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I'll play the optimist today.
There actually might be a silver lining in the outrageous severance package given to outgoing Metra CEO Alex Clifford in exchange for his silence.
That's right. Clifford was paid to keep his mouth shut about some kind of shenanigans at Metra. There's no other way to look at it.
What those shenanigans are and how big, we don't know.
But the "yet" just might be the silver lining part.
The going-away-quietly present – which could total almost $750,000 over two years – is so egregious that it's outraged just about everyone in Illinois but the Metra Board members who gave it to Clifford.
The House Mass Transit Committee chaired by state Rep. Deborah Mell has summoned all 11 Metra Board members and Clifford to a hearing Thursday in Chicago to answer questions about this offensive misuse of taxpayer dollars.
A day before the legislative panel meets, the Regional Transportation Authority Board will question Metra Board Chairman Brad O'Halloran about the severance deal. The RTA has financial oversight of Metra, Pace and the Chicago Transit Authority.
Clifford had just eight months left on his contract with Metra when he abruptly resigned last month. The contract entitled him to no severance if he resigned and just six months' salary if he was fired without cause. Yet the Metra Board agreed to pay him about $440,000 for those 14 months.
Plus, Clifford can be paid up to about $307,000 in salary – including two raises – for another year depending on whether he gets another job and what he earns in it. He's also entitled to up to $75,000 in attorneys fees and $78,000 in moving expenses.
All of this was given to Clifford on the condition that he remain quiet about why he resigned and not say anything disparaging about Metra on his way out the door.
"That's what concerns me," said state Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo. "It's obvious it's got nothing to do with severance. They're paying him $740,000. This is in lieu of litigation. What I'd like to know is, what allegations were being made that there was going to be litigation over."
Franks has fought for reform of Metra and the RTA since Clifford's predecessor at Metra CEO, Phil Pagano, stepped in front of one of his own trains after it was discovered he stole about $475,000 from the agency.
"The guy they brought in to fix the Pagano scandal is getting more than Pagano stole," Franks said. "Who's to say what's disparaging. Is the truth disparaging? Are we not entitled to the truth?"
Jack Schaffer, McHenry County's Metra Board representative, was the only board member to vote against the severance. He told Northwest Herald reporter Emily Coleman that Clifford was "too honest for Illinois" and was forced out because he wouldn't look the other way on political patronage jobs.
While Schaffer deserves credit for voting against the package, I agree with Franks that how these regional transportation boards operate needs to be blown up.
"The first accountability starts at the County Board level," Franks said. "They are the ones who appoint these board members."
Ever since the Pagano scandal, Franks has pushed the County Board to replace Schaffer on the Metra Board. He's also fighting the reappointment of former McHenry County Republican Party Chairman Al Jourdan to the RTA Board. Jourdan's five-year term on the RTA Board expired in April, but County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill has yet to decide on an appointment.
"There's a culture here that needs to be changed," Franks said. "This patronage and government-by-cronyism has to stop or we're doomed."
Legislators must get to the bottom of the severance deal. They then need to clean up these transportation agencies and overhaul the boards that oversee them.
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Parade and fireworks: Looking for something to do today? Join me at the Crystal Lake Independence Day Parade, which begins at 1 p.m. at City Hall. The parade route takes us 1.7 miles down Dole Avenue, concluding at the grounds of the historic Dole Mansion, home of the Lakeside Legacy Arts Park and the Lakeside Festival, which concludes today.
I'll be representing the Northwest Herald in the parade, driving a black Camaro convertible generously provided by Gary Lang Auto Group. My wife, mom and kids will be in tow, each passing out candy along the parade route.
The Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce, the Crystal Lake Lions Club, the city of Crystal Lake and the Northwest Herald joined forces to organize this year's parade with the help of sponsors Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Centegra Health System and Home State Bank.
Special thanks to the countless volunteers who make the parade, and all of the Lakeside Festival, happen. Without the thousands of hours spent organizing these activities behind the scenes, events such as this couldn't happen.
Following the parade and Lakeside Festival events will be the city's fireworks display over its namesake lake. Fireworks begin at dusk.
I hope everyone has had a safe and fun holiday weekend.
• Dan McCaleb of Crystal Lake is group editor of Shaw Media's suburban publications, which includes the Northwest Herald. He can be reached at 815-526-4603, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Dan_McCaleb.


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Nightingale Gallery Exhibition-Quietude
The Nightingale Gallery of Eastern Oregon University is pleased to present the exhibition Quietude. Curated by Cory Peeke the Nightingale Gallery's director, the exhibit presents the work of six artists whose works communicate a decidedly quiet attitude. The exhibition opens Friday, February 8 with a reception from 6-8pm in the gallery located in Loso Hall. The show will run through Friday, March 1. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday...Read More


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Growing the golf game is a hot topic around the country, and many courses and groups in Michigan are doing their part to introduce the sport in new ways. Today, Janina Parrott Jacobs gives us an inside look at what opportunities are available for getting involved in the golf community.
For more on golfing in Michigan, visit michigan.org or take a look at our video on golf from the Pure Michigan summer video series.
With over 850 public facilities ready and waiting to serve all golfers regardless of experience, Michigan is in a prime position to show new members of the golf community what the sport has to offer.
Despite gorgeous surroundings, golf can be a difficult sport. That's why new programs at Shanty Creek Resort in Bellaire are attracting major attention – especially for beginners and juniors. How much fun would it be to putt at 8-inch cups, almost double the size of the current 4 and ½ inch hole? From shorter tees? The great Jack Nicklaus himself is promoting this type of participation, through recommendations for 12-hole rounds, larger cups, and Tee-It-Forward initiatives. Shanty has created a new set of forward tees ranging from 95-125 yards at its Summit course, which is already attracting entire families.
One of the first resorts in America to adopt such a permanent program, Director of Golf and PGA Professional Brian Kautz noted, "We have four golf courses at our resort, so this was the perfect opportunity to convert one of them to implement this program." To encourage more children, women, and families to play there this season, children 17 and under can golf for free on the Summit and Schuss Mountain courses with a paying adult all week. Kids can also play free on the Arnold Palmer designed Legend and Tom Weiskopf's Cedar River layout on Sundays after 2 p.m. Visit www.shantycreek.com for more details.
Traveling to southwest Michigan, in Centreville, Island Hills has multiple loops of 5, 7, or 12 holes within their traditional 18-hole routing, depending upon the time of day. This stunning course, carved from hills and the peninsulas around Lake Templene, is ideal for golfers who do not have the time, stamina, or money for a full round. Junior programs abound and kids 13 and under play for free with a paying adult. Don't miss lunch or dinner: the food is superb and goes far beyond normal 19th Hole Grill offerings.
At Treetops Resort, a member of the Gaylord Golf Mecca, the First Annual Women's Golf Festival runs from August 11-15. Women can create their own free-form daily or multiple day package of lodging, golf, lessons, demos, pro tips, spa treatments, and more….all at discounted rates. Spouses and kids are welcome too. See WGF.treetops.com for details.
Other grow-the-game efforts around the state include Play Golf America's 'Get Golf Ready' clinics which are designed to teach you everything you need to know to step onto a golf course with confidence…all five lessons range from $70-$100. Topics are: Get Rolling, Hit It Close, Swing, Swing, Swing, Driving School, and Ready, Set, Go Golf; many sessions are available through October so it's not too late to begin. See getgolfready.com for site information. All equipment is supplied; just bring yourself, friends, or family.
TGA Premier Junior Golf in southeast Michigan is a youth development golf program for PK-8th grade students which takes place primarily at elementary schools and youth centers. TGA's curriculum was created by golf professionals and education experts to include lesson plans that are fun, safe and educational, utilizing fields, blacktops, gyms and even hallways.
According to Owner and Territory Director Dave Robinson, formerly a 22-year Detroit Free Press editor, "the kids are inspired most by the magic of being on a real golf course during our summer camps. They enjoy learning fundamentals, rules and etiquette in our after-school classes and during the instructional part of camp. But they are truly excited to be on the course." By partnering with Michigan golf facilities, TGA then gets the whole family involved through mom classes and parent/child events using the following components:
- Golf instruction that is age-appropriate, effective and retainable
- Character development lessons through our initiative "Play the Fair Way with TGA"
- Physical education and fitness
- Rules & Etiquette lessons utilizing our custom 2 Hole Teaching Aid
- Academic lessons in math, science, history and English
Now at 75 locations with fall, winter and spring classes, summer camps are conducted at eight courses including Salem Hills, Heather Highlands, Downing Farms, Sycamore Hills, and Glen Oaks. More local information is available at playtga.com. Franchises throughout the state are also open for development. The program's national link is www.golftga.com.
The Michigan Golf Course Owners Association is committed to maintaining great golf courses but its members are also consistently improving opportunities for play. The Golden Passbook, offers free golf for 2-4 players at 88 top courses in Michigan along with other discounts on lodging and services. Many of these courses are highly rated in Golf Digest, GolfWeek, and Golf Magazine: Yarrow, Marsh Ridge, A Ga Ming, Michaywe, Manistee National, Black Forest, Island Hills, Grande Golf Club, Fox Hills, the Grand Hotel, Shanty Creek, Treetops, Hidden River Golf and Casting Club, Westwynd, Buck's Run, Boyne, Gull Lake View, Red Hawk, The Fortress, St. Ives, McGuire's, and more. With another three good months of golf left, buy the Passbook now for $300 (regular price $550). Go to mgcoa.org or call Executive Director Kate Moore at 800-860-8575.
Will you be taking advantage of one (or more) of these Michigan golf opportunities? Share with us below!
Janina Parrott Jacobs is a lifelong Michigan resident but her passion as a multi-media golf and business specialist and international golf and travel writer takes her all over the world. Her website, www.janinajacobs.com, features many other entrepreneurial adventures as a motivational speaker, professional musician and performer, owning Capers Steakhouse in Detroit, and volunteer efforts with the U.S. Navy where she advocates for and mentors young people concerning health, nutrition, and fitness issues. Contact Janina at email@example.com.


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Send in the clowns
I think it's safe to say that I'm not alone when it comes to a fear of clowns. From a very early age, they have made me nervous, skittish and (once in a while) downright freaked out. It still amazes me that clowns are often associated with glee, joy and happiness, since that is not my experience, but as usual, I am reminded that everyone has their own humble opinion. Scanning The River Reporter last week (yes, I read the paper) I came across a blurb about an art exhibit taking place at the River Market in Barryville, NY, titled "Through the Eyes of Wendell M. Upchurch," which was being presented by the market, Green Door Magazine (www.greendoormag.com) and the UpFront Exhibition Space ("like" them on Facebook) of Port Jervis, NY. I was intrigued by the (IMHO) interesting partnering of the three entities and curious to discover why they would band together to celebrate this particular "prolific" artist, who I learned (from his widow, Marlene) was "obsessive" (creating hundreds of canvasses). His work ranged in subject matter from "landscapes, still-lifes, nudes, self-portraits" (scores of those) to "demons, freaks" and (oy!) the dreaded clowns, which pop up fairly often in what appear to be out-of-context apparitions, aside from other ghostly images appearing (for no discernible reason) out of the dark recesses of Upchurch's (disturbed?) mind. Apparently, Upchurch spent some of his career entertaining terminally ill children decked out as a clown, which is admirable, but I'm guessing that he left the paintings at home.
I'm no art expert and can only rely on personal taste (which I hear there's "no accounting for"), but I'd be lying if I said it was easy to fall asleep after viewing Wendell's work. The soiree was hopping and included the preview of Green Door's new issue which is (as usual) gorgeous, and packed with fabulous articles, featuring industry giant Martha Stewart, renaissance man (singer/songwriter/televised chef) Cooper Boone, local puppeteer Ramona Jan (www.ramonajan.wix.com/somestringsattached) and artist/musician/psychologist Marc Switko, among others. Both Jan and Switko are personal friends, which makes it all the more interesting that their work often disturbs me (some of her puppets are just plain creepy) and Switko's drawings border on the macabre; so I might not have friends left by the end of this column, but I calls 'em as I sees 'em.
Naturally, Dharma (www.facebook.com/DharmaTheWonderDog) was with me and as usual, the belle of the ball. Ironically her breed (Havanese) is known as one of many "clown dogs" for their ability to amuse and their charming visage.
Moving on to other venues, I was thrilled to learn that another playful creature (Alpacas) would be on hand for the first installment of the month-long Harvest Festival at Bethel Woods (www.bethelwoodscenter.org), which features a different theme each week. My clownish dog loves the Alpaca, so (sadly) she had to stay home, lest she attempt to play with them during the exhibit, which featured the adorable (some might say clown-like) critters (www.rosehavenalpacas.com) and the many fabulous creations spun from their incredibly soft, durable and oh-so-warm hair. The gentle giants really are as sweet as they appear, according to Rosehaven's Rob Bruce, and once again, I entertained the thought of having a few join me and my girl at Green Acres as a permanent addition to my clownish lifestyle. "It's absolutely doable," Bruce told me, "and they'll get along with Dharma terrifically. Let's discuss it again in the spring." Envisioning the "Insane Clown Posse" (myself included) that could be cavorting here at home tickles my funny bone, so I'll keep you posted on that. If I had to describe myself in clown-speak, it would have to include the sad-sack aspect, which Emmett Kelly made famous, but has been repeated throughout the history of clowning. "Why are clowns often depicted as sad?" I wondered. "Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that a clown is also a fool, and it makes one sad to be thought of as foolish," popped up in my Internet search (www.allaboutclowns.com), where there also appeared far too many images of them for my comfort level, so I veered off in a different direction. "Am I a fool for not appreciating the artwork of Wendell M. Upchurch? Perhaps. Do I play the fool while popping up at events scattered about the Upper Delaware River Valley? Undoubtedly. Is it foolish to be afraid of clowns? Who's to say? As I scan the dark clouds that often loom overhead, I am reminded that "grey skies are gonna clear up," so I plan to grin and bear it… and put on a happy face.


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3 Favorite Post-Sandy Insurance Plays: Merrill Lynch
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Hurricane Sandy and the interest rate environment have combined to set up some nice insurance stock recovery plays for long-term investors.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Jay Cohen on Monday that "given the hit to book values we expect from Sandy in the fourth quarter of 2012 and the minimal impact we currently expect from investment marks this quarter, our price objectives are little changed."
The analyst focused on three names that he believes have the most upside over the next year in the property and casualty (P&C) space.
Before Sandy's onslaught, 2012 was shaping up to be a recovery year for P&C carriers, with many of the best-known names showing underwriting profits, following a difficult 2011. Before Sandy, Insurance Information Institute president and economist Robert Hartwig said that insured catastrophe losses were "down somewhere in the order of 50% from last year."
It is, of course, too early to gauge the total damage that Sandy will cause the economy or the insurers, but industry loss estimates range as high as $25 billion.
"We're getting ranges anywhere from $5 billion to $25 billion, from the modeling firms," says Loretta Worters, a spokesperson for the Insurance Information Institute," who says that the average P&C industry loss estimate from Sandy "is probably $18 billion."
"There have been so far about 360,000 homeowners insurance claims in New Jersey and about 330,000 claims for homeowners in New York, with probably about 180,000 in other parts of the country," Worters says, adding that "there are a lot of business claims that haven't been processed yet, and we think the claims will be much higher on the business side than they will be on the personal side."
Allstate (ALL) on Nov. 28 estimated that its losses for October, net of reinsurance, totaled $1.1 billion. The company said that "autos represent approximately 40% of the total gross losses, with 78% in New York, 19% in New Jersey and 3% in other states."
Allstate's stock closed at $40.49 Monday, down 5% from their year-to-date closing high of $42.62 on Oct. 16, but returning 51% year-to-date. Following Sandy's arrival, the shares dipped as low as $37.92, in intraday trading on Nov. 2.
Allstate's shares trade just below their reported Sept. 30 book value of $42.64, and for nine times the consensus 2013 earnings estimate of $4.50 a share, among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Alison Jacobowitz rates Allstate a "Buy," with a price objective of $46, and estimates that the company's adjusted book value will still increase to $42.86 at the end of 2012, despite the losses from Sandy, and rise to $46.35, as the end of 2013.


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Lazy Oaf's kawaii window display of tropical birds intricately hand crafted by Fred Butler.
Somewhere behind the thick clouds of near disappearing summer, a rainbow glowball led me to a place which in hope that colour would bring London back to life.
I had the pleasure to attend Lazy Oaf's launch party to celebrate their jewellery collaboration with Fred Buter, better known as the accessory/prop designer who made the iconic orgami telephone hat piece in the Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' music video. Fred's collaborative pieces are inspired by her bespoke AW10 collection 'Dodecahedron Collisions' transforming her handmade 3D origami pieces into wearable layered perspex jewellery (for the first time) available at an accessible price point…with geo flower hair piece starting at £30.
Left: Tri Dodec necklace £38. Middle: Peacock necklace £40. Right: Dedecahedron necklace £45.
Geo flower hair clip £30 as mentioned, and I want it.
A selection of Pomp De Franc enticing cupcakes inspired by the collaborative pieces.
Fred's mock tatoo of her geo flower hair clip by Inkwear.
The Lazy Oaf x Fred Butler jewellery pieces are available online at http://www.lazyoaf.co.uk and be sure to check out Fred's colourful blog at http://www.fredbutlerstyle.blogspot.com/


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Alexander C. Morley
B.A., The Evergreen State College, 2011
Creative Writing and Consciousness Studies
Biographical Note
Born in Phoenix, AZ and attended Evergreen from 2008-2011. Alexander C. began writing when he was a child. It wasn't until his senior year in high school that he began writing creatively. At Evergreen, Alexander C. studied an assortment of subjects from evolutionary biology to artistic history and the religious impulse, to Shakespeare to homeopathic medicine, and creative writing to astronomy. It wasn't until 2010 when Alexander C. wrote his promising short story "Introducing Fletcher." He is a self-employed writer. He is currently working on a new novel called "The Maestro.
Publication Types
Fiction and Poetry
Latest Publication Title
Jorma's Bath, 2012
Additional Publications
"An Everlasting Gobstopper" (2008)
"Hart" (2010)
"Jorma's Bath" (2012)
Short Stories:
"Introducing Fletcher…Or Would You Like Some Menstrual Blood With That Coffee?" (2010)
"Blank" (2011)
"Broom" (2011)
"Arts, Dogs, and Shadows" (2011)
"Something" (2011)
"The Back of My Throat Itches and I Like the Way You Eat" (2011)
"Fleas, Peacocks, Siamese Twins And Everything In-between These Silly Sins" (2012)
Publication Excerpt
'And so it was on a full moonlit night, the wild pack of dogs swarmed the vacant trail in a wooded area and howled up to the moon as if it were their religious rite to do so. A windy night it was; the trees flowed with the wind in a sweet, melodious sway. Overhead on a high branch, an owl stared at the pack with wide eyes and a sinister regard. With the assortment of vast white spruce, eastern white pine, and silky sassafras, the trees held no tolerance for intruders. This was their forest. As the clouds came sweeping in, vapor collectively became too heavy, forcing a burst of rainfall over the forest. The trickling of rain brought nutrients, satisfying the large, demanding trees.
The drenched pack leader held three small rabbits in its mouth, the blood slowly oozed off its fangs. Snapping at the rabbits, the other dogs are impatient and starving. Growling in return, the pack leader commands them to wait. Food is scarce in these woods as if the forest consumed all the living.
Somewhere in the bushes small steps are being made. With an immaculate sense of hearing, the pack leader growled one more time, silencing the pack.
Having dropped the three bloodied rabbits on the moist ground, the pack knew to listen. A green, gaseous fog seeped through the forest. The trees that encounter this heinous green gas instantly decomposed as if their life was taken from them. Hearing the reverberating footsteps from afar, the pack muffled their growls of concern to the leader. Having seen the lush of the forest slowly die, the pack leader felt their life was at stake. As the wind stopped, so did the rain. The hooting owl overhead flew away at the sight of the green fog and the sound of foreign rustling. The invading creature sounded two-legged, probably a human. The sound of muddy soil echoed in the pack's ears. The pack encountered humans before but very few. The leader listened more intently. It heard only one set of footsteps. We can handle one, it thought.
Seeing the once luscious forest become bare, the pack remained completely still. As the gaseous fog exuded near, its continuous flow stopped. It circled around the pack, leaving them trapped.
Befuddled, the leader orders the pack to stay strong. In an instant, the green fog disappeared. An aimless looking form emerged from the darkened bare woods, covered by two-sewn together pieces of cloth. The greasy haired stomach, looking pinguid and like a rotten plum, protruded out through the cloth. As the figure inched closer, the leader saw the bare feet having elongated toenails, reminiscent of their claws. As the figure neared, a putrid smell arose causing all the small brush quivered and instantly died. As the invader neared the pack, the rancid odor grew severe, immersing the pack like an insidious rash...
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Laurier researchers prove love is not always the great motivator
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Feb 8/11| For Immediate Release
Lara Kammrath, Assistant Professor
Kevin Crowley, Director, Communications & Public Affairs
WATERLOO It may be frustrating when your partner wont help you wash the dishes every night, but it doesnt mean he or she doesnt love you. According to Wilfrid Laurier University researchers, how a partner behaves doesnt necessarily indicate how much he or she loves you.
Laurier Assistant Prof. Lara Kammrath and Laurier PhD graduate and junior professor at the University of Cologne Johanna Peetz conducted three separate studies, detailed in the article The limits of love: Predicting immediate versus sustained caring behaviors in close relationships. They found that a positive relationship act was more likely to be done out of love only when the act could be completed immediately. Sustained or delayed relationship acts like doing the dishes every other night were more likely to be acts of will.
Theres this folk notion that love should be strong enough to remind yourself to do things for your partner, but its not, said Kammrath. She suggests that people should try to manage their relationship like they would manage work. Write down things in your calendar, or do whatever you do to manage your work life dont trust love to remind you.
During the weeks leading up to Valentines Day, 2010, Kammrath and Peetz offered a free candy lab where participants could make a Valentines gift for their partner. Participants completed a questionnaire designed to measure how much they loved their partner and how disciplined they were. Then half the participants were told about a candy lab taking place the next day. The people whose questionnaire responses indicated they were more in love with their partner were more likely to show up for the lab. The other half of the participants were told about a candy lab taking place five days later. Love was not a determining factor in who showed up for the second lab. Rather, factors related to personal strengths such as self-discipline and conscientiousness determined who attended.
The two additional studies in the article examined sending e-cards around Mothers Day and Fathers Day and performing specific tasks and behaviours for partners over different time spans. Participants more in love were more likely to complete the required tasks over a longer period of time only if they were sent reminders of their feelings of love every day.
Although Kammrath noted that holidays and special events like birthdays are strong reminders of love, she says if you dont receive that box of chocolates or red bouquet this Valentines Day, you may not have to worry too much.
The limits of love is currently available online and will soon be printed in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. A related article by Kammrath and Peetz, titled Only because I love you: Why people make and why they break promises in romantic relationships, is also available online through the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
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Hey NB! I was wondering what everyone's favorite weather/time of year was.
Is it Fall, Winter, Spring, or Summer?
My favorite weather is Summer! The best memories of my life have been made during summertime.
even tho its heartbreaking....i still say winter
Winter, and I prefer stormy weather, generally with a slow, soft rain and lightning, or a downpour. A quiet, slow snowfall is also something I prefer.
Spring. I'm a spring baby anyway. March 20th. lol
In the winter its summer and in the summer its winter
70 degrees and windy..Around may/june the air feels nice.
Fall for the looks, summer for the weather.
The winter is the best , i love wearing jackets , scarfs...stuff like that
Fall. It is somewhat colorfull and peaceful...
Spring. I love the rain.
Nothing like a cold rainy winter's day with some hot chocolate and some soothing piano.
Fall. I love the leaves changing colors, the not too cold/not too hot temp and my birthday is in the fall.
Summer, I love warm weather.
Winter, Spring is nice too
Fall :D
all of them except summer
Fall weather is my fav :D
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Pay attentionJanuary 25,2014
The driver of a Prius was headed down a straight stretch of two-lane highway recently, with a pickup truck approaching from the other direction. As she watched, the truck slowly veered into her lane. The driver of the truck seemed not to notice what was happening. When it appeared the truck would not return to its proper lane, the Prius driver was forced to turn sharply off the highway, passing over a ditch and through a fence. The pickup truck continued down the road, the driver unfazed.
This incident fits the pattern of the texting driver. People think they are in charge, capable of multitasking, punching keys, glancing up at the road. In reality, they are wandering to the right and left, endangering themselves and others.
Its tempting. You think you can touch an icon, bring up a screen, glance at a message. Its easy.
But its not easy. Its distracting. Its more distracting than tuning your radio or inserting a CD. Texting demands additional actions, more icons to touch, messages to read. It lures your eyes away from where they ought to be.
The latest health risk report released by the state Health Department says that nearly 60 percent of high school seniors in Vermont acknowledge texting or emailing while driving. It is a recipe for disaster.
The health risk survey is administered every other year to students in grades six to 12 to determine levels of risky behavior, such as consumption of drugs and alcohol, and texting while driving. If the survey had been administered to adults, it might have shown where the teenagers had learned their bad habits. Texting while driving is against the law, but adults do it, too. They think they can get away with it, which they do, until they dont.
Teens are used to hectoring lectures from adults about risky behavior, and they are used to tuning out when they think the adults are worrying too much. The numbers on drugs and alcohol show the degree to which they are capable of tuning out warnings. The latest findings show that 33 percent of high school students drink alcohol, which represents a drop of 2 percentage points from two years ago. Again, it is no secret where they are learning about alcohol: The figures show that 65 percent of adults in Vermont drink alcohol, which exceeds the national rate of 53 percent.
Teens, like adults, are smartening up about tobacco. The risk study showed that 13 percent of high school students smoke, which is down from 15 percent two years ago. That drop reflects an overall drop among adults, which has been underway for years. It is making less sense to kids, as with adults, to take up the habit of slowly poisoning oneself.
It is interesting to note that marijuana is more widely used among high school students than tobacco is. Twenty-four percent of high school students say they use marijuana. It is worth knowing this number as the state and nation adjust to changing attitudes toward marijuana use. Even President Obama has chimed in on the topic, saying in a recent article that he thought marijuana was less harmful than alcohol.
Among all these risks, texting while driving may seem to be the most innocuous, but it can lead to harm as grievous as the harm caused by drunken (or stoned) driving. When you text, you are in a daze, detached from the world around you. And when you drive, it takes just a second of detachment for life-altering events to occur.
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The Dog Days
This post doesn't really have anything to do with the Yankees. It's about something that is even more important to me. As I hope my readers sense, everything I write comes right from my heart. Although not about baseball, this post is just the same.
Aside from the Yankees, one constant in my life has been dogs. There has been a dog in my home for as long as I can remember. My parents bought Jesse, a yellow Labrador Retriever, two weeks after their dog Wade passed away. I was just a little baby. Jesse is a third brother to me. He, I, and my brothers have all grown up together. Since we were too young to remember Wade, Jesse is the only dog we've known.
Jesse and five-year-old me.
And on Monday, February 28, Jesse passed away, leaving an emptiness in our hearts and home. He was a few weeks shy of what would have been his 16th birthday.
Naturally, my family and I are devastated. Jesse has been a part of our lives for almost 16 years. He was intertwined into so many aspects of our lives, that we don't know what to do without him. Jesse's passing is the first real death that I've had to experience. I miss him so much.
Jesse was with us all the time, but one thing he really enjoyed was baseball. During the summer, our family would gather around the television, and stay there together for around three hours, to watch the Yankees. What more could a dog ask for? At dinner, Jesse would bark at a certain point every night – when my Dad's wine glass had about 1 sip left – and motion for us to go in the living room, as if to say, "Hurry up guys! The game's about to start!"
Jesse nudged his way onto my homemade Yankees pillow.
Jesse had a lot of toys, and in his younger days he played with them a lot. As we watched the game, Jesse would dig around in his overflowing toybox for something, then approach one of us – either to hold his bone for him as he chewed, or to have us throw the ball for him to catch. But it never failed: every single time there was a tense moment in the game where we couldn't take our eyes off the screen, Jesse would get up, go get a toy, and stand in front of the screen, showing it off. I can't tell you how many exciting moments I've missed because of this, but it was all worth it.
Jesse relaxing in front of the screen. Notice all his toys scattered around.
As much as I look forward to this coming baseball season, I know as I watch the Yankees, there will be something missing. The Dog Days of Summer just won't be the same without my Jesse.
This emptiness in our home is killing us. Jesse meant the world to us. The grieving will be hard, but when the time comes, we are definitely getting another dog – maybe even two. No dog can replace Jesse, but a dog (or two) can liven up the household like nothing else.
All I can say is that I enjoyed every minute with him. Jesse was one in a million – such a good boy. He didn't have a mean bone in his body. I am blessed to have had him in my life for so long and blessed to have had grown up with him. He was perfect.
And isn't it fitting that the last game he and I watched together on the couch, on Sunday February 27, was a game that the Yankees won.
Jesse, you will always be missed and loved, but you'll never be forgotten.
And I hope Doggie Heaven has the YES Network.
Jesse James Califano. 4/12/95 – 2/28/11. Love you, buddy❤
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Aw, Virginia I'm so sorry to hear about Jesse. Believe me, losing a pet is hard. When you lose a pet, you really are losing a family member and it can be so difficult. Sounds like you really loved him and my condolances to you and your family. That picture of you and him when you were five is adorable!🙂
I'm so sorry for your loss, Virgina. I know how difficult that can be and my heart goes out to you. And if his heaven is the YES Network then he's got good company with The Boss, Thurmon Munson and the Babe himself.
Hate to hear about your loss, Virginia. Sounds like you were very blessed with Jesse. Thank you for sharing with us.
So sorry about Jesse!!!! I'm so glad you had him in your life for so many wonderful years. May he rest in peace and watch the Yankees with other canine Yankee fans.
OH Virginia, I am so sorry. Looks like he lived a long wonderful life. Jesse and you look adorable in that picture! You have such wonderful memories of him.


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Eric Merola and Ralph Moss try to exhume the rotting corpse of Laetrile in a new movie
Note: Some of you have probably seen a different version of this post fairly recently. I have a grant deadline this week and just didn't have time to come up with fresh material up to the standards of SBM. This left me with two choices: Post a "rerun" of an old post, or recycle something. I decided to recycle something for reasons explained in the first paragraph of this post.
As I was deciding what to write about this week, I realized that, surprisingly, there is precious little on Science-Based Medicine about the granddaddy of modern cancer quackery, Laetrile. Given that the final nails were placed in the coffin of the quackery that was Laetrile more than 30 years ago in the form of a clinical trial that didn't show a hint of a whiff of benefit in cancer patients, many of our younger readers might not even know what Laetrile is. But, as I explained when I wrote about Stanislaw Burzynski's early years in the 1970s, which happened to be they heyday of Laetrile, in cancer quackery everything old is eventually new again, and Laetrile is apparently soon to be new again. True, it's never really disappeared completely, because, again, no matter how discredited a cancer quackery is, someone somewhere will keep selling it and some poor cancer patient somewhere will be taken in. In any case, it occurred to me that we at SBM have discussed the politics of Laetrile. Indeed, Kimball Atwood once referred to it as the "the most lucrative health fraud ever perpetrated in the United States." Moreover, Kimball makes a convincing case that the Laetrile controversy was an important precursor that laid the groundwork for advocates of "alternative medicine"—or, as it later became known, "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) or "integrative medicine—to successfully lobby for the founding at the National Institutes of Health of what later was named the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). However, there didn't appear to be a post dedicated to discussing Laetrile itself, and something happened last week that allows me to rectify that situation.
So how is Laetrile about to become new again? Remember our old buddy Eric Merola? He's the guy who made two—count 'em—two conspiracy-laden, misinformation-ridden, astonishingly bad bits of "great man" propaganda disguised as documentaries about a Houston cancer doctor peddling unproven cancer treatments and charging his patients tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars for the privilege of being under his care while receiving this magic elixir, known as antineoplastons. Over the last several months, ever since he unleashed Burzynski: The Sequel on an unprepared and uninterested world, Merola has been hinting about his next project. Given Merola's involvement in Zeitgeist: The Movie and his primary role in throwing together two hack propaganda pieces that were so blatantly worshipful of Burzynski that Leni Riefenstahl, were she still alive and able to see them, would have told Merola to cool it with the overheated hero worship and portrayal of his movie's subject as a god-man a bit, I knew his next movie would be more of the same. I also knew it would not be about Burzynski.


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Mr. Atwater: My 40-year-old sister has had a drinking problem for years. It has torn the family apart.
She's been married twice, both times to alcoholic men. She has three children; one by her first marriage, one by an unknown man and one by her second husband. We've taken care of the kids off and on, and the oldest boy now is living with us. My parents, who are in their 70s, have the two younger ones at their house to avoid having them removed from the home by the state. This already has happened once.
She has been in rehab three times and refuses to go again. My parents asked me to ask you about an intervention. Is this an option? We don't know what else to do.
Dear Reader: Intervention is certainly an option, but let's talk about what would be required of you to give you the best chance of success.
Let me just say interventions aren't a quick fix, nor are they as they appear on TV. Ask a cop if "Law and Order" is the way it really works. There are some elements of accuracy, but the long, nondramatic, hard work part isn't evident. It doesn't make for good TV. The same applies to interventions.
Some folks have the idea they'll simply call a meeting of everybody the alcoholic has disappointed, angered or damaged, and they will tell their stories of pain and then demand or beg the alcoholic to get help.
A well-designed intervention starts with examining the attitudes of the interveners. It involves educating them about the nature of addiction, the process of letting go with compassion and the need to be absolutely nonjudgmental.
The next phase involves factual scripting of events and their consequences and refining that script, removing lectures, demands and anything starting with "you should." Often, the interveners are encouraged to start their own recovery in Al Anon or another appropriate recovery program.
In addition, one or more of the interveners are encouraged to research treatment facilities, insurance coverage or lack of it, management of minors, work or school issues and other practicalities so these objections can be overcome at the conclusion of the intervention.
Interveners then are asked to be prepared to state what they will do if the alcoholic declines the opportunity to get well, and this is scripted, refined and practiced.
By the time a family is done with the preparation phase, they well-know the intervention is as much for them as for the alcoholic, and they will be able to feel like they have done all that is possible and put the outcome in the hands of the alcoholic, where it rightfully belongs.
This process can take five to six meetings. People often turn to the idea of intervention in a crisis and want to hurry the process, but remember it took quite some time for the alcoholic to reach the point of needing the intervention.
Interventions usually are a one-shot deal. If you have one shot, better to make it a good one rather than a rushed and poorly thought-out one.
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Thank you for excellent suggestions (I mean, who would think of coins for vending machines/laundry/etc.!) for hospital stay - going in with my son next week for full posterior fusion and making lists
Thank you for excellent suggestions (I mean, who would think of coins for vending machines/laundry/etc.!) for hospital stay - going in with my son next week for full posterior fusion and making lists
Vesna, mum to Luka (age: 11) who was diagnosed with congenital scoliosis when 9 months old.
Can I add a sleeping bag for the mummy or daddy who is staying, i was so cold for two nights and my sister turned up with a sleeping bag and it was great at keeping me warm, rolled up small during the day and works so much better than one of the little hospital blankets.
Mummy to Oliver aged 10. Failed spinal fusion at Standmore 09 second surgery on 15th Dec 10 at GOS with Mr. Tucker.
Hi, I am exhausted by just reading about what to take with us for Monday's surgery, let alone the packing - I haven't even started. I don't know how long we will be there so was thinking about turning up with a huge suitcase full of stuff but luckily we live 20min walk from GOSH or one bus ride so can always go home for more.
I don't know if they will put Jessie into ICU due to the nature of the surgery but if yes, how does it work? Where do the parents stay? I want to be with her but I guess parents are not allowed to stay there, are they?
I'm guessing the patient hotel which is opposite the hospital. I suggest you phone Edel and ask. I will pm you her phone number/email. X
Mum to Maddy aged 15. Maddy is a patient at Great Ormond Street Hospital and had a growth rod inserted in November 2007. In March 2011 the growth rod was removed because the curve became too strong. In May 2011 Maddy had anterior release, 2 weeks traction on a Stryker Frame and then spinal fusion.
Just wanted to add to the list. I am definitely taking good quality tea and coffee with me in the hospital as the cheap hospital one makes me sick especially when I have lots of it and I need lots of it when I am in the hospital.
I am also taking my own mug, Jessie's Peter Rabbit plates and mug ;-) to make her feel more homely and sometimes they run out of plates and cups.
Also since being in the hospital quite a lot in the past few weeks, I am kind of getting tired of Mother's pride wholemeal bread so will be bringing some nice organic one for Jessie.
I am also considering taking my own duvet and pillows plus Jessie's horse bed linen as the hospital blankes are not warm enough with the airconditioning on all night.
I might add some more tomorrow as I prepare for Jessie's big day.
Stana xxx
PS: I am also bringing my IQ tests book - that keeps my brain working when closed in one room for longer period of time ;-)
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I love logic problems - the grid things - for keeping myself occupied
I definitely agree, now you mention it, on hospitals not being warm enough at night in many cases. The last time I was in was after my caesarian, and who knows, perhaps it was due to being massively anaemic (even though I was too hot during the day) but I was *freezing* at night, and once I'd got extra blankets had to jealously guard them as they kept trying to take them back saying they weren't necessary!
Anyway, thinking of you both and know how glad you'll be to get it over and done with. I'll be thinking of you especially on Monday!
Diagnosed at 15 with 50° curve, but probably juvenile IS. Fused in kyphosis (by non-specialised ortho) with a/p surgery T10-L2 @ 21, posterior only revision surgery to correct kyphosis @ 29. Now 38 with further revision surgery and extension of fusion to sacrum required to correct residual kyphosis, restore lordosis and address spinal stenosis.
Thank you. I have written a list, my daughter who is 11 is having full spinal fusion in a week so thank you for the info x x


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Evergreen Press Launches as New Outlet for Student Writing
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Student writing is the focus of a brand new media outlet, The Evergreen State College Press, which celebrates its launch on November 13.
Student authors will read from their essays, which highlight the diversity of experience among the student population, ranging from school support for autistic youth to the lives of West Coast wild mushroom pickers. These essays and more make up the press's first release, Writing American Cultures: Studies of Identity, Community, and Peace.
"This book is a tool for active citizenship," said faculty member and editor Sam Schrager. "It attunes us to other's lives."
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"Each year, the press will seek to publish a small number of volumes to make visible the vitality and innovation of student work at Evergreen," said Provost Michael Zimmerman, who also serves as the college's vice president of academic affairs. The launch readings and reception will take place from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. at the Library Underground at The Evergreen State College. The event will also be live streamed at evergreen.edu/streams/ .
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A drunk passenger began using profanity and demanding cigarettes before she slapped a child, removed her prosthetic leg and began attacking the flight crew with it.
The 48-year-old unnamed woman was on a flight from Enfindha, Tunisia bound for Edinburgh, Scotland when fellow passengers noticed her becoming unruly.
Soon after, "the woman started shouting, 'I want cigarettes' and demanding a parachute to jump off the plane," passenger John Smith told Edinburgh Evening News.
Smith also said that the woman slapped a young girl in a neighboring seat before unfastening her prosthetic leg and swinging it at flight attendants. "They took [her prosthetic leg] off her, but she started kicking them with her good leg," said Smith.
The crew managed to restrain her and put her in handcuffs while the pilot diverted the plane and made an emergency landing at Gatwick, England.
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In Search of the Birth of William George Baker – Part 3
This is a continuation of from my two other posts on my endeavour to find the birth/baptism record of William George Baker. My previous posts are birth of William Baker and Baker, Baldwin, Rice.
SamuelBake, as mentioned in my previous post, was married to Sarah King on the 18th May 1831. As I explained in both of the above posts, I concluded that William Baker was the son of Samuel & Sarah Baker, because all records here say that William's parents were 'Samuel & Sarah' but also because the parents of William's brother in law – James Rice, (Samuel Rice & Mary King) had been married at the same place and date as Samuel and Sarah King.
Unfortunately I am no closer to finding William's birth, but since writing my last post on this, I have been in contact with a connection in England that is a descendant of Henry Baker (born 1824, Boxford, Suffolk). Henry was the younger of Samuel Baker. Samuel and another brother John (born 1813), had been sentenced to transportation for 'life' in 1835 for sheep stealing. They were tried at the Suffolk Quarter Sessions in January 1835 and arrived on the ship 'England' in September 1835.
Samuel's convict indent:
- Samuel Baker
- Age 25
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Status: Married
- Children: 1 Male, 1 Female
- Former Conviction: 2 years
- Height: 5 Foot 4
- Blue Eyes
- Brown Hair
- Ruddy Skin
- Sentence: Life
Other: Mouth Small, Scar upper, Tattoos: Sun, Flower Pot, two diamonds, anchor, SBSS 1833 on lower left arm. Ring fourth finger of left hand
It is confirmed that Samuel & Sarah had, a daughter named Sarah, who was baptised in December 1834, but there is no record of any other children being born to the couple. I also note that Samuel's previous conviction was for 2 years, which from what I've been advised Samuel was tried and convicted in the summer of 1832 for larceny. This leads us to think the male child listed above in the indent would have been born either before marriage or sometime in 1831.
If the male child as indicated on Samuel's convict indent, is not William, then who was he and when was he born? Also does this mean that Samuel & Sarah had a third child, being William born after Samuel left England?
If the male child was William George Baker, then this means he was born before Sarah, in at least 1832, but this does not coincide with the ages that William gives on the various documents found here in NSW.
Also, why aren't Sarah and her children in the UK census? I have checked the 1841 & 1851 census for Suffolk but can find no record of them. Did Sarah remarry, considering that there was no possible way for Samuel to return? We know that from the shipping record for when William arrived in NSW in 1865, his mother Sarah is living in Woolwich Kent so that means that Sarah did not join her husband.
More questions than answers right now, but I do still think that Samuel & Sarah are William's parents considering the connection between the Baker, Rice & King families but trying to find his baptism record and where he is in the 1841, 1851 & 1861 census, is frustrating, to say the least.
I will be undertaking further research on Samuel Baker, the convict to see where he went to once he arrived here. Did he remarry, did he have other children and when did he die, will a fluke occur and will his death certificate indicate the names of all of his children? Or will this remain one of those puzzles that we can only guess at, making assumptions based on what information we can find on the available records?
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I am scheduled to attend a company meeting in LA next week. In the past James(my 2yo) and DH travelled w/ me b/c it is soo much easier to have my nursing baby there than to pump all day night. This is the same company.
I asked permission to bring Gavin(6 mo) this time(I pay dh air and food). My immediate supervisor said okay. Two weeks later his boss says "no". I asked if I could jsut get my own hotel room, but he said it's not about the money.
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McCarthy 'very confident' in Capers' return
Mike McCarthy's first answer left the door wide open. His second left it open only a crack.
The Green Bay Packers coach wasn't particularly definitive on Tuesday when initially asked whether defensive coordinator Dom Capers would return next season. When the topic was broached a second time during his annual end-of-season news conference, McCarthy still didn't guarantee the 62-year-old defensive coordinator's return, but came close, saying he's "very confident" Capers will remain in place.
Capers later said that he and McCarthy were scheduled to meet "all day" on Wednesday.
When asked three questions into Tuesday's 20-minute press briefing if Capers would return, McCarthy replied thusly: "Like I stated already, our process has already started, there's no decisions on anybody. I have great faith and respect for Dom Capers, and all of our coaches, but everything top to bottom will be evaluated."
The topic was revisited later, as it was pointed out that when he'd been asked about struggling kicker Mason Crosby throughout the season, he'd respond with some variation on "Mason Crosby is my kicker." McCarthy did not go that far in his reply but definitely was more forceful in his support of Capers, who has drawn the ire of many of the club's passionate fans after Saturday night's 45-31 NFC Divisional Playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
"I'm not making (any) decisions but I feel very confident that Dom Capers is going to be our defensive coordinator. But I think it's totally premature to make those types of (statements)," McCarthy replied.
"That's what knee-jerk, reactive people do. You don't make crazy decisions like that, especially (about) a man of Dom Capers' ability, his experience. I trust him – the level of responsibility he has with our coaching staff – and I think it's ridiculous that I have to answer the question, frankly. I'm appalled by it.
"There's a process that goes (on). I would not do my job, I would not fulfill my responsibility if I didn't look at the job Dom Capers has done, the job Mike McCarthy's done, what Tom Clements has done, all the way down, and I can promise you that's what's going to happen. I don't dig the drama stuff, and I get the concern. We have great fans, but there's no decisions going to be made today, and we have never operated that way and never will."
Capers acknowledged that the defensive performance against the 49ers on Saturday night deserved scrutiny and criticism and that, as defensive coordinator, the buck stops with him. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick rushed for an NFL single-game quarterback record 181 yards, including a pair of touchdowns, and the 49ers finished with the fourth-most total yards ever gained in an NFL postseason game in history (579).
At the same time, Capers emphasized that he hoped McCarthy would consider the defense's full body of work and not focus only on Saturday night's train wreck.
"(The 49ers are) a talented team but I feel good about our guys. I've seen us make great strides this year," Capers said. "It didn't look that way the other night but I've seen us make great strides, and I think with the number of young people we've got that we can move forward with this group. Obviously, you always want to add a few things here or there, but what I hope is that game's not a total evaluation of what this group has done this year, because I think there were some very good things that were done."
In 2012, the Packers finished 11th in scoring defense (21.0 points per game), 11th in total defense (336.8 yards per game), fourth in sacks (47) and tied for 19th in takeaways (23).
Among the defensive starters or key reserves who missed games this season due to injury were inside linebacker Desmond Bishop (18, including playoffs); outside linebacker Clay Matthews (four); safety Charles Woodson (nine); first-round draft pick Nick Perry (12); defensive tackle B.J. Raji (two); cornerback Sam Shields (six); inside linebacker D.J. Smith (12); defensive end C.J. Wilson (four); cornerback Davon House (seven); and rookie defensive end Jerel Worthy (four).
"It's a tough spot and it's on all of us. We're all in this together," said defensive line coach Mike Trgovac, a former defensive coordinator himself with the Carolina Panthers. "All of us have a lot of great respect for Dom and you feel bad for him because I've been in that situation before. You look at Denver – Denver's taking a lot of heat, I didn't even see the end of the game – there's only one happy team at the end of the year. You have to kind of stay focused and not let that stuff influence you because it can kind of wear on you if you listen too much or read too much into what you guys are saying and all the bad things you're saying about us (in the media)."
During Capers' first three seasons in Green Bay, the Packers finished seventh in scoring defense in 2009 (18.6 points per game), second in 2010 (15.0) and 19th in 2011 (22.4); finished second in yardage allowed in 2009 (284.4 yards per game), fifth in 2010 (309.1) and 32nd (dead last) in 2011 (411.6); were tied for 11th in sacks in 2009 (37), tied for second in 2010 (47) and tied for 27th in 2011 (29); and led the NFL in takeaways in 2009 (40), were sixth in 2010 (32) and tied for first in 2011 (38).
"I challenge anybody to go look at our four years here and look at it as a collective," cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt said. "When you look at it that way, we're top 5 in almost every category. Because I've done it. I've looked at every season and put them all to a four-year total, we're in the top 5, top 7 in every category.
"We all did not perform the way we wanted to perform on Saturday. Working for Dom Capers has been one of the best things that's ever happened to me, because he's one of the most detailed individuals that you can be around. ... I have the utmost respect for him and I will work my butt off for him to make sure my players play in the vision he wants his defense to look like."
But the Packers' three playoff exits have been ugly under Capers. In 2009, the Arizona Cardinals scored 51 points (the final six on an overtime touchdown return of an Aaron Rodgers fumble) and rolled up 531 yards in an NFC Wild Card Playoff victory over the Packers at University of Phoenix Stadium.
Last year, the defense gave up 420 yards – including a backbreaking Hail Mary touchdown at the end of the first half – as the New York Giants scored 37 points in an NFC Divisional Playoff victory at Lambeau Field.
And then came Saturday night..
Since Dave Hanner became the first Packers coach given the defensive coordinator title in 1972 under Bart Starr, the team has had only 12 defensive coordinators. Of those, only four were fired while the sitting head coaches who fired them remained. (The others who either were dismissed or departed did so as part of full regime changes when the head coach was fired or left.)
The four defensive coordinators fired were Hanner, in 1979 by Starr; Ed Donatell, by Mike Sherman after the fourth-and-26 debacle in the 2003 NFC Divisional Playoffs; Bob Slowik, who replaced Donatell in 2004 and lasted only one season before being fired as well; and Bob Sanders, whom McCarthy fired in 2008 after hiring him in 2006 after Jim Bates turned down the job. McCarthy replaced Sanders with Capers and the Packers converted from a 4-3 defense to the 3-4.
For his part, Capers did not sound like a man expecting a pink slip. He also made it clear he has no intention of calling it a career anytime soon.
"My plans are to coach for a long time," he said. "Some of my friends are coaching and they're well into their 70s. That's my plan. Like I said, to me the challenge now is to go back to work, make sure we get this fixed so these type of teams we're playing against next year, the same thing doesn't happen."
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The association of dental plaque with cancer mortality in Sweden. A longitudinal study
- 1Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
- 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- 3Department of Pathology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Correspondence to Dr Birgitta Söder; birgitta.soder{at}ki.se
- Received 1 March 2012
- Accepted 19 April 2012
- Published 11 June 2012
Objectives To study whether the amount of dental plaque, which indicates poor oral hygiene and is potential source of oral infections, associates with premature death from cancer.
Design Prospective cohort study.
Participants 1390 randomly selected healthy young Swedes followed up from 1985 to 2009. All subjects underwent oral clinical examination and answered a questionnaire assessing background variables such as socioeconomic status and smoking.
Outcome measures Causes of death were recorded from national statistics and classified according to the WHO International Classification of Diseases. Unpaired t test, χ2 tests and multiple logistic regressions were used.
Results Of the 1390 participants, 4.2% had died during the follow-up. Women had died at a mean age of 61.0 (±2.6 SD) years and men at the age of 60.2 (±2.9 SD) years. The amount of dental plaque between those who had died versus survived was statistically significant (p<0.001). In multiple logistic regression analysis, dental plaque appeared to be a significant independent predictor associated with 1.79 times the OR of death (p<0.05). Age increased the risk with an OR of 1.98 (p<0.05) and gender (men) with an OR of 1.91 (p<0.05). The malignancies were more widely scattered in men, while breast cancer was the most frequent cause of death in women.
Conclusions This study hypothesis was confirmed by showing that poor oral hygiene, as reflected in the amount of dental plaque, was associated with increased cancer mortality.
To cite: Söder B, Yakob M, Meurman JH, et al. The association of dental plaque with cancer mortality in Sweden. A longitudinal study. BMJ Open 2012;2:e001083. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001083
Contributors All authors fulfil all three of the ICMJE guidelines for authorship that are (1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and (3) final approval of the version to be published. Dr BS is the corresponding author. She had full access to all data in the study and had final decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Funding This study was supported by Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (grants F84/189) and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, The Finnish Medical Society, Helsinki, and by grant TI020Y0003 by the Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
Competing interests None.
Patient consent Obtained.
Ethics approval Ethics approval was provided by the Ethics Committee of the Karolinska Institute and Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden, had approved the study protocol (permit 2007/1669-31). The study is in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki as revised in 1983.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Data sharing statement No unpublihed data are available.
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The Synopsys PrimeTime SIG is an active community for all PrimeTime users and design engineers who want to stay connected with the latest developments in the field of Static Timing Analysis (STA).
A PrimeTime Special Interest Group (SIG) event on Gigascale design signoff
featuring Advanced OCV, PrimeTime ECO, and HyperScale technology was held at DATE in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. The event was held over lunch where PrimeTime users and managers from semiconductor companies had the opportunity to talk with industry peers and PrimeTime R&D.
Customer presentations are available for download from SolvNet.
Dr. Antun Domic
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Implementation Group
Synopsys, Inc.
Antun Domic kicked off the event and welcomed the audience. He described the Gigascale design challenges for timing signoff and the evolution of PrimeTime over the recent releases to address these challenges. He also gave a preview of exciting PrimeTime technologies coming up in 2012 and 2013.
Robert Madge
Director, Design Enabled Manufacturing
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.
Robert, the session chair, highlighted the technical collaboration between Synopsys and GLOBALFOUNDRIES and introduced the speakers of the event.
Rainer Mann
Staff Engineer
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.
Rainer presented the key PrimeTime technologies as part of the GLOBALFOUNDRIES
reference flow at 28 nm and also 20 nm for assuring silicon success. The key pieces
include composite current source (CCS), distributed multi-scenario analysis (DMSA),
PrimeTime ECO, and advanced on-chip variation (AOCV).
Rob Aitken
R&D Fellow
ARM, Ltd.
Rob Aitken detailed their experience on generating AOCV tables and timing closure with PT ECO on ARM cores.
He also shared how PrimeTime ECO helped them converge faster on a high-performance
Cortex A15 processor.
Pierre Gazull
CAD Senior Engineer
Pierre focused on their deployment experience with PrimeTime ECO on a 32-nm SoC chip
that recently taped out. He showed the results on a multivoltage design with over 90%
fixing rates of setup and hold violations after place and route, which saved them precious
turnaround time.
Steve Hollands
Senior R&D Manager, PrimeTime
Synopsys, Inc.
Steve reviewed what Gigascale signoff design challenges may exist, their impact,
and how to address them.


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Hurricane Sandy Musicians' Benefit at Le Poisson Rouge
November 8, 2012. Posted by Tim Wilkins.Add new comment | Filed under: benefit, Hurricane Sandy, Jazz Foundation of America
The Jazz Foundation of America hosted a special concert at (le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street in New York City, to benefit musicians affected by Hurricane Sandy. They hope to raise $100,000 from concertgoers and those who watch the concert online.
The hurricane swept away the electricity, homes and livelihoods of many musicians. Music-rich neighborhoods, including Manhattan's Lower East Side and West Village, and Brooklyn's Red Hook, were seriously damaged, as were Staten Island, the Rockaways and the Jersey Shore.
Wendy Oxenhorn, executive director of the JFA, went door to door to visit musicians in affected areas. She described her visit to one elderly musician in the blackout zone in this way:
"When we found our way into his building (we knew which apartment he was in because we could hear him playing his horn) the tears in his eyes when he opened the door and saw that someone came looking for him was overwhelming. When he saw the four of us there with water and food he said, 'Who are you? And, I love you.'"
Wendy and the JFA know a thing or two about hurricanes. They have helped more than a thousand New Orleans musicians rebuild their lives after Katrina, and provide emergency food, medical care and financial aid to more than six thousand musicians in need every year.
You can learn more about musicians affected by Hurricane Sandy, and the JFA's ongoing efforts to support them, by following these links.
Thank you, Wendy and the JFA!
Tonight's benefit concert is a co-production with Truth Revolution Records, Revive Music, Motema Music and DL Media, will feature more than ten bands and over fifty musicians. A partial set list is below.
7:00 - 7:20 Marianne Solivan
8:00 - 8:20 Natalie Fernandez Project
8:30 - 8:50 Jorge Roeder and Julian Lage Duo
9:00 - 9:30 David Weiss & Point of Departure
9:40 - 10:00 Orrin Evans Trio
10:10 - 10:40 Jay Rodriguez & Soul System Orchestra
10:50 - 11:10 Marcus Strickland Trio
11:20 - 11:40 Manner Effect
11:50 - 12:10 Ryan Berg Retrospective (Featuring George Burton, Wayne Smith & Tivon Pennicott)
12:10 Session Begins Jazz for Hurricane Sandy Benefit Jam Session hosted by Ben Williams


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4-19-09 PNC Park
I dragged myself out of bed after about five hours of sleep and went to today's game. I was hoping there would be batting practice today. Even though it was Sunday, I thought maybe since yesterday was an afternoon game, that there would be BP. I was right.
I decided to first ask Nyjer Morgan for a ball.
He was being asked by another fan to my right who had a Boston Red Sox hat on. Nyjer came over and said, "Turn your hat around." The kid wouldn't. Morgan said, "Can't do it, dawg." He proceeded to throw the ball to another fan wearing Pirate gear. Soon after though, I got ball #1 from Nyjer Morgan. I called his name and he tossed it up to me.
That was it for the Pirates portion of BP. The Braves then came out and hit. A ball rolled to the wall in left field, right at the 325 ft. marker.
Game: 3 balls (1 hit, 1 thrown, 1 device)
Season: 29 balls (13 hit, 10 thrown, 6 device)
Games: 7 (6 with BP, 1 without)
Average: 4.14 balls per game
Career: 195 balls
Attendance: 14,776
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Jeez man! Another three ball day. I guess you're consistent with these kind of trips to the ballpark? That's a lot better than what I've accomplished brotha! I definitely have to try and get out to PNC Park and try to get myself some of those season ticket holder ticket stubs. They look pretty sharp. I like when the tickets are larger than normal, unlike the box office tickets the Mets distribute, as well as those Pirates box office stubs. That ball pictured on the bottom looks SO crisp! Yankee Stadium tomorrow, "dawg!"
– Donnie
If only we could use the glove/cup trick in Anaheim! I will finally get to my second game of the season tomorrow and keep an eye on my MLBlog late today because I should have news on raising money for MADD. I will be talking with them in an hour or so to finalize doing something similar to what Zack is doing for Pitch In For Baseball. What I am doing obviously comes from the Adenhart tragedy and raising awareness and money for Mothers Against Drunk Driving!!
Major League Ballhawk
I'm a big fan of season tickets too vs box office tickets. The real crisp ball was the one I reeled in using the glove trick. Good look at Yankee stadium. I'll check your blog to see how you did.
Good luck with your MADD fundraising a lot of Angels fans out there will support your cause in the wake of the Adenhart tragedy.
Nice job on a Sunday. I never get crap on Sundays. It's my bad luck day. I've started my scouting report for the upcoming Pirates series. Who, in your opinion, are the big bombers that are going to hit the bp homers to LF? Do the Pirates group their lefties together during bp? Anyway, let me know. Later…


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Parenting Positive Kids
Oh, talking. What a tangled web that can be.
I don't mean talking with your friends. For the most part, that's easy. Talking with coworkers, that can be a bit challenging - but nothing like getting your kids to open up to you. For some reason, children begin to view their parents as the enemy shortly after beginning their schooling, and the opportunities that you have to enjoy open and honest conversations about the things that may be on their minds simply vanish. Especially as the kids get older, they confide in their parents less and less.
What's a parent to do?
Many parents give up on the extended communication, vowing to let their child come to them when the time is right. I'm not such a big proponent of that. I think that we need to meet our children more than half way - in fact, I venture to say that we need to expend about 90% of the effort in the relationship. Asking your child to sit down and chat with you, though - can you feel me shaking my head "no" right about now? When those big questions come, most kids clam up and shut down. The face to face approach almost always results in a big, dead silence and avoided eye contact. Instead, here are some of my best methods to getting my kids to open up.
- Go for coffee or breakfast - or lunch - Often what can't be said over the table at home, or as your daughter is jumping out of the car on the way to school, can easily be discussed over a cup of fancy coffee. I know that my own children feel like big shots when I take them out to breakfast or lunch one on one. It can be a great ice breaker to sit at the table in a coffee shop with a blended drink and a muffin.
- Cook together - when you are cooking, you are focused on something else, and it takes away the "Deer in a headlights" look that many kids seem to get when you open a conversation. Ask your teen to help you make cookies, and often, the conversation can just take on a life of its own.
- Talk in the car - again, it's the best way to have a conversation that can be a little intense. If your focus is on the road, it's not on your child's face, and that can allow your child to open up and ask those difficult questions.
- Text - This is trite, but it's really true. Often we can say things via text message that we might not have the courage to say with our voice. Tell your child that he can always send you a text if he can't find the words, and you'll be surprised at how opften your notifications will buzz.
How do you make sure the lines of communication stay open between you and your kids?
by BmatAugust 1, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Talking in the car is a way my sons and I communicate.
by KaylaMillarAugust 1, 2012 at 10:45 AMWe sit down and eat together as a family every night. It's a great way for us to rw connect after our busy days
by mallowcup17August 1, 2012 at 10:47 AM
talking in the car and we try to get lunch and dinner dates too so we can talk to them. my parents always did this and it made talking to them easier
August 1, 2012 at 10:54 AM
My kids are still little right now so it hasn't been an issue yet but thanks for all the great tips!
by mommybgood66August 1, 2012 at 10:56 AM
My little one and I have a "snuggle" time on the couch...we get a blanket and get cozy and comfortable with no tv or other distractions. Then we talk about things that are going on and what we could do to change or "fix" issues that are troubling.
by ceciliamAugust 1, 2012 at 11:06 AM
My son and I have always had a great communication bond. We do the top 3 on your list but I do not text.
by jessicasmom1August 1, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Breakfast and Dinner time to update the days
August 1, 2012 at 11:33 AMMy dd is still young, but she knows that she can talk to me about anything any time.
by mrswillieAugust 1, 2012 at 11:41 AMWe always have dinner at the table so we can talk.
by goddess99August 1, 2012 at 11:50 AM
My dd is 10 and we talk every day. We talk at home and every time we're in the car I strike up a conversation. She's a captive audience then. She has to talk lol.


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S&P, Moody's Face an 'Existential Threat'
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- How bad could it get for ratings agencies Standard & Poor's (owned by McGraw-Hill(MHP) ) and Moody's(MCO) now that the Department of Justice is suing S&P on fraud charges and state attorneys general including Eric Schneiderman of New York appear to be ready to dig in for a legal fight?
Many on Wall Street appear to feel renewed scrutiny on the bubbly pre-crisis ratings handed out by the likes of S&P and Moody's will fizzle, just like toxic real estate and structured securities they gave high ratings to.
Still, firms face an "existential threat," as the prospect of federal and civil fraud charges on pre-crisis ratings overhangs the bond-rating industry, according to Mark Palmer, an analyst at brokerage firm BTIG.
In fact, Palmer sees ratings agencies facing the same risks as Arthur Andersen , the accounting firm that failed in the wake of the bankruptcy of Enron, which imploded because of widespread accounting fraud.
The conflict of opinion is highlighted both in Moody's earnings Friday and a brewing battle between Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) and David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital Management .
Moody's reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 33% to $754.2 million, while operating income increased by an even greater 51%. Still, the rating agency's impressive numbers amid an end-of-year bond-market surge didn't impress investors, and Moody's shares fell.
The selloff likely has more to do with reports from Bloomberg and Reuters that the DoJ may yet consider a suit against Moody's and that state attorney generals are already preparing litigation.
So how bad could it get?
BTIG's Palmer says S&P, Moody's and Fitch Ratings may eventually disappear if federal or civil fraud charges are proven. That's what happened to Enron's auditor, Arthur Andersen. The key, according to Palmer, is that a potential admission of fraud would render the opinions of an agency worthless.
Notably, Palmer sees the prospect that the demise of pre-crisis industry leaders comes as a result of emerging competition, a scenario many appear to consider unlikely.
"Some have argued that
"We believe that if one or both of the firms went the way of Arthur Andersen, then upstart rating agencies with untarnished reputations such as Morningstar, Kroll and A.M. Best could rise up to take their place," the analyst said.
Palmer, who appears to be sifting through the remnants of post-crisis muck on Wall Street for contrarian investment recommendations, sees potential legal risks as more extreme than Bank of America (BAC) , which is laden with litigation centered on the housing bust.


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A 2-0-1 weekend
The Pirates competed in a trio of ballgames this weekend in the Sunshine State.
They did not lose a single game.
The jolly roger was raised for the first time this spring training season on Friday in a 5-3 win over the Orioles.
One of my favorite prospects in the organization is catcher Tony Sanchez.
I was able to catch one of Sanchez's very first minor league games in person back in Youngstown, OH. He was with the State College Spikes facing my hometown Mahoning Valley Scrappers.
He is a very likeable fellow coming out of Boston College.
In his very first spring training at bat, Sanchez belted a solo homerun off Baltimore's Troy Patton.
Sanchez is just 21 years old, eight months older than me. It is very funny that someone my age is one of the hottest prospects on a major league ballclub. I guess it is really not too much to fathom as I am a year from graduating college surrounded by Division 1 athletes at one of America's top sports universities.
Sanchez will probably begin the year in AA Altoona, but will find his way in the 'Burgh by 2011.
On Saturday the jolly roger may have been raised, but just halfway.
The Pirates and Philies played their way to a 3-3 ten inning tie.
The reining National League champs got hot right off the bat with two runs in the first inning. Pirates starter Kevin Hart looked very sloppy. He looks to be the 5th starter in the rotation so he really needs to hone his mechanics for the remainder of March.
The bottom of the first inning let the Pirates match the Phils, in fact they one upped the boys with Brotherly love. The Buccos scored their only three runs of the contest in the first frame. Ryan Church delievered a two run home run.
On Sunday's day of rest, the Buc's bats did anything but. Pittsburgh destroyed absolutely destroyed Minnesota 15-5.
Bobby Crosby gave a good audition for the starting shortstop position with a four RBI performance.
Crosby belted a 3-run homerun while going 2-for-3. It was great to see this guy come through. Whether starting or on the bench he will be vital to the team's success. Garrett Jones also connected for a homerun, his first of the spring.
The weekend was fun filled with Pirates baseball.
On Sunday it was 30 Clubs/30 Days featuring the Pirates on MLB Network. I think the broadcast team led by Matt Vasgersian really brought to light the hope and promise of the Bucs. They were valiant to praise the efforts of Neil Huntington and the restocked minor league system. They also had good interviews with Lastings Milledge, Andrew McCutchen and Paul Maholm. McCutchen also had a "wired-in" segment with him playing around with teammates comparing his speed to Usain Bolt (a stretch) and hitting an opposite field homerun into the Allegheny River at PNC Park (a bigger stretch).
This weekend I also recieved a package I have long been anticipating.
My Dave Parker poster finally came! I saw this on ebay for a nice price of seven bucks and could not pass it up. It is actually a 7-up ad from the early 80's. I'm sure the cobra will be so proud to know a college id knows who he is and that the Pirates pride is still stemming from the "We Are Family" days.
On Tuesday I will get the opportunity to see live baseball for the first time in a while.
The West Virginia baseball teams hits the recently snow vacated field to do battle with Duquesne. I once again will be the beat writer for the school newspaper covering the team.
photo credits:piratebox.com, AP/sportingnews
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Well Matt, what can I say. Tony Sanchez looks sly.
He kind of looks as if he just did something that he is pretty happy about.
It's kind of freaky.
Okay Tony stop looking at me! Your creeping me out dude. Okay that's it. I have to stop looking (…….)
15-5 the Pirates beat the Twins. I wouldn't say that's a bad thing. I would mark that down in the win column with a yellow sharpie if I were you. Me and you are enjoying our wins because we aren't gonna see much in the RS.
🙂 But eh that's baseball and life.
That pic of you and the Parker poster is a classic. I totally dig the pill box hats. Those are great and they only look good with the Pittsburgh "P" on top!
I love the poster! That is so cool! And the hats are so classic! Quite a weeend for the Pirates1
Great poster and thro back hat…. ST games a great cause you never know from one inning to the next….
Outside the Phillies Looking In
Matt, that Parker photo reminded when I had my pillbox cap in 1979. That was the coolest piece of headgear one can have – still is! I mean, with all of the Hip-Hop influenced crap New Era puts out, the Pillbox (black with yellow stripes, of course) stands alone!


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so lets talk about cars
99' ford ranger 94K mi, i put about 15k of that on
4cly 5 speed reg cad 2wd (daily driver)
87' f250-sd 144k mi put on 6k
5.8L v8, auto 2wd (work truck)
93' s10, 108k only plowed with, 6 years until last yeahrwhen killed it not enough warm up... stail fule and dirty oil
v6, auto 4x4 (yard truck)
would like to have
78-79 Fire bird
Ford Super duty
Charger srt8
Fox body mustang
Jeep CJ7
Ford GT
so just post
Cars, whips, and rides
Started by AhJay351, Oct 01 2008 03:44 PM
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 03:44 PM
G3-07 Minion- Virt'd STF- 04 pump cocker
Boston Reapers Shroud
Line Captain #16
Line Captain #16
1st at Fox4 5man rookie event 2 '09
Posted 01 October 2008 - 03:50 PM
My car now Jeep Grand Cherokee that I share with my brother since I don't need it at college it's got a V8, leather seats, navigation system and all sorts of stuff I know nothing about. Here's some pics...
Posted 01 October 2008 - 03:51 PM
It may sound lame but my first car and favorite was my 96' Chrysler Sebring convertible (maroon) lots of memories with that bad boy. It was a hand me down from my dad and worked liked a charm up until about 2 years ago when it just kept breaking down. Here's a couple pics of the exact model not my exact car but same colors and such.
and a quick rev up vid I found, it's not too shabby for a luxury car.
and a quick rev up vid I found, it's not too shabby for a luxury car.
Posted 01 October 2008 - 03:52 PM
I Drive A lambo
True Story.
True Story.
Posted 01 October 2008 - 07:37 PM
theres already a topic for this
Posted 01 October 2008 - 08:28 PM
I drive a 2000 Volkswagen Passat GLS. 5 Speed Manual, 1.8T. That's all I really remember off the top of my head.
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"Catholic Answers Live is one of my favorite programs--you make my drive home enlightening and entertaining."
"Between heresy and schism there is this difference, that heresy perverts dogma, while schism, by rebellion against the bishop, separates from the Church. Nevertheless there is no schism which does not trump up a heresy to justify its departure from the Church."