look at the some of the benefits of raw cacao:
Antioxidants: antioxidants protect us from age-related health issues. By weight, cacao has more antioxidants than red wine, blueberries, acai and goji berries combined.
Magnesium: an alkaline mineral that is known to support the heart, restful sleep, relaxation of muscles (great for post work-out!), relaxation of cramping during menstruation (you know what I'm talking about ladies!) and increases brain function.
More minerals: iron (blood health and combats anemia), chromium (balance blood sugar), manganese (blood health), copper (blood health and immunity) and zinc (supports immunity, liver, and skin).
Vitamin C: an ounce of raw cacao nibs contains 21percent of recommended daily allowance of vitamin C. Once cacao is roasted and processed, the vitamin C content is lost.
Omega-6 fatty acids: an essential fatty acid (EFA) which the body cannot produce and must be taken through food. Omega-6 is essential for brain function, bone health, metabolism, skin and hair, and maintenance of the reproductive system. Any cooked and processed chocolate contains rancid omega-6 which can cause inflammation.
Feel good stuff: raw cacao contains bliss endorphin anandamide, mood enhancer tryptophan, feel-good neurotransmitter serotonin and chemicals produced by the body when we fall in love called phenylethylamine (PEAs). Once roasted, the cacao no longer contains PEAs.
With all this good stuff to offer, here's a tried and true recipe for you to whisk up at home.
Raw Chocolate Mousse
Serves 4
4 ripe avocados, pitted and lightly mashed with a fork
¼ cup raw cacao powder
¼ cup agave
pinch of cayenne
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Place all ingredients for in a food processor and mix until combined.
Set aside to chill.
Jennifer Radhika Lung serves as a karma yogini, a vegan chef and cooking instructor at both the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Northern California and the Sivananda Yoga Center in San Francisco. Radhika has also trained as a raw food chef at the Tree of Life resort and has been the lead vegan chef in a corporate café for three years. Her cooking style fuses the practice of Bhakti—giving light, energy, and love. She is the author of The Bhakti Kitchen – A yogic way to vegan cooking. She is a lifetime student of yoga and shares her on the mat passion as a certified yoga instructor.
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So is it better to buy "organic raw cacao" or the raw butter?
Raw cacao basically comes in three pure forms:
– raw cacao paste/liquor : basically the beans ground into a paste
– raw cacao butter: the fat that is pressed out of cacao beans
– raw cacao powder: the residual of the bean after pressing and fat removed
So neither is "better" than the other. It really depends on your application (smoothies, making your own chocolates, etc).
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I have been trying raw vegan dessert recipes all week off the internet, and this one takes the cake! Thank you, Jennifer.
I read Sivananda, Tree of Life and bhakti in your bio, and thought to myself: "How can you go wring with that? This must be one great recipe!" And it was. Just tried the first spoonful. Yum! Now off to finish the rest! I'll also have to look up your book. ~And I love the pinch of cayenne in there. Very Aztec.
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Telling Stories
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| March 10, 2003
Korea is unfolding slowly for us--the South Korean film world, that is. For decades Koreans have been making films, around forty or fifty features a year, but few have been shown here other than at festivals or museums. I saw my first Korean film, Shiri, only in March of last year. I was surprised by its slickness, which was pure American spy-thriller slickness, a blatant imitation. Now arrives Chihwaseon (Painted Fire) (Kino), which could hardly be more exotic. It deals with a famous Korean artist of the nineteenth century who lived and worked in the midst of his country's political heavings. The picture is fraught with Korean culture for anyone (like me) ignorant of that culture; but, symmetrically ungrateful, I missed some of the Shiri trimness. The director was Im Kwon-Taek, who is a veteran. Born in 1936, he has been working in films since he was twenty and, in his country, is called the grand old man of his profession. This new film is said to be his ninety-fifth, and every detail of its execution shows his easy command--we feel that he couldn't direct clumsily. Im builds every scene, however short, with a plan of its structure; he handles his actors with that combination of control and evocation that marks the good director; he always focuses on the elements that we want most to see. With cinematography that is well up to current international high standards, Im makes us familiars of a world that is seductively beautiful yet socially strange. The homes and gardens invite us to be there; yet there is strangeness. Prostitutes are domestic companions, not mere hirelings. Equally strange, government officials are passionate about painting. The screenplay, which Im wrote with a collaborator, tells the story of a painter called Ohwon. Im admits that few facts of Ohwon's life are known: the character outlines were there, and the story was largely induced from them. It begins in Seoul in 1882, with Ohwon's appearance before a high official. Questions arise about his background and training, and, flashing back, the film proceeds to answer them. The young Ohwon, a bit of a roughneck, is introduced to painting by masters, proceeds fast and furiously to fame, yet remains a roughneck. All through his life he drinks a lot, he womanizes, and he paints. (At one point he asks, "How can I paint without an erection?" I remembered the alleged remark of Pierre Renoir: "I paint with my penis.") High-level patronage is soon forthcoming, but Ohwon remains "difficult." He becomes what Westerners think of as the typical wild-man artist--Jackson Pollock, for instance. In fact, this behavior is a link of recognition between his story and us. But the screenplay moves from episode to episode without much cumulation, only addition. Also, Im includes elements of Korean history--domestic riots, struggles with China and Japan--that obviously affected Ohwon's life but seem random jottings included here just because they could not be omitted. Through the curious narrative structure and the excursions into politics, we gradually suppose that we are being told a story by a Korean bard in the Korean manner, generically different from ours. (The exact opposite of Shiri.) A binding strength of the film is the performance of Choi Min-Sik as Ohwon: far from any fake-Barrymore antics, he makes us feel that we are intruding on the heat and genius of a man for whom life--existence as is possible in the world--is insufficient. Peculiarly enough, a new American film has something of the same "Korean" approach to narrative. In All the Real Girls (Sony Pictures Classics), scene after scene arrives not at whiz-bang tempo but as if the director just had something more that he needed to tell us and that we would want to know. The difference between this film and Im's is that with the Korean picture we feel nativity--"this is the way they do it"; with the American film, we sense a conscious impulse to vary the usual. The writer-director was David Gordon Green, now twenty-seven, and this is his second film. His first, George Washington, was about a modern pre- adolescent boy who is given that nickname by a girl, a story that gamboled nicely in small-town lyricism. His new film is also set in a small town--in North Carolina--and deals with people further along toward deeper joys and troubles, people in their late teens and early twenties. The very first moment of All the Real Girls promises well. That first shot fades in. It's a quick fade-in, but the very use of it is so exceptional that it sparks our interest in what is to come. A director who begins in that heterodox way, we feel, is stating quietly that he means to take a fresh look at his subject. Which he does. This is especially striking because the subject could hardly be less novel-- the flowering and burdens of love. Paul is a good-looking young man who doesn't do much besides hanging out with his male friends and scoring with young women. His only relatively steady occupation is dressing in clown garb and accompanying his mother, similarly dressed, who earns a living by entertaining children in a nearby hospital. A local eighteen-year-old girl, Noel, comes back to town after six years at boarding school. She, we soon learn, is a virgin. She and Paul very soon fall in love. Paul, oddly enough, takes a sort of pride in loving a virgin. Yet part of the film's quiddity is that she sleeps with another man and thus, she says, learns how much she loves Paul. But the details of the story, and the sure-handed sketches of Paul's friends, are not the basic theme of the film. Apart from Noel's virginity--well, not entirely apart--Green is showing us through all his people that ideas and perplexities that we might have thought of as urban are now fixed everywhere. Concerns, doubts, evasions that we connect chiefly with mixed-up city types, the people of The Last Days of Disco and Igby Goes Down, are now national. If we have still been stuck in the pattern of malaise in city life and clarity in small-town life, we can forget it, says Green. It was never true outside of conventional fiction, and that fiction, though it lasted much longer than we might have thought, is now defunct. Green treats his people with affectionate knowledge, untinged with patronizing. And he sees them in ways that are free of cinematic clich. Simple moments, like an angular embrace in the lane of a bowling alley or an overhead shot of a man and a boy lying next to each other on a lawn as they contemplate the sky, are modest but warm pleasures. Zooey Deschanel has the needed gentleness as Noel. Paul Schneider has a good deal of the young Warren Beatty quality, the small-town rooster who is really not so pleased with himself. Patricia Clarkson, as his mother, rings true.
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"Director of lifeguards, Federico Cornier, said Thursday that thousands of bathers were cooling off from 100-degree temperatures in the Parana River in Rosario on Wednesday, when bathers suddenly began complaining of bite marks on their hands and feet. He blamed the attack on palometas, a type of piranha, big, voracious, and with sharp teeth that can really bite," the Associated Press explains.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - The No. 30-ranked Wisconsin men's tennis team fell in its second match of the weekend for a disappointing appearance at the 2011 ITA Kickoff Weekend. The Badgers were upset in a 4-0 shutout by No. 42 Boise State on Sunday bringing their record to an even 2-2 start.
UW and Boise State faced off in a consolation match with both teams looking to rebound from first round losses. Saturday's results ended both teams' run at qualifying for the 2011 ITA National Indoor Team Championships.
The Badgers (2-2, 0-0 Big Ten) got off to a positive start with Marek Michalicka and Billy Bertha opening the dual with an 8-3 victory in the No. 1 doubles spot. The match turned out to be UW's only win of the day though as Boise State came back to claim the doubles point along with the match momentum.
After moving up to the No. 2 doubles spot this weekend, Rod Carey and Ricardo Martin looked to clinch the early point for Wisconsin with a win over Jeff Mullen and Nathan Sereke. Mullen and Sereke proved to be too much for the Badger duo to handle answering for Boise State with an 8-4 win.
BSU's Andrew Bettles and Filipp Pogostkin would seal the doubles point victory next at No. 3 defeating Petr Satral and Alexander Teppert, 8-3.
Boise State never looked back after doubles play as the Broncos quickly extended their lead with a win in the No. 2 spot over UW's Bertha. No. 85-ranked Pogostkin defeated the Badger sophomore 6-3, 6-3 for a 2-0 advantage in the match.
Despite second set comeback efforts from Wisconsin's Alex Robles and Michalicka in the No. 4 and 1 spots, respectively, Boise State pushed ahead to take the 4-0 match win over the Badgers.
In the final match of the kickoff weekend, host team No. 12 Kentucky and No. 22 Wake Forest faced off after advancing from wins on Saturday. UK defeated the Deacons 4-0, earning a spot in the National Indoor Championships in Seattle, Wash., Feb. 18-21.
Wisconsin will take next week off before opening a three match homestand beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 8, when the Badgers host No. 36 Notre Dame. UW will then open its Big Ten season against No. 33 Minnesota on Sunday, Feb. 13, before wrapping up the home swing against Marquette on Wednesday, Feb. 16.
Tennis Match Results2011 ITA Kickoff WeekendJan 30, 2011 at Lexington, Ky.(Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex)
#42 Boise State 4, #30 Wisconsin 0
Singles competition1. #62 Damian Hume (BSU) def. Marek Michalicka (WIS) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)2. #85 Filipp Pogostkin (BSU) def. Billy Bertha (WIS) 6-3, 6-33. Petr Satral (WIS) vs. Scott Sears (BSU) 5-7, 6-4, 5-5, unfinished4. Jeff Mullen (BSU) def. Alex Robles (WIS) 6-3, 7-55. Rodney Carey (WIS) vs. Andrew Bettles (BSU) 6-3, unfinished6. Alexander Teppert (WIS) vs. Nathan Sereke (BSU) 0-6, 0-2, unfinished
Doubles competition1. Billy Bertha/Marek Michalicka (WIS) def. Damian Hume/Scott Sears (BSU) 8-32. Jeff Mullen/Nathan Sereke (BSU) def. Rodney Carey/Ricardo Martin (WIS) 8-43. Andrew Bettles/Filipp Pogostkin (BSU) def. Petr Satral/Alexander Teppert (WIS) 8-3
Match Notes:Boise State 1-2; National ranking #42Wisconsin 2-1; National ranking #30Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,4,1)
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I have a bf who loves to have his head below my waist but i want to know why? He tells me he loves the smell and the taste. Why does he like it so much???
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First of all im guilty. Many women in western society shave. This takes away a lot of those natural scents that gets us guys extremely horny. I think in many cases we get the same sensation from going down. We pick-up your scent, your taste and it sets the tone for either a really good and long night or quick excuse to go home. Secondly it allows you to catch-up with us. Most guys dont need much stimulating , but women on most occasion need a little extra time. So foreplay allows us to get in a little aphrodisiac snack, while warming up your engine up for the ride.
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A woman's personal scent is more powerful an aphrodisiac than the most expensive perfume that money can buy. There is no why because it is an emotional reaction, not a mentally logical process.
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I can't answer for other men. However I get a thrill when I get her off and it makes me extra hard. We both get something out of it.
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Milwaukee Brewers: 250 Words or Less: 7/14/11
There is no crying in baseball.
Sometimes you just have to get back up, dust off, and return to work. The Milwaukee Brewers, fresh off an exciting All-Star break in which Prince Fielder won the game's MVP and a big trade boosted the bullpen, the team completely crashed in a loss to the Colorado Rockies 12-3.
Take your pick: all aspects of the game were way-off. Starter Yovani Gallardo will want to label this as rust after the Midsummer Classic, which the National League won 5-1. The team began an 11-game road trip today, and got absolutely crushed. The Rockies belted 20 hits, 11 off Gallardo. His day ended after 4 innings, and he looked nothing like himself, loosely scattering pitches all over the place and having little control.
Could it be just a fluke performance? The Brewers haven't been great on the road, but rarely look this helpless. The defense certainly was a factor as the Crew officially recorded 2 errors and unofficially had a few more, including one reversed in Fielder's favor. Beyond some energy from the start, the Brewers couldn't keep pace with Colorado. Ryan Braun, returning from 11 days of injury rest, singled in the first to keep his hitting streak alive. They scored 2 of their 3 runs in the first two innings and vanished after that. In order to get everyone back in game shape, Ron Roenicke cleared the bench in the 8th with the score well out of hand.
Is this a sign of things to come? Chris Narveson will continue the series tomorrow evening. Perhaps the Brewers will get to see newly-acquired pitcher Francisco Rodriguez, obtained in a trade with the Mets two days prior.
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The Seahawk's have always had a very explosive offense whether that be through quick slant passes for huge run-after-catch plays or long TD passes, or explosive run plays via Shaun Alexander or Curt Warner way back when. Two years ago the Seahawk's RB core was nonexistent so Mike Holmgren and the Seahawk's went to a pass heavy offense and with that Hasselbeck threw for 28 TD's and earned at trip to the Pro Bowl. In 2006 and 2008 seasons Hasselbeck went down for several games with several injuries. He's 33 years old and he has two years left on his contract. If you look at the rest of the Seahawk's quarterbacks there's not much there. Seneca Wallace has shown he can be a great backup but I wouldn't count on him for 16 games plus the post season. Charlie Frye is a free agent and has last name matches his play, Fried. The position the Seahawk's are in for the draft they can revive the offense for this season along with the future. They hold the 4th overall pick, a position he haven't drafted in since 119 when they had the 3rd overall pick. There positions of need or value in the draft are QB (for the future), RB to add and take out Jones, WR (good young 4th string WR), and S. Here is how the Seahawk's can revive the offense for next season and the future.
With the 4th overall pick if available (he will be because the Lions need to draft protection for a QB first like Jason Smith) they should draft QB Matt Stafford from the University of Georgia. Now in my mock draft there was a lot of fans mad because I have the Hawks drafting Stafford. I have the Seahawk's drafting him so that in 1-2 years when Hasselbeck is done for good they will have a smooth transition into a new QB. Also he has two years left on his contact and in those two years Stafford can learn the system and also develop into a NFL QB. When I look at tape of Stafford he will fit great with the Seahawk's for many reasons. One, Deion Branch and Nate Burleson will be the two WR's, Branch being the #2 reviver and Burleson being the slot receiver that will stretch the field going down the side lines for big pass plays along with quick slant routs and sense Stafford has a great arm he can make those throws. New WR T.J Houshmandzadeh is the "over the middle WR" and since Branch and Burleson will be stretching the defense down the field that would leave Houshmandzadeh open over the middle. Don't forget that they also have a great TE in John Carlson who would be the main option in the red zone and a comfort blanket for Stafford if Branch, Burleson and Houshmandzadeh aren't open.
Now for the RB "situation". The Seahawk's should trade back into the 1st round by trading there 2nd and 3rd round pick to the Bucs for there 1st round pick and then draft Georgia RB Knowshon Moreno. This pick will provide the re-boost next season unlike Stafford. I think he instantly would become the #1 RB. He's not a breakaway RB but the Seahawk's don't need a fast RB. He's smart and hits the holes from the start.
Now sense the Hawks don't have a huge need at WR they can wait till the 4th round and draft a WR like Mohamed Massaquo from Georgia. Then a good solid S in the 5th round.
This would give the Seahawk's a reborn offence and one that has great big play potential both on the ground and through the air. Also having Stafford learn for a year or two and then take over he will already have known the system and what it takes to be a NFL QB.
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Hey lars. I'm a huge 12th man and I like reading up on seahawks blogs. I just have a few things on your mock draft. First, seattle just picked up a running back in the 2008 draft, Forsett?, and in my opinion, he was pretty impressive in the preseason. With the power Duckett, who i'm also a huge fan of, there are a number of options to back up Jones.
Also, I too feel like we should get a young QB in the draft to get ready for the replacement of the aging Hasselbeck, but there is so much talent there in this draft, I feel like we should pick up someone that can help out our defense, like Curry to replace the hole left by Peterson. With our receivers coming back, a veteran QB, an insanely good rookie TE, a deep RB team, and a proven line, I feel very confident about our offense already, and I always feel like the D could be improved.
That's just what I've been thinking about this season, and I have a feeling that with all the changes, the team can go farther than we ever have before.


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From the Other Side: Blazers on Being the Team That Lost to the Wizards
►John Converse Townsend | Nov 29, 2012
Somebody had to be Washington's first, and that somebody was the Portland Trail Blazers. TAI goes into the locker room to see what the Blazers had to say about it.
Gregg Popovich on His Marriage to Tim Duncan
►Kyle Weidie | Nov 27, 2012
Gregg Popovich talks about his marriage to Tim Duncan. "He doesn't really even talk to me that much, anymore," says the coach.
Randy Wittman on Opportunity, Lineup Changes & Starters
►Kyle Weidie | Nov 17, 2012
Randy Wittman is considering lineup changes for his Washington Wizards, but will he follow through?
Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis: Itching To Get Off Every Night, According to Randy Wittman
►Kyle Weidie | Nov 9, 2012
Sexual innuendos … Sports innuendos … Sometimes it's all in the same game. All basketball players want to put the ball in the hole off penetration, right? We could be here...
On Kevin Seraphin and Confidence
►Kyle Weidie | Nov 7, 2012
Confidence is everything in basketball. How much? Who knows, but Kevin Seraphin seems to have it, and Wizards coach Randy Wittman loves it.
For Bradley Beal, It's All About Focus. Just Ask Doc Rivers.
►Rashad Mobley | Nov 7, 2012
Doc Rivers recently had some advice for Celtics rookie Jared Sullinger that would help Bradley Beal.
Just Watch Martell Webster Talk
►Kyle Weidie | Oct 12, 2012
Martell Webster may be a good talker, but he's got much more to prove. Will he find his big chance in Washington?
Hamady N'diaye: Still Playing the Waiting Game (But No Complaints)
►Kyle Weidie | Sep 5, 2012
You heard right, John Wall is the longest tenured Washington Wizard. He was drafted first overall in 2010; Kevin Seraphin and Trevor Booker were taken in the same draft, but acquired...
Team USA Stops In Washington, DC To Battle Nene and Brazil
►Adam McGinnis | Jul 16, 2012
USA Basketball rolled into the nation's capital this past weekend, taking part in a variety of World Basketball Festival events throughout the city. It all culminates with the U.S. men's and women's...
Last Day Dray? Andray Blatche Speaks Before The Final Game of The Season
►Kyle Weidie | Apr 26, 2012
Criticism of Andray Blatche has been unabashed, perhaps filled with too much vitriol at times, and I'm including myself in this pack, obviously. That being said,...
ShareBullets: Why Won't Anyone Talk To Kemba?
►Kyle Weidie | Apr 25, 2012
ShareBullets: A Q&A with Kemba Walker and some links… Before Monday's Wizards-Bobcats game, I headed to the Charlotte locker room while it was open to the media. Tumbleweeds. The Cats' beat...
Talking NCAA Tourney Brackets & Redskins Draft Trade With The Washington Wizards
►Adam McGinnis | Mar 28, 2012
The NCAA men's basketball tournament and the Washington Redskins trading for the number two pick in this year's NFL draft (Robert Griffin, III) have been competing for time at the water...
ShareBullets: Blatche's Shape, Positive Feelings About Nene & Kobe's Thoughts On The Rebuild In Washington
►Kyle Weidie | Mar 21, 2012
ShareBullets… a run-down of commentary on recent Wizards subjects, and links… Kobe on the Rebuild in Washington. The below video is a bit old… it's from the Los Angeles Lakers locker...
The Wizards Said WHAT? Randy Wittman: 'You never know in an NBA game what's going to happen'
►Kyle Weidie | Mar 8, 2012
Nick Young passing (a career-high six assists), Kevin Seraphin putting in disciplined big man work (a career-high 14 points, a tied career-high of nine rebounds), Trevor Booker becoming an unmasked monster (a...
The Wizards Said WHAT? Randy Wittman Had A 'Vibe' They Weren't Ready
►John Converse Townsend | Mar 6, 2012
The hawk-eyed Sherlock Holmes once said, "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact." While I can appreciate that bit of wisdom, the Wizards' spit-roasting at the hands of the Golden State...


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Brazil v. Volkert, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 164601 (N.D. Ala. Nov. 19, 2012).
Employers should carefully prepare what they say to employees who they intend to terminate before actually saying it. Often, employers use terms that should be excluded from their vocabulary when in those delicate situations. Employers who fail to do so, may face age discrimination claims.
In Brazil v. Volkert[1], the Plaintiff, a real estate specialist, brought suit against his employer, an engineering, planning, and environmental consultation firm, claiming age discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") after the Defendant terminated his employment. The Plaintiff's claim arose after the parties argued over the Plaintiff's refusal to relocate to New Orleans in order to complete a project.
Shortly after the back and forth, the sixty-five year old Plaintiff was terminated. At the time of his termination, Mrs. Harmening, Defendant's Assistant Vice President of the Real Estate Division, called the Plaintiff to inform him that Volkert intended to terminate his employment. Although the parties dispute as to what was actually said during the conversion, they agreed that at some point in the conversation Mrs. Harmening said, "younger people are the future of the company."[2] The Plaintiff then sued the employer alleging that the termination was due to his age. The Defendant, however, argued that the Plaintiff was fired "because he would not go where the projects were . . . because he would not go to New Orleans" and not "because of his age."[3]
In general, the ADEA makes it "unlawful for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's age." 29 U.S.C. § 623(a)(1). Employer liability typically depends on whether the protected trait (here, the Plaintiff's age) "actually motivated the employer's decision."[4]
Under the Supreme Court's McDonnell Douglas[5] framework, a plaintiff must first establish a prima facie case of age discrimination by showing that: "(1) he was a member of the protected group of persons between the ages of 40 and 70; (2) he was subject to adverse employment action; (3) he was qualified to do the job; and (4) he was replaced by a younger individual."[6] Moreover, the Supreme Court clarified that "[t]o establish a disparate-treatment claim under the plain language of the ADEA," a plaintiff must also prove "that age was the 'but-for' cause of the employer's adverse decision."[7]
In deciding whether to grant Summary Judgment in favor of the Defendant, the Court found that the Plaintiff met all four elements of a prima facie case of discrimination under the ADEA:
(1) [The Plaintiff] was sixty-five years old when he was fired; (2) Volkert's termination of Mr. Brazil's employment constitutes an adverse employment action; (3) [The Plaintiff] was qualified as a Real Estate Specialist/ Right of Way Consultant; and (4) [The Plaintiff] was replaced by Mark Jones, who was thirty-eight years old when Volkert terminated [The Plaintiff]. "[8]
(1) [The Plaintiff] was sixty-five years old when he was fired; (2) Volkert's termination of Mr. Brazil's employment constitutes an adverse employment action; (3) [The Plaintiff] was qualified as a Real Estate Specialist/ Right of Way Consultant; and (4) [The Plaintiff] was replaced by Mark Jones, who was thirty-eight years old when Volkert terminated [The Plaintiff]. "[8]
Likewise, the Court also determined that, based on the record, the Plaintiff raised a genuine issue of material fact as to whether "age was the 'but-for' cause of the employer's adverse decision" primarily because "a reasonable juror could accept that [Ms. Harmening] made the discriminatory-sounding remarks and that the remarks are sufficient evidence of a discriminatory motive." Therefore, because Ms. Harmening's "comment that the future of Volkert was with younger people in itself creates a genuine issue of material fact," the Court denied the Defendant's motion for Summary Judgment.[9]
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