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Since the season is all but over....I thought I would jot down a few thoughts on the state of the team entering the hot-stove league. I am not tied to any thing I say. I could be right or wrong - just thoughts off the top of my head. I look forward to seeing how the Arizona front office handles things this off-season.
CATCHER - OK, Miguel Montero is our catcher now. He rapidly improved his offense. His defense - though not a Chris Snyder - is decent. Snyder will be traded if they can find a team that will take his contract. AZ, might have to pay part of it to move him. The team will sign a defensive catcher that has major league experience - like a Ramon Castro. A lot of fans will be expecting Montero to continue hitting like he did this year. My worry is that his blossoming as a hitter was due, in large part, to his competition to win the starting job over Snyder. Without that - will he return to being mediocre?
FIRST BASE - The team better have a backup plan if they figure Brandon Allen is their starter. I was not impressed with him offensively or defensively. Conor Jackson and Chad Tracy will, no doubt, be history, so they need to find a CAPABLE backup if Allen bombs (not Josh Whitesell ). I hope they at least talk to Adam LaRoche (FA) this off season...hed' be an upgrade. Even Nick Johnson would be okay on a one year contract (injury issues). Mark Kotsay as a backup... If they are determined to stick with Allen????
SECOND BASE - Well....Ryan Roberts does have a lot of grit and gets the most out of what talent he has. They could do worse. I predict that if Roberts is made full time 2B, he hits around .250 - .260 with a few HRs and a few SB. Not a star, but he will do unless the Diamondbacks do a "180" and start spending big bucks on an Orlando Hudson or Freddy Sanchez . I hope Augie Ojeda gets to stay - but utility infielders are a dime a dozen. Dan Uggla is available from the Marlins - but we don't need another 150 strikeout guy.
SHORTSTOP - Yeah Stephen Drew has it locked up. (I hope Montero doesn't do what Drew did this year and drop off offensively after a real good season). Who is the real Stephen Drew? The one in the second half of 2008? The 2009 model? Or somewhere in between? I'll go with door #3. A respectable fielder, average bat, hopefully his power (doubles) shows up again. Not a star - but better than many SS.
THIRD BASE - Everyone knows how I feel about Mark Reynolds and his strikeout totals. But he is what he is. Sadly they over-hyped the guy this season - for a lack of anything else to push. It appears that he has cornered himself into a situation where he MUST hit 40+ homers and get 100+ RBI, to make up for the strikeout blackeye. In his favor, he hustles, improved his defense and stole bases. On a team like the Angels , Yankees , or Red Sox , he would be awesome. They could bat him 6th or 7th and hide his Ks somewhat. However, I am afraid an offense made up of Reynolds, Upton, Young, and maybe Allen - will not produce a playoff contending offense. Too many blanks fired.
OUTFIELD - They are talking Justin Upton , Chris B. Young and Gerardo Parra - right to left. I would be worried about that trio. Parra will be a respectable OF, but lacks power. Hopefully he will keep the knack of driving in runs however. Young could be decent if (big if) he could just hit .250 and keep his power and speed. His defense fell off this season - but that might be due to his hitting problems/or injuries. Upton??? IMO, the biggest worry on this team. He could be awesome...but that is the problem - he knows he can be. Will his talent keep up with his ego?
What if Young is fighting the Mendoza line in the first quarter of the season? What do we do? Trust in Romero or Oeltjen? I sure hope not Eric Byrnes . How about signing a veteran like Randy Winn or Xavier Nady who can take over full time if Young flops? (moving Parra to center). And no - don't expect AZ to be in the bidding for Holliday or Jason Bay .


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MHA: Guest Post: My First MHA Experience
I've had a few days now to consider last weekend's Mormon History Association conference in St. George, and while the events are still fairly fresh, I wanted to share it with Keepa's readers.
I had not anticipated attending until a few months ago. I've been a member of the MHA for about two years now, but only made the final decision to attend the conference in January. I was not clear about all that would happen there, but with my recent obsession with Mormon history, I hoped that I could learn a few things about research, and gain a better perspective on how the entire Mormon history ecosystem is structured.
My wife and I flew into Salt Lake on Thursday, where Kate's father picked us up and drove with us to St. George. He planned on visiting with his oldest daughter and her family, while my wife and I attended the conference. Well into his 80's, he has a pretty good grasp of the importance of history himself, and has always been a great source of oral history on Southern Idaho where he grew up and WWII where he served as a B25 pilot. He never seems to run out of stories to tell, and the drive went by quickly.
Checking into the hotel Thursday night, we ran into Ron and Marilyn Barney, who were gracious and friendly to us newbies. Marilyn is the business manager for the MHA, and Ron works for the Church History department and is MHA's new executive director. We got to the Town Square outdoor opening reception a bit late, and unfortunately didn't run into anyone we knew, but did get some great dutch oven peach and apple cobbler with ice cream. We sat for a few minutes on a park bench, and enjoyed the warm evening with no clouds or rain, which is a treat for us Seattleites during this endless spring that has yet to mature.
The next morning, we had signed up for the newcomers breakfast, which I have to admit was a bit of a disappointment. There was no one to welcome us, the bagels ran out, and all of us newcomers all seemed to be stricken with terminal shyness. We should have slept in another hour. But from there, things got continually better.
The conference was held in the Dixie Center conference facility, a fairly new facility at the South end of town. There was plenty of open space to congregate or rest between sessions, the meetings rooms were comfortable, and the air conditioning kept pace with the 700+ attendees, never too warm or too cold. The rest of the meals were very nice, the food tasty, and the service prompt. It was a great facility for this kind of a conference.
The real attraction, though, were the plenary and breakout sessions. In our first session on Cotton Mission diaries, I listened to Todd Compton speak about Jacob Hamblin's relations with the various Native American tribes of Southern Utah and Arizona. One of the arguments he presented from his upcoming biography of Hamblin suggests a growing disagreement with Brigham Young over the treatment of the Southern Paiutes in particular. New understandings of the relationships of Mormons and Native Americans often came up in the sessions we attended. I got the chance to talk to Todd after his presentation and personally thank him for reading an early draft of my Arizona article. Polly Aird gave a lively presentation about early St. George settler George Hicks, and his somewhat contrary view of Utah's Dixie and his experiences there. It was also a chance to introduce myself to Polly, a fellow Seattleite that I had not previously met.
At lunch, Bruce Hafen, General Authority Emeritus and current president of the St. George temple, spoke about his own ancestors arriving in Salt Lake City direct from Switzerland, where they were directed within a few days to the Cotton Mission in St. George. Like many other settlers, their first glimpse of the red hills and desert didn't exactly match their anticipation of Zion. He referenced the opening words of the hymn "Zion Stands with Hills Surrounded," thinking about the green hills of Switzerland as compared to the desert in which they found themselves. But like many others, they went to work and helped to build a community where Zion became what you had in your heart.
We had read through the program ahead of time about which sessions to attend, and often had to make tough choices between what all seemed like equally interesting topics. The format of the conference doesn't allow for sessions to be repeated, so you have to consciously choose what not to attend. Even when my first two choices for one afternoon slot were too crowded, my third choice still turned out to be terrific. Curt Bench gave a great, humorous presentation about Juanita Brooks and her writing, and Brandon Metcalfe discussed James Bleak's 2,000 page manuscript history of the Cotton Mission that was 40-plus years in the making and previously unknown to me.
I was also fortunate to meet some very interesting folks, and a few old friends. At lunch the first day, we sat next to a presenter and his wife who actually attended the same high school as my wife and I. They knew my wife's younger siblings, and we knew her older sister, and his older cousin. I also got to sit in on an ad hoc session about Arizona Mormon history with Charles Peterson and a number of other great scholars of Arizona history. It turns out that before we moved to Washington we lived in the same ward with Charles' son John, a CES instructor at the U of U, who presented a paper on Pipe Springs and its role in Southern Utah and Arizona history. We ran into J. Stapley a few times, and also met fellow 'naclers Kevin Barney and Tracy M in real life for the first time.
The Great and Spacious Hall of Temptation, also known as the booksellers' exhibit, whispered the siren song of books available for sale, some inexpensive; others rare, autographed, and very expensive. I managed to restrain myself and buy only one book, a second edition of Levi Peterson's biography of Juanita Brooks that I've long wanted to read.
Juanita Brooks' presence hung over much of the conference. St. George is where she wrote most of her best known works, raised her family, and scared away visitors who interrupted her writing by leaving the ironing board up, the iron hot, just inside the front door, claiming to be too busy with the socially acceptable work of housekeeping. It allowed her to read diaries, write and edit her manuscripts and correspondence, and keep the world at bay, with her typewriter always on the kitchen table. It was especially touching during the awards dinner on Friday night to see her given special recognition, and a certificate of award accepted by her four surviving children.
For me, getting to attend this conference taught me a lot about the actual practice of researching and writing history. I received encouragement from several folks about further research and projects, and discovered new resources that should prove very useful. I would have liked to have spent some time and met more people, but there is always next year in Calgary, Alberta, site of the 2012 MHA conference. We haven't been to that part of Canada for many years, and Southern Alberta and the Mormon settlements there coincide with some areas that I'm starting to research.
I'll make one final observation that was both sobering and hopeful for Mormon History. I'm just making an off the cuff estimate, but probably 80% of the attendees seemed to me to be in their fifties or older, and younger attendees were a minority. I didn't get the chance to meet any of the JI bloggers, but they and other young scholars were well represented in both the awards and presentations, and that bodes well for the future of Mormon History.

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USD 491 plans OK'd
December 11, 2008
The Eudora Planning Commission unanimously approved Eudora USD 491's preliminary and final site plans for additions to Eudora High School.
"We are pleased the planning commission has approved the so plans we can move forward," Superintendent of Schools Don Grossdidier said
Commisioners Ken Adkinson, David Montgomery and Rose House were not present for the vote.
The expansion at the high school will include a 750-seat auditorium and additional classrooms. The additions, which are set to open in fall 2010, were part of the $45 million bond issue passed by Eudora voters in November 2007.
In other actions, the commission:
• Approved the use permitted upon review application and lot split application for Spring Properties, LLC at 1413/1415, 1419/1421 and 1425/1427 Ash Court.
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• Approved the preliminary and final site plans for Von Achen Chartered Architects in Intech Business Park. However, the owner's request that sidewalks not be built on the lot was denied.
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Has anyone given thought to how much taxpayer money will be spent by the federal government to pay outside contractors to fix the Affordable Care Act website? The government has repeatedly shown it is incapable of running the business of government like a business.
Perhaps it is (past) time to have this ACA problem approached from another perspective. Most elected government officials have never had a "real" job where fiscal survival is a necessity. Maybe these shortcomings should be acknowledged and allow business to run business? As Clint Eastwood said in Magnum Force, "A man's gotta know his limitations."
Sadly, this will most likely never change - until the lazy, apathetic voters get off their couches and do the right thing on election days. Perhaps the government should impose a $500 tax on those of us who don't vote. (See: ACA penalty.)


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|Use of warfarin therapy among residents who developed venous thromboembolism in the nursing home.
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|PMID: 23217529 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|BACKGROUND: Treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in long-term care (LTC) settings has received little empirical study.
OBJECTIVE: Among residents with VTE in nursing homes, this analysis evaluated frequency of anticoagulant use, the proportion of residents newly started on warfarin who persisted on therapy (≥3 months), and the association of key resident characteristics, including bleeding risk, with warfarin use and persistence.
METHODS: Using the AnalytiCare LTC database (US), eligible residents had deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism coded in the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 2.0 during the uptake period April 1, 2007 through December 31, 2008 (earliest VTE was index date) and had 1 or more MDS assessment(s) over the 90-day preindex period, each negative for VTE. Logistic regression evaluated the association of resident characteristics with warfarin use. Cox regression evaluated persistence with warfarin therapy.
RESULTS: The median age of residents with VTE included in the analysis (N = 489) was 80 years; 73% received anticoagulant therapy and 66% were prescribed warfarin ±45 days of the index date. Multivariate logistic regression identified several factors significantly associated with warfarin use: location in South Central region (odds ratio [OR] = 1.94, P = 0.019) and the Western region (OR = 2.53, P = 0.005) [both vs reference South Atlantic]; body mass index categories normal (OR = 2.73, P = 0.045), overweight (OR = 4.21, P = 0.005), and obese (OR = 3.82, P = 0.010) (both vs reference underweight); Alzheimer's/dementia (OR = 0.52, P = 0.024); cancer (OR = 0.39, P = 0.008); and moderate-dependent versus independent physical functioning (OR = 2.59, P = 0.003). Of residents newly started on warfarin therapy with no history of cancer (n = 149), 28% discontinued warfarin within 90 days of initiation. Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) (OR = 4.07, P < 0.001), Alzheimer's disease/dementia (OR = 2.55, P = 0.046), and antipsychotic use (OR = 4.60, P < 0.001) were all significantly associated with discontinuation.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients in specific geographic regions who were underweight, had Alzheimer's disease/dementia or cancer, or had independent physical functioning were less likely to receive warfarin. Nonpersistence of warfarin therapy was strongly related to antipsychotic use, presence of dementia, or PVD.
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You've seen the signs along every interstate: "You are now entering the Stones River Watershed," "the Cumberland River Watershed," the "Caney Fork River Watershed," and so on.
My first reaction: "So what?"
My second reaction" "I wonder how many millions of tax dollars the government is wasting on those needless signs?"
I've tried to get an answer, with no luck.
The only information I can find is posted on a state government website:
"The Department of of Environment and Conservation have partnered to locate unique Watershed Signs along the interstate and highway routes. These signs increase public awareness about the importance of watersheds and encourage good stewardship of the state's valuable rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes and ground water."
There's no mention of the cost, and I'm skeptical about the signs' purported purpose.
How does posting a sign along the interstate – a sign that nobody understands – promote water conservation and "good stewardship?"
The state website even has to explain what, exactly, a watershed is:
"A watershed is the entire land area that drains into a lake, river, or other body of water. Watersheds can be small, like the area that drains into a neighborhood creek, or large body, like the area that drains into a lake."
It goes on to explain why watersheds are important:
"Watersheds are a logical way to think about the connection between the land and the quality of water we enjoy. How we manage and treat the land has a direct impact on the ability of water to support a number of important public uses like swimming, fishing, and aquatic species, and our drinking water supply."
We get it. Watersheds are ecologically important. So is oxygen, but we don't need the government to post signs along the interstate to remind us.
I first noticed the signs popping up along roadways a couple of year ago. How did we get along for so many decades without them?
As a conservationist, I generally support efforts to make the public more environmentally aware. But for the life of me, I can't see how these watershed signs accomplish anything. There are many more worthwhile, pressing conservation projects on which the money could be spent. (Trying to combat invasive carp and kudzu are two that come to mind.)
As we cruise down the highway, why does it matter that we've entered the "Caney Fork River Watershed?" There already are signs telling us the name of each river that we cross. That's interesting and informative; what more information do we need?
Imagine the millions of dollars that are invested in the watershed signs – their planning and design, their manufacture, their distribution, installation and maintenance -- at a time when taxpayers are feeling an economic pinch.
Every time I see one of those signs it doesn't remind me about water conservation. It doesn't remind me to be a better steward of our natural resources. The only thing it reminds me of is more government waste.


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Set in a private nature reserve bordering the rushing Chirripó River, this sleek and chic boutique hotel is an artistic triumph, both inside and out, with luxurious accommodations and sophisticated cuisine unmatched in the area. Visiting resident artists have supplied the eclectic art—all of which is for sale—in the four stylishly contemporary bungalows and the spectacular restaurant. Each bungalow has its own garden, terrace, and elegant bathroom. At this writing, four new bungalows are in the works, along with a swimming pool. Café Blue (by reservation only for nonguests), opening onto a gorgeous garden, serves organic food exquisitely prepared with cosmopolitan flair. Desserts and homemade breads are standouts. Nature trails hug the river and climb into the forest and up to the hotel's organic coffee farm. Along with hiking, you can keep fit with a personal trainer in a one-on-one yoga or zumba class. Birding is excellent, especially from a comfortable perch in the open-air
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Posted: 31/01/2012
Working eleven hours a day can lead to severe depression, Metro has today reported. According to the newspaper, staff who put in 11 or more hours a day at the office are twice as likely to suffer a severe bout of depression than those working just eight.
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A healthy fruit and vegetables diet could help guard against one of the deadliest cancers, the Daily Express has today reported. The newspaper says this is due to a potent super-nutrient found in these foods.
This story is based on research into a chemical called luteolin that is found in a wide variety of plants. The substance has already been found to reduce the growth of bowel cancer cells in the laboratory, and this new study attempted to confirm how it disrupted these cancer cells. In particular, the researchers concentrated on a cellular process that blocks cells from dying naturally and causes cancers to form. After testing luteolin on bowel cancer cells the researchers found that it interfered with this process, which effectively helps to control a cells life and death.
The Daily Express has reported that a luteolin-rich diet prevents cancer, but this research was carried out in cells in the laboratory, and did not test the effect of the compound in humans. Also, the luteolin used in this research was in a highly concentrated pure dose, and not from dietary sources. The study demonstrates how pure luteolin reduces the growth of bowel cancer cells in the laboratory, but does not show that a diet high in luteolin-containing vegetables can prevent cancer.
However, there is a great deal of existing research supporting a link between fruit and vegetables and benefits such as a reduced risk of bowel cancer. On this basis, there is already enough evidence to recommend including fruit and vegetables as part of a balanced diet.
The study was carried out by researchers from Hallym University and other institutions throughout Korea. The research was funded by the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
The study was published in the peer-reviewed open-access medical journal BMC Gastroenterology.
By itself, this study is not enough to support headlines claiming that a diet high in fruit and vegetables can prevent bowel cancer. Rather than examining the health effects of eating luteolin-containing foods it tested a dose of pure luteolin on bowel cancer cells grown in a laboratory. It is premature to link these laboratory-based results to dietary intake of luteolin.
This was a laboratory study that examined the effect of a common plant compound called luteolin on bowel cancer cells. Luteolin is a type of plant pigment called a flavonoid, and it has antioxidant and suspected anti-cancer properties.
The researchers performing this study had previously shown that luteolin can stop bowel cancer cells in the laboratory from dividing, and can cause them to die. They thought that luteolin may do this by interfering with a particular biochemical chain of events called the IGF-IR pathway, which is known to be overactive in bowel cancer cells. This pathway causes cancerous cells to grow and divide, and prevents them from dying off naturally as healthy cells do.
This research was conducted in a laboratory setting, and did not involve any human participants. Its aim was to identify the effects of luteolin on bowel cancer cells, as a very early step in determining whether this chemical or a similar one might be used as a cancer treatment. It did not assess the potential cancer-preventing effects of eating luteolin-containing vegetables and herbs.
The researchers first grew human colon cancer cells in the laboratory, starved them for one day, and then divided them into four groups:
The researchers then measured and compared the number of cancer cells present after one, two and three days, across all the exposure groups. The researchers compared the average number of cells, and determined whether or not there was a statistically significant difference in the number of cells present in each group.
The researchers also carried out a variety of experiments to determine what components of the IGF-IR pathway luteolin interferes with.
When assessing the effect of luteolin on the growth of bowel cancer cells, the researchers found that the cells exposed to only IGF-I significantly increased in number, while those exposed to only luteolin significantly reduced in number. The group exposed to both luteolin and IGF-I showed the same reduction in the number of cells as the luteolin-only group, implying that luteolin interferes with the effect of IGF-I.
They also found that luteolin reduces the secretion of a protein called IGF-II by the cancer cells, reduces the amount of a key protein in the signalling pathway and interferes with several chemical processes in the signalling pathway. All of these actions reduce the activity of the cancer-related IGF-IR signalling pathway.
The researchers say that luteolin reduced the activity of a key signalling pathway that is overactive in bowel cancer cells, and that this may account for the reduction of cell growth and increase in natural cell death seen in these cells when exposed to luteolin. They say that further animal studies are necessary to determine whether or not luteolin can be developed into an effective therapy for bowel cancer.
This research studied luteolin, which is a plant compound that can reduce growth and induce death of bowel cancer cells in the laboratory. The research seems to have pinpointed the specific signalling pathway through which this occurs. It did not, however, examine the impact of luteolin-rich diets on bowel cancer in people, and based on these results it cannot be assumed that eating vegetables containing this compound can prevent or slow cancer.
Laboratory-based studies carried out in cells are a necessary first step in identifying a potential new disease treatment. The mechanism through which luteolin may prevent cancer cell growth has been identified, and the next step would be further studies in animals. If these animal studies suggest that luteolin is safe and beneficial, limited trials in humans would then be needed to assess its effect on human disease. In short, this study represents an extremely early stage of research, and it will be several years before its results could result in any new treatments in humans.
It is important to remember that this study used pure luteolin, and not dietary sources of the compound. The effect of dietary luteolin on cancer is not clear from this research.
Systematic reviews of observational studies have found a link between eating a diet high in plant foods and a reduced risk of bowel cancer. Therefore, despite the limitations of the current study, a diet high in fruit and vegetables is certainly a healthy choice, and is recommended by schemes such as 5 A DAY.
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This week's letter is all about careless whispers.
Recently, I left a guild I had been raiding with for 2-3 months, most of us had gotten really close doing BWD/BoT progression and now Firelands. We have a certain female in our group who insists on every single thing said, giving a sexual responce to. Now we have minors in the guild and some of them happen to raid with us, and not knowing how old the pugs were I feel as the comments are wildly inappropriate. (Not counting when she decides to say things to my husband.)
We pulled a BWD last friday night using alts and pugs from trade, she lets out a few comments so I asked her in officer chat to "please stop with the comments you don't know who's in our group." Basically she ignores me and continues on with what she wants to do. This is something I've brought up to the GM a few times because a few of the minors in that guild were my husband's younger siblings. He always said " yeah i'll take care of it." I finally realize that meant nothing because he had been friends with this girl for quite some time.
Now later Friday night I get a call from the GM freaking out because the girl and another guy have left the guild " because of you ". I told him what had happened, at least my version of it, so he calmed down and decided he would talk to them tomorrow to get them to come back.
Saturday I made the decision to leave guild due to the highschool drama and all the bickering over who gets loot. I left on good terms, explained to the GM why and that I wasn't mad and would still raid with them on alts. I moved over to a guild with a few people I had met while I was leading pugs for my alts. Later that night the GM whispers me asking what had happened in my old guild, why I had left, etc. I explained to him what had gone down and that was that.
Now yesterday he whispers me again, asking me why one of my old guildies would whisper him saying to not have me in guild, or atleast to watch out for me because " all she does is cause drama ". Right now, of course I want to be mad and call him out on it, but i realize that would just bring about more pointless drama-- the REASON I left that guild in the first place.
How can I stop them from trying to give me a bad name to my new guild, or other potential guilds, without just causing more drama?
Drama Mama Lisa: Short and sweet -- you can't. Sticky, wet strings of quivering drama is why you left your first guild in the first place, and nothing you can do will change how these folks roll.
Unfortunately, you lost your initiative roll for this encounter when the rumormongers got to your new guild leader before you did. Whenever there's sticky drama about, coming clean up front is almost always the best policy.
But there's still a way you can grab this bull by the horns. Have another talk with your new GM. Briefly reiterate that the reason you left your previous guild was to escape a social culture that made you uncomfortable -- specify sexual innuendo around minors, so he'll realize that this wasn't a case of interpersonal drama -- as well as the ongoing flood of drama he's now getting from your former guildmates. Explain that while you'd hoped to keep your alts in the old group, you can see now that a friendly parting of ways is not going to be so easy, and ask whether or not he'd be OK with your transferring your alts into this new group as well.
Under absolutely no circumstances should you allow this conversation to devolve into a he-said, she-said exposé. Stick to the basics and present yourself in a frank, honest, drama-free manner. Your goal here is not to rehash or defend yourself against what your new GM is already hearing but to present an entirely new situation -- a desire to transfer in your alts -- in a way that shows you're actively trying to avoid drama in a discreet, mature manner. This is your chance to win that initiative roll you lost at the outset.
Worst case: Your GM's already been poisoned by the whisperers and is too dubious about you now to be comfortable keeping you on the rosters. You could always ask him to give you a predetermined trial period, as lengthy as you're both comfortable with, to prove yourself. Or if you don't have strong feelings about sticking with this particular group -- or you'd prefer to simply start fresh -- you can simply untag all your characters from both groups and shake off every last drop of drama. If you choose to go solo for a while, be sure to bring up (as in "mention," not "detail") your reason for having untagged from both of these groups to any potential GMs you might discuss guild membership with.
No matter what you do, please get your alts out of that old guild. That's a toxic atmosphere. And even if apologies get made and feathers get smoothed, you'll still be left mucking about in the same innuendo and loot issues that made you uncomfortable in the first place. Don't leave your fate in the hands of these drama queens. Get thee to higher ground with all haste!
Drama Mama Robin: Let this be a lesson to you (and everyone else) to escape guilds at the first sign of inappropriate drama queen added to loot issues added to the guild leader promising one thing and doing another.
If you should come across other full-blown drama queens in your current guild or any future guild, remember the following:
- You cannot change them (or anyone). Don't try. If you end up being a higher rank than a drama queen, you can punish any behavior that is against the guild rules, but it usually comes down to shape up or ship out.
- Any attention is good attention. Drama queens get attention by being inappropriate, and then they get even more by you calling them out on being inappropriate. Win/win!
- Drama queens like to collect admirers. Her inappropriate comments in public are invitations to even more inappropriate comments in private. Stringing admirers along to have a large number of supporters in all conflicts is what they do best. No committed relationship is out of bounds, as you saw by her comments to your husband. And often, husbands will flirt and offer support, thinking it's harmless -- causing so much pain and drama and ugh, what a mess.
There is a very slight chance that you can have a talk with your old GM and get him to convince the drama-mongers to stop and put in a good word for you with your new GM. It wouldn't hurt to make a calm, reasoned request. Otherwise, take Lisa's advice ... and good luck.
Dodge the drama and become that player everyone wants in their group with a little help and insight from the Drama Mamas. Remember, your mama wouldn't want to see your name on any drama. Play nice ... and when in doubt, ask the Drama Mamas at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Washington's Kyle Simpkins, left, dribbles past North Carroll's Paul Klapp during the first half of a Class 1A state semifinal soccer game Saturday at North County High School in Ferndale.
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The Washington boy's soccer program had never qualified for a state title game before, getting stopped in the semifinal game each of the previous two years. But Saturday night, the Jaguars brought an end to that streak as they topped the Panthers of North Carroll 6-2 in the MPSSAA state semifinal contest punching their ticket to next week's championship game.
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William Henry Harrison is often the forgotten president, having died on his 32nd day in office of pneumonia, probably the result of a cold he caught during his rainy inauguration.
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William Henry Harrison is often the forgotten president, the answer to the trivia question, "Which president was in office for the shortest term?"
Or as Gail Collins wrote in her 2012 biography of Harrison, his "one-month term in office was nothing more than a list of non-achievements (only president never to appoint a federal judge; his wife the only first lady since the construction of the White House who never saw it) and a cautionary tale about the importance of not making long speeches in the rain."
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Once again a radical conservative emerges from that information bubble created by right-wing entertainers posing as journalists (Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh et al.). He submits a letter echoing the distortions and lies of those propagandists, claiming that Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin were "right" about the threat posed by Russia (March 17).
I don't want to challenge that assertion (although it's quite silly). What puzzles me is why this letter writer chooses to close with a shot at all the "Palin-haters?" He says that Tina Fey, another entertainer, misled us in her performance impersonating Ms. Palin.
First, let's not forget that Ms. Fey is a comic actor; not a news commentator nor a politician. Moreover, when she said "I can see Russia from my house," she was attempting to elicit a laugh on a comedy show, not answering a journalist's question on a news program.
Let's consider what Sarah Palin actually said in this serious context. In response to a question regarding her foreign policy credentials, specifically how the proximity of Alaska to Russia would be an advantage, she replied: "You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska." Very different from the joke? Nope. Scary to consider the consequences of someone with such little grasp of foreign policy being a heartbeat away from the presidency? Yup.
I don't blame the letter writer for basing his misguided vitriol on the skewed news sources he chooses. I do suggest that using Sarah Palin as an example of a wise-speaking person is a losing proposition.
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Back in 2005, Indianapolis Public Schools, with the state's blessing, claimed a high school graduation rate of more than 90 percent.
The official number was a sham.
In an investigation of this city's and state's staggering rates of high school dropouts, The Star Editorial Board, with the assistance of researchers at Johns Hopkins University, found that IPS' graduation rate in fact had been a horrific 35 percent in 2004.
Later, under a new state law, IPS and other districts finally began to report more accurate numbers. The district's official rate fell below 50 percent initially but has steadily climbed in the years since. IPS reported a graduation rate of 64.6 percent in 2011.
But, as Star reporter Scott Elliott documented Sunday, the percentage of IPS students who receive diplomas only because of graduation waivers also has risen rapidly.
In 2009, 19.7 percent of IPS graduates received waivers, which are given in lieu of passing required math and English exams.
By 2011, that figure had climbed to 26.7 percent. By comparison, only 8 percent of graduates elsewhere in the state received waivers.
And without the benefit of those waivers, IPS' graduation rate would tumble below 50 percent once again.
The issue, however, is much larger than nailing down accurate graduation rates for school districts. It's about whether students who receive a diploma are truly prepared for the rigors of higher education or work life.
End-of-course exams in Algebra I and English are designed to test whether students have the minimal math and language skills needed to prosper after high school. Waivers were originally intended to be given in rare exceptions - for students who suffered from extreme test anxiety, for example.
But in too many instances they've become a way around the state's academic standards. Although IPS has the highest rate of waiver use, several other districts in the state, and some in Marion County, make frequent use of the exception to normal graduation requirements.
Who gains from that academic end run? Arguably, it's the schools, which get to pad their graduation rates, that gain the most from the excessive use of waivers.
Who loses? It's the students. Yes, they get a diploma and can graduate with their peers, but both are short-term gains when compared with the long-term challenge of trying to succeed in college courses or land and keep a decent job.
State Rep. Robert Behning, a Republican from Indianapolis who chairs the House Education Committee, has promised to push for tighter rules on the use of waivers during next year's legislative session.
That move should gain bipartisan support - not from any desire to keep students from receiving diplomas but out of the need to ensure that graduates really are academically prepared for what the future holds.
Although waivers may be warranted under special and unique circumstances, it's clear that schools have found and exploited a loophole in existing law. The General Assembly needs to close it.
- The Indianapolis Star


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D.A.N.C.E. Inc. is trying to raise $25,000 to go to the East coast in August. The program's name is an acronym for 'Developing and Nurturing Community Empowerment'. The school provides opportunities for kids otherwise couldn't afford the experience.
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The new offense that head coach Craig Robinson plans to implement at Oregon State requires skill and versatility. So when the Oregon State head coach and his staff hit the road recruiting during the September evaluation period, they paid close attention to prospects who best fit the system. Evan Smotrycz may still have some growing to do with his game, but the 6-foot-9, 205-pound forward at New Hampton Prep in New Hampshire is certainly skilled, making him an early Beaver target for the recruiting class of 2010.Smotrycz is a newcomer this season at New Hampton Prep after transferring in from Reading Memorial High School in Massachusetts. Originally a member of the class of 2009, he'll be at New Hampton repeating his junior year. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
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ST. THOMAS - The Senate began to consider a series of proposed reforms to the government's pension system Tuesday, although it was just a first step in the process.
The Committee of the Whole will meet 10 a.m. Friday on St. Croix to continue the discussion.
While no bill is before the Senate yet, Gov. John deJongh Jr. submitted proposed legislation in March that included many of the recommendations made by the Pension Reform Task Force.
The task force was formed by executive order in 2012 - based on a recommendation by a V.I. Inspector General's audit report - and last year the group returned a document full of measures to prevent the retirement system's collapse.
The territory's government retirement system has an unfunded liability of $1.8 billion and is projected to become insolvent in about nine years unless major changes are made.
After getting a late start Tuesday, senators spent the first few hours grilling Government Employees' Retirement System Administrator Austin Nibbs and board Chairman Vincent Liger about their position on the governor's proposed reforms.
The afternoon and evening hours were spent hearing from retirees and other groups concerned about the future of the system and the impact the governor's proposal may have on the territory.
"For decades, GERS' administrators have been warning the public of the possible bankruptcy of the system. For the most part, these warnings have fallen on deaf ears. Elected and appointed leaders have known about the retirement system's unfunded liability, yet neither our elected leaders nor the GERS board have taken the necessary steps to place the system on a sound financial footing," said Leonard Smollett, a representative of Advocates for the Preservation of the Retirement System.
Bond investments
He was critical of several provisions included in the governor's proposal and the task force recommendations, including one measure to allow the pension system to invest up to 30 percent of its portfolio in bonds rated below investment grade.
GERS legal counsel Cathy Smith told senators the provision is necessary because sometimes an investment's rating may drop, and to comply with the V.I. Code, the system must get rid of the asset even if it means taking a loss.
Smith said it makes more sense sometimes to hold on to the investment and wait for its rating to improve, thereby preventing the system from taking a loss.
One of the task force's recommendations is to increase personal loan maximums from $50,000 to $75,000 and increase commercial loans from $250,000 to $350,000.
Smollett said GERS should not be in the business of commercial loans, as it is too risky.
"I'm not in favor of commercial loans to people who should be able to go to a bank to borrow for a business," he said.
The retirement system's plans to build a hotel on St. Thomas - which is stalled after the Senate denied a zoning change for the GERS-owned property Monday - and the default of the Carambola loan also came under fire at Tuesday's hearing.
GERS had loaned Carambola Resort and Spa $16 million, but the resort defaulted and now the hotel belongs to the retirement system. Since the system took over the property last year, the board has approved investing more money into the property, bringing the total investment up to almost $20 million.
Mary Davis, a member of Advocates for the Preservation of the Retirement System, said she is not in favor of investments GERS has to "feed" or continue to pour money into.
"To loan money and be stuck with the collateral, I don't think that's something the GERS should be about. We don't have enough money to do that," Davis said.
Nibbs said the board has decided to sell Carambola and he is confident it will sell, and the system will be made whole, perhaps even profiting from the deal.
Retirees speak out
A group called Government Retirees United for Fairness, many wearing neon green shirts, filled the Senate gallery Tuesday.
The group has three major concerns about the proposed reforms.
One of the task force recommendations is to cut retirees' current benefits by 10 percent.
The retirees who testified Tuesday spoke about the hardship this would cause those living on an already small fixed income in a community with a skyrocketing cost of living.
The task force made the recommendation based on a legal opinion from V.I. Attorney General Vincent Frazer that said the government could legally cut benefits to retirees if it was legislated.
Not only were the retirees opposed to the idea, but senators and GERS officials were as well.
"An AG opinion is just that, his opinion, and it can and will be challenged," Sen. Clifford Graham said. "Because it is wrong to change once someone is on a fixed income."
Contribution cap
Retirees also oppose a task force recommendation to suspend the annual cost of living increases for a five-year period. Senators seemed sympathetic to the retirees on that issue as well.
The third recommendation opposed by the retirees' group is a measure to increase the salary cap from $65,000 to the Social Security salary cap, which is adjusted each year but is currently about $117,000.
Currently, government workers making more than $65,000 a year only pay their employee contribution of 8 percent on the first $65,000. When the worker retires, the annuity is calculated based on that $65,000, regardless of the employee's salary level at time of retirement.
The task force recommendation is to make them pay contributions on their whole salary - up to the salary cap set by the Social Security Administration.
Nibbs said the maximum retirement annuity would be increased slightly, to $85,000, for those who make a higher salary and have contributed.
In calculating the annuity for these government employees, it would be split. They would get one annuity based on the years they worked and contributed at the $65,000 amount, and a separate annuity would be calculated just for the years they paid at the new cap rate, but the annuity would not exceed an amount based on $85,000.
Nibbs said the change will actually give the system more money, because employee and employer contributions will be collected on an employee's full salary.
Other measures
Other measures included in the governor's proposed reforms are:
- Asking employers and employees to contribute a larger amount toward pension benefits. The bill raises the employee contribution 1 percentage point each year for the next seven years, resulting in a 15 percent contribution rate by 2021. The government's contribution rate also will increase gradually, hitting 31.5 percent by 2021.
- Raising contribution rates for senators and judges.
- Increasing the age and years of service needed before retiring. The bill would increase the early retirement age from 50 to 55 and the regular retirement age from 60 to 65.
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An Oakland County man is giving his ex-wife a middle finger in big way with a giant bronze sculpture on his back porch that faces her house, according to reports.
A person who appears to be the ex-wifes daughter, Lenka Tuohy, posted the photo of the finger on Twitter. The website gawker.com says the man purchased the house next door to his ex-wife and moved in with his daughter.
Various reports have identified the man as Alan Markovitz, who owns The Flight Club in Inkster and other strip clubs. Markovitz did not immediately return a message left tonight.
How psychotic do you have to be to buy the house directly next to your ex wife and then put a statue up like that?!?! Real classy alan, Tuohy tweeted Nov. 11.
The next day, she tweeted, its hard for me to enjoy my baths now because my fav tub is in my moms bathroom which faces out towards tif and alans house:(
Tuohy also posted a picture of the sculpture at the lakefront house illuminated by a spotlight at night.
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McLean County Health department is encouraging landlords in Bloomington-Normal to implement a smoke-free policy in their multi-unit housing and properties.
Plans to expand the smoke-free initiative within the community have been underway as the health department has sent post cards to 100 property managers to encourage landlords to make the switch to smoke-free properties.
Landlords have the same kind of authority to enforce smoke-free rules as they do to enforce pet or noise ordinances, according to Sarah Philos, health promotion specialist at McLean County Health Department.
A point of concern is that up to 65 percent of air is exchanged between units through walls, doorways, cracks and ventilation systems.
Renters have shown more interest lately and have become more aware of the effects of second hand smoke, according to Philos. In units that share both smoking and nonsmoking units, the effects of second hand smoke becomes even more of a concern.
"Exposure to second hand smoke causes the same health problems that a smoker may incur," Dr. Jean Swearingen, medical director at Student Health Services, said.
Some of these effects include an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, asthma, emphysema, infections and cancer.
Recent studies have showed that up to 70 percent of tenants seek smoke-free housing. A portion of that percentage is tenants that are smokers themselves.
"It's an evolving thing, it's taking awhile to catch on, but in a few years it will probably expand," Philos said.
The health department has been receiving interest from landlords since the post cards have been sent out. A big sell to landlords is that the turnover cost of a smoker's unit will go down significantly.
"A turnover cost can be up to six times higher with a smoking unit than a non-smoking unit," Philos said.
The health department provides resources and tools to any landlord interested in implementing smoke free policies into their leases.
These tools include sample letters to tenants, smoke free signs and implementation plans. The health department will also help landlords change their leases and provide surveys for tenants to view the results of smoke free housing.
The health department will also help tenants who want to approach their landlords about the switch to smoke free housing.
In the mean time, the health department is continuing to promote the initiative by advertisements and contacting these landlords.
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