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New Year's Eve: Freeloader Friday... on Thursday
This weekend is probably the biggest party weekend of the year. Unfortunately, while it starts out promising, it ends on a bit of a bummer: It comes in with a roar, and ends with a hangover and promises to lose weight this year. And while many are cynical of parties that cost a pretty penny after the financially taxing Christmas, there are still many happenings around town that will be having a good time with nary a cover charge. After the jump we've got New Year's Eve parties, plus things to do after you consume your Saturday morning hangover Bloody Mary. Happy holidays!
Nice Purse, Kill Me Karebare, Your Friends and Family, Squeaky Wheel Band
(Hexagon Bar, 2600 27th Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.722.3454)
Metal, rock, garage. 9 p.m.
(Spring Street Tavern, 355 NE Monroe St., Minneapolis, 612.627.9123)
Dance into the weekend with Shannon Blowtorch & SoSupreme. 10 p.m.
New Year's Eve Metal Show
(Station 4, 201 E. 4th St., St. Paul, 651.298.0173, www.station-4.com)
Start off 2011 with some soothing, easy-listening tunes. No, not really. Tonight at Station 4 will be delightfully loud. With Over the Throne, Jaundice, Ghost Hook, Deretla. 10 p.m.
New Year's Eve Neighborhood Party
(Hexagon Bar, 2600 27th Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.722.3454, www.hexagonbar.com)
The Hex and Memory Lanes are encourages folks to hop between venues for a night of fun and varied music. Hexagon's lineup includes Person Hurter, Sex Rays, Reckless Ones, Pennyroyal, and others. 9 p.m.
New Year's Eve Neighborhood Party
(Memory Lanes, 2520 26th Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.721.6211, www.memorylanesmpls.com)
Memory Lanes will be hosting Al's Rockabilly Trio, burlesque with Mustache Jim & the Straight Razors, and DJ sets. 10 p.m.
New Year's Eve Bash
(Brit's Pub, 1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, 612.332.3908, www.britspub.com)
This British New Year's celebration features bagpipes, bubbly, Beatles tribute band A Hard Day's Night, and early drink specials. 6 p.m.
Whoomp (There It Is): A 90's Dance Party: A 90210 New Years Eve
(331 Club, 331 13th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, 612.331.1746, www.331club.com)
Spray your bangs, practice your running-man and Hammertime shuffle dance move, and prepare to party into 2011 like it's 1999. With DJ Tanner, Dr. Dallas Dog-Palace, MC Hang Time. 10 p.m.
New Year's Blast
(Schooner Tavern, 2901 27th Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.729.4365)
Featuring rock band Back Alley. 9 p.m.
An Out of this World New Years Eve Party
(The Park Tavern Bowling & Entertainment Center, 3401 Louisiana Ave. S., St. Louis Park, 952.929.6810, www.parktavern.net)
With Cosmic Rock & Bowl, pool, free pizza buffet, drink specials, DJ music, champagne toast (activities like bowling and pool obviously aren't free--though admission is--so call ahead to RSVP or for prices). 21+. 9 p.m.
New Year's Eve Bash
(J. Cousineau's Dram & Alehouse, 13540 Grove Dr., Osseo, 763.420.8355, www.jcousineaus.com)
With Analyrical, ToneKrusher Smith, B Mc-C. 9:30 p.m.
New Year's Eve Party
(Floyd's, 1758 Arboretum Blvd., Victoria, 952.443.9944, www.floydsbar.com)
With Grayson. 8:30 p.m.
New Year's Eve Party
(Cowboyz Bar & Grill, 6030 Main St., Rockford, 763.477.5533, www.cowboyzbarandgrill.com)
With Grind. 9 p.m.
New Year's Eve Party
(Billy Bob's Pub 'n Grub, 8060 Hwy. 55, Rockford, 763.477.4742, www.billysinrockford.com)
(Hexagon Bar, 2600 27th Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.722.3454)
With a Gun for a Face, Young and Tender, Citizens of the Empire. 9 p.m.
Davina & the Vagabonds
(Memory Lanes, 2520 26th Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.721.6211)
10 p.m.
Papa John Kolstad & the Hot Club of East Lake
(Merlins Rest, 3601 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, 612.216.2419)
9 p.m.
DJ Jake Hanson
(Cause Spirits & Soundbar, 3001 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.822.6000)
9:30 p.m.
Zenon Dance School Open House
(Zenon Dance Company & School, Hennepin Center for the Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, 612.338.1101, www.zenondance.org)
Free sample classes for various ages and skill sets. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Minnesota Boychoir
(Landmark Center, 75 W. 5th St., St. Paul, 651.292.3293)
1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Monthly Hoot
(Nomad World Pub, 501 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.338.6424)
Jim Walsh's monthly installment of local music starts at 4 p.m., and is followed by the Union Suits & Friends at 6 p.m., and Cadillac vs. Cornbread at 10 p.m.
The Bad Pennies
(Schooner Tavern, 2901 27th Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.729.4365)
8 p.m.
Wells Fargo Winter Skate
(Rice Park, 109 W. 4th St., St. Paul)
Flash your Wells Fargo check or credit card for a free skate rental. For times, visit www.wellsfargowinterskate.com. Through Feb. 6, 2011.
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The market for printed electronics (PE) continues to enjoy growth, as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), thin-film photovoltaics (PV), printed batteries and sensors, greeting cards and toys and many more products start to move from the lab to production.
The premise is simple: If a company can produce disposable printed electronics systems though high speed roll-to-roll or sheetfed processes, they could reduce the costs of manufacturing dramatically. That would, in turn, open the door to an incredible array of new products.
IDTechEx, the leading consultant in the PE field, places the potential of the market at $300 billion by 2026; if the market even reaches half of that number, that is still a huge business opportunity.
Inks and coatings are a key driver in printed electronics, with technologies ranging from metals such as silver and copper to carbon nanotubes. Because of the potential of the market, ink manufacturers large and small are developing products, with large multi-national companies such as Sun Chemical and DuPont to well-funded start-ups such as Plextronics, Kovio and PolyIC.
"Printed electronics is enjoying modest recovery in display applications," said Roy Bjorlin, global commercial director, Electronic Materials, Sun Chemical. "However, photovoltaics applications, including thin film and crystalline silicon (c-Si), are experiencing dramatic growth. Printed materials such as silver and aluminum pastes are in high demand."
Scott Gordon, regional market segment manager, DuPont Microcircuit Materials, said that the market for conductive inks continues to expand.
"Conductive inks have a long history of use in automotive, MTS and other applications, and more recently the photovoltaics industry has been a key high-growth area," Mr. Gordon said.
"There continue to be several strong markets in what might be referred to as the 'traditional' PE industry - including bio sensors, EL, and MTS," Mr. Gordon said. "Clearly the strongest of the 'emerging' PE market is thin film photovoltaics (TFPV) as many companies are commercial today, and others are making great progress towards becoming commercial. There remain several other emerging PE markets that have made a lot of progress, and where there is growing interest - smart packaging, smart cards with low power displays, printed batteries, printed (chipless) RFID - most of these markets lack a true 'Killer Application.' So far it seems the most success has been in niche applications."
"We have seen increased interest in the RFID space, as our product portfolio allows for various needs to be fulfilled by either our conductive screen and flexo inks or conductive thermal transfer ribbon technology," said David Wald, senior manager, business development at International Imaging Materials, Inc. (IIMAK). "RFID, while a growing market segment, has not approached the forecasted market size from years ago. That said, the numbers of applications and scope of the projects point to a market that is attractive and can be well and cost effectively served through printed electronics."
"The market for conductive inks has been very strong in 2010 and into the early part of 2011," said Stuart Ganslaw, vice president - business development at Creative Materials, Inc. "Conductive inks and adhesives are finding significant growth in thin film solar cells, plastic and glass touch screens, e-readers and LED attachments to mention just a few applications."
The RFID market is particularly cost-conscious, and as a result, interest in silver paste has slowed down.
"It appears the interest in RFID antennas produced via printed silver paste is not expanding," said Mr. Bjorlin. "The use of silver paste as an antenna has always struggled to meet price targets attainable with stamped aluminum, copper or by conventional printed circuit subtractive process. The enormous rise in silver prices over the past few years has further impacted interest in producing printed RFID antenna using silver paste."
As an example, NovaCentrix is having success with its Metalon copper-oxide reduction screen ink.
"The recent advent of very-low-cost inks plus the high-volume/high-speed processing tools has touched an interest in the broader RFID market," said Stan Farnsworth,vice president marketing for NovaCentrix. "I can say that several of the leading RFID manufacturers have come to us because of what these new technologies do to their cost numbers for antennae production, and therefore to the types of markets they are able to address. RFID is more cost-sensitive than many PE markets, and it is very important to have high performance at very low cost."
Global Recession and Recovery
The recession impacted virtually all business sectors, and a new R&D-driven area such as printed electronics was not immune to the economic downturn.
"Both the RFID and printed electronics market sectors were hit hard by the global recession in late 2008 into 2009 but have recovered as credit eased," Mr. Ganslaw said. "Many of the companies in these sectors were not yet profitable and had to reduce their R&D efforts until additional capital was available. Even though credit is not flowing as freely as it was prior to the recession, we have seen many start-ups move forward with their development efforts and product launches starting in early 2010. This trend continues as we enter 2011."
"With finite dollars to spend and a more risk averse tendency due to the state of the global economy, many companies slowed the adoption process of printed electronics during the recession," Mr. Wald noted. "This trend seemed to turn more favorable in 2010, continuing in 2011, with PE in general and RFID in specific to benefit from the economic upswing. Inquiries regarding RFID have increased over the past few months, both for our inks and thermal transfer ribbon products."
"The recession seemed to impact the emerging printed electronics applications much less than other, more established electronic industries," Mr. Gordon noted. "The larger PE conferences were well attended in 2008 and 2009 in comparison to other electronics conferences. There does appear to be a recovery in that many companies are increasing their investments."
New Growth Areas for PE
One of the keys to printed electronics is the innovative work being conducted on new applications at universities, research centers and companies.
"There is no lack of research into materials and enabling processing of those materials," Mr. Gordon said.
"Display technologies such as organic light emitting diodes (OLED), continue to hold promise for new uses for printed materials," Mr. Bjorlin said.
"We have seen a need for both the printing of conductive traces down to as low as 25-50 micron width," Mr. Ganslaw said. "This compares with 150-250 micron width lines from conventional inks. We have developed fine-line conductive inks that meet the needs of this market. In addition, we see a growing demand for b-stageable conductive adhesives which fully bond in a secondary curing step that is suitable for high volume automated assembly."
RFID and conductive ink manufacturers are understandably optimistic about the opportunities in printed electronics.
"We are optimistic with respect to RFID, as we are becoming more involved with several interesting possibilities," Mr. Wald said. "We are realistic in our expectations, given the adoption rate of the technology over the past decade in combination with the forecast for the next several years. The adoption curve could still be accurate in slope, but it seems to have been pushed out a number of years from what was thought in the early 2000s."
"Our expectations are very positive in the coming years for printed electronics," Mr. Ganslaw said. "Both conventional inks as well as nano-materials are being custom developed to meet specific customer needs. We feel that the willingness to customize a product to meet the stringent needs of a specific application is a key advantage specialty materials producers must offer to help advance this market."
"We expect continued development of new end use applications, and development of high performance, low cost materials and processes that will enable the new products to win in the marketplace," Mr. Gordon said. "DuPont has long been successful in this area due to close working relationships with our customers, which permits us to match our science with the growing needs of the marketplace."
"I expect 2011 and 2012 to be critical years, as these new materials and processing tools move through the product adoption phase with these RFID clients and make their way into use for standard products," Mr. Farnsworth said. "If the aggressive pricing needs can be met, RFID is very attractive from a supplier's perspective because of the potential volumes of the product."
For more information on the RFID and conductive ink market, including new applications being developed, please see www.printedelectronicsnow.com.


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They found that there was not enough evidence to prove that the treatments, part of a family called rubefacients, were better than a placebo at reducing pain.
Andrew Moore, from the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics at the University of Oxford, said: "At present, due to a lack of high quality evidence, we can't say exactly how effective rubefacients are for acute injuries and there are certainly other more effective treatments which could be prescribed for use in chronic conditions like osteoarthritis."
The review looked at data from 16 trials testing the rubs on 1,276 patients with both acute and chronic pain.
They found that the results suggested they were more effective than placebos for acute pain, but the quality of the trials meant that they could not be statistically sure.
For chronic conditions the treatments were better than placebos, but still performed less well than other drugs, helping only half as many people as non-steroidal anti-inflammatories such as ibuprofen.
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Here's a good read for all of you developers out there. We've finally published some guidance on how to use Team Foundation Server for your SharePoint development projects. This post is LONG overdue in my opinion, but we finally have it. The following guidance should follow as well in the next few weeks.
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Character Model for the World Wide Web: String Matching and Searching Draft Published
This document builds upon on the Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0: Fundamentals to provide authors of specifications, software developers, and content developers a common reference on string matching on the World Wide Web and thereby increase interoperability. String matching is the process by which a specification or implementation defines whether two string values are the same or different from one another.
The main target audience of this specification is W3C specification developers. This specification and parts of it can be referenced from other W3C specifications and it defines conformance criteria for W3C specifications, as well as other specifications.
This version of this document represents a significant change from its previous edition. Much of the content is changed and the recommendations are significantly altered. This fact is reflected in a change to the name of the document from "Character Model: Normalization" to "Character Model for the World Wide Web: String Matching and Searching".
Linked Data meets Content Analytics: 4th LIDER & LD4LT event, 2nd September, Leipzig
The 4th LIDER roadmapping workshop and LD4LT event will take place on September 2nd in Leipzig, Germany. It will be collocated with the SEMANTiCS conference.
The goal of the workshop is to gather input from experts and stakeholders in the area of content analytics, to identify areas and tasks in content analytics where linked data & semantic technologies can contribute. The workshop will organised as part of MLODE 2014 and will be preceded by a hackathon on the 1st of September.
The event is supported by the LIDER EU project, the MultilingualWeb community, the NLP2RDF project as well as the DBpedia Project.
Announcing The Unicode Standard, Version 7.0
Version 7.0 of the Unicode Standard is now available, adding 2,834 new characters. This latest version adds the new currency symbols for the Russian ruble and Azerbaijani manat, approximately 250 emoji (pictographic symbols), many other symbols, and 23 new lesser-used and historic scripts, as well as character additions to many existing scripts. These additions extend support for written languages of North America, China, India, other Asian countries, and Africa. See the link above for full details.
Most of the new emoji characters derive from characters in long-standing and widespread use in Wingdings and Webdings fonts.
Major enhancements were made to the Indic script properties. New property values were added to enable a more algorithmic approach to rendering Indic scripts. These include properties for joining behavior, new classes for numbers, and a further division of the syllabic categories of viramas and rephas. With these enhancements, the default rendering for newly added Indic scripts can be significantly improved.
Unicode character properties were extended to the new characters. The old characters have enhancements to Script and Alphabetic properties, and casing and line-breaking behavior. There were also nearly 3,000 new Cantonese pronunciation entries, as well as new or clarified stability policies for promoting interoperable implementations.
Two other important Unicode specifications are maintained in synchrony with the Unicode Standard, and have updates for Version 7.0. These will be released at the same time:
UTS #10, Unicode Collation Algorithm — the standard for sorting Unicode text
UTS #46, Unicode IDNA Compatibility Processing — for processing of non-ASCII URLs (IDNs)
Last Call draft published for Encoding spec
A Last Call Working Draft of Encoding has been published.
While encodings have been defined to some extent, implementations have not always implemented them in the same way, have not always used the same labels, and often differ in dealing with undefined and former proprietary areas of encodings. This specification attempts to fill those gaps so that new implementations do not have to reverse engineer encoding implementations of the market leaders and existing implementations can converge.
The body of this spec is an exact copy of the WHATWG version as of the date of its publication, intended to provide a stable reference for other specifications. We are hoping for people to review the specification and send comments about any technical areas that need attention (see the Status section for details).
Please send comments by 1 July 2014.
One more week to FEISGILTT – learn about and contribute to the future of Web and localization standards!
On 4 June and as part of the Localization World conference in Dublin, the FEISGILTT event will again provide an opportunity to discuss latest developments around localization and multilingual Web technologies. The event is sponsored by the LIDER project.
Highlights include updates about ITS 2.0 and XLIFF 2.0, and a session about usage scenarios for linguistic linked data in localization. Speakers include Kevin O'Donnell (Microsoft), Bryan Schnabel (Tektronix), Yves Savourel (Enlaso) and many more.
Register now to meet the key players around standards that will influence today's and future business.
Slides for the MultilingualWeb and LIDER workshops available
The slides from the MultilingualWeb workshop (including several posters) and the LIDER roadmapping workshop are now available for download. Additional material (videos of the presentations, a workshop report and more) will follow in the next weeks – stay tuned.
MultilingualWeb workshop 7-8 May – follow via live stream!
The MultilingualWeb workshop on 7-8 May will be streamed live! Follow the event online if you cannot make it to Madrid. For details about speakers and presentations see the workshop program. The workshop is supported by the LIDER project and sponsored by Verisign and Lionbridge.
Program published for W3C MultilingualWeb Workshop in Madrid, 7-8 May
See the program. The keynote speaker will be Alolita Sharma, Director of Language Engineering from the Wikimedia Foundation. She is followed by a strong line up in sessions entitled Developers, Creators, Localizers, Machines, and Users, including speakers from Microsoft, Wikimedia Foundation, the UN FAO, W3C, Yandex, SDL, Lionbridge, Asia Pacific TLD, Verisign, DFKI, and many more. On the afternoon of the second day we will hold Open Space breakout discussions. Abstracts and details about an additional poster session will be provided shortly.
The program will also feature an LD4LT event on May 8-9, focusing on text analytics and the usefulness of Wikipedia and Dbpedia for multiilngual text and content analytics, and on language resources and aspects of converting selected types of language resources into RDF.
Participation in both events is free. See the Call for Participation for details about how to register for the MultilingualWeb workshop. The LD4LT event requires a separate registration and you have the opportunity to submit position statements about language resources and RDF.
If you haven't registered yet, note that space is limited, so please be sure to register soon to ensure that you get a place.
The MultilingualWeb workshops, funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the W3C, look at best practices and standards related to all aspects of creating, localizing and deploying the multilingual Web. The workshops are successful because they attract a wide range of participants, from fields such as localization, language technology, browser development, content authoring and tool development, etc., to create a holistic view of the interoperability needs of the multilingual Web.
We look forward to seeing you in Madrid!
Registration for Workshop on Linked Data, Language Technologies and Multilingual Content Analytics now open!
Register now for the recently announced workshop on Linked Data, Language Technologies and Multilingual Content Analytics (8-9 May, Madrid). A preliminary agenda has been created and the registration form is available.
If you are interested in contributing a position statement please indicate this in the dedicated field in the registration form. The workshop organizers will come back to you with questions to answer in the position statement. We then will select which statements are appropriate for presentations on 9 May, and inform you by 28 April.
We are looking forward to see you in Madrid, both for this event and the MultilingualWeb workshop!
CLDR Version 25 Released
Unicode CLDR 25 has been released, providing an update to the key building blocks for software supporting the world's languages. This data is used by a wide spectrum of companies for their software internationalization and localization, adapting software to the conventions of different languages for such common software tasks.
Unicode CLDR 25 focused primarily on improvements to the LDML structure and tools, and on consistency of data. There are many smaller data fixes, but there was no general data submission. Changes include the following:
- New rules for plural ranges (1-2 liters) for 72 locales, plurals for 2 locales, and ordinals for 18 locales.
- Better locale matching with fallbacks for languages, default languages for continents and subcontinents, and default scripts for more languages.
- Two new locales: West Frisian (fy) and Uyghur (ug).
- Two new metazones: Mexico_Pacific and Mexico_Northwest
- Updated zh pinyin & zhuyin collations and translators for Unicode 6.3 kMandarin data
- Updated keyboard layout data for OSX, Windows and others.
This version contains data for 238 languages and 259 territories—740 locales in all.
Details are provided in http://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads/cldr-25, along with a detailed Migration section.
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Chicken Little Amok on the Business Pages
Are men really "disappearing" from TV news?
The business section of today's Star Tribune bemoans the supposed disappearance of the male TV news anchor, and declares women, who hold 57 percent of non-network anchor jobs, "in the driver's seat."
The number of male news anchors started to decline 10 years ago and is now at an all-time low. Men account for fewer than 43 percent of anchor jobs, compared with 46 percent in 1996, according to the RTNDA survey. Women also outnumber men as executive producers, reporters, news producers and writers, the survey found.
Where to even start with what's wrong with this....
How many decades has it been since statistics showing that men comprise a majority of anything has been news? And since when does holding 43 percent of a category of jobs make anybody endangered? Forty-three percent is almost half. Is it even statistically relevant?
More missing-but-crucial context: With the exception of main newscast anchors in large markets, most of the jobs cited in this story are relatively low-wage. (There's a term for it, guys: The pink-collar ghetto.) How many news directors are men? The very same Ball State professor quoted in this story decrying the wane of the male anchor probably knows. In 2002, he wrote about a 2 percent increase in their ranks--to 26 percent. A 2 percent increase--Baby, we really have come a long way. In the same survey, published by the Radio Television News Directors Association, he reports that women hold less than 39 percent of TV newsroom jobs.
And if we're in the driver's seat, how come the substance of the 10 o'clock news is still dominated by women with pesky domestic conundrums and men with serious commentary on the major policies of our era?
Here's what I think. I think editors love stories about endangered men. "Endangered women? A batch of shrews harping on stuff we covered back in the 70s and 80s, thank you. But endangered men? Now that's counterintuitive and sexy." I'll bet you can reel off a list of a dozen such "epidemics" with your eyes closed, without even having to resurrect the angry white man of the '90s: There are our endangered school-age boys, the supposed anti-dad bias of the family court system, male victims of sex harassment and of "reverse discrimination, falling sperm counts, crazy sports dads, "bigorexia," the wrestlers and sundry other male athletes endangered by Title IX, and the latest, boys as hapless victims of more sexually aggressive teen girls.
Or last month's little adventure in dubious reporting of statistics, news from the U.S. Census Bureau that the wage gap is falling. The bean counters at the U.S. Department of Labor actually bragged that the gap between what men and women earn is lower than ever on record, with women bringing home 77 cents to every male dollar. Set aside for a second the notion that this means that in my 25 years in the workforce we've advanced a nickel and consider the D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute's parsing of the numbers, which reveals that the gap is shrinking because pay for men is shrinking.
Following current earnings trends, the Figure projects what more "good news" of this sort would bring in the decades ahead. It turns out the gender gap would completely close in 2024, when earnings for full-time, full-year workers would be just under $25,000—40% below today's level for men and 22% for women.
Even if the Strib's anchor story numbers are meaningful, they speak volumes about more impressive numbers that aren't news. To wit: 86 percent of congressional seats are held by men, but have you tried to sell a mainstream U.S. newsroom lately on a story about women's underrepresentation in Congress? And you thought the Unibomber was treated like a freak.
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Thread: Have We Learned A Lesson?
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Have We Learned A Lesson?
As I was with the Jets game, I am worried about Sunday's game with Arizona. Like the Jets, Arizona is a desperate football team. Having lost 6 in a row after a 4-0 start, I'm sure Arizona feels they have a great chance at home of beating the Rams and avenging their loss earlier this season. I am less than thrilled with the timing of this contest. The Rams are ripe for another loss.
Like NY, Arizona is offensively challenged. Also like NY, they have issues at the QB position. They are also better defensively than NY, who looked like the '85 Bears against our offense last Sunday, so concern is warranted.
Have we learned any lessons from last Sunday's disaster? Will Bradford rebound from a terrible performance? Can we avoid game-killing mistakes which have destroyed long plays and/or scoring opportunities the past two games? Will Jeff Fisher look like the solid football coach he is or an impostor? Will our defense pick up its performance?
One of the common themes I've seen expressed is that "we are a young football team, making young mistakes". Fair enough. But young teams who are getting the message get better, not worse. Young teams show weekly improvement. Young teams reduce their penalties throughout the season. These next 6 games will provide a much clearer picture about a lot of things concerning our football team.
-11-24-2012 #2
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I always felt the Rams would be playing better football as the season progressed. I expect to see that tomorrow. I still expect to see a blossoming Ram team as the season comes into the final quarter.
-11-24-2012 #3
Have We Learned A Lesson?
I learned my lesson alright! That lesson being not to start Bradford in fantasy football no matter how juicy the matchup is.
-11-24-2012 #4
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I hope Fisher learned his lesson and has the team ready, because I agree with you NJ, if the Rams don't take care of business, this could easily be another loss.
This game is big on a number of levels, and could very well define the rest of the season. Do the Rams want to move forward, or continue the downward spiral?
-11-24-2012 #5
Re: Have We Learned A Lesson?
The lesson is one we learned long ago...the Rams are a BAD football team. Not much has changed. Wins only hurt the draft position at this point. Frankly, I don't expect many more of them anyhow. Even with the extra picks, it does not look like there are real explosive/difference making players on the NCAA horizon...at least not offensive ones. Looks like the Rams will have to purchase a go-to play maker (FA) or 2 at WR...or this team will be awful for YEARS to come."You people point your 'f'in' finger and say theres the bad guy....what that make you....good?" Tony Montana
-11-25-2012 #6
-11-25-2012 #7
Re: Have We Learned A Lesson?
Or does this apply if they have no shot at the Super Bowl?
Exactly when does someone give up?
Since we also know a good percentage of 1st round players don't pan out are we positioning for 2nd or 3rd round draft picks?
I mean any win hurts one's draft position, so why win at all?
(walking away shaking his head....)RnD
-11-25-2012 #8
Re: Have We Learned A Lesson?
The Rams need to learn to win, EVERY CHANCE THEY GET.
-11-25-2012 #9
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Well let's see, eight straight losing seasons and we are still Rams fans?
If we have not learned a lessen by now I'm not sure we ever will.
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Obituary, SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. COXON. Again the regretful task falls to our lot of chronicling a gap in the ranks of prominent citizens of this town. When the report was circulated early yesterday morning that Mr. G. Coxon had died on the previous night many who heard the intelligence were incredulous, for on the day previous Mr. Coxon had been seen, apparently in good health, by some residents. The news was, however, only too true, for the gentleman referred to died suddenly at his residence about 10 p.m. on Monday night. From what we can learn Mr. Coxon some few days since had an at tack of spasms, but was relieved by some familiar remedies administered by his wife. He had another attack a day or two later, which was cured in the same way. He did not consult a medical man, we understand. On Monday Mr. Coxon spent a great part of the day at the resi dence of Mr. W. T. Bennett, assisting with his advice Mr. G. Bennett in some gardening operations. Some little time after the deceased and Mrs. Coxon had retired to rest that night the latter was awakened by her husband, who seemed to be gasping and choking for breath. She again endeavored to relieve him as before, but this time the measures taken proved unavailing, for in a few minutes Mr. Coxon fell back dead. Mrs. Coxon shouted for assistance, and some members of the Bennett family responded to the call, but on arrival they found that Mr. Coxon was past all human aid. Dr. Dowling, for whom a messenger was immediately despatched, could only confirm on arrival the worst fears of those in attendance. Mr. Coxon has been a resident of Portland for the past nine or ten years, having settled down here to live a retired life after disposing of his agricultural property in the vicinity of the Casterton district. He began his colonial experience, we believe, on the goldfields, but did not pursue the ignis fatuus of a bonanza in this direction to the bitter end like so many of those with whom he was early associated. He chose the more certain form of acquiring wealth in agri- cultural pursuits, and was able to retire about the period mentioned above with at least, we believe, a competency. Mr. Coxon had a large circle of friends in Portland, to whom the news of his sudden decease was a great shock, and the utmost sympathy is felt for his widow, who has been practically an invalid for a considerable period. Mr. Coxon has several grown-up sons and daughters, who reside in the Casterton district, There was no medical man present when the death occurred, and the de- ceased had not been attended by a doctor, so that it was necessary that a port mortem should be held. This was done yesterday, and we understand the result was that it was ascertained the cause of death was heart disease. Mr. Coxon's son arrived last night, and it has been de- cided to convey the remains to Sandford, where the deceased's first wife lies, for interment, The body will be taken by train this afternoon.


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Gun violence is a leading cause of death among children, but almost none of the killings occur at school. That's because there are guns everywhere else... so now the NRA wants to put guns in schools. Right now,
school is the safest place for a child
to be if they want avoid being shot. If this NRA plan goes through, the only place a child will be able to feel safe from being shot is Canada. If we allow every school to be inundated with people carrying weapons, we will lose more children to accidental shootings than we would have lost to school shootings if we had done nothing.
In theory, the authors of the "National School Shield Task Force" were completely independent of the NRA. That's ridiculous—nothing in America is completely independent of the NRA. Several members of the NRA "task force" are employees of
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. And guess what the task force recommended—that schools buy security equipment and training. Is that any surprise? If the task force was made up of employees of General Mills, the task force would have recommended that we stop school shootings by buying Cheerios, Trix, and Lucky Charms.
Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) says he
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Finally, regarding the botched abortion issue; in 2012, "LiveAction" went undercover and caught Dr. Mercer, an Arizona abortion doctor, stating that at 23 weeks gestation - a baby "...doesn't even look like a baby yet..." Yet according to several studies, over 50% of all babies born at 23 weeks survive and thrive (yet they don't look like a baby)? The same undercover video also caught an abortion assistant admitting that if an infant survived an abortion, nothing would be done to try and save the child's life.
My first reaction is to wonder if Dr. Mercer was awake during her extensive medical training, because she must have missed the classes on human development. Furthermore, current Arizona Statute mandates that physicians have a duty to promote the life of any fetus delivered alive.
Yet Dr. Mercer's flagrant lies and disregard for the Hippocratic oath and current Arizona laws exemplify why state legislators must be more aggressive in ensuring that abortion providers adhere to the same standards of practice as any other healthcare provider. At an absolute minimum it will require that abortion clinics report all botched abortions (live births) to the authorities, as well as what measures (if any) the medical personnel took to save the child's life.
Sadly, even if Governor Jan Brewer signs HB-2284 into law, one has to wonder what impact it will have on abortion providers, since they already disregard rules, regulations and laws. Nevertheless, if states want to prevent abortion clinics from operating at substandard levels of care, this is the approach they must take. By only addressing one or two issues at a time, the likelihood of the laws passing and later being upheld in federal court, seems more possible. Votes on such bills also make it easier to demonstrate just how hypocritical and idiotic the democrats really are about women's health.
Joanne Moudy is the author of "The Tenth," a paranormal thriller exploring the very real trauma of abortion in a fictional realm. She proudly served as an officer in the military for nine years, before specializing in emergency nursing until retirement. She speaks regularly on the subjects of religious freedom, traditional marriage, and pro-life, and the impact of liberalism and secularism on all of humanity. You can follow her on Twitter @composedof1.
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Greening the BQE
Resisting a discussion of the problem of using "green" as a verb, I'll just re-blog the Architect's Newspaper post on the future of the 6-lane Brooklyn-Queens Expressway:
There are three alternatives on the table presented to interested community members by Landscape Architects Starr Whitehouse, beginning with "Maximum Green." Not sure yet if I love or hate this tagline. I'm leaning towards the latter, because the plan is mostly a road diet strategy.
Each design uses vegetation and "streetscape improvements" to respond to community concerns about air and noise pollution as safety for cyclists and pedestrians. The project would affect the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Columbia Street Waterfront.
Anyhow aside from Maximum Green, alternatives also include: "Connections" and the "Dream Scheme." They must have been working really late when they decided to share these titles with the public. The Dream Scheme is termed as such because it is the most complicated and expensive of the three. It could run around $82.7 million as opposed to an estimated $10.7 to 18.7 million for more basic interventions.
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Calling all agents!
Well, I'm about to start the hunt for the perfect agent. I guess all authors go through that process, but I'll bet very few enjoy the hunt. Oh, I know I can submit to some publishers without an agent, and I can self-publish, but that's not what I've decided to do. My goal is to get my next novel published by one of the top publishers in the business---and join them in promoting the novel. (Yes, I know that's every writer's goal.)
Most writers want to get published sooner or later, and I'm getting the itch to have another book on the shelves, so I'm starting to do the grunt work required. I'm a nationally published author and my first novel, The Red Scarf, has already sold almost 10,000 copies, so you'd think getting the sequel published would be automatic. Nope, that's not the way the publishing business works. As Elijah, the prophet said, "Each pot (novel) must sit on its own bottom." So, sometime next week, I'll start sending out query letters, synopsis, and maybe even a few chapters of The Yankee Doctor. Honestly, I think it's a superior novel to the already published, The Red Scarf. --I know hearing an author say that doesn't surprise you, but read the first chapter (below) and decide.
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Family and Friends
September 2, 1945, the Mason farm, a mile south of Norphlet, Arkansas
Heck, in my whole, entire life I ain't never had nothing upset me as much. Dang. Just upset? Naw, it was a heck of a lot more than upset. Shoot, me and John Clayton was durn nearly kilt, and that weren't all. We came so close to being sent off to reform school you wouldn't believe it in a million years. Wow, I just shake every time I think about what happened, and believe it or not, weren't none of it my fault. You don't believe that do you? Well, listen up then, and I'll tell you every little detail, but I'm a-warning you, some of it's just gonna sound plum off the wall, but I promise, cross my heart, and hope to die, every little bit of what I'm gonna tell you is the god's truth—so help me. Okay?
Well, it all got going just after last Fourth of July, and at first the little old things that kept a-happening didn't seem to amount to much, but, boy, then stuff just went plain outta control, and we was almost goners—uh, wait a minute, that ain't the way the thing started. I guess, if I'm gonna get things right, I oughta start from the very first just so I don't miss nothin'. Shoot, it all started just so simple, and then before we knew it, the stuff with that sorry Yankee doctor had gotten totally outta hand.
You see this Yankee doctor came to town, and me and John Clayton really didn't like him and you know…uh, well, maybe I should tell you who in the world is John Clayton. Heck, he's my best friend, and he's also twelve years old. He's got curly black hair, and he's not as tall as I am, but he weighs about ten pounds more than me, which you can figure, I'm real skinny.
I live on a farm about a mile south of a little south Arkansas town called Norphlet, right beside the big Flat Creek Swamp, and me and John Clayton and my skinny hound, Sniffer, spend a whole bunch of time exploring and fishing in the swamp. Shoot, that danged swamp is just huge; one of the biggest swamps around, and man, it's full of the biggest and meanest snakes you ever did see in your whole, entire life.
I'm the town paper boy, which ain't no big deal, but it means I hafta get up at five every morning and go deliver them sorry papers. Sniffer runs along with me every morning.
Let me see, yes, like I said, it was just after the Fourth of July when we heard a new doctor was moving to Norphlet. Course, I didn't believe a word of it, but I'll be horse-whipped if it weren't true. Gosh, you would have thunk it was Santa Claus the way everybody carried on. Well, anyways, me and John Clayton was plenty curious just like everybody else in town. Like, you know, why on earth would a real, big-time doctor move to our little old town of just six hundred folks? Shoot, folks in Norphlet don't go to no doctor unless they're about to pass—you know die. Heck, I wasn't the only one who wondered that, 'cause I overheard my daddy say to Momma, "Sue, why in the world would a doctor move to Norphlet? Just doesn't sound right."
"Oh, Jack, maybe it's like he said, he wanted to move away from the big city and live a quiet life in the country."
"Well, one thing for damn sure, if it's quiet he wants, Norphlet sure can provide that."
Momma shook her head and smiled as Daddy walked out of the kitchen laughing.
Heck, Momma's always looking for a silver lining in everything, and she'll give you the benefit of the doubt anytime it's possible. However, slacking off on your work is one thing Momma won't stand for, 'cause she's a working woman, and it don't matter none what kinda work: milking cows, hoeing the garden, or working in El Dorado as a part-time switchboard operator. Momma just works. She's thin as a rail with coal black hair just like mine.
Daddy's a whole bunch different than Momma, 'cause while Momma works just to work, Daddy works so he can go out and have a good time. The only bad thing about it is that Daddy's good times are always drinking, and it's not just one beer. On weekends he leaves every Friday and Saturday night and about eleven he wobbles in drunk as a skunk. Last year, right before Thanksgiving, he quit drinking for two whole months, and things were a whole bunch different around our house then, but heck, it didn't last and now things are just back where they were with the Friday and Saturday night fights, and I'm right in the middle just like some boxing referee.
But back to the new doctor. Our gang of boys and Sniffer were sitting on the breadbox in front of Echols Grocery when we heard about the new doctor. The breadbox is our meeting place, and we spend hours just sitting there talking about what to do, or meeting and going somewheres.
Norphlet has stores on just two streets, and Echols Grocery, where we buy groceries, is right off Main Street in the middle of the block. Anyway, when we heard the doctor was from Vermont, one of our good friends, Ears, who just happens to have saucer-size ears, hooted. "A Yankee? You bet he's a Yankee! If he was from any farther north he'd be a Canadian."
"But why in the heck did he move all the way down here?" said John Clayton.
"Well," I said, "Daddy said something's fishy."
"I don't know," said John Clayton, "but I'll tell you one thing, all them ladies in the WMU (that's the Women's Missionary Union at First Baptist Church) think it's just great, and they're gonna have a poundin' for him Sunday night."
"Really," said Tiny, who's another one of my friends who uh, is slightly, well to be honest, he's as fat as a hog.
"Hey, it'll be a potluck supper!" hollered Tiny, who was a lot more excited about a big table of food than a Yankee doctor.
Donnie Echols, another one of our friends, walked out of his daddy's grocery store about that time and heard us talking about the new doctor.
"Hey, guess what?" Donnie said. "The new doctor has rented the building beside the old Central Hotel, and he's moving his equipment in today."
So, we really were getting a new doctor, and he'd be at church Sunday night for the big pounding. I couldn't wait to see what he looked like. A Yankee doctor from way up in Vermont; huh, I wonder if he'll talk funny?
We sat around on the breadbox for a while, and were just about to leave when that sorry old man Odom ambled by heading for the grocery store.
"Well, if it ain't the five little thieves," he said.
"Good mornin', Mr. Odom," I answered. I shouldn't have said nothing to him, because last summer we'd stolen his big seventy-pound, prize-winning watermelon, the one he'd raised using some newfangled water troughs, and although he couldn't prove nothing, he just knew we stole that dang melon, and he darn sure wasn't about to forget it.
"Good mornin'? Hell, boy, don't say no good mornin' to me, you little thief!" Then Mr. Odom wheeled around and glared at the five of us, until we were about to drop off the breadbox. Shoot, that old man looked as mean as a sack of snakes, with a slobber of tobacco juice dripping down his chin, and his old sunburned face all crinkled up.
"Y'all come on back to my watermelon patch this summer!" He was just a-waving his finger at us like it was some kinda gun, and then he looked real mean and said, "'Cause I'm takin' the birdshot outta my old shotgun and puttin' in double-aught buckshot! Y'all little thieves done cost me the state championship watermelon ribbon, and I ain't 'bout to let you forget it!"
Well, old man Odom had us backed up against the store wall like a bunch of criminals. Heck, I could see Ears, who helped carry the watermelon outta the patch, and he was shaking like a leaf. I gave him a nudge and a shake of my head to be sure he didn't break down and confess. Course, old man Odom couldn't prove nothing so I just sat there and hoped he wouldn't slobber tobacco juice on me.
When we were in old man Odom's watermelon patch last summer, he'd shot birdshot at Ears and me, but outside of a small scratch where a little piece of shot nicked Ears, we was unscratched. There was feed sacks over our heads so he really couldn't tell who was in his watermelon patch, but boy did he think we were guilty.
"Hooooo! Hoooooooo!"
Sniffer, who didn't like the sound of old man Odem's yelling, started howling to beat sixty.
"Boy, shut that stupid hound up, or I'm gonna knock its ears off!" Mr. Odom drew back his foot to kick Sniffer.
"Yes sir, Sniffer, hush, hush!"
Sniffer calmed down somewhat to where he was just letting loose with one of them hound howls about every thirty seconds, and old man Odom continued to holler at us. Shoot, now, he was really worked up, and with Sniffer joining in with a howl every now and then, it was quite a scene. I could see folks in the grocery store start to look out.
Thank goodness the door opened and Slim Echols, the store owner, stepped out and patted old man Odom on the back.
"Henry, don't let these boys get the best of you. After all, you don't know for sure if it was them that got into your watermelon patch."
"Hell, Slim, just look at 'em; they looks as guilty as a hound suckin' eggs."
"Come on in the store, Henry, let 'em be."
Old man Odom and Mr. Echols walked into the store, and then we relaxed and took a deep breath.
"Richard, if you ever say another word to old man Odom, I'm gonna pound you into the ground, and for god's sakes, don't let that stupid dog howl like that. Shoot, you had that old man so worked up he was 'bout to jump us!" yelled John Clayton.
"I'm dang tired of gettin' yelled at and hassled just because he thinks we got in his watermelon patch," I said. "Heck, he can't prove a danged thing. You know what he deserves?"
"Naw, what?" said Ears.
"Well, he's raisin' 'nother bunch of them big watermelons, so we oughta raid his danged patch again. That's what the old fart deserves."
"Ha, you're out of your ever-lovin' mind, Richard. Didn't you hear him say his gun was gonna be loaded with buckshot next time?"
"Yeah," said Ears, "and he's always right round his house. He never goes nowhere except to the grocery store."
Then I had one of them real smart thoughts that turned out to be not quite as smart as I thought it was right then.
"Huh, you're right. He just comes down here to the grocery store once a week, so this time next week he'll be back."
"What are you thinkin', Richard?" asked John Clayton.
"Well, next week, as soon as we see old man Odom comin' down the sidewalk, we'll scatter like bunch of quail, and he'll think we're takin' off 'cause we're a-scared of him, but we'll be runnin' right down the road straight to his watermelon patch."
"Yeah! Yeah!" said Ears.
"I don't know," pondered John Clayton. "Maybe he's fixed them melons with that croten oil stuff that'll make you sick as a dog, or he could have somebody watchin' the patch."
"Shoot, you sound like one of them yellow-belly chickens," I hooted. "'Fraid of old man Odom?"
"Naw, I ain't 'fraid to raid that watermelon patch; I'm just wonderin' if he's fixed a trap for us. You know he's just a-darin' us to get in that patch."
"I double-dog-dare both of you," declared Ears.
"Heck, nobody double-dog-dares me!" I said. "Let's do it next week."
So the plan was made—a daring midday raid on old man Odom's watermelon patch, while he was in town buying groceries.
Yeah, I'll admit it: I'd thought a whole bunch about stealing that big seventy- pound watermelon last year, and even though we shared it with some of the soldiers that were camped right outside of town, it sure worried me, especially during last year's revival. When I got home that night after the revival services, I wrote on a piece of tablet paper, "I stole a big watermelon from Mr. Odom's watermelon patch and I'm sorry." Then I signed it and put it in an envelope, and I wrote on the envelope "Do not open unless I'm dead," and I put my name on the front. But as I sat there on the breadbox after that sorry old man yelled at us, I forgot all about being sorry for stealing that watermelon last year, and I was itching to get even with him for yelling and harassing us, even if we did deserve it. That old man was as mean as some slimy snake.
We sat around on the breadbox for about another thirty minutes until John Clayton looked in the store and hollered: "Mrs. Echols is makin' out old man Odom's charge ticket!"
Shoot, he didn't hafta say nothing else, because we were off that breadbox in a flash and heading home. Sitting there waiting for that mean old man to come out and yell at us wasn't something anyone wanted.
"Here, Sniffer. Here, boy, let's go!" I yelled. Sniffer stretched and started ambling down the sidewalk, with me right behind him.
"Oh! Oh! Dang it!" Walkin' on that old, broken-up sidewalk thinking about old man Odom had caused me to stump my toe on a piece of concrete. I'd been going barefooted since mid April, and after school let out I hadn't worn a shirt, except when I went to El Dorado or to church. All I ever did wear during the summer was a cutoff pair of blue jeans. The soles of my feet were as tough as leather, but stumping your toe on a piece of concrete, even with tough feet, still hurts like crazy. Tough feet ain't no protection from doing something that stupid. I limped on down the sidewalk mumbling about old man Odom. My house is about a mile down the El Dorado Highway, and by the time I got there my toe was back to normal…almost.
It was eleven-thirty, time for lunch, when I got home, and Momma had a big bunch of fresh vegetables and fried chicken again. Sniffer plopped down on the front porch to wait for me to come back outside, and I went in and sat down at the kitchen table where I went through a couple of pieces of fried chicken and a big helping of purple hull peas, and drank a big glass of buttermilk with cornbread crumbled up in it. That was lunch for me except for the blackberry cobbler, which I ate with some cream poured over it.
"Richard, as much as you eat, I can't believe you don't gain some weight."
"I know Momma. I don't seem to do nothin' but get taller."
Uh, oh no, 'nother grammar lesson.
"Anything, Momma."
Momma smiled and I slurped the last bit of fresh blackberry juice.
I spent the rest of the afternoon out behind the barn practicing shooting marbles, and I'd just walked back up to the house, when Daddy sauntered out wearing freshly starched khakis and a felt hat, and smelling of Old Spice. Momma was right behind him, and I thought she was just gonna say, "Don't go out, Jack," 'cause Momma always is ragging Daddy about his drinking. But she didn't. Momma didn't see me a-standing there by the side of the house, and Daddy was just about to get into the car when she grabbed his sleeve and pulled him around.
"Jack Mason, by god, I'd better not hear you've been seen with Helen Simpson tonight!"
"Oh, Sue, you know I just kid around with Helen out at the refinery. She's just a friend."
"Jack Mason, you're a liar!"
"Sue, don't be jealous; I'm just goin' out to have a beer, nothin' more." And with that, Daddy shut the car door and drove off.
I stood there not knowing what to think. Sure, I'd been around Daddy plenty of times when he stopped and talked to different women. Daddy works around a whole bunch of women at the refinery because so many men have been drafted, and they've hired a bunch of single women and War widows to work in the oil canning part of the plant. I understood it a little bit better after John Clayton told me what his momma had said about Daddy.
"Heck, Richard, my momma said your daddy is so good-lookin' all the refinery women are just hangin' on him. She said your momma better watch 'em."
Well, I'd never thought of Daddy as being good-looking, but I guess he is. He's over six feet tall and weighs one hundred and eighty pounds, and he doesn't have an ounce of fat on him. He has sandy light red hair and deep blue eyes, and really likes to dress up and go out.
After Daddy left and Momma went back inside the house, I thought about Miss Simpson. She's a really pretty woman—tall, with long brown hair. Most of the women in town keep their hair cut short, but Miss Simpson lets her hair grow long, and it curls around her face and hangs down over her shoulders, which even I think is pretty. Momma and Daddy sure didn't know it but last summer when John Clayton and me were out frog gigging, we'd walked by Miss Simpson's bedroom window, and saw her standing there in front of the window cooling off without no clothes on from the waist up. I'll never forget that as long as I live. Me and John Clayton just stood there with a blank stare. She had, well, her, I mean she was larger in places than I'd ever imagined. So, as I stood there and thought about what Momma said, I could see that maybe Daddy was interested in Miss Simpson, even though she was nearly forty years old.
Me and Momma had another one of them suppers by ourselves, because we knowed Daddy wasn't about to come in before eleven. After supper I went over to the radio with Momma to listen to Walter Winchell give the War news. Momma turned the dial to KELD and soon Walter Winchell's rattley voice filled the room. I don't know how anyone can talk so fast. I can barely understand him.
"Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America, North and South America and all the ships at sea … let's go to press! Jap troops surrender by the thousands, American Marines capture Okinawa, and casualties are high. Over twenty thousand Japs killed. The attack on the major islands of Japan is only weeks away."
"Gollee, Momma, did you hear that! Them sorry, stinkin' Japs are 'bout finished!" I yelled.
"Shusss, Richard, he's not finished."
Well, after that Walter Winchell went on and on mostly about the dang Japs and their suicide planes. Me and Ears had a talk about the suicide planes last week, and I don't think Ears understands the whole thing.
"Heck, Richard, what I don't get is how they gets outta the plane 'fore it hits a ship."
"Shoot, Ears, they don't get out. They crashes it right into the ship with them in it."
"You mean kill themselves? They don't either! You're just makin' that up. Nobody, but nobody, is gonna fly an airplane into a ship on purpose."
"Yes, they do, Ears. I promise, cross my heart." But Ears didn't believe me. He thought they were just acting like they crashed the planes into the ship, but right before it hit they'd bail out and float down while the plane flew on and crashed into the ship.
Soon Walter Winchell was over, and I settled down to listen to The Green Hornet and then The Shadow. Momma came in and made a half-hearted attempt to get me in bed, but she knew better. I won't go to bed until Daddy has staggered into the bedroom and passed out, and tonight would be more of the same. A few minutes after eleven I heard our car pull up by the gate. Sniffer let out a welcome howl, and soon I heard Daddy's unsteady steps on the porch. He made it to the front door and started fumbling with the lock and doorknob. I couldn't stand it no longer, and I ran to the door and opened it. He stood in the doorway just waiting for Momma to light into him like she did every night when he came home drunk. Momma got up from the couch, where she'd been reading a fashion magazine, and started slowly walking toward Daddy. I would always just wait to hear Momma's opening line, and most of the time it was, "Jack Mason, you're drunk again! Don't you care anything about your family?"
Daddy was sure to answer. "Sue, I'm not drunk. I've only had two beers."
Well, if anything was funny about this whole stupid mess it was that statement. Daddy, who was so drunk he had to hold onto the door facing to keep from falling down, had certainly lost count of the beer he'd drunk.
However, that night Momma was different. She walked over to Daddy, looked him over, reached up and touched his collar, and, I'll swear, she smelled him. Heck, what was that all about? I could smell beer from across the room. What was she doing? Momma took about two steps back and through gritted teeth, where I had trouble hearing she said, "You've been with her, haven't you?"
"What? What did you say, Momma?"
"Sit down, Richard; your dad and I are just talkin'."
"I know Momma, but what did you say?" Well, Momma wasn't about to repeat that again in front of me, and strangely enough Daddy stopped talking and just went to bed. He passed out and was dead to the world in five minutes. Heck, I was in shock. Daddy, who is easygoing and never yells or fusses around the house, is a different person after he starts drinking. Usually, he and Momma will go on for almost an hour, yelling and threatening with me right between them. I tried to talk to Momma about what was certainly a-whole-bunch-different evening, but she just sent me to bed.
I lay there in bed that night knowing something was happening in our family that wasn't right, but I didn't know exactly what. Maybe it was Miss Simpson. In a few minutes I dozed off wondering if Ears was right. Maybe them Japs do jump out right before the plane hits. It was five o'clock and time to deliver them danged papers before I knew it.
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Hello all, I just stumbled across this site today, and I hope you don't mind me asking some questions to all of you trying to conceive and having problems.
First a bit (a LOT) about me, I'm Melissa, I'm 27, I live in Ontario, Canada, and my wonderful husband Taylor (30) and I have been trying to conceive for about two years now. We've been married for two years, and have been together for over 10.
Since I was a young girl, all I've wanted in life was to be a mom. Above all career aspirations, that one stayed constant. I always thought that I would have problems getting pregnant though, I can't explain why, I just had this deep horrible feeling it would be hard for me. My mother got pregnant the first month she and my dad tried for all three of her kids, and my mother in law was the same way. I
When we first got engaged in August 2009 we just stopped trying NOT to get pregnant and went with the flow (So I guess technically it's been 3 years TTC). A year later in October 2010, we got married and really started tracking my cycles, we wanted kids as soon as possible, at first we tracked on the calendar, but then with ovulation predictor kits. Weird thing, I never once got a positive result for ovulating. I did everything the kit tells you, tested from day 11 to day 18 each month (I have a very, very regular 29 day cycle, I could tell you to the HOUR when it would come). By the following June 2011, I had been going to my family doctor about problems conceiving for a year, and she was horrible the whole way through. She was very cold and uncaring, and kept telling me that nothing seemed wrong from the tests she had run other than my thyroid function was a bit low, but she said it wasn't low enough to worry about or make a big impact on my fertility. She said she didn't usually refer patients our age to fertility specialists until they had been actively trying for a year or more.
We were finally referred to a fertility specialist after much insistance in March this year, got our first appointment in early July, and all testing came out negative for me, other than my TSH was quite high, 6.72 where they would prefer to see a woman going through fertility treatments at about 1-2 (0.3 - 5 is considered normal in most medical circles). I had hypothyroidism, so they put me on Thyroxin. Other than that, no other problems with me. My hubby was especially proud that his little swimmers were above average in just about every category. Everything else was good though, my other hormone levels were fine, she said my uterus and fallopian tubes are "perfect" after a HSG dye test, she just can't seem to see what is causing us to have such trouble conceiving. I had asked about luteal phase defect during our last visit, as I have terrible, thankfully short (3-4 days max) heavy heavy periods (I can go through a super plus tampon in a couple hours!) with extremely bad cramps, so bad some days that I get physically ill, plus all those months of negative ovulation tests, but she mostly dismissed it and said that isn't the case. We haven't been back to her since to follow up with that.
Now we're waiting until our next appointment in November to be put on Clomid, she said she wanted to wait till I'd been on those thyroid pills for a few months before starting me on Clomid. Hopefully the Clomid will work for us!
It's been a long and frustrating process, compounded by the CONSTANT "Are you pregnant yet?" we've been getting from everyone under the sun. We just smile and say we're having fun trying!
Questions now hehehe,
1. How do you politely tell people to stop asking if you are pregnant yet? It's SO ANNOYING! I don't want to say "no, we're having problems" and make the person feel two inches tall, but I really want some people to stop asking. It's just a few people in particular that ask me that every single time they see me. If we are out socially and I'm drinking a beer, people come up to me and say I guess you aren't pregnant yet! I don't know if they think they are being cute, but it's annoying as crap!
2. Anyone else have unexplained fertility issues? I just can't accept the fact that my body could be refusing to do what thousands of generations of women's bodies have done naturally without any reason. I was actually pretty upset with the results of all the testing, how can NOTHING be wrong? At least if something is wrong, you can plan around it and treat it!
3. Have you or anyone you know ever had a luteal phase defect due to hypothyroidism? How did your doctor test for it? I am wondering if the reason she dismissed it so quickly was that one of the tests they ran was testing for it, maybe I just didn't realize it.
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I know everyone is getting excited about SQL Server 2008, and who shouldn't be :-)? However, I know that there are a few ISVs that are still interested in moving their database from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005, which will put them in an even better spot for migration to SQL 2008 in the near future. There are a couple resource that can help, check out the SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Technical Reference Guild and a Technet launch page that points to various white papers how you can