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AirwaysThe airways are passages that carry oxygen-rich air to the lungs and carbon dioxide out of the lungs. The airways include the:
Except for the mouth and some parts of the nose, all of the airways have special hairs, called cilia, that are coated with sticky mucus. The cilia trap germs and other foreign particles that enter the airways when a person breathes in air.
These fine hairs then sweep the particles up to the nose or mouth. There, they are swallowed, coughed, or sneezed out of the body. Nose hairs and mouth saliva also trap particles and germs.
Lungs and blood vesselsThe lungs and linked blood vessels deliver oxygen to the body and remove carbon dioxide. The lungs lie on either side of the sternum (breastbone) and fill the inside of the chest cavity. The left lung is slightly smaller than the right lung to allow room for the heart.
Within the lungs, the bronchi branch into thousands of smaller, thinner tubes called bronchioles. These tubes end in bunches of tiny round air sacs called alveoli.
Each of these air sacs is covered in a mesh of tiny blood vessels called capillaries. The capillaries connect to a network of arteries and veins that move blood through the body.
The pulmonary artery and its branches deliver blood rich in carbon dioxide (and lacking in oxygen) to the capillaries that surround the air sacs. Inside the air sacs, carbon dioxide moves from the blood into the air. Oxygen moves from the air into the blood in the lungs.
The oxygen-rich blood then travels to the heart through the pulmonary vein and its branches. The heart pumps the oxygen-rich blood out to the body.
The lungs are divided into five main sections called lobes. Some people need to have a diseased lung lobe removed. However, they can still breathe well using the rest of their lung lobes.
Muscles used for breathingMuscles near the lungs help expand and contract (tighten) the lungs to allow breathing. These muscles include the:
The intercostal muscles are located between the ribs. They also play a major role in helping you breathe.
Beneath the diaphragm are abdominal muscles. These help when a person is breathing fast (for example, during physical activity).
Muscles in the neck and collarbone area help a person breathe in when other muscles involved in breathing don't work properly, or when lung disease impairs breathing.
The distinction between respiration and breathingWhen the respiratory system is mentioned, people generally think of breathing, but breathing is only one of the activities involved in respiration. The body cells need a continuous supply of oxygen for the metabolic processes that are necessary to maintain life. The respiratory system works with the circulatory system to provide this oxygen and to remove the waste products of metabolism. It also helps to regulate pH of the blood.
Every 3 to 5 seconds, nerve impulses stimulate the breathing process, or ventilation, which, as described above, moves air through a series of passages into and out of the lungs. After this, there is an exchange of gases between the lungs and the blood. This is called external respiration. The blood transports the gases to and from the tissue cells. The exchange of gases between the blood and tissue cells is internal respiration. Finally, the cells utilize the oxygen for their specific activities. This is cellular metabolism, or cellular respiration. Together these activities constitute respiration.
What happens when you breathe?
Breathing in (inhalation)When a person breathes in, the diaphragm contracts (tightens) and moves downward. This increases the space in the chest cavity, into which the lungs expand. The intercostal muscles between the ribs also help enlarge the chest cavity. They contract to pull the rib cage both upward and outward when the person inhales.
As the lungs expand, air is sucked in through the nose or mouth. The air travels down the windpipe and into the lungs. After passing through the bronchial tubes, the air finally reaches and enters the alveoli (air sacs).
Through very thin walls of the alveoli, oxygen from the air passes to the surrounding capillaries (blood vessels). A red blood cell protein called hemoglobin helps move oxygen from the air sacs to the blood. (Oxygen is especially drawn to hemoglobin.)
At the same time, carbon dioxide moves from the capillaries into the air sacs. The gas has traveled in the bloodstream from the right side of the heart through the pulmonary artery.
Oxygen-rich blood from the lungs is carried through a network of capillaries, which become the pulmonary vein. This vein delivers the oxygen-rich blood to the left side of the heart. The left side of the heart pumps the blood to the rest of the body. There, the oxygen in the blood moves from blood vessels into surrounding tissues.
Breathing out (exhalation)When a person breathes out, the diaphragm relaxes and moves upward into the chest cavity. The intercostal muscles between the ribs also relax to make the chest cavity size smaller.
As the chest cavity gets smaller, air rich in carbon dioxide is forced out of the lungs and windpipe, and then out of the nose or mouth.
Breathing out requires no effort from the body unless a person has a lung disease or is doing physical activity. When a person is physically active, the abdominal muscles contract and push the diaphragm even more so against the lungs. This pushes the air in the lungs out rapidly.
Lung diseases and conditionsMany steps are involved in breathing. If injury, disease, or other factors affect any of the steps, a person may have trouble breathing.
For example, the fine hairs (cilia) that line the upper airways may not trap all of the germs that are breathed in. These germs can cause an infection in the bronchi (bronchitis) or deep in the lungs (pneumonia). These infections cause a buildup of mucus and/or fluid that narrows the airways and hinders airflow in and out of the lungs.
If a person has asthma, breathing in certain substances to which that individual is sensitive can trigger the airways to narrow. This makes it hard for air to flow in and out of the lungs.
Over a long period, breathing in cigarette smoke or air pollutants can damage the airways and the air sacs. This can lead to a condition called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD prevents proper airflow in and out of the lungs and can hinder gas exchange in the air sacs.
An important step to breathing is the movement of the diaphragm and other muscles in the chest, neck, and abdomen. This movement lets a person inhale and exhale. Nerves that run from the brain to these muscles control their movement. Damage to these nerves in the upper spinal cord can cause breathing to stop, unless a machine is used to help in breathing. (This machine is called a ventilator or a respirator.)
A steady flow of blood in the small blood vessels that surround the air sacs is vital for gas exchange. Long periods of inactivity or surgery can cause a blood clot called a pulmonary embolism to block the lung artery. This reduces or stops the flow of blood in the small blood vessels and interferes with gas exchange.
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Despite its rough start, SimCity is now running smoothly and it appears that server issues are a thing of the past. This morning EA and Maxis announced that the popular city building simulator will be making its way to Mac on June 11th.
Lucy Bradshaw, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EA's Maxis Label, said in the announcement:
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Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Earl M. and Dorothy E. Dorwart Kachel.
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Read Psalm 139
Make no arguments with atheists. They are blind.
Scripture tells us that our awareness of our surroundings reveals the presence of a Creator. Creation itself is evidence of a creator.
Those who are not blind are fools. Scripture gives us many warnings about wasting our time with fools. The wicked fall into that same category. We don't sit down and have discussions with those who have rebelled against God.
This is to cast our pearls before swine.
We continue to proclaim the gospel.
We defend the faith.
But we do not waste time discussing things that are certain.
To the one who knows with certainty that there is a God, we also know that he is good.
To those who know Jesus, we know that he is the way.
To those who have experienced the presence of the Spirit, we know that God is still with us.
We are people who have eyes to see and ears to hear and this 139th Psalm should be speaking to our hearts and minds and to the core of our very being.
At the heart of this psalm are these words:
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
So much of the evidence of God's presence is all around us but the psalmist looks within us. He looks at the miracle that is humankind.
Lions are majestic.
Puppies are cute.
Elephants are just outright impressive.
Butterflies are just unbelievable.
There is so much in creation that amazes us, mystifies us, tantalizes us, and just plain intrigues us.
But the psalmist says, "Consider yourself. What a fantastic miracle you are."
We have mind and body and spirit. We are a living soul.
We have thoughts and ideas and communication and reasoning and can calculate and matriculate and demonstrate our learning and our growth.
God knows us inside and out and gives us a lifetime to discover all that we can do.
Sometimes folks wish they had a million dollars, ok make that ten million considering inflation; then they could really live.
Sometimes people think, if I only lived in this place, then I would have so much more opportunity.
If only I had something that I don't have, then I would be so much better off.
But have we ever really considered that we are quite the miracle. We are the most complicated organism alive and yet everything works for us so simply.
We want to walk down the hall or the street or up the stairs and our bodies know what to do. We see something and we like it or dislike it or wonder how it works or decide to make something like it or something completely unlike it.
Not that the psalmist wanted to get away from God, but he realizes that such a quest would be impossible. God is everywhere and in everything and always present.
God knit us together.
This whole package that we call man or human or a person was divinely designed.
If you want to debate mosquitoes and divine design, I might put on a pot of coffee and join you in that discussion. But we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
We are a masterpiece of our Lord's handiwork.
We are wonderfully made.
Then we consider the fearfully part of fearfully and wonderfully made. It is very poetic. It has definitive meter even in a language that is not the author's.
We could just say it is just poetry and not dwell upon the fearfully part, but it is more than poetry. It is the inspired word of God and the word fearfully should speak to us.
The Hebrew word is Yare' and most often means to fear or revere or be afraid or stand in awe.
That sort of makes sense. But who is afraid? We are afraid of ourselves? God is afraid?
Let us go back to the biblical record of the beginning, specifically, the beginning of humankind.
We are made in the image and likeness of God. We are to rule over the creatures of the earth. We have dominion.
That's impressive.
That is awesome.
We have been made in the image and likeness of our Creator and we have been given dominion over this earth.
And we have been given a will to choose. We have free will.
That is fearful.
What will we do?
We are the most amazing creation in all of creation and the question for all history is what will we do?
The psalmist said that all of his days were ordained for him before he even existed. But the question remains, what would he do with his days? What will we do with our days?
The psalmist's answer was that he stood with God. Whatever God required, he was ready to do.
He detested the wicked but at the same time asked God to search him for any anxious or impure thoughts.
The first part is the easy part. "God, we are with you all the way. Now just destroy the wicked."
The second part is the real part. "God, you made me to be your masterpiece. Rid me of anything that I have thought or done to tarnish your perfect work."
Looking outward we see both evidence of a divine creation and we see wickedness that God continues to permit in this age.
Looking inward we see that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, but we also see that we have allowed ourselves to be tarnished by sin.
Looking outward, we could stand in awe or stand in judgment.
Looking inward, we could stand in awe or hang our heads in condemnation of what we have done with our lives.
The psalmist is poet and prophet.
He is precise and providential.
He praises and he pronounces the thoughts of God to be too numerous to number.
He realizes what a fantastic creation he is and reveres his Creator all the more.
The psalmist is most likely David, a man after God's own heart.
He was a man given to the slingshot and the sword.
He knew love and lust.
He knew condemnation and confession.
In the midst of all of David's experience, he knew that he was fearfully and wonderfully made.
Fearfully and wonderfully made!
And for all that David was and all that he revealed in this psalm, he did not know of the cleansing power of the blood of the Lamb who would come from his line.
But we do.
We live in this age of the Lord's favor. We know and live in the grace of God that comes through Christ.
And we are fearfully and wonderfully made; yet when God searches all places our sin is covered by the blood of Jesus.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
We are made in the image and likeness of God himself.
We are made in the image of Christ Jesus—the image of the invisible God.
We are a child of God and we are without blemish and we are loved.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made. What fault and defect that we have allowed into our lives has been washed away by the blood of Jesus.
Understand that God made you with awesome intentions. You were made to subdue the world. You were made to go into the world with good news and hope and love and light.
We were made to understand all of God's promises as "Yes in Christ" and not to get wrapped up in all of the "Thou shalt nots" that the world so enjoys.
Fearfully and wonderfully made, equipped by God's word for every good work, and surrounded by the family of faith that we know to be the Body of Christ, there is nothing in this world that can stop us from living fully for God and enjoying him ever so much.
We sing Victory in Jesus.
We claim that nothing can separate us from the love of God that we know in Christ Jesus.
We believe that we are unblemished not because we have lived perfect lives but because of the perfect sacrifice made for us by God.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made and God wants us to realize our full potential.
The psalmist really wishes that he did not have to contend with all of the wickedness in the world.
His request is for God to destroy the wicked. Sometimes we have that request as well but we must all be content to let God judge in his time.
But the second request is that God search the heart of the psalmist and remove what is offensive, what is not perfect, what is not everlasting.
The psalmist asks God to lead him in the everlasting way.
Too often we get distracted by what everyone else is doing and surely how wrong it is. In the process we forget how uniquely we are made to do good things, accomplish things of eternal value, follow Jesus, bring hope to the hopeless, and love the unlovable.
We are designed, perfectly designed, to do this.
We are made complete in Christ and can do all things through him who strengthens us.
God has searched us and he knows us and he knows that we are designed and equipped and strengthened to do what he created us to do.
That's something awesome to think about, maybe even a little fearful.
Too often we live as if we are helpless. We develop fatalistic attitudes. We become depressed and despair rules our lives.
We are no experiment.
We are no first draft of something better.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
What is to come is better and even more wonderful, but that is just God bringing what he created to our full potential.
So is this a let's all feel good about ourselves and pat ourselves on the back psalm and message?
Yes and no.
Yes, you should feel good about who you are. You are God's child and he did a fantastic job when he made you. You will get some wear and tear and breakage in this life, but you are fearfully and wonderfully made and God loves you more than you can imagine. Despite the wear and tear, the person that God made has been made clean by the blood of Jesus.
So yes, you should feel good about who you are.
And now for the "no" part. This affirmation is not so we can be complacent but that we may be confident!
God's intentions for us, his will for us, his heart's desire for us is all good and his actions have fidelity with his intentions.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
We are made to live fantastic lives, have fullness in our every moment, be creative and innovative as is our Creator, and know the wonder that our Father designed into us.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made. It is time that we lived that way!


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Being one of the many Comcast customers in Michigan, I wasn't able to see today's game as it happened. For seemingly no reason, Comcast decided to air infomercials on the channels that had previously been (and still are) advertised as belonging to FSN+, which the game was broadcast on.
I was going to watch the replay on standard FSN Detroit, but I've already had one extra-late game this week so I'll let the DVR get this one and catch the highlights in the morning.
I'm interested in seeing if a reason for this "outage" is ever made available. I didn't call Comcast because I know the CSRs have no idea what's going on and I didn't want to have to fight the urge to yell at someone and take it out on them.
What I expect to see is Comcast blaming FSN and FSN blaming Comcast. The way I see it, there are three things that could be what went wrong.
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#3 - Comcast didn't prepare properly in general.
I'm leaning towards the last one. If it was the first one, the game would have shown up somewhere on my digital guide and if it was the second one it would have been dead air rather than an infomercial. We'll see if we ever find out.
Even with the lost game, I'm having trouble calling today a bad day. Bruce MacLeod is running with my suggestion of "Tsar of Takeaways" as a nickname for Pavel Datsyuk and since I'm usually not all that quoteable, that's cool for me. And that missed game was a win, which is also a good thing.
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Daily Times during the past year.
The most popular first name for girls was Charlotte (11),
followed by Isla (9), Emily (9), Eva (8), Ruby (8) and Sophie
Charlotte Garchow was born on September 22. Her name was
chosen simply because both parents liked it.
''We didn't actually think it was that common, as we don't
know many people with daughters named Charlotte. It was a bit
of a mission finding something we both liked and we just
liked Charlotte,'' Ms Lilley said.
Their daughter's middle name was Lilley and she was the
younger sister of Isaac (3).
Of all birth notices published in the ODT in the past
year, 375 were for boys and 339 for girls.
There were 11 babies named Charlie or Charli, two of which
were girls, and various spellings of Isabelle and Isabella
were given to seven girls.
The most popular boy's first name was Jack (11), followed by
Jake and Charlie (both 9), Lachlan (7) and Cooper (7).
The names Alexander, Luka/Luca, Daniel, Oliver, George,
Samuel, William, Thomas, Emma, Lucy, Mila and Paige were each
given to six babies.
Of the 714 notices, 228 were for babies who did not share
their first name with any others in the notices.
Some of the more traditional names given to only one baby
were Adam, Amy, Andrew, Anna, Ben, Catherine, Charles, David,
Eve, Harvey, Jonathan, Kate, Meg, Michael Robert and Stephen.
More unusual names included Abrielle, Aisha, Ameerah,
Augustus, Bentley, Brando, Braya, Caja, Cayden, Effie,
Elvira, Graciana, Jett, Kensi, Koa, Marni, Mazdyn, Meeka,
Moss, Paget, Pryde, Rain, Rana, Riker, Skyela, Teniva, Willa
and Willis.
Names starting with the letter M were the most popular
overall (67), followed by those starting with the letters A
(64), C (63) and J (60).
More than 50 first names also started with each of the
letters E and L. No first names started with U or Y, and just
two started with the letter X (Xander).
Five names began with each of the letters V and Z, and four
names started with the letter Q.
Just 4% of all first names (29) started with the same letter
as the corresponding surnames.
Such alliteration included Amy Andrews, Baxter Blair, Brando
Bell, Cruise Cathcart, Deklin Dunbar, Fergus Finch, George
Goodsir, Harriet Halligan, Jacob Johnson, Maisy McBride,
Marion McMullin, Meeka Mills, Meelah Maddox, Sasha Sloper,
Scarlett Scoullar, Stanley Smith and Teniva Tautua.
In 2011 the most popular girl's name in ODT birth
notices was Sophia or Sophie (16), followed by Charlotte (13)
and Ruby (12).
There were 15 boys named Liam, 12 named Thomas, 12 named
Samuel and nine named William.
The most popular names in 2010's ODT birth notices
were Liam (17), James (16), Sophie (15) and Charlotte (11).
Girls: Charlotte (11), Isla (9), Emily (9), Eva (8),
Ruby (8), Sophie (8), Isabelle/Isabella (7), Emma (6), Lucy
(6), Mila (6), Paige (6).
Boys: Jack (11), Jake (9), Charlie (9), Lachlan (7),
Cooper (7), Alexander (6), Luka/Luca (6), Daniel (6), Oliver
(6), George (6), Samuel (6), William (6), Thomas (6).
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BERKELEY , Calif. ?C Trailing 2-0 through five innings, No. 10 Arizona had two late innings to come from behind as they defeated the No. 23 California Golden Bears, 5-2, to leave the Bay Area with a 2-1 record.
UA (25-9, 2-1) went scoreless for 11 innings spanning two games before finally tallying in the sixth inning. Sam Banister singled into center, followed by base on balls to Callista Balko. After both moved over courtesy of a Sarah Akamine sacrifice bunt, Kˇ?Lee Arredondo slammed a line-drive double to bring the duo to the plate and tie the game. Another single, error and walk later, Jenae Leles was hit by a pitch to bring across the third run for the Cats. That gave UA a 3-2 lead.
Cal (32-12, 1-2) struck first in the opening frame. After a strikeout, Lindsey Sisk walked Erika Racklin who advanced to second and third on a passed ball and wild pitch, respectively. Following another walk, Bernice Masaniai hit a sacrifice fly to deep right to open the scoring. Sisk issued three walks in the first inning.
In the bottom of the third, the Bearsˇ? Gina Leomiti smashed a line drive over the right field fence to widen the margin to 2-0.
In the Arizona fifth, Duran, who reached on a fielderˇ?s choice, moved to third on Brittany Lastrapesˇ? single to left. After Lastrapes stole second, Schutzler was called out on strikes and UA coach Larry Ray was ejected for arguing the call.
Taryne Mowatt (14-7) came in to pitch the bottom half and put the Bears down in order, and earned the victory in relief.
The Cats added two runs against Cal reliever Brittany LaRosa in the seventh. Akamine singled in Balko from second, and one hit later, Duranˇ?s single brought home pinch-runner Jessica McNamara to bring in the final tallies.
Mowatt found trouble again in the final frame, as she gave up a base hit and a walk to bring Cal slugger Masaniai to the plate with one out. Masaniai drew a walk to load the bases. But Mowatt struck out Sanoe Kekahuna and got a foul pop to end the game.
Melissa Drewrey (20-7) took the loss for Cal. She gave up six hits and three earned runs through 6.2 innings. Mowatt struck out five and gave up three hits in three innings.
Sisk, pitching in her first Pac-10 game, allowed only one hit and an earned run through four innings, but was taken out of the decision by the UA comeback after Mowatt entered.
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Eugene Winter, 72, of 6511 South Avenue SW, died Thursday, November 13, 2008, in his home from a sudden illness. Memorial Service: 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include four sisters, Doris Usher, Brighton, Colorado, Ione Burnett, St. Louis, Missouri, Gloria Mason, Mason City, Iowa and Carol (Allen) Stahr of West Union, Iowa; and two brothers, Eldred (Ethel) Winter, Yuma, Arizona, and Marvin (Janet) Winter, Postville, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Eileen Smith; and two brothers-in-law, Lou Burnett and Larry Mason.
Eugene was born April 24, 1936, in El Rosa, Minnesota, the son of Alfred and Olivia (Roelike) Winter. In 1939, he moved with his family to Postville, Iowa, where he attended Postville High School and was a member of the St. Bridgets Catholic Church. Eugene joined the United States Navy and served for four years. After returning from the service to Postville, he was employed at HyGrade for several years. Eugene then moved to Cedar Rapids, where he was employed at Penick & Ford and later Midland Forge until retiring in 2001.
An active bowler in three leagues, Eugene bowled several 300 games. He was a member of AmVets and the Moose Lodge.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in memory of Eugene % of Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, 520 Wilson Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids.
Military honors will be conducted by the American Legion Hanford Post 5.


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Warning: This may be long...okay, guaranteed to be long, but I want to get it out, and perhaps someone can shed some light??
While I am a step mom to two absolutely stunning, beautiful, talented and loving girls and a BM to my own two fantastic young boys, I also have an ex husband to deal with (ODS's dad).
When we got a divorce, I did not "go after him" for everything under the sun. I agreed to what was fair and agreed to a reasonable amount of child support based on his income. TWICE now, his job has changed and his income increased quite a bit, according to the new calculations I've done, just for my own knowledge and curiosity, my ex should be paying me quite a large chunk more than he pays me...have I gone to court asking for more? NO. Why not? Because he spends money on my son buying him shoes, video games, clothes, takes him to eat, helps with birthday costs and Christmas costs, helps with a cell phone bill if I'm running short (And NEVER argues about doing this at all!) If I am sick or in the hospital (I have some specific medical issues that flare up from time to time) my ex will not only take the time to help with ODS's activities or help watch him until DF can get home to watch him, etc. but he calls to ask me if I need anything, or can he bring something from home (he picks up/drops off my son at my house) that he can bring me, etc.
Do we always get along? NO WAY. LOL but, when it comes to our son, we have a good working relationship...better than most I think. Our personalities still clash greatly, but he doesn't get in my business and I don't get into his.
The ONLY 2 times I have put my foot down and threatened to go to court and have his rights terminated was 1) he had a gf who lived with him who left pain pills all over the house, was "red flagged" at hospitals as a "pill seeker", refused to let ODS and EX go anywhere alone, would send her child (who had some SERIOUS emotional issues) everywhere they went, and forced my son to watch very scary movies and made fun of him for being scared (he was SEVEN!) and the last straw was when she introduced my son to a game on the computer called "Human Torture" (google 666 games for info on that!) and 2) when he had an issue with drinking he got violent and hit me.
Those 2 issues there I told him, pick...those issues or our son, because I am not willing to negotiate.
he quit drinking cold turkey (proud of him for this!) and put his foot down with the gf about spending time with ODS, later when she continued to be nasty he put a stop to it, and when she stole his phone and texted me pretending to be him saying all sorts of nasty vulgar things to me, he ended their relationship.
He and my DF and I can sit on my front porch and drink a beer (he never drinks more than 1) and grill out for Father's Day and we all get along.
He has EOWE but we don't stick to it. If he's out of town, he's out of town. If he's in town and wants him and it's my weekend, I let him take him. ODS won't spend the night with him because he's a homebody, and EX doesn't argue this, just brings him home and gets him the next day.
We never fight about Christmas, I get him for the morning, he comes over and gets him that afternoon. If he wants him Christmas Eve then I'm fine with as long as ODS is home for Christmas Eve dinner which Ex is allowed to be at as well.
My point about all of this is....WHY ON EARTH isn't DF's BM normal like this???? LOL
My son is what is important, not my anger towards ex.
When my LO was in the NICU, my ex called to check on him, offered to help with ODS and showed genuine concern.
Why can't BM extend any sort of similar courtesy to DF? he's not a bad guy. never did anything to her. SHE IS THE ONE WHO LEFT. SHE IS THE ONE WHO CHEATED. She chose this....granted DF is happy she's gone, LOL but still....
Why does she have to be so damn nasty???


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Several UFOs were observed hovering over a Mexican volcano on 15 December, 2013, as reported by UFO Sightings Daily. The website, UFO Sightings Daily, is coordinated by Scott C. Waring. He had been affiliated with the United States Air Force at SAC base (USAF flight line). He currently owns an ESL School in Taiwan.
In this report, Scott Waring has published images of the UFOs, along with a YouTube video. He has also included an eyewitness report of the incident.
The report tells us how the UFOs were captured by two different cameras.
"Two different camera's around Popoctepetl (twice in succession)."
The report was translated from Spanish, with an online translator and it does not make much sense. An UFO enthusiast, with the user id M Anon, provided a better translation of the report.
He talks about what could be seen in the images taken by the two cameras.
"On both cameras there are 'spheres' to see."
He enquires about the bright, white sphere which can be seen in the second video. He also talks about the shape of that sphere.
"It is producing a red diamond-shape, so it is reflecting the sun. That same shape can be seen in the first video, on the right of the volcano."
The Popoctepetl volcano is famous for UFO sightings.


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While it is always difficult to imagine schizophrenic phenomenology, especially as we cling to our own putative notions of personal sanity, I believe CBS has come as close as possible to schematizing the dynamics of a desiring-machine in their 9 pm comedy block on Monday nights. Considered separately, neither 2 Broke Girls nor Mike and Molly is particularly impressive—just two boilerplate proscenium sitcoms. But when fused, grafted by undifferentiated promo-tissues at the half-hour break, they create a productive synthesis in the form of an endless bio-canal of alimentary, excretory, and sexual peristalsis, an endless cycling of eating, licking, puking, shitting, pissing, rubbing, sucking, and fucking.
In one series, two "girls" dream of someday operating a cupcake factory while simultaneously engaging in ancillary fantasies about occupying various positions in an endless daisy chain of fuckisuckitude. Each joke involves an allusion to mouths, vaginas, and/or anuses pulsating in a perpetual state of receptivity, ever vigilant for the possibility of coupling for a cream-pie punchline. They are a couple of cupcakes who consume cupcakes, and thus themselves, in an unending orgy of sugar made flesh, flesh made sugar.
In the new season, blondbrokegirl has even started a relationship with a handsome young man who owns his own candy store, thus doubling down on the cupcake fantasy of perpetually plugged sugar holes. Brunettebrokegirl supports the relationship because it portends unlimited access to candy, providing a momentary diversion from already unlimited access to her own masturbatory baking. In another episode, brunettebrokegirl meets blondbrokegirl's father for the first time…in prison…and immediately becomes visibly disorientated at the thoughts of having spontaneous carceral intercourse with him, an incest fantasy so barely displaced as to endanger its status as fantasy.


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TUCSON--Arizona outplayed Cal in the second half and earned a key Pac-10 victory, 83-73, Thursday night in McKale Center, keeping the Wildcats in the league's upper division at 6-5 and improving the squad to 16-8 overall.
Jerryd Bayless paced UA with 33 points, but unlike recent games was backed up by a double-double from Jordan Hill inside, with 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Chase Budinger?with 18. Cal was led by 21 points from guard Patrick Christopher and 19 from its star forward Ryan Anderson. The Bears dropped to 14-9 and 5-7.
The effort gave?the Wildcats' their 13th straight homecourt victory over the Bears since 1995.
Bayless scored 18 of his points in the first half and hit several clutch 3-pointers in the second half as Arizona ended a two-game losing streak. The freshman guard finished 5-of-9 from behind the 3-point arc.
The Wildcats (16-8, 6-5 Pac-10)?got scoring?help from?Hill and Budinger, unlike its loss Sunday to Arizona State when Bayless was the lone man in double figures with 39. Budinger, notably, had 15 of his points come in the second half when Arizona never trailed after?Cal's opening bucket in that period gave the Bears a brief 32-31 lead.
Patrick Christopher led California (14-9, 5-7) with 21 points. Ryan Anderson added 19 and Jerome Randle 17 for the Bears while DeVon Hardin had 11 points, but only one after halftime.
Bayless hit a 3-pointer to put Arizona up 55-49 lead with 8:42 remaining and then another for a 62-54 lead.
Hill scored six quick points, including a thunderous dunk, for a nine-point lead with 5:48 remaining.
Cal, down 31-30 at halftime and behind by 11 points early in the second half, tied the score at 41 on Christopher's dunk with 14:15 remaining.
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The University of Memphis has received a major rebuff from Gov. Phil Bredesen's higher education bill that he has recently presented to the General Assembly.
While much of the bill refers to K-12 state efforts to qualify for $485 million in "Race to the Top" grants, the omission of Memphis' schools from the lion's share of research grants was not taken well by University of Memphis fundraisers. "I'm disappointed in the fact that not only the University of Memphis, but the whole Memphis area - it doesn't seem that we're getting the economic growth and emphasis that the University of Tennessee is getting," said Charles Burkett, chairman of the UofM Board of Visitors.
At issue is Bredesen's desire to increase the University of Tennessee ties to nearby Oak Ridge National Lab by asking lawmakers for $6 million while the University of Memphis and UTHSC got scant attention.
In President, Shirley Raines outlining of issues she mentioned the current battle in state government over funding. The issue should heat up in the next couple of weeks.


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Edward Ridenour has been a Bible Teacher for over 35 years and is the author of It's Good For A Man Not To Touch A Woman. For additional information or contact, you may visit www.mbgod.com
Posted 4/18/15 at 2:20 PM | Edward Ridenour
There are a variety of measures in which to gauge the collective condition of the Christian church, which invariably reveals the condition of most individuals within it, professing Christ as Lord of their life.
Howbeit, there is only one authority, which provides the revelation and instruction of measurement for all to assess, as to whether one's declaration of being a Christian is either valid, genuine, or not. That authority is God's Word, the Bible. It is man's revelation of his Savior and his Savior's expectations for living as a believer, as well as the recompense for that life lived.
Because the Bible's revelation and instruction is based upon and focused toward individuals who are genuinely Spiritually regenerated, being endued with the empowerment to satisfy those expectations of living, there will undoubtedly be a distinction between those who are truly regenerated and those who are not (secular). That distinction, through Biblically acquired knowledge, should become more and more definitive the longer one lives on this earth, within that changed state. To live in that state is to live Biblical, holy. To live contrary to that state is to live unbiblical, unholy.
For those who do not know my teaching and theology of Biblical marriage, I present Biblical concepts as to what makes a Biblical marriage, as well as what violates it. One violation, defilement that the Bible addresses is adulterous fornication, which only occurs between males and females. This can occur physically or it can occur mentally (in the heart).
One very evident unbiblical condition that pervades Christendom, which nourishes this adultery, is how the male Christian sees a female.
Posted 12/14/14 at 2:59 PM | Edward Ridenour
When the church attempts to define Biblical marriage, an ill-perceived and ill-conceived concept is attached to it that is consistently and erroneously advocated by the church. That concept is the so-called "marriage covenant" (vows stated by the couple at their wedding), which is valid only by the presence of human witnesses. This farcical concept extolled by the church as a requirement for the existence and validation of a God approved marriage is preposterous and absolutely unbiblical.
There are primarily two reasons causing one to advocate such a false unbiblical concept: Biblical ignorance or blatant rejection of what is Biblically and pointedly conveyed as to the makings of a God ordained marriage. However, AT THIS TIME, I believe ignorance is the overwhelming reason for this error, which I have constantly pointed to in my previous articles. What is important to remember, though, is that when one's understanding of Biblical marriage is skewed, every concept applied to it will most likely be skewed as well.
This marital covenant business is something that people inquire about in regard to my theology of Biblical marriage. (Note: To acquire the foundation of that theology, one can begin by reading my article "The Honor of Biblical Marriage"). I have expounded only briefly on actual Biblical marital covenants, as well as the church's unbiblical covenants in some of my other articles. However, in this article, I want to focus on it exclusively and point out some aspects that I haven't referenced before. FULL POST
Posted 9/14/14 at 3:56 PM | Edward Ridenour
Premarital cohabitation. How many articles or comments I have come across by various Christians condemning this choice of living. They site the participants various reasons/motivations for choosing to do so. They offer researched statistics declaring all the ill and negative effects of this horrible and ungodly behavior, stating how unbiblical it is. Of course all the reasons and statistics they use include non-Christians as well.
Well, I want to set the record straight about premarital cohabitation, making the case that those Christians who make these claims of condemnation, whether they be pastors, teachers, licensed professional counselors, or whoever else declaring this choice of living as unbiblical speak from a total lack of understanding of the Bible - the truth concerning this lifestyle and its Biblical connotation. To declare their concept of premarital cohabitation, as they do, reveals senselessness and gives further proof of the ignorance of Christendom regarding Biblical marriage and its violation. FULL POST
Posted 12/19/13 at 3:08 PM | Edward Ridenour
Biblically, marriage either exists or it doesn't. Men, religion, or culture do not prescribe the law that governs it, i.e., the origin and validity of its existence, when it has been violated, its elimination, etc. When marriage exists, it is either Biblical (legitimate, holy, God approved) or unbiblical (illegitimate, defiled, worthy of judgment). And most importantly, it is a lifelong unending attachment or defilement.
It is in the context of this marital premise ("lifelong unending attachment") that I want to emphasize, which one must recognize in order to accurately describe what the Lord meant when He declared in Matthew 19:6 "Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."(KJV)
Posted 8/15/13 at 7:50 PM | Edward Ridenour
It has been said, "he who controls the language can shape thinking." This is true. Arranged words within a language define, forming our perceptions toward a particular idea or understanding. Every idea or understanding is revealed through choosing particular words to convey that idea. However, if any of those words are changed a whole different meaning toward the idea can be construed, which generally will distort, pollute, contradict, misdirect, and/or confuse the original genuine idea or understanding. This changing/replacement of words has vividly been the case and is still happening today regarding the Bible with a number of revisions/translations.
I am confident when I say that the Holy Spirit, Who inspired CHOSEN MEN (not just any man) to pen words with distinct meaning in Scripture, never intended other men to rewrite it with words that do not define His original genuine truth, which He intended to be conveyed. Only Satan would desire that to be the case.
Posted 7/3/13 at 8:29 PM | Edward Ridenour
How interesting it is in this time of life, where the concept of marriage is overwhelmingly perceived through both ignorance and rejection of the truth, as to the quality of its existence, the origin of its existence, and its elimination.
In one instance, just a number of years ago an overwhelming majority view identified marriage as consisting of heterosexual engagements only. Now, however, homosexual engagements are also being regarded as a valid concept, by no small number.
Posted 10/20/12 at 6:39 PM | Edward Ridenour
A very valuable and sober portion of Scripture in the New Testament is the account of a Samaritan woman meeting Jesus at a well of water in the Gospel of John chapter four.
God's word rehearses the encounter that this woman experienced with the omniscient Christ, who exposed/revealed her lifestyle of marital or sexually intimate sin and disregard, along with His message of hope for effectively changing her life for the better and receiving the power to keep it that way. I think most everyone would agree with this conclusion.
However, where the disagreement occurs is in the understanding of what is meant in Christ's comments to her in His description of her marital or sexually intimate lifestyle, both past and present, as well as the degree of sinfulness attributed.
There are mainly two opposing theologies of marriage represented in understanding and explaining the meaning of this Scripture. Each theology, of course, arriving at their conclusion based upon the wordage of Christ's description of the woman's life. Howbeit, they both can't be right.
Posted 8/19/12 at 5:42 PM | Edward Ridenour
Marriage is unique, because it is confined to human beings alone. It was intended by God to be unique and unmatched. As God designed it, there is nothing earthly that compares to it, and there is nothing in heaven or earth that can change or dismiss it from existing.
Biblical marriage is sacred and is a witness to the sacredness of God, because like God it is absolute, exclusive, pure, and unchangeable, demanding respect and adherence. It is a sacred law established by God, whereby, He is the designer, ruler, and judge over, possessing consequences (Hebrews 13:4). Any law established by man can never supersede nor alter it.
This marital law of God is one of the simplest of His laws established at the very beginning of creation, which Jesus clearly defined to all when He declared "But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife: And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder" (Mark 10:6-9, KJV).
Posted 6/29/12 at 1:09 AM | Edward Ridenour
Without controversy or exaggeration, it is fair to declare that there have been plenty of oral arguments made and articles written within Christendom regarding divorce. The commentator's who claim knowledge and understanding of divorce range from every spectrum of position within the Christian faith.
The primary theme predominantly conveyed by these claimants is the well-known statement, which is considered to be the sum of God's attitude toward divorce – that being "God hates divorce."
It is taken from Malachi 2:16 where the prophet speaking in place of God says, "he hateth putting away" (KJV). It means one spouse casting away the other spouse from having a joint fellowship together, removing all obligations, physical connections, and provisions the expelled spouse may require or expect.
If so much of what they declare were not so disturbing and detrimental to all Christendom their declarations and counsel would be entertaining.
Posted 3/11/12 at 11:10 AM | Edward Ridenour
In my previous article "BIBLICAL MARRIAGE? Dear Lord I Messed Up!" I proclaimed a confidence that my theological perceptions/applications toward Biblical marriage "possess a significantly more thorough, contextual, and cohesive rendering...than does any other."
I also stated "If one makes an honest effort to incorporate the marital theology of others into Scripture, it doesn't take long to determine that its application either fosters a confusing outcome or is contradicted by Scripture itself...This is why many trained scholars and revisionists explain and rewrite Scripture as they do, because based on their theology it makes no sense to them, as it is written. So, they change it to fit their theology. They have to...And yet, in spite of their inapplicable re-creations and embellishments, confusion and contradiction remain."
In my article "BIBLICAL MARRIAGE: An Honorable Acquisition, and Knowing It," I explained thoroughly how revisionists changed the wording in Hebrews 13:4 rendering the true meaning in this verse "erroneous and incorrect." Another incorrect rendering of Scripture by them was emphasized in my article "Better To Marry Than To Burn."
Now I want to expound on some verses by the Apostle Paul that: 1) Once again, speaks to my theology of Biblical marriage. 2) Is not understood by most, if not all, because of a secular marital mindset, which makes them appear to be contradictive as it is written in the KJV. 3) Again, are incorrectly rewritten in revisions, with a falsely fabricated and indefensible implication, which still doesn't resolve the presumed discrepancy. FULL POST


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A direct-to-video feature originally released in 2013, Curse of Chucky is the sixth installment of the Child's Play franchise, which started off with 1988's unbeatable Child's Play and various sequels. The sequels became more and more comedic and outlandish, introducing other dolls, namely Tiffany (voiced by Jennifer Tilly) and Glen (voiced by Billy Boyd), the "bride" and "seed" of Chucky, respectively.
Written and directed by creator Don Mancini, Curse of Chucky brings the franchise back into more serious horror territory, with the bulk of the tale showcasing the true menace of serial killer Charles Lee Ray, the so-called "Lakeshore Strangler" who is forever trapped inside the body of a Good-Guy Doll. Mancini remains a shrewd filmmaker, as the film's various codas bring back some of the characters and comedic elements that made some of the previous films cult favorites. Thus, Curse of Chucky will appeal to hardened horror fans and stalwart fans of the franchise.
The movie takes place about 25 years after the events chronicled in the first film. The Chucky doll (voiced by the incomparable Brad Dourif) is mysteriously mailed to the home of paraplegic Nica (Fiona Dourif, Brad's daughter) and her mother, Sarah (Chanta Quesnel). That very night, Chucky decides to take out Sarah by stabbing her to death. Police declare the death a suicide.
The death of Sarah brings out the relatives, namely Nica's older sister Barb (Danielle Bisutti), who brings along her husband Ian (Brennan Elliott), daughter Alice (Summer Howell), and live-in nanny Jill (Maitland McConnel). Also tagging along with Father Frank (A. Martinez), the family priest. Alice discovers Chucky and immediately is enamored with him. However, the doll soon starts to whisper bad things to her, slowly unraveling his goal: to kill every member of the Pierce family.
The bulk of the movie has Chucky carrying out his goal with terrifying aplomb. Key sequences reveal the reason for Chucky's motivation, adding a layer of characterization to the life of a younger Charles Lee Ray and his relationship to the Pierce family. The climax of the film has poor Nica facing off with Chucky, who plans to enter the body of Alice so that he can move into more "human" quarters.
The film ends with Chucky surviving the ordeal and Nica sent to an insane asylum, as she is accused of murdering everyone else in the house. The codas that follow reveal that it was Tiffany (in human form) who is helping ship Chucky from location to location so that he can carry out his revenge. Sadly, the next victim is a now grown up Andy Barclay, who is very much ready to stand off against the killer doll.
Although uneven in several places, Curse of Chucky is a welcome return for the Child's Play series of films. Although not as deeply satisfying as the first film, Curse of Chucky nevertheless centers on Chucky himself as a hideous menace. Quibbles include the fact that Charles Lee Ray is a rather adept voodoo practitioner and yet he never takes advantage of such magic. His only "spell" is that of transfer of the soul, which is too bad. Another quibble is limiting the action to the house. Although such a decision is good to evoke tension (and was probably a result of a limited budget), the resultant confinement makes the episode feel more like a made-for-television movie instead of full-blown show. A final quibble is the redesign of Chucky himself, who looks more human and less like a doll. The CGI and practical effects used to achieve some of the effects make him look odd and somehow less menacing.
These quibbles aside, the film proper combines facets of horror with light comedic touches in the coda that will make fans sit back and smile. Jennifer Tilly is a joy on the screen, taking delight in her role, and Alex Vincent's return to the world of Andy Barclay will have fans fist-pumping at film's end, when Vincent mutters, "Play with this!" Brad and his daughter Fiona easily anchor the film, with supporting players also bringing plenty of gusto to their roles. There are even some weird twists and turns along the way, including an affair from left field, that contribute some black humor to the horror-driven plotline. Tension is definitely raised by making Fiona bound to a wheelchair, as it makes her much easier prey to the diminutive but lethal Chucky.
It's unfortunate that Curse of Chucky did not experience a theater release. However, it is my sincere hope that the movie's success enables the filmmakers to make another Chucky movie, one that at last can be viewed on the big screen in seedy horror multiplexes throughout the United States.
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Georgia Tech, Russell Athletic® Unveil New Football Jerseys For 2012
The Yellow Jackets are showcasing their new jerseys for the first time Monday night
Sept. 3, 2012
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BLACKSBURG, Va. - In an effort to reenergize its look, while staying connected to its past, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are unveiling cutting-edge football uniforms for the 2012 season, and showcasing them for the first time in front of a prime-time national television audience on Labor Day at Virginia Tech.
In conjunction with Georgia Tech's official apparel sponsor, Russell Athletic®, the Yellow Jackets take the field against the Hokies in a brand new white uniform, and are also unveiling a white helmet with a gold GT logo. Monday night's jersey is one of a number of different combinations available to the Jackets in 2012, which includes last year's model.
The hexagonal pattern is the dominant design element of the jersey, and is carried into the look of the new white helmet. The hexagonal pattern has become synonymous with Georgia Tech, as the shape is considered the strongest geometric object and used by yellowjackets to build their nests.
The Georgia Tech football student-athletes got their very first look at the new design when they arrived at Lane Stadium this afternoon.
"Uniform design is a very hot topic among student-athletes," said Athletic Director Dan Radakovich. "College football players today want to feel they have the most modern, cutting edge designs in which to perform. The key is to maintain a connection to our history and tradition while providing the apparel that attracts the very best student-athletes nationwide."
"It was imperative the new uniforms paid homage to Georgia Tech's past, but also made a statement with younger players and catalyzed a spirit of enthusiasm for the season ahead," said Gary Barfield, executive vice president of Russell Brands, LLC. "The new designs incorporate historical elements of the Georgia Tech uniforms players and fans alike know and love. We worked closely with Coach Johnson, Dan Radakovich, and members of Georgia Tech's support and equipment staff and administration to get feedback on the design elements they felt were critical."
Beginning Monday night, fans have the opportunity to order replica jerseys online at RamblinWreck.com via Team Fan Shop, and jerseys will be available beginning Tuesday at the Barnes & Noble Georgia Tech Bookstore and at Tailgaters Alley locations in the Atlanta area.
Tech is bringing white helmets back to the Flats for the first time since 2006, but will keep the traditional gold helmet in the rotation for 2012.
In all, Tech will have three newly-designed jersey tops (white, gold and navy), two new pant styles (white and gold), and two different helmets (white and gold). Last year's jersey design also remains in the rotation for 2012.
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On a sunny, summer-like day at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the Toronto Blue Jays brought their hot bats to the plate and crushed the Baltimore Orioles 11-3 before nearly 40,000 fans. The Orioles have now lost three of the first four series to start the season, an ominous sign but not an improbable obstacle to overcome considering that the birds are only 1.5 games behind the division-leading Tampa Bay Rays.
After last night's exciting late-inning victory in which David Lough poked a single down the left field line to bring home a joyous Steve Lombardozzi with the game-winning RBI, the Orioles were looking to take the series today and get starter Ubaldo Jiminez back on track. Jiminez held the Jays to one run through the first three frames, but would end up yielding 5 runs and 10 hits to the Blue Jays through 5.1 innings of work. The Jays would go on to chalk up a total of 11 runs on 17 hits. Jiminez' ERA is now 7.31 through three games. Josh Stinson's relief appearance today was a disaster. Stinson surrendered 6 runs and 7 hits in 2 innings on the mound. On the offensive side, the only bright spot today was the back-to-back homers by Chris Davis and Matt Wieters. It was the first home run of the season for Davis who has been hitting well, but has not been able to get the ball over the fence.
Although the Orioles are certainly not in dire straits with their 5-7 start to the season, there are some legitimate concerns about the inconsistency regarding their offense and their starting pitching. In the series against the Jay's, Chris Tillman and Bud Norris were impressive but Ubaldo Jiminez is a very unimpressive 0-3 thus far in the 2014 campaign. And while Chris Davis and Matt Wieters are swinging hot bats at the plate, the offensive as a whole is lukewarm at best. Ten percent of the baseball season will be over in four games, and the Orioles will need to win 3 of their next 4 games (three against Tampa Bay and one against Boston) to reach that point as a .500 team.
That would be a disappointment. Anything less than .500 will be a concern. Not that playoff teams all get off to great starts, but through each phase of the season this team will be under increasing pressure to perform. In 2012 and 2013, the Orioles were not expected to do all that much, but the fans and the sports media expect this team to compete with New York and Boston this year. After today's 11-3 thumping by the Toronto Blue Jays, the Orioles need to figure out a way to operate on all cylinders before they can start looking at the standings. Perhaps that won't happen until Manny Machado returns to the lineup, but Machado may not be back until early May. And we can't expect Machado to do all that much for at least a week or two into May. Even with a hot start by Manny, the starting pitching will need to look more like Chris Tillman than Ubaldo Jiminez if the offense even has a chance to keep the team in the game.
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Editor's note: If you're a U.S.-based Lexus owner, you no doubt have a recipe planned for the Thanksgiving turkey awaiting its date with destiny. But just in case your culinary plans are still open, here's an interesting approach from Lexus Culinary Master Michael Chiarello, owner of Bottega Ristorante and host of Food Network's Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello. It involves a simple cocorico vertical roaster (see photo below), which also makes a superb holiday gift (and note that Lexus owners enjoy 10 percent off cookware and home décor at Chiarello's NapaStyle.com)....
11/22/2011—I don't understand the obsession of roasting a 22-pound turkey and arguing over who gets the drumstick. I say double the odds, double the pieces—and roast two smaller ones instead! For a dramatic presentation, I deliver mine to the table still on the cocorico roasters and carve them there. Here's how to roast one of those turkeys to perfection:
Serves: 4
One 8–10 pound whole turkey
8 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup seasoning salt (such as NapaStyle Citrus/Rosemary Salt)
6 sprigs fresh rosemary
2 lemons quartered
1. Soak a cocorico roaster in cold water for 30 minutes.
2. Remove neck and giblets and reserve for your favorite gravy recipe.
3. Wash the turkey inside and out and dry well. Coat inside and out with half of the olive oil. Season the turkey on the outside with two tablespoons of the seasoning salt. Place the rosemary sprigs and lemon inside the cavity of the turkey.
4. Carefully place the turkey onto the cocorico roaster with the legs facing up. Press bird firmly onto cone through the neck cavity.
5. Remove all of the oven racks except for one, and make sure it is placed on the lowest level. Cover rack with foil, and place the cocorico-with-turkey in the oven in the center of the foil. Turn heat to 375 degrees Fahrenheit without convection or to 350 degrees if you have a convection fan.
6. An hour and a half into roasting, lightly cover the top of the browning turkey with foil, and continue roasting until the internal temperature is 165 degrees F (test temperature of turkey next to the bone in the thigh). Juices should run clear when done. Remove from the oven and let rest for fifteen minutes before carving.
7. Carefully remove the turkey from the cocorico and carve into serving portions. This will ensure that the juices stay in the bird. Also, be sure to separate juices from the fat that remains in the cocorico—use these juices in your favorite gravy recipe!


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April 7, 2004
STANFORD, Calif. - Junior midfielder Kelsey Twist of the Stanford University women's lacrosse team was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Week for her performance during the week of March 29th-April 4th.
Twist helped the Cardinal to a 15-12 overtime win over rival Cal in Stanford's lone game last week. Twist turned in an all-around performance in the Cardinal's win over the Bears, scoring four goals and adding an assist, while also registering six draw controls, three caused turnovers and two groundballs.
The Baltimore, MD native currently ranks third on the team in points with 16 goals and 10 assists. For her career, Twist is Stanford's all-time leader in assists with 50 and ranks tied for fourth on the career goals scored list with 95.
Twist is the second Stanford player to earn MPSF Player of the Week honors this season. Senior Abbi Hills earned that distinction last week after guiding the Cardinal to a 3-0 week and clinching the MPSF Championship top seed.