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KARNES COUNTY – Various ranches in Karnes County served as the inspiration for painting artists of the Coppini Academy of Fine Art (CAFA), who painted pristine and classic springtime landscapes in areas ranging from Runge to Panna Maria, for an artistic annual event known as "Paint the Town." Paint the Town uses the medium of art to capture the beauty and history of a different Texas county each year.
On March 29, about 25 CAFA artists were in Karnes County to locally paint artwork that will be put on exhibit this upcoming weekend in Karnes City. The Paint the Town art project is meant to document, through painting and other forms of art, the vanishing small towns of South Texas.
"The Coppini Academy has an annual event called 'Paint the Town' where we go into neighboring towns and paint or sculpt the people, landscape, animals, buildings, etc. of an area," said Janice Yow Hindes, a native Texan and past president of CAFA, and creator and chairperson of Paint the Town. "It celebrates the history and people of Karnes County in an enjoyable and memorable event, that brings old stories to the young and common pleasures to diverse personalities."
The Coppini Academy of Fine Art has been around for 77 years and is based in San Antonio. The Academy was founded by Pompeo Luigi Coppini, an Italian artist and immigrant from who eventually made San Antonio his home. Coppini was a honored graduate of the Academia in his native Florence, Italy. Coppini's commissioned monument artwork can be found in many Texas universities, the State Capitol, and other prominent locations throughout Texas.
Hindes states that Karnes County was a perfect setting and backdrop to inspire the artists to paint on canvas the rustic and natural beauty that they observed.
"I revel in seeing new country, meeting new people, hearing the histories, seeing artists doing good work and having a fun venue for displaying their talents," said Hindes. "Paint the Town is the most fun event in art with which I have ever been involved. Each city we have visited has asked us to please come back. Karnes County put on some lovely adornments for our painters. The rain came just in time and the landscape was stellar."
The completed Karnes County-inspired artwork will be on display this Sunday, April 13, at the Karnes County Show Barn located near Otto Kaiser Memorial Hospital on U.S. Highway 181 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and will feature local, regional, and national artists. The event is free and open to the public and artwork will be offered for sale to the public and also be on display for the viewing enjoyment and celebration of the history and community of Karnes County. Karnes City's very own Beverly Hedtke will be honored as a guest artist and will have artwork in the exhibition.
"The public is invited to enjoy the art and refreshments and all the old stories that will certainly surface in the presence of art representing the history of Karnes County," said Hindes. "Art has always and will always be important. From ancient time to present, man has made art. He must make art. It is necessary to his mental and physical wellbeing. Art is part of us. We are art."

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8 More Website Mistakes Contractors Commonly Make
Originally published: 03.01.11 by Rich Friedel
Think of your customer — not yourself or your company.
Last month I wrote about eight mistakes that I commonly see on contractors' websites. (View this article at HVACR Business' digital edition archive, www.hvacrbusiness. com.) Here are eight more mistakes, for a total of 16 mistakes to avoid or correct on your website.
Mistake 9: No tools that help visitors to overcome their skepticism.
Consumers are extremely skeptical. Specifically, we're taught to be skeptical of anyone selling anything. On the Internet, skepticism is even higher. Your biggest hurdle to making an online conversion is overcoming your visitor's skepticism.
The following elements will increase your credibility and instill a sense of trust and believability in prospects:
- Provide full contact information at the bottom of each web page. On contractors' pages, I frequently see a phone number for each area and even what area they service. However, I won't see a street address. What would a skeptical visitor think about a business that's not willing to say where it is located? They would be more skeptical.
- Include an "About Us" page. My "About Me" page is one of the highest trafficked pages on any of my websites. Why? Because people are always curious to know who you are. Having an "About Us" page tells your visitor that you have no problem revealing yourself and that you have nothing to hide.
- Include photos of your brick-and mortar
site. If you have a brick-and mortar
store or office,
- Include testimonials. Displaying an endorsement from a customer and using pictures will give a face to your words.
- Repeat names of reputable suppliers. I know all of us use products from reputable companies — just use their credibility to your advantage.
- Provide a solid guarantee. One of the fears online consumers have is not being able to get their money back if something goes wrong. Providing a strong guarantee tells your visitor that you stand behind your product and that there is little risk in purchasing your product or service.
- Provide a picture of yourself and your staff. People don't buy from businesses, and businesses don't buy from businesses. People buy from people, and people who work for businesses buy from people who work for businesses. The more you can include about you and your credentials and successes, the more people will feel good about doing business with you.
- Provide case studies with successful results. People want to know how you can help them solve their own unique problems. If they see that you've helped someone else out that had the same (or similar) problem with successful results, it proves that you can help them as well. Use a problem/solution/results format to present your case study.
Mistake 10: Content focused on only you and your business — not on solving your prospects' problems.
NEWSFLASH! No one cares about you or any of your awards. All they care about is how you can help them solve their problems.
I see this mistake time and again — website owners focusing all their content on their company and how good they think they are. The moment you start to understand that people don't care about you, and that what they really care about is how you can solve their problem, your sales will begin to increase.
Why? Because, generally speaking, people only care about themselves! Although you might find that hard to hear, it's true. (Why do you think capitalism works?)
I'm all about education-based marketing, so education is infused in these tactics, which you can implement to make your prospects' self-interest work for you rather than against you:
- State your prospect's problem; then agitate it. Make them feel anxious!
Step 1 — Strangely, people feel better when others suffer anguish from the same problem(s) that they do. They feel that there is someone else out there who really understands them. So start your copy by confirming their feelings of anguish so that they know that you know what they're going through.
Step 2 — Now that you have confirmed their feelings of anguish, rub it in by making them feel worse. You see, people usually won't do anything about a problem unless they feel a great amount of pain.
To do this, explain the results of the problem. Let me show you what I mean: Are you sick of spending money on advertising that doesn't get the results you needed? Do you have a website that seems to just cost you money and not bring in income? I know how you feel. I, too, have suffered from being promised results; but all I got was excuses. I was told — like you — that my business needed a website, and had one built only to see no real ROI.
- Address each potential objection in your copy and an FAQ area.
If you've sold your product or service for a while, you've probably heard all the objections that your prospects could give. List any and all objections and address the most common ones in your copy.
Create a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section on your site to address potential objections. Envision yourself selling your product or service in person, and just write down your answers. You might even want to record yourself as you stand in front of your product and verbally address each objection — and then transcribe your recording.
- Do the "I & We" test.
Read your copy and circle every time the words "I" or "we" are used. Now go back and rewrite the sentence using the word "you" or "your."
Bad: "We have won multiple industry awards for our customer service."
Good: "You will receive the personal attention you require and deserve from a team of professionals that care about you and your specific needs."
Mistake 11: Links, banners, and pop-ups that pull your visitors away from your offer.
Over-using links, banners, and popups can distract visitors and stop them from acting on your "MWR" (Most Wanted Response). However, that doesn't mean you should do away with them completely. Here are a few hints to using links, banners, and pop-ups so that their distraction is minimal.
- Put the resource links that you've swapped with other sites on one page. Don't hide the page (to me that's unethical), but don't make it pronounced either. I've seen sites that say, "Visit our partners," which is O.K. if you're promoting affiliate programs, but it's a free invitation to leave your site if it's not. As I said before, you want to avoid anything that causes your visitor to leave your site.
- Don't put any links or banners on your sales pages, only on your content pages. Your content pages should drive your visitors to your sales pages. Remember, each of your "pathways" should lead to a sales page, and then to a closing page. It's O.K. to have links on your content pages, but you shouldn't include anything that will distract your visitor from buying once they've made it to your sales page.
- Try to use pop-unders or exit popups instead of entrance pop-ups. Pop-unders and exit pop-ups are presented upon leaving a site. This means that a visitor has already seen or done what they wanted to do on your site and only then are they presented with another offer. If you do use an entrance popup, use a program that limits the popup to only one pop.
- Use "fake banners" and text links to drive visitors to your sales page. Text links have higher conversion ratios than banners or pop-ups.
Mistake 12: Slow-loading site.
Even with today's broadband systems, you still have to watch the load time on your pages. Your visitor will give your site no more than 10 seconds (sometimes less) to appear. If it doesn't, they're gone. With all the new advances in graphics, it's hard to resist the temptation to place a lot of graphics that slow down your site. Here's a myth: Having video on your site slows it down. Wrong! It's large pictures and files that auto open that slow down loading sites, such as flash intros and videos that AUTO START. Don't do it.
Mistake 13: No tracking of website metrics.
You can't improve what you don't measure. Only through tweaking, testing, and measuring will you be able to improve your website's effectiveness. The following are just a few metrics that you need to measure the effectiveness of your site. Think of them as the "vital signs" of your website. Not only do the following metrics help you improve your website, but they also let you know how much you should be willing to spend on advertising.
- Sell-through or conversion rate. Your conversion rate is measured by taking the number of visitors to your site, and dividing it by the number of visitors that purchased from you.
- Visitor value. Visitor value measures how much each unique visitor that comes to your site is worth to you.
- Opt-in signup rate. Your opt-in rate is the percentage of people that sign up (give you their email address) when they visit your site.
- Traffic stats. Traffic stats could consist of any number of metrics. However, knowing how many daily unique visitors came to your site is an important metric.
- Source of visitors. Knowing where your traffic came from is also important, especially if they were driven to your site through a paid promotion. Your web stats package should be able to tell you which search engines your visitor originated from, in addition to the URLs of the websites your visitors came from.
- Average visitor time. Knowing how much time your visitor spent on a certain webpage this lets you know to what degree your visitor finds your site interesting. It can also tell you approximately where your visitors are jumping off. This metric is important to know for each webpage. You can't improve what you don't measure. Only through tweaking, testing, and measuring
- Most-viewed pages. Knowing which of your web pages are popular and which ones aren't will tell you where your visitor's interests lie. How well your visitor stays on their pathway to the closing page, and what web-pages should be dropped (or tweaked).
With the metrics that I just mentioned, you'll be able to answer several key questions about your site's performance. But perhaps the most important is, "How much is each unique visitor worth to me?"
This key metric will drive all your decisions about how much you can spend to profitably acquire new customers.
Mistake 14: No focus on a niche.
In the offline world there is an old saying: "If everyone is your target market, no one is your customer." What this means is that if you try to target a large segment, you'll appeal to nobody in particular. The most important question is still the same on or off the web: Why did you choose this niche? Maybe one of these answers fits you:
- The tighter you focus the niche, the more you can specialize your content. Example: Are we addressing service, replacement, upgrade for energy savings, or adding A/C
- Because you have 30 years as a contractor in this niche, which should give you solid credibility.
- There are a lot of homeowners in this geographical area with homes older than 10 years.
- This demographic: Homeowners usually have the money to invest.
- Most of these homeowners are paying high energy bills.
- I can increase both my service base and replacement sales.
Mistake 15: The wrong domain name.
When discussing why some retailers are so successful, you'll often hear the phrase, "Location, Location, Location."
If you've got a great location, people can find you easier, and you'll get more exposure. If your store is hidden away in some obscure neighborhood, the chances of you being a success are slim.
It's no different online, and it all starts with having a good domain name. The No. 1 rule when getting a domain name is that the closer the domain name to your business name — with no hyphens or abbreviation — the more likely you are to be found by a customer surfing the Internet. Here are some common domain name mistakes and tips on how to choose a correct domain name. There are still a lot of great domain names available. With some creativity and research, you can land yourself a great name.
- Using an extension other than a ".com." There are several top level domain extensions such as .org, .gov, .net, .info, .biz, .us, .co.uk, and .cc. The .com was the first extension to become popular and today — because of its popularity — it's the first domain that people will use to find your company. It's better to have a less-than-desirable name with a .com extension than to have a great name that is a .biz, or .info.
- Using hyphens in your domain. Hyphens are used to separate words in some domain names, but they also confuse people because most Internet users are not expecting hyphens in a domain name.
- Using unnatural abbreviations. Many times people will want to abbreviate their business name to use as their website address. When you abbreviate your business name, you inject an element of confusion. It's better to just spell out your entire business name in your domain name than to abbreviate, even if your name is long.
- Not using a keyword in your domain name. The search engines will match the keyword in the domain to the title of the page and give it a higher ranking.
- Not making the domain name easy to remember. Let's suppose your business name is taken. What will be your next move? Mine would be to find a catchy phrase that people will remember easily. You want to be able to just quickly shout out your domain and have someone understand it and remember it. A good test is if you can do a radio commercial and give out your domain name and have it be remembered, it's more than likely a good name. If not, change it.
Mistake 16: Myopia
Myopia has two meanings:
1. A vision defect in which objects are seen distinctly only when near to the eye.
2. Lack of foresight.
I'm talking about No. 2: Not taking time to develop a plan that has a target for results. If your vision is in your head and not written down in a plan for action, then you're just running by the seat of your pants.
You've heard this before: "If you fail to plan, you already have a plan, and that plan is to fail."
Rich Friedel is the former owner and general manager of Total Comfort Heating & Cooling Inc. He has more than 30 years of experience as an owner in the HVACR industry, starting as a helper for his father. Currently, he shares his insights on marketing through training and speaking. His company is Practical Marketing Solutions, www.practicalmarketingsolutions.com.
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Kirby, or "Pop-Pop" as he was known by his family and friends, was born on Feb. 20, 1933 in Goliad County, where he was a lifelong resident. After graduating from high school, he attended Victoria College and Texas A&M University. He joined the military and served as a radar instillation operator in the Korean War. He was a retired farmer and rancher, a greens keeper at the Goliad Golf Club and an amateur astronomer. Above all, he was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend to many.
"Pop-Pop" is survived by his sons, James K. Billo (Diane) of Victoria and William Robert (Billy Bob) Billo (Kristen) of Goliad; daughter, Mimi Loree Friedrichs (Mitchell) of Goliad; sister, Neva Nell McAdams of Schroeder; sister-in-law, Janie von Dohlen; grandchildren, Joshua James, Alison, Delaney, Ryder, Jake, Brinna and Kate; great-grandaughter, Audrey and one on the way; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Claudette Von Dohlen Billo; and parents, Herbert and Leora Post Billo Schmidt.
Honorary pallbearers were Joshua Billo, Ryder Billo, Jake Billo, John von Dohlen, Corey Billo and Jamie McAdams.
Private graveside services were held July 31, 2013 at 7 p.m. in Gelid.
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She was already planning to enclose the garage as her new studio when she decided to make it a gallery as well.
"I just decided to try it," she said.
Since opening the gallery, called Joyce's Artwork, she has sold three paintings.
"I paint floral mostly because of the beauty of them," she said. "I just love flowers."
Flowers might be her favorite thing to paint, but she does have some variety to her work, and her favorite piece is not of a flower but rather an Indian. A print of the piece hangs in her gallery.
She said the original painting hangs in her brother's house in Corpus Christi.
"It was so intricate," Schultz said.
All of her work is painted with acrylics.
"I like the way it flows," she said. "I like that medium over all the other mediums."
She said that most of her work takes her three to fours days to complete, depending on the size of the piece, and she spends several hours each day painting.
Schultz said she has been painting for 16 years and started before she moved to Beeville. While most of her skills are self-taught, she has taken some classes from an artist in Kerrville.
Business has started a little slowly in her new gallery, but she is not going to let that deter her. She said she will keep her studio open and continue painting as long as she is in Beeville.
She has plans to make a sign for a gallery so it can be better seen from Business 181.
Joyce's Artwork, located at 2 Shady Lane, is open Tuesday though Saturday.


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Being a Cardinal in Cub land
Being a Cardinal fan in Cub-dominated central Illinois is awesome. I love the friendly harassment you get from Cubs fans because, as I like to remind them, we have the most recent ring. I also like to remind them they always have next year. Peoria is in many ways like a mini St. Louis. When I'm home, I hang out with my friends in Kirkwood, where we go to Tropical Moose and Dewey's Pizza. When I'm in Peoria, I hang out on the Riverfront and eat at places like Burger Barge and Monical's. Downtown Peoria has the Civic Center, which is home to the Peoria Rivermen, the minor league affiliate to the STL Blues and my favorite hockey team. The games get pretty intense since I am a die-hard STL fan.
California internship experience
I spent the summer in San Diego working for a company in an intense internship program. My mornings began at 5 a.m., which I know was great preparation for working in construction. Walking to work through the Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego was an amazing experience, especially since the weather was exactly the same every day: beautiful. In addition to the work experience, I loved the community of my company. They hosted an Intern Olympics competition, where we created a balsa wood bridge. In my free time in California, I loved to surf and cook with my roommate.
Religious life
Once I knew I would attend Bradley, I was unsure if I would be able to continue my religious practices. Having participated in B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO), I knew I wanted to seek out a similar community where I could hang out with students who were like me. When I came to Peoria, I was surprised to discover a local church and a Hillel on campus. The Hillel outreach is great here. They have renovated the existing Hillel House so that more students can attend the Sunday Bagel Brunch, which is always a great time for us to get together.
Bradley family
When my dad and I left Bradley after visiting for the first time, he turned to me and said "You're going," which I was excited about…but I knew he was going to have to sell my mom on sending me to a school in Illinois. As I thought, my mom said she had to visit Bradley to check it out herself. My parents are both University of Missouri alums, and I think it was difficult for her to imagine me as anything but a Tiger. Luckily, it only took one visit for my mom to also fall in love with Bradley, and now that my brother Adam is here, we're all pretty passionate about BU. My mom serves on the Parent's Board and she feels a part of the Bradley family as well. She loves to help recruit in St. Louis, and always talks about how our family views attending BU as an investment in our future.


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Automaker looks ahead to Cadillac ELR, second-generation Volt
When it comes to sales General Motors Comp.'s (
) Chevy Volt has done modestly,
moving a couple thousands units
per month in good months. Compared to other entrants
such as the Nissan Leaf EV
from Nissan Motor Comp., Ltd. (
), whose sales number in the mere hundreds per month, that's not bad.
But sales have still been short of the hype that surrounded Volt, a car that was viewed by many as a "savior-car" of sorts for the automaker during its recession troubles. The Volt has suffered a 2011
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
investigation over battery fires
and more recently has been
rejected by some Chevy dealerships
over high tooling costs.
Still, GM is convinced that electric vehicles are a winning proposition. Wednesday night at the Automotive News World Conference GM's North America chief Mark Reuss boldly
, "The electric car is not dead... We couldn't be happier … with the Volt."
The Chevy Volt has seen several sales targets slip. In 2011 GM promised to sell 10,000 Volts, but only sold 7,700. In 2012 it predicted 45,000 units sold, but only moved 23,000. At times the Hamtramck Assembly Plant where the vehicle is assembled was idled.
GM is forging ahead, looking to fill the idle capacity at the Hamtramck Assembly Plant with orders of the new Cadillac ELR, which is essentially a luxury reskinned Volt. At the conference Mr. Reuss revealed that the plant would begin producing Cadillac ELRs before the end of the year.
The 2014 Cadillac ELR will begin production later this year. [Image Source: GM]
He also teased at the upcoming second generation Volt design, which he claims "will be even better". He comments, "We'll get there. We will see the day when we have an affordable electric car that offers 300 miles of range with all the comfort and utility of a conventional vehicle. We're talking about a transformation here. And transformation takes time."
He admits that pricing needs to become more competitive, stating, "The rest of them will come around when technology advances electric vehicles to the point where they offer comparable performance at comparable prices."
GM looks to get more competitive with Chevy Volt pricing when it releases its second-generation successor to its current EV. [Image Source: Autoblog Green]
The determination from the Detroit automaker runs counter to its previous approach from the 1990s, where it debuted the EV-1 only to bail, pulling the plug in 1999 after three years of poor sales. GM was oft villainized for that decision for much of the last decade; now it is celebrated by EV advocates as a key proponent of the advanced vehicle push.
The optimism also contrast sharply with the grim rhetoric of Nissan at the auto show. While Nissan is sticking with its LEAF EV, it's dropping the price (to $28,800 USD) and admitting that so far the project has been a flop. LEAF EV sales were essentially flat, up only 1.5 percent from 2011 to reach 9,819 units. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn admitted this week; "It was a disappointment for us."
Others like Ford Motor Comp. (F) have been more restrained in their EV dive, but have
also suffered poor results
. Ford produced 1,627 2013 Ford Focus EVs, but only sold 685 (42 percent of the stock). Fiskar also suffered a rocky year with its Karma being
panned by reviewers as "overweight"
. The Karma also
suffered fire issues
leading to recalls and
320 of the pricey EVs
were destroyed when Hurricane Sandy hit.
Tesla Motor Comp. (
) also
saw slow sales for much of the year
, but like GM it also delivered a fair degree of good news,
becoming profitable again
late in the year, thanks to the
launch of the 2013 Model S
mid-range luxury electric sedan. The Model S was well received by reviewers who
gave it many awards
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Tag: boomerang
Didane the Koala (folklore)
Back in the Dreamtime, the rugged Carnarvon area was a very hot, dry place. There were no trees or bushes, and no grass.
When the first people arrived, the country seemed new and strange, with narrow gorges and the towering sandstone cliffs of Boodyadella, the main dividing range. The people came to love these craggy ranges, [...]
Posted: September 11th, 2008 under Didane, Legend, Myth, aboriginal, drought, folklore, koala, seeds, story.
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PITTSBURGH, PA (December 26, 2008) — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has affirmed its 'BBB+' underlying rating on Allegheny County Airport Authority bonds, issued for Pittsburgh International Airport. The outlook is stable.
"I think is a very successful result based upon the recent events where the Allegheny County Airport Authority has implemented significant cost containment measures despite rising fuel costs and an economic downturn. The ratings agency recognized that Pittsburgh has been successful in converting from a hub to a market where most begin and end their trips here," said Jim Gill, Chief Financial Officer of the Allegheny County Airport Authority.
Standard & Poor's noted Southwest Airlines' and AirTran Airways' expansion at the airport along with new entrants such as JetBlue Airways, which initiated service in 2006, have enhanced origin and destination passenger levels. This has stimulated local demand, as evidenced by the increase in origin and destination enplanements since 2004. The Airport Authority's debt restructuring, cost savings and reduction initiatives, and revenue enhancement initiatives further helped to offset the revenue lost as a result of US Airways' reductions.
The stable outlook reflects Standard & Poor's expectation that the airport will continue to see generally stable origin and destination passenger levels, providing steady financial performance. The outlook also reflects the authority's limited additional debt needs and the expectation that it will maintain adequate debt service coverage.
Standard and Poor's is the worlds foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. Complete ratings information is available to subscribers of RatingsDirect, the real-time Web-based source for Standard & Poor's credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, at www.ratingsdirect.com.


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central park in may.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
19 comments:
- sheri said...
I do the same (major urban envy here in the burbs) - especially Central Park - I love that place! Great photos!
- May 8, 2012 at 8:50 AM
- Brooklyn said...
My mind always wanders to "what if we moved to nyc". Haven't been able to convince the husband....yet!
- May 8, 2012 at 9:45 AM
- Kim said...
Beautiful photos - I wouldn't give up the park, either.
- May 8, 2012 at 10:06 AM
- Susan said...
We love to play that game!
- May 8, 2012 at 10:11 AM
- in dreams said...
it looks so gorgeous there! i can't imagine having that right outside my door...i'd be so happy. (i'm actually planting the same colour margaritas in my back deck 'garden' as the ones you've shot there. they're so pretty!)
- May 8, 2012 at 11:20 AM
- rebecca said...
in dreams-
they will look fantastic!
- May 8, 2012 at 11:22 AM
- Gita said...
I wish I could be there... In spring!
- May 8, 2012 at 11:38 AM
- Alex said...
Every trip to New York I've taken has been in the winter. I'm so excited to FINALLY see it in the spring!!
- May 8, 2012 at 11:57 AM
- The Bebebirds said...
Wow that's really beautiful. Oh NYC!
- May 8, 2012 at 12:44 PM
- Shoko said...
Oh my goodness. I REALLY need to make it up there before spring is over - those flowers!!!
- May 8, 2012 at 12:55 PM
- Patrice said...
Sitting in the park as I write this. I don't want to leave her either
- May 8, 2012 at 1:42 PM
- Rebeka said...
Your flower pictures are so beautiful! Ahh parks in the spring are the best.
- May 8, 2012 at 1:50 PM
- Lonely Wife Project said...
I need to get my ass there immediately.
- May 8, 2012 at 2:24 PM
- His Little Lady said...
oh wow! absolutely beautiful!!
now i'm really wishing i was in central park right about now!
xo TJ
- May 8, 2012 at 4:34 PM
- Lena at A Crimson Kiss said...
John and I talk that way about Golden Gate, too.
- May 8, 2012 at 6:19 PM
- Monica L. Shulman said...
We play this game all the time. And one of the main reasons I'm secretly gunning for uptown is the park...THE PARK! But then we live downtown IN a park and it's so wonderful down here too. I don't know. NY is so beautiful and I can easily fall in love with all of her neighborhoods.
- May 8, 2012 at 11:21 PM
- mettecamilla said...
It's so beautiful! I can't take my eyes of the cherry trees these days - they're my favourite.
- May 9, 2012 at 3:12 AM
- Tibs said...
It would be so boring without parks - gorgeous huge parks!
- May 9, 2012 at 3:26 AM
- mina said...
i was hoping to see some cherry blossoms when i was there in march, but no such luck.
you have a really sweet blog.
- June 6, 2012 at 5:00 PM


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Jonathan T. Blunk, 26 -- Serving five years in the U.S. Navy, he had planned to fly to Reno, Nev., the next day to see his wife, Chantel, and two children.
Alexander J. Boik, 18 (standing) -- A Facebook page was created in memory of Boik, a Gateway High School student who was also an independent distributor for Organo Gold, a coffee company.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesse E. Childress, 29 -- An Air Force reservist, Childress was a cybersystems operator on active duty with the 310th Force Support Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado.
Gordon W. Cowden, 51 -- The oldest of the shooting victims, he took his two teenage children to the theater that night. Both of them survived.
Jessica Ghawi, 24 -- The aspiring sports reporter Ghawi narrowly avoided a shooting in Toronto just last month. A Texas native, she had moved to Denver to try to break into the television market there.
Petty Officer 3rd Class John Thomas Larimer, 27 -- Like his father and grandfather, Larimer chose to join the U.S. Navy and was serving at his first post at the time of his death.
Matthew R. McQuinn, 27 -- McQuinn died trying to protect his girlfriend, Samantha Yowler, during the shooting. Yowler and her brother, Nick, also trying to shield his sister from the bullets, both survived.
Micayla C. Medek, 23 -- Known to her friends as Cayla, Medek was "very spiritual and close to God," cousin Anita Busch told CNN. She was a student at the Community College of Aurora.
Veronica Moser-Sullivan, 6 -- The youngest of the shooting victims, Veronica was described as a vibrant little girl who had just learned to swim. Her 25-year-old mother was critically injured, but survived.
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So here's my problem...s
Eversince my little girl was born we had issues with breast feeding. First it was that she never would latch on for longer than a few minutes and never got any milk. So I freaked out and had my husband buy me a pump from the hospital. So she was on the bottle for about the first 2 months of her life while I was working on nursing with her. Finally I got her to breastfeed and she was doing great but after the first month or so she started tugging at the breast and she was only pooping once every 3 days so I pumped and found that I was only producing up to 2oz. This is what I'm thinking may have caused this
1. she started sleeping 10hrs through the night at 6 weeks
2. I started my periods as soon as I stopped bleeding from the pregnancy.
3. possibly she wasn't sucking properly due to the fact she was so used to the bottle.
4.. this is going to sound funny but I know milk flow is extremely psycholigical.. so I ran out of breastpads and was waiting to buy some because there was a certain kind I liked to use and they were out so I wonder if the fact that I didn't want milk to leak could have slowed my milk supply. I mean I went a few weeks without them.
5. I started worrying about my weight and watching calories.. trying to limit myself to 1700 -2000 calories
6. Started having a major aversion to water.. makes me want to throw up
This is what I have been doing to help.
1. I have been taking fenugreek 2 610mg capsules 3X daily.. been at it for 2wks
2. Drinking mother's milk tea 2-3 cups/day
3. nursing every 2 hours
4. waking up and pumping at 3:00am every night
5. Eating oatmeal cookies with my mothers milk tea, oatmeal for breakfast..Trying to eat more fruits, veggies, beans, meats, less prepared food.
none of this has been working for me. I have no idea what else to do.. I'm totally stressing out and I know that just makes things worse. Formula is not an option. My husband had cancer when he was 4 and I know that formula fed babies are 80% more likely to develop cancer.
Also I would like some more ideas on avoiding the bottle. Obviously I'm having to pump a lot and I am not going to waste the milk I'm getting. What do you guys think about the breastflow bottles? Or I was considering using a dropper.. or even a spoon.
I would appreciate ANY advice I can get. I have been struggling with this for way too long and I can't help but feel like a horrible mother
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Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, falls between 2 February and 9 March, depending on the date for Easter. In 2017, Pancake Day falls on Tuesday 28 February.
Pancake Day is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – is traditionally a time of fasting.
Pancake Day became a great way to use the foods that were given up for Lent: milk, butter, and eggs. Pancakes have featured in recipe books as far back as 1439!
Pancake Races in London
As well as eating pancakes, there's a long tradition of pancake races in London. Participants have to toss pancakes in a frying pan while completing the course. The races often raise money for charity.
If you don't fancy racing yourself, you can always cheer on the runners!
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Nearly 15 hours after sewage spewed from the ground, crews were still digging a crater and sucking up soupy stuff to find the source of the spill.
"What the tanker trucks are doing right now is recovering everything to take the weight off the pipe," said Markus Owens, spokesperson for Honolulu's Environmental Services branch.
Just after nine Thursday night, warnings went up that the pressure was going down near the waste water pump station at Ko Olina.
Owens said a forced main broke, causing well over a 1,000 gallons of raw sewage to overflow into storm drains, then to pour into the ocean nearby.
"You just got so much stress on the pipe itself, with all the gas and material flowing through, you do get a little wear and tear inside," he said.
"They health and safety of all of our guests is always our priority," said Sweetie Nelson, spokesperson for Ko Olina.
The resort area was forced to prohibit ocean access at two of its lagoons, while scientists tested for bacteria throughout the day.
"It sucks. We're in Hawaii and we want to go in the water, but we can't today," said Stephen Stand, who is from California.
"I'm glad they told us, because I didn't want any of that on me," said Lisa Fernandez, visiting from New York.
Ko Olina posted signs all over the place; it was still tough to keep people out of the water.
"Guys, get out of the water," one woman yelled at her kids, who were swimming in a prohibited area, despite warning signs.
The spill was contained just after midnight Friday, with 7,000-gallon tankers running back-to-back, trucking off the flow Friday afternoon.
It will be up to the state to call the water "clear" after an uncomfortable inconvenience.
"We're just as anxious as everyone else to hear when that will be," said Nelson.
The city said the water fronting Ko Olina's first and second lagoons will likely be closed throughout the weekend, but said the high surf should help clear the water faster.
As of Friday night, investigators still don't know what caused the break, or just how much sewage spilled into the ocean.


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Stephen P. Taylor
Class Year:1975
Outstanding Alumni Award Winner 2011
Colonel Stephen P. Taylor '75 had a distinguished career in the U.S. Marine Corps, which reached a pinnacle in his service for President George W. Bush as a presidential helicopter pilot and commanding officer. He led more than 700 personnel in support of presidential and Marine Corps missions. He flew more than 150 presidential helicopter flights from 2001 to 2003. Steve previously served as presidential command pilot in 1985 and as officer in charge of several detachments that supported presidential travel.
In addition to his time in Washington, D.C., during his career Steve was deployed to the Mediterranean aboard the USS Guam, to Saudi Arabia for combat operations in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm and to central Norway in support of Exercise Strong Resolve 95. In 1998, he was promoted to the rank of colonel and assigned to the chief of staff of Naval Operations as the head of the Amphibious Aviation Division.
After obtaining his political science degree from North Central, Steve attended U.S. Marine Corps Officer's Candidate School and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1975. He was designated a naval aviator in 1977. He attended Amphibious Warfare School in 1982 and the Naval War College in 1995, where he earned a master of arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.
Steve retired from the Marine Corps in 2003 and joined Augusta Westland Inc., where he was involved in the program to replace the presidential helicopter fleet. In 2005, he accepted a position with Lockheed Martin and continued to work on the presidential helicopter program. Steve has also been active in establishing the Vertical Lift Consortium, a group of more than 90 companies working with the U. S. Department of Defense to advance the field of vertical lift aviation.
Steve and his wife Suzette currently reside in Lexington Park, MD.
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While there is very little crime on campus, students should not walk alone on campus after dark. From dusk to dawn students can call Campus Safety for an escort to and from locations on campus. In most cases, the escort will be provided with a vehicle; however, depending on staffing, the location of the escort, and availability of officers, an officer may provide a walking escort, or provide an escort utilizing the Campus Safety golf cart. This is entirely at the discretion of the Campus Safety officers on duty.
Students coming back to campus by car after dark can call ahead and request that Campus Safety meet them in their assigned parking lot for an escort to their residence hall. Students should provide a vehicle description, and should remain in their vehicles until Campus Safety arrives.
Students can request an escort by calling extension 1234 from any campus phone. While in most cases officers are able to respond to provide escorts within 10 minutes, in the event of an emergency or unusual situation officers may be delayed. Students should remain inside until a Campus Safety officer arrives.
NOTE: The escort service is provided to ensure student safety. It is also intended for students going to and from on-campus locations. Students going off-campus should take responsibility for their own safety and ensure that they have appropriate transportation to and from campus. A Campus Safety supervisor may make an exception to this policy in cases of extreme need.
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- From sunrise to sunset, regardless of weather conditions, healthy, able-bodied students are expected to walk to and from locations on campus and adjacent to campus, including the Dow Center, Burns St. apartments, Munger apartments, Harrington School, and Washington Gardner Middle School.
- The transportation services provided by Campus Safety are primarily intended for students who live in on campus housing and do not have vehicles on campus. Students with vehicles on campus are expected to use their vehicles for their own transportation needs. An exception to this policy is the dusk to dawn escort service.
- Campus Safety officers have many responsibilities, the most important of which are responding to and addressing emergency or potentially dangerous situations that occur on campus. At times all on-duty staff may be called to deal with such issues, and so transportation for students may be delayed during those instances.
- Non-emergency services, such as transports and admittances, are normally performed by officers in the order that they are requested. This may create some delays in answering requests for transportation by Campus Safety officers.
- When possible, students should notify Campus Safety 30 minutes prior to when they wish to be transported to a specified location (for medical appointments outside of Albion, 24 hour notice is needed).
- With the exception of the shuttle service to the Michigan Flyer, all transportation services are free for students.
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Campus Safety staff members do not transport students to Oaklawn Hospital for unknown medical conditions. Campus Safety should be contacted for all medical emergencies that occur on campus so that an ambulance can be contacted for assistance.
24 hour a day, 7 day a week escorts for students living on campus
- To and from classes, to Baldwin, or other locations on campus for students who are injured or disabled.
- As requested by Student Health Services or Counseling Services Staff
- From Oaklawn Hospital
- To and from pharmacies in Albion
- To and from the Equestrian Center
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- To and from places of employment in the city of Albion
Escorts provided on certain days or at certain times for students living on campus
- To and from banks and other retail stores in Albion: Monday-Friday 8am-6pm.
To and from Medical appointments in Albion, Marshall, Jackson or Battle Creek: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm. (24 hours notice required for appointments outside of Albion).
The following transportation services are not provided by Campus Safety:
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- To airports
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Exceptions may be made in cases of emergency or extreme need. Requests should be made to the on duty supervisor.


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Workshop tackles chronic pain
RANDOLPH A free workshop series starting next month at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph will focus on managing chronic pain.
The Chronic Pain Healthier Living Workshop series will be held Mondays, Feb. 11 through March 18, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The workshop will cover coping with chronic illness and chronic pain; how to feel more in control of your pain and health; improving problem-solving skills; how to work with health care providers; how to balance activity and rest; healthy eating; gentle movement exercises and more.
Healthier Living Workshops are six-week classes offered through the Vermont Blueprint for Health for people with chronic conditions and their caregivers.
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Hi ladies,
I've been reading your stories and I'm hoping that I to will be able to succeed in supplying bm to my 3 1/2 month old son.
I'm scared that it won't work.
I work fulltime so I have started in the last couple of days to pump 3 times a day at work and bf my lo when I'm home. HOwever I know that there isn't a lot b/c he gets very fidgety after about 5 minutes.
In fact I pumped this morning and got from both breast 1/4 of an ounce and athe same just now.
Ladies, will this work?!?! I can't do a nursing vacation b/c I work fulltime and the weekends are hectic as well, what can I do. At this point I've resigned myself to the fact that I will never be able to just ebf. As it is I couldn't in the beginning which is why I resorted to the formula. It just seemed like he wasn't getting enough and I gave in decreasing my milk supply. But I so want to be able to give him bm and maybe have enough to just bf.
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"Expanding our international operations with experienced and successful people is a natural step to supporting our customer demand" in those areas, said Matt Larson, Confio's co-founder and chief executive.
To head up the international effort, Confio hired Garry Clark as director of sales in the region, where he will lead the direct-sales effort and channel development. Clark previously worked for IBM and British Telecom.
Confio also hired Neil Hambly as senior systems engineer and database administrator to lead Confio's technical-support facility. A database engineer, Hamble held database administration roles at the BBC, Accenture and MDSL.
Founded in 2002, Confio Software develops database performance solution for database developers and administrators and information-technology managers for both physical and virtual server environments.
Confio's flagship product, Ignite, helps eliminate bottlenecks for SQL server, Oracle, DB2 and Sybase databases and VMware servers.
Along with consistent growth in the United States, Confio has been benefiting from a continued increase in international sales. Fast-growing markets for databases such as Brazil, China and India are becoming an important part of Confio's strategy, along with its presence in European countries. Confio is tapping into these growth markets with the recent release of Ignite supporting double-byte characters for Asian languages. This growth has led to several industry awards this year, including the Inc. 500|5000 and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500.
The British office is located at 88 Wood St., London EC2V 7RS, and can be reached at +44 (0) 208 528 1744.
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Sunday 28th April 2013 at 10.00am This is what time the ride will set off. It's best to get to the starting point at least 15 minutes beforehand to avoid missing the start.
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- Key Theatre, Embankment Road, Peterborough, PE1 1EF We'll meet at the bike racks. For more details go to the Facebook page Breeze Network Peterborough. Don't live in Peterborough but want to join in? The Key Theatre is around 5 mins ride away from Peterborough Train Station, along a cycleway, for more information please see the National Rail Enquires website. Need a bike? Cambridge City Cycle Hire - 01223 365629 Rutland Cycles – various centres in and around East of England, see the website for information PE1 1EF
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CHICAGO – White Sox pitcher Jake Peavy makes his first start of the season today against a Royals team he has struggled to beat.
Peavy is 0-6 with a 5.56 ERA in his last seven starts against Kansas City. With Peavy on the mound, the Sox are trying to start the season 2-0 for the third time in nine seasons (also in 2005 and 2012).
With his next hit, which would be his first of the season, Paul Konerko will tie Frank Thomas for third most in White Sox history with 2,136. Designated hitter Adam Dunn and center fielder Alejandro De Aza are also looking for their first hits of the season.
The Royals have been a pain for the Sox lately. Since 2011, the Sox are only 14-23 against Kansas City. Their 12 losses to the Royals in 2012 were the most in a single season.
Right-hander Ervin Santana makes his first start for Royals after being traded from the Angels during the offseason.
Royals lineup
1. Alex Gordon, LF
2. Alcides Escobar, SS
3. Billy Butler, DH
4. Mike Moustakas, 3B
5. Salvador Perez, C
6. Eric Hosmer, 1B
7. Lorenzo Cain, CF
8. Jeff Francouer, RF
9. Chris Getz, 2B
White Sox lineup
1. Alejandro De Aza, 8
2. Jeff Keppinger, 3B
3. Alex Rios, RF
4. Adam Dunn, DH
5. Paul Konerko, 1B
6. Dayan Viciedo, LF
7. Alexei Ramirez, SS
8. Tyler Flowers, C
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By 1st Lt. Jennifer Geeslin: Mach Meter
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE — More than 275 Navy personnel, along with 10 F-18s and three E-2 radar planes will begin arriving at the 27th Fighter Wing on Saturday for a joint military exercise called Roving Sands. The exercise will run from March 21 to April 1.
Cannon and the Navy aircraft will have a vigorous flying schedule for this exercise, so citizens who live on or near Cannon may experience some additional aircraft noise during this time.
The exercise will mainly be flown at night, in the Fort Bliss, Texas, area, with approximately 26 sorties leaving Cannon per day.
"Roving Sands is a way for military aircraft to practice against the Patriot missile batteries," said Maj. Steve Brooks, 27th Fighter Wing Roving Sands project officer. "It is the way for the pilots to attack the targets and evade the Patriot, giving the Army an opportunity to train."
The U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Britain's Royal Air Force are all taking part in the exercise. Cannon along with a several nearby bases are hosting the units who are flying in for the exercise.
Cannon has participated in this type of exercise in the past.
"Roving Sands has existed in various forms throughout the years, mainly as a large Army exercise with Air Force support in the White Sands Missile Range," said Steve Guastaferro, 27th Fighter Wing installation deployment officer.
Many hours of preparation have gone into the exercise for the 524th Fighter Squadron and visiting Navy personnel.
"From logistics and aircraft maintenance support, to services, security, engineering, fuels, vehicles, lodging and medical support, it takes every member of the Cannon team to successfully support a deploying unit of this size in such a dynamic exercise environment," Guastaferro said.


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The Bobcats started the game with the ball and went right to work going 80 yards in seven plays for their first score of the night with JB Brown taking a pitch back and lobbing a 29-yard touchdown pass to Travis Quintanilla.
Cisco took advantage of an interception and quickly scored to tie the game a 7-7.
On the Cats next series, the Loboes capitalized again off another interception and took a one touchdown lead.
The Bobcats rolled on the next series with one play. A 74-yard TD reception from Quintanilla to Tyler Castellano tied up the game at 14-14.
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It was just a way to get Ariza...bull**** in my opinion.
According to Chris Broussard from ESPN The Magazine, LeBron James told Ariza he would remain with the Cavaliers past 2010.
Even that wasn't enough to get Ariza, who verbally committed to join the Rockets last Thursday, to change his mind and go to Cleveland.
"Trevor asked LeBron if he would be in Cleveland after next season," the source said. "And LeBron said, 'I'll be there. Of course, I'll be there.'"
The thing everybody including Lebron has to consider is Cleveland can't land Lebron a supporting cast. Cleveland has argueabley the best player in basketball and had the best record int he sport and they cant recruit guys to come play there. Cleveland as a city just isn't a draw. And as much as Danny Ferry is trying he won't be able to appease Lebron by bringing in big names.
If Lebron was a Knick and he was making these recruiting trips i have no doubt in my mind he'd be able to get some guys to come play with him in NY for a cheaper contract.
And whats he supposed to tell Ariza.. "Yea i want you to sign a long contract here, but i have no intentions of staying here past next season"
Well we don't seem to be able to recruit anyone either so we're not in any stronger position.
which is why the knicks need to keep their options open, and they need to target more than one possible franchise player.he could very well be serious about it
I don't understand..if Lebron was serious about staying in Cleveland wouldn't he have signed an extension already? He's not going to convince anyone to go to Cleveland as long as the rumors of him leaving is still around. What would be his reasoning for waiting until his current contract expires if he planned on staying in Cleveland all along? The same question goes for Wade.
Contradicting an earlier report, Chris Broussard writes that "sources close to the Cavaliers' superstar" said that LeBron James did not tell Trevor Ariza he would remain in Cleveland after next season.
A source told Broussard on Monday that James, in his pitch to get Ariza to sign in Cleveland, informed Ariza that he'll play with the Cavaliers past 2010.
"[B]ut on Tuesday, sources who spoke to James said the story told by the person close to Ariza was wrong," Broussard reports.
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dont you all forget...
larry brown said Ariza was delusional
it just might be the case.
The thing I love the most about our team, is we don't ever seem afraid
LeBron and Wade will resign with their current teams either before the start of the season or during the season. Cleveland might just wait until the end of the season so they could sign a free agent first and then resign LaBron (to get him some help).
Bosh and Stoudemire might end up on different teams but only via a trade. There is no way Toronto and Pheonix let's those type of players just walf away with nothing to show for it!!!
I've been saying it all along; LaBron, Kobe and Wade will stay put so this pipe dream the Knicks front office has about signing them is just that; a pipe dream. The Knicks need to make a move NOW! Contact Toronto about a sign and trade for Bosh with Lee as the main piece. Then the very next move the Knicks should make is to make a move for Tyson Chandler; offer either Darko or Sene plus one of the expiring contracts for him. Now The Knicks starting 5 and 4 would be Chandler and Bosh; I would sign for that right now!!! Curry off the bench.... Not a bad 3 man rotation (if Curry can stay focused and in shape).
Then the Knicks could set their sites on a guard... I think Hughes should be give a second chance to see if can be the guard he was just 2 seasons ago! But, if they have a chance to use his expiring contract to land a next tiered player, then so be it. I would contact Atlanta to see if they would be interested in a Johnson for Hughes slaray swap. I know the pot needs to be sweetened more for Atlanta but maybe an un-protected 1st rounder as well might be enough... From what is rumoured; Smith does not want to resign with Atlanta and Atlanta is not as enamoured with him as they were when they aquired him from Pheonix. Wilson Chandler is the only player I would like to see the Knicks really try to retain... I think he is on his way to becoming a Tayshaun Prince type player...
as far as I know, the team that does sign Lebron in 2010 is not guaranteed to win the next 10 championships
so, I really dont give a shiiit if he stays in Cleveland.
Personally, Id rather have DWade, Joe Johnson and Tyson Chandler to accompany Danilo and Toney Douglas to the promised land.
Talk about overhyping our rookies ah!!!
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|U.S. under-19 men's national team
midfielder Rob Zoppo, one of three players voted team captain, was
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TURKU, Finland -- Rob Zoppo said it himself: "This is a lot to write. It's a lot to say. It's been a different road."
The U.S. under-19 men's national team's relatively unknown tri-captain wasn't a headline high school recruit like many of the other 22 players on Team USA.
He didn't load up the stat sheet with goals and assists at Calvert Hall (Md.). He didn't commit to Towson University until the August before his high school senior year.
The untrained eye could overlook him, but in some ways it's amazing that he wasn't more widely noticed before. He can play virtually every position on the field and has been blessed with natural speed and athleticism. He's an old-school two-way midfielder. And he's also worked at it. These attributes have eventually been noticed by coach after coach, at several different stops during a lacrosse career that could best be described as an obstacle course given some of Zoppo's injury issues.
A different road, indeed.
Zoppo gets offended if you call him a defensive midfielder, although he is an effective one and can often be seen self-clearing the ball across midfield with Team USA.
"I'm an athletic midfielder," Zoppo said a few hours before the U.S. opened U19 World Championship play with a 24-6 win against Australia on Friday night in Finland. "I can play anywhere on the field. It's just my defensive abilities take away from my offensive runs sometimes, so I don't get to score as many goals as I think I could."
Zoppo actually scored a goal and had an assist in Team USA's first game Friday. "Definitely good to get your name in the stat book," he said with a smile afterward. He also had one of his trademark single-man, centerfield clears, even as goalie Zach Oliveri yelled for Zoppo to pass the ball. Instead, he split two Australian riders and sprinted downfield.
Zoppo, a Baltimore native, started off as a d-middie at Calvert Hall, where he got cut on the final day of tryouts for the high school varsity team as a sophomore and where he thought he would be cut again as a junior because he just didn't know how he fit in. In short, he lacked confidence, something that plagued him since being one of the youngest, and smaller athletes in his grade, despite also being one of the fastest. He tried out for the Calvert Hall's junior varsity football team as a 13-year-old, 5-foot-6, 120-pound freshman.
In lacrosse, he never played the summer club circuit. He wanted to play college football and played wide receiver for Calvert Hall and focused his efforts there. But he had a watershed lacrosse season his junior year, when he, in fact, did make the team. But he was right about not being sure what position he would play. The coaches gave him a long-stick for about two days, but then he was put on the offensive midfield by assistant coach Torre Kasemayer, who told Zoppo he had the athleticism, stick work and shooting ability to play offense. He shouldn't be a long pole or a defensive middie.
"I started gradually playing offense," Zoppo said. "My junior year, we were ranked No. 2 in the country, and we had so many guys going D-I. Eventually, I broke into the second-line midfield and started progressing. I started scoring a few goals here and there. By the end of the year, I started doing pretty well. My coaches started getting some emails."
Then-Towson coach Tony Seaman first saw Zoppo on the lacrosse field while recruiting Calvert Hall's Sean McGuire, who also ended up being an attackman with the Tigers. Seaman was among the first to email Calvert Hall head coach Bryan Kelly.
"I was very impressed with his overall athleticism," Seaman said by email this week. "Over the next two years I was amazed at no matter what position Coach Kelly asked him to play, be it midfield or attack, how well he adjusted to the position and his teammates. Coaches love players who can be coached, who adjust to new and different roles within the team and those characteristics really stood out watching the development of Rob."
So, Towson, where his parents both attended, noticed him early, but then after his junior season, Zoppo caught the attention of other recruiters after making the Under Armour Underclassmen Baltimore team (he played as a short-stick midfielder), the Maryland Freestate team and the adidas All-American games. Although playing in those events helped raise his profile – other Division I schools came knocking and Zoppo made visits to Maryland, Loyola and Ohio State – he also injured his back in the latter event.
He didn't know it until he visited the doctor weeks later, but he had two stress fractures in his lower back (F5) vertebra. He only visited the doctor after the pain became too much during Calvert Hall's first football game that season. He missed the rest of the season and didn't do much physical activity until January while focusing on rehab and resting the back to get ready for lacrosse.
Doctors said over-tightened hamstrings and muscles in the groin area contributed to the back issues. "They said when I rotated that's what caused the cracking in my back. So I worked on strengthening my core, and loosening my hamstrings to take pressure off. I went through my whole senior [lacrosse] season with that. I had a really up and down season. I ended up playing attack, which I wasn't comfortable with but I tried to play it. It gave me more experience playing on the crease and more stick work. We had so much talent my senior year. We started out No. 5 in the country, but we had a lot of injuries and we just didn't put it together. We ended up not even making the playoffs my senior year. It was a rough time in my sports career, my senior year.
"Going into fall ball at Towson, I had no idea what I was going to do playing college ball, if I was going to be successful or not," Zoppo said. "I did some rehab and eventually, right before fall ball, it just started going away. I didn't feel pain anymore. I didn't feel tight anymore. I didn't know if that was going to be temporary or not, but to this day, I haven't had any back pain from that injury."
But if it wasn't one thing, it was another. He played through the fall his freshman year at Towson as a two-way midfielder and the coaching staff told him to expect to contribute. But a few weeks before the Tigers' Feb. 19 season-opener against Johns Hopkins, Zoppo suffered a dislocated shoulder. He was out eight weeks and the staff and Zoppo agreed for him to take a medical redshirt.
It was a setback, but the time off the field also had its advantages. Zoppo worked out four days a week, added 15 pounds and said he got stronger, and even faster. Seaman encouraged him to try out for the U19 team that summer.
Even though he was one of the "college guys," and supposedly older and more experienced, Zoppo wasn't on many radars heading into four days worth of tryouts last July at UMBC in hot, sticky and humid Baltimore. Zoppo didn't know what to expect. He hadn't played in a game since his last at Calvert Hall more than a year earlier. He tried out with 122 others with some hesitation.
"I was getting more athletic, but lacrosse-wise I still didn't understand what kind of player I was," he said. "I don't think anybody knew who I was, except the kids that I had played with: Stephen Kelly [Calvert Hall (Md.)] and Ryan Tucker [Gilman/Towson (Md.)] and some of the kids from Calvert Hall trying out. I always believed in myself but I was not a highly-touted recruit at the time."
The tryout process was run blindly with no names, just numbers to identify players for an evaluation board of 20 coaches from 15 different states. Asked if he had any idea who Zoppo was heading into tryouts, USA head coach Tim Flynn said simply, "No."
Assistant coach Jack Crawford did. He's the head coach at Calvert Hall's archrival, Baltimore MIAA power Loyola-Blakefield. Crawford was also the coach of the Under Armour Baltimore underclassman team of which Zoppo was a part. That's where Crawford played him at short-stick midfield, the position he's playing for Team USA.
"He does a lot of things well that often go unnoticed by the untrained eye: ground balls, clearing, riding, being able to carry the ball in transition and create offense, being able to get back defensively in transition and not allow teams to exploit those opportunities," Crawford said. "He's what a lot of lacrosse people would call, a real 'between the lines' midfielder.
"He's the classic example of a guy who was overlooked by a lot of schools because he's not flashy. He doesn't do a lot of things that are easily noticed by people unless you watch him over and over again. When you do watch him more than once, you realize this guy can do a lot of things that are extremely important to the success of the team."
Flynn and the selectors also wanted to identify players that were willing to sacrifice individual accolades for the good of the team, they said.
"The time and the heat and the toughness of the tryouts brought out everything that he brings to a group," Flynn said. "We said 'We want that with us.' He's one of those guys that is always there for you."
Zoppo started getting calls and texts while on the beach with friends in Ocean City, Md., informing him he made the team. He still didn't believe it until someone sent him a picture of the roster. He said Saturday that making the team was the highlight of his athletic career. He and Harvard attackman Danny Eipp were the two players with college experience to do it.
"I've always been told I had potential, but anybody can have potential. It's not until you bring out that potential that people notice you."
-- U.S. U19 tri-captain Rob Zoppo
Zoppo said his confidence grew ahead of his redshirt freshman season at Towson this spring. He scored two goals in each of his first two collegiate games, and then, as he has so often during his career, moved around the field to defensive midfield after injuries to teammates necessitated it. He ended up being that two-way midfielder, although you wouldn't know his importance by his official 2012 stat line: 14 games, nine goals, two assists and eight ground balls.
"I've always been told I had potential, but anybody can have potential. It's not until you bring out that potential that people notice you," Zoppo said. "I think I have a lot more to offer. I think I just scratched the surface this year."
Now, not only he is on the U.S. team, but last weekend before the team flew to Finland, Zoppo was voted as one of three team captains by his peers at training camp at Bryant University in Rhode Island. Oliveri, a rising redshirt freshman goalie for UMass, and Harvard defenseman Stephen Jahelka, two more highly touted high school recruits from Long Island, are the other captains.
"I've never been a real vocal guy, but I try to let my actions speak for themselves, on and off the field," Zoppo said.
His one game day ritual? Praying. His advice? "Be confident as a player and do not worry about recruiting rankings." His focus on before a game? "I eat well and stay hydrated the day of a game and mentally prepare by reading scouting reports or watching film."
"It's not an accident he got elected captain of the team," Crawford said. "That's being elected by your peers, and when your peers happen to be the best lacrosse players in the country, that pretty much says it all."
And Zoppo was right, that was a lot to say.
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