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There are some things in life that you just can't stop yourself from doing, and popping the bubbles on a sheet of bubble wrap is most definitely one of them. We reckon it's nigh on impossible to pass even the smallest scrap of bubble wrap and not want to grab it and squeeze those little bubbles until the make that deeply satisfying 'POP' noise. This compelling, if not addictive, pastime used to be restricted to when you moved house, or someone sensible sent you something in the post. Now fortunately someone with way too much time on their hands, and who obviously wasn't busy designing the new space probe, has come up with an electronic version that fits on your key ring. It's the bubble wrap that never runs out of bubble. Every time you press one of the electronic bubbles, it makes a satisfying popping noise. We've tested several and this one was our winner. Bloody ridiculous, but just you try putting it down.
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Just a small piece of fun! I bought this for a friend and she loves it!
I bought this Poptastic as a present for my sister who loves popping bubble wrap. She gets the same satisfaction and love however it does not have a realistic pop, but that doesn't seem to reduce the pleasure.
I bought this Poptastic as a gift for somebody who loves to pop bubble wrap. They like to walk around the office all day doing it and it annoys the crap out of me so I thought, this will a) help the environment because he'll stop using so much bubble wrap all over the place and b) be a pretty cool gift for him, as he loves the stuff so much. Alas, this bubble wrap toy is nowhere near as good as the real stuff (or so I'm told). It's a nightmare. So if you want a 'true to life' bubble wrap experience then I suggest that you stick to the real thing. However for somebody that isn't a hard core bubble wrap fanatic then this is a great little novelty.
So much tidier than bubblewrap!
Poptastic does just the job, a great product.
Poptastic is a brilliant little stocking filler, very pleased.
The Poptastic is brilliant for me and those people who need to pop a bubble on bubble wrap.
Poptastic is a Christmas gift but sure to be a great hit with my daughter.
I know loads of people that cant stop popping the bubbles on bubble wrap, This is a perfect present.
I thought that this was a great product! Would be great gift for christmas!
Poptastic totally satisfies the "pop" need when there's no bubble wrap around.
It's simple, compact, and NEVER stops impressing me. Why carry round sheets of bubble wrap to pas the time, when you can have this dainty little gizmo in your pocket? to sum it up, it's worth it's weight in, well... bubble wrap.
I actually thought the poptastic was rubbish. I didnt think it sounded like bubble wrap popping at all and therefore I was very disappointed and wont be using it very much. This was also the opinion of my partner and 2 of my friends, sorry.
if you like to pop bubble wrap then you will love this keyring. bought it for my son as he cant get enough bubble wrap.
I purchased this item as a joke pressie for my 17 year old daughter. She cannot resist to pop all bubble wrap that enters the house. Now she can pop until her hearts content. with no mess to clear up after. Sucessful buy on my part
Although this is cool in concept, I was a tiny bit let down by this product as it wasn't as realistically bubbley as I expected. Still not bad though, the people I gave them to loved them and it definately gets full marks for addictive qualities!
This is a fun litle gadget, it's kept us amused over christmas and you do find yourself going back to it (especially good for stress relief over the season of goodwill!). Funny little present.
I wouldn't say that this exactly does what it says on the tin because although it makes a pop like noise, it unfortunately does not sound like the real thing! It also definitely does not feel like real bubble wrap! It also says that you should hear a "Ye-ha" after 200 pops and I can vouch for the fact that this one doesn't at 200 or 300 pops! Obviously I was very bored by this point! It does however play its part as a keyring and manages to hold the keys attached to it!
Gave this to my sons for stocking fillers - they love them - bubble wrap to pop - unlimited! Fab little gadget!
bought this item for my daughter and expected proper bubble- wrap- pops. does not really deliver. however, my daughter still seems to be happy with it, so not a complete fail.
this product was a little dissapointing, not as good as we expected.
i dint feel like bubble wrap and also didn't make any sound when buttons pressed.
great fun for anyone addicted to popping bubblewrap
Bought this for my sister. She keeps it in the car and when the (3) kids start to get on her nerves, she starts Poptastic-ing. Calms her down and annoys the kids, complete Mother's Revenge!
This is bigger than I imagined, not really key ring size, but good stocking filler.
I was very dissappointed with this item, not like bubble wrap
got this as part of christmas present for someone, expected it to pop louder and more effectively. just not as good as i expected it would be.
I was very disappointed with this keyring.It didn't feel and sound like bubble wrap in the slightest.I sent it back for a full refund.Still love this site though.
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very funny product, would like the poping sound to be a bit louder but have had a lot of fun with it!
The item itself was not what I was expecting, it's simply a keyring with buttons, these are nothing like bubble wrap and the noise it made was disappointing, I wasn't sure if it was actually working. That said, the service I received from IWOOT was fantastic, I've never had such brilliant service from a company. I was unaware the post was recorded, this was a plus and Jenny from IWOOT emailed me to check to see if I've receieved it. It was dispatched the next day after ordering and was very quick. I would buy from IWOOT again no problem and look forward to doing so
I was really looking forward to this product but felt let down as it was described as bubble wrap sounds but didnt sound like that to me. I was going to have it for myself but will just give it to someone for xmas now instead (secret santa!!).
I got this item in the post today. I bought it as a gift and was truly disappointed by it. The 'popping' sound was poor and it just felt like I was pushing remote control buttons... If I wanted to push remote control buttons, I'd change the channel.
Slightly disappointed with this product, although it does sound similar to bubblewrap, it feels very different. The 'yeehah' is funny. It is still pretty good for 'stress relief'.
Sadly the noises these made were nothing like bubble wrap, I love the idea and it would be nice if someone managed to pull it off - would not buy these again.
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My daughter loved this and all her friends wanted to pop too! great fun.


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Students Experience Billion Dollar Valentine's Day With SCE FCU!
The SCE FCU Foundation showed its affection for local students by treating a group of them to a Valentine's Day surrounded by billions of dollars!
Twenty-seven Duarte High School students were selected to tour the interior workings of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's Los Angeles branch, a trip arranged and sponsored by the SCE FCU Foundation. The students selected previously attended financial education classes through the SCE FCU Foundation and met minimum GPA requirements. Chaperoned by teachers, Credit Union managers and the mayor of Duarte, Tzeitel Paras-Carraci, students got up close and personal with billions in cold hard cash. While they never touched any of it, they did get to see the process of how it's delivered, verified, sorted, strapped and stored in a vault the size of a football field. They learned how worn out currency is taken out of circulation and destroyed, and they also witnessed the impressive security measures taken to protect all that money.
Students watched Federal Reserve Bank employees load currency into the high speed computer-controlled machines that can intercept potential counterfeits and destroy old, worn out notes. They got to stand at the gate of the gigantic vault and actually experience the "smell of new money." One of the highlights of the tour was a display of currency notes dating back to the earliest forms of US currency, and an explanation of how and why the design of our currency has changed throughout our country's history.
Amazed by the sight of all that cash, the students also learned about the Federal Reserve itself. As the central banking system of the United States, the Fed conducts the nation's monetary policy, supervises and regulates banking institutions, maintains the stability of the financial system, and provides financial services to depository institutions, the US government and foreign official agencies. Most people think the Federal Reserve is a government agency, but the students learned that's not true. Despite its name, the Fed is actually an independent nonprofit, operating within the government.
After the 75-minute tour, the students were treated to a gourmet lunch and a special presentation on Community Economic Development – specifically, how their personal financial behaviors will affect the economy of the local community where they live and work. Since these students have already participated in the Foundation's financial education training, this presentation helped reinforce the importance of smart money management skills. It was an experience, and a Valentine's Day, not soon to be forgotten!


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Mr. and Mrs. Daniel V. Siekierski of Cheektowaga celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a family gathering in their home. Mr. Siekierski and Anna Bednarek were married Feb. 25, 1953, in Queen of Peace Catholic Church. He is a retired draftsman for J.T. Ryerson Steel with 37 years of service; she is a retired sales representative for AM&A's Department Store. They have two children and four grandchildren.


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Weldon Wynn is the new chairman of the Cattlemen's Beef Board. Serving with him in 2013 are newly elected Vice Chair Kim Brackett and Secretary/Treasurer Jimmy Maxey. Read more at Beef Board elects 2013 leadership.
The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.


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Super Why! is a breakthrough preschool series designed to help kids ages 3 to 6 with the critical skills that they need to learn – and love! – to read. Each 24-minute reading adventure starts in Storybrook Village, a magical 3-D world that's home to your child's favorite fairytale characters. Each episode is anchored by four best friends, characters drawn from classic fairytales and re-imagined as everyday kids.
In every episode, one of the friends encounters a problem that requires preschool social skills to resolve. The literary journey begins as the Super Readers discover how famous fictional characters handled similar situations; this adventure inside a book helps the Super Readers figure out the answers to their own problems. They play reading games and activities to overcome obstacles, search for Super Letters, and practice such key skills as letter identification, word decoding, spelling, vocabulary and comprehension. Once the Super Readers solve the fictional problem, they decode the Super Story Answer and reveal how to realistically resolve their own problem. The episode ends with the characters modeling the behavior for viewers. Finally, with a song you'll find yourself singing, a dance you'll quickly pick up, and a hip, hip, hooray! The Super Readers - and Super You - save the day!
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Play fun learning games that explore letters, sounds, rhyming, spelling, and other literacy skills.
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D'Youville College is partnering with a college in India to help increase international enrollment on the West Side campus.
The college has signed an agreement with St. Andrew's College in Mumbai to give its students the opportunity to enroll in D'Youville's international business program and earn both a bachelor's and master's degree.
"St. Andrew's students who complete specific courses and meet established qualifications in their college will automatically be accepted into the fourth year of D'Youville's program," said Arup Sen, vice president for academic affairs at D'Youville.
St. Andrew's is a Catholic college of more than 4,000 students.


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Real tax reform begins at home
April 14, 2013
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the United States Tax Code that, when instituted in 1913, was 400 pages long. Today, the Tax Code exceeds 72,000 pages....
"Never mind that it all led to an economic house of cards driven by predatory mortgage lenders, corrupt credit rating agencies and Wall Street banks that packaged mortgage-backed securities, sold them to investors, then bet against them with credit default swaps."
Go talk to Barney Frank and his crooked friend Chris Dodd.
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"Last week, UNICEF released a report on child poverty in 35 developed countries. The US came in 34th, second to last – between Bulgaria and Romania, two much poorer countries overall. 23% of children in the US live in poverty. In Finland, a country at the top of educational rankings, it's less than 4%."
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John Makin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, looks at the Congressional Budget Office's projections and argues that "American fiscal austerity has been moderate and probably . . . has proceeded far enough for now." A budget deficit that was more than 10 percent of GDP in 2009 is on track to be about half that this year. "The federal budget deficit is shrinking rapidly," writes Jan Hatzius, the chief economist of Goldman Sachs, in an April 10 report. Goldman estimates that in the first three months of 2013 the deficit was running at 4.5 percent of GDP, and they forecast a deficit of 3 percent of GDP or less in the 2015 fiscal year. Hatzius adds that "there is still a great deal of room for the economic recovery to reduce the deficit for cyclical reasons."
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Funniest comment of the week, by Major:
"I question your maturity"
Oh my.
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Because I'm a liberal. I guess your definition of liberal is anyone who agrees with you. Dive Right Conservatism. Must be nice to be the Chosen One.
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And I'm pretty certain I pay more than you.
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Major, I was simply trying to get down to your level.
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Major, they are adults (duh) who likely make nothing, especially if they're in school. What's your point, other than to state the obvious and ignore the inconvenient facts that disprove your position?
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Fly, that disagree on your last post was meant to be an agree. Fat finger small phone.
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"With only 50% of "AMERICAN CITIZENS" actually paying the Federal Income Tax"
Active military in a war zone are exempt from income taxes. They could range in age from 18 and up. Are they not "AMERICAN CITIZENS" as well? Why do you demonize children and now those serving in a war zone? Why do you use different % ranging from 47% to now being 50%? The last time it was 50%, which was actually 50.8% was for tax year 2008. Last current estimate 2011 is 46.4% and should be rounded down and not up. You don't know squat of what you speak. 46.4% of those who "EARN" "FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS" pay "NO FEDERAL INCOME TAX". This is because they are either exempt, such as active military, or receive enough deductions and tax credits that they owe no taxes or can even be given a refund for the tax credit if their tax liability is less than zero.
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"I said nothing of children--Unless youa re including 25 year olds as children now."
You did so and I quote from you're ignorant comment below "With only 50% of "AMERICAN CITIZENS" actually paying the Federal Income Tax"
Are children under "25" not "American Citizens"?
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Major, you'll love this. HUD, when first formed in the 1930s, targeted those communities with restrictive covenants, especially based on race. Why? Because HUD officials determined as a policy that such a restricted area was a far better investment. So, HUD didn't attack the covenants, it promoted them.
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Or Dodd-Frank I mean. Now I'm the idiot.
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Major, do you have any facts to support your belief, or was this divine intervention?
Do your research. No doc, stated income loans are are a feature of the past. Frank-Dodd. Goggle it.
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Major: Ive got an idea! How about we promote more poor people to get $500,000 loans and with as little documentation as possible. We all know them requirements are racist somehow.
Are those types of no doc, stated income loans still common?
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So the mortgage crisis of 2008 was caused by the mortgage interest credit? Isn't this akin to arguing that the failure of GM was caused by the poorly designed windshield wiper engines on the 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier? Yes, maybe a part, but an infinitesimal one at best.
Few people buy houses because of the credit. I'm pretty certain that I am correct on this. Call it a hunch based on some significant real life experience. Most buyers do not know it is a factor until the close on their house. But, go ahead, argue as you will that this tax loophole is the cause of the real estate market collapse on 2007-2010. And argue that it benefits the wealthy unfairly. Also, go ahead an argue that banks are evil creatures because they charge interest, amortized over thirty years. If you think this causes a concentration of wealth, imagine the alternative. Only the rich would own land, and we'd all be tenants. Few people pay cash for their first house. That's a fact.
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"Now let's pray and tithe together."
Is this thithing thing deductible too? If so, please correct yourself and say begin snark/"now let's pray and deduct together, while we use taxpayer funded infrastructure to get to these houses of deductions and be socialists when we socialize with all the others."/end snark
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"With only 50% of American Citizens actually paying the Federal Income Tax"
begin snark/Yeah those lazy children who pay no taxes, and whose parent receives a $1000 tax credit, should be working and paying taxes. That goes for them lazy seniors too, who don't work either. And those who crippled themselves on purpose so they could avoid paying taxes. Let's not forget our lazy military in harms way who are fed, clothed, and housed for free and even given taxpayer dollars. Snd those lazy students working part time who use that money to party like it's 1999 so they can get themselves indocrinated by the socialist in chief. Key creeping music. Oh the horror./end snark
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You know how these hearings unfold by now, for they usually follow a standard script. Irate, self-righteous politicians bluster and beat their chests after summoning the "accused" before them, giving longwinded speeches, reprimands, insults and tongue-lashings to the presumed-guilty party cowering or bristling before them. Then, after all the political theater, the drama subsides, Congress wastes a few more days speaking into the cameras and we all move on to the next hearing.
Does anything get solved this way? Hardly. But that is not the goal in Washington. Pomposity, finger-pointing, party politics, power struggles, high hypocrisy—all these take priority over solving actual problems.
So it is with this familiar script that outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was dragged before a committee of senators to defend herself against a barrage of criticism over the Benghazi attacks.
Some Republican legislators wasted no time in (over)playing the role of concerned, outraged lawman, with Sen. Rand Paul going so far as to brazenly chastise Clinton, declaring that if he were president he would have fired her. Yes, the ophthalmologist-turned-Tea Party politician, whose son was recently arrested and charged with underage drinking, went there. To add insult to injury, he had the audacity to say Benghazi was the worst tragedy since 9/11. What planet is this man living on?
Clinton kept her cool and didn't respond like I hoped she would—maybe she is still under the effects of her recent concussion and hospital stay for a subsequent blood clot—for Paul's self-righteous lunacy bordering on pomposity needed checking, big time.
Yes, four Americans were murdered at the consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012, and yes, we need to get to the bottom of how this tragedy happened so that it will never happen again. If it was a systemic failure on all levels, including those pointing fingers and asking tough questions after the fact, Washington needs to get its act together because the loss of one life is one too many.
But we also have seen other horrific tragedies, both across the world and here at home, including previous attacks on US embassies. The most recent incident of homegrown terror saw the slaughter of 20 children and six educators in Newtown, Conn. Our troops are dying every day on the frontlines of two wars, and more than 500 citizens, including children, were murdered on the streets of Chicago last year alone.
Moreover, the Bush administration was warned about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and chose to do nothing. Nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered as Bush and his team sat on the intelligence and twiddled their thumbs. When asked during the 9/11 hearings if she knew of the attack beforehand, Condoleezza Rice, then the national security adviser, said no. But then, in the same breath, Rice read from top-secret documents that clearly stated al-Qaida was determined to strike within the United States. [Read the official transcript from that hearing here.]
So I ask Rand Paul, Sen. John McCain and their fellow Republicans hurling tough questions at Secretary Clinton—where was your outrage then? I would have liked Clinton to ask Paul if he had called for the firing of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney or Condoleezza Rice following the worst terrorist attack ever on US soil? (If he had been there, that is. I think he was still checking eyes at that time.)
The junior senator from Kentucky's dream of grandiosity must have rendered him intellectually incoherent to say the things he said to Clinton, for he made absolutely no sense. As for McCain, retirement might be in order. His rabid rampage over what UN Ambassador Susan Rice said about Benghazi was one for the B.S. books—and I don't mean bachelor of science.
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My family's journey through cancer began in September of 2000. My husband, Michael, and I were enjoying a family vacation with our children, Allison and Mikey, then ages 7 and 2. On one of the "kiddie" rides at Santa's Village, Michael experienced extreme back pain. After numerous medical tests, we first heard the words "multiple myeloma." Michael was 36 years old.
After the diagnosis, we were shocked, scared, and anxious. Fortunately, we found the IMF and were impressed with the extensive information and support provided by this organization. In 2001, with the help of the IMF, Michael and I started the first myeloma support group in Connecticut. After attending the blood cancer hearings in which Geraldine Ferraro announced that she had multiple myeloma, we were further inspired to become advocates for the myeloma community. Through our involvement with the IMF and with our support group, we strive to reach out to myeloma patients and their caregivers to help them better understand this disease.
Earlier this year, Susie Novis invited me to work for the IMF as an assistant to Andrew Lebkuecher, Director of Support Groups. I have truly enjoyed working at the IMF and building relationships with other myeloma support group leaders, as well as patients and caregivers. This job is more like an act of love.
It has been my pleasure to visit myeloma support groups in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey; and I look forward to my upcoming visits to groups in New York, Vermont, and Ohio. If you are interested in having me visit with your group, please contact me at email@example.com or 203-206-3536. I am genuinely thankful to have the opportunity to help you, your family, your support group, and the extended myeloma community.
Statistically, cancer patients who attend support groups do better! If you do not yet belong to a support group, let us help you find one in your area. Just contact me, or visit www.myeloma.org and click on the "People Helping People" link.
I am sorry that your lives have been touched by myeloma. But, along with the rest of the IMF staff, I take heart in doing my best to assist you in any way I can. Let's work together to find a cure, while helping each another along the way on our journey through cancer.


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Juniata County Fair Queen for 2013 Katie McLaughlin, left, is joined by 2012 Queen Maddie Zendt on Saturday after the queen contest at the Juniata County Fair in Port Royal. McLaughlin is the 16-year-old daughter of Steve and Christine McLaughlin, of Mifflintown. She attends Juniata High School.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
KCWC - Tuesday
The 'fold over' hood makes it really easy to put on and off and still isn't too wide around the neck. And its faster to sew than these or these.
I am always nervous when working on a new pattern because chances are it won't turn out the way I want it to. But when it actually does, it's fantastic.
20 comments:
- skyturtle said...
These are great. I want one (or two for myself!)
I know what you mean about the pattern. I am starting to feel more and more scared about that since lately I haven't been so lucky with that. Yet that pushes me to making my own patterns, which is quite nice: )
- September 21, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- fede said...
I love that fold over hoodie style - it looks great and very practical! (in a keep on kind of way) Actually to be honest... I pretty much love everything you sew for your daughter ....and look forward to seeing what else comes off your sewing machine this week :) Fiona.
- September 21, 2010 at 12:42 PM
- cateoh said...
I just stumbled across your blog via the Elsie Marley flickr group and wanted to say how much I love everything you've made! Do you sew your own designs, and if so, do you sell them anywhere? Cheers!
- September 21, 2010 at 2:31 PM
- Stacy said...
Here via Flickr...
What a great design for that hoodie! I love the colors of fabric you have used, too. Wonderful job on the design and sewing. :)
- September 21, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- Ella said...
i really love the fabric you chose also.
- September 21, 2010 at 4:27 PM
- Amy said...
also here via elsie marley--i love this hoodie and the colors are perfect! is there a pattern you followed or did you draft it yourself?
- September 21, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Zaaberry said...
I love this hoodie as well. I would love to know what pattern you used.
- September 21, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- Trula said...
@cateoh. Thank you so much for the compliment. Yes, these are all my designs. I do have an Etsy shop, but it is currently deserted - I am sewing too much for my kids, their friends and people who just e-mail me with an order.
- September 21, 2010 at 7:52 PM
- Amy said...
i know the feeling! my etsy shop is currently deserted, too--it often feels that i have to choose between sewing for my family or sewing for the shop!
- September 21, 2010 at 7:57 PM
- Trula said...
Thank you all for your sweet comments. I am afraid I created this all myself - design and pattern, so now I unfortunately can't give you a like to a pattern.
- September 21, 2010 at 7:58 PM
- Trula said...
sorry, I meant link to pattern.
- September 21, 2010 at 7:59 PM
- Chantal said...
But I would definitely buy your pattern if it was available! Or even better, a whole magazine of your patterns. I've given up on most of the blogs I read lately but I really love yours - you have amazing style.
- September 21, 2010 at 10:00 PM
- Lucinda Poel said...
I too would love to be able to purchase your patterns! Just something else to add to your "someday" list:) Thanks for sharing your beautiful creations!
- September 22, 2010 at 3:36 AM
- Jacquie said...
I really like hoodies! I like the buttons on this one. Great design.
- September 26, 2010 at 11:16 PM
- Lotsie said...
Wauw, love all of it! It's all so cute? I read you don't have a link, do you send copies of your patterns by mail? Like a swap or something (I send you a present in return...)
- October 25, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- Action Girl ! said...
wow this is indeed fantastic! love this hood. if only I knew how to, i would make one for myself!
- October 25, 2010 at 11:28 PM
- bregje said...
very very very beautiful.
- November 7, 2010 at 10:35 PM
- Mie said...
Oh yes, go and sell your patterns! ;-)
- December 23, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- Cirque Du Bebe said...
I have to say I really love the colours you put your girls in. Its so refreshing to see cute girls clothes that aren't all pink.
- April 28, 2011 at 1:30 PM
- Sarah said...
Whenever (if) you ever put your patterns in your etsy shop can you leave us a link? Would be fabulous!
- July 30, 2011 at 1:59 PM


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Wrigley Field's Humongous Scoreboard
If I could only draw one tenth as well as Tim Souers. I'd draw a Gi-normous Scoreboard in centerfield that shrouded the entire 44th ward in a shadow darker than a solar eclipse.
Holy Cow! The Scoreboard that Overshadowed the 44th Ward. I'm talkin' Godzilla's shadow over Tokyo.
This little Aldermanic war of words was in today's Sun-Times:
Alderman Tom Tunney (44th) has made a bold suggestion to the Cubs: replace the iconic landmarked center field scoreboard with a video scoreboard that would generate millions without blocking anybody's view.
"Put it in center field. Make it as big as you want,"
Holy Mackerel. Mess with the landmark status scoreboard? Alderman Tunney, how soon you forget. You legislated so that should never happen (unless the gi-normous scoreboard is compatible with the historic character of the field).
Mor-on the zany alderman and his puffy chest lingo, after the jump...
More from the Sun-Times piece: Chicago-based sports marketing consultant Marc Ganis likened Tunney's scoreboard demolition idea to...
"...ripping out the ivy and putting scoreboards on the outfield walls." The "desperate ploy" is proof-positive of "where the alderman's loyalties lie," Ganis said.
"If the scoreboard is not important to Tunney or the Landmarks Commission, it should not have been landmarked in the first place. But, it is entirely inappropriate to trade something that's landmarked to protect a private business that's the largest contributor to a local politician."
Wrigley Field was landmarked by Chicago's city council in January 2004 but it's not every square inch of the ballpark that's landmarked. It turns out only the four exterior walls, the grandstands, bleachers, roofs, the marquee sign and the centerfield scoreboard, plus brick walls and ivy were in the decree. Some things can be changed by the Cubs without city approval. One that can not be changed by the Cubs is the scoreboard, contrary to what the Alderman suggested today.
Of course Alderman Tunney knows this, as he was a part of the city council back then. In 2004, the Cubs wanted to renovate the bleachers, a project eventually approved that expanded the bleachers to overhang the external walls of the ballpark over the sidewalks of Sheffield and Waveland avenues. The bleachers are landmarked. The city council approved the project (with naturally a few political concessions including remote parking with shuttle buses, supplemental trash pickup and access to Lakeshore Drive at Addison).
Sherman, set the WayBack to 2004...
"Alderman Tom Tunney, who represents the 44th Ward, said the landmark designation would neither permit nor prohibit bleacher expansion. Tunney said only the City Council can approve a bleacher expansion over the sidewalk behind the bleachers. The Landmarks Commission would have the authority to review any approved expansion to ensure the design is compatible with the historic character of the field."
These most recent Tom Tunney antics come in the face of a proposal by NW Suburban Rosemont's Mayor Brad Stephens to give 25 acres of land for the Cubs to develop a ballpark complex. The parcel at Balmoral and the the Tri-State Tollway. Rosemont is a train stop on the Blue line train that shuttles from downtown Chicago to O'Hare. One of the Rosemont perks includes a lower 3% amusement tax (Chicago just raised that tax to 9% plus a Cook county tax upping the total amusement tax to 12%). David Kaplan wrote about this with some interesting math as om $75-100 million in revenues not going to the Cubs.
• Revenue generated by the rooftop owners: $24 million – 17 percent = $4 million (The Cubs receive 17 percent of revenue)
• Signage restrictions: $20-30 million
• Amusement taxes paid in 2011: $17 million
• Addt'l. night games (Avg. in MLB is 57): $1 million addt'l. per game = $27 million
• Street Festivals and more concerts: (Could have naming rights if a consistent number is allowed each season) = $10 million estimate.
So the threat of Rosemont just might unseat the alderman. Rhetoric from Rosemont's Mayor Stephens:
"Rosemont is very pro-development and we have a long history of experience dealing with big business," Stephens said. "From my position, you have a wealthy family willing to pay all of the costs of a major renovation project, which will bring a tremendous number of jobs to the community.
"However, they are not getting cooperation from the neighborhood. Even if the Cubs get a deal done now, what will happen when they need something else a year or two years down the road? This will not be the last time the community or the alderman will be difficult to deal with. The Cubs will never have those kinds of problems if they move to Rosemont."
The Chicago solution should be simple. I remember that old Chicago slogan, the City that Works. Yes, we know how Chicago works. Tom Ricketts just needs to grease Alderman Tunney's palm with more $$ than the rooftoppers. If Tom Ricketts has budgeted $300 million for the renovations, then I'd say they just need to budget $18 million toward the Alderman's Swiss bank account based campaign fund every election year. Tom Ricketts can call it a wash after Alfonso Soriano's contract comes off the books. Finally, the Mayor and City can take their cut from all those outfield electronic ad revenues. Ah, Carl Sandberg would be proud. Chicago, once again City of Big Shoulders and Bigger Scoreboards.
Tom Tunney -- what a tool.
Tom Tunney -- what a tool.
as an outsider (aka, someone
as an outsider (aka, someone that lives 1000s of miles away) this is all quite interesting.
you have a guy who wants to enjoy all the economic benefits of wrigley field, the "charm" and other name-dropping aspects it provides, the economic cash flow that spills over for many blocks...while at the same time wanting those people who come in droves to drive it all and make it worthwhile to spend money, be quiet about it, and then get the hell out so the neighborhood can enjoy their upscale city life.
it's like living in the middle of a trendy bar district, making money off the bars, enjoying telling others you live in that desirable district, but hating the fact the bars and their patrons exists even though it's what makes that area run. ...if only they'd come, drop off their money, be quiet the whole time, then leave in an orderly fashion.
also, this dude in particular seems to be in the rooftop owner's pockets.
WSCR's Mully and Hanley
WSCR's Mully and Hanley spending the morning rabble-rousing Tom Ricketts to make the trip out to Rosemont (on the Blue line train).
Let's start with Stephens' plan. The land, located at Balmoral and the Tri-State Tollway, does pose some enticing options for Cubs brass, starting with a 3 percent amusement tax. (The combined amusement taxes of Chicago and Cook County are 12 percent.) In addition to being located right by the Tollway, the land is located near the Rosemont Blue Line station so fans can take advantage of public transit to attend ballgames.
The proposed site is also
The proposed site is also really close to O'Hare.
Let the Shea Stadium
Let the Shea Stadium comparisons begin.
Screw this guy, what a douche
Screw this guy, what a douche.
I also would love to see Cubby Blue's vision of this, I picture an opening for the rooftop to see while a "Blade Runner" like edifice surrounds the neighborhood.
On it but slammed...
On it but slammed...
Old school
interesting parallel patterns
interesting parallel patterns in rehab from Tommy John surgery...Scott Baker vs Ryan Madson (Angels). Both had surgery in April 2012. Both are currently in shut down mode after initial progress.
Baseball prospectus take on Madson...
Of course, Scioscia's revised timetable rested on a detour-free spring for the 32-year-old Madson, who, prior to undergoing Tommy John surgery in April 2012.... Alas, it was not to be.
Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register was the first to report on Tuesday morning that Madson had been shut down again, because of discomfort that flared up after a bullpen session that he threw last Thursday. Fletcher noted in his tweet that the "team has modified" Madson's recovery timeline again, but details on the new target for the northpaw's return were unavailable at that point.
Mike DiGiovanna, who covers the Angels for the Los Angeles Times, added that Madson is already well enough to play long-toss—a positive step, but also a reminder that he still needs to get back on a mound and work through a full strength-rebuilding program before he will be ready to pitch in games. Madson has thrown only two bullpen sessions since he reported to the Angels' facility in Tempe, Arizona, in early February, and he has yet to complete one without requiring a hiatus immediately afterward.
The Angels' investment in Madson was a relatively low-risk move, with bonuses tied to games finished and days spent on the active roster, so from a financial standpoint, his early-season absence is only a minor concern.
this is from yesterday but
this is from yesterday but Phil Rogers updated Stewart and Baker's status in more detail.
Baker, who was hit hard in his first start on Sunday, almost one year after undergoing elbow reconstruction surgery, had some discomfort in the elbow that will sideline him indefinitely. Baker will see team physician Stephen Gryzlo this weekend for further evaluation.
Ian Stewart has been put on the DL. Stewart's quadriceps injury seems to be going beyond the normal medical expectations of a month of relative rest. But since the MRI is picking up on residual injury it's just a wait it out situation. It's not an issue that Stewart is dogging it IMHO, the wrist problem was real too and it took a superspecialist to figure that unusual diagnosis (dorsal wrist impingement) out. I don't think this quad injury is a diagnostic dilemma though. This can be a real lingering problem. It's really rare to do surgery on strained muscle because the tissue tends not to hold stitching well. So it's just a waiting game. He'll likely be ready by mid-May is my best guess.
Aramis Ramirez had multiple minor quad strains but I don't recall a prolonged DL stint beyond 2 weeks for him.
Alfonso Soriano had multiple quad injuries during previous seasons and 3-4 weeks was his usual DL time. I was at a game in 2007 when he pulled up lame from a significant right quad pull rounding 2nd base against the Mets (8-5-07) and he returned to action Aug 28th (3 weeks). In 2008 Soriano said that his quad hadn't returned to 100% even though he was playing. In April 2010, Soriano banged his left knee on the OF wall which indirectly affected his quadriceps and it made him gimpy most of that season too. It seemed to make him even more gun-shy of walls until he started working with OF coach Dave McKay last year. In 2011 Soriano hurt his left quad on May 30th vs Houston but returned from the DL on June 15th (2 weeks).
Article from 2010 that chronicles quite a bit of Soriano's leg woes...
"Devin is strictly a specialist right now," Trestman told the Tribune.
appears Urlacher and Bears
appears Urlacher and Bears are done....
here's the link to Tribster
here's the link to Tribster Vaughn McClure's writeup on the Urlacher news:
could have been Thomas Jones
could have been Thomas Jones or Plaxico Burress instead...
Meatheads are tearing at
Meatheads are tearing at their clothes and wailing that salary cap stressed team is not signing an old slow broken down line backer. If Jordan can retire as a Wizard, this too will pass.
I'm ... disappointed and ...
I'm ... disappointed and ... scratching my head a bit at the move. It's not that I think Urlacher is a great player anymore ... he isn't (he seems like he'd be a decent starter, though). It seems odd to take such a hard line approach if Urlacher's starting point was only 5.75 mil/year (the 2/11.5). If Urlacher is telling the truth that he was willing to play for 3 to 3.5 ... it seems hard to imagine that the Bears can find a better option when you factor the price in.
Now, you've lost two starting linebackers. Sure, LB's are somewhat easy to find, but it's still two starters you have to replace. You have to address the interior OL (at least 1 guy ... and nothing against Garza, but I would've rather saved money on Garza and kept Urlacher ... then again, haven't looked at Garza's contract so maybe it's not so cut and dry). You have to add at least one corner. You need depth at LB as well. Sure, it's not a ton of needs, but you are missing a 3rd and are limited cap wise.
no worries on losing Urlacher
no worries on losing Urlacher, these things need to happen...but curious how bad the defense is going to get now. My feeling was the Bears were going to go all in on offense now and forsake the D, and that's looking more and more likely...hopefully I'm wrong.
Regardless of his age and injuries, the defense was always better with him out there. if there was anyone that was the QB on defense, Urlacher was it..he was the equivelant of having Manning or Brady making adjustments at the line.
Sad day for Bears fans, but much like Kerry Wood's retirement, it probably needed to happen. That being said, you only have to look at Ray Lewis' declining skills, yet huge impact when he was on the field to wonder if the Bears were too quick to move on in this case.
I don't think the defense is
I don't think the defense is actually going to be that bad. Peppers should still be good, and Melton looked like he had made legitimate strides. Add in young, athletic safeties and as long as the replacements at LB have range (I guess partially depends on what Tucker does) and ... aren't dumb (for lack of a better term), they should be able to build a solid defense. If McClellin develops, there's a lot to look forward to (I really do wonder about the rumors of Shea moving to LB, though ... a lot of folks thought he was better as a linebacker out of college, and with a spot open at SAM, I am curious).
Ray Lewis benefited from the 3-4. It's a bit easier to mask an aging LB's limitations in a 3-4 (not only Ray, but London Fletcher). Urlacher was slowing down, and in this scheme, a MIKE slowing down can be exposed. He's better off trying to find a 3-4 team to move to, IMO.
The thing is, I don't know if this NEEDED to happen now, or if it was going to happen, happen the way the Bears let it occur. As we both seem to agree, Urlacher was a decent option for the upcoming season, and maybe upcoming 2 years. The coaches seemed to agree with that general assessment as well. Sounds like at most Urlacher would've only gotten a 2 year deal. It would've given them time to get a youngster in, groom him at SAM, and move on from Urlacher in a year or two.
Or if the Bears were certain of this move, then they could've tried to bring back Roach, who didn't exactly break the bank, and move him to MIKE.
Just don't love
a) What happened
b) How things happened
But it happened, as it did with Kreutz (obviously not the same magnitude of talent), and we move on. Still ... a shame.
I didn't mind losing Urlacher
I didn't mind losing Urlacher, OR Roach....and the mediocre Geno Hayes.
But now you have to find a starting MLB, a starting strong-side linebacker, and a backup who can swing between the two. Are there that many decent LB's out there who will play for what Roach/Urlacher were offered?
If the plan is to try for the playoffs in 2013, it seems counterproductive.
I expect them to use one of
I expect them to use one of their first two picks on a LB to start, add a veteran in FA (not sure who ... but someone) to start, and add a later round LB as the swing man/developmental guy. It'll make for a really raw LB group. If they can land an interior OL guy in FA, then my guess is that they'd try to go with a LB/CB combination at the top of the draft.
The problem I have with this
The problem I have with this is that he clearly can still play. At a Hall of Fame level? No. But still worth keeping. I understand they're up against the cap and all, but...
I wonder if someone like Peppers was even approached about deferring money (if possible, I have no idea) or if they just didn't want Urlacher around anymore.
Better to let him go a year
Better to let him go a year too early than a year too late. While certainly some do, many evaluators don't think he can play at an acceptable level.
I think many evaluators
I think many evaluators massively underrate the effect MLBs have on the defense too and thus have underrated Urlacher. They give QBs all the credit for the offense and completely ignore the QB effect the MLB has on defense. Overall, I have been very happy with the play of Urlacher the past couple years and I think he would have played at an acceptable level this year, definitely $3 million dollars worth.
That said, I'm not actually opposed to getting rid of him this year, as much as it's sad to see him go. The MLB does have a real effect on the defense and since we're basically starting with another system and even if we kept Urlacher I would expect a major step back, it'd be good to have someone in who can take it over from day 1 and learn as they go.
The problem here is that everyone should have seen something like this coming years ago and they had no plan in place for who was going to take over, which obviously isn't a Trestman problem, but I really have no idea who they can get. That Florida kid looks like an undersized, slow, bad choice so I really hope they skip him.
This Urlacher choice had to happen either this year or next, but god some bad choices were made along the way. And of course, we desperately need offensive linemen, another receiver and another linebacker, so it's going to be interesting to see how in the world they pull all this off.
Bears would have to change
Bears would have to change whole system to hid Urlacher this year. Teams were going at him underneath last year because he can't move like he used to.He'll announce his retirement in about 30 days.
I'm going to be mildly
I'm going to be mildly surprised if he retires. He can still play ... he just can't fit for the old Lovie defense at a high level. He's still solid at reading and stuffing the run. I really think he could excel in a 3-4, particularly if there's a big NT to cover things up for him.
I doubt he'd go there, but Cleveland would be an intriguing fit for him. With massive bodies on the DL, solid edge options (although Kruger's overpaid), and D'Qwell is still rangy enough, Urlacher could be a nice fit inside there.
About the cap, there was a
About the cap, there was a tweet that said they were down to $3M worth of room, but I think that was after signing Bennett and before cutting the TE's. Also, if they work out a deal with Melton they can reduce his number from $8.7M to something more team friendly. Of course, they still have a number of positions to fill out. Sounds overall like they didn't want Urlacher around anymore.
mets fans must be stoked for
mets fans must be stoked for 2013...
"According to one Mets' official, Marlon Byrd is "99.9 percent certain" to win the starting right field job."
the guy i hoped the cubs
the guy i hoped the cubs would take a chance on in the rule 5...vidal nuno (NYY), lefty pitcher...is having a hell of a spring. he picked up a 5ip SP win today.
13ip 7h 1bb 13k...(0.68 era)
my rant about him seems to have been lost during the site move...or i can't search correctly.
i thought he'd be a great long-relief pen option with possible end-rotation upside...not flashy with the velocity, but not useless...good control.
Chone Figgins released be
Chone Figgins released by Marlins.
A once Good player who's skills fell off a cliff several years ago.
.308/.367 avg/ob%...8/26 (all
.308/.367 avg/ob%...8/26 (all singles)...3bb, 3k...1sb...6rbi somehow...
not bad, but evidently not good enough.
tommy hanson (LAA) pulled..
tommy hanson (LAA) pulled...looks like his shoulder. his career keeps getting more interesting.
"right triceps tightness"
"right triceps tightness"
well that was odd...
well that was odd...
LAA pitcher matt oye comes in...for some reason with the middle fingernail of his pitching hand with white fingernail polish on it...
ump, tim mclellan, objects to the painted fingernail...delay while a trainer comes out to apply black sharpie marker to dude's fingernail.
Tom Tunney posts a statement
Tom Tunney posts a statement on Facebook.
Moving the scoreboard to left field, where a similar one existed until the 1930's, and replacing it with a video board it is just one of the many ideas that have been on the table. It was discussed in earnest by all parties and dismissed.
I found a pic of Wrigley/Wegman with a left field scoreboard on the grandstand side of the foul pole.
CCO hasa a different pic from 8-13-37, where a scoreboard smaller than the current CF version was over LF.
What a fucking idiot.
What a fucking idiot.
Can fans stand on the field like they did sometimes back then?
few know that Tom Tunney
few know that Tom Tunney moonlights in sports stadium design and was heavily involved in Camden Yards, PNC Park, AT&T Park and the Fenway Park renovation.
Hello, strangers.This is a
Hello, strangers.
This is a completely cold-called, "want to join a fantasy league?" solicitation from an ex-TCR'er.
In brief: Head to Head, large number of stat. categories with a bit of a sabrmetric bent. Teams that go dead for a month will get redrafted. No assholes or even difficult personalities tolerated. Beyond that, it's a low-intensity but high-knowledge league for people who want a 2nd or 3rd or 4th-priority level league to play in, beyond their main league. Yahoo League ID 62369 and password samfuld
Me: Published my first book, it came out in December. You can find it here. Am one provost's signature away from finalizing an appointment to a tenure-track job, which is nice, since I've spent the last 10 months unemployed. No promises that I'll return to hanging out at TCR, but I do miss everyone!
in case that link wasn't
in case that link wasn't obvious
I'd be a little disappointed if one of the team names in your league isn't BEES!!!!
The Killer BEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!
The Killer BEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!
And yes, I go for the soft sell there. Thanks for the more obvious sell, Rob G!
hola...and congrats on the
hola...and congrats on the book.
i mean, OMFG SPAM! SPAM! BAN HIM!
You get one sale off that
You get one sale off that link, you'll make more than you ever did off TCR. :)
You haven't seen the standard
You haven't seen the standard contract sheet offered by my publisher...
Great to hear from you again,
Great to hear from you again, Trans! I'll put in an order for your book at my University's library. I'll also flag it so I can read it first when it comes in. And good luck on nailing down that last provost's signature.
I have missed your game wrap ups. Not that the product on the field has really deserved it the last few years.
Also, AFAIK there's only two
Also, AFAIK there's only two ex-TCRers, and you're not either one of them. I'm sure AZ Phil can chime in on which inactive or limited-duty roster TCR has you stashed on and how they can get you through internet waivers so you can post game summaries again. Might not be 'til June since they probably won't want to start your service clock.
Hah, yes, I trust AZ Phil to
Hah, yes, I trust AZ Phil to have a better understanding of my status in life, and at TCR, than myself.... very true..
Thanks Joe. I miss doing
Thanks Joe. I miss doing them; it was just a matter of needing to prioritize trying to save my career. :( stupid priorities.
And that's what I tell my former students: don't BUY the book, ask your LIBRARY to, then STEAL it from the library, so they have to buy a second..
I'm such a good influence on my students...
Congrats Tranny. I hear books
Congrats Tranny. I hear books are harder to write than to read. I have no knowledge of either.
Pop in for a parachat now and again at least. Johann's mom will bring the bobos and Carlos will brink the donkey.
[edit] And shouldn't a "Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies" book about the poor be less expensive? :)
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A left-handed one...
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
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This past week was an observance of the anniversary of many important events in the life of The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. We celebrated the arrival anniversaries of Liz and Queenie (Feb 2, 2006), Debbie and Ronnie (Feb 7, 2006), Billie and Frieda (Feb 9, 2006); who all arrived, 2 by 2, in the 2006 Caravan to Freedom – the largest ever circus elephant rescue. This past Saturday we also remembered the life of Lota, who passed away from tuberculosis on Feb 9, 2005 after just a few short months of freedom in sanctuary.
These Q Girls' anniversaries are remembered each year, and we are thrilled that this year The Sanctuary has just completed new fencing in the Q-Habitat, opening up a new section of habitat for the Girls, the fruits of the 2012 Acres for Elephants campaign, which so many of you generously supported. The Sanctuary continues to grow and evolve, always using every resource at its disposal to provide the best life possible for the 14 elephants who call sanctuary home.
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Frieda's physical reminders from her circus career have proved much harder to remove. Elephant feet are designed to cover long distances over grassland and forest. It is common for elephants in captivity to develop a wide variety of foot problems affecting the bone, nails, and soft tissue, presumably due to the fact that they spend so much time standing on hard surfaces (concrete, pavement, etc). Frieda's feet were in heartbreaking shape when she arrived, and while some elephants see marked improvement once they have ample access to natural substrates of the Sanctuary landscape, for some, like Frieda, the damage is permanent and must be tended to regularly, especially as elephants age.
To better identify problems going on inside the structure of Frieda's feet, Dr. Mikota recommended that we prepare her for a radiograph. A radiograph is a form of an x-ray machine, designed to project radiographic beams through the subject area to be collected using a photo "plate" positioned on the other side of the area. By reconstructing the obstructions encountered during the beams' journey, doctors can create a thorough and accurate picture of the anatomical landscape beneath the skin. Dr. Scott led a meeting between Elephant Care staff and the Director of Facilities to brainstorm all the positions necessary to perform the radiographs.
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ISLE OF PALMS - Washed-away sandbags are starting to litter the beach at Dewees Island, as well as the inlet between the island and Wild Dunes. Residents say it's a menace for nesting sea turtles and a hazard for boaters.
Two resident environmental groups have written the city of Isle of Palms to call for better cleanup of collapsed bags along about a half-mile of beachfront properties that are now protected by the bags as the beach erodes. The city has told its sandbag cleanup contractor to increase efforts, City Administrator Linda Tucker assured the groups.
The letter came two months after a clam farmer filed a first complaint with state regulators about bags floating in Dewees Inlet. Alarmed residents said they don't want a repeat of the 2007 "sandbag debacle" in which hundreds of smaller bags washed out and littered the coast for miles.
"It's just a rewind of the problem we had," said Dewees resident Gary McGraw, who runs the island's turtle-watch group monitoring the beach for nesting sea turtles, which are an endangered species. The turtles can get entangled in the bags. The bags also can snarl boat propellers, throwing passengers out of the boat, he said.
So far, five sandbags have been found, he said. "One sandbag is one too many. They need to fix it so there is zero percent pollution, or the state should give them some trouble."
The watch group, along with the island environmental program, wrote the letter.
The cleanup company has been under contract to do two sweeps per day. Tucker said she is on the beach almost daily and regularly sees the contractor at work at low tide.
No fines have been levied to date, said S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control spokesman Jim Beasley. Department staff routinely check on the permit sites for compliance, he said.
But bags turning up in the surf and channels are an unpleasant reminder of the 2007 incidents that led to state fines.
DHEC staff inspected Dewees Inlet in April after a clam farmer complained about bags washing into the beds. No violations were cited.
The Dewees Inlet end of Wild Dunes is a volatile stretch of beach for erosion and shoal attachment. In 2008 the beach was renourished, but has eroded continually since then. Officials now are waiting for a shoal, or sandbar, just off the beach to move in with the currents, so sand can be scraped from the shoal to renourish the stretch again. That's expected to happen in November.
In the meantime, the larger sandbags have been placed in front of the 18th hole of the resort's Links course, as well as the Ocean Club and Seascape Villas condominiums alongside, and now Beachwood East homes farther down the beach. In 2007, the same row of homes, condominiums and golf course hole staved off the seas by piling tens of thousands of small sandbags that then washed away in storms and littered the nearby coast. The larger bags are supposed to be more stable.
The golf course was cited in December for not removing the bags or reapplying in time to meet a mandated deadline. Permits, issued for emergencies, are given only for a set number of days.
Resort officials worked with DHEC to resolve the missed deadline and the course is now considered under compliance, Beasley said. No fines were issued. Permits have now been extended through Aug. 31.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
The South Carolina 4H Youth Development Programs have a new short-term project for area youth interested in gardening.
The 4H Small Garden Project requires youth ages five to 19 to learn how to prepare, plant, maintain and harvest a small garden.
Contestants will be required to submit a record book for judging purposes. The 4H will provide seeds for one vegetable. Contestants will choose at least two other vegetable crops to grow in a garden with a minimum 100 square-feet in size. Raised beds can be used if desired.
Registration fees are $10 for current 4H members and $20 for non-members. Fees cover the cost of a soil sample, record book, and one seed packet.
The deadline for registration is April 30.
Soil samples should be submitted to the local County Extension office as soon as possible.
Seeds or seedlings must be planted by May 9. The contest record book is due on Aug. 15.
Contestants will be divided into three categories prior to judging: Cloverbuds, five to eight years of age; Juniors, age nine to 13, and Seniors age 14 to 19.
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If you like your insurance plan, you can keep it. ... No, you can't. ... Yes, you can — but only for a year.
Confused yet?
President Barack Obama sounded quite bewildered himself Thursday — again.
Heeding pleas from fellow Democrats, the president announced that his administration will allow health insurers to extend individual coverage for another year even if those plans don't meet the requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
That offers no guarantee that those plans will be extended. And when the president pushed the landmark health care reform legislation by repeatedly vowing that Americans could keep their insurance plans if they wished, he did not add "for just a year" past the law's Jan. 1, 2014, deadline.
So what will be the president's next gambit to lower the uproar over the Obama-care rollout debacle, including that mess of a HealthCare.gov website?
Early last week, he tried this revisionist history on his broken promise: "What we said was you can keep it if it hasn't changed since the law passed."
But "if it hasn't changed" was never part of the deal President Obama pitched while pushing the unsustainable law through Congress in 2010 without a single Republican vote.
Also last week, the president dismissed the insurance coverage many Americans wanted to keep as "substandard."
Last Friday, President Obama finally apologized for "people finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me."
Then on Thursday, under growing pressure from congressional Democrats seeking re-election next year, the president delivered that one-year reprieve.
Yet the executive edict he described won't — and can't — restore many of the lost insurance plans. The old "genie is out of the bottle" dilemma is an apt analogy.
President Obama conceded that "traditionally state insurance commissioners make decisions about what plans can be or cannot be sold, how they interact with insurers."
But he added: "What we're essentially saying is the Affordable Care Act is not going to be the factor in what happens with folks in the individual market."
That contention is dubious at best. The massive law regulating health care from on high inevitably affects the insurance market.
Yes, that one-year extension might postpone Obamacare's consequences for the relatively few people lucky enough to get their coverage back.
It also could delay the full political fallout of the law until after the 2014 congressional elections.
Still, some federal lawmakers from both parties said Thursday that they will seek legislative remedies for Obamacare's proliferating ailments.
The president, in a self-serving bid to shift some of the broken-promise political pain to fellow Democrats, made this point Thursday:
"By the way, I think it's very important for me to note that, you know, there are a whole bunch of folks up in Congress and others who made this statement, and they were entirely sincere about it."
Then again, 34 House Democrats did defy party leaders, including the president, by voting against the Affordable Care Act.
And on Thursday, even as President Obama unveiled his latest in a long line of delays and exemptions from the law, he persisted in condemning the insurance industry: "It is important to understand, though, that the old individual market was not working well. And it's important that we don't pretend that somehow that's a place worth going back to."
That brings us back to this unaffordable law's fundamental flaw: It presumes that the federal government is a better judge of your insurance needs than you are — and requires you to pay the price for that abrogation of what has long been your personal choice.
Meanwhile, President Obama is paying a high — and deserved — price of his own in lost credibility.
And as Obamacare continues to unravel, the president should know better than to make any more promises he can't keep.


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on December 7, 2012 - 10:29 AM
A Cheektowaga man with three drunken-driving convictions was arrested again early today in the Southtowns, Erie County sheriff's deputies reported.
Joshua P. Brown, 33, was pulled over for speeding on Route 16, near Capital Heights, at about 1:40 a.m. A breath test indicated a blood-alcohol content of .13, deputies said.
Brown was charged with a felony count of driving while intoxicated, based on two convictions within 10 years. Deputies said Brown has been convicted three times: in February 2003, June 2003 and April 2007.
He also was charged with multiple traffic infractions and criminal possession of a controlled substance – narcotic pills, according to deputies.
Brown was taken to the county Holding Center to await arraignment in Holland Town Court.


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on February 4, 2013 - 3:28 PM
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Radzikowski of Cheektowaga celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a family gathering in their home. Mr. Radzikowski and Joan Ruth were married Jan. 5, 1953, in St. Joachim Church, Buffalo. He is a retired railroad conductor. They have three children, 10 grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and seven step-great-grandchildren.


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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Goodwill Industries of Lower South Carolina over 200 people at its Shining Star Awards Banquet on May 10. at Trident Technical College. The banquet was hosted by Tom Crawford of WCIV ABC News 4.
Goodwill's 2012 Legacy Award Winners: Graduate of the Year award went to Michael Reid, Fredrick Gaillard was named Achiever of the Year, Suelene Guiles was selected for the Goodwill Works! Award, Cindy Scarborough was chosen as the 2012 Employee of the Year and Maghan Johnson received the 2012 Barbara Banks Customer Service Award. C&K Systems was recognized as Goodwill's Corporate Partner of the Year, the Partnerships for People award went to Family Services and Goodwill's Volunteer of the Year was Robert Calcote. Awards were presented to recipients by Goodwill President and CEO Robert Smith and Goodwill Board Chairman Patrick Bryant.
"We are honored to recognize Goodwill program participants who have successfully completed a Goodwill program and achieved stable employment," said Smith. "We were also honored to recognize our partners who have helped further Goodwill's mission of helping people achieve their full potential through the dignity and power of work!"
Each year, Goodwill inducts individuals who have played a positive role in the growth of Goodwill's into its Hall of Fame. This year's honoree, Paul Franklin, was instrumental in the facilitation of Goodwill's first Strategic Plan. Prior to becoming Board Chair, Paul served on the Search Committee as Goodwill's leadership transitioned. As Chairman, Franklin forged a refinement of the current Goodwill Mission Statement: "To help People Achieve their full potential through the Dignity and Power of Work."
This broadening of the mission statement led to the tremendous growth of Goodwill's services. After his Board service, Franklin continues to serve the needs of our community through championing the care and well-being of Senior Citizens, Smith said.
"Paul Franklin is committed to helping Goodwill be a first class organization in order to best provide our services to the community," said Smith. "His passion and support helped build the Goodwill organization. It is a great honor to induct Paul into the Hall of Fame and recognize him for his dedication and support of Goodwill's mission."
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Tyler and Jamie White announce the birth of a daughter, born at 1:44 p.m. Oct. 2, 2012, in St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon. The infant weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, measured 20 inches and has been named Abigail Nicole White. Siblings include Cole White. Maternal grandparents are Karen Arbogast and William and Paula Arbogast. Paternal grandparents are Calette (Smith), Alfred Rogers and Jim and Paula White.
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WBB's Woody Earns MAC Weekly Award
Brandy Woody, a senior guard for the Ball State women's basketball team, has been named the Mid-American Conference West Division Co-Player of the Week.
Woody, who earns her second career MAC West Division Player of the Week honor, shares the award with Central Michigan's Jessica Green.
Woody led the way for the Cardinals with 22 points in Sunday's 83-75 victory at IPFW. She went 13-of-14 from the charity stripe for the game, including hitting eight straight free throws down the stretch to seal the victory. Woody also went 3-for-6 from behind the arc, while dishing out four assists.
Overall, Woody's effort helped the Cardinals post one of its best shooting performances of the season, as BSU connected for a 53.1 (26-of-49) rate of success from the field and a .857 (24-of-28) clip from the free throw line.
The Ball State women's basketball team begins Mid-American Conference action Saturday when it travels to Akron for a 2 p.m. tipoff in James A. Rhodes Arena.


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WATERTOWN, Mass. - A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead.
Police announced via Twitter that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was in custody. They later wrote, "CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody."
Tsarnaevs brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed Friday in a furious attempt to escape police.
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This photo released Friday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a suspect that officials identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, being sought by police in the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday.
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Police in tactical gear conduct a search for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings on Frdiay in Watertown, Mass. The bombs that blew up seconds apart near the finish line of the Boston Marathon left the streets spattered with blood and glass, and gaping questions of who chose to attack and why.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been holed up in a boat in a Watertown neighborhood. The crowd gathered near the scene let out a cheer when spectators saw officers clapping.
"Everyone wants him alive," said Kathleen Paolillo, a 27-year-old teacher who lives in Watertown.
Boston Mayor Tom Menino tweeted "We got him," along with a photo of the police commissioner speaking to him. Watertown residents poured out of their homes and lined the streets to cheer police vehicles as they rolled away from the scene.
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A glance at the search for Boston bomb suspects
BOSTON (AP) - Key moments related to the search for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, based on reports from the Middlesex County district attorney, Massachusetts State Police and Boston police.
- At 5:10 p.m. Thursday, investigators of the bombings release photographs and video of two suspects. They ask for the public's help in identifying the men.
- Around 10:20 p.m., shots are fired on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, just outside Boston.
- At 10:30 p.m., an MIT campus police officer who was responding to a disturbance is found shot multiple times in his vehicle, apparently in a confrontation with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. He is later pronounced dead.
- Shortly afterward, two armed men reportedly carjack a Mercedes SUV in Cambridge. A man who was in the vehicle is held for about a half hour and then released unharmed at a gas station on Memorial Drive in Cambridge.
- Police soon pursue the carjacked vehicle in Watertown, just west of Cambridge.
- Some kind of explosive devices are thrown from the vehicle in an apparent attempt to stop police. The carjackers and police exchange gunfire. A transit police officer is seriously injured. One suspect, later identified as Suspect No. 1 in the marathon bombings, is critically injured and later pronounced dead.
- Authorities launch a manhunt for the other suspect.
- Around 1 a.m. Friday, gunshots and explosions are heard in Watertown. Dozens of police officers and FBI agents converge on a Watertown neighborhood. A helicopter circles overhead.
- Around 4:30 a.m., Massachusetts state and Boston police hold a short outdoor news briefing. They tell people living in that section of eastern Watertown to stay in their homes. They identify the carjackers as the same men suspected in the marathon bombings. Overnight, police also release a photograph of a man believed to be Suspect No. 2, apparently taken from store video earlier in the evening at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Cambridge. He is wearing a gray hoodie-style sweat shirt.
- Around 5:50 a.m. authorities urge residents in Watertown, Newton, Waltham, Belmont, Cambridge, Arlington and the Allston-Brighton neighborhoods of Boston to stay indoors. All mass transit is shut down.
- Around 6:35 a.m., The Associated Press reports that the bomb suspects are from a Russian region near Chechnya and lived in the United States for at least a year.
- Around 6:45 a.m., The Associated Press identifies the surviving Boston bomb suspect as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, who has been living in Cambridge.
- Around 8 a.m. Boston's police commissioner says all of Boston must stay in their homes as the search for the surviving suspect in the bombings continues.
- Around 8:40 a.m., a U.S. law enforcement official and the uncle of the suspects confirm that the name of the slain suspect is Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's older brother.
During a long night of violence Thursday into Friday, the brothers killed an MIT police officer, severely wounded another lawman and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle, authorities said.
The suspects were identified by law enforcement officials and family members as Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, ethnic Chechen brothers who had lived in Dagestan, which neighbors Chechnya in southern Russia. They had been in the U.S. for about a decade, an uncle said, and were believed to be living in Cambridge, Mass.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a 26-year-old who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 and was seen in surveillance footage of the marathon in a black baseball cap, was killed overnight, officials said. His younger brother, who had been dubbed Suspect No. 2 and was seen wearing a white, backward baseball cap in the images from Mondays deadly bombing - escaped and was on the run.
Their uncle in Maryland, Ruslan Tsarni, pleaded on live television: "Dzhokhar, if you are alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness."
Authorities in Boston suspended all mass transit and warned close to 1 million people in the entire city and some of its suburbs to stay indoors as the hunt for Suspect No. 2 went on. Businesses were asked not to open. People waiting at bus and subway stops were told to go home. The Red Sox and Bruins postponed their games.
From Watertown to Cambridge, police SWAT teams, sharpshooters and FBI agents surrounded various buildings as police helicopters buzzed overhead and armored vehicles rumbled through the streets. Authorities also searched trains.
"We believe this man to be a terrorist," said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis. "We believe this to be a man who's come here to kill people."
The bombings on Monday killed three people and wounded more than 180 others, tearing off limbs in a spray of shrapnel and instantly raising the specter of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
Chechnya was the scene of two wars between Russian forces and separatists since 1994, in which tens of thousands were killed in heavy Russian bombing. That spawned an Islamic insurgency that has carried out deadly bombings in Russia and the region, although not in the West.
Investigators in the Boston case have shed no light on the motive for the bombing and have said it is unclear whether it was the work of domestic or international terrorists or someone else entirely with an unknown agenda.
The endgame - at least for Suspect No. 1 - came just hours after the FBI released photos and video of the two young men at the marathons finish line and appealed to the public for help in identifying and capturing them.
State Police spokesman Dave Procopio said police realized they were dealing with the bombing suspects based on what the two men told a carjacking victim during their getaway attempt overnight.
Sullivan and Associated Press writers Stephen Braun and Jack Gillum reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Mike Hill, Katie Zezima, Pat Eaton-Robb and Steve LeBlanc in Boston and Jeff Donn in Cambridge, Mass., contributed to this report.
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CHESTER-Golf cart advocates, including the mother of a handicapped young man, took Chester City Council to task Monday night for banning the vehicles at its Oct. 1 meeting.
In an emotional, unusually well-attended meeting, five people spoke up in favor of the city regulating, rather than banning, golf carts. One of the residents, Manny Volino, said he doesn't own a golf cart but believes people should have the right to drive them in the city.
"Golf carts have been on the streets of Chester for many years," Volino said. "They've never been an issue. ... Most of the golf carts are used on the back streets anyway."
City council has been debating the issue for months because of several near-accidents and other safety concerns. That debate came to a head Oct. 1, when council voted 3-2 to ban them entirely from city streets.
West Virginia allows golf carts on city streets as a "low speed vehicle," provided the speed limit is 25 mph or less. State law requires a title and registration, insurance, an inspection and a valid driver's license, while also incorporating the more stringent requirements of federal law.
City Solicitor April Raines and Mayor Ken Morris said Oct. 1 that none of the golf carts being used in Chester were street-legal. Several golf cart owners objected, saying they had modified their vehicles, and would be willing to modify them more, according to state and federal law.
Affected residents returned Monday to repeat their objections. "We're adults. We're not children, and I think you should treat us as such," said former city councilwoman Dana Picciarelli, who drives a golf cart owned by her mother, Delores Casto.
Picciarelli's daughter, Toni Snyder, joined her mother in asking council to reconsider its vote.
Former city councilman Joe Geisse said, "Given the opportunity, I can make my golf cart completely compliant with state code."
Although not on the agenda, Heidi Laneve spoke up on behalf of her son, Andrew, 18, who relies on a golf cart to get around town. Andrew Laneve suffers from VATER syndrome and avascular necrosis of the hip.
"I realize that people use them for leisure, but for him it's not that way," Laneve said in an emotional plea. "That golf cart is his main form of transportation. You are taking this away from him, and that is not fair."
Laneve said her son has been "completely homebound" since golf cars were banned two weeks ago. He has a scooter, but it is permitted only on sidewalks, she said.
City Clerk Sandra Parkins, leading the meeting in place of the absent mayor, then asked council if it wanted to reconsider the issue. Councilman Mike Dotson, who, with Councilman Steve Shuman, voted against the ban Oct. 1, made a motion that the city regulate golf carts instead. The motion was defeated by a vote of 2-3.
Councilman Dennis Murray, whose motion Oct. 1 led to the ban, defended his position Monday. Murray said golf carts are not permitted on sidewalks, and they're not safe on Carolina Avenue (state Route 2). "Would I do it on Route 2? Absolutely not. I think it's ludicrous," he said.
Asked by Picciarelli to cite any accidents in the city involving golf carts, Murray said, "We've been lucky."
Parkins said council will have to vote on a written version of the ban at its next meeting.
In other business, council:
* Agreed to keep summer workers on the street department for a few more weeks to help with patching work;
* Agreed to replace the transmission on the police department's 2006 Dodge Charger; and
* Learned that trick-or-treat will take place from 5-6:30 p.m. Oct. 31, a Wednesday.


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Nasal Allergies: Related Problems
Nasal Allergies: Related Problems
Allergies can cause nasal tissue to swell, making air passages smaller. They also cause mucus production to increase. These result in allergy symptoms. Allergies can cause problems in other part of the body. Some of the more common are listed below. If you have any of these problems, talk to your doctor about treatment options.
Sinus Infections
Fluid may be trapped in the sinuses. Bacteria may grow in trapped fluid. This causes sinus infection (sinusitis).
Eye Inflammation
Allergens irritate your eyes. This causes eyes to become red, itchy, puffy, and watery. Eye inflammation is known as conjunctivitis.
Ear Problems
The eustachian tube connects the middle ear to nasal passages. Air passes in and out of the ear through this tube. Allergies can block this tube. Trapped air can make the ear feel plugged. Fluid may also build up, leading to an ear infection (otitis media).
Nasal Polyps
Allergies cause nasal tissues to swell. Constant swelling can lead to formation of a sac called a polyp. Polyps can grow large enough to block nasal passages.
Asthma is inflammation and swelling of the air passages in the lungs. It can make breathing harder. Asthma is often related to allergies.


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Goodness-of-Fit Tests and Heavy-Tailed Distributions in Network Traffic Data Analysis
Laurikkala, Mikko
Publication type: Doctoral dissertation
Issue date: 2009-08-21
Language: en
Belongs to: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto. Julkaisu - Tampere University of Technology. Publication;823
Supervisor: Koivisto, Hannu
Opponent: Jäntti, Riku; Simula, Olli
University: Tampere University of Technology
Faculty: Faculty of Automation, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Department: Department of Automation Science and Engineering
Network management system is a vital part of a modern telecommunication network. The duties of the system include, among other things, fault management, configuration management, and performance management. For these purposes the network management system collects vast amounts of data, the processing and analysis of which has developed into a whole discipline. Network traffic data analysis involves, for example, change detection, prediction, and modelling. This thesis concentrates on network traffic data analysis with statistical tools, goodness-of-fit tests in particular. Instead of artificially generated data, data sets collected from real networks serve as case examples. Since real network data fit poorly to analytical distributions or textbook examples, Monte Carlo simulation is used for modelling the properties of the data. The various quantities measured from telecommunication networks reportedly exhibit heavy-tailed distributions. Heavy-tailed distributions possess special features (such as infinite variance) that make them problematic for statistical analysis as well as network management. This is why heavy-tailed distributions are one of the premises of this work. The network management system usually does not allow tailoring the measurements for a specific purpose but the analysis has to adapt to the data available. A histogram is one of the most popular means to compress data, that is, the data from the system often come as a histogram. This work develops a method for change detection of histogram data. Furthermore, classical goodness-of-fit tests are largely inadequate for network traffic data. In addition to heavy-tailed distributions, the huge amount of data causes problems. This thesis collects several test statistics proposed in the literature for testing heavy-tailed distributions. Their usefulness is assessed through a power study, where a scenario of true traffic change detection is created. According to the results, the plain median outperforms all the more complicated test statistics in change detection. A suitable sample size is sought with a similar power study, because the large amount of data may easily ruin the feasibility of the test. Some sources cite predictability as an advantage of heavy-tailed distributions, but this feature has never been exploited. This thesis first generalizes the predictability to the time-continuous domain and then develops it further to a model that tries to predict traffic volume. However, the usefulness of the predictability remains limited, because several assumptions have to be made that do not necessarily hold in real network applications.
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Hawaii Addictions ConferenceMay 30, 7:00am - 4:00pm
Honolulu Campus, Queen's Conference Center, 510 S. Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI
The Hawai'i Addictions Conference is designed for physicians of all specialties and provides addiction topics of interest to researchers, psychologists, CSAC and other treatment counselors, cultural practitioners, nurses, social workers, students and members of the community.
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