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In the few weeks that Meyer and his new staff had to put together the Florida recruiting class of 2005, there was a lot of hit and miss. For every triumph it seemed there was a tragedy. Florida got some good football players but when he addressed the media on that Wednesday night that was National Signing Day, Meyer looked like a guy who deserved a purple heart. The battle for the heart and mind of Jon Demps personified what he had to go through as the new guy on the block in the state of Florida and in the Southeastern Conference. The fact that he wound up with a well above average class was probably a first clue that this isn't a coach who will allow a lost skirmish take away from the big picture that he sees.
When it comes to recruiting, he is the total animal, relentless and always on the hunt, never too tired or too busy to evaluate another prospect.
A year later, when Urban Meyer stepped to the podium on National Signing Day, he once again looked like a coach in serious need of a week of sleep. He looked plenty tired but he didn't resemble the walking wounded. Last year, every single loss hurt deeply because there was not enough time to put together backup plans. There was nothing to cushion the fall when a battle was lost.
That is the big difference in the recruiting class of 2005 and the one Meyer introduced Wednesday evening. This year, there was adequate time to implement a master recruiting plan. This year there was enough success early on in the process that fall back plans weren't all that necessary. The battles were won early through preparation, quick strikes and innovative planning.
Even though there were some last day whiffs, a couple of de-commits and a signing day surprise, it wasn't enough to take the luster off a class that found its way to the top of Scout.com's rankings. The class was exceptional because Meyer and his staff of assistants won the bulk of the battles long before signing day. The foundation was set to the point that any last week decisions may have bruised a few egos but they weren't the kind of deep wounds that we saw last year when the Gators came up short a few times in the final 72 hours before signing day.
"Chuck Heater our recruiting coordinator said that a couple of recruits got away today, which kind of stings a little," said Meyer at his press conference, "but if I told you a month ago that we would have (Tim) Tebow, (Percy) Harvin and Mon Williams, would you take that? Heck yeah we'd take that."
A month ago, Florida already had 22 of its signing class in place. Nine committed prior to the Gators' 34-7 shellacking of Florida State on Thanksgiving weekend, 13 committed in the next month, and only five were added after January 1. The bulk of the class was already secured and in place before signing day ever arrived.
In the final week, the de-commitments of wide receivers Damon McDaniel (Florida State), Damian Williams (Arkansas) and corner Patrick Robinson (Florida State) did sting but there was enough talent already in place that Meyer didn't have to scramble for replacements at the last moment. McDaniel and Williams would have been nice additions, especially Williams, but with Harvin, Justin Williams, Jarred Fayson and Riley Cooper already solid, those were losses Florida could afford. Robinson would have been nice because he would have given Florida that fourth corner that would have been nice for the depth chart, but again, it's not a critical loss. It simply puts a premium on recruiting more corners next season.
When C.J. Spiller shocked the recruiting world by choosing Clemson over the Gators Wednesday, it was another sting but Spiller, even with his marvelous talents and excessive speed, was a luxury and not a necessity. Had Florida whiffed on either Chevon Walker or Mon Williams it would have been disastrous but with both of them solid and in place, Spiller's loss was a bruise and not an open wound.
Florida got itself into this luxurious position of abundant wealth by using every resource available from in person visits, text messages, junior days, football camps and the innovative Friday Night Lights one-evening mini-camp to sell kids on the Florida coaching staff as well as familiarizing them with the Florida campus and what the university has to offer.
Credit Meyer and his staff for just good old-fashioned hard work and the ability to sell the many positives of the University of Florida through a variety of methods.
"We killed ourselves as far as doing some people say too many things," said Meyer, "but now that you evaluate and you talk to the families of the people --- the Jarred Faysons, Justin Williams, Jamar Hornsbys, Carl Johnsons and Tim Tebows --- a lot of those decisions were made quite a long time ago.
"Florida has so much to offer these guys and you can't see it in a 48-hour visit and one of the great things we have to offer is our players and the families of our coaches. That's something that I think we do better than any school in the country. We're going to do that again. We're going to start junior day and this weekend we'll have some guys in. We've already started recruiting, texting and working. It's already begun. A big part of this class was having them around our players and our families at those junior days."
Another plus was the big-time game day atmosphere at The Swamp. When the Gators took the field against FSU on Senior Day back on that last weekend of November, the atmosphere was zoo-like. The noise level was deafening and the Gators responded like a team charged on by the abundance of electricity in the air.
Florida took control of the game early and then proceeded to make a rout out of it, taking the Seminoles to school before a sellout crowd and recruit benches overflowing with some of the top prospects from all over the country. When the game ended, after the Gators sang the fight song and the alma mater in the northeast corner of the stadium, the team poured into a locker room that was filled with excited prospects. What happened next can only be described as commitment frenzy.
"Brandon Siler sang the fight song and Jamar Hornsby was the first one to start the onslaught," said Meyer. "Jarred Fayson was right there and I shook his hand. Jacques Richardson, Brandon James were also there. I'm not sure who else was in there, but then a couple of hands started showing up saying they wanted to come to Florida. It was nuts. It was the way a locker room is supposed to be."
The win over Florida State coupled a month later with the Outback Bowl victory over Iowa have given Florida the perception of a team on the rise and a team with real momentum going into offseason drills and spring practice. Meyer knows that the success of this recruiting class would not have been possible if the Gators had stumbled against FSU.
"We hit a couple of bumps (Alabama and LSU) in the road in the middle of the season but we finished strong," he said. "We were sliding a little bit, but the team rallied back and won the last two games. If we would have lost the last two there was no chance we would have had the recruiting class like we had. We would have signed the same number, but the quality would have been no where close if we would have stumbled."
The excitement the Florida program generated on the field was coupled with the salesmanship of Meyer and the Florida staff. They sold Florida every chance they got and the results are there for everyone to see --- a top-rated class that is probably within two players of meeting every single need the Gators had for this recruiting season. Sure, the Gators could have used one more cornerback and it surely would have been nice to have one more offensive lineman, but the numbers will be markedly improved as will the talent levels not only at those two positions but all over the field. It's a well balanced class that takes steps toward creating the kind of talented depth that Meyer knows you need to build and sustain championship programs.
When he stood before the media Wednesday afternoon, tired from the final days of the recruiting ordeal, this wasn't just a football coach. This was a successful sales manager and closer who had convinced 27 of the nation's best high school football players that they should spend the next four years in Gainesville.
"I was once on a staff when a coach said selecting a university is a lot like buying a car or buying a home and I thought what the heck are you talking about?" said Meyer. "It's nothing like that! You can sell a car. You can sell a home. I equate it to selecting finding that bride because you're not supposed to trade in your bride. You're supposed to be stuck with that person the next four years of your life."
From a standpoint of potential, the next four years should be a wild ride. This is potentially the best recruiting class in Florida history. The talent is there along with speed and athleticism greater than or equal to anything that's ever been brought into Florida in one class. It's enough to earn Meyer a well-deserved rest.
He may allow himself to sleep late Thursday morning and he might even spend a little extra time with Shelley and the kids on Friday but he'll be back on the recruiting trail Saturday. He'll be there a lot in the weeks and months to come. One top-rated recruiting class isn't going to cut it for this guy. He's a recruiting animal. He's already gearing up for the excitement of the hunt.


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City Councilman Doug Wilson uses an opened magazine as a makeshift table as he stuffs his marijuana pipe. He leaves his stash on the passenger seat and inhales. This pot, he says, is "primo."
So begins the first season of the cable television comedy "Weeds," where drug dealing has replaced cookie baking as a fundraiser in a fictional Los Angeles suburb.
The show is just one of countless examples of how prevalent marijuana is in popular culture. From the lyrics of popular songs to the recognizable leaf patterns emblazoned on T-shirts, marijuana is everywhere, and acceptance of it seems to keep growing.
Years ago, presidential candidates might duck the question and deny inhaling, but now they're admitting to smoking pot, often with an air of nonchalance.
Acceptance also spawns backlash. The federal government insists marijuana is a dangerous, highly addictive substance, a "gateway drug" that exposes experimenters to other illicit substances.
That distinction, coupled locally with a wave of city moratoria and police crackdowns on medical-marijuana dispensaries and grow operations, reveal a deep division created by the leafy plant:
Is it a recreational drug and pain reliever, or a dangerously addictive starter substance?
"Because we've been desensitized to it doesn't make it right," said Ed Hills, a Rancho Cucamonga resident pushing for repeal of the state medical-
marijuana initiative.
Hills, 42, is pressuring his city, which has temporarily banned medical-marijuana dispensaries, to make the ban permanent.
He got involved when he and his neighbors grew wary of suspected drug activity on their street. Hills said he and his neighbors witnessed drug exchanges made on the street, as well as an increase in the number of people coming and going. Hills believes the state's marijuana laws are to blame, though the activity has subsided since the Sheriff's Department helped start a Neighborhood Watch program.
Hills considers marijuana a harmful drug and says Proposition 215, the voter initiative that legalized medicinal marijuana in the state, sends mixed messages to children, including his 12-year-old son.
"We've now taken marijuana - something I've spent his childhood telling him to stay away from - and brought it down to the equivalent of Advil," Hills said.
In 1998, Hills' father died of lung cancer. Hills is skeptical marijuana would have helped ease his suffering.
"When he passed, there was nothing left unsaid, not one word, not one feeling. I wonder how that relationship would have manifested if we spent every afternoon for those six months stoned," he said. "I don't think we would have nearly as healthy a relationship.
"Smoking marijuana is not the miracle drug that it's made out to be. If it is the miracle drug of the 21st century, are we advocating that cancer patients in children's hospitals in Orange County join in bong sessions in the afternoon to deal with chemotherapy?"
Access diminishing
The stoner stereotypes are what make people oppose pot so adamantly, said George Agatep, a medical-marijuana patient from Mira Loma.
Agatep, 36, likes to dress smart, perhaps in an attempt to change public opinion of smokers.
"When you think of marijuana, you think of some counterculture hippie who burns the flag," said Agatep. "When you think of someone who's conservative, or clean-cut, your attitude sort of changes."
Agatep, a fitness trainer, is a self-described conservative who as a student was president of his college Republican group. He campaigned for both Proposition 215 and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole.
In 1996, Agatep suffered patellar tendonitis on both knees. The surgery left two long, dark scars that slice through the front of his knees and are the source of regular cramping and spasticity. Marijuana, which he said doesn't give him symptoms of withdrawal, is his medicine of choice.
"I tried it, and I was impressed. I didn't even know it was going to help me out that much," said Agatep.
But his access to the drug continues to be threatened as more and more cities block establishment of dispensaries. Norco, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga and many other cities have either temporarily or permanently banned such operations.
Margaret Dooley, acting director of the Southern California Drug Policy Alliance, sees these bans as city leaders' way of turning a blind eye to pot.
"It's a continuation of the fallacy that prohibiting sale makes something go away," said Dooley. "Marijuana is extremely available in the black market. The only people who have trouble getting access to it are those who are supposed to have it in California - sick and dying patients."
Dispensary moratoria push marijuana patients into a thriving black market, said Dooley.
"We have not removed it. It is all around us," she said.
A question of addiction
At Rancho Cucamonga's Matrix Institute, where methamphetamine and heroin users seek treatment, director Deborah Service said most of the clients who are strictly marijuana users are young - between 12 and 18 years old.
"Some start out with friends," said Service. "And it's a generational thing. They see parents use, grandparents use. And they use with their parents, too."
Josie Ramirez-Herndon is all too familiar with young people and drug abuse. The Beaumont resident heads a company of call centers that place people in drug treatment. She has heard the stories of families in peril when dealing with drug abuse.
Those stories hit home when she found out her teenage son, now 19 and no longer living with her, had been smoking marijuana since he was 12.
One major source of frustration for Ramirez-Herndon is acceptance of the drug as harmless and not habit-forming.
"When people say it's not a problem, it's not addictive, I don't believe it," she said. "I've seen the difference."
When her son isn't using drugs, she thinks of a happy, lively young man. But "when he's smoking marijuana, he doesn't have motivation, he lies, he's manipulative," she said. "It's the same thing as any other addiction."
When her son was 17, Ramirez-Herndon sent him to rehab and then to a sober-living facility, where he stayed clean for a year. But two months after he got out, he started smoking again. Ramirez-Herndon said he also has tried meth.
Nevertheless, she is optimistic about his future.
"I have to keep that hope," she said. "Otherwise, the only thing that could happen is he'd die from addiction, and I can't think of that."
Staff writer Wendy Leung can be reached by e-mail at email@example.com, or by phone at (909) 483-9376.

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Rough cut of the season opener has been available on BitTorrent since September 1, earlier than its official September 29 premiere.
"Homeland" is hit with a piracy snafu almost a month before it's due to return on air. The season 3 premiere of the drama series has been leaked online ahead of its official debut on September 29 and has been downloaded by 100,000 users since it became available on BitTorrent websites on Sunday, September 1.
The leaked version is reportedly a non-final "workprint" cut which is missing opening credits and VFX on some scenes. It's suspected that someone involved in the show's production was the culprit behind the leak.
An anti-piracy unit of 20th Century Fox which produces "Homeland" is currently working on the issue. Neither the studio nor Showtime has released an official statement on the issue.
"Homeland" season 3 will deal with the aftermath of the attack at the CIA office. After crossing the Canadian border in the season 2 finale, Damian Lewis' Brody won't be seen in the first two episodes of the upcoming season, but he will definitely return. "The decision to not have Brody in the first two episodes was just a function of storyline," executive producer Alex Gansa explained.
Of the third season's theme, he said, "One of the themes of season three is the cost that being an intelligence officer exacts on the people who are in that career. And Saul (Mandy Patinkin) and Carrie (Claire Danes) are obviously the prime examples of that. As a result of the attack last year, the CIA itself is on trial: That agency couldn't even protect itself; how should it be expected to protect the country? Saul is confronted with that very question in the first episode."


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Yup, "American Horror Story" Season 2 Looks Pretty Freaky Already
As we've already told you, season two of "American Horror Story" takes place in an asylum, and Entertainment Weekly's newly posted exclusive pics confirm that I am probably going to need to watch while wearing an adult diaper. Scary nun! Check out a few more pics here.


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I used to love MBs. But the current MB designs just lost me as a customer. They still have that vault-like feel but the material and design went south. That's just my opinion in comparing the current models with their previous generation. Just compare the W211 and the W212. The former had much more MB qualities. The rear folding headrest was a hallmark in my opinion for the E and why they got rid of it for the W212 is beyond me. They replaced the golf tee-like door pins which were also a MB hallmark and replaced it with some cheap ones. Also, I cannot stand the column shifter. Am I driving a Buick? Do I need all that center console space so I can set up for a picnic on my drive? I can go on and on but any one who owned a previous generation MB understand my point. Look at the C Class and compare the W203 with the current W204. The CLK was much better looking than the current E coupe. The current E coupe looks like a roach. I have faith in MB, I hope they will revamp their models some time in the near future to win back some of their lost customers.
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Using the Course Site Map
Each time you Login to the Blackboard system, you will see a page that says Welcome, followed by your first name. In a box on the upper right side of this page entitled "My Courses" you will click on the words "Seafood HACCP Online Training Course". This will take you to the course Site Map shown below. The Site Map is your guide to the Seafood HACCP Internet Training course. The boxes on the Site Map represent each of the twelve Modules in the Course. These Modules correspond to each of the chapters in the Alliance Training manual.
How the Site Map Works - To begin the course, simply move your cursor to the box that says Module 1, and click the left button of your mouse to enter that module. Once you have opened a module, follow the instructions you find there. Proceeding through the module is as easy as clicking on the "Next" button at the top of the page, and then reading the text on the screen. When you have reviewed the information in Module 1, you will come to a series of questions called, Check Your Knowledge. Instructions on how to submit your answers to these questions are provided on the last page of the Module. After submitting your answers, you should click on the words "Site Map" at the top of the list on the left side of your screen to return to the Site Map graphic shown above. You can then continue working on the course by clicking on Module 2 and repeating the same process. You can leave the course by clicking the "Logoff" icon at the top of the page.
Check Your Knowledge Form - The "Check Your Knowledge Form" can be used to write down the answers to the questions at the end of each Module. You can also write down your Username and Password on this form if necessary since you will need them each time you Login to the course. Keep this form with your manual and use it as you proceed through the course. Click here to print out the Check Your Knowledge Form.
Logging Into the Course - Follow these three steps whenever you want to Login to the Seafood HACCP Internet course and work on the course materials:
- Open your Internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Safari) and type in the Internet address of the Blackboard course site. You can add this site to your Bookmarks or Favorites so that you don't have to type in the address each time. Experience has shown that the course works best if you use Internet browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Some individuals have experienced problems with the quizzes when using certain versions or configurations of Internet Explorer.
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Throwback Thursday- What is going on with Gene Simmons on Stage?
I posted this a few weeks ago, so you might have missed it.
KISS is playing this Saturday with Def Leppard at the PNC Bank Arts Center.
The Lovely Christina and I were talking about this video today, (she actually did not know about this video) so I figured to post it again...


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I can't believe I went to get weighed in this morning and I lost 5.4LBS the fist week! It was so easy too! why didn't I do this years ago? I know that I might not lose any some weeks but still a loss like that will keep me motivated. They gave me a ribbon and stand at the front of the meeting though and tell them what I did-umm.. count points! no really I actually ate and lots! I had the hardest time finishing my points at least I lost one point now-I bet I won't be saying that for long!
Oh they had these new point trackers today that you put on your key chain when you go out which I bough ($6) and they had a dining out book for $5 too, that will come in handy when the day comes when I have to eat out again!
There was a guy there who is maintaining his weight and he's afraid to eat chips or french fries, I can see why I don't want to slip up now!


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Corine Mauch arrived at the same decision by a different route. Mauch was born a U.S. citizen to Swiss parents who were college students in Iowa. They lived in the U.S. until she was 5, then again for two more years before she turned 11. Mauch maintained dual citizenship even after she was elected to Zurich's city council. But when she became mayor, she reconsidered.
During the last American presidential election, "I asked myself 'Where do I feel at home?' And the answer is clear: In Zurich and in Switzerland. My attachment to America is limited to my very early youth," Mauch said. Double taxation was "not the crucial factor for my decision. But I will not miss the U.S. tax bureaucracy either."


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Sydney's Cross City Tunnel is unable to pay a $60 million stamp duty bill and is on the brink of receivership for the second time in just six years, in the latest sign of trouble for public-private partnerships.
The owners of the tunnel, Royal Bank of Scotland, Eiser Infrastructure Partners and
But payment appears unlikely as the company is already struggling under high debt levels and low traffic numbers. Its owners are also refusing to put in additional funds.
They claim stamp duty is not payable and have been fighting the NSW Office of State Revenue since September 2007, when they bought the asset out of receivership for $700 million. "The Cross City Tunnel purchase was undertaken on the basis that no stamp duty was payable," the company told The Australian Financial Review.
"The owners of the Cross City Tunnel still believe that to be the situation . . . and are in discussions on the matter."
If the dispute is not resolved, creditors or directors may put the company and its associated trusts into receivership in the coming weeks.
Alternatively, the Office of State Revenue could issue a wind-up notice in early March. This is the latest public-private partnership to run into trouble and may cause further headaches for the NSW government.
Only yesterday it was forced to inject $175 million into the Reliance Rail consortium in an effort to ensure 78 trains for the Sydney suburban network were completed.
This follows the financial collapse of Brisbane's RiverCity Motorway in February last year and Sydney's Lane Cove Tunnel in January 2010.
But the Cross City Tunnel, which cost $680 million to build, might gain the dubious distinction of collapsing twice.
The company appointed Goldman Sachs as its financial adviser late last year.
The tunnel first went into receivership in December 2006, just a year after opening.
It was sold in September 2007 for about $700 million, a very full price that reflected the global credit boom that drove demand for infrastructure assets.
This time around shareholders are likely to lose the entire $300 million they put into the asset. Creditors, who are owed about $550 million in bonds and swaps, should get most of their money back.
But they will be eager to protect their investment. Putting the company into receivership should ensure they are paid before the Office of State Revenue, which would be considered an unsecured creditor.
The Office of State Revenue is understood to have demanded $35 million in stamp duty and a further $25 million in penalty interest.
It declined to comment.
It is understood that shareholders have received advice from a senior counsel supporting their view that stamp duty is not payable on the asset.
But even without this adverse stamp duty assessment, the Cross City Tunnel was expected to have trouble refinancing $79 million in debt that matures in June 2014.
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College can be a very stressful time in your life, so I would like to let you know some of the things that have helped me make it through my Freshman and Sophomore years at school. Some of these things I wish someone would have told me before I started college.
Friends that you have had all through high school are most likely not going to be attending the same college as you. Making new friends can be very beneficial, especially when you are in the same classes and you need someone to cram with for that final at the last minute, which brings me to my next piece of advice....
Your professors are there to help you! So please, don't go through college without asking for help if you really need it. It can be really helpful to discuss something with your professor one-on-one. They may be able to explain it in a different way than they did during class that works for you. If you're still confused and need more help, there are tutors that may be able to explain it better than your professor!
I know that it's very tempting to spend your free time on things like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, or anything besides homework. It is to your advantage to get your work done as soon as possible, so that you can have actual free time where there is absolutely nothing for you to do.
If you spend all of your time stressing about school or doing homework all the time, you will drive yourself crazy! So it is important that you take some time for yourself every once in a while to do whatever you want.
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The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Colorado Springs will be "Honoring Hispanic Business" at their GALA, January 26, 2002, at the Sheraton Hotel (I-25 & Circle Drive)
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I'm new here,and seeking some advice. My DD will be 1 yo next week, and she has had no vaccines. I would prefer not to start to vaccinate until 2, but recently DH and I have decided to travel to Hungary in November. Looking at the travel alerts, it seems that countries around Hungary have had a few recent measles outbreaks, but the main recommended vax for Hungary is Tdap due to a few diptheria cases in the country recently. We will be in Budapest and renting an apt, but will be taking public transport everywhere and eating both at home and in restaurants, and in other public places, obviously. I am also concerned about the plane flight; we are taking a red eye for the longest flight, but she is 1 now and will want to get up now and then and walk up and down the aisles, and touch things around her. We got her a window seat so that she can sit in her car seat to sleep and be away from the aisle.
I breastfed until she was 7 mo and had to stop due to a health issue, and she has been on organic formula and organic solids now, so BF is not an option now.
I don't know whether to vax her with MMR or Tdap due to the trip, or continue unvaxed. I do plan to do selective vax later, anyway. I would hate for her to get sick and/or be patient 0 for an outbreak after returning home, but she has never been sick (knock wood) and I would hate to damage her immune system. We live on an organic farm and she plays with dirt and is around our dogs constantly, and has been super healthy.
Sorry to be crazy, but I have been so back and forth on this recently. I appreciate any thoughts and advice! Thanks!
Are you comfortable making the active decision to give her vaccines with known risk of injury (some untreatable), because you are worried about the very low chance of her contracting a treatable disease?
Ma2two, is that really a helpful comment? Doesn't feel like on to me. remember she is posting on the selective vax area, we do our best to be balanced and without hyperbole.
Ottobot1, first off welcome to mothering.com! please don't be scared off by the opening reply. people feel strongly about vax issues around here and some can forget their manners.
it sounds like you are looking at particular issues in just the way i would.
i would make sure that what is called a "break out" is not just 2 people or something, since reports can often be dramatic.
Then i would look at that shots you would need to get to cover the particular risks that you find are actually there.
then ask yourself why you wanted to wait, and if those particular shots are part of the reason or weather you could feel ok about giving just those ones. i personally feel more comfortable about some vaxes than others for sure. once you look at then each by themselves, you may too.
finally you may look into how effective the shots you need are in the timeframe you have to give them, for example does it need a set of shots over 6 months to really work? then you are out of luck and the choice is already made at least for this trip.
hope that gives you some more to think about. i selectively and delay my babes shots, though we get a large portion of them, just spread out. but there is a handful i have not done, but would do if them probably if i was traveling abroad.
So what if I don't fit cleanly into a defined parenting style, my kids don't fit into a personality archetype either!
That was rather rude of you, Adorkable.
It is a question of being active vs. passive. Everybody's comfort level is different in this regard. Would she rather take an active risk by vaccinating like most people do, or be passive (do the natural thing by not vaccinating) and risk her child contracting the disease?
Do you have the exact statistics for the diseases and where? I have traveled numerous times with unvaccinated children to Germany (we don't vaccinate either before the age of 2). Granted, there is no diphteria in Germany at all, but measles. However I looked up when and where and since my target area hadn't had a case of measles in years, I felt fine going. Also, I knew I can always get the monovalent measles vaccine while in Germany after exposure if necessary. If there had been lots of measles, I would have not traveled as MMR before 12-13 years, if at all, is out of question.
As for the travel itself, we take lots of vitamins, I kept the kids close (Ergo, car seat), don't interact with strangers, and bring hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes for everything. Lots of hand-washing at all times.
Ma2two, I said what I felt, that's all. I have seen many folks never get to their 2nd post on MDC, possibly because of the tone of the first reply they got, so I was doing what I saw as balancing her first impression of the spectrum that MDC folks are. I would like to not derail her useful thread on this disagreement of semantics.
So what if I don't fit cleanly into a defined parenting style, my kids don't fit into a personality archetype either!
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#1 The California state government is facing a potential state budget deficit of 19 billion dollars this year, and California debt is rapidly approaching junk status. One way or another the taxpayers of California are going to have to pay for this mess somehow.
#2 California Governor Jerry Brown recently unveiled a "draconian" budget plan for 2011 that includes 12 billion dollars more in spending cuts and that maintains 12 billion dollars in recent tax increases.
#3 The state of California currently has the third highest state income tax in the nation: a 9.55% tax bracket at $47,055 and a 10.55% bracket at $1,000,000.
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#5 Residents of California pay the highest gasoline taxes (over 67 cents per gallon) in the United States.
#6 California had more foreclosure filings that any other U.S. state in 2010. The 546,669 total foreclosure filings during the year means that over 4 percent of all the housing units in the state of California received a foreclosure filing at some point during 2010.
#7 Home prices in some areas of California have completely fallen off a cliff. For example, the average home in Merced, California has declined in value by 63 percent over the past four years.
#8 725 new laws (most of them either completely pointless or completely stupid) went into effect in the state of California on January 1st.
#9 20 percent of the residents of Los Angeles County are now receiving public aid of one kind or another.
#10 The number of people unemployed in the state of California is approximately equal to the populations of Nevada, New Hampshire and Vermont combined.
#11 In some areas of California, the level of unemployment is absolutely nightmarish. For example, 24.3 percent of the residents of El Centro, California are now unemployed.
#12 Residents of California pay some of the highest electricity prices in the entire nation.
#13 The state of California ranks dead last out of all 50 states in the number of emergency rooms per million people.
#14 According to one survey, approximately 1 out of every 4 Californians under the age of 65 has absolutely no health insurance.
#15 At one point last year it was reported that in the area around Sacramento, California there was one closed business for every six that were still open.
#16 In the late 70s, California was number one in per-pupil spending on education, but now the state has fallen to 48th place.
#17 In one school district in California, children as young as five years old are being forced to watch propaganda films that tout the benefits of "alternative lifestyles", and parents are being told that no "opting out" will be permitted.
#18 The crime rate in the San Diego school system is escalating out of control. The following is what San Diego School Police Chief Don Braun recently told the press about the current situation....
"Violent crime in schools has risen 31 percent. Property crime has risen 12 percent. Weapons violations (have gone up) almost 8 percent."
#19 Oakland, California Police Chief Anthony Batts announced last year that due to severe budget cuts there are a number of crimes that his department will simply not be able to respond to any longer. The crimes that the Oakland police will no longer be responding to include grand theft, burglary, car wrecks, identity theft and vandalism.
#20 Things have gotten so bad in Stockton, California that the police union put up a billboard with the following message: "Welcome to the 2nd most dangerous city in California. Stop laying off cops."
#21 During one recent 23 year period, the state of California built 23 prisons but just one university.
#22 The farther you look into the future, the worse California's financial problems become. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, California's unfunded pension liability is estimated to be somewhere between $120 billion and $500 billion at this point.
So could the state of California actually go bankrupt?...
California will drop off the map but maybe it will be financial (first) instead of the big earthquake.
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Clinical depression is more than just feeling blue or down. People who are clinically depressed feel down, sad, and hopeless most of the time, for weeks on end. They often become disinterested in things they used to enjoy. In addition to feeling low all the time, those suffering from depression often have trouble sleeping or eating. They find that they have trouble with their thinking; they may not be able to concentrate well enough to read or even watch television. Those who are depressed often spend a lot of time thinking about death, or thinking that they would be better off dead. The symptoms of depression can be similar to those experienced by someone who is grieving the death of a loved one. However, in depression, these feelings can arise without such a loss, and they last much longer than normal grief.
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder is given when five or more of the following symptoms have been present during a consecutive two-week period:
- Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day.
- Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all or almost all activities most of the day, nearly every day.
- Significant weight loss when not dieting or a decrease or increase in appetite nearly every day.
- Difficulty sleeping, or sleeping too much nearly every day.
- Noticeably physically agitated or slowed down, as observed by others nearly every day.
- Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day.
- Feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt nearly every day.
- Diminished ability to concentrate or make decisions nearly every day.
- Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.
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- Emotion-Focused Therapy (Process-Experiential) (modest research support)
- Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (modest research support)
- Reminiscence/Life Review Therapy (modest research support)
- Self-System Therapy (modest research support)
- Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy (modest research support)
For more information on depression and its treatment, please visit the National Institute of Mental Health website.
Note: Other psychological treatments may also be effective in treating Depression, but they have not been evaluated with the same scientific rigor as the treatments above. Many medications may also be helpful for depression, but we do not cover medications in this website. Of course, we recommend a consultation with a mental health professional for an accurate diagnosis and discussion of various treatment options. When you meet with a professional, be sure to work together to establish clear treatment goals and to monitor progress toward those goals. Feel free to print this information and take it with you to discuss your treatment plan with your therapist.


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Special Spring Harvest Celebration
The Red Lion Inn is participating in
Berkshire Grown's
Farmed + Foraged: A Weekend of Spring Flavors
, a local culinary celebration of farmed and foraged seasonal foods
May 21 - May 23
. The Red Lion Inn is once again one of the official sponsors of the
Farmed + Foraged
event. Executive Chef Brian J. Alberg will present a special
Farmed + Foraged
three-course dinner menu crafted
from foraged items, local dairy, eggs, greens and locally sourced proteins. The prix fixe meal is priced at $45 per person (not including tax or gratuity.) Berkshire Grown will receive a contribution of $15 from each prix
fixe dinner sold (please call 413.298.5545 for information and a reservation).
To extend the celebration of
Farmed + Foraged
, we are also offering a special al fresco dinner
Friday, May 28
. A communal dinner served on our intimate and historic porch, limited to 30 guests, will be served as courses and family style. All ingredients will be farmed and foraged from the Berkshires, Hudson
Valley and Vermont. The price for this special dinner menu is $75, not including tax or gratuity. Please call 413.298.5545,
email us
or go to
for reservations.
Lots to Do
in the Berkshires!
Choral and Instrumental Music of Purcell and Haydn
May 22 at 8pm
First Congregational Church, Stockbridge
Berkshire Bach Society presents Frank Nemhauser conducting the
Berkshire Bach Singers and Chamber Ensemble in a program of intimate church music of Henry Purcell and the humorous, sophisticated part-songs of Joseph Haydn covering everything from Purcell's elegant funeral music for the beloved Queen Mary to Haydn's party songs about drinking, gambling and harmony (!) in marriage.
click here
for more information.
The Blanks
(aka "Ted's Band" from the Sitcom Scrubs)
at the Colonial
Sat 5/22 8PM They're The Blanks, a quartet of friends who like to sing a cappella music. For a few years now they've been appearing on the television show Scrubs as 'Ted's and having lots of fun while doing it. They're outrageous and this show promises to be like nothing you've seen or heard before!
Please click here to read more...
Karen O & Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Monday, May 24 at
the Colonial
Formed in New York City in 2000, Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an indie rock band comprising vocalist and pianist Karen O, guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner and drummer Brian Chase. Their popular indie/garage sound garnered Karen O and Yeah Yeah Yeahs four Grammy nominations and a Golden Globe nomination.
Please click here for more info...
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to the
over Memorial Day weekend to celebrate Paul Taylor's 80th birthday with two performances. The programs include Mr. Taylor's two newest dances,
Also Playing
Brief Encounters
. On Saturday, May 29 at 8pm, the program features the satiric
Public Domain
, the erotic
Brief Encounters
, and Taylor's red-hot look at the culture of tango,
Piazzolla Caldera
. On Sunday, May 30 at 3pm, the program includes the blissful
, the comic Vaudeville tribute
Also Playing
, and
Piazzolla Caldera
Please click here for more info...
Close Encounters With Music presents:
Prague Spring - Czech Idyll
Saturday, June 5 - 6PM
From the land of Franz Kafka, bucolic landscapes, and Bohemian crystal, music by Dvorak, Smetana, and Janacek that glows with lyricism and melodiousness. Dvorak's
Piano Quintet
is a recognized masterpiece, and along with the other selections, it over-flows with Mittel-European ease, cultivation and affecting tenderness. It's never too far from the Czech countryside and a languid summer's evening.
Please click here for more information...
Must See -
Closing Soon!
Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera
Find a fascinating parallel universe to Norman Rockwell's paintings in the meticulously composed photographs that informed his work.
Norman Rockwell:
A Life in Art
Connect with Norman Rockwell through this in-depth exhibition featuring original artworks spanning the breadth of his career, and personal mementos and family photographs from the Norman Rockwell archives.
Click here for more information.
Berkshire International Film Festival
Thursday, June 3 - Sunday, June 6
Great Barrington - Triplex Cinema, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington Town Hall.
Pittsfield - Beacon Cinema, Little Cinema (at Berkshire Museum)
Passes $500, $250,
The Berkshire International Film Festival showcases the latest in independent feature, documentary, short, and family films from the United States and 18 other countries.
Monthly Specials Get Gals Geared Up for Summer
Mom's ABCs
special includes handmade chocolate truffles (at right, an example of their delicious work) from our neighbors at
Peace, Love and Chocolate
, continental breakfast and an overnight in a deluxe guestroom for just $150 inclusive (Sunday-Thursday; upgrades are available for an additional charge).
Summer ReVamp
special is offered from June 1-24, just in time for you and a girlfriend to transform yourself for summer fun and travel.
Summer ReVamp
starts with the basics: a fifty-minute makeup application with Jane Iredale mineral cosmetics (plus 15% off any Iredale products) at the nearby
(stylist/principal Mark Johnson did runway for years - including Naomi, Kate and Christy). This two-night package also includes accommodations in a deluxe room at the charming Red Lion Inn and breakfast each morning to get you fueled up for a day scouting out new looks at the
Prime Outlets
(BCBG Max Azria, Calvin Klein, Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, J. Crew, Nine West, GAP...) and the Inn's Gift Shop featuring locally-made jewelry, accessories and more... Summer ReVamp includes two $25 gift cards for the outlets and two $25 Gift Shop vouchers for you and your pal. From $535, Monday - Thursday; $700 Friday - Sunday, including all taxes and meal gratuities.
Be sure to check the last-minute specials page on our website for a variety of dates with super special rates...
Click here to view
! For more details on packages and specials, please contact our Reservations Department by phoning 413.298.1690 or
emailing us
Or to check other dates and availability please click here!
Summer Fun - New Packages!
Our local theaters, museums and performing arts centers have released their summer schedules - now's the time to make reservations for a late spring or summer stay at the Red Lion. We are offering a package that includes admission to a
Catamount's new adventure park
with our
Catch Me If You Can
package - upgrade to a larger room and bring the kids (their admission will be extra)! Our new
Berkshire Bounty
package encourages you to explore our local farms and give you a fresh bag of produce to take home with you. If you don't have plans for July Fourth Weekend, we're firing up the BBQ grill in the courtyard for a special outdoor meal (our Reservations staff will gladly provide details).
Click here to view all our summer packages!
Attention Runners! Last Chance for Race!
The Inaugural
Memorial Day Marathon
Weekend will take place on May 29-30, 2010 with the start and finish at the iconic Tanglewood Music Center just up the road from the Inn! The weekend will feature The Memorial Day Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, The Berkshires 10K & 5K races and a Pre-Race Expo at Tanglewood. To view the course maps, please click here. A portion of the proceeds from the event will benefit the
Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund
Use promo code RLI for 15% off your race registration fee (military, fire, and police personnel receive 25% off the registration fee - cannot be combined with the RLI discount). To register, please click here. If you are interested in a marathon weekend travel package, The Red Lion Inn - the official hotel partner of The Memorial Day Marathon - in conjunction with Running Away will be offering special packages in conjunction with this event. Email
for info!
There's a growing team of Red Lion staff that are training for this race - at least the 5K!
Join us!
Memorial Day Weekend Family Fun Includes
Revival of Car Show at Chesterwood...
Just down the road from the Inn is
, the home and studio of Lincoln Monument sculptor Daniel Chester French. The site opens on May 29th with a family celebration,
Welcome Home Mr. Lincoln
, from noon to 4PM. You and the whole family will enjoy
art & nature activities, a Lincoln impersonator, live music, and much
more. Refreshments will be available; picnicking is encouraged - weather permitting. (Grab a picnic at the nearby
Elm St Market
, just around the corner from the Inn!). The event celebrates the homecoming, from its year-long exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., of Daniel Chester French's six-foot, final plaster model of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial.
Admission is $15 per adult; children 18 years old and under are admitted for free.
On Sunday, May 30, experience the revival of the popular
Chesterwood Antique Automobile Show
, featuring antique and vintage foreign and domestic vehicles ranging from the turn of the last century to 1974, from 10AM to 5PM. Admission for adults is $15 per person and includes access to sculptor Daniel Chester French's studio and residence. Free admission for kids 18 and under, sponsored by local businesses.
Owners of antique cars interested in participating, may call 413.298.3579, ext. 25210.
Our Gift Shop is now on Facebook! Fan Up and Keep Up with the Latest Arrivals!
The Red Lion Inn's Gift Shop now has its own page on Facebook. and see what we're up to - dinner specials, events, check out photos posted by our guests, plus our Facebook Friday offers that are always a good deal. We'll tweet lunch and dinner specials, Lion's Den performers and Berkshire events.
Fan Up on the Lion's Den Facebook page!
We'll keep you posted on all the happenings in the Lion's Den - just
click here
and become a fan of our beloved pub!
Year-round Arts, Cultural & Historic Attractions !
No matter what time of year, there's to plenty to discover...
Performing Arts:
Close Encounters with Music
Lion's Den pub
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
MASS MoCA
Shakespeare & Company
The Colonial
Lichtenstein Center for the Arts
'62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College
Aston Magna Foundation For Music & Humanities, Inc.
Berkshire Bach Society
Visual Arts & Historic Sites:
Berkshire Art Gallery in Great Barrington
Berkshire Museum
Norman Rockwell Museum
Hancock Shaker Village
The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute
The Mount - Edith Wharton's estate in Lenox
Ventfort Hall
Chapin Library Of Rare Books & Manuscripts
Stockbridge Library Historical Room
Animagic- Museum of Animation Special Effects and Art
The Du Bois Center of American History
Williams College Museum Of Art
MASS MoCA
Ferrin Gallery
Get a Breath of Fresh Air !
Check out these links to plan your Berkshire adventure...
Appalachian Trail
Audubon Center/wildlife sanctuary
Beartown State Forest
Berkshire Bike and Board
Berkshire Botanical Garden
Berkshire Horseback
Berkshire Sightseeing and Backroad Tours
Catamount Ski Area
Hancock Shaker Village
Jiminy Peak
Mohawk Trail State Forest in North Adams
Monument Mountain
Mount Greylock
October Mountain
Ski Butternut
Trustees of Reservations
Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail
Western Gateway Heritage State Park
Find Us On Facebook! Follow Us On Twitter!
Connect with us online and see what we're up to... Become a fan of The Red Lion Inn and see what we're up to - dinner specials, events, check out photos posted by our guests, plus our Facebook Friday offers that are always a good deal. We'll tweet lunch and dinner specials, Lion's Den performers and Berkshire events.
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Mama's we have all experienced meddling at one point of another in our parenting. It may have been by a stranger, friend and of course family. Everyone feels they need to give unsolicited advice at every turn. Sometimes this advice can be helpful (if delivered properly) and other times it can feel as if your parenting and motherhood skills are being put under a microscope. Of course when you back a cat in a corner prepare to get clawed, it's just the law of nature. When people continue to meddle in your parenting unsolicited eventually someone will get clawed (not literally, of course) usually by way of their feelings getting hurt. When Bouie and I had our first son in 2005 we were away from home and our parents were so happy to see their first grand. We were elated too although we were a bit nervous. We'd been planning our first trip home to show off our pretty baby boy. We were ready to go back home just as soon as we arrived. I felt like my family had something to say about everything I did. Let me just say that my family is made up of primarily women, enough said, OK! Well everyone wanted to give advice and critique me at the same time and it seemed like I was being picked on for not doing things their way, the way our family had done them for years. I wasn't putting the diaper on properly, nor did I have my son on enough clothes, and my God where were his shoes, Why hadn't I packed him 3 sets of outfits instead of two and why didn't I have him some soap and a wash cloth and it just seemed like they wouldn't stop. I couldn't tell if they were happy to see me of if they were getting joy out of picking my mothering skills apart.
My hubby was upset, but he kept his cool and didn't say a word. I felt like I just wanted to snatch my baby and get the hell from around my family. When we got in the car I cried and cried, like a baby. You know the cry when your chest goes up and down and you can barely breathe, let alone get a word out. For a while I dreaded coming home because it was the same thing every time. I started to build up a bit of resentment towards my family for their meddling. My husband encouraged me to talk with them and get it off my chest. I was apprehensive because these were the women who helped raise me, changed my diapers and all. I didn't want to come off rude or disrespectful and I didn't want to hut anyone's feelings although mine were very hurt. I talked to my mom and I explained to her what I was feeling and how I didn't like to come home because I was made to feel like an inadequate mother and I hated feeling that way. I thought she was going to be on the defensive, but to my surprise she'd never looked at it from my point of view. She told me that in their eyes this was their way of showing me their love and concern. They didn't mean any harm and in no way did it ever cross their mind that I may feel like I was being ganged up on or that my parenting was being critiqued. My mom talked to her sisters and it got better. Of course it didn't happen overnight, but subsequent visits got better. By the time our second child came along we were in a much better place and we moved back home and it all worked out. Now that I have four kids the days of meddling are about 90% gone, but occasionally my mom will go there and I just thank her for being concerned but that I'm good. We usually look at each other and then smile with no feeling being hurt and all being well in the world.
Mama's if you have someone who is meddling in your parenting and you feel a certain way about it say something. Now I'm not giving you a pass to maliciously hurt someone's feelings or go off on someone, but I'm sure you can be respectful and get your point across. The main thing you need to express is how their meddling impacts you and makes you feel. You let them know you appreciate their concern and even value their input, but you would like for the nitpicking to stop. I know how hard it is to be a Mama. It is an everyday learning process and it can be difficult to navigate so you don't need anyone making you feel like you aren't capable of handling it. Now with that being said, if you find that you need help ASK FOR IT! Happy Monday Mama's!
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Overkill's second live record was recorded in their native New Jersey turf, and featured a more compact set on one disc that was released alongside a DVD version. By this point the band had an entirely new pair of guitarists, Dave Linsk who had come aboard a few years prior, and Derek 'The Skull' Tailer, a more recent addition, so they've still got that extra rhythm guitar as with the previous live released in 1995. All told, the better selections here are superior in sound to Wrecking Your Neck Live, but that's also the catch: to get there, you've gotta ford a number of lame bounce metal tracks from some of the band's mediocre records, and the general quality of chosen material throughout the 13 cuts cycles back and forth between classic and nearly intolerable.
"Necroshine" (from the 1999 album of the same name) and "Thunderhead" (off Bloodletting) are a pretty poor choice to kick off this order, and to be honest with you they sound even more like lame examples of throwaway 90s groove metal in the live setting than their studio counterparts. Boasting some of the most uninteresting chord progressions in the band's entire catalog, which belong more to any random Machine Head/Pantera jump da fuc up bar band than the black and green, they hardly breed much anticipation for what follows. Thankfully, Blitz' presence is cutting and focused enough that you can, with some level of perseverance, make it nearer the middle of the disc where songs like "I Hate", "Shred" and "Deny the" fuckin' "Cross" await your attention. Hilarious to me that these oldies sound so much tighter and driven than the newer material here; it's almost like the band just knows those are the money shots, and are shoveling the crap out of the way just to push a few records they're actually touring on at the merchandise table.
Still, not all the classics get a great treatment here. "E.vil N.ever D.ies" seems a little limp, "In Union We Stand" a bit dry and repetitious despite the fans' love and involvement, and every time I listen to this I almost blank out by the time the eponymous closer "Overkill" arrives. There's another sequence of newer material with a few From the Underground and Below Tracks ("Long Time Dyin'", "It Lives") which has its moments, and the rare performance of "The Years of Decay" is not too shabby (if you like the original), but ultimately "Deny the Cross" and "Shred" destroy every other song on this several times over, even the rest of the oldies, and it makes me wonder if placing "Electro-Violence", "Rotten to the Core", "Wrecking Crew" and a handful of other goodies in the set in place of....fucking "Battle" or the lamentable "Necroshine" would not have improved it?
Despite my disdain at a few of the set choices, though, Wrecking Everything Live at least sounds decent. You get all of Blitz' great banter between the performances, and the guy sounds great singing. The backing vocals are pathetic, from the overbearing grunts to the flimsier single lines, but the bass is incredibly full sounding and the guitars juicy and thick, a double-edged sword as it makes some of the banal grooves on the newer tunes sound even more goofy. I'm just faced, once again, with the plain fact that my fallout of interest in Overkill throughout the 90s renders another of their live albums 'not really for me', while I'm sure some dude in a wifebeater and who crushes beer cans on his forehead while hailing W.F.O. and Necroshine as the greatest thrash albums of the 20th century will get his money's worth. You win some, you lose some, I just wish I hadn't bought the season pass.


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