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Expert Q & A Answers About urinary tract infection
My boyfriend is a quad. When I give him head, we leave his indwelling catheter in...is that safe?
I'm a healthy 46-year-old woman. My boyfriend is a 47-year-old quad. After being together a year, we've found many ways to be sexually intimate with each other...even though he can't have sexual intercourse. One of the things he enjoys is my giving him head. He has an indwelling catheter, which we usually leave in. Can I contract any infections from doing this? I'm concerned because he has frequent bladder infections.
I'm a female, and I have a burning feeling after intercourse...most often with latex condoms. Do I have a latex allergy?
I'm a female, and I recently noticed a burning sensation after intercourse...most often with latex condoms. It sometimes results in a bladder infection a couple days after sex. Could I be allergic to latex?
I've only had sex once, but now I have a burning sensation when I pee. Did I catch an STD from my girlfriend?
I've only had sex once with my current girlfriend who has no symptoms of any STDs. I wore a condom and the sex was really brief. But now I have a burning sensation when I pee. I've been tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia, and both came back negative. Could my partner have given me something else?
Could an STD cause really sharp pains in the lower part of my stomach?
I'm experiencing sharp pains in the lower part of my stomach. I'm having problems bending or taking deep breaths, and I also have very painful urination. It seems like my vagina is inflamed too. My boyfriend and I have both been tested and are negative for STDs. What could this be?
Why does my partner get a burning feeling when I ejaculate inside her?
My girlfriend gets a burning feeling when I ejaculate inside her. When I don't ejaculate, it doesn't burn. Is this normal? Also, sometimes after intercourse I get hot-spots on and around my penis. Is this common? I've been tested for STDs and she's been tested for yeast infection, but everything came back negative.
I self-cath...is that why I keep getting urinary tract infections?
I'm a female, C5 quad and have never had a sexually transmitted disease. I self-cath and haven't had serious urinary tract infections before. My boyfriend and I are in a monogamous relationship and recently became sexually active. We don't use protection...could this be why I've been getting more frequent urinary tract infections lately?
My girlfriend has a burning feeling when she urinates and when I masturbate her...what's wrong?
For about a month, my girlfriend has been having a burning feeling when she urinates and when I masturbate her. I do have oral sex with her and masturbate her, but we haven't had intercourse. It shouldn't be an STD because we're both virgins, right?


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Cacao Crêpes and Sweet Mint Custard | Recipe by GreenChef Matthew Kenney
Contributing Monkie Matthew Kenney
Topics of Interest cacao, crepes, matthew kenny
Published on April 20, 2009
Section Full Recipe List, Recipes / Desserts, Recipes / Raw
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Cacao Crêpes and Sweet Mint Custard with black cacao sauce (raw, vegan) Recipe by GreenChef Matthew Kenney
Recipe from the Entertaining In The Raw Recipe Book by Matthew Kenney
When I was first experimenting with raw cacao, it was challenging to use—it was not yet available in powder form, and the taste was unusual, so I was a bit unsure of it—but the dried beans actually reacted well to certain recipes, especially those where a soft texture is needed. This dish is pure classic in flavor.
Serves 4–6 People
For the Crêpes:
1 quart flax meal
1 quart apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
2 cups chopped coconut meat
2 cups cocoa powder
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 quarts water
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1/4 cup raw agave
2 1/4 teaspoons salt

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Ya know how curiosity killed the cat? Yeah, well I'm probably next. At least we live in the internet age – where a simple [cmd + z] is readily available.
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I may be a softie, but Sam finally (this morning) sent an e-mail apology -- very genuine and horrified, as he should be -- and we are meeting tonight, as he thought was the original plan. As punishment, I am going to send him more of my writing and, quite possibly, make him buy me a coffee AND a scone. But only if the scone is chocolate chip. If it is not, I will make him buy me something that involves chocolate. Maybe a whole cake.
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If they ever do an animated Tank McNamara, I know the perfect actor to do his voice . . .
That sounds like the NBA . . .
Nope, I'm sorry, I typed that wrong – I meant to say: "Isn't that the NHL?"
Despite the denials it will be an 8 team playoff within two years. Then how long before 16?
D III has a meaningful playoff. Amazing how all the difficulties just melt away when millions of dollars of bowl money aren't involved.
Speaking of D III football and championships, Larry Kehres has just announced his retirement. Forget all the other numbers, the one that I find most amazing is 24 losses in 27 seasons. Mostly in the playoffs. An amazing run unlikely to ever be equaled.
Baskin-Robbins is a good idea. Ben & Jerry's is better.
I always wondered why DIII could have playoffs, but DI could not. Then I discovered just how much money the NCAA and the bowls were making off the backs of the college players.
What I would love to see is a streike by every single bowl team, announced about 5 min before kickoff. Tell all the money boys, we want to be paid. No pay, no play.
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Best Way to Find Rent-to-Own Properties?
Q: I am looking to relocate from Chicago to Atlanta probably in Fulton or DeKalb county. My credit is not so good, so I have to clear it up; but in the meantime I would like to look at some rent-to-own properties before I move. I am looking to relocate in July, but I really don't know how the rent-to-own process works. Do I need to get a Realtor from here in Chicago or seek one out in Atlanta? – Precious
A: I can find you an excellent agent in Atlanta and I highly recommend that you have your own Realtor who will represent your best interests and who has access to the multiply listing service in Atlanta. A realtor from Chicago would not have the ability to search the Atlanta MLS system without being a member.
Leah Layman is a Realtor with Keller Williams Realty-Augusta Partners in Augusta, GA.
A: Even though you are renting which would only commit you to an area for a year or so, I would still find an agent because you mentioned rent-to-own. Go on Realtor.com and search for homes where you think you want to be and take note of the agents. If you see any agent who shows up multiple times, I would approach them to see how they respond.
Areas in Atlanta can vary wildly and sometimes "one street over" makes a huge difference. Lease Purchase contracts are also more complicated than a typical sale so you will need someone on your side who can manage the details well.
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Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – August 6, 2010
HVFCU Financial Services, a division of the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, today announced the appointment of Alex Morphet as a Financial Consultant based in its Kingston, N.Y., office.
"Alex's personal attention and dedication in helping people obtain financial guidance is clear to everyone he meets," said Jeffrey G. Thatcher CFP®, Director of HVFCU Financial Services. "Since joining the credit union in 2001, Alex has helped hundreds of HVFCU members to pursue their financial goals, save for college and plan for a secure retirement."
As an HVFCU Financial Services Consultant, Morphet is experienced in investment management, retirement planning, tax advantaged college savings programs, and estate planning. He is also certified by the New York State Insurance Department as an approved long-term care and life insurance professional.
As an active member of the community, Morphet devotes much of his time assisting local charitable organizations. Of particular interest to Morphet is the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program, where he has spent the past three years mentoring youths in the Poughkeepsie Middle School to help them prepare for successful futures. Last year, Morphet was awarded the site-based Mentor of the Year award by Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Dutchess County for his work with the children. Morphet lives in Hyde Park, N.Y., with his wife and daughter.
Morphet is currently enrolled in the CFP® Program, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™. The CFP® Board is a professional regulatory organization acting in the public interest by fostering professional standards in personal financial planning. The CFP® Board establishes and enforces education, examination, experience and ethics requirements for CFP®.
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IFFBoston Review: Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Shakespeare has never been as accessible on the big screen as he is in Joss Whedon's "Much Ado About Nothing." Sure, there have been plenty of modern Shakespearean film adaptations, but they often rely on well-known actors or massive stylistic updates to connect with audiences. Whedon's version bridges that gap because it features his stable of performers and includes modern technology, while maintaining the essence of The Bard's work.
Just because Whedon changes some aspects of the tale to suit our time however, doesn't mean that he throws tradition completely out the window. If you're the type of person who hates iambic pentameter or doesn't even know what the term means, you probably aren't this movie's target audience. The characters still speak the words as Shakespeare wrote them and wear clothes that are a mixture of old and new. Any lines or portions cut, have been nixed to suit the movie's tight two-week shooting schedule and minimal budget.
One element that does not seem influenced by time or budgetary constraints is Whedon's decision to shoot the film in black and white. With his track record, this was almost certainly a conscious choice to accentuate contrasts in the lighting and the expressive faces of his actors. Plus instead of fading to black, he gets to employ a fun trick where he dissolves to white. There are also humorous parts where the absence of color makes the scene sillier, like a moment where Claudio (Fran Kranz) is standing up to his neck in a swimming pool with a scuba mask on and a cocktail in his hand. Other characters hilariously swim over to him in order to have a chat, and then drift away when they're done.
Although the entire film is shot on the grounds of Joss Whedon's house, he does a tremendous job of recreating the atmosphere of theater. Most shots are medium ones to preserve the smallness of the space and to make you feel like you're watching the set of a play. This ambience is magnified by scenes where characters like Beatrice (Amy Acker) and Benedick (Alexis Denisof) are sneaking around in the background, interacting with the audience, while action continues to happen "on stage." Additionally there are other sequences where the camera follows the action to keep you engaged with a character's monologue, like a speech where it goes up and down the stairs with Benedick talking as he's exercising.
Everyone involved in the adaptation is a joy to watch, but certain members of Whedon's actors feel like they were born to read Shakespeare, especially Amy Acker, Clark Gregg, Fran Kranz, Alexis Denisof, and Nathan Fillion. They each take their unique approach to their lines, making the words and inflections their own. Comically, they even play with the absurdity of some of the text in relation to modern speech. Whedon works with those moments in his editing with a quick cut here or there for emphasis.
Acker and Denisof give particularly delightful performances as Beatrice and Benedick, opposing forces who love to hate each other. They're awesome on their own, although boy are they great when their characters are trading barbs. You can't help giggling every time Nathan Fillion is on screen either, as the charmingly inept officer of the law Dogberry. Fillion reportedly tried to back out of this project due to his schedule, but if you see the film you'll be thankful he didn't.
The spirited performances of the actors and stylistic flourishes added to the movie make it fascinating to watch, however Whedon truly excels in this particular effort because he has the same passion and respect for the source material that he exercised when bringing Marvel's superheroes to life in "The Avengers." As a result not only is "Much Ado About Nothing" an entertaining film, it's an great Shakespeare adaptation. Both Whedonites and fans of The Bard should be pleased.
My Grade: A+....As in Absolutely Perfect. A New Classic!
IFFBoston closes tonight, April 30, 2013. For more information on the festival and on how you can help support independent film, visit www.iffboston.org.


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Molde Jazz: Day 4, July 16, 2009
Supersilent / Huntsville
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July 16, 2009
There are those who think that jazz is "moldy fig" musicmusic for gray hairs and no hairs. There's also some concern that the music will die as the baby boomer generation begins to enter retirement and, ultimately, leave this mortal coil. Nothing could be further from the truth, based not only on the broad demographic that can be seen at all the Molde Jazz performancesranging from teenagers trying to get into licensed venues like the Alexandra, right through to septuagenarians who could be seen at shows by Supersilent and Huntsville, two highly experimental groups that turned Day 4 of Molde Jazz 2009 into one of its most boundary busting and ear-shattering days of improvised music.
While waiting for Huntsville's late night performance at the Forum, two 20 year-olds talked about how they are collecting music from innovative and forward-thinking labels like Rune Grammofon and Smalltown Supersound/Smalltown Superjazz. When it was suggested that there are those who, in North America, operate under the conception that jazz is an older person's music, they both jumped in before the sentence was finished, saying "No it's not!" Watching both of them become deeply involved in Huntsville's challenging, conventionally inaccessible improvised musicmoving to the group's shifting rhythms and excited by its extreme sonicsleft little doubt that, in Norway at least, jazz (albeit in the broadest possible definition) is not only alive and well, but thriving. With a large audience of young fans whose ears have been opened through the exposure that they have received, thanks to the country's remarkable arts funding/support, the beauty is that these same people find as much to appreciate in the music of Jamie Cullum (a closet Rune Grammofon fan, apparently) as they do the more extreme spontaneity of Supersilent.
Molde Jazz artist in residence Arve Henriksena charter member of Supersilentdiscussed Norway's acceptance of a broad swath of music in an interview that will appear soon at All About Jazz. Through school tours that expose youngsters to sophisticated music at a very young age, to music programs like that at the world-renowned Trondheim Music Conservatorywhere Henriksen studied, graduated and, in due course, taughtaspiring artists are encouraged to follow their own muse. Learn about the history to be certain; but don't let that history define you.
Festivals like Molde Jazz, now nearing its 50th anniversary, are proof that cultural education works, in particular in its support of Norwegian artists, with Henriksen's appointment as 2009 artist in residence. While he was only slightly susceptible to the allure of being able to play with international musicians of great stature, ultimately Henriksen chose to work with the artists in Norway with whom he's collaborated for many years (though not always in predictable combinations), because that's the music that's close to his heart and represents what he's attempting to achieve. Based on the first four days of his residency, it was the best possible choice.
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Losing a key band member can be a debilitating or even completely destructive experiencejust look at how the death of drummer John Bonham forced Led Zeppelin to dissolve. In the case of Supersilent, the loss of co-founder, drummer Jarle Vespestad (also well-known for his more consistently subtle work with pianist Tord Gustavsen) may have been a significant one, but its Kulturhusett performance made clear that continuing on without him was not only possible, it was inevitable.
l:r Ståle Storløkken, Arve Henriksen, Helge Sten
Still, while losing the drummer of a group known for genre-busting, ear-shattering and fearlessly futuristic music might seem like a major blow, the reality is that Henriksenin addition to playing a variety of horns, expertly manipulating electronics to expand any group's soundscape, and singing with a voice that can be, at times, as pure as a choirboy's and at others as world-weary as an older manalso plays drums, and plays them well. His trumpet, electronics and voice were a key part of Supersilent's performance, but he also played a lot of drums throughout a set that consisted of three without-a-safety-net creations: the group's 15-minute opener, the 40-minute primary segment, and a 10-minute encore.
Supersilent's brand of noise improv doesn't shy away from beauty, with the set opening on Henriksen's trumpet alone, delivering a melody of almost painful melancholy. Still, it wasn't long before keyboardist Ståle Storløkken was injecting a variety of oblique lines, jagged chords and otherworldly electronic effects; the control of his rig all the more remarkable for his ability to shift colors on a dime and hyper-energetically generate gradually intensifying sound sculptures.
But the member of Supersilent who truly pushed the group in its direction from the beginningwhen he joined up with the other three who were members of an imaginative but slightly more conventional trio called Veslefrekk (formed after Henriksen, Storløkken and Vespestad met at the Trondheim Conservatory)was Helge Sten, aka Deathprod. As a producer, engineer and sonic manipulator, Deathprod has been instrumental in shaping much of the Rune Grammofon label's direction. As a performer Sten has taken Supersilent into some very dark, harsh and dangerous places, with a combination of wildly overdriven guitar, science fiction-inflected synth and organ sounds. Wild processing created such wildly aggressive and high volume landscapes as to make earplugs essential when situated close to the stage...and even they weren't always enough to block the relentless aural assault of Supersilent at its most extreme.
As cathartic as Sten's contributions were, he was the most physically static performer, at most rocking gently back and forth to the music's pulse, occasionally reacting subtly to its painful power, and often acting as the group's director, providing the occasional subtle cue for shifts in feel, texture or intensity. Storløkken was the most kinetic of the three, hyperactively moving between his three keyboards and host of effects. As co-founder of the Tony Williams/Joe Zawinul-influenced Elephant9, responsible for the outstanding debut Dodovoodoo (Rune Grammofon, 2008), the keyboardist channels music that may possess its own edge, but with Supersilent he's far more unfettered; leaping between keyboards from note-to-note, creating distorted electric piano chords that became increasingly angular and dissonant, working hand-in-glove with Sten's high octane sonics and Henriksen's turbulent and seemingly unschooled drumming.
As free as the music was, there were markers on which the audience could hang its collective hat. The second, lengthy improv gradually evolved to a plodding, backbeat-driven piece of near-anthemic indie rock, supported by Sten's power chords and Storløkken's throbbing bass synth, though that only lasted a short while before the music turned more gentle againat least for Supersilentas Henriksen returned to trumpet, sampling himself and creating a processed, harmonized loop over which he group began, once more, to build towards one of its many climaxes.
As with so many of the groups Henriksen is involved in, Supersilent has no concept of delineated roles. Color, pulse, melody and harmonyas dense and near-unapproachable as they sometimes gotwere all concepts to be passed around the trio, with no single player ever solely responsible for any of them. Henriksen's drumming was often textural, with Storløkken holding down what groove there was, while Sten delivered alien phrases with tremendous intent. The mix provided a rare opportunity to at least delineate, to some extent, each member's contribution to the overall soundscapesa wonderful thing since on albums like the potent yet profound 8 (Rune Grammofon, 2007), it's nearly impossible to know who is doing what. Still, that's always been part of the Supersilent mystique; and even watching the group perform, it was not always possible to identify where everything was coming fromsomething made even more of a challenge, considering the sheer amount of sound often emanating from the stage.
While the group built to a particularly heavy peak during an encore partially driven by the sample of a train rolling down the tracks and building to a final assault of deafening, concentrated sound, Supersilent was also capable of delivering passages of moving beauty that reached down into the collective subconscious. With more elements of sound than could ever be tracked, the group's first performance as a trio made it clear that while there's an undeniable impact felt by Vespestad's departure, it is still more than capable of moving forward, with a new set of priorities dictated by the remaining members finding new ways to deliver what Vespestad did during his 10 and more years with the band.


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A county prosecutor is trying to convince the Wisconsin Supreme Court that Republicans should appeal a judge's ruling overturning the state's polarizing union rights law through the normal process.
Republicans have asked the high court to take the case early, but Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne asked the justices during oral arguments Monday to allow the case to follow the usual appeals process. He says that would provide a better record if the case reaches the Supreme Court.
Ozanne filed a lawsuit challenging the law eliminating most of public employees' collective bargaining rights shortly after Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed it. He says Republican legislators violated state law by convening a committee meeting on the proposal without the proper public notice.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Conservative justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court are questioning the attorney for the judge who struck down Republican Gov. Scott Walker's divisive union law, asking why the judge thought she had the authority to block it from going into effect.
Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi ruled last month that Republicans violated Wisconsin's open meetings law when they met on the measure without proper public notice. She declared the law void -- a ruling state attorneys have asked the Supreme Court to overturn.
Justice Michael Gableman asked during Monday's oral arguments how Sumi reconciled her order with prohibitions on legislating from the bench. Sumi's attorney, Marie Stanton, replied the Legislature invited the courts to play a role when it adopted the open meetings law.
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Yeshiva University's president, Richard Joel, has issued a statement on his disagreements with Jimmy Carter in response to a student group's April 10th forum with the ex-president at YU's Benjamin Cardozo Law School.
"While he has been properly lauded for his role in the Camp David Accords of 1978, I strongly disagree with many of President Carter's statements and actions in recent years which have mischaracterized the Middle East conflict and have served to alienate those of us who care about Israel," Joel said in a statement posted on YU's news blog Monday.
"President Carter's presence at Cardozo in no way represents a university position on his views, nor does it indicate the slightest change in our steadfastly pro-Israel stance."
Carter has rankled Israel supporters with his 2006 book, "Israel: Peace Not Apartheid," in which he argued that government policies toward the Palestinians living under Israeli control were similar to those of South Africa's notorious racist government. He has also held meetings with leaders of Hamas, in part to relay messages from the family of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held captive by the terror group from 2006 to 2011.
Prior to Rosh HaShannah in 2009, Carter issued a public apology to the Jewish community for any words are actions that may have offended them. "We must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel," he said in an open letter.
In his statement, Joel noted that Carter will be honored by the student-run Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution with its Advocate for Peace Award. "The university recognizes the breadth of impassioned feelings engendered by this appearance, and is mindful of the diversity of expressed opinions on the matter," he said.
A request for comment from the Journal of Conflict Resolution sent via email to the editor was not answered.
A group calling itself The Coalition of Concerned Cardozo Alumni set up a website called Shame on Cardozo for Honoring Jimmy Carter.
Howard Bressler, a member of Cardozoz's class of 1991 (who is not involved in the Coalition) told The Jewish Week that while he appreciates Joel's statement distancing himself from Carter's positions on Israel, "I am ashamed that my alma mater, a Y.U. school, no less, will play host to someone who has gone out of his way to libel the Jewish state. Cardozo is supposed to espouse the pursuit of justice, whereas, when it comes to Israel, Mr. Carter does just the opposite."
It is the latest appearance at a venue under Jewish auspices to cause controversy because of a public personality's views on Israel. Last week rock legend Roger Waters canceled an appearance at the 92nd St. Y amid complaints that the Y was giving a forum to an ardent supporter of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel.
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As a YU alumnus,class of 69 , politically conservative (thanks DR.Joseph Dunner -OBM)who has made Aliyah,i am amazed by the outcry of the arm- chair generals against Carter ! His one achievement as president was the peace-accord- that is real CONFLICT RESOLUTION-which no other person on the planet has been able to achieve !That is what he is being honored for-NOTHING ELSE.Yes, he has made some harsh statements,but he has also apologized for them.If that's not good enough then
follow Machiavelli 's advise keep your friends close and your enemies closer (thanks Niccolo).Cardozo students did the RIGHT thing and maybe Carter appreciates it !


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By Marty Russell
Word has it that, at the end of the State of the Union address next Tuesday, all members of Congress – Republicans, Democrats, Tea Partiers and independents – will join hands and sing "Kumbaya." And if you believe that, you'll also be pleased to hear that North Korea has announced it's willing to give up its nuclear program in exchange for the franchise rights to Disney World East.
Some members of Congress have stated that, in the spirit of political civility in the wake of the shootings in Tucson recently, they will, reluctantly, sit with members of the other party during the president's annual address to the nation and Congress. No one is more relieved to hear it than the Capitol Hill security force. At least by seating them Republican, Democrat, Republican, Democrat, if one of them pulls out a gun hopefully a member of the opposite party can wrestle them to the ground before they get off too many shots.
The State of the Union address has degenerated during the Obama administration into something of a free-for-all, more resembling amateur night at a comedy club where the hecklers often get the biggest laughs than a serious discussion of issues and agendas. The recent disruptions during the speech are a scary reflection of society and politics itself. It was during a presidential speech on health care reform back in 2009 that Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) broke the usual staid decorum by yelling out, "You lie!"
Then, at last year's State of the Union address, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mouthed the words, "Not true," while the president was discussing the impact of the court's recent decision on campaign finance reform.
Is it any wonder, then, that political discourse in this country now resembles more of a late-night bar fight where reason and logic have been replaced by 90-proof testosterone or, perhaps, in some cases, estrogen? If lawmakers can't hold their tongues for an hour's reading of what is usually a pretty boring and uninsightful speech, then how can we expect them to actually work together on issues that really matter? They're like siblings who, rather than split the last cookie in the jar, argue over who deserves the whole thing more.
Agreeing to sit together during the State of the Union is a nice gesture given all the discussion of the need to return to civility in politics lately, but I'm afraid that's all it will amount to, a political new year's resolution that will last about as long. I have yet to see any real indication that both sides are willing to listen to each other although some Republicans coming forward recently and admitting that the health care reform bill isn't as bad as they made it out to be is promising.
I know it's asking a lot of politicians, but if you're serious about civil discourse, could you at least for one hour next Tuesday, sit down and shut up.
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The Master of Business Administration requires 30 credit hours beyond the bachelor's degree. The MBA program includes 18 credit hours of foundational courses. The foundational courses are taken by all students regardless of their undergraduate degree to form and strengthen fundamental business skills. The next 9 credit hours in the program encapsulate a specialization aligned with a student's career goals and interests. Elective courses must be appropriate to the student's degree program.
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We use WinBench 99 to record data-transfer graphs:
Data-transfer graphs of RAID arrays on the Promise SuperTrak EX8650 controller:
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- RAID10, 8 disks
- RAID5, 4 disks
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- RAID6, 4 disks
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We'll compare the data-transfer rates at the beginning and end of the virtual disks:
The read speeds agree with the theory except that the eight-disk arrays are not much different from the four-disk RAID0.
Summing everything up, the Promise SuperTrak EX8650 is a good controller, but you shouldn't use it without a battery backup unit unless you don't care a bit about the speed of writing to your arrays. To be specific, this controller delivers good performance under server loads, can read fast from mirror arrays, and has a good implementation of RAID5 and RAID6.
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Letter for Principals [Word format]: Letter to share with principals on the role breakfast can play in their schools and the importance of their support.
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NAD Welcomes New Associates to Youth/Young Adult Ministries
The North American Division is proud to announce that two new associate directors will be joining Youth and Young Adult Ministries.
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LGBT+ Summit Raises Awareness for Leadership
a thoughtful review by James Black.
The LGBT+ Summit, led by Chris Blake, Communications Professor at Union College and former editor of Insight Magazine, (and sponsored by the North American Division Youth & Young Adult Ministries Department), allowed an intentional and well facilitated discussion regarding the LGBT+ community at the LGBT+ Summit "Is Loving Enough".
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One poignant sample of my experience happened on the first day of the Summit. All of the participants were divided up into table groups and guided in get-acquainted activities. Stefanie was one of the young adults at my table. As we got to know each other we laughed about various experiences in life and also shared challenges. I thought to myself, this is an awesome young lady and would make some guy really happy one day. Needless to say, when Chris Blake invited her up for an interview I was shocked to learn that she was gay.
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Let's Talk Football: Defensive Play CallsBy Coach Tom Bass Thu, 08/05/2010 - 7:39am
Each week Coach Bass brings his 30 years of NFL coaching experience to USA Football. Email Coach Bass your question.
George sent the following question:
I coach 11-12 year olds, and this is the first year we will use play calling from the sideline. We run a 4-3 and a 4-4 on defense. We blitz a linebacker or a safety on occasion, and I plan on doing stunts for the defensive front line. Any advice on how to effectively call plays that is not too complicated?
Hi George,
My feeling is that your defensive play call should have a natural rhythm and sequence that is easy to say and is constant throughout the year.
An example of a call for us would be: 34 Pinch Cover 2.
The first part of the call always referred to the configuration for our front defense. In your case this would be 4-3 or 4-4. This was an alert for any player who was not on the front called to head for the sideline. This would be your base defense and gap assignments.
The second part of the call Pinch was reserved for any line action, linebacker blitz or secondary blitz. We tried to have one word describe the action (Pinch) that we were going to use on that play.
For us, Pinch told all of our two defensive ends (3-4) to pinch to their inside gap. In your case using four DL, all your defensive linemen would drive into the gap on their inside and get penetration across the line of scrimmage (LOS).
You might also use 4-3 Slant Right Cover 3. A Slant (followed by a direction) call for your defensive linemen would tell your two defensive tackles to slant into the gap in the direction of the call (right or left) and the DE on the side of the call to slant to the gap in the direction of the call.
Another call might be 4-4 Twist Left Cover 3. The Twist Left call would tell the defensive end on the left to drive into the gap to their inside and the left DT to step up two steps and then come around behind the charge of the defensive end on a two player stunt.
If we ever wanted to change the order of the stunt as to who goes first and second, we merely added the word "Change" after Twist and then the tackle knew to drive first into the gap on their outside and the end to take two steps forward and then come around behind the charge of the DT.
We found through the years that we had much fewer mistakes when we employed this method rather that adding a new term to change the order of the stunt.
In our 3-4 defense, we named each of our linebackers: Sam (strong side outside), Will (weak side outside), Mike (strong side inside), Mac (weak side inside).
If we wanted to blitz a linebacker, we would use their designated name and the call might be: 34 Will Cover 2. Will told our team that the weak side outside linebacker (Will) was going to blitz across the LOS on the snap coming hard from the outside. Everyone else would play normal defense. A variation of this call might be Will Pinch where the DL on weak side would pinch inside to go with the blitz.
When we wanted a stunt with the Will backer and the defensive end on that side of the formation our call would be Will X-IT. Now our Will would charge first driving hard behind the OT and the DE would take two steps forward and then come around behind and to the outside of the Will backer's charge. Again, if we wanted the end to go first and the backer to come behind, we would add the word "Change" following X-IT.
All of our backer blitzes were called in this manner. If we call a Mike or Mac blitz, the backer would charge straight ahead and read the flow of the backs to determine which gap to run through. In your 4-3, you could do this with your MLB (Mike) to either side of the center, but you will have to designate the gap (inside or outside the guard) in your 4-4 defense so that the blitzing backer and the DT do not run into one another.
When we wanted to blitz more that one linebacker, we came up with a new term: Sam & Will = Saw, Sam & Mike = Smike, Sam & Mac = Smack, Mike & Will = Millie, Mac & Will = Wally. A typical call might be: 34 Saw Cover 1.
If we brought a defensive back, we used the designation of Cat to designate a corner blitz (followed by left or right), Hound to designate a strong safety blitz and Fox to designate a free safety blitz. A Cat or Hound blitz always came hard from the outside of the formation on the snap of the ball while our Fox blitz would normally be in one of the guard-center gaps. A typical call might be: 34 Hound Cover 3.
Finally you will give your pass coverage call. Typically going into a game we wanted a two deep zone coverage (Cover Two) and a linebacker blitz with two deep (Will Cover Two), a three deep zone coverage (Cover Three) and a linebacker blitz with three deep (Sam Cover Three), a man coverage with a free safety (Cover One) and a linebacker blitz with man coverage and a free safety (Mike Cover One), and a man coverage without a free safety with two linebackers on a blitz (Smack Cover Zero). You may not need all of these variations in coverage, but you need to keep an accurate list of what you will be using in your play call.
You will want to develop your own terms that have meaning to you and your players, but I really believe the system that I have outlined is not complicated. It will work, and it can be consistent for you all through the season.
First, the front: 4-3 or 4-4. Second, any change in line assignments or stunts, any type of linebacker blitz or any defensive back blitz. Finally, the pass defense coverage that your team will use for the play.
Start with your base defense and call it in this manner and then as you add new segments to your defense, you will have the appropriate place to add them to your defensive play call.
Don't be in a hurry to get everything in. If your players are making mental errors, stop adding new material for a while. Remember you only have a certain amount of time to practice and you never want to make a call in a game for a defense that you have not had time to teach and practice effectively.
I also tried to remind myself that it was not what I knew that counted but it was what my players knew and understood that that made the difference.
Coach Tom Bass
Coach Tom Bass, a 30-year NFL Coach and the technical writer and advisor for USA football, is also the author of several highly acclaimed football coaching books, including "Play Football the NFL Way" (St. Martin's Press) the only authorized NFL coaching book, "Football Skills and Drills" (Human Kinetics) and "The New Coaches Guide to Youth Football Skills and Drills" (McGraw Hill). If you would like to order a personalized autographed copy of Coach Bass' books, copies of his printed In-Depth Coaching Clinics, or NFL or College Sport Maps, please visit http://coachbass.com/.


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UConn senior guard Kelly Faris was selected in the first round by the Connecticut Sun (No. 11 overall) at the WNBA Draft tonight at ESPN headquarters.
Faris becomes the 25th player from UConn selected in the WNBA Draft since the inception of the event in 1997. It marked the fifth time in the last six years that UConn has had a player drafted in the first round.
Overall, the Huskies have had 13 players selected in the first round.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma and Faris' teammates were unable to attend the draft due to a prior university commitment that was planned well in advance. Associate head coach Chris Dailey and assistant coaches Shea Ralph and Marisa Moseley were on hand in support of Faris.
Baylor center Brittney Griner, as expected, was selected No. 1 overall by the Phoenix Mercury. Delaware guard Elena Delle Donne (Chicago Sky) and Notre Dame guard Skylar Diggins (Tulsa Shock) were picked No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.
Faris, the Big East Defensive Player of the Year and the conference Co-Most Improved Player, averaged a career-high 10.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and team-highs of 4.0 assists and 2.5 steals in 29.7 minutes this season. She shot career-highs of 53.0 percent from the field and 41.5 percent from 3-point range.
Faris was named to the Final Four all-tournament team last week, averaging 13.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.5 blocks in 31.5 minutes as UConn won its NCAA record-tying eighth national championship.
Faris finishes her career with 1,109 points, ranked 11th in team history in rebounds (821), sixth in assists (545) and fifth in steals (294) in 154 games. Maya Moore is the only other UConn player to amass 1,000 points, 750 rebounds, 500 assists, and 250 steals.
Faris, who was a combined 143-11 (.929) in her career with two national championships and four Final Four appearances, is also tied for second in team history in games played, tied for first in consecutive games played (154), third in consecutive games started (115) and fifth in minutes played (4,258).


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Last week, Joe Esposito wrote a thought-provoking piece about what we mean when we talk about "partnerships" and "collaborations" between libraries and university presses—particularly when the university press is absorbed into the library itself—and about whether such arrangements really make sense. In his concluding paragraph, Joe offers this observation:
Every way you look at the relationship between a press and a library, you come away with little or nothing to support an organizational marriage.
Now, I agree with Joe that when it comes to library-university press relationships, the term "partnership" is often used casually and inaccurately. But to my mind, the important question is not whether that relationship can accurately be called a partnership. The question is whether the relationship (whatever it may be at a particular institution, and whatever we choose to call it) makes sense: is it truly mutually beneficial, and is it structured in such a way as to offer the greatest possible mutual benefit? Call it a partnership, call it a collaboration, call it a pastrami sandwich—the question is, does it work to everyone's advantage? Joe is skeptical and offers some good reasons for his skepticism, but I'd like to offer a different perspective on that question.
First, to be clear about the context of my comments: what we have in my institution is a reporting relationship. The University of Utah Press (UUP) is an agency of the J. Willard Marriott Library. No one here refers to this relationship as a "partnership" or a collaboration (except colloquially, in casual conversation); everyone understands it to be a subsidiary relationship. The UUP's director reports to the dean of the library, and sits on the library's Executive Council alongside the associate deans and the directors of human resources and external relations.
From my vantage point as one of those associate deans and, for the past eighteen months, interim dean of the library, I've seen a number of significant benefits from this relationship. Four of these include:
Shared equipment and expertise. Ours is one of the relatively few research libraries that owns an Espresso Book Machine, and the opportunities for mutually-beneficial use of that machine by the library and the press are potentially huge—but they won't be fully realized unless the press and library are working together very closely. Similarly, the library has digitization staffing and equipment that can be (and, in our case, have been) of great use to the press. Having the press and library working out of the same budget bucket makes such cooperation quite a bit more efficient and convenient than it would be if it required shifting money between discrete campus entities. For example: many research libraries (including ours) are experimenting with publishing projects. When we undertook digital and print-on-demand publication of some of our handwritten pioneer diaries a few years ago, we called on UUP experts to give us input on design and layout questions. When UUP wanted to make its long-out-of-print Anthropological Papers series available to the marketplace again, it called on the library to help with digitization and formatting and, with use of the Espresso Book Machine, to make printed copies available on demand. Could the library have gotten layout and design help from elsewhere? Could UUP have used some other service provider for POD? Sure. But in both cases it would have required establishing new relationships with new vendors, the creation of service agreements, the solicitation and payment of invoices, and the spending of money. Instead, the work was accomplished quickly and easily and the only costs involved were opportunity costs.
Overlapping and complementary strategic perspectives. Despite the intimate, mutually-dependent relationship that exists between them, librarians and publishers do not understand each other. In my experience, librarians tend to have only the most simplistic understanding of the work publishers do, and publishers very often utterly misunderstand the institutional context, motivations, and structural responsibilities of librarians. Given this reality, it has been wonderful to see what happens when a press director and library administrators are at the same table, week after week, discussing issues related to collection development, market practice, and scholarly communication. The mutual reality-checks that happen in these meetings are invaluable; they make the library leadership better librarians and the UUP a better press.
Leveraging the travel budget. The press director attends regional and national meetings to which we might wish to send a librarian, but probably would not because of competing priorities and a limited travel budget. The fact that the press is part of the library means that the library has someone at, for example, the AAUP meeting—someone who can report back and give us a different perspective on what's happening in the university press community. The same is true in reverse for librarians' meetings such as ALA. Here again, both the library and the press benefit from the close working relationship that is naturally fostered by the organizational integration of the two units.
Access to space and staff support. By being both physically and organizationally a part of the library, our university press benefits from relatively easy access to prime event and meeting space (and the staff support that comes with it) for access to which other entities on campus must a) pay and b) compete with each other. If this sounds like a minor consideration, then you probably don't work on a university campus.
I can imagine a couple of objections to the examples I've provided above.
First, none of the benefits I've described necessarily requires the press to report to the library—all of them could, presumably, be realized just as effectively if the reporting line went the other way. I freely concede that point. If I had to hazard a guess as to why, when they are put together, presses are invariably made subordinate to libraries, I suppose I would say it's because libraries are always so much bigger, and it probably never occurs to anyone to put the press in charge of the library. We generally expect the bigger fish to eat the smaller one, not vice versa. I'm not saying this is right or wrong.
Second, few of the benefits I've described above absolutely require the integration of the university press into the library or a direct reporting relationship from the press director to the library dean. As Joe says, many of these arrangements could be "handled with a simple memorandum." But while the memorandum itself could be simple, a lot of less-simple things have to happen before it can be written, and it seems to me much more likely that those things will happen if the press and the library are structurally connected—their leadership meeting together frequently and regularly, issues of mutual concern being discussed constantly, and initiatives and projects being carried out in an environment of close mutual association.
I don't know that such a relationship can accurately be called a partnership, nor do I think that matters much. What I'm interested in is whether having the University of Utah Press situated in the library makes the University of Utah a better place for students and scholars and makes the larger scholarly community a richer source of knowledge. It seems to me that, in our case at least, it does. For other institutions, I'm sure the mileage will vary—by no means am I arguing that every university press ought to report to a library. But it seems to work very well here, for reasons that are probably not readily apparent to those outside of our institution.


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The Kansas City Chiefs went out and had one of their most fruitful offseasons in recent memory by bringing in an assembly of players, be it through free agency or the draft, that will either make an immediate impact as starters or provide much needed depth in case of injury (something that the team was all too familiar with in 2011).
Had it not been for injuries to running back Jamaal Charles, safety Eric Berry, tight end Tony Moeaki and quarterback Matt Cassel, last season might have ended on a more constructive note for the Chiefs. However, instead of being able to build off of their 2010 AFC West title, they regressed and missed the playoffs entirely.
Though Scott Pioli and Co. did their best to prevent that from happening again, injuries are undeniably a part of the game. If certain players go down, regardless of depth, it could mean that the 2012 campaign will be an extension of last season.
If the Chiefs want 2010 to be more of the norm around Kansas City, here are eight players that must remain healthy this season.