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With peppers more than most other vegetables matching the right variety with the right location is essential. But before you open a seed catalog first consider your needs.
The kitchen is the best place to plan your pepper crop. How do you intend to use the peppers you grow? Do you want to grow sweet peppers hot peppers or both? Do you want to stuff roast or fry them? Use them in hot sauces? Slice them for fresh salads? How will you store them--frozen pickled or dried? Do you want to dry them for decorations?
Consider also your garden space. How many plants can you grow? Do you want to use peppers ornamentally in your flower beds? Will you grow them in containers or indoors?
For advice on what varieties are best adapted to your local environment and soil conditions talk with fellow gardeners your County Extension agent or your state university extension service.
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SANTA ANA - A bid by City Council members to put mayoral term limits on a November ballot failed Monday night, as Mayor Miguel Pulido plans to seek his seventh term in office.
Pulido, who has been mayor for 12 years, axed the proposal two weeks ago with support from three council members.
On Monday night, the other three council members made a last-ditch attempt to put term limits on the Nov. 7 ballot, along with amendments to Santa Ana's charter that aim to raise efficiency at City Hall.
Neither Pulido nor his supporters defended their stance during the meeting.
"I believe my accomplishments speak for themselves," Pulido said after the meeting, adding that he will seek re-election in November. "I also believe it takes a long time to impact significant change."
Council members Claudia Alvarez, Lisa Bist and Mike Garcia said capping the mayor at five two-year terms in the future would foster new leadership and give council members greater authority. They said the mayor's longevity gives him more power at City Hall.
"Term limits don't become an issue until a lack of term limits is abused," Bist said.
Santa Ana began studying its charter last year and formed a 14-member citizens committee to draft changes that include raising the limit for bills that can be paid without Council approval and new rules for appointing members to city commissions.
Mayoral term limits have always been contentious. One reason is that Pulido has had little trouble winning the past three elections - one unopposed. His opponents say would-be candidates can't compete with an entrenched incumbent; his supporters say it's a sign voters are satisfied.
Glen Stroud, a member of the citizens committee, said while he personally believes in term limits, his main hope was for voters to have a say.
"Let people decide what they want," he said.
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What you should know before interviewing a doula.
Finding the perfect support for you and your family is a must during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. When seeking out birth services, including care providers and assistants, you should be confident in those person's abilities and comfortable with the standards they portray. You don't have to settle for a doctor you don't like, nor do you have to hire the first assistant you interview with. These people can become like a member of your family and you want them to be worthy of that honor.
My husband doesn't see a need for another person in the room, won't the nurses be enough? Your husband is right, it is possible for many people to come and go from your birth room, however those working as part of the birth team have their own jobs to perform. The doula is the only person who is a constant presence during your labor and birth. No shift change, no paperwork and no other clients to care for. Your doula is the only person aside from your family, that is there solely for your benefit. The task of support and comfort can mean long hours of hard work and commitment. Whether you choose professional support or family support, the work of labor is not meant to be handled alone. Plan to bring your mother, a sister or best friend to assist you and your partner in your birth.
How will my doula support me? Doulas offer informational, emotional, physical and advocacy support. In pregnancy, Doulas are usually available by phone and in person when you need them. Research and information are available to help you make choices. Massage is offered for physical comfort, help with sleeping positions, showing you exercises to decrease pain and muscle aggravation and help to align your baby for an easier birth (Optimal Fetal Positioning). A doula provides emotional support through pregnancy, over-date births, issues with anxiety and stress, and many, many more issues. During labor and birth Doulas are a constant presence. Once called upon they give emotional support, physical support through massage, movement and positioning and encouragement to you and your family. For postpartum visits, some Doula's will supply you with a story of your birth, offer breastfeeding help, help with managing a fussy baby and emotional support for those first few weeks with your new baby. Some doula's also offer household support or getting meals to you.
What are the costs for doula services? Competitive fees with payment plans are usually options. Pregnancy, labor & birth support average about $400.00. Services also usually include: Breastfeeding and baby care support, unlimited phone access to your Doula, postpartum visits, and possibly light housekeeping and errands for at risk moms at extra cost. This service benefits moms who need extra support because of birth or family circumstances. Each Doula will have her own pricing and availability.
If I transport to the hospital or choose an epidural? How would a doula help me?
As part of your support team, your doula can help you make the decisions that are best for you and your baby. Once you have the information you need to make informed choices for your care, then it is their job to fully support those decisions. The facts are, even if you transport to a hospital from an out-of-birth setting, you cannot just walk into the hospital and get an epidural. Once you present in labor, your status will be checked, the nurse will check your dilation and effacement, the strength and timing of your contractions and your emotional state. If you are in very early labor, your cervix is dilated to less then 4 cm, the baby is still very high or your labor pattern is erratic you may have to wait for changes to receive an epidural. Epidurals are most effective when given between 4-8 cms. If you present after 8 cm your doctor will assume you are progressing quickly and may want you to avoid an epidural because it can slow progress. Once at the hospital it takes 45 minutes or more for an epidural to be administered and pain relief to take effect. If there are others in need of an epidural or C-sections taking place you may have to wait longer. Once the epidural is in place the work is not over, you must be turned from side to side every half hour or so, you may have windows of pain, itching, chills, sweats or side effects that are more serious. When pushing starts it can take 1-2 hours longer with an epidural requiring more effort from mom and her support team. Because your doula is a constant supporting presence, whether at home, or the hospital, you will have other options at hand for pain management. You and your family will have emotional support and advocacy available to you. Transporting to the hospital or having an epidural for birth doesn't take the hard work, emotional needs or physical comfort needs away. It actually increases the need for a Doula, as you no longer have the physical means to manage some of these on your own and you have to look to outside physical support. Doulas are great for hospital births!
I'm being attended by a midwife, won't she doula me? It depends on where you are birthing. If at home, ask your midwife if she brings assistants with her. Some homebirth midwives bring assistants to help with support. A minimum of 4 people to support you would be appropriate, your partner, the midwife for your care, an assistant for the baby's care and an assistant for your support. At home there is also the need for food preparation and cleaning. This needs to be done during the birth and after. If your midwife does not employ assistants, it would be worth your time to look into doula assistance. If your birthing at a birth center, the doula would be an important part of your birthing team. Some birth centers employ doulas, so check into what your center offers. Even a midwife at a birth center cannot focus on comfort measures. She is responsible for your clinical management and may have to split her time between you and another client. For a hospital birth, a doula is quite necessary for support. You may have hired a midwife for your delivery, but your birthing in the hospital. Hospitals are clinical places with rules and procedures. Your midwife will have other clients to tend to and will be working under an obstetrician. It would be beneficial for you to labor at home as long as possible if you want a low intervention birth and are planning on birthing in a hospital. Midwives love doulas!
My provider said a doula would cause tension and would prefer me not to have one. What should I do? It is good to remember that you are the consumer. Your wishes should be honored, and if you wish to have extra support, then you should have extra support. Doulas do not work against your care provider. They do not interfere with medical care and they do not ask you to go against your provider's care. Doulas offer you solid evidence based information so that you can make informed decisions and informed refusal if that is the case. A patient who has questions that may require more time and a busy provider may see that at a bother. A patient who wants lower interventions takes more time and energy and the provider may be too busy to comply. If you are uncomfortable or unhappy with the care your provider is showing you, you have the choice at anytime in your pregnancy to change to another provider. A good provider will welcome the chance to work with an educated patient and enjoy the presence of a doula during birth.
When should I hire a doula? Any time in pregnancy you feel you need extra support, education, information or advocacy. It is generally a good idea to meet with your doula a couple times before your birth. This way you can build a relationship, talk about needs and wishes and work out a system that best supports you. Usually this is done starting at 32-34 weeks and then weekly contact, whether by phone or in person until birth. However, if you are high risk or have concerns you can contract doula support at any point in your pregnancy, even during fertility treatments.
My partner is concerned about being pushed aside. Will a doula replace my partner or be overbearing? On the contrary, all of the research has shown having a woman knowledgeable with birth actually helps both client and partner feel calm, relaxed and safe. A doula should compliment the relationship that exists between the partner and client. The doula's job is to ensure the partner participates as much or as little as they want. The doula should never interfere with partner support. I have enjoyed helping several couples in birth and my greatest joy is witnessing the bond that creates itself in such intimate moments. Women are more satisfied with their partners and partners are more comfortable supporting when doula support is available to them.
Can I tell my provider "No" or refuse routein interventions and procedures? You are the consumer and the one in charge. While you have hired your care provider for his/her medical opinion, it is just that, an opinion and not a rule or law. Hospital protocols and expectations may be waived if you are low risk. Ultimately you are the one who must decide what choices are right for you and your baby. Most hospitals are very aware of women's expectations for natural birth and baby care. If your provider disagrees, he/she has the option to transfer your care to another provider who is more willing to support your needs and wishes. This is also true for you, as the consumer. You have the right and ability at any time during your care to transfer to a provider who will support you in your choices. You may say "No"…..regardless of outcome the decision is solely yours. An excellent idea is to prepare a birth plan with your doula or childbirth education class and to present this to your care provider ahead of time. That helps both of you communicate and avoid unpleasant surprises on both sides.


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Editor's Note: Today is the third edition of a 10-day celebration of this year's Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame induction here at CUBuffs.com, profiling each of this year's inductees, leading up to the Nov. 13 football game against Iowa State. Today, we look at the career of football standout Bob Stransky. This year's Hall of Fame festivities begin Thursday, Nov. 11, with the induction ceremonies at the Omni Interlocken Hotel & Resort (6 p.m. reception, with induction ceremony at 7 p.m.). The celebration continues with a women's/men's basketball doubleheader on Friday, Nov. 12, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The honorees will be introduced publicly at halftime of Saturday's game, which kicks off against the Cyclones at 11:30 a.m.
Bob Stransky has remembered one defining moment from his senior year at the University of Colorado in 1957; going out a winner.
"One of the biggest thrills was going to, and winning, the Orange Bowl," Stransky said. "It was such a great honor and great privilege to be invited to a bowl game."
During a season in which the All-American finished second in the nation in rushing yards with 1,097, he saved his finest performance for last, in the 1957 Orange Bowl, a game CU was invited to because of a technicality.
"We managed to qualify for the Orange Bowl because no team could go two years in a row and Oklahoma went the year before," Stransky said. "We ended up second in the conference and got elected to go. We beat Clemson and if I remember correctly, it was CU's first bowl win, too."
Bob Stransky was a 1957 All-American and All-Big Seven Conference pick
Stransky, or as his teammates often called him, "Stop-and-Go" because of his ability to quickly stop and start again, was one of the most notable two-way players during his time and thoroughly enjoyed playing both sides of the ball.
"Due to the limited number of scholarships we only had something like 55 players, so some guys were required to go both ways," he said. "I enjoyed playing both ways because I got to play the whole game that way. During my time, that's just the way the system was going."
Stransky said he felt "honored and surprised" to be elected into the CU Athletic Hall of Fame because he felt he "didn't have the qualifications." However, his numbers speak for themselves. He left CU with 1,868 career yards and 138 total points (21 touchdowns and 12-22 on PAT's); both left him fifth in the record books at the time. Stransky credits his numbers to the type of offense that was run here by head coach Dal Ward.
"We were the only team running the single-wing during my four years at CU," Stransky said. "I enjoyed playing for Dal Ward, he was an old school type of coach and it was a good offense."
Stransky was drafted in the second round of the 1958 NFL draft (by Baltimore) but played two years in the Canadian Football League before finishing his career with the AFL Denver Broncos in 1960. After football, he went on to become a teacher and coach within the Denver Public School system.
"I consider (being elected to the Hall of Fame) a great honor and also a great privilege to be a part of it with these athletes and coaches," said Stransky. "It feels great and it was great playing with all of those guys."


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Let's keep this simple: We're the Millers is hilarious. It's a foul mouthed road trip movie under the thinly veiled guise of a family vacation film. Again, it's hilarious.
Jason Sudeikis (Horrible Bosses) plays David, a man in his 40s still sporting college scruff, shaggy hair, hoodies, and a backpack, while making his living selling marijuana. But when he's robbed of his stockpile of drugs and money, David's boss gives him one option to save his neck: go to Mexico and bring home a "smidge, smidge and a half" of primo weed.
What David quickly realizes is that his appearance will send up a dozen red flags if he tries to cross the border from Mexico to the U.S. in an RV full of marijuana. With the help of his dipstick latchkey kid neighbor Kenny, David concocts a scheme so ridiculous it will probably work. He enlists Kenny, his stripper neighbor Rose (Jennifer Aniston), and a snarky homeless teenager (Emma Roberts) to pose as his family on a vacation trip to Mexico. The not remotely wholesome group tries to pass themselves off as an ABC Family sitcom while constantly insulting each other in the confines of their drug-filled RV. As if pretending to be the Cleavers isn't enough, they have to dodge other drug smugglers and fool a genuine squeaky clean family that has latched onto the Millers like a pot smoker on snack food.
We're the Millers is filled with improvisational quips and enough F-bombs to make Joe Pesci proud. Despite the fact that they are not related, they consistently end up in typical family situations and deal with them in bizarre, albeit, thoughtful ways. A series of obstacles mar their progress yet the movie never delves into the frustrating "Are we there yet?" territory of other road trip movies. Their shenanigans are clever, ridiculous and always funny. Plus, the audience is spared the fury-inducing frustration of the typical bumbling travel companion common place in this type of movie. Though each "Miller" causes problems, you still love the family. Oh, there's also a scene where Aniston strips to a classic Aerosmith song.
Aside from the four leads who are hilarious in their respective family roles, Nick Offerman and Kathryn Hahn as the Fitzgeralds and Ed Helms as Brad, David's boss, produce comedy gold. The wholesome Fitzgerald family, complete with dad's oversized travel coffee mug and mom's wide-brimmed sun visor, appear to have stepped straight off the pages of Squaresville, USA bringing with them family friendly cuss words and a love of campfire games. Helms effectively ditches his panicky character from The Hangover to play a complete and total tool you'll love to hate.
We're the Millers was made in 2013, is rated R, and is 119 minutes long with an extended cut that includes 8 minutes of additional material. Special features include outtakes and gag reels chock full of improvised one-liners, deleted scenes, behind the scenes featurettes "Stories from the Road," "Livin' it up with Brad," and "When Paranoia Sets in." The story was written by Bob Fisher and Steve Faber, with the screenplay by Fisher, Faber, Sean Anders, and John Morris, and the movie was directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. The two-disc special edition can be found anywhere DVDs are sold for $15-20.


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Crystal Palace and Newcastle ended in a 1-1 draw in Alan Pardew's clash with his former team.
Fraizer Campbell picked up a knock on Boxing Day and is at risk to missing the week 19 match at QPR.
Frazier Campbell had a golden opportunity against his former team but he panicked and his shot went high.
Frazier Campbell helps Crystal Palace improve to 2-0-2 under new boss Neil Warnock.
Cardiff City striker Fraizer Campbell has joined Crystal Palace.
Cardiff City striker Fraizer Campbell is to have a medical at Crystal Palace later on Wednesday, according to Sky sources.
Sky are reporting that Crystal Palace have agreed a fee for Cardiff City striker Fraizer Campbell.
Newly promoted Leicester City have reportedly triggered Frazier Campbell's release clause with an eye toward signing the Cardiff City forward.
Frazier Campbell scored a late consolation goal against Manchester City as he continued his assault on Manchester teams.
Cardiff City dropped valuable points against Crystal Palace as they creep closer toward the relegation zone after a 2-0 loss at Selhurst Park.
It was supposed to be THE mis-match of the week but Frazier Campbell had other ideas as his brace saw Cardiff shock the Premier League with a 3-2 over Manchester City.


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A woman out on bond for allegedly assaulting her husband was killed Friday afternoon in Cherokee County – and officials said the husband is the one who shot her before killing himself.
The couple has been identified as Katherine Landers, 1, and Cary Landers, 51, the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office announced Saturday. And officials have ruled their death a murder-suicide.
It's unclear who notified deputies of their deaths, but officials said someone called 911 in the afternoon regarding a person down. When deputies arrived at the home at 1870 Woodberry Court in Canton, they found two bodies, the sheriff's spokesman Lt. Jay Baker said.
Evidence at the crime scene indicates that Mr. Landers shot and killed his wife and then killed himself, Baker said. He apparently shot his wife once in the face and then placed the gun in his mouth and fired, the spokesman said.
Investigators found a 380-caliber handgun believed to be the murder weapon at the scene, Baker said. He did not say where in the home the bodies were found as well as the weapon. He also did not comment on who found the bodies or whether they lived alone. Still, he did say there was a history of violence between the two.
They had been living at the home for less than one year when the wife was arrested, Baker said. Landers was charged in March with battery against her husband, Baker said. As part of her condition of bond for that offense she was not supposed to have contact with her husband, he said.
An autopsy is scheduled at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab Sunday morning for both bodies, Baker said.


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The Purchase Repertory Theatre presents William Shakespeare's classic comedy As You Like It, directed by Chris O'Connor. Set in the enchanted Forest of Arden where the line separating reality and fantasy is blurred, As You Like It features one of Shakespeare's strongest female protagonists in the character of Rosalind. Performances are November 2-10 in the Purchase College Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and non-Purchase students, and can be purchased by calling the Box Office at 914-251-6200 or online at www.artscenter.org.
Performances are November 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 at 8 PM and November 4 and 10 at 2 PM.
Season passes are $80 for individuals and $150 for couples, and entitle pass holders to unlimited attendance at all six productions this season.
Purchase College, State University of New York, is located at 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, N.Y.
In As You Like It, Duke Senior, his daughter Rosalind and his niece Celia flee the court for refuge in the forest, pursued by assassins. Rosalind must disguise herself as a man in order to survive. Rosalind falls for Orlando, Phoebe falls for Rosalind—it's chaos and all ending in marriage and what appears to be happiness.
Director Chris O'Connor is founder and Artistic Director of Mile Square Theatre in Hoboken, N.J. He conceived and produces the annual 10-minute play festival 7th Inning Stretch. His MST directing credits include St. Columba and the River, The Souls of Black Folk, John Redding Goes to the Sea, Charlie Peter's Striking Out the Babe, Warren Leight's The Love of the Game, Jenny Levison's Homefield Advantage, Cyrano, The Scams of Scapin (co-directed with Jeff Steitzer), for which he played the title role, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
As an actor and director, he has been associated with 12 Miles West, A Contemporary Theatre, The Culture Project, Soho Rep, the 78th Street Theatre Lab, Target Margin, Gloucester Stage, Book-It Repertory, City Theatre in Pittsburgh, Provisional Theatre of Los Angeles, The Bathhouse, and Seattle Children's Theatre, among others. His original plays for young people have been produced at the Seattle Children's Theatre and schools in the Northwest. He has taught theatre at Colgate University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and currently at the Mason Gross School of the Arts. He holds a BFA in acting from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MFA in directing from Rutgers University.
The Purchase Repertory Theatre, featuring students from the School of the Arts, Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film, creates exciting and bold interpretations of classic and contemporary plays while bringing to the stage for the first time the next generation of actors, designers and technicians.
The Purchase Repertory Theatre Season continues with New Plays Repertory, December 7-15 featuring Moisés Kaufman's The Laramie Project and Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel; Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard February 8-16; Derek Walcott's The Odyssey, February 29-March 8; and Tennessee Williams' American Blues, April 25-May 3.


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Are you a victim? Victim of what you may ask? What I mean is a victim in the way you think. This mindset will cause you to lose in life.
Victim thinking consists of complaining about your woes or blaming others for your situation, or coming up with a million reasons not to do something.
Victim thinking will rob you of hope, empowerment, and prosperity.
Basically, you give up power to control your life and allow outside influences to be in charge .
Victim thinking makes you miserable and it shows. I for one cannot stand being around a negative person; it's sucks the life out of me. So if you want to complain about your woes to me, forget about, I don't want to hear it unless you are asking me for help.
Don't get me wrong, there are events that happen in our lives that we can't control. BUT, how you respond to these occurrences determine your success in life.
One of my all-time favorite books is called, " The Question Behind the Question (QBQ)," by John G. Miller. The book's main theme is practicing personal accountability at work and in life. It talks about what to really ask yourself to eliminate blame, complaining, and procrastination. Whenever I feel that I am starting to get into the complaint mode, I pick up this book to get me back on track. Very short read.
Victim thinking will prevent you from being happy in your vocation. If you complain about your boss and your coworkers and so on, then leave, why would you want to stay if your job is that bad? Security? A so-called pension? Job security is a myth. Your security in the market place depends on you and your ability to adapt. Plus, this is unfair to the people you are complaining about (gossip).
Victim thinking is a barrier for change. Look around you, technology, the economy, and the workforce are changing rapidly. I work as a Healthcare Leader in my day job; with Health Reform (Obama care) being implemented as we speak, many changes are happening that are turning this field upside down. I could choose to complain, belly ache, and moan, or adapt and find ways to make it work.
If you are a Christian, you are called to become more "Christ-Like." Do you think Jesus was a complainer? Can you imagine him hanging out with his disciples griping about the Pharisees or the Roman Empire?
In personal finance, this type of thinking limits your decision-making. In today's economic environment, you hear people say, "I am not doing well because of the economy." Or, "the economy is Obama or Bush's fault." Yes, the economy sucks now, but don't let it hold you hostage. A politician isn't going to fix your life, you have that ability.
Question: Are you a victim thinker or complainer? Why is that? If so, have you thought of ways to combat this? Please share.


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Clean Coal in China: Why It's a Non-Starter
According to conventional wisdom, clean coal is the great hope for China, and China is the great hope for clean coal. Makes sense—the world's biggest greenhouse-gas emitter has a fast-growing economy powered by coal.
Fuhgeddaboutit, says a fascinating new paper from Stanford. That is, China may be busy fiddling with clean-coal technology, but that doesn't mean the country is going to widely deploy the technology.
"In fact, fundamental and interrelated Chinese interests—in energy security, economic growth and development, and macroeconomic stability—directly argue against large-scale implementation of [carbon capture and storage] in China unless such an implementation can be almost entirely supported by outside funding," the paper says. (There's more here at Bloomberg.)
The argument goes like this. China has so far been willing to work on demonstration clean-coal projects, and ink deals with U.S. politicians and U.S. energy companies, but that's basically just a hedge.
Rolling out clean coal at scale would create all sorts of headaches for China, starting with the fact that clean-coal plants—by capturing carbon emissions—require more coal than regular plants. China's coal supply chain is already creaky; ramping up coal production by 20% to handle clean coal would cost at least $15 billion and make already-expensive clean coal even pricier.
And China's power market isn't built for the economics of clean coal, as the Chinese have admitted. In the West, where countries are studying climate laws that would put a pricetag on carbon emissions, you can almost see how clean coal one day might make economic sense.
China isn't considering a cap on emissions, or a price on carbon. Its power companies can't even handle spikes in the cost of coal itself, let alone the costs of cleaning the stuff up: "If the structure of Chinese power markets means that generators can barely support the cost of coal, supporting the cost of CCS is currently unthinkable absent major power sector reforms."
So what's the solution? Rich countries could pick up the whole tab, estimated by Stanford at $25 billion to $30 billion a year. That should be an easy sell in the U.S. Congress.
Or China could just concentrate on making its existing coal-fired plants more efficient. Matching European levels of coal-fired efficiency, the paper says, would alone reduce Chinese coal emissions by 20%.
Cleaner coal—if not clean coal—might just be the only realistic answer for one of the world's biggest climate conundrums.


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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Simple Sassy Summer Skirt
11 comments:
- Tati said...
Way cute!! Lovin' the purple too!:) Tati
- June 26, 2010 at 9:16 PM
- Barb Elder said...
Just love the skirt and they are easy and so fun to make!! Thanks Jackie keep posting. Love ya! They are "Happy Skirts"
- June 26, 2010 at 9:49 PM
- Kristen said...
I love those skirts! I wish I weren't all thumbs when it comes to sewing anything but patches on scout uniforms!
- June 27, 2010 at 2:50 PM
- Ann @ makethebestofthings said...
Love the flirty kick of the tiers of ruffles. So cute with these pretty fabrics!
- June 27, 2010 at 9:30 PM
- Mollie said...
Adorable! I want to make one for myself and one for each of my three girls! I made some outfits out of that fabric though, so I am going to have to find another fabric almost as cute:o)
- June 27, 2010 at 9:58 PM
- Bonnie said...
I love the ruffles! Very cute and I'm going to have to make one for myself and little girl. Thanks!
- June 27, 2010 at 10:13 PM
- Stephanie Lynn @Under the Table and Dreaming said...
These are simply gorgeous! I'll take one for each day of the week! Fantastic job and great tutorial! I'll be featuring this today. Stop by and grab a featured button if you like. Thanks for joining the Sunday Showcase! ~ Stephanie Lynn
- June 28, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- Misty said...
Hi! I'm visiting from "The Girl Creative," and I'm so glad I did! I love your skirts...I'll definitely be trying to make one for myself. :) I am now a follower.
- June 28, 2010 at 10:18 AM
- Stephanie said...
These are the cutest! You are amazing!
I'm your newest follower :)
- June 28, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Denise said...
Thanks for sharing the awesome tute!! I hope mine only takes an hour:) I am your newest follower!!
Happy Monday
- June 28, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- Misty said...
I can't wait to get started, but I have one question before I do... Does the seam go up the back or to one side? I love your fabric choices!
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HANLEY Swan kept up the pressure on the Cheltenham League Division Three leaders with a 5-2 victory at Cheltenham Civil Service Reserves.
The woodwork denied the visitors before James Beale put them ahead with a bullet header from Richard Foley's cross.
Cheltenham produced a disputed equaliser and went ahead through a quick break with keeper Nick Rogers keeping Hanley in the game.
But Beale made no mistake to level from Simon Griffiths' through-ball and they went ahead in the second period after the best passing move of the game was finished off by Andy Rogers.
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Have you ever thought how God uses us to help others? God uses every Christian, who surrenders themselves to His will, the opportunity to let someone know that they are not alone. We are on this earth to let people know of the goodness of God in spite of all the hardships that befalls the world in these last days.
God doesn't have a telephone or a computer, but He does have some who laborer among us, who will take the time to help our neighbor if or when they may be going astray.
Are you listening to that still, small voice that some call "your conscience"? When you are led by Holy Spirit, make sure that you "Listen and then Do".
Speak To Me Lord
God is subtle (faint or delicate in quality) when He speaks. We must be still sometimes to hear Him, if not, we miss His voice. God may speak to us in an audible voice, but most of the time, He speaks in a whisper to our heart. All we have to do is listen.
God Told Me To, Didn't He?
A prophet comes to town and tells you that you are going to be the first woman preacher in this area. It sounds good, and you wouldn't mind preaching, but just because something was prophesied to happen in our life does not mean that we or someone else has to be a catalyst (helper) for these things coming to pass. God said that our gifts would make room for us: "A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men" (Prov. 18:16), and we don't have to help God out.
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The U.S. Postal Service released the list of new stamps for 2010. The only dog to make it into the stamp hall of fame is our wonderful little Odie from Garfield fame. He falls under the category of The Sunday Funnies which will go on sale in July.
Garfield hit the Sunday Funnies in 1978. Though Garfield himself is a "self-centered and cynical" cat, he shares the comic with the lovable, "dopey but devoted dog," Odie.
We look forward to the release of this stamp for dog and stamp collectors everywhere.
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Exercise is part of my online writing routine. A home based desk job often means hours of sitting at the computer. This amount of inactivity leads to weight gain and other health issues.Those who work at home may find it especially important to squeeze that exercise in.
Time management
Online writers and others with a home based desk job may not always find time for an exercise routine. Time away from the desk means money lost in the world of online writing. The trick is incorporating an exercise routine into the work at home workday.
Schedule exercise just as you would assignments or tasks. Having a routine for work breaks helps. The online writing job is a restless occupation. Avoid the routine of running to the fridge when boredom strikes. Keep a glass of water handy and do stretches when bored.
Sit and be fit
Sitting home at a desk doesn't have to mean sitting still. Strap on the wrist weights and work arms between thoughts. Lift heels alternately to work calf muscles while writing at the keyboard. Sit up straight for good posture exercise. Facial exercise requires no hands.
How I do it
My online writing workday begins at 8:00. A 30 minute walk, workout or strenuous household chore starts the day before sitting down at the writing desk. Walking helps me think up writing ideas or go over assignments. Exercise is energizing to the mind and body. Morning exercise curbs the restlessness of a work at home desk job.
Turn the music on.
Keep the volume loud enough for alertness, not loud enough to cause distraction. The rhythm encourages movement such as wiggling or tapping feet to the music. Make up little exercise routines to do while working.
Take mini exercise breaks between articles.
I alternate between the home exercise bike and a small stool used for stair stepping. The music gets cranked up a notch and so does the exercise pace. Online writers work at home. No one complains about the volume. If you have the room, why not add a workout room or corner in your home?
Lunch break usually means fruit and veggies.
Combine them with orange juice for a delicious smoothie. Mixing up a salad keeps boredom out of the lunch routine. After this light lunch, take another half hour walk around the neighborhood or run errands on foot.
No vegetation of the body allowed
The afternoon is spent much the same way as the morning. Housework and gardening chores are substituted for exercise on breaks. Allowing myself to sit and vegetate while working at my online writing assignments is simply not allowed.
Being a good boss to yourself helps.
Work at home jobs require extra discipline. You are the boss. You are responsible for motivating yourself. That includes watching your health through proper diet and exercise. A healthy worker is a happy worker.
This article was previously published by this author on Yahoo! It has been updated and revised for Examiner.


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Many of us have heard the expression, "If you can't get along with yourself, no one else will get along with you, either." Unfortunately, a lot of people don't understand what that means. To the average person, the concept of getting along with yourself seems almost foreign and they just don't get the need for help for relationships.
In actuality, it means self-conflict, negative self-talk and all the emotions that accompany our self-esteem and how we view ourselves in comparison to others. That in itself is a negative thought process in that we are unique individuals who don't need to compare ourselves to others. Of course, we can admire others and desire to emulate them in how they are perceived by other people and how successful and happy they exude.
If your life isn't all you'd like it to be you can reverse it and start on a path of reflection and the goal of inner-peace.
Once you have decided you're a darned nice person and who you are is pleasing to you, then you're ready to be all you can to others. You can be a good friend, co-worker, a good partner or spouse and parent. When you have learned how to manage yourself and your emotions you can be effective at managing your relationships with others.
Communicate Well and your Life Will Flow Smoothly
Someone who is not adept at communication is pretty much like a ship without a rudder. You are not going to be able to steer your life in the direction you'd prefer to go.
If you can't verbalize your feelings and thoughts to another it makes it very difficult for that person because they may sit and attempt to discuss a conflict or challenge they are having with you, yet someone who is non-communicative simply says, in their best interpretation of a 4-year old child, "I don't know."
What does that mean, "I don't know?"
If someone is being difficult or seems angry with you and you're making an attempt to get to the underlying problem, it's maddening to hear them respond to your queries with, "I don't know."
To the person trying very hard to open up the lines of communication it's a "wanting to tear your hair out moment." For the person who can only answer "I don't know," I'd ask them, "Well, if you don't know, who does?"
When the other person trying in vain to evoke some kind of emotion or answer from the person who has no clue how to communicate it can be very frustrating. The person who is "verbally challenged" would be well-advised to take a course in communication or perhaps seek counseling of some kind to learn some communication skills.
It's so refreshing to have a discussion with someone who is clear, concise and knows how to get their message across in a minute or less.
Of course conversations among friends, relatives and co-workers can take hours and be very stimulating and entertaining. When you're having a great conversation with someone, the time seems to fly and you suddenly realize you've been talking for a long time but it seemed like only minutes.
The opposite end of the spectrum is conversing with someone who can't verbalize feelings or emotions. A five-minute discussion can seem like days and can create more stress while you wait what seems like an eternity for some kind of response. If you're like me, you do your best to avoid those moments.
Setting Goals Together
Whether it's goal-setting with a spouse, partner or business associate in respect to creating a smooth and cohesive level of communication, it's very important because studies have shown that cooperation and having the same goals helps any relationship survive the ups and downs that are inevitable.
Always keep in mind there is no such thing as perfection. As human beings we are in a constant state of improvement on a personal level and that includes our relationships with others.
It is very important that you feel comfortable in verbalizing what your specific desires are in the relationship as well as listening and understanding the wants and needs of the other person or persons.
Take time to compromise, be clear on what each person's goals are within the relationship and be willing and open to change. Talking together and creating a goal-setting plan shows you are interested and care about the other person's needs for a fruitful and happy relationship, realizing both of you are different yet willing to accept the differences in each other.
Improving your Life and Relationships
Care for yourself by loving and respecting who you are inside and out. Be kind and give yourself gifts of time to relax, unwind and even indulge yourself in what you may believe are frivolous things like massages, yoga classes or meditation. Everyone needs "you" time.
Take walks, read interesting books, listen to music that makes you feel good and spend time with positive people who have many of the same interests.
If you begin to feel frustrated then you need to find out what is causing it and deal with the root of the problem immediately. Controlling your emotions is not taking care of the challenge. You need to solve the problem that is bringing up feelings of frustration.
Be Kind To Your Mind
Pay attention to your 'self-talk,' and make sure it's not negative in nature.
Positive self-talk is good, negative is self-defeating and no constructive.
Be aware of your cognitions in determining how you treat others including yourself. Keep a notebook and every time you have a thought whether positive or negative about yourself or someone else, write it down and go back to it later and think about why and how you formed the specific thought.
What was the circumstance, what was going on at the time either with yourself or an interaction with someone else?
Try a sort of experiment by reading the negative thoughts and transform them into something positive. In NLP or neuro-lingustic programming, that is called "reframing."
Take something negative and turn it into a new and positive picture. You may also make an attempt to consider why you were thinking those thoughts and be aware the next time it happens so you can instantly reframe and replace negative feelings with positive ones.
Are you attached or detached from feelings?
How secure or insecure do you feel?
Be Present
The person who others perceive as aloof and not 'present' in conversations is truly avoiding relationships. They never seem to really trust others and people pick up on it right away and begin to avoid being around them.
Many people grew up with abandonment issues from childhood and bring those issues into their adult lives. They appear to others as controlling, angry, abusive and even smothering, demanding attention to their needs at all times yet not seeming to care about the feelings or needs of those around them.
These are all attachments to certain feelings that have somehow given that person the feeling they are getting some reward from their behavior.
Keep in mind, if you're unhappy because you think your spouse, partner, friends or associates don't give you what you believe you must have to be happy, that's your 'stuff' and they can't make you happy no matter how hard they try. Eventually, they will give up and you'll get what you fear most-being abandoned.
Although you have brought all of this upon yourself it takes time and effort to work through these emotional crutches and recognize the cause.
It will take work and patience but with time you can be the person you desire to be and have happy, fruitful relationships with everyone around you.
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|In this talk, I review the mathematical results of the dynamcis of Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) and present some efficient and stable numerical methods to compute ground states and dynamics of BEC. As preparatory steps, we take the 3D Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE) with an angular momentum rotation, scale it to obtain a four-parameter model and show how to reduce it to 2D GPE in certain limiting regimes. Then we study numerically and asymptotically the ground states, excited states and quantized vortex states as well as their energy and chemical potential diagram in rotating BEC. Some very interesting numerical results are observed. Finally, we study numerically stability and interaction of quantized vortices in rotating BEC. Some interesting interaction patterns will be reported.
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Real Estate Trends 2009-2010
Published Aug 10, 2009 - (Updated Sep 8, 2015)
Featured in Vallarta Lifestyles Magazine, Summer/Fall 2009 issue.
How things can change in a short period of time! Vallarta's real estate market has been hit on many sides this year, making it difficult for the market to move ahead. Although issues such as the global economic crisis and the swine flu scare are not actually "trends," since they are not new long-term directions in our marketplace, they are certainly facilitating trends that, for the most part, are new to this market.
It all began with the financial crisis that started in the USA and soon spread to affect most of the world's economies. It came late to Mexico, but when it did – in October of last year – the results were obvious. It was as if the tap had been turned off, especially for new product developers. After a slow summer, there had been hope for better as the high season was approaching; well, it just didn't happen. Sales were extremely slow as people battled with uncertainty about just how deep and severe the downturn would be.
From October until April, there was a definite trend I'll refer to as Risk vs. Uncertainty, a term I picked up from economist Frank Knight in an article featured in the New Yorker. People are accustomed to dealing with risk; they face it in business situations, when they are considering what they should be doing with their investments. It's a part of life, with some people able to handle large risks better than others. Uncertainty is something else. As Knight puts it:
Risk describes a situation where you have a sense of the range and likelihood of possible outcomes. Uncertainty describes a situation where it's not even clear what might happen, let alone how likely the possible outcomes are. Uncertainty is always a part of business, but in a recession it dominates everything else: no one's sure how long the downturn will last, how (shoppers) buyers will react, whether we'll go back to the way things were before or see permanent changes in consumer behavior.
Before we can expect any significant change in our current market, the level of uncertainty must decrease. Unfortunately, we seem to be living in a world of more and more uncertainty. Perhaps, just getting used to living with it will be enough to allow the market to get back on track. And lately, it seems as if either this is happening or uncertainty has been reduced. It is, at least, a lot better than it was six months ago.
Last fall, things were looking so bad that there was even talk of a US economic depression, but that's not discussed now. Now it's more about "green shoots" and "V-" or "W-" or "L-shaped" recoveries. The current forecast seems to be that the worst has been averted, for the most part, and now it's just a matter of time.
What has been interesting is the mainstream media's take on problems and issues in Mexico, primarily regarding the swine flu scare and the "narco traficos." While both are/were serious issues, neither has directly affected our region in any serious manner. Mexico's response to the flu was a strong one, praised around the world by major health organizations, but the cost to the country was high, tourism its third largest industry. Despite the fact there were very few cases here, the flu's impact managed to empty practically every hotel room in the region. And although the wars against and among the drug cartels are serious, the situation has not affected this region. No tourist or American/Canadian homeowner has been affected by this in any way.
But the way both of these issues have been portrayed in the American media has had serious effects. Again, not to say these are not issues, but the situations certainly were overblown. I hope this does not become a "trend," what in some ways can be seen as Mexico-bashing. But as quickly as it can start, it can disappear. As soon as the elections ended in Iran and their problems started, Mexico was off the front page of mainstream media. With that said, let's take a look at some of the trends that seem to be happening in Vallarta's real estate market.
Trend #1 – Buyer's Market
It is definitely a buyer's market. There's plenty to see, time to shop around, and no hurry to make decisions in most cases. And that's exactly what prospects are doing. Lower offers are now common, with the spread between list price and sales prices having moved from a more traditional rate of 6 - 7 percent to more than 10 percent.
Trend #2 – Reduced Developer Inventories
We went into 2008 with about 7,250 properties on the market, that number obtained from a study we perform at the beginning of each year. This was after 50 new developments were introduced to the marketplace in 2007, and when we calculated the number of properties on the market, we used the total number of units a development was going to include, rather than what was actually available for sale.
Many developments release in phases, especially when units are not selling as well as they once were – often before they had even broken ground. We took that fact into consideration this time. We also saw that some projects that had never actually broken ground decided not to go ahead. We also saw some put a portion of their inventory to another use, introducing a hotel component. When we took all this into consideration, plus the sales that actually took place in 2008, we found that inventories were down to 4,200 units. Still high, but workable – and a lot better than some other places in Mexico.
Trend #3 – Developer-Driven to Resale Driven
For the past five years, the market has been developer-driven, with people preferring new products that offered the latest construction techniques, luxurious extras and wonderful amenities not usually found in the existing market. Buyers also preferred a larger property, as the average home and condo size increased dramatically. And in the past, purchasers were paying a premium of up to 20 percent over the price of a similar existing unit, just to have something new with the latest add-ons. People were so tied up in this that they would even upgrade to the "newer" project of a developer because it was "bigger and better."
Well, in today's market, bigger is not actually better, and if the extras and amenities are going to add to the overall cost and increase maintenance fees, some buyers are not as interested. There is also the concern about whether the developer will be able to deliver, not just on time but also everything that has been promised. With existing product, what you see is what you get. A final advantage the resale market offers is that an existing homeowner usually has more room to play with his asking price. The developer is more locked into his price because of construction costs.
For purchasers considering new product – and there are many reasons to still consider it, as mentioned above, plus items such as warranties and less maintenance since it's new – this is still a very good option. Just do your homework on the developer and the development. And a good realtor can help you with that.
Trend #4 – New Product going Forward
With price playing an increasingly important role in what a buyer can afford – because their net worth has been substantially reduced, less work or scarcity of credit – developers are already making changes, some to projects underway and some for future projects. Unit sizes are being reduced (back to the 1,500-sq-ft two-bedroom condo), extras dropped (did we really need two dishwashers in the kitchen?) and amenities scaled back (such as onsite restaurants, spas and concierge services). People are seriously questioning how many square feet they really need, since it all comes with a cost, both up front and down the line in cleaning and maintenance fees. "Economical" and "efficient" have replaced over-sizing everything and luxurious extras.
Trend #5 – Financing More Prevalent
The mortgage brokers are busy, or busier than they have been in years past. The finance market in Mexico was not involved with sub-prime or ALT mortgages, so financing is still available and is being requested much more frequently than in the past. Every realtor now works closely with a mortgage broker, or should, since cash is not as readily available as it was in past years or people are not willing to invest as much up front.
Trend #6 – Closer to Community and Being Involved
In the past, it was trendy for buyers to want something "away from it all," with exclusivity and privacy. However, it seems that after years in their home hideaway, many have found it a little too hidden and would prefer to be situated where there's more activity, desiring community and the ability to get involved in social activities, especially as the amount of time they have available to stay here increases.
In a study done earlier this year, where we compared total developer inventory to number of sales that have taken place and compared the results by region, we saw that, for the most part, there were more sales compared to overall inventory the closer you got to Puerto Vallarta. As you moved away, to the north or south, sales dropped off when compared to the overall inventory available in the region. I think this also has to do with security, in part.
At the top of the list for sales-to-inventory was the Nuevo Vallarta/Flamingos area. With three golf courses, the bay's longest beach, athletic clubs, shopping and good security, social networks have been built up that are attractive to new homebuyers. Today's retiree is not passive. I have a friend who is 81, and he just took up golf. People want to be more involved in their communities, help out through non-profit organizations and keep physically and mentally active.
Trend #7 – Progressive Ownership
Although this isn't a trend that has become readily apparent yet, some large developments that offer a wide range of real estate options are having success with it, and I believe it will become more prevalent. These projects are starting people off with what they can afford and will use, in either timeshare or fractional ownership. And then, as they need more (size, space or time), they bump them up, giving credit for the equity in their existing property. It's done entirely in-house and works well, especially in a slow market environment; at least there are sales taking place in the form of upgrades. I've even heard of developers working the other way for their clients, allowing them to downgrade to something they need and can still afford (and keeping a sale together). I think this trend, allowing more flexibility within real estate purchasing, will give developers who can offer this an edge and help them retain clients.
At the beginning of this economic downturn, I thought the timeshare industry especially would suffer since it relies so heavily on financing, but it has actually held up rather well. I suspect people are being a little more realistic with their expectations and concluding that a couple of weeks is all they can use each year, so why own for the whole year? And if the ability to upgrade is there, it makes even more sense. Unfortunately, this type of program is limited to very large developments that can provide such a wide range of real estate options.
Trend #8 – Market Convergence
When demand was at its peak for secondary housing or real estate tourism in a warm climate, locations that would not usually be seen as potential candidates for prospective purchasers were brought into the market. Developments were being announced in places such as Nicaragua and Honduras. Panama, Costa Rica and Argentina became "hot" markets. Within Mexico, Loreto, which had remained a stagnant market for years, suddenly had multiple developments, one with more than 6,000 home sites.
Well, as we've seen in our local market, the buyers (those that are still out there!) are looking for something closer to the center of activity in the community. Similarly, we see that people will be looking for something closer to their primary home, easier to reach and with a large community (consisting primarily of other second-homeowners) they can actively join. This is good for Mexico and the traditional real estate tourism markets ,such as Puerto Vallarta. It's not so good for Honduras and Nicaragua, or even the Loretos out there – that 6,000-home development, the Loreto Bay Company, recently shutting down its operations.
Trend #9 – Canadian/National Market Rebound
When the market tanked last fall, there was a "flight to safety" into treasury bonds, and the Canadian dollar and Mexican peso lost substantial value against the US dollar. Since then, they have begun to recover, with the long-term trend being that this recovery will continue. Since real estate in Vallarta is based on US dollars, this will make real estate investing more attractive for both the Canadian and national markets.
Trend #10 – Recovery
This is a trend that has just recently begun, and it still may be a little early. But with talk of "green shoots" of economic recovery in the USA, it seems our market has bottomed out and will see more activity moving into the fall of this year and into 2010. What's not so certain is what this recovery may look like. It will most likely follow what happens in the US economy, since that is where most buyers originate.
There are people who want to buy in Vallarta. Some are moving ahead, but more are sitting on the sidelines, waiting to see where the economy is going. They still want to have a second or retirement home here; they just need to be a little more comfortable with where they stand financially and where the economy may be going. It does seem that the economic downturn has bottomed out, that the swine flu is a thing of the past (at least for Mexico) and that the trend should be for a recovery in the local real estate market.
So there probably will be an uptick in activity in the fall, with people who have been sitting on the sidelines because of the uncertainty principle mentioned above coming out to once again look at real estate. It most likely will be slow, but slow can be good. It's those violent upswings that can also bring drastic downswings.
Let me conclude by saying that the fundamentals for a strong real estate tourism market in Vallarta are still in place. Its proximity to US markets, pleasant winter climate, low cost of living, low property taxes, great amenities, Mexican culture and the wide variety of real estate options, available all add up to an excellent opportunity for Americans, Canadians and Mexicans looking for a second or retirement home somewhere warm and inviting. This downturn is temporary; the market will return as the American economy begins it recovery.


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Redshirt-sophomore forward Whitney Bibbins posted her second-straight 20-point game with 23 points during Tulane's 73-62 win over North Texas.
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NEW ORLEANS - Redshirt-sophomore forward Whitney Bibbins scored a game-high 23 points and sophomore guard Danielle Blagg came off the bench to drain a season-best five 3-pointers as the Tulane University women's basketball team rallied to defeat North Texas, 73-62, on Saturday afternoon in Devlin Fieldhouse.
Trailing 39-30 with 16:28 to play in regulation, Tulane went on a 13-0 run over the next 4:31 to take a four-point lead. The Mean Green rallied to tie the score at 54-54 with 7:55 to play, but the Green Wave outscored North Texas 17-8 the rest of the way - including the game's final seven points - to account for the final tally.
With the win, the Green Wave improve to 8-2 on the year and remain undefeated all-time against the Mean Green with a 4-0 head-to-head record. North Texas, meanwhile, dropped its third consecutive contest to fall on 2-8 on the season.
"In the first half, we didn't play well at all," Tulane head coach Lisa Stockton said. "I thought we were really sluggish and not real aggressive. In the second half, we came out, put some full-court pressure on them to create some steals and get our offense going. We were much more aggressive offensively and I think the difference in the rebounds were really key.
"We gave them one shot and done and I thought we defended them well. I didn't think we gave them a lot of open looks. When it got down to three minutes left in the game, we have a five-point lead which is the same as we had the other day. I thought we did a much better job of playing with confidence in those last three minutes than we did against (Louisiana) Lafayette."
The Green Wave held a 45-32 advantage in rebounding and had 20 offensive rebounds to North Texas' four. Tulane had 19 second-chance points as a result, turned 20 Mean Green turnovers - including 12 forced via steal - into 22 points and had 11 fast-break points.
After shooting just 31.6 percent (12-of-38) in the first half and missing their first five shots of the second stanza, the Green Wave bounced back to hit 15 of their next 30 field goal opportunities. A big reason for the final outcome was a solid effort by Tulane from beyond the 3-point arc as Blagg spearheaded a nine 3-point outing - six of which came after halftime.
Bibbins was one of three Green Wave players to finish with double-digit scoring totals as Blagg finished with 16 and senior guard Olivia Grayson added 12. Grayson pulled down a team-high eight rebounds to go with three rebounds and three steals, while senior wing Janique Kautsky posted game-high totals with five assists and four steals while sharing the team lead in blocked shots with freshman Chinwe Duru with two swats apiece.
In addition to her scoring output, Bibbins - who sank 10-of-17 field goals and all three of her free throws - chipped in with seven rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals. It was her second consecutive 20-point game as the Baton Rouge native scored a career-best 25 on Wednesday against Louisiana-Lafayette.
"I love to see her playing with this kind of confidence," Stockton said of Bibbins. "She's had two tremendous games of being so aggressive and she's getting so much from her rebounding. She's not just scoring on the offense, but she's rebounding and putting it in. On defense, she's getting steals and being able to convert those. All of her game on both ends of the floor have really emerged."
The two teams traded blows throughout the first half and neither led by more than four during the first 20 minutes of play. Tulane held a 26-22 edge with 3:22 to go before the break but North Texas went on an 8-2 run the rest of the half to go into the locker room on top 30-28.
The Mean Green advantage swelled to nine at 39-30 just over four and a half minutes in the final period. Blagg got the Green Wave run started with a 3-pointer while Bibbins added a layup, senior forward Brittany McDonald sank a pair of free throws and Kautsky laid one off the glass to tie the game at 39-all with 13:09 to go. Bibbins hit back-to-back baskets to give Tulane a four-point lead, but North Texas refused to go away quietly.
The Mean Green and the Green Wave traded baskets over the next few minutes, and Grayson erased a 54-51 deficit with a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 7:55 to go to knot things up at 54. The trey sparked an 11-0 Tulane run and Bibbins' layup the next time down the floor sparked a gave Tulane the lead for good. The Green Wave defense held North Texas to just two field goals over the final nine minutes.
The Wave clung to a four-poing lead at 66-62 when North Texas' Sara Stanely converted a layup with 2:07 to go, but a Kautsky drained a 3-pointer and both Grayson and sophomore forward Tiffany Dale sank a pair of free throws each to account for the final margin.
"I think every game you play and every experience you have - whether it's good or bad - really does help you," Stockton added. "UL-Lafayette played really well the other night, but we know we let some opportunities get away. Tonight, we were in the same situation and didn't let them get away. I was glad to see the team respond like that instead of maybe overthinking."
Loryn Goodwin led North Texas with 17 points off the bench while Alexis Hyder had 15 and both Stanley and BreAnna Dawkins had 11. Hyder posted the game's lone double-double with a team-high 10 rebounds to go with four blocked shots. Hannah Christian led the Mean Green with three assists while Goodwin added a team-best four steals.
The Green Wave return to action on Saturday, Dec. 29, when they open play in the Tulane/DoubleTree Classic against Eastern Michigan at 1 p.m. in Devlin Fieldhouse. The DoubleTree Classic will conclude on Dec. 30 and the Green Wave will battle Loyola on Jan. 7 and open the Conference USA portion of its schedule against SMU on Jan. 10.
For tickets to those games, as well as future Green Wave events, contact the Tulane Athletics Ticket Office. The Ticket Office is located on the first floor of the Wilson Center on Ben Weiner Drive, and tickets can be purchased in person, over the phone at 504-861-WAVE (9283) or via the Internet at www.TulaneGreenWave.com.


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The memorial of a miraculous appearance of the Blessed Mother Mary of Mt Carmel in Israel that took place in England, and the evidence of that visit, a brown scapular, are recalled on July 16 annually throughout most dioceses in the United States including the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The Church calendar actually lists this date as an optional memorial, and there has always been some controversy regarding the celebration and the event itself. The great mountain has always played a part in biblical history.
In the Old Testament and into Jesus' time, Samaria, home of the Samaritans, was a buffer zone between Galilee and Judea, where the 'real' Jews lived. When the Assyrians conquered the ten tribes that comprised the state of Israel, including their capital city Samaria (721BC), they created what is known as the ten lost tribes. Jews were rounded up and displaced throughout the Middle East, and people from other lands were moved in to what had been Israel. Ten of the twelve tribes of the Jewish people were gone permanently, and the state of Israel never existed again until modern times.
What separated Samaria from Galilee was a mountain range called 'Carmel' (Hakkarmel in Hebrew). This is one of the places conquered by the great warrior in the Book of Joshua, which tells how the Jews came to possess the promised land of Canaan in the first place. The name means 'park' or 'garden,' depending on whose doing the translation, and the geography stands out even today for its beauty and fertility. Mt Carmel is on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, the westernmost extension of the range, and is very different from the flat coastal lands that surround it. Saul, the first Israeli king, built a monument to himself there.
Mt Carmel is also the place where the prophet Elijah defeated the followers of Baal. The pagans essentially bet the prophet that their god would descend to an altar and light a fire. After a day long ritual and self-sacrificing, nothing happened. Elijah rebuilt the altar marking the twelve tribes of Judah with stones. He called on God to light the fire. The Lord ignited the holocaust and consumed everything down to the dust and water on the ground. The people bowed down to God, and the pagan worshippers were rounded up and killed (1 Kings 18).
The thirty-fifth chapter of Isaiah provided reassurance to the Judeans who had been taken captive and held in Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, who had destroyed the temple and the city of Jerusalem. The prophet told them, they would return to their homeland and all would be beautiful and wonderful once again, including the gardens of Mt Carmel and Sharon. This was once a select wine producing region, and remnants of vineyards and presses are still visible.
Somehow, the area has been able to maintain its unique beauty throughout history. The high walls of the mountain provided a difficult pass for travelers or armies in the Old Testament days and still prove to be hazardous trade routes. Mt Carmel in modern Israel is essentially the town of Haifa, which looks over the bay of the same name and creates one side of that inlet. Although the relevance of Mt Carmel in the Hebrew books is obvious, it seems to have lost the attention in the New Testament. Surely, Paul and the apostles were well aware of it as a seaport, but there is no specific mention of Jesus journeying to this location.
The lush, decorative gardens are still there today, and provide an eye-opening tourist attraction. Many of them are maintained by members of the Bahá'í Faith, one of the different religions that call the region home. The Hanging Gardens of Haifa are an example of their creative endeavor. They were originally designed by an Iranian in 1987, and he was present in Israel to oversee their development. These terraces link the Bahá'í compound and spread over more than 200,000 square meters of land.
In the descending plain beneath Haifa is Acre (Akko), another city of great importance to Bahá'í. Their faith was founded in Persia in 1844, and was delivered in this city by a man named Bahá'ú'lláh. There, the memorial gardens exceed even the magnificence at Haifa. As if to prove their spiritual leader's teaching in the oneness of all religion, there seems to be no stereotype of the Bahá'ís. They are of no particular race, nor culture or tradition. They don't have a particular place of national origin and they live virtually everywhere in the world, numbering more than five million.
Another group that lives on Mt Carmel is the Druze (Druse). This community came into existence during the tenth century probably originating in Egypt. The first known Druze settlement was in the area of the modern day border between Lebanon and Israel. Their faith is a blending of Islam with Ancient Greek philosophy and Eastern religions. Although they are of Arab descent and speak Arabic, they occupy a unique and distinct role in Israel, including defense of the state. Needless to say, this has often caused friction with their Arab brothers of the Islamic faith.
Naturally these are not the only religions in the region of the Jewish state, but the area of Mt Carmel seems to be a cooperative effort by all the people, Christian, Jewish, Druze, Bahá'í, Muslim among them to live under one God and a positive belief that we are not all that different from each other.
Although their appearance didn't come until later, the Carmelites, the Order of Our Lady of Mt Carmel, almost seemed like a religion unto themselves, and their presence on the great mountain has provoked deep faith and open hostility, belief and disbelief.
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Do you really need that?
Always ask yourself this question when buying an item. Do you really need that item? Will that item affect your gameplay in a positive manner so much so that you're willing to spend "time" ( gold ) on said item?
You need to put things into priorities, needs and wants. "Needs" are items that you simply need to enhance your gameplay such as the difference between a 150% flying mount and a 280% mount. You're questing faster, you're gathering faster, you're spending gold to do things faster resulting in a net gain of time which can be converted into endless possibilities.
On the other hand you have things labeled as "wants" such as that shiny new piece of gear that is simply a 6 ilvl upgrade, yet will cost you 5,000g. Or that shiny new enchants that is simply a +15 haste extra but will put a 2,500g dent in your wallet. Things in this category are small improvements, while they will affect how fast you do things, the time gained is minimal and typically not worth it, especially if you're saving gold.
There are of course exceptions to the named set of rules. When you find a bargain on an item, the rules don't apply. Did you find a rare mount listed at 30k when it's real value is at 100k and you've "wanted" it for a while? Buy it! It's a bargain and you will probably never find that mount that cheap ever again! When dealing with absurdly low prices, regardless of what category the item falls into, go ahead and buy it if you have the gold.
Before you go out and buy a big ticket item such as a BOE, an enchant, a mount, ask yourself; Do I really need this? Or can it simply wait? If you wait and decide not to buy X item at this moment you might find it down the road even cheaper. If there is one thing I've learned in playing World of Warcraft for four long years is that patience is virtue.
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Scott said... July 21, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Well said. This is a philosophy that I've lived with for a long time. I have 6 85 toons; all of them have super fast flying. 4 of them have 3 person mounts. But I've only bought a few cata purples for them. Most of my purples I got from rep or from justice/valor points.
Anonymous said... July 21, 2011 at 11:08 AM
You are totally right that waiting for the right time to buy some really expensive items can save you thousands of gold.
In such cases I have a little greedy goblin on one of my shoulders and my raiding mainchar on the other. The goblin is telling me that the DMC:V for 12k or new bracers for 15k or new crafted ilvl378 shoes for 20k will be much cheaper within a few weeks. While my main is telling me that these items will help me and my raid to get Nefarian or Ragnaros or whoever down earlier. Usually the goblin is going to lose.
When I got Chelleys Sterilized Scalpell during a random trash raid 3 weeks ago they both had very good arguments. After considering them all I decided to choose both possibilities. I put it in the AH for 24 hours for 750k. When I checked my mail the next day there was the weapon waiting for me. I took it out of the mailbox enchanted it and equipped it. Can't imagine how I would have reacted if some idiot had bought it for 750k.
Silverthorn said... July 21, 2011 at 1:05 PM
Tip #7.1 Don't forget to have fun. What are you saving all that gold for?
Chances are, you're not a total goblin, simply accruing gold just to watch the pretty numbers climb. It's what you do with it.
Will you have significantly more fun buying some item? Maybe not, if it will simply get replaced in the next tier of raiding. Some items transcend the iLvL treadmill, though.
For example, Vial of the Sands and Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth are nice mounts -- multiple passengers vehicles are great for moving low-level alts around, but they're also just flat-out more fun to play.
We're all here playing to have fun, right? So, if you haven't tried them yet, think about spending a little of that hard-won gold for a little R&R.
scottiegazelle said... July 22, 2011 at 2:42 PM
I agree with your overall philosophy about distinguishing between a "want" and a "need". However, since this isn't real life (clothes, food, shelter = needs; WoW, cable, brand name clothes = wants), your idea of "needs" and mine may be different.
For instance, I love playing the AH. But I also enjoy raiding. I enjoy my guild. And the requirement for my guild is that to hit Firelands (which I much want to do), we need to have a certain gear level. In that case, that shiny new piece of gear for 5k may well be a "need" for me. I need to be enchanted with the top of the line enchants, so the same with that +15 haste buff.
Yes. I may be able to spend the time grinding for VP or waiting for heroic drops or loot - which I do. But if I can get there faster with that piece of gear, well, what else am I amassing my gold for?
I'm especially struggling with this, as I found Theck's Emberseal for 50% of its usual selling price. On the one hand, it's perfect for my tank. On the other, I can flip it for serious profit. It comes down to which of my two gameplay goals I most want. And honestly? I'll probably list it another 10-15% higher than the "going" rate and see if it sells, just because I can. If I wind up needing it after it has sold, I can buy it for less than I brought home. If it hasn't sold, I'll pull it off the AH. Meh. I'm still indecisive lol.
As Silverthorn said, we're here to enjoy the game. The trick, then, is to determine what is a want and what is a need for YOU.
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