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Today she woke up with a severe headache (related?) she complained the headache is worse when she stands and walks. When she is lying down her headache is still there but it is less painful. It is hard for her to tell me how the headache feels she is unable to describe whether it is dull, sharp or throbbing. At that point I called the DR who said Children's Advil and if she continued or got worse to go to the emergency room for x-rays. I am very natural and reluctant to use advil so I have been giving her Herbs for Kids Temp-assure and Traumeel. However later in the afternoon I touched her and she felt extremely hot. Her temp has been and is 103.7 the highest she has ever had. She has only had a high fever once before and it was not accompanied by the other symptoms. Because DR already said x-rays and emergency room I called a naturopath to see if he could give me alternatives. The Naturopath seemed ultra conservative and was an alarmist stating I needed to get to the ER right away to get x-rays. He said he does think the fever is related to the physical trauma. I am unsure his advice is actually true or just being careful so he does not get sued if something happened.
I am not happy with the idea of exposing my dd to radioactivity if it is not absolutely necessary. So how can I know I absolutely need to go to the emergency room? Anyone educated in natural medicine and know how serious these symptoms are. Again the symptoms are:
Lower back pain when she bends or runs which has improved since last nigth
Headache made worse when she stands or walks, by light and certain head movements
Dizziness when she stands and walks
Fever of 103.7
So far I have given her 2 doses of Herbs for kids Temp-Assure
2 doses Traumeel
1 dose Echinacea
Please any toughts and advice is much appreciated. I don't want anything to happen to my dd because I did not act in time but I don't want to go to the ER unnecessarily and expose her to all those risks. If you have natural remedies that would be helpful to keep her healing and from getting worse that would be great. Also any home tests to know or rule out severe conditions like meningitis or concussion would be helpful.
Hope this made sense I am a bit flustered from worrying.
I would definitely seek out some imaging (xray, CT) because of the fall and associated pain.
My cousin fell while climbing out of a deer stand (about 2 foot fall), flat on his butt and caused an injury to his spinal column in which the spinal fluid leaked, causing a severe headache and fever (as high as your daughter's). Meningitis was first suspected. Definitely worth evaluating further.
You can still decide for yourself as to what tests should be run.
If they offer you the tetanus shot, abx, or pain medication, you know they are pretty sure it is not related to the injury.
Please take her to the ER - her symptoms do not strike me as minimal.
Mama. Keep us updated.
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I was in a very bad place from the pain for a long time and the worst was that the start of the pain was not immediate after the spinal, it took almost 24 hours for the leak to become apparant.
Please update is with news, I will be thinking of you and your dd
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I strongly urge you to take both of these doctors advice. They each approach medicine differently, but have given you the exact same advice.
As a side note, your daughter will have been exposed to the same amount of radiation from an xray within a few weeks to about 2 months from background radiation as she will be exposed to from the x ray itself. Depending on what they xray, some don't require as much radiation, there is also incredibly limited risk if your daughter is only exposed to x rays for her first time, and my guess is unless it is something absolutely serious she won't be having to take x rays again for a long time, which is fine. However, her fever combined with the headache directly after her fall is a major cause for concern.
Don't brush it off because you think a doctor is afraid you'll sue. They have malpractice insurance for a reason.
I feel the same way about unnecessary medical junk, but there are certain areas where western medicine shines, and this sounds like one of those times...
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there are a couple of topics that I have found that even here people worry about and suggest going a more medical route, spinal health and menagitis. Also, many have concerns about strep, and you will often have suggestions about abx for that. Maybe it is still a cultural medical response, or maybe there is real concerns about the above. I do know that many of my natural health books say to take the two very seriously.
I am glad your daughter is doing well.
yes the mamas here care about other mamas and children, even if they don't know them. I feel lucky to be a part of this community.
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I am not one to run to the doc for everything either. I can count on one hand the number of times I've taken my kids in and I've been a parent for ten years and a member of MDC for 7(ish) years. But in that case, I would certainly have taken my child in to the ER. It's a risk/benefit analysis for me. Possible discomfort, slight risk from x-rays, and some poking and prodding and maybe dealing with pushy or irritating HCPs at the hospital would not have outweighed the very real and extreme risk of a spinal leak or compound fracture. It's just not a risk I'd be willing to take.
Anyway, this ended up for the best. I'm glad she's well
sorry - but sometime you should not wait - x-rays are a godsend when they are needed and your child is too young to fool around with this.
Don't be disappointed please in the responses here.
I think the reaction was because some of the signs your daughter had were consistent with things like spinal leaks and meningitis. http://www.meningitis-angels.org/ This site is full of people who thought their children had the flu and even those who were told that and they died within hours of meningitis. Look at the meningitis symptoms and I think you'll see why people responded the way they did to your post. They were reading and could only go by that..they weren't there with mommy instinct. I think the symptoms she was showing were consistent with something serious and time mattered with that. So hence the advice. Gitti who posted..if you look back on her posts...well, I've never seen her advise ER or anything even close! She's about as natural, let nature handle it with support as you can get. So I think it was the nature of the symptoms that had people thinking this was a case where traditional medical technology was called for.
But in other things I think you'll get lots of natural alternatives. And I'm so, so glad that you're daughter is doing well! I was worried. Moms do seem to know best. In my experience when things were serious and we needed to get to an ER I knew it my gut before we even got to the crisis point.
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I take care of 99% of my own health stuff via alternative medicine, herbs, acupuncture, chiropractic, etc. But when I suspected that I broke my foot after a relatively minor fall, you bet I went to the ER ASAP, and was grateful for the x-ray imaging that showed the 4 fractures in my foot, which happened after I fell awkwardly from a small 5 inch high step.
It is great to hear that your daughter is recovering well, but her symptoms as you had described them before were alarming, and threw up huge red flags. She was exhibiting neurological symptoms (postural headache) after a probable trauma to her spinal cord, ruling out a dural tear or compression fracture of the vertebra would have been first and foremost on my mind. If that opinion is "Babycenter material", then guilty as charged.
I think the reaction was because some of the signs your daughter had were consistent with things like spinal leaks and meningitis. http://www.meningitis-angels.org/ This site is full of people who thought their children had the flu and even those who were told that and they died within hours of meningitis. Look at the meningitis symptoms and I think you'll see why people responded the way they did to your post. They were reading and could only go by that..they weren't there with mommy instinct. I think the symptoms she was showing were consistent with something serious and time mattered with that. So hence the advice. Gitti who posted..if you look back on her posts...well, I've never seen her advise ER or anything even close! She's about as natural, let nature handle it with support as you can get. So I think it was the nature of the symptoms that had people thinking this was a case where traditional medical technology was called for.
In addition, my best friend is a N.M.D. and I read her this post and she agreed that in this particular situation an er or urgent care center is what she would have suggested. I also spoke with one of my chiropractor friends and he too said in this situation given all the facts an x-ray would be warrented. In fact, a lot of chiros I know won't even adjust you without an initial x-ray, and this is from some very un-allopathic practitioners. I am extremely glad your DD is ok , but I think given the facts from your original post that many of the mamas that responded did and still would err on the side of caution given the circumstances.
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I am less alternative that most of you here. Hey I admit it. But you have to find a balance.
eta - however the more I come here the more I look for alternatives. I take this into consideration.
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Also, in addition to what everyone else had said about using mainstream medicine when appropriate, I think that it would have been different if you had said, even in a later post, that you had found a clinic you were comfortable with and should you wait and watch until the morning or go to the ER immediately.
But most importantly, this is the internet. It is not a HCP nor a help line. It is unreasonable to expect anyone to be able to help accurately if they cannot examine the person nor ask for more information. If you ask for advice from other moms and don't want to take it, so be it. But to complain when people took time out of their lives to help you with the information that they had at hand seems rather ungrateful.
Once again, I'm glad that your DD is okay and that it was nothing serious. I hope her blood test comes back okay and you don't need to go the antibiotic route. Your ped sounds pretty cool if he did that to make sure antibiotics were in fact, needed.
The concern for dd, which I thanked everyone for, has been very nice. I completely understand peoples recommendations based on the information given and the common concern for welfare when they know the seriousness of meningitis or spinal leak.
As for the poster that expressed wishing she never posted because of my point of view I also wish I had never posted in the first place now. While I appreciate the concern I had no intention of what the thread has become. However I cannot erase the thread or don't know how so it is what it is. Everyone has a right to express themselves freely at least here and for now.
I am sorry my opinion of Dr's and that particular post so offends everyone but if you thought my comment was about every post in this thread previous to the update then you were mistaken.
I responded because it seemed like you only wanted natural options when sometimes, that may not always be the answer. As many have already responded, sometimes, the benefits outweigh the risks. I'm happy your daughter is ok, however, don't be upset if you went looking for something and it wasn't there. Many of us recommended the same as those doctors based on the facts you provided in your orignal post. We're only going based on what you're saying, and those facts seemed very scary to me, to say the least. So, if you're upset the other mothers here didn't provide you with 'natural' remedies... that's unfortunate. They were simply looking out for your daughter, and you asked for the advice. I think we all had the same idea when reading your original post.
Personally, I'm not sure what natural remedies could help meningitis or a spinal leak and this is specifically what you were looking for.. sometimes western medicine is required. I understand you prefer other methods, however, sometimes it is necessary as in the case of getting an xray. No eastern medicine can look at bones and determine if there's a fracture or a leak, nor can it determine if your child has a very life threatning infection.
I'm sorry if you felt my post 'got your goat'. Not my intent. Simply stating a few things that I felt warranted to be highlighted.
I do want to reassure you, if you have extreme doubts about xrays, a quick search should alleviate your concerns about the amount of actual radiation your child will face, especially consiering she will very rarely have them done. As an example, a hand xray is equivelent to the amount of background radiation (this is radiation she will face in her day-to-day life) of just a few days. I understand wanting to keep your child free of anything unnatural, and as I said it's completely fine. I think many of us just felt her symptoms warranted the benefits of a visit to the ER room and xrays then just waiting it out. Personally, my nerves woudln't have been able to handle it wondering what could possibly be happening with my child.
This is all just our own opinions so don't take it as personal attacks, just opinions. And if none of us provide you with the answer you'd like, then there's no reason to be upset as we're all just basing our responses on what you have provided us with.
Also, I made mention of doctor's credentials since I've seen far too many times that people take other's words for gold online when you really don't know where their information/knowledge is coming from.. and it's a safer bet to discuss these issues with a known physician (western/eastern) then a complete stranger. It appeared to me that you wanted someone here to give you the magic cure and hoped you would have been able to discern between the possible misinformation out there. I wasn't stating to necessarily take a GP's word either, however the fact that even the naturopath showed increasing concern for your daughter is why I decided to speak up.
Others have said what I've thought in such a nicer neat little package. This is the best way I can convey to you why I answered as I did. You asked a very specific question, and we provided very specific answers. If you didn't like the answers, it's easy to move on. Don't frown upon us for not giving you what you wanted.
I personally know how uncomfortable it is to have a fever as high as hers and her fever not coming down was a huge concern. I was in hospital with mine and they wouldn't release me until it went down. Low grade fevers are good to help rid the body of infection, high fevers such as hers are a huge red flag combined with the headache.. especially after the fall she had. So I apologize if my advice was a bit too one sided for you, but I was basing my opinion on what you provided.
After all that, I will reiderate again.. I am happy your daughter is doing ok and hope she's back to normal quickly.
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1 At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, 'Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?'
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7 Alas for the world that there should be such causes of falling! Causes of falling indeed there must be, but alas for anyone who provides them!
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Care to explain what made you hate it, or what you found lacking?
Oh, wait, this is just angry bashing with nothing to add to the discussion. Nevermind then.
Interesting. Windows 8 Release Preview has only been available for about 5 hours, which would mean that you'd have to have been following Windows 8 - related announcements very actively to have time to have downloaded, installed and used it for hours already.
I call bullshit.
I heartily agree. Though, that's only because maybe you'd actually end up learning something.
Woah-hoho Trollholio, how about at least giving UZ64 an opportunity to respond before going to the bottom of the barrel with petty personalized insults that make you look more like an astroturfing shill then offering reasonable objections... While I don't personally find any OS warrants 'hate', there are several 'features' of Windows 8 that are far from 'benefits' and are not a move forward in terms of progress making DOS an apt comparison.
The fact UI forces you to use components of the Metro interface that will not allow you to multi-task/multi-window while accessing those 'features' of the OS will be a complete deal-breaker and failure of epic scale in many production environments. Of course for as a passive interface trash/to for 'consumption' and push marketing Windows 8 us a marvel at selling bullshit to the willfully blind.
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You clearly haven't seen any of the comments where I've expressed my dislike for Windows 8 and especially Metro. I still object to such blatant bashing-posts such as UZ64's one.
I actually have to wonder who I even could be a shill for when I've clearly said multiple times that I don't really have much experience with OSX and thus won't comment on it, that I really like Windows 7 as my desktop but I really dislike Metro, and that I use Linux on a daily basis but at the same time criticize Linux distributions and F/OSS software for all their shortcomings.


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Well, now that Ringo Starr has announced he will no longer accept autograph requests, I think it's the perfect time to say I have been dying to make this announcement, as well. Since I am a basic cable superstar, I have been inundated with requests for my time, advice, and even 8×10's. It has gotten to the point where I receive these requests almost twice a year and I am crushed by the demand. Please, people, I am a mother, and an expectant one at that! Since my Dr. Phil appearance, granted, I only received one email, but it was when Vivien needed her nap and I thought I might be having a Braxton Hicks, and I was trying to zone out with a People Magazine as I headed toward the can. So please, give a girl a break.
Imagine how poor besieged Ringo must feel? Let alone Paul McCartney. I feel sorry for him, really.
My only question is, "What the hell is Ringo so busy with?"


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Had a Dysport treatment done less than two weeks...
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As the earth runs out of natural resources, the price of basic commodities will increase and making it necessary for us to upcycle.
If you read the reports of expert analysts in commodity markets they will tell you that the earth's resources aren't finite and in many cases we are soon going to be running short of certain essential supplies.
From an economic perspective, it's simple—we are going to have to pay more for a number of key commodities.
Obviously, this will impact the price consumers pay, but not all these prices can be passed on to consumers, so companies and brands need to get creative.
Net- this isn't about the do good feel of sustainability and pleasing a small portion of your audience, more important than keeping hippies happy and saving the planet, it's about doing the one thing that matters most to every company; saving money which is the one thing that makes your CEO, CFO and shareholders much happier people.
If you aren't thinking about your raw materials and waste stream and how you might be able to get some of the items that are thrown out and discarded by consumers back into your system, you are missing a trick.
Every year consumers discard billions of items, the vast majority of it never gets re-used or recycled, much is sent to landfill. Even those brands and companies who are employing some kind of scheme, don't end up owning the materials, they get sent out to third parties and used overseas or melted down and returned back to the industry. They are recycled and maybe upcycled by other people. not you and you end up missing the opportunity.
If the challenge is too daunting for a single company to take on- why don't companies form consortia to organize the reclaiming of materials and then buy from the pool?
There's much more that could be done here and those that move first and fastest are going to be able to seize the advantage, those that wait on the sidelines are going to find themselves victims of spiraling raw materials prices that will seriously impact the financial health of their business.
Finally, as way of illustration, take a look at this film- it's from a tiny glasses manufacturer- Shwood in Portland, Oregon who's just create a line of glasses made from upcycled skateboards.
It shows how simple and straightforward it can be- a great product made from old, that just makes common sense.
Ed Cotton is the Director of Strategy at BSSP, and is curious about all things relating to brands, marketing and culture. Read more at Influx Insights.


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Economic Development
Private Pockets
Finding Money for the NAFTA Highway
The tribulations of funding the Canada-to-Mexico superhighway are front and center in Texas and Indiana. Governors in both states are looking to private partners and tolls.
In Texas, the Trans-Texas Corridor 69 project has long been on the federal government's high-priority list, but the state has lost hope that funding will be forthcoming anytime soon. Given that circumstance, Governor Rick Perry and the Texas Transportation Commission want private companies to work with the state to build the high-speed corridor. State officials see private investors as a means of bringing new ideas and options to the table and "putting projects on the ground sooner," says Gabriela Garcia, with the Texas Department of Transportation. Even if the project is privately funded, she adds, the highway will remain state-owned.
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has proposed that the $2 billion Indiana portion of I-69 be funded through a combination of transportation money from a high-profile contract and tolls. The state's $3.85 billion deal to lease the Indiana Toll Road to Macquarie-Cintra, an Australian-Spanish consortium, will provide the state with enough money to fund a host of transportation projects. The governor is asking for $700 million of that deal's funds to be earmarked for the NAFTA superhighway. The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to raise the other $1.3 billion through public- private partnerships, which means putting in tolls so that the companies that spend money on road building can recover their investment. The legislature has given the go-ahead for feasibility studies about making portions of the I-69 corridor in the Hoosier State a toll road.
Currently, I-69 starts along the Canadian border at Port Huron, Michigan, and runs south to Indianapolis.
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Attitudes and interests towards biotechnology: The mismatch between students and teachers
Kidman, Gillian (2009) Attitudes and interests towards biotechnology: The mismatch between students and teachers. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology, 5(2), pp. 135-143.
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Increasing the scientific literacy of Australians has become an educational priority in recent times. The 'Science State – Smart State' initiative of the Queensland Government involves an action plan for improving science education that includes a Science for Life action. A desired outcome is for an increased understanding of the natural world so that responsible decisions concerning our future wellbeing can be made in an age of science and technology. Biotechnology is a technology that is having profound impact on our lives. This paper describes how 15-16 year old students and biology teachers revealed a mismatch in both attitudes and interests towards biotechnology between the students and teachers. The findings are of interest as the teachers are writing biotechnology into their work programs in response to new syllabus documents. The teacher's areas of interest did not match those of the students, possibly resulting in a curriculum the teachers want to teach, but the students do not want to learn.
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The Hedgehog (Review)
The Hedgehog is a charming tale of hope and self-discovery – of how we are always thinking, always feeling, and perhaps, ever so often, missing the beauty of the ordinary.
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Me and Orson Welles is a coming-of-age story steeped in real theatrical history, though the real star isn't Zac Efron – but newcomer Christian McKay as the young Orson Welles.
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Debauchery rife on migrant voyage to Australia
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Violence, drunkenness and all manner of debauchery featured on a six-month voyage on a migrant ship bound for Australia 170 years ago, a newly discovered diary reveals.
The raunchy tale of anarchy on the high seas is recorded by a junior officer, James Bell, aboard "The Planter" which sailed to Adelaide from Deptford in east London in 1838.
Alcohol-fueled acts of "great violence" involving officers, mates and even the ship's doctor are all recounted.
In the green vellum-bound journal, Bell tells how the captain regularly entertained two of the 11 daughters of a doctor-preacher from Liverpool called McGowan.
He wrote: "our captain of course could not want a mistress till he returned to his own in England, but made love to two of McGowan's daughters ... The Capt was allowed to keep the daughters company at all hours, and during the whole time of our being in warm weather our bed on deck sufficed for all three."
Bell, whose 225-page diary goes up for sale at auction in London next month after being bought in a market stall for a pittance, said his crew were no better.
"Such an example was soon followed up by all the ship's company but particularly by the three mates (who) carried immorality to a glaring height."
Bell told how they blatantly took up with a band of prostitutes in search of a better life in the colonies.
He called the women "... natives of some obscene alley, in some obscene street, of that renowned city, London, and who are conveying in themselves all the filth of the place of their nativity, to Adelaide." Continued...


text: Ok, so I had to see the humor in this recipe seeing as though the media is in full blown "the sky is falling" mode with the Swine Flu. I have had this recipe for Smothered Pork in the works for months now, and I finally made it this past week. Bad jokes aside, this recipe is quite tasty and makes great leftover sandwiches, which SPH partook of this weekend. If you are looking for a good lightened comfort food recipe, this is right up your alley. The boys liked the recipe too, minus the mushrooms, of course. I have yet to figure out why, almost without fail, every child refuses mushrooms. Hmmm… Smothered Pork Chops (altered from a Cooking Light recipe) 2 cups beef broth ¼ cup milk 4 teaspoons flour 4 teaspoons brown mustard 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon ground pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil 4 pork loin chops (about 1 pound) 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1 cup chopped onion 8 ounces mushrooms, quartered 4 slices of mozzarella cheese Combine ½ cup of broth, milk, flour, mustard, salt and pepper in a bowl and set aside. In a large skillet over high heat, heat the olive oil. Once the oil is hot, add the pork chops and sprinkle the top with half the paprika and thyme: Let brown for about 4-5 minutes and flip and repeat with the paprika and thyme. Cook an additional 4-5 minutes and transfer the pork to a plate and cover with foil. Add the onions and mushrooms to the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Deglaze the pan with the remaining broth and bring to a boil. Whisk the milk mixture well and add to the pan, stirring constantly until it returns to a boil and the sauce thickens, about 2-3 minutes. Return the pork to the pan, placing on top of the mushrooms and onions. Place one slice of cheese on top of each pork chop. Let the pork simmer in the sauce for a few minutes to allow the cheese to melt. Serves 4. SPC


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Aaron Payne, the reigning conference player of the week for the past two weeks, led the way offensively as the Ducks racked up an uncharacteristic 14 hits. He went 3-for-5 with two RBI, and provided the Ducks with an insurance run in eighth inning with a two-out RBI single that snuck past two Trojans defenders into right field, giving catcher Brett Hambright just enough time to beat the throw home.
"We put everyone on yesterday and didn't cash in, but we had the opportunity," Payne said. "We got that extra one today and with (Jimmie) Sherfy on the mound you don't need it that often, but it's always a nice little comfort to have a two-run lead instead of one."
The Ducks reliable bullpen duo of Tommy Thorpe and Jimmie Sherfy came through once again to seal up the victory. Thorpe worked a perfect eighth inning, but hit the first batter he faced to start the ninth inning. Sherfy came on to close it out and gave up a walk to put the tying run in scoring position before striking out Jake Hernandez and Garrett Stubs to register his 15th save of the season.
"We feel pretty good about our formula that if our starter can get us into the eighth, those two young men are ready to go," UO head coach George Horton said.
Ducks starter Jake Reed lasted seven innings, giving up two runs on only four hits, striking out four and walking two. After getting roughed up in his last start at Arizona where he gave up nine runs on 10 hits, Reed was shaky again to start the game, plunking three of the first eight batters he faced. Trojans right fielder Alex Sherrod quickly put the Trojans up 1-0 with a RBI single to score Garret Houts just three batters into the game.
"I made a big point to myself that I was going to keep my composure in bad innings and I'm pretty happy that I went through that in the first inning," Reed said.
Reed (6-3) eventually settled down and found a zone, retiring 11 straight Trojans batters between the second and fifth innings, as he regained his confidence and rediscovered control on his slider with a retooled grip.
"Towards the end of the game I was able to throw it more for strikes, which was a big pitch for me in the later innings," Reed said.
With the Ducks up 3-1 in the seventh inning, Reed ran into trouble after giving up a leadoff single and subsequent walk. Two batters later, pinch hitter Sean Spear scored James Roberts with a groundout and moved the tying run to third base. Reed regrouped and got Garret Houts to ground out to third base, preserving the lead.
The Ducks were aggressive on the base paths early on, but they struggled to execute. Payne was thrown out trying to steal third base in the first inning, just before Ryon Healy singled to center field. In the second inning, Hambright got caught in a rundown between first and second base in an attempt to give Kyle Garlick enough time to score from third base, but the Trojans weren't fooled, throwing out the right fielder at the plate.
"We've got to have that right balance in being aggressive, but being aggressive with intelligence," Horton said.
Oregon finally broke through later in the second inning when shortstop J.J. Altobelli knocked in Hambright with a RBI single off of Trojans starter Andrew Triggs to tie the game. In the third inning, Aaron Jones led off with a double and scored on Garlick's groundout to second base after Triggs (4-6) misplayed the ground ball, giving the Ducks a 2-1 advantage.
Payne would extend the Ducks the lead with a RBI single in the fourth inning to score Altobelli, who had doubled moments earlier. In all, eight of the Ducks nine starters recorded a hit with five recording multi-hit games.
The Ducks and Trojans finish their series at 6 p.m. on Monday.
Attendance at PK Park was 2,125.
The Ducks left 10 men on base.
Three Ducks were caught stealing.
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Defensive strategies of local companies against foreign multinationals evidence from Chilean retailers
Bianchi, Constanza & Reyes, Carolina (2005) Defensive strategies of local companies against foreign multinationals evidence from Chilean retailers. Latin American Business Review, 6(2), pp. 67-85.
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Many retailers have been expanding into foreign markets, although not all such attempts at internationalization have been successful. This study examines the actions taken by Chilean retailers that negatively affected the operations of Home Depot, Carrefour and J.C. Penney in Chile. The results show that the strategies employed by local companies have consisted in: (1) becoming informed about the company's strengths and weaknesses, while imitating its best practices; (2) deepening their own market know-how and hiring high-level executives to lead defensive strategies; (3) opening stores in strategic places in order to win advantages concerning location; and (4) investing in technology and the training of employees. The overall effect on the market has been one of concentration and consolidation of the retail industry.
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This is my go-to outfit when I'm having one of those blah-days. I'm really glad I've gotten into the routine of posting outfits here. Not only do your sweet comments always make me giddy and thankful, but it also motivates me to dress better even on lazy days like today.
Have a great weekend ladies! I don't think I'll have much to post this weekend…Since I have a midterm on Monday, I'll probably be in variations of this outfit anyway.
Black Cardigan — American Eagle
Striped Top — H&M
Grey Shorts — Old Navy
Grey Beanie — Urban Outfitters
Pink Flower — H&M
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
A Foolish Mistake While Hunting
This true story took place more than 40 years ago, and for the most obvious of reasons, the names have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty.
Zeke was a hard-hunting, hard-drinking, hard-fighting man, and loved all three with a passion. It's very possible he also loved his wife, but she always got shortchanged because he took care of his hunting dogs and his hunting gear instead of her. At times, she was left to shift for herself for days on end.
Their marriage had been crumbling like a house of cards for several years, and she began making noises about a divorce. Zeke was young, as was his wife, and he felt it would be possible to weather this domestic storm.
He failed to see the clouds of divorce looming on the horizon, and she eventually issued an ultimatum. Pay some attention to me, and spend more time at home, or you will come to regret your unwise decisions. She just wanted more than he was willing to give.
It was a tough issue for Zeke. He'd fished and hunted all of his life, and had raised bird dogs and hounds for 20 years. He lived for the fall and winter, the pungent odor of leaf piles being burned by other people and the crisp cold and snow of winter. The leaves were never his; he refused to rake and burn them. He never shoveled snow off the sidewalk or driveway. He felt that was his wife's job. She even had to feed his dogs.
It was more fun to whistle up his pointers, grab his double-barrel 12 gauge, and hie himself off to the woods. His dogs worked well together, and if one pointed, the other would back him as they were supposed to. Zeke had two of the finest pointers in Michigan, and they were as tough as whang leather, just like him.
Soon, the day-after-day hunting took its toll on the marriage. His wife didn't want to leave, but she didn't want to stay, and Zeke said he would try to change his ways. He felt it was time to mend his fences as best he could but feared it would never be possible now.
His words were nothing more than a hollow and temporary diversion. He tried to spend more time with her, but would always sneak off to go hunting. The words between them became more harsh and heated, and Zeke could see the handwriting on the domestic wall. His stock was no longer selling well.
He began putting money aside for the eventual day when the divorce would go to court, but he had almost three months to chase grouse and woodcock before it happened. He went for about a month working his dogs but leaving the shotgun at home. He wanted the dogs to be in prime condition for the last week of October and first week of November when the flight woodcock came down from the north, riding the chilly wind into local alder thickets.
He continued to work the dogs, and hide money from his wife. The dogs were as sure as death and taxes on birds, and he enjoyed the comments he received from friends and other hunters. They made nice comments about the dogs, and wondered why he wasn't shooting. He explained his home situation, and said going out without a shotgun really wasn't hunting. At least that is what he had come to believe and what he told his wife in an attempt to explain his daily absence. He was training his dogs, not hunting with them. A case of apples and oranges to his way of thinking.
Zeke kept hiding money from his pay check, and his wife wondered if he was spending it on another woman but he was never gone from home at night, and spent every day off with the dogs. Week after week he salted money away, choosing a place where he knew his wife would never look.
You see, she had nothing against hunting but hated firearms. She didn't understand them, didn't know how they operated, and didn't want to learn. Zeke knew this. Every week he would stick one or two $100 bills down the barrels of his 12-gauge double. He felt the money was as safe there as in Fort Knox.
The last week of October soon arrived. and it was ushered in with a heavy rain. Zeke knew the woodcock would come drifting into his area on the strong winds and heavy rain. His pointers could smell the cooling wet air, and knew it meant bird hunting weather, and were ready to go when he hollered "kennel up." They jumped into the dog boxes in the back of his truck, and off they went. This time Zeke would be hunting, and he was overjoyed at the thought of hunting over his pointers.
They drove to one of his favorite coverts, and he puttered around, trying to figure how to hunt the pointers into the wind. He knew the puddles of water would bring nightcrawlers to the top of the ground, and the birds would not be far away.
He grabbed the double-barrel, stuffed two low-brass No. 8 shotshells into the chambers, closed the action, clicked on the safety and headed into the dripping woods. One pointer soon snuffled up a nose-full of woodcock scent, and slammed into a quivering point, his tail as stiff as a dagger, his head cocked slightly to the left. The other dog backed him, and Zeke moved in slowly, watching the ground in front of the dogs for flushing woodcock.
"Steady, now, steady," he whispered to both dogs as he eased past then with his eyes looking about six feet off the ground.
Two woodcock twittered up, one peeled off to the left while the other flew right, and Zeke was primed. This was what he'd waited for, and swung left, clicked off the safety, shot, and quickly swung through the second tpweromg woodcock, and shot again. He'd done this so many times, and usually the bird fell but not this time.
Both birds flew away unscathed. It took Zeke a moment to figure out what happened. In his haste to hunt this perfect day, he had forgot about stuffing both barrels full of rolled-up $100 bills.
Scattered all around were tiny bits of charred and burning green paper. He later said that he had squirreled away over $2,000 in his shotgun barrels, and there was nothing left but green confetti and his two pointers. He hung his head and cried. To make matters even worse, when he returned home, he found it empty except a sad and poignant note on the kitchen table.
"I've leaving, Zeke," the note read. "The divorce papers will arrive in two days. I'm sorry, but I can't take this lonely marriage any longer. I'm moving out. Love ..."
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Brian Gongol Show - February 16, 2014 - Big leaps coming
A few links from tonight's show:
- Why I wouldn't like the Comcast/Time Warner merger (if I were a Comcast shareholder)
- Getting academics to think about the rest of us
- The value of a good boss -- more than the value of an extra co-worker
- Five big leaps are coming soon to change the world
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The much awaited next generation Hyundai Sonata also called as the Concept YF has been caught undergoing highway testing yet again, this time somewhere in.
Hyundai to take hybrid route. Sonata hybrid in 2010
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Natsuru used to dream of being a lady killer. Instead, he got turned into a Kampfer - a lady who's supposed to fight and kill other girls in mortal combat! That would cause enough problems all on its own, but it turns out that his best childhood friend swings the other way and she has a crush on her new body. Not to mention that his school has separate sections for boys and girls, and now he's enrolled in BOTH of them. And the rumor-mill has it that he's dating herself. Then there are those other pesky Kampfers who want to "take her out". He's just not sure which ones mean "on a date" and which ones mean "permanently"! And things get even trickier when Natsuru allows himself to be convinced that it's a good idea to move in with three other Kampfers for their "mutual defense". Getting in touch with your feminine side's a full-contact, no-holds-barred, Amazon action-fest as Natsuru must become a full-fledged wonder woman or die trying in Kampfer the Complete Collection! Includes the 2-Episode OVA Kampfer ~ Fur die Liebe


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never had to pull the CC, only an HD weapon. that one is detailed in the success stories forum.
This is a discussion on Who has had to draw their piece? within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by Rob99VMI04 Wow i didn't know S&W made a .12 gauge pistol grip gun. It's a Model 3000, probably 30 years old. I ...
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never had to pull the CC, only an HD weapon. that one is detailed in the success stories forum.
War is not the ugliest of things. Worse is the decayed state of moral feeling which thinks nothing is worth a war. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which he cares for more than his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free. -J.S. Mill
Sept. 9, 2006
I was moving bymyself this trip from TX to AZ with my truck loaded with some of my belongings. I stopped at a rest stop in NM just after dark to strech & swap fluids. I noticed three hispanic men (I assume illegals) sitting on a bench eyeballing my truck as I was parking. I knew they didn't look right & to be honest probably wouldn't have gotten out of the truck if I wasn't carrying. I went to a stall with a door & listened while I did what i came in there to do. When I stepped out, there was a side walk against the building & you had to go around the corner, I walked out wide into the gravel so I would have some room to see where the guys were. They were waiting right on the corner & all three started toward me as soon as I appeared, I put my left hand out & reached for my P11 that I carry on a belt clip MOB. They recognized the motion & scadadled before I actually presented the gun. I didn't need any caffiene for the rest of the drive to AZ
I did good being aware of my situation, but I put my self in harms way unneccesarily.
Well, txinvestigator over at Texas CHLForum had to draw his recently. It was really disturbing:
Here's the thread.
Thank you all for sharing your experiences.
... I have since moved to a 'lower-risk' neighborhood.
Just a little background... we had lived in this house for over two years. It is in a decent neighborhood but was next to an undesirable one and we had many a suspicious character walk though (sometimes through my yard). I had discovered evidence of attempted break-ins, like pried windows and marks on the doors and door frames, before.
Just over a month ago, I came home from work at my normal time, between 5 and 6 pm. I drove past my wife's best friend's house and saw that my wife was leaving there and followed me home. As I reached the front door, she was was getting out of the car and helping the kids out. I reached to unlock the door; only to find it unlocked and pushed a few inches open. I stepped to the side of the door and looked back and asked the wife, "Is there anyone here?" Of course, she said no and asked why. I told her to get back into the car; wait there until I came back out; and that if I didn't come back in two minutes (or if she hears any gunfire) to back out of the driveway and call 911. I pulled my handgun and cleared the house: not a single thing was out of place or at all looked strange... save for the door, of course. Needless to say, the wife and I had a serious talk about safety, security, and remembering to lock the doors and windows.
Some might think that sounds paranoid and I might have agreed until later that evening.
After a couple of hours, my wife suggested that we go and rent a few movies. Since this was Friday and I would have the weekend to watch them, we did. It must have been 9-10 pm when we returned home. I know it was dark. When we pulled into the drive and I turned off the ignition, I saw (directly in front of me) a male walking out from behind the house. As soon as he walked into the light (there was a street-light mounted to the side of the house, so it was very bright) he picked up speed quickly and jogged out of my yard and across the street. Of course this flagged immediately as a possible bad situation. I quickly gave my cell phone to the wife, told her to lock the door when I got out. I drew my handgun before exiting the truck. I grabbed the Streamlight from my pocket as I got out. I walked around the back of the house and finding no one there but again seeing that the bathroom window had been forced open. It was only open a couple of inches; implying that we had surprised the would-be burglar. I continued around the house to ensure the rest of the house was secure. When I got to the other front/side corner I spotted another male walking toward my yard from in front of my neighbor's yard. He was walking very close to the house so I was immediately suspicious of his intentions. When he reached my yard, he actually angled and walked directly toward me. Since, I had not direct reason to be threatened by him, I was holding my pistol down behind my leg. I know he never saw it. He reached about 15 feet from me at a fairly fast rate and began to say something. Just then the first male yelled to him from across the street. Immediately, he looked, saw who had called him, and broke into a full-out run in his direction.
I called 911 and took the family into the house. When the officers (two of them) they took descriptions of both guys and run off in the direction I pointed out. They both came back empty-handed, so to speak, but they tell me that this was the 3rd call on these guys that night. I was surprise at his next statement. "...but we always seem to be a step behind them." I knew this already, but it was just unexpected coming from him. A couple of weeks later, I moved.
Things I learned: and YES this will sound cliche!
1) ALWAYS be armed. (Again I knew this, but it is a little different now.)
2) That money I spent on the flashlight was well spent.
3) You really CAN draw from a "SmartCarry" while seated, even in a vehicle, and during the adrenaline rush.
4) IF you have trained, you will return to that when needed.
5) I will not hesitate. (to me this is very important to know in case of a more serious situation in the future)
Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them).
I'm 50 years old and I've had a CCW permit in various states since I was 21 at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. I've had to draw several times in a variety of situations. I don't really care to discuss specifics. I've had to draw when I was a student at BAMA. I've had to draw while I was overseas. I've never had occasion to fire and I firmly believe that my "bearing" convinced my opponent(s) that not only was I fully prepared to take them out, but that I knew exactly what I was doing. Ordinary folks really don't want to take on the "trained" individual. It's kind of like myself, were I confronted by a Navy SEAL or some other really high speed, low drag type "Operator" I'd just give up. There is no way I have the skills to equal that and I know it in advance. A man has got to know his limitations....I think the wolves have that spidey sense that gives them pause when they confront the Sheepdog and they just sort of know to avoid the confrontation in most instances.
Former Army Infantry Captain; 28 yrs as an NRA Certified Instructor; NRA Patron Life; Avid practitioner of the martial art: KLIK-PAO.
Spyderdude, thanks for sharing.....I have sewing-machine leg in bad situations, too. My fear is having to draw, and through pure excitment,fear,alarm,adrenelin, etc....just squeeze off a round without really meaning to.....anyone have any suggestions on this?
thanks, piper
Former Army Infantry Captain; 28 yrs as an NRA Certified Instructor; NRA Patron Life; Avid practitioner of the martial art: KLIK-PAO.
I have two well, close calls anyways.
In college, I'm sleeping in my apt with the window open and screen in. I am awakened by the sound of somebody ripping my screen out. As I'm reaching for my 1911 I hear one voice say nah nobody woke up. Fortunately (that's right, I said fortunately) I didn't have a round chambered, when I chambered one they heard it and took off.
Second, my fiance and I were living together while she was finishing school. We went out of town one weekend and returned to find graffiti on her car that was left under the attached carport. Well I start trying to get it off when my landlord's father shows up and tells me these punk kids did it and our neighbors too but they got caught in the act. He said they didn't see it on her car and I should call the deputy and add it to the report. So I do while I'm still working on the paint (simple green works wonders). Anyway while I'm on the phone and scrubbing, I turn to see a VERY large black man walking out of the woods coming straight at us. The landlord's dad gets in his truck and leaves!! I very calmly rise and walk around the car and tell F to go grab my 1911. She goes inside and I walk back around the car and he stops just on the other side of the 2 foot brick wall. F comes out the door behind the car and opens the passenger door and lays the gun on the drivers seat. I ask if I can help him and he starts into this tirade full of obscenities. Remember now, I'm on the phone with the deputy still. He asks me what is going on, and I tell him some man just came up and is making no since. He describes the man perfectly to me! Turns out that is the kid's father, the deputy tells me he is sending units to my address, and to be very careful, that man has a very long record of drugs and violent crimes. I ease around and open the driver's door as I tell him I understand, just then the old man drives back up and stands at the front of his truck. The guy starts cussing again and makes a move to come over the brick wall, I grab the 1911, and spin in his direction (dropping the phone) when I get in position I realize the guy is frozen halfway over the wall, but not looking at me, he is giving his full attention to the old man pointing a 357 magnum at him. He eased back over the wall and turned and walked back into the woods from which he came.
I picked up the phone and told the deputy what happened, (oh, by the way, the units he sent never came probably because I told him the guy left).
That truly was an eerie feeling, but we never had problems from the man again.
I have had a close call before. I pulled out onto the access road of a highway in my area and some kids going way over the speed limit started tailgating me and swerving at me. I could sense trouble because they rolled their windows down. I already had my pistol in hand and kept it low. Once the lane opened up they pulled up next to me and displayed what appeared to be a small handgun. I slammed the breaks and got a license plate number. I learned something from that situation. If they had decided to engage me I would have had to shoot through my own window because it was up. This interestingly enough never occurred to me until after the car passed. If a similar situation was to happen again I would try and roll my window down as soon as I felt threatened. The adrenaline was enough to make me queasy about five minutes later. Although not a true face to face draw down, it was enough to reinforce my need to carry.
The Problem: When stupid people do stupid things, smart people end up getting killed.
I forgot about another one I had.
My wife and I were heading up to Virginia in late May and stopped for Taco Bell drive through. Well as we are sitting between the order spot and the window, I notice a large man wearing a black trench coat leaning against the building behind some bushes. He was about 20 feet away of so, I quickly looked around and realized that the design of the drive through had us completely blocked in by a curb and bushes. I eased my hand down and unholstered my 1911 and laid it in my lap. My wife realized what I was doing and started getting jumpy. About that time the guy starts walking right to my window with both hands in the pockets of the trench coat. I let him get to ~10 feet away and eased the gun up to where it was still inside the truck but now aimed at him. He froze and threw open his coat to reveal watches on both sides. He screamed "I'm just selling watches!!" Then turned and walked of at a very brisk pace in the other direction.
Had to draw once, out in public.
A two-person attack on me began in a dimly-lit parking lot, from a couple aisles away. I had just entered the lot and was walking toward the front door of the store. The two broke up, with the accomplice peeling around to my rear. The leader kept directly at me. They were both coming right at me, so there was no mistaking their manifest intent. I kept rough tabs on the guy behind, as I watched the leader. As the lead guy stepped into out from between the cars of the aisle to my right (about ~8-9yds away), I ducked in between the two cars to my left, drew on him and suggested he and his partner had a quick decision to make. They immediately broke off the attack and disappeared into the shadows.
Had I not been armed, I most certainly would have been attacked by two, likely armed, people bent on robbing me or worse.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
This happened over 15 years ago. I was returning home from my mother's home late at night. I stopped at a light when a car full of young thugs pulled next to me. They were calling and yelling, but I gave no response...that they could see. I got my automatic from my holster and put it in my lap.
They started to get out of their car. I held up my weapon...not pointed at them and chambered one....so they could see.
I was ready...they weren't. They jumped into their car, ran the red light and made like geese and got the flock out of there.
I was prepared to hit the gas and run myself if they didn't, but they did.
A woman must not depend on protection by men. A woman must learn to protect herself.
Susan B. Anthony
A armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one has to back it up with his life.
Robert Heinlein


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Skeet Reese is going to keep fishing until the last possible minute. He's not far from the check-in site, and he's got a 5-pounder here that he's been trying to catch all week.
But James Overstreet is back in the boat with me, and we're out of here. It's almost weigh-in time, and it should be a good one.


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Unassisted Childbirth, Third Edition (paperback) has finally arrived! Click here to order it from Amazon.
Unassisted Childbirth
Third Edition, 2016
Forward by Michel Odent, MD
1. We've Come a Long Way – Or Have We?
2. The Dangers of Medical Intervention
3. The Psychological Effects of a Traumatic Birth on a Family
4. Why Physicians Insist on Intervening
5. Personal Beliefs and Expectations
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Someday women will not give birth in hospitals because they will realize that childbirth is not a disease. They will not pay physicians thousands of dollars to probe them and cut them and tell them what to do. They will not submit themselves to IVs, fetal monitors, vaginal examinations, or Cesarean sections. Nor will they take the hospitals into their homes, bringing there the well-meaning substitute doctors – the midwives – with their sterilized instruments, rubber gloves, and breathing techniques. For, none of this will be necessary.
Instead, like their animal sisters, women will someday deliver their own babies peacefully and painlessly at home. Women will understand that birth is only dangerous and painful for those who believe it is.
Someday, both women and men will understand that childbirth (and every other event in their lives) is the result of their individual beliefs. They will no longer listen to the voices of officialdom telling them that their lives are beyond their self-conscious control. They will listen instead to the inner authroity saying, "Your life is your own creation. Believe in yourself and you have nothing to fear."
My goal in writing this book is to help make that someday today.


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The popular Pomegranate tree (Scientific: Punica granatum, Maltese: Rummiena, Siġra tal-Bullar) is frequently encountered in our Maltese countryside. This tree was originally introduced to our Islands in ancient times and has today become an integral part of our flora.
The Pomegranate, a deciduous small tree or shrub of around 5 meters, is attractive with its light green leaves. These leaves are oblong to elliptical in shape and arranged as opposites or in tufts at the extremities of the shorter twigs. Its more or less crooked trunk, which supports a well-branched tree, has a greyish or yellowish bark, which often flakes with age. During the flowering season, the bright-orange flowers are displayed either solitary or united in twos or threes; these are trumpet-like and composed of rather crumpled petals. Following fertilisation, beautiful yellowish or deep-red fruits are produced. And nestled inside the leathery rind of these fruits are numerous seeds, each of which is embedded in a juicy pulp having a delicious sweet flavour.
Today, besides for its edible fruit, the Pomegranate is utilised in a number of ways - ranging from the making of red dye, to drinks and medicine.


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Latos notwithstanding, birthdays march on!
Jose Acevedo (34) -One of those pitchers who looked good until you actually pitched him.
Joe Randa (42) -Nicknamed "The Joker" for his perpetual smile, he had a terrific year at third for the 2005 Reds.
Steve Hovley (66) -Now working as a plumber in California, he has two kids and two grandkids. For those of his who know him from Ball Four, it's difficult to imagine him with grandkids.
Zoilo Versalles - The 1965 MVP, and deservedly so. His 1961 Topps card lists him as "Zorro" Versalles. His post baseball career was sad; he was unable to find work due to the language barrier and a back ailment; he was finally forced to sell his MVP trophy and his World Series and All-Star awards and live on welfare and disability. He died young. Sorry to bum you out this morning...
Bill Skowron (81) -Nicnamed "Moose", not because he was a big guy but because when he was a kid his grandfather gave him a bad haircut that his friends said made him look like Mussolini.
Ty Cobb -What can I say about this guy? The more I researched him the more I realize that I want to know a LOT more about him. I need to read his autobiography, or else the Alexander biography of him. Anybody recommend either?
One story: In 1940, Cobb went into a liquor store and realized that the clerk there was Shoeless Joe Jackson. Joe didn't make any sign that he recognized Cobb; so after the transaction was done, Ty said, "Joe what's the matter- don't you know me?". And joe replied "Sure, I know you Ty. but I wasn't sure you wanted to know me. Lots of the guys don't."


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Growing up, Griffin Collier never had his own tree house, but by the time the Yale senior graduates in May, he hopes to appreciate the view from one he designed and helped build — and which others may enjoy for years to come.
Collier, who is majoring in architecture, designed a tree house as an independent study project in sculpture, and says its creation combines his interest in both fields. His venture, however, was also inspired by his wish that a whole community could delight in what is for many a childhood dream.
"Just going through this process of making a childhood dream of mine come true, I've learned just how common a dream it is for so many people," says Collier.
Collier recently spoke with YaleNews about how his tree house project has taken shape over the past two years and his hope that it will serve as a special sanctuary for visitors to the Yale-Myers Forest, where he and a team of volunteers will erect the structure toward the end of the semester. Here is what we learned.
Blending passions: The idea for his Yale project began after a late-night conversation two years ago between Collier and his friends about their love of tree houses. He began thinking about the possibility of having one in the courtyard of his residential college, Timothy Dwight, and wondered if a gingko tree there might make the perfect setting.
His dean, John Loge — while not promising it could be done — encouraged Collier to explore its feasibility.
"I always wanted a tree house but never had the right kind of tree for one," says Collier, who grew up on Long Island. "I liked the idea of designing one for the architectural question of it, but also because it would be a fun structure, and I thought it would be great to have a communal one at Yale."
Collier met with Turner Brooks, an adjunct professor at the School of Architecture, to discuss the architectural considerations of a tree house and whether he could design one as an independent study project. When he learned that independent study in his own discipline requires an academic paper rather than just a design project, he chose instead to do it via the School of Art's sculpture department.
"The tree house sits between my interests in both architecture and sculpture," explains Collier, who has taken several sculpture classes at Yale and works as a shop monitor in the sculpture department. "You can think of it in a sculptural sense, but it's also inhabitable, so it's an architectural project. I've always loved building things."
At Yale, Collier has designed and built sets for a number of undergraduate theatrical productions, an interest that began when he was in middle school.
Gingko, gone: Collier spent about a year imagining a design for a tree house in the gingko tree, but eventually learned that the tree was not healthy enough to support one. In fact, much of the tree was lost during Hurricane Sandy. To his chagrin, he eventually also discovered that safety codes and other concerns essentially ruled out building a tree house anywhere on the main campus.
Brooks encouraged Collier to look into whether there might be a place for a tree house somewhere within the nearly 7,500 acres of the Yale Myers Forest — owned by the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) — in northeastern Connecticut. The Yale senior had already made contact with F&ES doctoral student Khris Covey to talk about how to build a tree house in an environmentally non-invasive way, and he made his first trip to the forest with Covey.
"A lot of people don't know that Yale has these forest lands, and it occurred to me that having a tree house might be one way to draw attention to them, and to connect a greater portion of the community with Yale Myers."
A kickstart: His visit was soon followed by meetings with Yale Forest manager Alex Barrett and F&ES professor Mark Ashton, director of school forests, to talk about what kind of structure would work well — and be safe — in that environment.
Collier also began working with School of Art sculpture teacher Brent Howard about some of his ideas for its design. Since September, Howard has served as his chief adviser for the project. Ashton, Covey, Barrett, and retired Yale School of Architecture professor Jim Axley, a senior research scientist at F&ES and a structural engineer, have also been important advisers and supporters. Kate Krier, head of undergraduate productions, Peter Pielli of the Department of Health and Safety, and Joseph Zinter at the Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design have also lended support and advice.
The chosen location for the tree house is not far from the Yale Myers Forest basecamp, off the Branch Brook Trail.
"The tree house will sit in a 200-year-old sugar maple at the top of a slope that runs down to the Branch Brook," says Collier. "From the tree, you get a mid-canopy panorama of the forest; as an old-growth tree in a new-growth forest, the tree commands its own clearing. It's a beautiful spot."
To raise the money for the project, Collier began a campaign on the crowd-funding website Kickstarter, and donations came from friends and strangers alike. In fact, he exceeded his $5,000 goal, thanks, in part, to a donation from Claire Woo, a 2001 graduate of the Yale School of Management, who lives in China. In honor of the biggest contributor to the project, the tree house will be named the Lau Tree house (the last name of Woo's husband and twin daughters).
Many iterations: Over the past year, Collier has created many designs for the tree house, each new one aimed at better meeting safety considerations, design incentives, or other stipulations. His final design calls for an open-air structure, built in a series of square frames, and which features two platforms that aim to create a space for observing the natural flora and fauna of the forest.
"It's not a normal tree house in the sense of being a house in a tree," explains Collier. "It's a more loosely held space that you can inhabit in a tree. That openness was important to the design but also to the idea that visitors don't feel separated from nature but engage with it."
Collier and a volunteer team of Yale affiliates first installed a model of the tree house in wood in the Yale-Myers sugar maple to test its size and dimensions. He and his team will fabricate the final design in aluminum through a collaboration with several on-campus shops. They will erect the pre-fabricated structure in the tree toward the end of May. When it is complete, the team will host an opening ceremony for all of the project's participants and other guests.
Acquiescing, but never giving up: Collier acknowledges that the many starts and stops along the way to fulfilling his dream of a tree house were sometimes daunting.
"There were a lot of times I thought about giving up, even in the minutes right before I hit the button to launch the fundraising campaign on Kickstarter," he says. "I had huge doubts about it."
What he has learned from the experience, however, has made every trial along the way worth it, Collier believes.
"I've learned a lot about negotiating the needs of different parties in making a design," he says. "One of my interests with this project is in being able to design with a constant relation to reality — such as thinking about means and budget — and I've certainly had to do that. Beyond that, I learned about sticking to a project — how much is possible if you keep pushing for something.
"Finally, I've discovered how some of the most unexpected people can be totally enthralled by the thought of a tree house," he continues. "That's really just how I envisioned this project: I'm not really doing this for myself, but rather leaving something behind for others at Yale."
Learn more about the project on The Tree House at Yale website.


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Aviation executives' eyes sparkled at China's growing popularity as a tourist destination among Westerners, and the rush of foreign business travellers out to grab a toehold in its expanding economy.
Most of all, they loved China's newly-minted middle class taking to the air, creating a whole new market.
China has built or modernised 50 airports in the past decade, spreading the bonanza far beyond ticket sales.
And Chinese mass tourism is taking off. Singapore alone saw a 35% increase in travellers from China last year, or 10% of all visitors, the Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation (Capa) says.
So has Sars ended this? Do the airlines, engineers and support industries who courted China's air travel market face a painful adjustment?
Chain reaction
At first sight the news is grim: one speaker at a London conference of top executives with interests in China described leaving Beijing in a jumbo jet carrying just seven passengers.
Airlines from countries as diverse as Germany, Finland, Singapore, Holland and Cambodia have had to cut flights to Beijing and Hong Kong.
The damage extends across Asia. Although Australia has not had a single case of Sars, tourist arrivals hit their lowest level in five years during March and April, as European travellers shunned stop-overs in Hong Kong and Asians stayed home.
Airlines have countered falling ticket sales with cutbacks in capital expenditure which has threatened expansion plans.
Shortly after Airbus celebrated a deal to sell 30 planes to China's aviation authorities, one of the recipient airlines, China Eastern, revealed it wanted to avoid taking delivery of 12 out of 18 new planes this year.
Still flying high
But the aviation industry is undaunted. Its hopes for China remain high.
The belief is that as long as China's economic growth is mushrooming, demand for air travel will too, bringing windfalls to engineers, architects and a host of others.
"Aviation markets grow in line with, or faster than gross domestic product [GDP] growth," says James Richards, advisor to the chief executive of Rolls-Royce and a Mandarin speaker.
The engine maker is therefore betting on "faster than 7% growth" in China's aviation market over the next few years, paralleling economic forecasts.
"There is a huge middle-class and that is growing exponentially," agrees John Davie of airport design consultancy Vector.
But he too expects airlines to weather the storm easily enough by switching planes onto other routes and cutting ticket prices.
No looking back
For firms which have plunged into the Chinese market, regulatory issues loom larger than Sars.
As in most countries, China's aviation industry operates under strict controls which can set limits on foreign participation.
Many foreign players think China's shift to a market economy is making these rules more transparent.
Sars made the final preparations "really awkward" as specialists were stuck in London as the deadline drew closer, says Mr Davie, Vector's Director of International Business Development.
But he is upbeat about changes in the way officials operate, and confident about the long-term.
"They're being so transparent, it's wonderful, we've seen such a change in the way China does business in the last five years," he says.
He thinks airport expansion is being more realistically paced than in the past, offering a dozen expansion projects a year: "What they're not being allowed to do is build a giant one when a medium-sized one will do."
The introduction of the free market is making officials more realistic and open, while curbing some of the headlong expansion of the past.
Balancing act
But this change can be double-edged, as UK software firm Videcom, which designs passenger and baggage handling systems, has found.
When bidding to equip regional airports, it finds itself wrestling against local private firms made up of ex-provincial government officials.
They have been cut loose under market reforms but retain the authority of their former jobs with customers, who may be ex-colleagues, says Videcom chief financial officer Caroline Barker.
Foreign firms still face extra taxes and fees set by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) which can undermine their ability to compete.
"We've won deals and had them taken away because of that," says Ms Barker.
But she adds: "We have to say to ourselves, we have to be there now. We have to be automatically part of that industry."
Most foreign players in China's aviation industry seem to agree.


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Who is the world's new longest-ruling leader?
- By Joshua Keating
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy
Barring a truly remarkable turn of events, Muammar al-Qaddafi's rule appears to have come to an end. Having taken power 41 years and 357 days ago, Qaddafi had been the world's longest-ruling sitting leader (not counting royals). He fell short of the all-time record of 49 years set by Fidel Castro, as well as those of Chiang Kai-shek (46 years) and Kim Il Sung (45 years.) So who takes the crown now?
According to Wikipedia, it's Cameroonian President Paul Biya, at 36 years. However, that's disputable since Biya was actually prime minister for the first seven of those years and only assumed the office of the presidency when the sitting president died in 1982.
Going down the list, there's Mohamed Abdelaziz, president of Western Sahara –which is not a generally recognized country — at 34 years. Then there's Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh at 33 years, though his grip on power is tenuous to say the least.
That leaves Equatorial Guinea's kleptocratic President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo as the world's longest-serving undisputed ruler at 32 years and 21 days. Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe are close behind him, both at 31 years.
Given that Obiang and dos Santos are both 71 and Mugabe is 87, Castro's all-time dictator longevity record appears to be pretty safe.