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IRVING, Texas - It didn't take long for the face of the Kansas Jayhawks to become the main topic of discussion during head coach Mark Mangino's interview portion of Big 12 Media Days.
Senior quarterback Todd Reesing has steadily played his way to rank among the best QBs in the conference, and it was blatantly clear that he was the player who is going to make this program tick this season.
"What Todd has brought to us is stability at (quarterback), and not only stability, but also excellence," Mangino said. "He has gotten better every year because he works at it. He studies tape. He takes his time away from the game field seriously when he's in meeting rooms and when he's on the practice field. He's been able to spark our offense. He's been able to adlib at times, which is good once in a while. Sometimes he likes to adlib a lot, and we have to pull him back in. We have to reel him back in a little bit.
"But that's what makes him unique, you know, the idea that he believes in himself and that because they're tired, you don't want them on the field at the end of the game when it's third and one, fourth and one. You can't win with it."
Mangino wasn't the only one praising Reesing on Tuesday.
"Todd's one of those guys where you can never stop the play until the whistle's officially blown or until the ball is thrown," KU safety Darrell Stuckey said. "Todd's a very relentless person. He's going to be the playmaker. He's going to be the guy who never gives up. He's going to do whatever he can to make a play, and he's going to do it every single play."
Coming into the year, Reesing might get somewhat overshadowed by the other high-profile quarterbacks in the Big 12. But hype and praise from those outside the program hold little weight for Reesing.
His ultimate goal - one that he and the Jayhawks missed by one game last season - is winning a Big 12 title and then a national championship.
Until then, he hasn't done anything more than any of his teammates the past four years.
"I've played my role," Reesing said. "Everything that I've accomplished is a credit to the guys around me. I wouldn't have had the success I've had without some great teammates and great coaches calling great plays. I think all the guys I've played with the past few years, we've all left our mark."
Other Kansas notes
***Mangino said he expects receiver Dezmon Briscoe to be with the team at the start of fall camp, and that he has been lifted from his suspension earlier this spring.
"There's nothing really to report," Mangino said. "He's not suspended any longer, if that's what you're asking. After spring ball I lifted the suspension, and he's been doing his work. Nothing really to report.
"I anticipate that he (be with the team for the first fall practice). He has work to do, and he's not the only one. We've got several players who have work to do, and I tell them, it's pretty simple: you get your work done, you're with us in August. If you don't get your work done, you're not. We don't cry about it and we don't worry about it. We go on to the next player. But I don't anticipate any issues."
***Mangino might have come to a decision on the spot Tuesday when asked what he planned to do with senior Kerry Meier. Mangino had toyed with the idea of moving Meier, originally a quarterback, back to the position from wide receiver, which he played last season.
While saying he hadn't reached a decision, Mangino ended by, well, presumably making a decision.
"I haven't (decided), but I'm going to do that rather quickly," he said. "We're going to get into training camp and we're going to go about a week, 10 days and study that pretty carefully. We feel good about ( back-ups Kale Pick and Jordan Webb), and so I think we're just going to go ahead and make him a full-time receiver."
***Reesing was asked to look back on his career and pick out one play that stands out as his favorite of all time. The one he picked was one probably all too familiar to Nebraska fans.
"I think the one play that really stands out was when we were playing Nebraska," Reesing said. "I was rolling out, and I took a shot and somehow didn't fall down. Then I kind of came to, and Kerry was laying on the ground and kind of casually got up and took off towards the end zone and I ended up hitting him on a touchdown.
"But what's funny is that we were watching the play the next day in the meeting room, and we were looking at it from the end zone view, and when Kerry was on the ground, he was laying there almost in a pose, like he had his helmet on his hand and he was looking back. Then he saw me not going to the ground when I got hit, and he just kind of casually rolled over and got up and scored a touchdown.
"So we lost it in the meeting room, because he literally looked like he was posing for a picture. It was pretty funny."
-Robin Washut
OKLAHOMA: Sooner defense expects to be dominating
In a league dominated by offense, Oklahoma has a chance to do something pretty special this year on defense.
The Sooners return nine starters, including their entire front seven led by All-American defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and All-Big 12 defensive ends Jeremy Beal and Auston English (2007).
When OU head coach Bob Stoops looks at his front four heading into the 2009 season, he thinks they have the chance to be pretty special.
"I really believe it has a chance to be a true, true strength of our team," Stoops said of his defensive line. "The guys up front there on the d-line, you look at three d-ends that really have been productive in Jeremy Beal, Frank Alexander, Auston English. We really love those guys and how they play. And you've got Gerald McCoy and Adrian Taylor inside that were mainstays a year ago and played at such a high level, in particular with Gerald. You know how special he is.
"Those guys have a chance. We need to get a few more guys. We've got a number of guys, d-ends coming on, R.J. Washington coming on some also and some other young inside guys. We'll see. Hopefully those guys can be a real strength for us. I think our defense has a chance to be quite a bit better than we were a year ago."
McCoy said playing good defense is a mindset, and he feels like this group has the chance to dominate opponents every time they step on the field.
"We just want to be a real stingy defense," McCoy said. "We want to be real selfish and not allow anything. We want to be that type of defense.
"When you watch us on film, we want teams to say 'man, I really want to get past this week and play the next game.' We want to really just put fear in offenses hearts. That's the kind of we want to have. We want them to say 'those guys are animals and we are going to have some trouble with them.' That's just the statement we want to leave."
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***A big key to OU's success this season on offense will be the play of Demarco Murray at running back. The last two seasons Murray has battled different injuries and Stoops said hopefully that won't be the case this year.
"It was so odd in how they happened," Stoops said. "He has been a little bit unlucky and how odd those injuries -- how odd they were that they happened. They're very unusual how they happened.
***After deciding to come back for another year, McCoy said he took out an insurance policy to protect himself for the 2009 season.
"That's always smart to do," McCoy said. "My family, we trust in God. We believe he wouldn't have me come this far just to let it end. It's always good to have a little insurance."
***Many experts consider OU's McCoy and Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh the two best defensive tackles in the nation. So what are McCoy's thoughts of Suh?
"I don't do any of the comparison stuff," McCoy said. "The guy's a great player, but that's the thing about the Big 12. There's great players everywhere, and he's another one. People consider me good, I think I'm pretty decent. He's a great player and I wish him all the luck. There's great players all over the Big 12."
-Sean Callahan
MISSOURI: Mizzou players say Gabbert has what it takes
One of the biggest questions for Missouri this year will be if they can replace quarterback Chase Daniel, who won a school record 30 games over the last three seasons.
The man who will be called upon to get the job done is somebody Nebraska fans are very familiar with. When the Tigers open up play in 2009, former NU commit and five star quarterback Blaine Gabbert will lead head coach Gary Pinkel's spread offense, and his teammates say he has what it take to get the job done.
However, the biggest thing is Gabbert just needs to worry about himself and establish his own identity.
"Blaine Gabbert is not Chase Daniel," offensive lineman Kurtis Gregory said. "Blaine is taller than Chase and younger than Chase. He's a new quarterback. Chase said when he came in that 'I didn't go in trying to think I need to replace Brad Smith or be Brad Smith, because I'm not Brad Smith.' Blaine Gabbert needs to say the same thing. He can't be Chase Daniel because he's not Chase Daniel. It's like our ticket sales commercial: 'It's my turn, I'm going to go out and do this.'"
The added element Gabbert will bring to the Tiger offense is the ability to take off and run with the football.
With his size at 6-foot-5, 230 pounds, not only is Gabbert big, but he's also fast.
"He can run," Gregory said. "In one of the spring practices we put on orange jerseys on the quarterbacks so they could be hit. He ran a couple of guys over in a scrimmage. He just lowered his shoulder and dumped them. He definitely has a little bit of force behind him."
Preseason All-Big 12 linebacker Sean Weatherspoon can attest first hand of Gabbert's ability to run through defenders.
"He doesn't shy away from contact," Weatherspoon said. "He can go out there and dish out some beatings instead of receiving them. I definitely noticed that this spring. He wouldn't run out of bounds, he would lower his shoulder into a linebacker. He's just a tough competitor."
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***Only Missouri, Oklahoma and USC have won 22 football games over the last two seasons.
***Like many defenders in the Big 12 Conference, Weatherspoon joked that he was not happy to hear that both Oklahoma's Sam Bradford and Texas's Colt McCoy decided to come back for another season.
"I was hoping somebody went to the NFL," Weatherspoon said. "Those guys decided to come back. I don't know if you win the Heisman and come back. I know if I won the Heisman, I probably wouldn't have come back. That says a lot about (Bradford) and his character that he's going to help his football team. That speaks volumes of him."
-Sean Callahan
BAYLOR: Griffin ready to be face of the program
The cameras clicked and flashed incessantly as Robert Griffin spoke to the media Tuesday. He stared straight ahead and tried to stay humble as reporters pestered him with questions about being the school's savior and about the new Baylor.
Such attention comes with the territory. Griffin's marvelous freshmen campaign, along with the selection of Bears left tackle Jason Smith with the No. 2 pick of April's NFL Draft, has created considerable buzz for a program that went 4-8 last fall.
"What he's done for the Baylor national football scene, we're very appreciative of," second-year coach Art Briles said. "We have one of the more dynamic football players in the college world, and it's brought us some national notoriety."
Griffin admitted to reporters he had no intention of playing football for former Baylor coach Guy Morriss when he committed to join Baylor's track team. The hiring of Briles immediately changed his mind.
"I'm glad he felt that way, I felt the same way about him," Briles said. "I wanted him with me. When you've got a guy like Robert, you have a chance to compete on the national level."
By the end of his freshman season, Griffin had established himself on a national level as the best freshman quarterback in the nation. He threw for 2,091 yards and 15 touchdowns and also rushed for 843 yards and 13 scores in 2008.
The stat that surprised teammate Jordan Lake the most, though, was Griffin's three interceptions. It took Griffin nine games to throw his first pick, and he set an NCAA record with 209 passes without an interception to start a career.
"His pass accuracy is far beyond what I thought it would be for a freshman who's labeled as a scrambler," Lake said. "The way he's come in and handled every thing, he's just a rock star in Waco."
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***Griffin came to Baylor following a legendary high school track career, in which he set state records in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles and also held the second-best 400-meter hurdle time in prep history.
He was an All-American in the 400 meters last spring and the Big 12 champion, but he gave up the sport this year to focus on spring football.
"I did miss track a little bit," he said. "It's something I love to do but I gave it up for the team so I could gain some weight build some chemistry with the guys."
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound passer put on 10 pounds during the spring for better durability, but added that the weight gain hasn't slowed him down at all.
"I can still hit turbo," Griffin said with a grin.
***Defensive tackle Phil Taylor was already set to enter the season with high expectations after earning Big 12 preseason newcomer of the year honors.
Briles upped those expectations Tuesday.
"I don't think there're five better defensive linemen in America on the field," he said. "The guy is 6-foot-5, 352 pounds and he's got the feet of a 165 pounder. Those people don't exist."
The junior defensive tackle, a Penn State transfer, also earned high praise from Lake.
"He's going to be great for us," Lake said. "He's going to make my life a lot easier, he'll make Joe (Pawelek)'s life a lot easier. He can do amazing things for us. He really is legit."
*** Lake is notorious for his hard hits, and he admit it's his favorite part of playing safety.
"I'm more proud of that than being able to intercept the ball. When you come across the middle, you're going to pay for it. I strongly believe in physical play."
Lake said he grew up idolizing former NFL safety John Lynch and quickly grew to appreciate his vicious style of play. The Baylor senior safety is in no hurry to get into pro football, though, because he knows he'll rack up plenty of fines once he hits the field.
"In the NFL, if you breathe on the quarterback now, you get a $15,000 penalty," he said. "In college, you can get away with more and play the game physical like it's meant to be."
Though Lake couldn't remember his all-time favorite hit, he said he enjoys taking on offensive linemen whenever possibly.
"Linemen always try and go for us little guys that they can push around," he said. "I caught one guy from Oklahoma State last year, he was trying to go out for a strong safety.
"He missed him and turned around, and I caught him on the chin and knocked his helmet off," Lake said. "It rolled like 15 yards."
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MILWAUKEE -- Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said the club has had internal conversations about calling up outfield prospects Joc Pederson or Yasiel Puig.
Puig and Pederson are the Nos. 1 and 3 Dodgers prospects, according to MLB.com.
That said, the Dodgers have had plenty of chances with countless roster moves this season and, to this point, stuck with the plan of allowing the pair to continue their development at Double-A Chattanooga.
Mattingly said the decision rests with general manager Ned Colletti and the development department of vice president DeJon Watson.
Mattingly argued both sides of the issue.
"You saw with Dee [Gordon], we kind of rushed him and in a sense it set him back," Mattingly said. "Sure, the players love it. But it can really hurt the development if it doesn't go good, and most of the time it doesn't go good. Maybe it goes OK."
Mattingly also agreed somewhat that the arrival of fresh blood can sometimes provide a lift, especially to a team struggling as the Dodgers are, although he didn't argue the point convincingly.
"Yeah, it can," he said. "You can try all kinds of stuff. But it's like me and my batting stance. I kept trying everything, this and that, and I got away from who I was. You end up a lot better off with some kind of plan and sticking with it. Sometimes, when you're going through stuff, it's not the best time to make decisions for the whole. That's what they do, Ned and development."
Ken Gurnick 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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Johannesburg's bustling O. R. Tambo International Airport is an easy place to get lost in a crowd, and that's just what a 29-year-old Vietnamese man named Xuan Hoang was hoping to do one day in March last year—just lie low until he could board his flight home. The police dog sniffing the line of passengers didn't worry him; he'd checked his baggage through to Ho Chi Minh City. But behind the scenes, police were also using X-ray scanners on luggage checked to Vietnam, believed to be the epicenter of a new war on rhinos. And when Hoang's bag appeared on the screen, they saw the unmistakable shape of rhinoceros horns—six of them, weighing more than 35 pounds and worth up to $500,000 on the black market.
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Investigators suspected the contraband might be linked to a poaching incident a few days earlier on a game farm in Limpopo Province, on South Africa's northern border. "We have learned over time, as soon as a rhino goes down, in the next two or three days the horns will leave the country," Col. Johan Jooste of South Africa's national priority crime unit told me when I interviewed him in Pretoria.
The Limpopo rhinos had been killed in a "chemical poaching," meaning that hunters, probably in a helicopter, had shot them using darts loaded with an overdose of veterinary tranquilizers.
The involvement of sophisticated criminal syndicates has soared along with the price of rhino horn, said Jooste, a short, thickly built bull of a man. "The couriers are like drug mules, specifically recruited to come into South Africa on holiday. All they know is that they need to pack for one or two days. They come in here with minimal contact details, sometimes with just a mobile phone, and they meet with guys providing the horns. They discard the phone so there's no way to trace it to any other people."
South African courts often require police to connect the horns to a specific poaching incident. "In the past," said Jooste, "we needed to physically fit a horn on a skull to see if we had a match. But that was not always possible, because we didn't have the skull, or it was cut too cleanly."
Police sent the horns confiscated at the airport to Cindy Harper, head of the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at the University of Pretoria. Getting a match with DNA profiling had never worked in the past. Rhino horn consists of a substance like a horse's hoof, and conventional wisdom said it did not contain the type of DNA needed for individual identifications. But Harper had recently proved otherwise. In her lab a technician applied a drill to each horn to obtain tissue samples, which were then pulverized, liquefied and analyzed in what looked like a battery of fax machines.
Two of the horns turned out to match the animals poached on the Limpopo game farm. The odds of another rhino having the same DNA sequence were one in millions, according to Harper. On a continent with only about 25,000 rhinos, that constituted foolproof evidence. A few months later, a judge sentenced Hoang to ten years in prison—the first criminal conviction using DNA fingerprinting of rhino horn.
It was a rare victory in a rapidly escalating fight to save the rhinoceros. Rhino poaching had once been epidemic in Africa, with tens of thousands of animals slaughtered and whole countries stripped of the animals, largely to obtain horns used for traditional medicines in Asia and dagger handles in the Middle East. But in the 1990s, under strong international pressure, China removed rhino horn from the list of traditional medicine ingredients approved for commercial manufacturing, and Arab countries began to promote synthetic dagger handles. At the same time, African nations bolstered their protective measures, and the combined effort seemed to reduce poaching to a tolerable minimum.
That changed in 2008, when rhino horn suddenly began to command prices beyond anyone's wildest imagining. The prospect of instant riches has driven a global frenzy: Police in Europe have reported more than 30 thefts of rhino horn this year from museums, auction houses and antiques dealerships.
Most of the poaching takes place in South Africa, where the very system that helped build up the world's largest rhino population is now making those same animals more vulnerable. Legal trophy hunting, supposedly under strict environmental limits, has been a key part of rhino management: The hunter pays a fee, which can be $45,000 or more to kill a white rhino. The fees give game farmers an incentive to breed rhinos and keep them on their property.


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PORTLAND, Ore. - While water lapped against the dock and sunlight danced on the waves, a young woman with big dreams put her arms up on a sailboat, closed her eyes and smiled.
This was the moment that 22-year-old Prairie Ducheneaux had been waiting for - the sailboat that she and four other students from Portland's Wind & Oar Boat School had built with their own hands was about to set sail for the first time. And they finished the project just in the nick of time.
"It was a mad dash, but that was the fun part," said Peter Crim, lead instructor and founder of Wind & Oar Boat School. "We were able to just hand off projects to the students and they could go to the shop and make whatever we had to make and then put it on the boat. It actually came together quickly over the last three weeks."
"I had to get that red stripe on," Ducheneaux said. "It was the last thing and I just had to do it. And I did it and it was kind of rewarding."
Dozens of people showed up at the Willamette Sailing Club on Saturday to share in the moment. Ducheneaux's instructor put her on the spot by asking her to tell the folks what she had learned.
You would never have known how nervous this young woman was - she appeared very sure of herself as she told the crowd "this has given me more confidence in wanting to fulfill what I want to do in my life."
Minutes later, the boat she had put so much work into the past few months was christened and launched into the Willamette River. The boat's sponsor, a local guy who wishes to remain anonymous, then took over the ropes. It was all bittersweet for Ducheneaux.
"I feel ecstatic," she said while standing on the dock watching the sponsor and a few of his friends work on getting the sail up. "But at the same time I feel sad because it's done."
To truly grasp what this sailboat has meant for Ducheneaux, you have to understand a few things.
The Wind & Oar Boat School she attended isn't just about building a boat - it's about giving at-risk youth the opportunity to build a future for themselves.
The school partners with local agencies to identify kids who might not be getting what they need out of a traditional school setting and might flourish if given the chance to do some hands-on learning. For the sailboat project, for example, the school partnered with Worksystems, Inc., a non-profit organization that channels government funds to programs like this.
Andrew McGough is the executive director for Worksystems, Inc., and he sees these types of partnerships as a win-win - not only do they give kids a chance to really flourish, but they also help send skilled workers into the job market.
"Over the next 10 years, we're going to need 30,000 new manufacturing workers," McGough said.
"It's going to take a village to solve some of these challenges and take advantage of the opportunities," he added. "That's really what it's about - positioning the region to be more competitive in areas that pay livable wages and offer really great jobs that let people support themselves and their families."
Peter Crim, lead instructor and founder of Wind & Oar Boat School, knows the kids he works with won't necessarily be heading into the job market to build boats, but that's not the goal. The goal is to send them out into the workforce with some valuable skills like problem solving, the ability to work as a team, math comprehension and feeling comfortable using a variety of shop tools.
"I think it just reinforces how important connecting kids to tangible things is and how it can impact their learning," McGough said.
For Ducheneaux, who has had a rocky road when it comes to her education, it made all the difference. If you would have asked her a few months ago what she wanted to do with her life, she might have looked away shyly and said "I don't know." But ask her today and she will look you in the eye and tell you with conviction "I want to be an engineer."
She wants to build things and the Wind & Oar Boat School taught her that if she can help build a sailboat, she can do anything she sets her mind to. The school gave her the courage and confidence she needed to pursue a dream.
Ducheneaux is now moving full steam ahead toward her goal. This month, she'll be getting her GED and then she'll be heading to Portland State University where the dean of the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, Renjeng Su, is waiting for her. He's been watching her progress and was at Saturday's boat launch to cheer her on.
"Portland State's engineering school wants her," he said.
Ducheneaux said she's ready and you can see the excitement in her face when she talks about this new direction in her life. This reporter's advice for her? Put on your shades girl, because your future is bright.


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SACRAMENTO -- As Gov. Jerry Brown weighed hundreds of bills last month, he seemed to be auditioning for his November tax hike measure, vetoing proposed laws that could have hurt consumers' wallets and signing reforms to cut government spending.
While the Democratic governor spent plenty of time touting high-profile legislation to reform runaway government pensions, he also made a point of explaining that he was in no mood to financially burden Californians, even when they break the law.
Perhaps the best example was Assembly Bill 1657, which would have added $1 to traffic tickets to fund research for spinal cord injuries -- a modest increase for a worthwhile cause, proponents argued. But Brown vetoed the bill, citing the added costs -- just as he did in vetoing Senate Bill 1310, which would have raised fines on tickets for drivers using cellphones in a proposal supporters said would cut down on car accidents.
"Loading more and more costs on traffic tickets has been too easy a source of new revenue," Brown wrote in his message vetoing the spinal cord bill.
He also vetoed several bills that had the potential to add costs to the state, saying in one message denying a new transportation oversight official: "Let's use the resources we already have."
Brown, working through a Sunday deadline to decide on this year's proposed laws, signed 649 bills and vetoed 118 during September as polls show his top priority -- Proposition 30, the tax increase to balance the budget -- is hovering just above 50 percent support.
"His year is make-or-break based on what happens with Proposition 30," said Bill Whalen, research fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution and a former aide to Gov. Pete Wilson in the 1990s. "He has to drum up support from the base to get that initiative passed."
Even in endorsing a bill to build a privately funded statue of Ronald Reagan in the state Capitol, Brown lauded the legendary Republican governor and president for "raising California taxes when he saw they were needed."
If Brown's Proposition 30 passes on Nov. 6, the measure would raise $6 billion for the state's budget -- avoiding huge cuts to schools -- by raising the sales tax by a quarter of a cent and increasing income taxes on the rich.
Analysts said the governor needs to prove to voters that state leaders are financially responsible before voters will be willing to give them more tax money. Brown spent much of the month showcasing in public events bills that attempt to reform the state's pension and worker's compensation systems -- his top two legislative priorities this fall, his office said -- and cutting-edge efforts such as bills to allow driverless cars on the road and social issues like increasing women's access to birth control.
Brown's spokesman, Gil Duran, said while Brown was focused on protecting consumers and cutting down on government waste, that's something he's been committed to since campaigning in 2010 -- not just to curry favor with voters now.
"Some people see everything as about Prop. 30," Duran said. "I think the pattern is that he takes deep interest in the bills and makes his decisions based on his best judgment given the circumstances at hand."
During September, Brown vetoed 15 percent of the bills that came to his desk -- about double the average veto rate during his first two terms as governor from 1975 to 1983. But it's still far less than the 35 percent veto rate Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recorded in 2008.
The flurry of activity comes after Brown was widely criticized for signing a bill in August that authorized $8 billion to fund a high-speed rail system, which a majority of polled voters oppose largely because of its high cost. Brown has acknowledged the tension between spending money on the bullet train and trying to pass a tax hike, and opponents of Proposition 30 have highlighted the project's approval as a reason to vote against the measure.
State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, was among the few key Democrats to vote no on high-speed rail, largely because of the negative perception it would leave on Prop 30 voters. But overall, Simitian believes Brown was focused on the election as he considered the 767 bills that passed by his desk last month.
"Prop. 30 is clearly front in mind for the governor," Simitian said. "There's no question about it, he's focused on it."


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Relais La Leopoldina
The Relais La Leopoldina is a confortable and elegant B&B, situated in the heart of the Siena countryside.
The property is located at 20km from Cortona.
Only 2 km away from the exit of the A1 Highway, very close to many historical towns: Cortona, Montepulciano, Pienza, Siena.
Suitable both for business people and for couples / families.
The manor house, dating back to the 18th century, has 6 nice double rooms with ensuite bathroom, satellite TV, minibar, air-conditioning, internet WI-FI.
Private parking, garden, open air-swimming pool (summer opening).
Our restaurant is open both for lunch and dinner and offer you the chance to taste the real Tuscan cuisine.
We may consider pets.
Car recommended.
Next train station in Sinalunga (8km far away)
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Check-in time: from 12.00 to 22.00
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Driving both from north (Firenze, Milano) or from south (Rome) exit at Valdichiana (A1 Highway). At the roundbout follow the indication to Bettolle, after 800 meters there is an avenue with trees, at the end of this avenue turn on your left and you will see the sign to the 'Relais La Leopoldina'.
Next train station in Sinalunga (8km far away)
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Situated near the airport, this hotel is 2.8 mi (4.5 km) from Walt Disney Studios and within 6 mi (10 km) of Warner Brothers Studio and Universal Studios Hollywood®. Los Angeles Zoo and NBC Studios are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 184 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, LED TVs with cable channels, and conveniences like refrigerators and coffee makers. Other amenities available to guests include hair dryers, phones, and ironing boards.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles Burbank Airport features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and a meeting room. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and coffee/tea in a common area. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles Burbank Airport is a smoke-free property.
- Smoke-free property
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 4
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Fireplace in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 184
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Snack bar/deli
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Refrigerator
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Partially open bathroom
- Daily housekeeping
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
Where to Eat
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Onsite venue - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 5 AM
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 4 and USD 12 per person (approximately)
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work.


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De La Rosa has strong outing in Minor League game
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- While a healthy-size crowd watched the Rockies and Brewers play out the Cactus schedule Thursday, the important work -- as far as Rockies pitching was concerned -- was taking place away from the game, as lefty Jorge De La Rosa pitched in a Minor League tilt. De La Rosa threw against a D-Backs' Triple-A lineup and gave up one run and three hits in six innings. The Rockies will start De La Rosa against the Brewers on Tuesday night in the second regular-season game, and they wanted to keep opposing hitters from having a good look at him. "The last inning I got a little tired, but I finished good," De La Rosa said.
The D-backs used a couple of Major Leaguers, including Jason Kubel and Miguel Montero. De La Rosa threw 81 pitches -- a sign of health after having his last Cactus League start scrapped because of left forearm tightness. De La Rosa, who underwent Tommy John elbow surgery on the left side in June 2011 and was out until making three end-of-the-season starts last year (0-2, 9.82 ERA), struggled in his first two starts, but became progressively better. "I've started feeling like me again," said De La Rosa, who can touch 93 mph with his fastball -- slightly slower than before the injury -- and is happy with his breaking ball. "Last year was a tough year, but I'm back to finding me." De La Rosa said he has not experienced any issues with the elbow.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Easy DROpalMS - For The YoungstersLanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same, if it's turned back-to-front. The names Bob, Eve, and Otto are all palindromes. So is the name of the pop group Abba. Try to identify palindromic words from the following clues. Good luck!
Example: Part of the body
Answer: Eye
1. Midday
2. A young dog
3. Flat
4. Word for addressing a lady
5. An Eskimo canoe
6. A system for detecting aircraft, ships, etc.
7. An action
8. Pieces of music for one person
9. Grass that grows on the seashore
10. In music, half a semibreve
11. Doctrine
12. Restorer
Answer1. Midday - Noon
2. A young dog - Pup
3. Flat - Level
4. Word for addressing a lady - Madam
5. An Eskimo canoe - Kayak
6. A system for detecting aircraft, ships, etc. - Radar
7. An action - Deed
8. Pieces of music for one person - Solos
9. Grass that grows on the seashore - Marram
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11. Doctrine - Tenet
12. Restorer - Reviver
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7, 14, 17, 21, 27, 28, 35, 37, ?, ?Series teasers are where you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.
What are the next two numbers in this sequence?
7, 14, 17, 21, 27, 28, 35, 37, ?, ?
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Answer42, 47.
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Fairfax County Health Department Responds to Centreville High School Tuberculosis Case
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
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Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Nov. 26, 2003
Fairfax County Health Department Responds
Centreville High School Tuberculosis Case
Skin tests of close contacts to begin
Dec. 12
The Fairfax County Health Department will begin skin-testing teachers, students and others who are considered to be close contacts of a Centreville High School student confirmed Nov. 21 to have pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) disease. Skin testing to check for TB infection will be administered in the school Dec. 12 with follow-up evaluations Dec. 15. Those with negative readings on Dec. 15 will be retested 12 weeks later.
Timing for TB skin testing is determined based on TB incubation periods. It can take up to 12 weeks for the body to react to a TB skin test after becoming newly infected.
TB skin tests of the student's closest and highest-risk contacts already have been evaluated and are negative. "Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease most likely spread person-to-person by close, prolonged exposure to infected airborne droplets, such as from a cough or sneeze. In this particular case, the negative TB skin tests of the student's closest and highest-risk contacts suggest that the student has not spread the infection," said Ronald Karpick, M.D., a TB expert with the Fairfax County Health Department.
County health officials emphasize that even when TB infection (the presence of TB bacteria in the body) is identified through a TB skin test, it does not necessarily mean a person will become sick with tuberculosis disease. "In healthy people, the body's immune system usually does a good job fighting the bacteria. Plus, the disease can be prevented with a strict, nine-month medication regimen," said Karpick.
Upon lab confirmation of the TB case, county health investigators immediately responded by working with Fairfax County Public Schools to identify the student's close contacts, which include household members, fellow bus riders, and those students and teachers in the same classrooms as the student. Approximately 150 people have been identified as close contacts.
"While the community at-large is at very low risk of contracting TB from the student, the Fairfax County Health Department and the schools have identified those who may have had prolonged exposure with the student. These individuals are considered to have a slightly increased risk for TB infection and will be tested at the school," said Gloria Addo-Ayensu, M.D., county health director.
A letter was sent yesterday from the school to the households of close contacts, with information about the TB testing procedures. Included in this letter are health history forms, on which respondents are urged to report any previous positive TB skin tests and previous TB vaccines (often administered in foreign countries). TB vaccines can result in a positive skin-test reading. In addition, the school sent a general letter yesterday to all students and school staff members explaining the situation.
The Fairfax County Health Department will administer TB skin tests to the student's close contacts in a temporary clinic at Centreville High School Dec. 12. The test involves injecting a small amount of testing fluid (tuberculin) under the skin of the forearm. All who receive the injection will be asked to return to the testing clinic at the school on Dec. 15, at which time Health Department clinicians will examine test recipients' arms and measure any resulting skin reactions to determine the presence of TB bacteria in the body.
Close contacts who test negative for TB infection in the initial skin testing phase will be retested in 12 weeks, the amount of time the body can take to react to a TB skin test after becoming newly infected. Those who test positive will be referred for a chest x-ray to determine or rule out active TB disease of the lungs.
Those not considered close contacts but who may be concerned can receive a TB skin test at a Fairfax County Health Department clinic or may request a test from their private physician. Anyone with questions about TB or testing can call the Health Department at 703-481-4242, TTY 711 and ask to speak to the nurse of the day.
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Onthank Awards Recognize Fairfax County Employees
June 27, 2008
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Ten Fairfax County employees are recipients of the 2008 Onthank Award,
the highest county honor
The Onthank Award was established by the Board of Supervisors to honor
the memory of Col. A. Heath Onthank, the first chairman of the Fairfax
County Civil Service Commission (1957-1962).
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Ten employees have been selected to receive the Onthank Award, the highest honor Fairfax County bestows on its employees. Six recipients are from county government and four are from the school system. The awards were presented at today's regularly scheduled meeting of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
Fairfax County Government Employee Awardees:
Willie F. Bailey, fire lieutenant, Fire and Rescue Department
Jesse F. Bowman, police officer II, Police Department
Mark P. Dale, police officer II, Police Department
Karen P. Diviney, animal shelter director, Police Department
Beverly J. Howard, social worker III, Department of Family Services
Jan Kikuchi, social worker supervisor, Department of Family Services
Fairfax County Public Schools Employee Awardees:
Keith Buchanan, coordinator III, English to Speakers of Other Languages, Instructional Services
Oscar F. Calagua, management technician, Instructional Services
James A. Collins, building supervisor, Benjamin Franklin Middle School
Thau H. Nguyen, technology support specialist, Waples Mill Elementary School
The Onthank Award was established by the Board of Supervisors in 1966 to honor the memory of Col. A. Heath Onthank, the first chairman of the Fairfax County Civil Service Commission (1957-1962) and guiding force of the county's career merit system.
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The Onthank Award recognizes accomplishments of outstanding worth in advancing and improving public service in Fairfax County government and the school system by an individual county employee. No more than 10 awards may be given each year.
Eligibility for the Onthank Award is open to merit system employees of county government, and contracted unified salary scale and food service employees of Fairfax County Public Schools. School teachers and instructional assistants are not eligible for this award.
Since its inception in 1966, 305 employees have received the Onthank Award. Recipients have included managers, public safety employees, administrative assistants, human services personnel, custodians, librarians, school bus drivers, building inspectors and others from agencies throughout county government and the school system. Nominations have come from residents, fellow employees, civic groups, and business and professional organizations.
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
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Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
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Once you decide to proceed, our surgery coordinator will arrange the best time and date for the surgery. We request that all patients have a blood count done and patients over fifty years of age have medical clearance from their regular doctor. These measures are taken to ensure the safety od our patients.
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Fundraiser Laura Hoskins, who was running in memory of her late husband Matt, had a surprise addition to her Bath Half-Marathon team on Sunday, Former Bath and Leicester rugby player and England captain Lewis Moody, who met Laura through a friend, joined 24 of Matt's family and friends in the 13-mile race around the city.
Mrs Hoskins, 30, is raising money for Bath Cancer Support Unit Group in memory of Matt, who died of brain cancer at Royal United Hospital in Bath last August.
The group is one of many charities The Hoskins Foundation, set up in memory of Matt, aims to raise money for.
Sunday was his 33rd birthday and the team raised £2,200.
Mrs Hoskins said: "I only found out Lewis wanted to do it a week and a half ago. It was brilliant having him wearing one our T-shirts so everyone could see what we were raising money for."
Mrs Hoskins, who works at Westview Day Nursery in Bradford on Avon, ran with Matt's best friend Rob Janes and completed the course in two hours, four minutes.
She said: "The team spread around the course which was good. There were points where Rob and I struggled. We kept each other going because stopping wasn't an option.
"We were pleased to have Lewis supporting our team and he waited for everyone to come through at the finish line, which was lovely."
Lewis, who ran in one hour, 48 minutes, was saddened to hear the story of Matt.
He said: "It is a tragic story but it gave me an incentive to be part of the team. It is a great cause.
"I had a good level of fitness and reasonable amount of training but I still found it tougher than I thought.
"Laura is so incredible with how she is fighting with it all – still working and looking after a young child."
Mr and Mrs Hoskins' daughter, 21-month-old Freya, did the 1.5-mile family fun.


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The Rebozo
A transcription of the rebozo workshop given by Doña
Irene Sotelo and Naolí Vinaver
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Doña Irene Sotelo demonstrating massage technique
Welcome to this class. This is the use of the rebozo and massage techniques from Mexico. We will be teaching—Doña Irene Sotelo, and myself, Naolí Vinaver. I would like to know how many of you have ever used a rebozo to serve a pregnant woman, to adjust her, or have ever seen how it is done. I just would like to know how many. Just a couple from here, from this conference. So it is still fresh enough that it won't hurt to get more in detail.
So, let me first tell you what a rebozo is. They come in different colors and types of material, and they are about 1 meter 20 centimeters or so in length [we measured ours at 4 1/2 feet]. I don't know in feet, but they should be long enough to go around a person's body and then overlap a little. The rebozo has been a part of the Mexican culture forever. We've never known it to not exist, and it is a woman's piece of clothing. Usually, it is worn by the woman, very conveniently, to keep from getting cold, and it usually goes like this, overlapping over one shoulder. It is also used to carry babies, as you have probably seen. We teach people how to wrap a baby in many, many different ways, so that every woman, even if she doesn't have children, knows how to carry a baby, because she's going to be carrying her siblings or her nieces or nephews or grandchildren, and so on.
The rebozo is also used to carry heavy loads on the head. So what you do is wrap [the rebozo] like a coil, and you put this on your head to make it like a padding. This is very good service to carry a big, heavy bucket. Then it is just a matter of equilibrium, right? But it doesn't hurt your head. And the head is a very, very strong part of the body. The neck and back carry the weight. My children have always been really big and fat, and I usually carry them on my shoulders. I cannot carry them on my side because my back hurts, and I always put them on my shoulder. And it's their weight going on the same center of your body, so I can go for hours carrying them like that. And that's why many people carry things on their heads, not just in Mexico, everywhere in the world you see that. So if you ever have to carry a big box of books, don't try to do it on your side. Just get down, put something on your head, lift [the box] up, put it on your head and try it out. It's very easy to do.
The rebozo is also used in the midwife's bag. It is a piece of cloth that can be used to wrap around a woman's belly. The woman who's had many babies and has a big belly that falls out onto her lap, well, usually the baby is not well aligned in her body. Actually, she may have contractions and have labor for a long time. Even though she's had babies, baby can't come out because baby's resting outside. It's just out there on the bed or out there in the air, and you need to bring that baby back into her body. The rebozo is a very convenient way of doing it. What I've done is lay the woman down and have gravity pull the baby back inside her, and then I tighten the rebozo around, with the knot on the side, so that she cannot feel the knot if she's leaning. And I just make it nice and tight, usually as tight as I can, because the belly is a huge weight. Then she can get up and have the baby once the baby has fallen back into place. [It positions the baby back over the cervix to help it dilate in labor.]
Every woman has her own rebozo. As I said before, they come in different textures, and many, many of them are made of cotton. Nowadays, many may not be made of cotton, but they are usually the same size. [They are] to be used in pregnancy to rotate babies, to fix the baby's position. We'll get to that as well. It's always useful for them to have some texture, because then they won't just slide, like a sheet would slide, and will have some friction, and it will be easier.
I will let Doña Irene talk about how she uses the rebozo during pregnancy. OK. We will begin with that, and then we will just go on. We have a lot to say.
In Mexico, the use of the rebozo is traditional. It has been used for years and years, for many, many years.
In some communities the rebozo is a symbol of respect. In a small-town village if one sees a girl 13 or 14 years old and she is wearing her shawl, walking through town, men would know that this is a married woman, and she needs to be respected and honored as such.
So then when these women get pregnant, they wrap the rebozo around their waist, like this, because we're talking about rural areas and women working hard. So they do this, and in doing that it provides them with more support. We're talking about women being pregnant three or four months and on, and as they do that, then they can carry huge things of water on their heads, huge things of firewood. Any of the hard work, physical labor, that they do, this is going to help them protect their back, protect their pregnancy.
The traditional midwives utilize the rebozo for the pregnant lady—for the delivery, after the delivery, for all parts of a woman's care.
When the woman is pregnant, super pregnant, and there is a belly 8 ½ months, this is what I do. Here is the belly right here. I wrap the shawl so that the whole belly is inside the shawl as it spreads on the front of the belly. So throughout the day, this is how they have the rebozo wrapped around their belly.
In some states, I have met some people in some communities who wear their rebozo very tight around their waist—all the time—as a means to keep a little tiny waist. So the entire pregnancy occurs down here and never changes the waistline or affects it. I have known of women who have had 10 babies, and they still have a tiny little waist.
Those times when the woman is some weeks along and the baby has gotten bigger and the muscles, these ligaments on the side, are sore, during the prenatal visits the traditional midwives are able to help with those discomforts.
I need a volunteer, or someone who can be a model.
Our model is 8-1/2 months pregnant. Her back hurts, her side hurts, she feels tired. When [the woman comes] to the prenatal visit, first the belly's massaged, the midwife talks to the baby, the woman gets massaged and then after that [the midwife] does what I'm doing. The woman leans back a little bit, the rebozo is wrapped around the lower back, including the buttocks, and the midwife hangs onto the ends and rocks the woman gently as she leans back onto the rebozo.
She rocks back and forth a little bit, and then [the midwife] takes the rebozo and puts it on the front. The top of the rebozo is always going to be loose, and nice and snuggy down at the bottom. The rebozo is wrapped on the woman's belly, the entire belly, and then she takes the ends to the back and she gently ties upward. The tightness is happening at the bottom of the belly, loosened on the top.
Question: You know how when you did the back and held it on either side and pulled. When you put it on the front, are you going to do some of that pulling, too?
Answer: When you're doing it from the front, you just do a gentle, upward pull.
After that's done, [the woman] sits on the chair comfortably. Then I starts massaging so that she'll rest. I want to make the woman feel comfortable, and this is what God tells me to do, so I just do these things.
As [I'm] doing this massage, there's a popping that the woman can hear—and I hear it, too, when I do it. That promotes circulation, and that's a good thing.
Then I press down on the forehead like that. Of course, I'm always using oils, and that makes it a little bit easier.
You can even add a little bit of pressure on the forehead, with the fingers like that, going all the way down on the sides of the neck, down into the shoulders, nice and gentle. This is very gentle. It doesn't have to be hard. You're doing this with a lot of love so that the pregnant woman feels really good, loved and cared for, wonderfully. You just continue to rub the shoulders.
After [I've] done all that, all the massaging, and the belly with the rebozo work, and then the head and the face and the shoulders and all of that, and all this sweet talking, and the woman is all relaxed, then [the woman says], "Oh, I feel so good, I feel so good." Then [I] go on into the dialogue. Every time I like to ask the woman, "When did you have your last period?" She goes through all the information. I like for them to just go over and over it, even though it isn't like I have forgotten, I have it written in here, but I like to go over and over it. "When was the first day of your last period? When were you doing this kind of stuff, and where are you in terms of your pregnancy?" And I do a lot of talking, every time, about eating right, eating a lot of vegetables. I encourage a lot of dark green, leafy vegetables, a lot of fruits, a lot of fluids, more than usual, and I do this all the time, over and over. Usually [the women] feel so good, they want to come back right away, and they look at me, "When do I come back?" when they already know it's in another month. But they're hoping I'll say, "Oh, next week, in three days." "I feel so much better" they say, "When can I come back?" And they look at me with a certain look.
So that's how you handle the rebozo in the traditional midwife's way. For a long labor or for a face presentation, for a baby's head that wasn't flexed, this is what the traditional midwife does. The rebozo comes in handy again for that. You have to lie flat on the floor, on your pelvis. This is what the head is going to do to flex, which is what you want when it is a face presentation. So the technique I'm using here is to cause the baby's head to flex and put itself in the right way. I'm putting the woman flat, and the rebozo is under her pelvis, and I bend over the woman and gently rock her. This is done, as you can see, very, very gently, so that the rocking, that's what the baby's doing, rocking.
Doña Irene Sotelo demonstrating massage technique
Question: How long is this done to cause the baby's head to do that?
Answer: About 10 minutes or so. It doesn't take very long. And this is done between contractions. Remember, this is for a long birth, or when you notice that this is a face presentation.
This is for posterior birth. Do what I'm doing. I'm going to demonstrate how to use the rebozo for turning posterior. I've got the woman on the floor, resting on her elbows. The rebozo is spread on top of her buttocks, pelvis, and rocking the pelvis from side to side. So this is the movement that you do. Again, nice and gently.
Question: Can you do this technique when the woman is seven or eight months pregnant and she's got a lot of back problems?
Answer: Yes, but gently, gently. For that, then you do it like this. What I'm talking about is just taking the rebozo, not spread, just holding the ends.
Yes, the baby does come out, and the baby just goes right back.
If you're thinking that the baby may be out of place or is face up, there are other things we can do for comfort measures. I always tell them, "Please do your hula. Do your hula." And then a lot of women, not just in labor, even during the prenatal period, say, "Well, you know, when I start to do my dishes or cook, I go like this [rocking and rotating hips] because it feels good."
This is for after the birth. A lot of people like to have baths done after delivery. In the community where I work there are a lot of different groups that come to see me, and I have to listen to them, because all of them have their own very particular ways—what they are used to, how they like to be attended to, their rituals and things. So some of the women from the state of Puebla like the herbal baths, and they like to be squeezed or massaged with the rebozo, and they request it. So after the woman has had her nice herbal bath—the bath has to be very warm—and the woman has been all warmed up, then she lies down on the bed, and I do this massage with the rebozo. Usually, it's the husband who helps do the massage. The husband is tugging on one side, and I'm tugging on the other, and we work together, slowly beginning to apply pressure until there's a good amount of pressure. You hold it there, and hold it, and then slowly release again. Then you move it downward to another part of the body, and you do the same thing until you have massaged the whole body. It takes about 45 minutes to complete this massage. So right now I'm going to do it fast.
Around the waist I do it a little bit stronger than the rest of the body. To help the bones go back in place is why you do it stronger there. That's why the women, when they say, "Doña, after my baby's born I want you to squeeze me and do this. I want you to close my hips back up," that's how they request it. And I know what that means. And the woman who's being the model right now says that that feels really good.
Question: When after the birth is the other massage done?
Answer: At least a week. Sometimes I just do one, and when I go home the relatives—the mother, her mother—continue to do it. That's the last one. You even do the feet.
We get meticulous. We do the toes.
You can't do too many, but at least one or two more get done at home by the relatives of the women.
The bath's different, and I'll show you something more effective. There was another question about the herbs. There are eight herbs: lemon tree leaves, orange leaves-we're talking trees-even the blossoms you can throw in there, rosemary, eucalyptus, rue, basil, chamomile, Santa Maria. Mexican stores may have some of these. You have a tree; you just pull the best ones. The amount is however [much] you can do. Whatever the heart says, as far as the amount goes.
Question: What is good for when the sacrum hurts so much and is so painful after delivery?
I don't know if you know here about ventosas, and I can try to describe what a ventosa is. It's something my grandmother used to do, too. That's where you take a glass, a regular drinking water glass, put a little alcohol into it, swish it around, empty it, light a match, and then there's a potion that is created and the flesh sucks into the cup. You do that, and after a while there's a way to break the suction, and you're done. And that's called a ventosa. So for that, I do ventosas.
For the coccyx, when it's very sore, after delivery, how many times have we heard "Oh, my coccyx hurts so much?" So, ventosas.
Here's what I do with the sciatica. Who has sciatica? She's near. That's easy. I am having the woman lie flat on her back. The sciatica is a nerve that starts from the top of the hip and continues all the way down to your heels. Lie face down. So the woman is on the floor, face down. I use rosemary oil for that. Remember, when you start touching a woman, do it gently. When you do this and the woman tells you after you're done that she doesn't feel it anymore, then you know you've got it. The experience teaches us as we go along, right? As we do these things. She, for example, is young. So it's different with her bones and the bones of an older person who has a problem with sciatica. We learn the differences as we do this over and over on the different ages of women's bodies.
The left hand rests on her upper back, over the spine, and then with the right hand, I massage on the sacrum. I'm checking right now to see if this is really sciatica or something else. Is this sciatica or does it have to do with the spine not being aligned properly. So right now I'm diagnosing. After I feel here, where it hurts, the left hand doesn't move. While the right hand is doing the searching, the left hand is pressing gently down, and then I go with two fingers up the spine and feel what happens when I do it. There's a little deviation right there. Did you see that? My fingers jumped. So her spine is not quite aligned right there. My fingers jump up to the side as I go in there. It almost makes like a Z, like for Zorro. The spine does not go smooth all the way.
So now, first I'm going to work on that to get it to sit right. I'm suspicious that it could be that the problem stems from the problem on the spine. So now that we find this problem, we warm it up. We massage it and warm up that whole area with the massage. How much pressure you do depends on everybody in every situation. In learning to read the body, you wait for the body to give you the feedback—how much pressure, how hard, how soft to do it. So, I'm done massaging. Do you have pain? "Actually, I have pain in my knee." Right now in the knees, you feel it? "In the front." If there's pain right here, behind the knee, as I was doing that, that means there's sciatica problems. After I massage that area where I was massaging, you pop the spine, and everything's popping. That's fixed. Now I want you on your side, facing me.
One leg up, bottom leg straight down. It's a lot of rosemary oil. I'm feeling for something, feeling the area. I take the rebozo and make a big ball, and put it there. Does it hurt? That's where the problem is with the nerve. So I make a ball with the rebozo and put my elbow on it and put my body weight on it as I press straight down and ask the woman if it hurts. Does it hurt? Yes. This is the sciatica. This is the sciatica, the nerve. The nerve is a little tense. So this is what I am doing to the sciatica with that massage. I use the rebozo and press with my finger so that when I let go, it's more relaxed, looser. I usually do this for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes of that massage with the rebozo all balled up and my elbow applying direct pressure, I now take my hand and put it right there, lining her up, nice and straight, straight on. I tap her head and go back to the abdomen and make a fist. I put it directly over the umbilicus, pressing downward. Not when she's pregnant. You don't do it this way. This treatment is only for a non-pregnant woman. But you do it with the woman being on her side. Then I gently go to the head and pull on the head gently, and I press in a certain way, about the clavicle, pressing with my two thumbs, pressing on the clavicle on both sides. Very gently I take the head and pop it slowly, very gently. I rotated the head this way and popped it. Do like chiropractors do. The classic pop. I ought to know how to do it. It's amazing how healing our hands are. Sometimes if nothing else, just rub your hands and make a friction, because our hands are healing and sometimes, just by gently touching like that, the oil just complements that. It makes things just flow even easier. Our hands are healing medicine. We carry this medicine everywhere.
The model said, "I feel like a new woman."
Question: Where did you get your knowledge? Was it from other healers and midwives or all from God, or both?
Answer: Everything came from God. People would come with pain, whatever pain, and I would just go and work on these people, trying this, trying that, to help them to feel better. When I work with people, I don't work with any fear. I don't worry that I might do them harm. I do it gently, and I am told what to do. I trust. And I believe that there is, and I have, this extra sixth sense that tells me what to do, and God speaks to me.
There are a lot of people that I've seen, wonderful techniques and wonderful massages-Japanese style and all kinds-but I always go back. I have to stick to the one from Doña Irene. This is my thing, this is what I have, and this is where I need to stay.
I remind you that I've been telling you that the women teach you, the experiences teach you. Sometimes when somebody would come to my house, and I didn't know what to do, I didn't tell her, "I don't know how to help you." If somebody says, "I need your help, I'm in pain for this," and I didn't know what to do, I didn't convey this to my client and say, "Well, I don't know what to do." I would just think, OK, I need to, I need to, in the name of God, I need to do something. So I'd go and get some oil and rub it on, and I'd start touching the woman. She's feeling good and feeling that healing energy, and right away a person would give me feedback: "Oh, that feels so good. I feel so much rested already." And by giving that feedback, that is how I knew.
So we'll have to pay attention, attention to when the woman comes, the person comes, what's going on, opening to all our senses, and then we'll know what to do, essentially.
Oh, and another thing that I consider very important is to gather the pulse. You've seen me with my whole fist pressing down hard on the umbilicus. That's really important. This is for when women are edgy, jumpy, nervous—to gather them, if you will. Imagine this thing that we carry around, and it's tilted. So this is just to give you that image. I need it every day so that I can stay calm and centered if someone is grouchy; yes, for centering, for gathering—so that's what I mean, gathering the woman, putting her in her center.
Question: What do you do for nasty period cramps?
Answer: I give them a tea, of that herb that we've heard of before—malope—and that helps it so that it gets things stimulated, and then the woman gets her period. Usually it's the type of blood that is thick, sort of coagulated, and that's why it was having a hard time coming down.
Question: Why is it coagulated like that? What makes that happen?
Answer: I believe that this is because women consume too much cold things, ingest cold things into her system, so things get cooled off here and it creates, I guess, maybe a kind of stagnation where things are not flowing as they should.
Sometimes you can also give the woman an oregano tea or chamomile tea. We're talking about menstrual period cramping. This isn't something you give a pregnant woman.
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SAO PAULO » "Tudo bem" — all good — as the Brazilians say.
Well, almost.
With a country that sees itself as the artful soul of football but is conflicted about spending billions of dollars to host its showcase tournament, one of the most troubled World Cups ever kicked off on Thursday.
It roared to life with a 3-1 win for the home team in a stadium barely readied on time for the first of 64 matches in 12 cities.
The end of Brazil's 64-year wait for the World Cup to return to the country of Pele wasn't all parties and samba. There were protests in five host cities and chants against President Dilma Rousseff. But it wasn't close to the chaos that wracked last year's tuneup tournament, the Confederations Cup, when hundreds of thousands poured into the streets.
After a funky opening ceremony featuring J-Lo in low-cut sparkling green and dancers dressed as trees, Brazil's beloved national team, the star-studded Selecao, made an earnest if not brilliant start to the serious business of re-conquering planet futebol.
Already the only nation with five world titles, a sixth victory in the July 13 final could assuage much — but not all — public anger about spending $11.5 billion on the tournament.
Brazil's first opponent, Croatia, was resilient but ultimately outclassed. The inaugural game had everything aficionados love — passion, drama, spectacle, goals and a refereeing controversy that immediately set fingers wagging on Twitter, showing how players, officials and organizers must live under the microscope of unprecedented social media scrutiny.
Brazilian fans call themselves "torcidas" — derived from the Portuguese word "to twist" and evoking how football puts them through the wringer. Brazil made a nightmare start. Marcelo looked stunned, the crowd of 62,103 wailed and grown men watching in bars let out howls of despairing laughter when the Brazilian defender scored an own-goal that gave Croatia an unlikely 1-0 lead after just 11 minutes.
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"I'm very emotional, happy, and happy that it's over," said spectator Ricieri Garbelini, visibly drained. "I was nervous for five minutes at the beginning, and at the end."
The mood lifted when Neymar lived up to his hype and tied the game for Brazil in the 29th minute, unleashing an ear-splitting roar from the crowd and across the nation. In the rundown city of Indaiatuba, a two-hour drive from Sao Paulo, tattooed men in undershirts celebrated by pounding on restaurant tables.
Demonstrating the love-hate relationship Brazilians have with developed with this World Cup, the stadium crowd made hairs stand on end with its rousing rendition of the national anthem, but also chanted against Rousseff and FIFA, the governing body of football.
The crowd booed Rousseff again when the stadium's jumbo screens showed her celebrating Neymar's second goal — scored from the penalty spot in the 71st minute. He thrust his arms in the air and the nation did likewise.
The Croatians were furious that the Japanese referee, Yuichi Nishimura, let himself be hoodwinked by Fred. The Brazilian striker won the penalty by making it look as though he'd been hauled down by Croatian defender Dejan Lovren.
"If that was a penalty, we should be playing basketball," said Croatia coach Niko Kovac. "That is shameful, this is not a World Cup referee. He had one kind of criteria for them and another for us."
Oscar scored the third for Brazil, and the celebration was on.
John Leicester, Associated Press