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I always prefer to take notes the old fashioned way, because to be honest, the sound of a tapping keyboard distracts me. The only problem with writing by hand is that my writing got messier as the paragraphs went on. One feature that I found helpful, yet still convenient for us handwriting-lovers, is OneNote's "Ink to Text" tool. With this tool, you can handwrite your notes onto your tablet and convert them into text (text you can read!), which you can then search and sort through easily. And unless your writing is actually chicken scratch, it's pretty good at converting what you've written.
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text: Playing for Britain in front of 4,000 fans was an unbelievable experience. Getting involved in things like the Davis Cup and ATP tournaments has always been one of my goals. It's given me more drive to get involved at that sort of level more regularly.I look at Andy and Jamie, guys who I've grown up with, and I think, 'They lived half an hour up the road from me. They had the belief to make it. Why can't I? If I believe in myself and give it a go, why can't I get up there?' I'm not saying I can be anything like as good a player as Andy Murray, but what he's achieved does encourage me to give it a go.I felt I'd got to the stage where I wasn't progressing. At that stage I had no intentions of ever playing full-time again.I was enjoying my job but I started to feel that I was still young, was capable of playing sport at a reasonably high level and wasn't ready to give up on that. I want to give it everything this time around. As long as I'm improving I'll stick with it. I'm not just going to give it a year or two. I want to make a career of it.It's certainly less common for someone to peak in their mid or late twenties, but it does happen. Several players have gone to university in the States and then picked up their careers, although people like John Isner and Benjamin Becker did so with the aim of playing a lot of very competitive tennis there and then leaving to play full-time. I went to university to get my degree, though I chose Stirling because it gave me the opportunity to carry on playing tennis at a decent level. What I have on my side is that I'm a pretty late developer. When I went to university I definitely wasn't ready for full-time tennis.


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By phil broscovak
Feb 20, 2004
|F.Y.I. Sharp End Publishing will soon be releasing a Guide book to the Taylor Canyon / Crested Butte area.The guide is authored by long time Gunny/Butte local Leo Malloy. Leo is a good man and his guide should prove to be fairly comprehensive and well thought out. Look for it if you are at all interested in this wonderfull cragging area.
By Anonymous Coward
Apr 17, 2005
|Taylor Canyon offers 4 star rock quality and many great routes. Left Hand is one of the hardest and best 5.8's anywhere, and it has humbled even 5.12 crack climbers. Flaring, overhung offwidth cracks are usually not a 5.8 quality. There are a ton of trad climbs and several sport routes further up the road past the second buttress. Most routes range from 5.7 - 5.12. A great place to spend a few days climbing.
By Lee Jenkins
From: Tucson, Arizona
Jun 27, 2006
Any more news on the guidebook? If available where can it be found? I live in Buena Vista.
By phil broscovak
Jul 12, 2006
|Just heard from Leo. Sharp End should have it on the shelves by the end of this year or early 2007.
By Allen Hill
From: FIve Points, Colorado and Pine
Mar 17, 2007
|I think it is one of the best local crags in the state. Certainly worth a visit if you're around or even near Gunnison or Crested Butte. If it's a worth a thing I had a great time climbing here in 1980/81 as a very young decadent climbing youth.
By D Winger
Aug 11, 2007
|Did the guidebook ever come out? I just checked Sharp End's site and couldn't find it (late summer 2007).
By phil broscovak
Oct 3, 2007
Guide book is in Guide Book is good!
I was amazed how many routes there are now.
You Gunny-Bunners and Butte-taters have been busy!
Leo, great job on a huge project!
By YDPL8S
From: Santa Monica, Ca.
Oct 4, 2007
|Phil, is there any way to order this guidebook? I went on Sharp End website and it's not listed in their guidebook section yet.
By phil broscovak
Oct 4, 2007
Scott call Sharp End directly and ask. Their number is on the website. I snagged the last copy Neptune's had and showed it to Boulder Mountaineering so they would order some asap.
Scott do you remember that you are who introduced Jim Nigro and I all those years ago? What a long strange trip it's been....
By YDPL8S
From: Santa Monica, Ca.
Oct 4, 2007
|Phil, Thanks for the info. I didn't remember about introducing you to Jim. He and I first met through Jon Ake when we did the Ellingwood Arete on Crestone Needle on the 4th of July 1976 (the Bicentennial). Jon sprained his ankle on the approach and so Jim and I swapped leads on that very cool climb....the bond of the rope, it can last for a long time!
By chris begue
Apr 2, 2008
|These words and photos bring back such good memories!!!! First ascents-first leads-great friends-really makes me want to drive out and tie in on Whiskey Crack or Oh Mama Mama!!!
By YDPL8S
From: Santa Monica, Ca.
Apr 2, 2008
|Hey Chris, while you're at it, maybe you could submit Whiskey, no one else has (hint, hint Phil) and I am too far removed and too out of touch with the new equipment to post up a safe entry.
By phil broscovak
Apr 7, 2008
|Welcome back Chris.
By John Peterson
Aug 24, 2008
Passing this on for Luke and the others that are actually doing all the work on the first buttress situation. Slightly edited for brevity.
The Property and the USFS Easement
Nicole Sul of Gunnison was kind enough to do some research about the piece of property, and the easement that the Forest Service granted in 1988.
The property is 12 some acres (I could be a bit off on this forgive me if I am), and as we understood it, nearly graces the first buttress on its northeastern end. The lot is for sale for $400,000 plus, and it is owned by a family named Anderson, who live in Texas. The father who owned the property has recently passed away.
The lot is for sale, but has not been purchased yet.
Most everyone agreed that this is of concern to climbers, especially after Nicole Sul revealed the information regarding the easement that was granted by the Forest Service to the property owners. This easement is necessary for the completion of the property, and stretches from the pitches that approach the sundeck ledge to the flat piece of the property where the house would most likely be built. Basically this means, if a house would be built, a driveway would be paved directly under the climbs (Tourist Attraction, Hurtin for Certain, Awkward and Wide, Left Hand Mantel etc.).
The Sign
Another major thing we discussed was the real estate agencies sign (on the property), and the fact that it is been removed repeatedly and how this is really putting us climbers in a bad position with the property owners and Crested Butte Realty. CB Realty is upset with this and in fact the agent Jesse has to come out and put the sign back up. They are talking about putting NO TRESPASSING signs up, and pressing charges to those who remove the sign. We put the sign back in and agreed to spread the word that taking the sign out is hurting our relationship with the property owners and CB Realty, a relationship that is essential to help in this process of halting the development in our beloved Taylor Canyon.
Please if you know those who are removing the sign, encourage them to join our group so that we can all work together in the most positive manner to preserve the climbing at the First Buttress.
The Gunnison Valley Climber's Coalition
We all agreed that starting an organization to help us SAVE THE FIRST BUTTRESS would be a good idea. Initially we proposed that the group be called the Taylor Canyon Climber's Coalition, but then we realized this would be too limiting. We are now calling the group The Gunnison Valley Climber's Coalition. This will ensure that if there is a future issue in the climbing community we will already have a group formed and some organization.
What To Do
We all come to the conclusion that we are in a good position right now for this mission to SAVE THE FIRST BUTTRESS
Action Items include:
Spread the Word
Please spread the word about what is going on, and let us know who may give some major money to SAVE THE FIRST BUTTRESS, or who has some creative ideas of how we can make everyone happy (Crested Butte Realty, the property owners, climbers, boaters, etc.)
Thanks for your interest, and forgive me if I overlooked any details regarding this meeting and the Gunnison Valley Climber's Coalition TO SAVE THE FIRST BUTTRESS.
Luke Mehall, Gunnison Valley Climbers Coalition [firstname.lastname@example.com]
By mike bromberg
From: Revelstoke
Nov 23, 2009
Many new anchors appearing in the Taylor these days. Tourist Attraction, Sunshine Dihedral and one Between Awkward and Wide and Left Hand Mantel all have the same Faders hardware.... Anyone know where those three came from?
P.S. - not looking for a debate- just curious.
By phil broscovak
Nov 28, 2009
|I would ask, are these anchors necessary?
By Allen Hill
From: FIve Points, Colorado and Pine
May 4, 2010
|Lazy and paranoid climbers putting in anchors where there has been no need for fixed anchors for 30 odd years. Why now dudes? Walk down like everyone else has for years.
By YDPL8S
From: Santa Monica, Ca.
May 4, 2010
|Maybe without their gps they're afraid of getting lost on the descent (I know, I botched guideline #1).
By phil broscovak
May 4, 2010
Ha ha ha, good one, MossMan.
I haven't seen them myself, but any bolts on the Sun Deck are a lame shame!
Maybe I will take my crow bar next time I am there.
By mike bromberg
From: Revelstoke
Jun 10, 2010
Nice to see so many folks out climbing in Taylor lately!
Anyways, the 3-bolt non-welded cold shut anchor at the top of Cig-Arete is in a pretty bad state....
Do folks here have any suggestions for what they would like to see as a replacement? Fixe ring bolts? Chains? Keep as is? Add an anchor for Dunn's Dihedral to keep off the Cig anchor?
By R.Rees
Jun 12, 2010
|The anchors on Cig Arete don't seem too bad, but if conditions get worse new bolts would be appropriate. Please do not put any new rappel anchors on routes such as Dunn's, they are not needed. There is a tree to belay on top, and you can walk to Cig Arete and the traffic with both those climbs doesn't warant new hardware. Lately there have been many bolted anchors going up that are highly unnecessary. Natural anchors have been made in these spots for decades, and I see no reason to add bolts to them. Let's try to keep the first buttress a proud climbing area and not dumb it down. If you can't build natural anchors or are too lazy to walk off, go to Hartman's. And if you do put in bolts, try to at least paint the hanger.
By YDPL8S
From: Santa Monica, Ca.
Jun 12, 2010
|Here, here, Rees! Use the walk-off to do something productive, like "take the edge off" :-) Or, if you don't partake, hone your downclimbing skills on something like Solo.
By mike bromberg
From: Revelstoke
Jun 13, 2010
Thanks for the input, guys. I'm not looking for a debate, but am interested in what you think would be practical for upgrading a potentially dangerous fixed anchor. I completely appreciate not adding any additional anchors up in that zone, but I think 3/8" un-welded, un-equalized and loose cold shuts is the opposite of "proud".
Just wondering what you would like to see in terms of hardware up there? Yes, they will be painted.
By Allen Hill
From: FIve Points, Colorado and Pine
Jun 13, 2010
|Just pull the anchors all together. There's no need for them. Anchors on the Sundeck? On Dunn's? Convenience store climbing is all I can say.
By mike bromberg
From: Revelstoke
Jun 14, 2010
|We are talking about the anchors at the top of Cig-Arete... the bolted arete climb.
By phil broscovak
Jul 31, 2010
|Does anyone know the status of the land for sale that abuts the 1st buttress? Is it still available?
By Allen Hill
From: FIve Points, Colorado and Pine
Aug 19, 2010
|I was taken aback by the drilled anchors just above the lip of the roof on my last visit. Not really sure why one would bother with the effort to drill them. Plus they are really big, shinny, but mostly ugly. We never needed them, why do you?
By YDPL8S
From: Santa Monica, Ca.
Aug 19, 2010
I'm with Allen, this area has a great tradition of minimal rock defacement. Respect the area and the history.
Allen, what all did you "get on" your last trip there? Inquiring minds want to know :-)
By pedropeacock
Apr 16, 2011
|The anchors are great (minus guanos dias)! They should be painted, but respect the present and the fact that people circuit these routes now. There is no lack of respect up in Taylor for history or the future!
By phil broscovak
Jul 29, 2011
A trip report:
By Hunter 12345
Nov 20, 2011
|Drilling new bolts in a VERY established cliff with a long tradition of bold climbing is Extremely disrespectful to the rock and the first ascentionist.
By Jamie Estep
From: Crested Butte, CO
Nov 20, 2011
|Don't want to fuel the fire too much here, but what got bolted? I personally think the re-bolting of the left hand anchors was completely horrendous about 10 year ago, not in that they needed to be replaced, but the location was for the Tony's toproping tours and not anyone who'd actually climb it. Did some line actually get bolted?
By Scott Krankkala
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Apr 19, 2012
|Found a dog leash attached to a cam on the first buttress today, no owner in sight. Private message to identify and get it back.
By ItsHisSong
Jun 27, 2013
|Found a pair of shoes in between Tony's Tango and Left Hand Crack yesterday. PM me to verify they're yours!
By Denis Udall
May 9, 2017
|I climbed and guided in Taylor Canyon a great deal from 1975 to 1977 with Prescott College. My friends and I made many, many first ascents over this period of time. Please drop me a line if you have any interest in knowing details. firstname.lastname@example.com


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Since its premiere in 1986, "Into the Woods" has been the Stephen Sondheim musical most likely to have an unnatural concept imposed on it. Directors often seem compelled to place this re-imagining of Grimm's fairy tales in toy stores, urban jungles or other high-concept settings.
One of the pleasures of the new San Francisco Playhouse production is the way it avoids the addition of extra interpretive layers. Sondheim's brilliant music and lyrics, paired with James Lapine's excellent book, are weird and wonderful enough on their own, and this production, directed by company co-founder and producing director Susi Damilano, wisely lets the piece speak for itself.
All the famous Grimm's characters — Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (of the beanstalk) and others — come together in this beguiling marriage of enchantment and existential angst, which imagines what happens after those well-known, happy-ending stories end. Damilano's 16-member cast plays the characters as real people with human issues, and the show's mix of humor and pathos is all the more potent for it.
In Act I, the musical introduces its central characters: the childless Baker and his Wife, whose fervent wish to overcome a family curse and have a baby of their own propels them into the woods, with Cinderella, Jack, Red Riding Hood and the others close behind.
It's a place of dark desires and surprising discoveries, with sudden appearances by witches, wolves and princes, a snow-white milk cow and — in a nice Freudian twist — a formidable giant with the voice of a woman.
Damilano aims for clarity with the two-hour, 45-minute production. That's no easy task — the cast is large, and the show moves quickly, with many songs and scene changes. Music director Dave Dobrusky, leading a lean seven-piece orchestra, makes the musical numbers sing, and Kimberly Richards' choreography is well-integrated. Nina Ball's multilevel set of gnarly trees and secret spaces is accommodating; Michael Oesch's lighting and Theodore J.H. Hulsker's sound designs add atmosphere, although the sonic mix was often overamped.
The actors, costumed in Abra Berman's eclectic fairy-tale wear, strike the right notes of wit and whimsy, longing and loneliness. A big part of the appeal of "Into the Woods" is watching these characters grow up and settle down, and the cast illuminates the transitions in fierce, funny performances.
If they're not always up to the challenge of Sondheim's music — the level of vocal precision varies throughout the cast — the performances are always energetic. Keith Pinto gives a hearty performance as the Baker, and El Beh shines as his down-to-earth Wife; her Act II song, "Moments in the Woods," is a delightful episode of awakening. Jeffrey Brian Adams is the cast's vocal standout as Cinderella's Prince; his "Agony" duet with Ryan McCray as Rapunzel's Prince is the musical highlight. Adams and McCray also get in a good scene as a pair of lusty, hormonal wolves.
Monique Hafen is an endearing Cinderella, Noelani Neal sings prettily as Rapunzel and Corinne Proctor is an effervescent Red Riding Hood. Safiya Fredericks's Witch, hampered in Act I by a mossy, shapeless costume, returns in a glamorous gown in Act II. Tim Homsley is an earnest, articulate Jack, and the invaluable Maureen McVerry hits all the right notes as his Mother. Louis Parnell is the sage Narrator, and Ian DeVaynes charms in the mostly silent role of the Boy. Lily Drexler (Lucinda), Michelle Drexler (Florinda), Bekka Fink (Cinderella's Mother), and John Paul Gonzalez (Steward) make characterful contributions.
This production, which closes the company's season, comes at an excellent time — a Disney film version of "Into the Woods," starring Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp, is due out later this year. It's likely to be bigger and flashier, but it may not be as faithful, or nearly as much fun.
What: "Into the Woods" presented by San Francisco Playhouse
When: Through Sept. 6
Where: 450 Post St., San Francisco
Admission: $20 to $120
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A delegation of six indigenous leaders from the Russian Far East visited the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe at Akwesasne Territory in February to discuss issues concerning the environment, retaining culture, self-governance and journalism.
"It's clear that these indigenous people face many of the same issues as we do in North America," Tribal Chief Randy Hart said in a press release. "Sharing information will hopefully let them better face them."
They are having trouble holding onto their traditional way of life as outsiders move onto their ancestral lands in an effort to development them. They are losing language, culture and traditional activities like hunting, reindeer herding and fishing.
According to the tribe, 19 minority ethnic groups inhabit the Russian Far East with a population of about 100,000. The largest of those are the Evenk with a population of about 30,000. Many live in small villages close to traditional subsistence areas where they can herd, hunt, raise stock, fish and harvest wild plants.
The delegates' visit to Akwesasne wasn't their only stop in the United States. They also went to Seattle, Washington and Albuquerque, New Mexico to meet with other tribes to discuss education, hunting and fishing rights, health care and youth programming. The visit was hosted through the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program.
"We are happy and proud that they chose to visit our Mohawk community here in Akwesasne," Tribal Chief Ron LaFrance said in the release. "We can all learn from each other and find ways to preserve our cultural heritages, languages and way of life."


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OT: Indiana (IU) Offers Scholarship To Eighth Grader
Apr 17, 2012 10:45 AM EDT
Tom Crean has offered a scholarship to 8th grade phenom Eron Gordon.
Gordon, the youngest brother of former Indiana Hoosiers and current New Orleans Hornets star guard Eric Gordon, is also being recruited by Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Xavier and Wisconsin.
"He's the definition of an 'attack-the-basket' type of guard," said Pat Mullin, his AAU travel coach.
Via Indianapolis Star
Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap...#ixzz1sMtFB3mD
Thought this was very interesting... Didn't know EJ had a talented lil' brother that played ball...
WOW an 8th grader getting a basketball scholarship... that is just crazy ..


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Commanding Officer of the 3 Yorks, Lieutenant Colonel Zac Stenning, will give a talk on Friday at 7.30pm at Warminster Civic Centre on Our Afghanistan Tour 2012.
The 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment were deployed in Afghanistan for nine months, where they were fully engaged in operations in Helmand.
During the deployment, as part of the 12th Mechanized Brigade on Operation Herrick 16, the battalion lost nine soldiers.
The Warminster-based battalion took part in a post-deployment parade in November, before being awarded the freedom of the town in a ceremony at the Minster Church of St Denys.
Tickets for the talk cost £10 and are available from the Information Centre, Civic Centre, Cordens or Travel Angels, with all profits going to the Regimental Charity.


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Twice now within one month Google Webmaster Tools has reported malware on my client's site www.beverlyhaberman.com. The first time I completely removed and re-loaded all the files. This time I'd like to get to the root cause of the malware.
1) What is the source of this infection?2) How can I prevent this from happening again?3) Is there some way I can get rid of the infection short of removing and re-installing the files again?
Here are the malware details according to Google Webmaster Tools.
Last checked: April 5, 2012
Suspected injected code atURL: http://beverlyhaberman.com/
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Suspected injected code atURL: http://beverlyhaberman.com/workplace-productivity/
Suspected injected code atURL: http://beverlyhaberman.com/workplace-productivity/the-energy-of-yes
Could be any number of reasons, most of which have been discussed in depth here before (try a search for 'hacked' 'virus' or similar)
As to which one it is, this is a process of elimination. If you're on shared hosting you're less likely to get to the bottom of it, as you probably won't have access to the logs necessary to examine what's happened in detail.
check out this wordpress article on sitepointhttp://www.sitepoint.com/10-wordpress-security-tips/
Plus check into your wordpress hosting company. Lots of hosting companies allow wordpress to be installed, but have you are responsible for ....
Something is putting that line of code at the top of your pages - probably the index.php file(s). But more important - that "something" will keep putting the hack code back unless you do a complete clearing out as recommended in the referenced articles.
Instead of trying to locate source of the recurrence, just wipe the site, re-install Wordpress + plugins and harden the site as mentioned.
Cheers,Let me know how it goes.
When you mean completely wipe out the site, do you mean the database as well, or just the files?
Don't just wipe it - save a backup of your database or you'll lose your posts and comments.
Then virus scan it. And if you can't get new plugins and the theme your using scan those too.
Scan your own machine, change passwords, install a fresh most recent version of WordPress etc. etc. The codex has a good page "Hardening WordPress" if I remember correctly.
Keep backup data always. Other thing is to remove this injected code from all php files. i guess php files have this script injection. The main thing is secure password. Frequently, change your passwords and have strong one.


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A Local Register Study For Major Depression Of Paroxetine Controlled Release
This study has been completed.
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The study is to investigate the non-inferior efficacy of Paroxetine Controlled Release to Paroxetine Immediate Release, as well as the drug tolerability profile when treated on patients with Major Depression.
|Depressive Disorder, Major Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
|Drug: Paroxetine CR Drug: Paroxetine IR
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Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Scores on depression rating scale at treatment week 1,2,3,4,6 and 8.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Scores on clinical impression severity and improvement items at treatment week 1, 2,3,4,6,8
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Other Name: Paroxetine CR
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- patients use monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), benzodiazepines, Chinese herbal medicines, acupuncture, moxibustion or other psychoactive medications other than zolpidem, zopiclone;diagnosed with other Axis I disorder other; not responsive to paroxetine therapy before; pregnant or lactating, have serious medical disorder or condition that would preclude the administration of paroxetine; have a history of seizure disorders (except for febrile seizures in childhood); require treatment with warfarin anticoagulants, phenytoin, cimetidine, sumatriptan, type 1C antiarrhythmics, quinidine or sulfonylurea derivatives; are substance abuse or dependence (alcohol or drugs) within 6 months prior to this trial; have had electroconvulsive therapy within 2 months of entry into the study; pose a current, serious suicidal or homicidal risk; have taken other psychotropic drugs or antidepressants other than MAO inhibitors within 7 days of baseline and MAO inhibitors within 14 days of baseline; have taken any investigational drug, or participated in a clinical trial within the past 3 months; are hypersensitivity to paroxetine; have undergoing formal psychotherapy/psychoanalysis.
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Stronger Than SteelRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Stronger than steel, yet lighter than cotton
Found in a corner, forever forgotten
I bother so many, but marvel a few
You can't seem to make me
I'm a mystery to you.
HintI am used for protection
But also a weapon.
AnswerSpider silk.
Spider silk is one of the most remarkable materials on Earth. Besides being five times stronger than steel, it is also extremely lightweight: a strand of spider silk long enough to circle the earth would weigh less than 16 ounces.
Despite years of study, researchers are still baffled by spider silk and have not been able to duplicate it.
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AT&T Dials Up NCAA® College Football Sponsorship with Roster of Fan Activities
Longtime NCAA Supporter Kicks Off the 2012 Fan Engagement Experience at Cowboys Stadium, Runs Routes across the Country
Dallas, Texas, September 05, 2012
As teams lined up for the first games this season, AT&T* prepared a lineup of its own to share with college football fans. AT&T is extending its longstanding support of college football with its partnership with ESPN's College GameDay built by the Home Depot, presentation of the AT&T Fan Zone Tour and sponsorship of the "AT&T All-America Player of the Week," "AT&T All-America Player of the Year" and numerous rivalry and bowl games. This season, AT&T is also challenging two college football fans to literally follow ESPN's popular pregame show on the college road trip of a lifetime with a fan engagement platform titled, "On The Way To Saturday."
"AT&T has a core value of delivering the future first and we are constantly working to engage with consumers in the passions they have. This season we will help fans stay connected with the 'AT&T All-America Player of the Week,' the AT&T Fan Zone Tour, the 'On The Way To Saturday' experience and much more – all on the nation's largest 4G network and through their many screens and devices where they live, work and play," said Jason Simpson, AVP, AT&T Corporate Events & Sponsorships. "We are proud to have a longtime relationship with the NCAA, various conferences and many schools which help make all of this possible."
The AT&T lineup took the field Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, at Cowboys Stadium prior to the highly anticipated University of Alabama vs. University of Michigan showdown. Each Sunday once the ESPN CollegeGame Day location is announced for the following Saturday, Will and Ravi will hit the open road to make it there relying only on their car, their mobile savvy and their unwavering fandom. Along the way, they will tackle a series of unrivaled challenges designed to test their love for the game and their ability to garner support from fellow gridiron enthusiasts. Their experiences will be documented and showcased on the "On The Way To Saturday" platform at www.Way2Saturday.com.
Additionally, fans who follow Will and Ravi along the "On The Way To Saturday" experience will have two opportunities to win a trip to the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game.** The first is a weekly opportunity for fans to view a video of one of the challenges that will feature a keyword needed to enter the sweepstakes. One winner from the pool of entries will be selected each week. The second opportunity is for fans to draw-up a potential challenge for Will and Ravi to complete. Fans whose challenges are chosen will win a trip to the big game. See the site for complete details.
The 2012 AT&T Fan Zone Tour also made its debut at Cowboys Stadium. The interactive, mobile fan experience invites fans at 12 of the season's biggest games to share some of AT&T's most exciting services and offerings, play games and win prizes.
In addition to "On The Way To Saturday" and AT&T Fan Zone Tour, AT&T will continue to sponsor other bowl games and college football contests including the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic and the annual AT&T Red River Rivalry, pitting the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas against each other for the 107th time this October.
Throughout the season, AT&T will deliver fans the chance to vote for the ongoing "AT&T All-America Player of the Week" as well as the "AT&T All-America Player of the Year." Fans can vote Sunday through Thursday each week by texting*** VOTE to 34763 to receive info on how to vote to subscribe to receive voting updates.


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I just posted this because I just found it in the attic of the estate of a 100 year old woman who collected for years. When found it was unfortunately in 3 pieces and I have glued it back together because I could not stand to look at it in pieces. The previous owners daughter said she could remember her mother having it since her first recollections. There are no markings on it anywhere to indicate who made it and I know that most genuinely old native american pottery is very seldom marked. Its definitely an older hand made piece, but I am not an expert and just wanted some feedback. Thanks!!!


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Ministers meeting in Brussels are expected to agree to deploy British troops to help train the Malian army.
An EU training mission is likely to see "tens" of troops sent in a "support" role to the north African state.
A separate meeting in Africa is likely to see a number of personnel offered to support a United Nations training mission in areas neighbouring Mali.
The Ministry of Defence refused to confirm that up to 200 troops could be involved in the missions.
David Cameron told French President Francois Hollande at the weekend that Britain is "keen" to help Paris with its military operation to oust Islamist militants in northern Mali.
The Prime Minister has said the UK is ready to offer logistical, intelligence and surveillance help to France but has ruled out a combat role for British personnel.
The RAF has already provided two heavy-lift C-17 transport planes and a Sentinel surveillance aircraft to assist France's operation.
Former head of the Army General Sir Mike Jackson backed the Government's position but warned that nations involved may face a "protracted guerrilla warfare".
"It doesn't really surprise me that the British Government feels it needs to be seen to be helping," he said. "We cannot let states fail because we know from recent history that failed states just lead to really difficult circumstances, instability."
He added: "What Mali and France, and indeed other countries who may choose to assist may face, of course, is a protracted guerrilla warfare taking place away from the conurbations."
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Homemade CloudsScience brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
Mr. Kyle absolutely loves science, so much that he decided to become a science teacher. He's been teaching for many years, and along the way he's come up with some fun lesson plans. One of his lessons included making a cloud in a very large water jug.
It's his 10th year making the cloud, and he's got it down. Every time he does one gimmick that fools the entire class. To make the cloud he fills the jug with a gallon of water, he starts a match and lets some of the smoke seep into the jug (the water needs something to cling to to make the cloud) and starts to pressurize it manually. He gets a pump and he starts pumping it. He pumps for about a minute and still no cloud. Everyone watching thinks that he is doing something wrong, but tinman knows why there isn't a cloud. What does tinman know?
AnswerAll Mr. Kyle needs to do is release the pump, which will make the water cling to the smoke.
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Looking inside people's kitchens gives me a thrill. I think that the food one keeps on hand provides an inside glimpse into a person's core. Pantry foods can also come to the rescue when you haven't had a chance to get to the grocery store in a while. For the first time, I'm providing an exclusive, public viewing of the innards of my pantry for you, my Eat Like Me friends.
Dried herbs and spices can really punch up a dish's flavor. While I rely on the good old standbys, I love picking up new spices along my journeys. The white truffle salt (front, second from left) from Dean & Deluca Napa was a total splurge. Sprinkle it on pasta, pizza, rice, or good bread dipped in olive oil. If you ever come across Szechuan peppercorns (front, third from left), buy them. I bought these from the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, and they are also available in Asian markets. They make Chinese stir-fried meat and vegetables sing. Next to the spice shelf sit baking ingredients, which includes standard fare, plus dark chocolate chips, raw sugar, and whole wheat flour.
The frequent flyers earn high end real estate in my spice rack nearest the stove. In it you'll find garlic powder and Italian seasoning (put on almost anything), cumin and chili powder (Mexican and Indian food), onion flakes (when I don't feel like cutting an onion), cinnamon (oatmeal), chili flakes (my husband's obsession), parsley and dill (fish), and thyme, rosemary, oregano, and basil (Italian or American food).
I store chickpeas, black beans, and refried beans, plus green beans, which are a comfort food for this Midwestern-born gal. A few cans of soup linger from winter. Canned whole tomatoes, pasta sauce, and tomato paste make up the lusty Italian dishes I adore making (and eating!).
Whole grain pasta, rice, and quinoa are a must for dinner main dishes and sides.
Almonds, pistachios, walnuts, cashews and pecans stand-in as quick snacks, crunchy salad toppings, or breading for fish and poultry. I use natural almond, peanut, and chocolate hazelnut butter for spreading and dipping. Dried fruit, such as cherries, raisins, apricots, and prunes serve as a fiber-filled sweet snack for an energy boost or cereal topping.
This dietitian embraces fat, especially nutritious oils. I fully recovered from my 1990s fat phobia and am at my healthiest weight yet without feeling deprived. I keep a good supply of olive (sauteing and drizzling), canola (high heat searing and baking), toasted sesame (stir-fries), and flavored oils (vinaigrettes) on hand.
During the winter, I love a nice cup of hot tea in the afternoon or after dinner. I brew up pitchers of black, green, or hibiscus iced tea in the summer. The cool-looking tin I bought in San Fransisco's Chinatown holds Iron Goddess tea leaves. Watch out!
One of my decadent pleasures, though rich in antioxidants, is good dark chocolate in the form of bars, squares, bites, and cookies.
A few other items you'll find in my pantry include whole grain tortilla chips, breakfast cereal and crackers, plus energy bars and other random foods. Everything in moderation, yes?
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A sea lion rescue is under way at San Francisco's Pier 39 this afternoon.
The Marine Mammal Center has responded to Pier 39's "K-Dock," the area where sea lions congregate on floating wooden platforms, Pier 39 spokeswoman Sue Muzzin said.
It appears that at least one sea lion has become entangled in something that is wrapped around its neck, she said.
Personnel from the Marine Mammal Center are working to help the sea lion, but Muzzin did not yet have details on how the rescue would be carried out.
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SULPHUR SPRINGS – An off-duty Texas game warden was shot Sunday evening while bow hunting on Cooper Wildlife Management Area in Delta County.
Listed in stable condition in intensive care at Dallas's Parkland Hospital Monday is Game Warden Chris Fried, 31, of Cooper. He was transferred to the hospital from Hopkins County Memorial Hospital in Sulfur Springs late Sunday. The warden suffered a gunshot wound to the upper right arm, with the bullet lodging in his chest.
Fried was wounded between 6:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday. He was able to use his cell phone to call for help. A TPWD wildlife biologist reached him first, did what he could to help him, and then went for additional help.
The 14,160-acre WMA is open for archery-only whitetail deer hunting by licensed hunters with a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Annual Public Hunting Permit.
The incident is being investigated by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Internal Affairs and game wardens assigned to the Department's Criminal Investigation Division as well as the Delta County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Rangers. A game warden forensics team was on the scene Monday to gather data which can be used to reconstruct what occurred.
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I have often read or heard this axiom regarding Paticca Samuppada, "a cause never gives rise to just a single effect, nor do effects ever arise from just one single cause." I can't seem to find a Sutta withfcthe Blessed One saying this. Anyone know for sure if He actually said this?
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On a recent morning at Felicita Elementary in Escondido, students in a third-grade classroom intently wrote on worksheets during a lesson on homonyms and synonyms. In another room, a teacher worked with a small group of second-graders reviewing word patterns and grammar rules.
"What's the rule?" Sophie Savino asked one of the five students sitting around her as they read vocabulary words. "When two vowels go walking …" she hinted. "The first one does the talking," the boy answered enthusiastically and proceeded to correctly pronounce the word.
While teachers and parents see learning going on, the state of California has deemed the school as chronically low-performing and wants the Escondido Union School District to make major changes at the campus.
Felicita is one of six schools in the county, and the only in North County, on the list, based on scores from standardized tests. The California Department of Education released the list earlier this month.
Principal Henry Leso and his staff said they believe the school is heading in the right direction.
Last year, Felicita expanded its programs to give more students daily 30-minute intensive intervention sessions. The campus also holds Saturday classes for extra grammar and reading lessons, contests to excite students about reading, and tutorial sessions before and after school.
Leso and his teachers say the next round of achievement tests will show improved results, but it might be too late for them. Under the possible scenarios the state has come up with for low-performing schools, closing the school and replacing its principal and staff are among the most drastic measures.
Felicita Elementary has served neighborhood children since 1950. Leso, who grew up in the area, remembers being one of the few Latinos on campus when he attended Felicita in the 1960s. Today, the school is predominantly Latino and more than 70 percent are English-language learners. A large percentage of Felicita students are poor enough to be eligible for the free or reduced-price lunch.
A common refrain among Leso and his staff is that the Felicita school community is a family. Leso said his staff members are devoted to their students. The staff was devastated to learn the school was on the state's list of persistently low-achieving schools.
"We've been working so hard to turn the corner," he said. Despite the disheartening news and the uncertainty of what will happen next year, Leso said Felicita staff will continue to strive for improvement.
Kindergarten classes transitioned from half-day sessions to full-day sessions in January to better prepare students for first grade, and the school's parent-involvement program holds training sessions to help mothers and fathers support and assist their children's learning.
The school also has an award-winning program that pairs students with adult volunteers to give them one-on-one reading time and support.
Reading specialist Lisa Barrett has been working with Felicita teachers since September to help them develop and implement lessons that will help their students reach grade-level skills. Barrett said staff has also had to deal with children's fears over what will happen with the school.
"We've had children crying because they heard the school was going to be closed," Barrett said. Staff members have tried to dispel the rumors even though no one knows yet what will happen.
"We tell the children that their teachers will be here for them and the school will be here for them," Leso said.
Although district leaders have until June 1 to decide what changes will happen at Felicita, it is believed that closing the school would be the least likely outcome because students would have to be enrolled at other nearby schools and most of the campuses are at or near capacity.


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This case highlights the dilemma of Nicholas, an accounting executive, who must decide whether to promote a disabled employee, Paul, to a management role. Paul is a strong performer; however he is frequently required to work at home on a laptop in order to manage the symptoms of Crohn's disease. Nicholas needs to decide whether this presents a barrier to Paul's ability to take on greater degrees of responsibility. He struggles with the legal and ethical implications of his decision. The impact of his decision on the rest of his team is also considered.
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Tesla is looking to hire a world-class system software test engineer for the team testing the user-facing displays for Model S and future-generation electric vehicles.
Road & Track Magazine writes, "Unsurprisingly, the enormous 17-inch touch screen in the center console is the Tesla's centerpiece. It's gorgeous and works well. The Google Maps display is huge and breathtakingly high-resolution... The basic hardware-the capacitive touch screen-is brilliant: clear, bright, and as responsive as an Apple iPad, replete with pinch-to-zoom gestures.â€
The ideal candidate has a passion for testing and making sure software is perfect. Scripting skills and the experience to drive white/gray-box testing strategies, plans, and execution are essential.
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We are seeking expertise in embedded Linux, storage management, USB, audio/DSP, Bluetooth, power management, Wi-Fi/networking, and/or multimedia. Proficiency in scripting tools like bash, python, and/or perl is a must.
Crafting test designs and executing test plans for complex, non-deterministic system software. Develops test scripts to simulate vehicle behavior to provide functional coverage of in-car applications. Perform manual testing and craft automated script-based tests. Works closely with software and hardware engineers to identify and fix problems. Reads through code, configuration files, and scripts as needed to help debug and reproduce bugs Analyze and benchmark system and application performance. Use performance and debugging tools such as: gdb, top, perfHUD
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Its been a very good run but I think our time is nearing an end.
I've heard from about a fourth of the league & so far nobody really cares for the NBA.com site.
Theres still a chance that Sports.ws might rise from the dead. The site hasn't actually been taken off the web so I guess it could still return.
Another possibility is that Able can work out the final kinks & we'll have our own little version of Sports.ws.
There are other options as far as sites go but almost all have a weeking "head to head" system, much like the NBA.com site. Which really hasn't be too popular.
That leads to another problem that we faced this year; absent owners. This is by far the hardest season we've faced due to the new site & 10 poeple that bailed on us.
With all of that, there is a possibilty this league could continue next season, but the chances are slim. We don't have a home & as of now, just 14 active owners.
If this is it, its been fun. Thanks to everyone that made this league a blast for so long. I'd like to send out a special thanks to Displaced Knick, Boston Connection, Doug, Pacer Tom, Scott & to the late great Arkman.
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A study from the University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health and the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program is the first to definitively link air pollution with birth defects. The two pollutants they measured were carbon monoxide and ozone. They found that the greater a woman's exposure to one of these two pollutants in the second month of pregnancy, the greater the chance that her child would have a serious cardiac birth defect: conotruncal heart defect, pulmonary artery/valve defect, or aortic artery/valve defect. No other birth defects were linked with the pollution. The study included 9,000 babies born from 1987 to 1993.
Pregnant women who were exposed to the highest levels of ozone and carbon monoxide because their homes were close to busy freeways were three times as likely to have a child with one of the heart defects as were women breathing the cleanest air. The researchers said it was not certain carbon monoxide and ozone were directly causing the defects. They could be a "marker"—something associated with the real cause. Fine particles may be to blame. Ultrafine particles correlate extremely well with carbon monoxide. The study factored in economic, ethnicity, and education variables.
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Australian Aborigine: In traditional aboriginal society, birthing is considered "women's business" in accordance to "grandmother's law." Women birth attendants and relatives of the "right skin" care for the labouring woman in the birth camp some distance away from the main camp. A windbreak is built to provide shelter and privacy. A fire provides warmth. During childbirth the woman has total control over her birth, and the grandmother stays with her at all times. During labour the woman walks around between contractions and leans on a tree during strong contractions. Close to delivery she kneels, resting on the back of her legs, moving and rocking from side to side with each contraction. The support women talk to her and support her from behind, holding her firmly above the abdomen. The birth attendant provides massage, rubbing or pressing around the labouring woman's hips and down the abdomen toward the pelvis. During the birth the woman lifts her buttocks off the back of her legs, remaining in the kneeling position, or she assumes a squatting position. Two women help with the birth, one at the back and one at the front to catch the baby. A shallow hole is dug in the earth and lined with bark from a tree for the baby to lie in. Thus the process of "borning" takes place as the baby is born onto the ground, an important link to the land is forged.
— Mavis Gaff-Smith, RM
Costa Rica: At each antenatal visit, Dona Miriam Elizondo, a traditional comadrona, looks at the woman's belly and uses her hands to feel for the size and position of the baby. She is well-known for her special use of the traditional Costa Rican massage techniques, sobada. At every visit, she oils her hands with cooking oil or lard and gently passes them over the uterus to encourage optimal fetal positioning. She checks whether the mother's umbilicus is crooked or pulled in one direction and helps move the baby to a more central and balanced position. She says doctors, who are less skilled with their hands, sometimes call her to help turn a breech. She emphasizes keeping the baby well-positioned and suggests that women alternate sleeping sides and tie a cloth around the belly for support during the day. This will help with leg cramps and back pain and make the birth go quicker, she says. She listens to the fetal heartbeat at each visit by "putting my ear up to them. I don't use the horn or anything." At prenatal visits, she spends a lot of time talking and telling jokes and stories with the woman. "If the woman sees that you have confidence in her, she'll have confidence in you."
— Rebecca Turecky
Nepal: A Scottish midwife who worked in Nepal where maternal and neonatal mortality were extremely high relates how she helped make a difference in one village. One of the problems about birth in this culture was that women were looked at as dirty when they are excreting. So when they labored and exuded the juices of approaching birth, they were relegated to the barn, with the dirt and excrement of the animals all around them. When babies were born, they were considered dirtied by the juices of birth until they dried in the air. Given the harshness of the climate, many became hypothermic.
Knowing that it didn't work to tell local populations, whose cultural requirements are firmly established, how to handle birth, this midwife instead talked only with the women of her village about the needs of laboring women for basic sanitation and of newborns for warmth. The villagers discussed these new ideas for a while and then began some adaptations based on the new information. After a while, when a woman began labor, other women in the village came together and shooed all the animals out of the barn, then cleaned the barn and laid down fresh, clean straw for the mother. When the baby was born, instead of leaving it on the ground and not touching it until it dried in the air, they picked up the fresh, clean straw and dried the baby without any skin-to-skin touch, so it could go to the mother's arms much sooner. And, this Scottish midwife reported, both maternal mortality and neonatal mortality rates began dropping in the region.
— Anonymous
South Africa: At the Linkwood Clinic at the eastern edge of Johannesburg, all facets of pregnancy and birth care are incorporated under one roof. In addition to the midwives, two obstetricians maintain consulting offices in the clinic building but apart from the birthing unit. They conduct deliveries in the birthing unit for the occasional mother who prefers not to have a hospital birth but feels more comfortable with a doctor attending. The birthing unit itself includes seven private rooms, all equipped with normal beds and beautiful tubs for laboring and birthing. When a mother is admitted in labor, she will stay in the same room for the entire length of her labor, birth, and postpartum, which can be anywhere from a one- to four-day stay. The rooms are homey, comfortable, and low tech, with nothing to intimidate mom or family. Most midwives bring a small birth kit into the room and leave a cart of emergency supplies outside the room. Linkwood has one major downfall: the kind of care it offers is not more accessible to the general public. It is a private clinic and therefore only covered by private insurance or paid out of pocket by those who can afford it.
— Jana Anderson
Nigeria: Gentle Birth Education Centre Nigeria (GBECN) is a nonprofit educational organization pioneering gentle birth education and waterbirth resources and research in Benin City, Nigeria. Our programs serve as alternatives to interventionist medical birth and to reduce maternal/infant mortality. I became a midwife after an eight-year apprenticeship with my grandmother, a renowned traditional midwife. I spent my childhood with my her, observing firsthand what natural birth can be!
Poverty, lack of childbirth education and modern facilities, and shortage of trained orthodox midwives to serve in the rural areas and urban cities make birth far more dangerous than it should be. All this prompted me to start my organization. GBECN aims to help couples have the best possible transition into parenthood by providing a qualitative birth education and information that will enable them to make informed choices about their babies and place of birth.
Remarkable changes have started taking place, largely due to our centre's decision to include some female church leaders in arranging free seminars and workshops on childbirth education. We recently concluded an arrangement with some local government areas to train health and social workers to work with midwives and nurses to educate and provide useful information to rural women. GBECN has successfully encouraged people to discover the joy and satisfaction of a gentle birth followed by gentle parenting. Our centre was founded to show people what happens when homebirth is considered the standard of normal birth and midwifery care is the standard of care.
— Andrew I. Ewere
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Episiotomy [Issue 5:08]: I sympathize with you in your concern about episiotomy. If the woman doesn't want one, and before she goes into labor the doctor believes it is a necessity, it is best to find a different care provider.
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I had an 11 lb 3 oz baby boy and a 3rd degree tear that healed terribly, with pain for a year, unbelievably painful bowel movements for about 3 months (I cried each time and drank gallons of prune juice), and even after healing a tender spot that was painful during sex. This all ended with my second birth of a 9.5 lb son who ripped out all the old work. After being put back together, sitz baths four times a day with baking soda and starting on day four, vitamin E oil on the forming scar tissue for 8 weeks, my perineum was restored to normal!
Have another baby! Have him/her at home, and don't be scared to tear. Have a midwife who is skilled at putting a body back together right. Yes, birth hurts—lots of burning because of scar tissue, but I am so looking forward to my third birth—I have no recognizable scar tissue, a far cry from that stiff lumpy uncomfortable mess I was left with the first time.
— Catherine
The deadline is quickly approaching for taking a case to the Supreme Court that has far-reaching implications not only for midwives, but also for a long list of professionals and nonprofessionals who provide health education, health promotion, etc. The Illinois Supreme Court has interpreted the Illinois Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act to mean that anyone providing even basic health education is required to be a licensed nurse.
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— Susan Hodges
Lesbian birth mothers [Issue 5:08]: I am a bisexual woman partnered with another woman for the past 12 years. We conceived our two boys by donor insemination. We planned two homebirths. For the first (1997) I labored at home for 48+ hours. My midwife then required us to transport to the hospital (labored another 8 hours and then was told we needed a c-section). For the second (2002)I labored at home for 26 hours, asked to transport, labored in the hospital for another 5 hours and had a c-section when the baby suddenly went into distress. That gives me a 100% c-section rate! In both labors my babies were posterior, had head circumferences in the 95 percentile and above. In both labors I stayed at 9 cm for five to six hours. With the first birth, it was clear that my midwife had some assumptions about how my being a lesbian was affecting my labor. With the second birth, my midwife was wonderful, and held no assumptions, but my MD (who was very OK with homebirth and vbac/hbac supportive) made some assumptions about my sexual history that were invalid.
I'm not sure my example can lead to any statistically valid conclusions. However, my experience has led me to believe that the mind-set of caregivers can really affect the progress of labor, and if caregivers believe that a woman is not up to the job of giving birth because of her sexual identification, then that is going to affect, even on a very subconscious level, how a woman experiences labor. For the record, of my lesbian friends who have borne children in the past five years, four of the five births were natural.
— Anon.
Evolution of midwifery [Issue 5:08]: You may find Midwifery and Childbirth in America by Judith Pence Rooks helpful.
— Robin Jones, CNM
My 30-year-old daughter is expecting her first baby. She is 7 months along. The baby's heart skips a beat about every ten seconds or so, and this has us very worried. The doctor says not to worry, but he's having her come in every week so he can check it, and he's ordered several sonograms of the baby's heart. Is this normal? My daughter is also having severe heart palpitations, which they are also monitoring. Have you heard if irregular heart beats could be caused by a magnesium deficiency?
— Sonja Hald
Recommended reading after a traumatic delivery [Issue 5:08]: I definitely had post-traumatic stress syndrome after being forced into what was probably an unnecessary c-section by an angry doctor, and going through it with my epidural NOT working for pain relief during the surgery. (That is just the tip of the iceberg!) Two books I found most helpful were:
"Rebounding from Childbirth toward Emotional Recovery" by Lynn Madsen (This is the better of the two, in my opinion)
"Birth as a Healing Experience" by Lois Haizel Freedman, MEd
I am now pregnant (after seven years—took me that long!) with my third child. While I have some fears, I've gotten counseling and will be keeping in touch with my counselor throughout the pregnancy. I'm looking forward to a better experience with a doctor who seems to be truly dedicated to caring for what is best for women—not just what is most convenient for her.
— Hope Anne Dueck
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The Walt Disney Family Museum
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LocationSan Francisco, CA
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Visitors scroll through a scrapbook of archival images and interviews to reveal first-hand experiences working with Walt Disney during the development of Snow White.
Three touch screens in a seating alcove offer visitors the opportunity to sit and explore behind-the-scenes at Hyperion Studios and working with Walt in the 1930s. The simple interface allows visitors to pan across a long scrapbook-like panel filled with things to explore. Videos of many of the artists and animators that worked on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs relate their experiences working on the film on colored panels punctuating the scrapbook. As the voices of the contributors play the surrounding content can be explored—which includes studies, posters, pictures, sketches, models and facts—revealing the creativity that gave birth to the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history.
Press & AwardsThemed Entertainment Association Annual Thea Award, OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, November 2010"New Museum Reveals the Man Behind the Mouse," Silicon Valley Mercury News, Chuck Barney, September 28, 2009
Every gallery is crammed with touch screens and interactive exhibits designed to bring static drawings and documents to life."Disney Family Museum puts focus on Walt," The San Francisco Chronicle, Peter Hartlaub, September 25, 2009
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It took quite a while, but the FAA finally did the right thing—to a point—when it announced that it would give passenger-carrying airlines two years to institute new flight/duty time rules that set new, stricter rest period requirements and flight-time limits. Of course, it punted when the air cargo lobby insisted the cost would prove prohibitive to the likes of FedEx and UPS, doing nothing but encouraging those carriers to voluntarily adopt the new rules.
But for the nation's regional airlines, which already face a potentially crippling new law aimed at increasing pilot hiring minimums as much as six-fold, to 1,500 hours, the latest FAA rule on flight and duty time limits appears more worrisome than some in the industry might care to admit.
To his credit, newly elected Regional Airline Association chairman and president of American Eagle Dan Garton actually sounded an alarm about how the new minimum hiring requirements and the new flight time, duty and rest rule will exacerbate an expected pilot shortage in the association's newsletter, Regional Horizons. The refreshingly candid commentary finally contained an acknowledgement that the regional airline industry faces some real trouble, not only as a result of changing demographics and a "faltering global economy," but also because of stricter regulations.
The fact remains that regional airlines face "challenges" from a number of sources, including their own mainline partners. Now managing barely positive profit margins, the majors have not only finally addressed their overcapacity issues, they've driven much harder bargains with their regional airline partners, depressing yields among the RAA's member airlines to levels not seen since fee-per-departure agreements came into fashion. Meanwhile, the 50-seat jets that still dominate many of the regional fleets cannot make money as fuel prices stubbornly hover just below $130 a barrel.
Now, the regionals face the likelihood of far higher pilot costs driven largely by the new rules. Prospective pilots simply won't invest the time and money needed to compile 1,500 hours for the meager $18,000 salary that regional airlines have become accustomed to paying new-hire first officers. That, along with the fact that the airlines will need to maintain larger crew staffs to compensate for the longer rest periods mandated by the new regulation, could finally end the practice of regional airlines acting as a sort of training ground for their mainline counterparts.
For its position on the new duty-time rule, the RAA referred AIN to a somewhat noncommittal written statement crafted carefully for public consumption:
The Regional Airline Association recognizes a science-based rule on pilot flight and duty time will advance guidelines for airlines, and RAA is reviewing the comprehensive final flight and duty time rule released today by FAA.
"The cornerstone of our efforts continues to be safety. This final rule is a culmination of considerable effort by FAA, pilots and airlines, which began with the Aviation Rulemaking Committee established in July 2009 and with RAA and airline member participation," said RAA president Roger Cohen. "While we are still reviewing the rule, it does open the door for additional research, including our own efforts on a ground-breaking fatigue study of multi-segment operations by Washington State University." With its continued dedication for safe, professional and reliable operations, and the need to balance critical safety initiatives, RAA also encouraged FAA to publish the First Officers Qualifications (FOQ) new rule. "Safety experts underline the importance of structured training programs, and the best and safest path to becoming an airline pilot is through rigorous, multi-dimensional professional and academic training—one based on quality versus quantity," said Cohen. "Safety requires consistency and certainty, and therefore airlines and all stakeholders need an expedited FOQ rulemaking," he added.
To the RAA, one need only look at the recent accident record of U.S. Part 121 carriers for evidence of the industry's "dedication" to safety. In fact, since a Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 crashed on approach to Buffalo almost three years ago, no one has died in a Part 121 airliner accident in the U.S. However, one can fairly debate whether or not the RAA's efforts over the past few years to answer former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt's "Call to Action" might have come too late. Of course, the RAA argues it has always put safety first, but it can't deny the Colgan crash marked the culmination of a six-year period during which regionals accounted for five of the six fatal accidents involving FAR Part 121 operations.
Unfortunately, the so-called One Level of Safety rule, which in 1997 mandated that all Part 135 commuter airlines flying airplanes carrying 10 or more passenger seats meet Part 121 standards, couldn't force regional airlines to pay their pilots a living wage and work under conditions that promoted enough rest.
Maybe the new FAA mandate will force a change in culture that for too long has failed to sufficiently discourage the kind of irresponsible behavior sometimes exhibited by underpaid, overworked flight crew. The traveling public deserves at least that much.
Pete Buffington (not verified)
January 18, 2012 - 2:45pm
Very nicely written and your points are all valid. I've been trying to bring to attention the dire working conditions and horrendous pay for starting airline pilots for years. Let's hope the basic principles of economics apply - supply vs demand and the higher flight time requirements for entry level FOs means an increase in attracting well paid pilots. I gave up the airline career to go make 6 times the starting wage in an IT job, and I get to fly as much, and when I want and sleep in my own bed each night. I feel sorry for the flight crews that literally wait in line for food stamps in order to put food on the table for their families. But fellas, don't wear your uniforms in collecting your welfare benefits, your airline will fire you for portraying the company "in bad light". It's a fact.
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Trevor (not verified)
December 12, 2012 - 1:21pm
Spot on- a local paper did story of a pilot who flew for a 'certain regional " based in Phoenix AZ s who showed up in full regalia to get his stamps.. boy was company p---d!
After 3800 right seat hrs still make under $30,000.00 for bidding min sched; I will not risk my tickets by busting my a-- and pray every night that budding airline pilots instead get a cfi and teach part time instead and pursue another full time line of work teaching is fun and rewarding and if you're good can snag private candidates on your own. To raise a family and pay bills will not happen at the regional level . I regret my decision in deciding to fly at the regional level every time I get my check even though my ceo tells us "our hard work is appreciated".
matt (not verified)
December 14, 2012 - 2:19pm
As long as companies get hundreds of resumes when advertising for pilot positions there is no shortage. As long as regional FO's are still paid sub-$20,000 a year there is no shortage. We have one possibly two generations of pilots to go before any possible shortage in the US. There never has been, is not now, nor never will be a shortage of pilots in the US, the only shortage is of pilots who are willing to work for nothing.


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There is some evil genius lost in the mists of American history -- evidence points to Abraham Lincoln -- who first made the decision to put Election Day and Thanksgiving Day in the same month.
Coincidence? Please. Whoever made that call did so as a clever little piece of social engineering, as a way to get Americans to break bread in brotherhood -- "sisterhood" hadn't yet been invented -- after an acrimonious election season. It's like when two preschoolers get into a crying, screaming fight and their respective mothers make them hug and apologize.
The three weeks and change between the election and Thanksgiving gives us all a little time to get our more demonstrative emotions out of our system, be they smug triumphalism or bitter resentment, so we can be more mature adults and share pumpkin pie with relatives who deep down think we're political cretins. Because nothing defines the American experience more than learning to live with people you believe are fools.
This year's Thanksgiving is likely to be more super-charged than most, following an election season that long ago devolved into the world's most expensive food fight. There are no ties in the American system, and, like a Catholic marriage, we Americans are stuck with each other. So, short of moving to Canada, we all have to learn to get along, and if you won't do it for America, do it for Canada.
So, herewith we offer a bit of advice for surviving Thanksgiving without verbal or actual fisticuffs with your political opposites, because on Thanksgiving, a food fight isn't just a metaphor. It took me two months to get the cranberry sauce out of my hair last year.
If you're sick and tired of the election and its ugliness -- can I see a show of hands? -- and just want to keep the Rachel Maddows and the Rush Limbaughs in your family from ruining your holiday, you can always do the mature thing and have a private conversation with each a week before asking them to stuff the political talk. Of course, the mature thing will often only inflame the immature, so why do the mature thing?
Look, you're perfectly free to take the floor once all your guests arrive and announce that the election is over, and we all need to find a way to reconcile and let's all go around the room and say something nice about the other side. But only a masochist or an independent filmmaker would attempt such a thing.
But, if you're of the mind to avoid confrontation and hope for the best, you're going to have to work at it. You're going to have massage the conversation constantly, like a moderator in an on-line chat room.
You'll be able to judge soon enough if you're going to have to break a sweat. Once you lay eyes on your know-it-all Obama-phile college-age daughter, you'll be able to see the urge to gloat in her eyes. You can't miss it. Ditto the brooding cauldron of venom in your sore-loser dittohead Republican brother-in-law.
Once you've assessed the situation, it's time to stage-manage the conversation. Talk about the food -- in depth. Chatter on about how hard it was to find a suitable turkey, and the step-by-step process of making the mashed potatoes, and your likes and dislikes of every supermarket in the county. Of course, that might lead to someone bringing up Prop. 37, the defeated food-labeling measure. Just remember, change the subject. Watch how it's done:
"Speaking of 37, doesn't Jen have a birthday coming up?"
"Speaking of Trump, who wants to play bridge?"
"Speaking of Benghazi, um ... I love your new car, Bill!"
Awkward? Maybe, but would you rather be scraping stuffing off your wallpaper until March?
Once the food thing is exhausted, move to people's personal lives. It's perfectly reasonable to catch up with family members you haven't seen in a year, and it allows you to get granular.
"OK, so that covers April and May. Now, let's go into June. What did you do for Flag Day?"
Remember, you're likely to find an ally or two in your efforts to squelch the political talk. Take them aside and discuss strategy. Assign any volunteers to stay close to a potentially troublesome guest, like a basketball coach putting his best defender on LeBron. Work as a team, people. You can't keep the peace alone.
Sports will likely occupy the menfolk for a while, as Thanksgiving remains the only day of the year that women give thanks for the NFL. Remember there are three games broadcast back to back to back, and they are absolutely brilliant at serving as doze-inducing distractions. Remember it's possible the only thing standing between you and domestic civil war is the Dallas Cowboys.
Also, keep in mind that people will see what you're trying to do. Democrats dying to do a victory dance and Republicans bottling up their rage will note your resistance to them. That doesn't mean they can resist over the course of a long afternoon. Be vigilant.
And, finally, realize that time is on your side. The day after Thanksgiving -- Black Friday, the opening gun to the holiday shopping frenzy -- is becoming ever more powerful by the year. Soon, the economic pressures to begin earlier and earlier will allow Black Friday to jump the calendar altogether and move into Thanksgiving Day itself. By 2016, the next election year, Black Friday will begin by 3 p.m. on Thursday and Thanksgiving dinner will be a pleasant hour-long affair after which you'll be blissfully napping instead of sweating an outbreak of hostilities in your living room.
So, all you have to do is get through this year. Now don't you feel a bit more thankful?
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