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C-Section Words of Wisdom
So, you're having a Caesarean section. If you were planning for a different type of birth experience, do not despair. I can remember how devastated I was when I found out that I would be unable to have my out-of-hospital natural birth—I cried for a couple of weeks. I had spent almost ten months envisioning a beautiful water birth, the final four months trying everything but moxibustion to get my little guy turned, and the final verdict was that he was not budging (cramped space in the one-half of my bicornuate uterus where he resided was to blame); a Caesarean section it would be.
Since my C-section was a planned one, I had plenty of time to hit the internet in search of the best ways to prepare myself for a Caesarean birth. From what I recall, nothing I read really prepared me for what was about to happen and what the aftermath would be; you, my dear friends, are about to be given the good, the bad, and the ... awesome about having a Caesarean section (I'll be you thought that I was going to say something negative, huh?).
First of all, I'm going to tell you what a good friend told me while I was trying to come to terms with the fact that my baby wasn't going to enter this world in a warm bath with lighted candles glowing and Enya softly singing in the background: It is okay to mourn the birth that you wanted, just don't stay stuck there, okay? I don't want you to stay stuck there because the coolest thing ever is about to happen—the birth of your child! You definitely don't want to be down-in-the-dumps for that experience, right?
Once your little one is here, safe and sound in your arms, how it happened is irrelevant—trust me. Caesarean births can be a wonderful experience, and I'm living proof that both mom and baby can thrive after a C-section birth (damn it!). Here are some tips to help prepare you for a wonderful Caesarean section birth:
Find out what your hospital's procedure is regarding Caesarean sections. For my C-section birth plan, several things were important to me: a.) being able to take my placenta home b.) having immediate skin-to-skin time with baby (this was not an option as my son required a bit of stabilization after birth) and c.) absolutely no separation between myself and my baby. I checked hospital policy on these items prior to my surgery and had my midwife act as my advocate. Other considerations may include: asking for the drape to be lowered to view the birth (my husband was not behind the drape, so he saw it ALL), asking that your arm(s) not be restrained so that you may touch your baby and delayed umbilical cord cutting. As a reader suggested, creating a Caesarean section birth plan can help your doctor and nursing staff understand your wishes.
I strongly recommend having an enema prior to your C-section, if you can handle it. Just trust me on this one (or ask a friend who's had a Caesarean section). In an effort to stave off the inevitable constipation from pain meds, I ate nothing but fruits and vegetables for days prior to surgery; but my first bowel movement, five days after surgery, was one of the most painful and horrific experiences I've had to-date (and likely the same for my husband as well). If only I had followed the nurse's instructions to have a bowel movement when I felt I needed to ... instead, I was too afraid of splitting my midsection open and continued taking laxatives for days. The horror that ensued was just ... I can't put it in writing (you know it must be bad because I will write about most anything). But, if you email me, I might give you the gritty details (especially if you're having second thoughts about following nurse's orders). If I have to have another Caesarean section, I will be having an enema prior to surgery; enough said.
Hire a doula, if your hospital will allow you to have one in the operating room with you. I was beyond blessed to have a midwife who had privileges at a local hospital; not only did my midwife put me in contact with a surgeon she trusted, but she was also able to assist in the C-section birth of my son (as my husband put it, "I didn't realize she'd be so ... hands-on [elbows deep]"). With my midwife there each step of the way, she also served as my advocate: She reminded staff to fetch my husband as the surgeon was just starting the incision (true story—my husband saw EVERYTHING), she had the hospital bring the warming station into the recovery room with me so that I wouldn't be separated from my son, and she was right there to help my little rooting champ find my breast to kick off what would be a long and successful breastfeeding relationship. In my case, my midwife acted as a doula would, being my advocate before, during, and after my C-section, as well as answering the five million questions I had. If you have any apprehensions about your Caesarean section birth, definitely consider hiring a doula to help ease your mind. Doula, midwife, or not, don't be afraid to be your own advocate.


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Medications can be very powerful and effective when used appropriately. Please follow your provider's directions very carefully.
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A Roanoke school program has fallen to budget cuts.
Wednesday morning, the school board formally voted to close CITY school.
News7 visited the downtown program in March.
CITY school was for high school seniors and focused on AP English and Government.
In addition to rigorous work, students were required to do community service.
Forty-student were enrolled in the program this year.
The school system says similar programs will now be offered at both city high schools.


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Short observation paper
The object of this assignment is to learn something about how contemporary labor movements operate. You should make plans to observe a labor event: either a cultural event, meeting, picket line, or protest. Then submit a 3-4 page observation paper describing what you have seen and offering observations and analysis of what it reveals about contemporary labor culture. What attitudes and practices do you observe? Do they reflect aspects of labor history and labor culture that we have been discussing in class? By labor culture we mean ideas, values, rituals, symbols, tactics, etc. This assignment should be turned in as soon as possible, no later than May 8.
As I learn about events, I will paste notices here. Feel free to suggest others. Clarification: The notices that appear here are taken verbatim from various websites and do not indicate endorsement of particular events or organizations. This is strictly an academic exercise.
Organizations listing labor events:
King County Labor Council: http://www.kclc.org/
UW United Students Against Sweatshops: http://uwseattle.usas.org/
Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity:http://organizedworkers.org
Occupy Seattle: http://occupyseattle.org
Seattle Activism calendar: http://www.seattleactivism.org/
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Anybody else's EPS making a horrible noise in the snow ??Jan 20 2013 10:31 PM
Nay ZSThat will be the ABS system being brought into play. Sounds like a metal grinding sound. The traction control system has a imitation limited slip diff mode which uses the ABS to break a wheel if it is spinning faster than the other one. You will especially hear it kick in if one wheel is on snow and the other is on tarmac. The ESP system will also call the ABS into play if you were slliding. Eg if you did a sharp turn round an icy bend. It will break the individual wheels as required to help...
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The Rangers? Ryan McDonagh sends the Flyers? Scott Hartnell to the ice with a check during the third period on Tuesday.
Kimmo Timonen looked and sounded pretty frustrated.
The Flyers had just lost to the New York Rangers again. That made six in a row this season, a season sweep by a division rival for the first time since Pittsburgh was 8 for 8 against that really bad 2006-07 Flyers club that managed just 56 points.
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The area known as the western Sudan encompasses the broad expanse of savanna that stretches between the vast Sahara Desert to the north and the tropical rain forests of the Guinea coast to the south. Its name comes from bilad-al-sudan, or "Land of Blacks," the term used by the Arabic travelers, geographers, and historians who first wrote of the region's history. In spite of tantalizing archaeological remains, our understanding of the great medieval kingdoms of the western Sudan remains dependent upon and limited by these early written sources. The period prior to Islamic contact is still largely unknown.
The medieval empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai that controlled the western Sudan had no fixed geopolitical boundaries or singular ethnic or national identities. Although each empire possessed important political and economic centers, such as Ghana's Kumbi Saleh and Songhai's Gao, it is not certain that these were permanent capitals. Instead, the empires may have had "floating" capitals that shifted between a number of urbanized centers or traveled with their ruling monarchs. Above all, the empires of the western Sudan were unified by strong leadership, kin-based societies, and the trade routes they sought to dominate.
Trans-Saharan Trade
The importance that contact with the Islamic world held for these empires cannot be understated. While extensive trading networks undoubtedly predated Arabic involvement, the development of trans-Saharan commerce in the seventh century by Arabs and Berbers intensified and expanded the trading networks that made the empires of the western Sudan possible. The savanna region is naturally hospitable to both agriculture and livestock breeding and is ideally situated for trade. An easily traversed region separating radically different environments, each possessing resources and products badly needed by the other, it is likely that the savanna was an important trading arena long before the first camel caravans arrived from northern Africa (third to fourth century A.D.).
Although a rich diversity of goods were exchanged, all the empires of the western Sudan were primarily based upon control of the lucrative trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt. Gold, mined predominantly in southern West Africa, was much sought after by both African rulers and traders bound for northern Africa and Europe. Salt was essential in the regions south of the Sahara both as a dietary supplement and a preservative. Strategically located between southern gold-producing regions and Saharan salt mines like Taghaza, the kingdoms of the western Sudan were well positioned to amass great wealth through the taxation of imports and exports.
Securing vast trading territories required mobility, and if the camel facilitated trans-Saharan trade, it was the horse that enabled empires to dominate it. Horses were so highly prized that only the wealthy and powerful could own them, and the impressive cavalries of such rulers as the Soso king Sumanguru Kante and the Songhai emperor Sonni cAli Ber are well remembered in written and oral histories. In sculptural arts, the importance of horses came to be reflected in numerous depictions of stately figures on horseback. Equestrian figures carved of wood or cast in metal became important emblems of power and were produced for centuries throughout the western Sudan.
For more information concerning the complex history of Islam and Africa, see Trade and the Spread of Islam.
Department of AAOA. "The Empires of the Western Sudan". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wsem/hd_wsem.htm (October 2000)
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text: George - The Springbok Sevens squad were knocked out of the Cup competition of the Emirates Airline George Sevens when they lost 19-10 to England in a dramatic final on Saturday.The Boks were first to score at the Outeniqua Park stadium - which was nearly filled to capacity - but were in the end outsmarted by the current series leaders.In the opening phase of play Cecil Afrika cut through the English defence with his first touch and was later rewarded with the opening try of the match.A crucial lapse in concentration at a ruck cost the Boks dearly and with only Pieter Englbrecht to beat, England added their first five points through John Brake.The Boks bounced back on the stroke of half-time when the nippy Bernado Botha ran in his team's second try which gave the hosts a 10-5 lead.Despite having many opportunities to do so, the Boks could not score in the second half and instead had to watch in despair as the visitors took control of proceedings.With two minutes left to play, England's Isoa Damu levelled the scores.Ben Gollings converted and England had a crucial two point lead.From that point it was clear the next team to score would win the match and again it was a case of England showing greater composure under pressure.Brake then waltzed over for the match winner which silenced the previously vocal South African supporters.Scorers: Springboks 10(10): Tries – Cecil Afrika, Bernado Botha.England 19(5): Tries: John Brake (2), Isoa Damu. Conversions. Ben Gollings (2).


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09 Jan 2008, David Benyon, Operational Risk & Regulation
BRUSSELS – The European Securities Markets Expert Group (ESME), created by the European Commission, has produced its first report on the European Union's Transparency Directive.
The report is the first since the directive's application by market participants, and provides an opportunity for a review, with recommendations to be applied in future.
ESME reports that the rules for the notification of major shareholdings are too complex and difficult to comply with. It says this is often due to the nature of holdings that count towards the disclosure requirement, the thresholds at which holdings must be disclosed, the time period in which a shareholder has to make the disclosure and to whom.
Another major finding is that the understanding and consequences of security lending vary between member states – leading to recommendations that the role of the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) be expanded.
The report says CESR and the Commission need to further harmonise reporting timeframes, mechanics and thresholds, and that CESR should produce specific recommendations on reporting requirements, ensuring members provide proper and prompt guidance.
Other recommendations include that reporting should be electronic; there should be at least three days in which to file with the issuer or competent authority; supervisors should notify the public rather than the issuer; the Commission should adopt a right for companies to ask for shareholder identification; there should be a uniform threshold of at least 3%; and that notifications should be made at the end of the global trading day.
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Shooting Stars assemble for Berlin festival
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Powerful men rarely disappoint those of us eager to wallow in others' misfortune . Whenever there's a void of sex scandals to occupy the lulls in dinner conversation - and indeed we've been having a dry spell of late - one of these big boys steps up to take the fall.
And we waste no time in tearing them apart, analyzing their actions and offering our own two cents about whether his marriage can be repaired.
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HTC Desire reaches Telus with Sony LCD in place of AMOLED
updated 01:50 pm EDT, Thu July 15, 2010
HTC Desire gets official North American carrier
Telus on Thursday had the distinction of being the first major North American carrier to carry the HTC Desire, but with an important change. Its version has the same 1GHz processor and Android 2.1 of the international version but is one of the first known to use an LCD instead of AMOLED: it uses a 3.7-inch, 800x480 Sony Super LCD instead of the Samsung AMOLEDs that are in short supply. Later production runs of the Desire elsewhere are also likely to use an LCD but haven't been identified so far.
The phone also makes the leap to the North America-friendly 850MHz and 1,900MHz 3G bands and supports 802.11n Wi-Fi from the outset. An 8GB microSDHC card is packed in to handle the bulk of its storage. Telus hasn't made mention of any custom apps.
The carrier doesn't yet have a price or a ship date for its version of the Desire.


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Hot Bunny Pass is a network of 42 sites that have very little to do with bunnies. Based on the network's name, I was expecting cutie amateur girlies posing with each other. Nope! Try full body rubber suits, contortionists, fisting, and women actually painted like cats. It's a freaking fetish circus inside!
Exclusive fetish collection.
Most of the content in the network is original. They shoot it themselves, from the kinkiest fetish content to their softcore solo model stuff. Some of it gets quite extreme! They've got wild niches like girls in rubber or spandex, pissing, fisting, elaborate body paint, and contortionsim. There are also some more standard niches like teens, milfs, boobs, and drunk parties. There's really something for everyone in this collection.
Large network with lots to enjoy.
42 sites make for a very nice sized network. Some of the sites have good-sized collections, and it looks like the average site here has between 50 and 100 galleries and videos. Taken together, that works out to approximately 15,000 videos and 270,000 photos! That's a massive collection that will keep members busy for a long, long time.
High quality content.
The content quality is quite good. The images are huge, up to 3008x2000, and sharp. The videos also look really nice, at 2000k, along with some high definition content that plays at 6000k and is 1280 x 720. The style of the content goes back and forth between amateur and professional, and I wasn't disappointed with any of it.
Other Good Stuff:
No network-wide organization.
The network is really set up more as a bunch of loosely linked paysites than an individual cohesive network. You have to log in to each site individually. This is a huge pain, especially with this many sites included. In fact, to expand on that, there are really no central network tools to unify the collection at all. There's no central member's page to list updates or offer a network-wide search. This really is 42 separate sites with nothing really tieing them together.
Basic site set-ups.
The lack of user features extends to the individual sites, as well. The sites all have very simple designs with no tools for getting around. The content is all listed in the order it was added with no search tools, categories, and hardly even any descriptions. These are very basic sites that offer the bare minimum for navigating.
Some small sites, some not updating.
Some of the sites are quite small. Since many of the "4You" sites don't list update dates, I'm not even sure if they're still updating. Judging by the size of them, I doubt it. There's still a lot to see here, but some of the sites aren't pulling their weight.
Minor Negatives:
A huge collection of good quality fetish scenes on a very basic network.
Hot Bunny Pass has a wildly kinky collection for its members. The fact that much of it is exclusive and good quality is great! The problems are the lack of user-friendliness and the high price. For that price, I definitely expect a lot from a site. The sheer size of the collection helps make it worth it, but the size also necessitates a more advanced set-up. There's room for improvement, but overall this is a high quality kinky fetish network that fans will enjoy.
About the Content:
Downloadable photos and videos of a variety of hardcore and softcore niches and fetishes.
Download Managers:
Yes, should work.
Channel Max: 1
Unable to pause/resume.
Test Software: IDM
Download Speed:
Download Mgr: 900KB/sec.
Browser: 2.4MB/sec.
(50MB video, 50Mbps cable internet)
Exclusive Info:
Advertised: Some exclusive.
My Opinion: Mix of original & non-original content.
File Sizes (HQ):
Zip = ~10MB
(average size, HQ)
HD Video:
Yes, some videos.
File Type: WMV
Bit-Rate: 4000k
Dimensions: 1280x720
Quality: Sharp, high quality.
Live Cams:
No free live cam shows.
Logging In:
User, pw, and text verify.
Only user/pw saved after closing.
Videos don't require pw re-entry.
Model Appearance:
Mix of white and ethnic models.
Mostly amateur-looking.
Body types from thin to average.
Model Info:
100's of models total.
Ages 18-50.
Other Content:
Bonus scenes.
3rd party feeds.
Other Details:
Music in some videos.
Pic Details:
Amateur to professional level photography.
Little to no airbrushing.
No lighting issues.
Mostly indoor scenes.
Pic Dimensions (HQ):
Recent = ~3300 x 2200 - 1250 x 800
Archives = ~750 x 500
Sizes vary.
Streaming Player:
Medium WMV player.
Can't jump ahead immediately.
3-5 second buffer.
Smooth playback.
Average quality.
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House Bill H.R. 4959 EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act,
House Bill H.R. 5422 "Litigation Oversight Act of 2014,"
House Bill H.R. 5423, "Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2014."
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Legislative Alert
February 11, 2013
Actual Harm Not Required for Standing in FCRA Suit
United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit.
Thomas ROBINS, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SPOKEO, INC., a California corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 11-56843.
Argued and Submitted Nov. 6, 2013. -- February 04, 2014
Last week, the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, ruled that a man who filed a lawsuit against Spokeo, a data aggregation web site, does not have to prove that he actually suffered specific economic harm under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The plaintiff, Thomas Robins had claimed "anxiety, stress, concern, and or worry about his diminished employment prospects" due to Spokeo's inaccuracies concerning his overstatement of his education and wealth.
In response to Spokeo's argument that the plaintiff cannot sue based on violations of the FCRA without showing actual harm, Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain (joined by Judges Susan Graber and Carlos Bea) opined, "...the statuatory cause of action does not require a showing of actual harm when a plaintiff sues for willful violations." The Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the judge in lower court that found the plaintiff did not have a legal standing to file a suit based on the FCRA. Attorneys for Spokeo said similar lawsuits against other websites could result from the 9th Circuit ruling.
Allison Grande writing for LexisNexis Law 360 states, "The Ninth Circuit held Tuesday that plaintiffs do not need to allege actual injury to maintain class action claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a decision that attorneys expect will ignite a host of new suits because it offers consumers a simple way to sidestep typically ruinous harm hurdles." For Grande's full article http://www.law360.com/articles/507625/9th-circ-s-spokeo-ruling-opens-fcra-floodgates
For full 9th Circuit decision: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1656327.html
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Thomas E. Brant, arrested Dec. 11 on suspicion of murder for the killing of Kimberly Seaton, 50, of Sparks. Seaton's body was found in a shallow grave in Brant's yard.
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A Sparks man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the murder of a 51-year-old woman, the Washoe County District Attorney's Office said.
Thomas E. Brant, 57, was convicted of first degree murder after a two-week trial, which ended May 13. Kimberley Seaton went missing last Fall and was eventually found strangled to death and buried in a shallow grave in Brant's backyard on the 1800 block of C Street in Sparks.
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Bad Day Spicher Art Print
Framed size: 10 3/8″ x 17″. It's certainly a bad day when a whale tries to take over your boat, as seen in the coastal decor, Bad Day Spicher Art Print. Made in the USA.
Kolene Spicher has been painting almost all of her life. She loves painting the water, the sunset and palm trees. Her favorite style of painting is 19th century reproduction, at which she excels, but she makes a living painting fun, contemporary watercolors of subjects such as ships, whales, mermaids, coastal and country life, just to name a few.
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Mental Health Notes
In her most recent blog for Qualaxia, a national mental health network, CMHA Ontario policy analyst Sheela Subramanian writes about the value of listening to people with lived experience of mental health issues when tackling complex policy problems. The blog explores how lived experience enhanced the work of one partnership.
The Canadian Mental Health Association Sudbury-Manitoulin Branch has a big reason to celebrate this year. Tuesday September 9, 2014 marked the organization's 30th year serving individuals and their families in Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin.
As long-time advocates for increases to supportive housing, CMHA Ontario is pleased to see improved housing and ending homelessness as central long-term goals of Ontario's new Poverty Reduction Strategy, Realizing Our Potential.
The numbers are in. According to the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association's (ONPHA) latest report, the province needs 68 per cent more social housing units. This is the increase that would be required to house all of the Ontario households currently waiting for rent-geared-to-income (RGI) units. This is a 4.2 per cent increase over last year.
As post-secondary students get into the swing of classes and extracurricular activities, academic, financial and personal challenges can contribute to significant stress, anxiety and depression. A few students may even contemplate suicide, which is the second most common cause of death for individuals aged 18 to 24.
Problem gambling and substance use disorders are serious public health concerns. The link between the two hasn't been well studied, and most of the information has been on individuals who received treatment.
Research shows that tobacco-free hospitals have a number of health and safety benefits for patients. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) recently went tobacco-free, part of a growing trend in health care centres across Canada.
The Mental Health Commission (MHCC) has released TEMPO: Police Interactions – A report towards improving interactions between police and people living with mental health problems.
CMHA Ontario staff attended the first-of-its-kind national two-day conference in March 2014, co-hosted by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) and the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC).
Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) is an annual national public education campaign designed to help open the eyes of Canadians to the reality of mental illness. The week was established in 1992 by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and is now coordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) in cooperation with all its member organizations and many other supporters across Canada.


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Booking mug from Decatur County where high-profile attorney William Conour was arrested and jailed for contempt of court for failing to produce records about a case.
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William F. Conour appeared to have it all.
For years, he was the go-to attorney in Indiana for construction-accident victims, winning millions of dollars in settlements for clients and their families.
It was a career that earned Conour widespread recognition and respect, including recognition as a Super Lawyer. ...


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55m Hurdles: 7.93 - 2002 Gator Invitational, Gainesville, Fla.
110m Hurdles: 15.46 - 2002 Florida Relays, Gainesville, Fla.
400m Hurdles: 57.18 - 2002 Florida Relays, Gainesville, Fla.
2002 AS A JUNIOR: Best of 7.93 (55m HH)... Competed in four meets (three indoors, one outdoors)... Set a personal best of 7.93 in the 55m hurdles at the Gator Invitational.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA: Attended the University of Vermont for two years... set a personal best of 15.05 in the 110m hurdles at the America East Conference Outdoor Championships... personal best of 7.82 in the 55m hurdles in a dual meet against New Hampshire.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Competed independently as a high school student... won Vermont state titles in the 110m hurdles and the triple jump as a senior.
"BEYOND THE STATS": Most exciting event he remembers is finishing second in the 110m hurdles and fourth in the 400m hurdles at the America East Championships... Son of William and Shelly Collier... Born Erik William Collier on April 7, 1980 in Middletown, N.Y... Has one younger sister, Kristen.
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By a colossal margin, middle class Americans want Obamacare to be repealed. The latest Rasmussen poll of likely voters shows that, among those who make between $40,000 and $60,000 a year, a whopping 68 percent support the repeal of Obamacare, while only 27 percent oppose it — a margin of 41 points. Among those who feel "strongly" (either way), the margin is 52 to 15 percent — or better than 3 to 1.
Such respondents represent the typical American household. The median American household income (based on the latest Census figures) is about $50,000. That's the same median American household whose real income has fallen 6.7 percent — or $3,609 — during President Obama's economic "recovery."
However, those making between $40,000 and $60,000 are hardly the only Americans who support repeal. The poll shows that every income group that makes less than $100,000 (under $20,000; $20,000 to $40,000; $40,000 to $60,000; $60,000 to $75,000; and $75,000 to $100,000) supports repeal — and all but one of those five groups (those making less than $20,000) supports repeal by double-digits. Only those who make more than $100,000 oppose repeal — and even most people who reside in that group think Obamacare would be "bad," rather than "good," for the county (by a tally of 46 to 45 percent).
In short, the more you move toward the middle of the income spectrum, the more unpopular Obamacare gets. A party looking to retain or reestablish the connection with the middle class that led to its overwhelming victory in 2010 would be well served to take increased notice of this. The economy is not the route to a GOP victory in 2012 (at least not in isolation); repeal is.


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Pat Reidy to stay at club to help find replacement
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- May 07, 2014
TOWNSVILLE Crocodiles General Manager Pat Reidy officially quit over a week ago, he said today, but had plans to hang around and help his replacement learn the ropes.
Mr Reidy said he believed his work resurrecting the club from the brink of financial failure was largely done and that the club would better be served into the future by a new type of manager and had officially resigned on April 30.
Mr Reidy said he wanted to spend more time with his family, but he would stay on at the club as a board member, where he would oversee and report to the board on player recruitment, retainment and rostering.
"Most of my work has bee trying to help out resurrect the club and now the board and the club are at a stage where they can kick on and they probably need someone who has a bit of a different take on things in the GM's chair," Mr Reidy said.
He denied he was pushed.
"It's something I've been thinking about for a while but it was definitely my decision," he said
Club board chair Darren Finlay said advertising for the GM position will start immediately.
Mr Reidy said he believed the announcement would not affect current player contract negotiations.
"The players should see this as a positive thing for the club and in no way affects the future of the club.
"There's no good timing for this kind of thing. there's always going to be hiccups, but I think now is as good of a time as any."
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Congratulations to the following students who were named finalists in the Voice Commencement Contest Preliminaries. These students will advance to the Commencement Contest Finals in April.
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After two gorgeous days at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival–Day One and Day Two–I was ready for an adaptations day in the theatre, beginning with Mary Zimmerman's The White Snake and ending with a new translation of Chekov's Seagull.
Recently, there's been a theatre trend of producing retellings or reworkings of old stories. Perhaps, it's not a new trend, but as it flows in and out of fashion, the retellings that shouldn't happen are easily spotted. And then, there's Mary Zimmerman, who's known for a number of truly compelling pieces of theatre, including Metamorphosis and Arabian Nights.
Zimmerman goes into a rehearsal room with her chosen artists (actors, designers, dramaturgs) and says, "Let's do a show about x," and based off their rehearsals she goes home and writes the script (yes, I'm madly in love). And this is how White Snake (through July 8; tickets) came about at OSF on the Angus Bowmer stage.
The White Snake is a retelling of a folktale from China that has a few derivations (all of which were used for the production). Essentially, the White Snake (played by the exceptional Amy Kim Waschke) is the spirit of a snake who has been studying for many years on a mountain. She knows so much she can actually transform her shape into that of a human.
One day, she and her best friend, the Green Snake (Tanya McBride–I want her to be my best friend too), decide to take a field trip down to see the humans, just for fun. While there, it begins to rain and a young man named Xu Xian (the charming and handsome Christopher Livingston) offers his umbrella to the White Snake. Naturally, this makes her fall in love with him and they get married and pregnant in short order.
But not all are happy. The evil, bigoted Fa Hai (the believably wicked Jack Willis) doesn't think snake spirits and humans should be together. Oh, and she forgot to mention she was a snake spirit, so Xu doesn't know. Fa Hai tries to tear the couple apart (cue James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause).
What was most appealing about this folktale were the many interpretations of the White Snake as a character in legend. She could be good or evil. Corrupter or innocent. *cough* Virgin or whore *cough*. As I said, the production attempts to show you all possible roads. We do see White Snake's power and her kindness along with her ability to destroy and love.
The staging of this piece was magical. Yes. Okay. Yes. It was magical. I felt like a kid. I felt awed, in the Biblical sense of the word. I was transported and I liked it. I think I emoted in there.
Zimmerman and her amazing cast utilize silk and satins to illustrate rain, water, clouds, mountains. The audience audibly gasped when the rain fell as small pieces of light blue silks. They had puppets for the snakes but also used different-sized umbrellas for them as well. And there were masks for other animal spirits we meet later in the play. With minimal set (designed by Daniel Ostling) and props, the actors effectively built the stage with their story alone.
This particular matinee also had to deal with a bit of a glitch. The power went out in the middle of their show, and for maybe seven minutes they continued performing without the benefit of mics or stage lights. Though the actors handled it beautifully–they didn't even pause when the lights went off in the theatre, but kept plowing through–it was an absolute shame because the lighting design (by T.J. Gerckens) was breathtaking.
I won't ruin the ending for you, but it was powerful stuff. And though I only mention the leads in this review, I must say that the entire ensemble added something amazing to this piece. The story was well-crafted, poignant, funny, and at one point scary. If I was a person who cried– all right I can't lie. I cried. A lot.
So after admitting that I have feelings (shut up, you're not my real mom), I really wanted sushi. On the recommendation of an ex-intern at OSF, I went to Kobe.
Kobe is nestled down a flight of stairs to add that extra illusion of transporting to a new world, like Narnia or Hogwarts. Remember that babbling brook I mentioned? I ate dinner beside it on a patio. And while it looked majestic, the parking lot on the other bank ruined the illusion of being in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The meal came with a small bowl of edamame, which they made with some sort of magical truffle salt. And though it was a bit pricey ($11), my Tiger Roll managed to be both pretty and tasty.
My trip to OSF comes to a close with Libby Appel's adaptation of Chekov's Seagull (through June 22; tickets), translated by Allison Horsley. What does a 100-year-old play written by a Russian man have to say to an audience here and now? A lot. Hear me out:
Chekov, though clearly writing from a place of privilege, captured the suffering of man in relation to art, love, and general nagging directionless feelings of wanting to be greater that one actually is. Back in November, Pony World compiled all of Chekov's writings into a new play about the pains of working in an office called Suffering, Inc. If Chekov's writing had not been so universal, that production would not have worked as well it did.
Seagull has no really likeable characters, and because it's Chekov, there's little-to-no action, but the weight these characters feel is still incredibly moving and heart-wrenching. Kate Hurster as the vodka-soaked, lovelorn Masha was beautifully poignant as she silently pined away for the distracted Kostya (Tasso Feldman). And Katheryn Meisle's performance as the aging actress Irina was wonderfully, pathetically self-centered.
Like Troilus and Cressida, Seagull is in a difficult place. There aren't many likable characters, but you are able to see yourself in them–I'm not sure I'd want to know someone who hasn't questioned their direction in life or known public failure. Seagull shows us these things and makes them painful, amusing, and heartbreaking. Everyone in the play desires someone they can't have, and all of them come at the idea of love very differently, almost selfishly. But you are compelled to watch on.
What was the most shocking to me was how much I laughed during this production. The last time I saw Seagull, there was not much laughter; the play piled on the shit and the shit kept coming. Strangely enough, that production was not as mesmerizing to watch as this one.
Thus ends my three-day adventure to OSF. There are five shows left in their season that haven't even opened. Oh Ashland. You magical place of amazing theatre and fancy food I can barely afford. I miss you. Tell me you miss me too.


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Physical fitness seems to have its own built-in rewards: improved vitality, longer life, improved energy levels, however this past Tuesday evening that meant free t-shirts. T-shirts courtesy of the Portneuf healthcare foundation. Near Idaho state university, I was with the CEO of the Portneuf Healthcare Foundation. The goal was simple, to get these t-shirts to people who are being active and health in our community.
Portneuf Healthcare CEO Shaun Menchaca noted that, "One of the things that were really excited about is doing what we call the t-shirt bomb. It's though our wellness program. It's a way for us to throw t-shirts out and encourage people for their healthy activities. Today we wanted to show and demonstrate what we do relative to that and so we're gonna try to hit a few of the folks in the hands and make sure they can catch a t-shirt."
While some people were reluctant to accept a free and trendy t-shirt, many were more than exited for this free boost to their wardrobe. These t-shirt giveaways will happen more often as the sweet part of spring and summer gets going. The more active you are, the more chances you will have to get a shirt. In Pocatello, Dave Martinson KPVI News 6.
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Resembling the Son
"He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever" (Heb. 7:3).- Hebrews 7:2–3
The long wait for God to bring the final renewal of all things led many in the original audience of Hebrews to consider abandoning Christ. As a result, we have an epistle reminding them (and us) that even father Abraham had to endure patiently in order to receive the promise (6:15). The promise to Abraham is an anchor to our souls as we wait for the kingdom's consummation because it is a hope guaranteed by Jesus, our High Priest in the order of Melchizedek (6:20).
As priest in the order of Melchizedek, Christ's priesthood is eternal (5:6; 7:3). And because His priesthood is eternal, we can be sure of the salvation He offers (7:23–25). In order to show that Christ belongs to the eternal priesthood of Melchizedek, the author of Hebrews develops a typology between the two.
Typology is a common method of interpretation among New Testament writers. In a typology, New Testament authors use Old Testament examples of people and events that foreshadow Christ. The comparison of Christ to the Melchizedek narrative of Genesis 14 in Hebrews 7 is a good example of typology. We are told in 7:2 that Melchizedek means "king of righteousness." This comes from the Hebrew words melek,"king," and zedek, "righteousness" (hence, "Melchizedek"). We are also told that Melchizedek is a king of peace (Salem — shalom, "peace"). Because Jesus is the King of righteousness and peace, He is qualified to be a part of Melchizedek's line.
Jesus not only fulfills the role of Melchizedek, He transcends it. In 7:3, we see that, like Melchizedek, Christ has neither mother nor father, neither beginning nor end. This may seem strange to us. How can either one of them, especially in light of the gospel birth narratives, be said to be without parentage? Considering that the author is writing to make a particular point of comparison, he is merely reading Genesis and saying nothing beyond what Moses did. Moses did not write a genealogy or death narrative for Melchizedek, and so, though he certainly had parents as well as a beginning and an end, it is as if he had neither. And while the Genesis narrative anticipates Christ in these respects, Christ is far greater than Melchizedek because He, at least in His divine nature, is actually without parents and actually without beginning or end. Christ alone is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
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In comparing Christ to Melchizedek it can be easy to think that the primary focus is on how Christ resembles Melchizedek. But in 7:3 we are told that it is Melchizedek who resembles Christ. As you seek to emulate the goldly men of the Bible, remember that they are godly only because of Christ.
Passages for Further Study
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Zech. 3:1–5
John 1:1–3; 16:33
Phil. 3:8–9
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The policy changes come from the wide-ranging education measure passed by the Legislature earlier this year. It allows for both faculty senates and principals to recommend applicants for classroom teaching jobs. These recommendations carry more weight when applicants include educators already employed in the local school system.
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June 2012 / Volume 64 / Issue 6
Let's get together
By Alan Rooks, Editorial Director
After being offstage for many years, U.S. manufacturing had better be ready for the limelight. Another large research study has found that, not surprisingly, manufacturing is big—and it matters. With all the attention it's getting, perhaps U.S. manufacturing can finally say, "reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated."
But the study, "Locating American Manufacturing: Trends in the Geography of Production," by the Brookings Institution, may also help explain why some people think manufacturing has disappeared: It tends to be found in concentrated clusters, and the places with the highest concentration of manufacturing jobs tend to be smaller metropolitan areas outside of the largest urban centers.
"It is a common belief that manufacturing is basically the same throughout the U.S., that it has completely decentralized from its historic central locations, and that this decentralization matters little to productivity," the report stated. "That is not correct."
Smaller metro areas tend to be leaders in manufacturing employment. For example, the five areas with the top manufacturing percentage of all area jobs are Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. (41.4 percent); Dalton, Ga. (34.4); Columbus, Ind. (31.7); Sheboygan, Wis. (30.9); and Holland-Grand Haven, Mich. (26.4). When looking only at the largest 100 U.S. metro areas, Wichita, Kan., with its aerospace cluster, ranked first, at 17.8 percent, followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. (17.5); Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Mich. (15.7); Lancaster, Pa. (15.3); and Greensboro-High Point, N.C. (14.8). New York, Los Angeles and Chicago? Not on the list. When manufacturing is out of sight in major media markets, it's out of mind.
However, the good news is that "the U.S. can grow jobs with a clear national manufacturing policy that focuses on regional manufacturing clusters," said the report. Some of the key findings:
Low-wage southern states have been attracting a greater share of manufacturing jobs for decades, but Midwest manufacturing states have fared better recently. Between 2000 and 2010, the Midwest and the South each lost about a third of their manufacturing jobs. But between the first quarter of 2010 and the last quarter of 2011, manufacturing jobs in the Midwest grew by 5 percent, but by just 2 percent in the South.
Metropolitan areas, typically smaller ones, are the nation's manufacturing centers. Metros had 80 percent of all manufacturing jobs in 2010, and 95 percent of high-tech manufacturing jobs. Pay for these jobs varies widely, from almost $145,000 per year in San Jose, Calif., to $35,000 in McAllen, Texas.
The report makes a strong case for manufacturing firms to locate near one another. When they do so, educational, R&D, business and labor institutions support them and promote high wages and innovation.
Public policy plays an important role as well. "Because manufacturing's contribution to the nation's economic well-being is based in part on its high wages and innovative capacity, high-road policies are in the national interest," the report stated. "They require state and local decision makers to take the lead in adapting the high-road approach to their specific needs."
The report criticized general business-attraction incentives, which include massive tax breaks and have dominated state and local economic development policy. These incentives, which cost state and local governments $70 billion annually, are misguided because they reduce the revenue available to fund investments in training and technology—investments essential to a high-road approach.
Work needs to be done at the national level as well. Howard Wial, an author of the Brookings report, said neglect by the federal government on balancing trade and promoting industrial development and vocational training has done real damage.
"We really welcomed offshoring and didn't do anything to discourage it," he said. "On the domestic side, we didn't pay attention to our manufacturing base and improving quality of products."
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Best Political Win
Andrew Cuomo's SAFE Act
Taking decisive action following the massacre at Sandy Hook, Gov. Cuomo used his political capital to force the Legislature—specifically, the New York State Senate—to pass tough, multifaceted gun control legislation. And good for him. The gunsters may piss and moan, but the SAFE Act isn't going to be repealed.
Best Political Performance Artist
Jose Lopez
This guy's just too much. He got us the first time around when we put him on the cover for that whole reptile-enthusiast-running-for-Common Council bit a few years back. Then there was that brilliant mass media mailing stunt about the Indian "lady doctor" who touched his privates. But then this guy goes full Sacha Baron Cohen and runs for the Albany Public Library Board this year as a pit bull-loving "multi-race, multi-culture pro-fascist," swastika flag in his YouTube vid and everything, and pretty much gave up the gag. He can't be serious, right?
Best Political Joke
Theresa Grafflin
Grafflin, best known as blogger Albany Citizen One/New York Citizen One, hasn't had a good year. First, she raised eyebrows by endorsing self-professed fascist Jose Lopez for the Albany Library Board. Then, her efforts to challenge Richard Conti for his 6th Ward City Council seat were dealt a double blow when she was denied an Independence Party nod she'd thought she had wrapped up, and was tossed off the ballot in the Democratic primary. Oh well. Like Mr. Lopez, we're sure she won't go away.
Best Ongoing Political Fight
The folks who want to raise 'em won't back down. The folks who have a foul opinion of the fowl won't back down, either. This is one cockfight that's going to last a while.
Best Local Legislator (West of the Hudson)
Chris Higgins
(Albany County Legislature)
Those who have worked closely with Higgins know that despite not always getting a pat on the back from his peers, he works relentlessly to push through progressive legislation in the city of Albany. Be it an environmental issue, creating a land bank, or a social equality solution, Higgins is usually the one to get the ball rolling.
Best Local Legislator (East of the Hudson)
Rodney Wiltshire
(Troy City Council)
Wiltshire consistently flies under the radar but keeps managing to get the job done. He brings action to ideas that usually come about in bigger cities—municipal solar power, anti-human-trafficking legislation—you name it, Wiltshire's probably already trying to get it done.
Best Animal Advocate
Steve Caporizzo
Through his regular Pet Connection segments on the NewsCenter, and large scale-adoption events, Steve Caporizzo has helped countless cats and dogs find forever homes.
Best Unofficial Press Agent for Troy
Duncan Crary
No matter what your opinion is about this East Side ginger, you can't deny that dude is all over every new project going on in downtown Troy, the water ways, and whatever else flows along the Hudson River. He deals in novels, press releases, podcasts (A Small American City), weird redhead-centric clubs, and just rubbing elbows at the local pub. Go ahead, try to navigate Troy without running into him.
Best Ribbon Cutter
Mayor Jerry Jennings
How else would we know he was still the mayor if he didn't show up for openings of local businesses? Jerry, we love you but we haven't seen you in ages outside of photo ops. It is what it is, we guess. At least when you're gone, we'll have Jennings Landing, among the other name-stamps, to mourn the loss of your actual presence in the city.
Best Downtown
Before you all get all worked up about our love for Troy, hear us out. Access to the river, walkability, wining, dining, clothing for men and women, books, art, jewelry, galleries, music spaces—the list just goes on and on. We know it's not the only downtown that offers a great selection of services, but it's the only downtown that offers this much and is functional on a day-to-day basis all year round. We've got nothing against touristy places, but Troy is just a cool little city steeped in reality. Sure, it could get even better—have we mentioned a Ferris wheel yet?
Best Public Park (Recreation)
The Crossings
This gorgeous piece of tranquility nestled behind Wolf Road and Albany Shaker Road is an oasis for all to enjoy. Have kids and want to wear them out? Let them swing and jump over the massive jungle gym that always seems to be packed with kids all looking to be the next Olympian. If running, biking or inline skating is your thing, there are six-plus miles of trails that take one past a farm and its herd of cows. Beautiful manmade lakes and great views of the Heldeberg Mountains, and every Saturday is the farmers market.
Best Park Vista
Prospect Park
When it comes to overlooks of the Hudson Valley, Prospect Park is a tough one to beat. The thing that differentiates this view from other awesome Capital Region spots, is that it looks really cool from the other side too. Wave to anyone looking up, and they'll see you gesturing wildly over the giant white "Troy" set into the hillside. Hollywood on the Hudson, baby.
Best Outdoor Gym
Empire State Plaza
The Empire State Plaza is becoming a destination for those who like their cross-fit and aerobics workouts outdoors. Get up early and watch the sun rise or at night when the sun sets—both are spectacular at the plaza. Biking, running, cross-fit classes (structured and freelance) abound. With all the great nooks and crannies the plaza has to offer, not to mention the great views of the Capitol building and the pools, this has become a cross-fit mecca.
Best Waterfront
Troy just has what Hudson River expansion locations want—easy access to the river and space. We like it for what's it's become in the last few years and what we think it might become (see Ferris wheel entry).
Best Cemetery
Vale Cemetery
State Street, Schenectady
Being showcased in the film The Place Beyond the Pines put the spotlight on Vale Cemetery, a Schenectady (and National Historic) landmark. From the millionaires who founded the city to freed African slaves, the history contained within Vale's gates is fascinating and awe-ispiring.
Best Historic Site
Historic Cherry Hill
523 1/2 South Pearl St., Albany
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Path Through History initiative apparently took a detour when it came to this 1787 Georgian Mansion. Built by Albany's First Family, the Van Rensselaers, then occupied by near-relations, the Rankins, the house has seen centuries of uninterrupted residential history allowing for a rare amassing of 300 years of American social and material culture. Some items are so important that they go out on loan to museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yet this national treasure is at risk of closure. Financially depleted by renovation costs, the mansion, in partnership with other Albany historic sites, was denied grant money by the state from regional development funds. Private donations may yet rise to the rescue, though the ormolu clock is ticking . . .
Best Swimming Pool (Neighborhood)
Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park is what a city park ought to be, and the enormous pool at its heart is what summertime in the city should feel like. On any given day, you're likely to find the truest cross-section of Albany's population splashing and sunning, and that enormous bowl is big enough that it never feels crowded.
Best Swimming Pool (Destination)
Peerless Pool
Saratoga Spa State Park
A repeat winner because this is the destination pool for familes. For one thing, it's large enough to accommodate the throngs that decend upon it during heat waves; it also has special features like the wade-in end, the fountain in the kiddie pool, and the large corkscrew slides.
Best Bike Riding
Saratoga National Battlefield
If history, spectacular views and a vigorous bike ride are what your looking for, then the Saratoga National Battlefield is the best bike ride in the region. Stop first at the museum and see the movie memorializing the turning-point battle of the American Revolution. Explore the museum and gift shop. Speak with the park rangers about the park and its history. Then embark on your 11-mile ride that dissects the park. You'll experience great biking conditions, beautiful vistas, deer all over the park, and if you're lucky, maybe that day they'll have a reenactment.
Best Skiing
Jiminy Peak
37 Corey Road, Hancock, Mass.
A repeat winner: It's smaller but closer than the major mountains of Vermont and the Adirondacks, and it has a good mix of trails for its size. The prices are still reasonable, and there's more going on off the mountain than ever.
Best Mini-Golf
Oasis Family Fun Park
97 North Greenbush Road, Troy
A repeat winner. We still love this course—more important, our kids love it.
Best Rock Climbing (Indoor)
The Edge Halfmoon
1544 Route 9, Halfmoon
In a little over a year, the Edge has already expanded its facility, enforcing the fact that it's become the epicenter of the Upstate climbing community.
Best Rock Climbing (Outdoor)
The Adirondacks
Gunks shmunks. The Adirondack Park is the largest state park in the country and only a fraction of what's climbable has been discovered and developed. But there are plenty of folks out there right now doing that good work. Skip the New Paltz crowds and get on that anorthosite.
Best Destination for Childhood Nostalgia
Hoffman's Playland
608 New Loudon Road, Latham
The jolly clown face on Route 9 is as iconic as Nipper or the Egg. Almost unchanged since it opened in 1952, this family-owned amusement park is filled with such retro delights as a merry-go-round, scrambler cars, and a tot-size choo-choo train. And as a real throwback to the Eisenhower era, there's no admission charge. One of the very few opportunities for family fun with very small children, Hoffman's also has a charm all its own, perhaps from all the kids who grew up to return with kids of their own. Enjoy it now, however, because it's up for sale, and tilt-a-whirling will never be the same again.
Best Preservation Trend
Large Buildings
During heated debates over the demolition of soaring St. Patrick's Church in Watervliet, an oft-cited excuse for the building's destruction was that it was simply too big to be readapted. Yet at the same time, such enormous edifices as the block-long Clark building in Troy have been restored and revitalized—by small businesses. The once-decrepit Clark is now open for groceries, St. Joe's Venue in Cohoes is booking weddings and parties, and the Cohoes Armory is brewing up beer production while the Schenectady Armory gets in gear for major sports events and concerts.
Best Bar (Literally)
Ryan's Wake
403 River St., Troy
Sure, Ryan's Wake has great drinks, food, people and atmosphere—they're a perennial winner in this category. But they also have the best actual bar in the Capital Region. It's a real beauty.
Best Neighborhood Bar (Saratoga)
Desperate Annie's
12 Caroline St., Saratoga Springs
To our mind, Desperate Annie's is the most welcoming bar in Saratoga Springs. Whether you're a tourist or a local, wearing a T-shirt and jeans or a suit and tie, you'll feel right at home. They serve beer, which is of course crucial, and they have a wicked sense of humor on the Internet—visit their website or check out their Twitter feed if you don't believe us.
Best Neighborhood Bar (In Exile)
McGeary's Irish Pub
4 Clinton Square, Albany
Speaking of feeling right at home, this brings us to McGeary's. We still have the feeling that McGeary's is the old Tess' Lark Tavern in disguise. The reason? Tess Collins of course. She brought a spirit of community and fun with her from Lark Street. Also, it seems, all of her old customers.
Best Hook-up Bar
Lionheart Pub
448 Madison Ave.
A standing favorite with a good drink selection and ample loitering room. Take a walk down the bar and see, or be seen by, what lies ahead.
Best Gay Bar
Oh Bar
304 Lark St., Albany
We still love the vibe (and the cocktails, and the karaoke, and the outdoor patio) at Oh Bar, the gay bar where anyone feels welcome.
Best Hipster Bar
8 Delaware Ave., Albany
This is where hipsters go to drink (the cranks say it's where hipsters go to die). No matter, on busy nights it still fills up with an interesting mix of artists, musicians, students, service workers and other neighborhood (and non-neighborhood) bohos.
Best Sports Bar
Wolff's Biergarten
895 Broadway, Albany
You can watch a Yankees-Red Sox game anywhere. But Barcelona vs. Bayern? You know where the serious fans of world sports are. And you know what quality imported beer they're drinking.
Best Dive Bar
Thatcher Street Pub
16 Thatcher St., Albany
Beaver Basketball—'nough said.
Best Karaoke
Elda's on Lark
205 Lark St., Albany
Sometimes, during a night out, it just doesn't feel right heading home until you've belted "Friends in Low Places" at your friends, enemies, exes and strangers.
Best Uncle Sam
The Original (Liberace) Uncle Sam Statue
Or, as we like to call him, "Liberace Uncle Sam." There's a chicken in every pot and an Uncle Sam on every corner in Troy right now. As clever and cute as some of those citywide sculpture installations are, none are as fierce, flamboyant and iconic as the original metal memorial next to the River Street bus stop: Liberace Uncle Sam with his wind-swept coif and flowing cape.
Best Pig Swallowing a Pig
The Union of Troy Pig Out and Bacon Fest
Just when you pork-mongers thought it couldn't get any better, the Troy Pig Out event and the Bacon Fest united in holy swine matrimony. Oink, oink!
Best Thing to Happen to Troy
Heather LaVine and Vic Christopher
First they opened the instantly-loved Charles F. Lucas Confectionery & Wine Bar. Then they bought the endangered Clark House, opened up a garden patio and started plans on a much needed downtown grocery. Then they started dropping cool-ass events on us: Yappy Hour (bring your dog in for drinks on the patio), and Troyster night (raw bar on the patio)—all in the past year. We can't wait to see what they bring to downtown Troy next.
Best Thing That Could Happen To Troy
Ferris Wheel
First of all, let's all recognize that the inventor of the Ferris wheel, George Ferris, went to school at RPI and his design was reportedly influenced by Troy's Burden Iron Works water wheel. Give us one good reason why the many acres of prime and largely unused waterfront in this just-on-the-verge-of-making-it upstate city shouldn't be home to a destination attraction that has changed the landscape of places like Seattle and London? Seriously, we need one good reason so we can stop being obsessed.
Best Place to Get Arrested
In the Vicinity of the New York State Capitol
Bribery, election fixing, weed—let's just say that this year was a really interesting one for those of us who follow the antics of elected officials like it's our job. Thanks guys, we had a good time at your expense.
Best Nude Tax Code Challengers
Nite Moves
677 New Loudon Road, Latham
When the strip club in Latham was audited for admission-fee taxes, they argued that their performances were dance, and exempt under New York state tax law. After a loss in New York's Court of Appeals and a segment on Comedy Central's Colbert Report, owner Stephen Dick is still fighting the good fight, which could go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Best Crime (Fake)
Ryan Gosling in Place Beyond the Pines
Gosling's Trustco Bank-robbing motorcycle daredevil in the region's big movie event gave crime a pulse-pounding intensity—even if it didn't exactly work out well for his character.
Best Crime (Psychedelic)
Marty McFly on Acid
It was a crime Dr. Emmett Brown would have been proud of. Last fall, Terrence Rudes of Saratoga attempted to build a flux capacitor in his brain by mixing LSD and alcohol, then drove his car into another car expecting to time travel. Whether he didn't reach the requisite 88 MPH or hadn't purchased the proper model DeLorean remains unclear. But he got a year and a half in prison to iron out the details.
Best Crime (Sci-Fi)
Schenectady Death Ray
Welp, the short of it is that two men, one an employee at General Electric, tried to build a mobile death ray to give enemies of Israel fatal doses of radiation poisoning. They got busted when they tried to peddle the machine to local synagogues. It seems as if there was no possible way the machine could ever work, but the bozos still face 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine each if convicted.
Best Crime (Dairy)
The Ice Cream War
In an ice-cream-truck turf war this spring, Sno Cone Joe owner Joshua Malatino and his girlfriend, Amanda Scott, were arrested for harassment and misdemeanor stalking after trying to drive Mr. Ding-A-Ling out of town. We can only hope this becomes a Will Ferrell flick.
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I had this dream in which the people of a town would take take turns putting on a suit and flying around the universe. The only problem was, when they returned they had grown all sorts of tumors and their bodies would fall apart when the suit was opened. I woke up in the middle and wrote down "Tumor flying universe suit/Animal characteristics chamber" on a piece of paper and went back to sleep. Unfortunately, I do not remember what animal characteristics chamber means but I did remember the suit. It was basically an an old diving suit with way too many attachments. So...
To start, I needed a wooden ball. I really wanted to get started on this project while the memory was still fresh in my mind so I decided to make one myself. I glued together 4 1x4 of pine and cut out a basic ball shape with my band saw. I then used a belt sander to smooth down the edges.
From there, I tapered one side of the ball.
Then, I sketched out where to drill the holes for the various ports and hoses etc.
Drilled the holes...
Base coat...
Metallic paint...
Then I looked a picture of an old diving helmet. I had forgot to make the neck and shoulders. So, I cut a couple of pieces out with my band saw to make the neck/shoulder piece
Two coats of paint with light sanding in between later and it totally started to look like a diving helmet.
The next step was to dent the surface of the wood to make it look like it was hammered. I took a pachinko ball and put it in the round indentation by the wire cutters on a pair of needle nose pliers. I probably should have used a ball peen hammer, but I did not have one.
I pounded, and pounded.
And more pounding.
I wanted the the pieces for the port holes and such to be made of metal so I went shopping. I spent a good hour at the hardware store picking out randoms pieces from every department to put on my helmet.
I glued random pieces together to make the port holes, and filled the other holes with whatever I could find.
Now I just need a suit.


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As we've gotten more involved with our skin, the question of which order to put on our products is a vexing one. "I think it's the most confusing issue in all of skin care, not only to consumers, but to professionals, too," says Dr. Neal Schultz, an NYC dermatologist and founder of DermTV. According to Dr. Schultz, if you don't put your products on in the proper order, not only will the products not work effectively, it's a waste of time, money, and effort. "Nothing bad will happen to your skin [if applied incorrectly]," he explains. "But, if you are going to the store, spending your money, and spending your time, you may as well do it right."
Determining that proper order is where things start to get tricky. Since marketers have gotten more and more clever with their product names (a gel-cream here, a serum-oil there, whatever the heck a liquid lotion is), the actual type of product isn't want matters. According to Dr. Schultz, it's the weight of the products you need to consider.
Dr. Schultz says that getting the right order down will take some trial and error, as often it can be difficult to determine weight if two products are very similar in texture. One way to know for sure: If the product is just pooling on the skin and not absorbing, then it's not penetrating the skin, and, therefore, not doing your complexion any good. If the product is setting and you don't have any residue, then it has penetrated. According to Schultz, no skin care product (other than an ointment) should just lay on top of your skin — everything should penetrate.
Now, according to Dr. Schultz, there are two exceptions to this weight rule: sunscreen and acne products. While it may seem intuitive to do sunscreen last, Dr. Schultz says SPF needs time to set — about 20 to 30 minutes — so he almost always recommends patients apply a lightweight SPF lotion first. Another reason SPF needs to go on bare skin? "Sunscreen molecules must align and orientate parallel to each other, creating a grid that absorbs UV energy," he says. Creams can interfere with this grid, both on physical and chemical sunscreens, because the product can create bumps and ridges on the surface of the skin. In addition, most sunscreens were tested on bare skin, meaning you don't know how applying a cream first will impact the efficacy and duration of your sun protection. So, either apply a light sunscreen first, followed by products that are heavier than that, or skip that whole mess by opting for a moisturizer with sunscreen, or Dr. Schultz' personal favorite, a BB cream.
As far as your acne products go, Dr. Schultz says that those products are only really effective if applied directly on the skin's problem area, and you don't want other products to interfere with that. So, apply them lightly first (even before your sunscreen), and then add the rest of your regimen.
See, we told you this skin care thing was more complicated than it looks. The good news is, now that you know how to get the most out of your lotions and potions, you might just find your existing products work that much better for you.
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Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC manages and operates a science-based applied engineering national laboratory. It provides its services to establish Idaho National Laboratory that offers nuclear energy research, development, demonstration, and education services. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Battelle Memorial Institute, Inc.
2525 North Fremont Avenue
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United States
Founded in 2004
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The U.S. Department of Energy has extended Battelle Energy Alliance's original 10-year contract to operate Idaho National Laboratory for an additional five years. The extension provides INL and its employees with the continuity required to continue building on the achievements of the past 10 years.
NexDefense, Inc. announced that Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) has signed a patent and copyright license giving NexDefense exclusive rights to commercialize its Sophia software. Sophia (Greek for wisdom) is an ICS network fingerprinting and monitoring tool developed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) during the past three years with an investment of over $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability (DOE-OE). Beta testing conducted by BEA recently concluded involving more than 40 participants, including major utilities, control system vendors and departments of the federal government. Participants experienced immediate benefits in the fingerprinting process (mapping of communication activities) and longer-term benefits in monitoring and testing modifications to ICS configurations. Beta participants and others in the industry have expressed interest in obtaining commercial-grade Sophia software, services and support. Currently, there are 12 active federal government users, including organizations within Homeland Security, the U.S. Army and the Navy. NexDefense is accepting participants in a new Beta II Testing and Planning program through February 15, 2014. The Beta II program will share Sophia with industry experts for their testing and deployment planning, as well as facilitate industry input into the first commercial versions of Sophia from NexDefense planned for later in 2014.
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But I must admit that I had and have my doubts about Griffith. His acts on earth made me sometimes really think he is good, made me forget what he had done to real "Hawk". So you must be very careful when you think about him. Who is stronger: Griffith or Femto???
Maybe in best case he isn't either good or evil, he just do as he please. Who knows? We didn't actually know human Griffith very well, he kept many feelings inside of him.
Now he seems like the good guy, uniting humans and apostles, but what's the bigger picture, I wonder? When he looked like Femto inside of ganishka, it suddenly reminded me of his true nature.
I can imagine that even Guts will have his doubts about him.
@ Nick:
Another Griffith-centric volume wouldn't be at all difficult to digest if the manga was complete. It's only the fact that we're having to follow this episode-by-episode which gives the false impression things are moving at a snail's pace, or that Griffith is stealing too much of the limelight.
It'd actually make perfect sense to remain fixed on Griffith over the next volume or so. Although, I wouldn't expect him to be wed and coronated within the next three or four episodes; it'll likely take four or five times the amount of releases, - maybe longer - all things considered.
For the sake of discussion, though, let's accept that Skull Knight is/once was Gaiseric... A thousand years can change a man dramatically... It wouldn't be unthinkable to suppose he was a radically different person back then, with different goals and a different outlook in life.
P.S.(Is your avatar a thief from one of Pope's child stories in "Monster"?)
I'm not sure it would take that long. My guess is that Griffith will become king, accomplish his stated dream, and then realize that it's not what he wants anymore, and that even after all this time, what he wants is still Guts. That'll lead to a final confrontation.
Griffith is pulling the classic antichrist.
Hey these demons are friendly trust them!
2 years of friendship and peace later, the demons get every human in cages and treat them like we do cows.
He's following the path he did as pre eclipse Griffith. He got his men's admiration, civilian admiration, nobles admiration, and soon it will be time for him to do something to **** all of it up.
Damn still no raw. XD or new spoilers for that matter.
Apparently there is a board game on the back of the huge pull out poster.
Don't know if anyone has posted this but its the young animal cover.
Here's a cam raw, thanks to Blue_Elephant:
Page 9 is missing though
notice page 5 at the bottom with all the apostles, its one from the esciplse that was in the page when all those apostles were about to rape/kill caska.
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Welcome to the land of no liability lawyers! The trouble wasn't just people getting hurt — tThe gravity scene wasn't growing, because the reputation was that it was all gnar and no fun.
Whistler had a totally different recipe: Build every jump, double, g-out, steep, wall ride, ladder bridge, and gap with A, B, and C bailout lines. If you couldn't handle the pucker factor, there was always an easier way down. The idea was progression, as in progress, so that after a week at Whistler you were sending stuff that on day one freaked you. It made Whistler blow up, because the place is Disneyland for riders. There's something there anyone can ride, even if you've never shuttled in your life.
Now, at long last, American mountain biking is edging toward Whistler-style parks. Now online are lift-served operations at Stevens Pass, Washington; Aspen and Snowmass; and in Park City, Utah. In the East there's New Hampshire's Highland Mountain Bike Park, a model for taking a defunct ski hill, forgetting the ski biz entirely, and just focusing on lift-served mountain biking.
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