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Just went to the dr and got a shot of sol u medrol dr said is was a class b? and i could feed her with in 30 mins and then skip a feeding and pump and dump? Is this true?
Just went to the dr and got a shot of sol u medrol dr said is was a class b? and i could feed her with in 30 mins and then skip a feeding and pump and dump? Is this true?
you can check out motherrisk.com or get ahold of a lll leader.
July 30, 2010-6lbs 2oz- 41w 4d (emergency c-section.) Known dairy, eggs, dogs and cats allergies, eczema, and asthma
Bonus June 22, 2006 (is 50/50 Custody ) (born 32w) Sensitive to changing temps.
We BF, BW, Co-sleep and use cloth diapers/pull-ups!
According to Davis' Drug Guide, 12th edition - solu-medrol is safe for breastfeeding except in the case of chronic, long-term use. I wouldn't pump and dump if it were me, I'd just nurse.
All over the world there exists in every society a small group of women who feel themselves strongly attracted to giving care to other women during pregnancy and childbirth. Failure to make use of this group of highly motivated people is regrettable and a sin against the principle of subsidiary. ~ Dr. Kloosterman, Chief of OB/GYN, Univ. of Amsterdam, Holland
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Shiloh (5/6/06) Nursed for 13 months and Josephine (7/26/08) Nursed for 23.5 mos Currently nursing my new little firecracker, Finley Catherine, born on the 4th of July!!
Mama to my all-natural boys: Ian, 9-4-04, 11.5 lbs; Colton, 11-7-06, 9 lbs, in the water; Logan, 12-8-08, 9 lbs; Gavin, 1-18-11, 9 lbs; and an angel 1-15-06
18+ months and for Gavin, born with an incomplete cleft lip and incomplete posterior cleft palate
Sealed for time and eternity, 7-7-93
Always babywearing, cosleeping and cloth diapering. Living with oppositional defiant disorder and ADHD. Ask me about cloth diapering and sewing your own diapers!
I checked Hale and it says it depends on how high the dose is, what form the medicine is in, and how long the treatment period is. It also says each mother's situation should be evaluated individually. I'd definitely recommend calling the InfantRisk Center. (806)-352-2519, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm central time.
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In his capacity as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tams has the responsibility of maintaining the highest standards of quality medical care at our hospitals and in our educational programs. He also heads up our Medical Advisory Board while helping to chair VCA's Regional Medical Directors. One of Dr. Tams' most important missions here at VCA Animal Hospitals is to serve as an ambassador to veterinary colleges across the country. In fact, Dr. Tams spends considerable time traveling around the world educating veterinarians about internal medicine. We have been very fortunate to have Dr. Tams on our team since our founding in 1986. Not only is he a published author and a renowned educational speaker, but he is an experienced veterinarian and a board-certified specialist in internal medicine. He received his doctorate in veterinary medicine from Ohio State University
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This is a body of materials created by specialists and our Medical Advisory Board under the direction of Dr. Todd Tams. Materials from the VCA Quality Care Program are educational tools that keep everyone - hospital staff and clients alike - informed about the very latest in veterinary medicine.
VCA Quality Care Programs now available include:
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We have found that the more we share knowledge and expertise, the better we can care for the pets our clients love. That's why, in 2000, we connected all our animal hospitals with a centralized information system. It is a system that lets us manage the entire network of animal hospitals much more effectively while we facilitate the implementation of new and proven ways to treat our clients' pets. In fact, thanks to our new system, we're able to bring these new techniques and procedures to our practices, deliver higher quality medicine and continue to be a leader in the veterinary industry.
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We are truly grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the training of tomorrow's leaders in veterinary medicine. And - we're proud to say - we're the largest provider of private practice post-graduate veterinary training in the country.
27 of our hospitals host internship programs nationwide:
- Animal Specialty Center (Yonkers, NY)
- VCA Advanced Veterinary Care Center (Fishers, IN)
- VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital (Denver, CO)
- VCA All-Care Animal Referral Center (Fountain Valley, CA)
- VCA Animal Referral and Emergency Center of Arizona (Mesa, AZ)
- VCA Animal Specialty Center of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
- VCA Arboretum View Animal Hospital (Downers Grove, IL)
- VCA Aurora Animal Hospital (Aurora, IL)
- VCA Bay Area Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Hospital (San Leandro, CA)
- VCA Berwyn Animal Hospital (Berwyn, IL)
- VCA Emergency Animal Hospital and Referral Center (San Diego, CA)
- VCA Hollywood Animal Hospital (Hollywood, FL)
- VCA Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic (Loomis, CA)
- VCA Mission Animal Referral and Emergency Center (Mission, KS)
- VCA Newark Animal Hospital (Newark, DE)
- VCA Northwest Veterinary Specialists (Clackamas, OR)
- VCA Sacramento Veterinary Medical & Surgical Referral Center (Sacramento, CA)
- VCA San Francisco Veterinary Specialists (San Francisco, CA)
- VCA Shoreline Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center (Shelton, CT)
- VCA South Shore Animal Hospital (Weymouth, MA)
- VCA SouthPaws Veterinary Specialists & Emergency (Fairfax, VA)
- VCA Veterinary Care Animal Hospital (Albuquerque, NM)
- VCA Veterinary Referral & Emergency Center (Norwalk, CT) and
- VCA Veterinary Referral Associates (Gaithersburg, MD)
- VCA Veterinary Specialists of Northern Colorado (Loveland, CO)
- VCA Veterinary Specialty Center of Seattle (Lynnwood, WA)
- VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital (Los Angeles, CA)
Each one of these teaching hospitals gives outstanding training to new veterinarians or established veterinarians who wish to specialize in fields such as surgery or dermatology. Not only do they give these professionals an excellent background for private practice or residency programs, but they help create a pool of talent that is sure to enhance the quality of pet health care in the years to come.
For more information about our Internship Programs click here.
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Most pets are just as loved as any other member of the family. So many clients see a visit to their veterinarian the same way they see a trip to their pediatrician. That's why so many of our clients are concerned with pet wellness - including preventive care and diagnostics and specialized veterinary care. The pet industry has benefited from the amazing advances in human health care over the past few years. Those advances are migrating into the field of veterinary medicine. Increasingly sophisticated procedures, diagnostic tests and medications are being accepted more and more by pet owners to extend the life of their pets.
We take every opportunity to keep our clients up-to-date on the ever-increasing effectiveness of veterinary medicine and educate them about the importance of preventive health care. VCA Quality Care Program materials and the Healthy Pet Magazine, along with specifically designed support materials, are some of the ways we keep our clients updated on the latest in veterinary medicine. We feel that the more our clients know about the health of their pet, the better they can be about keeping their pets healthy.
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On Tap Today: Funk under glass
We just know you haven't heard "White Christmas" enough yet this season to be sick of Christmas music. But in the off chance you are, there's a great alternative gig tonight at the Mitchell Domes' "Music Under Glass." Tweed Funk brings its edgy R&B sounds to the stage. Here's more
And for another alternative to traditional holiday fare, check out Second City's "Dysfunctional Holiday Revue." »Read Full Blog Post
Skylight finds power of human spirit in 'El Cimarron'
Esteban Montejo, a onetime Cuban slave who lived to be 113, loved trees and the forests that held them. It's therefore no accident that Lisa Schlenker's scenic design for the just-opened Skylight Music Theatre production of "El Cimarrón" — Hans Werner Henze's musical adaptation of Montejo's remarkable autobiography — revolves around a massive tree.
Trees, Montejo continually suggests, are not just alive. They're also analogous to people, with their shadows expressly linked in his autobiography to human spirits. »Read Full Article
Doc Severinsen charms during return to MSO
Doc Severinsen returned to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Pops stage Friday evening with trumpet and flugelhorn in hand.
The former MSO Pops conductor appeared as a soloist on a program of jazz standards led by conductor Steven Reineke. The program featured soprano Ashley Brown and an MSO augmented by five saxes and a four-piece jazz combo. »Read Full Article
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After many bumps in the road, I am doing my best to stay committed to breastfeeding. My son is now 5 weeks old and thriving, but when our pediatrician suggested that he might have reflux (after I asked him why my son made lots of gurgling and fussy sounds when I would put him down after a feeding) my doula came back with another possibility. She suggested that I might have an overactive let-down, which can effect little ones in ways similar to reflux. It might be prohibiting my DS from getting hind-milk if I have an overabundant supply, so she suggested that I offer only 1 breast per feed, even 2 feeds in a row if I could handle the engorgement on the other side. I am now offering only 1 breast per feed, and I think it is going ok. My question is how do I pump given this situation? DS gets 1 bottle per night, 4.5 ounces right before bedtime, which I was able to produce easily when we first started about 2 weeks ago but now, I pump while he is getting the bottle and I am having trouble getting enough for the next night's bottle. I am trying to only pump the one breast that I would have offered at that feeding. Is this wrong? If I offer only 1 breast per feeding, is it ok to pump both breasts when I pump? I am afraid of depleting the supply in the breast that he wouldn't have ordinarily received at that time. Can I pump both breasts after the morning feed as well in order to start building a supply? (I am a big believer in date night and am hoping that my husband will get the chance to leave DS for a few hours before too long).
Please help. This has been so much harder than I ever thought, but I am really trying to do what is best for my son.


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Another challenge with trans fats is that people consume them rather than consuming other, healthier foods. This can open the door to a variety of cancer-inducing problems.
Consumers should also be aware that some companies get away with declaring their products to be "trans fat free" by simply lowering the serving size on the label. Unfortunately, many people think they are safe, but they do not necessarily follow the serving size.
Moderation is also key with out next food ...
No. 2: Sodium nitrite
As mentioned, the challenge with cancer is figuring out if certain substances actually do lead to cancer or if there is something else going on. Some researchers suggest something called sodium nitrite may play a role.
Sodium nitrite provides color and appearance to certain foods, such as processed meat, bacon and hot dogs. When combined with amines in protein-rich food, sodium nitrite can turn into the carcinogen nitrosamine, according to Science Daily.
That connection led to the Cancer Prevention Coalition recommending that children not eat more than 12 hot dogs per month because of the risk.
However, most experts have downplayed the risk, saying that humans can absorb a certain amount of sodium nitrite without it leading directly to cancer. And strict regulation of cured meats, as well as the required addition of antioxidants, helps minimize the risk.
But while you're probably OK in moderation, cutting down on bacon and hot dogs is probably a good strategy for a variety of other health reasons anyway.
Now, with that out of the way, who's up for some baking?
No. 1: White flour
White flour doesn't seem like such a nasty substance, but researchers are continuing to warn consumers about the side effects of eating too many products made with white, refined flour.
The problem with flour is similar to the problem with sugar. Flour is in the category of foods that are called "high glycemic," which means that they absorb quickly into the bloodstream, according to the Mayo Clinic. This provides a quick energy source for cancer cells.
Since some people eat such a high quantity of white-flour foods, cancer may have an almost endless supply of fuel, according to a study by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Therefore, if people want to help prevent cancer, they cut back on the pancakes, breads, crackers, cookies and especially doughnuts.
Of the many dangerous foods on the market, the doughnut has been targeted as perhaps the most devastating. The doughnut may have sugar, acrylamide, white flour and hydrogenated oils.
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LOS ANGELES — With Norah Jones singing "we're all in this thing together," movie and music stars contributed their talents for a hastily arranged benefit for tsunami victims televised live on Saturday.
The two-hour program aired on NBC Universal-owned stations, with all donations going to the American Red Cross International Response Fund.
"We have a choice," actor Clint Eastwood said. "We can either look away or we can help."
Women had their choice of heartthrobs answering phones and taking pledges in the NBC Universal studios in Los Angeles: Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, Nicolas Cage, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Tom Selleck and James Caan.
The concert was reminiscent of a similar benefit that ran on more than 30 television networks less than two weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. That benefit raised nearly $130 million for that cause.
In an echo of that concert three years ago, Madonna sang John Lennon's "Imagine," dressed in a black dress. Singer Neil Young performed the same song at the 2001 benefit. Motown legend Diana Ross closed the concert with the song "Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand."
Actors told stories about the tsunami, and NBC showed pictures of the effects of the devastating waves and the agony of children left behind.
Morgan Freeman told of a 60-year-old man in Sri Lanka who survived for two weeks before being found by rescuers.
"Miracles do happen," he said. "You can be that miracle also."
While he was singing "Bold as Love," John Mayer swore while backing away from the microphone during a guitar solo. The audio briefly cut out about a second or two after he had said it.
Appearing also was Fox News Channel commentator Bill O'Reilly, who had questioned on his show whether participating stars would follow through to see if the money made it to its intended beneficiaries. Clooney immediately challenged O'Reilly to do his part and participate.
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When people are in trouble, "they turn to friends who become their lifeline," O'Reilly said. "Who are their friends? You are."
Gloria Estefan sang "There's Always Tomorrow," former Beach Boy Brian Wilson sang "Love and Mercy" and Lenny Kravitz sang "Let Love Rule." In pre-taped performances from London, Elton John sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" and Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters sang "Wish You Were Here," accompanied by Eric Clapton. Sheryl Crow and Annie Lennox also performed.
Viewers were continually urged to call 1-800-HELPNOW or log on to the Red Cross' Web site. Besides NBC, the program was carried on CNBC, MSNBC, USA, Bravo, Telemundo, Pax TV, Trio and the Sci-Fi Channel. MSNBC is a joint venture between NBC and Microsoft.
NBC said it had no immediate estimate on how much money was raised.
Sony's Connect music store will offer downloads of live performances from the concert, with proceeds going to the American Red Cross. SBC Communications is underwriting the commercial-free program.
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Stock market tips to outperform the market
It turns out that investors may have been looking for alpha in all the wrong places.
Alpha is investment speak for a type of risk-adjusted performance. And as many investors have learned the hard way, outperforming a market benchmark net of fees and expenses over long periods is a daunting task, even on a nominal basis. »Read Full Article(1)
Citing ride volume, LogistiCare terminates contract with state
LogistiCare, Wisconsin's problem-plagued medical transportation provider for Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus patients, has terminated its contract with the state starting in February, officials announced Wednesday.
In a letter to state officials, LogistiCare's chief executive officer said the company was losing money under its contract. He said patients in the greater Milwaukee area needed twice as many rides as the company had projected, which made it a lot more expensive to provide services than company officials had anticipated in their contract bid. He also said the state had dragged its feet on implementing policy changes that would exclude ineligible patients, such as some veterans and children, from getting rides. »Read Full Article(72)
Milwaukee region lost 4,500 jobs, state report says
The four-county Milwaukee area lost 4,500 jobs in October, according to preliminary government estimates.
Of the state's 12 major metro areas, six showed job losses, four showed gains and two were unchanged. »Read Full Article(282)
Construction of Whitefish Bay apartments to begin by February
Mandel Group Inc. plans to begin construction by February of three apartment buildings totaling around 100 upscale units in Whitefish Bay - giving the firm two such apartment developments in the North Shore.
Some of the Whitefish Bay units would be ready by early 2014, with the entire project completed by early summer of that year, said Richard Lincoln, Mandel's senior vice president of development. »Read Full Article
Indoor trampoline park proposed in New Berlin
An indoor trampoline park, a first for Wisconsin, is being proposed in New Berlin.
The 25,000-square-foot facility, known as Helium Trampoline Park, would operate at 16235 W. Beloit Road in a light-industrial building that is being built by Zilber Property Group, according to information filed with the city Department of Community Development. Helium would lease that space from Zilber. »Read Full Article
Fog cancels more than 200 Chicago area flights
More than 200 flights have been canceled at Chicago airports and more than 700 have been delayed, due to dense fog, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.
The flight changes are causing headaches for those traveling home for the holidays. So far, three flights from Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has been canceled and 33 flights have been delayed, according to the website flightstats.com, which collects data from airports and the Federal Aviation Administration. »Read Full Article(3)
Leazer inducted into investor hall of fame
Dick Leazer, one of the state's first angel investors, has been named as the first inductee to the newly created Wisconsin Investor Hall of Fame.
Leazer recently retired as co-manager of Wisconsin Investment Partners, one of the state's largest angel investing groups that he helped launch in 2000. He remains an adviser to the group. »Read Full Article(1)
State approves loans, investor tax credits for 17 new companies
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. said Wednesday it has approved $1.75 million of technology development loans for eight start-ups and tax credits for investors in nine other companies.
"We want companies to know that the state is here, ready to help them start up and grow in Wisconsin," said Lisa Johnson, vice president of entrepreneurship and innovation for the commerce agency. »Read Full Article(23)
Indoor trampoline park proposed in New Berlin
An indoor trampoline park, a first for Wisconsin, is being proposed in New Berlin.
The 25,000-square-foot facility, known as Helium Trampoline Park, would operate at 16235 W. Beloit Road, in a light industrial building that is currently being built by Zilber Property Group, according to information filed with the city Department of Community Development. Helium would lease that space from Zilber. »Read Full Blog Post(4)
Lucas-Milhaupt acquires Poland-based metal processing company
Lucas-Milhaupt Inc., a Milwaukee-based subsidiary of Handy & Harman Ltd., has acquired a metal processing company based in Poland.
In a news release, Lucas said it acquired Inmet Metal Processing Plant Ltd., of Gliwice, Poland. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. »Read Full Article
Air quality advisory for Milwaukee, Brown counties
The Department of Natural Resources issued an air-quality advisory for particle pollution for Milwaukee and Brown counties until 2 p.m. Wednesday. The advisory began at 8:30 a.m.
The advisory means that air quality is unhealthy for people in sensitive groups, but can also pose problems for those who are healthy. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Roadrunner expands less-than-truckload service from Boston
Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. said Wednesday it has opened a new less-than-truckload outbound service center serving New England.
The new service center in Boston will provide outbound service from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, the company said. The service center will open Monday. »Read Full Article(1)
Mandel plans to start Whitefish Bay apartments in February
Mandel Group Inc. plans to begin construction of three apartment buildings, totaling around 100 upscale units, in Whitefish Bay by Feb. 1.
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text: Thanksgiving is coming up next week and while some of you are heading home or to a friends house, if you are staying on campus Philly has something to add to the festivities. Every year Philadelphia has their annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. A few streets are shut down for floats, balloons, marching bands, dance groups, and local performers to be seen by locals and visitors alike. If you are willing to wake up early, the parade runs from 8:30am to noon, you can hop on Regional Rail and get off at Suburban Station to catch the parade as it moves along JFK Boulevard or you can walk over to Logan Square.While you are in Philly you can find yummy hot chocolate or coffee to keep you warm and a Thanksgiving themed lunch after. If 8:30am is too early or the weather is cold enough to keep you out of Philly, you could always wake up later and head over to Wawa for a Gobbler, turkey and gravy with stuffing and cranberry sauce in a hoagie, and catch a rerun of the Thanksgiving Day Parade.


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I don't wash mine with anything most of the time. I've been keeping them covered with neosporin or lanolin as much as possible.
To add to my worries, I weighed her tonight (I have a baby scale.) and her weight gain hasn't been great this last week. She was steadily gaining 1oz/day for the last few weeks and the last few days that's cut more in half. That's still technically a trend of adequate (averaging 1/2 oz/day) but with the boob woes I'm paranoid that she's not transferring well. Especially since I've had 2 clogged ducts in 2 days. She's been able to clear the clog both days within a couple of feedings, but you know.. I'm paranoid.
(Let me add that I'm having a TERRIBLE time with postpartum anxiety. It's really, really severe. I started meds a month ago but had to double my dose today because I've been a mess.)


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Halloween Kids' Party
Save your energy -- and let the kids exhaust some of their supply.
Play (partial) dress-up.
They can't wait to put on their costumes, huh? Give in...a little. Let them stay in their pajamas and put on one or two pieces at breakfast.
Invite kids to help with party decorations.
In fact, have that be the first activity of the day. Ask for volunteers to help set the table, scatter the balloons, and fill bowls with candy or other treats.
Extend activities.
Set up games in which they can watch each other take turns. One idea: Pin the body parts on the monster. Print a free image of a monster off the Web, then cut the limbs off its body. Tape the body to a wall and let blindfolded kids try to tape arms and legs in the right places.
Instead of draping fake cobwebs all over the house, hang eyeball balloons from the ceiling. Using double-sided tape, attach construction paper circles to inflated white balloons. Finish the look by drawing a few squiggly veins with a thick red marker.
Make jack-o'-lantern juice glasses by cutting the eyes, nose and mouth out of 3-inch pieces of black construction paper (use an X-Acto precision knife), then taping the paper to clear tumblers.
Kick-start the morning with our haunted Halloween playlist.
Walking with a Ghost, Tegan and Sara
I Put a Spell on You, Screamin? Jay Hawkins
Little Ghost, The White Stripes
Frankenstein, The Edgar Winter Group
Purple People Eater, Sheb Wooley
Wolfman?s Brother, Phish
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The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program for persons who are engaged in livestock, forestry, or agricultural production, including organic production. EQIP offers financial and technical assistance to implement conservation practices on eligible agricultural land. Forestry is an eligible land use under the EQIP program and all EQIP eligibility requirements apply. EQIP provides payments for implementing conservation practices on forest land that have a positive environmental impact, while protecting long term production and sustainability.
Applicants interested in implementing conservation practices on forest land must have a Forest Stewardship Plan for their operation. They must be willing to follow the implementation schedule agreed to in the contract. If the participant does not have a forest Stewardship Plan, they may sign up for a Conservation Activity Plan to receive financial assistance to have one developed for their operation.
Applicants must have an interest in an agricultural (forestry) operation, have current crop and producer records on file with USDA's Farm Service Agency, and be compliant with the conservation provisions of the current farm bill. They must own or control the land, and agree to implement conservation practices according to the contract schedule. It is recommended that applicants check with their local NRCS office to confirm that their property is eligible for enrollment in EQIP.
NRCS will review the Forest Stewardship Plan and determine the conservation practices that are recommended to improve environmental quality both on and off site. Eligible practices must reduce soil erosion or sedimentation, promote forest soil quality, enhance habitat for wildlife species of concern, or improve ecologic conditions for desirable forest species. The practices must be described in detail in the Plan and scheduled for implementation within three years of contract signing.
Forestry applications will be grouped for competitive ranking into a forestry funding pool, with the highest ranked applications selected for contract development.
Practices may not be started until the contract is signed by NRCS, unless the applicant requests a waiver from the state conservationist.
EQIP offers contracts to develop Stewardship Plans! Producers are eligible to develop a Conservation Activity Plan for the forest land, which is an NRCS-defined Forest Management (Stewardship) Plan for forestland acreage. The Plan must address all resource concerns, including critical wildlife habitat, protection of stream corridors and environmentally sensitive areas. Once the Plan is approved by the State Forester, the producer may apply for another EQIP contract to implement practices scheduled in the Plan, as described above.
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EQIP applications can be submitted anytime during the year. EQIP has a continuous sign-up with application cut-off dates to rank and prioritize any new or unfunded applications. A signed application can be filed with the local NRCS office at any time. View Current Funding Opportunities for current application periods. A signed application indicates an interest in developing a conservation plan, the first step in the application process.
EQIP is a competitive program that uses an evaluation and ranking process to assess the needs and cost effectiveness of implementing the conservation plan. Applications are grouped for competitive ranking into "funding pools" with the highest ranked applications in each pool selected for contract development. View the application documents page for more information on ranking tools.
Contract offers that include practices to address soil quality, soil erosion, water quality, reduced animal waste production and reduced energy consumption are high priority.
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March on: Campus Rec, marching band create conditioning exercises
Posted on October 21, 2013
This past summer, Grand Valley fitness technicians from Campus Recreation worked with section leaders of the Laker Marching Band to create warm-up exercises to prevent injuries on the field.
Amy Campbell, assistant director of Wellness, said it was a great opportunity for her student staff to gain experience working with a group of individuals for a very specific purpose. "They took the task very seriously by studying their performance, the movements they conduct, the muscles required, common injuries and the size and weight of the instruments being used," said Campbell.
The request was first brought to Campbell by Tom Yackish, the marching band's announcer, and John Martin, marching band director, to help condition the marching band members in their preseason.
Martin and Campbell met and discussed the structure of the marching band (numbers in each section, type of instruments) and past stretching/exercising efforts. They decided to focus on injury prevention and flexibility exercises to prepare for the intensity of band camp; this information gave the student workers the knowledge they needed to start crafting exercises.
Each technician was assigned a section to design and teach specific exercises. They researched the instruments' weight, how they were carried and the type of movement that the band made while in formation. Then they created exercises to develop strength and train areas prone to injury.
"To carry an instrument for such a long period of time, you need to not only strengthen your lower back, but also your entire core so that it can support your back and reduce the risk of lower back pain or injuries," said Campbell.
The fitness technicians did not have the actual instruments, so they used weights that were of similar size and weight to simulate the movements. They practiced each exercise before issuing them to the band.
Along with the section-specific exercises, Campbell designed warm-up exercises for the whole band.
"What is so amazing is that it started out as us just asking for guidance to help our students prepare physically, but turned into an incredible partnership between us and the Movement Science and Rec Center folks!" said Martin. "There is no doubt that this has made a major shift in the way the Laker Marching Band approaches physical readiness."
The Laker Marching Band will perform next at the football game against Hillsdale in Lubbers Stadium on November 2 at 7 p.m.
About the Recreation Center
The Grand Valley Recreation Center offers a variety of services throughout the academic year, including free Ufit Plan exercise programming, massage therapy, small group fitness classes, a variety of large group fitness classes, personal training, free health screenings, intramural sports and CPR/First Aid classes. They also have a registered dietitian who offers a variety of nutrition services. For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/rec.


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Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund
Reb Yakov Borukh (BACHRACH)
Rebbe Yakov Borukh is the well-known author of the scientific books: Ha-yahas Liketar Ashuri [a], Ishtadalut im ShaDal[b] (Warsaw, 5656 [1896]), Avur Yekhezkel Yerakh Lamoadim [c] (Warsaw, 5657 [1897]), Hamasa Le Eretz haKodesh[d] (Warsaw, 5644 [1884]), Hagahut Laturim[e]. He was born in 5584 [1824] and died here in the year 5659 [1899]. Here he compiled his books. He was a grandson of the Rabbi and Gaon [Torah genius], Reb Yehuda Borukh, Rabbinical Court Chairman in Sejny, the author of Nimukey haGriB[f] on the Talmud and Mishnius [commentaries on the Talmud].
Yeruchem-Fishl SZNEIDER (or Yeruchem-Fishl MERCHAVYA)[1*]
Yerucham-Fishl SZNEIDER is a Bialystok native. He was the author of Kortov Philosophiya Orginalit[g] Drohobice, 5658 [1898]), Perush Mishley Shlomo[h], Perush Diverey Kohelet[i] (Warsaw, 5664 [1904]), Mishley Reb Levi bar [son of] Khama[j] (Hotza'at Everiya Publishing, Warsaw, 5690 [1930]), in Beis Medrash Khodesh, in HaTzefira [The Siren - Hebrew daily in Pale of Settlement] and in haKetuvim [The Writings the third section of the Tanakh]. He settled in Eretz-Yisroel.
Avraham ber Nisan SCHAPIRO
Avraham ber Nisan was born here in Bialystok and was a merchant and manufacturer here. He translated a book by Prof. Karl Reklem about children's hygiene, Netivot Chayim Lefi Derech haRefua'ah, [The Paths of Life, According to the Ways of Medicine] from German into Hebrew (Warsaw, 5647 [1887]). He wrote Toldot Yisroel veSafruto [History of Israel and Its Literature], part 1, (5652 [1892]) and Toldot Yisroel [History of Israel], part 2 (Bialystok, 5681 [1921]). This work has a very limited significance.
Yehiel Mikhail ZABLUDOWSKI
Reb Yehiel Mikhail ZABLUDOWSKI, a son of Haim ZABLUDOWSKI and the brother of the rich man, Itshe ZABLUDOWSKI, was the first Bialystoker who was learned in Hebrew.
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He was called Khinke's Mikhale here [in Bialystok][2*]. He was the pharmacist in the pharmacy that is still found on the corner of Sienkiewicze and Pilsudski Streets. He owned the Rogowe house, the location of the pharmacy, and the square with the brick wall following it. He wrote the books, Ru'ach Chayim [The Spirit of Life], (including commentaries on the Babylonian Talmud) (Vilna, 5633 [1873]), Mish'an Mayim [The Support of Water][22] (Vilna, 5629 [1869]). The last two books explore Hagadus [tales] and Midrashim [body of post Talmudic literature] and explore their Latin and Greek words.
He also wrote scientific tractates for HaKarmel [The Carmel]. His three books were earlier printed there in the years 5621, 5622 and 5623 [1861, 1862 and 1863].
He was very prominent in the city and a philanthropist. Eliezer HALBERSZTAM wrote about him (in his Aley Higayon Vechinor[3*], page 97): Yehiel had within him a reservoir in which were gathered faith, wisdom and a gentle spirit.
The form on his headstone is thus: The wise rabbi, a man of charity and compassion, with a sharp eye, our honored teacher Reb Yehiel Mikhail son of Reb Haim ZLABUDOWSKI, may the memory of the righteous be blessed. Wholesome piety, compassion, goodness and mercy, integrity and a sense of justice, pure faith who has gathered all these in his delicate soul? (His writings): Ru'ach Chayim [The Spirit of Life], Bemey Michal [In the Waters of Mikhail], Mish'an Mayim [The Support of Water]. With many legends and commentaries he enlightened our eyes; on his right he kept the banner of the Torah and on his left the candle of Science. He scattered his fortune among the poor and the humble and cared for the needy with justice. He named his people 'a jewel', his community 'a crown', the ZLABUDOWSKI family 'a flawless splendor'. He left three thousand for the poor. This memorial is erected for the man who shall rest in peace here in his grave; he was born on 22 Tevet 5564 [6 January 1804], died on 1 Kislev 5635 [10 November 1874]. May his soul be bound in the bond of the living.
Dodie ZABLUDOWSKI
Of Yehiel-Mikhail's three sons Feywl, Yisroel WOROSZILER and Dodie the last was considered one of the most beloved Jews. He was good with languages and also a legal scholar. He spent a long time in Paris in order to lead a vast inheritance investigation for Buez RABINOWICZ, a rich Bobruisker man, for him to collect his legacy from his convert grandfather, which he also accomplished. He was also a great community leader and advisor for everyone here. He was also beloved by Reb Lipele. He traveled to Petersburg and achieved the liberation of Reb Lipele from arrest in Grodno.
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In him Torah and wisdom came together
In him religion and intelligence met
And many sought his advice and common sense
He knew the Lord's telling power
In his way of life
There was no distortion
A real man among others
One in a million.
The form on his headstone is thus: This is the tomb of the great and wise scholar. The previous generation proclaimed his virtues and righteousness, this generation proclaims his praise and fame; his great wisdom earned him a good name, and he shall live eternally in Heaven.[4*][23] He is praised for his good name and splendor, and respected by all the people of the town, honored in wisdom, knowledgeable in language, our master and teacher David son of the Rabbi Reb Yehiel Mikhail ZABLUDOWSKI, died on Sunday 22 Tevet 5645 [9 January 1845].
Reb Haim WITKIND
Reb Haim WITKIND was a son-in-law of the local, respected merchant and member of the middle class, Reb Meir Elihu ZILBERBLAT, who was himself the son-in-law of the Crown Head, the Szerszewer [Chorzow] Rabbi. Reb Haim WITKIND was a shopkeeper all of his life. The main shopkeeper was his distinguished wife. Reb Haim was a Hebrew writer and a scientist, mainly of Midrashim and Agadot [Legends], may his name be blessed. He wrote reports and articles in the Hebrew newspapers. He published his Kevutsat Mikhtavim vaMishle Musar [Collections of Letters, Songs and Moral Proverbs] anonymously in 5633 [1873], which was distributed widely. After his death his Tzeror Michetavim [Bundle of Letters] was published[24] (Bialystok, 5674 [1914]).
However, he left a manuscript of his main work, which was his philosophy and new ideas on Midrashim, Sifra [commentary on Leviticus], Sifre [commentary on Numbers and Deuteronomy] and Mishnah [compilation of the Oral Torah], that at the time of the (First World) War was burned by his son in Lodz. This was a great pity.
He himself wrote about the worth of his speculation in his Tzeror Michetavim (pages 8 and 61): I have a giant treatise of 190 sheets of paper on the Talmud Babylonian, Jerusalem, Sifra, Sifre, Mekhilta [commentary on the biblical books of Exodus and Deuteronomy], and Midrashim with a thousand ideas of [Shulchan] Aruch [Code of Jewish Law], Rashi, Tousefes [Supplements and additions 12th to 14th century commentaries on Talmud], Ramban, ha-Rash m-Sens [Shimshon ben Abraham of Sens, a 13th century Talmudist], and the Vilna Gaon. I worked on this for 30 years and I am sure that when it would be published it would startle the entire rabbinical world. They would descend from their armchairs and would throw away their lawsuits and streimlekh [wide-brimmed fur Hassidic hats]; they would be astonished and acknowledge that their entire work in the field of Talmud had no worth.[25] I would even belittle him, meeting him in the Ohel Moshe [Tent of Moses], and I
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would bounce many of his innovations off him, but then, a number of them had scholarly worth. He was eccentric only in speaking and writing, and that was how we saw him.[26] However, he was a fine, ancient Maskhil [follower of the Enlightenment] and also a researcher.[27]
Menakhem-Mendl DOLITZKI
The well-known Hebrew poet and writer Menakhem-Mendl DOLITZKI was born in Bialystok in 1856. His father was the shoykhet [ritual slaughterer], Welwl. He became famous as a Hebrew poet with his first poem, Likuy Shnei Hameorot [The Eclipse of the Two Lights, in HaShahar [Dawn], in 1878 and in a separate edition in 1874 with Zionist songs Al Chorvot Tzion [On the Ruins of Zion] , Veyaboshot Khanun [Gracious, Dry Land], Im Eshkachech [If I Forget Thee], Hayekar Vehanetzach [ Glory and Eternity], La'evel Kinori [My Harp is for Mourning], Shir Galut [Song of Exile]. He became a Hovevei Zion poet through these songs.
He also published literary writings: Betoch Leva'im [Among Lions from Psalm 57:5] (1884), Mi-bayit um-i-Huts [From Inside and Outside] (1891), and a Hebrew letter guide, Shevet Sofer [Pen of the Scribe] (Vienna, 5643 [1883]).
He left Moscow, where he was a teacher of Hebrew for a time, for America where he dedicated himself to writing Yiddish novels in the Morgn Zhurnal [Morning Journal] because of the need to earn a living. It was hoped that he would become a great Hebrew poet. He died in America in 1931.
Yitzhak-Shlomo FUKS
Yitzhak-Shlomo FUKS was born in Bialystok in 1862. He was raised in Bialystok by his father Avraham FUKS who was known in the city as the Bodker Melamed, who was a great Biblical scholar and Hebrew grammarian. Later, Yitzhak-Shlomo studied abroad and became a Yiddish researcher. In 1893-1894, he edited the HaShakhar, a scientific monthly. He published a book in German Die Bedeutung der Hebräischen Sprache für das Judentum [The Significance of the Hebrew Language for Jewry]
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(1887). He translated the book Ha-avdut [The Slavery] of the Parisian Rabbi Tzadek Kohan from French to Hebrew with his observations. He, also, translated LEWATER's letter to MENDELSSOHN.
Jakov-Shmuel FUKS
A brother of Dr. Yitzhak-Shlomo FUKS, Jakov-Shmuel FUKS was a Hebrew language journalist. He was born in Bialystok at the beginning of the 1870's. He edited haMagid [The Preacher or Narrator Hebrew publication in the Pale of Settlement] from 1892 to 1898 (a weekly), and with Dr. A. GUNZIG the collections of ha-Eshkol [The Cluster] (1898-1912).
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Assimilation in Bialystok
Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund
The Haskalah [Enlightenment] movement, which bestowed the Choir Synagogue and all of the writers of the Enlightenment, educated people Bialystok born and new arrivals and later also the extensive and widespread Russian People's Schools, middle schools, gymnazies [secondary schools], did not lead to any assimilation here in Bialystok in the direct and full sense, with its terrible consequences for the further existence of Jewry, as happened in other large cities.
In the 19th Century, Dr. ZOMER in his book, Das Judentum [Jewry], says that according to the communications of the Synod 58,582 Jews in Russia converted to Christianity during the 60 years from 1837 to 1897. During the course of the entire 19th Century 69,400 Jews in Russia converted.
When I arrived here, I met only one assimilated family and this was the family of Dr. ZILBERBERG, a Jewish Gorodski Vrats [town doctor], who would drive to the Choir Synagogue only on Yom Kippur for Haskores-reshomes [prayer for those who have died, said on religious holidays]. His two sons-in-law, the popular town doctors, Dr. TRILING and Dr. FARSZTATER, would stand apart from the community and not take part in religious and national life (Dr. FARSZTATER did not have any children and Dr. TRILING's children converted outside of Bialystok). The second assimilated family was that of the apothecary, WILBUSZEWICZ, but the old apothecary himself was a co-founder and member of the Choir Synagogue and a communal worker.
The only convert among the Bialystok-born Jews was Dr. SHMERL HAJLPERN, the son of HESHL MIEDALSZCZIK, but he also was not much of a convert. He behaved as a Jew; he would speak only Yiddish and only live among and with Jews. He was a visitor of Reb LIPELE, was his doctor and was his intimate. Once leaving the rabbi, he met a girl who was going to the rabbi with a question. He asked her to tell him the question. He thought and said: Kosher. Upon arriving at home, the girl said what the rabbi had said. She wondered why the rabbi was wearing a short jacket [pious men wore long coats], although he was wearing a shtreiml (fur hat) on his head. The master of the house understood that something was not correct. He himself went to the rabbi and told him the story. Reb LIPELE understood that this was SHMERL's quiet work, although the question was truly a kosher one.
This SHMERL would recite Torah. He was a follower of water healing (hydrotherapy). He would say to his patients: And the Divine Presence
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hovered upon the surface of the waters. (Genesis, 1-2). He once came to Reb LIPELE to wish the rabbi a gut yom-tov [good holiday] on the first day of Succous [the Feast of Tabernacles] after praying, with all of the respected middle class, as was then the custom. He noticed that several upstart rich men were sitting at the table. He asked the rabbi a question: Why had they instituted the reciting of memorial prayers for the dead on the holidays in a season of our gladness [designation for Succous] and inevitably disturbed the joy? Reb LIPELE answered: Well! You say so. He said: Because on a holiday, those upstart rich men from lower strata dress up and take pride in their richness; we have the memorial prayer for the dead so that they will remember from where they came.
The legend says that he was quietly given at his request after his death a Jewish burial.
During all of that time until today, according to my memory, only six to eight girls in Bialystok converted in order to marry non-Jews because of love (and, perhaps because of material interests) and, except for perhaps two, they became estranged from their families. In Bialystok, there are no converted men, even Jews with gentile wives, except for a numbered few[34], until today. There were cases of conversion in a few poor families: a certain cobbler, a shoemaker and a poor carpenter and a few intelligent, very poor families at that time converted in Bialystok because of hunger and need. They were fooled by HORODISZCZ, the apostate missionary, (not a Bialystoker), who founded a trade house here of missionaries. He built a beautiful Baptist temple for the purpose with a philanthropic institution to support only poor Jews with food products and medical help by a son-in-law, who was a convert and a doctor. He had large sums of money in his possession that he received from English missionaries for this purpose. In addition he agitated in Bialystok and all of Poland through couriers, brochures and money in order to enlist converts However, his work was useless; the small percent that his business carried were certainly not worth the great cost to him, despite the fact that the owner and leader of the soul trade did good business for himself. Here the converts, fabricated by the inferior missionary
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trade, cannot count as a result of assimilation, but of hunger, need and money interests.
True, before the war a small circle was formed here of the diploma-holding and moneyed assimilated intelligentsia, who fought the national and Zionist movement in Bialystok. They stood apart from the Jewish religious life. They founded their own daily Russian newspaper. They also were not earnestly, actively assimilated. Only because of unconscious chance and because of their education in foreign literature and ideas were they estranged from Yiddishkeit [the Jewish way of life], but in essence they were good, devoted Jews. For the most part they worked with and took part in money levies of all of the philanthropic and cultural institutions. They lived among and with Jews. No converts came from their families in Bialystok. Today almost all of them contribute to the Keren HaYesod [central financial fund of the Zionist movement].
One exception at the end of the last century (18th century) here was DOWID CHWOLES, director of the Vilna Bank and, later, of the Riga Commerce Bank. He, himself, was from Vilna and graduated from the rabbinical school there. He was a teacher at the beginning and, later, through patronage, he became the director of the Vilna Commerce Bank in Bialystok. As a bank director he was one of the influential people. His bank was the main force for progress in local trade and industrial life. However, he was considered outside of society in the Jewish kehile because he authored two Russian brochures to show the destructiveness of the Jewish religion for the Jewish people and he blamed it for all of the Jewish troubles. He dedicated these two brochures: The Pathological Side of the Jewish Question and The Nature of the Jewish Question to the Provoslavno Archmandrite [supervisor of abbots] of the Suprasler monastery. With this he showed his traitorous character to the Jewish people and to Jewry.
Usually the Jewish newspapers of that time, such as HaMelitz [The Advocate] and Voskhod [Dawn] and even the general Russian Petersburg daily newspaper, the Galos, considered his brochures as lampoons against Jewry and stamped him as an enemy of the Jews[35], but in Bialystok itself he made no impression with his brochures.
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Theoretically he was assimilated, but actually he would pray in the Choir Synagogue on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and religious holidays like all Jews, and on Yom Kippur he would buy the Maftir Jonah [last part of the Torah reading on Yom Kippur] for the afternoon service and would eagerly read the Haftorah [supplemental reading from the Prophets]. He would also celebrate the Passover Sedorim [plural of Seder the traditional Passover dinner ritual describing the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt] and deliciously recite the Hagadah [text used for the Seder] like all Jews and he had no influence over his assimilated sons-in-law even in his own family, who remained devoted Jews. His son, L. D. CHWOLES, was one of the good community workers here in the Jewish institutions[36]. DOVID CHWOLES died here in 1906[37].
The answer to the question, why did the assimilated here not bring the bad practical results as in other large cities in Poland, is simple: until the [First World] War, Bialystok always was two-thirds Jewish, that they were the tone setters and predominant force in its trade and its industry, and the intelligentsia with diplomas were also Jewish. The Christian third of the residents consisted of Russian officials, bribe takers, who lived off the Jews, of Polish and German workers, a few simple petit bourgeois and several intelligent German manufactures. Jewish society was always the active constructive part of the population and had inevitably built a separate, creative society for themselves: a male convert, a female convert was always hated by society, ejected from it.
Of the rich men, ITSHE ZABLUDOWSKI's family converted; a son and daughter of DOVID BEN [son of] MEIR ZABLIDOWSKI, that is, the rich man's two great grandchildren. Return
Of the rich men, ITSHE ZABLUDOWSKI's family converted; a son and daughter of DOVID BEN [son of] MEIR ZABLIDOWSKI, that is, the rich man's two great grandchildren. Return
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The larger-than-life Xtreme BUGS exhibit at the Bishop Museum are extending their stay through Sunday, April 14.
Don't miss the chance to view more than 20 oversized animatronic bugs, from a fluttering monarch butterfly and ladybug to a praying mantis and a giant Madagascar hissing cockroach.
The exhibit also features more than 100 stationary insects and flora, some grouped in themed action scenes, including bees pollinating, spiders hunting, ants feasting upon a scorpion, and cicadas hatching.
It's on the Bishop Museum's Great Lawn. Xtreme BUGS was produced by Dinosaurs Unearthed, and is made possible with the support of Diamond Head Storage and Horizon Lines.
Adults - $19.95; Seniors (65+) - $16.95; Youth (4-12) - $14.95; Hawaii residents and Military with ID – Adults $12.95; Seniors (65+) - $10.95; Youth (4-12) - $8.95; (non-resident adult visitors accompanied by Military or a Hawaii resident with ID Adults - $16.95; Seniors (65+) - $13.95; and Youth (4-12) - $11.95); Bishop Museum members and children age three and younger are always free.
Children age 16 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Bishop Museum is open from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; closed on Tuesdays and Dec. 25.
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This research guide provides an overview of the resources in the North Carolina Collection related to the history of Orange County. The call numbers for books and pamphlets or hyperlinks for online resources are provided after the citation. These call numbers are specific to the North Carolina Collection.
Image: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Chapel Hill, NC, 1911.
Orange County was formed in 1752 and was named after William of Orange (King William III of England). The boundaries have changed considerably since the 1750s, with Chatham, Caswell, and Alamance counties being entirely formed from Orange County and Johnston, Guilford, Wake, Lee, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, and Durham counties also including parts of the original Orange County. The current county boundaries date from 1881. The three major towns in the county are Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough, which is the county seat. In the latter half of the eighteenth century, Hillsborough was an important town in the political life of North Carolina and, for a short time, was the meeting place of the General Assembly. Since the founding of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill at the end of that century, the county has also played an important role in the intellectual life of the state.
This guide is based on one that was created by Marilyn Rackley in the Spring 2006, and was updated by Tyler Gilmore in the Spring 2013.


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Model sparks outrage with Sandy photoshoot
Seductive poses on downed trees, damaged cars called tasteless
A Brazilian model is being ridiculed for using Sandy's destruction as a backdrop for her own sexy photoshoot.
Nana Gouvêa posed seductively as her husband snapped pictures of her on top of a fallen trees and damaged cars before posting the images on Facebook, The Independent reported.
The photos quickly went viral, with many questioning the tastefulness of what Gawker called "a disasterporn photospread."
The 30-year-old Gouvêa also became a meme, as images of her poses were quickly Photoshopped against backdrops of other tragedies such as the sinking of the Titanic. There's also a spoof Facebook account.
Gouvêa told Spanish magazine, EGO, that the storm has bought them closer together and "we actually spent most of the time in bed," adding that "today I will open a bottle of wine."
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Home List of Titles Statics and dynamics of radial nematic liquid-crystal droplets manipulated by laser tweezers
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/193652
- Title
- Statics and dynamics of radial nematic liquid-crystal droplets manipulated by laser tweezers
- Author(s)
- Brasselet, Etienne; Murazawa, Naoki; Juodkazis, Saulius; Misawa, Hiroaki
- Abstract
- Laser manipulation of trapped radial 4′-n-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) nematic liquid-crystal droplets induced by molecular reordering is presented. We show experimentally that optical tweezers having linear, elliptical, or circular polarization can break the radial symmetry of the initial molecular organization inside a radial nematic droplet. Static distorted or twisted deformation modes and steady or unsteady nonlinear rotational dynamics are observed. Statics results are analyzed in terms of light-induced radial or left-right symmetry breaking effects associated with optical reorientation. The dynamical observations are compared with simulations from a slab analog model, for which orientational processes driven by optical nonlinearities can be accurately described. This study confirms that light-induced bulk reordering is an essential ingredient towards the understanding of the behavior of radial nematic liquid-crystal droplets in laser tweezers, as suggested by previous studies.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, Vol. 77, no. 4 (Apr 2008), article no. 041704
- Publication year
- 2008
- FOR Code(s)
- 01 Mathematical Sciences; 02 Physical Sciences; 09 Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Laser manipulation; Laser tweezers; Liquid-crystal droplets; Optical tweezers; Reordering
- Publisher
- American Physical Society
- 1539-3755
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 The American Physical Society.
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Pudong Shangri-La Hotel has invested both time and money as part of its commitment to six children who have been diagnosed with Leukemia at Fudan University Children's Hospital. The hotel has invested funds up to RMB 365,810, as well as 822 hours of employee man-hours and 158 management man-hours.
Painting with Gregory Burns
On 29 January 2013, Pudong Shangri-La's team spent the afternoon visiting the kids in the chemotherapy ward of Fudan University Children's Hospital with Gregory Burns – artist, writer, speaker and three-time Paralympic swimming champion.
Letter from one of the six children, Tian Zi Han
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June 15, 1950: A suspected hog thief exchanged gunfire with Portales police as they tried to arrest him. No one was injured in the battle, but Burrus Jasper escaped capture. The Portales Daily News reported he'd had a series of run-ins with the law, including convictions for stealing jewelry and chickens.
Portales past: June 15, 1950
June 7, 2010


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North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea. NBC's Ian Williams reports.
Is Kim Jong Un crazy -- or crazy like a fox?
Analysts said Friday there's a familiar method to the madness coming out of North Korea, where the rookie supreme leader has put rockets on standby, threatened to "settle accounts" with the U.S., and posed near a chart that appeared to map missile strikes on American cities. On Saturday, North Korea said it had entered a "state of war" against South Korea, according to a statement reported by the north's official news agency, KCNA.
Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather were also serial saber-rattlers when they headed the secretive regime, and experts said there are clear strategic reasons why the world's youngest head of state is ramping up the rhetoric now, after little more than a year in power.
But if the bluster is predictable, the results may not be.
North Korea has enhanced its nuclear capabilities and Kim Jong Un has something to prove to his people and the world. Some outside observers are warning that a misstep, or overstep, by Pyongyang could bring north Asia to the brink of war.
NBC's Kristen Welker has more on Washington's reaction to North Korea's threats.
"I think there is always room for miscalculation and things spiraling out of control," said Sung-Youn Lee, professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. "But he is following the playbook set by his father and grandfather."
North Korea is "very adept at engaging at psychological warfare," Lee said. It cranks up the tensions, putting pressure on Seoul and Washington, and is rewarded with aid and concessions when it tones things down, Lee said.
"No leader wants a foreign policy crisis created by North Korea on their hands ... the impulse is to de-escalate," Lee added. "North Korea has been very good at playing this game -- nuclear diplomacy, even extortion -- for the past 20 years."
This time around, foreign-policy watchers said, a confluence of circumstances have set the stage for Kim Jong Un's provocations:
-- Pyongyang is stewing over the U.N. Security Council, with the support of China, tightening sanctions after satellite and nuclear testing that suggested they could one day attack the U.S.
Jon Chol Jin / AP
North Koreans punch the air during a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, in support of their leader Kim Jong Un's call to arms.
-- There are new administrations in South Korea, China and Tokyo, and President Barack Obama is making second-term changes to his defense and national-security leadership, so the timing is right to test the waters.
-- Kim Jong Un may need to consolidate his political power at home. A strong response by the U.S. or South Korea, such as this week's B-2 bomber flyover, helps rally domestic support and distract from economic problems.
-- North Korea's last nuclear test showed progress. "You feel you can afford to threaten because you feel you have a deterrent," said Scott Snyder, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Joel Wit, visiting fellow at the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, said that from the North Korean perspective, Kim Jong Un and his lieutenants "aren't crazy" and are falling back on a tried-and-true strategy.
"They're a very small country dealing with much more powerful countries, and they can't show any weakness. For them, the best defense is a good offense," he said.
Yet Snyder said Kim Jong Un's standing as a new, untested ruler is "the real wild-card factor that makes this different."
The 30-year-old appears to be modeling himself on his grandfather, Kim Il Sung, who is more revered inside the country than the recently departed Kim Jong Il, he said.
"But you have to remember that even though Kim Il Sung came into power in his 30s, the first thing he did was start a war with South Korea," Snyder said.
Stephen Noerper, senior vice president of the Korea Society, noted that 2013 has special significance: it's the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended that war.
Kim Jong Un's decision to cut the hotline used to arrange cross-border crossing by workers with Seoul was "worrying," he said.
KCNA via EPA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a meeting with his generals where he ordered strategic rocket forces to be on standby to strike U.S. and South Korean targets.
"The wordage is hot and what you don't want is the evolution of a hot conflict," he said. "There should be heightened vigilance even if the expectation is that it will blow over."
A hit on U.S. targets seems highly unlikely and would be "suicidal," Lee said. But South Korea and Japan are within striking distance, and many experts say it's not impossible that Kim Jong Un could act rashly.
"While these weapons can't reach the U.S., it's an extremely tense situation, and wars don't always start logically," Wit said.
Experts were waiting to see the actual impact of North Korea's "state of war" declaration early Saturday.
"Talk is one thing, actions are another," Snyder said.
- North Korea puts rockets on standby as U.S. official warns Kim Jong Il is no 'paper tiger'
- For most North Koreans, Internet access doesn't exist
- PhotoBlog: North Koreans rally in support of leader's call to arms
- Despite rhetoric from North, South Koreans carry on


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Jim Salisbury of CSN Philly is reporting that the Cole Hamels negotiations are reaching a critical point as the July 31 trade deadline approaches. Salisbury reports that Hamels and the Phillies maintain a basic agreement in dollars, about $24 million a year, but continue to struggle to match contract length details, with the Phillies aiming for a four year deal and Hamels seeking more.
This in itself may not be newsworthy, but there were positives from the conversation Salisbury had with Hamels. While Hamels desires to determine his worth on the free agent market, Salisbury is reporting that the desire to stay with one team is more important to Hamels than testing his worth, indicating he would be willing to continue to negotiate.
From Salisbury's piece:
"Of course," said Hamels when asked if he'd like to be a Phillie forever. "I grew up watching Tony Gwynn being a Padre forever. That says something about a person if they're able to do that. I know it's very hard in this day and age. It's something I grew up watching and hope to be able to emulate that. It's up to both sides to be able to do it."
Notable further is that Gwynn, Hamels' boyhood idol, was also a client of John Boggs, Hamels' agent.
Perhaps the most comforting quote from Hamels may have been his indication that the Phillies will have the first and, most importantly, last opportunity to sign him. Salisbury quoted Hamels as stating "I'll always give them the first choice," he said. "If there are multiple teams I'm always going to put them at the top of my list." Hamels has indicated recently that he would be opening to re-signing with the Phillies if he is traded at the deadline and reiterated that with Salisbury.
The Cole Hamels Contract-Trade Watch is in full bloom.
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He's gonna sign. Thank god. Just give him the opt out.
The Dipsy
The comments he made (to Leslie Guidel) about being open to a trade – and then open to coming back here even if they traded him ….because it would make the organization better in the future … Completely blew my mind.
Hamels, gets a shot at another postseason, another ring, with a contender (Texas, Detroit), and doesn't have to move his family in the offseason unless he wants to…. meanwhile, we'd get prospects in return
Texas 3b prospect, Mike Olt – ranked #4 in their organization… and #34 overall on MLB.com (ahead of #35 Johnathan Singleton)…
Detroit Tigers 3b prospect, Nick Castellanos- ranked #2 in their organization is #42 on that same list (3 ahead of Trevor May, and 5 ahead of Anthony Gose- TOR)
Travis D'Arnaud is #20 on that list …
Zach Wheeler is #22 ….. SF Giants gave him to NY Mets for Beltran last year
Jarred Cosart is #51 with Houston
Jesse Biddle is #66 – phillies
Brody Colvin is #68- phillies
It was my hope that Victorino could land us a Top 100 pitcher, and maybe a lower prospect.. and that Hamels could land one of these top 3b …and a few others
Say what you will – but the amount of talent in and around the Phillies farm system the past few seasons is impressive ….hopefully they can take their time and pluck the right prospects from other teams if trades go down
Chances are they will not get top prospects if the team he is traded to feels that they can't sign him
If that team is the Rangers . . . and they might not be intersted in signing him, but would be very interested in having him for the postseason – I don't think they'd hesitate to part with Olt for Hamels, or Grienke, etc . .
Hamels is a stud. We're lucky to have him. Hoping for some good news!
He also said that he basically wants to see what Free Agency is all about (which I think means, see if someone makes him an offer he can't refuse, like an 8 year/ $200 Million contract from the Yankees or something crazy) … but he's said he wants to be here… even if they trade him for prospects right now . . . .
With no shot at the NL East…. and a long ways to go for the Wild Card – I think you see what you can get for what you have . . . go after Hamels and Bourn in the offseason
Brown, Bourn, Pence in the OF ….got a legit leadoff man … let Vic, Polanco walk …
If I were Rube, I'd focus the offseason on Hamels not Bourn. Pence, Brown, Mayberry & Nix are under team control for next season. You need a first-half guy b/c Mayberry is not a first-half guy.
This is very wishful thinking, but with this season, all but gone, I am looking at my "ideal" lineup for next year. Here is what I hope.
CF – Michael Bourn
SS – Rollins
2B – Utley
1B – Howard
RF – Pence
C – Ruiz
3B – Mike Olt (received in trade for Hamels)
LF – Dom Brown
SP – Halladay
SP – Lee
SP – Hamels (signed as Free Agent)
SP – Worley
SP – Cloyd / Pitcher via free agency
I am assuming this would be under the cap, as D Brown and Olt would be cheap. Replace Vic with Bourn, and replace the salary of 2011 Hamels and Polanco with 2012 Hamels.
In theory, you wouldn't need much money for the bullpen. (hoping DeFratus can return next year or even late this year to prove he will be a reliable reliever)
Does this work? I don't have all the salary numbers.
That's part of my reluctence to blame anyone for this year . . . . next year, if healthy …. Stutes, Herndon, DeFratus …. is supposed to be a pretty effective bullpen.
How anyone can blame Charlie or Ruben for the down years of Victorino and Bastardo, etc. . .
There are pieces here for a top NL team – this just isn't the year.
If Hamels does not resign- or sign here as a FA …. we better go hard after Josh Hamilton
Oh, Josh pitches too??
Stutes and De Fratus will likely return healthy. David Herndon is not likely to return until May 2013 at the earliest due to July Tommy John surgery.
Assuming they sign Hamels at $24M a season and Pence gets a small arbitration raise, they'll have about $153 million guarenteed next year:
Lee – $25M
Hamels – $24M (Projected)
Howard – $20M
Halladay – $20M
Utley – $15
Papelbon – $13
Pence – $12M (Projected)
Rollins – $11
Ruiz – $5M
Kendrick – $4.5M
Nix – $1.35M
Polanco – $1M (Buyout)
Contreras – $500K (Buyout)
Wigginton – $500K (Buyout)
They'd have about $20 million left to pay 14 players. I don't see how they'd be able to afford Michael Bourn. The numbers don't work.
It's not as bad as your post suggests. Luxury tax baseline is calculated using AAV of the contract. Chase's hit is about $12.1, Kendrick $3.75… Also, buyouts don't count towards the luxury tax since they were already factored into the AAV of previous years. It's high, but they'll have more than $20 million.
I should've added that the luxury tax starts at $178. So if the Phil's sign Hamels at $24 and buyout Polanco, contreras and wiggy they'll have about $31 million to pay 14 players. I did this real quick, but a lot of the 14 will be under a million so they have room. I also think they might be more willing to edge over the cap since it goes to $189 in 2014.
I wasn't really thinking in cap terms…just in actual dollars. I don't see them going above $175 million no matter what the cap ramifications would be.
Bourn is a very good player and I can certainly see the attraction. He is 2 years younger, as he doesn't turn 30 until December, and he is more of a prototypical leadoff hitter.
For what it's worth though Victorino has been the better offensive player in each of the past 3 years:
Below are their OPS, wOBA, and wRC+ (which is wOBA adjusted for league and park)
2009: Victorino .803, .354, 114 — Bourn .738, .342, 108
2010: Victorino .756, .339, 107 — Bourn .686, .319, 96
2011: Victorino .847, .372, 135 — Bourn .734, .336, 112
This year, Bourn is certainly having the better year. There has been talk about a hand injury bothering Victorino, and Bourn is having the best season of his career. Trading Victorino and then signing Bourn is looking like "sell low, buy high" scenario.
2012: Victorino .680, .309, 91 — Bourn .817, .359, 127
A related article: http://www.thegoodphight.com/2012/7/9/3146816/the-phillies-shouldnt-necessarily-trade-shane-victorino
You are absolutely right. The facts that Bourn is two years younger, a true leadoff hitter with better base stealing skills, and is having a much better year than Vic means that he'll command much more as a free agent than Vic would.
Don't forget about Kendrick who's signed for almost $4MM and Brown is playing some center field now (once he gets rehabbed).
Keith –
I don't think they can get under the cap in your scenario. While they drop 25 million from Blanton/Victorino/Polanco, I am assuming Bourn is going for at least $13, Hamels gets another $9 which leaves no room for another starter. Also not sure Ott is ready for MLB (if you get him!). Brown is still a question mark.
While I like Bourn I am not sure he is a good fit for the team. He should lead off which is Rollins position. What Phils need is RBI production and Utley cannot deliver IMHO.
The Phils are going to have rebuild in two steps because they cannot shake Utley's contract until 2014.
Hamels is making $17 million this year, so he'd have to get $26 million next year to make it another $9 million. I don't think any team is going to pay him that much.
Whether Olt is ready for prime time is probably going to be a moot point. The Rangers have shown no inclination to trade him, and have said they might move him to the outfield.
I agree on Bourn, but not just for your reasons. It's true he'd push Rollins to some other lineup spot, and it's also true the Phils could probably use a CONSISTENT and uninjured RBI guy. But Bourn is also going to be too expensive. Leadoff guys are few and far between, and he's better at leadoff than probably any other free agent.
George – Hamels is making $15 million this year.(I am talking salary only although the luxury tax is based on total compensation.) Don't know where you got the $17 million from. So I am assuming an average of $24.
Bob: I must have gotten confused about Hamels' request. I know he wanted more than $15M, but I thought he had hoped to get $19M. I'll look it up, just to be sure.
And by the way, I wasn't trying to say you're an idiot, and hope you didn't take it that way. (Usually when a person attempts to make someone else look stupid, they end up looking stupid themselves.) I just thought you'd made a simple math error and hadn't realized it. I do agree with your thoughts, however. Even if my $17M salary figure had been right, $7M is still a boatload more money to cram into the budget, and wouldn't help in signing other players.
You're right, too about Utley and rebuilding in stages.
George, Hamels settled for a 1-yr $15MM deal for 2012 in the offseason.
i wouldn't mind keeping ty wiggington his fielding is poopy but i think he is a great bat, and if not can't he be a small trade target he was an all star just last year.
Wigginton would make $4 million next year if he's not bought out for $500K.
Wigginton is a replaceable part, especially with a healthy Howard, and also because he plays defense badly. It's a fairly small differential between his pay and the buyout, though, so he could stick around.
It blew Don M. Wheelers mind.
You mean humanitarian Cole.
Will gladly go to a contender and take some of their prospects to bolster the Phillies future and another in a ring.
Then out of the kindness of his heart come back to the Phillies in the off season.
I am sorry I had belly laughs and am going to leave now.
I had a few comments to be made but they seem irrelevant now.
Return to this weeks episode of fantasy island.
I still think Howard and Utley for Hamilton and Kinselr and their top prospects should be considered.
It seems highly unlikely that they could get high prospects like Olt or Castellanos -AND- sign Hamels back here at the end of the year, to me.
If a team is going to give up that high a prospect for a rental, they would most likely be in the mind set of signing Hamels long term. I think some are assuming these other teams GM's are idiots. I happen to think that Jon Daniels and Dave Dombrowski are pretty sharp guys.
They probably could get some middle prospects for him and try to re-sign him, but IMO even that is dangerous business, no matter what Hamels says to the press.
It seems the Phils have to very quickly make the decision to either give in to the years requested or let him test the waters.
I agree. Just look at what RAJ received when he traded Lee to Seattle, and he had a full year left on his contract. Why does anyone actually believe that he's now going to make a better deal trading Hamels with two months left on his deal and no compensation attached?
RAJ got ripped off on that Lee deal because he didn't look around enough IMO.
IMO is Hamels is SO attractive (more attractive than Lee was) that he will command a few top prospects. Kinda like what we gave up for Doc. Maybe a smidge less. He is that good. If he goes to contending team, they almost certainly will become favorites.
The Dipsy
The Phils also got some cash in the Halladay deal, and they were only making the move because they knew they could get Doc to sign an extension. It's not a good comparison.
And although Hamels is younger than Lee, and possibly better, a team would only be guaranteed a half season of Hamels, whereas the Phils got one-and-a-half of Lee. If Hamels is traded, I think the Phils will only get one top prospect and a couple of "maybes." That's been the case in nearly every mid-season trade lately, with the exception of Amaro's wacky overpay for Pence.
Boy it seems really nice of Cole to get out of Dodge when the going gets tough. What he needs to say I am a Phillie now and I will pitch my best to turn the season around. How many complete games does he have? Everyone seems fine with the idea of giving up on the season and pat Cole on the back because he will give the Phills a fair shot in free agency. That is unacceptable. If he wants to get paid like a Big Boy he needs to be a team leader not tell the boys I'm outta here when the going gets tough. If this is acceptable to management maybe they will refund my partial ticket plan. If they are going to give up it is only fair. I will even be willing to come back next year maybe.
I haven't read one Hamels statement that he "wants to get out of Dodge." I haven't even read one where he said he wanted to be off the team. He's only indicated that he'd be okay with the decision if the front office traded him in an attempt to improve the team.
His record speaks for itself; he's the only Phils starter who has pitched well under adverse circumstances. If that isn't "leading" I don't know what is.
Also, If he really wanted out, he'd demand a trade.
It's alright if you hate Hamels, but try not to let that affect your reading comprehension.
You are right psuJoe!
The Dipsy
You HAVE to give this team a chance to turn things around. Odds are not on our side, but 5 consecutive division championships should be enough to give them the benefit of the doubt and the opportunity to save this season.
Look at our rotation post-All-Star-break: Lee, Worley, Hamels, Blanton, Halladay… and things look a lot better (just by replacing Kendrick with one of the game's best). Bullpen gets to hit the reset button. Utley and Howard are now back. You gotta give this group a chance.
Keep the team as is and perhaps bring in a new guy to stabilize the bullpen from now on. Only make a trade if a team wows you with legit prospects (doubtful). [Perhaps trading Victorino is the one move that could hurt us the least, but we all know he's not as bad as he's been this season… thus we'd be selling low –not ideal.]
Good thoughts. This season may not be salvageable, but I think they may at least get to .500 or near that. Next year should be much better, provided Utley can play decently.
Speaking of bringing in a guy to stabilize the bullpen, I just read that J.C Romero is now available. (I put that in for laughs.)
Get rid of lee. Problem is he has to much money coming to him.
Get rid of Polly. He doesnt want a cracker.
Trade Vic for cash.
Trade Chooch..Yes chooch. Here is why baby. Three good years left in him. He is having his best year ever. FLUKE. You can get some talent back right now.
Trade Pence. To bad of a fielder and horrible free swinger.
Build the pen up.
Get rid of Joe Blow and Kendrick.
Clean it up baby. Go after Josh H. in the offseason
Hey, Amaro and Boggs are still stuck on four and six years but agree on $24MM per year? HAHAHA – THAT'S A PATHETIC EFFORT, RUBE!!! Those are the same figures they had in the off-season. Give Hamels five guaranteed and the sixth year a vesting option already! Let's get a move on!!! RE-SIGN COLE! RE-SIGN COLE!! RE-SIGN COLE!!!
I actually would entertain trading Chooch. I love the guy. He's having a freak year and he's cheap. Other teams would give you a lot for him. He's going to be a 34 year old catcher and that is pretty old. Better a year too early than a year too late. Can someone verify that they are stuck at 4 and 6 years????
The Dipsy
I guess that there will be no game day for the all star game.
As it no longer has any meaning to the Phillies at all.
Sure Id like to re-sign Cole.
Probably more than any of the old guys Ruben Minaya has saddled with us Cole would be the one guy to sign.
But you guys need to understand that signing all the old turds is why the Phillies are where they are.
The ONLY teams more games out in thier division than the Phillies are the Mariners,Cubs and Astros.
Thats with a 176 000 000 payroll.
You are grouped with the Mariners Cubs and Astros.
Just resigning everyone forever is going to lead you no where.
But Mariner Cub and Astroland.
Things need to change.
Instead of resigning Cole Get a new GM.
And it doesnt count a penny against a luxury tax.
Phils are losing because they had 4 BP arms go down Contreras(old), Stutes(Y), Herndon(Y) and Defratus(Y) toss in the two big guns Howard(Y) and Utley(Y) and Galvis(Y) then Halliday(O), Lee(neither), Ruiz(Y), Polanco(O).
With a solid BP and an upgrade in CF and 3b this team wins high 90's next year.
So let me get this straight. Because Buster Pu sey doesn't want to catch the knuckleball, Ruiz may end up looking bad? It wasn't an insult enough that Pu sey was elected over Chooch, now he has to do the heavy lifting too?
You always have a chip on your shoulder!
Relax and enjoy the game.
You can come here every day and read about how an ancient crippled team on pace to lose 93 games this year will win 98 next year with the same players( a year older) . Minus hamels.
And think of it this way if they make the World series this year they will have home field!
Woo hoo.
It was the difference vs the Giants and Cardinals the last 2 years for sure.
Enjoy the rest of the season.
Mid season shout out to Lefty, Dipsy , Brooks and Chuck A.
My long term PN buddies.
Beers on me if they win the world series and we meet up the parade this year.
Hamels has always been everyone's favorite. Here in Phillies is where he won his World Series Ring (hopefully the first of many) and MVP in the same WS, that won't be easy to forget or set aside in terms of loyalty. That's why his stay is something we are all looking forward to, including himself I think.