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remember when this happened to me with the red top GH?
my only theories were it was 192a instead...I took a break for a few days then went IM and never had a problem again
the rips don't do it to me sub q at all
So i shot 100 mcg des constitution ed with acetic acid and bw. In my shoulders 10 min preworkout now about 2 hours later every single spot that i have ever shot ifg in is itchy red and inflamed.
The ensact locations. It's incredible. Chest tris, bis shoulders. Even my sub Q hgh and peptide spots are itchy
Check out the pic...
... any theories
remember when this happened to me with the red top GH?
my only theories were it was 192a instead...I took a break for a few days then went IM and never had a problem again
the rips don't do it to me sub q at all
Same brand youve used before?
Im About To Get some antihistamines. ..
its just strange that i shot in the delts and all my other spots seemed to remember and react. Delts did not seem to react. I stretched the tricep inflammation and i could literally see 10-12 white spots where I had injected before.
and yeah its very good company that i purchase my peptides from.
acetic acid is pretty brutal. How much did you use?
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Weird. Thats my nonmedical diagnosis. Think your stuff is possessed!
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Looks like late stages of aids. I'm gonna miss you jim.
Sorry, JD, I've no experience with or have any desire to use peps.
And this is exactly why.
I've never had any probs. ever with gear. Knock on wood.
your bac water isnt sterile...AA when used will go straight to any area that is inflamed or infected...it cause the area to turn red with white dots...you have any white dots??...if so its a pretty good sign the bac water is bad...dont really need AA anyway but it helped figure out the bac water was not on the up and up...
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yeah idk about acetic acid and what not going to an infected spot..makes warts turn bright white..don't ask me why I know this...
anyway, I had this same reaction and it just went away ..same batch of bac water
I never got to the bottom of it
anytime ive seen hives of any kind i've seen white dots though..leaky capillaries


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Josephine Turner is the proud winner of the Blog Cabin 2012 Giveaway. Her winning entry was received via HGTVRemodels.com on September 26, 2012.
This proud Butler, Ky., native and her husband, David, have been married 49 years and are the proud parents of four children. Ten adorable grandchildren range in age from 2 to 25. "They are truly the joy of my life," she says.
Josephine, who has participated in the Blog Cabin Giveaway for the past four years, entered the 2012 sweepstakes twice a day, almost every day, throughout the giveaway entry period. She was attracted not only by the home's location ("Maine is a lot like Kentucky. It's a beautiful, wooded hilly area," she says), but the home's rustic-chic interior design. Her favorite room? The kitchen.
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You can hear John Denver singing "Rocky Mountain High" at the Trading Post at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre.
The late musician is featured prominently in a Colorado Music Hall of Fame exhibit, which includes a video of his performances at Red Rocks in the 1970s. In a room dedicated to Denver, visitors can gaze at a guitar he once played and see stage outfits he wore and handwritten lyrics he composed.
The future stars of the Foothills Park and Rec ballet programs will have a chance to shine this weekend in performances of "The Nutcracker" at Columbine High School.
This year will be special for the younger students, who've been taking classes at Foothills for several years. With many of the older dancers now graduated from high school, it's time for the next group to step up.
Even with a room full of amateur detectives on the case, the culprit almost got away with murder.
Littleton's Bemis Library hosted "Murder in the Stacks" on Friday, an evening of mystery and comedy with the Thornton-based Creative Revolution Theatre Company. The audience of more than 50 analyzed clues, grilled the suspects and worked together to solve a murder mystery.
Rebels Without Applause, Columbine High's drama group, is set to premiere "Nooses Off" by Don Zolidis on Thursday in the school's auditorium.
It wasn't enough for local artist Tracy Haines to create 30 paintings in 30 days. She wanted her artwork to have an impact on the community.
Haines, a South Jeffco resident who rediscovered a love of painting after a career as a dermatologist, is donating half of any proceeds from the 30 paintings she is creating this month to Extended Hands of Hope, a Broomfield nonprofit that is working to build a shelter in Jeffco for victims of sexual trafficking and exploitation.
A premiere exhibit at the Center for the Arts Evergreen showcases the creative talents of four area high school teachers.
Steve Sumner, CAE director, is excited about this first-time opportunity to display the exemplary work of teachers who find time to be artists in addition to their responsibilities as art instructors.
"They're really worthy," he said.
The Town Hall Arts Center's production of "Legally Blonde, Jr." promises music and laughs — even if some of the actors are out past their curfew.
The show, which opens Friday, is part of Town Hall's summer acting program for youths of high school age and younger. The upcoming show, based on the musical "Legally Blonde," features a cast of sixth- through 12th-graders, and the quality is top notch, said director Robert Michael Sanders.
Despite cloudy skies, downtown Littleton's First Friday art walk last week was colorful and crowded.
The city, Town Hall Arts Center, and Arapahoe Community College put on the event, the first of four monthly art walks through August. Eleven downtown galleries participated, ranging from the Steve Adams Gallery on Curtice Street to the Depot Art Gallery five blocks away on West Powers Avenue. From 6 to 9 p.m., the downtown area was lined with street musicians, food vendors and artists giving live demonstrations of their work.
Littleton's Town Hall Arts Center is set to open "Next to Normal," a Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical about one family's struggles with mental illness.
The rock musical, which opens Friday, takes a frank yet sensitive look at how one mother's bipolar disorder affects her and her family. The musical's ability to deal with such a specific topic in a way that anyone can relate to makes it a powerful piece of art, said director Nick Sugar.
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What is this medicine?LEFLUNOMIDE (le FLOO na mide) is for rheumatoid arthritis.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth with a full glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed. Do not stop taking except on your doctor's advice.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
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KERSHAW – Andrew Jackson saluted its athletes at the annual Volunteers' All-Sports Banquet at the high school on Tuesday, May 26.
The Lancaster High School golf team posted a solid season for the 2015 campaign.
The Bruins of coach Scott Beatty won the Region III golf championship and placed fourth in the Class AAA Upper State field in Seneca at Cross Creek Country Club.
The Newberry College football team's 2015 recruiting effort has landed a pair of Bruins' football standouts, the latest ace defender Cameron Meadows.
Buford High School tri-sport athlete Valerie Jones is taking her game to town and the next level.
Jones, who played basketball, volleyball and soccer for the Lady Jackets, has signed to play college soccer at the University of South Carolina Lancaster.
The Maroon prevailed in the 2015 Buford High School spring football game at Jackets Stadium on Friday, May 22.
The Maroon, which led all the way, topped the Gold in a 35-24 victory.
Lancaster High School senior athletes Kaela Robinson and Trevin Mingo-Watts produced a stellar final year for Bruins sports during the 2014-15 school term.
The diamond pipeline from Lancaster County to Spartanburg Methodist College has extended a solid maroon and gold link with the addition to Buford High School ace senior pitcher Gage Hinson to SMC.
Hinson, a vital factor in the BHS Jackets splendid baseball season this spring, is the latest Buford High player to join the Pioneers.
The Lady Bruins' queens of the Class AAA court had their crowning moment in the Lancaster High School media center on Wednesday, May 27.
The Class AAA state champion Lady Bruins' basketball team, its coveted state title trophy reflecting the special moment, was presented the spoils of victory.
The Flynn athletic era at Buford High School is over, but the latest of a legacy of Jackets ace athletes of the Flynn family is, in baseball terms, keeping it in the ballpark.
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Five year-old Caleb Johnson is back at his Jacksboro home resting after a very long and hard journey. His mom, Amanda Johnson, said, "It's definitely been a hard road and
Amanda Johnson said her son started having violent seizures when he was 18 months old.
"It was scary. The hard part is watching him and me not being able to take his pain away with me being the mom because you know moms kiss boo-boos and we take care of everything," said Amanda Johnson.
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test showed Caleb had a rare type of cancerous brain tumor, one doctors told Amanda Johnson was extremely dangerous.
Johnson said, "The surgeon said on a scale of 1 - 10, he was a 10 for 10. Those were his exact words. He had everything stacked against him, the location, the size, and everything."
Caleb had to travel to Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina where doctors there are some of the only in the country who could perform the surgery.
The first surgery was performed on January 25th and took about eight hours. The second surgery, performed on January 30th, took about two hours.
Caleb's mom said, "When he came out of surgery and he was kind of starting to come to, he looked at the nurse and said 'Can I ride in the big truck'."
Caleb was talking about his uncle's big, black truck. And when Caleb was released from the hospital, he rode in his uncle's truck from the hospital in Charlotte back home in Jacksboro to recover.
"Hopefully he will not have any more seizures and he can live a normal lift now," said Amanda Johnson.
Johnson said since the two surgeries Caleb has not had one seizure.
Caleb has to head back to the hospital on February 19th for a checkup.


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This section of the Birth Situation Room presents models from around the world that work for the health and well-being of mothers and babies. We take a natural birth, non-interventionist approach so as not to damage mother or baby. We present articles on models that you might emulate or adapt in your own community. You might also purchase a powerful book describing many models from around the world, Birth Models That Work. —Jan Tritten
• Filipino president orders stronger breastfeeding strategy [April 2008]
• Birth India [April 2007]
• Amicus Maternity Center: Part I [December 2007]
• Amicus Maternity Center: Part II [March 2008]
Filipino president orders stronger breastfeeding strategy
In the wake of the Filipino Supreme Court's decision upholding the country's pro-breastfeeding laws, Filipino President Gloria Arroyo has publicly called for more effective public health strategies to promote breastfeeding. Speaking at a seminar on infant and young child feeding at a Manila hotel, President Arroyo urged the Department of Health to use breastfeeding programs to curb infant malnutrition and mortality.
"We must act and act fast to ensure that the nation builders of the future are provided with proper nourishment," Arroyo said. She urged the DoH to work closely with hospitals to enforce the Filipino law which gives mothers the right to room-in with their newborn babies in hospital, a practice which supports breastfeeding.
"The promotion of breastfeeding for children up to two years old, with emphasis on exclusive breastfeeding for the infant's first six months, is our fundamental approach to reduce if not eliminate hunger among infants and very young children," she said.
Breastfeeding has been at the fore of the national agenda in the Phillipines for over a year as a highly-publicized legal battle was waged between the DoH and multinational formula companies over the right of the department to limit formula advertising and enforce strong pro-breastfeeding regulations. The supreme court upheld most of the DoH's arguments and handed the department a qualified victory in October.
Arroyo's speech affirmed the message already being trumpeted by health experts, who see breastfeeding as vital to improving the Philippines' infant mortality rate, which currently stands at 32 deaths for every 1,000 births. Breastfeeding rates among Filipino mothers are very low, with only 16% of mothers exclusively breastfeeding their children. Ten thousand infants die in the country every year because of insufficient breastfeeding.
It is hoped that Arroyo's support for breastfeeding, coupled with the enforcement of the Phillipines breastfeeding laws, will soon reduce these tragic numbers.
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We have recently established Birth India. Our aim is to educate and provide non interventionist birth in India and to address the rights of women in birth. I have given our mission statement below. We are looking for speakers for our inauguration conference.
Birth India promotes best practices and benefits of non interventionist child birth, both physical and psychological. Our aim is to reduce child and mother mortality and birth related disability amongst the poor and to reduce the amount of unnecessary cesarean sections in hospitals, thus promoting an ideal atmosphere for all births in India.
We aim to
- Provide support to and educate the Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA).
- Train midwives and birth coaches who can offer their service as support for home or hospital births during pregnancy, delivery and the newborn.
- Promote ideal natural birthing practices in slums, public and private hospitals, nursing homes, birth teachers and to all those involved in the field of birth; via seminars, pamphlets, brochures, film and consultancy.
- Train birth teachers and hold our own pre- and post-natal classes.
- Create a Web site:
- to promote and provide information.
- to offer a forum for women to talk to other women about their experiences
- to provide a place to keep statistical information.
- to provide links to other sites giving factual information on natural child birth.
- Disseminate information via the media.
- To join hands with government and NGO groups involved in this field, as well as organisations abroad.
- Establish birthing clinics which provide the best atmosphere for natural birth; the profits of these clinics fund free birth clinics for the poor providing a safe and loving atmosphere.


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Las Posadas is a Christmas tradition celebrated throughout Latin America commemorating the arduous journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.
It takes place nine days, from Dec. 16 to Dec. 24.
CFCA's project in Santa Ana held this year's posada celebration for sponsored friends and their families at its new center, which was inaugurated in early December. Read more about the center here.
A posada consists of two groups of people. One group sings the posada song, which asks permission for a place to stay after their travels. This is to represent Mary and Joseph asking for shelter.
The other group represents the neighbors responding, either denying shelter or (finally) offering a place to stay for the night.
Sponsored aging friends also did a dramatization of Jesusí birth this year.
When the doors finally open, everyone enters and starts to pray the rosary.
At the end of the rosary, all celebrate that Mary and Joseph have a place to sleep. They celebrate with food, piÒatas and candies for the kids.
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A moratorium on installation of SmartMeters in Marin's unincorporated areas was extended for another year Tuesday.
The Board of Supervisors acted swiftly on a unanimous vote after making it clear before meter foes spoke they were preaching to the choir and could keep their commentary to a minimum in the interest of time.
"I consider this to be a relatively straight-forward procedure," Supervisor Steve Kinsey said.
Nevertheless, a half dozen people rose to support the meter ban, many thanking the board for imposing it in the first place. A one-year moratorium on meters expired on Dec. 31.
Meter opponents cited health, fiscal, environmental, privacy and other reasons for slapping a lid on the devices.
"SmartMeter signals carry a unique pulse-modulated digital signature that creates an almost constant involuntary exposure condition for people in their homes," said health activist Sandy Ross.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., which has refuted complaints about the safety of the meters, last year reported that installation of SmartMeters is substantially complete in most Marin communities, and relatively few people have shunned the program — a failure to "opt out" that is reflected even in Fairfax and the county's unincorporated areas, where bans were enacted.
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Pre-teen members of a youth softball team, their parents and coaches chased down a man they said tried to steal from them as they celebrated at a pizza parlor Friday night.
Police arrested Marvin Duenas, 29, of Covina on suspicion of robbery, as well as an outstanding vandalism warrant out of Van Nuys, Covina police Lt. Tim Doonan said.
The alleged crime took place about 8:20 p.m. at 3.99 Pizza Company at 940 North Citrus Avenue, the lieutenant said. Duenas is alleged to have attempted to steal a folder containing the girls' personal information.
Doonan described the folder as a "gold mine" for someone seeking to carry out identity theft. The documents, which included utility bills and tax receipts, were necessary for the team to be allowed to play their game.
The incident began about the time the team's coach was told by another restaurant patron that a man had just snatched the folder and walked out the door with it.
The group went outside and spotted the man, as well as a woman, entering a nearby gas station, Doonan said.
During a brief confrontation, Doonan said Duenas shoved a 12-year-old girl, as well as one of the parents accompanying the group.
The group demanded the folder back, and Duenas returned it after pulling it from a backpack he was carrying, police said. The suspect then tried to run, but the group held onto him until police arrived.
Police detained the woman Duenas was with, but released her later in the evening after determining she did not appear to have been involved in the theft.
Duenas was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail pending his initial court appearance, scheduled Tuesday in West Covina Superior Court.


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Cards' speed gives Matheny added weapon
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- In his first two years at the helm, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny has never made it a point to deploy a lineup centered around speed. Despite the current club having some faster options than in year's past, he still doesn't necessarily intend to change his style -- though he's enjoyed the added weapon so far this spring.
The Cardinals last season recorded a National League-worst 45 steals. Their leading basestealer, Jon Jay, swiped just 10 bags. That figures to change this year with newcomer Peter Bourjos, who swiped 22 bases with the Angels in his only season as a full-time starter in 2011, and second baseman Kolten Wong. Both are expected to see substantial playing time.
"We've enjoyed having those guys on base, and not just for stolen bases," Matheny said. "We've got a few steals, but that hasn't been our goal as much as just getting guys ready, start working on their breaks and jumps. We've seen guys score easily from second base, we've seen them easily move first to third and just taking advantage of things like a ball in the dirt."
Adding someone with Bourjos' speed to the lineup has even proved effective before he sets foot on first base. Just last Saturday, Bourjos stepped to the plate and laid down a sacrifice bunt with runners on first and second, and nobody out. Braves pitcher Gus Schlosser fielded the bunt and, with Bourjos racing down the line, threw the ball away.
Tony Cruz scored from second on the play, Joe Kelly went from first to third and Bourjos winded up on second base. One batter later, Kelly and Bourjos each scored on a base hit up the middle.
"Because he runs so well, there's a component of panic that hits the defense. And next thing you know, balls are flying all over the place," Matheny said. "It instantly puts pressure on the defense. Is there a way to tangibly measure that? I don't know, but I'll tell you that defenses start to position differently ... and when you take guys out of their comfort zone, mistakes tend to happen."
That said, Matheny will continue to try and exploit his new weapons only when it seems fit, such as Saturday's situation against the Braves. He by no means plans to revamp the Cardinals' offensive game plan this season, but he has enjoyed the new perk so far.
"I still stay right where I've always been, and that's: If we have the opportunity and things line up and make sense, we're going to do it," Matheny said. "We're not going to force the issue. I've never been pushing for more speed, but I see the advantage to it."
Paul Casella is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @paul_casella. Jenifer Langosch contributed to this report. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I'm not a troll, stop calling me one
The other day I wrote a column criticizing iTunes.
It was somewhat harsh. "Each new upgrade brings more suckage into your computer," I argued under the headline, "Won't Someone Take iTunes Out Back and Shoot It?"
Predictably, the column got some people riled up. Commenters complained that I was getting unnecessarily overheated, that I didn't have my priorities straight ("first world problem!"), and that my subjective opinion of the software was simply incorrect. None of these comments bothered me.
Well, OK, they bothered me a little bit, because I want everyone to be won over by my genius insights. But there are loads of dissenters on every column I write, so nothing about this situation was particularly unusual.
I was slightly more annoyed, though, by the few comments that suggested I was being disingenuous-that the headline and my stridency were evidence that I didn't actually believe the horses**t I'd written.
Instead, I was just being controversial for controversy's sake. What if the point of the column wasn't to make any coherent argument about iTunes at all but instead to kick up a hornet's nest-to get Apple fans frothingly riled up for no good reason other than to laugh at their misplaced passion over music software?
In fact, that's probably what I was doing right then-sitting in my big comfy recliner, laptop resting at my feet, and laughing deep, belly-pounding, Santa Claus-like laughs at all the stupid readers who were falling for my page-view-hoarding punking. Because that, you see, is the real goal of writing controversial things online-to see how crazy people become when they mistakenly think you're being genuine, which you never are.
People didn't spell all this out, of course. They didn't have to.
Instead they reached for a bit of Internet slang that connotes all these sly intentions in a single, efficient syllable: troll. "Are you just trolling with the iTunes piece?" Christina Warren, a writer at Mashable and my Internet friend, asked me on Twitter. "Our experiences [with iTunes] are totally opposite."
I was honestly surprised by Warren's and other troll-hurlers' reactions. Sure, my piece and its headline were hyperbolic-nobody, not even software engineers, gets that fired up about software. But that over-the-top stance was intentional, a rhetorical device to make a point about iTunes' awfulness. (And iTunes is genuinely, unmitigatedly awful.) This seemed obvious to me. So why had some people misinterpreted my passion as a sign of insincerity?
I'll tell you why: Trolling has been defined down.
Not long ago trolls were easy to identify-they were the kids on 4Chan who caused trouble just for the lulz, or the delinquents who disrupted otherwise serious online discussion of folklore with out-of-nowhere, baiting speculation about Tolkien's cross-dressing fetish (or something like that).
Trolls, these people who picked fights just to pick fights, soon escaped online bulletin boards. Now they're everywhere, and rather than just cause trouble for kids who love Zelda, trolls have put themselves at the center of serious, high-minded discussion.
Trolls now write prestigious opinion columns, edit newsmagazines, and land cushy gigs on radio and TV. The thing about trolls is that you never quite know when you're dealing with one; they come in all shapes and sizes, and even if someone seems halfway genuine about what he's saying, you'd be a fool to buy it.
Even someone as anodyne as David Brooks-David Brooks!-is secretly trolling you, and you're an idiot for taking him seriously. Juan Williams?
"Most successful troll in America," says noted troll-hunter Jay Rosen. Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge, Fox News, the Daily Caller, the late Andrew Breitbart-troll, troll, troll, troll, troll! The Daily Mail. The New York Times. Donald Trump, obviously. Cornell students. Henry Blodget. Glenn Beck. Folks who disagreed with Nate Silver. Slate's Dan Engber, who has always seemed like a really nice guy to me-he's a troll! Katie Roiphe-big, big troll. But why should I be surprised? So too are Slate's William Saletan, contributor Jonah Weiner, and, of course, the late Christopher Hitchens. Even NPR might be a troll. And then, finally, there's the troll of trolls, the woman who has elevated trolling into an art form-Tina Brown.
On the off chance you have trouble spotting a pattern in that list, let me offer this helpful rule, a definition for troll circa 2012.
Anytime you don't like something someone else is saying, or even if you do like what he's saying but think he might be saying it the wrong way, there's a very good chance you're dealing with a troll.
This could be true even if the guy is making an argument that purports to bolster your position-in that case, he may be a "concern troll."
The corollary to making this identification is that you're free to ignore him, per the universal troll-handling guidelines: Don't feed him! (Although I should note that no one does this; Google overflows with the phrase "I know I shouldn't feed the troll ...")
Or, on the other hand, let me suggest something somewhat unconventional, maybe even downright #slatepitchy. What if all these people aren't trolls? What if they're just, you know, disagreeable or stupid or merely wrong? What if, despite holding opinions that you don't like, and despite expressing those opinions in a manner that seems a tad impolite, they came by their views honestly?
I'll go further: I think it's time we took back troll. Let's reserve the term to refer to people who are being actual nuisances. To apply it to punditry is to dilute it of all meaning-and, in an odd way, it also ascribes unnecessary genius to people who might just be misguided.
Take Donald Trump, for instance. What evidence do we have that the soul of a troll lurks beneath his alopecic squirrel-tail hairdo? Is it just that-as BuzzFeed documents in this montage-he's said a lot of dumb things in his life? Or that he's often called news conferences to make sure millions of people stand witness to him saying dumb things?
That can't be it. To prove that Trump is a troll, we'd need to show that he doesn't actually believe what he's saying. In other words, to call Trump a troll is to suggest that he's not nearly as dumb as he looks.
And that's what trips me up. Donald Trump is a guy who responds to critical articles on the Web by printing them out, scribbling on them, and mailing his scrawled print-outs to the author. Donald Trump once sued a guy for calling him a millionaire rather than a billionaire (and lost). See what I'm getting at? Maybe Donald Trump really is as dumb as he sounds; indeed, if anything, the totality of the evidence suggests that he may be much dumber than he's made out to be. Why can't we all come to grips with that? Donald Trump isn't trolling us. He's just not very bright.
Another example: Ross Douthat, the conservative New York Times columnist who wrote a column last week arguing that Americans should be having more babies. Among the reasons Douthat floated for a recent decline in national fertility were "cultural forces that no legislator can really hope to change," including "a decadence that first arose in the West but now haunts rich societies around the globe." Douthat did not say that today's women, specifically, are decadent, but he didn't have to-people all over the Web took his column to mean that. And given some of his views, they'd be justified in believing so.
But what about Douthat's column amounted to "trolling women," as Salon put it in a headline? I don't know; the Salon piece doesn't say, which bolsters my suspicion that the term is being used in the most generic way possible, meaning, more or less, "Ross Douthat said something we don't like." Because, for Douthat to be trolling according to the classic definition, we'd have to believe that he doesn't actually believe that "cultural forces" have shaped American fertility planning and is just saying so to make liberals mad. But he's a conservative columnist. Of course he actually believes that.
But does the troll have to know he's a troll in order to be a troll? Does he have to be disingenuous to troll? In my research-that is, Googling-on how trolling has been redefined recently, I came across a year-old post in which Choire Sicha, of the Awl, compared the trolling abilities of Katie Roiphe and Pico Iyer, who had both recently written pieces about how the Internet is distracting the world into oblivion. What struck me about Sicha's explanation was his implication that Iyer was the better troll because he, as opposed to Roiphe, didn't understand how incendiary and stupid his argument was:
Roiphe shows her hand too much, relishing in her trolldom, always crossing little lines of sense, drawing leaping bizarre conclusions, knowing that She Is Controversial. She just exists to stir pots, and so her strange, sometimes seemingly put-on beliefs seem so much thinner than Iyer's, whose work rings with true, if unintentionally hilarious, conviction about the way the world is. (Emphasis mine.)
Wait a second-so you can be a troll even if you have "true conviction" in what you're saying? That, to me, is bizarre.
I'm not arguing that trolls don't exist. Rush Limbaugh's success suggests a keen intelligence, so there are likely many moments when he's simply faking stupidity and, thus, being trollish. And a string of recent sensational Newsweek covers-"Muslim Rage," calling Obama "the first gay president," asking why his "critics are so dumb," calling Mitt Romney a "wimp," and telling Obama to "hit the road"-shows that Tina Brown doesn't mind outrage. To the extent that she recognizes that some of those covers advance hollow arguments and only put them out to sell magazines, she's being a bit of a troll. (Though the case is stronger for some of those covers than others; I don't really see what's so trollish about publishing a piece by a noted conservative calling for an incumbent Democratic president to hit the road.)
But to call everyone a troll, even those who are advancing their true beliefs, is to let genuine trolls off the hook. If you don't like something I've written, don't assume I'm punking you. I'm not. I really am that stupid, trust me.


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Beginning Tuesday, September 9, Greg Germann and Missi Pyle will join Christine Baranski, 2008 Tony Award Winner Mark Rylance, Gina Gershon, and Kathryn Hahn in the 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Play Revival, Boeing-Boeing, Marc Camoletti's classic sixties comedy of errors at Broadway's Longacre Theatre, directed by Matthew Warchus. A new block of tickets has been put on sale through Sunday, January 4, 2009. For tickets and information, visit Telecharge.com or BoeingOnBroadway.com.
In addition to his many years playing Richard Fish on the long running series "Ally McBeal," Greg Germann has also appeared in the films Talladega Nights, Friends with Money, and Sweet November, among many others. Missi Pyle is best known for hilarious scene-stealing roles in such films as Bringing Down the House (memorably brawling with Queen Latifah); as "the deadliest woman on earth, Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky" in the hit comedy Dodgeball; and as the lovable alien Laliari in the comedy Galaxy Quest.
Boeing-Boeing won 2008 Tony Awards for Best Play Revival and Best Actor (Mark Rylance) and Drama Desk Awards for Best Play Revival and Best Actor (Rylance). The show received four additional Tony nominations.
In Boeing-Boeing, an architect living in Paris (Germann) has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancées (Gershon, Hahn and Pyle) with his housekeeper (Baranski) reluctantly playing romantic air-traffic controller as they fly in and out of his swank bachelor pad. But when an old school pal (Rylance) visits, things get rather turbulent. Schedules change, flights are delayed and chaos ensues in this whirl of mayhem and matchmaking.
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Greg Germann has performed at Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theatre, and Second Stage, among others, and has created roles in Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, Only You, Found a Peanut and many more. Also in New York: member of Circle Repertory Company and Ensemble Studio Theatre, A Narrow Bed, Remedial English, Apocalyptic Butterflies, The Person I Once Was, Biloxi Blues, War Games, and more. In Los Angeles, he appeared in David Mamet's Speed The Plow. Regional theatre includes The Alliance, The Eugene O'Neill Festival, Hartford Stage, Yale Repertory, and The Seagull with Olympia Dukakis. Film credits include Friends With Money, Talladega Nights, Sweet November, Down to Earth, Down and Derby, Once Around, Clear and Present Danger among others. This fall he can be seen in the thriller Quarantined and the Disney animated feature Bolt with John Travolta. Television: "Darrow" (American Playhouse); series regular on "In Case of Emergency," "Ally McBeal," "Ned and Stacy," "Sweet Justice." He has directed for television and also wrote, directed, and appeared in the short film Pete's Garden shown in competition at the Sundance Film Festival.
Missi Pyle is making her Broadway debut. Her many film credits include Galaxy Quest, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dodgeball, Bringing Down the House, Big Fish, Along Came Polly, 50 First Dates, Anchorman, Harold and Kumar 2, Feast of Love. Theatre credits include 900 Oneanta at Circle Rep, The Libertine at Steppenwolf Theatre, and Tom Noonan's Wang Dang off-Broadway. Upcoming film: Spring Breakdown, Soccer Mom. TV: "Boston Legal," "The Wedding Bells," "The Sarah Silverman Program," "Pushing Daisies," "Heroes." Missi just recorded her debut album, It's OK To Be Happy, with bandmate Shawnee Smith. Go to smithandpyle.com for details. Missi is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts where she appeared in such productions as Cloud 9, Camino Real, Troilus and Cressida, Assassins, and The Three Musketeers.
Boeing-Boeing is performed on the following schedule at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street): Tuesday at 7:00pm, Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00pm, and Sunday at 3:00pm.
Boeing-Boeing features a design by Rob Howell, lighting by Hugh Vanstone, original music by Claire van Kampen, sound by Simon Baker and curtain call by Kathleen Marshall. Boeing-Boeing is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Boyett, Act Productions, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert G. Bartner, The Weinstein Company, Susan Gallin/Mary Lu Roffe, Broadway Across America, Tulchin/Jenkins/DSM, and The Araca Group.


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- why he's impressed by the strength of transportation and drug stocks.
This Year Has a Different Feel Posted at 2:58 p.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 11 Waiting for this market to get tired, waiting for it to show some sort of true colors. Let me give you some examples. The level of disappointment that I heard about Wells Fargo ( WFC) today was much more muted than last time around. In fact, people shrugged their shoulders, despite the run, and said "they are doing pretty well when you think about it." No throwing that one to the wolves. American Express ( AXP) is still up pretty nicely from where it was, even as they used terms like cautious consumer in their conference call, in part because the consumer turned out not to be that cautious. Ford's ( F) going higher again on the same news. That's highly unusual and positive. Microsoft ( MSFT) and Intel ( INTC) are both up after we found out that personal computer sales are down more than 6% last year. How can that be? Cummins ( CMI) was downgraded today. That stock goes down two, three, maybe four bucks on a downgrade. Not today. A buck and a half. Benign. Stocks go down. But it's not vicious. There are no freakouts. It's just not a forbidding market. Anything's possible when we get into the guts of earnings season next week, but consider this: The J.C. Penney ( JCP) downgrade was just punishing, horrid, left you breathless. The stock got pummeled at the beginning of the day. Now it's barely down! How can that be? So far, 2013 just doesn't feel like the last few years. Maybe it's because there is more money in. Maybe it's because if you are still in, you aren't easily shaken. You just expect more of a selloff than you get. But there are buyers underneath pretty much every day.


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BALTIMORE -- The Yankees make their annual visit to Kauffman Stadium this weekend for a brief Royals homestand.
This is a rivalry that got very intense in the American League Championship Series of 1976-77-78 (won by the Yankees) and 1980 (won by the Royals).
These days the Royals, trying to reach the playoffs for the first time in 28 years, try to treat the Yankees as just another team to beat.
"It's still a special aura -- it's the New York Yankees," third baseman Mike Moustakas said. "But they've got to come and play the Kansas City Royals, so we really don't think of it much like that. We think of it as another team over there that we've got to beat."
"I've had my share of experiences with the Yankees," pitcher James Shields said. "Obviously I was in the East my entire career, and I faced them quite a bit. I'm very familiar with them. Right now I'm not concerned about who we're facing, I'm just concerned about winning ballgames. It'd mean a little more if it were September or October, but I'm just going to go out there and pitch my game."
Shields will oppose the Yankees on Saturday night in the middle game of the series.
It'll be a busy weekend for fans. The Royals will hold the first summer fireworks display after Friday night's game. The first 10,000 fans to arrive Saturday night will receive an MLB Network bag. In observance of Mother's Day on Sunday, the first 10,000 ladies will receive a pashmina scarf.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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PLEASANTON — Special mail-in only election ballots began arriving this week to Pleasanton voters who will decide among four candidates to fill the remaining two years of the city council term of Jerry Thorne. Thorne was elected mayor in November.
Mark Hamilton, David Miller, Kathy Narum and Olivia Sanwong have all been campaigning for the seat and all mention city growth, pensions and economic growth as key issues the city will face over the next two years. The mail-in only ballots are due May 7.
Here is a look at the candidates:
Mark Hamilton: A Pleasanton resident for 12 years, Hamilton said growth and how the city handles it will be one of his main concerns if he wins election.
Hamilton said the city's current work on its East Side Specific Plan and a number of sites in the city that were rezoned for housing are indicators of the city's impending growth.
A financial services director and a former Marine with 24 years service, Hamilton said the city has to grow but it should be in a way that makes sense for Pleasanton.
"A town cannot not grow," Hamilton said. "My concern is that I don't want to see us look like other towns with unattractive housing. We need to be an attractive place for businesses to come and create an employee base and get more tax revenue."
Hamilton also said the city's pensions will continue to be an issue but that there are a lot of creative ideas and that it does not have to be an all or nothing issue.
Hamilton, who has coached youth and high school sports since moving from Livermore, said he decided to run in the special election instead of the general election in November because of the cost. He said he is funding his own campaign.
"We need independent city council members that have to be able to look back and forth over issues," Hamilton said.
David Miller: For the past four years, Miller has voiced his criticism at city council meetings over its handling of labor negotiations and the city's unfunded pension liability. If elected, he said he will continue a vigilant watch over financial matters.
"The city has made some progress with its unfunded liability and we need to keep an eye on that and keep improving, we still have $160 million unfunded," Miller said.
"We also want to make sure that we uphold our obligations to our city workers. We made these promises and we need to make sure we keep that them."
Additionally, Miller said that if elected he would also focus on helping the city keep local control and will work to curb forced urbanization. Miller noted the annual housing numbers, a goal the city is given by the Association of Bay Area Government — of which residents don't have a voice in, he said.
Miller said the housing number, which could add up to 10,000 new residents, would also burden the school district with an influx of more students.
"My approach is, we need to raise awareness of what is happening to our community," Miller said. "Once you raise awareness you can start coming up with action." Miller also said he would focus on creating a performance metric system to allow residents to see how well the city is doing its job. He pointed to the city's personnel budget and said he supported Thorne's desire to reduce the city's personnel budget down to 70 percent of its general fund.
Kathy Narum has spent the past 17 years in Pleasanton involved in everything from youth swimming to parks and recreation, the planning commission and running a successful mayoral campaign for Thorne.
Now, after six years on the planning commission, Narum is hoping to make the jump to the council and guide it through growth, pensions and economic development.
If elected, Narum said fiscal responsibility and focusing on increasing city revenues will be her top priority so the city can produce a capital improvement plan to build more parks, maintain current facilities and fix up the cemetery.
Narum said one way to accomplish increasing revenue would be to update and condense Hacienda Business Park's 20-year old planning document to attract more companies. Narum said she raised the idea while on the planning commission and that the city council picked up the idea.
"We need to make the business park as attractive as we can so we are not losing them to Bishop Ranch," she said. "It still has something like 22 percent vacancy rate which is better than it was, but we need to keep improving."
She would also like to see Stoneridge Mall develop its 350,000 square feet that is has approved for additions and to find ways for the strip malls in town to renovate.
Pensions will also be an issue, but Narum said the previous council took steps to improve its situation and said increasing city revenue will be equally as important.
"I love Pleasanton and care about it and want to continue to have it be a great place for people to raise their children, like my husband and I raised our two daughters," she said.
Olivia Sanwong is hoping that if elected to council she will be able to lure other millennials back to town by offering a mix of both residential and multi-family housing.
Sanwong said that the city is not doing enough to retain some of "the best and brightest" its schools are producing and that housing is a key way to help graduates come back to the city after college, as she did.
Multi-family housing located near transportation centers, like the two BART stations, or near Hacienda Business Park would be a good way to offer those in their 20s and 30s housing that is interesting and accessible, she said.
"A lot of my generation likes to live in multi-family housing that has those retail options and that is attractive to early 20s and 30s," said Sanwong, who graduated from UCLA before returning to Pleasanton. "It's especially true if that is built near BART."
Sanwong said she understands the concerns the impact multi-family housing could have on schools but said she would work with the district on a plan.
Historic preservation, particularly in the downtown where Sanwong just bought a home, will also be a key issue for her as well as economic development, growth and pensions.
Sanwong said Pleasanton has been a well-managed city and that its pension situation is a concern but that is also needs to be balanced with a focus on economic vitality.
"We need to continue to watch the bottom line, but we also need to watch top the line and economic growth opportunities," she said. "We are in the middle of the high tech capitol and in this innovative economy we need to focus on that and continue to bring in revenue."


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The Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University is hosting two free lectures in a program titled H. G. Adler: Life, Literature, Legacy.
Hans Gunther Adler, a survivor of Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Buchenwald, published 26 books of fiction, poetry, history, philosophy and social science. Recent translations of his works from the original German have given English readers an opportunity to discover this important writer about the Holocaust.
Adler's son, Prof. Jeremy Adler of King's College London, will speak on "The World of My Father's Memory Writing," and Prof. Lawrence L. Langer will speak on "Holocaust Fact and Holocaust Fiction: The Dual Vision of H. G. Adler." York University, Vanier College, Room 001. Sunday, Nov. 11, 5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Parking vouchers will be provided. 416-736-5823, www.yorku.ca/cjs
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Paula Abdul in Town: Magen Boys Entertainment and Sole Power Productions present a rare, intimate and personal evening with Grammy Award-winning performer Paula Abdul as she discusses her Canadian and Jewish roots. This will be Abdul's first Canadian appearance in years. $118; VIP $250; tax receipts available. Proceeds to benefit Chabad on the Avenue. Eglinton Grand Theatre, 400 Eglinton Ave. W. near Avenue Road. Sunday, Nov. 25, VIP reception 6 p.m., doors open 7 p.m. for general admission. www.PaulaInToronto.com
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Fiddler in Richmond Hill: A new production of Fiddler On The Roof, produced by Steppin' Out Theatre Productions, is being directed by Brian Lee, a graduate of the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto. The production will feature 40 actors, a minimalist set, and a new orchestration not previously performed in Canada. Richmond Hill Performing Arts Centre, Nov. 21 to 25. www.steppinout.ca
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Cinema of Sidney Lumet: Shlomo Schwartzberg continues his series of talks (with film clips) on Lumet, with a discussion of "Cops, Crooks & Corruption: The Offence, Serpico, Find Me Guilty, Q&A, and Night Falls on Manhattan." Drop-in, $12, students $6. Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Monday, Nov. 12, 7 to 9 p.m. 416-924-6211, ext. 606.
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Book Launch: Barbara Klein Muskrat Then & Now is the title of Sharon Abron Drache's third collection of short fiction. A book launch takes place at the Miles Nadal JCC, Room 318, Thursday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., with an author reading at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments, everyone welcome.
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Belgian Violinist in Town: Belgian violinist Michael Guttman, who the Jerusalem Post has described as "the Chagall of violinists," is performing a recital with pianist Stephan Sylvestre, featuring music by Beethoven, Brahms, Faure and Arvo Part. Gallery 345, Monday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m. $10 to $25. 416-822-9781, www.gallery345.com
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Names in the News: Canadian actor and Oscar-nominated director Sarah Polley held a private screening of her new documentary Stories We Tell as a fundraiser for Mount Sinai Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit's Perinatal Parents Association. The association provides parent-to-parent support and education for families with babies in the NICU. The event raised more than $14,000.
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Arts in Brief
• The guitar duo Isra-Alien bring their high-energy Balkan beats and mid-century Israeli hits to the Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. (west of Dufferin), Sunday, Nov. 18. Doors open 7 p.m., show starts 8 p.m. $10 advance, $15 at the door. 416-588-0307.
• Israeli flutist, composer and Yemen Blues founder Hadar Noiberg brings her trio to the Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC. Tickets $25. Thursday, Nov. 22, 8 p.m. 416-624-6211, ext. 0. www.algreentheatre.ca
• Active Seniors and Boomers of the Miles Nadal JCC offers a visit to the Royal Ontario Museum guided by curator Corey Keeble, who will highlight aspects of Judaica and Judaism in some of the most important galleries. $15. Thursday, Dec. 6, 1:30 p.m. Please register and pay by Nov. 19. 416-924-6211, ext. 0. Call Phyllis at ext. 155 for information.
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At the Galleries
• Rochelle Rubinstein blends biblical narratives, cultural legends, liturgy and poetry with her own personal stories to create abstract yet recognizable images of family, community and history. Her exhibit Silk Stones is on view at the Miles Nadal JCC Gallery through Nov. 12.
• The artwork of Rose Lindzon is inspired by archeology, history and travel; a recent series of works is based on her photographs of Victoria Falls in Africa. Her art is on view in her studio, 176 Bedford Rd., Thursday, Nov. 8, 5 to 9 p.m. RSVP to 416-961-1523 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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It has been a full week since Dad passed away and I'm surprised about how time is flying. The last seven days have been the strangest in my life; I have felt a combination of sadness, relief and amazingly (at least to me) a new lease on life.
I always asked myself if I would break down when my dad died, if I would cry a lot or if I would be surprised by my reaction. I think it has been the latter. While I feel a lot of pain I also cherish my life more than ever. I think going through this experience has been so traumatic and exhaustive that I feel more blessed every day about having the chance to live.
I almost feel guilty about feeling more happy than sad, even when I know my dad would have wanted it to be that way. Perhaps because we always talked about celebrating life it's possible I'm trying not to disappoint him.
I'm sure things will get harder before they get better. Right now it still feels like one of my dad's crazy trips. I'm not sure what it will be like not to be able to talk to him in 6 months, a year or ever again.
One thing I do know is that my dad would not want me to stop. He would want me to continue full on and I think that gives me strength and drive. I'm not a religious person and neither was dad so I cannot say I will ever see him again. I know however that I will continue to talk to him (in a non-crazy way:)) and I will work on making him proud.
Healing will take time and it might never happen completely but I will overcome any sadness and loneliness with all that I have to live for; he would have wanted it that way, for me, my mom and everyone he loved.
It has been a great pleasure to have the opportunity to share my questions, experiences and fears with the CC family. I can only hope medicine and technology will continue to improve and provide better solutions and help our loved ones live better and pain free lives.
I wish everyone all the best and strength with this terrible experience.
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At Raw 1000, we all saw what we thought was a Punk heel turn. Everyone bitched about how weak of a turn it was because really all he did was fly in and hit The Rock with a clothesline. It came off really half-assed to me, only because they had both been in the ring together in an earlier segment with Daniel Bryan. The fact that we had already seen the two of them in the ring together
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I was just watching the Punk-CNN spot (what can I say, I'm a sucker for human beings who think beating women is wrong) when I noticed the only comment below it urging me to read a blog that tells the not-so-accurate tale of Punk becoming the new Cena, how he's already watered down and stale, and how nothing is different about the WWE title. Having read this blog already, I remember finding it annoying
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Fever, Liberty to play 1st outdoor game
By Kristen Leigh Porter
Posted: April 10, 2008
When Indiana Fever general manager Kelly Krauskopf attended the 2007 U.S. Open, basketball was the furthest thing from her mind. She enjoyed watching Carole King perform before the women's final between tennis heavyweights Justine Henin and Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Wednesday, it was announced that July 19, the Fever will play the New York Liberty outdoors at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the home of the Open, in the first non-tennis sporting event at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
"I have a real fresh, vivid view of what it's going to look like playing on a basketball court in that stadium," Krauskopf said. "To come back now and be part of a basketball game is very exciting. I just hope that there's no rain or wind."
The Liberty Outdoor Classic will be the first WNBA game played outdoors and is the first regular-season outdoor game in either NBA or WNBA history. Fever coach Lin Dunn, who spent the past four seasons as an assistant, said she is hoping King will agree to be the team's honorary coach.
"I can see what a unique opportunity this is to showcase our game," Dunn said.
The Fever also picked up a new player Wednesday, selecting 6-1 forward Khadijah Whittington from North Carolina State with the 26th overall pick in the second round of the WNBA draft.
The Fever did not have a first-round pick for the first time in their history. The pick was part of the trade that brought Katie Douglas and also included Tamika Whitmore.
Whittington, a first-team All-ACC pick and honorable mention All-American, averaged 16.8 points and 11.7 rebounds as a senior.
"I was in shock because (Fever superstar) Tamika Catchings is my favorite player ever and I was like, 'Oh my gosh,' " Whittington said via telephone shortly after the draft. "I can't wait to get there."
With Whitmore gone, the Fever were looking for a forward to provide energy and rebounding. Dunn had kept on eye on Whittington, whom she dubbed "Baby Tamika."
"I can't think of a higher compliment to pay somebody because Tamika Catchings, in the way she plays the game with her relentless pursuit of excellence and how hard she works . . . to be able to find another player like that is a huge plus for our team," Dunn said.
Although this was one of the deepest drafts in league history, Krauskopf said she thought Whittington would go higher in the second round.


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Feelings of anguish
INDIANAPOLIS To grasp the foundation of Joseph Addai's career, you first have to wrap your head around one reality. He wants you to understand this, so he stops snacking on a cup of pineapple slices and sits up on the curved leather couch in his spacious brick manor.
"Every day," Addai says, "I'm scared someone might take my position."
He drops the line with absolute sincerity, then slides to the edge of his couch with conviction when a visitor rolls his eyes skeptically.
"Naw, really," the Indianapolis Colts running back insists. "Even now, when they bring another running back in, I think about losing my job."
It's not exactly a valid concern these days. Not for a player who has replaced Edgerrin James as seamlessly as James once replaced Marshall Faulk. And certainly not likely for a player who became the star of last season's talent-packed class of rookie running backs. Reggie Bush can have the throne as the NFL's new messianic advertising force, but it's Addai who has earned the title of dependable go-to running back.
"When you talk about Joe," Colts safety Bob Sanders says, "you're talking about the guy who has the full, full, full package."
And yet, there was Addai, sitting in his living room a few days before going back to his hometown to play the Houston Texans last week, legitimately worried about losing his job. It's paralysis by analysis, but you can hardly blame him. It's a worry most other stars have never had to consider, but in the last seven years Addai has bounced between running back, quarterback, fullback, wide receiver and back again. You tend to get a little self-conscious about your hold on a position when this is the first year you've had it all to yourself.
Indeed, it wasn't until a four-hour drive from Baton Rouge, La., to Houston during Addai's sophomore season at LSU that he was able to come to grips with the many roles that would ultimately define him as a running back.
"Whatever the coaches wanted, whatever chances I got, I was jumping on them," Addai says. "People say things about making the best of your smallest opportunities. I realized what it meant that day."
Three years later, and maybe for the first time in his career, Addai is the unquestioned centerpiece of a backfield. But he's been fighting for this for so long that even the remote possibility of losing it keeps his mind turning.
Hidden on an offense flush with perennial Pro Bowlers and Madison Avenue darling Peyton Manning, Addai's anonymity has become something of a self-inflicted dagger. Like teammate Marvin Harrison, he abhors the spotlight and would rather let his play and not a string of national ad campaigns define his blossoming career.
"The goal is to win football games, right?" Addai asks rhetorically. "Well, that's what I'm here for. And if those other things come, they come."
With his sudden rise as one of football's elite running backs, those things may be coming faster than anyone could have predicted.
Even now, Addai feels like the drive that defined his career happened yesterday. He can feel his hands wrapped around a steering wheel, his body packed into the burgundy Toyota Camry that often ferried him home to southwest Houston between semesters at LSU.
By the end of his sophomore season with the Tigers, Addai's career had been schizophrenic at best. Despite craving to be an every-down running back, he'd risen to national prominence as a scrambling quarterback in high school. And even when he committed to LSU as a nationally celebrated recruit, his visions of making the transition to the backfield were stalled by a depth chart thick with future NFL players.
As a true freshman, Addai was buried at running back behind future NFL players Domanick Davis, LaBrandon Toefield and even Devery Henderson, who had yet to be moved to receiver. After a redshirt year, then-coach Nick Saban called Addai into his office and uttered the words that would become all too familiar.
"We're thinking of moving you," Saban told Addai. "We think we could get you on the field as a fullback."
And that's how Addai's career started with the Tigers, paving the way for other NFL-caliber running backs. Eventually, he worked his way into a rotation with Justin Vincent (who would go on to play with the Atlanta Falcons) before straining his MCL in the middle of his sophomore season. To help lighten the strain on his knee upon Addai's return after missing two games, Saban made Addai a third-down back. It was a supporting role, but Addai played his part on what became a national championship team. But after touching the ball only four times against Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl, he wondered what was ahead.
"If I was honest about it, I'd say that I wasn't feeling that role," Addai says. "I was never going to say anything. Who was I to say anything? But there were definitely times that I doubted myself. I wondered 'Man, is this football thing really for me?' The offseason between my sophomore and junior season, I thought about that a lot."
It was during that stretch that Addai packed his car to head home during a break in classes, and then spent the ride talking to himself. Literally.
"I asked myself all kinds of things like 'What am I doing wrong?'," Addai remembered. "I really thought about it. I knew I wasn't taking any shortcuts, but I still wasn't getting where I wanted to be. I just thought about it the whole way. At some point, I started to realize that what people say about taking advantage of your opportunities was the truth. By the time I got out of the car, I had told myself, 'Every chance I get from now on, I have to make the coaches feel bad for not putting me in games.' "
The chances eventually came. Saban gave him a featured role as junior in 2004, but it wasn't until Les Miles took over as coach in 2005 that Addai would finally be given the nod as the full-time starter. Even then, he had to carry the load with a high ankle sprain, rushing for 941 yards and nine touchdowns.
Ironically, it was that twisted path that attracted the Colts.
"That definitely opened our eyes," Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy said. "He played in a pro-style system. He played some wide receiver. He played in the slot. He played fullback. He got a chance to do everything and develop. He learned the whole game. To me, that was probably the most impressive thing about him as a rookie, the fact that he came in and understood our offense, understood our pass protections and routes. Most backs when they come in the league, if you're good enough you can come in and run, but it's all the other things that trip them up. Joe's experience in college made him become a complete player."
To Dungy, the fact that Addai never complained was proof of his character.
"He was never critical of anything during that time," Dungy said. "He never said 'Hey, I've got to play more.' We looked at that as a positive that we were going to get a guy that was going to be able to share the load. Really, we talked to everybody. We couldn't talk to Nick Saban, obviously, because he was with Miami. But we talked to a lot of his other coaches and many of his teammates that he had been around. And we couldn't get anybody to say anything negative about him."
On the other end of the phone, Dominic Rhodes is gushing.
Rhodes talks about how Addai is destined for greatness and how his game is so similar to Edgerrin James'. Most of all, he talks about how even though Addai was essentially drafted to take Rhodes' starting job, Addai became one of his best friends.
The statement is odd for a league where running back rotations are often awkward, if not entirely strained. But Rhodes, now with the Oakland Raiders, and Addai were the antithesis of that in 2006, proving to be the foil of such emotionally disastrous pairings as the Chicago Bears' platoon of Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson.
"He came into the league like a guy who didn't expect to be a first-round pick," Rhodes said. "It's something that some of these guys need to learn, that it's not about one person. It's about the team, and Joe took that to heart."
And it's Rhodes who seems genuinely offended that Addai hasn't received more attention this season. He clucks his tongue in disgust when he thinks about Bush being branded the league next superstar. He notes that it's Addai who owns a Super Bowl ring and scored the game-winning touchdown in the AFC Championship game. And it's Addai who became the first running back in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards despite not starting a single game.
"In college, Reggie had all the highlight reels, and people kind of live on that," Rhodes said. "Maybe it takes people who have to work hard in this league to appreciate a guy like Joseph. It takes people who understand football to see the value of a guy like Joe, who can do everything on the field. You know, he's not a flashy guy, one of those guys that's going to break 80-, 90-yard runs. But he's a guy that can get between the tackles, go outside them, can catch the ball and can block.
"He can do everything a true running back can do and he can do it all well. That stuff gets overlooked in our game when you see guys running around putting on jackets that say 'Hall of Fame' and doing the flashy stuff like that."
Clearly, the on-field flash is lost on Addai but not his teammates. They marvel Addai's similarities to James. He runs with momentum and fights through tackles. He has the propensity to pick up extra yardage in limited space. And he fits what the Colts need as a total package, much the same way James did when he replaced Faulk.
"He makes it look easy, like Edge did," Sanders said. "He's really smooth and fluid like Edge was when he was running. He's always leaning forward when he runs. When he gets hit, he's falling forward like Edge did. He's like Edge without the gold teeth and dreads."
Added Manning, "I think he's trying to create his own identity, but he certainly does some of those same great things that Edgerrin did. He's a physical runner that takes a lot of hits but always gets up. He catches the ball well. You saw him (against Tennessee) catch a three-yard pass, made a linebacker miss and it ended up being a nine-yard gain. His pass protection is extremely solid. He's physical enough to take on linebackers and sometimes defensive linemen."
Addai beams at the comparisons. He commiserates with James more than any other running back in the league, often sharing two- to three-hour phone conversations that can range from how to invest money to blocking techniques.
"The first time I talked to him, he told me about following Marshall Faulk and how Faulk used to tell him all kinds of things," Addai said of James, who has remained close to members of the organization since joining the Arizona Cardinals as a free agent in 2006. "It's like a big brother situation. When I'm making a decision, I go to him. He's the first guy I go to. He's a guy that I respect and who I can open up to."
And convincing Addai to open up particularly about himself is a rarity in itself.
Getting dressed one morning a few months ago, Colts cornerback Kelvin Hayden stood in front of the television watching a music video. As he slipped his shirt on, he caught a glimpse of a familiar face. He leaned forward and peered in disbelief at a man in the video.
"I see this guy just standing there in the background, and I was like 'Is that Joe?' And it was," Hayden said with a chuckle. "I couldn't believe it. That whacked me out. I had no idea."
As it turned out, nobody did. While working out in Baton Rouge in the offseason, Addai was invited to be in the video "Wipe Me Down" by Lil' Boosie, a hip-hop artist he met in college. While most NFL players would call every number in their phone, Addai decided not to tell anyone. Not his agent. Not his teammates. Not his coaches.
A few months later, Colts players and Addai's friends were left doing double-takes and squinting at TV screens. And when Addai was told these stories later, he broke out in a boisterous laugh and wrapped his hands around his head.
"Man, I did that for a reason," he said. "Some people will be in a video and will be telling people 'Man, watch out for this video I'm in and watch me in it.' But I was worried that, you know, what if they had cut me out? I'd be walking around telling people I'm in this video, and then it comes out and I'm not in there. That would be so embarrassing."
It's a story that perfectly frames Addai's personality.
He doesn't have a problem with attention, but it's not his way to force himself on the public. He's prone to telling reporters that he will talk "if they can catch me around the facility," he says. And few people know that after last season's Super Bowl win, Addai had an opportunity to be on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and passed it up.
"Yeah, it's true," he said sheepishly. "I don't know if I was ready for that. You've got to get yourself right to do something like that. If I was a little bit older and had been in the game in a while, I would have done it. But in my first year? I didn't think that was right at the time. I mean, Jay Leno, you have to be on your P's and Q's if you're going to do that.
"I don't feel like I need all that attention. I can be comfortable with it, but I don't feel the need to be out on the scene and having people looking at them and have that spotlight on me."
And while this doesn't exactly make life easy on the local media, it's not a departure from Addai's history. He's never been comfortable being the first one to talk about himself. Maybe the only subject he enjoys talking about is his friendship with LaJuan Moore, a former high school teammate who was paralyzed during a game when Addai was 16 years old.
With the help of his agent Ian Greengross, Addai set up a foundation called "Not Your Average Joe," which helps support kids who suffer spinal injuries. The foundation is meant in part as a tribute to Moore, whom Addai has kept close throughout the years, even going so far as to make his dorm handicap accessible during his days at LSU.
"After he got injured, he went through all these surgeries and pain and being told he wouldn't walk again, and still came out of the hospital with a smile on his face," Addai said. "That changed me as a man. I just thought, 'Damn, I can't believe this.' That makes you look at life totally different. That's probably why I view things the way I do. No matter how bad things are, you don't have things as bad as someone else. LaJuan smiles all the time. That's strength."
Dungy called the relationship a defining sign of Addai's character, while linebacker Gary Brackett pointed to it and said "that tells you exactly who Joe Addai is."
And yet, maybe we're still finding out about Addai. While the rest of the world races for the dazzle and flash of other players, he quietly moves ahead. And though he still frets about his job security, Addai is well on his way to settling in and embracing his own success.
"Everything in life takes time," Addai says. "I've seen young guys come into a team and just try to force themselves to fit in. That's like buying friends. You can't buy friends. You have to earn them. You have to pay for it the right way."
So Addai makes his payments with patience and silence, knowing that eventually the rest of the world will fall into place.