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Testimonials – what people say about working with me
"Thank you Sue for listening in such a supportive way that enabled me to hear and recognise myself, and to reconnect with the things I value most"
– Victoria
Feedback workshop: 'Developing Rewarding Relationships': "Not just what I hoped but much, much more! Thanks!"
– Marcia F.
Feedback workshop: 'Deveoping Rewarding Relationships': "Sue is a tremendous teacher, teaching from life experience and straight from the heart, with passion."
– Ernie P.
Feedback workshop: 'Developing Rewarding Relationships': "… a lot of light was shed in dark spaces and helped open a way forward."
– Barbara W.
Feedback workshop: 'Developing Rewarding Relationships': "An inspiring and thought-provoking weekend."
– Ruth R.
Feedback workshop: 'Developing Rewarding Relationships': "Sue is an inspiring coach. A weekend with her might well change your life completely. You will certainly get a lot of valuable insights."
– Claire H.
"Having just finished working with you I'm looking back over the last 12 sessions and the changes are awesome! My relationship with my family, friends and work colleagues has been transformed! I used to see myself as a victim, blaming other people. Now I look within myself and I realised I'm responsible for me! That's HUGE! I realise now that I'm in control of my life! I feel reborn!"
– Penny L.
"You have the empathy to understand people's problems and their deepest fears. I particularly appreciate your 'down-to-earthness' when you make suggestions. I find the way you communicate (clearly, firmly as well as with humour) just right for someone who feels on the brink of an abyss of un-knowing – a scary place! You're particularly good at picking us up, dusting us down and then placing us on an illuminated path, making a brighter future ahead. Thank you!"
– Maureen A.
"It's hard for me to articulate just how much you have helped me over the last few months. I was struggling with many things. You have helped me to shift my perspective on life, and get to know, understand and accept myself a lot more. It's sometimes painful to face the truth but so wonderful to come out at the other end liking who you are and becoming more empowered. Thank you, Sue!"
– Ruth S.
"Sue is an inspirational guide to bring the best out of yourself. She is encouraging, never puts you down, and makes suggestions to work on to help you enhance your life."
– Jill H
"Sue, you helped me to understand myself better. This has enabled me to know my Gremlins and stop them controlling me, leading to a happier and more fulfilling life."
– Michael
"Sue, your gentle guidance liberated me to leave home and embark on the greatest years of my life so far (I am 63) and to find renewed joy in living which is priceless and the greatest gift you could have given me. No amount of money would be enough to pay for what your skills have brought about, Sue! With love and grateful thanks,"
– David Lewitt
"Working with Sue enabled me to move out of a very self-sabotaging dark place into the present self-accepting person that I find myself to be today which is now been embedded in my heart. I cannot recommend her highly enough as a mentor, life coach and an inspiring person. She has not only exceeded my expectations, but she helped me close the door to living in my past. I am truly grateful. Thank you, Sue."
– Luisa
"Sue, you are simply a wonderful and wise woman, very intuitive and insightful. Without your gentle but firm guidance I know I would still be stuck with no clear direction. Thank you!"
– Don
"Dear Sue, I have some good news: I have been asked to relocate to Essex to take a new area that needs my skills to sort it out and, in return, I get a great relocation package, and Tim and I are buying a house together! If you had told me a year ago that I would be getting such positive feedback from the senior leaders, would have met such a great man and that I would be moving to Essex to start a new life with him I would never have believed you! See how much your coaching has helped me! Thanks, Sue!"
– Alison
"When I started working with you I was personally and business-wise at a very low ebb. I don't know how you did it but I now have complete clarity of what I want from life and how to achieve it! I have worked with mentors and with business coaches in the past but you have been able to combine both roles. I would describe you as a Samaritan, Friend and Mentor. With your help I have been able to close the door on two very stressful and worrying years, and I have regained my momentum to get on with and enjoy life. Thanks for being in my corner."
– Roger, Owner and Business Development Director
"…Sue helps me realise my true potential in life as a Step Mum, wife and, of course, business woman. She seems to be able to unravel my mind and set me on clear paths to success of a different kind. Success for my family is very different from success for my business. She is tough. Sue does not allow you to hide in a corner; she challenges your deepest thoughts and she helps you find your purpose in life."
– Jane J
"Dear Sue, Where to start? It's been a year now that I've worked with you and I would never believe a year ago the changes I've made and the things I've done."
– Suzanne H
"Thank you for your support and professional expertise that helped me through it all."
– Joanne R
"You are fantastic at what you do! I now know that anything is possible! I did it, Sue! Thank you for helping me believe I could!"
– Lynne C
"As one of Sue's younger clients, coming out of university and into the real world of work and life changes, I was struggling to find my way and get the ball rolling. She really helped me to focus my mind and hone in on what I really wanted to do in my career and in my life."
– Bernard K
"There were many tears shed and I managed to work my way through plenty of tissues and cups of tea but Sue's warm and safe environment helped me to open up. Our sessions forced me to put essential time aside to reflect on all aspects of my life and create a good equal and organised balance. It was what I really needed!"
– Philippa C
"Sue helped me to clear my head and stretch out my thoughts out, one by one. Did you ever expect this last year? I didn't! Thank you, Sue."
– Barbara J
"Dear Sue, I would like to thank you for the strong support you provided me this past year. Your understanding and ability to focus me coupled with a good sense of humour ensured that our sessions were fruitful. The goals set at the beginning have nearly all been achieved and the added value of being able to discuss openly my ideas with someone with no axe to grind was of immense value to me. I would recommend your services to anyone looking to make changes in both their personal life as well as business. Many thanks."
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The world's best modern and contemporary sculptors come together in Shawinigan
Ottawa, Canada - June 16, 2003PRESS RELEASE
Les plus grands noms de la sculpture moderne et contemporaine réunis à Shawinigan
At the invitation of the Cité de l'énergie in Shawinigan, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) is proud to present until October 5 an exhibition of international scope, The Body Transformed. It showcases works of sculpture by some of the world's best-known modern and contemporary artists. This prestigious exhibition takes place on the site of the oldest industrial complex in North America — an aluminium smelter, which was recently designated a Canadian national historic site.
Built on an exceptional site, the Cité de l'énergie highlights the rich industrial and scientific heritage of Shawinigan. In 2001, Alcan gave the Cité eleven of the twelve buildings of the Ancienne-Aluminerie-de-Shawinigan. Because it wanted to develop the artistic component of its heritage mission by attracting contemporary art exhibitions of an international scope, the Cité restored two of these magnificent brick and steel buildings, erected in 1900-1902 and 1905-1907 — then turned to the National Gallery of Canada for the next step.
Impressed by the beauty and remarkable interior spaces of the buildings, the NGC agreed to participate by presenting the opening exhibition. This gives the Gallery the opportunity to fulfill its mandate to make art known beyond its own walls, throughout the country.
The Body Transformed highlights in a reinvented space outstanding works of sculpture from the National Gallery's collection and from museums and private lenders from around the world (including the Musée Rodin in Paris, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles Country Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York).
The show, which includes 58 works, is conceived in two parts: eight artists from the late-19th to mid-20 the century whose work ushered in the "new language" of sculptural modernity (Rodin, Degas, Matisse, Picasso, Giacometti, Richier, Calder, and Segal), and eight contemporary artists (Louise Bourgeois, Geneviève Cadieux, Janet Cardiff, Betty Goodwin, William Kentridge, Ron Mueck, Kiki Smith et Bill Viola).
Catalogue, CyberMuse & Bell Audioguide
The National Gallery of Canada produced an 88-page catalogue for The Body Transformed, including 60 colour photographs of the major artworks featured in the exhibition.
The National Gallery's educational website, CyberMuse (http://cybermuse.gallery.ca), will be the online presence for The Body Transformed, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and available from coast-to-coast.
A Bell audioguide was also developed to accompany The Body Transformed and to further enhance the viewers' experience. This magnificent project has benefited from an intense and fruitful cooperation between the National Gallery of Canada and the Cité de l'énergie. Visitors will not want to miss the opportunity to discover this grand exhibition in one of the most beautiful industrial buildings in North America.
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Posted by Thomas Husson on the B2C Marketing Professionals Blog on September 3, 2013
Eventually, Microsoft announced its decision to acquire Nokia's devices and services unit for € 5,4 billion.
After all these years of speculation, now was the time to invest. Indeed, despite the collapse of the Nokia handset empire, Nokia still has numerous assets: a wide portfolio of patents, Nokia's product engineering and global capabilities in manufacturing, marketing, and distributing mobile phones. Microsoft is thus not only acquiring the Lumia brand but also the Asha one – bearing in mind Nokia still sold close to 54 million devices in Q2 2013.
Nokia will now focus on its three core technologies: the network infrastructure with NSN, its maps and location-based service ecosystem with HERE, and Advanced Technologies. There were early signs of the new approach when, a year ago, Nokia started to build brand equity beyond mobile phones with HERE (see my take on this blog at that time) but also more recently when Nokia announced its decision to acquire Siemens' take to fully own NSN. Microsoft will pay Nokia a four-year license of the HERE services, bringing some regular revenues to the now much smaller company.
To avoid parts of the company to be acquired by some Far East Asian manufacturers and due to the diminishing investments from other Windows Phone licensees, Microsoft had to adopt a vertically integrated strategy. They are indeed the best placed to generate synergies with Nokia following the more than two years agreement. And as All Things Digital puts it, Stephen Elop is now the Microsoft CEO candidate to beat.
Posted by Thomas Husson on the B2C Marketing Professionals Blog on April 11, 2012
A couple of weeks ago, I stated that there was much more to Near Field Communications (NFC) than just contactless payments. The WIMA conference starting today in Monaco will showcase numerous use cases for the technology.
I continue to believe that most consumers using an NFC device in 2012 will more likely use it for device-pairing or data-sharing purposes than for payments. Pairing NFC accessories and reading NFC smart tags will open up new opportunities. NFC will be a key technology for interacting with the world around you — and it is time to test it, as highlighted in this recent piece of research written by my colleague Anthony Mullen. There is an ongoing debate about bar codes' potential replacement by NFC; I think both technologies serve different objectives and have different advantages but will continue to co-exist. Radio and optical technologies are converging, as highlighted by French startup Mobilead, which does a fantastic job of delivering a great branded experience mixing QR codes and NFC tags.
Posted by Dan Bieler on the CIOs Blog on March 7, 2012
Around 60,000 global movers and shakers of all things mobile once again descended upon Barcelona to attend the leading annual mobility event, the Mobile World Congress (MWC). This year's main themes centered on metadata analytics, the customer experience, and over-the top business models:


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Stocking up on a proper set of silverware is a crucial part of the wedding registry process. Finally ready to graduate from the hodge-podge set you've pieced together since college? Here's the low-down on what types of materials to consider, how many pieces to ask for, and how to properly take care of it when it's in your kitchen.
Picking your Material
Sterling Silver: Flatware composed of sterling silver is higher in price and traditionally used in formal dining. Because of its high shine and high quality, sterling silver flatware is valuable and best saved for special occasions or a time you want to add elegant touches to your place settings. The quality is reflected in the price with this option as its best at resisting scratches and breaking.
Silver-Plated: A cost effective alternative to sterling silverware, this option is generally composed of brass or nickel and is then plated in fine silver for a high shine and luxurious look. The thickness of the plating depends upon the pattern used for the flatware. Keep in mind that the thicker the plating, the more expensive the set will be.
Stainless Steel: Stainless steel flatware is composed of varying iron alloys. To ensure your set is high in quality, look for one that has an 18/10 designation on it. This means it is made up of 18% chrome and 10% nickel and is considered the highest quality stainless steel.
The Pieces to Register for
When it comes to basic eating utensils, we recommend registering for four 5-piece place settings. A five piece place setting typically includes a tablespoon (the larger spoon), a teaspoon (the smaller spoon), a dinner knife, a dinner fork, and a salad fork. Even if you don't plan on entertaining frequently, a set of basic serving utensils is also a must. Our list: 5 butter knives (one for each place setting), a soup ladle, a slotted spoon and/or a pasta spoon with slots, and a large fork and spoon set for serving salads and pasta salads.
Flatware Care
Make your life easier by registering for a flatware set that you know is dishwasher safe. To prevent water spots, towel dry your flatware when removing it from the dishwasher.
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JScript .NET Articles
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Microsoft® JScript® .NET is a modern scripting language with a wide variety of applications. The following topics link to articles and other sources of information for JScript .NET and related technologies. For additional articles about Visual Studio .NET, see Articles and Columns.
- Performance Tips and Tricks for ASP.NET Pages Using JScript .NET
- Find information to help you improve the performance of ASP.NET pages written in JScript® .NET, particularly pages upgraded from ASP pages written in JScript.
- Walkthrough: Accessing and Displaying Data with JScript .NET in ASP.NET
- Illustrates how to use JScript .NET to write an ASP.NET page that accesses and displays information from a database.
Product Documentation
- Getting Started With JScript .NET
- Introduces what is new in JScript .NET.
- Writing, Compiling, and Debugging JScript Code
- Provides a collection of links to topics that explain how to write, edit, and debug code with JScript .NET.
- Displaying Information with JScript .NET
- Includes a list of links to topics that explain how to display information from a command program, from ASP.NET, and in a browser.
- Introduction to Regular Expressions
- Comprises a guide to the elements and procedures that encompass regular expressions in JScript .NET. Topics explain the concept of regular expressions, proper syntax, and appropriate use.
- JScript Reference
- Lists elements that comprise JScript Language Reference and links to topics that explain the details behind the proper use of language elements.
MSDN Library Links
- Windows Script at (http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting)
- Windows Script is a comprehensive scripting infrastructure for the Microsoft® Windows® platform. Windows Script provides script engines, Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition and JScript, which can be embedded into Windows applications, and an extensive array of supporting technologies that make it easy for script users to script Windows applications.
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With Apple, RIM and Google results proving so positive it seemed having a smartphone focus was the way to ride through this (don't say the) 'R-word' but apparently not...
Announcing its Q1 earnings yesterday HTC has brought us (and Microsoft?) back down to earth with news that it is bucking the trend of bucking the trend (so to speak) having revealed some pretty poor results.
Compared to the same period last year HTC has announced profits are down 30 per cent from NT$6.94bn ($210m) to NT$4.89bn ($148m) with revenues also slipping to NT$ 31,590m - a 3.4 per cent year-on-year decline.
HTC execs made no comment on the release which is somewhat surprising as - while poor - the number did actually beat analysts' estimates. Tempering this however was news that it missed several product shipment dates during the quarter which were subsequently pushed back to this month.
On a lighter note HTC did maintain double digit growth is possible during 2009, a figure I'd suggest would be even higher if it would release more handsets with Android...
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Will dancing make Chuck a better fighter?
Just wondering what factor his poor footwork played in his decline. Not that his footwork was horrible, but it certainly wasn't A. Silva quality. It makes me wonder if Dancing with the Stars is actually going to improve his game, if he indeed chooses to return. He's under some serious coaching right now, :mistress01: and just survived another week. The show has actually made some pretty good dancers out of some very unlikely contestants.
To be perfectly honest, he's not doing terrible, but not that great either. But he should start improving as the weeks go on. If he keeps surviving, he'll likely become a very good dancer, with much more coordinated feet. Ballroom is some pretty serious stuff. But would that be enough to make a difference in his fighting??
As I analyze his last 2 fights, I had him ahead and would have picked him to win right up until the KO's. If that wasn't the case, I wouldn't even speculate about this. I'm not thrilled about the prospect of him coming back, but can't help but be curious about the benefits of better footwork. Or is it just an issue of declining reflexes? Can't help but wonder.
Unless he wants to dance a tango de la muerte with his opponent I don't see how dancing will help him win fights.
Changing camps will make Chuck a better fighter. He wasn't learning anything new at The Pit.
Dancing will make him a better fighter because i personally believe his in better shape now then he was for his fights. I feel Chuck hasnt taken the fight game seriously in a while and his workout intensity suffered major from it. He relied so much on his punching power that i think I "Personally" feel that he didn't think he had to work out as hard because of it.
This is all speculation on my part of course and i would like to see chuck back in the octagon once this whole dwts is over just to see if it did make any difference at all.
The only thing that is going to make Chuck a better fighter is a time machine. He has clearly shown zero interest in evolving his game as time has gone on. The only way he will be competitive again is if he somehow goes back in time five years.
Its wont make him a better fighter, just a former fighter who can dance (kinda).
For what it's worth, he looked a lot better in Week 2 vs Week 1. I could see a slight footwork improvement, but unless he can change with the times and evolve as a fighter as others have, he will not even sniff LHW Championship contention even if he does come back.
Well I guess it would give him better foot movement :) Liddell should come back and dance circles around all these LHW's..
Jason taylor said he lost something like 3 percent body fat and felt faster cause of the show. And he was still playing football at an amazing level. He wasnt retired or anything. So it will get chuck in shape. Like earlier noted if it does improve his foot work maybe it will help him. I agree he needs a new camp and a time machine. But these little changes could make a small enough change to get him back on the winning end of things.
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I Didn't Get All These Miles on my Face in One Life Time.
The symphony has gotten so out there that half of the orchestra doesn't even know what song they're playing now. So many lies have been paraded bare assed naked down front street. So many crazy things have happened and just went by, like it was some kind of strange holiday of people celebrating how clueless they can be. We are in uncharted waters. A massive building collapses in free fall and the world goes, "duh..." Some kind of low rent David Copperfield made everybody believe they were seeing a Las Vegas Show with music by Brittany Spears. How did we get here from wherever we were? Surely we were once capable of seeing what was going on… wait a minute… you know what? Maybe not…. Maybe we are seeing it for the first time right now.


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I put together the followup screencast to the previous one on Installing WordPress via Command Line. In this screencast we'll be covering how you can supercharge your WordPress Theme development using CSS Preprocessors. I've chosen to use LESS in this instance.
WordPress Install via Command Line
Okay, in an effort to somewhat diversify the content on the site I'm putting together a couple of screencasts. This is a fairly simple tip to get you up and running in WordPress using the Command Line, this will save you a ton of time over using FTP, trust me. So let's jump right into the video and extra info you may be searching for.
Customize the WordPress Tweet Button Text
Recently I began noticing the official Twitter Buttons popping up in WordPress themes left and right, of course this is a fairly simple thing to accomplish. There are a few schools of thought on the best way to implement the two I'm going to give you a few defaults but also show you how I leverage WordPress Custom Fields to provide an easily controllable option.
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Yay!!! This was awesome - loved it :-)
you made an awesome ms marvel!
Was so awesome meeting you! Till the next zombified meeting!
Woot thank you you guys :)
And to Drunkley, BRING ON THE ZOMBIES
I love love love your avatar pic. It's hilarious! Great job, hon, especially in the time you made this.
Told you I would leave you a comment and so here I am (it's the Belle cosplayer from yesterday!) :) You looked really awesome in this, it was great to see a Ms. Marvel cosplayer in real life! And tell your sister she looked brilliant as well :D
You moved the lightning bolt! Yey! Definite thumbs up!
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Katherine V.W. Stone, a professor at UCLA, has written a paper entitled, "Flexibilization, Globalization, and Privatization: The Three Challenges to Labor Rights in Our Time," that deserves a look. It gives a solid overview of the three main reasons why unions in the United States have withered over the past few decades. First, companies have increasingly sought greater flexibility in the workplaceoften out of necessitywhich has reduced the appeal, for them, of the old unionized workplace model, with its narrow job definitions and rigid hierarchies. Second, thanks to globalization, many companies now have the ability to shift operations abroad, thus weakening the leverage unions can wield. And third, active government policies dating from the Reagan era, including the privatization of labor arbitration, have decimated the strength of organized labor.
Granted, it often depends on which industries we're actually talking about: the policy aspect seems more important for the service and retail industrythere's no good structural reason why Wal-Mart workers shouldn't be unionized, except that public policy works against thiswhile globalization seems more important for, say, some manufacturing. (Although even on this, I'm skeptical of her point that companies move to countries with lowest labor standards, thereby forcing nations to "compete" over deregulations; see David Kucera's work here.) Still, it's a hostile environment out there, and voting in a more labor-friendly government into Washington won't necessarily get rid of the economic reality here. The current union model, in some ways, has become obsolete.
So how to get around that? Stone, building off Edward Glaeser's work on cities, notes a striking fact: many industries tend to "agglomerate" in a single area, likely because they gain some benefit by being near each other. With tech industries, for instance, you can see why it would pay to find one specific regionSilicon Valley, saywhere a large portion of skilled workers can live. Insofar as this actually happens, then, workers can form together in local "citizens unions" to put pressure on local companies concentrated in that area:
While training can help make a locality's workforce more flexible and skilled, no individual employer has an incentive to establish such programs unilaterally because it cannot capture all the benefits for itself, or preventing their capture by a competitor. However, if a group of workers, organized as a citizens association or a local union, pressures firms in an area to contribute, it would create a benefit from which all would share. Similarly, if enough corporations were induced to contribute to a locality's social infrastructure its school system, hospitals, parks, cultural activities, and child care -- that would help attract a highly skilled workforce who want quality educational opportunities for their children. Such community investment would benefit all local firms in a locality.
Easier said than done, naturally, but she might be onto something. In essence, her idea takes advantage of the fact that many companies, especially those with high turnover, draw on the collective skills, knowledge, and experience of the broader local workforce, rather than just those specific workers working in the company at a given point in time. I don't know if that's always trueagain, many retailers often draw on the collective lack of skill in a given localitybut it seems like a promising way to think about the structural obstacles unions face. Many local campaigns, such as Mass Global Action, or local "living wage" campaigns, or the Industrial Areas Foundation have all had a great deal of local success that bring many of the benefits of unionization without resorting solely on organizing within a specific company or industry (the campaigns usually combining local activists, church groups, community organizations, worker's groups, in addition to unions). I don't think this sort of thing can ever adequately replace a robust labor movement in this country, but they're definitely complementary in all sorts of crucial ways.


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Atrium Café
Enjoy light, informal dining at the Atrium Café in the museum's soaring Atrium. Order one of our specialty sandwiches or design your own combination from the freshest ingredients. The daily menu features soups, salads and specials, along with several gluten-free and child-friendly options.
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Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 4:30pm
The Garden Restaurant closed permanently on July 31 because of PEM's expansion project. Please enjoy our expanded menu offerings in the Atrium Cafe.
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The Booth Brothers
In 1990, the youngest of his sons, Michael Booth, formed the second incarnation of the Booth Brothers by recruiting his father and his brother Ronnie Booth, Jr. With the addition of pianist Tim Sievert, the quartet started singing under the name Ron Booth & the Booth Brothers. A few years later, Sievert left the band due to increasing hand problems, but they continued as a trio. They self-released Beyond the Cross with help from arranger/composer Mosie Lister. In 1993, their popularity surged after an appearance at the Grand Ole Gospel Reunion, and they again shortened their name to the Booth Brothers.
They released their first Morning Star recording, Praise God Anyhow, in 1995, and after Ron Booth, Sr. retired he was replaced by former Perfect Heart member Joseph Smith. When Smith left, he was replaced by Jim Brady. The lineup of Brady, Ronnie Booth, Jr., and Michael Booth carried on. The group was awarded the SGMA Artist of the Year in 1999. ~ Nate Cavalieri
Selected Discography
Track List: Gospel Favorites (Live)
Track List: Still
Track List: The Best Of The Booth Brothers (Live)
Track List: A Tribute To The Songs Of Bill & Gloria Gaither
Track List: Let It Be Known
Track List: Pure Southern Gospel
Track List: Room For One More
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Yusuf Islam wants to make peace Coldplay
His claims came after guitarist Joe Satriani took legal action over the song - accusing Coldplay of copying segments from his 2004 instrumental If I Could Fly. Coldplay have denied Satriani's plagiarism accusations, insisting they thought up the tune themselves.
However, Islam insists that he won't be following in the footsteps of Satriani and pursue the matter through the courts. Instead he wants to make peace with the Grammy Award winning rockers.
"I stand by what I said. They did copy my song but I don't think they did it on purpose. I have even copied myself without even knowing I have done it. I'll write down what I think is a good melody and realise it's the same as something I have already done," the Sun quoted him as saying. "I don't want them to think I am angry with them. I'd love to sit down and have a cup of tea with them and let them know it's okay," he added.


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UK— The Association of Users of Research Agencies (Aura) has handed out awards to three agencies, nominated and judged by research buyers.
The commercial context award, for an agency that "makes a habit of talking in terms of the implications of research, rather than just summarising findings", was won by Quadrangle, while Join the Dots (formerly Virtual Surveys) won the award for clear communication.
Truth scooped the most-wanted award after members said that they see the firm "as an agency that is constantly pushing boundaries and widening the range of skills they recruit".
Aura chairman Richard Drury said: "Aura is delighted to recognise those agencies that our members find really deliver what they they are looking for. Research is one piece of the insight jigsaw for clients and we must value agencies that help us build the overall picture. The award-winning agencies have all demonstrated to our members that they can get that wider perspective on customer insight right."
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This week (spoiler alert), Tara finally confronted Amina, where she found out that she was actually Peter Gunz's wife.
Next thing you know, the slap around the world.
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Train surfing is an extreme sport that you really definitely shouldn't try.
Train surfing is an extreme sport that you really definitely shouldn't try.
Better break out a six pack of Duff and be prepared to use an onion ring for a marriage proposal, because this Russian model looks exactly like Marge Bouvier Simpson.
Today, March 27th Taco Bell embarked on a bold new strategy. They introduced a brand new breakfast menu to their fast food stores. Taco Bell's new breakfast menu inspired myself and Rick Roddam to ask the question, "Do these new breakfast items live up to the standards of a couple fat dudes who love food?" Check out our newest video for the answer, and welcome to our newest web series "Two Fat Guys Food Review."
Mike LaCoss spent 14 years in the majors with the Reds, Royals, Astros and Giants. But before he made it the show, he started out with the Billings Mustangs...
One of my most favorite things about the Sturgis Rally in South Dakota, has got to be, the bikes. The bigger, the louder, the better! Check out some of these bikes for yourself and tell me what you think!
Patrick Dempsey's mother has passed away at the age of 79. She died on Monday, March 24, after a long battle with ovarian cancer.
It's been a good while since we've heard anything from the front about 'The Walking Dead''s companion/spinoff series at AMC, what with the mothership preparing to head into its fourth season finale this coming Sunday. Now, AMC has unveiled a slew of new scripted developments for its lineup, including a 'Sons of Anarchy' alum attached to write and develop the spinoff of AMC's monster-drama.
According to Billings Public Works 6000-7000 vehicles pass along the trail every day when open but at the moment only local residents whose homes are near the lower portion are allowed anywhere near the area.
Originally the plan was to reopen Zimmerman Trail on April 1st but more rocks slid of the rims onto the trail on Tuesday and an engineers assessment says that even the rock behind the portion that slid off is also unstable. At this point it's even too dangerous for city road crews to repair the damaged road and guard rail from Tuesday's rockslide.
According to multiple news reports the Obama administration has announced that they have extended the deadline for enrollment into insurance provided by the federal insurance marketplace. The deadline for enrollment completion has now been extended to mid-April.
Robin Thicke seemed as shocked by his split with Paula Patton as we were. He quickly began dedicating songs to her while performing live, telling the world he was trying to get his love of two decades and mother of his only son back. In a rare post-split interview, he said that they are much happier and this breakup is inspiring his new music.


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Mix & Match (XIII) & Happy Holidays!1:01 AM
|Wearing a Kurta as a Dress - Here -> Here
This is the last edition of Mix & Match for this year, and also for some time to come ...
a) I am bored of it (aren't ya'll?)
But hopefully I would be able to come up with something equally innovative and creative to share with everyone! Suggestions are welcome.
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Seasons Greetings Tanvi - Have a fab holiday :)ReplyDelete
merry christmas to you and your loved ones:)ReplyDelete
Wishing you a merry merry Christmas :DReplyDelete
Hope you have a fantastic Christmas as well!!ReplyDelete
We don't doubt your ability to surprise us with something equally interesting Tanvi:-)ReplyDelete
Happy holidays, Santa would surely visit you good girl, put in a good word for me too:-)
Wish you a merry christmas!! :)ReplyDelete
I read the home alone post today..It made me nostalgic too! :) but you know what, they still show it on star movies like every month!! :D
merry christmas!!!ReplyDelete
Have a merry christmas, my lovely. I adore the dress. How pretty are the colours? ;-)ReplyDelete
It was a kurta!Don't tell me!I've been looking for a similar 'dress' for months!It was one of my favorite posts!When I finally asked my tailor to make me a 'dress' from a similar dress material(originally meant for a salwaar suit),he gave me a 'have you had one drink too many' look.:-(ReplyDelete
Happy Holidays Tanvi. Here's wishing you and Mr. Fabulous an amazing New Year. Love & hugs:)ReplyDelete
Wishing you the happiest of holidays!ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas, Tanvi, to you and the family! Also, you look amazing in that kurta, no matter which way you're wearing :) xoxoReplyDelete
Have all the fun in this festive season. May God bless you both with lots of happiness and whatever you both wish for.
Take care
Happy holidays, Tanvi! Wishing you a "fabulous" year ahead!ReplyDelete
lovely blog sweetieReplyDelete
Happy holidays and wish you a great new year.ReplyDelete
I love this golden yellow and red on u!! Happy holidays Tanvi, I hope u're enjoying with your loved ones these days! kissesReplyDelete
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Boredom is in the air! I am bored too and I feel something needs to be changed...wonder what...ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas :)
Nice post Merry Xmas!!!ReplyDelete
I am so not bored of your Mix n Match series. In fact, I've gotten a little more adventurous in my outfits thanks to it!ReplyDelete
Merry Xmas Tanvi. I hope you're having a great day.
Happy Holidays Tanvi! I hope you found something special underneath the tree :PReplyDelete
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Happy Holidays and have a great new year :)ReplyDelete
Happy Holidays kitten! Hope 2012 brings you everything you've ever wished for!ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!ReplyDelete
This is one of the cutest mix-n-match for me :) Happy holidays to you too!ReplyDelete
happy holidays!ReplyDelete
I love your Mix n Match posts!! Wish you wouldn't stop :( Merry christmas and a Happy New Year :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous mix and match! Hope you had a wonderful holiday! x o style, she wroteReplyDelete
i hope you had a lovely holiday beautiful lady!ReplyDelete
if i think of anything better than your Mix&Match, i'll definitely let you know on FB.
your dress is so pretty love it!!ReplyDelete
I love yellow and red together. This dress works well both ways...kudos lady.ReplyDelete
hope you had a wonderful holiday, chica!ReplyDelete


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In this part 3 of this four-part series, we will now turn to an analysis of the Chambers rankings of the top 20 foreign law firms in China.
As previously noted in part 1 of this series, there is a clear break-away group of four firms at the top of the charts, and overall the UK firms lead the way, holding nine of the top 12 spots, with US firms taking the final 8 positions in the top 20.
So which non-UK have taken the remaining three spots in the top 12? The chart below will answer this question, but raise another equally important question – can we say that any of the three non-UK firms in the top 12 are truly US firms?
Before we reveal the top 20 list on the international law firm side in China, a brief recap of the ground rules is in order. We used the same basic principles as for the domestic firm weighted scores, but we did have to make some adjustments as described below:
- As in the case of the weighting of the rankings for the domestic law firms, we again assigned four points for a band 1 ranking, three points for band 2, two points for band 3 and 1 point for band 4, and the sum was our weighted score.
- The M&A rankings presented a bit of a dilemma in that there are two groups, elite firms and highly recommended firms, each with separate band rankings in each category. We opted to treat only elite firm M&A rankings as true bands 1, 2 and 3, and all other M&A rankings were treated as band 4 by default in this weighting process.
- It bears repeating that this weighted score arrangement was not created or calculated by Chambers, but is one way of defining relative positioning based on the Chambers rankings as published.
- We again did not differentiate between "core" practice areas and "non-core" practice areas. A band 1 ranking in shipping disputes, for example, was given equal weight to a band 1 ranking in bank finance. Unlike the situation with the domestic firm rankings, this did not appear to create any significant distortion in the weighted scores.
- We included both Hong Kong-based and China-based rankings as long as they fell under the general heading of international firms in China. As mentioned in the first blog in this series, Chambers included Hong Kong as an integral part of China for purposes of these rankings, and while there may be legitimate differences of opinion as to the propriety of that arrangement, we have accepted that for purposes of this analysis.
- We again tallied the number of partners in each international firm listed as a leading lawyer in the Chambers rankings, and used this only as a tie-breaker. As before, if a lawyer was rated in more than one practice area, we still only counted him or her once.
- Rankings for KWM included only the rankings of the legacy Mallesons side (kwM in this series) under the international law firm categories, virtually all of which were Hong Kong based in any event. See the first blog in this series for a further explanation of the rationale for this separation (again, this was done by Chambers and not by us).
- Otherwise, we accepted the rankings as published by Chambers even where we may have had different (and probably less informed) views of the market. All in all, I would venture that Chambers has a better sense of the relative positioning of the international firms in China because of a better understanding of the standing of these same firms in their home markets and globally.
- Again, it is very possible to quibble with the choices we have made in this analysis as outlined above, so feel free to disagree with the methodology and/or the results.
With that introduction and disclaimer, here are the 2013 composite rankings of international law firms in China.
|Foreign firms
|Band 1
|Band 2
|Band 3
|Band 4
|Total Rankings
|Ranked Lawyers
|Weighted Score
|Baker & McKenzie
|Clifford Chance
|Allen & Overy
|Mayer Brown JSM
|DLA Piper UK LLP
|Hogan Lovells
|Herbert Smith Freehills
|Simmons & Simmons
|Norton Rose/ Fulbrights
|Sidley Austin
|Paul Hastings
|White & Case
|Jones Day
|O'Melveny & Myers
|Skadden, Arps
|Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
|Shearman & Sterling
There are a few things that jumped right out at me when we finished this compilation.
Bakers by a nose
Baker & McKenzie leads the way in these rankings, but with only the smallest of margins over Clifford Chance, and even then it depends whether you want to look at total band 1 rankings (Clifford Chance wins), total overall rankings (Bakers wins), or use this weighted scoring (Bakers by a nose).
Twenty years ago, Bakers was on top, with only Coudert Bros and White & Case in the same league. Fast forward to ten years ago, when Bakers exiles had populated half of the foreign firms in China which had proliferated around the turn of the new millennium, and many in the market were talking about a supposed irreversible decline in the fortunes of Bakers in China. That has clearly been proved wrong.
In retrospect it is apparent that Bakers in Hong Kong and China has enjoyed a higher degree of stability in its partnership than perhaps any international firm in China, where the laterals merry-go-round never seems to stop spinning. As I once heard a managing partner of a leading London-based firm once say, you can never bet against Bakers in international markets, and that has continued to be borne out in this market.
UK strength at the top of the table
The majority of the top 10 international firms in China are the traditional leaders from the UK market – Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen & Overy (A&O), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Herbert Smith Freehills. No surprise that this quintet is in the top 10 – they have been firmly entrenched at the top of the charts for 15 years or more – but it is a surprise that Freshfields has slid down to the bottom of the top 10. In the early 2000s, Freshfields was the consensus top dog in the market, in a much stronger position at the time than Clifford Chance, Linklaters or even Bakers, having raided Coudert Bros. and Bakers for top first generation "old China hand" talent. Most of that first generation talent has now retired while a few of their other top performers of the second generation of China lawyers have moved on. Freshfields is still very formidable (as witnessed by its lead role on the Alibaba IPO), but (at least according to these rankings) it is no longer top of the market as it once was in China.
Of this quintet, Clifford Chance and Linklaters have continued to go from strength to strength. In the mid 2000s, Linklaters had taken the dominant position in the market off the back of its extraordinary financial institutions M&A practice. Word on the street was that Linklaters was charging full London rates and achieving full (or, if possible, better than full) utilisation, making it the most profitable law firm China during this heady period. Clifford Chance was never far behind, and has just kept marching forward. Recording 15 band 1 rankings is a remarkable achievement in this market, even taking into account that much of this is generated from the firm's strong Hong Kong base.
A&O and Herbies have swapped positions in the market over the last ten years. In the early 2000s, Herbies had effectively leap-frogged up to near the top of the tables with a very strong capital markets and M&A practice led by some very savvy foreign-qualified Chinese lawyers, while A&O was struggling a bit to find the right combination of partners to get it up to the top end of the table. Herbies has since slid back down a bit, not too much, while A&O has clearly found its footing and marched back up to the front.
I am pleased to see that my old firm, Hogan Lovells, has maintained a top ten position in China in the composite rankings, down only a few slots from its top-five ranking in the mid 2000s. I still consider this to be a UK-based firm for these purposes even with the merger with Hogan & Hartson; the Asia operations of Hogan Lovells are run from London, and the legacy Lovells side has continued to lead the way in Hong Kong specifically and China generally.
Much the same observation can be made about DLA and Norton Rose/Fulbrights (apologies to the NRF style mavens) – both really should be treated as UK firms for these purposes since the US side had not had made a significant splash in the China market rankings pre-merger. We have added the Fulbright Jaworski rankings to the Norton Rose rankings in China for purposes of this analysis, adding to the weighted score only where there were non-duplicative rankings. The Fulbrights side has a very solid team comprised of several top lawyers I know and respect, but based on the Chambers rankings, the addition of the Fulbrights China team helped Norton Rose make only a modest improvement in their overall rankings and relative positioning, reinforcing the proposition that this is primarily a UK firm for these purposes.
The leading UK contingent is rounded out by Simmons & Simmons, which moved into position just outside the top ten. Simmons has always been a very capable player in the China market, but this does mark a bit of an advance up the table over the last several years in my view.
Where are the US firms in the top group?
No matter how you slice it, the UK firms are clearly on top in the China market, but are there really any US firms in the top group?
It is open to debate whether Bakers should be considered a US firm. Twenty years ago when I was with Bakers' China practice, it was common to hear partners talk of jettisoning the weaker US offices so the stand-alone international practice could flourish more easily. That's not going to happen, but it does underscore the sentiment within the firm that it is an international firm not just a US firm (a view shared by many in the market), and in China it was the Hong Kong office, not Chicago, that acted as the launching pad for the hugely successful Beijing and Shanghai offices.
One of the biggest surprises in the top 10 on the international side is the rise of Mayer Brown JSM. Ten years ago, JSM was probably outside the top 20 firms in mainland China (excluding Hong Kong) in the market consensus view, and Mayer Brown was not really on the radar screen. The fact that the combined firm has been able to jump queue into the top five based on these composite rankings is very impressive, but I think most market observers would again chalk this up to the strength of the original JSM side of the firm in Hong Kong, while the combined firm's presence and profile in mainland China generally would not be considered to be as strong.
But query whether we should consider this a true US firm for these purposes – based on the experience of so many other top US firms over the last 10 years, I expect it would have been very difficult for Mayer Brown to have made this leap on its own without the foundation which JSM offered in the market, so it again underscores the importance of Hong Kong in these composite rankings and in the China legal services market on the international law firm side.
The international side of KWM is unique among the leading group of firms in Hong Kong and China in that it is clearly neither a US or UK firm. More impressively still, it is not founded on the base of an indigenous Hong Kong firm. The Mallesons side of KWM (which we are referring to as kwM in this series) has been in Hong Kong for some time, and historically has had a very strong presence in projects and construction in the China market generally, but it was a significant surprise to me to see it advance all the way up to number six in these composite rankings, which clearly evidences that it has expanded well beyond its original base.
In fact, taking a closer look at its individual rankings, it becomes apparent that aside from construction, where it continues to be extremely strong on the international side, its other areas of strength all coalesce in the financial services sectors, including insurance, debt capital markets, derivatives, securitisation and the like. But the kwM team's rise is due more to the overall breadth of its practice capability, with nine band 3 rankings, more than any other firm in the top 20 on the foreign firm side, demonstrating a deep and solid core of strength across a significant range of specialist areas.
This breadth of practice area coverage, which is perhaps disproportionately rewarded in a composite scoring system such as we have employed here, also reflects the increasing size and scale of the firm in Hong Kong. The combined KWM is now one of the largest firms in Hong Kong, positioning it to play (and thus be recognised) in more areas of specialism. But a closer look at the data also reveals that the kwM rankings are based almost exclusively on the position of the firm in Hong Kong, where 18 of the 19 ranked individuals in kwM are based, with the lone ranked individual international lawyer in China in kwM being a guilo with a regional portfolio based in Shanghai. Thus, the composition of the kwM team itself tends to reinforce and confirm the rationale for the binary international vs. domestic lawyer/law firm approach taken by Chambers in the China rankings.
A related interesting question is whether KWm + kwM creates a new dominant player in the combined domestic plus international law firm sectors in the China market. On the domestic side, we haven't seen a significant impact of the addition of kwM to the already strong KWm position in China to this point. Not sure how the kwM piece is viewed by their international law firm competitors in China and whether the combination with KWm is a true game changer in that market segment. Given the very strong position of both sides of the KWM merger in the China rankings, I think we will see some impact as the two halves are more fully integrated in China, but it likely will be a question of degree.
The US chasing pack
Based on the foregoing analysis, it could be argued that there is no true US firm in the top 12 in Hong Kong and China. But US firms fill the rest of the slots in the 20 and 12 of the next 20. (Only five UK firms make the next 20.)
Most of the chasing pack of US firms have remained comfortably in place in the top 20 over the last five to 10 years, with some shifting of positioning within that grouping. Of this group, Sidley seems to have advanced the most, but all are excellent firms, and the composite rankings are for the most part bunched quite closely together in the middle part of this second 10, so it is probably unwise to draw too many conclusions in this regard.
Even so, it is worth noting that the average composite score of the second 10 shows a more than 70 per cent drop-off in comparison with the break-away group of the top four international firms and is less than half of the average composite score of the top ten firms, evidencing a narrower service offering and/or a slightly lower overall ranking among this group.
So what does this all mean?
This top 20 list includes a strong group of foreign firms, and the firms just outside the top 20 on the foreign side are also very good firms. The next 10 on the list includes such firms as Simpson Thatcher, Davis Polk, MoFo, Slaughters, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, and Weil Gotshal. For these firms, their positions in the rankings are defined not by their quality but by the fact that their practices are more focused in this market as they do not aspire to be full-service firms here in China, which makes perfect sense. (For those of you who are counting, I obviously did not list all of the firms in the third group of 10. There are also a lot of good firms in the fourth group of 10 whose names I will not recite here. Apologies to all who feel overlooked, but this way everyone else can argue that they belong in the open slots not listed here.)
But how many of the foreign firms are making money in China? My comment in a prior blog that 70 per cent of foreign firms in China were not even covering on-the-ground operating costs and another 20 per cent were not covering partner compensation received a bit of attention. It should be underscored that these are not my figures. I was much more optimistic – my personal (possibly unfounded) estimates were that only 50 per cent were not covering local office costs with another 30 per cent not covering all partner draws. The more pessimistic estimates reflected the consensus view from other presumably knowledgeable sources. I don't think anyone actually knows.
But there are more than 200 foreign law firms in China, so can we safely assume that the top 20 firms topping the composite rankings list are all part of the profitable 10 per cent of the foreign firms in China? That is probably a bit of a stretch. If I were a betting man, I would happily wager that Bakers and the top UK firms are doing very well, certainly better in Hong Kong and China than most of the US firms. However, some of the US firms on the top 20 list are definitely still in investment mode, while some other US firms both inside and outside the top 20 are also doing just fine, thank you very much. It's a mixed bag even among the top 20-30 firms in the rankings, but the farther you drop down the list, the greater the likelihood you are operating in the red in China.
The more interesting question may be how many firms are able to achieve a contribution of more than 5-10 per cent of global firm revenues from Asia, let alone from China. (Hint: read The Lawyer's Asia Pacfic 150 report.) Perhaps the more important question is whether growth opportunities in China can help counter-balance flat revenues and profits in the home markets of the international law firms? We will plan to talk about that, and other issues, in the final installment of this series.
For part 1 of this series, click here, and for part 2, click here.


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I got my first BA 2.5 yrs ago (saline) and it got hard (scar tissue) but the reason I got it redon was bc my soft one popped (one was harder than other). 6months ago I redid them with silicone implants to fix the deflated breast and to take out the scar tissue. Not only is it harder than when I had saline but its so uncomfortable! Is textured implant (I know there's no guarantees) the only way to go or is there another more promising Way? I don't want to keep throwing money away for BA
Are Textured Implants the Only Way to Go to Avoid Scar Tissue?
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Capsular Contracture and Textured Implants
Textured implants were originally designed to help with capsular contracture rate noticed in smooth implants. However, in submuscular augmentation, there is no difference in capsular contracture rates between the two types of implants. Kenneth Hughes, MD Hughesplasticsurgery Los Angeles, CA
Capsular contracture is very frustrating. It can happen with either saline or silicone implants. If your implants are subglandular, switching to a sub-pectoral pocket might help. Alternatively, you could consider placement of Strattice in the pocket, which seems to reduce the chance of recurrent capsules. Also, taking the implants totally out, and replacing the volume with a fat grafting technique could be used - fat has no chance of forming a capsular contracture.
Breast Implants and Capsular Contraction
There are very few absolutes when dealing with capsular contraction. If you had no reason for your first such as excessive bleeding or infection then you will have an increased risk every time its operated on. If you smoke then that is a contributing factor. The most you can do is release the contracted scar, place the implants under the muscle, try textured saline implants and take prophylactic antibiotics. Also,. it never hurts to have a little luck!
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Dear Susie,
Thank you for your inquiry and I am sorry that you had to go through all this.
As you have mentioned, there is no guarantee that there will be no recurrence of capsular contracture when textured implants are used.
There is not a solid, direct correlation between a decrease in CC recurrence and the use of textured implants during breast augmentation surgeries.
Unfortunately, patients who develop CC tend to have a certain rate of recurrence that varies from one patient to another; placing the new implants into the same old pocket without major modifications tend to minimize the risk of CC recurrence to certain minimal degrees (again nothing is guaranteed).
It is worth mentioning at this point that textured implants tend to lead to the formation if the "rippling effect" that will require the usage of ADMs to minimize it.
That being said, please remember that commendable results require an exceptionally skilled surgeon to perform the surgery and settling for anything less than that increases the chances of additional corrective surgeries dramatically.
I hope this helps and please feel free to check the website below.
The best of luck to you.
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Textured Implants Will Not Prevent Capsular Contracture
Using textured implants will not insure that you do not develop another capsular contracture. There is always a high rate of recurrence of CC, but it is especially high if the new implant is not moved to a different location.
Textured implants
I really like these textured implants. They look great especially with lifts and I find they are quite soft. They do ripple more and they have a higher deflation rate.
Textured Implants
Some surgeons feel that there are fewer contractures when textured implants are used. The downside is that there are more ripples.
Opinions about this are changing, and there are a number of surgeons who feel that the most effective way of minimizing the chance of a recurrence of capsular contracture is to use a piece of Strattice, which is made from dermis ( a skin component) from which all the cells have been removed. The material is quite pricey, but cheaper than still another operation.
Discuss with your surgeon. Thanks and best wishes.
No guarantees
As you note, any change aimed at preventing the recurrence of hard implants (capsular contracture) is not guaranteed to work. One of these measures is using textured implants,. Some doctors use medications as well. However, there are multiple theories as to what might cause contractures, and no one can be proven in a specific individual. Best of luck in your journey.
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Two seasons ago, a meeting between Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson, two of the NFL's premier running backs, would have been a highlight on the NFL's weekly schedule. Sunday's game, with Johnson's Tennessee Titans visiting Peterson's Minnesota Vikings, would have been billed as a matchup involving perhaps the game's biggest breakaway threat in the speedy Johnson and the best combination of power and elusiveness in Peterson. The two have been linked since Johnson debuted in 2008 with a 1,228-yard rookie season. Peterson, a year earlier had rushed for 1,341 yards as a rookie. The yards piled up until both players signed massive contracts before the start of the 2011 season, making them the two highest-paid running backs in the NFL. Now, with Peterson trying to get back to top form following major knee surgery and Johnson in the midst of his worst NFL season, Sunday's game lacks some of the appeal it might have held not long ago. But perhaps Peterson and Johnson are just getting ready for the showdown. Both are coming off their best performances of the season last weekend. Johnson ran 25 times for 141 yards against Houston's top-ranked run defense in a 38-14 Tennessee loss. "He looked like the Chris Johnson that we're all familiar with," Minnesota coach Leslie Frazier said. "That's a good Texans run defense that he was running against. He had a good day, so we know we're going to have to come ready to play and play some good run defense against their offense." Peterson, nine months removed from surgery to repair two torn knee ligaments, had 102 yards on 21 carries in a 20-13 win at Detroit. "I've always been a fan of the way he runs the football, being a line coach," Titans coach Mike Munchak said of Peterson. "You get excited to watch the energy, the way he hits the hole. I'd never know he was hurt last year. It's amazing." Though Johnson has called himself the best back in the league, Peterson has avoided comparisons and says he doesn't pay close attention to the league's other top runners. When asked about this week's matchup against Johnson, Peterson didn't want to elaborate, saying only, "He is pretty good," when referring to his counterpart. "That's for (the media) to do," Peterson said. "I feel like I'm the best. I practice to be the best. So, focusing on other guys is not going to help me get better." Peterson's teammates, who face him in practice every day, are backing up his claim. "No comparison," Vikings safety Jamarca Sanford said. "You ask me, there's no back in this league, to me personally, that you can compare to Adrian. He's a different guy. Every back has their good and bad, and Chris Johnson he's a great back, but to compare him to AD? There's just no comparison to me." Last season, the link between the two grew stronger when they sought and received record-breaking contracts. First came Johnson, Tennessee's 24th overall selection in the 2008 draft, who became just the sixth player in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in one year when he had 2,006 in his second season. He signed a four-year, 53 million contract extension a week before the 2011 season began, getting a reported 30 million guaranteed. Peterson, the seventh overall selection in the 2007 draft who had set a single-game rushing record with 296 yards against San Diego in his rookie year, took notice of the new pay standard but said he wasn't focused on Johnson's contract or any comparisons as he waited for his own deal. However, a week later, one day before Minnesota's season opener, Peterson signed a seven-year, 100 million contract that included 36 million guaranteed. Sunday's game now features two running backs who have had very difference results since signing those deals. Peterson fell short of 1,000 yards for the first time in his career last year after he missed four games due to ankle and knee injuries. But he rehabbed with his trademark tenacity and has put himself back among the league's top rushers. After surpassing 100 yards last week for the first time, he's now ranked 10th in the league with 332. "He looked more like the Adrian of old than at any point in this young season," Frazier said of Peterson's game last week. "He had some runs that showed the strength, the power, the elusiveness that we've seen in the past. It was just great to see. There was no hitch anywhere. He looked good." Most of Johnson's season rushing total came in last week's game. He ranks 25th in the league with 186 yards, averaging a career-low 3.2 per carry. Munchak believes Johnson's low total this season has come from playing behind in several games and not having the opportunity to establish the running game. His statistics really haven't been the same since signing the big contract. "Last year was the first time we kind of stubbed our toe on it a little bit," Munchak said of Johnson's 2011 season in which he had a career-low 1,047 yards after getting his big payday. "I think with 2,000, and the way he started that came so easy; I think those first three years, people don't expect that type of numbers from him when he first came into the league. And then he goes for 2,000 in his (second) year and expectations just got large. We still feel he's a back that can do exactly what you said, that 1,300 to 1,500 should be where he should be." And if Peterson and Johnson can both get back to that level, maybe the comparisons will return. Follow Brian Hall on Twitter.
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March 14, 2009
Complete Results | Photo Gallery
Complete Team Scores | Championship Quotes in PDF Format
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The second-ranked Tennessee Lady Volunteers traveled deep into the heart of Texas and demonstrated they have enough heart of their own to win a national championship on the home turf of the nation's No. 1 team, capturing their second NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship trophy in the past five seasons Saturday at Texas A&M's Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium.
The nine-member Lady Vol squad scored 42 points, enough to clinch the victory with two events remaining, and won its second NCAA Indoor title in the past five seasons (2005, 2009) and their third overall national title to go along with an AIAW Outdoor crown in 1981. Texas A&M, who defeated the Lady Vols head-to-head in a dual meet here on Jan. 24, 83-69, gamely tallied 37 points to place second. BYU was third with 33, followed by Texas (31) and Arizona State (30) rounding out the top five.
"The character and heart of this team was just unbelievable," seventh-year UT Head Coach J.J. Clark said. "What they did today, coming out here competing and breaking meet and school records, it's just an unbelievable performance by the entire team. An 8.04 in the hurdles, 4:27 in the mile, 57-2 in the shot and then Phoebe Wright, who was really sick last week, coming here and giving her best performance today, was absolutely critical. I am really proud of what they've done.
"Really, it just signifies what our teams at Tennessee have been about. We've won before and gotten third and fourth-place trophies here and there. We always work hard. Not just this team, but all of them, should be proud of this victory today. It was just a really spectacular moment for Tennessee."
Senior Sarah Bowman started the day in grand fashion for the Big Orange by capturing her first-ever NCAA individual crown and her third overall national triumph in a meet-record and school-best clocking of four minutes, 29.72 seconds in the mile run. She dramatically out-leaned Texas Tech's sensational Sally Kipyego at the finish line after a fabulous final-lap fight for victory and became the school's first-ever NCAA mile champion. Falling by the wayside was the 4:30.63 meet standard, set by Wisconsin's Suzy Favor in 1989, and Bowman's previous UT and season best of 4:34.69, which she ran at the Tyson Invitational on Feb. 13.
Kipyego and Bowman ran one-two for nearly the entire race, with North Carolina's Brie Felnagle and Wichita State's Kellyn Johnson making it a four-runner affair for laps three through six. On trip seven around the oval, Kipyego and Bowman surged ever so slightly before separating from the pack as they approached the bell lap. Bowman immediately began her push to overtake Kipyego with 200 to go, but the Red Raider would not yield. With the runners coming down the homestretch side by side, Bowman reached down for everything she had and found just enough steam to propel her across the finish line a hair in front of Kipyego (4:29.75).
"It was definitely a great feeling (to see Sarah Bowman start the day with her first career NCAA individual win)," Clark said. "Sarah had a huge PR again today, and everything went right for her. She ran two miles already at this meet (mile prelim and DMR anchor leg) and came back and ran 4:29. That's quite an accomplishment. She's just a superb athlete.
"She came here very confident and out-kicked one of the top NCAA runners of all time. My hat's off to her."
In the 60-meter hurdles, senior Celriece Law provided the race of her life when her team needed it most. About 15 minutes after Bowman set the school record in winning the mile, the Denver, Colo., native masterfully navigated the hurdles in a UT-best clocking of 8.04 seconds that earned her runner-up accolades and contributed eight points toward the Big Orange cause. Michigan's Tiffany Ofili finished just ahead of Law in 8.00.
"We always knew it (a time and performance like today) was there for Celriece," Clark said. "She just had to come out here and let it happen, and she did. She was very poised and very focused, and I felt very good about what she was going to do prior to getting on the line. She came here and ran one of the fastest times in NCAA history also."
While Bowman and Law were getting the job done on the track, sophomore Annie Alexander was over in the shot put ring, working her mojo. On her second attempt of the competition, she unleashed a throw of 57 feet, two inches, that would stand up for third place and greatly leave behind her previous season-best of 54-11 1/4. The crucial effort matched her 2008 school record and tossed in six more points toward Tennessee's point total.
"I tip my hat to Annie for her performance today and to our staff for getting our athletes ready to get the job done," Clark said. "It was part of our total team effort at this meet. When you get contributions from every area like we did, this year and other years, it shows that our victory in 2005 and our other top-four national finishes were not the result of luck."
In Tennessee's final scoring opportunity, junior Phoebe Wright came through with the decisive eight points that tipped the scales in the Lady Vols' favor. Still battling the effects of a sinus infection, she gutted out a second-place finish in the 800 meters in a time of 2:04.38. She made her move to the front at the bell and fought off Minnesota's Heather Dorniden, but BYU's Lacey Cramer went to the inside down the home stretch and nipped Wright at the line with a 2:04.27 readout. Dorniden was third in 2:04.43.
"She gave us some valuable points," Clark said of Wright. "I didn't even know if she was going to be able to go. We had an alternate here in case she wasn't feeling well for the DMR, because she was feeling so poorly last week.
"She showed so much character, and ran to the best of her ability, and we're very proud of what she's done. We needed a second place to clinch the victory, and that's what she did."
Bowman, who captured her third overall NCAA title, her first individual national crown and initial NCAA team trophy, summed up the feelings of her teammates.
"Oh, my gosh, look at what we've done this weekend," Bowman said. "I couldn't ask for a sweeter weekend my senior year. I can't even put it into words, it's so amazing.
"The heart that this team has, I could actually tear up just talking about them. Just to be out here with these girls who are putting their hearts on the line for the team, and it makes you want to do it all the more. It's awesome to be part of a team like that."
Clark, who now has directed Tennessee to four top-four NCAA Indoor finishes in the past six years, concurred and had a tip of his hat to everyone involved.
"This was a team effort, from the shot, to the hurdles, to the 800 to the DMR to everything," Clark said. "It as definitely a team effort that got this done. I want to compliment my entire staff for making this happen. It was a great effort."
With the indoor season complete, the Lady Vols now will turn their focus toward the outdoor campaign. After taking next weekend off, Tennessee will open the second half of the 2009 season at two different meets on March 27-28. The distance corps will head west to the Stanford Invitational, while the rest of the squad will head down to Atlanta for the Yellow Jacket Invitational at Georgia Tech.
Sarah Bowman (MILE RUN)
"I've been here for four years now, and I hadn't won an NCAA individual title. I don't like to think about that (sort of thing) going into a race, because I don't want to put that pressure on myself. But, it's lurking in the back of my mind. It's something I've wanted for so long. Going into that last lap, I kept pulling up on her side, thinking, 'be patient, be patient, your time's going to come, you feel good.' We came around the turn, and it's a small track indoors, so it's short and you don't have much time (to make a move). I just kept gut-checking it and saying, 'no you don't want to settle for second; you don't want to settle, and I leaned through that line. Then, I just waited...I guess it was just my day, today."
|Mile Pre. (Auto: 4:38.00; Prov: 4:48.00)b 4:00 p.m.
|Sarah Bowman
|4:39.22pb/1st, ht. 1 (1st)
|60mH Pre. (Auto: 8.14; Prov: 8.43) 4:30 p.m.
|Celriece Law
|8.27p/3rd, ht. 3 (6th)
|60m Pre. (Auto: 7.26; Prov: 7.44) 5:30 p.m.
|Lynne Layne
|7.39p/3rd, ht. 2
|800m Pre. (Auto: 2:05.40, Prov: 2:09.40)b 6:00 p.m.
|Phoebe Wright
|2:03.71pb/1st, ht. 2 (1st)
|200m Pre. (Auto: 23.20, Prov: 23.90)b 6:30 p.m.
|Lynne Layne
|24.09pb/2nd, ht. 3
|DMR Final (Auto: 11:09.00, Prov: 11:30.00)b 8:20 p.m.
|1st (10 pts)
|Phoebe Wright/Brittany Jones/Chanelle Price/Sarah Bowman
|& - Time is a world record, American record, collegiate record, NCAA meet record, facility record and Lady Vol record
|Shot Put (Auto: 16.90, Prov: 15.20) 3:45 p.m.
|3rd (6 pts)
|Annie Alexander
|Mile Final (Auto: 4:38.00; Prov: 4:48.00)b 5:00 p.m.
|1st (10 pts)
|Sarah Bowman
|60mH Final (Auto: 8.14; Prov: 8.43) 5:20 p.m.
|2nd (8 pts)
|Celriece Law
|800m Final (Auto: 2:05.40, Prov: 2:09.40)b 6:20 p.m.
|2nd (8 pts)
|Phoebe Wright
|3000m Final (Auto: 9:15.00; Prov: 9:34.00)b 6:40 p.m.
|Sarah Bowman
All Times Central
b - Banked Track Qualifying Standard, dnf - Did Not Finish, dnr - Did Not Run, f - Facility Record, fts - Flat Track Qualifying Standard, m - Meters, mr - meet Record, nm - No Mark Recorded, p - Prelims, s - School Record (Indoors), u - Undersized Track Qualifying Standard, * - NCAA Automatic Qualifier, + - NCAA Provisional Qualifier, ! - Personal Record (Indoors), ^ - Oversized Track Qualifying Standard


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David Krejci: Nathan Horton concussion news 'kind of sucks'
|04.11.12 at 1:24 pm ET
WILMINGTON — No one on the Bruins feels worse than David Krejci about Wednesday's news that Nathan Horton will be out for the entire playoffs with the lingering effects of his second concussion in 12 months.
It was Krejci who was just beginning to get into a groove on the second line with Horton again when he had a setback in February, a setback that ended Wednesday with the news that Horton needed more time to fully heal.
"I was hoping he was going to be back for first or second round, but now we know he won't," Krejci said. "It kind of sucks but that's how it goes sometimes. This is still his life and he's got to take care of his own body. He shouldn't be pushing it. If he doesn't feel well, there's nothing he can do."
Krejci not only played on the same line with Horton, he can relate fully with what Horton is going through.
"I had a concussion two times so I know how it is," Krejci said. "This is not an easy situation. Hopefully, he's going to do well over the next couple months and he's going to be ready for next season."
Now, with Rich Peverley replacing Horton on the second line, Krejci and Milan Lucic have had to adjust. It's an adjustment the Bruins made masterfully last year in the Stanley Cup finals as Peverley added a speed element that wasn't there with Horton.
"One thing is you can't replace Horty," Krejci said. He's just a great player and I love playing with him but the other side is we played without him for [36] games so we know how to win games without him. We still have a good team. We have lots of depth. Hopefully we can do it.
"I think we started putting the puck in the net more often, especially the last few games of the season. So, I feel pretty good. This is kind of new season. Everybody starts from the beginning. We're just going to have to go out there and do it again."
Brad Marchand is one of those players who picked up the scoring slack for Horton in the finals, scoring twice in Game 7 in Vancouver.
"We're going to try," Marchand said. "We want to play for him like we did last year in the finals. It's obviously tough with him not being here so we want to definitely want to use that to an advantage and play for him.
"It's big for him and the team. We're not going to always be wondering and hoping if he's going to come back and save us. The fact that we know now that we have to do it within the room and we can't rely on him to come back and help us out. Different guys are going to have to realize they're going to have to step up. For him, it relieves the pressure that he has to rush back and continue to progress every single day to try and rush back to playoffs. Now, he can take his time and worry about getting better mentally and hopefully come back for next year."


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1829 – 1919 Esau Wilkes Creech
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Esau Wilkes Creech, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Creech, was born in the State of Virginia, January 26, 1829. He passed away suddenly at the home of his grandson, Garrett Creech, living near Central City, Nebraska, at 4:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, November 23, 1919 at the unusual age of 90 years, 9 months and 28 days. He had seemed to be in quite good health up to the time of his death and had been out in the yard on Sunday afternoon, when the summons came to him so suddenly.
After living for a time in Virginia, he removed to Illinois where he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Williams. From Illinois they removed to Arkansas and from there to Kansas. The last seven years of his life were spent near Central City, Nebraska.
His wife and some of his family preceded him in death. There remain to mourn his loss, three sons, Fred Creech of Saratoga, WY; Lee Creech, of Scott's Bluffs, NE; and John Wesley Creech, recently of Basin, WY.; four grandsons, Garrett, Grover, Aljron and Fay Creech of Central City.
Funeral services were conducted from the home of Garrett Creech on Tuesday afternoon, November 25, by O.W. Carrell, Pastor of the Friends Church of this city, and interment was made in the Central City Cemetery.
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Special stamping class set for Senior Circle and story time at the library
Peggy Seskey will be teaching a rubber stamping class Sept. 7, at Senior Circle. An experienced and creative instructor, she teaches at Senior Circle every first and third Wednesday. Senior Circle is in the Wilshire Center, 2801 N. Main St. All members are welcome as are prospective members. The stamping group meets at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday. For [auth] more information call the office at 623-2311.
Public Library
The library will be having story time Sept. 7, at 10 a.m. and again at 3:30 p.m. Crafts will be available after the story. The library is located at 301 N. Pennsylvania Ave. For more information call 622-7101.
Chapter B, P.E.O.
Chapter B, P.E.O. will meet Sept. 8, at 9:30 a.m. in the home of Penny Thigpen, with Betty Lewis serving as co-hostess. Mayor Del Jurney will be the guest speaker and secret sister gifts will be exchanged. For more information call 622-5069.
Morning Garden Club
The Morning Garden Club will meet Sept. 8, at 9:30 a.m., at the home of Shawn Grizzle. This month's program is Pecans: 'Worth their weight in gold' presented by Louetta Bonham of Mountain States Pecan Orchard. For more information call 622-7693.
Chapter Z, P.E.O.
Chapter Z, P.E.O. will meet Sept. 8, at 11:30 a.m. in the home of Susan Alston-Richardson for a harvest luncheon. Laura Read, assisted by the luncheon committee, will be co-hostess. Local author, John LeMay, will present the program. For more information call Susan at 623-9304.
Roswell Genealogical Society
The Roswell Genealogical Society will meet Sept. 8, at 1:30 p.m. at the Wilson-Cobb History and Genealogy Research Library, 301 S. Richardson. Members and anyone interested in family history are encouraged to attend. For more information call Kay at 622-0967.
Las Chismosas Sisterhood
Las Chismosas are having their meeting on Sept. 8, at 6 p.m. at Cattle Baron restaurant. Las Chismosas will also be celebrating some of the members' birthdays for this month. Members please wear your purple T-shirts for their meeting. For more information please call Judy Otero at 623-1514 or Diane Gonzales at 622-7876.
Adventures in Medicine
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center (ENMMC) invites young men and women to the 2011-2012 Adventures in Medicine program, on Sept. 8, at 6 p.m. in the Mesquite Room of the hospital. For more information please contact Brooke Linthicum at 624-8746 or Melanie Christopher at 624-8759.
Piñatafest will be Sept. 9, through Sept. 11, at the court house lawn between Fourth and Fifth Street. For more information call 624-6720.
Southern New Mexico Medical Conference 2011
The Southern New Mexico Medical Conference 2011 will be held at the Roswell Convention Center, 912 N. Main, Sept. 9, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be a wine and cheese reception from 5-7 p.m. On Sept. 10, at 9 a.m. there will be a tour of ENMMC. At 10 a.m. there will be a tour of Roswell Regional Hospital. For more call Barbara at 627-1112.
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Children in the Roswell area with orthopaedic problems can be scheduled for an outreach clinic on Sept. 9. Physicians from Carrie Tingley Hospital at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center will examine patients at Children's Medical Services, 200 East Chisum. Children and young adults up to the age of 21 with chronic physical problems or difficulty with bones, joints and/or muscles, may be scheduled for appointments. Medicaid and insurance are accepted for payment. For appointments, call 1-800-472-3235 option 2. Advance scheduling is requested.
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There are a handful of big questions heading into The Opening. It begins next Tuesday in Beavertown, Oregon.selections. There are 162 participants in all. Here are ten story lines from the Sunshine state
The state of Florida leads the way with 27 leading into the event.
2. Who will win the rematch between Martez Ivey and Byron Cowart?Earlier this spring at the Orlando NFTC offensive tackle Martez Ivey (Apopka) took on defensive end Byron Cowart (Seffner Armwood). It was only three reps but it was by far the best thing I saw all spring and summer. These two five-stars went at it best on best in the final one on one sessions between the offensive and defensive linemen. It was a classic that ended in a draw. It got heated and intense for a few short minutes in central Florida as these two competitors both called each other out [READ HERE FOR DETAILS FROM THIS ENCOUNTER]
Certainly these two will go at it once again in what should be one of the best matchups of next week. This will certainly make headlines.
10 Questions
No. 1 - Is Ivey No. 1?
No. 3 - How will George do?
No. 4 -The State's Top WR Is…
No. 5 - Watch These Two
No. 6 - The McFaddens
No. 7 - WR or S?
No. 8 – Is Toliver Top CB?
No. 9 – Opening Sleepers
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Decision makers
- President Barack Obama/State of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon/Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder/Director Mark Wolfe/PRCA
Re-instate Thomas "Tuffy the Clown" Gessling and lift his lifetime ban from professional rodeo.
After numerous death threats, political censorship and being deprived of the ability to make a living, Thomas Gessling (Tuffy the Clown), is ready to talk about what really happened on the 10th of August 2013 when he did what he always had done in the past; entertain the rodeo fans.
The worldwide media frenzy that followed the event forced the small-town rodeo clown into hiding after being demonized and labeled a racist. "I was so bewildered by all of this hoopla that I refused most offers to speak out," he said, "because they weren't interested in hearing the truth and clearing up the misunderstandings. They were trying to paint me as a racist, further cloud the situation, and continue to twist the truth."
So what had happened? What caused all of this chaos for this rodeo clown? It was a skit that he and another person performed during a rodeo at the Missouri State Fair; the same skit that he had performed for 25 years featuring every President since Ronald Reagan and other prominent political figures such as Hillary Clinton. Yet no one ever complained about this skit until he poked fun at President Obama. So not only had political correctness gone haywire, it ruined the life of a lovable rodeo clown and no one was interested in hearing the truth about what really happened that day.
To begin with, Tuffy the Clown was not even the person wearing the mask. Tuffy carried out another person dressed up to look like a dummy wearing an Obama mask into the middle of the arena. The person wearing the mask had never done the skit before and was nervous about being in the arena with the bull. Tuffy was on the microphone joking with the audience and was trying to calm the nerves of the mask-wearer (whose identity Tuffy will not reveal). At one point, the person behind the mask whispered to Tuffy that he couldn't see. So Tuffy continued to joke with the crowd while trying to adjust the mask. This action was misconstrued as Tuffy playing with the lips of the Obama mask which was interpreted as being racially insensitive and disrespectful towards the President.
"Nothing could be further from the truth," said Tuffy, "I was just trying to calm down the guy in the mask and adjust it so that he could see. I kept assuring him that I would distract the bull and keep him safe as his character came alive and then he was to run out of the arena." The skit played out and the audience laughed as they had so many times over the years. But just 12 hours after the performance ended, all hell broke loose for the rodeo clown from rural Missouri.
Phone calls came flooding in by the hundreds from newspaper reporters, television stations and radio shows. The next thing Tuffy knew, the Missouri State Fair had publicly reprimanded him and banned him for life as did the Professional Rodeo Clown Association (PRCA). Political figures began to make public statements denouncing the clown and making disparaging remarks about him. Al Sharpton stated that he thought Tuffy should be in jail! Tuffy was tried and convicted in the court of public opinion without ever being given the chance to tell his side of the story.
Since this has happened, Tuffy hasn't been able to make a living because the rodeo producers and organizations fear a backlash from the government and a certain segment of the public if they hire him. To date he has never received any formal communication from the PRCA stating their decision to ban him for life. Tuffy believes his First Amendment right to free speech has been violated and now he wants to set the record straight and regain his life.
- President Barack Obama/State of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon/Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder/Director Mark Wolfe/PRCA
Re-instate Thomas "Tuffy the Clown" Gessling and lift his lifetime ban from professional rodeo.
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