text: RT Book, Whole DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 213356503 LA Text in Spanish. T1 Fruits basket. [10] [10] A1 Takaya, Natsuki,, PB Norma Editorial PP Barcelona, Spain YR 2007 SN 9788498141092 : PAP 8498141095 : PAP AB Tohru and the Sohmas are at the Sohma's summerhouse, but it's not all fun and games. Akito causes a commotion by dropping by for a visit, Shigure strolls down memory lane with an old friend, and Tohru begins to wonder what life is like for the loved ones of a cursed member of this family.


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Doctor Morgan Black is a dirty bastard who regularly pervs over his patients. But when bald muscle hunk Mitch Vaughn shows up for a check-up, Dr. Black can't help let his fantasies run wild. This new patient is just too much inspiration for the doctor's spank bank. And I'm loving this medical fantasy from Bound Gods. Their dungeon play sessions are hot, but it's nice to see the BDSM site exploring some other kinds of fetish sex.
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But the best part of this scene for me is the rectal exam with this electric butt-plug. And when the doctor turns on the power, Mitch's cock stiffens and dances. Mitch's hole definitely likes the attention even if he's yelping and protesting. Finally, the doctor wants to feel his cock inside this stud's ass one more time. So he puts Mitch down on all fours, locks his hands and feet in a stock, and pounds away until he's ready to shoot his cum load.

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Wednesday, August 26
Kill Your Darlings—Unless You Can Give Them Goals
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We all have those scenes, right? We love 'em, but they really don't serve a justifiable purpose. I've had many, but am considering one I really loved; it lived in my notebook almost since the conception of my novel. It was one of those 'Aw, that's so sweet' scenes, one that made my tummy all a-flutter.
Except fluttering tummies don't exactly turn pages. They just sort of…well, sit there.
When I at last reached the point in my story where that scene was supposed to go (for those of you who don't know, I write 'shotgun style'; sometimes from the middle out, sometimes from the end backwards, rarely from beginning to end, like a normal human being) I was crazy-excited. Here was my tummy-flutter scene where at last my heroine discloses, to the hero, her night of great shame.
Now, initially, the goal of this scene was to allow my character to have an internal emotional arc: disclosing an intimate and deeply shameful secret to a man (her potential lover) that would end up illustrating, beyond question, how powerful her feelings are for him. I thought it was perfectly fine—but when it hit the actual story itself, I discovered that…meh. It was 'ok' but not 'good' and light-years from 'great'.
Why? Because tummy flutters do NOT sell copy. Goals sell copy. And alongside goals, discomfort sells copy. Heroines and heroes doing what they don't want to do yet doing what they MUST do sells copy. (Tummy flutters help, especially when combined with a whole lot of 'ouch!' moments, and we'll get there. But first) …
There I was with my sweet little tummy flutter scene that just…didn't work. I was reluctant to backspace through it though, and as I mulled it over, it hit me. The goal–a shared tender moment–wasn't necessarily WRONG. It just wasn't ENOUGH. That made me think; a good goal, like anything else in a novel, needs layers and they look a little like this:
Macro Goal: How the scene is advancing the Plot / how its helping the problem be solved?
Mezzo Goal: How is the scene advancing the Character—how will this person grow, change and self-actualize by engaging in this scene that is also pushing your plot forward?
Micro Goal: How is this scene going to change the Character's HEART—how will this person's emotional journey advance because of this scene?
Employing this template, I reconsidered which of the above goals was being met by the tummy flutter scene, and decided it was my character's emotional quest (Micro Goal). I was then charged with how to amplify the scene so that both the Macro & Mezzo goals were progressing forward too. By breaking it down like this, I discovered a whole way to employ this scene I really loved and wanted to keep because then I could tie it (which was essentially my heroine's emotional journey) to her entire character arc and to her problem-solving journey, linking them as symbiotic events that could not grow and arc without the other.
Hurrah! A scene saved! And there's more:
With each layer within this scene that were now moving in the same direction, I also asked 'And how can I make this hurt?' then jacked up the pain. Reflecting on that, I knew I didn't just want it to be embarrassing for the heroine to disclose her night of shame, I wanted it to be excruciating (micro). And I didn't just want her uncertain about allowing herself to trust, I wanted her to feel out and out fear (mezzo). And then (macro now) when her hero lies to her about this very night it doesn't just sting. It breaks her heart.
Summing up: Layering the goal gave me not only a much stronger reason to keep the scene, but also stronger prose within the scene. It opened doors for imagery and emotion that weren't there before and, most importantly, made the 'tummy flutter moment' not only necessary but CRUCIAL to the heroine's quest (on every level!). And then, when the 'disaster' within the scene happened the ouch!was bigger, deeper and harder to repair—and that's what ultimately made the reader turn the page.
So…don't place your finger on that backspace button too hastily with those Darlings that seem directionless. Consider and reconsider the potential for goals within those scenes, then see if you can make the scenes work (like the employees they are!) to serve your story.
Bonnie Randall is a Canadian writer who lives between her two favorite places—the Jasper Rocky Mountains and the City of Champions: Edmonton, Alberta. A clinical counselor who scribbles fiction in notebooks whenever her day job allows, Bonnie is fascinated by the relationships people develop—or covet—with both the known and unknown, the romantic and the arcane.
Her novel Divinity & The Python, a paranormal romantic thriller, was inspired by a cold day in Edmonton when the exhaust rising in the downtown core appeared to be the buildings, releasing their souls.
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But... but they're my darling!ReplyDelete
I created a whole chapter 1 darling. My critique partner said : cut it out and put it on your blog or fan page.
I feel your pain - I get insanely attached to some scenes, it's as if they're my children or something.ReplyDelete
Any way your Cahpter-Darling can be recalibrated with some sharper goals?
Great post. Thanks!ReplyDelete
I now have your three questions tacked up on the wall above my desk. Excellent advice.ReplyDeleteReplies
Really glad this was helpful, Wayne!Delete
Nice. I always kind of figured if I was so passionate about writing it, there had to be a reason--just look deeper. So many times in fiction as in life, it's those micro-cringes that have macro-ramifications for the choices you'll make and the actions you'll take.ReplyDelete
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Tonight I prepared dinner for the 2 of us. (My wife is on a diet, so she eats specific foods that are usually different than what we eat.) We had a Romano's Macaroni Dinner Meal Kit. We had the Creamy Basil Parmesan Chicken meal.
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In just a few weeks, Sonoma, Calif. winemaker Ben Flajnik will join the pantheon of ABC reality stars who have put their romantic lives on the line – and on public display – as a Bachelor or Bachelorette.
He made it down to the final two during The Bachelorette this spring, but was left heartbroken when Ashley Hebert chose competitor J.P. Rosenbaum to be her fiancé instead.
Now, however, Flajnik is in control, and his journey officially begins Jan. 2 when the new season of The Bachelor premieres. He'll also stop by Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on Dec. 31 to tell co-host Jenny McCarthy about his time as The Bachelor.
During a conference call today, Flajnik opened up about his experience as a reality star, skinny-dipping on camera and his date with actress Jennifer Love Hewitt.
What he took away from The Bachelorette: "I had genuine feelings for Ashley (Hebert). I worked through a lot of stuff on my own. I think my self-discovery was something I didn't expect. Ashley was there helping me through all that."
On facing future criticism for his choices: "I think there's always going to be critics no matter what decision I make. It's something that doesn't really get under my skin. I'm such a laid-back guy anyway, that part of the experience isn't something that I really think about."
On the first night at the mansion: "Normally, I'm very cool, calm and collected but when that first limo pulled up, sheer panic and terror kind of set in. Your heart's racing. It's nerve-racking on both sides."
On the sexy senior suitor he encounters: "Drop dead gorgeous! A beautiful, stunning older woman. I wasn't sure what to make of it. She was there the first night. I won't go into much detail but, she is there for a specific reason."
On his publicized post-Bachelorette date with Hewitt: "She reached out and wanted to come up to the winery, which she did. We went out to dinner and just kind of chatted about life and the experience. She's a nice girl, but I wasn't – it was right in the middle of the time when I was deciding to be the Bachelor. When this is all said and done, ending up with a Hollywood celebrity is not something that I want."
On baring it all on camera: "So far, America has seen my bare butt and I have no problem with male nudity! ... When a beautiful woman asks you to go skinny-dipping on the beach, you don't say no. Granted there are cameras around, but it's a bare butt. It's not that big of a deal to me. ... If one (relationship) wanted to move faster than the others, you have to be open."
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my son just turned one and lately i have been looking back on the last two years and everything we have been through. when i found out i was pregnant my husband was unhappy as he didnt want another child and then when i was 10 weeks i was in a car accident. during my exam to make sure my baby was ok i was told (without my husband in the room) that i had triplets. since my husband was already upset i kept it to my self. a few days later i went back to the hospital and was told that i had lost one of the babys. i was sick with the flu and physical pain the rest of my pregnancy. by the time it came to induce only one child came out. when i talked to my doctor about this they told me that my other baby had stopped developing and had been absorbed. i kinda feel that the pain i experienced was my body still thinking i had three when there was really only one. i morn the loss of my children but i dont think i can talk to my husband about it. he loves my son but he doesnt ever want another. this is my secret


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Although it is damn near impossible to tell exactly what I saw I am fairly sure that it was a halibut. Almost two and half feet long, brown in color, with the shape of a flat fish I feel that it is safe to say it was a halibut. There was a huge school of bait fish near the flood gates and this fish along with terns, and comorants were fishing here.
yeah, I was thinking that too but in the second photo you can see the outline of the tail. I'm gonna get a license and start laying down some line and see what I can pull out of the Laney Lagoon.
I have seen bat rays at this location multiple times before, but this one was unique because it had a tail like a fish. The pictures are from a video I was shooting of a commorant fishing then this guy caught my eye. The Laney Lagoon never ceases to amaze me.


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Violence-related injuries among children are common, but age-based incidence data are not easily available.
To describe injuries due to violence in a population-based case series of children and to estimate injury incidence.
Prospective surveillance of children residing in Boston, Mass, who received pediatric emergency department treatment for violence-related injury during a 4-year period beginning April 15, 1995.
Pediatric emergency departments in Boston.
Children aged 3 through 18 years who came to a hospital emergency department between April 1995 and April 1999. Violence-related injuries were defined as those resulting from a situation of conflict involving 2 or more persons with intent to harm, as assessed by health care personnel caring for the patients. Self-inflicted injuries and injuries caused by child abuse (including any injury resulting from a conflict with a parent or guardian) were excluded. Homicides of Boston children aged 3 through 18 years who were killed during the study period were included based on police data.
Main Outcome Measure
Population-based violence-related injury rates.
There were 2035 injury-related visits caused by violence, which reflects a rate of 52.7 (95% confidence interval, 50.5-54.9) per 10 000 person-years. Most injuries were relatively minor; 6.4% of visits resulted in admission. The youth violence-related injury rate in Boston declined at an average rate of 12% annually during the period studied.
Pediatric emergency department monitoring of violence-related injury in Boston suggests that childhood injuries due to violence declined during the late 1990s.
YOUTH VIOLENCE is a major cause of death and disability for young people in the United States, extending well beyond the purview of the health care system.1,2 However, our understanding of youth violence is based largely on deaths, criminal justice statistics, and public surveys.3- 6 Analyses of the incidence of violence-related injuries seen at a single site7 or during a brief period8 provide a snapshot of violence-related injury and cannot yield stable incidence estimates. Recently, a city-wide surveillance in Washington, DC, demonstrated a decline in violence-related morbidity and mortality in the late 1990s.9
We sought to establish a city-wide surveillance to measure the incidence of violence-related injury to children. Public and private agencies have initiated a variety of violence prevention efforts that include changes in the police department, philanthropic support of community organizing efforts, the introduction of violence prevention curricula into schools, and media campaigns designed to affect public attitudes toward violence. Ongoing surveillance of violence-related injury may be useful in supporting the evaluation of these efforts.
This report includes only pediatric patients who were residents of Boston, Mass. Data were collected on all children who came for treatment of violence-related injury to the emergency departments (EDs) of Boston Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston), and New England Medical Center (Boston). The first 2 hospitals, which together accounted for more than 85% of all pediatric ED visits in Boston, began the surveillance program on April 15, 1995. The third hospital joined November 1, 1996, and the fourth joined February 1, 1997. The period studied was from April 15, 1995 to April 14, 1999. Two other nonhospital sites offer 24-hour urgent care services and may have diverted some local patients from the EDs; however, these sites were not included in this surveillance. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health estimated that 95% of all pediatric ED visits were accounted for by these 4 hospitals (Victoria Ozanoff, PhD, oral communication, April 1997).
The detailed methods and rationale of this surveillance program have been previously published6 and are summarized below.
Violence-related injuries were defined as those resulting from a situation of conflict involving 2 or more persons with intent to harm, as assessed by health care personnel caring for patients in the EDs.7,10,11
Only injuries that seemed to be caused by interpersonal violence, excluding child abuse, were included in this study. Exclusion criteria included: (1) unclear intent; (2) injuries resulting from child abuse (identified by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification code E96712); (3) the "other person involved" in the incident leading to injury was identified as a parent; or (4) injuries resulting from attempted suicide.
Patients were identified prospectively (at the time of visit) or retrospectively (by daily ED record review).6 All hospitals, as a matter of policy, accept patients older than 18 years. The 2 hospitals that contributed the greatest number of patients to the study routinely accept patients up to the age of 21 years. Three of the hospitals have adult and pediatric facilities in adjoining areas and all but the most severely injured patients younger than the cut-off age receive care in the pediatric ED. Older adolescents with severe, life-threatening injuries at these institutions may have been cared for in specially equipped adult trauma rooms and may not have been included in this study. In addition, children and adolescents who died at the scene were not included in the surveillance.
We collected data concerning patient age, sex, and residence, injury circumstance, victim-offender relationship, drug use by the patient, medical description of injury and procedures, and weapon use. Information concerning the body part(s) injured was systematically collected beginning in 1997. Reports of homicides of persons younger than 19 years were provided by the Boston Police Department.
To determine the annual incidence of violence-related injury, we analyzed data on injuries to Boston residents. Population-based injury occurrence rates were calculated for Boston residents only, using the results of the 1990 and 2000 US Census as the denominator.13,14 Age-specific population changes throughout the decade were approximated using a linear model, ie, assuming equal annual increases and decreases throughout the decade. We held the exposure (number of person-years) constant within each calendar year.
Numerator data were computed using all visits made by Boston residents. For the period in which only 2 hospitals participated, the actual incidence of violence-related injury was inflated by a factor of 1.16 to account for the proportion of visits seen at the other 2 centers. For the period in which 3 hospitals participated, the measured incidence of injury was inflated by a factor of 1.099 to account for the fourth hospital. These ratios were determined empirically, based on data from the period in which all 4 hospitals participated. The number of events that occurred during a specified period was assumed to follow a Poisson distribution.
Poisson regression models were used to assess the trend of incidence rate change during the 4-year period. The confidence intervals (CIs) of incidence rate ratios were constructed using a robust procedure. Regression analyses were based on 128 age, sex, and year groups (ie, 16 age, 2 sex, and 4 year groups). Data analysis was performed using Stata 7.0 (Stata Corporation, College Station, Tex).
This study was approved by the human studies committees or institutional review boards at each hospital.
A total of 2035 ED visits were made by Boston residents aged 3 to 18 years for the treatment of violence-related injuries during the study period. The annual incidence of violence-related injury requiring ED care was 52.7 per 10 000 person-years (95% CI, 50.5-54.9). The ratio of deaths to admissions to ED visits—the injury pyramid9,15—was 1:4:59.
The median age of the injured children was 14 years. Age distributions for male and female patients were similar, with an increasing frequency of injury as patients grew older (Figure 1 and Table 1). The apparent decline in incidence rate at age 18 is partially accounted for by the influx of college students to Boston. There were many fewer 17-year-old (5887) than 18-year-old residents (9625) in 1990. The number of violence-related injury visits by 17- and 18-year-olds was 294 and 222, respectively.
Average incidence rate of pediatric injuries, 1995-1999, per 10 000 person-years.
One or more circumstances of injury were recorded for 79.8% of all patient visits. Commonly reported circumstances of injury included: an argument (38.9%), assault (20.0%), "horsing around" (5.8%), and crimes other than assault (3.6%). The relationships between the patient and the other individual(s) involved in the incident leading to injury were: friends or schoolmates (38.2%), sibling or other family member (10%), strangers (9.0%), and boyfriend or girlfriend (3.4%).
The relationship of the patient to the other person(s) involved was unknown (or the patient was unwilling to say or the relationship was not documented) in 28.5% of all cases. The fraction of unreported relationships did not seem to be random: unknown or undocumented relationships were more commonly reported in adolescent than in younger patients (33.4% of those 13 years or older vs 17.8% of those 12 years and younger P<.001). Compared with girls, boys were less likely to have any relationship recorded (33.6% missing for male patients vs 20.0% for females; P<.001). Boys were also more likely to report a stranger (10.0% vs 7.3%; P = .02) and less likely to report a friend or schoolmate (36.3% vs 41.6%; P<.01) or sibling or other family member (7.4% vs 14.4%; P<.01).
Most injuries were relatively minor, involved the head, neck, and upper extremities, and were the results of unarmed fights (Table 2). Most patients were treated and released, 130 (6.4%) were admitted, and 2 died in the ED (.01%).
Overall, weapon use (stab/cut, firearm, or blunt object) was reported in 25.5% of all injuries. No children younger than 10 years were treated for intentional injuries caused by firearms. Among 15- to 18-year-olds, the injury incidence rate for firearm use was 3.3 injuries per 10 000 person-years. Within this age group, males experienced an 11-fold higher incidence of injury caused by firearms compared with females (rate, 6.1 for males vs 0.5 for females).
The incidence of violence-related injuries in Boston was lower in each successive year of the 4-year study period (Table 3). Poisson regression models were used to assess the trend of incidence rate change during the 4-year period. After adjustment for the effects of sex and age, the incidence rate ratio over years was estimated as 0.88 (robust 95% CI, 0.80-0.96; P = .005), or a 12% rate of decline annually.
Two deaths were reported to the ED surveillance system. During the study period, the Boston police reported 34 homicides (excluding 5 cases of lethal child abuse) with victims younger than 19 years. Nineteen victims were aged 18 years, 9 were 17, 3 were 16, and the remaining 3 deaths occurred in children younger than 16 years.
An ongoing surveillance of violence-related injuries to children aged 3 to 18 years treated in EDs in Boston has been established. During the 4-year period beginning April 15, 1995, the overall injury incidence rate was 52.7 injuries per 10 000 person-years. Older children and boys experienced higher injury rates than younger children and girls. Most injuries observed resulted from arguments between people who knew each other and were minor. During the 4-year period of the study, the rate of violence-related injury affecting youth declined by approximately 12% annually.
These results are subject to the inherent limitations of a health care–based surveillance system. Only those injured children who received medical care from a pediatric ED for violence-related injuries, who disclosed the circumstances surrounding the injuries, and who were properly coded would have been included in this report. Each step in the process from injury to entry in the database could have led to undercounting. In addition, the study specifically excluded injuries caused by child abuse, ie, any injuries inflicted by a parent, thus resulting in an underestimate of the overall effects of violence on children.
Injury rates reported here for older adolescents, in particular, are likely to be lower than the actual rates experienced. Some older adolescents with severe injuries were treated at adult EDs and thus were not included in this report. In addition, our finding that histories of the relationship between the patient and the other person(s) involved were more likely to be incomplete for adolescents suggests that older pediatric patients may be reluctant to divulge detailed information, which may contribute to undercounting of violence-related injuries due to a failure to accurately ascertain intent.
The decline in hospital treatment for violence-related injury parallels the decline in violent crime, youth homicides in particular.1 The association of dropping crime rates and falling rates in pediatric violence-related injury suggests that the decrease in violence in Boston was widespread, including types of violence that are not usually included in criminal justice statistics.
Cheng et al9 recently reported their experience with injury surveillance of children aged 10 to 19 years in Washington, DC, from June 15, 1996, to June 15, 1998. They reported significantly higher rates of violence-related injury in Washington compared with our data from Boston: 70 events per 10 000 person-years for youths aged 10 to 14 years in Washington compared with the 57.7 events reported here; for those aged 15 to 19 years, they reported 523 events per 10 000 person-years compared with our reported rate of 189. They also found that violence-related adolescent morbidity and mortality declined in Washington, similar to the trend reported here.
Previous studies have shown that a history of previous injury seems to increase a young person's likelihood of both fighting and weapon carrying, and may lead to serious mental health consequences.16- 20 While most injuries treated were relatively minor and unlikely to lead to long-lasting physical disability, these minor injuries to younger children may offer a method to identify children at risk of more serious injury as they grow older.
Accepted for publication September 13, 2001.
This study was funded by a Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Patterson, NJ, and by a grant from the Deborah Monroe Noonan Foundation, Boston, grant R49/CCR115279-03 from the Harvard Center for Youth Violence Prevention, Boston, and by the Public Health Commission of Boston.
We would like to thank Steven Catalano of the Boston Police Department Office of Strategic Planning for kindly providing us with police data, Christina King for her meticulous efforts to ensure data integrity, and the staff of the Boston Public Health Commission, in particular, Dan Dooley and Lise Fried. We would like to acknowledge the enthusiastic participation of the physicians, nurses, clerks, and social workers at all 4 teaching hospitals. We would also like to acknowledge Tom Lang, PhD, and John Griffith, PhD, for critical discussions in the preparation of this manuscript.
Corresponding author and reprints: Robert D. Sege, MD, PhD, New England Medical Center, Box 351, Boston, MA 02111 (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
Violence-related injury is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in American children. Previous incidence estimates have relied on criminal justice information, surveys, and estimates derived from the experiences of single hospitals. These data suggest that youth violence is decreasing. This article reports the initial results of an emergency department–based surveillance program for the city of Boston. City-wide surveillance of pediatric violence-related injury reveals that the decline in criminal violence and homicide extends to the much more common minor injuries typically seen in pediatric emergency departments. Further study is requisite to determine if interventions focused on children with minor injuries will result in decreases in the risk of later, more serious injury.
Sege RD, Kharasch S, Perron C, Supran S, O'Malley P, Li W, Stone D. Pediatric Violence-Related Injuries in BostonResults of a City-Wide Emergency Department Surveillance Program. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156(1):73-76. doi:10.1001/archpedi.156.1.73
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Cantrell, who represents District B, would introduce the new rules for a first reading during next week's council meeting, with debate to follow over the next few weeks.
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Cantrell's announcement Wednesday, which coincided with the city's "Smoke-Free 2.0" week, was not the first time she has taken a public stance against smoking. During a City Council meeting in April, she recognized several bar owners who had banned smoking voluntarily, a group that she said at the time numbered about 99 bars.
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With several media outlets reporting that the dismissed cornerback will meet with LSU administrators at some point Tuesday, the possibility of the Tigers junior sitting out the 2012 season with an eye on trying to return to the program in 2013 is gaining traction.
Les Miles was prodded about the topic during a session with the media after his team practiced Tuesday and he made it clear he won't have much more to say about the 2011 SEC Defensive Player of the Year.
"I am certainly rooting for Ty and whatever his future is, but I'm not focused on that," Miles said. "I've got games to play and I've got 104 guys I have to be ready for. I know this is a key time in his life, and I hope the decisions that he makes are in his best interests for the long term. We'll help any way we can."
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"I am not in any way speculating. He will not be on this team this year. That's a fact. I have no idea beyond that."
Pressed for an answer on whether Mathieu could come back to LSU in 2013, Miles held his ground.
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Whether or not his comments Tuesday are a sign that Miles is softening on his assertion Friday that Mathieu was permanently gone is open to interpretation.
He also vaguely spoke about how FCS programs might go about seeking an opportunity to speak to Mathieu, whose scholarship was revoked upon his dismissal.
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When a reporter made one last lunge with a Mathieu question, Miles reiterated his stance.
"I have to be honest with you; I think we've done exactly what needs to be done at this point and I want to focus on other things and not those pieces," he said.
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Whether Hurst and Faulk returned or not is still a bit of a mystery, but in their absence, Chris Davenport and Josh Dworaczyk have gotten plenty of action, which provides a silver lining.
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Meanwhile, Magee has run with the receivers on a regular basis in an effort to get on the field.
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I have no idea what my interest rate is, I pay the card in full every month. My guess is that most people getting a platinum card do the same thing. With that said, you get great perks and customer service with this card. You really feel like you are valued as a card member, and they help make experiences so much more enjoyable. Customer service is awesome!
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The American Express Platinum Card is the card if you need only one card. While the annual fee for the card is substantial especially when you have a spouse, I found the card to be indispensable while traveling with the family on vacation. Customer Service is unmatched by any other available credit card. American Express rewards program is rated as first class, however I have noticed that competition from Visa and MasterCard rewards program are offering an array of other incentives that make their product very attractive. However, American Express Platinum Card stills carry the prestige and clout at many retailers and hotels that keeps me long-time customer of their products.
Customer Service
Customer service is excellent and beyond just good service. Each customer service representative is polite and pleasant to speak with. They are very knowledgeable about American Express and they policies. Customer service always follows up with questions or billing issues for customers and furthermore the customer is always put first.
Available Rates
American Express is pretty competitive with available rates.
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Sipes yDNA
I had my son tested and his male line DNA came back as R1B. If anyone gets their DNA done then we might be able to match some of the lines together. Right now familytreedna.com hasnt any matches, but hopefully more Sipes and name variations will decide to test.
My son's line goes back to George Michael Seip d. 1780 and wed Elizabeth ? and were Pa. at the time.


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Cinema 4D Illustration posted on Oct 11, 2007
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Hi renderositers.
i made this illustration for a calendar.the theme was,"september ,city and mr brown...it's all i had like information.
i made a turn in my back-up files and extract some characters and models and many illustrations i made around the "city " theme.
i had not many time to do it and i made this choice..one advantage of 3d and cg works is that you can reclying our artwork again and again and if you have a lack of self-satisfaction, do it like me and create your own museum, to the glory of your art!! ;)
thank's for your comments