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given the nature of so many wanderers coming together on this forum, i'm really curious to know what level of contact this group has had with extra terrestrials.
Never had any direct contact.
I have seen a UFO.
I have seen an alien craft up close.
I have had direct contact with ET's.
I AM an ET.
given the nature of so many wanderers coming together on this forum, i'm really curious to know what level of contact this group has had with extra terrestrials.
...although i have not had any contact in the waking physical reality, though i have seen one fast-moving object (a light in the far distance in a dark sky) that might have been a ufo, i certainly did have close contact with seven ufos landing on a curved florida beach (or some place in the caribbean) in a very lucid dream that i had many years ago.
it was an awesome dream. i had asked an entity at a channeling session soon afterwards and she said that i was in an alternate reality with a guide and was allowed to go see the ufos landing because i had requested for an experience with ufos, so i was granted one in dreamtime.
it was an unforgettable experience. i was in a little truck (exactly like the one that i had at that time) as a passenger and we crested a hill with a sudden view of seven ufos hovering above a beautiful, curved beach with sparkling, crystal-white sand. the ufos were scattered along the beach, but not landed. each one had a beautiful, shiny metallic-blue/silvery look to them with a bright, glowing light below each ship. the night was moon-lit, cloudless and the seas were calm.
the next thing i knew i was standing on the beach some 50 feet from the closest one and i was just awestruck with the whole scene. some girl (there were a few other people there witnessing this along with me) wanted to move closer, but i had told her while trying to hold her back that there was radiation exposure risks if one stood right below a hovering ufo, so she stayed back.
i didn't see any entities come out, nor did i board any of the ships--it was just a close-up visual contact that was unforgettable. i really regretted waking up from that and wanted to go back immediately, but i was grateful for the experience just the same.
someday i look forward to sight-seeing/traveling in antigravity ships which i'd be at the controls and would be able to go anywhere, anytime. i'd be everywhere viewing nature in her full glory while hovering, flying and landed with frequent stops to go fishing/hiking/exploring and experiencing nature close-up with my little ship parked nearby. i imagine that such kinds of antigravity discs would be the perfect traveling device that would enable one to experience nature close at hand without leaving any marks or damage of any kind, nor creating any nature-scattering noise. maybe that can finally happen in 4-d? i'd want to see everything--storms, cloud formations, sunsets/rises, rainbows, calm weather, animal movements--you name it, i want to see it! and i'm tired of waiting, waiting for this to happen.
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after digging into scott mandelker's writings recently (universal vision, and from elsewhere), i feel i can safely say that i am an et.
sometime before adolescence i had a dream in which a ball of light flew up to me and hovered in front of me, telepathically asking me if i wanted to merge with it. in the brief instant in which i made my decision, i registered the consequences of passing up on this opportunity, then saying with my whole being, "yes". i floated into the glowing sphere and dissolved into its warmth of love and light with a great sense of well-being. from then on, my life increasingly took on the shape and form of a difficult anddeeply transformative spiritual adventure.
at 22, while studying existential philosophy and deep in the grip of my spiritual search, i discovered the ra material through a coworker at a cafe, who loaned me her copy after i expressed genuine curiosity in what she was reading. i was highly skeptical of anything smacking of new age material, but kept this to myself: i wanted to understand this person i was working with better. playfully challenging my own highbrow standards, i took her copy home and gave it a read. i soon found myself transported into a different quality of experience altogether.
reading the book alone and out of the way of my housemates and girlfriend, i would feel a living presence of energy emerge above my head, showering me gently with some kind of essential, nonverbal information. this shocked me. had i not found the experience to be pleasant, i would have given my co-worker back her book immediately.
at that time my dreams became heightened and alive in a completely different way than normal. in one dream, i was taken on a tour through an underground city deep beneath the earth somewhere, one populated by a network of benign planetary human servants working together with great urgency in preparation for the future. in the dream, people were walking swiftly through tunnels carved underground, tunnels that were embedded with giant computer screens that had maps of the earth on them, which were being monitored around the clock with a great sense of urgency. a soothing electronic wash of sound permeated this environment, synchronizing and soothing the intense activities engaged by this network of unusual human beings. only last year upon re-reading the ra material did i come across a reference by ra to the presence of such benign confederation workers under the planet, complete with computers!
i had other unusual dreams as well, one in which i was gathered with representatives from every spiritual tradition on earth, all of us sitting before an empty chair in a room. a woman to my side approached me and asked me point blank, "what are you?" as with the ball of light many years before, i felt a great intensity in the instant following her question, as if something depended upon my answer. spontaneously i said, "a lover of god." end of dream.
most recently, i had a dream vision in which i beheld millions of benign et ships hovering around the planet. in the dream, as i turn around to walk "home", i feel a convergence of benign violet light beams from many of these ships focused on my heart, resulting in a upwelling of indescribable love in my body. i understand in that moment that i am here to release this influx into the planet itself, and share it with others as moved.
mandelker's books have been extremely useful in helping me recognize how and why the above experiences denote my own et status as a wanderer. far from being an ego-glamorizing self-image, this recognition is one that makes a quantum difference in my ability to stand in self-acceptance in a way i've not been able to do before, despite years of therapy and a rich spiritual practice.
recognition of being "from elsewhere" helps me appreciate things that have never made much sense to me before, such as being born into a family circumstance packed to the gills with entrenched emotional tragedy (multiple suicides, addictions, abuse, etc.), yet emerging from all of that relatively whole, while actively participating today in the ongoing healing among many of my family members, with wonderful results over time. yet, all the while, i now know that this family is not my true family. it is one of my family's along the way, but it is not my true family of origin.
more poignantly, recognition of being an et allows me to now appreciate how my life to date has been an exercise in actively and systematically hiding from this aspect of my own nature, partly out of an instinct for self-preservation, and partly because i have always wanted to simply be an ordinary human being. the most painful part of this lifelong self-rejection of my own wanderer nature is the self-hatred that has developed in relation to feeling just how weird a being i really am: a true planetary misfit. scott mandelker discusses the rage that can inform such buried self-rejection in this regard, which has long been true of me.
in coming to terms with what it means to be a wanderer, really for the first time now (even after 20 years of meditation stabilizing into a realization of the felt unity of being), i am finally able to really let myself be this weird being i am, and consciously value that weirdness for what it is: an ontological fact.
coming out of the cosmic closet is proving to be a powerful experience this way. by standing in my own open identity as a wanderer, i can actively communicate deep self-acceptance to others in the same way i am doing in myself. this just never made any sense to me before, therapy and meditation be damned! it has been my own version of "the missing piece" falling into place, resulting in a newfound peace.
i don't think i would have come to this kind of conscious clarity had i not read the ra material directly; nor do i think i would have really done so without the work of david wilcock and scott mandelker helping to translate ra's archane lingo into a vernacular i can relate to in an everyday way. now i do not underestimate the real empowerment that is available through sharing our experiences with each other -- of this kind of self-validation and self-acceptance -- at such an otherwordly level. it can make a big difference in what it means to be here as a human being.
objectively speaking, it's worth noting that being et (a wanderer or a walk-in) is no big thing. it's not a status symbol of any kind. it's simply a category of identity that, when it is identified as real for yourself, can allow for a quality of self-acceptance that can simply allow us to be here and do what we're here to do that much more. it's deeply freeing that way.
thanks for the question! i hope to meet and interface with other's for whom being et is a felt reality -- alongside anyone else around here who cares about aiding the planet in this critical moment of its -- and our -- emerging and unprecedented transformation.
hello! it seems et's really like arizona for some reason. back in 1989-1994 when i lived there, i had a few unexplainable experiences. first time i was walking across a parade field (i was in the army) around 11 at night, by myself. i was about half-way across when i heard an unidentifiable noise above, close enough that i should have been able to see what was making it, but saw nothing. i heard a sound much like something with very large wings hovering over me (i jokingly expected to see a huge dragon hovering above). not like a helicopter, the sound was low frequency and slow. about a year later i had a series of dreams that had me in a very large ship. i was being shown around by a little guy (about 5 feet tall) w/a big head, large eyes (that were kinda like ours but way bigger w/no lashes), little mouth and i don't remember seeing much of a nose. he had a light grey and orange one piece suit on. he did not communicate w/me verbally, was friendly but unemotional. there were a group of little kids chasing each other around that had a sparse coating of hair on their heads, and i somehow knew that they were all mine. i also knew that was why i was there. what's really weird, i actually did turn up pregnant at that time, but had a miscarriage. i went in one week and the doctor confirmed the pregnancy via ultrasound, then i went in when i started to spot and another ultrasound revealed an empty gestational sac. the doctor seemed very awkward. before i had the miscarriage, i had another dream of being back on the ship, in a long rectangular looking room lying on what seemed like a hospital bed. a group came in dressed in some kind of protective gear, and piece of equipment attached to the ceiling was pulled closer to where i was. i started to panic and decided i didn't want to experience that piece of equipment. a human looking older woman was next to me and tried to offer support. it didn't work, and the next thing i knew i was in this strange twighlight kind of awareness. i was aware, but not aware of what was going on around me. then i felt myself being lowered somehow and felt my right leg hanging off of what ever was lowering me. when i "woke up" from this my eyes were already open and i just kind of floated back into normal awareness. about a week later, i miscarried. what's even stranger is how similar what i experienced is to the abduction case of travis walton. not the fire in the sky movie, but his actual accounts (which were very different from the movie). i only recently read of his experience so it did not influence the dreams i had. i did not feel any fear (other than the big hoopajoop attached to the ceiling) and felt familiar with the little guy in charge of my stay. i was also shown a huge room with an even bigger tank w/a killer whale swimming around in it. must have been a big ship. to this day i do not feel any anxiety over those experiences. i really did not feel threatened in any way. they seemed to have intentions that were friendly, albeit unemotional. lot's of l & l, krista
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starting a few years ago, i began to experience strange sensations on the top of my head and forehead. these were pleasant sensations, similar to being caressed in some fashion, but with a bit more tingly feeling associated with it. sometimes there is the feeling of "someone" standing near my left shoulder or behind me. no communication, just the feeling. it was also pleasant and felt sort of warm. these don't occur often, but i always enjoy when they do.
have had photos of strange things floating above my head. wish i still had those. they were interesting.
multiple dreams throughout the past few years, ever since i moved to canada. i've dreamed of battling with some strange short beings, in a war setting. then a "friend" told me to run away with him, and we ended up on a ship. next thing i knew in the dream, we were passing by galaxies and some planets. the view was breathtaking and quite enjoyable.
had another dream last year of falling rocks from the sky. these rocks fell and landed in a square square shape, almost as if they were extruded from some sort of mold. as the rocks fell, the ground would move like waves in water. i yelled at everyone around me to take cover. i did as well and ended up underneath a very large boulder and watched the other rocks fall around me. then a bi-plane (single propellor) landed in the driveway! there were two passengers. the one in the front looked like a beastly form of a man, but wearing what seemed like bear skins or something to that effect as a coat. i attempted to hide further in the rock, but this "man" saw me, and approached me. he bent over, reaching for my hand, but i refused. a struggle ensued and he ended up grabbing my left hand and proceeded to inject something into it, like a syringe filled with who knows what.
another dream some beings landed and began to search for humans. the humans were terrified of these beings, but the beings didn't seem to hurt anyone, at least from my perspective. i, too, was terribly frightened and hid. i could hear them walk around outside the home, but never saw anything. was too fearful to look.
had multiple dreams of seeing mass et ships in the night sky, and then turning around to everyone that was near, saying "look! i told you so!" these dreams varied a great deal with the types of craft that were in the sky. some had amazon military style women come out after landing and proceeded to attack people. others were tiny metallic spheres that never landed, while others looked like a combination of nasa craft and something out of star trek moving in and out of some sort of energy field.
i've never seen a ufo in waking reality, but tons of them in the dream state. don't know what to make of these dreams, but they are my only connection to anything et as far as i am aware.
when i was a small child, i recall a deep male voice that seemed to come through my bedroom wall. memories of the past are very cloudy and so i don't remember the discussions. but i felt this voice was a friend. no clue what that was all about. i wish i could recall.
anyhow, those are my experiences. nothing really 3d concrete, but the experiences make for a good story when sharing dreams.
even so i understand myself as an angelic wanderer, with one incarnation on this planet, i could not say that i see myself as what is understood as et.
i would rather see myself as part of a being that made partly the choice and partly was assigned here to help.
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it seems "et's" have been instructing my family for generations. i've read mostly negative scenarios. there is an abundance of "fear" with most material out there..
i don't talk about my experiences much because of the negativity associated with et "abductions", but i feel comfortable expressing some of my experiences here. my encounters are all good.
i've been taken aboard "ships" several times. i've been trained by the "entities" i've encountered to heal a planet, among other things.
in the early 90's there was an earthquake in japan. (i understand there is a major fault/opening in the earth's crust under the ocean.)
i was "beamed" aboard a "ship" with other "humans" like me. we were standing on an observation deck overlooking the pacific/japan.
et entities were there to assist us "humans" in a ratio of 1 to 1. the et's had trained us how to shoot universal/unconditional love energy from our "heart" chakras. simultaieously, each et put their right hand on "our" right shoulders. with the touch came a voice in my mind, "we've taught you how to heal this planet and the time is now!"
with that "command" bright white light energy shot out of our chests in unison, like the visual image of "star trek photon torpedos" into the open fault near japan.
it was as if the "proceedure" was meant to "cauterise" the "wound" in the planet's crust.
then it was done. i had the feeling that the "proceedure" was a success. i was "beamed" back to my bed.
anyone not of african decent is an et...
I am evolving. I leave you in the love and the light of the One Infinite Creator. Go forth, rejoicing in the power and the peace of the One Creator.
just in the last few weeks, i've been seeing an abundance of ufo's. many have been "satellite" looking bright specs of light moving across the sky, one was orange and low in the atmosphere. one i saw a few weeks ago (the first one i've seen, i suppose) was a big, bright pulsating light, fixed in the sky, that disappeared in an instant, leaving me quite awestruck and filled with questions of what i had just witnessed. it's funny that i firmly believe "they're here", yet i doubt my own eyes when i see strange anomolies in sky, coming up with any form of plausible excuse, just like your every day skeptic.
the whole ufo/et subject never even mattered to me one way or the other until a couple years ago, when all of a sudded i became obsessed with wanting to know the truth of this matter. this new awareness of/need to know about this subject seemed to come out of nowhere and has been needleing my brain ever since. i've never really considered if i could be of et origin (that might still be a little much for me to consider, but maybe not. truth has proven stranger than fiction many times over these past few years). i am most definately a "black sheep" in my family and circle of friends. i find that the more i can understand others, the less i can really relate to them (paradox), and i feel the need for isolation most of the time. maybe i'll order one of those books mentioned above and read with an open mind.


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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they'd weigh more than 50 million metric tons—as much as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb's effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions.
Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.
Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the "colored" ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells; from Henrietta's small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia—a land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo—to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells.
Henrietta's family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta's daughter Deborah, who was devastated to learn about her mother's cells. She was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Did it hurt her when researchers infected her cells with viruses and shot them into space? What happened to her sister, Elsie, who died in a mental institution at the age of fifteen? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn't her children afford health insurance?
Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2010: From a single, abbreviated life grew a seemingly immortal line of cells that made some of the most crucial innovations in modern science possible. And from that same life, and those cells, Rebecca Skloot has fashioned in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a fascinating and moving story of medicine and family, of how life is sustained in laboratories and in memory. Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five in Baltimore, a poor African American migrant from the tobacco farms of Virginia, who died from a cruelly aggressive cancer at the age of 30 in 1951. A sample of her cancerous tissue, taken without her knowledge or consent, as was the custom then, turned out to provide one of the holy grails of mid-century biology: human cells that could survive--even thrive--in the lab. Known as HeLa cells, their stunning potency gave scientists a building block for countless breakthroughs, beginning with the cure for polio. Meanwhile, Henrietta's family continued to live in poverty and frequently poor health, and their discovery decades later of her unknowing contribution--and her cells' strange survival--left them full of pride, anger, and suspicion. For a decade, Skloot doggedly but compassionately gathered the threads of these stories, slowly gaining the trust of the family while helping them learn the truth about Henrietta, and with their aid she tells a rich and haunting story that asks the questions, Who owns our bodies? And who carries our memories? -- Tom Nissley
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Honestly, I can't imagine a better tale.
A detective story that's at once mythically large and painfully intimate.
Just the simple facts are hard to believe: that in 1951, a poor black woman named Henrietta Lacks dies of cervical cancer, but pieces of the tumor that killed her--taken without her knowledge or consent--live on, first in one lab, then in hundreds, then thousands, then in giant factories churning out polio vaccines, then aboard rocket ships launched into space. The cells from this one tumor would spawn a multi-billion dollar industry and become a foundation of modern science--leading to breakthroughs in gene mapping, cloning and fertility and helping to discover how viruses work and how cancer develops (among a million other things). All of which is to say: the science end of this story is enough to blow one's mind right out of one's face.
But what's truly remarkable about Rebecca Skloot's book is that we also get the rest of the story, the part that could have easily remained hidden had she not spent ten years unearthing it: Who was Henrietta Lacks? How did she live? How she did die? Did her family know that she'd become, in some sense, immortal, and how did that affect them? These are crucial questions, because science should never forget the people who gave it life. And so, what unfolds is not only a reporting tour de force but also a very entertaining account of Henrietta, her ancestors, her cells and the scientists who grew them.
The book ultimately channels its journey of discovery though Henrietta's youngest daughter, Deborah, who never knew her mother, and who dreamt of one day being a scientist.
As Deborah Lacks and Skloot search for answers, we're bounced effortlessly from the tiny tobacco-farming Virginia hamlet of Henrietta's childhood to modern-day Baltimore, where Henrietta's family remains. Along the way, a series of unforgettable juxtapositions: cell culturing bumps into faith healings, cutting edge medicine collides with the dark truth that Henrietta's family can't afford the health insurance to care for diseases their mother's cells have helped to cure.
Rebecca Skloot tells the story with great sensitivity, urgency and, in the end, damn fine writing. I highly recommend this book. --Jad AbumradLook Inside The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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|Henrietta and David Lacks, circa 1945.
|Elsie Lacks, Henrietta's older daughter, about five years before she was committed to Crownsville State Hospital, with a diagnosis of "idiocy."
|Deborah Lacks at about age four.
|The home-house where Henrietta was raised, a four-room log cabin in Clover, Virginia, that once served as slave quarters. (1999)
|Main Street in downtown Clover, Virginia, where Henrietta was raised, circa 1930s.
|Margaret Gey and Minnie, a lab technician, in the Gey lab at Hopkins, circa 1951.
|Deborah with her children, LaTonya and Alfred, and her second husband, James Pullum, in the mid-1980s.
|In 2001, Deborah developed a severe case of hives after learning upsetting new information about her mother and sister.
|Deborah and her cousin Gary Lacks standing in front of drying tobacco, 2001.
|The Lacks family in 2009.
Rebecca Skloot is an award-winning science writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; and many others. She is coeditor of The Best American Science Writing 2011 and has worked as a correspondent for NPR's Radiolab and PBS's Nova ScienceNOW. She was named one of five surprising leaders of 2010 by the Washington Post. Skloot's debut book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, took more than a decade to research and write, and instantly became a New York Times bestseller. It was chosen as a best book of 2010 by more than sixty media outlets, including Entertainment Weekly, People, and the New York Times. It is being translated into more than twenty-five languages, adapted into a young reader edition, and being made into an HBO film produced by Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball. Skloot is the founder and president of The Henrietta Lacks Foundation. She has a B.S. in biological sciences and an MFA in creative nonfiction. She has taught creative writing and science journalism at the University of Memphis, the University of Pittsburgh, and New York University. She lives in Chicago. For more information, visit her website at RebeccaSkloot.com, where you'll find links to follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
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Find Your Passion: A Football Field in a Teaspoon
By Sarah Caroline Willcox
When most students at The University of Alabama think of a football field, they think of Bryant-Denny stadium, Nick Saban and a championship season by the beloved Crimson Tide. When Elizabeth Junkin, a junior majoring in chemical and biological engineering, thinks of a football field, she envisions fitting it in a teaspoon.
Junkin is collaborating with a team of UA researchers attempting to fit the area of a football field into the volume of a teaspoon. The goal of the project is to overcome today's battery deficiencies by increasing the amount of energy they can store. To achieve this goal, the researchers will create a material that has a very high surface area with a very low volume.
"This technology can be used toward many areas, including fuel cells, batteries and information storage," Junkin says. "My personal goal was to take hold of an opportunity, that I believe God gave me, and to learn as much as possible academically and socially, as well as gain valuable laboratory experience."
Batteries' energy-storage capacity is limited by how fast energy can be drawn from them, the researchers say. Through the use of nanotechnology, Junkin – working alongside UA scientists – hopes to develop supercapacitors which can provide a high surge of electricity quickly as the electrons they contain only have to flow minute distances.
By minute, Junkin is thinking in terms of nanometers – which are one billionth of a meter. Put another way, it would take a million nanometers to span a grain of sand.
Key to nanomaterials' role in capacitors, and in many other applications, is the increased surface area they provide, the researchers say. For example, picture a board game's die, measuring 1 centimeter per side. Combining each of the die's six sides gives 6 square centimeters of surface area. However, if that same sized die was actually filled with smaller dies, 1 millimeter on a side, it could hold 1,000 such cubes. The surface area of these 1,000 cubes, combined, provides 60 square centimeters of surface area, 10 times the amount of surface area the original 1 centimeter die contained. Apply this principle at the nanometer scale and the increased surface area is astonishing.
Junkin says her interest in science started in the 7th grade when she participated in an outreach program started by UA's chapter of the Society of Women Engineers. The program, Lego League, involved a competition to build robots to certain standards. After a couple of competitions, and plenty of engineering exposure, Junkin decided to pursue science.
"[Lego League] has also been my reason for getting involved with SWE at UA," Junkin says. "This year, I am vice president of outreach. My goal has been to give back to the organization that placed that initial interest of engineering in my mind, and, hopefully, I can help someone else find his or her passion in engineering."
A Tuscaloosa native, Junkin says UA was not always her first choice for college. Although she had narrowed her choices to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and UA, she could not decide which school would be the best fit for her potential major—either biomedical engineering or chemical engineering. However, after attending University Day on UA's campus, she says the choice was clear.
"An engineering recruiter told me about all the possible careers that a major in chemical engineering could prepare you for … this was what helped me decide to pursue it as a major," Junkin says. "[Also], UA offered many other programs that sparked my interest, such as the University Honors Program, Computer-Based Honors Program and the Cooperative Education Program."
Once at the University, Junkin's proficiency and motivation in chemistry got her quickly noticed. After one semester at UA, her teaching assistant, Franchessa Maddox, requested her assistance in a research project. Junkin's work in the lab was skillful and rare for a freshman, Maddox says, making her appealing for the project.
Since that first fateful chemistry class together, Maddox has mentored Junkin. Maddox, a graduate student at UA, has been studying under chemistry and lead professor of the experiment, Dr. Martin Bakker, for the past 2 years. The team at UA is also collaborating with colleagues in Finland to complete the project.
"When my adviser, Dr. Bakker, asked if I knew any good undergraduates that would be interested in working with us, Elizabeth Junkin was the first person that came to my mind," Maddox says. "Once experiments are designed, the chemical engineer in her takes over, and she takes the initiative to scale things up on her own."
Over the course of the project, Junkin has participated in the Research Experience for Undergraduates Program through the MINT REU—Materials for Information Technology—on campus at UA. Funding for Junkin's involvement was provided by the National Science Foundation. It was an 11-week summer program, where five of the 11 weeks were spent with Maddox in Finland. After collaborating with some of the researchers in Finland at the Åbo Akademi University in Turku for four weeks, Junkin and Maddox were able to have a week of vacation to tour the rest of the country.
So, what is a budding chemical engineer with a wealth of experience to do with her future? There are three things she says she knows for sure—obtain an advanced degree, work in a medical-related field and work closely with people.
Junkin concludes, "What started out as a lab TA asking one of her students to help her with a research project for a semester turned into international travel, lasting friendships and the experience of a lifetime."
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Sarah Caroline Willcox is a senior at The University of Alabama, majoring in public relations, with a minor in English. She is from Birmingham.
This story is part of the Find Your Passion series. To learn more about how you can find your passion at The University of Alabama, please visit UA Undergraduate Admissions.


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Lancome Mat Miracle 24H Foundation Review – Perfect Cover And Finish For Oily And Blemished Skin
It's amazing – the Lancome Mat Miracle Foundation has triumphed all other foundations currently in my possession. 80% of the time I use this, while leaving the rest to be distributed among new foundations to be tested, existing ones which are pretty good but are overshadowed by Lancome Mat Miracle, and those not-so-suitable ones waiting to be given a second chance.
Truth be told, I was apprehensive when I received the Lancome Mat Miracle. I remember not having such a great experience with my previous Lancome Maqui Blanc Miracle Foundation despite my review, afterall. Skin changed and over time, my skin decided that the Maqui wasn't to its liking – too greasy! It was, afterall, meant to give a glowy finish but my skin confuses glowy with oily, so… BLEAH.
But you know you've discovered gold when you reach for the same bottle of liquid foundation over and over. And I have, with the Lancome Mat Miracle.
At first glance my skin looks pretty okie here, especially with the very flattering lights from a makeshift makeup table at the Shu Uemura Gloss Unlimited event recently. But if you look closely, there are plenty of weird stuff going on on my face. Lol.
Love that it was 'designed for Asian Skin'. 😀
(WhOOps! I just only realized the 'shake well before use' instruction. I never looked so closely at the bottle before taking pictures for this review, that means I never shook it before. Teeheehee!)


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International Journal for Computational Biology (IJCB) was founded in 2012 under the aegis of Bioclues organization. The core committee members at Bioclues were instrumental in getting ISSN number, launching first issue, promulgating the journal members and funding the open access server management. Later in 2013 IJCB got launched on OJS framework and in 2016, it started operating as an independednt publication unit. Progressively we are becoming truly international, as our reviewing committee, editorial board, and contributing authors spread across the globe. Currently, IJCB functions as a publication hub for research primarily focussed in the broader areas of computational biology, bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, and allied disciplines. With more than 25 editorial members and article acceptance rate of 20%, IJCB is serving the computational biology/Bioinformatics community and promoting open access policy in general.
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Mama, I'm here to kick you in the ass.
You have been through a tremendous amount in the last few weeks, don't forget that. Give yourself a break on that, and then get going. You CAN do this.
Does the hospital have drop in childcare? The hospital where I had Nolan did, although obviously he was our first so we didn't utilize it. But maybe that is an option. That way when you are there, Aimee can be there at the hospital with you so you can be with baby?
And as far as pumping at home, is there a way to involve Aimee like it's a game. Show her how to pump too, or have some activity that you both can do together while you pump. And you're in England right? I have a Lactina that I bought, but it would probably cost an arm and a leg to ship it to you.
Does the hospital not offer donor milk for preemies?
Lots of mama. I know how hard it is and I didn't even have another child to look after. I know how strong you are though and I know that you can do this.


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A Celebration of the Life and Music of Dave Brubeck
May 12, 2013. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: Dave Brubeck, Dave Brubeck Celebration, Jazz Alive, Jazz Community, St. John the Divine
Just before 4:00 Saturday afternoon, thunder clapped outside St. John the Divine on Amsterdam and 113th St. Inside, Dave's widow Iola Brubeck spoke, her voice steady, strong and lower pitched than I expected. She and Dave were married for 70 years. Since her husband's death, Mrs. Brubeck and her family have received and read hundreds of letters, she said, and the word JOY kept popping up. They planned this celebration to capture some of that joy.
She went on to say (paraphrasing) that she and Dave first entered this cathedral on Duke Ellington's birthday, April 29, 1976 - two years after his death. The event was called Ellington Forever. The Duke Ellington Orchestra played, Mercer Ellington directing, with the Youth Symphony Orchestra and a choir, a constellation of guest artists, a United Nations of diplomats, and First Lady Betty Ford in attendance.
An arc from Duke through Dave touched down on us yesterday in this, the world's largest cathedral, full of people from stem to stern. We gathered for stories and music. Sirius XM's Mark Ruffin hosted. Twenty-eight musicians performed, sharing the Brubeck impulses toward justice and joy.
Dave and Iola's daughter Cathy told us how she would dance, crash and twirl around the living room as her dad and brothers played. She introduced Matthew, Darius, Chris and Dan Brubeck on cello, piano, bass and drums and "Cathy's Waltz." Then in a smooth sequence varied groups offered a Japanese melody, a blues with lyric by Iola, piano duet on "The Duke," "The Golden Horn" composed on the Turkish phrase for "Thank you" featuring exceptional moments from Renee Rosnes and trumpeter Randy Brecker, and a movement from Dave's ballet Glances. Chris and Dan Brubeck were recurrent players on bass and drums.
In letters read by Dave's producer Russell Gloyd, Mayor Bloomberg and President Clinton both noted that the first jazz concerts they ever saw were Dave Brubeck concerts. (Me too. Milwaukee. 1965?) Clinton wrote that - at age 15 - after he persuaded a dear friend to drive him 50 miles to see Brubeck, "I went home and practiced until my lips bled." In 1994 Clinton presented Brubeck with a National Medal of the Arts.
Eugene Wright, the bassist and sole survivor of the Dave Brubeck Quartet of 1958-67, played "King For A Day" with Darius Brubeck on piano. Dave was quoted as saying that Wright had a "Jackie Robinson kind of dignity." Wright's full, round tone is still a joy, 45 years later. In 1962 President Kennedy invited the Brubeck Quartet to play at a party for White House interns. Tony Bennett joined them with no rehearsal on four tunes. Columbia Records recently discovered the tapes, misfiled, and on May 28 will release this momento from Camelot. From it we heard "There Will Never Be Another You," fast and swinging and present, and Tony Bennett stepped up to say that when he sang with Dave at Newport, the New Orleans Festival and Montreal, it was always spontaneous and unexpected.
Branford Marsalis interpreted "For Iola" on soprano, a beautiful reading. Chick Corea was the only pianist to play alone, "Strange Meadowlark." Young graduates of the Brubeck Institute in California played "Blue Rondo a la Turk," and there was a great short session on "Blues for Newport" with the tick tock of a clock built into the melody.
St. John the Divine is so reverberant that Iola - in her welcome - suggested that music from the 1985 performance of Dave's Mass to Hope might still be present in the space. I hope it is true of yesterday's shared joy as well.


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Now at 7-3, in an absolute worst case scenario, were at 7-6, with an easy (on paper) last hand full of games. Huge win, huge momentum going into a chance for another signature win against Michigan.
A couple of random notes from the game. Why is it Traevon only becomes useful at the end of the game? He played another really bad game, but then saves them at the end of regulation. It's hard to figure, it's becoming a trend.
Another note. Ryan Evans is a very very frustrating player to watch. That turnover/foul with 30 seconds left was one of the worst plays I've seen in a while. But then he goes and swishes two key free throws???? to clinch it. He played a good game overall, but there's just certain parts of every game where I'm left scratching my head. Glad the senior atoned for it though, that's what seniors do I guess.


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Maybe Bad Brad grew up in track pits that didn't have any "johnny on the spots." LOL Wouldn't want my grandsons to see Brad as a role model.
Green belongs on grass, trees, money, and the Starter's Flag. That's it. Nothin' else. Ask Tony!
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People will take photos of anything. Way too much time on their hands.
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For data card users, this product allows you to use the same Internet connection on the road using your notebook, as well as on your home or small office PC network. It also serves well as a reliable backup connection, rather than paying for a robust service level agreement.
Price$ 380.00 (AUD)
Telstra recently announced that as of 1 April, its copper wire network service installation fee for residential customers will rise from $209 to $299, in addition to the $30 monthly line rental. Suddenly getting an ADSL connection costs more than before. So what are your options?
With the introduction of the Linksys WRT543G3 router, you have more Internet choices. This router can distribute the Internet from a standard wired Internet connection (ADSL or cable), as well as from a Vodafone mobile data card. The data card simply slots into the PC Card slot on top of the router.
The router will only work with Vodafone's data cards, which are capable of downloading at speeds up to 384Kbps, and the routing capabilities of the WRT543G3 mean you can distribute its connection via Ethernet cables or via 802.11b/g cards.
Setting up the WRT543G3 router involves an initial configuration via an Ethernet cable and a host PC. The router has a step-by-step guide to connect to the Internet, along with a configuration CD. Unfortunately, these didn't work for us, but using Linksys' HTML configuration menu was straightforward.
Once it was connected, it ran smoothly and reliably averaged speeds of 80Kbps. Depending on the data card's geographic location, it does not always run at its maximum download speeds.
The router itself has no modem and requires you to buy a Vodafone Mobile Connect Card, which will cost $399. As a result, this product is designed for people with an existing data card. Vodafone's monthly subscription will exceed the cost of a fixed line connection per megabit of bandwidth and gigabyte of download limit. At press time, plans ranged from $29 to $99 per month.
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Shumlin's victoriesMay 18,2014Republicans are not lining up in droves to challenge Gov. Peter Shumlin in this years election, and it may be in part because of Shumlins aptitude for putting a positive slant on almost anything that happens.
The end of the legislative session is always an occasion for boasting, and Shumlin was able to boast about a long list of accomplishments for the recently concluded two-year session. At the same time, he has managed to put off until later what may be his most difficult challenge, the creation of a new single-payer health care system. Also, he managed to escape mostly unscathed from the exercise in futility that occurred in this year under the rubric of education reform.
Rep. Heidi Scheuermann of Stowe was a credible potential Republican challenger for Shumlin, but she decided last week that this year was not the right time. In other words, it was not time for her to mount a losing campaign against a formidable Democratic opponent for the sake of providing her party with a standard bearer. The right time will presumably be when she has a better chance of winning.
Some of the initiatives pushed by Shumlin and passed by the Legislature include:
n Expanded access to pre-K education for 3- and 4-year-olds.
n Expanded programs in education, such as dual enrollment for high school students taking college courses; a new scholarship program for Vermont college graduates who work in the state after graduation.
n A broad court diversion program providing treatment instead of jail for some defendants accused of drug-related crimes.
n Expanded drug-treatment options.
n Economic development programs, such as the new Vermont Enterprise Incentive Fund and a boost to the Vermont Entrepreneurial Lending Program.
n A higher minimum wage.
n Expanded benefits for low-income Vermonters.
Shumlin frames these accomplishments in the context of a state that is growing. He is happy to say that Vermont has the second-lowest unemployment rate in the nation. Manufacturing is on the rebound.
Shumlin is all about the good news. He has perfected the skill of sliding away from the bad news or turning it to his advantage. Thus, Tropical Storm Irene, the biggest disaster to the hit the state in decades, was a story of the resilience of Vermonters. Shumlin even used the term Vermont Strong as the name of his new scholarship program.
The rhetorical miasma of property taxes and education reform threatened to engulf him, but he managed to evade responsibility either for the introduction of the Houses misbegotten school consolidation bill or for its failure. The bill gave legislators an opportunity to talk about schools and to complain about taxes while creating a bill with little prospect of passage.
The long-term financial health of the state remains an open question, including projections for future budgets and for the demands of the states retirement programs. As the economy improves, these problems may well diminish.
Meanwhile, crunch time is approaching for health care. Next year, Shumlin and the new Legislature will have to start talking about real numbers and real tax options to raise the money for the new single-payer system that will be designed to replace our current insurance-based system with a single, comprehensive program overseen by the state.
Whatever tax is raised to cover hundreds of millions of dollars in health care expenses will be offset by the disappearance of health care premiums, which now take a huge bite out of the incomes of employers and employees. It makes sense, but it will be a hard sell. Shumlin will have to maintain a high degree of credibility with the public so that it trusts him and the state to take on that responsibility.
The Legislature did much of Shumlins bidding this year, but stood up to him on some issues, raising taxes on cigarettes rather than health care, for example. It showed that, contrary to Shumlins belief, it is possible to legislate common sense, passing a bar on the use of hand-held devices by drivers.
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Six students placed high enough at Regionals to advance to state and recently spent a busy three days at the Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference in Houston. The students left for Houston on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 27. Thursday morning began with attendance at the opening session, and then the competitions began and continued through Saturday.
Students who competed in graded events had no idea if they were in the top eight until the Awards Ceremony Saturday night. However, students in speaking events knew if they were in the top two in their preliminary rounds and advanced to Finals. Katelyn Keach in Extemporaneous Speech and Shelby James in Prepared Speech each advanced to the finals in their respective events and competed in a second round of competitions.
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Depending on the outcome of the 2009 season, general manager Ruben Amaro could be hailed as the wisest man to ever grace the front offices of the Phillies organization. At the very least he will be remembered as thief extraordinaire.
The Phillies have landed their ace pitcher days before the MLB trade deadline. Welcome to Philadelphia Cliff Lee.
Despite the multiple up to the minute rumors surrounding Roy Halladay and despite the tug of war over prospects between Amaro and Blue Jay's GM / village idiot J.P. Ricciardi, the Phillies came away like the raccoons that terrorize your trash cans at night.
Some may argue that there is no way that this deal is better than if we obtained Halladay, but I beg to differ.
Compared to a Halladay deal, the Phillies essentially traded a bag of balls, two Wilson batting gloves, and an autographed Chase Utley bat to get the top flight pitcher. Ricciardi wanted a king's ransom. The Indians only wanted a jester's day of pay. And so the deal was made with Cleveland and the Phillies gave away mid-level prospects to obtain one of the top pitchers in baseball.
Second on the list of Phillies needs was a right-handed bat off the bench. Last week Pat explained in detail why this was such an urgent matter. In short, the Phillies current bench is not producing. And this is what makes the Lee deal better than a Halladay one.
Welcome to Philadelphia Mr. Ben Francisco.
Francisco has been decent this season batting .250 with 10 bombs and 33 runs batted in and 48 runs scored this season for the Indians. His 13 stolen bases show that he carries a bit of speed on the base paths as well. This is one thing the Phillies have been lacking from their bench; and that is what makes him so versatile as an option for Charlie Manuel in the late innings.
Francisco's hitting chart suggests that he is a pull hitter and he hits his fair share of fly balls. That bodes well for the right-hander because of Citizen's Bank Park's shallow left field dimensions.
In the field, Francisco has been near flawless for the Indians this season, committing only one error in 189 total chances. This gives Manuel another option for a defensive replacement instead of going with Brunlett. More importantly, his fielding skills in the outfield gives Manuel a viable replacement for Raul Ibanez, should his groin injury return this year. If anything, having Francisco as an option will allow for Ibanez to take a day off occasionally when the Phillies are facing a left-handed pitcher.
Will Ben Francisco represent the difference in the Phillies winning a title in 2009? The short answer is no, probably not.
What Francisco does represent is the fact that the Phillies general manager is as crafty as the 46-year old veteran who toes the rubber every fifth day. It shows that Amaro wasn't so narrow-minded to think that a starting pitcher was the cure all for his team's needs. Most importantly helps Amaro step out of the shadows of the general manager who handed him the reigns.
Ruben Amaro made a deadline deal in his first year as GM for the Phillies. Boy, was it a good one.
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Whoa Jason. Easy on trashing the prospects we gave up. While Carrasco is having problems, he does have great stuff and is still very young. Knapp throws very hard albeit he is still years away from contributing, if he ever does. Donald might surprise and be an above average middle infielder. This year has been kind of a throw away for him. Oddly enough, I think the best guy we gave up is Lou Marson. Decent defensive catchers that bat .280 with a good OBP, even without power, don't grow on trees and Marson may very well be that. That said, nice trade.
The Dipsy
I vote that Amanda Orr gets the Jeltz from last night for predicting double digit runs prior to the game.
dipsy, i think he was comparing our return to what we gave up. in that sense we would just as easily made the trade for cliff lee and francisco for a bag of balls, etc. i do agree, we gave up some nice pieces that have been in our system a while. but we got a terrific return for them.
Thanks, Ben. I went back and reread the article. I hear ya, Jason. Shame on me for not reading carefully.
The Dipsy
Phillies at Giants July 30 – August 2nd
AT&T Park
Thursday 10:15pm ET
RHP Rodrigo Lopez (3-0, 3.09) vs LHP Jonathan Sanchez (3-9, 4.92)
Friday 10:15pm ET
RHP Joe Blanton (7-4, 4.11) vs RHP Ryan Sadowski (2-3, 4.81)
Saturday 9:05pm ET
LHP Cliff Lee (7-9, 3.14) vs RHP Tim Lincecum (11-3, 2.30)
Sunday 4:05pm ET
LHP Cole Hamels (7-5, 4.42) vs LHP Barry Zito (6-10, 4.54)
Notes: Blanton is 1-2 with a 5.74ERA vs the Giants in 5 career starts although has never faced Giants as a Phillie
Lincecum is 1-0 with a 1.29era against Phillies
Zito is 2-1 with a 3.50 era all time vs Phils
Did they move the start time on Saturdays game? Thats great. I can actually stay up and watch the whole thing.
The Dipsy
Did i mention cliff lee is 2-0 with a 1.20 era vs giants with 15K's and 2BB
and cole hamels is 3-0 with a CG with a 4.03 era
those are nice but the fact is tony that those are in the past and you play the game. so who knows we just might beat lincecum. I think Phils can take 3 of them. I have a feeling that phils will win saturday because face it if youre a top 3 pitcher in the AL you must be top in the NL. If Cliff Lee keeps the game going as Lincecum is then phils have better O than giants and can win. they have to do what they did to haren which is making him throw pitches by getting productive outs. first lets win tonight against no hit man sanchez who doesnt give up many hits but when he does he gives up big especially homers.
Brian….shoot me an email.
The Dipsy
The Dipsy
It's kind of an afterthought compared to getting a second ace in Lee, but I love the Francisco acquisition. We've been dying for a competent right-handed bat for months now, and Francisco does a lot of things well with the bat and glove, not to mention the basepaths. I think it makes the entire bench better, by putting the other guys in better spots to succeed. Oh, and it gives Bruntlett fewer chances to pick up a bat and embarrass himself. That's a big, big win.
What's up with Victorino?
Think about it. Last night, when Vic went down, we had to put Bruntlett between Rollins and Utley… Inning lost. Now, it'll be Ben Francisco 🙂
Knapp is far from a bucket of balls. By the time the kid matures he'll be throwing 100+. Crap shoot yes, but remember the Indians got villified for trading Bartolo Colon for prospects Sizemore, Phillips and what's his name, Cliff Lee. That turned out pretty good. That said great deal for the Phils.
Gerrit Ritt: Lee had two great games recently, but outside of that, he's been as average as any middle of the rotation pitcher this season. Sure, he may get some more wins pitching in Philly, but he SURE isn't doing his owners any favors throwing in that ballpark of theirs! His ERA is the only thing that's gonna be shooting through the roof anytime soon!
what da ya guys think? to me this is a terrible move. trust me lee will have a 4.50+ era at CBP. just to show at another hitter ballpark great american in cincy lee is 2-2 with a 4.91era with 7 hrs allowed in 29.1 IP. Sure he'll get wins because of phils O but he will stink it up. terrible. i know everybody will terrorize me for this but i ll be right at the end. time to switch from a phillies fan to a dodgers fan. Go Dodgers and Marlins!!!!!!!!! woooooo selling all my phils goods and caps
Phillies suck balls i wanted halladay
all of you stink
dodger blue baby phillies stink
watch em get knocked out in the first round by the giants and their amazing pitching. curse the phillies to get swept by giants this weekend. ill be here sunday to watch u guys get swept. Phillies stink
go dodgers
jj, Lee middle of the road? In his last 20 starts he has an era of 2.66 which is almost identical to Halladay's last 20 starts(2.62). He also leads the majors in innings.
Another positive from the trade (got this from the Inquirer):
"Like Halladay, Lee is signed for next year, and the Phillies valued that. Halladay is due to make $15.75 million next season, while Lee will make $9 million. Sources say finances did not preclude the Phillies from adding Halladay, but they might have had to deal Blanton over the winter if they had gotten the Toronto ace.
Now, they can likely keep Blanton, who will get a raise from $5.475 million."
The Phillies already have like 44 SELL OUTS in 52 games… if they try to cut payroll this year, especially if we have a few home playoffs games.. I'll be pissed.
You have to reward the fans for coming out.. and keep a good thing going. they definitely are not losing any money
Manny, the financial difference is a huge part of this deal. In actual dollars and unseen savings. In fact I'd argue this deal gives the Phils a better chance of more championships over the next 5 years than Halladay would've
saving 6.75 of lee over Halladay
Lee much more signable at a reasonable figure than Halladay
Ben Francisco is a cheap 4th OF at very low cost. We can keep him until taylor/Brown are ready instead of getting a more expensive guy like Jenkens, cough, cough
Not trading Happ allows us to keep a cheap effective pitcher insted of going after an expensive FA
Keeping top prospects that may end up replacing expensive guys i.e. Drabek for Blanton in 2011, Taylor or Brown for Raul 2011.
Lee is a few years younger.. and while he may not get as much PER YEAR as Halladay… he will probably get a longer deal than Halladay..
I think they both cost too much as Free Agents for the Phillies to resign.. but that is a long way away
Kind of off-topic, but is Lee's first home start going to be Friday August 7th?
Looking for tickets philsphan? heheh Can't blame you… I wish I could go to Lee's first game in Philly…
Yea haha, the game's sold out but stubhub isn't too bad right now. I figure once people figure out that's his first game though they'll shoot up.
What a great trade for the Phils!!! I really think we needed to do it. This will make us the frontrunner for the world series for the next two years. Look out NL.
The fact of the matter is that signing Lee and keeping the top prospects, Rube has afforded himself the opportunity to be flexible with upcoming negotiations and free agent acquisitions… Lee is cheaper, yes, and that's great for ownership but the main benefit is that we'll get to see Brown and Taylor and Drabek develop and eventually make their way to the big leagues. In 2011, when Blanton, Lee, Vic and Werth enter their free agent years, we can make the tough decisions that will need to be made… but we won't be forced into a corner and for the next two years, we have a guy that is a bona fide ace. If we decide to keep any number of those players, essentially blocking those farm hands (Werth, Vic, Blanton or Lee), we'll have ripe talent to trade… regardless, we should be able to afford to keep them or let them walk because we have guys that will fill in. Lee gives us a great chance to repeat. Hamels, Lee, Blanton and Happ/Martinez/Moyer/Lopez is very formidable…
Also, I heard the guys on MLB Network say that they didn't feel like having 3-4 lefties in the rotation is a bad thing… they said that it's easier for a lefty to navigate a heavy righthanded lineup easier than it is for a righty to navigate a lefty heavy lineup.
We love the trade. We also think that Ben Francisco is a great name. And you know T-Mac is going to say it's a francisco treat after he hits his first home run. Because it's food. And because T-mac prefers the company of men.
MY GUESS is that he'll pitch August 1st with us (had he stayed with the Indians, that would've been his next scheduled game)…. but even after figuring that out, you have to wonder what they'll do with Moyer's start (who's the one currently scheduled for Saturday).. I would just completely skip his start, and let Hamels pitch on August 2nd (as scheduled) instead of Moyer… gotta take into account that August 3rd is an off-day, and you want to avoid giving Hamels too much rest. I think Moyer can handle a skip in the rotation and then simply replace Lopez' in next start.
I really think they should try and keep Lopez around somehow. The guy throws good breaking sinkers and keeps the ball down. Hes gotta be useful, even out of the pen.
Given his success against the Giants and the fact that Saturday is "normal rest," they'll definitely want to pitch him in this series (before the off day)… that's pretty much a given… I wouldn't be surprised if they considered pitching him Sunday; 4:05 start versus Zito… less pressure in his first start as a Phillie but more of the hometown Phaithful watching (rather than a 9pm Saturday game against Lincecum). That being said, Sunday will be their 18th game without a rest and pitching him Saturday sends him a clear message that we brought him here to go up against Lincecum… plus, having him go out on Saturday will give us the flexibilty to rest whoever needs a rest (Moyer or Hamels).
I agree on Lopez. He's really done his job well. Any utility guys out there cheap to replace Bruntlett? It's nausiating watching his pinch hit. He couldn't hit a pinatta.
You can only carry so many on the bench for a 25 man roster. It obvious to me that Mayberry returns to Lehigh Valley to get his ABs and learn how to hit "breaking" pitches. Bruntlett stays for his versatility on defense.
Marlins close to landing Bell as a closer. They're trying to make things interesting.
Bruce –
Versatility on defense? He may play a bunch of positions, but he plays them all poorly. He's the worst player in the majors: he can't hit, he can't field, he can't run. He's a "utility man" for one reason: he plays a bunch of different spots to cover the fact that he isn't competent enough to play well. I'm half-convinced he's blackmailing Manuel into allowing him a spot on the squad. He can't do anything.
Besides, if you needed an infielder, you have them. Dobbs can play first and third, and Feliz can play short and second. If Rollins or Utley needs a day off, you can just shift it around and have Feliz up the middle for a day. No big deal. It'd be way better offensively and defensively than having Bruntlett in the game.
relax about Bruntlett…they'll replace him with a waiver deal sometime in August. You read it here first.


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Sports Talk: Ex-coach writes must-read book
A year ago at this time, Marietta resident Bob Springer was in the middle of a project.
The former prep football coach was writing a book, and it took him about four months to do so.
The book is entitled "Go Ahead and Break Your Child's Heart," and it's a must-read, especially for parents and leaders of student/athletes.
"The problem is that parents spend too much time on the 'giving' side of the equation and this includes the entitlement stuff," Springer said. "They need to go ahead and manage kids' lives in a manner that includes discipline.
"Certainly, tough love is one answer, and yes at times this is too hard for kids to accept."
Actually, Springer prefers that parents be "lovingly stubborn" with their children.
"Parents need to understand that their child does not need to become 'the victim' in today's rough and tumble world," he said. "Kids need to understand the rules…and then be judged by their performance.
"Let me tell you that if a child is permitted to run free, drugs-alcohol-poor behavior all come to the forefront. Parents love to blame coaches, principals, teachers, even school boards for problems their very own child has. Too many want the rules changed to fit their child's life. Wrong! It is the parent's game plan that must work."
No question about it, Springer has something to say, and should be invited to appear on a national talk show to promote the book and get the word out.
Springer said one of the people who helped urge him to write the book was a telephone conversation he had with show producer Trey Elling of WGN radio in Chicago.
Another inspiration was 19-year-old Lamarr Wilder, who was knifed to death during a fight at a graduation/birthday party in Belpre in 2010. Wilder was a former football player at Federal Hocking, where Springer once coached.
Springer has coached prep football at several schools in two tours of duty, including Caldwell, Ada, Findlay, Parkersburg South, Federal Hocking, and Marietta High.
A 1964 Marietta College graduate, he coached for six years (at Caldwell, Ada and Findlay) before deciding to take a position at the Allstate Insurance Company as a management trainee in 1969. He spent 26 years at Allstate, working in several Chief Operating Officer (COO) roles and eventually becoming Vice President of Human Resources.
At the age of 53, Springer got back into coaching.
At Mike DeVol-coached South in 2003, he was the offensive coordinator and helped the Patriots win the Class AAA championship.
As the football boss at Federal Hocking, Springer was instrumental in turning the program around, and guiding the Lancers to a 7-3 overall record and a share of the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division title in 2005.
"The Federal Hocking days were wonderful," Springer recalled.
Eventually, Springer ended up at Marietta High, and was "interim" head football coach in 2011 when the Tigers posted a 2-8 mark. (note: Marietta High has not enjoyed a winning football season since 2002.)
After his stint at MHS, Springer retired from coaching…and eventually decided to author a book.
"It is a cumulative story that features a great (fictional) principal named Mr. Cobb," Springer said. "Cobb is a mixture of a lot of people including Jim Diehl from Pomeroy, George Wood at Fed Hock and Bill Lee at Marietta.
"Pat Tabler who was my AD (athletic director) at Fed Hock also plays a role as does the now deceased AD from Findlay High. Just let me say that each of these leaders not only worked their desk, they spent hours and hours walking the halls and talking to individual kids. Wood and Lee are masters of this. Tabler was a pro at sensing kid's problems and communicating with them. His values were never tarnished."
Springer paused.
"I am especially proud of the Leadership Consideration portion of the book," he said. "It is designed to force parents to answer some of the toughest questions they will face as they raise their child. Parents can't wait until their child is 30-years- old to become their friend."
According to Springer, the book is available in bookstores and on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble. For more information, you can contact the author at (740) 350-1886 or at email@example.com
"All monies go to Federal Hocking High in the name of Lamarr Wilder," Springer said.
Oh, yes, people should also know that Springer never accepted "even one dollar of coaching pay or expense reimbursement" from 1996 to 2011.
Ron Johnston is the Marietta Times sports editor and can be reached at 376-5441 or at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Every couple of weeks, I get a call from a friend, neighbor, family member, colleague or friend of a friend, asking me to help them navigate the healthcare system [2]. Often, the questions follow a diagnosis of cancer or another serious and traumatic illness.
People want to know who they should see, how they might go about getting a second opinion, and, more often than you might guess, what they can do if their physician will not listen to them.
In addition to being burdened and scared by a health crisis, they are often bewildered. Unfortunately, it doesn't get easier. Once they start seeing specialists, they can't understand why one provider doesn't communicate with another and why on every visit, they are asked the same questions about their past medical history.
Recently, many of these calls seem to be about health insurance [3]. Many are from parents who are terrified that their adult children are without insurance, either because they are unemployed or employed by a provider who doesn't offer insurance or other benefits.
A couple of weeks ago, I was stunned when an 11-year old told me that he was worried about his mother because she didn't have health insurance! He and his sister are covered under their father's plan, but he wondered what would happen if his mom got sick. The question honestly made me heartsick, that a child needs to worry about how his mother might access what the rest of the world considers a basic human right. The child told me, "It just doesn't seem fair."
As the hope for bold healthcare reform is fading [4], it strikes me as even more important that people take charge of their health [5] - because if they don't, who will?
While there is much that people can do to improve their health and wellbeing [6] by exercising [7], sleeping 7-8 hours a night, eating healthy foods [8], cultivating meaningful relationships [9], and managing their stress [10], inevitably, at some point, they are likely going to need to enter the healthcare maze.
At the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality & Healing [11], we are committed to helping people become more informed healthcare consumers and patients. But I am curious: How can we best help people navigate what is called a healthcare system, but would more aptly be described as a maze?
We are constantly updating information on this website and I would welcome hearing from you:
I truly welcome your comments and stories. As in Washington, we need your ideas and collaboration to create a system - not a maze - that works for us all.
[1] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/mary-jo-kreitzer-rn-phd
[2] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/navigate-healthcare-system
[3] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/navigate-healthcare-system/what-should-i-know-about-health-insurance
[4] http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/22/obama.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText
[5] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu
[6] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term45
[7] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/create-healthy-lifestyle/physical-activity-fitness
[8] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/create-healthy-lifestyle/diet-nutrition
[9] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/create-healthy-lifestyle/relationships-family
[10] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/create-healthy-lifestyle/stress-mastery
[11] http://www.csh.umn.edu