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CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Alex and Anna Barraz welcomed their first daughter Yvette Barraz into the world at 3:50 a.m. Saturday, making her the first baby born in Clovis in 2011.
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The first baby born in Clovis in 2011 was Clovis residents Alex and Anna Barraz' first daughter.
Yvette Barraz was born at 3:50 a.m. Saturday. She weighed 8 pounds and 7 ounces.
Anna Barraz, 26, said her due date was Jan. 1, but she expected to give birth a week late, as she had with her three sons. When her water broke late Friday, she waited to go to the hospital so her first daughter could be born in 2011.
"That's cool," Anna Barraz said of her daughter being the first baby of the new year. "It makes her special. She's our first girl and the first baby of the year."
The mother is a home care worker with Options Home Care Services and the father is in construction with Lopez and Sons Construction.
Alex Barraz, 28, was all smiles and couldn't keep his eyes off his daughter.
"I'm just happy she's here," he said.
The couple said they always planned to have a big family, but four children is enough.
"We've always been wanting a girl," Anna Barraz said as her husband fawned over their daughter. "We just hope she grows up to be happy and whatever she wants to be."
The couple's three sons, 9-year-old Joseph, 6-year-old Nathaniel and 4-year-old Julian, hadn't been in to see their new sister yet because they stayed up late to ring in the new year.
"They've been looking forward to having a sister," Anna Barraz said.


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Community Foundation to mark 50 years
PARKERSBURG – The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation and Superior Toyota-Hyundai will be marking the 50th anniversary of the foundation's service in the Parkersburg area through the "50th Anniversary 'Cornerstone of Our Community Awards.'"
Our Community's Foundation – The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation and Regional Affiliates (PACF) – has benefitted the local area for 50 years and Superior Toyota has been a cornerstone of the Parkersburg auto community for over three decades, said foundation director Judy Sjostedt.
Since 1963, PACF has worked to inspire philanthropy, engage citizens and deliver results. Last year, it awarded $1.6 million in grants to more than 127 organizations, scholarships for 275 students and jobs for 14 local college students through its Civic Leaders Fellowship.
A family business spanning two generations, Superior Toyota has held a vital role in the Parkersburg auto community since 1973 when it began as a used car lot and gas station. Owned and operated by T.R. and Scott Hathaway, Superior Toyota employs 65 people.
In recognition of the foundation's 50th anniversary, Superior Toyota donated $10,000 to launch PACF's "Cornerstone of Our Community Awards."
"A 'cornerstone' is the fundamental building block on which a foundation rests," Sjostedt said. "PACF began when a handful of people stepped up and laid the cornerstone for a permanent, public charity. The fact that PACF does so much good now is a credit to all the citizens past and present who have continuously built on that foundation. Our 50th Anniversary Award will recognize those special persons who today are likewise serving as cornerstones, building a better community for all of us," she said.
Through its "Cornerstone" program, PACF will share Superior's gift, dividing it into $1,000 grants to honor 10 award recipients, selected using a community nominations process. Each Cornerstone recipient will identify one fund from among the Foundation's 400-plus charitable funds to receive a $500 grant in his/her honor with the fund's corresponding agency or cause immediately receiving $500, resulting in $1,000 issued in the honoree's name.
The honoree will also receive a personal memento acknowledging his/her designation as a "Cornerstone."
The public can begin nominating individuals, couples or groups today for "Cornerstone" consideration, using its online process at www.pacfwv.com (click on the blue Parkersburg Area Community Foundation link on the home page).
Basic eligibility includes: at least three years of continuous service and dedication to the local area; evidence of positive, significant community impact; and sustained "superior" personal or organizational devotion as demonstrated by giving of one's time, talent and/or resources to improve the community in a particular field, such as arts, education, youth, etc.
The nomination period will close March 27. Individuals without Internet access may secure a print application at the public libraries in Parkersburg, south Parkersburg, Vienna and Williamstown or PACF's headquarters at 1620 Park Ave., Parkersburg, between 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.


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Principal Investigator(s): Kelley, Jonathan, Australian National University. Institute of Advanced Studies; Cushing, Robert G., Australian National University; Headey, Bruce, University of Melbourne
This multipurpose survey measures a wide range of variables of interest in sociology, political science, and labor economics. It is similar to national social surveys conducted regularly in the United States, Britain, and West Germany, and much of the data are directly comparable. The questionnaire covers attitudes toward a broad range of topics, including government expenditures, taxation, inflation, crime, poverty, women and careers, migrants, political figures, and confidence in institutions such as banks and police. Other questions relate to the respondent's personal feelings about life, health, religion, moral issues, and family relationships. Political and economic data provided include party preference and voting history, income, and occupation. Additional background variables are available on education, birthplace, ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, location and size of town of residence, marital status, and union membership.
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Vietnam allows access to crash site; families elated,
Story and photo by Rudi Williams American Forces Press Service
Posted 6/23/05
They were elated, yelling with joy. Some of them even hugged the defense official who announced June 17 that the Vietnamese government had agreed to allow Americans to visit the site where seven soldiers perished in a plane crash on Jan 3, 1971. But the excitement didn't last long.
Seven family members of the dead soldiers thought their more than 34 years of prayers were finally answered and the remains of their loved ones were about to be recovered and returned home to them. But that's not what the letter from the Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons said.
"When the announcement was made, we were elated. We were screaming with joy," said Elaine Palen, sister-in-law of Sgt. Carl "Tony" Palen, one of the soldiers killed in the 1971 crash. "Then came the realization that this is a site survey, not a recovery. We'd been hoping that it was a recovery mission going to be taking place.
"It was a little bit of a disappointment when we found out that it was a site survey and not a recovery," said Palen, who was attending a luncheon hosted by the Army casualty office during the Defense Department's annual government briefings here. "Still good news, still progress being made, just a little bit of a disappointment because we were hoping they would finally be able to do the recovery."
The June 17 letter, signed by Pham Van Que, director of the Vietnamese missing persons office, was written to Army Lt. Col. Lentfort Mitchell, commander of Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command Detachment 2, in Hanoi, Vietnam. It stated, in part, the "Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons has been in contact with Gia Lai Province Authority and concerned agencies to include two MIA cases 1625 and 1687 in the 82nd JFA deployment plan.
"With their approval, we request Detachment Two make necessary arrangements to assign our investigation team to survey the sites during July within the 82nd JFA in preparation for recovery works in the time to come," the letter continued.
"We believe that it is a strong evidence of Vietnam's efforts in accomplishing our humanitarian mission, contributing to further development of Vietnam-U.S. relations," the letter read.
"An announcement was made that access for a sight survey was granted to the Central Highlands of Vietnam for Case 1625 and our case, 1687," Palen said. "The case has been surveyed before. We hope that this continued survey will lead to a recovery effort soon. This is great news for the family. However, we're holding out good hope that a recovery effort will be made soon.
Kathi Wenz, sister of another missing Soldier, Army Spc. 6 Patrick J. Magee, said, "There were seven men on a Beaver U6A aircraft. They took off without a flight plan from what the record states. They were lost, and a rescue team went looking for them three days later. And that's all we knew.
"Six years ago, they thought they'd found the crash site," Wenz said.
A Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office report states that the men were on an administrative support flight from Qui Nhon to Ban Me Thuot, in South Vietnam, when radar contact was lost with the aircraft 14 miles southeast of Phu Cat at 11:20 a.m.
"The pilot did not file a proper flight plan, nor was a weather briefing obtained prior to takeoff," the report noted. "Search and rescue efforts were delayed until 7 p.m. on Jan. 5 because (the pilot, Capt. Ferris Rhodes Jr.,) had announced plans to remain overnight at Ban Me Thuot."
The report went on to say that a beeper signal believed to be associated with the aircraft was detected on Jan. 6, but no wreckage was found when it was investigated. "The search efforts were called off on Jan. 9 with no trace found of the aircraft or personnel being found," according to the report.
"As of this morning, they received a fax granting access to the Central Highlands by the Vietnamese, which had been denied before," said Jaime G. Holguin, brother of Chief Warrant Officer Luis Holguin who perished in the crash. "They can now get a survey for these two cases. From there, we're hoping that that leads to a recovery as soon as possible."
Lorenzo Ramirez Jr., brother-in-law of the missing soldier, said, "You hear so many things over the years, but you have to remain optimistic. This letter is a surprise for me. I'm hoping and wishful that something positive happens."
Chief Warrant Officer Holguin's sister- in-law, Sylvia R. Holguin, said Ramirez has been coming to the briefings since 1986. "I'm grateful for him being supportive of his brother-in-law since 1986 and (he) hasn't given up the faith."
"This is the first time I've come personally. Our family has come for nine years. I've heard the general stuff, which seem to stay the same year after year," Jaime Holguin said.
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Ecru News 01/11/08
Happy belated birthday to Jade Dearman who turned 21 on December 29.
Happy belated anniversaries to Floyd and Mary B. Todd, December 28 and to Jimmy and Dianne Simmons for December 23.
Our community was saddened by the death of Era Nix, a wonderful mother, and friend to everyone who came in contact with her. She was a gentle soul and worked into her 90s. She was 94 years old and she will be missed by all.
Mike Simmons was surprised with a birthday celebration, December 26th with a birthday celebration with his family and relatives at Malones Fish and Steak. Happy birthday. We wont mention your age.
Another birthday celebrated in December was Ken Davis. You thought I forgot! I hope you have many more!
Mary Todd had another blood clot and was rushed to Oxford for surgery. She is doing fine for a 93-year old. At the same time she was in the hospital, her daughter Mona Davis suffered a heart attack and was taken by ambulance to Oxford. We can report that both Mona and her mother Mary Todd are doing great. It seems Monas 100 percent blockage rerouted itself. Talk about a miracle. They are both home and recuperating.
Friendship Baptist Church had a church-wide New Years Eve get together on Monday night, December 31 at 8:00 P.M. They enjoyed food, games and great fellowship.
Anna Loyce Stokes will celebrate her 95th birthday with a reception Sunday, January 13 from 2:00 3:30 P.M. at the Ecru Baptist Fellowship Hall. Everyone is cordially invited. Your presence will be your gift.
The Goodtimers met Tuesday, January 8 at 1:00 A.M. at Ecru Baptist with Circuit Jude Jimmy Roberts as guest speaker.
Ecru Baptist Church Directory pictures are scheduled for February 8 and 9.
Please remember the following people in your prayers: Brother Charles and Marie Stubblefield, Joanne Willis and Schwanda Foster.
Congratulations to all of our new public officials. The ceremony was held Sunday, January 6 in Pontotoc. We are especially proud of our two local men, Neal Davis, our new sheriff and Wayne Stokes our First District Supervisor.
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Week-end Book Review: Going to Mecca by Na'ima B. Robert and Valentina CavallinniSaturday, January 5th, 2013
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Going to Mecca
Frances Lincoln, 2012.
Ages: 5+
Going to Mecca opens with the image of a family getting ready for a trip to Saudi Arabia, where they will be performing the Hajj, the holy pilgrimage to Mecca that is considered one of the pillars of the Islamic faith. We see the youngest of the three children waving goodbye to his parents and siblings. Still a baby, and not yet ready for the journey his family is about to embark on, he is staying with grandma…


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I recently spent some time trying to build PHP on Windows, I succeeded in the end but it took rather longer than I'd have liked. I normally use the Windows PHP binaries available from snaps.php.net, but in this case I was trying to test whether a proposed patch would fix a Windows specific defect - so I really had to be able to build PHP. I particularly wanted to use a "free" development environment and, as a Windows novice (and life-time *nix user) I hit a lot of simple issues which took a while to solve. I decided to document the steps that I went through in building PHP in the hope that they might be useful to anyone else that would like to build PHP on a Windows system.
Step by step instructions for building PHP6 (and PHP5)
These instructions are intended to cover everything that you need to do to be able to build PHP on a Windows XP system. They may work on other Windows systems, I haven't checked. No prior knowledge is assumed, except how to perform basic operations using the windows command line (eg mkdir, copy) and how to use an editor (eg edit) and no software (other than Windows) is assumed to be installed.
The instructions have been tested with PHP6 and PHP5, the only difference being that any references to ICU can be ignored if you are building PHP5.
Before starting to build anything you will need to download a set of tools from Microsoft. This can take some time, for example it took me 45 minutes to install the build tools whilst in the office working with a high speed ethernet connection. Working at home with my own broadband connection it took me 4.5 hours to do the same thing. I don't recommend a dial up connection if you can possibly avoid it. The build tools will use approximately 500MB of disk space.
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition compiler
- Get the Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition compiler from here
- Check that you have the right operating system and processor to be able to use the compiler.
- Click download and then run, or save to disk and then run if you prefer.
- Read and accept the licence and all default settings.
- The compiler will be installed here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\
- At the end you will be asked to register - this takes about 5 minutes, if you don't do it something will keep nagging you.
Windows Server 2003 SP1 PLatform SDK
- Get the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK, here.
- There are three options, I chose PSDK-x86.exe as I'm running a 32 bit Windows system. The other two are for amd64 and ia64 systems.
- Click download and then run, or save to disk and then run if you prefer.
- Read and accept the license, then click through the next screens.
- Select "typical" install.
- The code will be installed in: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\
- This is a long installation - 20 minutes on my office connection, 2 hours from home.
Note: There is a more recent version of the SDK that I didn't find until after I'd used the one linked above. The newer version can be found here. I haven't tried it yet so can't say whether it works with these instructions.
The .NET Framework 2.0 SDK
- Get the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK from here. Careful - it takes a couple of minutes to start up and can put the installation window behind the one you are working in.
- Click run, then read and accept the license.
- On the installation options screen just select the Tools and Debugger - you won't need samples or doc.
- Take default installation folder (will be put under the same directory as the Visual C++).
- This is a long download - two hours on my home connection.
A utility to extract tar files on Windows
There are a number of these - I used this and it worked fine. I just downloaded it and followed the installation instructions
Getting PHP and its pre-reqs.
First decide what directory structure you want for your build environment, I use e:\zoe\BUILDS so everywhere I refer to that directory you will need to replace it with whatever you have decided to call your build directory.
I found that the easiest way to extract .zip files on Windows was to open them with Explorer and select "extract all files".
At the end of this section the sub-directory structure should look like this:
| |-winbld32 |e:\zoe\BUILDS - |-bindlib | |-icu | |-php6.0YYYYMMDDHHmm (or php5.0YYYYMMDDHHmm if you are building PHP5) |
- Put the windows build tools in e:\zoe\BUILDS (win32build.zip)
- Extract the zip file into e:\zoe\BUILDS\win32build
- Extract bindlib into e:\zoe\BUILDS\bindlib\
- Get the ICU libraries, extract them into e:\zoe\BUILDS\icu. I downloaded this:
icu4c-3_6-Win32-msvc7_1.zip 6.1MB Windows (win32 x86 32-bit) Visual Studio.Net 2003 (MSVC 7.1)
- Get PHP - I used the PHP snaps site and downloaded the tar.gz file. I copied it to my e:\zoe\BUILDS directory and used the tar utility (step 1) to extract the contents into e:\zoe\BUILDS\php6.0-YYYYMMDDHHmm
Customising the build environment
Before we can build anything, a little customisation is required to make Visual Studio Express work nicely with the SDK and to tell the build tools where to find the libraries that PHP needs to build. For reference, flex and bison are part of win32build directory and ICU is in the ICU directory. If you are building PHP5 you won't need ICU of course.
- Add paths to the vsvars32.bat file
In directory C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\ edit vsvars32.bat to include references to the Platform SDK in PATH, INCLUDE and LIB.
The relevant lines in my copy look like this:
@set PATH=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Bin;%PATH%@set INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\INCLUDE;c:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include;%INCLUDE%@set LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\LIB;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\lib;c:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib;%LIB%
- Renaming winres.h
In directory C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Includecopy the file WinResrc.h to winres.h
- Changes to environment variables.
- Start->Control panel->System->Advanced->Environment variables
- Edit (or add) "path" to add e:\zoe\BUILDS\icu\bin;e:\zoe\BUILDS\win32build\bin
- Edit (or add) "include" to add e:\zoe\BUILDS\icu\include;e:\zoe\BUILDS\win32build\include
- Edit (or add) "lib" to add e:\zoe\BUILDS\icu\lib;e:\zoe\BUILDS\win32build\lib
These changes won't take effect in any windows that you currently have open - you will need to close them and re-open.
Finally - building PHP
- Start up the build environment
- Start -> Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition -> Visual Studio Tools -> Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt.
- Building resolv.lib.
- In the Visual Studio window, cd e:\zoe\BUILDS\bindlib
- vcexpress (to start the GUI)
- File - > Open -> Project/Solution -> bindlib.dsp
- You'll get a warning about needing to convert bindlib.dsp to the current format. At "Convert and Open", click "yes".
- Now click on Project->Properties->Configuration properties->C/C++/General
- At the top, click "configuration manager" then select "release" and Win32" as the active configurations
- Under additional Include Directories, add (after the dot) ;c:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Include and then click OK (this tells it where to find Winsock.h)
- Finally - click on Build and select Build bindlib.
Assuming the the build is successful you can close the GUI - you should find a sub-directory in bindlib called Release. Copy the file resolv.lib from there to e:\zoe\BUILDS\win32build\lib, overwriting the one that's already there.
- Building PHP
- From within your VS C++ window, change directory to the place that you extracted the PHP source
- At the command line, type:
- buildconf
- cscript /nologo configure.js "--with-extra-libs=e:\zoe\BUILDS\icu" "--with-extra-includes=e:\zoe\BUILDS\icu\include" "--without-s
implexml" "--enable-prefix=e:\php6" "--disable-zlib" "--disable-odbc" "--disable-cgi" "--enable-cli" "--without-iconv" "--without-
- nmake
- nmake install
- Run a test to make sure that the build succeeded
- Create a file called test.php with the following contents <?php phpinfo() ?>
- At the command line, type "e:\php6\php.exe test.php"
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Additional Notes
Guillaume Rossolini has translated this into French - see here: here
Guillaume has also tried the newer version of the Microsoft Platform SDK and has confirmed that it works too. The only difference is that the installation folder is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2.
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Faith Lutheran's own praise band, Cross Ways, will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. This will be a special and bittersweet concert for Cross Ways, as this will be the farewell concert for their lead singer, Stacy Stevenson, who will be moving to San Antonio in August. Stacy has been with Cross Ways since they formed the worship band five years ago, and she also has appeared in several Coastal Bend College musicals, including the role of Maria in their 2009 production of "Sound of Music." Cross Ways will feature Stacy in a special mini-concert format in the middle of their evening performance.
In addition to some of Stacy's best and favorite praise and worship songs, she also will perform songs that reflect her musical history here in the community. She started her vocal performances with the A.C. Jones High School Jazz Band, so she will sing "Sunny Side of Street" and "Blue Skies." She also will do some songs from musicals, a Beatles tune and several of her most requested worship and praise songs. All of this will be in addition to the songs that Cross Ways will perform for the evening concert.
"We will be doing some great, old-time gospel songs and a few songs that I have written," Jim Stevenson said. "This should be a very good concert, and we hope everyone will turn out to say goodbye to Stacy."
Visitors may bring their own lawn chairs or use one of the church's folding chairs. They may also bring soft drinks, but free bottled water will be available for everyone.


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I looked in my throat with a flashlight to see what was going on and saw a 1" gouge on the left side. I couldn't see the real painful part that was located lower in my esophagus. The first couple mornings after the endoscopy I woke up with bloody drool on my pillow. When I see the doctor I'm going to ask him what could have caused this. I can't afford to lose more fluids than the chronically dehydrated state my body is in nor can I afford not to eat like that for a few days.
The night sweats have started back again.
Thursday night I developed some sort of stomach bug which left me feeling ill all day Friday as well. Needless to say the past few days have been difficult physically.
Today its been difficult being upright. I get up from the bed to go to the bathroom and within two steps I'm so fatigued I just want to lay back down or pass out. It's probably the worst I've felt since getting ill. I think the weight loss and everything have caught up with me and my body has just shut down.
I've increased my Cortef as well as started drinking Gatorade. I'm very grateful I'm able to drink fluids again without pain
I've been spending my days in bed listening to Stephen Levine's "Soft Belly Meditation" and trying to read his book "Healing Into Life and Death." I've read most of his books. He and his wife did a lot of work in the field of death and dying. I'm finding his book to be comforting and appropriate.
I don't know what's ahead for me physically. I don't know if I'll have more improvement or not. But I can work on healing my heart and soul.
I was listening to the meditation on my ipod and Stephen Levine said "it's okay to trust the process" which led to a bout of painful tears (painful because when I cry or burp it hurts my throat). I cried because I became aware of how much damage this illness has done to my heart and soul. I'm turning into someone I don't like. I've become angry and more times than I care to admit have been filled with self pity. Granted it is hard to live like this and it is difficult to deal with the level of abandonment that has occurred, not to mention the medical neglect, the stigma of not being believed or being told the gastritis is a muscle strain, and on and on....the isolation and sense of deprivation have taken its toll on me but its up to me to heal my heart and live from that place. I don't want my disease to be my life story.
[As an aside people who aren't ill might wonder why I spend so much time talking about my disease. It's very simple. It's because its overwhelming.]
Levine (1989) writes: "Illness causes us to confront our most assiduous doubts about the nature of the universe and the existence of God. It tears us open. It teaches us to keep our hearts open in Hell." (p. 30)
I have often said that these past few years have felt like living in purgatory or Hell or like an extended version of the movie Groundhog Day. I'm going to change that regardless of my physical abilities. It's going to take work. If I have to listen to mediations and affirmations 8 hours a day by God I'm going to change my internal state. I cannot and will not live like this anymore.
It's time for me to stop fighting and surrender into a peaceful acceptance. Since getting ill I've relentlessly research and pursued every treatment I could get my hands on (although I haven't done chelation or neural therapy or dealt with my amalgrams but I'm out of money so none of the above is an option)
My body seems to live in a precarious balance that is easily tipped into being bedbound by simple procedures such as partial toenail removal or an endoscopy and when that happens my emotions follow suit. I end up feeling frightened, hopeless, and discouraged. So I will pin my hopes now on shifting my state of mind, heart and soul.
I want to trust in the process again. I want to make peace with death not because I feel like its my time or anything like that but because when I develop symptoms I don't understand I get scared. This latest scare with my stomach was too much. It wasn't the pain so much because I have a high pain tolerance but its been the weight loss that has freaked me out and the fact that my symptoms matched so closely with my mom's months before her death. At one point I looked on the counter and saw the Pepto Bismol, and Mylanta sitting there and flashed back to my mom's counter which had the same things. When I first got sick in 2007 I asked my dad what my mom's symptoms were and he said "she had a lot of nausea." She also burped a lot which we naively joked about at the time.
What I realize is I don't want to live the rest of my life in fear. I don't want to be hounded by the "what if's."
I'll end with this passage again from Levine (p. 36) who articulates some of what I've been trying to say in this post:
Loretta told us of a two-year battle with cancer she had waged. "I fought it so hard to stay alive, but then they told me I was going to die. I was so exhausted I just didn't know what to do.I could feel death coming,so I began reading your book "Who Dies?" and started to say goodbye to all my loves and friends. But as I started to say goodbye to life, I was kind of shocked at how little I had ever lived. And even though it had seemed to me I was trying to stay alive before, it was only when I saw how much I had put on hold that I was pulled back into my life." She said that as death approached she at last saw the value of getting on with her life. She spoke of how she had been so busy trying to get well physically that she had never paid attention to the places in her that had always been so distressed, so unhappy,and perhaps forever ill (emphasis mine). She felt very fortunate that death acted as a mirror in which she saw, "really saw" how precious life was....I was so busy trying to get better that I never really acknowledged how bad off I was. I have never really treated myself with much kindness. I was angry at my body for punishing me, for betraying me. I was angry and frightened most of the time. But then something as you might say "Let go and let the healing in."...."What a miracle to send forgiveness and love into that which we have so often met with fear and loathing. To meet our pain and illness with loving kindness instead of hatred and anger brings a new trust in life. It allows the confusion that often constellates about the discomfort to release its suffocating grasp. It offers an alternative to suffering.
And now with my stomach in bad pain and sweating from the exertion it has taken to write this post I will end here.
Much peace and better health to all-


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The Midland native saved her best round for last and her score was one of just three in the 60s on the final day. Thomas also broke par with a 71 in Tuesday's second round, which was sandwiched around a 76 and 75.
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I'm blessed to work part-time, but on my work days things are CRAZY! So it's get home at 5:30, nurse the baby, tend to the toddler, have dinner, put baby to bed at 7, put toddler to bed at 8, take a shower, fold laundry, take care of dishes, sit down around 9 PM and then baby is up by about 9:30 for me to nurse her again. Sometimes I feel pretty overloaded. On my non-work days, I feel like I am trying to catch up on things around the house, grocery shop, etc.
It all goes back to the age-old debate of career and motherhood versus staying at home full time. I love being a mom and have a wonderful career. I am SO blessed.
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28 and Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."
Jesus had performed miracles and the crowds started following him. John the Baptist had been beheaded by Herod and Jesus wanted to go up the mountaintop to pray alone and to grieve. The disciples had followed Jesus' instructions and gotten into the boat, but the boat had been beaten by the waves and was a far distance from land and from Jesus and the wind was against them. Do you oftentimes feel beaten by life and a far distance from Christ when you lose sight of God in your life? But, Jesus came to the disciples by walking on the water and once again showing them and telling them to not be afraid--that "it is I". Peter wanted proof and Jesus told him to walk out on the water, but when the wind started up, he was afraid and lost sight of Christ, but then cried out "Lord, save me". Of course, Jesus was there for him just as Jesus is there for everyone when they call out to Him for help.
Just as Jesus told Peter to "Come" and walk out into life as a follower of Christ, all too are called to be messengers of the good news. When one leaves church, do they also leave their faith at the door? Do you pray privately and publicly? Do you study God's Word diligently? Do others know you as Christians as you live day by day? Don't let fear and doubt rule your life. May all gather in Jesus Name and worship the Christ. Please God, take away fears and doubts and may all step out of the boat unafraid and knowing "it is I", Jesus Christ. May all declare "Truly you are the Son of God".
A reading from Romans chapter ten: For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!"
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Kids from throughout the state are taking part in a unique camp held by the Wisconsin Alliance for Fire Safety this week.
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The self-esteem of Jodi Thomas' daughter, Daja Folds, has continued to skyrocket during the eight years she's come to the camp.
"My daughter is a track star. They didn't think she'd walk again, and she's running," said Jodi Thomas.
Both Thomas and her daughter were burned in a house fire when Folds was a baby. The 17-year-old said there's no need to hide her scars at camp and sometimes she forgets they're there.
"Because I used to be kind of shy. Now I talk to everybody, even people I don't know," said Daja Folds.
"It is a support network for our burn survivors. We call it a burn camp family where it is like a big reunion every year," said Jimmy Ahn, camp director.
"Some of their scars on the inside are worse than the outside," said Dan Gengler, board president.
The camp is sponsored by the Wisconsin Alliance for Fire Safety, and this year, organizers wanted to help campers deal with the scars that can't be seen.
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Fold won't be a camper next year; she's moving on to be a counselor. Thomas said she's glad her daughter has a place to go and talk to others with similar experiences.
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Anyone here take Fish Oil? If so, how much per day? How do you feel on it? Is it for the better?
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Anyone here take Fish Oil? If so, how much per day? How do you feel on it? Is it for the better?
I take about 4-6g per day. Helps with joints + other health benefits that can't be "felt". Can also be obtained by eating the right fatty foods..salmon...
No notice in libido. But defiantly helps joints
Keep reading that fish oil, in some users, especially male, causes a drop in libido. Something about it decrease DHT or taking up DHT receptors.
it thins your blood and is healthy for nerves, heart, organs etc. so it may indirectly been helping your boners.
I've never had that effect and i've been taking for 8 years. Its the only thing OTC that helps my creaky joints. Everyone's body is different, i'd say start w/ couple grams a day and bump up til effects libido and then back it down a couple grams
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fish oil is the shittt!! :) i love it
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aawesome for heart health brain function and lubing up dem vkoints bro
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just get the non odor ones hahaha
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I take a gram a day
I discontinued fish oil when I started my cutting diet. I eat two servings if salmon a day. It sucks!
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Yeah 1000mg will usually do the job. If combined with glucosamine and msm, you should rarely have joint problems. They also have other uses like heart/brain/skin health. Now about the libido part, not sure. I haven't experienced any.
4 grams per day. Any more than that I get nose bleeds when I lift heavy.
I buy the liquid Vitamin Shoppe brand. Take 2.5 teaspoonfuls a day.
never in my life bro
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cistco bjs or sams club is best bang for buck
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at up to 12 ounces (2 average meals) a week of a variety of fish and shellfish that are lower in mercury.
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I've never noticed a difference from fish oil
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Quick thought tonight as I watch the tournament and the first ever match for the Philadelphia Union.
The Phillies have to like what they have in Ben Francisco. Do they seem him as the successor to Jayson Werth and/or Raul Ibanez? I think we could very well be seeing this guy as a starter in the next year or so.
Of course, it's too early to tell what will happen and playing Nostradamus was never my strong suit, but Francisco fits this lineup well. The 28-year old has only been in the league for three seasons, so he's young in the sense that he's not had much major league experience.
His 14 steals with just 455 plate appearances proves he has some wheels. In his first two full season, he's ripped 15 home runs per year. Don't expect 30-plus, but his peripheral numbers appear very Jayson Werth-esque at the beginning of his career. I also like the defensive ability Francisco brings, and we should certainly see more of him this year as he gives Ibanez a breather.
Werth had the same late start (due to injuries) as Ben Fran and blossomed as he neared 30. Could we be in for the same with Francisco? Something to think about while many ponder the future of Jayson Werth.
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Ben Francisco is probably the greatest player in the history of baseball so at least he has that going for him coming into 2011
Frisco is good, but I wouldn't be comfortable having him play everyday for a contending team like the Phillies … I doubt he's good enough to replace any of outfielders successfully. Something that rarely gets mentioned: he has a candy arm!!
Maybe I'm too hard on him after his 0-for-11 postseason… but I think that he'll need to have an amazing 2010 for the FO to seriously think he can be one of our everyday outfielders in 2011.
I'd rather have Francisco as a 4th outfielder. His ratio of amazing to bad plays in the outfield don't warrant it. He's let a fly ball drop, made some bad dives at balls(excluding that one in the NLDS), and also let a runner score on a sac fly because he was too slow(the runner wasn't going to go). He's made some bad decisions and got thrown out on the bases too.
There are too many blogs and individuals trying to play armchair GM. Werth is here for at least one more year, that's that, save the speculation for next years offseason because the constant "Werth theories" are getting annoying.
You mean "successor" to Dubs and Rauuuuuuul.
Yeah, the predecessor to Werth and Ibanez would have been the Bat and Jenkins.
please. the guy doesn't sniff a starting job until he leaves, if then. his sole shot at any type of payday is to become the top PH in 2010 ala gload in 09 and dobbs in 08.
sorry guys, late night. And I'll be honest, I didnt proof it…
Now that we got it out of the way that Ben Francisco is the greatest player ever, lets talk about how every player that is on the Phillies will not be a superstar. You have to find guys like Francisco that are cheap, can step in and start, and will give you adequate numbers.
Like I said, just something to think about for the year, nothing more. Whats wrong with speculating?
Let me add that for a guy just coming over from the Indians to a world series team…it can be nerve racking. Maybe Benny felt the pressure a bit when he came into games, but that can change once he becomes more comfortable with his surroundings.
There's nothing wrong with speculating… to a point. After a while it just gets to be an annoyance. Take the Eagles QB situation for example, it's amazing how much time is wasted on asking the same questions over and over and getting the same answers over and over.
Jayson Werth is here for at least a year, enjoy the time and hope he is resigned in the off season when that time comes. How much will you enjoy the games if you wonder or say "Werth is a free agent next season" everytime he's at bat… or visit a blog to read for some enjoyment and read theories and other nonsense?
speculate away. posing questions stimulates conversation. instead of complaining, why not contribute. maybe something like this: fransisco might have potential at a cheap rate, but so do mayberry and dom brown. both younger and cheaper.
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If we see 200 at bats for Benny, there is a problem with our outfield.
Benny needs to be traded so he can play and his best value was probably last year in coming over from the Indians.
Benny needs playing time, so Mayberry and Brown need to keep playing. Mayberry proved he was not a bench player last year and I would hate to see Brown gathering splinters too.
Speculate on this: if our RF goes down with an injury or (heaven forbid) Raul never snaps out of this early season slump (I don't think Raul has ever experienced a problem hitting out of the box), who do you call in first? Probably look at Benny with the experience but keeping a short leash? Decent depth isn't usually a Phils problem.
good points. i should have clarified, i was responding to the future with mayberry/brown. francisco is def the immediate solution. hopefully he'll bring greater confidence to the plate this year, along the lines of that shot he put out last year sending the cubs home with tails btw their legs
As Phils fans we've been spoiled, we expect no less than a player to come into the Phils line-up and star because it's happened with so many of players under Gillick/Amaro.
Francisco isn't likely to be more than a 15/15/.270 as an everyday guy but the Phils are in a great position they can lose a star player and have an immediate replacement that doesn't greatly affect the chemistry of the line-up. So often you see teams have to go to the market or accelerate the development of a prospect but the top tier teams are usually a step ahead, guess this is proof the Phils are in that group now.
He's a guy with talent, hustles, can play D and he's got the bat of a major league regular and he'll be making virtually nothing.
Be it a short or long-term solution Ben Fran will probably be one of the best 3 or so corner outfielders available in the off-season and the Phils don't need to go to the market or make a serious financial commitment to him.
'Ben Fran' could be a very big part of the answer to how do you keep the core of the Phillies in tact past 2011…
^One thing to add is we'd be foolhardy to expect Francisco to produce anywhere near the power numbers Werth put up. Werth was a monster prospect who'd be around the block before being able to put it together in Philly, Francisco doesn't have that skillset or billing but he's going to be a really solid all-around player.
I don't know if Francisco will develop like Werth has of the last two years, but the comparison is a valid one. Francisco finished 2009 at just about age 28 (born 10/23/81). Werth was at a comparable point at the end of 2007, at age 28.4. Comparing their stats through those years:
Werth……. 976 ABs, .259/.352/.430, 33 HRs, 155 BBs, 305 Ks
Francisco.. 914 ABs, .263/.330/.446, 33 HRs, 81 BB, 181 Ks
I'm surrounded by Mets fans. Once the season starts, discuss games, records,…. but I don't know their farm well, details of contracts,…., they don't know the Phils. To get through the winter, the only place I have to go to find knowledgable Phils fans is the net – usually on this site. I like the the armchair gm discussions, as long as they are well thought out.
Ben is a nice 4th outfielder for this year, and he'd be more than replacement if one of the guys went down. I think he is a major league starter. In regards to replacing Werth, I don't care so much about the power if he could get his average up to near 290. While Ibanez is pretty neutral, Ben definitely has better splits against lefties – so expect to see a near platoon situation for evaluation purposes. I could see him getting close to 300 ABs this year, mostly for Ibanez, but spot starts for Vic and Werth (although Ib, Werth, Ben would not be a great defensive outfield). Should be interesting.
Francisco as a platoon player in center (Shane would go back to right) would be a very good idea. I think Dom Brown will be ready though. And please, everybody, understand that Mayberry will never ever play regularly for any major league team, let alone the Phils. He can't hit.
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Just FYI, Francisco's numbers so far are very similar vs. lefties and righties. More power vs. righties, more on base vs. lefties, but overall about the same:
vs. LHP .260/.348/.422, .770 OPS
vs. RHP .263/.324/.454, .778 OPS
See, and I have been a guy rooting for Ben to have a starting job should Jayson end up walking. Like I said in several posts, "better a young Ben Francisco than an aging and possibly overpriced free agent"
Some people are trying to say that Mayberry should be given the nod over Francisco due to having greater power potential, but I just don't see Mayberry as being a starter unless he can do something about his batting. The power is there, but it's meaningless if he can't harness it better than he has.
We had this discussion yesterday… Ben Fran cannot replace Jayson Werth. He's a nice player but even in his best year, he's not going to put up Jayson Werth numbers… let's be clear, that doesn't mean I don't think he can start for this team but if you're talking about adding Ben Fran and subtracting Werth, it's not even close to equal. Fast forward to 2011, an outfield of Ibanez, Ben Fran and Vic would be a huge downgrade from what we've got. Take away a couple of "hangover" games, Werth plays great defense. Looking at the lineup, you would be subtracing our #5 hitter and replacing him with a #6 or #7 hitter (without Werth, Ibanez likely protects Howard and Vic slides up to #6). And Dom Brown really isn't ready to fill that type of void… if you add him to this roster, the fans will assume that he's here to replace Jayson Werth and that would be a tremendous mistake. Ben Fran could start for Vic – similar tools, #6-7 hitters, solid against lefties and righties… but you can't let Werth walk OR you have to be willing to sign a suitable replacement for what he brings to the table (above average power, good speed, solid defense). Those guys are tough to find…
Regardless of what we think about Frisco, it's good to speculate… because things change quickly in one season.
Remember last year? Our biggest concern was can this guy Werth actually protect Howard in the lineup? We all had our doubts about him… and I'm sure that over 90% of us would've felt more confident with our lineup on Opening Day 2009 if PAT THE BAT was batting 5th (instead of Werth or Raul). Things changed quickly… Werth proved to be even better than Pat and he suddenly became the righty power bat that the Phillies so desperately need…
I don't think that ANYONE is trying to say that Ben Francisco will equal Jayson Werth, we are merely saying that Ben is a decent in house right-handed option with some(but not Jayson level) power, and I feel he'd at least be a capable starter. We are NOT going to be able to "Replace" Jayson, so the least we can do is at least give a starting job to a decent right-hander and decent fielder in Ben Francisco. We DO need a right handed starter in the outfield, and Ben Francisco looks to be the best option right now after Jayson leaves. Yes, losing Jayson will really hurt us in a lot of ways, but GET USED TO IT!
He's not staying unless Ruben can talk him into some sort of backloaded deal of 3-4 years tops, and I doubt that will happen.
I like ben fran. PROOF that the cliff lee deal isn't the worst possible thing in the world. check this out.
Carrasco, Marson, D'Anaurd, Knapp, Donald, Taylor, Drabek
2 catchers (big deal), an infielder, and big name outfielder/starter for….
Ben Fransisco, Roy Halladay, Aumont, Gillies, Rameriez
4th Outfielder, Best Pitcher, Possible Bull, Possible Shane, Possible Herndon?
I will take that trade anyday. We swapped Drabek and Taylor, for Halladay. I like Brown and obv. we can obtain any starters we want now.
Ben Fransisco like the 07 Phillies was shocked by playoffs. This new squad is battle tested, world champion approved.
pheeling it, thanks for the perspective. Can Aumont barbecue?
Don't take this the wrong way, WFC, but I won't accept that answer. As a fan, I won't accept the notion that our front office is unable to re-sign or replace Jayson Werth. This is where we, as fans, need to stand up and make it very clear that we aren't willing to settle.
If the front office feels like we "understand" they won't do what it takes and that's not acceptable… I really don't want to look beyond this season because this team is built to win it all again (which would be historic) and I feel like this group deserves a distraction-free season but I will take a minute to address the large elephant in the room.
We all feel good about what the front office has done up to this point but after this season, it gets hairy and RAJ's success should not give him a mulligan when it comes to Werth, Howard and Rollins. In my opinion, priority #1 is Ryan Howard. But I must admit that #2, 3 and 4 are Jayson Werth… As for Jimmy, if ever there was a player that it would break my heart to see wearing anything other than red pinstripes, it's Jimmy Rollins and I feel like he has earned the right to play out the remainder of his productive career in Philadelphia. So, what gives? Nothing… I might bend on that but I won't break. All of those guys need to be re-signed and I think that all of them would love to stay here. Looking at next year, we've got $131 million committed to 16 players… that means 9 roster spots need to be filled for about 19 million. Difficult but not impossible.
Fast forward to 2012; Ibanez' contract goes away and Dom Brown should be ready… Howard is making $20 million so it's not going to cost that much more to resign him (it will come down to years with Howard and I think that they'll find a meeting point). Vic will be a free agent… and a free agent he will be. They'll have to make a decision with Hamels (and I expect he'll want to test the market). My point… next year is the toughest year in terms of lack of flexibility. Let's do what it takes to re-sign Werth and worry about being creative later.
"We had this discussion yesterday…..Ben Fran cannot replace Jayson Werth."
Too many people on here just continually think they can make something out of nothing……in this case making Ben Francisco be a legitimate replacment for Jayson Werth.
And as it's been noted over and over again….You can't transform Ben Fran into this power-hitting slugger.
Someone said yesterday that if Francisco got something like 550 ABs….a full season….then basen on his HR history…..he should have a home run total somewhere in the low 20s. Werth's total is/should be/probably will be almost DOUBLE that.
Plus, defensively Werth is better as well.
If anything, I could see Francisco platooning next year in multiple positions with Vic, Ibanez and maybe Brown (?). Which wouldn't be the worst solution if we lose Werth.
Mayberry as an everyday option??…Forget it.
Manny, you bring up a good point though….about our expectations of Werth last season.
Wait a second…
I really appreciate what you're saying O.C.P. …….about "making it very clear that we aren't willing to settle."
But do you really think that the Phillies….RAJ, David Montgomery, whoever……are going to listen to US. Seriously?
They may listen… But at the end of the day, they're going to make decisions irregardless of what we think.
And I'm not blaming them for that. I just think that it's a little maybe naive to think that is even something of a possibility. And I mean no offense when I say that.
"You can't transform Ben Fran into this power-hitting slugger."
Werth had the better pedigree, and therefore presumably more upside, but at the same point in their careers, hitting-wise they look very similar. Again, this is Werth at the end of '07 (age 28.4), and Francisco at the end of '09 (almost 28):
Werth……. 976 ABs, .259/.352/.430, 33 HRs, 155 BBs, 305 Ks
Francisco.. 914 ABs, .263/.330/.446, 33 HRs, 81 BB, 181 Ks
You don't often see the blossoming of a slugger in their late 20s, and chances are Werth is an unusual case and we should not expect Francisco to follow the same path. Just saying, what would we have said two years ago if someone predicted that there would be a Werth vs. Howard debate in 2010?
Werth always had a dramatically higher ceiling than Ben Francisco does though, he was just hampered by wrist injuries at the start of his career, so you can't quite compare their numbers like that. Werth also has tremendous plate patience which is a huge part of his game, and Francisco hasn't shown that. Ben Francisco is good, and it's great to have him as a fourth outfielder, but he's never going to be Jayson Werth, ever.
Werth is nearly a superstar. He is just about perfect for stats with power, walks, and steals. He strikes out about average for a slugger and hits below average for an all-star. He is nearly irreplaceable. So are Howard, Utley, Halladay, and maybe even Madson.
I want Werth more than Ibanez but both of them had similar years at about .900 OPS in 2009, plus Ibanez had a better steal percentage (he was not caught stealing). Ibanez is on the decline and Werth on the rise and that will be reflected in the salaries next year. If there is a way to trade Ibanez's salary to keep Werth the Phillies would do it but Ibanez has some no trade protection so it will be very difficult.
For the phans who want to keep Werth just agree to pay MUCH more for game tickets and any other revenue stream the team can muster. I'm not sure anyone knows for sure what the team's real budget is but it appears they have one so for discussion purposes it makes sense to keep that in mind.
Keep bringing on the creative solutions. (Mine was to trade Victorino and keep Lee. Though Werth does not appear to be an everyday CF which would've been my plan. Francisco would be the primary OF with Dobbs/Gload and Mayberry/Berry as potentials. All would bat 7th. Still could try the same thing next season to free up money.)
"Ibanez had a better steal percentage (he was not caught stealing)."
Ibanez was 4 for 4 last season
Werth was 20 for 23 last season
I'd MUCH rather have Jayson Werth attempt to steal a base than Raul Ibanez.
He's much more of a base-stealer and the fact that Ibanez' steal percentage is higher doesn't mean squat (4 for 4 is too small a sample).
Francisco, Dobbs, Gload, Mayberry, and Quinten Berry are NOT everyday players. I could see some of them being very good role players and 4th outfielders (esp Ben Fran)…….but that's about it.
I think Ben could be an everyday OF, but not near the level of a player like Werth. He's perfect though as a 4th OF because he can aply all 3 spots and is a solid all around player.
He who shall not be named is being shut down for 5 days. Awwww. Abdoman strains are trickey and can linger on for a long time. Oh and we have Halladay!
Trading away he shall not be named is looking better and better, considering all the problems and setbacks he's been having lately. Looks likely that he will be this years '09 Hamels!
Anyway, back to a more WERTHwhile discussion:
let's just hope that Ruben can work something out with Jayson soon, and I am TRYING to remain hopeful that he can be extended somehow. The problem will not just be salary per year, but also the length of the contract. RAJ does not like to give out long contracts, and I think the most he's likely to offer is 3 years/4th year option, which Jayson MAY be willing to go along for, depending on what's involved and the pay etc.
Francisco has a lot of upside, and could come in as a nice replacement for Werth. Just remember that if Werth goes elsewhere, we most likely will not fill that spot with a superstar especially if we are planning on keeping Howard, Utley, Hamels, etc longer. Brown coming in cheap and Ben being cheap and getting good performance out of them after Ibanez bolts as well.
For once in our history a big trade is looking more in our favor with (he who shall not be named) hits the DL.
Go Phils
Fact is there's no real full "replacement" for JDub and if we can't keep him then we'll need one. Truth is I wouldn't want a replacement even if there was one. I like the orig JDub. In my mind the answer is – do what it takes to keep him for the next several yrs at which point his powers should become questionable. Right? Just make the best attempt to keep him and the front off should stop w/the weasley PR nonsense about upcoming cheaper 'superstars' in the minors and gee we need to watch how JDub plays this season before anyone decides what they should do about THE JAYSON WERTH SITUATION. Jeeze I'm already exhausted with it. 3 yrs is not the "dynasty" that every Philadelphian wants. The front office needs to lock in the guys that got this team where it is at present: the team that all the other players want to be on; the team that all the other teams dread playing; the team that all the sports writers point to as THE ONE to beat. RAJ and Co. need to face it, JDub is solidly one of the guys that helped get the Phillies here and if they want to stay here then they need to keep him. Yeah he's basically worked his entire life since 7 yrs old for this yr to pay off but he's never seemed like an unreasonable guy on any level. I think he wants to stay and why wouldn't he (except for the front office)? I think he'd be willing to take a lower 1st yr, backend it and get the pay off later.
I would hope that Ben Fran would be filling in for Ibanez this season to give him some rest every few series. If he looks that good, put him in. If he fills in nicely, I would sign Werth and Ben Fran. I know Ibanez has one more year on his contract, however, how was it written? Was it written that the Phillies would still owe the money if they cut him? I doubt they could trade him. But im sure there are options. We all know after 2011 latest, Ibanez is (or should be) done. Werth still a a few years left. I would rather see an outfield of Fran, Vic and Werth, then Vic, Werth and someone else.
What some of you are missing is there is more ways to score runs than the HR. You do not need 4 guys hitting 30+ HRs on a team to be WS contenders. I am not saying this in Ben or not but you put a RH bat behind Howard that hits 290-300 with few K'S and a good OB% that would protect him. Even a Guy like Vic who hits doubles and a decent average that would protect the big guy. So if Jayson walks and you want to keep the other core members of this team you do not need a superstar in RF Dom Brown will replace Raul in 2012, and a guy like Ben in RF would give you the money to sign Howard Uttley Hamels and even JRoll to another contract. You could keep these guys for 3-4 more years and if Brown pans out you start paying him then too. You can not have 8 14-20 million dollar a year guys on a team unless you are the Yankees or Red Sox.
You know, I'm sick and tired of people bashing Mayberry. He had a hell of a lot better MLB debut than Werth did. Werth sucked, he was given time and he blossomed. What makes you think Mayberry can't? I like Francisco and we got him from practically nothing however. Mayberry has just as good defense, a WAAAAY better arm, tons more power. So he slumped and couldnt hit off speed pitches and struggled against righties.. this will develope! Not many players come to the Majors and preform like Mayberry did. He homered off future hall of fame pitchers "Petite, Price" not scrubs. Plate discipline will develope so don't automatically throw him out on what you read from "scouts" These are the same scouts that put Carrasco and Jason Donald in the top 5 prospect list.
Excellent points, shag.
Too many people get caught up in the excitement and magnitude of a home run. But sometimes it's actually MORE exciting to watch someone rip a double into the gap or even bloop a single behind the infield.
I certainly don't want "eight 14-20 million dollar a year guys" on this team…..because then I probably won't be able to afford to go to as many games as I like to each year.
You have to keep Werth. It's that simple. The Phils payroll goes up 22.5 million in 2011 mostly because of Halladay. Moyer+Romero saves about 12 million so now it's 10.5 so there's just not enough for Werth unless you can unload Ibanez's 11.5.
I'd love to see the Phillies try, psujoe!!
If Ibanez has a good enough first half this year, we may be able to trade him off and not ask for much in return besides maybe some prospects. He's still in his (late) 30's, so he's not completely untradeable yet.
Agreed psujoe. It wouldn't be Werth costing this team. For the most part it would be RAJ's man-crush, Halladay. But you can bet the suits would make it seem as though Werth was costing them. And damn it'll look a whole lot worse if Werth winds up being signed by The Evil Empire (see the family / Reggie connection & NY POST article). But the Phils'll lose him if they don't make a solid attempt at keeping him.
Owners don't raise ticket prices because the players cost more (though they love us to believe that). They raise ticket prices to keep their profit margin where they want it. Blaming players for the ticket cost is like blaming actors for the price of your movie ticket. Only 1 – 3% of actors in SAG cost the studios anything. It's close to the same with players. Costs are up all down the line and the guys at the top want to keep their profits up. In the end, the little guy pays. That's all. Why should things change in the world now, lol?
Btw, why was Ibanez signed for so much, does anyone know? I like him. But, wow, too much money. Poor guy is having a terrible spring – not that that really means anything, but we could be stuck. And if tracing things back to his paycheck prevents us from keeping another more valuable player – ayyy.


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Mushroom & spinach risotto
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- Vegetarian
- kcal574
- fat22g
- saturates10g
- carbs70g
- sugars0g
- fibre5g
- protein17g
- salt1.93g
- 1 tbsp olive oil
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- 25g butter
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- 1 onion, chopped
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- 140g chestnut mushrooms, sliced
- 1 fat garlic clove, crushed
- 140g arborio rice
Arborio riceahh-bore-e-o rice
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- 150ml dry white wine
- 4 sundried tomato, chopped
- 500ml hot vegetable stock
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
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- warm ciabatta and green salad, to serve
Heat the oil and butter in a large deep frying pan. Add the onion and cook gently for 5 minutes until softened. Stir in the mushrooms and garlic and cook gently for 2-3 minutes.
Stir in the rice to coat with the onion and mushroom mixture. Pour in the wine and cook over a moderate heat for about 3 minutes, stirring from time to time, until the wine is absorbed.
Reduce to a gentle heat. Add the tomatoes and 125ml/ 4fl oz of the stock and cook for about 5 minutes until the liquid is absorbed. Pour in a further 125ml/4fl oz stock and continue cooking until absorbed. Repeat with the remaining stock, until it is all absorbed and the rice is creamy and tender.
Stir in the parsley and half the parmesan. Season to taste. Scatter the spinach over the risotto. Cover and cook gently for 4-5 minutes until the spinach has just wilted. Serve immediately sprinkled with the remaining parmesan.
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I love this recipe! Tried it for the first time last night, doubled the recipe and used cheap cider instead of wine (I always sub wine for cider when cooking) but was otherwise faithful to the recipe. I was surprised by just how tasty it was! It's become a fast favourite and we'll definitely do it again.
Delicious! Really tasty, filling, wholesome meal. Left out the parsley but didn't affect the taste in any way. I doubled the quantities as there was four of us, and it came out really well and went down a treat. Also used normal mushrooms instead of chestnut and a wee bit of extra garlic. Will definitely be making this again. This would be great for making if you are catering for vegetarians. Thumbs up from everyone!
I was surprised how tasty this risotto is - I did cheat and add some pancetta and used a meat stock to please the meat loving husband, but think it would be equally good without it. It is quite substantial especially if you use the large mushrooms. I used sun blushed tomatoes and about twice as many as in the recipe.
I've made this four times now and it turns out incredibly tasty every single time. My fridge was quite empty yesterday so I made it without the spinach and parsley and I substituted white wine with white wine vinegar and water (1:1) and it still tasted delicious. If you want some meat in it you can add some bacon.
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Just believe, man. Just believe.
Josh Sitton was done. Done believing. Done hoping. Just … done.
The Green Bay Packers veteran guard knew he and his teammates had fought the good fight. He was proud of how they hadn't quit in the face of a 23-point halftime deficit, how they'd battled back, shown some character, given the Dallas Cowboys all they could handle in the second half. But now, well, this was just too much.
The AT&T Stadium clock showed 7 minutes 55 seconds remained, and the once-stunning rally seemed dead. Sitton and his teammates had just watched Tramon Williams' interception get overturned upon replay review – a play that would have given them the ball at the Dallas 8-yard line. Instead, the Cowboys had converted the ensuing third down – thanks to a Mike Neal offsides call that was almost as suspect as the reversal of Williams' INT – and marched 80 yards for yet another touchdown. Rather than being on the verge of taking the lead, the Packers were back down by 12.
And so there Sitton sat, on the Packers' bench, realistic and resigned. Until quarterback Matt Flynn happened by.
"I was a little down in the dumps after that," Sitton confessed afterward. "But Flynn came up to me and said, 'Just believe, man. Just believe.' And I said" – Sitton paused here, for dramatic effect – " 'Hell yeah! Let's do it.'"
And then, they did it. In the same building where they won Super Bowl XLV three years ago, the Packers pulled off a 37-36 victory that was more miraculous. Maybe not as meaningful – we'll have to wait and see on that – but given that the 23-point halftime deficit they overcame tied the biggest comeback in team history, matching a 35-23 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in the 1982 season opener, it might've been more improbable than the six-game winning streak they went on en route to the franchise's 13th NFL title..
"It kind of felt the same. Which was kind of cool," kicker Mason Crosby said, comparing Sunday to the Super Bowl. "Then you have to take a step back and say, 'All right, this wasn't the Super Bowl. We have to keep working.' But for that moment, it was a big moment. Awesome, awesome to come back and win like that."
Added wide receiver Jordy Nelson: "This one was great, obviously. This could lead to something that could be like that. It's given us an opportunity to get to our ultimate goal. It's been a crazy season, but we still have an opportunity. We just have to continue to play good football.
"Even in the second half, there were ups and downs. We thought Tramon had a pick and we had the ball at the 8-yard line, and we're jacked. Then they overturn that and go down and score, and it's like, 'Man, we just can't catch a break.'
"But you have to keep playing. Crazy things can happen in this league – and they did. You just have to give yourself a shot."
And now, the Packers have done just that. With their second victory in as many weeks – their only two triumphs since starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered that fractured left collarbone on Nov. 4 – they now sit at 7-6-1 with two games to play. They remain a half-game back of NFC North-leading Chicago (8-6), but with the Bears, they control their own destiny. Beat Pittsburgh next Sunday and then beat the Bears at Soldier Field on Dec. 29, and they'll finish a half-game ahead of Chicago. The Packers will need help to finish ahead of the Detroit Lions, of course; Detroit enters its Monday Night Football game with Baltimore at 7-6, meaning the Lions must lose one more time to give the Packers the opening they need.
Just believe, man. Just believe.
"I don't think any of us can explain the feeling we have right now," said Flynn, who finished the game having completed 26 of 39 passes for 299 yards with four touchdowns and one interception (113.1 rating). "What a feeling. We were taking knees at the end and we were like, 'Is this real? Is this happening?'
"We fought so hard. Playing so bad in the first half, coming out in the second half and playing like we did offensively and defensively, I think says a lot about this team."
And the Packers were bad in the first half. The defense allowed an astronomical 332 total yards and 17 first downs, and Dallas scored on six of its seven first-half possessions. That the Cowboys (7-7) settled for four field goals to go along with their two touchdowns was actually an accomplishment.
"We couldn't stop them on defense. They did it pretty much running it, throwing it. They had over 300 yards at halftime," veteran defensive tackle Ryan Pickett said, shaking his head. "We didn't weather the storm, but we took their best punch, and we just knew if we could just get some stops that our offense would get rolling. Coming back out, even though it looked bleak, we always believed."
Offensively, Flynn was by his own admission awful (10 of 17, 117 yards, one interception, two sacks), running back Eddie Lacy had very little room to run (eight carries, 31 yards) and the sure-handed Nelson even dropped a pass. Of their 132 net yards, 39 came on a completion to James Jones that set up their only points (a 57-yard Crosby field goal) and 34 came on an empty-yardage catch-and-run by Lacy.
"I played pretty poor in the first half. I couldn't really get in a rhythm," said Flynn, who would be near-perfect in the second half (16 of 22, 182 yards, four TDs, 136.7 rating). "That first half, I was still sticking on my first one or two guys too long, waiting for them to get open. That's what you saw on the pick.
"We were pretty frustrated. We knew that there was a chance that we could do it, but I think more of the conversation at halftime was, 'Let's be men right now. Let's be men. Let's show what we're made of, show our pride, go out there and execute the way we know how to.' Something was said about winning, but we told each other that we had to look down deep and dig ourselves out of the hole from that first half playing so bad."
Just believe, man. Just believe.
At halftime, coach Mike McCarthy told his players that they were facing "the biggest adversity situation that we've been in in our time together" and that "our season's on the line," it was the words of injured defensive end Johnny Jolly and backup inside linebacker Jamari Lattimore that had the greatest impact.
"Jolly had a lot to say. He was talking about how, 'Just keep playing, keep fighting.' And actually Jamari Lattimore really spoke from the heart, got real emotional," defensive lineman B.J. Raji said. "I think the guys really felt them on that."
Talking was one thing; making a play to get things started was another. And that's precisely what Lacy did on the first snap from scrimmage of the third quarter, exploding off left tackle for a 60-yard gain. Three plays later, Nelson went up over backup cornerback Orlando Scandrick to snare a 13-yard touchdown pass from Flynn that made it 26-10.
It would be the first of five touchdowns on five straight possessions against a reeling Dallas defense that had given up scores on all eight of the Bears' meaningful possessions during a blowout loss at Soldier Field on Monday night.


text: My ds is 5 mo and exclusively bf. We're thinking of introducing solids this month and the dr said to start with cereal, then veg, then fruit. He has milk/soy/nut allergies so we're being careful. If we start with rice cereal, is there any benefit to the organic rice cereal vs. regular? The organic seems to be made from brown rice, while the regular is made from white. I've been living on rice milk, rice cakes and yes, just plain brown rice for 3 months now while his allergies sorted themselves out. Is organic brown rice cereal the way to go or should we be trying something else?