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Wondering if somebody can help me with this. We have a customer who is suffering a problem on one of our Zimbra servers. The server is bang up to date: Version 5.0.13_GA_2792.RHEL4.NETWORK 6 Feb 2009 and they are using the latest version of the connector that comes with this server version.
The problem is that in iCal after setting up an account in the Zimbra connector (and so creating a CalDAV account) it will perform an initial sync, but then a little warning sign will show up next to the CalDAV account in iCal. When you click on it you get an error. These errors can differ, so I have attached all three of the different ones I saw.
I did some searching and some people around the net seem to suggest that CalDAVAccountRefreshQueueableOperation is not unique to Zimbra, but rather might be associated with iCal and how it handles CalDAV. All the same I thought I best check to see if anyone has any ideas why this is happening, and potential fixes? We have many Zimbra servers and I have not seen this reported on any of the others, so this leads me to believe it may be a server related issue?
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ATLANTA -- Want to see the Hawks play the Orlando Magic live Monday night, but you don't have a lot of money? Believe it or not, there were tickets available Thursday afternoon for as little as $1.
On StubHub, that's the listed price, and once you tack-on the service charge and delivery fee, you're till only out-of-pocket $11. That price is for nose-bleed seats, but the prices are still low as you get closer to the floor.
Section 112 is off the corner of the basket to the right of the visiting bench. Seats in that section ordinarily run $75 a ticket. StubHub has seats 10 rows off the floor in that section for - get this -- $15 a ticket.
Will Flaherty with ticket discounter SeatGeek.com told Yahoo! Sports that some NBA ticket prices have fallen off dramatically this season.
"This was something we saw broadly across a few teams in the league last year, but not this early into the season," he said.
Some popular teams still have tickets going for a premium, but for teams like the Hawks, the Charlotte Bobcats, the Magic, the Washington Wizards, or even the Denver Nuggets, ticket prices are running very low, giving fans an opportunity to take in an NBA game for less than the price of a night out at the movies.


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Freshwater Conservation Sub-Committee (FCSC)
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The Fastest Street Cars - True Street ChallengeWritten by Johnny Hunkins on September 22, 2006 The MSD true Street Challange rolls into Columbus, Ohio, and leaves a lasting impression.
There's no such thing as "liking" fast street cars. You either love them or you don't--there is no middle ground. If you've ever prowled the streets on a Friday night hunting imports; if you've ever been the first one in line for Wednesday night test 'n' tune; if you've ever watched the entire Powerblock back-to-back, both Saturday and Sunday--then the MSD True Street Challenge is your mother's milk. Yes, there is Hot Rod's yearly Drag Week to look forward to, a fine venue in its own right, but the NMCA (promoters of the MSD True Street Challenge) understands that it's not always convenient to pull up roots for a week and tromp cross-country.
True Street isn't your ordinary street car drag race. There's something edgy about racing your daily driver back-to-back three times after a 30-mile heat-soaking traffic loop. Each would-be competitor wonders to himself, Will it break? Will it overheat? Will I hit a deer on the cruise? The rigors of a bona fide street drive coupled with the modest payout plant True Street firmly in the ranks of real amateurs, thank you very much. Shucks, some True Street participants haven't even been down a drag strip before. Simply, this is the playground--the absolute domain--of real regular guys.
True Street is somewhat of a curiosity in the drag racing world. Racers do not race each other, but the clock. The bragging right is for the quickest average of three quarter-mile runs. That's, of course, once you finish the 30-mile street drive. To make things more favorable for real street cars, no one is allowed to do any tuning before or during the drag competition. You can't even pop your hood. Finding out that info is usually the point where pseudo street/race cars push away from the table.
When we say True Street is for street cars, we mean real street cars. It's got to pass muster with working street equipment, a legal registration, current insurance, and a real interior. Back-half cars are OK per NMCA regs, but you had better have all your paperwork for the cops, who inspect all entries under close scrutiny.
So it was with dreams of magazine glory that 14 honest-to-goodness street-car lovers descended upon National Trails Raceway near Columbus, Ohio, this past June 3. The foremost goal of all racers, to have a great time, was easily surpassed. Likewise, we really enjoyed talking it up with the competitors, each of whom told a familiar street tale of hijinks and woe.
Our pre-race trip through the pit area brought us face-to-face with eventual winner, Dave Furedy. We should have known he would win. There was nothing especially bold or clever about Furedy's big-block Chevy-powered '84 Buick. Similarly, there was no ostentatious infusion of cash evident in his car or rig. The telling nod came from Furedy's quiet smile, confident attitude and mechanical awareness. He was as calm as the eye of a hurricane.
That hurricane was subsequently unleashed in the guise of a 9.489-second average ET. When the wind died down, Furedy (the newly-crowned King of Ohio) posed uncomfortably in a costume cape and crown. The NMCA presented him with a check for $250, a certificate for an MSD True Street Champion jacket, a 6-foot high trophy, and yes, Margaret, he gets to keep the get-up. We're sure it will go over well at the next Halloween party.
Furedy, however, wasn't the only winner. True Street has multiple classes embedded within its structure; competitors whose three-run ET average is closest to (but not quicker than) 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 seconds get $100, a plaque, and a certificate for a set of MSD spark plug wires. The overall runner-up gets this as well. It's ironic, then, that no car averaged slower than 13.82 over three runs, as there were two un-paid prizes up for grabs. Perhaps that tidbit will entice the nail-biters in our audience to join the party next time.
Printing deadlines being what they are, you're reading this sometime in mid-September. If you're lucky, you'll still have time to make the Fifth Annual Nitto Tire NMCA Nationals in Commerce, Ga. That's September 15-17. Look for the Popular Hot Rodding staff to be on the story. If you can't make it to the Atlanta area, you'll have one more chance at glory during the Fifth Annual Nitto Tire NMCA World Finals in Memphis, Tenn. That's October 5-8. Check out more information on MSD True Street at www.fasteststreetcar.com.
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Meet Dave Furedy, our MSD True Street winner. Don't let the friendly exterior fool you--he can pick your pocket at the stoplight without you ever knowing. Furedy's combo is deadly simple: a 555-cid 10.7:1 compression big-block Chevy feeds torque to a manual-valve Turbo 350 with a 9-inch converter, then on to a Ford 9-inch rear with 4.11 gears. Don't you just love how a G-body's engine bay swallows a big-block?Tony MacDonald is a die-hard street car fanatic. He towed his nitrous-fed, 406-powered, small-block '68 Nova 650 miles from Anoka, Minn. (a suburb of Minneapolis), and was rewarded with a Second Place finish from a 9.986-second average.The driver's meeting before the 30-mile cruise is a good place to lay down the rules to competitors. The NMCA's Melissa Lawrence is seen here briefing the drivers on procedure for the cruise and drag portions of the True Street competition.Robert Wilson (Parrish, Fla.) has improved his lot since the last time we saw him. He started out with a tired 327 small-block last season, running high 15s in True Street competition. The addition of a healthy 383 has recently boosted the performance of Wilson's '65 Impala into the low 13s."I never ran it before, so I just thought I'd try it," says Randy Greathouse of Proctorville, Ohio. Greathouse's LS1-motivated automatic '99 Z28 is all stock, save an MTI cold-air induction setup. With stock radials and a heat-soaked engine, it ran a best of 13.70.
Rob Lasota (Delaware, Ohio) dove deep into the 5-liter Mustang playbook to build his 10-second '95 Mustang. A 393-inch tall-deck Windsor is inflated with 14 psi of boost by an 88mm Precision Industries turbo. It's daily driven, thanks to a 4R70W overdrive automatic.Mike Bennett brought his '86 Trans Am from Bristol, Wis. Bennett has forsaken the high-tech fuel-injected route for a more direct approach: a B&M 144 blower on top of an 8:1-compression 355-inch small-block. With a Turbo 400 trans and 4.10 gears, it's gone a best of 12.34/118.Another GM G-body, this one an '84 Monte Carlo belonging to Terry Herbert of Elizabethtown, Ky., gets motivation from a Motown-based 434-cube small-block. A mix of Av-Gas and pump gas keeps the 12:1 compression happy and propels the Chevy to mid-10s on nitrous.Scott Stites (Fort Wayne, Ind.) is another True Street racer who had never drag raced his car before Columbus. The '65 Mustang fastback ran solidly in the 13s, even though it's set up for handling and autocrossing. We liked it so much, we gave him the True Street Editor's Choice Award. PHR ran a feature on Stite's Mustang in the October issue.During the drag competition, racers made three passes back-to-back without giving it a rest. After making a run, all cars bypassed the pits and queued up on the return road for the next one. These engines saw serious heat soak, yet none of them failed--a testament to their street-bred nature.Tricia McNeil (Linden, Mich.) works for the horsepower wizards at Hardcore Racing in Flint, Mich. She's 25 and married, so don't even think about it. Hardcore specializes in building ultra high-horsepower LS-series engines.The lines of the Third Gen Camaro are arguably the best of the breed, and Chad Wade's '89 IROC was set on kill to back up those good looks. A stroked 406 small-block with a TPIS Miniram was good for mid-10s on nitrous."This thing is king of the streets here in Columbus. It'll take all comers out on the street," Perry Stanley told PHR prior to competition. That's the kind of talk that, while perhaps true, will inevitably invoke the wrath of bad karma...
The G-body Malibu is a staple of street racers from coast to coast, and Barrett White's '78 'bu is a prime example. Although averaging 12s in the Columbus competition, the Louisville, Ky.-based Chevy has run a best of 11.44 on the merit of a 406 small-block, a built Turbo 350 and a 9-inch rear with 4.30 cogs.Patrolman Tom Lucas of the Union Township police department was our escort during the 30-mile traffic loop. As you can see, Tom has zero tolerance for any funny business.Title this photo, "Local Boy Makes Good." Mike Rehl lives a stone's throw away in Heath, Ohio, and drove his '72 Vega GT wagon to the track. With only 2,700 pounds to haul, the completely stock Vortec 350 truck motor has no problem moving the 4.10-geared sub-compact into the 12-second zone."My brother dragged me out here." That's how Kari Sands (Somerset, Ohio) put it as she posed with Scott Stites' '65 Mustang. We don't care--as long as you look good for the camera.


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(WUSA9) -- Montgomery County Police say a man who drowned on Saturday was a member of the 3D United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), stationed at Fort Myer, Va.
According to police, emergency crews responded to the scene of a possible drowning at approximately 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the Potomac River near Bear Island. Police say crews searched for a 21-year-old man, but weren't able to recover him until Monday at approximately 2:25 p.m.
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BALTIMORE – Don't expect to smoke at Orioles or Ravens games.
The Maryland Stadium Authority will prohibit smoking inside stadiums at the Camden Yards Sports Complex.
A spokesman for the authority said Monday that the rule will take effect March 4 and will apply to all games and events held within Oriole Park at Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium.
Previously, there had been designated areas within the stadiums where patrons could smoke.
The Stadium Authority spokesman said the Ravens will make accommodations for fans by allowing patrons to leave the stadium, smoke in a designated area, and go back inside.
The Orioles are expected to announce a similar policy before Opening Day this spring.
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Newark, NJ (Sports Network) - Jakob Silfverberg's goal in the second round of
the shootout lifted the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over the New Jersey
Devils on Monday at Prudential Center.
After the first three shooters came up empty, Silfverberg skated in and ripped
a wrister high over the glove of New Jersey goaltender Martin Brodeur.
Bobby Butler had a chance to keep the Devils alive at the other end, but his
wrister missed the net and the Senators escaped with the victory.
Silfverberg added an assist on Daniel Alfredsson's game-tying goal in the
third period, while Ben Bishop stopped 30-of-31 shots and all three shooters
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Stephen Gionta scored the lone New Jersey goal and Brodeur made 29 saves for
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HypopituitarismPituitary insufficiency
Hypopituitarism is a condition in which the pituitary gland does not produce normal amounts of some or all of its hormones.
The pituitary gland is a small structure that is located just below the brain. It is attached by a stalk to the hypothalamus. This is the area of the brain that controls the pituitary gland's function.
The hormones released by the pituitary gland (and their functions) are:
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) -- stimulates the adrenal gland to release cortisol; cortisol helps to maintain blood pressure and blood sugar
- Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) -- controls water loss by the kidneys
- Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) -- controls sexual function and fertility in males and females
- Growth hormone (GH) -- stimulates growth of tissues and bone
- Luteinizing hormone (LH) -- controls sexual function and fertility in males and females
- Oxytocin -- stimulates the uterus to contract during labor and the breasts to release milk
- Prolactin -- stimulates female breast development and milk production
- Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) -- stimulates the thyroid gland to release hormones that affect the body's metabolism
In hypopituitarism, there is a lack of one or more pituitary hormones. Lack of a hormone leads to loss of function in the gland or organ the hormone controls. For example, lack of TSH leads to loss of normal function of the thyroid gland.
Hypopituitarism may be caused by:
- Brain surgery
- Brain tumor
- Head trauma
- Infections or inflammation of the brain and the tissues that support the brain
- Radiation therapy
- Stroke
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage (from a burst aneurysm)
- Tumors of the pituitary gland or hypothalamus
Occasionally, hypopituitarism is due to uncommon immune system or metabolic diseases, such as:
- Hemochromatosis
- Histiocytosis X
- Lymphocytic hypophysitis
- Sarcoidosis
Hypopituitarism is also a rare complication after pregnancy, a condition called Sheehan's syndrome.
Symptoms of hypopituitarism include any of the following:
- Abdominal pain
- Decreased appetite
- Decreased sexual interest (in men)
- Dizziness or fainting
- Excessive urination and thirst
- Failure to release milk (in women)
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Infertility (in women)
- Lack of sex drive (in women)
- Loss of armpit or pubic hair
- Loss of body or facial hair (in men)
- Low blood pressure
- Low blood sugar
- Sensitivity to cold
- Short height (less than 5 feet) if onset is during a growth period
- Slowed growth and sexual development (in children)
- Stopping of menstrual periods (in women)
- Vision problems
- Weakness
- Weight loss
Symptoms may develop slowly and may vary greatly, depending upon:
- The number of hormones that are missing and the organs they affect
- The severity of the disorder
Other symptoms that may occur with this disease:
Exams and Tests
To diagnose hypopituitarism, there must be low hormone levels due to a problem with the pituitary gland. The diagnosis must also rule out diseases of the organ that is affected by this hormone.
Tests may include:
- Brain CT scan
- Pituitary MRI
- Serum ACTH
- Serum cortisol
- Serum estradiol (estrogen)
- Serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
- Serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1)
- Serum luteinizing hormone (LH)
- Serum testosterone level
- Serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
- Thyroid hormone (T4)
Levels of a pituitary hormone may be high in the bloodstream if you have a pituitary tumor that is producing too much of that hormone. The tumor may crush other cells of the pituitary, leading to low levels of other hormones.
If hypopituitarism is caused by a tumor, you may need surgery to remove the tumor. Radiation therapy may also be needed.
You will need lifelong hormone medicines to replace hormones that are no longer made by organs under the control of the pituitary gland. These may include:
- Corticosteroids (cortisol)
- Growth hormone
- Sex hormones (testosterone for men and estrogen for women)
- Thyroid hormone
Drugs are also available to treat related infertility in men and women.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Hypopituitarism is usually permanent. It requires lifelong treatment with one or more medicines. But you can expect a normal life span.
Possible Complications
Side effects of medicines can develop. Stopping corticosteroid and thyroid supplementation can be life-threatening.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you develop symptoms of hypopituitarism.
In most cases, the disorder is not preventable. Awareness of risk may allow early diagnosis and treatment.
Melmed S, Kleinberg D, Ho K. Pituitary physiology and diagnostic evaluation. In: Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 8.
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Review Date: 11/7/2013
Reviewed By: Brent Wisse, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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Can a Spending Splurge Help You Reach Savings Success?
Every dieter knows you sometimes have to give in to your cravings on the long road to a weight loss goal. Turns out the same principle applies to personal finance: A splurge now and then can actually help you attain your budget and savings goals.


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Four by FourWhy four by four? Well, build your own, be constructive, that's the theme today. Today we bring you four coffees from Honduras and hope you'll explore. Also, many moons ago, Selin Recinos, placed fourth in the Honduran national competition the year prior to the existence of the Cup of Excellence!
Style of Tasting
Cupping, Iced, Espresso, and ... Roll the DiceAnybody's game. Why not have a few cups of each out and ready to taste cupping style. Then, choose a couple of favorites and try them iced, try them as espresso, and, frankly, try them however you think they might taste best, and then tell your coffee friends all about it! Even better, if you are able, discuss just "how strong is your brew" as we approach the next Pro Dev.
Notes on the CoffeesAll four of these coffees come from within a small radius, geographically speaking, and they have similar taste profiles. The subtle nuances, however, make tasting them interesting.
We have a long history of selling Finca Pashapa as a darker roast or tucked away in a No.46. This, however, is its year to shine. Much like Moises and Marysabel of Finca El Puente, Pashapa's owner, Roberto Salazar, has come to be like family for Counter Culture. I've already heard comments around HQ, "Pashapa is my favorite right now," and "Check out Pashapa's brightness." So, it's the week of the underdog for sure. You'll be pleased with the syrupy stone fruit and sugar cane notes.
Roberto helps to run the Cocafelol cooperative in Marcala, Honduras. He's also a co-op member. Cocafelol recently took over an abandoned farm: They thought to themselves, "We know what to do with available land!!" Thus, Finca Liquidambar appeared on the scene. The roughly 3.5 hectare farm is run by the leadership of the cooperative. "Liquidambar" is the spanish word for gum trees, of which there are plenty on the farm. This year was the farm's first year with enough coffee to taste and ship in any great quantity! Look for delicate notes of brown sugar and apricot.
Selin Recinos is also a member of Cocafelol. We asked to try a few producers' coffee separately this year, and we are glad we did. Selin has one of the larger farms in the group with about 10 hectares. As referenced above, Selin has been in the spotlight for some time—since his 2004 national coffee win. In the cup: some sparkle, green apple, citrus, and almond.
We'd be remiss not to pause for a moment and remark on how great a name Estanislao Bojórquez has. In the Coffee Department we were rooting for him based on name alone. You'll find his coffee to be nice and sweet with medium acidity and a touch of fruit. There is a slight earthy undertone which is why we most likely won't sell the coffee separately, but it is still quite a nice coffee.
Rollout Dates and AvailabilityFinca Pashapa became available last week and will likely last through the end of June.
Señor Recinos and Finca Liquidambar will make their debut Friday, May 23, and will likely be around about two to three weeks—but that of course depends on demand. Estanislao ... today is his day! Enjoy it now and, potentially, only now.


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De'vo vom Shattenreich, by all accounts and evidence, can't be from this world.
Seriously. The things he does are no street magic tricks. They are hardcore feats of superhumanity. He has to be an alien. How else do you explain how he stacks dice inside a deck of playing cards? Or spin a pen in ways that violate the laws of physics? Dude!
Fortuantely for us mere mortals, De'vo is right here at Ellusionist, ready to teach you how to perform the art of extreme card manipulation. These are no standard flourishes, but the most impossible, acrobatic moves you can perform with playing cards. And pens. And dice. And rings. Probably silverware. Watches. Fingernail clippers. Dude is that good.


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Rafael Nadal made a stunning debut in Melbourne today, and in more ways than one.
The world's top baller absolutely crushed diminutive Belgian Christoph Rochus 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round and threw down some sick numbers to boot: 47 winners against 18 errors, 10 aces, 69% on first serve deliveries with 91% success, and made 8 of 9 net approaches.
In addition, the Mallorcan Matador finally debuted his highly-anticipated (and controversial) new Nike Spring '09 stylings I previewed back in November. He's working the Short Sleeve Top in white + classic charcoal, the Long Checked Short in classic charcoal (with some subtle dotting BTW), my fave Air Max Courtballistecs in light green + classic charcoal, and bandana and wrist bands in light green.
How incredibly sexy does he look in these duds?! *swoons*
Rafa was asked about the new look in his post-match presser:
Q. I notice you didn't have a sleeveless shirt on today. Are you sort of getting a bit older?
RAFAEL NADAL: You like it or the prefer the other one (smiling)?
Q. I wouldn't go sleeveless myself. What do you think?
RAFAEL NADAL: I feeled well, no? I feel good. Well, in this moment we gonna play like this. You never know in the future. But right now I am fine like this.
Q. Anything cause the change? Was there any reason to change it up?
RAFAEL NADAL: For change. I don't know.
LOVE. There really isn't anything more to say about this entire ensemble although, like any outfits seen on the runways during Fashion Week, I warn against wearing the complete look head-to-toe.
I mean, who wants to be compared to Rafa? You'll lose - just sayin'.
PS - As if this wasn't enough, here's a BONUS for all you rabid Rafanatics:
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
FASHION FIX: Rafa's stunning + stylish debut in Melbourne, showcases new-fangled Nike duds (to die)
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Rafa in black socks!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 6:57 AM
Everything works. Shorts are particularly nicely fitted, almost like dress pants. Shirt looks fresh and cheeky; great that it's not a polo, but colarless tee (not so busy). Fit is flawless. Lime green details are superb against that olive skin of his.
And how he wears it - totally unselfconscious, without that sense of awkwardness that new things tend to bring.
Overall, a resounding YES for the nite gear.
Now, let's see the day combo.
SOOOOOO sexyyyy sexxxxyyyyy the more i see him the more i want him!!ReplyDelete
SOOOOOO sexyyyy sexxxxyyyyy the more i see him the more i want him!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 7:05 AM
What I like about the new stuff is that it shows off his *shape*, not just his arms. I think you can really see the strength in Nadal's back and shoulders. The fit and the shirt that skims the waist really make the outfit work.ReplyDelete
Love the Rafa t-shirt! If I were a man, I would buy it ;)ReplyDelete
I'm not really a big fan of the new look. Maybe I have to get used to it, I don't know. I miss his arms ;) I liked the one he was going to wear on the US open better.
Smashing outfit!!!! *swoons*ReplyDelete
And smashing performance, too! He seems to be uber-fit. Hope he can keep it up injury-free.
Rafa: "You like it or you prefer the other one (smiling)?"
Sonja: "I love to see your bulging biceps, that's for sure. But the new outfit rocks, too. (dirty grin)"
- johanneJanuary 20, 2009 at 7:27 AM
That's a recap of the dialog I was having with my TV in the wee hours of the morning, watching him totally kick ass. He looked FABULOUS!! In more way than one. The color comb looked AMAZING on him.
You know, I used to hate black socks+black shoes, like Rog's USO apparel..ReplyDelete
- Tennis ObserverJanuary 20, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Not bad, but those straps under the knees should black as well.ReplyDelete
OMG, those legs...those legs...ReplyDelete
Did anyone else notice that he very obviously decided NOT to go with the pink and piss off natch? That's one smart cookie. *dusts off powder, cookie crumbs, and oil*
Hate to be the one who shatters you natch, but I'm afraid the pink one will be his day outfit...ReplyDelete
Me likey Rafa Pink though. :-)
Just think of him dressed as a giant cotton candy. YUM.
I really think he could make any shirt, and shorts, any color, and sport look really hot. I mean he made red powder sexy - who wudda thunk it????ReplyDelete
The charcoal color really takes his sexiness to a new level me thinks.
*still shuddering at thighs encased in charcoal shorts*
I, for one, do like the black on black too. I thought it gave Fed that sex-cred when he did his Darth Federer look.
You know what.. I know I'm always raving about his white capris but the shorter shorts...ReplyDelete
*makes keening noises*
He. is so. hot.
I know he will wear the pink during the day.
But the night is for natch...*faints*
Agreed. He could wear Serena's hideous outfit and make it sexy.
- johanneJanuary 20, 2009 at 9:49 AM
"The charcoal color really takes his sexiness to a new level me thinks." ****still shuddering at thighs encased in charcoal shorts*****ReplyDelete
I. Could not. Agree more. He could wear a potato sack and make it look sexy.
*sudden urge to play in potato sack with Rafa*
*am a broken record and don't care*ReplyDelete
LOVE it!!
Thanks for the heads up on the shirt - I have a blazing orange one from USO - i love this blue much better. I must go blaze a hole in my credit card now. woo!
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Wanna bet if he doesn't have a good AO he'll go back to the old duds? Why change when you've got something that's working :-)ReplyDelete
- Uvijek ArgenJanuary 20, 2009 at 10:43 AM
I think with that outfit he will be the sensation in any Rave party..."Turn the black lights on !! UWA UWA...UWA UWA"!!ReplyDelete
I know why I don't like it. I miss colour, because that looks so great on him. So I'll probably like his daytime outfit better.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 10:58 AM
So hot. So so hot. Well worth waking up at 5:30 AM this morning to watch.ReplyDelete
So then we'll all have two Rafas to play with this fortnight:ReplyDelete
daytime - fun, bright, playful, sexy Rafa
nighttime - dark, brooding, stealthy, sexy Rafa
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 11:14 AM
I didn't like the colors of the others shirts, but I definitely like this one. I think he looks much better with sleeves (sorry, Rafanatics :)ReplyDelete
- johanneJanuary 20, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Rich: SOUNDS PERF!!ReplyDelete
Anon 2:14: No need to apologize! You go and love Rafa just as you wish :) Personally, I'm a fan of both looks. HOT!! And SEXY!! The list goes on! ;)
Yes agreed johanne no apologies necessary. See johanne's previous "potato sack" comment - it's right on!ReplyDelete
uvijek - i think we might have been at a few raves together. "UWA UWA" sounds awfully familiar.
Oh god you guys always make my day. Uwa Uwa sounds familiar too - you guys might have seen me selling pitchers of beer and bottles of alchy. I was a Marlboro Girl, JD girl, Guiness Girl, you name it..ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Did anyone notice that Rafa didn't wear the Air Max Courtballistecs? Those were last year's Breathe Cage II's the new black and neon turquiose colors.ReplyDelete
babz: I loved that UWA UWA track - what a classic. I might have seen you and a I might have completely seen 4 of you too. Not sure.ReplyDelete
anon: they're not??? i wonder why he didn't wear them. i've never seen these cages before - i wonder if i could find them somewhere. i do love.
That UWA UWA track was the bomb, Rich. I'm sure you wouldn't have remembered me. Unless you're the kind of guy who would pay attention to short skirt and knee boots.. Oh, the indignity of trying to earn money on college years!ReplyDelete
girl, we all had our money-making moves.ReplyDelete
*burns princess diaries*
not me of course. FINE - PROVE IT!
I still would've noticed you if only to covet the boots. The skirt? Meh.
- uvijek argenJanuary 20, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Yeah Babz..PROVE IT!! hahahahahaha... ; )ReplyDelete
- uvijek argenJanuary 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Maybe Im watching too much "LOST" or something, but maybe our lifes cross between each other and destiny bring us to DOWN THE LINE!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Yep - those were definitely the Breathe Cage II's and not the new Courtballistecs. Nike most likely made those especially for Rafa since he still isn't used to the Courtballistecs yet. They (Nike) do colors just for him a lot of times - I contacted them about getting the red Olympics/Davis Cup Breathe Cage II's but they said that specific colorway was only for Rafa. The nerve!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 1:46 PM
A real, superreal, surreal joy for my eye. The new Spring outfit must be washed about 100 times - you can count them by the strangely perfect round holes - is this what that coloured things in detergents do? Or you may take that foggy klacj shorts as a image of the night starry sky. Which is nice butifsjy is the limut on Rafa's shorts they shouk really tighten his guard. :winkReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 1:48 PM
A real, superreal, surreal joy for my eye. The new Spring outfit must be washed about 100 times - you can count them by the strangely perfect round holes - is this what that coloured things in detergents do? Or you may take that foggy black shorts as a image of the night starry sky. Which is nice but if sky is the limit on Rafa's shorts they should really tighten his guard. :winkReplyDelete
Sorry my keyboard is leaving me
i'd like to see him in a tanktop and a pair of pat cash's old shorty shorts...and not necessarily on courtReplyDelete
UWA UWA... LMFAO... I think I might've been on that exact same Rave! Good times...ReplyDelete
"daytime - fun, bright, playful, sexy Rafa
nighttime - dark, brooding, stealthy, sexy Rafa"
Oy, the images.... playful... brooding.... stealthy.... *passes out so much*
Whaaa? Who would take pictures while we ourselves were working?? Those rave nights wasn't fun for me! It was worrrrrrrrrrrk.ReplyDelete
The boots and short skirts were mandatory. It's a beer/ciggy/alcohol thing. Apparently we sell more if we dress like sluts. I'm thinking it's a men thing...


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Trapezium Telescope still around?
Posted 18 March 2010 - 05:39 PM
I know Stephen has moved to Florida a while ago but I ordered a Minitower mount from Trapezium about 6 months ago and I'm still waiting... No answers to emails and Stephen's voicemail is full. Is there any sign of life over there and any chance I get this mount sometimes? Thanks for any hint.
Posted 19 March 2010 - 05:17 AM
Steve would be pulling his hair out if it were long enough! This move has been the most nerve wracking mess of my life! Soon, Stephen will be joining me, with all of my shop equipment and "stuff". Once we get things set up again we will be busting our back sides to get caught up. If anyone thinks that doing all that I do is easy, then come on over and try it yourself! Also, this entire operation is not about money, it's about being passionate about astronomy and the Mini Tower and soon, the Mini Tower Pro!
All I can ask is that everyone hang on while I regroup and get my ducks in a row. Once things are again set up and operational then I/we will be going full throttle to keep pushing the envelope.
Thank to all and clear skies!
HEY! I can say that now and actually go outside and SEE a clear sky!
Posted 19 March 2010 - 08:21 AM
Try emailing him at firstname.lastname@example.com. PM me with your email address and other contact info and I'll see if I can get in touch with him. Also, he is a member of the Mini Tower group on Yahoo...
Don't give up, he's trying to get reestablished, and wants to take care of everyone.
Posted 20 March 2010 - 04:39 AM
thanks all for your help. I'll try the other email address and I'll keep you posted.
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One of his sons told me is arrived safe and sound in florida and is a locksmith again.
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I'm now facing the awful truth: I won't get any goods from Trapezium and I'm afraid I've lost nearly 1500 bucks in this sad story. I'd be more than happy to stand corrected, here or anywhere else.
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He's trying to get in touch with people like you... last night, he was fighting internet problems with AT&T. I can tell you from personal experience that can be frustrating. He's working to get in touch with people, his son is there and setting up the machine shop singlehandedly (Steve has a day job as a locksmith- working 6 days a week/overtime every day)... they expect to be up and running again soon.
Steve will NOT take your money and run.. that is NOT who he is. BTW, he is no longer on C/N...
Posted 11 April 2010 - 07:28 AM
I'd love to share your optimism, but nothing so far from Trapezium... Weird, isn't it?
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I too have been waiting since january.
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I am definitely not happy with the situation. Had I known it would be so long, I would have not purchased the mount. The weather is starting to warm up, so I could really use the mount. He seems like a decent honest guy who ran into some personal problems. I would like to give him the benefit of the doubt and a chance to make good. I am hoping our mounts will be out by the end of the month.
Note that Alan posted that Steve is supposed to be at the iOptron booth at NEAF, so apparently a relationship still exists between them. Perhaps you should call iOptron to see if they can help. If Steve got your money and placed the order for the mount, maybe iOptron can ship it to you.
Posted 14 April 2010 - 11:54 AM
Things are getting back on track with Trapezium. If you have an outstanding order- and you've not been contacted or PM'd, please send me a PM with your details.
Posted 14 April 2010 - 02:44 PM
I e-mailed you to the address you gave me in the PM.
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Cheesy Black Bean Lasagne RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 9 lasagna noodles
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cans (16 ounces each) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 cans (6 ounces each) tomato paste
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 4 egg whites, lightly beaten
- 1 carton (15 ounces) reduced-fat ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded reduced-fat Mexican cheese blend
- Cook noodles according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium heat, cook onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the beans, tomatoes, tomato paste, water, cilantro and pepper flakes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until slightly thickened.
- In a small bowl, combine the egg whites, ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese and parsley.
- Drain noodles. Spread 1/2 cup bean mixture into a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Layer with three noodles, a third of the ricotta mixture, a third of the remaining bean mixture and 2/3 cup cheese blend. Repeat layers twice.
- Cover and bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes. Uncover; bake 10-15 minutes longer or until bubbly. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting. Yield: 12 servings.
Reviews for Cheesy Black Bean Lasagne
"This recipe was good, but I feel like it needed some balance with the ricotta mixture. I think I would just adjust with either more beans or less ricotta."
"Merged this recipe with another with great results. Added 1 cup salsa, 1/2 to 1 cup water (so I did not have to boil the noodles), some cumin and crushed red pepper. After baking and resting topped with crushed tortilla chips, some additional cheese and fresh chopped cilantro. Served at a community meal to 70+ people with great reviews."
"Loved it! So full of flavor you forget there's no meat in it!"
"This wasn't bad at all but I'm on weight watchers and it was a very small portion for 10p+...& that's for 1.5 servings...8 in a lasagna pan rather than the 12 the recipe calls for. Anyway...unless I'm blind no where in the recipe does it tell you what to do with the shredded mexican blend of cheese?? I added it to the egg white mixture because to me that was pretty watery...I also used the no boil Barilla lasagna noodles and I only used 6 because there was not enough cheese or bean mixture to make another layer."
"This was really good. My brother and his girlfriend are vegetarian, it was perfect for them. My brother said it was the best lasagna he had so far."


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Lunch with the League will be held on December 10th at 11:30am at the new location, the Tallgrass Taphouse Icebox Room, 320 Poyntz. Andy Hutchinson, Director of Head Start in USD 383 will speak on children in poverty in our area. He will include trends, what is being done to address the issue and what is needed.
Join everyone for the Holiday Dinner at the Senior Center on Friday, December 11th at 12:00 noon. The meal features ham, scalloped potatoes, broccoli salad, cornbread, and apple crisp. Only 100 tickets are available for the dinner. You will need to purchase your tickets in advance.
Dr. Bob Shannon, Superintendent of USD 383 Schools will speak: Providing Excellence With Less, in the auditorium at the Manhattan Public Library. Dr. Shannon speaks of the challenges of maintaining our schools with delining state funding. They will meet at 9:30 for coffee with the program beginning at 10am.
Fort Riley, in conjunction with VFW Post 1281 in Herington, will host a Wreaths Across America ceremony at the post cemetery on December 12th at 11:00 am. U. S. Army Garrison commander Col. Andrew Cole, Jr is this year's guest speaker. He, along with other service representatives, will place ceremonial wreaths for each of the armed forces, the Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and POWs/MIAs. Afterward, wreaths will be place on individual gravesites in the cemetery. For more information, visit http://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.
The Kansas Veteran's Cemetery at Fort Riley-Manhattan will again participate in the annual Wreaths Across America Program with a ceremony on Saturday, December 12th at 11:00am.
Thundering Cats Big Band will have a Christmas Concert Benefit Performance for Peace Memorial Auditorium on Saturday, December 12th at 4:00 pm. Celebrate the holiday with great big band music of Christmas including Glenn Miller's "Jingle Bells" and Duke Ellington's setting of the Nutcracker Suite. Your donation at the Concert will support Friends of Peace Memorial Auditorium and the continuing renovation of this tribute to those who gave their lives in World War II. The concert will be at Peace Memorial Auditorium in the south section of City Hall.
The Friends of Peace Memorial Auditorium & Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia will present the Third Annual Holiday Music Spectacular on Tuesday, December 15th at 7:30 pm at Peace Memorial Auditorium. This is free and open to the public. Donations appreciated to restore the auditorium – a memorial to Riley County's WWII veterans. Donations may also be sent to the Friends of Peace Memorial Auditorium, P O Box 265, Manhattan, KS 66505.
Learn how to Download eBooks and Audio Books during Tech Tuesdays, January 12th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at the Manhattan Public Library. Learn to search, borrow, and download digital books to your computer or mobile device. Meet in the Groesbeck Room. Call 776-4741 ext 141 to register for classes.
The Coffee Shop Agronomy series takes place at Nelson's Landing in Leonardville on Thursday, January 14th and is free to the public, with refreshments provided by the Riley County Farm Bureau Association. This session's program is Profit with Precision Ag Technology, presented by Terry Griffin, K-State Research & Extension Agriculture Economist. Reservations are requested by noon the day before the meeting. Please call the Riley County Extension Office at 785-537-6350. For last minute reservations, call or text 785-477-2494.
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you should see the world of dinsey photography, mainly from the disboards.com community...They flash around all these over saturated slider crazied photos that, as you say, look nothing like it should be represented as. THen after they post them people drool over them there and on flikr (dont even get me started with flikr) declaring them masterpieces it makes me laugh as well.
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It make me laugh that people mistake artisitcaly "mutilated" photos with HDR.
HDR stands for HighDynamicRange thats it and nothing more. Its a photo which combine light information from 2 or more images into ONE. AND HDR STOP HERE.
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AUBURN, Wash. (July 3, 2012) – Memo to Mya held off a wall of closers and scored a 2- ¼-length victory Tuesday in the $14,375 feature race for 3-year-olds and up at Emerald Downs.
Ridden by apprentice Eliska Kubinova, Memo to Mya ran six furlongs in 1:09.50 and paid $18.60, $7 and $3.80. Jonathan Nance is the trainer for owner breeder James Garrett of Boise, Idaho, who named the gelding after his granddaughter.
The victory was the 100th for Kubinova, a 23-year-old Czech who began riding in North America last August. Kubinova ranks fourth with 37 wins at the current meeting, and remains on pace to break the track record of 70 wins by an apprentice set by Cassie Papineau in 2009.
Frenzo, the 6-to-5 betting favorite ridden by Javier Matias, rallied to finish second and paid $3.40 and $2.60 for place and show. It was a head back to Big Bad Jim, the 3-to-1 second choice ridden by Debbie Hoonan, and a $2.60 show payoff.
Exclusive Jim, Princess Campbell and Postulate completed the order of finish.
A 4-year-old Idaho-bred by Cobra King-Memo Bay, Memo to Mya has 2-4-2 record in 16 starts overall and earnings of $34,956.
Jockey Leslie Mawing and trainer Frank Lucarelli combined to win three straight races—the third, fourth and fifth—and are a combined 15-for 34 this season at Emerald Downs. A victory by Single N Lovin It in the fourth race—The Tony Lucarelli Memorial Purse—was especially meaningful for Lucarelli since the race was named in honor of the trainer's late son who died of brain cancer.
Since June 17, Lucarelli has won with 12 of 18 starters including a triumph by Winning Machine in the $50,000 Budweiser Handicap, and Lucarelli leads Tim McCanna 27-22 in the trainers' standings.
Mawing added a fourth win with a victory on Showboat Gambler ($12) in the eighth race has surged into second place with 42 wins. The defending riding champion, Mawing has ridden multiple winners the last five racing days.
Leading rider Juan Gutierrez had three wins of his own, and remains atop the standings with 46 wins.
The annual Fireworks Spectacular presented by Carl's Jr followed Tuesday's 10-race program. There is no live racing at Emerald Downs on Wednesday, July 4.
Live racing resumes Friday with first post 6:15 p.m. Emerald Downs is open for simulcast wagering Wednesday and Thursday.
NOTES: With a victory in the second race Ever Ready Carrie ($3.40) became the eighth winner out of the dam Carrie Can, a list that includes multiple graded stakes winner Harvard Avenue ($606,345). A 1992 foal, Carrie Can, by Saratoga Six, won 10-of 40 including three stakes and $309,652…Victories by Ever Ready Carrie and fifth-race winner Lo's in the Flow ($3.40) gave owner-breeder Ron Crockett a two-for-two evening…The seventh race might have been a $2,500 claiming race for non-winners of two races lifetime, but the event didn't lack for drama. Just Jokin Around ($5) and Disco D ($5.40) produced the meet's third dead-heat for win, both running one mile in 1:38.95. And in the same race, third-place finisher Evil Urges was disqualified and placed fourth for interference leaving the starting gate, with Mel and Al moved up from fourth to third place.


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'We were exhausted'
Autism | Desperate parents of autistic children are finding compassionate help through Christian respite care centers
When Trina Eaves took her autistic son Jeremy to the mother's day out program, he screamed and cried so much she had to pry him from the car. He trampled the other children on the playground as if he did not see them. His entire stay was one long meltdown.
The next time, Eaves stuck around to keep him calm—but eventually the center told her she'd have to take Jeremy elsewhere. Relatives could not handle him. Eaves and her husband Cecile tried other facilities in Mustang, where they lived 17 miles west of Oklahoma City. Finally, Eaves had to stop working at the daycare she ran for other kids.
Eaves is only one of hundreds of thousands of parents in the United States struggling to raise an autistic child with little rest or assistance. One in 88 children has been identified with an autism spectrum disorder according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but few facilities are trained to handle them. Eaves needed the support provided by respite care—and her story shows the need for more.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a range of neurological disorders characterized by social impairments, communication disabilities, and repetitive patterns of behavior. The meltdowns and behavioral problems alerted Jeremy's parents something was wrong before they received the dreaded diagnosis: autism, the most severe form of ASD. When Jeremy received his diagnosis at age 3, some doctors and therapists suggested he be institutionalized.
Jeremy's behavioral issues made it nearly impossible for his parents to take him out in public. Many autistic children obsess over a certain object or concept, like trains or lines. For Jeremy, it was spoons, which he would fling across restaurants if he got his hands on them. He pulled hair, dropped to the floor, and threw fits on a regular basis.
Eaves found even simple things like taking Jeremy to the grocery store to be exhausting. The fluorescent lights in Walmart, for example, irritated him, and Eaves had to place a blanket over his head to keep him calm. Jeremy is hyporesponsive, which means he craves physical stimulus, and Eaves often needed to place a bag of dog food over the shopping cart he's riding in to give him that pressure and keep him calm.
The struggles were equally intense at home. Jeremy tried to injure himself and his mother. He punched holes in the wall, poked holes in the furniture, and ate the carpet. The family could not even eat together at the dinner table. Jeremy could not eat regular food due to stomach issues, and would tear at others' food and grab at their plates. Jeremy's sister Jodesi, who is nine years older, would lock herself in her bedroom just to be able to eat.
Autism, Eaves said, makes you feel like you live in a different world: "You feel so isolated, from your family, from your friends, from the community, from just going to Walmart." Some friends and family members accused them of poor parenting: "You just get a lot of doubt and go through all the grief, and blame, and [asking] why."
Oregon resident Barbara Majors had a very similar experience when she and her husband Gary adopted their autistic son Daniel and another boy around the same time. They already had one biological son and an adopted, special-needs son.
Majors started looking for respite care when Daniel became out of control, violent, and aggressive on a regular basis. Majors said she and her husband had a strong marriage, so the struggle brought them closer together, but they were always on edge from the stress: "We were exhausted … our parenting was starting to suffer because we never got a break from Daniel's aggression"—and another son became more aggressive to get his parents' attention.
Because Daniel does not look autistic, Majors said, people outside the family often place unfair expectations on him to behave normally. Then, when he fails to meet those expectations, they back off, leaving the family isolated and without support. The isolation works both ways: "We really don't have very many close friends because people just tend not to understand."
For Jeremy Eaves' family, relief came a few months after Jeremy's diagnosis. The program that diagnosed Jeremy, Sooner Start, recommended Hannah's Promise, a respite care center run by United Methodist Church of the Servant in Oklahoma City.
When Eaves took Jeremy to Hannah's Promise for the first time, he threw a fit. Eaves was hesitant to leave him, afraid it would not work out—again. She had not scheduled anything for that night, sure she would have to retrieve Jeremy before the evening was over. But 9:00 came, and the phone call did not.
"I remember my daughter saying with tears in her eyes that he did really well, she couldn't even believe it," Eaves said. Jeremy is now 12 and is still attending Hannah's Promise. In nine years, Eaves has had to retrieve Jeremy early only three times.
Hannah's Promise, like most respite care centers, pairs each child with a volunteer. Eaves worried about leaving Jeremy with the first volunteer, an older woman, but she kept saying it would be okay. Jeremy, in Eaves' words, fell in love with her: "Where most people are scared of this 3-year-old kid, she embraced him, and he felt that."
Since Jeremy first started attending Hannah's Promise, his family has seen significant improvement. Jeremy has been able to live a high-functioning life, even though he does not have high-functioning autism. He still has limited verbal skills, but is now able to interact with other kids. The Eaves occasionally leave him with other babysitters. He has become able to operate and learn in a regular classroom setting. Jeremy's sister, Jodesi, volunteered at Hannah's Promise from age 12 to 17. She is in the Navy now, and when she comes home, they are able to go do things together because they can leave Jeremy with other people.
Carissa Rainey is the current director of Pumpkin Patch Kidz, a respite care center in Enid, Okla., that imitated the structure of Hannah's Promise. Her son, Brett, has Asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of ASD where the child may not look like anything is wrong but struggles with many of the same social difficulties. Brett does not understand subtle social cues, sarcasm, or jokes, so he often annoys other children.
Rainey put Brett in Cub Scouts for a year, but it was a poor fit. Rainey said structured activities are especially hard for him. She said he often told her, "Mom, I just want to go home." When it was time to sit down for announcements, or do a group activity, he would often stand up and leave. Other times, he would throw a fit. One Asperger's difficulty is that the typical signs of disability are not apparent: Another parent sitting at a Cub Scouts meeting would probably not realize Brett had ASD.
The first night Rainey took Brett to Pumpkin Patch Kidz, she told him he would have tons of fun. Brett immediately exploded, saying no way, he wasn't going to have fun and nobody was going to like him. Three hours later, when Rainey told Brett it was time to leave, he responded, "Mom, I'm not leaving. There's no way I'm going back home."
Rainey said the response is typical among the children who come to the program: "Nobody wants to go home." Rainey said Brett has made friends at Pumpkin Patch Kidz, not only with other disabled children but also with their siblings who come along. At Cub Scouts Brett did not get along with a boy who now comes to Pumpkin Patch Kidz, and the two have become close friends.
Rainey said going to the program does not fix Brett's Asperger's, but it gives Brett an opportunity to interact with his peers in a low-pressure social setting and shows typical children they can still play and be friends. She enjoys watching him look forward to playing with someone else, sharing, and wanting to do things that typical 9-year-olds do.
Respite care ministries like Hannah's Promise and Pumpkin Patch Kidz offer either once a week or once a month nights out for parents of special-needs children. They also welcome typical kids so their parents can have a completely free evening. Many of these ministries require numerous volunteers to sustain a buddy system, where every child, whether special-needs or not, has a personally assigned volunteer. This way other siblings can get the attention they often do not receive at home.
Respite care has given parents like Eaves and Rainey rest and support, but Barbara Majors has searched for Christian care in her area near Portland and has not found it. Daniel qualified for free, state respite care due to the severity of his autism, but Majors had to fight to receive it. With state money in short supply, Majors said officials usually reject parents the first time they apply: She had to reapply multiple times and go straight to supervisors to get the help Daniel needed.
After two years Majors finally secured free respite care through the state: "It's been so nice to drop him off and know that he is somewhere safe." State respite care, though, did not allow Majors and her husband to be selective about where their son stayed. Sometimes they were not comfortable with the placements, but if they raised objections they would be put at the back of the waiting list—unlikely to receive respite the next time.
Daniel is now 13. He has been out of the Majors' home and in a group care home for about a year due to increasing aggression. Majors said she would have been willing to pay for Christian respite care if it had been available.
Overnight relief
What can one church start? Jill's House, in Vienna, Va., affiliated with McLean Bible Church, has its own specially designed building next to the church's Tysons campus. Jill's House has weeknight and weekend care programs, and most children come once a month or so. Its different atmosphere, decorated with a wilderness lodge theme, gives the kids a break from sterile hospital environments.
Jill's House is the brainchild of Brenda and Lon Solomon, who have a disabled daughter, Jill, now 20 but at the developmental level of a 1-year-old. While their daughter was growing up, a friend of the Solomons organized respite care for them, and they saw what a difference it made in their lives. On one of Lon's trips to Israel he visited SHALVA, which provides overnight respite care for kids with special needs. The Solomons decided to start a similar ministry near their church.
Jill's House has over 1,000 volunteers and maintains a 4-to-1 ratio of kids to volunteers. That allows the program to offer a "rhythm of respite" where children can go to birthday parties, have sleepovers, and hang out with friends. The program has given parents the opportunity for the first time in years to go out on a date, take their typical children to the movies, or even sleep through the night. —R.A.


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by Civil Network OPORA
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OPORA notes setback of Ukraine in holding democratic elections. The 2012 parliamentary campaign was characterized by an artificial restriction of competition within the electoral process and by flagrant violations of the principle of equal opportunities for political parties and candidates. The mixed electoral system, as well as the use of the illegal practices of abusing administrative resources and bribing voters had a decisive influence on the course of the campaign, which generally did not contribute to the integrity of its results. These violations were systematic and had no legal consequences for the electoral subjects that resorted to them. Taking into consideration pre-election and election-day factors, OPORA considers that the election process does not meet basic democratic standards due to the lack of equal conditions for conducting campaigning by candidates and parties, unprecedented large number of "technical" electoral subjects, unbalanced election commissions and media.
However, observers recorded the most grievous violations at the stage of vote count and vote tabulation. OPORA counted 16 districts, in which direct and unconcealed fraud took place at the level of district election commission, namely: changes were made to the protocols of vote count at polling stations; ballots were destroyed and spoiled; false data of vote count was transferred to the CEC web site._The judiciary and enforcement bodies were enable to properly perform its functions and to promote establishment of the election results. Unfortunately, the above mentioned violations remained out of attention by the law enforcement bodies
The return of Ukraine to a mixed electoral system previously applied in 1998 and 2002, with a majoritarian component provided incentives for electoral subjects to massively use unfair methods of campaigning in single-mandate constituencies. In countries with no rooted democratic traditions and societies not critical of corruption, the majoritarian component also corrupts the electoral process.
The State authorities failed to provide impartial treatment of all participants of the election process. Taking advantage of Ukraine's ambiguous electoral law, which does not clearly distinguish between campaign activities and the performance of official duties, officials systematically used their power and state resources available to them for campaigning. The most common abuse of this type was observed within budget administrative resources. Candidates or parties close to the authorities received substantial indirect investments from municipal or state budgets for the needs of their campaigns, which put electoral subjects in unequal conditions and misled the voters, who were unable to distinguish between manipulation and the real achievements of candidates.
The indirect bribery of voters, which was conducted by candidates and parties in the form of charity, was the main technology used to impact the vote. Candidates' charitable foundations turned out to be a complementary tool of campaign financing that directly contradicted the norms of the law on exclusive financing of campaign activities of the electoral subjects from the official election funds. Thus, the issue of the lack of transparency in financing election activities becomes even more acute in the 2012 parliamentary campaign. The indirect voter bribery carried out by candidates was massive and systematic, and conducted by illegally providing products, services, jobs, or benefits to voters with the purpose of campaigning.
The use of a controversial procedure for drawing the members of district and precinct election commissions resulted in an unbalanced representation of key electoral actors in election commissions and the dominance of the so-called "technical parties"[1] in the commissions. As a result, the work of the election commissions before and during election day was marked by constant conflict and a lack of public confidence in the coimmissions as the institutions responsible for administering the election process on the ground.
In the process of tabulation and transmission of protocols of the district election commissions, observers recorded procedural violations, including taking stamps outside polling stations, which is prohibited by law; precinct election commissions delaying the signing of the vote count protocols; and the frequent return of protocols by DECs to PECs for further information check.
Observers also noted that the procedure to consider complaints from electoral subjects and citizens was quite formally fulfilled. At a quarter of polling stations, where complaints and claims were registered during the voting day, commissioners spent a total of no more than half an hour for their consideration.
In 2012, during Parliamentary elections in Ukraine OPORA implements a large-scale campaign of long- and short term observation, organizes a statistical vote-count by the results of voting with the proportional component of the electoral system on a basis of representative selection, will provide 100% coverage of polling stations by observers in separate single-mandate majoritarian districts. OPORA observers will work in all 225 electoral districts, and 3,500 activists will join them on the voting day. Organization will use the latest means of spreading information on observation results, including infographics and interactive maps.


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A male fan has been arrested for groping actress Sarah Hyland at an event in Australia this week.
The "Modern Family" star was posing with fans at a party at The Sebel Pier One in Sydney on Tuesday, when an unidentified male, who asked her for a picture, grabbed her breast.
Following the incident, the 23-year-old abruptly left the venue and took to Twitter.com to apologize for leaving early.
She wrote on Thursday, "Sorry to all the fans outside the qantas event that I didn't get to say hi to but I had to leave due to an inappropriate touch of a fan."
Sorry to all the fans outside the #qantas event that I didn't get to say hi to but I had to leave due to an inappropriate touch of a fan
— Sarah Hyland (@Sarah_Hyland) February 20, 2014
Police officials confirm the man has since been arrested.
A spokesperson tells MailOnline.com, "A man is assisting police with investigations following an alleged indecent assault of a woman yesterday. It is alleged the man indecently assaulted the 23-year-old woman … A 29-year-old man was arrested. Police are continuing their investigations."


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Paradise Island, Bahamas (Sports Network) - Heather Bowie Young and Silvia
Cavalleri went 6-under par on Friday and share the lead at the weather delayed
Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic.
The duo carded rounds of 6-under 39 at the rain soaked Ocean Club Golf Course
at Atlantis Resort.
The course took on nearly a foot of rain on Tuesday and the tour has scrambled
to get as many holes as playable as possible.
For the first round, which was suspended due to darkness, players started on
the 10th then went Nos. 6-7-4-5-11-12-13-14-2-3-8.
With a lengthy delay due to lightning on Friday, the first round will be
completed on Saturday with the second round to follow.
Anna Nordqvist, Paola Moreno, Lisa McCloskey and Austin Ernst share third
place at 5-under 40.
Suzann Pettersen headlines a group of 10 players at minus-4. She was joined
there by Alena Sharp, Brittany Lang, Jane Rah, Hee Young Park, Julieta
Granada, Tiffany Joh and Ilhee Lee.
Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, who had a hole-in-one on the 12th, and Cindy Lacrosse are
also at minus-4. LeBlanc is through nine holes and LaCrosse has finished six.
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That's a hell of a deer!
That's a hell of a deer!
I would be very happy with that!!!
Very Nice...Hope to see something like that in A couple of weeks infront of my Tree Stand...
That is a great buck. Very even.
That's a heck of a Whitetail for sure! Espescially in SE Idaho. Congratulations to the hunter
Ya and for ID that's a great buck.
I don't Break the rules, I Modify them.
Very nice!
That's a very nice deer!! Good Job.
somebody is going to have a pretty big taxadermy bill.


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Montgomery County Police officers will aggressively watch for drivers and passengers who aren't wearing seatbelts tonight, part of their "NINJA on the Ramps" nighttime seatbelt enforcement program.
Officers will be stationed at on and off ramps to I-270 and the Beltway between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. to look for and stop all vehicles with seatbelt non-compliance. According to a MCP press release, Maryland has an overall seatbelt compliance rate of 92 percent, but that rate drops significantly at night.
Once officers pull a car over, they will issue a citation.
Gaithersburg and Rockville City Police will assist with the initiative and representatives from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will be on hand to observe and get footage for use in a national upcoming "Click It or Ticket" ad.
The NINJA moniker comes from the program name: Nightime INJury Avoidance.
Memorial Day weekend events from around the nation, and the D.C. area, captured in photos.


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WARRENTON, Va. (WUSA) --Fauquier County officials say they are asking residents to inform officials of property and home damage caused by Superstrom Sandy.
The data collected by the Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management is part of the initial damage assessment to be submitted to the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM).
After VDEM collects data from all affected localities it will submit a request to the President for a major disaster declaration through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
If a major disaster is declared, county residents will be eligible for federal assistance.
To report damage in Fauquier County call: 540-422-8803.