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BOULDER — Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre joked that he won't be bringing a young team or anything to face Colorado State.
Except that there was a reference to diapers Tuesday during his weekly news conference. Colorado and CSU open their seasons Friday night at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
"I'm going to take some diaper rash (cream) to the stadium," MacIntyre joked when asked about the youth on his roster. "We have some young guys.
"A few of them will have jitters. A few of them won't. I'm excited about our young people and how they're improving and what they're doing."
According to research conducted by the CU sports information office, with 71 underclassmen — 44 freshmen, 27 sophomores — among a roster of 105 players, the Buffaloes are the youngest team in the Pac-12 and 11th youngest nationally.
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"It will be fun to watch (our young guys) play," MacIntyre said. "At times it will be exhilarating. At times you'll want to pull your hair out. But it will be a growing process. I think they're ready to go and ready to play well and go from there."
MacIntyre said he enjoys the intrastate rivalry game being played in Denver and also being early in the schedule rather than at the end of the schedule like some rivalry battles.
"I think it's a heck of a rivalry," MacIntyre said. "It's going to be a heck of a football game for both of us. I know our kids are excited about playing.
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Parisians are experts at moaning, and the recent weather has given them (or us, I should say) plenty of good reasons to sound off, but even they (or we) must admit that this year is ideal. Like the Olympics and the World Cup, ideal years only come around every so often, but this one is quite a peach.
I am, of course, talking about the highlight of the French calendar, May, and its bank holiday season. In a good year, salary slaves feel as though they've won the lottery, and this year, the 1st and 8th of May are both Wednesdays, with Ascension Thursday on the 9th and Whit Monday on the 20th. So if you take off May 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10 you have almost two weeks at your disposal to escape in search of some sun, with a nice long weekend just a week later. Plenty of people will have those odd five days sitting in their holiday account waiting to be finished up. And anyone with a few more in the kitty (which can easily happen if you work for a company that gives days off in lieu of the 35-hour week) can block out April 27 to May 20 in exchange for just ten days' holiday. It's the kind of French maths that makes Americans weep.
All this is the reason why my book A Year in the Merde, about a working year in the life of a young Brit in Paris, covers only September to May. When I was a desk operative, this was my favourite season. Flights to sunny places were cheap, the Med was warming up, and I often had enough time in my account for a decent pre-summer holiday, a sort of training period for my long August break. Meanwhile, as I say in the novel, any new projects that people had in mind were put on the back burner, to be revived in September. In effect, May and June were winding-down months, with July at half speed because of absent colleagues and August a full stop. As long as you're not an employer with urgent priorities, France is a dream place to work.
Though as I also say in my books and whenever i give talks to Brits and Americans, it must be pointed out that this doesn't make the French inefficient. On the contrary, I and my colleagues always viewed holiday as the best possible motivation. Before we went away, we made sure our work was up to date, ahead even. What's more, in our case, the self-imposed June-September cooling off period for any new project was often very productive. We had time to fine-tune, so that come September our ideas had matured fully, and we were doubly efficient.
And this is without the massive boost to the French economy that these long holidays can bring. The French are very keen on staying in France for much of their free time and they spend a fortune travelling around the country, eating, drinking, shopping, overnighting, and taking courses in everything from perfume-making to hang-gliding – usually from French trainers. These off-season breaks are excellent ways of redistributing the country's wealth.
So while one set of French employers is gnashing its teeth and praying for the calendar to make long weekends shorter and further apart, another set is saying bonjour to a bumper year. In France, things are rarely as bad as they seem. Except, perhaps, if you're stuck in a 100-kilometre traffic jam because you've chosen to drive out of or back to Paris at exactly the same time as everyone else. But even then, a true Parisian will cheer themselves up with a healthy bout of moaning.
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Owners expect more for less – It's harder to maintain profitability, while still offering supreme service to sellers. When you lower your commission, you essentially have two choices–to reduce your profit margin, or to cut back on the marketing tools you use to get the home sold for the highest possible price. Neither scenario is very attractive and is very helpful in guaranteeing you garner the highest price for that home.
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How to get your baby to sleep through the night?
I have an 8 month old, I don't know if it's from teething or what it is, but he will not sleep steady through the night...it's not every night, but maybe 3 or 4 nights a week. And for the past week, when he wakes up, after awhile if I take him out of his crib and get him back to sleep, as soon as I put him down he wakes up and starts freaking out, and this goes on for about 3 hours or more...During the day though, he's the happiest baby I've ever seen. lol Does anyone have any suggestions?
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I have 5 kids. I have found it VERY helpful, when they are having trouble staying asleep as babies, to cover them with a shirt that I have worn and not laundered, instead of a blanket. It has my scent on it, so they think I am still holding them. A couple of them needed to be swaddled when they slept when they were very young, so again, I just used a shirt that I had worn instead of a blanket. It got us through alot of nights with more sleep than we would have gotten otherwise. I hope this helps!posted 12/19/2007 by urbanmom123
I'm having the exact experience everyone is reporting. My 11 month old falls asleep, but if he he wakes up an hour or two later the only thing he wants is to be held. He stands in his crib and cries - which I can't watch - I have to pick him up. Then, when he's asleep I put him back in his crib and he starts crying again. Lately though, I've been playing a lullaby CD and I have it on 'repeat' so it plays the entire night. I've tried that the last four nights and he hasn't worken up. I could be a coincidence, but I'm going to keep using it!posted 12/23/2007 by erikaw0801
Wow, roxby_j, that sounds almost just like my 8 month old son. He can be as sound asleep as ever in my arms, but the second I lay him down in his bed he freaks out. I haven't tried Tylenol or anything, but I really do not think it's teething. He'll fall asleep after his bath and last bottle, and I can put him down in his crib, then 2 hours later he's up, screaming, when I come in he's on his hands & knees looking at me, then after I get him back to sleep in my arms he won't have being put back in his bed. He wakes up the second it touches him. I think it might be a milestones thing. It started happening, albeit mildly, last month when he learned to crawl, and has persistently gotten worse as he's learned to pull up, cruise and stand. I've read that babies who hit milestones on the earlier side tend to be easier wakers and more alert to their surroundings too. I think it's just a patience thing on the parents end that we'll have to endure.posted 12/17/2007 by erinvega
I can relate to this situation! When this happened with my son, it turned out it was his teeth and he was just really sore. He of course grew out of it but it took some time!! Hang in there, he is going thru more discomfortable than you. Sometimes it only takes a little love and maybe a little motrin : )posted 01/09/2010 by dmoran1227
My son is 8 months 3weeks. I have been experiencing this same exact thing.He is ot when he goes to sleep then about 2 hours later he wakes crying.When I go to check on him he is on his hands and knees looking at me.I pick him up and he is back out again.However when I try to lay him back down he is right back awake even though he was snoring in my arms.I don't know if it is his gums because he is teething.We've tried tylenol, oragel, and rubbing benadryl on his gums.Benadryl was recommended by his dr just rubbing it on the gums like the oragel to help with inflammation.However it used to help but now nothing works.He is also up and down until probably about 3 am then finally sleeps about 2 to 3 hours and then is back up again.If you figure anything out please post it.I am thinking maybe seperation anxiety.I have heard babies can start to get it at around 9 months.What does everyone else think?He is not taking long naps during the day, but is the happiest baby to be around also!posted 10/23/2007 by roxby_j
My son is 6 months and doing the same thing. My husband and I let him cry for 15 minutes before going to him. I just invested in a Camera Monitor so I can see if he is stuck on his hands and knees and needs me to go help him sooner. What I have found is that if my son is able to hold one of our hands he will go back to sleep, although fitfully. I bought a portable crib and put it next to my bed. It has a drop side rail so when my son just won't stay asleep, I move him to my room, put him in his crib and hold his hand while laying in my own bed. Sometime I need pat his belly also. We are both able to get some sleep this way. It sounds like this is just a phase, eventually they will all sleep through the night. I just try to remind myself at 3 am when I rocking away that being a mother is a 24 hour job and our little ones just need the reassurance that they are not alone in the world.posted 10/30/2008 by MariaStevens4
It's hard to tell from the posts but it sounds like many of you are allowing your little ones to fall asleep in your arms and then trying to put them in their crib. Especially by 8 months, if not a lot earlier (we've done this birth), you should be putting your little one to bed awake and helping them learn how to fall asleep on their own. Once they learn this, when they wake during the night they will be able to put themselves back to sleep. There will always be occasional difficult nights (my son went through a week where every day he got up progressively earlier for his morning feeding until it was 4am...I think he was going through a growth spurt). Anyway, I put my 6-month old son down at about 8pm after I nurse him - I put his mobile on, give him his blankie and offer him the pacifier (sometimes he takes it sometimes he doesn't). When he pops the pacifier out, he sucks on his thumb. My mobile plays for 18 min -he is almost always out before the mobile goes off.posted 07/13/2009 by sunflower2896
For the teething use Hylands teething tablets. They are in the vitamin aisle in Wal-Mart. It works wonders. For the crying try having your scent in his crib to let him know Mommy is still there. My DD wouldn't sleep in her crib until I put a t-shirt in there UNDER THE SHEET to give the bed my scent. Now there are no problems. Hylands also makes meds for earaches and other problems. http://www.hylands.com/products/teething.phpposted 04/24/2008 by michaela ann z
I have a 10 month old that is doing the same thing he will fall asleep after his bottle I can put him in his crib and about an hour or two latter he wakes up and wants nothing to do with his bed , I have started taking him in bed with me but Im concered that this is not helping the matter , he still wakes up 2-3 times a night , sometimes just for his soother and a bottle if anyone has some input please let me knowposted 12/18/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
it could be because of teething.. don't worry!!! its a phase.. everything will be fine soon!! And be ready too teething phase is one of the most difficult phase for both mother and the baby. So, have patience and get ready to face the challenges!! i also went through this.. that is why i can understand your problem.. I took help from from a fb page called babeezworld. they gave me some cool and helpful tips. You can also seek their help.posted 10/17/2011 by rivaanand
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Lessons From An Accidental Homeschooler
I went to public school. It was fine. I mean, sure, I had my share of problems and the occasional bully, and middle school was no picnic (though I don't know that it is for anyone, really), but I look back and view it as a decent way to get an education. I learned a lot. I was accepted to college and later, grad school, so clearly something there worked out okay.
It's not that I ever knocked private school or homeschooling, it's just that I knew they weren't for me. Public school works! And it would work for my children just as it had for me. It would work better, even, because I volunteered and got involved with the PTA and such. My firstborn—my daughter—loved school and excelled and her teachers were always eager to tell me how much they enjoyed having her in class. She was a handful at home, but not at school. Curious. (Teachers were quick to tell me that was preferable to the other way 'round.) My youngest—my son—was nothing but sunshine at home, but started having trouble at school almost immediately.
He was easily overwhelmed. Too much noise sent him looking for a place to hide. Various activities could send him into a tailspin if they didn't go exactly the way he wanted them to; if random pieces of colored paper were being handed out and he wasn't given a green one, for example, he'd have a full-blown tantrum. He seemed completely unaware of other people's personal space, climbing over classmates at will or plunking himself in a teacher's lap without asking, but would flip out if another kid brushed up against him when he wasn't expecting it. If the books were supposed to be lined up a particular way, then by God they needed to be lined up that way and only that way or the sky might fall. "Do it all over again!" became his battle cry, and though we joked about it, it was clear that something was going on. So we had him tested. It turned out that he had Sensory Integration Disorder, and in our original school district this was something of a golden ticket to services: He was placed on a 504 Plan where he received regular Occupational Therapy to help him cope with his sensory issues, plus he received other accommodations like a pass to go to his "quiet space" whether he was too overwhelmed. Public school was pretty accommodating of his needs, and we breathed a sigh of relief that everything had gone so well.
A couple of years later, we moved, and we brought his 504 Plan to the new district and they assured us they could support my son in the public schools. And they did… sort of… but he continued to struggle, and within a couple of more years, we were having him evaluated again. This time, we were told he's actually autistic (Asperger's Syndrome, or High-Functioning Autism). More accommodations were needed, so his 504 was converted to a full IEP, and the school insisted they could do everything he needed. Sure, maybe they insisted that after we brought an advocate with us to a few meetings, but no matter! Public schools work and he had an IEP and even a one-on-one aide (which is very rare in our district) for his last year of elementary school. We were making it work… kind of.
And then we went to middle school orientation and it was pure chaos. It was loud and crowded and crazy. My son—11 years old by this time, but the size of a child much younger, and with the social grace of your average kindergartener—ended up curled up underneath a desk, asking if we could please go home. We had known that this might happen; that was just the moment when we knew we had to stop trying to stuff our square peg into a round hole.
We left, and I submitted our Intent to Homeschool paperwork. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I work full-time from home, so I knew I could flex my schedule somewhat, but I was still terrified of what this decision meant for my career, for my son's education, even for our relationship. It's been two years, and I'm still learning, but here's a few of the things this experience has taught me.
Nothing is permanent; try something, and if it doesn't work, try something else. We looked into several homeschooling umbrella programs—I knew there was no way I could do this all on my own—and chose a nearly-full-time local program for his first year. This year we went down to just three days a week in last year's program, and on his days at home he works on online classes. And as we wrap up this second year… well, we've decided not to enroll in an outside program for next year at all. He'll do online classes from home, and we now have a wide enough circle of fellow homeschoolers around to set up some weekly enrichment activities with his peers. It feels like a natural progression, and if for some reason this isn't right, we'll try something else.
Look at what was working and what wasn't, and plan accordingly. My son was fine in public school when he was academically challenged in a subject he liked, and often had difficulty when he was bored or stressed. Noting this, we moved him ahead in math (his best subject) and a wonderful teacher found what he actually liked to write about to get him writing again (after our state's writing test all but made him stop writing entirely). He can take breaks when he needs them. Online classes are perfect for my Aspie—accelerated academics without the classroom chaos, and he can work at his own pace. The mixed-age homeschool group allows him to work on his socialization challenges separate from his main school work, which is helpful for him.
Homeschooling is different than you think. I knew homeschooling wasn't all religious fundamentalists these days, but it wasn't until we jumped in that we discovered there's as much variety in homeschooling families as public school families, and variety in available programs, too. Even as a family with one homeschool kid and one public school kid, we turn out to be not that unusual. Different kids need different things. I think we see a higher percentage of special needs kids in homeschooling, but I have been surprised and delighted by the level of tolerance and acceptance this seems to breed. Many of us turned to homeschooling due to poor experiences elsewhere. As tribes go, it's a pretty inclusive one.
You don't necessarily have to know the whole plan right now. We walked away from public school with the knowledge that middle school tends to be especially brutal for kids on the autism spectrum (middle schoolers tend to be miserable, anyway, but this is where the gap between neurotypical and non-neurotypical development tends to be most stark). It seemed simple enough to step away for middle school, with the goal of putting him back into the district for high school. An interesting thing has happened in the intervening two years, though; while I now feel like my son probably could handle our local high school, I no longer feel like he necessarily should. We have a year to decide, but I know he'll be fine either way.
Plans are good, but don't forget to have fun. Most days when my son is doing school, I'm doing my own work, too. But sometimes it's a beautiful day and we take a break to work in the garden or go pick berries. This is the huge upside to setting our own schedules, and any time we break from the routine to do something fun, it's not just an adventure, it's a reminder to me that my once-inflexible boy can now go with the flow in a way that he never used to. Homeschooling gave him that. Heck, I think homeschooling may have given that to me, too.
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js May 14 at 3:19 pm Reply
It's great that you found something that works for you and your whole family. All I can think is, when I was in school, I would have loved the opportunity to not attend the same school and my many, many siblings and cousins. It would have be great not to have teachers assume we were all the same. I admire people who do home schooling because I freely admit I lack the discipline to make my child stick to a set curriculum, especially when it's a nice, berry-picking kind of day outside.
I hope everything continues to go well for you.
Yes, yes, yes, and a thousand times YES! These are the same things I've found after our first year of homeschooling, too. I never thought I'd be this way about it, but it's what's right for our family.
Brava for taking (yet another!!) step to determine what's best for your family. You are rockin' it!
We're "wrapping up" our 2nd year homeschooling. We pulled out because of the difficulty we'd had in finding teachers who were good fits for my eldest who is an Aspie with SPD and we had a second awful experience with a permanent substitute situation with two separate kids. So homeschool we went.
It's been fantastic. My kids are closer than ever (11 yo boy, 8 yo girl, and 6 yo boy), we spend a great deal of time together, we are able to switch the curriculum around to suit everyone's needs, we have a fantastic, inclusive and diverse group of homeschoolers we pal around with, my daughter's self esteem is back in tact, and all (YES, ALL) the major issues my son was struggling with on a daily basis are barely memories. So. Stinkin. Awesome!
Tobi-Dawne May 14 at 4:31 pm Reply
Our high need daughter will be starting grade one next year. And we've gone back and forth on how we will handle things. Pre-K was awesome – she loved it and we loved both her teacher and her EA. Kindergarten… not so much, but we're trying to stick with it. The grade one teacher seems amazing, so we're hopeful. However, we've all decided that while we'll give it a try, if we find school isn't supporting her or giving her what she needs, then she'll come home and we'll try something else. It's a scary thing trying to give your kids all they need to succeed.
suburbancorrespondent May 14 at 8:01 pm Reply
Just need to point out that homeschooling has NEVER been all religious fundamentalists. In fact, the father of the homeschooling movement (John Holt) founded the idea on pedagogical grounds, not religious ones. Every time I turn around, someone is writing an article the gist of which is "Homeschooling! Not just for religious fundamentalists anymore!"
Pet peeve. Sorry. Curious to hear what online courses you found to work best for your son.
Kerry May 14 at 11:40 pm Reply
Wow Mir, pretty disappointing that you would like your son to be accepted despite his differences, yet find a need to make judgements against religious "fundamentalists." Especially in your last comment there when you say, "Fundamentalists are more likely to have a mom at home and more likely to believe that it's mom's job to provide schooling." I guess you have us Jesus freaks all figured out. Obviously, our reasons to homeschool are MUCH less valid than your. Do we all wear ankle-length denim jumpers, braid our hair, and go make-up free in your bigoted world view?
Awesome example of tolerance!
Anna May 15 at 1:30 am Reply
I'm speechless. This is a really ugly post, and totally unnecessary. Mir shared legit information, and did not use it to demean or insult anyone.
You could take it as a compliment, you know. Fundamentalists are more likely to have a mom at home, that's true. And it is mostly because they CARE enough to make it work.
Sheesh. I think Mir actually said it best- the homeschool circle is pretty tolerant and inclusive. And we all have different and multiple reasons.
erika May 15 at 11:21 am Reply
Kerry, there was no judgment in Mir's writing. She pointed out something that is often a perception of many people. That is all.
I think sometimes people see what they want to see (or in this case, read what they want to read).
Susan Getgood May 15 at 8:26 am Reply
While my son has not been diagnosed as on the spectrum, the teachers at his old public school had suggested we do so because while bright, he was having trouble adjusting to the environment once he hit 4th grade. Midway through 5th grade we moved to another state for my job, and I ended up putting him in a very small k-8 private school — 60 kids TOTAL because the public schools in my new town are awful. It has worked out brilliantly. The small size means the teachers can pay attention to all the students, and they can let kids work at their own pace. No need to pull someone along with the class or hold someone back to keep everyone at the same level the way they often have to do in public schools due to resource constraints.
Sheryl May 15 at 9:23 am Reply
I home school my kids from time to time in various combinations. I've home schooled all of them at once, and last year I home schooled my middle kiddle. If I feel they're not quite where they should be academically or socially, or heck, if they just want to stay home for a year or two. I'm fortunate to have the privilege of staying home, so we have those options.
Hiya Mir! I've followed and enjoyed your blog over at WS for a long time. Thanks for the inspiration and support! We have an extremely bright 13 yr old aspie (he is a triplet w 2 brothers in public school and a sis away at college). He is about to finish 6th grade at an amazing school but it ends at 6th ; ( We pulled him out of public in 4th and had him redo 4th after getting all C's. I haven't been able to find the right place for him for the next yr or 2 (if he skips ahead) until high school, which seems to have more options for his intelligence and interests. Anyway, homeschooling has always been a total non-option for me. Just the THOUGHT gave me hives haha, probably due to the triplet boy thing ; ) and the fact that my husband and I had a totally conventional/public education But now, after reading this I am starting to think "maybe I COULD do it" but just with him. So thanks and please keep helping us by sharing your struggles and accomplishments.
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As of August 27, 2012 she is ranked world #3.
Sharapova has lived in the United States since moving there at the age of seven. Besides a home in Bradenton, Florida, she also has residences in Manhattan Beach, California and in Netanya, Israel.
Sharapova has won 27 WTA singles titles, including four Grand Slam singles titles.
She has also won the year-end WTA Tour Championships in 2004.
The Women's Tennis Association has ranked Sharapova World No. 1 in singles on five separate occasions, for a total of 21 weeks.
She became the world No. 1 for the first time on August 22, 2005, and regained the ranking for the fifth time on June 11, 2012.
She has been in seven Grand Slam finals with a record of 4–3.
Sharapova made her professional breakthrough in 2004 at age 17, when she defeated two-time defending champion and top seed Serena Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final for her first Grand Slam singles title.
She entered the top 10 of the WTA Rankings with the win.
She subsequently won major titles at the 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open, before being forced out of the game for ten months by a recurring shoulder injury, which ultimately required surgery in October 2008.
Sharapova is also known for her phenomenally accurate and powerful groundstrokes. She has a powerful forehand which tends to set up points and create successful winners.
Sharapova returned to the game in May 2009, returning to the top 10 in March 2011 and capturing her fourth grand slam title at the 2012 French Open.
By doing so, it made her the 6th woman in the Open Era to complete the career grand slam.
Early in her career Sharapova's first and second serves were regarded as powerful,[93] and she was believed to possess one of the best deliveries on the Tour.
In the same year, she won an Olympic silver medal in the London 2012 Olympics, losing the final to Serena Williams.
Sharapova has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
She has been featured in many advertisements, including for Nike, Prince and Canon, and is the face of several fashion houses, most notably Cole Haan.
Since February 2007, she has been a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, concerned specifically with the Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme.
In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time,and in March 2012 was named one of the "100 Greatest of All Time" by Tennis Channel.
Tiffany also provides Sharapova with earrings from the "Tiffany for Maria Sharapova" collection at the four major events, that are also retailed globally.
Sharapova's tennis success and appearance have enabled her to secure commercial endorsements that greatly exceed the value of her tournament winnings.In March 2006, Forbes magazine listed her as the highest-paid female athlete in the world, with annual earnings of over US $18 million, the majority of which was from endorsements and sponsorships.
Following in the footsteps of tennis players who started clothing lines such as Fred Perry and Ren Lacoste, Sharapova launched her own tennis apparel line, the "Nike Maria Sharapova Collection", in 2010.
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*'''Parabolic solar cookers delivered to Afghanistan's remote Wakhan Corridor''' - The Kirghiz tribe live at the end of this slender finger of land in northeastern [[Afghanistan]]. Their primary fuel source for cooking has been dried yak dung, creating smoky conditions in their yurts. The buffalo-like yaks are used for most of their transportation needs. In June, [[Jeff Waalkes]] in [[Kirghizstan]] and [[Grace Magney]] with the [[Global Hope Network]] in Kabul were able to deliver ten [[parabolic solar cooker]]s to the tribe. Grace organized the procurement and had the cookers loaded onto a truck. Jeff's responsibility was to get the truck into the Wakhan Corridor, and where the road petered out, strap everything including the solar cookers to the backs of yaks to deliver them to the Kirghiz. Initially hesitant, members of the tribe were soon cooking food and boiling water. See more of Jeff's [[Global_Hope_Network_International#News_and_recent_developments|photos of the delivery]].
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah police officer who held the hand of a frightened 24-year-old woman pinned under a bus with crushed legs said he promised not to leave her until she got out alive.
A photo captures West Valley City officer Kevin Peck wedged between an icy street and the undercarriage of a commuter bus Monday, his blue latex-gloved hands clutching the hands of a badly injured Aryann Smith.
"She was very scared. She asked me not to leave. So I said I would just stay under there with her until we got her out," Peck told the Deseret News.
The nine-year department veteran was around the corner when a Utah Transit Authority bus struck and ran over Smith around 10:30 a.m. in a crosswalk.
Peck said he crawled under the bus to take a pulse on the woman, whose legs were gashed open and whose face was hardly visible behind blood and her hair. Smith told him she couldn't feel anything below her waist.
The two didn't let go until fire crews lifted the vehicle off of her.
"She was afraid she was going to die. And myself being under there, I'm just praying and hoping for some reason the bus doesn't move," Peck said. "We're right next to the tire underneath the bus, just trying to reassure her and keep her calm."
The woman told Peck she had been on her way to see a child who her mother was caring for down the road when she was struck. Peck said it took several minutes for emergency personnel to slide a backboard below Smith and pull her from under the vehicle.
She was taken to the hospital, and is not expected to lose her legs.
Police say it appears the bus driver didn't see Smith while she was in the crosswalk and failed to yield. Authorities say the driver was cited and is on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
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Our resident college basketball junkies, CSN producers Brian Brennan and Sean Kane, make their predictions for this weekend's City 6 games. Look for Fastbreak Friday on CSNPhilly.com each Friday for the remainder of the season.
La Salle (6-6) at Penn (2-9)
Saturday, 4 p.m.
BB: One of these struggling teams will get its first Big 5 win of the season Saturday afternoon at the Palestra, a game that was moved up three hours to account for a rather important football game at Lincoln Financial Field.
La Salle could really use a win to build some momentum heading into Atlantic 10 play. The Explorers haven't won more than two games in a row all season, and that inconsistency is a big reason for their 6-6 record. The offense simply isn't as efficient as it was last season, when La Salle shot 45.1 percent from the field. The Explorers are only making 40.3 percent of their field goals this season, and all those missed shots lead to easier opportunities for opponents on the other end. They're also a much worse three-point shooting team this season (30.3 percent compared to 37.7 percent last season). That perimeter shooting was a big part of what made them dangerous, and it just hasn't been there this season.
That said, Penn head coach Jerome Allen would love La Salle's problems. The Quakers fell to 2-9 after an 80-77 loss Thursday night at George Mason, another game in which Penn had chances to win but couldn't seal the deal. Part of Penn's problem is an up-and-down season from leading scorer Tony Hicks. When he's on, as he was scoring 23 points against Mason, Hicks can really fill it up. But he had scored just 24 total points in Penn's previous four games combined, shooting 7 of 35 from the field (20 percent). It's tough to win when your leading scorer shoots that poorly, especially when he's taken 50 more shots than any other player this season.
I like La Salle in this one for a couple of reasons. First, I think Penn will struggle to keep Explorer big men Steve Zack and Jerrell Wright off the glass. Secondly, Tyreek Duren lights up when plays at the Palestra, averaging 22 points in his last four games on that hallowed floor. He'll lead La Salle to a Big 5 win before the Explorers embark on their Atlantic 10 season.
La Salle 80, Penn 65
Drexel (8-4) at Southern Miss (12-2)
Friday 8 p.m.
SK: This is a tough spot for Drexel. Coming off a home loss to Buffalo last weekend, the Dragons hit the road to take on a 12-2 Southern Miss team that won 27 games a year ago and advanced to the NIT quarterfinals. Southern Miss is the favorite to win Conference USA this season. The Golden Eagles' only two losses have been at Louisville and in a three-point setback at Western Kentucky. They are extremely deep, with nine players averaging more than 10 minutes per game and five players averaging better than nine points.
Drexel, meanwhile, is mired in an offensive slump, failing to crack 60 points in each of its last three games. The Dragons are 1-2 over that stretch mainly because of poor shooting from their two best players. Chris Fouch and Frantz Massenat were a combined 8 of 33 in last Sunday's loss to Buffalo. For the season, Fouch is shooting 39 percent from the field and 29 percent from three-point range. It's been a struggle for Massenat, too, at 39 percent and 32 percent, respectively. For the Dragons to be successful, they need their backcourt to score at a more efficient rate.
This is Drexel's final non-conference game before embarking on its 16-game CAA slate. I expect the Dragons to pick up steam once league play begins. But they'll struggle Friday night.
Southern Miss 73, Drexel 61
Denver (7-7) at St. Joe's (8-4)
Saturday, 2 p.m.
SK: St. Joe's has quietly put together a four-game winning streak, beating its opponents by an average of 16 points along the way. The Hawks host Denver Saturday at Hagan Arena. The Pioneers have gone 7-3 after starting the season 0-4. But they're a team St. Joe's should handle on its home floor.
The Hawks are trending up at the right time with their Atlantic 10 opener coming next week at No. 23 Massachusetts. With Langston Galloway, Ronald Roberts Jr., Halil Kanacevic and DeAndre Bembry, St. Joe's has a talented nucleus that can compete with any team in its conference. But the question for the past three to four years has been whether that talent can blend together on a consistent basis. If the light is ever going to come on for this group, now is the time with seniors Galloway, Roberts and Kanacevic preparing for their final tour through the Atlantic 10.
St. Joe's should get a relatively easy victory Saturday before turning its focus towards winning the conference, something the Hawks were predicted to do last season before losing in the first round of the NIT.
St. Joe's 77, Denver 66
Temple (5-6) at UCF (8-4)
Saturday, 4 p.m.
BB: These two schools played one of the most memorable football games in recent Temple history this season, with UCF coming back for a miracle 39-36 win on its way to the Fiesta Bowl. The Owls are hoping for a different outcome on the basketball court Saturday afternoon in their second game in the new American Athletic Conference.
Temple's lack of depth is causing problems, but I don't see why that should be a big surprise. The Owls lost 73 percent of their scoring from last season's roster, which is a massive amount to make up unless you're John Calipari, reloading with a fresh batch of McDonald's All-Americans every year. The New Year's Day loss at Rutgers, Temple's first game without the injured Daniel Dingle, was a prime example of the Owls' razor-thin margin for error. Quenton DeCosey and Dalton Pepper combined for 44 points at the RAC, while the rest of the team had just 22. Will Cummings (five points on 2 of 12 shooting) and Anthony Lee (eight points on 3 of 15 shooting) had rough nights offensively. Temple's bench players aren't ready to offset those kinds of poor performances from multiple key players.
Temple and UCF look pretty similar on paper. Both average 78 points per game and neither team is particularly big inside. One player to watch for UCF is senior guard Calvin Newell, a Philadelphia native (Strath Haven High School) who would undoubtedly love to have a big game against the Owls. With two evenly-matched teams, I'm going to pick UCF to win on its "blacktop" home court.
UCF 76, Temple 71
Providence (10-4) at No. 11 Villanova (12-1)
Sunday, 7 p.m.
SK: Conference play is already in full swing for Villanova. The Wildcats began life in the reconfigured Big East with a hard-fought 76-73 overtime win at Butler on Tuesday. The play of JayVaughn Pinkston had to be the most comforting sign to emerge from that victory for Jay Wright. Pinkston had 22 points, four rebounds and three blocks just three days after one of the worst games of his career at Syracuse. Villanova is very difficult to defend when Pinkston is active and involved in the offense.
The Wildcats owe Providence after losing twice to the Friars last season. But Providence is due for some good luck of its own after its last two losses -- an overtime defeat last weekend at Massachusetts and a double-overtime home loss to Seton Hall on Tuesday in the Friars' Big East opener. Bryce Cotton runs the show for Providence, averaging 19.1 points and 5.6 assists in a staggering 38.6 minutes per game. Cotton will be the focal point of the Villanova defense. Expect the Wildcats to make someone other than Cotton beat them after he averaged 21 points against them last year.
Villanova's offense would benefit from Ryan Arcidiacono being more assertive. The sophomore point guard has focused on being more of a distributor one year after finishing as the Wildcats' second-leading scorer with 12 points per game. Arcidiacono's desire to set up teammates like Pinkston, James Bell and Darrun Hilliard for scoring opportunities makes sense. But there has to be a happy medium -- Arcidiacono has taken just 15 shots in Villanova's last three games, including three shot attempts last weekend at Syracuse. His shooting percentages are down, but he remains one of the Wildcats' most capable scorers.
It won't be easy against an experienced Providence team that's had Villanova's number the past few years. But the Wildcats will find a way to get their 13th win of the season Sunday on their home floor.
Villanova 77, Providence 71
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Founded by Baptists in Waterville, Maine (and originally named the Maine Literary and Theological Institution), Colby College began as a tiny place--half college, half seminary. It faced doom at the end of the Civil War but was rescued by Gardner Colby, a wealthy manufacturer whose $50,000 donation saved the college. Three years later, it changed its name to honor its benefactor. Sixty years after that, the tiny college had become choked by the city's success. Squeezed between the Kennebec River and the railroad tracks, it faced the daunting challenge of building a larger campus. The book tells the story of that audacious move, made in the darkest days of the Great Depression and funded by Waterville's residents, who raised $100,000 for a new campus on the heights above the city--on Mayflower Hill.
The years after the move were marked by vibrant growth and daring change, leading to an institutional prominence unimagined by the founders. Using anecdotes and biographical asides to humanize this history, Earl H. Smith describes Colby's shift from a religious focus to secularism, from "coordination" to coeducation, and from provincialism to global notice. Smith tracks the growth of an ever-stronger faculty who were willing to make innovative changes in the curriculum, and of trustees who dared to revolutionize student life by shedding outdated traditions. He brings to life student voices of the 1960s and 1970s, eager to change the old rules, protest an unpopular war, and demand equality and social justice on campus and worldwide. And perhaps most important of all, Smith illuminates how Colby College slowly reversed its role from the protected to a protector of the city that saved it.
Far more than a mere institutional history, Mayflower Hill resonates with the independent spirit of its founders and of subsequent generations of presidents, trustees, faculty, and students, who took inspiration and courage from the story of the old College and carried the new Colby to its place among the finest small colleges in the land.
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Arlington, VA-The National Board of Directors of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) today called unanimously on Congress to oppose any cuts in Medicaid in the budget resolution currently before them.
Medicaid is "the most critical safety net program" for children and adults who suffer from serious mental illnesses. The NAMI board underscored the urgency of the issue by individually signing the resolution, to be delivered to Members of Congress. Seventy-nine Republican and Democratic Senators already are on record opposing a House proposal to cut Medicaid by $92 billion over the next ten years.
"As American troops close in on Baghdad, another critical battle is being fought on Capitol Hill.
The lives of millions of Americans hang in the balance," said NAMI board president Jim McNulty. "We must not lose the war at home."
The Board resolution warned that cuts in Medicaid will have "negative national economic consequences," including greater burdens on systems and programs that provide care to the poor and the nation's most vulnerable citizens.
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Openings in games are very important. why this though because if you screw up your opening it could ruin your chances of winning and make it hard to win.
EVO opening- lets start with a bit of history EVO stans for evolution because back in the old days before the lost warehouse this was the play to get xp for the cards. so the combonation is like this 6pillz 0pillz 6pillz despite this being an old tactic this tactic can be still used in the game of Urban-rivals.
advantages- reliable especially with a card like Hawk (R). sets u up for 2hit kos.
disadvantages- if a person plays no pillz u are screwed. if a person does the same thing and wins u will have lost not only pillz but have at big hole in your life. dosen't work against Piranas at all with their annoying pill mulnipulation.
bluff- simply play no pillz
advantages- puts u at an almost certain advantage into the next game. if you play it right can deplete your oppenent of pillz.
disadvantages- can be predicted especially when u have a blocker in your hand. if someone plays 2-4 pillz (e.g Jackie (R) or Hawk (R)) it can considered as a loss.
high powered counterbluffing- playing a high powered card like Hawk (R) at 2pillz.
advantages- catches your oppenent out and makes him lose alot of life for only 2 pillz. if the oppenent pillz out at least u will be at an advantage next round.


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Online foreclosure auctions in Palm Beach County were canceled Monday and Tuesday because of Tropical Storm Isaac.
The sales will be rescheduled for a later date. Visit the Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller website here for more information.
Broward County's foreclosure sales at Broward.realforeclose.com were not affected by Isaac. Broward does not normally hold auctions on Mondays, and the Tuesday sales will continue as scheduled.
The two counties moved the foreclosure auctions from the courthouses to the Internet in 2010 to save money and improve efficiencies.
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Beautiful! Super cute!
I love this suit. I bought it for my 11 year old daughter who is in a swim team. She loves it. It was too small for her so I ordered two sizes up. The material is very tight so I love it. I have spent so much money on suits that end up stretched out. I have to buy swimsuits every three months. I think this will last much longer than that.
Miami, FL
Fit: Feels too small
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My 10 yo daughter loved this suit so I bought it for her to use for swim practice. We have purchased several suit both here and in the swim store and used this experience to choose the size. Unfortunately, this suit came in too small. Even as much as she loves the suit, she will not wear it because it cuts into her back. Otherwise, its a great suit. Order a size up from normal.
Cary, NC
Too small
4 Stars because it is so cute, my daughter loves it., it is fully lined and appears to be well made. Unfortunately, I ordered her usual size in suits and she can't get it over the hip area. She is a small 9 year-old with a slim athletic build. We will return it and try again with a larger size.
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I like the quality of the swimsuit and the fact that it fit true to size as I was not certain it would as I had to call before purchase because of what I believed to be a size discrepancy. It is a purrfect fit and I enjoy the whimsical aspect of the suit also.
Philadelphia, PA
Fit: Feels true to size
I love this suit, everyone loves it on me too. It's a truly me expressing myself. I love Swimoutlet.. I will always do my swim shopping here!
Coach Cynthia T.
New port Richey, FL
I love cats and this one is very unique. I think the fit is perfect & the quality great for practice. Splish suits put the fun back in a workout.:)
Grapevine , TX
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Love the fit, design, & colors. Adorable & FUN. Leave it to Splish. Nobody does it like they do. Thx. I love swim because of ur fun silly suits. :) Made well & fits yummy. Ur Zebra print & tiger is the bomb.
Blondie Athlete
Grapevine , TX
Love it!
We bought a pair of these suits for my daughter's synchronized swimming duet. My daughter wears a gurls' size 10/26 but we bought a size up and it is none too big. The suit fits well with some ease everywhere except across the top of the hips where it barely fits. Definitely order a size up, probably two sizes if you've got more curves in back than your average 8-year-old girl! There seems to be plenty of room for a bit of bust although she doesn't have any.Fabric is really nice -- thick and taut which probably makes the suit seem so tight, will probably loosen up a bit in the water. This suit is fully lined in the same thick, taut matererial as the outside so it should hold up well to wear.My daughter absolutely loves the suit and cannot wait until her synchro performances are finished so that she can wear it ALL the time!
Beth M.
Fort Collins, CO
Not happy with the kitty
The suit was way too small for me, and it was my normal swimsuit size. I was disappointed and not happy also with how high the back was cut. It is not a good fit for a women's body.
Cat James
Santa Clara, CA
super cute, but runs small
Very cute suit, but I had to send the first one back. The return was easy and turnaround was great. I first got a 28 (according to the sizing chart this is a woman's size 4, which is my usual size; I'm 5'2", ~120lbs with booty), but I couldn't get it past my knees! I went with a 32 the second time and it's tight, but feels right. The material is nice and thick and the print is super cute! I'm very happy with this suit. We'll see how long it lasts.
Corvallis, OR
Love it!
I bought this suit for my daughter for swim team practice. It fits great, and looks adorable. She even wears it to the beach because of the comfort. Love this suit!
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Too cute!
This is adorable and seems well made. I can't comment on sizing as it is an early purchase for Christmas. My daughter is on a swim team and always needs new suits, I'm sure she's going to love it.
Betty B.
Newbury Park, CA
Cute Kitty
This suit is very thick material, and it can be tight on the legs and back. It would have been better to get a larger size. My 5 year old gets lots of complements.
C.C swim mom
Brentwood, CA
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awesome. stitching seems to be coming undone on straps but daughter loves it!
Grand Rapids, MI
perfect swimsuit, fit and look. My granddaughter ordered it for swim team and loves it. Well made.
Jane D.
Temple, TX
Not enough top support
I need more support up top, so I'm not happy.
Emily N.
Longview, TX
Bought this for my daugher! She loves it and gets great complements!
A bit pricey for a "fun" suit but adorable. Daughter wore hers at championships and got so many great comments. It is good quality but straps are very thin.
Pittsburgh PA
Great!!! And Ah-dorable!!
Im a competitive swimmer and i was afraid that this would be to much of a free swim suit but, its great!! It feels like a good long-lasting material and its as cute as can be! The straps do cut into ur shulders a little though... but at least it isnt your neck! This is deffinetly a tight fitting suit yet the top sometimes pops out a little (this could probably be solved by not having a extremely flat chest). I would recomend this suit and brand to everyone as far as i know. (i have only been using it for a few weeks)Hope this helps!
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I'm an Aquatic Fitness Instructor and in the pool 4 times a week. I love the design and my students get a real kick out of it. It does not fit as snugly "above" the bustline as I would like (somehow a little too much fabric right below the piping). Also, it's a little too much fabric around the rear end and a little wide between the legs.And no, to go to a bigger size/smaller size does not solve those problems. It just means I'm a different body type to the model Splish uses. But the suits are so cute that I'll buy it anyway.
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Text messaging is not just for the kids anymore — in fact, adults have now embraced text messaging as a great form of communication, and a great form of flirtation. Whether you are just meeting someone new and are interested in developing a relationship or you have been with your partner for years, text message flirting can be a great way to bring some excitement and fun into any relationship.
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Arts, Culture & Fun City Classics: 42nd Street (1933)
at Al Oerter Recreation Center (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
The quintessential "backstage" musical 42nd Street traces the history of a Broadway musical comedy, from casting call to opening night.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies
Bryant Park Language Classes
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Bryant Park speaks Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Spanish this summer with free classes from inlingua.
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Bryant Park Juggling
at 42nd Street Plaza (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided.
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Bryant Park Reading Room: Reel Talks
at Reading Room (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Join a lively and entertaining commentary on the films of Paul Thomas Anderson.
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Printmaking Camp for Kids
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1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Stretch your child's creative muscles at Morris-Jumel Mansion's summer Printmaking Camp for Kids. Led by noted uptown artist and printmaker M. Tony Peralta (whose 2014…
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at Midland Beach Splash Plaza (in Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach), Staten Island
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Take free fitness classes outside this summer, brought to you by the staff of the new Ocean Breeze Track & Field Athletic Complex!
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HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: The Poseidon Adventure
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5:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
The model for all disaster movies is an epic featuring the biggest stars of the time: Gene Hackman, Leslie Nielsen, Shelley Winters, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, and more.
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Join a TreesCount! Training class to learn the techniques you need to help us map, count, and care for every street tree in New York City.
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Yes, the Abu Dhabi Championship had a feature group on Thursday that included Luke Donald, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, a group you don't see much outside of majors these days, and for most of the day, it lived up to the hype.
The final tally? McIlroy finished with a 5-under 67, Tiger with a 70 and Donald with 71.
But the interesting thing was just how the group separated. For most of the day, it seemed they'd all be right around each other when the final putt dropped, but as the holes lessened, two interesting things happened.
The first was Rory's continued ability to answer Tiger's golf shots. No, this isn't Augusta National, but it is fun to see a youngster see the guy that used to bring golfers to their knees and basically answer him shot for shot, but better. It happened on their 11th hole. It happened on the tee on their 16th hole of the day, the par-3 7th, and it happened a hole later, when McIlroy chipped in for birdie being completely out of position on the hole only to see Tiger muff a wedge shot and settle for par while sitting in position A from the fairway.
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The other interesting thing was just how uncomfortable it seemed Donald was all day. Yes, Luke is the number one golfer in the world, and nobody can take that away from him, but if any expert was going to rank the talent out of those three playing together, Luke would most definitely be third, and he seemed to play like that towards the end of his round.
Still, how fun is it to have these three in the same group for two straight days? Different games, different swings, but a lot of great stuff all day at a tournament we'd otherwise forget.
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Concerns about the Chinese banking system sent the markets tumbling to a sharply lower open with the Dow slumping 217 points to 14,581. Nasdaq plummeted 51 points to 3305.
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Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) will pay a premium of approximately $1.73 billion to acquire Vanguard Health Systems (NYSE: VHS).
STEC (Nasdaq: STEC) will be acquired by Western Digital (Nasdaq: WDC) in an all cash deal of approximately $340 million.
Isis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ISIS) reported positive results from a Phase 2 study of its high triglyceride and type 2 diabetes treatment ISIS-APOIII Rx.
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Investors locked in profits on Cytokinetics (Nasdaq: CYTK).
Andy Tian, the head of Zynga's (Nasdaq: ZNGA) China operations, will depart the company at the end of June.
Deutsche Bank downgraded Allergan (NYSE: AGN) from a Buy rating to a Hold rating and lowered its price target from $113 to $98.
In the broad market, declining issues outpaced advancers by a margin of more than 13 to 1 on the NYSE by more than 7 to 1 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 index plunged 26 points to 1566.