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The fundamental base of Romney's argument against Obama's handling of the economy are built on lies. These are not differences of opinion or two different ways of looking at the same thing. Real, bonafide, 'Google it and find a different set of facts' lies. These lies are supported by a foundation of mischaracterizations or by intentionally failing to mention the obvious. The stunning thing about this is that there are legitimate differences Romney could use, but he has decided to use deception instead.
1. "Obama has not created jobs"
Yes, he actually said this. His intention was to leave the distinct impression that during Obama's time in office, jobs have only been lost and none created. How does this compare to reality?
We have to remember that in total, over 8 million jobs were lost during the Great Recession. During Obama's time in office, 4 million private sector jobs have been created. There have been 24 months of consecutive job gains in the private sector. Was Romney telling the truth? No, he was lying.
He could have said the there has not been enough job creation – but he didn't. If he had he would have been expressing an opinion which would have made it an honest statement. He did not.
2. "Obama has made it more difficult for companies to hire."
How exactly? By lowering taxes for small businesses (several times), trying to get the Republicans to work with him on a plan to lower the corporate tax rate or slowing the rate of new regulations?
More lies, more deceptions.
3. "The stimulus didn't work."
This is a great GOP line, but is it true? Not if you ask economists. Economists all agree that the money pumped into the economy from the Recovery Act not only kept us from sliding into a depression, but it also halted the loss of millions and spurred the creation of millions of others.
One example – the auto industry. While Romney was writing his Op Ed entitled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" Obama decided to save the industry. President Obama's decision to rescue the American auto industry has paid off, saving more than 1 million jobs and adding 230,000 new jobs since June 2009—the most growth in a decade.
In short, Romney is proving yet again that he is fundamentally dishonest and that he is willing to say anything to anybody (even if he said something different yesterday) in order to get elected.
Finally, 8% unemployment – what is the significance? Nothing. Republicans love to mention this number like it has some kind of relevance. It was mentioned by the Obama team as a goal BEFORE the full extent of the recession was know. In other words, the Obama team underestimate the devastating effects of the Bush Administrations financial collapse.


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Despite that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has yet to resign and Barack Obama has yet to nominate Susan Rice to take her place, "progressives" have already diminished that debate and brought it to a new low.
Rep. James Clyburn, D-SC claimed that Republican concerns about Rice being "incompetent" could be racially motivated.: In an interview with CNN, Clyburn attempted to make the case that "incompetent" is racist code:
"These are code words.: These kinds of terms that those of us – especially those of us who were born and raised in the South — we've been hearing these little words and phrases all of our lives and we get insulted by them."
Senator John McCain, R-AZ and other Republicans have been openly critical of Rice because of comments she made on five Sunday morning talk shows shortly after the 9/11 Islamofascist attack in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the death of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and two former Navy Seals.: Ninety seven House Republicans sent Obama a letter saying that Rice is unfit to succeed Hillary Clinton.
It's pretty clear to those paying attention that Susan Rice was used by the White House to float a false narrative balloon the Obama re-election campaign hoped would take flight.
The fictional account, first fostered at the Democratic National Convention, that the killing of bin Laden meant al Qaeda had been smashed simply does not stand up to reality. : Regardless, the Obama White House's re-election chances hinged on enough under informed voters buying into Obama's foreign policy positions, initiatives, words and actions.
Clyburn, apparently incapable of letting facts speak for themselves, resorts to true "progressive" form.: He fulfills his "progressive" obligation to introduce the element of race into each and every political equation.
If calling someone "incompetent" is racist, then there must be a tremendous number of Caucasians who harbor racist feelings towards white people.: How else would one explain their making Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush one-termers?: Why would those nasty, evil, white devil Caucasians vote against Carter and Bush in numbers sufficient to doom their re-election efforts if those two men were seen as competent?
Others have raised gender as well.: Never mind that Senator Kelly Ayotte, R-NH was among the three Republican Senators who held a press conference where they criticized Rice for incompetence.: Does that mean Senator Ayotte hates women?
Of course Clyburn, being ever the "progressive" troll, could not pass up an opportunity to swipe at McCain and his 2008 running mate in his CNN interview:
"He told us that Sarah Palin was a very competent person to be vice president of the United States. That ought to tell you a little bit about his judgment."
Clyburn should know, inferring Palin is incompetent and questioning McCain's judgment are racist code and a clear sign that Clyburn subversively hates white people.
It is obvious that Clyburn's motive is to shut down criticism and end debate.: That has always been the purpose of political correctness.
Clyburn needs to know that for decades white people in America have been unjustly and immorally accused of being racists; especially those who were born and raised in the South. : They have been "hearing these little words and phrases" all of their lives and "get insulted by them."
With all due respect, Rep. James Clyburn should do America a favor and keep his race baiting slander to himself.: His "contributions" to the discussion are hurting race relations in America, not helping.
Thanks to the "unifying", "post-racial" efforts of Obama and political cronies like Clyburn, race relations in America have been set back at least fifty years.
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By DaveLevy on Aug 30, 2009
This is my last blog article here; Friday was my last working day at Sun Microsystems, and Monday/tomorrow is the last day they're paying me. Its been fun, most of the time, but I am looking forward to something new. I have not yet set up a new blog, and am unsure what I am going to do about it. I hope to set up a wordpress blog inside the http://davelevy.info domain, where I have a place holder at davelevy.info/blog. but until then you can follow me at http://friendfeed.com/DaveLevy.
Interestingly the English have difficulty with "Hope to see you soon"; unlike our European colleagues we don't have a single word but I am sure this is not Goodbye, merely Aurevoir.
Thanks for reading this blog over the last five years. I wish my friends who are staying to work for Oracle and Sun's customers all the best over the coming future. Finally, thanks to all the customer's I've worked with in making their IT better than it was.
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7-17-10 PNC Park
The day began for me at 4AM. I had spent the previous week in South Carolina at Myrtle Beach.
I arrived at PNC Park at 3:45 PM and I was back in action for the first time since July 3rd, exactly two weeks off from ballhawking.
It was a much needed break. But I was ready to get back to one of my hobbies.
Upon entering the stadium at 4:30, batting practice had not yet begun.
After 5-10 minutes, it got underway and I snagged a ground rule double from Bobby Crosby, who was hitting in the first group. The ball barely cleared the wall, as it was a line drive.
I lined up with the ball and made the snag about three rows back.
Things were really slow during the first two groups, and I had the opportunity to talk to two of the Pirates relievers.
Things then slowed down to a ridiculously boring pace. The Astros weren't hitting many home runs, as they appeared 100% dedicated to taking inside out swings to hit the ball to right field.
Luckily, near the end of batting practice, I snagged a ground rule double off the bat of an unknown Astro.
Also, at the end of batting practice, I got ball #7 thrown by Matt Lindstrom as the Astros were running off the field.
At the end of batting practice I gave one of my extra balls that I bring from home away to a young fan with a glove who had gotten shut out.
I left right after Batting Practice to go home and get caught up on some sleep.
(PS: As for Sunday, Nick and I went to the stadium, waited outside for over a half an hour and then left, as there were no signs of cages in sight. I'll be back in action on Monday, and Milwaukee's best ballhawk will be in attendance at the game…)
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- A qualitative model for service oriented computing
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- Abstract
- In this paper we introduce fuzzy causal network as a qualitative model for service oriented computing. Firstly, we give a brief description of fuzzy causal network. Secondly, we explain how fuzzy causal network can be used as a qualitative model for service oriented computing. Thirdly, We use fuzzy causal network to model a real world problem in the area of service oriented computing to demonstrate the correctness and effectiveness of this model. Finally, we outline some open research problems for further study. The proposed model has potential to become a good framework for causal discovery and decision support in service oriented computing, especially in the cases where intensive interaction among various services are involved.
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- Causal discovery; Decision support; Fuzzy causal network; Qualitative model; Service oriented computing
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Last few days in TellurideJuly 23rd, 2011 by Anna Brockway '12
This blog got somewhat neglected in the last few days of the conference … so here goes!
On Wednesday morning Sam and I got up early to set up our posters, then hurried to catch up with the rest of the group on that morning's hike, to Bridal Veil falls. It was a beautiful morning and a challenging upward trek, but one that was made quite a bit more interesting given our destination. You see, Bridal Veil falls serve as the home of Nikola Tesla's power plant, which is perched atop the falls in a rather precarious manner. Two waterfalls lead down from the powerplant, and if you look closely at the picture below, you can see powerlines extending down the mountain. We sadly ran out of time to get all the way to the top, but I suppose science calls!
After another afternoon of talks, Sam and I headed to Wednesday's poster session, where we each presented a poster. In all the excitement, we forgot to take a picture of us with our posters, so here's a picture of our posters from the morning when we put them up:
The two-hour poster session gave us plenty of time to talk to the other scientists who were interested in what we were doing. Many of them were surprised that we were undergrads — which we took both as a compliment and as a sign of how great Haverford is. I got a few really good suggestions about how I could improve my poster, which I'll be sure to take to the Undergraduate Research Symposium that Haverford hosts in September. Some comments I received on how I can improve my explanation of my project and other details I need to cover will also be really useful when I begin writing all of this up in my thesis. Overall, it was a really good — and empowering — experience to present my results to other theoretical chemists and get their impressions of my project.
After the poster session, we ended up at the Last Dollar Salloon, a dive bar in Telluride which hosted a lot of conference attendees that night. One of the things I've really enjoyed at this conference is how friendly the other theoretical chemists are and how willing they are to talk to us, both about what they do and about our own interests. Throughout the conference, these more informal social events have been a really nice way to meet people and get their perspectives on their work and their institutions.
We slept in on Thursday morning and took care of some work before the talks started. The ones on Thursday afternoon were probably the most directly relevant to our own work, and they were pretty stimulating. It's exciting to see how broad this field is and how much more is out there!
On Thursday night, ACTC hosted a party complete with lawn games — cornhole (which I was miserable at) and stilts. We went to Smugglers' again and took another ride up in the gondola to look at the stars.
Friday morning brought some final talks, mostly focused around water. I really enjoyed a talk from Professor Valeria Molinero (University of Utah), who talked about modeling water by essentially creating a new element on the computer, with assigned properties somewhere between carbon and silicon. This element was able to accurately simulate how water behaved and bonded, keeping the predictive power of the simulations while significantly reducing computational time. Overall, I'd have to say the computational tricks theoretical chemists come up with are pretty clever. As some would say, "It's a dirty business" … but one with enormous predictive power.
We drove back to Montrose, CO on Friday afternoon, and hopped on another puddle jumper plane back to Denver. After a few hours of hanging out in the Denver airport, we parted ways: Josh and Professor Subotnik back to Philadelphia, Sam to Berkeley, and me home to Minnesota. For me, at least, the last four weeks of summer will be spent digesting, planning, and thinking… what to do after college, and where?


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President Obama's forceful call for climate action in his inaugural address came after a year when climate change was barely whispered in the presidential campaign but its effects were loud and clear here in the United States and around the world.
Globally [2], 2012 ranked as the 10th warmest since 1880. For the 36th year in a row, global temperatures were above the 20th century average. That's where phrases like "the new normal" come from (although future years are expected to be significantly warmer than the recent past). Last year also saw large simultaneous droughts gripping important agricultural areas around the globe, including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Northeast Brazil and central North America.
In the United States, last year was the hottest [3] in the lower 48 since we started keeping records in 1895. Nineteen states recorded their hottest year ever, mainly in the Plains and Northeast. Thirty-seven states experienced their warmest spring on record [4].
The record heat was accompanied by the worst drought [5] in decades. At one point during July, 61 percent of the continental U.S. was in moderate-to-exceptional drought. So far, the drought has persisted into 2013 without much improvement.
Impacts have included high corn and soybean prices [5], record low water levels in the Great Lakes [6] and near-record low water in the Mississippi River. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is now forecasting the Mississippi River to drop past 6 feet below normal [7] by mid-February, a level only an inch above the lowest on record, observed in 1940 near the end of the Dust Bowl.
And the extremes haven't been confined to land. In the Arctic, sea ice shrank to a new record low [8], 18 percent below the previous record set in 2007. Ocean temperatures [9] off the Northeast coast were higher this summer than at any point in records dating back to 1854. This unusually warm water, plus higher sea levels, may have intensified the impact of Hurricane Sandy.
We're already off to a rough start in 2013 with extreme heat in the Southern Hemisphere. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology had to add new colors [10] to their temperature map representing the intensity of the heat – as hot as 121 Fahrenheit. South Africa [11] saw the third hottest temperature it has ever recorded – 118 F.
Collectively these persistently high temperatures around the globe are warning signs of the road ahead. The challenges posed by drought and extreme heat offer important lessons to farmers, barge operators and crop insurers on how to adapt to a future where droughts and heat waves become more common and widespread. We must prepare our homes and businesses for rising sea levels, heavier precipitation, and other changes that are now unavoidable.
The broader lesson, however, is that we must reduce carbon emissions to a level where the future risks are manageable. Even as we work to increase the resilience of our infrastructure to the effects of climate change, we need stronger policies to encourage low-carbon innovation and investment and dramatically shrink our carbon output.
[1] http://www.c2es.org/blog/huberd
[2] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2012/13
[3] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2012/13
[4] http://www.c2es.org/blog/huberd/march-record-heat-wave
[5] http://www.c2es.org/science-impacts/extreme-weather/drought
[6] http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2330
[7] http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=lsx&gage=eadm7
[8] http://nsidc.org/news/press/20121002_MinimumPR.html
[9] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/record-breaking-water-temperatures-off-mid-atlantic-and-northeast-coasts/2012/09/24/58624eba-0675-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html
[10] http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2013-01/australia-adds-colors-heat-map
[11] http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/andrews/south-africa-record-high-put-to-the-test/4259282
[12] http://www.c2es.org/category/topic/science
[13] http://www.c2es.org/category/keywords/drought
[14] http://www.c2es.org/category/keywords/hurricane-sandy
[15] http://www.c2es.org/category/keywords/president-obama
[16] http://www.c2es.org/category/keywords/record-heat


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Excerpted from Compassion Blogger, Fontenot Four in response to the 'Dear God' Blog Month assignment.
Dear God:
Over the past 14 hours, I have witnessed my daughter's life slipping away before my eyes and I have witnessed the power of your saving grace that returned breath back into her limp body. People tell me how strong they think I am and I think to myself – they weren't there.
They didn't see the fear, tears, and crying out, nor did they feel the flood of emotions that came as I realized that my child could be gone in an instant with me standing there helpless to do anything before she finally came around and stabilized before the emergency responders could bring her to the emergency room at our local children's hospital.
This has been an overwhelmingly difficult day as I process the emotions of what did happen and what could have happened. Lord, you alone know my deepest thoughts and fears about everything.
I knew you were there. I knew your healing power as I cried out to you and Peyton finally was able to take that blessed breath.
I sit here in this room in the children's hospital in tears, just processing. I think to myself how truly blessed we are to have what we have at our disposal.
I picked up the phone and dialed three simple numbers. 9 – 1 – 1.
I was alone and I needed my husband home immediately and you placed the thought in my mind to post my need on Facebook, not caring who saw, but that someone would see and reach out to him so he could get home quickly and safely.
You made that happen. Within a moment, my needs were answered.
Within moments, I had not one but seven first responders standing in Peyton's room ready to do whatever needed to be done to help her, though you saw to it that she was stable before they arrived.
We left home and wound up in an emergency room specifically designated for children – not just a "one size fits all" department.
You provided caregivers for her who were able to immediately assess her and take care of her until she was transferred to her own room where you saw to it that she would be provided with even more caregivers who would take care of all her needs as long as she is here…
I sit here thinking about the situation you have called us to be in with Peyton right now. I think to myself, if she were born in one of the countries Compassion is involved in, there's a pretty high probability first of all that she wouldn't have made it to be six years old.
I ponder the fact that if the events of last night happened elsewhere, there would be no emergency responders showing up – forget seven of them. Proximity to emergency care might make all the difference – if there's even emergency care to be had anywhere remotely close.
But forget all of that because it's probably highly likely that basic medical needs could not even be met, much less those required by a medically fragile child such as Peyton.
I think of how blessed and grateful I am, Lord, that you have placed us in such a time and place as we are in right now so that we would have as good a chance as possible as fulfilling our earthly duties as Peyton's parents the best possible way we can – by utilizing the resources that have been placed in our path by you.
You have given each and every one of us unique skill sets – abilities that can be used to glorify you – whether it is here or afar. So many children need you in their lives so that they can see this. So that they can bring hope to their families and to the generations to come…
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Yay, your my fwiend forever lol
;D Did you say forever~? Oh ho ho.~ Time to get the rope--I meaaan ;D
Are you going to tie me up ? 0.0
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To Rin Kagimine: Yes you may and I like Hidan too.~ :'D
Oh dear, me no likey being tied up
Tis a very evil thing to do indeed.
Especially if you tied me up with snakes. 0.0 I like snakes but I don't really like being constricted by them.
p.s..........Hidan is MINE!
If you don't want to be tied up in them then whyyy give me the idea~? ;D Silly thing you.~
You can have Hidan. D: Only if I can have Orochimaru and Kisame.~ Loo--speaking of Orochimaru the manga is making me angry. They finally show Orochimaru again after a LONG TIME only to go back to showing Naruto and the others fighting. I just want to slam my face on my desssk. D:
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Fruity Empanadas
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Ready Time: 60 min
- Yield: 18 to 20 empanadas
- 2 cups Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 1/2 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 2/3 cup Smucker's® Mango Jam, or any flavor Smucker's jam or preserves
- 3 cups Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preparation Directions
- COMBINE flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, lemon peel and salt in large bowl. Cut in shortening with pastry blender or two knives until fine crumbs form. Beat water and egg in measuring cup. Stir in vinegar. Mix into dry ingredients with fork until evenly moistened.
- ROLL out half of dough at a time on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter. Place heaping teaspoon of preserves in center of rounds. Moisten edges of dough with water. Fold in half. Seal edges by pressing closed with fork.
- HEAT oil in 3-quart saucepan to 375°F. Fry 2 or 3 empanadas at a time for 1 to 2 minutes or until golden brown, turning several times. Drain on paper towels. Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon in shallow bowl. Roll warm empanada in cinnamon sugar mixture.
- TIP To bake in oven, heat oven to 375°F. Place filled empanadas on cookie sheet. Brush with milk. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake 16 to 20 minutes or until light brown. Remove to wire rack to cool.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 empanada of 18), Calories 270 (Calories from Fat 170), Total Fat 20g (Saturated Fat 3g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 10mg, Sodium 70mg, Total Carbohydrate 23g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 11g), Protein 2g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 4%.
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My Spring Training Adventure – Part 1
I've finally had a chance to sit down and sort through the many (and I mean MANY) photos that I took during last week's Florida trip. To make writing about it a less daunting task, I think I will break it apart into at least two, maybe even three, entries.
March 11 – Day 1
Since I'd neglected to go online and print out our boarding passes until very late the previous night, my husband and I were near the back of the line for boarding our Southwest flight from Philadelphia to Tampa. While waiting to board our plane, we realized that the Philadelphia Union soccer team was on our flight with us. Whereas MLB teams have their own charter flights, MLS teams (at least this one) fly on Southwest.
By the time hubby and I got on board, there were no seats left next to each other. So I ended up two rows ahead of him, in the middle seat between two of said soccer players. While soccer players are not exactly behemoths, they are by no means small people. The two I was sandwiched between were both over six feet tall.
OK, so this was going to be a bit cozy.
As there was a very large storm system apparently covering the entire eastern seaboard, we had the bumpiest flight I've ever experienced. I am not a fan of flying, especially during turbulence, and most especially when my husband is not next to me so I can squeeze the bejeesus out of his knee. Our approach to Tampa was particularly rough, and since I decided it would be inappropriate to grab the knees of total strangers, I made do with clutching the back of the seat in front of me. After we'd landed, we found out there had actually been tornado warnings in the Tampa Bay area just prior to our arrival. Yikes!
We picked up our rental car and proceeded without incident to our lodging for the week, the Inn at the Bay Bed & Breakfast in St. Petersburg. If you're ever staying in the Tampa/St. Pete area, I highly recommend it. After checking in, we went for a walk around downtown St. Pete, checking out the empty Al Lang Field, former spring home of the Tampa Bay Rays. It must still be used for something, as the field was nice and green and obviously still being maintained. We made it back to the Inn just in time, as it then started to rain. Later on, we enjoyed an ice cream dinner at Cold Stone Creamery (we'd had a really late lunch and weren't very hungry).
March 12 – Day 2
The Phillies had split squad games today, one in Lakeland against the Tigers and one in Port Charlotte against the Rays. We toyed with the idea of driving to Port Charlotte, but the weather forecast was not very promising. Eventually, we decided not to risk driving an hour and a half, paying for parking and tickets, and getting rained out.
Good thing, too, as both games did end up getting rained out. In fact, it rained just about the entire day.
We opted instead to drive to Bright House Field to do our shopping in the team store on a non-game day, to avoid waiting in the long line that usually forms at games. We also stopped for lunch at the renowned Lenny's, and left very full.
March 13 – Day 3
Our first game action! Yay! The Phillies were hosting the Twins today at Bright House Field. We arrived nice and early to be there when the gates opened. Here are some of the better pictures from the day.
Former Phillie Clay Condrey stops by to say "hi" during batting practice:
J.C. Romero peeks out of the clubhouse to check things out during the Twins' BP. Looks like he's still eating his dessert:
After March, Bright House Field is home to the Phillies single-A affiliate, the Clearwater Threshers. Thresher mascot Phinley was on hand pre-game:
Catching the ceremonial first pitch from former Phillie, and current announcer, Larry Andersen, was another former Phil, Desi Relaford. It was bubble-blowing time:
Prior to the game, Shane Victorino tips his cap to the crowd:
J.A. Happ was on the mound for the Phillies. He pitched four shutout innings, allowing only one hit, and needed just 49 pitches to do so:
The Twins countered with Carl Pavano, who threw three shutout innings without allowing a hit:
There's just a wee bit of a height difference between Jimmy Rollins and Justin Morneau:
The Phils' resident caveman, oops, I mean Jayson Werth, makes contact:
Jose Contreras pitched a shutout inning in relief. How does he stretch his fingers apart like that?
Gotta keep this ball away from me! Twins reliever Pat Neshek has one of the oddest looking pitching motions around:
Final score: Phillies 5, Twins 4
And finally, what better way to cap off a Phils win on a beautiful day at the ballpark, than with a beautiful sunset
That's it for tonight – Part 2 coming soon!
(all photos by me except for Inn at the Bay)
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Great pic's Sue, looks like you maybe made good use of your new lens. J.C.'s pic looks like it was made for a caption, not sure what at this moment, but still, and the sunset pic is awesome. Glad you had fun even with a rain day.
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Sue, you really should do professional sports photography. Your pics are always great. And the B&B where you stayed looks absolutely charming – especially after you told me about their delicious breakfasts! I miss St. Pete. Waaaaah!
That sunset looks like two suns going down…cool :O) Glad you had a nice trip…was sad I could not go with you :O( But now I am really getting anxious for the real games to start!
Peter – Thanks! The Saturday game was the first day I'd actually used it, so I was still feeling it out. The Romero shot does call out for some kind of caption; hmm, I'll have to think on that one.
Jane – That would be my dream job! I just have no idea of how to go about doing such a thing. And the Phillies seem to already have plenty of photographers. I miss St. Pete too – wish we were still there!
Jenn – We should do ST together some year; can you imagine the two of us chasing the guys around with our lenses?🙂 I didn't see too much of Chase, though, as he was battling that respiratory thing while we were there.
That was great to read. Thanks for posting. Tell me more about that bed and breakfast, please? Would LOVE to go to Spring Training sometime.
Loved the stories, and especially the pictures! They seriously look professional!
You are a great fan and this blog is a fun read. I also have many rants, raves, and random thoughts. Spring Training trips are the best.
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Carol – If you're ever in St. Pete, I would definitely recomment the Inn at the Bay. It is withing walking distance of the waterfront, the Pier, and downtown shops and restaurants. And they have the most amazingly delicious breakfasts!
Elizabeth – Thanks! I'm trying to sort through the pics from the next two games, hopefully I'll have Part 2 up Monday.
Shaun – Thanks for stopping by! I'll have to check out your random thoughts too.
I hope Jayson cuts all that hair off before opening day. It looks terrible. The Bed and Breakfast looks amazing. I'm glad you are having a good time. It was nice to see your video on Jane's blog.
Very well done Sue! love the stories, the B&B and your wonderful pictures especially that sunset.
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It's been HOT for a really long time in San Diego. I wish it would cool down for a couple days. There is light at the end of the tunnel for Padres fans, and when those days come, I will be super happy! Go Padres!!!
Oh yeah, and are you participating in the chat with Tony Gwynn Jr. today? Go Padres!!!
It's hot up here too. That lemonade really looks good. Very good…. mmmm…..
Hope things look up in the Padres world soon!
You are so right – the cool of the night is to remind you that good times can – and always – do come. And there is nothing wrong with watching Star Trek Marathons!
I went outside, picked lemons and made lemonade yesterday! Note to self: peel the lemons and throw them in the blender. Much easier than squeezing them by hand.
You rock at metaphors.
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Everth is just a great player as a young kid. Enough said. Yes, it's incredibley hot here, below downtown San Diego as well. Tim Stauffer had good stuff but the bullpen failed.
It is very hot here in Southern California. The day games are very difficult. If I weren't such a diehard Dodgers fans, I'd watch the game from a nice air conditioned room, rather than at a stadium.


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You know how you can look back at people living 150 years ago and chuckle at how they thought leeches could cure colds and drills could fix headaches? Well, a hundred years from now, that's how they'll see our treatment of mental illness (assuming they can be so smug living in a nightmarish dystopia). The truth is, we're just barely figuring out why human brains go wrong the way they do, and the most interesting theories suggest that many times what we now call a disorder used to be an awesome advantage.
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About 2.6 percent of adult Americans have bipolar disorder, along with its signature manic and depressive episodes that can last for months or even years. It makes you wonder: If it's such a common bug in our 100,000-year-old head computer, how come evolution hasn't gotten around to fixing it by now? Why would natural selection have given us brains that go nuts with activity for a stretch, then just shut down completely?
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And don't even get us started on that appendix bullshit.
It's almost like some people have brains that are set to hibernate, like bears.
How It May Have Helped Humanity:
Oh, right. It may actually have been a form of hibernation.
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There is a theory that the brains of our northern ancestors devised a way to oscillate their moods between manic and depressive to align the former with light, warm seasons and the latter with the cold darkness of winter. This would be for the exact same reasons lots of animals do it: The manic episodes turned them into superhunters and uber-gatherers who happily slaughtered and stockpiled while the sun was shining, right up until it was time to sink into wintery depression.
According to this theory, people with bipolar disorder were also masters of boning. Since bipolar disorder is most prevalent in women of reproductive age, some researchers think part of the reason the brains of prehistoric ladies dug bipolarity was sheer procreation: They turned on the manic phase during the summer, when it was most convenient to get pregnant. The subsequent winter down period would have ensured that the lady is less active and free to concentrate on the coming child, which in turn would have led to healthier offspring.
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We imagine that's it's a rather nasty shock to suddenly wake up with a several-month-old infant latched onto you.
Bipolar disorder might also have been helpful as a method of sexual seduction, as affected people are drawn to artistic endeavors such as music, which, as every single rock star on Earth will tell you, doesn't exactly decrease your chances with the opposite sex. Thus, prehistoric people with bipolar disorder would have reproduced like rabbits, which helped preserve their lineage and pass along their genes.
4 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Was a Psychological Immune System
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder turns the world into a place where things are constantly filthy and out of their proper order, sometimes to the point where the person is stuck forever fine-tuning some tiny aspect of their life for hours on end. The disorder carries the added stigma of being seen as a bit of a joke -- we all know someone who is "totally OCD" because they're meticulous about, say, keeping their bookshelf in alphabetical order. They don't know what it's like to have to wash your hands exactly 25 times before leaving the house.
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And that's just on days when you haven't given a hand job.
Which is too bad, really, because humanity might have been eaten by horrorwolves a long time ago if it wasn't for old OCD.
How It May Have Helped Humanity:
To put it simply, the kind of obsessive attention to organization and cleaning rituals that makes somebody a neurotic mess today may have been the difference between life and death for our ancestors.
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With that many ass-scratches in a civilization without toilet paper, you're bound to get something on your hand.
This is another case where you have to get some perspective on just how radically different the world was then. It doesn't exactly take a huge amount of mental effort to stay alive through an average Saturday of eating Cheetos and watching 12 hours of terrible direct-to-Netflix action movies, but evolution built a brain that was designed to handle a way more dangerous world. An OCD sufferer is acting like he'll die if he doesn't get every little thing in his immediate surroundings exactly right, but you don't have to go back too far in your time machine to find a world where that was absolutely true. It is thought that the condition originated as an evolutionary warning system that kept our whole species alive by making certain early humans constantly worried about everyday stuff like "Is this thing still good to eat?" "What's that approaching noise behind the woods?" and "Is Grog being carried away by that giant bird?"
As we took up agriculture and started giving up our hunting and gathering activities, we stopped using a lot of those involuntary mechanisms we had developed to dodge the various members of the animal kingdom that either saw us as food or objected to being poked with a spear. But those who kept their compulsive behaviors still had a place -- people who have OCD, for instance, get disgusted more easily, which may have originally served as a means to get them to stay away from icky things that pose a potential danger in the form of bacteria and parasites ... which in turn led to inventions such as basic hygiene.
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"Yeah, I'm gonna stick my hands in boiled fat and lye. Good thinking, idiot. Pass me some more dirt."
This constant on-the-edge behavior may or may not have been frowned upon by the rest of the community, but ultimately it worked to teach everyone the essential skills of staying alive. After all, no matter how annoying the dude who insists there's a bear in the area might be, people start paying attention to him by the time the sixth guy disappears to the sound of a loud growl and a baritone burp.


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Republican to push for voucher vote
Republican state Senate President Mike Ellis says he will oppose any expansion of school vouchers in Wisconsin unless local residents are first required to vote on such a move.
Ellis told The Associated Press on Thursday that he has made it known that he will block any expansion of the program without that element. Such a requirement is sure to generate opposition from supporters of expanding vouchers beyond Milwaukee and Racine.
Gov. Scott Walker has said he wants to expand the program, but he has not said whether he would include the local vote requirement.
Ellis says he will introduce a bill requiring a petition to be circulated in the local school district to allow vouchers. If enough signatures are gathered, a vote would be scheduled.
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We've just left the military health care system and I'm looking for a new pediatrician in our civilian insurance group. I've called several docs and set up meetings, but what should I ask them. I'm still BFing my 17 mo DD and we're going to have another, so I definitely want a BF friendly doc.
So, I just need some advice on questions to ask that might help me make the right decision.
We've been in the military for so long, I forgot what if feels like to actually choose instead of just being "assigned"


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Coconut Coir, Say Goodbye to Peat Moss!
Peat Moss is a common material used for gardening, but it's not sustainable, mining is damaging to the environment and it's acidic.
Does Peat Moss Have a Place In the Ecological Garden?
We use recycled coconut fiber, called coir, a food industry byproduct. As such it's sustainable, less acidic, and performs better for the myriad of uses we need:
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2. Worm Composting Bedding
3. Mulch and soil additives
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There's a great tutorial for using Coconut Coir at The Real Garden.
We get ours at Amazon with free shipping, and are very happy with the results. It comes in 11 lb. compressed bales (expands when hydrated) for $22.


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Service stars may be worn by all youth and adult members who have at least one year of tenure with the Boy Scouts of America. The stars are worn with the appropriate color background for the phase of Scouting in which the service was rendered. If an individual's primary registration is in one phase of Scouting and later in another, separate stars with the appropriate background and numerals may be worn simultaneously. Or, leaders may combine youth and adult tenure into one or two stars with blue background.
If a medal or embroidered knot is worn, service stars are worn 3/8 inch above the medal or knot.


text: State gets a good deal on teachers' pensions The truth is often stretched during election season. This year, some of the misinformation is aimed at the pension system for MTA members and other employees. We need to fight back with facts. To that end, the MTA Communications and Research divisions have produced an FAQ on Massachusetts Teacher Pensions: The True Costs and Benefits. Although the FAQ focuses on the system for preK-12 teachers and administrators enrolled in the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System, education support professionals and public higher education members participate in similar plans and also pay a large share of the costs of their own pensions. Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker has plans for cutting these "overly generous" pension benefits. Among other changes, he wants to base pensions on average lifetime earnings, not the average of the highest three years, and to raise the retirement age for public employees. And then there's Carla Howell, who never lets the facts get in the way of a good sound bite. Howell told Channel 5's Janet Wu that a way to pay for Question 3's massive $2.5 billion price tag is to get rid of public employee pensions. Of course, if the pension system were eliminated, public employees would have to be enrolled in Social Security. That's been the law since the New Deal was passed. The problem is that rather than saving a dime, such a move would actually cost taxpayers anywhere between $220 million and $385 million a year. Here's why. FACT: Teachers hired since July 1, 1996, pay 11 percent of their salaries toward their own pensions. At that rate, they are funding 95 percent of the normal costs of their own pensions. School districts pay nothing toward teacher pensions. FACT: For those 11-percenters, the Commonwealth pays less than 1 percent of their salaries toward their pensions. When you average the costs among new and more veteran teachers alike — including those who pay less than 11 percent of their salaries — the state contributes 2 percent. FACT: Teachers do not participate in the Social Security retirement system while they work as public employees. The MTRS is their Social Security. FACT: If employees no longer took part in the MTRS and instead were treated like private-sector employees enrolled in Social Security, the employees would pay less (instead of 11 percent to MTRS, they would pay 6.2 percent to Social Security), and the Commonwealth would pay more (instead of 2 percent, on average, the Commonwealth would pay 6.2 percent to Social Security on behalf of each employee). FACT: According to the MTRS, the Commonwealth is paying $122 million this year toward the normal costs of retirement for MTRS members. If those teachers were instead enrolled in the Social Security system, the Commonwealth would have to pay $342 million — or $220 million more than is currently being paid on their behalf. FACT: That $220 million is just a start. Most large private-sector employers provide more than just Social Security payments to employees; many provide a partial match to an employee defined contribution plan, such as a 401(k) plan. The employer contribution to such plans is typically 3 percent of the employee's salary. As a large employer, the Commonwealth would almost certainly be expected to provide some measure of retirement security to public employees. If the Commonwealth were to make a 3 percent contribution to employees' 401(k)-style plans, the additional cost would be $165 million a year. Add that to the $220 million in Social Security payments and the projected increased annual costs for the taxpayers would be $385 million. FACT: In addition to paying its share toward the normal costs of retirement for current employees, the Commonwealth also has an unfunded pension liability from prior decades. However, no change in retirement benefits for current or future employees will reduce that liability. It must be paid no matter what changes are made. That liability was incurred in past decades for a variety of reasons. In some years, for example, the Commonwealth shortchanged the pension fund to pay for other services. In others, the Commonwealth made inaccurate projections about investment returns. There is no legal or moral basis for requiring new employees to fund that obligation — a liability they did not cause. As the bipartisan Special Commission to Study the Massachusetts Contributory Retirement System noted, "The burden of amortizing the unfunded liability from past service should be spread broadly among taxpayers and not borne by today's public employees." Fortunately, the state has established an aggressive timetable for paying it off and is scheduled to finish making those payments in 2025. Massachusetts Teacher Pensions: The True Costs and Benefits Information about the teachers' pension system is available on the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System website at http://www.mass.gov/mtrs/The MTA conducts retirement consultations for individual members throughout the state. The schedule appears in MTA Today and online at http://www.massteacher.org/memberservices/retirement/planning.aspx.Local presidents who would like to schedule pension workshops for their associations should call Harold Crowley at 800-392-6175 x8240.


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When you're diagnosed with high blood pressure, the numbers matter.
Many patients now use at-home monitors to help keep things in check. but is self-measuring as effective at controlling BP as usual medical care?
The answer, according to brand new research, is YES at least in the short-term.
A team reviewed 52 studies. comparing usual care versus home monitoring alone and home monitoring with support such as educational materials, pharmacy calls and nurse visits.
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The researchers say these findings are promising, especially given the fact that 1 in 3 Americans now has high blood pressure. They say more study is needed to determine whether self-monitoring provides even longer-term benefits.
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I would rather that Edguy end their career many years from now with not a single trite and rehashed power metal album than to keep hammering out the same style over and over. There is only so many times you can do that Mandrake, Hellfire Club thing with Tobi's voice and the band setup before the new songs sound way too much like the old songs and it gets boring. Even if the new songs are awesome songs in themselves, it is still going to get boring because the songs will be rearranged versions of the older ones.
So I like what Edguy have done since Hellfire Club. It has been a consistent transition to a rockier sound that still stays true to the band's unique sound. You can do more with song structures like they have now without them getting old, it just takes good songwriting. Rocket Ride had it. Tinnitus Sanctus has bits and pieces of it, and this new one is the best of the three. Lots of fun, original songwriting, and all of the aspects that we loved Edguy for. Did we really love Edguy because they played fast with double-bass? Of course not, tons of other bands do that and aren't as interesting.
My one complaint is that Every Night Without You is pretty much Save Me rearranged and with different lyrics! Like I just mentioned above, if they had released ENWY on Rocket Ride in Save Me's place I would have no complaint, but it's a rehash. That's just nit-picking, though.
Great album. Edguy lives!


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But Wagenseil is making it a point to distinguish this space, hanging on its walls relics of ski equipment and photographs of local figures widely known in the ski community, so it "becomes part of the Valley, instead of just another ski shop," he said. He moved to the area late last month from upstate New York, where his family still lives, to help manage the shop.
The new rental shop, Cataloochee Ski & Sports, is run by Cataloochee Ski Area, which acquired the lodge on Maggie Valley's main strip in the spring shortly after it emerged on the real estate market after operating as a restaurant. Beyond rentals, it offers lift tickets, clothing and other merchandise the ski area had long offered only at its mountaintop lodge.
Cataloochee has not faced any long lines or shortages of equipment at its mountain shop, said ski area general manager Chris Bates. But the thinking over the last couple of years was that expanding into the Valley was a way to "increase the experience" of visiting Cataloochee.
"We were just looking for the right place," Bates said of the new shop.
Directly across the main thoroughfare in the Valley from the new shop is another rental shop and retailer, Maggie Valley Skis & Tees, which has remained the largest of its kind here since opening about 25 years ago. While its longtime owner, Danny Blitch, acknowledged that rentals of skis and snowboards and other equipment are a significant part of his business — "we live for this time of year" — he said he welcomes the presence of the new shop.
"Competition doesn't hurt," he said on a recent weekend in his shop, adding that his shop is still the largest ski retailer west of Asheville.
Snow making, slope grooming and deck lounging
The opening of the new rental shop is a reminder that the offseason at Cataloochee is not as stagnant as some might think. It is a time of preparation, albeit among a skeleton staff, involving upgrades to equipment and discussions about new projects and ways to spread hype about the coming season.
"We're always trying to push the envelope," Bates said of improving the ski area, which employs about 20 staff year-round compared with as many as 300 during winter months.
Beyond replacing a dozen snow-making machines and buying two slope grooming tractors over the past year, the ski area has built a new deck at its lodge facing the slopes, Bates said. He added that the ski area has carved five new trails over the past seven or eight years, and expects to add an additional three in coming years.
The work is part of a broad plan by Cataloochee to increase its prominence among the five other ski areas in Western North Carolina. Among the components of that plan is an increasing emphasis on customer service.
To accomplish that, the ski area has taken steps such as extending the length of lessons and working to expand racing and other programs by recruiting more instructors. But perhaps the most crucial component in the plan is timing.
"We just make snow, and get open," said Tammy Brown, the marketing director of the ski area.
The long arm of the mountain
Streams of skiers and snowboarders from across the region and beyond have ascended to Cataloochee since it opened on Nov. 14, gliding or tumbling down the six trails its snow-making machines started blanketing with one to three and a half feet of powder about a week before. The ski area is working to cover its remaining 10 trails, most of which are more steep, bearing names like Lower and Upper Omigosh and Wild Cat Glade.
The opening was not the earliest Cataloochee has seen in recent years. In 2008, the ski area opened on Oct. 28, the earliest in its history since the resort opened in 1961 as the first ski area in the state, Brown said.
And while Mother Nature determines the length of each ski season — the automatic snow-making machines at Cataloochee do not start rumbling until their temperature gauges dip to at last 28 degrees — the ski area takes pride in its reputation as one of the first to open every year. To accomplish that, ski area workers are always seeking ways to increase snow-making capabilities and reduce energy consumption.
It is a shared approach in what remains a competitive industry whose economic impact in North Carolina is considerable. Business involving skiing and snowboarding generated some $146 million during the 2009-10 ski season, according to the N.C. Ski Areas Association, when more than 670,000 people visited ski areas that employed nearly 1,600 workers.
For many skiers and snowboarders, the beginning of the season cannot come soon enough.
That's because skiing is "just a lot of fun," said Sherrie Bruner, a college professor in Knoxville who regularly makes the trip to Cataloochee around this time of year. She and a friend had just finished tucking their clothes and ski equipment into the car after spending a recent weekend afternoon on the slopes at Cataloochee.
For others like Kelley Eyster — who is among dozens training to work as ski instructors at Cataloochee — it is more a matter of endurance.
"They're serious about making snow, and they're open until the end," said Eyster, a K-12 special education teacher in Transylvania County.


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bit early but happy new year to all the cappers,best fans in RL.here's to another great season for Daryl Shez and the lads and lets nail the pots this time.Fax ,Leigh etc making noises but lets make sure they'll have to beat the mighty Fev to do it.
Away travel numbers on the Lagoon Express increased by around 50% last season lets make it 100% next season its a cracking afternoon out (at least 3 full days next season !) as the regulars will testify.So if ya want to be part of the Lagoon Fevolution and join the party watch out for travel details!!!!...Up the Rovers 2013!
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Posted 31 December 2012 - 02:46 PM
ahhhhhhh Cappertime again!!!!!
"I love our club, absolutely love it". (Overton, M 2007)
Posted 31 December 2012 - 03:17 PM
Happy new year to you all
Edited by Maureen T-k, 31 December 2012 - 03:20 PM.
Im Fev and im proud
Posted 31 December 2012 - 04:13 PM
Steady thissen Robin. Dont get giddy.
ahhhhhhh Cappertime again!!!!!
Posted 31 December 2012 - 04:14 PM
Happy new year to everyone and hope you have a good night tonight.
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happy new year and a fantastic 2013 to all at the rovers the futures bright its blue n white
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Happy new year guys, see ya later today


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My dad says that I have to write this column, so here we go.
I talk to my parents every weekend - just to check in and see what's going on back home and how they are doing.
And you know what my dad has to say to me?
After our usual conversation starters of exchanging weather conditions and what's going on out there, as well as here, I get this…"why aren't you writing in the paper?"
Okay then. I may be an adult, but my dad still scares me, so I'll see if I can appease him.
This week's topic - goat heads. Yes, that's right. Not the most exciting thing to come down the pike, but it's something.
Until we moved to Colorado, I never knew what one of those things even was. We had cockleburs back in Illinois and those things hurt, but not as bad as stepping on one of the little nuisances we have - or had - in the back lot at the newspaper.
With my husband working six days a week with some pretty long hours right now, I knew better than to ask him to help me with my situation. But enough was enough this past week.
Since I couldn't keep up with trying to pull them out of the ground, and they continually find their way into our office on the soles of my shoes, I gave in on Sunday and asked if he would mow them over for me. Not the best way to take care of them I'll admit, but at least it would help in the interim.
After completing the task, my husband told me that - due to the amount and size - I could have made some money by gathering them up and selling them to the government as weapons of mass destruction. Get the picture on how bad they were getting?
They were all over the place and, even without rain, spreading like wildfire. But isn't that typical of weeds?
Thankfully, my husband took it a step further and dug up as many as he possibly could, but even I know that they will find their way back.
I'm just hoping that a frost sets in before the jungle growth starts in again.


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Since my son is now latching....I am wondering what to do.
See in the mornings after it has been a few hours of no expression he gets my milk when he wants to latch. he gets a partial meal sometimes it's enough to satisfy him for an hour..
my thing is though after that I express and put him to the breast a lot. so much though that Idon't think he is getting much from me when he latches.
is there like a shedual i should do?? I am expressing sometimes every 30 minutes. but again once he is at my breast there isn't much...
should i only express every 2 hours. say for instance he takes the breast at noon, should I try to latch him again at 1 ot 2, and if he does then express as soon as he is done to empty myself as much as I can ... or if he doesn't latch make sure I express after 2 hours????
I am just wondering what's best... as of right now he snacks on me and i express constantly.. LOL


text: I can really use some advice! I just went back to work this week, and my son is now 12 weeks. I have the Medela Freestyle pump and have been pumping 3-4 times/day at work. But every day I've been back so far, I have gotten clogged ducts! Day 1 on one side, days 2 and 3 on the other side. I'm massaging while pumping, trying heat, everything I can think of! Aside from the obvious stress it's causing, it also means that I'm not getting as much milk to give to my son the following day. Does anyone have thoughts on this? Is it the type of pump? The Freestyle has the soft plastic flanges rather than hard. Could this be a problem? Are there just some people who are more prone to clogs than others? I don't know that I can keep doing this for a full year if I'm going to be stressed out and dealing with clogged ducts every single day!


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