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Women's Health
Can Cranberries Fight Urinary Tract Infections?
Sept. 11, 2012 (San Francisco) -- Early research suggests cranberries, vitamin C, acupuncture, and other alternative treatments may help to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) in some women, according to a Dutch infectious diseases specialist.
While the treatments don't appear to work as well as antibiotics, they also will not contribute to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, says Suzanne Geerlings, MD, of the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam.
But other experts say the evidence for alternative treatments is weak, and they point out that studies of such treatments often show conflicting results.
Speaking here at the annual infectious diseases meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, all agree that further study is needed before cranberries or other alternative treatments can be recommended as standard UTI fighters.
Urinary tract infections are the second most common type of infection in the body, accounting for about 8.1 million visits to health care providers each year, according to the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse. Women are especially prone to UTIs; their lifetime risk is more than 50%. UTIs are not as common in men but can be serious when they occur.
Many women have frequent UTIs. About 20% of young women with a first UTI will have a recurring infection. And with each UTI, the risk of repeat UTIs further rises.
Cranberry Juice, Capsules
A review of 10 studies involving more than 1,000 women showed that taking cranberry juice or cranberry capsules cut by one-third the number of UTIs over a year compared with placebo, Geerlings says. Younger women and those with repeat UTIs benefited most.
However, many of the women in the cranberry group dropped out of the studies early. Geerlings believes that's because many dropouts were assigned to drink the concentrated cranberry cocktails, "which are not very palatable." She suggests future research use capsules.
Her team recently performed a study pitting cranberry capsules against antibiotics in more than 200 premenopausal women who had an average of seven UTIs a year. Over 12 months, antibiotics lowered the average number of UTIs to two vs. four for the cranberry capsules.
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The victims told police they were walking near East Oak and North American streets when a group of men shot them for no reason. Police had no further description of the gunmen.
The victims were shot at the same intersection where Devandre Norwood, 21, was fatally gunned down June 25 and Eric Madison, 21, was shot to death in early December. Three other people were wounded June 20 in a daytime shooting a few blocks away.
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Jennie Yoost, MD, a fellowship-trained pediatric and adolescent gynecologist, recently joined the medical staffs at Cabell Huntington Hospital and Marshall Health. Dr. Yoost specializes in gynecologic care for children and adolescents. She is currently accepting new patients in her office in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. She will also see patients at the Hoops Family Children's Hospital at Cabell Huntington Hospital.
Pediatric and adolescent gynecology is an emerging specialty that focuses on a wide spectrum of gynecologic disorders in younger patients. Dr. Yoost can address problems such as pelvic pain, menstrual disorders, concerns with development, along with many other gynecologic problems in kids and teens. Care is provided in an atmosphere that allows patients as well as parents to feel comfortable talking about their health.
Dr. Yoost earned her medical degree at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology was completed at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. She then returned to Louisville to complete her fellowship training in pediatric and adolescent gynecology at Kosair Children's Hospital and the University of Louisville Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Patricia Rose Smith of Clinton has died from injuries sustained in a three-vehicle crash, becoming the second victim of the fatal Nov. 1 crash on Oliver Springs Highway.
Alberta Farrer of Marlow died Thursday morning.
Farrer and Smith, along with Danny Lee Bean, also of the Marlow community, were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville soon after the 5:45 p.m. crash near the Anderson Memorial Gardens.
Bean was also seriously injured in the crash, but UT hospital spokeswoman Susan Wyatt said Thursday the hospital has no information. In addition, Timothy Gallaher, no address given at the time of the crash, was injured but didn't sustain life-threatening injuries.
According to Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Anthony Lay, Bean was driving a Toyota 4-Runner and crossed into the opposite lane, crashing head-on into Farrer's Hyundai Elantra. Smith was a passenger in Farrer's car, he said.
Gallaher was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck behind the Elantra. He reportedly slammed on the brakes and swerved to avoid the collision but the impact of the crash sent the other two vehicles toward his truck, causing his truck to also slam into the other two vehicles.
Lay said Thursday he is still investigating the crash and any potential charges are pending blood tests. He said blood was sent to a state forensics laboratory after the crash.
He also said the THP Critical Incident Response Team, mapped the accident scene the next day, and he is awaiting the team's findings.
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Laurel Park budget avoids tax increase
Published: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 5:10 p.m.
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LAUREL PARK — Laurel Park's proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-14 includes a slight increase in water and sewer rates and no change in the tax rate, Town Manager Jim Ball told town council members at Tuesday morning's meeting.
The proposed general fund budget for the upcoming fiscal year is $2.15 million, which is 3.5 percent — $72,050 — higher than the current year's amended budget. The budget proposal is based on the unchanged ad valorem tax rate on property of 36 cents per $100 valuation.
Two factors that influenced the budget were a 19 percent increase in health insurance premiums for employees, or $42,000, and a fire tax rate increase. Laurel Park's fire contract with Valley Hill Fire and Rescue calls for an increase of $18,000 for the tax rate increase.
Laurel Park is proposing to raise its water usage rate to align itself with a 2.5 percent hike from the city of Hendersonville, which provides the town with water services. Customers will see about a $1.50 increase when billed every two months.
The proposed water fund for Laurel Park is $338,100 and expenditures include the replacement of the Hebron pump house tile roof, which will cost about $8,000, Ball said. The water fund budget includes a 7.4 percent increase, or $23,300.
Ball also plans to increase the sewage rate to coincide with Hendersonville's plans to raise its rate by 2.5 percent. Customers in Laurel Park would see about a $1.60 jump in their sewage bill on a two-month billing cycle.
Capital improvements include $62,000 to replace a 1997 dump truck with a snow plow and spreader; $32,000 for a new, fully-equipped police vehicle; and $4,700 for computer upgrades and a fireproof cabinet.
Council members set a public hearing for 9:30 a.m. June 18 at the Laurel Park Town Hall.
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Liverpool Message Board
Our Form since December
Every now & then I find BR to be criticised as a mid-table team manager. So I thought to bring you notice our form since December in PL
ManCity - P16 Pts 34
Tottenham - P17 Pts 33
Arsenal - P16 Pts 31
Chelsea - P16 Pts 29
By this comparision we can clearly see that we are very near to all these clubs in last 4 months that too with the blips against Villa at home & Saints away. also we could have won Arsenal & Mancity away matches. I think BR has done a good job considering our thin squad. He found Stirling, Suso, Jonjo and turn the fortunes around for the likes of Hendo Downing. Also, Joe was very good at beginning & I am sure he will be at his best in very near future. We also got he likes of DS & Coutinho at a bargain price considering their performance.
Adding to that, we know our weak point and that is defence. If BR can sort it out this summer with a class CB (2 CB if Skrtl is leaving) and a DM along with a AM &/or striker, We will be in top 3 next season for sure.
Apart from ManU, we can certainly overpower any other team if we play to our potential. We just need to strengthen our defence and make sure we don't leak so many stupid goals next season like we did this season.
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Colyn..100% agree with u we are FAR from the finished item. As u say which players out is becoming a more difficult decision as they are now not so easy to identify, logical as they will see their own jobs suddenly on the line and will up their game towards end of season.Think this is where BR has to really come into his own and do HIS JOB. Its his job to out any malingerers, he must surely know who they are or hes not doing his job. He has daily contact with these players so he should know. I also tend to think there exists an undercurrent of bad attitude and a culture of lazyness that seems to have infected the squad this season and this kind of thing can usually be traced back to 2 or3 players who consistently show such traits...these are the players we need to root out and get rid of before next season kicks off or we will be aware of this same problem again simmering away just under the surface; I think its what has led to so much inconsistency this season.
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dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Apr 3, 2013 15:30 Flag
Colin, care to point out who you think those malingerers are? I'm not saying you're wrong that we don't have some players who it would be better to move on for the sake of the entire squad, but to be honest I have seen an improvement in terms of effort by players this season over the last several seasons.
I posted this earlier, but I do think, and do agree with Colyn that there has been some coasting by players in recent seasons. For me this started under Rafa in his last couple season with a number of players brought in on wages more based on what they'd done in the past than what they could do for us in the present. It continued and maybe accelerated under Hodgson, and while in a number of cases I think KK tried to address this issue (loaning out Cole for example) I do think it's fair to say BR has been proactive on this front and called out publically those who he thinks are not putting in total effort.
Tau, I agree it has been a season of 2 halves, but I think the real reson for this was due to the comeback of Lucas. No one can deny that he makes the difference and if I can just bang on about KK again he didn't have Lucas for all of last season, so what would that season have been like?
If we want to look at segments of seasons, then what about KK's return in the 2nd half of that season, by all accounts our form in that 2nd half we would have won the PL !!
So to be fair in my opinion Lucas is the main factor in our progress and to be honest I don't feel him and Allen should be on the pitch at the same time !
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dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Apr 3, 2013 15:20 Flag
Andy, I don't disagree with you that not having Lucas for extended periods of time has hurt us, but think the loss of a single player should not be a major factor in the sides overall performance over a run of games. For me a more telling reason of why we performed so much less in the first half of the season compared to the second, is the simple fact the team was in transition with a new coach, new ideas, a much younger squad, and a number of players either new to the club and or relatively new to the first team set up.
Think about it, before this season how many times have the likes of Jones, Wisdom, Allen, Shelvey, Sterling, Borini, or Suso got a run in the first team. Any club trying to integrate 7 new (to club and or first team) faces, is not likely to be operating in top gear from the off. To look at this a different way, excuses have been made for Villa this season because the coach has brought in do many new and young faces to the first team. So if both us and them have basically done the same or very similar things in terms of refreshing the squad, one has to ask why has it worked relatively speaking so much better for us?
On KK, I personally think he was given a bad rap at the time, and I'm sure the lack of Lucas in the second half of the season did impact the performances at times. But again, not having one player out of 11 available on any given day, should never be the deciding factor. Besides, while I do feel for Kenny, and very much wish he'd been able to personally guide us back to the top, the cold hard facts are that during the second half of last season, based on cumulative results, we performed like a relegation zone club, and while the first half of this season under BR may not have lived up to our high expectations, it was quite a bit better that those fearing the drop to the championship.
Tau - I agree with that. The season is a season of two halves. The first was obviously transition and the second half does show some progression. Of course, no reds fan is happy with our position but I really believe that as you say, we get a coupla CBs - and a destroyer in the middle - we really will be looking at top 4 next year.
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Loki Tau agree with u both in principle but think there is a definite coaching flaw that MUST be rectified asap...we seem incapable of defending set-pieces particularly corners ? The blame for this must be placed at the door of the manager and coaching staff. Much of the time it still looks like we are employing a zonal marking system...much prefer man marking. We in turn seem to pose no danger whatsoever from the many corners we win; again this is a problem we must rectify asap and again the blame for this must be laid squarely at the door of the manager and coaching staff..from the amount of corners we win we should be scoring far more from them than we are ?
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Apr 2, 2013 13:44 Flag
I'll disagree with you slightly here by saying the entire season is one of transition and not just the first half. I say this because while we have improved over the 2 halves of the season I still see consistency issues we've suffered in the second half such as the loss to Oldham, the inability to hold leads like against City, or fluffing our lines like we did against Southampton, and I honestly worried we might of in the first half on Sunday.
I say this not to have a go at the team or BR, but for 2 reasons. First to set expectations, as we are not nearly the finished project BR has been working on, and second because I do think there is still more we can get out of the squad we have before even thinking about needing to add millions of pounds worth of new players.
That is not to say I don't want or think we don't need reinforcements this summer, but it is to say I think we're extremely close to top 4 form with the squad we have, which is what I think is what tauseef's stats show. Therefore while I know we're all working on our summer wish list, I think we start with replacing with as good or better any player who leaves (Cara is the obvious) keep pace or surpass improvements made by our current direct competitors for top 4 (Spurs, Arsenal, Everton, and Chelsea), adding top quality in a couple key areas, and then building out more quality depth in the squad.


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A Human Bean coffee stand south of Medford was robbed at gunpoint Monday night, and police say the incident could be linked to the recent robbery of a Bad Ass Coffee in Medford last week.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Department reported a man walked up to the drive-thru stand in the 3900 block of South Pacific Highway at just before 8:50 p.m., pointed a gun at the lone female employee, and demanded money. He fled with an undisclosed amount of cash and was last seen running toward Fern Valley Road.
"The description is very similar, (as are) the time in which it happened and the manner in which it happened," sheriff's spokeswoman Andrea Carlson said.
No one was hurt, officials reported.
The suspect was described as a white man in his late 20s to early 30s, about 5 feet 9 inches and thin. He wore dark jeans, a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt and a mask.
This is the second armed robbery in less than a week for the Rogue Valley.
The Bad Ass Coffee shop at 750 Crater Lake Ave. was robbed at about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15. Medford police reported a white man in his early 20s walked up to the drive-thru window, pulled out a gun and pointed it at the lone employee, a teenage girl. He demanded money, took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled. He was last seen running north on Crater Lake Avenue.
The man in the Bad Ass Coffee robbery was described as being between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall, wearing jeans and a black jacket or sweatshirt with the hood up. His face was covered.
No suspects have been arrested in either case.
Anyone with information about the Human Bean robbery is urged to call the Jackson County Sheriff's Office tip line at 541-774-8333 or Crime Stoppers of Southern Oregon at 1-800-850-0580. Anyone who submits information that leads to an arrest can receive up a reward up to $1,000.
Anyone with information about the Bad Ass Coffee robbery should call Medford police Detective Brenda Garich at 541-774-2230.
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Monday, Oct. 14 • 6:30 p.m. • Stopher Gym • Thibodaux, La.
LIVE STATS | VIDEO | Twitter: @IslandersVB
CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi volleyball team will conclude its road swing in Louisiana on Monday, Oct. 14, when it takes on Nicholls in Thibodaux, La. The Islanders are coming off a 3-1 victory over Southeastern La. and have won five straight, including nine of its last 10 matches.
The Islanders are off to the best Southland Conference start in program history with a 7-1 record including a 12-7 overall record. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi will meet the Colonels for the ninth time in program history. The Islanders currently sits behind undefeated Central Arkansas (7-0) in the conference standings and is tied with Sam Houston State (7-1).
Sophomores Ivy Baresh and Shayla Maldonado both had a career afternoon Saturday against Southeastern La. to lead the Islanders to a 3-1 victory (25-17, 28-30, 25-13, 25-10). Baresh picked up her ninth double-double of the season with a career-high 21 kills on .311 hitting and matched a career-high 22 digs. She also tied a career-high three service aces while Maldonado had another impressive match in the libero position. The Katy, Texas native registered a career-high 34 digs, just three digs short of tying the all-time single match record for a four-set match. She also chipped in two of the Islanders season match-high nine service aces. Maladonado and Baresh had a combined 56 of the Islanders' season-match high 93 digs in the victory.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi currently leads the conference in assists with 13.01 per set, which as of Friday ranked 33rd in the nation. The Islanders are second in the conference in digs with 16.24 per set and currently sits in third place in the conference in kills with 13.69 per set.
Senior Logen Bourque dished out 51 assists on Saturday for the second straight game and it marked the fifth time this season where she has tallied 50 or more assists in a match. Prior to Saturday's match, the Houston native was ranked 36th in the nation in assists per set. She leads the conference in conference matches only with 11.90 assists per set and overall she ranks second in the conference with 11.01 assists per set. Bourque has collected 771 assists this season for a total of 3,977 assists in her career.
Baresh has been a consistent all-around player for the Islanders. The sophomore leads the Islanders' offense this season with 3.59 kills per set (4th SLC) and is second on the team in digs with 3.43 digs per set (15th SLC). Baresh has also registered a team-high 19 service aces. She is ranked 15th in the conference with 0.28 service aces per set. Brianna Brink is right behind Baresh offensively with 2.99 kills per set (15th SLC) and 206 total kills.
Along with Maldonado, Hailey King powers the team defensively with 3.95 digs per set (9th SLC) and 257 digs on the year. Parker is leading the Islanders at the net with 39 total blocks this season, including 32 block assists.
Nicholls enters Monday's match with a 5-14 record including a 2-7 record in conference play. The Colonels are coming off back-to-back conference losses to Stephen F. Austin and Northwestern State. On Saturday, Nicholls dropped a 3-1 loss to the Lady Demons on the road. Prior to that, the Colonels picked up two wins against New Orleans and Southeastern La. at home. Kayla Burling leads the Colonels with 3.33 kills per set while Kayla Mashburn is right behind her with 3.12 kills per set. Marlee Bean (4.65 assists per set), Alyse Barclay (4.43 assists per set) and Ainsley Marroccoli (4.27 assists per set) all help run the Colonels' offense. Defensively, Kalynn Egea leads the team with 4.18 digs per set.
Monday's match will mark the ninth meeting between the two schools with the Islanders holding the 7-1 series advantage. The Islanders have won five straight matches over the Colonels from 2009-12 with the last two coming last season. In the first meeting, the Islanders sealed a 3-0 victory in Thibodaux and followed it with a 3-1 win in Corpus Christi.
Click here for live stats and video of the match and for in-match updates check out Islanders Volleyball on Twitter (@IslandersVB).
The Islanders will return home to host Stephen F. Austin on Thursday, Oct. 17, in the annual Dig Pink match at the Dugan Wellness Center. First serve is set for 7 p.m.
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What names have you heard recently? Good or bad!
I was at a junior rodeo (ages 10 and under) and here are the WORST names I noticed from the roster:
1. Shanks- Yep.....like the prison weapon.
2. Treylr- Yeah i think that's Trailer....spelled wrong. Seems like "trailer trash" to me lol.... poor kid!
3. Mackyleigh- How many extra letters do we need??
4. Bliss- Maybe some people like this but I think it sounds more appropriate for an "adult entertainer"....
5. Brolin- Eeks...
Here are the ones I found interesting/nice:
1. Sayer- Although this was for a girl, I like it on a boy.
2. Steeley- Not my style but I thought it was cute for a little cowgirl.
3. Annabeth- Sweet
4. Creed- Kind of cool on this little boy!
What have you seen recently, good or bad?? (There were plenty of nice typical top 100 names on the roster, I just didn't find them interesting enough to mention on here.)
June 23rd, 2013 10:35 PM #3
Love Annabeth! Character in my favorite books. I met a kindergartener named Thea while helping in my church's bible school program last week. She was adorable, and I fell in love with the name! Then, I was at a relative's graduation party, and one of the other distant relatives has three kids - Nolan, Tessa, and new baby Wyatt. I thought it was the sweetest sibset!
June 23rd, 2013 11:03 PM #5
I have a new nephew named Logan. While its much too popular for my tastes, it suits the little one.
Other new names: Edgerrin- what were they thinking? and Bea
Austyn- on a baby girl. Is they 'y' supposed to make it feminine?
Cohen, Fletcher, and Tate- all the mother's maiden names for their sons...Maddox (Max) James 08.31.13.
Boys Favourites: Holden, Theron (Theo), Aidan, Killian
Girls Favourites: Rosalie, Lucy, Lyra, Isla
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Health and outdoors calendar: Learn basis for mind-body medicine
Published: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 18, 2013 at 6:43 p.m.
Hiking the Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 6.5 miles over moderate terrain. Transportation available for the first six to register. Free. Ages 8 and older. Spartanburg County Parks Department. Email firstname.lastname@example.com to register.
Mind-Body Skills Group program: 5-7 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 20-April 10. An eight-week program in which participants will learn the scientific basis for mind-body medicine. Bearden-Josey Center for Breast Health Education Room, 101 E. Wood St. Call 560-1981 to register.
Gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy information session: 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Regional Outpatient Center, Family Medicine Conference Room, 101 E. Wood St. 560-7070.
Diabetes self-management education: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Insurance will be filed for the cost. Participants receive a free blood glucose meter and diabetes reference book. Village at Pelham, Medical Office Building Community Center, 250 Westmoreland Road, Greer. 560-6465 to register.
Cancer Caring Connection: 6 p.m. Free support group for all cancer patients, survivors and their families. Bearden-Josey Center for Breast Health Conference Room, 101 E. Wood St. Register at www.gibbscancercenter.com.
Get the facts about robotic surgery: Noon. Jason Johnson, D.O., speaker. Lunch provided. Free. Medical Office Building Community Center, Village at Pelham, 250 Westmoreland Road, Greer.
Screening breast thermograms: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. A noninvasive, inexpensive test that does not cause radiation exposure or compression of the breasts. $149. Dr. Patricia Rose, 3575 Rutherford Road Ext., Ste C, Taylors. 864-292-1961.
Lillie Knox Garden Club: 10 a.m. Urban Planters. Ben Avon Baptist Church, 2437 Wallace Ave.
NAMI Support Group: 4 p.m. For people who have experienced sexual/physical abuse. SAFE Homes – Rape Crisis Coalition, 236 Union St.
Amedisys Cares: Needs volunteers to provide support to terminally ill patients and their families. Training is provided. Volunteers needed in Spartanburg, Duncan, Lyman, Wellford and Greer. 541-7159.
Overeaters Anonymous: 7 p.m. Mondays. YMCA of Greater Spartanburg, 226 S. Pine St., Spartanburg. 864-621-7901.
Salsa dance classes: 7:45 p.m. Thursdays. Ages 13 and older. Taught by Gordon Owens at Ballet Spartanburg. First class is free; four classes are $48; eight classes for $80. 583-0339.
Gentle Beginners Yoga: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Instructor: Liz Connell. Wear loose, comfortable clothes. Mats provided (you can bring your own.) Four classes $48; eight classes $80. Ballet Spartanburg, Chapman Cultural Center, Saint John St., Spartanburg. Walk-ins welcome or register at 583-0339.
Bounce Back support group: 6-8 p.m. Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. A free, confidential drug and alcohol group. New Day Baptist Church, 2090 S. Church St. Ext. Spartanburg. Call 573-7592.
Journey to Recover from Addiction: 9 a.m. Saturdays. Bible-based. 150 S. Forest St., Spartanburg. Call 205-9742.
Yoga Bootcamp: 9:15-10:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays. Leslie Lehman, instructor. $10 drop-in; $80/8 classes. Chapman Cultural Center, Dance Studio 4 of Ballet Spartanburg, East St. John St. 864-612-8333.
Beginner yoga classes: 6 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays. YOGAlicious, 100 E. Main St., Suite R8A. www.YOGA-licious.com.
Domestic violence support group: 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesdays. SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition, 236 Union St. 583-9803.
Kids' domestic violence support group: 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesdays. SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition, 236 Union St. 583-9803.
Sexual violence support group: 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesdays. SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition, 236 Union St. 583-9803.
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I've been a PS3 media server user for a while. Recently, I was forced into re-installing due to computer woes and downloaded version 1.72 from the site. I immediately ran into issues playing MKVs, which I remembered having problems with years ago but not recently.
To make a long story short, it appears that the check box for "Remux videos with tsMuxeR when possible instead of transcoding" went away between 1.72 and 1.70.1. I uninstalled 1.72, installed 1.70.1, and the check box appeared. I unchecked it and can now play MKVs again.
Did I miss something or should I just be happy sticking with 1.70.1?


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Love the software and have been using it for a few weeks now.
This may not be a PMS question but maybe someone can help.
I have one of my PS3s hooked up to a laptop as a network bridge in order to play online. However, when I try to see PMS it doesn't come up. I think PMS actually sees the PS3 but I have another PS3 on the same network wirelessly and I can't tell which one its seeing. Even when alternately turning them off PMS can't really tell me what it's seeing or if it's even seeing the network bridged PS3.
How can I get my PS3 with the network bridge to see PMS? Does the other PS3 conflict with the software?
PMS works great on my other PS3.
reading that over wish the acronym wasn't PMS haha


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On Sunday afternoon I was playing disc golf at Grandview park, you were walking around picking up cans. We talked briefly and I thought you were so hot if I had not been with my friend I think I would have propositioned you then and there. I do not think you will ever see this, but if you do and you don't mind I had immediate sexual thoughts of you let me know.
You can do better than the can lady.


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The Anderson Ranch Arts Center is showcasing its annual staff art exhibit once again, and while the usual suspects (the studio coordinators, the artistic directors) are participating, a few staff members you might not expect have pieces on display as well.
Like Bradley Walters: His full-time position at the Ranch is facilities manager, but you can find him in the studio working on pottery on nights and weekends.
"It's kind of like having two jobs. It is having two careers," he said, although he says the pottery is his "real career."
Walters was an artist in residence at the center from 1993-95. He went to school from 1995-97, and afterward came back to the Ranch to take the full-time job he still holds. He said the educational mission of the Ranch was part of what made him stay.
"A lot of people make their living selling ceramics," Walters said. "I have a real dear place in my heart for the Ranch. ... There's an important role for places like this not only in our world, but in our country. I feel it's an important role to keep the system aflow."
Walters has been creating art since he was 18, and eventually became focused on sculpting hexagonal and pentagonal vessels, such as his "Teapot" on display in the exhibit.
"(It's) trying to take some geometrics into the round shapes and vessel forms ... building things with a lot harder lines," he said.
A newer member of the staff, Johanna Mueller, submitted engravings from a series she's been working on that deals with the mandala shape.
"The mandala is the name for kind of a mazelike or circular form that in most societies becomes a point of meditation," said Mueller, who recently joined the staff as studio coordinator of painting, drawing and printmaking. "I work with it in kind of a more modern way."
Her works in the gallery deal with life cycles.
"In one piece there's the bird with the fish inside it and that's all about finding new life as other things are dying," she said. "The bird appears to be kind of stagnant or almost dead but there's this fish kind of blowing air or new life through the mouth."
While the mandala is often associated with Buddhism, Mueller drew from her experience working with Native Americans in the piece as well. The line coming from the bird's mouth refers to an animal's "spirit line," she said.
The mandalas in the exhibit include some hand-painted gold touches as well, which give them a Western feel, but also have some allusions to Mueller's Roman Catholic upbringing, she says.
"So there's really interesting references that I get to play with as an artist," she said.
The gold also makes the pieces one-of-a-kind, since the black ink was printed multiple times from an engraving Mueller made by hand.
Executive Assistant Jessica Cerise is another Anderson Ranch employee who still pursues her passion for art. Cerise, who grew up in Carbondale, returned to the valley after studying art at Fort Lewis College and got a job in the hospitality industry.
"Then the ranch needed somebody with hospitality and art, so it was like the perfect blend for me," Cerise said. "(It's) a way to apply my background and interest and passion for art and still get to live in the resort area."
Cerise got serious about watercolor painting in college, when she had an adviser who practiced it heavily. Her piece in the show, "August Morning," is part of a study on a series of prints and paintings that she wants to do.
"It's kind of a test," she said. "It was planned, but it's sort of like an experiment to take away what I learned from this painting tot apply to the prints I want to do and to the paintings that I'm going to work on next."
Cerise said her watercoloring often gets grouped in with abstract painting. And working with watercolor means not always being in control, such as how the blue in "August Morning" dried.
"Happy accidents occur," she said. "I count on it to be unpredictable, and I know that I'm going to get something that's beautiful."
Ceramics Studio Coordinator Ralph Scala says experimenting can help an artist learn and improve his work. He didn't like the way his bowl-shaped pieces came out after high-firing them in a wood kiln, so he added a low-fire glaze to them.
"You can learn so much from your failure," he said. "Someone who's really clued into their work can really learn from that."
Scala joined the Ranch staff in 2005.
"I'm lucky to not have to have a job other than something that I do," he said. "I don't think any of the studio coordinators are completely bound to our mediums. We have the most amazing facilities. ... It's worse than a kid in a candy shop."


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03 September 2007
Description and Its Discontents
But we knew the book was pretty weird, and not likely to appeal to certain types of readers. I was curious how readers for whom it was not a perfect experience reacted. Soon enough, we heard from a couple of folks who didn't really like the book on the whole, and couldn't connect to, seemingly, any of the stories. These responses were in private, because we asked anybody who even hinted that they had reservations about the book to tell us why -- we were curious to understand how people could not share in our enthusiasm for these stories, and hoped we might learn something from the responses. Not liking a few stories was completely understandable (that's the nature of an anthology), but not liking most of them was, perhaps naively, almost inconceivable to us. Sure, "The Chinese Boy" and "The End of Narrative" are difficult, dense pieces that are not going to win mass audiences, but surely no-one would fail to be wowed by "Bit Forgive". And even if someone thought we were tending toward the "literary" and ... whatever ... at least they'd have the longest story in the book, "First Kisses from Beyond the Grave" (a high school zombie romp), as relief. We spent a lot of time working on the order of the stories, and paid particular attention to the first few, wanting to demonstrate the variety available in the book and also wanting to reassure readers who didn't connect to one story that, with the next, they'd get something quite different.
Thankfully, there have been very few people so far who have disliked the whole thing. Some gaps can't be bridged, and readers who want nothing but "transparent prose" and plot-driven stories are going to find very little in this book to please them. Plenty of other books mine that material; it's not what we're after. We've got stories with strong plots and stories with perfectly ordinary sentences constructed in the most familiar ways, but on the whole, no, that's not the sort of story that most excites us.
What I hadn't considered before, but seems obvious to me now, is how much anthologies are sitting ducks for reviewers. Lazy reviewers love them, because they read a few stories and generalize from there. Philosophically-minded reviewers love them, because an anthology is a kind of argument, and the reviewer can then work through the book story by story and see how the argument holds up. (Interfictions has, I think, suffered from this.) I've written such reviews myself, sometimes ponderously so -- o, this form of review so easily becomes ponderous! Occasionally, such a tendency produces a review rich with insights rather than bloviation, but it's rare -- one fine example I'd offer is Alan DeNiro's review of Paraspheres for Rain Taxi.
All of which brings me to Gwyneth Jones's thoughtful, somewhat mixed review of BAF at Strange Horizons. First off, I should say I'm old fashioned and think it's unseemly for writers to respond to reviews, unless they need to correct gross factual errors. The people involved with the work under review slaved away and did the best they could, the reviewer has said his or her thing, de gustibus and all that. But with a venture like BAF, it's interesting to look at how such a book is received in general, and important, I think, to clarify some intentions and goals, since this is the beginning of a series.
What I like about this review is that it is so clearly personal -- this is one person's thoughts on reading through the book. (And she clearly read the whole book.) Some stories worked for her, some didn't. We get a clear idea of the sorts of things Gwyneth Jones likes, and readers can calibrate their own responses accordingly, while also getting a few ideas to think about. There are some assumptions I quite vehemently disagree with (particularly about "The Next Corpse Collector"), and though I may be oversensitive, there seems to be a certain snarkiness about U.S. writers in some of the remarks. Though I know more about the writers than is listed in their bios, I think the accusations of provincialism are absurd for a few reasons, but it is an undeniable fact that most of the writers are U.S. citizens and all of the stories come from publishers based in the U.S. That's how it happened this time. Next time, it'll probably be the same, for the purely practical reason that that's what we currently have the most access to, but in the future ... who knows.
Those are quibbles, though, and on the whole, the review pleased me quite a bit, because it's honest and specific and also says lots of great things about many of the stories. But there's one sentence I can't let go without responding to, because it succinctly and efficiently gets at the heart of what makes some of these stories difficult and even unreadable for some people who encounter them.
Jones writes: "Some pieces, I felt, relied too heavily on description, as if unfamiliar detail is all that the fantastic requires." Obviously, we disagree -- if we thought any story had lots of extraneous description or was just trying to be weird for the sake of being weird, we wouldn't have included it. (That's the de gustibus part of all this.) This response, and some others, have made me wonder what we are seeing in certain of these stories that other readers are not?
It may be that the last clause of Jones's statement is directed at the editors rather than the writers, most of whom probably weren't thinking to themselves, "Hey, I'm going to write a fantasy story today!" The classification is entirely our fault. I will hold back from commenting any more on that, because I want the editors to have the freedom to define "fantasy" however they desire.
But if we take the criticism to be one of technique, then I think it makes an interesting point, and one worth debating. In general, popular/commercial fiction avoids long passages of descriptive exposition, and certain types of literary fiction revel in it. It's difficult to generalize about this sort of thing, because the terms are inexact and exceptions abound, but there are differences of attention and pleasure worth noting, and too often, I think, those differences get judged rather than analyzed.
A few assumptions are hidden within the criticism. I'm going to ignore one, though it's a big one: Are the stories being criticized actually filled with extraneous details and descriptions, or is this a perception caused by something else? And what, exactly, does "description" mean and how is it separate from other elements? It would take an essay and a lot of examples to explore those questions, and I'd be fascinated to read it if someone else wrote it.
The assumption that interests me here is that description has a narrow function. This is the assumption that causes readers to grow impatient with paragraphs and pages they decide are "too descriptive". I am sometimes one of those readers. But, primarily through teaching high school students (who seem to have a genetic disposition to hate anything they can label "description"), I've learned that my knee-jerk reaction against descriptive writing is often shortsighted.
The best fiction, I believe, is fiction in which the sentences do many things at once. Such fiction is rereadable: it reveals more and more with each encounter. If, like me, you tend to make hasty judgments about descriptive passages, I think it's worth trying to break that habit with these stories. What I think you'll find if you suppress your superficial reactions to some of the stories is that their sentences are doing quite a few things at once, particularly the sentences in the descriptive passages.
An analysis of any strong passage of descriptive writing would point out a variety of things. First, there are the rhythmic features of the sentences, the sounds they produce together. Then there are the meanings the words seek to convey: they tell you something happened, they show a character's response to something, they describe an object or a scene. This is where we sometimes stop -- we assume a description, for instance, is just trying to create an image in our mind. As a reader, if I can't figure out what else a passage is doing, and I haven't been particularly entranced by the sound, I move on if a descriptive passage lasts for more than a few sentences, because I've got a good imagination and prefer to have sketches rather than oil paintings cluttering up the attic of my mind.
But description can do more, and, having read all of the stories in the book at least three times, and many of them considerably more than that, I think the tales in BAF all reward careful consideration of what their sentences are up to. In some cases, the descriptions are creating juxtapositions and patterns, building structures of image in your mind, an alternate logic in dialogue with the logic of the story's surface. They create worlds not just by illustrating a universe different from the rational one we take for granted, but by moving beyond denotation to utilize all the tools available -- not just evoking, but summoning and embodying a reality other than the one we inhabit (this, I would argue, is the wonder and pleasure and genius of "The Chinese Boy").
Most of the stories don't go quite that far, but nonetheless their best passages all do more than simply describe something: they allow what is being described to suggest so much more than the fact of itself, and to interact with the other elements of the story in multiple, and often subtle, ways. "The Stolen Father" shows its narrator grappling with loss, grasping at the words to represent all he believes and doesn't believe, all he seeks and aches for, repeating and revising until he can turn his life into a more comforting tale. "First Kisses from Beyond the Grave" is a kind of jazz riff on adolescence, a marvelously balanced confabulation of absurdities and unbridled ridiculousness with the yearnings of youth, like a tall tale told to fend off the destructive furies of our passing days. The details in "The Next Corpse Collector" are essential to understanding the narrator and the situation of the story -- nothing in the story would really make sense of it were a minimalist charting of this-then-that, and the vivid, painful, beautiful texture of the tale is essential not merely for its own sake, but for the patterns that reveal the character's lives and motivations. The details are also necessary for the sake of the story's pacing, which helps reveal its world -- the pace of a place is essential to its character.
If we go into a story and look at a passage with the attitude that it is simply a description, then we blind ourselves to what else may be going on there, and in reading and rereading these stories, I believe that each one of them deserves and rewards a more open mind than that.
I am nitpicking a review I am grateful for, mostly because I feel so warmly toward these stories and the book as a whole that I want readers to approach them with the best possible perspective, because the goal of the book is not to cause frustration and angst and repulsion, but rather to share the pleasure we had when we discovered these tales.
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- Anonymous9/03/2007 5:31 PM
"What I like about this review is that it is so clearly personal -- this is one person's thoughts on reading through the book."ReplyDelete
Matt: When exactly isn't any review this?
Jeff Ford
I just meant it's nice to read a review that doesn't try to hide its inevitable personal nature behind a pose of objectivity. I think it's on my mind because I read some of my own old reviews recently, and the ones that most bothered me were the ones where I tried to pretend I was doing anything other than exploring my own reaction to whatever it was I was writing about. (I particularly had this tendency when I was writing theatre reviews for NYU's student newspaper in the '90s. I was compensating for my own inexperience by trying to sound oracular or something. Just dreadful.) Or maybe I was thinking about this because I'd been reading some pieces about James Wood and his move to the New Yorker, and though I like Wood as a writer in general, his tendency to make his own prejudices into universal statements grates on me.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9/03/2007 11:35 PM
I really struggle to review anthologies because I know that what I like isn't necessarily what someone else will like - and if I skip something they would love then they might skip the whole book. I feel a lot of pressure to review them as comprehensively as possible but Jessa likes 1,000 words or less on reviews and that is so damn hard with anthologies. My review of "Interfictions" got slashed a bit to make that word count and I really feel it suffers a lot because of that. It just does not read as complete (or even coherent) to me now.ReplyDelete
I never really look at overall themes though - I know they might be there, but I try to judge on the stories themselves and if the complete book is worthwhile and a good read. It's hard for me though, and I don't review nearly as many anthologies as a I could because of this.
Colleen aka Chasing Ray
The word "extraneous" reminds me of the discussion of "self-indulgent" from a while back. What separates intrinsic description from extraneous?ReplyDelete
Jeff: We, who write them, all know that reviews generally are personal, and like Matt I prefer them that way. But I have had plenty of people attack my reviews on the grounds that they are personal rather than objective. I think this comes from a view that a review should tell the reader whether a book is "good" or not, whereas actually all it can tell you is whether or not the reviewer liked the book.ReplyDelete
"it is an undeniable fact that most of the writers are U.S. citizens and all of the stories come from publishers based in the U.S. That's how it happened this time. Next time, it'll probably be the same, for the purely practical reason that that's what we currently have the most access to, but in the future ... who knows."ReplyDelete
I may be confused here, but isn't the title of this anthology Best American Fantasy?
Yes, the title is Best American Fantasy, but we're very aware that the word "America" does not equal "United States" and really is used because "United Statesian" is ugly. We've sought out a lot of Canadian publications, and eventually would love to have more access to Mexican, Central American, and South American fiction. That's more in my long-range plans, though, than anything I have the ability to make happen immediately, so for the moment we're sticking to U.S. and Canadian writers and publishers. And though all of our writers in the first volume are, to some extent or another, based in the U.S., they are not all solely based in the U.S.ReplyDelete
Then you can name the next anthology "Best North American Fantasy" or "Best Western Hemisphere Fantasy", if you get so broad a pool of picks.ReplyDelete
- Gursky9/10/2007 10:07 AM
Though I'm sure you, Matt, of all people, are aware, Delany had some pithy things to say about the use of description in his own work, and how he was constantly struggling to insert enough detail without losing the train of the story. He is unusually adept at it, I'd say.ReplyDelete
I think it's a shame but nearly everyone, even attentive readers, is guilty of skimming descriptive passages now and then. Certainly there are rythmic and - your main point - structural rewards in any prose passage, maybe particularly in bits of description. The problem is that, though readers pick up much of this stuff passively, such rewards require a different, maybe broader, mode of reading - one we more often associate with poetry. There are writers like DeNiro whose prose demands to be read at all levels or not at all, but too often when we read works which are a bit more conventional it's easy to read them just for semantic content. We see cues in the text that tell us, "Okay, this is just dialogue, you know how it works: read for meaning." Of course that's especially true for texts labelled "fantasy" which is a genre effectively defined by content, with the corollary assumption that the mode of writing can be ignored. (I would argue that genres like fantasy and science fiction are really defined by historical context more than content, but that's a different discussion.) As an editor of the stories you've had the luxury of close reading, and can speak to the texts at all levels. Ideally a rewiever would have read as closely, but we know that that is just unrealistic.
The kids at A Public Space passed me a copy, by the way. I bumped it to the top of my stack.


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Last week, as much of the country celebrated Obama's second inauguration, the Sundance Film Festival was presenting a very different view of the commander-in-chief. Two films, Jeremy Scahill and Rick Rowley's "Dirty Wars" and Alex Gibney's "We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks," both take unforgiving looks at the president.
It's not hard to find Obama-bashing nonfiction these days — see last year's rightwing hit 2016: "Obama's America," for instance — but it was at least mildly surprising to see two such films at Sundance, generally a bastion of liberalism, founded by famous lefty Robert Redford. Sundance hosted the premiere of the Al Gore documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" in 2006. This year, as the festival was getting under way, the Huffington Post confirmed the festival's bleeding-heart reputation with an article titled, "Liberal Documentaries Light Up Sundance."
Of course, the two films are, in fact, made by liberals. Jeremy Scahill is a contributor to The Nation, Rowley made the the WTO protest doc "This Is What Democracy Looks Like," and Alex Gibney won an Oscar for his U.S. torture expose "Taxi to the Dark Side." What they've done, and what filmmakers have seemed reluctant to do over the past four years, is attack Obama from the left.
"Dirty Wars," in particular, comes down hard on the administration and its expanded use of drone attacks to wage war overseas.
By comparison, Gibney's jibes against Obama are far less barbed. But even though "We Steal Secrets" focuses, as its title suggests, on Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange, the film includes a few stinging attacks against the country's executive branch. Most notably, Gibney includes a famous clip from a White House news conference in which ABC News' Jake Tapper presses Obama about the treatment of alleged Wikileaks collaborator Bradley Manning. The film makes it powerfully evident that Manning was, in fact, unfairly abused, stripped and held in solitary confinement, which makes Obama's response seem all the more callous and out-of-touch. "I've actually asked the Pentagon whether or not the procedures that have been taken in terms of [Manning's] confinement are appropriate and are meeting our basic standards," the president says. "They assured me that they are."
Back in 2009, Michael Moore said it was still "too early" to judge the president. "I'm willing to give the man a bit of a chance," he explained at the premiere of "Capitalism: A Love Story." "But a year from now," he added, "the next movie may be about him." More than three years later, Moore still hasn't made a movie about Obama, and some of his fans seem to be imploring him to do so. On Twitter, someone recently asked him, "Will you be doing a movie on drone use? Or that Obama has declared the execution of US citizens perfectly legit?" Even if Moore himself doesn't, it looks like other left-leaning filmmakers are taking up the charge.
Anthony Kaufman is a freelance film journalist who has written for The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Village Voice,among other publications.


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Go Happy Cup -- Playing Go Is So Fun!
GoHappyCup.com is sponsored by American Go Assocation, American Go Foundation, Santa Clara Youth Go Club and Sunnyvale Go Club. Our mission is to promote the Go game to children. Every May, we host a "Happy Cup Youth Go Tournament" for young Go players. To encourage the children to learn and play, every attendee will get a trophy and cool prizes, regardless of their rankings. The families also enjoy a refreshing ice cream party at the end of the event.
2013 Sunflower Happy Cup Youth Go Tournament Registration is Open. 04/28/2013The date is June 1 (Saturday). Registration will close on May 18, 2013, so register early!
Eric Gu is the winner of the 9x9 Board Challenge Match! (12/15/2012)We held a 9x9 Challenge Match today, and many kids joined. Eric Gu was the winner and also had the most number of wins by beating 3 opponents. Congratulations to Eric Gu!
2012 Sunflower Happy Cup Youth Go Tournament Registration is Open. (3/24/2012)This year we plays on Sunday and in a different place (Sunflower Chinese School). Registration closes on 5/6/2010 and we have limited spaces. Please register early before the spaces run out!
2011 MorningStar Happy Cup Youth Go Tournament Registration is Open. (3/28/2011)This year players will be split into groups based on their level. Registration closes on 4/23/2010 and we have limited spaces. Please register early before the spaces run out!
Many of our club members won trophies in the 15th Jujo Jiang Cup Youth Goe Tournament!(03/28/2011)The following kids from our club have won trophies in the tournament: Daniel Liu (Group B, 2nd place), Jeremy Chu (Group B, 3rd place), Anthony Chiang (Group B, 4th place), Alan Hwang (Group D, 1st place), Patrick Wang (Group E, 1st place), Eric Liu (Group E, 2nd place), Dyson Ye (Group F, 1st place), Ryan Tang (Group F, 3rd place), Calvin Xia (Group F, 4th place), Allison Hwang (Group G, 1st place), Jason Chu (Group G, 2nd place), Samantha Meng (Group H, 3rd place), Brandon Chu (Group I, 3rd place). Congratulations! The full list of results are here.
We have moved to Santa Clara and renamed our club to Santa Clara Youth Go Club.(1/1/2011)The club will open at the new address in a few weeks so we can unpack and settle down.
Many Cupertino Club members won trophies in the 13th Ing's Cup Youth Goe Tournament!(10/24/2010)The following kids from our club have won trophies in the tournament: Daniel Liu (Group B, 1st place), Jeremy Chu (Group B, 2nd place), Wilson Zhang (Group B, 4th place), Alan Hwang (Group D, 1st place), Michael Wang (Group D, 2nd place), Patrick Wang (Group E, 1st place), Alvyn Wang (Group E, 2nd place), Eric Huang (Group F, 4th place), Dyson Ye (Group G, 1st place), Eric Liu (Group G, 2nd place), Nathan Fang (Group G, 4th place), Allison Hwang (Group J, 2nd place), Yibo Huang (Group J, 4th place), Jeffrey Xiong (13x13 Group B, 1st place). Congratulations! The full list of results are here.
AGA Newsletter published a story about Happy Cup 2010 (5/11/2010)
The Third MorningStar Happy Cup was held this afternoon, and it was a great success! (5/8/2010)We have played 6 rounds of 19x19 games! Results and photos are available
We helped teaching Go in Oakland on May 2, 2010 (5/3/2010)Many kids who never played Go came in. They learned the basic rules, played a few games, and had lots of fun! Thanks to Roger Schrag for taking the pictures!
No club meeting on May 8, 2010 (5/3/2010)We will be busy organizing the Happy Cup Tournament on that day, so the club meeting will be canceled.
AGHS Tournament Results Are Out. We got two Golds and one Silver! (4/29/2010)The 5 teams we registered did excellent! MorningStar B and MorningStar C got No. 1 in the Intermediate and Beginner Division. MorningStar A got No. 2 in the Varisity Division. Sedgwick A got No. 4 in the Beginner Division. MorningStar Chinese School got the Rookies Cup and broke the high points record of Rookies Cup winners!
2010 MorningStar Happy Cup plays on 19x19 board! (4/4/2010)Due to popular requests, this year's happy cup will be on the official 19x19 boards instead of 13x13. The time will be 20 minutes absolute timing for each player. Please check the flyer for more information.
World Journal published an article about the 2010 Happy Cup Tournament (4/14/2010)
2010 Sedgwick Elementary Discovery Day, Learn to Play Go Event (4/6/2010)Today is Sedgwick's annual Discovery Day event, Wenguang Wang and Yanping Zhao presented the Go board game to about 80 third graders! Here are some photos.
Many Cupertino Club members won trophies in the 14th Jujo Jiang Cup Youth Goe Tournament! (3/31/2010)Pictures are here.
2010 AGHS Go Tournament third round schedule is out. (3/30/2010)The schedule is available at here. In the second round, all 3 MorningStar teams and 1 Sedgwick team won!
2010 MorningStar Happy Cup Youth Go Tournament Registration is Open (3/28/2010)Registration closes on 4/24/2010 and we have limited spaces. Please register early before the spaces run out!
First Day of Cupertino Youth Go Club (3/28/2010)Yesterday was the first day of the Cupertino Youth Go Club, and it was great! More than 20 kids show up, learned and played many games. Pictures and game results will be posted later.
2010 AGHS Go Tournament second round schedule is out! (3/16/2010)The schedule is available at here.
San Jose State University Learn To Play Go Talk (3/16/2010)We are giving a talk introducing Go to students in the SJSU Chinese Culture Club on 3/19.
2010 AGHS Go Tournament First Round Result (3/15/2010)The Sedgwick A, MorningStar B, MorningStar C has won the first round. The Sedgwick B and MorningStar A also fought bravely, although lost. Got job everyone!
2010 AGHS Go Tournament first round schedule is out! (2/28/2010)The schedule is available at here. There are a total of 92 teams from USA and Canada, separated into Open, Varsity, Junior Varsity, Intermediate, Novice, and Beginner divisions, orderd by the skill of the players. We are competing in the Varisity Division, Intermediate Division, and Beginner Division. The MorningStar Chinese A team is the only elementary school team in the Varsity division, competing with mostly high school students!
2010 AGHS School Team Go Tournament (2/5/2010)We have registered five teams for the 2010 AGHS Tournament: Sedgwick Elementary A, Sedgwick Elementary B, MorningStar Chinese A, MorningStar Chinese B, and MorningStar Chinese C.
2009-2010 Sedgwick Elementary Go ClubWenguang Wang and Yanping Zhao are leading a weekly Go club for students in Sedgwick Elementary School. Several students learn and play Go during lunch time on Thursdays.
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Thursday August 2, 2012
Augusta, Ga--It's been five years since a Westside Patriot football team has posted a winning record. That streak could end this season.
Under Steve Hibbits, the Patriots are on the rise. This is his third year and after two seasons of playing a lot of underclassmen, those kids have matured. Not just that, they got some much needed wins a year ago. Four doesn't sound like much but where they came from, it's a good start as they hope to build upon that this year.
"The kids learned last year that when they get in close games, if they do those extra little things, they can come out on top." said coach Steve Hibbitts "Now we have to take that confidence and now use it this year for them to be on top the whole game."
"We have to keep up the intensity, we got to hustle and do things right and play good defense. We haven't been able to stop people lately but this year we will." added Brandon Hugee
Westside still has a bunch of youngsters including Jalen Lampkin who'll be spending his third year as a quarterback and is still a junior! Moving down to class 2-A should also help playing teams who lack the depth like the Patriots.


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Every morning I wake up listening to the local news- and honestly I barely pay attention to anything other than the traffic report. Today was different. As some of you may know last night a gas main exploded in San Bruno, Ca.
Four deaths, dozens were injured by this explosion and resulting fire. 38 houses have been destroyed; far more are damaged, along with acres of land and these numbers are only going to go up. As the words were spoken on the radio all I could think was "How can I help?" The radio announcer explained that they were looking for gently used children's clothing along with other items. We had just cleaned out our children's closets washed and folded the cloths for donation; a huge bag of clothing was just sitting in our garage. My husband and I packed up the car with boxes of new children's books, big bag of gently used cloths and drove up to San Bruno.
The explosion was only a city over from our office here at BookRenter. Sitting in my cozy chair staring at my screen my mind kept wandering to the families that are now homeless and in need. So we decided as a company we needed to help. BookRenter will be donating $1,000 to the City of San Bruno Glenview Fire Victims Fund, along with $100 worth of diapers and formula.
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Edward Furlong just got fired from another film as a result of his reported domestic violence problems.
Furlong -- John Connor in "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" -- was arrested Sunday for allegedly attacking his girlfriend, the third time he's been accused of domestic violence in only three months. Furlong has already pleaded guilty, according to TMZ, but is still in jail.
The producers behind Furlong's latest job -- a romantic comedy called "Other Plans" -- have apparently had enough, firing off a letter to Furlong's people Wednesday saying Furlong's contract was terminated.
I guess domestic abuse doesn't mix with romantic comedies.
According to TMZ, the letter states "Given Edwards current status as being in jail awaiting arraignment on two charges of criminal domestic violence ... we are no longer able to engage his services for the film as per our agreement."
Producer Joe Eckardt told TMZ the movie's already "suffered way too long waiting for (Furlong) to be clear of his legal issues ... It's time to move on now and make our film without him."
They were waiting for him? This is Edward Furlong we're talking about, right? Not Matthew McConaughey?
Sources close to the production said they were in talks with Jason Mewes -- aka Jay from "Jay and Silent Bob" -- to replace Furlong, but Mewes decided to pass on the project.
It's the second film Furlong has been fired from due to his ongoing domestic violence problems with his girlfriend. In November, Furlong was fired from a movie called "Misled" after he was arrested at LAX.
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:56 pm
Post subject: February 2010 Mummies!!!
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:25 pm
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Hi TummyMonkey!
Im hoping you'll let me join the Feb Mummies ... even though I actually gave birth to my little boy Joe on 29th January!! I was with the February Mummies all through my pregnancy and feel more at home with February !!!
J x
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:33 pm
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Me and Joe doing good, I was surprised at how good I felt so soon after giving birth. Was obviously very sore and couldnt walk very well but mentally & emotionally I was back on track almost immediately! Joe is a hungry little mite and Im trying to get his feeding into a bit more of a routine at the moment. Ive been struggling with giving into giving him a dummy because Ive not been able to calm him down a few times recently, he always has his hands in his mouth, but he refuses more food
How about you and Lewis? How is life as a mummy?
J x
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:27 pm
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Fab idea Steph.
Glad that both of you are settling into bein a mummy. I too am surprised at how quickly I've felt fine after giving birth, took a bit of time mentally as I still kind of have some blame issues to deal with myself (even though nothing I could have done would have made his birth any different) but I'm getting to grips with that now. I went into work yesterday and everyone was amazed that I looked "normal" - I even fit back into my skinny jeans which I didn't expect to already.
I've given Cameron a dummy a few times, mainly between night feeds if he wakes up mega early for them, keeps him quiet for 45 mins or so. He's being a pickle at the moment, woke up for his 11am feed and didn't go back to sleep, just given his 3pm feed so hopefully he will go off in a bit! xxx
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:12 pm
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I felt fab after the birth. i had to stop in over night because it was too late to be discharged, but i was up bright and early the next day with my make up done !!! the nurses were laughing at me. I'm back in my skinny jeans too!! i'm putting it down to BF. i have cried a few times, especially when he was a week old and i was thinking back to the birth, but not coz i'm sad. i think its just hormones!!
Lewis is sooooo greedy!! (just like his daddy!!) he's feeding every 2 hours!! the midwife and HV say just go with it and feed on demand, but thats easier said than done at 3am when he won't stop crying unless he's stuck to my breast!! lol. I have given him a dummy, the HV was very pro the dummy so i don't feel guilty.
Are you breast feeding or bottle?? Have you been out much with bubba?? i'm venturing out on my own for the 1st time 2moro to buy his daddy a b'day pressie!! I feel a bit anxoius about it and don't know why!!
What issues do you have sophie?? was the birth traumatic?? x x
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:18 pm
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Just read your birth story again!! I can imagine how upsetting that would be!! like you said though, there was nothing you could do and he was in safe hands!! i suppose its just the thought of what could have happened!! but don't beat yourself up about it hun, it won't effect cameron. x x
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:19 pm
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Im back into my normal clothes too and going into work for first time tomorrow, looking forward to seeing everyone! Weve been out loads with Joe, weve been out for Sunday lunch and down to York and up to Metrocentre already! Got the hang of the buggy and car seat no problem now, it was a nightmare to begin with!
My hubby went back to work last Tuesday - he works away 2 weeks at a time - so Ive been completely on my own for a whole week now. Its flying by and Im coping ok but really looking forward to hubby coming home next week, I need a break !
J x
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:42 pm
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Hi ladies. It is strange to see that we have all got our babies and sounds like everyone is doing well. I had my little girl Evie 5 days early on 19th Feb. Got a bit of an infection in my stitches from episiotomy but back in my size 8 clothes and feeling great. Didn't realise being tired could be so hard and couldn't cope without my DH but it is all worth it in the end. I'm so in love with her!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:23 pm
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I've been out a few times now - i've driven to bluewater to o shopping with my Mum twice (which was fine as Cam slept all the way in the car). Went out with hubby a few times when he was home - hope your first time out alone was fine Steph.
I am bottle feeding - I really wanted to breast feed especially with Cam in special care I felt that was the one thing I could do for him unfortunately I didn't get any milk for the whole 5 days I was in hospital - I was using the expressing machine every 3 hours day and night and holding cam to my breast when I was able to hold him but the milk never came. The midwife's and I decided that it was best to bottle feed as I wasn't getting any milk yet, I still don't actually think that any came in for some reason, I never had any leakage and not even the tiniest sign of milk when trying to express. I don't feel bad now about not being able to breast feed and maybe if I had kept at it my milk would have come in but a happy mummy makes a happy baby and it was just stressing me out even more. I'm going to speak to the doctor about it in case there is a problem - I know that a very tiny amount of women don't produce milk - knowing my luck i'm in that percentage!
jbtrying - its quite scarey being on your own for the first time isn't it - when my hubby went back to work my Mum came over the next wek every day so this week has been the first week on my own - its actually gone quite well but its still scarey!
Snoopy I hope your infection has cleared up.
Its good to see that we are all doing so well and enjoying being mummies! xxxx
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:46 pm
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hi girls can i join too i had my wee man on the 24th of feb cannot belive that he is 10 days old already i am the same as you all feeling great and back in my normal clothes (even been thinking about sex) everyone keeps saying to me oh my god you are back on your feet what are we supposed to do lie in bed lol
it makes you feel good when people say you look amazing
anyway glad you are all ok hope you are enjoying your babies xx
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:41 pm
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LOL Sammy I thought the same - people are amazed that you are up and doing things, its been like that all through pregnancy for me too - its kind of like people expect you to look like poop and be like a zombie and hardly be able to do anything when you've had a baby!
Hope you are all enjoyin the sunshine - we are going to feed Cameron in a bit and then take him to the park for a bit of fresh air! x
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:34 pm
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it is a lovley day here too think we might go for a wee walk too our park is rubbish tho but gets us all out for fresh air.
think it is quite funny when people look amazed when we are out and about lol xx
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:59 pm
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Hi ladies
Still can't believe I am a mum, did they really let me take that precious thing home with me to look after? Such a responsibility. The first few days have been really hard, but it is starting to get better. Just having a problem with her not wanting to sleep in the moses basket at night. So far nothing I have tried has worked. I put her in and 5 mins later she is crying.... she'll sleep fine in my arms, but then of course, I can't! I know it will get better, and generally I feel very well despite the lack of sleep!
Hope everyone else is doing well.
Proud mum of Alyssa Marie - 1 week old today!
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:43 pm
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hey girls, well apart from forgetting how to collapse the pushchair and standing in the car park looking silly for a min!! lol, my trip out went very well. i went to the bullring and i even BF in starbucks !!! i've been out loads now and don't feel at all anxious.
how you getting on in the nyt?? lewis is going about 5 and a half hrs which i think is quite good! does your bubba get hiccups?? lewis gets them everyday. lol
hi kyriane, glad your doing well. fingers crossed we all get a good nights sleep soon.lol
have you done it yet 21sammy?? i've been thinking about it too but haven't done anything yet!!!
hey snoopya, lovely to see you on here and glad evie is doing well.
love to all the feb yummy mummies!!! lets hope more feb mummies join us soon x x x


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