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Stansfield #11
"Index" Part of the Six-Stitch Patterns section, this stitch pattern picture, chart, and row instructions are shown on page 48.
Summary Patterns designed for a variety of gauge and foot sizes. Methods include 2 Circulars and 4 and 5 DPNs.


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Knit from luscious baby llama and silk, these simple cabled mitts are a joy to wear. The honeycomb cable pattern evokes traditional aran sweater design in a softer package and, at only 110 yards, the mitts make a quick last-minute gift, with plenty of leftover for a second pair for you!

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If a nutritionist determines a patient to be at risk after the patient's admission and screening to a hospital or clinic, she will need to write a nutrition care plan designed for that patient. As each patient has different needs, it is impossible to write a nutrition care plan that can help every patient; each patient requires a different plan. However, there still is a set of clear steps that will assist you in your design of a nutrition care plan.
Assess the nutritional needs of the patient. This assessment should take into consideration the patient's current health issues as well as his risk for potential health issues. You should analyze your patient's current state of health by clinical or laboratory means.
Calculate the patient's daily required calories. You can calculate this caloric requirement through many different methods. One popular method is the Harris-Benedict equation, which uses a patient's basal metabolic rate. You can find this method in the resources section. There are also pre-made calorie calculators online that you can use. Check the resources section for more information.
Determine the method of ingestion. Though oral ingestion, or eating, is the most common way of nutrient intake, you will need to adapt to your patient's individual situation. If your patient is incapable of feeding himself, you will need to employ another method, for example a nasogastric tube.
Design the patient's diet. As you have already taken into consideration the patient's nutritional and energy needs, you can now design the daily diet for that patient. For this step, you should also prescribe supplements that will benefit the patient.
Explain how the patient will adapt to his diet. Here you should discuss how often the patient should eat and how often he should take supplements.
Plan how you will monitor your patient's nutrition plan. There are many methods that will give you good indications of the patient's progress. For example, you could use calorie count to assess how closely the patient is adhering to the diet. You could also use other indicators such as frequent weight measurements, which can be later plotted against time to show the general trend of the patient's progress.


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At the 8MHMC Lagangarbh meet David was keen to try outdoor climbing and obviously the Buachaille is ideal. Agags Groove is considered one of the best V Diffs in the country, it follows a groove that crooses the Rannoch wall, i had done it last year but it was one of my first rock climbs and i seconded almost all of it. since John had been up it several times he came up with the plan that i would lead it, David would second it and he would go up the curved ridge and take photos.
Apart from a shower early on it was a fine day, there were a couple of parties ahead of us but apart from waiting to start they never held us up, mainly due to me climbing very slowly!


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I had a very, very dear reader and fellow nail polish addict send me the most lovely care package all the way from SOUTH DAKOTA! In this package she included several bottles of nail polish, one of them being a nail polish that I have lusted after for a long time. NCLA Bel Air Trophy Wife. I have been on a gold nail polish kick for quite a while now, and NCLA Bel Air Trophy Wife was going to be the crowning jewel to my collection. Now, understand that this dear friend lives all the way in South Dakota. I mean, what's in South Dakota other then a frozen tundra? I felt I had to explain the origins of this nail polish to her. My conversation went something like this.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Intermittent Fasting Is Helping My Rheumatoid Arthritis
Eliminating those allergens led to a substantial decrease in pain. I had been taking naprosyn (generic Alleve), and I switched to Tylenol when I eliminated gluten, casein and soy. But with intermittent fasting, I am taking no pain medication whatsoever. And the amazing part is, I stopped taking the medicine after just one day of fasting!
As I wrote about yesterday, asthmatics get relief from a less severe form of IF, and asthma is another disease related to inflammation. Others on IF have reported less pain and suffering from a variety of inflammation related conditions. So I guess it's no surprise that I would have this result, but it's still a surprise to me. I "hoped" it would get better, but I was pretty skeptical. So unless this is simply a placebo effect, and I start hurting again a month from now, I'm a believer.
None of this is to imply that I am "cured" or that I am totally without symptoms. I do still have some discomfort from time to time, but it's a 1 on a scale 1 to 10. Previously, without medicine, I would have been a 6 or 7. I do have some disfiguration in my right index finger, and that's not going to correct--the damage is done. But if I can keep the rest of my joints from being similarly afflicted, I will have accomplished a significant feat.
For the time being, I am still taking some medicine, though. I take the antibiotic minocycline (100 mg 2x per day). This has been shown to help those with RA, and it seems to help me. (This is a controversial claim amongst rheumatologists, and yours may not agree to prescribe it, though it is about as benign as a prescription medicine can be. There are several books on the subject. For more information, go to http://www.roadback.org/.) I would love to be able to stop taking it, but honestly, I'm afraid. I decided to stop taking it about 2 years ago, and within 6 months my index finger joint started being effected. I don't know if it was coincidence or cause and effect, but I really don't want to find out.
For sake of completeness, and so anyone else suffering with RA might benefit, I also take krill oil, which helps as well. I get it from Dr. Mercola's site http://products.mercola.com/krill/, but you can find it at health food stores as well. It's similar to fish oil, but it works better, and it doesn't give you those gross fish burps. I take 6 pills per day, which is 6,000 mg.
The rest of my supplemenation regimen consists of a once per day multi vitamin, Simply One for Men by Super Nutrition. I get it at Whole Foods Market; a calcium supplement, Country Life Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, 3 per day; and a probiotic, Country Life Power-Dophilus, 1 with each meal.
I do not take the supplements while I'm fasting. I take them with food. Since I eat every calendar day, I'm able to make it work.
I do take the minocycline while I'm fasting. It actually works best on an empty stomach, and it's so little, I don't expect it to hurt my fasting results enough to notice.
But I have been taking the supplements and the medicine for a long time. That alone is not enough. I want to repeat how amazed I am that within one day I felt good enough to stop taking pain medication. I'm fasting now and typing this, and I feel no pain in my hands (my hands and wrists is where 98% of my pain is locted). The way I see it, this is a cheap and easy way to get a significant reduction in pain. I do feel its important for me to stay away from gluten, casein and soy, though I have toyed with the idea of testing it now that I've gotten such good results from IF.
The bottom line is, intermittent fasting combined with a gluten, casein, and soy free diet seems to be a powerful combination.
Bon repos,
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relief of physical pain, and being about to breath are both fairly strong motivators aren't they?ReplyDelete
i've dropped a horrendous coffee & grain habit this year. i wonder if i might drop dairy someday? i've heard many people say they get great benefits from noncasein living. very impressed with your discipline!
Not much discipline to the no-dairy, thing. In addition to the issue with casein, I have a bad case of lactose intolerance. That pain is definitely a motivator!ReplyDelete
Great observations and great post!ReplyDelete
I take a bite or two of something with my vitamins, even while IFing. I am not a purist. A bite or two might be breaking the fast, but it might be said to be KEEPING the fast.
Since I fast for myself, and not a record book, I can nibble as I see fit!
anne h,ReplyDelete
I don't nibble while IFing because I don't have as much restraint as you. If I eat a little, I end up eating a lot. I suspect it has to do with insulin, which makes us hungry. I find it easy to go totally without food, and difficult to eat "just a little."
I've read all your posts but I can't seem to remember where you talked about how much food you are eating. I went away and thought about everything I had read from your blog, and came back to ask you something (so sorry about this not being relevant to this post) How much food do you think you are consuming on the non-fasting days? Twice as much as you would if you weren't fasting every other day (to make up for the last calories)? And, have you found yourself becoming less hungry as time goes on, or more hungry?ReplyDelete
Thanks for this blog, by the way - it is great and I am hooked. Very interesting - I especially love the information and cites you put up. :)
I addressed how much I eat in my 7/22/09 post on "Maintaing My Weight." To recap, I've been trying to NOT lose weight, so I've been forcing myself to eat 4 to 5,000 calories during my 24 hour eating days. But I am stuffing myself to do it, and it does not feel comfortable or natural. My next experiment is to eat only when hungry and only until I'm full, and see what happens to my weight.
Thanks for your kind comments about my blog. I will keep doing my best to keep you up to date.
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Hi people!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2012 at 6:57 PM
I am on IF for 15 days(every other day water fasting),ReplyDelete
lost 10 lb and lost 12 years old upper back pain.
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hi tomReplyDelete
thanks for your post. i too took minocycline for many years with dramatic improvement for the ra symptoms. but i had side effects like reflux and eczema so i began with doc's help to tinker with it. take breaks and taper off. finally last year i just dropped it. i was fine for a long while and then had some deep family issues arise that began to put me back into the pain place. i didn't heed them soon enough so i'm dealing with pain and stiffness again. i've lots of damage in my wrists and hands. i'm 62, very slim and in good health otherwise. had ra for about 12 years. i fasted in a fasting clinic for 2 weeks several years ago and everything went back to normal! but as soon as i ate any food at all it came back. that's why i don't want to go back on mino. i want to heal the leaky gut. so i'm going to do the intermittent fasting like you. i find that even one day of cutting meat, fats and my allergens helps. dairy is huge for me. been off for years.
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In Collaboration With Ixia, Brocade Will Demonstrate the Performance, Reliability and Advanced Feature-Set of the Industry's First 100 GbE Terabit-Trunk Router
LAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/09/11 -- - INTEROP 2011 -- Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced that it will work with Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA) to replicate mission-critical service provider environments and test high-capacity Brocade® Ethernet network solutions designed to help service providers become cloud-optimized. The demonstration creates a true-to-life service provider infrastructure scenario for increasing IPv4/IPv6 routing scalability within the core Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network while retaining high service levels for end customers. The demonstration will be held in the Brocade booth (# 833) during Interop Las Vegas 2011, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
As service providers evolve to become destinations offering cloud-based services, rather than just basic data delivery, the performance and scalability demands on their networks have increased significantly. The Brocade MLXe Core Router is a 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)-ready solution that enables service providers and virtualized data centers to support these demands by efficiently delivering cloud-based services that use less infrastructure and help reduce expenditures.
In this specific demonstration, Brocade and Ixia will test the IPv4/IPv6 traffic flows, MPLS and throughput capabilities of the Brocade MLXe multiservice router over 10 and 100 GbE connections. By leveraging Ixia's leading test solutions, attendees will be able to view the following:
- Ixia IxNetwork application emulating a large-scale Layer 3 virtual private network (VPN) topology surrounding the Brocade MLXe router
- Brocade MLXe router maintaining forwarding information and peering relationships
- IxNetwork generating line-rate traffic sourced and destined over K2 100 GbE ports and Xcellon-Flex™ 10 GbE ports to fully load the Brocade MLXe router, showcasing the forwarding plane performance
- IxNetwork's real-time flow statistics and detailed reporting tools validating the scalability of the Brocade MLXe peering sessions and control plane scalability
- Brocade MLXe forwarding low-latency traffic to all destination routes
- Repeatable and scalable testing using Test Composer automation built into IxNetwork
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text: BEIJING -- Monday kicked off on a slightly down note in Hong Kong, with the Hang Seng Index losing 0.5% to 15,769. But the Shanghai Composite Index managed to shake off news of new monetary measures in China to add 0.8%, closing at 1586.In Friday New York trading, China shares were mixed to slightly down. Tom Online ( TOMO) fell 1.55% to $19, and Sina ( SINA) was off 3.3% to $22.91. Gainers included Ctrip ( CTRP), up 0.7% to $49.07, and Elong ( LONG), advancing 1% to $14.18. Over the past week, a raft of new data showed economic growth in China careening along at too rapid a clip, prompting much concern about how Beijing would respond. The wait didn't take long. After the Asian markets closed Friday, China's central bank announced it would hike banks' reserve requirement ratio from 7.5% to 8%, starting July 5. But in a quieter move with potentially far greater long-term impact, mainland policymakers have also begun allowing the Chinese currency to appreciate noticeably against the dollar. Friday, the dollar fell to the lowest level against the yuan since Beijing undertook a one-off, 2.1% upward currency revaluation last summer. Authorities allowed the yuan to open below 8 to the dollar -- a recent psychological benchmark -- last Thursday and Friday. Viewed another way, at its low in Friday trading, the dollar could have bought only 7.9970 yuan. "The drop below 8 sends a very strong message that the government will allow the currency to appreciate. Going forward, we believe the currency will appreciate faster," said Qing Wang, senior currency strategist for Bank of America in Hong Kong. In late Monday trading, the dollar was at 8.0060 yuan. Granted, nobody expects any huge moves upward in the future. "It's going to be a gradual and smooth process, with appreciation accelerating instead of another revaluation," said one analyst in Hong Kong.


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Erwin The Little Patient Toy Available In Germany
February 15, 2012 by staff
Erwin The Little Patient Toy Available In Germany, Behold Erwin the little patient from Sigikid. He's a plush doll with a crooked smile and take-out organs. Measuring in at 16-inch (41cm) and machine washable, Erwin hides his special nature under a hospital patient gown. Lift up the gown to see Erwin's nippleless rectangular torso.
Unzip his chest cavity to find six removable plush objects: lungs, a heart (Valentine shaped), intestines, liver, spleen and kidneys. The six count is a little deceptive because the kidneys include an attached bladder and the intestinal piece contains both small and large intestine and also the stomach and esophagus.
Oh, and my wife, who is a nurse, doesn't know a cecum from a hole in the ground. Yep, I correctly identified the brown nodule on the lower intestine as the appendix.
Each organ is a different, unrealistic and cheery color. The organs also have one, sometimes two, color-coded Velcro strips that indicate to which other organs they connect. Underneath it all, a posterior skeleton is embroidered on the inside back of Erwin's interior.
Connecting the body parts is probably a tall order for kids under 5-years-old, but parents who buy the doll are likely to do so as a teaching tool. Parental assistance will be involved when all the king's horses and all the king's men put poor little Erwin back together again.
My almost 2-year-old son is happy to carry Erwin around, not yet realizing there is a zipper underneath the gown. My 5-year-old daughter loves the inside of the doll.
Age appropriateness is difficult to gauge. In addition to the Velcro assembly, there's also the issue of squeamishness to consider.
My then-3-year-old daughter loved her Your Body anatomically correct multi-layer body puzzle, but when she brought the puzzle to a 3-year-old friend's home, the friend was freaked out and scared.
It really depends on how proactive you've been as a parent to explain the human body. By 3-years-old we had read to her the Me and My Amazing Body picture book. Our journey began at 16-months-old when I explained Halloween-themed skeleton displays we saw in stores.
In any case, Erwin might as well be Erwina because the body is genderless with no reproductive organs and the doll's hair style could best be described as a disheveled Tribble, or perhaps troll doll.
My daughter's only criticism is that the doll has a crooked smile. My only criticism is that the hospital gown is secured by ties rather than Velcro. My wife's only criticism is that esophagus gets incorrectly placed in front of the trachea. I think she's overcompensating for the cecum slip.
Now, here is a bit of bad news. The doll doesn't appear to be sold in America. I purchased it via German Amazon, and while Amazon.de will ship to America, it specifically won't ship this doll to America. That's right. I have illicitly circumvented international trade restrictions to obtain a children's surgical doll plaything.
Actually, it was my wife who befriended a German exchange student in high school and later reconnected with her long lost friend via Facebook and convinced him to ship Erwin to us. That's right. Another Facebook miracle!
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I WOULD like to respond to Rod King's letter celebrating the success of the 20mph speed limits recently placed on our streets.
If a new system is implemented it can only be deemed successful if it actually achieves the promised outcome, this certainly does not. To achieve any element of success drivers must adhere to the speed limit imposed and the majority of them do not.
I live on a fairly quiet road off a main A road, 99 per cent of drivers completely ignore the 20mph limit, in fact the latest game seems to be to go as fast as possible. Cars and vans have passed my house at speeds in excess of 40mph and 50mph.
Because my road is wider than some of those in the surrounding estate, it is used as a cut through and the speeds of some of these drivers beggars belief. I'm sure one vehicle exceeded 60mph!
There are young families around here and it would only involve one escaping toddler to result in a fatality at these dangerous speeds.
Drivers either deliberately ignore speed limits or think the 20 limit is not subject to law.
So, Mr King until drivers are taught the error of their ways and somehow forced to keep to 20mph, the scheme cannot be regarded as successful and is certainly not something to prematurely celebrate.
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Sjöfn socks by Mia Dehmer / VickeVira
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Sjöfn is the Aesir goddess of love.
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There's been a lot of debate surrounding the significance of the Nintendo 3DS' sales; it was strong at launch but has since seen its numbers fizzle. However, Nintendo's new glasses free 3D portable is performing exactly as expected...at least according to market research group Interpret LLC. Despite doomsday stories about the new device, analysts expect sales to pick up this fall and beyond.
According to Michael Cai, vice president of Games and Technology at Interpret, the data collected from gamers surrounding the Nintendo 3DS was much different from past and current Nintendo handheld devices; but that was by design. "Based on our research, we knew the 3DS curve would look more like the PSP curve early on," said Cai. "The industry should not base longer-term forecasts on initial sales."
Nintendo has sold 24.5 million units of its DSi hardware since launch and 3.61 million 3DS portables through March 31 of this year, according to its annual report. When you factor in sales of all of the Nintendo DS portables, the number jumps to 147.5 million worldwide, according to VGChartz.com. "We knew that Nintendo was targeting a different audience with the 3DS as part of a conscious effort to go back to core gamers," says Cai. "A lot of the games for the device are targeting the younger male demographic. That's what many in the games industry don't understand. Many people expected Nintendo sales to repeat the DSi story and even added higher expectations."
As for Nintendo, they've said all along that they were targeting core gamers. Although analysts agree that the game giant hoped a lot of people who owned a DSi would upgrade, so far that hasn't happened. But that's not to say that sales won't pick up moving forward. It's partially a matter of that hefty price point. "Nintendo launched a premium-priced device with very little software support, which the recent E3 lineup was intended to remedy," says video game analyst Michael Pachter. "I don't think that the price is so much of an obstacle as the software lineup, but given the high price, it's hard to justify buying a 3DS instead of a regular DS. Once there is a lot of exclusive software for the 3DS (Luigi's Mansion 2, Kid Icarus Uprising, Mario Kart 3DS, etc.), I expect to see sales pick up."
Pachter also expects Nintendo to cut the price of 3DS to $199 when Sony launches PS Vita in March 2012. But even without a price cut this year, Pachter forecasts Nintendo will sell 10 million devices this year and 12 million in 2012.
One of the challenges Nintendo faces is the "Angry Birds factor." The portable gaming world has changed dramatically in the past five years, and Nintendo faces new competition from companies that it's never dealt with before. Nintendo is no longer the only game in town. Cai said Sony' PSP is still selling well, but the bigger threat is from Apple's iOS devices, and games like Angry Birds. With libraries of tens of thousands of games selling for free or as little $0.99, the $30 price point for most Nintendo 3DS games can seem high to the average consumer.
According to Interpret research, Nintendo is doing some things right, though. For one, its 3DS marketing is working; Interpret research shows awareness of the Nintendo 3DS among gamers spiked from 16% in 2010 to 65% at the wake of its release. But purchase interest has actually suffered -- positive interest declined from 22% to 16% over the past year. On the plus side, 8% of gamers report owning a Nintendo 3DS already. And 64% of those who purchased a 3DS are extremely satisfied with the device, thirty-four percent are somewhat satisfied, and only 2% were not satisfied.
That's good news for Nintendo, which is now facing glasses-free competition from giants in the mobile space like HTC and LG. Sprint just launched the HTC EVO 4G 3D phone and AT&T will ship the LG Thrill 4G in a few months. Both phones offer a similar size screen as Nintendo's device (albeit only one), and have key game franchises from publishers like Gameloft. "We're really excited about 3D gaming on the mobile side," said Samir El Agili, Gameloft's general studio manager. "Nintendo 3DS launched and has showed gamers what's possible with 3D gaming without glasses. There are already two 3D mobile devices in the US and more are on the way."
But despite the huge marketing budgets behind these new 3d phones, Nintendo doesn't have anything to worry about. "I don't think that 3D phones are as much of a threat as smartphones are," says Pachter. "There will be a lot of smartphones, and they will become the de facto entry level phone in a couple of years, meaning that dedicated handheld gaming devices will see their addressable market shrink to only the hardcore."
Cai said 3D phones appeal to different audiences and are less a threat to 3DS and PS Vita than Apple iOS and Android devices. "I don't see a lot of people rushing out to get 3D phone unless it comes almost free and with no additional premium," says Cai. "But the more 3D capable devices that are out there, the better for everyone, from a consumer awareness and marketing standpoint."
As for Nintendo, games have always been the key drivers for the Japanese giant. Tetris sold the original Game Boy and Legend of Zelda titles helped drive sales of later generations. Nintendo 3DS is still waiting for its killer app, but E3 showcased multiple titles that could fill that void. Coupled with an anticipated price cut, the 3DS isn't going away any time soon.


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On Apr 19 2012, SciNet has upgraded the GPC to be fully Infiniband connected. This new Infiniband network replaces the current Ethernet connected section of the GPC with a 5:1 QDR Infiniband while the existing GPC 1:1 DDR Infiniband remains. The GPC now consists of 840 nodes of DDR (6,720 cores) and 3,024 nodes of QDR (24,192 cores). The Infiniband sections are connected, but in general operation, jobs will remain in one section or the other. The GPC Infiniband (both QDR and DDR) are fully compatible in terms of hardware and software so no recompilation or different MPI flags is required. Neither is recompilation required to run jobs that used the Ethernet section of the GPC.
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In terms of job submission, for most users your job submission scripts will still work as expected, however all jobs will now run on infiniband, so the :ib: parameter used to ask for infiniband nodes will not be necessary anymore, however will still be accepted. By default a user's job will go to whichever network section best accommodates it, typically smaller jobs to the QDR and larger jobs to the DDR. However a user can override this by simply adding the flags "ddr" or "qdr" to the job resource request. In old scripts containing the :compute-eth or :ib parameter, these parameters have lost their meaning and it is recommended to remove them.
For example, to request two nodes anywhere on the GPC (QDR or DDR), use
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Parameters for mpirun
No special MPI parameters are required to run a job using Infiniband. It will be used by default, so most users should just use the basic mpirun commands as outlined in GPC_MPI_Versions. For more detailed information please see the recent Techtalk on IB.
The NRAC allocations for the current year that were based on ethernet and infiniband will carry over, however the allocation will be on the full GPC, not just the subsection. So if you were allocated 500 hours on Infiniband your fairshare allocation will still be 500 hours, just 500 out or 30,000, instead of 500 out of 7,000. If you received two allocations, one on gigE and one on IB, they will simply be combined. This should benefit all users as the desegregation of the GPC provides a greater pool of nodes increasing the probability of your job to run.


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Ken de Dycker took his first motocross grand prix victory of the 2009 MX1 season in his home Grand Prix of Belgium, at Lommel on Sunday, round twelve of 15.
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Ken de Dycker took his first motocross grand prix victory of the 2009 MX1 season in his home Grand Prix of Belgium, at Lommel on Sunday, round twelve of 15.
The deep Belgian sand received a generous coating of rain on Sunday morning, soon turning the course into a physically-draining run of never-ending bumps and ruts. de Dycker - who was fastest in both practice sessions on Saturday and was vying for pole position before a small spill in his heat race - started well in both motos.
The Teka Suzuki rider fought with Clement Desalle before pulling away to reach his first chequered flag of 2009 with an advantage of almost seven seconds. In the second sprint he again disputed the lead, this time with KTM's Max Nagl, before running second for much of the race.
But Yamaha's world championship leader Antonio Cairoli, once again providing most of the entertainment with his famous fight back rides, relegated de Dycker to third in the second half of the 35 minute and 2 lap distance.
Nevertheless, with Cairoli and Nagl only fifth and sixth in race once, de Dycker's 1-3 results gave him overall victory by five points over Nagl (6-1) with Cairoli two points further back in third (5-2).
"This is a hard grand prix so for sure I am really happy to win," said Ken. "I have not had many good GPs this season so it is nice to finally enjoy one. The first moto was decent but the second was not perfect Overall of course this is the result that we wanted and with three races to go I want to get in the top three of the championship. I think it is possible if I keep giving my best all the times right until, the end."
Meanwhile de Dycker's team-mate Steve Ramon, starting his first GP since sustaining a fractured neck at round four in April, was among the leaders in both outings. The former world champion was third and fourth (for 4th overall) and finished tied on points with Cairoli for the last podium step but lost out due to an inferior second moto placing.
In the world championship, Cairoli is now a slightly reduced 51 points clear of Nagl with reigning champion David Philippaerts (7-10 on Sunday) 27 points further back in third. de Dycker is now just five points behind the Italian in fourth.
In the MX2 class, championship leader Marvin Musquin returned to action for Red Bull KTM to claim a perfect double and rebuild his title lead to 38 points over new runner-up Rui Goncalves, his team-mate.
Goncalves took 2-8 race results for fourth overall, but former championship runner-up Gautier Paulin managed only 14th overall and has now dropped to third in the championship, nine points behind Goncalves.


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After receiving the Team Scholar All-America award last week, six University of Wyoming individuals earned College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-America honors. Senior Morgan Hartigan earned First Team Scholar All-America. Cowboy seniors Jayce Calhoon, Ethan Griffel and junior Jordan Turner earned Honorable Mention honors. Cowgirl sophomore Molly Coonce and freshman Abby Sullivan also earned a spot on the Honorable Mention squad.
"The number of honorees keeps growing and it is great to see. It is not easy to do," UW head coach Tom Johnson said. "Our kids are so committed academically and athletically, it is very special."
Hartigan, a native of Cheyenne, Wyo., added First Team Scholar All-America honors after she was an Honorable Mention Scholar All-American last season. She recorded a 3.69 GPA in elementary education. She also earned All-MW Academic and Scholar-Athlete honors. In the pool, Hartigan qualified for the NCAA Championships and earned All-MW accolades in three events and one relay.
Coonce, a sophomore from Batavia, Ill., earned Honorable Mention Scholar All-America for the first time in her career. She posted a 3.63 GPA in elementary education. Coonce also garnered All-MW Academic and Scholar-Athlete honors. During the swimming campaign she earned All-MW in 100 butterfly and breaststroke.
Sullivan, a native of Olympia, Wash., recorded a 3.76 GPA in criminal justice in her first season with the Cowgirls. She earned All-MW Academic and Scholar-Athlete honors. In the pool, she earned All-MW honors in the 200 backstroke.
Calhoon, hailing from Sweet Home, Ore., earned his third Honorable Mention Scholar All-America honor. He carried a 3.55 GPA in animal and veterinary science. Calhoon was also a named to the Academic All-Western Athletic Conference team. He closed out his career in the pool with First Team All-WAC honors in the 100 and 200 backstroke.
Griffel, a native of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was selected to the Honorable Mention Scholar All-American for the second time in his career. He recorded a 3.54 GPA concentrating in kinesiology and health promotion. Griffel earned All-WAC in three events and highlighted his final season by finishing third in the 200 freestyle at the WAC Championship.
Turner, from Marietta, Ga., earned his second career Honorable Mention Scholar All-America honor. He had a 3.51 GPA in astronomy. Turner earned Second Team All-WAC honors in the 200 and 400 individual medley.
The Scholar All-America award is presented to college and university swimmers and divers who have achieved a cumulative, or term grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the academic term coinciding with their respective NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA/CCCAA Swimming and Diving Championships and have qualified for and competed at the Championship.
The Honorable Mention Scholar All-America Award is presented to college and university swimmers and divers who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester, or cumulative average, and have achieved a "B" time standard but did not qualify or compete in their respective national championship. Divers qualify by competing at their respective championship qualifying meets, zones or NCAA preliminary rounds.


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With soft, elegant lines, Unna lounge chair was designed to impart a feeling of softness and comfort to a lounge chair made entirely in solid wood, a warm but hard material. Unna's complex sculptural shape is also a testimony about the extraordinary skill of Zanat's craftsmen in carpentry. The modernized hand-carved patterns--made by applying Zanat's century old and UNESCO world heritage nominee hand-carving technique--add a special touch to the backrest of the chair. The carvings also provide a way to individualize the chair. To provide additional comfort, Unna lounge chair can be ordered with a removable leather cushion on the seat or fixed cushions on the backrest and the seat. DIMENSIONS W62,5 D67,5 H72,5 cm, seat height 38 cm
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Taken from History of Addison County, Vermont. Chapter 19 covers the History of the town of Cornwall. The town charter was granted in 1761.The following is an excerpt from page 420;
"What settlements and clearing of land had been effected before the inroads of the British, Tories, and Indians had begun, were almost entirely obliterated before the close of the Revolutionary War. Immediately upon the declaration of peace in 1783, however, the fugitive settlers hastened back to their deserted and wasted farms, and began anew the building up of homes and communities, little dreaming of the future greatness of the nation whose foundations they were laying deep and strong.
At this time, Orange Throop settled and built a house in the northeast part of the town on teh old discontinued farm road from Middlebury, about sixty rods south of the location of Samuel Blodget. School-house No. 1, according to the first division of the town into school districts in 1787, stood nearly opposite his house. Samuel Ingraham settled about sixty rods further south on the west side of the road in 1786, and Mathew Lewis located a little southwest of him at the same time, but afterward removed to the northwest part of the town, where he died. Samuel Ingraham was an active soldier in the Revolutionary War, and enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his fellow townsmen in Vermont.
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"In 1783 Thomas Hall pitched several hundred acres, including the present farm of William Wright. His son David settled southwest from his dwelling. He sold fifty acres of his land in 1791 to Nathan Ingraham, afterwards owned by Pitts Ingraham. Elisha Hurlbut bought a lot of Hall in 1795, and in 1798 sold to John Boynton. William Wright is a grandson of Pitts Ingraham, Mrs. J. K. Wright being a daughter; S. C. Parkhill and Mrs. H. J. Manchester are also his grandchildren."


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Director Santhosh Sivan had released his much-hyped Malayalam movie Urumi in April, 2011 and it had witnessed overwhelming response at the ticket counters. More than a year after it, the same film has been released as Pathinaindham Nootrandu Uraivaal in Tamil with a few changes to suit the local viewers. It has some dragging moments, but its rich production values hold the attention of audience till the climax.
Pathinaindham Nootrandu Uraivaal is a historical fantasy movie, which is set in 15th century. Prithviraj and Genelia's performances are the main highlight of the film. Deepak Dev's music, Anal Arasu's action, Sivan's camera work, Shankar's dialogues, costume designing, make up, choreography are its other attractions. The slow paced narration is one big drawback of the film.
The film is set in the backdrop of the fierce warrior clans of Northern Kerala in the 15th century and focuses on the cult of Chirakkal Kelu Nayanar. It is all about a boy, who wants to avenge the death of his father, who has been killed by Vasco da Gama. Santhosh Sivan's dragging narration in both first and second half tests the patience of the viewers. The climax scenes seem to have taken from the epic film Pazhassi Raja.
The Movie starts with a short introduction to the history of Portugese exploration in the age of discovery to India referring to the landing of explorer Vasco da Gama on 20 May 1498, the kingdom ruled by Zamorins of Calicut. Then story starts with the present generation. Chirakkal Kelu Nayanar (Prithviraj) sets on a mission to kill Dom Vasco da Gama, the Viceroy of Portuguese Empire in India. But he faces a lot of odds on his way to reach his target.
He has to encounter many conflicts within the kinsmen, kings, ministers, peasants and Muslim warrior princess Ayesha (Genelia D'Souza) of the famed Arackal Sultanat. He has a forte, a legendary golden Urumi, which is made from the ornaments of women and children, who were burnt alive by Vasco da Gama. Kelu is supported by his childhood friend Vavvali (Prabhu Deva). How he creates his own army and starts movement against the first Colonial advance in India will form the crux of the film.
Santhosh Sivan should be applauded for his perfect casting and tapping out mind-blowing performance from each actor. Prithvi has delivered excellent acting and the audience cannot stop loving him. He looks awesome in emotional and action sequences. As Vavvali, Prabhu Deva has done justice to his role. As Ayesha, Genelia's sword fight (kalaripayattu) scenes are superb. Vidya Balan steals the heart of viewers with her item dance. Nithya Menon, Jagathy, Amol Gupte, Alex, Robin, Arya and Tabu have also done justice to their roles.
The technical team of Urumi has done a wonderful job. Firstly, it is Deepak Dev, who has composed a few excellent songs along with stunning background score. Locations, choreography and picturisation in all songs are wonderful. Action sequences composed by Anal Arasu are also one among the major highlights of the film. Shankar's dialogues, Ekta Lakhan's costume, Renjith's make up and Sreekar Prasad's editing are also commendable.
Overall, Pathinaindham Nootrandu Uraivaal is a great movie, which has excellent acting, awesome technical values. It is a must watch movie.
Producer: Shaji Natesan, Santhosh Sivan and Prithviraj
Director: Santhosh Sivan
Cast: Prithviraj, Genelia D'Souza Prabhu Deva, Vidya Balan, Nithya Menon, Jagathy, Amol Gupte, Alex, Robin, Arya and Tabu
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I know it's still technically summer but around the Lane house it's starting to feel like fall. As I put this column together, I'm getting the kids ready for football practice and cheerleading practice.
Cal's looking to try out for quarterback this year. He'd like to lead the Guntersville Wildcats to a glorious season. And the girls are practicing for cheerleading so they can root the team on when that's necessary. We're hopeful about the quarterback position. Cal has some experience at tight end and at inside linebacker. That should help.
All this running back and forth is no easy matter. It's a labor of love, but it's still labor. I'll be fishing the last two season Elite Series events in a couple of weeks so it'll all be on Holly. I'll tell you what, she'll have her hands full.
We both have a good time doing it, though, and wouldn't have it any other way. Your kids are only going to grow up for a short period of time. It's really important not to miss anything if you can help it.
As I think about those last two events, I get more and more excited. It's do or die for me right now as far as the Classic is concerned. As of today I'm sitting in slot number 40. That's not quite there but it's well within striking distance so long as I don't bomb on the St. Lawrence River or on Lake St. Clair. I don't really think that'll happen but there's a reason they call it fishing, and not catching.
I love the smallmouth angle on things. It makes the tournaments fair for everyone and it gives our bronzeback specialists something to search for, look at and cheer about. At the same time, though, I have to say that I have a lot more experience with largemouth. I feel a whole lot more comfortable chasing them in thick, sloppy grass.
One of the things I've noticed about smallmouth is that they seem to move around a lot. It's like they'll be in one place one day, or one hour, and then they'll move for no apparent reason. When I say move, I don't mean a few feet. They really move to somewhere else.
Largemouth don't do that so much, or at least I don't think they do. If conditions change they might go a few feet away, or maybe even a little farther than that, but it's not like they move to the next town. That's a difference that takes a while to figure out.
Next time we'll talk a little about some of my other observations on smallies. I don't claim to have years and years of experience with them so some of you guys might disagree with what I say. On the other hand, fresh eyes sometimes see things that other, more familiar eyes don't.
While we're doing that I promise to disclose a trick or two that's helped me put my share of them in the boat.
Chris Lane's column appears weekly on Bassmaster.com. You can also find him on www.twitter.com/ChrisLaneFish and www.facebook.com/chrislanefishing or visit his website, www.chrislanefishing.com.


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Each painting begins with an inspirational photograph that I have taken or that someone has given to me. The finished painting rarely resembles the original photo as I add a bit of Kirstin style magic... My mood, my environment and the state of my snack supply all have a bearing on the finished painting.
The title of this painting is 'Silver Birch Trunks' but different people see different things – I'd love to know what you see. What drew you to this particular painting? Maybe its the colours, maybe its the pattern and texture, or maybe it reminds you of your happy place? Just think, if it were your painting it could become your happy place hanging in your home?
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Book Review: The Lost Art of Dress
Who were the "Dress Doctors" of late-19th and early-20th century America? Linda Przybyszewski's new book "The Lost Art of Dress: the women who once made America stylish" explores their world of style, sewing, and home economics education. This book relates the history of the women Przybyszewski has dubbed the "Dress Doctors," their origins and education, and their approach to teaching garment cutting and construction, the art of dressing well, and other aspects of the domestic sciences.
When I first opened this book I had serious misgivings that it would be a catalog of complaints about how sloppy we Americans dress these days, with a "why don't women dress like ladies anymore?" thrown in--with no recognition of the social changes that have driven the evolution America's fashion sense. But I was very pleasantly surprised, both by Przybyszewski's style of writing and her approach to introducing the Dress Doctors and what they cared about, and presenting what they taught. Her amusing characterizations of the women she calls the Dress Doctors as members of a large family made me want to get to know them better. In case you're wondering, the Dress Doctors included home economics educators and sewing and fashion entrepreneurs, such as Mary Brooks Picken, Ellen Swallow Richards, Leona Hope, Mary Schenck Woolman, Doree Smedley, Elizabeth Hawes, Ruth O'Brien, Mildred Graves Ryan, the Goldstein sisters, and Alpha Latzke.
"The Lost Art of Dress" is an engaging history of the evolution of American fashion and America's approach to clothing itself. It is also a history of how American women created the field of home economics and fueled the growth of the home sewing industry, as well as a useful and interesting source of information on the principles of dressing well for everyone. Przybyszewski relates a selection of lessons from the Dress Doctors on dress and building a well-rounded wardrobe suitable for the life actually being lived--not the life dreamt of. Occasionally, Przybyszewski's remarks have a school-marmish grumble behind them, but in the context of the lessons she presents, they hardly seem out of place, and you may even find yourself harrumphing and nodding along in agreement.
At the end of her introduction, Przybyszewski writes:
"Today, Americans are known for their sloppy dressing, but it was not always so. An Englishwoman who came to the States after World War II marveled at "the inherent good taste" of the American woman. But American women weren't born with good taste. They learned it from the Dress Doctors. And we can learn it again."
While learning the art of dressing well--with taste, style, and restraint--is a laudable goal, and while "The Lost Art of Dress" may be intended as a guide towards learning how to dress well, what struck me most were the economic aspects of the Dress Doctors' teachings, which Przybyszewski distributes throughout the book's lessons.
The Dress Doctors, according to Przybyszewski's research, didn't just teach sewing and tailoring and the art of dress. They delivered broad lessons in economy and thrift to America's home and working women, in which sewing and thoughtful wardrobe planning played important roles. Unlike the home ec classes of my junior-high years back in the early 1990s, home economics education in the late 19th and early 20th century wasn't simply about how to make a few charming, but ultimately useless, things. It provided a solid framework and reference for why one should take the trouble of making what one needs instead of buying. During the Dress Doctors' heyday, many families didn't have the ability to buy what they needed, because they lacked the money, because there were no local sources, or because it was simply cheaper to make than to buy. It was only by making, and preserving/maintaining what they were able to make, always with an eye to economy and thrift, that such families could live comfortably and afford to invest in their futures. These are lessons we could stand to learn again, even in our modern times of relative prosperity. Economic crisis, anyone?
Przybyszewski organizes her history of the Dress Doctors around the lessons they taught, sprinkling their personal histories and teachings throughout her chapters. After introducing them, she explains in detail the core concepts of the Dress Doctors' teachings: the art principles for beauty, dressing for the occasion, and thrift. From there, Przybyszewski relates the declining importance of home economics education in America and how the Dress Doctors' teachings fell out of favor with American women and lost necessary support. The final chapters deal with the social revolutions of the 1960s and the changes wrought on fashion, as well as the effect on home economics programs at universities and USDA extensions. Not to give too much away, but: blame the Baby Boomers and their Youthquake.
If you love history as much as sewing, or have always wondered what home economics programs taught once upon a time, go pick up a copy of "The Lost Art of Dress" (Basic Books, $28.99).
Have you read "The Lost Art of Dress"? Does fashion and sewing history interest you? Do you have fond memories of home economics classes?
Posted on in sewing, design, book review, The Lost Art of Dress, Dress Doctors, Mary Brooks Picken
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I had 1970's grade HomeEc - that is to say, minimal - but my Mom and Gramma modeled (and taught!) us the lessons of farm-wife-life, the Depression, and WWII rationing - including how to sew, starting on G's treadle machine that I still use.
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Posted: 10:46 am on July 17th
I recently experienced feeling overdressed at a 4 PM wedding. I wore a maxi lightly beaded dress and jacket. Most of the attendees, my age were in business attire. There were even some in shorts and it was in the 60s!
I don 't get it...
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Boras vs. Baseball--A Primer
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As Scott Boras makes Prince Fielder's suitors sweat despite the cold winter weather, take a look at Kevin's summary of some of the superagent's conquests in the draft, which originally ran as a "Future Shock" column on August 30, 2008.
2000: If A Kid Is Eligible And Nobody Is There To Hear Him, Does He Make A Sound?
At the time, Landon Powell was one of the top high school talents in the country. Always looking for an angle, Boras came up with an idea for his client, who had just finished his junior year at Apex High school in North Carolina: get your GED. Great advice for anyone certainly, but the goal here was to enter Powell's name into the draft pool—and to not tell anyone. So Powell passed his tests, and Boras filed the paperwork to make his player eligible. That's really all they did, using the rule (and not inappropriately), that any player who had graduated high school or received his GED was eligible for draft. So while Powell had eligibility for the draft, nobody really knew that, and the 2000 Draft was completed without his name being called. Boras then accurately stated that his client was in the draft pool and had not been selected; therefore he was a non-drafted free agent and eligible to negotiate with all 30 teams. The commissioner's office then stepped in put a freeze on the Powell situation, giving them 90 days to reach some kind of conclusion. They had no legal leg to stand on, and the delay gave them only until early August, greatly limiting the signing window. Even though Powell was ruled a free agent, the messiness of the situation had many teams unwilling to step into the fray, despite their desire to sign the talent. He would not sign, and he returned to high school.
1997: Return To Sender, Address Unknown
Coming off of the biggest fiasco is draft history (which we'll get to in a moment), teams tightened down their processes the following year, but that didn't prevent Boras from trying to have his client declared a free agent—not once, but twice. J.D. Drew is one of the best college players in the history of the game, and was coming off of college baseball's first-ever 30-30 season at Florida State. Knowing what 1996's loophole free agents had received, Drew told every interested party that he would require a $10 million deal to sign. That was enough to scare away the Tigers, who wasted the first overall pick on Rice closer Matt Anderson, but with the second overall pick the Phillies took Drew. They were calling his bluff, and had no intention of giving Drew an eight-figure deal, but they believed that he'd sign anyway. Knowing that the negotiations were going nowhere from the start, Boras immediately went about trying to have his client declared a free agent. He began by claiming that the Phillies did not properly tend an offer before the early deadline because they had sent it to the wrong address. The Phillies sent a standard offer to the address listed on Drew's eligibility card, which was the address of the Drew family home in Georgia. Boras claimed that it was not his client's address, and therefore the offer was invalid.
The Phillies then made multiple attempts to both find and send contracts to Drew's Florida addresses, only to encounter more problems, including one refusal to sign for delivery by a man believed to be an assistant coach at Florida State. Boras would lose this grievance, with an arbitrator ruling that the Phillies had sent the deal to an address that Drew had registered, and the fact that it was the wrong address was Drew's own fault, and not any fault of the Phillies. Even before that ruling was reached, Boras had signed his client to a deal with the St. Paul Saints of the independent Northern League. He then filed a second grievance, saying that his client had signed a professional contract, and that by doing so, he was no longer beholden to an amateur draft—insisting that once Philadelphia's signing window had closed a week before the 1998 draft, his client would be a free agent. By baseball's own definition, an amateur was someone who had not signed a professional contract. After Boras filed this grievance, MLB altered the rule to add that those playing professionally in the independent leagues were still subject to the draft. In the end, Boras nearly got what we wanted, but it was a hollow victory. An arbitrator ruled that although baseball was in the wrong, especially in changing the rules following the grievance, that he did not have the authority to make a decision on Drew's draft status since he was not a union member. The arbitrator ruled that the decision should be made by MLB's executive council, who of course ruled against Drew. Keep that authority precedent in mind when trying to think through the Alvarez situation. The union carefully worded their statement to clarify that the grievance was not filed for any one player.
1996: An Obscure Rule Turns Into Big Money
This is by far Boras' biggest win, when he took on the rules of the draft, stomped them into the ground, and earned his client at least $25 million in extra money. As with most drafts, Boras entered the year representing a great number of top talents. As with most drafts, those players were taken early in the first round, and as with most years, Boras had little if any communication with the drafting team within the first two weeks of the selection. A little more than two weeks after the draft, Boras had his clients, and others, declared as free agents. The CBA at the time contained a clause that required teams to either tender an offer to players within 15 days, or relinquish their rights to them, but the rule was buried so deep within the agreement that many teams did not even know of its existence. Boras initially filed a grievance for a single player, left-hander Bobby Seay, and baseball lost that grievance in late September, as they really had no case—the rule was the rule. Four players in all were granted free agency: second overall pick Travis Lee (Twins), fifth overall pick John Patterson (Expos), seventh overall pick Matt White (Giants), and Seay, the 12th overall pick by the White Sox. Now eligible to negotiate with all 30 teams, bidding on the quartet proceeded to go through the roof, and the four signed packages totaling nearly $30 million, with White, seen as one of the best high school arms in recent memory, topping out at $10.2 million from the nascent Devil Rays franchise.
1994: Varitek-nicalities
Ask any college baseball historian who the best catcher is in the history of the game was, and any argument begins (and probably ends) with Varitek. Coming out of Georgia Tech in 1993 wasn't the best of timing, however. With bonuses nearly quadrupling over the last four years and with Scott Boras as Varitek's advisor, teams were terrified to take him until the Twins finally selected Tek with the 21st overall pick. The two sides were nowhere close to an agreement, and Varitek returned to college for his senior year, where he set numerous career records and established a new ACC record with 76 walks in 1994. The Mariners drafted him the following year with the 14th overall pick, and assuming that they had all of the leverage now that Varitek was a senior, they offered him even less than Minnesota's final offer had been from the year before. However, Boras had his client sign an independent league contract, and filed a grievance that, as a professional player, Varitek was no longer subject to the draft and would become a free agent. There was no conclusion to this hearing, as the Mariners upped their offer more than fifty percent (to $650,000) and signed Varitek, which ended the grievance process.
1993: He's An Advisor, He's A Family Friend, I Barely Know The Guy!
It was the spring of Alex Rodriguez. Not only was he the best high school player in the country, he was the best high school player that some scouts had ever seen—and his agent was Scott Boras. The Mariners selected him with the first overall pick, and Boras, just two years removed from getting a record-shattering $1.55 million bonus for Brien Taylor, asked for $2.5 million and a major league deal, a figure (and clause) that were all but unheard of at the time. The two sides were well apart, and classes were beginning soon at the University of Miami, where Rodriguez would play should he not sign. (Once a player attends classes, he is unsignable, so the university's class schedule dictated the deadline.) What happened next is of some debate. Days before the fall semester was to begin, the Mariners began negotiating directly with Rodriguez' family and a man named Joe Arriola, who, depending on who you listen to, was either now acting as Rodriguez' advisor, or was simply a family acquaintance. The two sides worked out a deal for $1.3 million, and Rodriguez began his pro career the following spring. Boras then stepped in and filed a grievance on numerous grounds, stating that the team took advantage of Rodriguez by circumventing his representation, and that the deal as Rodriguez understood it was different from what he had signed in the end. Both of those issues could come up again in the Alvarez hearing.
These five cases certainly prove one thing: Scott Boras sees the draft as his own playground, and he'll go to any length to preserve his kingdom. The frightening thing for Major League Baseball is that even when he loses, he still wins.
With that, the history lesson is over; there will be a test on this material later.
Kevin Goldstein is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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These stories are crazy. What is striking to me is how rarely it actually works out well for the player, at least in a baseball sense (Boras is obviously the master at getting them more money). This leads me to wonder if things work out rarely because prospects work out rarely, or if these tactics leave a sour taste in players' and teams' mouths that hinders development and production.
Jan 04, 2012 05:30 AM
I've long thought these ploys can wind up hurting the player more than helping. We have to be careful here, though. The answer is yes and no. In Varitek's case, the argument could be made that waiting a year cost him millions of dollars. Was it worth it to play a senior year to get another $200,000-$250,000 out of the draft? No, he would have made more reaching the majors sooner and adding a year of major league earning power. The worst that would have amounted to was $2 million, i.e., another year at his 2011 salary. The argument is easy to make that it actually cost him a year at $5 million or more. Oops. Thanks a lot, Boras. That is a truly cautionary tale.
Jan 04, 2012 12:48 PM
Hudson Belinsky
Sure Varitek lost money, but there was a chance he never made it past Double-A. No matter how big a prospect you are, there's a risk of failure. If Varitek tore his ACL in his pro debut and never played baseball again, he and his family would have had financial stability for a much longer period of time. It's a similar idea to the Matt Moore and Evan Longoria contracts. Matt Moore could be a monster for the next 8 years. Maybe he'll lose tens of millions by not hitting arbitration three times then signing with the highest bidder, but if he fails to live up to his hype, he can walk away with $14 million. Some players don't mind trading in future earning possibilities for security, and I'd feel the same way.
Jan 04, 2012 21:31 PM
Richard Bergstrom
On one hand, the signing bonus is life changing money and I don't fault Boras for trying to get as much as he can.. that's his job after all, right?
Jan 05, 2012 07:15 AM
I would assume the rules regarding GEDs have changed again, since Bryce Harper didn't have to wait until after his 18th birthday to get his? What's the rule now?
Jan 04, 2012 09:17 AM
Pat Folz
Pretty sure the year he spent at JC satisfied the one-year wait requirement.
Jan 04, 2012 10:14 AM
If only Scott Boras had advised me, I would have passed my GED at 12. Of course, I would still have gone undrafted, not even Boras could have changed that....
Jan 04, 2012 14:10 PM
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A VOLUNTEER from Clayton-le-Moors has been honoured with an award after turning his life around.
Steven Leeming overcame depression and feelings of hopelessness to receive the European Social Fund Individual Award in the North West, as part of Adult Learners' Week held later this month.
Six years ago Steven, affectionately known as 'Mr Fish', said he was suicidal after the death of his best friend and fishing buddy.
But in 2010, he was introduced to Mercer House 1942 where he was encouraged to share his angling passion with others.
He taught himself IT skills, emergency first aid, and studied canals. He went on to launch a fishing group called the 'Clayton Scalers', earning himself his nickname.
The 60-year-old said: "I have a purpose again to go out fishing and to have the chance to teach others is great. It's built up my self-confidence again and it's all through Mercer House." Ally Hodgson, who nominated Steve, said: "Mr Fish's dedication to the group and to his own personal life changing journey is a testament to how learning and volunteering are complimentary activities which enhance individuals greatly."
And Angus Gray, from the Department for Work and Pensions, added: "I am pleased that the European Social Fund is again supporting Adult Learners' Week.
"I am sure that many more people will be encouraged to take up learning after reading the inspirational stories of this year's winners, like Steven.'' Adult Learners' Week is held from June 14 to 20, and celebrates the power of lifelong learning through activities and events.
The Festival of Learning, which takes place throughout May and June, will give individuals, families, communities and workplaces the opportunity to take part in activities and celebrate learning achievements.


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"So You Think You Can Dance" Results: Top 4 Revealed After "Next Generation" Elimination
"So You Think You Can Dance" is officially down to the Top 4 for "The Next Generation!" Get the full results below!
As Gossip Cop reported, the Top 6 contestants for season 13 all competed live last week, after a two-week hiatus due to the Olympics. By the end of the episode, only five aspiring stars remained. Ballroom dancer Ruby was eliminated, based on the votes cast for performances given before the hiatus.
Now on tonight's installment, which just so happened to be the Fox competition's 250th episode, the five young dancers all took the stage again. Each was tasked with performing with their All-Star partners and choreographing one of two routines. But no matter how well they did or didn't do, the results were once again determined by the voting for previous performances.
And so, with America's votes tallied in the wake of last week's episode, Tahani (age 12, hip-hop with All-Star Comfort Fedoke) was sadly eliminated for earning the lowest amount. Now four dancers are still in contention. They are: Tate (age 12, contemporary with All-Star Kathryn McCormick), Kida (age 13, hip-hop with All-Star Fik Shun), JT (age 10, contemporary with All-Star Robert Roldan), and Emma (age 10, tap with All-Star and reigning "SYTYCD" winner Gabby Diaz).
These four are officially the season 13 finalists, and there won't be an elimination next week. Instead, the audience's votes for tonight will be added to those cast during next week's Labor Day episode. Then, the finale will air on September 12 and the first-ever "Next Generation" winner will be crowned! Watch video of tonight's results announcement below.


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Interesting story in the New York Times today. Osama Bin Laden's son, Omar, says that the US unlawfully killed his father and that by raiding his compound and killing him the principles of international law "have been blatantly violated." That old fraud Noam Chomsky said the same thing earlier in the week. It's fascinating that neither of these two gentlemen have law degrees (or a law degree and a masters degree in Jurisprudence and Legal Theory like your humble correspondent) but I assume that before they issued their statements they must have familiarised themselves with Article 51 of the UN Charter which states:
Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations.
Article 51 goes on to stress the importance of the Security Council in sorting out disputes. The Security Council has of course condemned the 9/11 attacks and authorised action against Osama Bin Laden the man who organised them. But even more important than that and the key to understanding Article 51 are the two words "inherent right". Let me unpack that a little. The UN charter is merely a treaty signed by most of the world's sovereign states. Treaties are important but they exist in the pre existing legal framework of customary international law, rather like the thin layer of icing on a thick sponge cake.
Bin Laden and Chomsky presumably also have read the classic work on this subject, De Jure Belle Ac Pacis, by the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius. Chapter 4 of this text is all about the killing of belligerents in wartime. I need not remind loyal members of this blog of Grotius's remarks but I'll quote them for any strangers who might have popped by:
V. The lawfulness of injuring or destroying the person of a public enemy is supported by the testimony of many of the best writers, both poets, moralists, and historians. In one of the tragedies of Euripides, there is a proverb, which says, that "to kill a public enemy, or an enemy in war is no murder." Thus the custom of the ancient Greeks, which rendered it unlawful and impious to use the same bath, or to partake of the same festivities and sacred rites with a person who had killed another in time of peace, did not extend to any one who had killed a public enemy in war. Killing an enemy is indeed everywhere called a right of war.
"The rights of war, says Marcellus in Livy, support me in all that I have done against the enemy." And the same historian gives the address of Alcon to the Saguntines, where he says, "You ought to bear these hardships, rather than suffer your own bodies to be mangled, and your wives and children to be seized and dragged away before youreyes."
Cicero in his speech in defence of Marcellus passes a high encomium upon the clemency of Caesar, who, "by the laws of war and the rights of victory, might have put to death all, whom he had spared and protected." And Caesar observes to the Eduans, that "it was an act of kindness in him, to spare those whom the laws of war would have authorised him to put to death."
But the rights of war, for which these writers plead, could not perfectly justify the putting prisoners to death, but could only grant impunity to those who availed them selves of the barbarous custom. There is a wide difference however between actions like these, and destroying an enemy by proper means of hostility. For, as Tacitus says, "in the leisure hours of peace the merits and demerits of every case may be examined and weighed, but, in the tumult and confusion of war, the innocent must fall with the guilty": and the same writer, in another place, observes, that "there are many actions, which the principles of humanity cannot entirely approve, but which the policy of war requires." And it is in this, and no other sense that Lucan has said,"the complexion of right may be assigned to what is wrong."
VI. This right of making lawful what is done in war is of great extent. For in the first place it comprises, in the number of enemies, not only those who actually bear arms, or who are immediately subjects of the belligerent power, but even all who are within the hostile territories, as appears from the form given by Livy, who says, that "war is declared against the sovereign, and all within his jurisdiction." For which a very good reason may be assigned; because danger is to be apprehended even from them, which, in a continued and regular war, establishes the right now under discussion.
What does this mean? The US (and all sovereign nations) have a right to self defence under customary international law as well as a right to self defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter. That right extended to the killing of Osama Bin Laden and those who assisted him in his compound. Whether you agree with the killing or not is a moral question, but the legality of the SEAL team's actions is not in any serious doubt.


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Latrobe park's Playland prep work to start
Workers are expected to begin boring about 200 holes and setting equipment poles in concrete on Friday at Latrobe's Legion Keener Park, so they will be in place when volunteers begin rebuilding the Playland playground on Monday, recreation officials said.
Employees of J.J. Hauser & Sons Inc. of Unity will perform the preparation work, said Bruce Jones, a member of the Latrobe-Unity Parks & Recreation Commission. Jones anticipated that it will take more than 40 yards of concrete to set the poles in place.
Volunteers have signed up for double shifts beginning Monday and continuing through April 28, when the commission plans to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 6 p.m. to mark the anticipated completion of the new playground.
Meals for volunteers have been donated by area churches and restaurants, as well as construction tools and equipment that will be needed to do the job.
More than 1,000 people have volunteered to help with the project, said Jeanne Ashley, recreation commission executive director.
"The gun's already gone off," for the start of the project, Ashley said.
The original Playland, built by local volunteers in 1992, was damaged in an unsolved arson in June 2012. It reopened about a week after the fire but was later torn down in preparation for the new playground.
The commission decided last summer that it should be rebuilt to meet modern standards and sought suggestions from Latrobe-area youngsters on the redesign.
"It's virtually an entire new area and new design," Ashley said.
Instead of using treated wood as had been done 21 years ago, the new Playland will be built mostly of composite materials.
The parks and recreation commission has raised about $150,000 to pay for the project.
Ashley said the commission still wants to collect an additional $10,000 to $15,000 to cover the costs of security cameras and lighting.
The plan is to place lights and high-quality security cameras atop poles to make the area safer.
Joe Napsha is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-836-5252 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Students at St. Michael the Archangel School celebrated Christmas a little early this year as more than 300 attended for the third annual Holly Volleyball tournament, which raised more than $1,500.
The event, organized by the Student Council, is held annually in December to help raise money for a charity of choice.
This year, the recipient of the funds was the Wounded Warrior Project.
The tournament featured 18 teams, and the winning team was the senior-led team "All sets are off" consisting of Alex Silva, Joel DeRobertis, Will Englade, Kyle Buvens, Whitney Hartmann, Donna Graeber, Anna German, Jamie Jewell, Connor Branch, Luke Hoover and Molly Smith.


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People try to put out a forest fire in Bogota
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People try to put out a forest fire in Bogota
Snow-covered trees are mirrored in the water of the Weissensee lake near Fuessen, southern Germany, on Thursday
Pale light hangs in a pine forest during a rainy autumn morning
First snow of the season covers trees next to a country road near Zwoenitz, eastern Germany, on Wednesday
The so-called "Stone Age"-travellers, Lukas Heinen, Veronika Hocke and Marco Hocke walk in the forest near Altenbeken, western Germany, on their way from Detmold to Bonn
Firefighter Joe Darr douses flames of the Rocky fire along Highway 20 near Clearlake, California. Thousands of firefighters battled raging wildfires in drought-parched California, where entire neighborhoods have been evacuated
People walk past snow and ice-covered trees on top of the Feldberg mountain during a winter day, about 20km from Frankfurt, Germany
Former bargeman Viktor, 57, reads the Bible while wearing a hat he made for this purpose, outside his wooden hut located in a forest 34 miles south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. A decade ago, Viktor decided to lead the life of a hermit and settled in the secluded forest. He reads the Bible, and survives mainly on fish, berries and mushrooms.
Civil defence and forest brigade members at the site of a wildfire in Riveira, northwest Spain, on Wednesday.
Firefighters and local residents struggle on Tuesday to tackle raging wildfires that have consumed large swathes of forest in Portugal and Spain and cost the lives of four emergency workers.
A local resident shows his support as a military helicopter drops water over a burning forest in Varibobi, a northwestern suburb of Athens, Greece on Tuesday.
Firemen are silhouetted against the flames as they fight a forest fire at Moimenta da Beira, Portugal. Media reports citing a spokesman for the National Fire Coordination Centre state that more that 200,000 hectares of forest have been burnt by wildfires this year after months of severe drought. According to the media reports there has already been several casualties of the fires.
A woman walks through haze as a forest fire burns bushes in Siak Regency, Riau Province, Indonesia on Thursday. The fires in Sumatra have caused record smog in Malaysia and Singapore. Sumatra has stepped up efforts to fight the fires to relieve the conditions. Eight farmers have been arrested for starting the fires.


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Quick Tomato Shrimp Stew Florentine
Recipe by dcb814
This is a quick dinner for my sons and myself. It is based on our love of shrimp and spinach. I came up with it one night when I just wanted something a little different than our usual scampi.
Top Review by vrvrvr
We'd give this more stars if we could! Absolutely wonderful shrimp dish. I used fresh spinach (which I sliced into strips) and fresh basil (generously), and a pinch of cayenne pepper because I didn't have crushed red pepper flakes. I served this over jasmine rice. Our family loved this! We would happily make and eat this again; thanks for a great recipe!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1⁄2 cup diced onion
- 1 -2 minced garlic clove
- 14 ounces diced tomatoes
- 10 ounces frozen spinach
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Directions See How It's Made
- Heat olive oil over moderately high heat. Saute onion and garlic for 3 minutes, until limp and fragrant.
- Add the tomatoes, basil and red pepper. Bring to a boil. Add frozen spinach and boil for 5 minutes.
- Add shrimp and cook until shrimp has cooked through, about 5-7 minutes depending on the size of the shrimp.
- This is good served over rice or any grain of your choice. It also good with crusty bread and a salad.


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Singing to Your Wife Brings Huge Meaning to the Word Love [Video]
This is such a tender, loving, sweet, but sad, video.
You better grab some Kleenex for this one, as this man sings to his 93-year-old wife, Laura, as she comes to peace with her final days. Better hang on.


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Pro photographer William Mullins found this Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep at Flathead Lake, Montana. "This was the largest among 15 to 20 rams I encountered on Wildhorse Island that October," the Idaho resident writes. Mullins used a Nikon D300, a 500mm lens and a tripod.
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