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Traditionally, baby showers are a strictly female-only affair, although these days some women like inviting their partners, too, and it may be a nice way for the dad to feel more involved.
Make it clear on the invitations whether you are expecting it to be strictly women only, or are inviting men, babies and/or kids, too. If there are children coming, it's worth asking a trusted friend or relative to act as babysitter and entertain the little ones so the guests (and the mum-to-be) can really enjoy the party.
Your baby shower is not the time to be networking outside the office, or trying on new fancy friendships. Instead, keep your invitation list to your nearest and dearest - friends and family who will genuinely enjoy spending a couple of hours with you celebrating your impending birth.
Like all parties, there are no rules about the guest list but the number of guests you invite will dictate the type of baby shower you have - large numbers of guests will effect the number and type of games you can play, and catering the event becomes more of a consideration once you invite more than 20 guests.
Generally, baby showers are more intimate events where family and friends can meet and mingle so try to keep your guest list smallish - remember, this is not a re-enactment of your wedding minus the groom!
There is a huge variety of ready-made baby shower invitations availalble for purchase, or you may prefer to hand-make something more personal. Another popular option is to have personalised baby shower invitations printed - as the guest list of a baby shower is usually under 20 guests, the costs of personalised invitations doesn't become prohibitive.
This article was written by Ella Walsh for Kidspot - Australia's leading pregnancy resource.

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Defensive mistakes a mystery for White Sox
ARLINGTON -- The White Sox committed their 17th and 18th errors during Tuesday's 10-6 loss to the Rangers. They did not commit error No. 18 last season until their 36th game, which becomes a confounding statistic for a team that puts such a high priority on strong fundamentals.
"It's still important and it's going to be kept at the top of the important list and we'll focus on it because you can't win without good defense," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "That is something that will always be there.
"You always scratch your head in this game. Things you think will be there, kind of continue the same way as last year, but every year is different and every guy you use changes the dynamic of it."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Neutrogena Body Clear Body Scrub Reviews
Love!I've tried this before for the breakouts on my back and chest (usually just in the summer or from working out) and I don't recall it ever working very well. I do recall that it was a very abrasive scrub and had a strong medicinal smell. I tried in during college and have never bothered with it again. Update: I decided to give this another try recently. I realized that it's great that it's medicate...read mored but if you just scrub then rinse, you're rinsing all the medication down the drain! So I have started using this scrub then leaving it on for 2 to 5 minutes while I shave my legs, then rinsing. It works much better this way!! I have definitely had less post-run breakouts since I started using this again. — 4 years, 4 months agotallredamanda | 433 reviews
no waythis stuff doesn't work — 7 years, 11 months agoBon_Bon | 522 reviews
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smellysmells very medicated and it is something that I used with my body wash. I tried it when my mom bought it. its a good exfoliator and it doesnt remove bumps. it removed some acne on my face. — 6 years, 9 months agokenya | 504 reviews
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Only for oily skinI think this product fits better for young customers. I used to use it as teen, but recently tried it again. It dried out my skin. If you have dry skin, you don't need this one. But if you have oily skin or after work out, this is a good item for you. You will feel clean. — 9 years, 4 months agoluckybetty | 895 reviews
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Review subjectThis stuff smells gross and totally doesn't work. It also dries out your skin a lot. — 5 years, 8 months agosportimonki13 | 51 reviews
Save your moneyThis is really just another body wash with microbeads. It doesn't exfoliate like a scrub. You are basically washing the salicylic acid away and wasting your money. Honestly just save your money and buy a spray with salicylic acid. — 8 years agosweettpea29 | 280 reviews
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I likes!This does have a very very very strong scent but i have found it works great in a loofa as an all over scrub. It works really well and clears skin. I hope they take out new scents soon! — 4 years, 9 months agorayshaviolet | 245 reviews
works pretty well.I used this years ago and it worked pretty well. It got clogged from time to time. I also used it on my face to exfoliate, I would not buy it again b/c there are better natural products on the market. — 6 years, 8 months agopure.life | 331 reviews
very effective,though difficult to get out of the bottle.. — 9 years, 4 months agocandyapples17 | 223 reviews
It's Okay.This works okay, but it seems 'commercialized'. Nothing special. Reasonably priced. — 9 years, 4 months agomvap47 | 345 reviews
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New Eagle Travel Club Offers Exciting Travel Opportunities for Alumni
The American University Alumni Association is proud to announce the new Eagle Travel Club. This program provides exclusive travel opportunities for alumni across the globe, of all class years and affinity groups, to interact both with each other and with the university. We are working with AHI Travel, Collette Vacations, GoHagan & Company, and GoNext to provide six exciting opportunities to explore the world with American University and fellow alumni.
The first trip, titled "Heart of Russia: Cruising Moscow to St. Petersburg," will be a 13-day adventure from July 23 through August 4, 2014. The trip will begin in Moscow, and highlights include Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral, Kremlin Museum, Volga River, Blini & Caviar, visits to local schools and families, a Piroshki Tea Party, Kizhi Island, and a vodka tasting. The trip culminates in St. Petersburg, where activities will include the Hermitage Museum and Catherine Palace.
In Western Asia, we invite alumni to discover a country with a past as compelling as its present by cruising the "China and the Yangtze River." This 14-day journey takes place from September 8-22, 2014. On this trip, discover the secrets of China's mystique and explore the landmarks sights of its finest cities as well as breathtaking countryside. A highlight includes experiencing an exclusive behind-the-scenes day of volunteer work at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
From September 24 to October 2, 2014, you can immerse yourself in cultural enrichment as a part of an eight-day venture featuring ancient Greece and Turkey. From Athens, Greece, the capital and largest Grecian city, the trip highlights expert speakers to help you explore Delos, Mykonos, Santorini, Rhodes, Patmos, and Ephesus. Travel to Kusadasi, Turkey, followed by Troy, Canakkale, and finally Istanbul, Turkey's economic, historic, and cultural heart.
The "Pearls of the Mediterranean" trip—November 7-15, 2014— is your opportunity to cruise to celebrated ports aboard an elegant and inviting ship. On this eight-day venture, participants will explore several Mediterranean treasures such as Monte Carlo in Monaco, and Portofino, Rome (Civitavecchia), and the Tuscany area (Florence and Pisa), in Italy. In France, participants will enjoy one of Europe's oldest cities, Provence (Marseille) as well as Port Vendres. The island city of Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona in Spain will serve as the last stop on the trip.
At the cross roads of Africa and Europe, discover the gems of the Atlantic on an eight-day "Cruising the Canary Islands and Morocco" expedition taking place November 8-16, 2014. The trip will begin in Casablanca and Rabat in Morocco Participants will cruise to the breathtakingly beautiful Canary Islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, La Palma, and Gran Canaria.
On our final trip of 2014, join the centennial celebration of one of the greatest engineering feats of the modern era. An 11-day excursion, "Cerulean Celebration Panama Canal," takes place November 19-30, 2014. Alumni will enjoy warm breezes and marvel at the magnificent feat of engineering and the idyllic landscapes that line the banks of Key West, Costa Maya, Belize City, Roatan Island, and Puerto Limón.
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Questions over some of state Rep. Brian Banks' actions
State Representative Brian Banks has had more than his share of trouble. Problem Solver M.L. Elrick has exposed his convictions, his evictions and the bad checks he cashed after promising to clean up his act.
Banks has been in Lansing for less than five months, but some of his actions are already raising questions about his judgment.
State lawmakers aren't like members of Congress. They have small staffs and have to choose their help carefully. That means when they spend your tax dollars to hire someone, they need to find the best they can get.
Banks put Tramaine Cotton on the state payroll earlier this year. By day, he was the top aide to the right honorable representative from Michigan's 1st District. But by night, he is an impresario with Hot Boys International.
The Hot Boys are promoters who throw wild parties, and don't worry about the dress code. It is more of an undress code. Cotton and the Hot Boys have brought us acts like Hot Rod, Arquez the Stripper and a host of other acts that you are not likely to see anytime soon on the Disney Channel.
"Why'd you hire a strip show promoter?" I asked Banks.
"I didn't know he was a strip show promoter," he said.
That's funny. All it took for us to uncover that was a simple check of Facebook.
"Did you do any kind of background check on him?" I asked.
"All hiring and firing and termination is done through the business office," Banks said.
"He knew who I was. I never knew who he was," said Cotton.
"You had no role whatsoever in the hiring of Mr. Cotton?" I asked.
"I, you know, said this is someone who I would like to bring on staff," Banks said.
If Banks had checked Cotton's background, he would have seen that it looked an awful lot like his own. Cotton has been sued by landlords and had multiple run-ins with the law, most of them stemming from driving without a license.
Cotton doesn't work for Banks anymore, but it is not clear why. Banks says he was fired.
"I wasn't terminated. I actually quit. I was just fed up," Cotton said.
Cotton's brushes with the law had nothing to do with Banks until March. That is when a report says Warren police found Cotton and another man sitting in a car, and they say that car reeked of weed.
"He immediately started throwing out names. You know, I'm the chief of staff for Representative Brian Banks," said an undercover detective. "He just started, you know, making threats. I'm going to have your job. You don't know who you're dealing with."
"I'm not that slow. Like I know a state representative can't do anything to a cop," Cotton said.
The detective said Cotton struggled to explain away the wacky tobacky, but was ultimately arrested because he had an outstanding warrant. The incident was one of the more memorable traffic stops he has made in 17 years on the job, and it prompted him to contact Banks, who he said tried to do a little face saving of his own.
"He first told me that he knew me because he was a prosecutor from Macomb County. I may not remember him, but he was a lawyer, and he's seen me in court before, and he knew that I was on the road," he said.
"I was a clerk at the judge's office. Never told him anything like that," Banks said.
The detective said he is positive that Banks said he was a prosecutor. I did confirm that Banks worked in the courthouse for a Macomb County judge.
With all this drama, you might think that the Democratic leader in the Michigan House would be getting tired of Banks, and you would be wrong.
"So far, Representative Banks has been doing his homework. His attendance has been not just very good, but so far in these first four months it's been perfect," said Rep. Tim Greimel.
But Banks' perfect attendance record could be in danger if officials determine that he moved out of his district while running for office last year.
"You have to reside at the address where you're registered to vote," said Jocelyn Benson.
Public records and interviews indicate that Banks didn't really live in the house he swore he lived at when he registered to run for office and vote. Benson, the dean of Wayne State's law school, who like Banks is a Democrat, said that could be trouble.
Banks claimed he lived in a house in Harper Woods in Michigan's 1st District. But his landlord said he rented it for his mother and brother.
The owner, caretakers and neighbors of a condo complex in Michigan's 2nd District said Banks actually lived there.
"That calls into question whether or not he was qualified to be on the ballot and certainly would suggest that he was not," Benson said.
Banks insists he is not going anywhere and never has.
"Do you believe you're eligible to serve, even though you moved out of the district?" I asked him.
"Sir, I live in the district," Banks said.
"You lived in Aberton while you were a candidate. You had moved out of the district," I told him.
"No, I did not," Banks answered.
Banks own actions and words say otherwise. After launching his campaign in Harper Woods, he fought being evicted from a condo on Aberton in Detroit.
Just three days after Banks signed an affidavit in March swearing that he lived in Harper Woods, he emailed a letter to his Detroit landlord's lawyer that said he and his roommate were willing to move out of the residence by May 31, 2012.
"What about your residence in Aberton? What about the letters to the landlord?" I asked Banks to no response.
Banks isn't the only one who would like to leave these questions behind. Secretary of State Ruth Johnson passed the buck to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and the House of Representatives. Worthy passed the buck back to Johnson and Attorney General Bill Schuette. And Schuette passed that buck right back to the House.
Still, Benson said someone has to investigate, and if they find Banks really lived in Detroit, the consequences could be devastating.
"He quite certainly could and should be removed from office," she said.
I talked to some folks who live in Banks' district. They want state officials to investigate whether he should even be in Lansing. But so far, everyone we talked to in government is only interested in looking the other way.


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Q Horn honking is a gripe of mine. People do it to say hi. Enough already. Call your friends when you're stopped or home. Use your horn for what it was intended. It's just more noise pollution and who needs that?
Michael Bombardieri, Santa Cruz
A I remember the days when people who carpooled, their rides would pull up and lay on the horn. I am actually thankful for cell phones in regard to reducing the noise level in the early a.m. -- as long as people aren't texting/calling while driving. But with the prevalence of car alarms that use horns to scare away falling leaves, as well as the scenarios you presented, I agree that we need some horn etiquette.
Q Horn honking is a pet peeve of mine. I had to reprimand a friend the other day. He gave me a 'beep, beep, beep hello' as I was turning left out of the Target parking lot at Clares Street. The driver next to me was dumbfounded. My neighbor across the street must be very popular -- he gets beeped at by all kinds of cars whenever he steps outside his house. It's just noise pollution, one step below garden leaf blowers and chainsaws, and I don't even have that good of hearing anymore with 56-year-old construction ears.
Michael Bombardieri, Santa Cruz
A Local law enforcement from around the county hear your pain.
"I was running this week along 17th Avenue when two young girls were driving and following each other and sounding their horns back and forth continuously playing with each other," said Lt. John Hohmann of the Scotts Valley Police Department. "It was very annoying and unnecessary."
Hohmann dug up California Vehicle Code section 27001, which reads: (a) The driver of a motor vehicle when reasonably necessary to ensure safe operation shall give audible warning with his horn. (b) The horn shall not otherwise be used, except as a theft alarm system which operates as specified in Article 13 (commencing with Section 28085) of this chapter.
Meanwhile, the minimum fine for violating the horn law is set at no less than $154, Hohmann added.
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Did you know that vehicles, model year 1976 and newer, are not exempt from smog requirements even though they were issued Historic Vehicle License Plates? "If a historical or collector vehicle -- regardless of the license plates assigned to it -- is at least 35 years old, the vehicle is exempt from certain portions of the smog test as required by the California Health and Safety Code," reported Ask the DMV, the agency's transportation column based on frequently asked questions.
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Angels cut eight players from Major League camp Sunday: pitchers Nick Maronde, Chad Cordero, Fernando Cabrera and Kevin Johnson, outfielders Scott Cousins and Matt Young, infielder Tommy Field and catcher Luke Carlin.
With Brad Mills being claimed off waivers by the Rangers and Vernon Wells looking likely to be traded to the Yankees, the Angels' Spring Training roster is now at 34 players.
Maronde, the Angels' top pitching prospect and ranked No. 2 in the organization by MLB.com, came into camp battling for a spot in the bullpen, and even though he didn't win it, the 23-year-old left-hander will remain a reliever in Double-A.
Maronde was primarily a starter in the Minors, going 11-4 with a 2.22 ERA in 31 games (29 starts). But he thrived in the bullpen as a September callup last year, giving up one run and striking out seven in six innings, and the Angels believe that's where his future lies.
"He's a guy that's going to be able to go in there in one-inning spurts and just do what a guy who pitches in the back end can do," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "He has that upside."
The latest cuts provide some clarity to the Opening Day roster -- though the pending Wells trade could affect some of that.
With Ryan Madson starting the season on the disabled list, Garrett Richards, David Carpenter and lefty specialist Mitch Stetter are the remaining relievers currently vying for two open spots in the bullpen.
Infielders Andrew Romine, Luis Jimenez, Brendan Harris, Luis Rodriguez and Efren Navarro and outfielders J.B. Shuck and Kole Calhoun are in competition for three bench spots (if the Wells trade goes through). Hank Conger, Chris Snyder and John Hester are fighting for the backup catcher job.
Cordero, looking to make a comeback after being out of baseball for almost two full seasons, may start the season in Class A to get his feet wet, but that has yet to be determined. The 31-year-old former Nats closer has given up 12 runs in 5 2/3 Cactus League innings this spring.
"First of all, it's remarkable, what he's been through in the last couple of years on and off the field, for him to show so well in our camp," Scioscia said. "I think he's on his way."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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No matter how much I drink, my throat remains dry. Tea made it better while I was drinking it, but now it's back again. When I swallow it does nothing. Help me :S
Also, have any weekend plans, or see any cute videos lately?
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When getting deeper into our practice how can we differentiate between our concentration becoming more focused and consequently a quieter mind and lapsing into a numbness that just feels good?
I sometimes practice Silent Illumination (Shikantaza Jp. Just Sitting) and often get a real sense of there being no sense of my body and a sort of expanded awareness of my immediate environment....feels 'nice' but I am often concerned that its a trap - depite seeming to fit in with 'progress' as described in that method...


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Optimal Pelvic Positioning
Produced by BirthWorks International, Jean Sutton and Cathy Daub
[2009, BirthWorks International; 2 hours, 30 min., DVD.]
[Review first published in Midwifery Today Issue 95, Autumn 2010, © 2010, Midwifery Today, Inc. Review by Toni Rakestraw.]
Cathy Daub shares some excellent tips on how to position the pelvis to allow the baby the easiest access through the pelvis during birth. From the best sitting postures to help baby stay in an anterior position, to the best positions for labor, moms-to-be can learn how to make birth easier. Tips like dancing during labor, opening up the pelvis by keeping the hips uneven and keeping the knees below the pelvis are useful hints for moms to use both before labor and during the birth. Although the first portion of this film is helpful for moms-to-be, I found the quality of the video a bit distracting. When the two women are in front of light colored backgrounds, they look like they are outlined with a black line. The video quality is also a bit fuzzy. Even so, it's worth checking out, especially for the information contained in the second, longer section of the video, which features Jean Sutton, author of Optimal Fetal Positioning.
Sutton's wisdom and humor are the best things about the entire video. She's created so many wonderful visual aids that really convey the points she tries to make. Sutton's methods of turning occiput posterior babies during labor and ensuring that the baby can practically fall out during birth are eye-opening if you've never heard of her techniques. This portion is a real treasure for midwifery students and practicing midwives. She may help you understand the process of second stage more clearly, and she may help you remember some tidbits that will assist you at the next birth you attend.
Reviewer Toni Rakestraw has birthed eight children, who have taught her the benefits of breastfeeding. She is a freelance writer and editor by day and is currently apprenticing at Midwifery Today magazine. Some of her recent artwork can be seen in the ICAN "Cesarean Voices" touring exhibit. Toni lives in Oregon with her husband and family.


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During my first pregnancy, sleep didn't come easy. At night, my mind raced with hopes and fears. Would the baby be healthy and the delivery smooth? Would being a mother come naturally? I tossed and turned, unable to find a comfortable position for my growing belly.
On a chilly night last week, a pregnant woman in Los Alamitos tried to sleep on a park bench. When she arrived at the Precious Life Shelter, her only possessions were a book bag and the clothes on her back.
Her story isn't unusual. The women who come to the shelter have been sleeping in cars or drifting from couch to couch, wondering what will become of them and their unborn babies. When they arrive, they discover that the shelter offers so much more than a warm bed. The shelter and its staff offer a future.
In 1982, Don and Theresa Sherrin opened their home to a young woman in need of a safe place to live with her baby. In the years that followed, the couple took in 44 expectant women. With the help of St. Hedwig parish, their vision of a permanent resistance for adult, pregnant women became a reality.
Over the past 25 years, the shelter has evolved into a three-phase residential support program that serves 80 to 100 women a year.
All residents enter the program through the emergency shelter, where they are permitted to stay for up to 30 days while either working, attending school, volunteering or looking for a job. Many women continue into the transitional and single-parent efficiency programs, where they learn essential life, parenting and self-sufficiency skills.
When 24-year-old Glenda arrived at Precious Life, she was "surprised and also relieved to see how nice the staff was to me." She learned "how to budget and save money, cook healthy meals, plan menus, shop for groceries and maintain a clean and healthy environment."
Mia arrived seven months pregnant. "I didn't have a secure place to stay and I felt lost in life. Now I have the confidence in being a mother through church, PLS classes, case management and 12-step meetings."
Precious Life President and CEO Theresa Murphy began volunteering at the shelter when it first opened. Two things are clear from speaking with her. First, the woman is a saint. Second, she's a proponent of tough love. Breaking curfew is not tolerated. Strict rules, including random drug screenings, ensure the shelter remains a sober living environment.
"Getting clients back into a structured environment helps them see they have control over their life instead of their life having control over them," Murphy says. That structure is too much for some residents.
"Sometimes they will walk out the door. Every one isn't a success story, but that doesn't mean we haven't planted a seed."
The success rate at the shelter is high, a fact Murphy attributes to helping clients recognize that they are capable of changing their lives. "They are over the age of 18, and they come of their own free will. Sometimes they come straight from jail. They just have to make their minds up."
Gigi, the first woman to visit the shelter, made up her mind. She is now a bank executive. Her child is a college graduate.
Another former resident now serves on the Board of Directors.
Jennifer, a current client, can't believe her good fortune. She's working hard, motivated by the success of the residents who are further along in the program.
All of the women are required to work full time in the local community. Shelter staff members help them develop resumes and gain employment. Roughly 60 percent haven't finished high school; most find entry level positions.
With childcare provided on site six days a week, the women strive to finish high school or get a GED. Currently, five of the six long-term residents are taking college courses and working full time. Their children range in age from 2 to 20 months old.
As clients move through the program, they learn accountability and budgeting. They're required to save 70% of what they earn. Clients often show up with issues like bad credit, debt and DUI's. The length of the program — residents graduate when their babies turn 2-years-old — is designed to address those issues and ensure nothing will hold them back after they depart.
Precious Life becomes family to women who are unaccustomed to normal, functional families. According to Murphy, many of the women have never had a birthday party or a typical Christmas. The shelter is therefore a place of celebration. "They've never heard, 'You're special. You're important. You can do this.'"
The environment isn't only female at the shelter. Forty percent of the shelter's operating costs stems from sales at the Thrift and Gift Shop adjacent to the shelter, where many men volunteer. They serve as mentors and come in groups to host barbecues, modeling gentlemanly behavior and healthy, loving family relationships.
By the time the women leave, they have the tools necessary to nurture their children and live healthy, productive lives. No more nights spent in cars or on park benches. No more despair. Hopefully, their occasional sleepless nights will be caused by less desperate and more mundane worries, like yours and mine. Should I take him to the doctor tomorrow for that cough? Will she sit alone at the lunch table?
The success of the shelter depends on volunteers. The thrift store always needs help. Orientation and training for new volunteers is scheduled for Jan. 9.
The shelter currently needs computers for residents taking high school and college courses as well as sweatsuits (hoodie tops and bottoms in sizes M, L, and XL) for the women. A wish list can be found online at www.PreciousLifeShelter.org.
Donations are always welcome at the thrift store. Items that can't be resold are given to agencies that clothe the homeless living on the streets.
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Let me preface by saying I'm a huge Paul George fan. I don't ever want to see him traded. Right now I'd rather trade every player on the Pacers roster before trading PG.
What I'd like to discuss is how valuable Paul George is as a trade asset and what we could get from him. The truth is Paul George is most likely the highest and most valuable trade asset on the Pacers. I don't think this is homer talk, I think if the Pacers were to consider trading PG, they'd have a lot of takers.
The truth is, we could probably trade Paul now, and get someone like Stephen Curry no problem. I have little doubt that they[GS] would be willing to do that.
What we all know is if the Pacers are ever going to truly compete, we need some real performance on the floor. In other words, Paul George quickly shows he's going to turn into a really good player, or we have to make trades to get better draft picks. I don't think anyone would dispute this. We aren't going to win with Granger as our best player.
So that's my question. Would you trade George for Curry? (that's only one example) And I think it is a tough question as well, because if that were to happen the Pacers lineup would change to be Curry, Rush, Granger, Tyler and Hibbert going forward.
Eventually Curry would get a high paying contract. Would that team ever turn into real winner? In other words, just from a pure value standpoint, the correct move for the Pacers might be to Hold on to George and see how he turns out- Because if he doesn't turn into anything special the next move would be to "blow up" the team and go for a new high draft pick.
The core of my message and/or question is that the Pacers are obviously stuck currently as a mediocre ball club. What would you do? Use Paul George now as a trade asset?


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STANFORD -- Not until early this week did Stanford begin full-force preparations for Saturday's high-stakes, warp-speed showdown at top-ranked Oregon. But in a larger sense, Cardinal coach David Shaw has been preparing all year for the three hours in Autzen Stadium.
Whether he was evaluating recruits last winter or making personnel decisions this fall, Shaw had Oregon on his mind.
"You have to shoot for the team on top," he said.
Oregon is the three-time defending Pac-12 champion, a national title contender and the one team that has repeatedly dominated Stanford during the Cardinal's time on the national stage.
Since the start of the 2010 season, Stanford has compiled a 31-5 record. Three of the losses (to Oklahoma State, Notre Dame and Washington) were by a touchdown or less. The other two -- to Oregon -- were blowouts.
"The gap is as big as the scores," Shaw said of Oregon's 52-31 and 53-30 victories.
In each instance, Stanford struggled to contain Oregon's playmakers in the open field. It wasn't simply a matter of speed; the
Cardinal was often in proper position. The problem was corralling the Ducks' ballcarriers in their nano-second of vulnerability.
With that in mind, the Cardinal coaching staff targeted recruits who excel in open-field tackling, such starting cornerback Alex Carter and backup safeties Drew Madhu and Zach Hoffpauir.
The 2010-11 losses to Oregon also underscored the need for quality depth.
In both instances, Stanford held its own for a half but wilted in the third and fourth quarters, its exhausted defense trampled by Oregon's no-huddle offense.
With an eye on the Ducks, Shaw used an early-October tangle against Arizona's no-huddle attack to prepare his second-string defense -- all of it, all at once.
"It's the only time in my career I've substituted a full unit," he said. "But there were guys we needed to get ready to play. They were going to make mistakes, but we had to get them ready."
Once preparations for the Ducks began in earnest this week, the Cardinal deviated from routine once again. To get accustomed to the frenetic tempo -- the Ducks often snap the ball a few seconds after the previous play ends -- Stanford deployed two scout teams.
As soon as a play concluded, an alternate scout team scurried to the line of scrimmage, thereby forcing the starting defense to hustle into position. When the play ended, the other scout team jumped back in.
But even with two scout teams rotating in non-stop fashion, Stanford couldn't recreate Oregon's tempo.
"They do it with speed, disorienting people," Cardinal nose tackle Terrence Stephens said. "They are an extraordinary team. They play close for a half and then take off."
The beauty of Oregon's offense is its simplicity. The playbook isn't voluminous and the formations aren't complicated. Instead, the Ducks do it with skilled players, flawless execution and otherworldly tweaks.
"The adjustments they make are so subtle that you don't realize it until they've scored three touchdowns," Shaw said. "You change to try to cover what they're doing, and they make another change.
"They spend a lot of time looking at you."
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Lessons from the Hall of Fame Vote
So... the Hall of Fame vote happened. And no one got in.
There have been plenty of threads of analysis and a few angry fingers being pointed to explain how an immensely talented class of potential inductees failed to produce anyone who will get a plaque in Cooperstown next year. The 10-person limit on the ballot is to blame. Steroids are to blame. The vague suspicion of knowing someone who might have at some point taken steroids is to blame. Aaron Sele is to blame. People not taking the process seriously are to blame. The Tea Party (huh?) is to blame. Kirk Radomski is to blame. The difficulty of rallying 75 percent of any group of people anywhere around one definition of "famous" is to blame. Jack Morris and Tim Raines are to blame. A golfing website is to blame. Bacne is to blame. The DH is to blame. The fact that Kid Rock once "wrote" a "song" called BBWAA (or something like that) is to blame. The statheads are to blame. The dinosaurs in the media are to blame. The space aliens are to blame. Bias against first-timers is to blame. Vitamin supplements are to blame.
Okay, so mostly it's been blaming. We get it. The system is broken, and there will be a series of conversations that take place over the next few days about that. But let's drill a little deeper on the Hall of Fame voting and see what lessons we might learn from this year's Cooperstown class:
1) Expanding the ballot might not have gotten anyone elected.
As of this writing, 114 ballots (20 percent of the total) have been made public on the BBWAA website. These list an average of 7.0 names. Logically, this means that the private ballots contained an average of 6.5 names. Our public voters were a little more likely to write down an extra name, but still, there were an average of three blank spaces on each of their ballots. In addition, only one quarter (29 of the 114 public ballots) were completely full, listing 10 names. Recall that the ballots kept private had even fewer names on them. This means that there was even more extra space out there on those ballots that just went unused. If all ballots were made public, there's a good chance that the number of completely full ballots would actually go down.
On top of that, there's little evidence that the top five vote-getters (Craig Biggio, Jack Morris, Jeff Bagwell, Mike Piazza, and Tim Raines) were done in by the 10-vote limit.
Let's take Biggio (who came the closest to election at 68.2 percent) as an example. The average writer who voted for B-G-O (and who made that ballot public) wrote down 7.4 names. Among the writers who did not vote for Biggio, the number was 5.8.
When writers did not vote for Biggio or Bagwell or Piazza or Raines, the trend was not that they were generally voting for a bunch of other people and someone got crowded out, but that they were the types who just preferred a smaller Hall and may have been nitpicky with everyone. The notable exception here is Morris, who might have been squeezed out by the limited ballot, and even then you have to make some assumptions.
Among publicly available ballots that did not contain a vote for Morris (there were 50 such ballots), 10 were completely full. There were 40 public ballots that had space for the hero of 1991 World Series Game 7, but where the writer just... said... no. Morris missed induction by 42 votes. Since one in five ballots is public, and if we assume that the public ballots are a good proxy for the ballots as a whole, we might estimate that there were 50 total ballots on which Morris was not listed, but there were 10 entries (again, I'm guessing that the number is probably lower; see above). If that's right, 84 percent of those full-ballot, no-to-Morris people would have to say "I would have voted for him, but I ran out of room" for Morris and his mustache to get a plaque.
The reverse pattern that Morris shows compared to the other four also underscores the polarizing nature of his candidacy. Morris's supporters prefer a smaller hall than his non-supporters, and also a smaller hall compared to supporters of the other four. This suggests that while his supporters view him as closer to the inner circle, his non-supporters are bigger hall people (6.8 names among his non-supporters) a full unit above the next closest (Biggio), and thus consider Morris not good even good enough to get into a Big Hall.
The other four top vote-getters fare even worse. There were only three full ballots that didn't include Biggio: three for Bagwell, two for Piazza, and five for Raines. Assuming that we can multiply those numbers by five (again, a generous assumption), and that they were the 11th or 12th choice of all of those voters, Biggio hits 403 votes, while no one else would break 360.
The very likely reason that no one was elected had more to do with either the Small Hall tendencies of the voters or the fact that, for some reason (perhaps several reasons) 75 percent of them could not agree that any of these players were Hall of Fame material.
The people who may have been squeezed out by the 10-man ballot were Kenny Lofton and Bernie Williams, both of whom failed to clear the five-percent support necessary to keep them on the ballot. They were always going to need Big Hall voters to help them stay up, and many of the roughly 100 projected full ballots were (somewhat necessarily) the product of Big Hall voters. Still, that means that about 350 writers had an extra space on their ballot and could have voted for either. A few extra votes would have kept them around. No such luck.
2) Steroids matter. A lot.
The record vote share is held by Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan at 98.8 percent, followed by Cal Ripken (98.5 percent), Ty Cobb (98.2 percent), and George Brett (98.2 percent).
Wade Boggs got 91.9 percent. I think it's safe to say that Bonds and Clemens would have finished north of 90 percent under different circumstances, and they might have challenged for that 98 percent bracket. Bonds and Clemens got 36.2 percent and 37.6 percent of the vote, respectively. I'm guessing that most of that gap is attributable to anti-PED backlash.
Tellingly, of the 114 publicly available ballots, 54 had votes for Clemens and Bonds, 60 had votes for neither, and there were no split ballots. That Clemens scored eight more votes than Bonds suggests that there were some split ballots behind the scenes. Even more telling were the votes for fellow PED-linked players Mark McGwire (who admitted using) and Rafael Palmeiro (who tested positive during his playing days). There were no votes for either first baseman that did not also include a vote for both Clemens and Bonds. Clemens and Bonds had better numbers, so it's not surprising that they out-polled McGwire and Palmeiro, but the message seems pretty clear. The PED users are something of a bloc.
More interestingly, ballots containing a vote for Clemens and Bonds generally contained 6.6 other names. Those that did not contained an average of 5.4 names. Big hall voters tended to be more forgiving of PED allegations. Again, this is the same pattern that was observed above for the Great Polarizer, Jack Morris. So Clemens and Bonds (and presumably McGwire and Palmeiro) need to convince a group of voters who tend to like their hall smaller anyway... and who probably don't like them. And at that, they would need to convince roughly half of these people who didn't vote for them to have their hearts soften a bit before they could be enshrined.
3) The public/private ballot split has some fascinating cultural data hidden in it
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Some voters, most of them active columnists such as our own John Perrotto, wrote columns in which they disclosed their ballots and generally explained themselves. It's an easy column to write on a January evening when... well, there's nothing else going on in baseball. (On the BBWAA public ballot page, where it's available, there's a link to some of those columns.)
There are some clear patterns here, and they seem to break along certain fault lines. Sabermetric darlings Tim Raines (by 12 points) and Alan Trammell (seven points) fared much better in publicly published ballots. "Old School" favorites, such as Jack Morris (13-point spread) and Lee Smith (whose candidacy is based mostly on his save total; 15 points) were much more beloved behind the scenes. Larry Walker, who is a test case for how much voters believe in park factors, has an eight-point spread in favor of the private ballot. There are plenty of guys who show a virtual tie between public and private ballots, including gents such as Biggio, Bagwell, and Piazza, who, in general, fare well both in traditional counting stats and new-age value stats.
Then there are the steroid-tainted cases. Roger Clemens got 10 points more support from public ballots than from private ballots, while Bonds had a 14-point split. Curiously, Mark McGwire did better behind the scenes, but Rafael Palmeiro was better loved in public.
In general, the voters who released their ballots have previously been shown to be Bigger Hall voters, but also more sympathetic to the cases beloved by sabermetricians but suspected by traditional stat adherents. Public releasers also appear to be more willing to forgive potential PED use.
Shortly after the vote, Fox Sports baseball guru Ken Rosenthal disparagingly compared the Sabermetric movement to the Tea Party. (I suppose pending your political leanings, that might be a compliment.) Rosenthal's point was that the level of discourse around Morris (and presumably other issues) has gotten rather icky. There's a certain part of me that looks at these numbers and wonders if the writers who kept their votes for Morris and Smith (and not for Raines and Trammell) private just didn't want to put up with the comments section on the column. I know that Rosenthal caught a lot of flak for his comments, but maybe there's something to it. This won't be comfortable for some people to hear, but as sabermetricians, if we're trying to convince people to actually listen to us, we can't make things so uncomfortable that they'd just rather not deal with us. That might not be what happened, but I think we have to consider the fact that it may have.
Then, there are the steroid splits. This seems like a separate issue. Being willing to stand up and say "Yeah, I know that they might have used, but I don't care" is apparently easier to say out loud than "They might have used and I don't want that in the Hall." However, five of eight voters didn't vote for Roger Clemens or Barry Bonds. For all the "live and let live" messaging that is going on in public, there is a strong and apparently silent majority that has its objections. Again, the writers may just not have wanted to have that argument. But make no mistake: all the impassioned pleas that "everyone was doing it" and requests to stop being holier-than-thou fell on a lot of ears that wouldn't hear it and mouths that would not discuss it.
The question this raises is what would happen if all ballots were public, as has been suggested by many. Would accused PED users get more support from writers who do not want to appear holier-than-thou and who would be shamed into voting for the steroid bloc? Would the saber/traditional divide widen or narrow, and in which direction? People appear to behave differently under cover of darkness (or perhaps those that behave differently choose to remain quiet).
The bigger message is that as the baseball community inevitably discusses rule changes in the voting process, keep in mind that even the most simple suggestions might not be the panacea that everyone is hoping for. And they might not have prevented the shutout that happened today.
Russell A. Carleton is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @pizzacutter4
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Congratulations - a measured and well reasoned article in contrast to the sea of vitriol, posturing and knee-jerk reactions that the vote has prompted.
Jan 10, 2013 04:23 AM
I think you make a mistake when you assume that a ballot with more votes means the voter is a Big Hall person.
Jan 10, 2013 06:15 AM
I disagree that the baseball community needs to discuss rule changes in the voting process. It's the Baseball Hall of Fame that needs to take a look what it wants to be. If it wants to be a static time capsule that takes only the "good" (while of course ignoring the past bad), then it is well on its way. If it wants to be a living museum of the history of the game, then it will look at ways to change...to make sure that the past 25+ years are not ignored.
Jan 10, 2013 06:36 AM
John Carter
I agree the 10 player limit had no effect this year. Jack Morris's qualifications generated polarizing view points. I can't imagine some voters were so on the fence about him, that he would have been their 11th pick.
Jan 10, 2013 07:31 AM
We could only hope that every media person in the country (including a few writers at BP) who are campaigning for increasing the 10 player limit read your well-researced article.
Jan 10, 2013 07:57 AM
Peter Hood
Nice article.
Jan 10, 2013 08:43 AM
For Clemens and Bonds, when you are discussing big hall/small hall, isn't the difference between those who voted for them and against entirely in Clemens and Bonds?
Jan 10, 2013 13:17 PM
I enjoyed this study and the points it makes, but as for the point of writers running out of room and hitting the limit before being able to check off Jack Morris, that assumes they're ranking them in order and won't deviate from that. I'd think that writers might make more of an effort to include someone if the player was close to making it, and if the player was running out of time. Both apply to Morris this year (and next).
Jan 10, 2013 14:23 PM
Make the voting rules changes as follows:
Jan 10, 2013 14:39 PM
Three modest proposals to help fix the Hall of Fame.
Jan 10, 2013 14:40 PM
I think that there was a psychological barrier to voting for Bonds and Clemens this time. I think a lot of voters thought that putting them in on the first ballot would be acting as if nothing at all happened, in effect, a stamp of approval on their activities. I fully expect them both to get in next time. I think Biggio was caught up in the general attitude toward hitters in the steroid era and he'll get in next time. I expect Greg Maddux to get in too, as the ultimate slap in the face to Clemens.
Jan 10, 2013 14:51 PM
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Judging by Jose's spec sheet he is twisted. Here's a quote, "Twas a dark eerie night when Jose Ramos began building his BMW monster. Jose had dreamed a building a phat Bimmer that would prowl the town and devour unsuspecting V8s." Judging by his seductive M3 conversion he twisted in the same manner as we are. Jose strated out with a 1987 325CI and "thus began his diabolic plan to terrorize the streets of Connecticut." One of his first stops was at Don Mecca's Fiber Artz shop to acquire one of the company's trick fiberglass M3 conversion kits. Impressed with the fit and strength of the pieces he returned to his lair at JC Auto Body and installed the kit. "The monster began to take form, but now it was time for a heart." Jose upgraded the engine with a 1996 M3 powerplant. The block was overbored and stuffed with JE pistons and the head was ported and polished. These mods lowered compression to 8.5:1 and Jose knew what that meant, boost! A Turbonetics T3/T4 hybrid turbo was employed to pressurize the M3 engine. A custom manifold fabricated by APZ Auto in Port Chester, New York (914) 935-3272 positions the turbo right behind the headlamp. A Deltagate regulates boost and an air-to-air intercooler from a Buick Grand National chills the charge. The rest of the driveline is also M3 spec so it can handle the power. The BMW runs 17-inch Konig GTR wheels, Suspension Techniques coilovers and bars and low-profile performance rubber. The interior was wrapped in black leather with yellow piping and the gauge cluster has been enhanced with Auto Meter readouts.
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AC Milan's mini-revival came to an abrupt end as Fiorentina inflicted a fourth home defeat of the Serie A season on Massimiliano Allegri's hapless side, running out 3-1 winners.
Following a dismal start to the season, things were finally starting to look rosier for the Rossoneri after a thumping victory over Chievo saw them climb into the top half of the table last week.
But Alexandre Pato failed to peg back Vincenzo Montella's Viola before the break, missing a penalty after Alberto Aquilani managed to open his goalscoring account for the Tuscans.
Borja Valero then beat Christian Abbiati to give Fiorentina a two-goal lead but substitute Giampaolo Pazzini hit back on the hour mark to give Milan hope.
But there was ultimately no way back for a toothless Milan side when Mounir El Hamdaoui made the visitors' points safe at the death with a long-range screamer.
Aquilani and Riccardo Montolivo were facing their old clubs for the first time, but it was the Viola's summer signing that hurt his former employers after 10 minutes.
Respectful celebrations followed as Aquilani appeared out of nowhere to burst into the box and slam the ball past a surprised Abbiati.
Milan almost hit back immediately, Urby Emanuelson denied only by a sliding tackle, before Facundo Roncaglia spurned a solid opportunity at the other end.
The Fiorentina defender had his head in his hands, though, when his clumsy challenge on Pato won Milan a penalty in the 34th minute.
But the Brazilian striker neglected to level the game, instead blasting the ball high over the bar and into the upper tiers.
And Fiorentina ensured their hosts would be jeered off at half-time as Valero bobbed and weaved into the box to beat Abbiati with ease.
Philippe Mexes had perhaps been to blame for failing to contain Valero but the Frenchman set up the Rossoneri's response as play resumed.
Stephan El Shaarawy drilled a cross into the Fiorentina box, Mexes instinctively backheeling the ball against a post for Pazzini - who replaced Pato at the break - to steer home the wild rebound.
Allegri soon threw on Robinho in search of a quickfire equaliser, but midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng came closer to levelling the scores with a drive that Roncaglia did well to deflect away.
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Yet consistency in error is no virtue at all, and those who would judge the Obama administration by the crooked yardstick of "diversity" are misguided. So too are those conservatives who, remembering how mercilessly the Obama campaign derided Mitt Romney for his line about reviewing "binders full of women" when choosing appointees, have been keen to point out the president's hypocrisy. Seductive as revenge is, we believe that it is the wrong course. This type of mockery affords the "diversity" fetish a legitimacy that it doesn't deserve.
An open society will see natural variations in the makeup of government. Three of the last four secretaries of state were women. Two were black. One was a black woman. Now, it seems there will be a white man in the post. President George W. Bush's cabinet was the "most diverse ever," until Obama's outdid it. The president's new cabinet, by contrast, will be more white and more male. So what?
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The Muskingum College speech team earned first place honors in the Small School Sweepstakes division at two consecutive forensics tournaments held January 20-22 at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The team also ranked third among the competing Pi Kappa Delta teams, and took fifth place overall in the Open division of the competition, which hosted 11 schools and more than 200 competitors.
The following students represented Muskingum College at the two Pi Kappa Delta sponsored tournaments at West Chester University: Josh Doerschuk '09, competed in prose and poetry interpretation; David Losh '09, competed in after dinner speaking and impromptu; Eugene Saunders '06, competed in informative speaking and prose interpretation; and Kevin Triskett '07, competed in persuasive, informative and impromptu speaking.
Earning top scores at the tournament and qualifying for the National Forensics Association Tournament to be held April 14-17 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin were: Losh, sixth place in impromptu speaking; Saunders, seventh place in informative speaking; and Triskett, first place in persuasive speaking, third place in informative speaking and fifth place in impromptu speaking.
With their performance at this tournament, community service, and a qualifying grade point average, Losh and Doerschuk are eligible to be inducted into the Muskingum chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, the national forensics honorary. They will be installed at the college's Scholarship Recognition Day in April.
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Herndon, Va. Victoria's Secret and Bed Bath & Beyond were rated as among the Top 10 most competitive companies in the United States, according to a ranking by Columbus, Ga.-based W Ratings, an independent competitive research firm. Victoria's Secret was ranked sixth followed by Bed, Bath & Beyond at eighth.
The study compared companies and business segments based on a company's ability to achieve higher economic profit than rivals and sustain competitive advantage.
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Florida women accused of running multi-million dollar baby formula theft ring
Florida investigators have accused three women of stealing baby formula then selling it for profits in the millions.
Florida investigators have accused three women of stealing baby formula then selling it for profits in the millions.
Don't be surprised if you're in a Baton Rouge, Louisiana pool and you bump into a "mermaid.
Last year's big winner was Matt "BB Gun" Krause with a distance of 41 feet, 6½ inches.
Fireworks and festivities around the country
Firefighters say there's still a lot of work left even though they've largely tamed the two wildfires.
Robinson, 76, had been serving a sentence of 15 years to life in what church historians have characterized as the only documented case of a …
The fire started shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, and was brought under control by about 4 a.m., officials said.
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Cell phone video shows officer straddling and punching woman.
The Kansas City Royals dominated the Cleveland Indians in Friday's series opener.
Recall also affects some transit busses.
Officer tried to use stun gun first.
Oldest living American, 2nd oldest in world.
Protesters arrested trying to block deportation busses.
State to look again at "remedial" programs.
People of all ages celebrated the 4th of July during neighborhood parades Friday morning.
Joey "Jaws" Chestnut of San Jose, California, packed away 61 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes on Friday.
A California chicken producer has issued its first recall since being linked to an outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant strain of salmonella.
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Moggalana wrote:I've just stumbled upon the german version of "The Magic of the Mind".
For anyone interested: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savi ... eistes.pdf
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I've only just started reading Sermon 1 and am already blown away by this. Everything I've ever read from this bhikkhu is a veritable tour de force.
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The U.S. economy grew at a rate of 1.3 percent last quarter, with farm inventories shrinking by $5.3 billion as a result of one of the worst droughts in decades.
Fischer said the numbers shows why its necessary for Congress to pass a five-year Farm Bill that includes drought relief assistance.
Its time for both parties to stop playing partisan politics, she said.
The Farm bill is stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives, where tea-party conservatives want to limit the growth of the food-stamp program -- part of the Farm Bill.
Fischer reiterated her jobs plan:
Tax code. Overhaul the tax code and permanently repealing the alternative minimum tax and the estate tax. Fischer proposes reducing the business tax from 35 to 24 percent, while eliminating loopholes and deductions that some corporations use to avoid paying any taxes.
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Mandates and regulations. Independently review and analyze every proposed rule or regulation with a significant economic impact on small businesses. Fischer also supports repealing the Dodd-Frank financial reform package, which she says has imposed significant burdens and restraints on community banks.
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Bradley starts in right as Nava sits
BOSTON -- Daniel Nava, the primary leadoff man thus far, was the odd man out in Tuesday's lineup against the Rangers. Jonny Gomes batted first against a lefty, and the left-handed-hitting Jackie Bradley Jr. got the start in right, instead of the switch-hitting Nava.
Though Nava's off to a slow start at the plate, hitting .138 over his first 29 at-bats, Farrell doesn't think it's because of the switch to the top of the batting order.
"I don't think he's changed his approach. At times, he's hit into a little tough luck," said Farrell. "On Sunday, he could have easily had three hits. He was on base three different times [Monday] night. Last year was not a fluke, in terms of his ability to get on base. There's been a tendency of late at times to try to lift the ball a little bit. That's why you've seen a number of balls in the air. At the same time, it's 30 at-bats, and he's trying to get into the flow of the season as well."
And Bradley, on the heels of a three-hit game and two sensational catches in right field, was back in there.
Was Farrell playing the hot hand or prioritizing defense?
"Both. We've all come to realize the importance of defense in right field, and Jackie made two game-changing plays, I thought," said Farrell of the club's No. 3 prospect. "He's in a pretty good place offensively, from a confidence standpoint. It was an opportunity to give Daniel a night off his feet as well."
While Jacoby Ellsbury held down the leadoff spot for the better part of the last six seasons, the Red Sox don't have one set person to turn to at this point.
For now, Farrell will continue to mix and match.
"The one thing we prioritize is on-base, and yet we're still trying to generate that," Farrell said. "We're going to be in a situation where we mix and match as best we can, evident by the guys that are currently available. We're going to see Jonny and Daniel in that spot. There might be a time or two when we put Grady [Sizemore] in the leadoff spot.
"We don't have that prototypical guy right now. I like Dustin [Pedroia] in the 2-hole. It creates the middle-of-the-order continuity for the rest of the guys that are there. We're looking to take advantage of the strengths that our current roster has to offer."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. Quinn Roberts 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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The Oklahoma inventory of cattle on feed for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled 295 thousand head on May 1, 2013, down 3 percent from the previous month but unchanged from the May 1, 2012 level.
Placements during April were 51 thousand head, up 9 percent from a year ago. Marketings of fed cattle during April were 60 thousand head, down 14 percent from 2012. Other disappearance during April totaled 1 thousand head.


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Topic: Liver Transplant 11/16/05
I discovered that I was having problems a year ago while on our trip home from Arizona and Mexico. I discovered that the whites of my eyes were turning yellow so we stopped in Lake Havasu, Arizona, at a walk-in clinic. I had also been experiencing changes in my urine and bowel for about a week, I thought I had the flu but it didn't go away. The doctors at the clinic did some blood draws and determined that I didn't have hepatitis but thought I needed a CT scan. The scan showed a blockage in my bile ducts so they suggested I contact my doctor back home in Olympia, WA to see what he would suggest. He told me he would meet me at the emergency room as soon as I could get there. I flew home the next day. Since it was Easter weekend there wasn't a physician on call that could do an ERCP so they decided that I should go to Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle for further diagnosis.
Virginia Mason recognized the problem right away and after three attempts were able to get a biopsy to confirm that I had cholangiocarcinoma on April 15, 2005, and that I would be a good candidate for a liver transplant at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, the only facility authorized in the USA to use a cadaver liver for this type of cancer. We traveled to Mayo at the end of May. After much testing and consultations I was accepted into the transplant program. I had to stay in the area for two months to undergo further testing, chemo treatments, and radiation. In the meantime our daughter checked out the Mayo Clinic website and found out that she could possibly be a candidate to be a living donor for me. She had to lose 25 pounds and then contact Mayo again. She met her goal by the end of summer and, after two trips to Mayo herself, she qualified to be my donor. In the meantime I had chemo at home, Xeloda pills. We underwent the transplant on November 16, 2005. She returned home with her husband on the 25th of November, I had to stay in the area until the end of December. I did have some trouble with bile leaks but the recovery was somewhat uneventful other than that.
I returned to Mayo at the end of January to go through testing and to have a drainage tube removed. At that time the CT scan didn't show any problems although my CA 19-9 was elevated to over 1300.
I returned again at the end of March for the four month checkup and the CT scan showed a 2 cm soft mass between the liver and the stomach, snuggled up next to the portal vein. They attempted via ultrasound and endoscopic ultrasound to do a biopsy but they weren't able to get a direct line to the mass and weren't able to do the biopsy. They have suggested that I come back in two to three months so that they can check the mass again and do a bone scan to see if anything can be done, my CA 19-9 is now above 7400. I'm feeling fine, the liver is doing great, it has regenerated to the original size, and the bile ducts are clear. They don't know if the mass is malignant or benign or a lymph node or a fatty mass. The biopsy would be helpful.
Our daughter has returned to work, she's a teacher in an elementary school and has a 3rd grader and a 2nd grader. She was off work about six weeks. She's doing well.
I just wanted you to know that there is hope in a transplant but it's no guarantee that cancer won't return. The physicians and staff at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, are very caring and helpful. I would recommend them to anyone.
Is anyone else out there who has undergone a transplant for cholangiocarcinoma? I'd like to hear from them.
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CREATIVE Vs. MCMAHON who is right/wrong 2013
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I have been thinking about my hopes for this year in WWE, and among the things i wish to see but probably wont, is a better booking system. I'm not saying that the E' cant do there job but, i think big changes need to happen. I have read many of the great blogs posted about what should/shouldn't happen this year and, I believe they are great suggestions. I just cant help but feel that despite how predictable the shows are MOST OF THE IWC IS DEAD ON with what is gonna happen, finishes/story lines/surprises as much as i love a good surprise win or return most of can tell what will happen 6 months from now and that is sad. Sometimes when i am reading your great posts i begin to think that creative/McMahon read these sites and build off of them even though there is is huge out cry for it not to happen (IE: cena/rock 2, same matches booked for months straight).
There have been many scenarios last year to the present day that should have not happened, the fans just didn't want it to and many people suffered for it money wise and career wise. the who fiasco that happened last year that was reported about frustrated talent and money issues could have been avoided, these talents could have used that anger to prove to the world that they can succeed.the creative machine books a certain way to keep people looking like they can never be a main event star or even just a fan favorite. I cant begin to tell you how many talents i personally feel could have been great if they just would of had the support fora push even if it wasn't to the wwe title or even the u.s title scene, just enough to get the crowd behind them.
creative gets paid to do there job, i know ultimately Vince makes the final decision but going for a short term fix does not help the superstars of the future or even the current mid card to low roster. yes i know booking matches that you think will draw might sound like good business sense (IE: Once in a lifetime, or punk/ ryback 4 times and having a bad finish every time wtf) but it doesn't always work like SS 2011 tag team match cena rock vs awesome truth which i thought was a good combo, then the PPV didn't sell like planned and who but the MIZ got the blame for the ratings which is complete BS , what the two golden children cant get any heat for it that's wrong to not admit that creative made a bad choice. I would hope the the E' is getting the message that we are sick and tired of the same crap which is so obvious when you have a crowd quiet for a whole show never mind a PPV (HAS HAPPENED RECENTLY) you are obviously doing what your paying , loyal fans want to see.
I hope they can put some honest creativity into this product, with surprises and great storytelling anything for these superstars. so until they give these mid carders the chance they deserve we will continue to have no dimension to this product. They need to stop dropping the ball on obvious fixes ( IE: Daniel Bryan yes/no, Kaitlin and her spear utilize it's potential) AND STOP BEATING THE SAME OLD STUFF DOWN OUR THROATS LIKE A DEAD HORSE. ( animal advocate here, don't harm animals) I'm not saying that the E' has to do everything we ask but stop doing the exact thing we don't want to see. with HHH taking over duties in the last two years i'm hoping that he can be a force for a good change in CREATIVE AND BOOKING
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Literary publicist Soukup is next Speaking of Books presenter
Krista Rolfzen Soukup, Brainerd literary publicist and owner of Blue Cottage Agency, is the next presenter in the Speaking of Books series of programs at Prairie Bay Grill and Catering, Baxter.
The free public event Thursday, Sept. 19, will run from 4:30-6 p.m.
Soukup will discuss her personal story of creating Blue Cottage Agency, publishing trends affecting today's authors and how published authors can establish an online presence and promote their work. She will share "the world of books" from her perspective.
Soukup, who is also a marketing consultant, founded Blue Cottage Agency in 2009. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and marketing and has more than 20 years of experience in sales, promotions and marketing.
Blue Cottage Agency promotes and represents writers and books, as well as the advancement of the literary arts as a whole. The agency assists pre-published and published writers, publishers and literary organizations in the development of literary arts projects.
The agency provides website design and hosting, social media development and support, author branding and book tours, publicity, editing and manuscript reviews and project management of workshops, classes and literary events.
This free program concludes the 2013 Speaking of Books season, which has been the second year for the literary venue created by host Joe Plut and friends Jean and Chip Borkenhagen. They organized the series as a public venue to feature regional authors, publishers, book photographers, illustrators and others associated with the communications industry. Plut, who is himself an author, is a retired college instructor from Crosby.
Each program in the series includes complimentary appetizers and time for the presenter to answer questions and sign books. Guests also receive a $5 discount toward dinner at Prairie Bay that evening.


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San Rafael's City Council Monday night denied an appeal by a Terra Linda homeowner who asked the city to keep a cellphone antenna from being installed near his home.
"I am the only person in the city of San Rafael with a telephone transmitter in my back yard. I don't feel special about that," David Carey of Penny Royal Lane told the council members during the meeting.
The ExteNet Systems wireless antenna is part of a project that runs from San Rafael to Novato. The project will allow wireless phone companies to extend service to these neighborhoods.
The antenna proposed for Penny Royal Lane is one of five that will be attached to existing poles that also carry AT&T and PG&E wires. The antennas will go on top of the poles and are two feet tall by 14 inches wide.
The pole is located on public right of way.
"There were two installations in peoples' yards. The nice people at ExteNet came up with another one for Hibiscus Way," said Carey, who was appealing an action by the Planning Commission.
The antenna is to be placed on a pole in the right of way to the side of the home he shares with his wife Nancy Carroll.
Carey was referring to ExteNet's plan to move one of the other proposed locations, away from a residence on Hibiscus Way. That change was requested by the Planning Commission because a neighboring homeowner objected.
That antenna will now be placed along Manuel Freitas Parkway.
One other antenna will be on Las Gallinas Avenue on the side of the road, another will be in the median strip on Las Gallinas, and a fourth will be on Del Ganado Road in the median strip.
"We actually had an option of moving (the Hibiscus Way) antenna. But there were no options that were any better with regard to the antenna on Penny Royal," said Patti Ringo, director of municipal systems for ExteNet Systems. "Any other location would have been in front of someone's house."
Carey expressed concerns about the health effects of the antenna, but the Federal Communications Commission has jurisdiction over this aspect, Kraig Tambornini, the city's senior planner, told the council. The council's only jurisdiction is aesthetics, he said.
Mayor Gary Phillips, who joined the council in its unanimous vote, stressed that the council is precluded from considering health issues.
"We have no jurisdiction in matters perhaps significant to the appellant," he said.
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Los Angeles city officials are preparing to debate a proposed ban on magazine clips that are used in high-capacity guns.
City News Service reports that a committee voted unanimously Friday to put the motion before the full council.
It is already illegal to manufacture, sell and transfer high-capacity ammunition magazines in California, and the proposed ban would also make ownership of the magazines illegal.
City attorneys will write the ordinance and present it to council in 10 days.
Josh Stepakoff testified about being a survivor of a 1999 shooting that injured four at the West Valley Jewish Community Center.
Stepakoff says he was six when a gunman fired a high-capacity weapon into the Center, noting he was the same age as children at Sandy Hook, but was lucky to survive.


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After your infant is discharged from the neonatal intensive
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In most cases the safest way for a healthy premature infant to travel is by car seat.footnote 1 But some premature infants cannot sit in a car seat without
slouching over, which interferes with their breathing and oxygen supply. Before
discharging your infant from the hospital, the NICU staff will monitor for
breathing and oxygen problems while your infant sits in your car seat. If he or
she "fails" the car seat test, a car bed will be needed for transport until
your infant is stronger. Many hospitals have car beds available to rent or
If your infant is sent home with oxygen, a monitor, or other
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floor during travel.
Bull MJ, et al. (2009). Safe transportation of preterm and low birth weight infants at hospital discharge. Pediatrics, 123(5): 1424–1429.
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