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Facts and figures about the Boeing C-17 Globemaster
9 million: parts that make up a C-17
2.6 million: operational flight hours exceeded by the C-17
213,000: total material weight in pounds
164,900: pounds of maximum payload
174: length in feet
169.8: wingspan to winglet tips in feet
120: miles of wiring
55.1: height at tail in feet
600: pounds of paint
3: total aircrew, including two in the cockpit and one loadmaster
0.74 to 0.77: Mach cruise speed
4: number of Pratt & Whitney engines
33: The number of world records set during flight-testing at Edwards Air Force Base, more than any other airlifter in history.
+20,000: number of jobs directly associated with the C-17 program
650: number of C-17 suppliers in 44 states
$5.8 billion: estimated total economic impact of C-17
* A C-17 can take off from a 7,000-foot airfield, fly 2,400 nautical miles and land on an airfield of 3,000 feet or less.
* A C-17 can carry Army vehicles in two side-by-side rows in its cargo compartment, or an M-1, an Army battle tank.
* A deployment load in a C-17 could include three Stryker infantry-fighting vehicles.
India: 10 (only 3 delivered; 7 to be made in 2013-2014)
Qatar: 4
Australia: 6
United Arab Emirates Air Force: 6
United Kingdom: 8
Canada: 4
The 12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability consortium of NATO and Partnership for eace nations: 3
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LONG BEACH >> The C-17 Globemaster III plant, California's last remaining aircraft manufacturing facility, will shutter in two years, affecting 2,200 Boeing Co. employees based in Long Beach and Huntington Beach and thousands of workers and suppliers nationwide, company officials announced Wednesday.
In an "all-hands-on-deck" meeting before noon, about 3,000 C-17 workers in East Long Beach, Macon, Ga., Mesa, Ariz., El Paso, Texas, and St. Louis, were told in person or via webcast by top Boeing officials that the plant will close after the delivery of the last C-17 in 2015.
"Ending C-17 production was a very difficult but necessary decision," said Dennis Muilenburg, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. "We want to thank the highly skilled and talented employees who have built this great airlifter for more than two decades and those who will help us as we continue to build the remaining 22 aircraft and support and modernize the global fleet for decades to come."
The announcement comes nearly one week after Boeing handed over its 223rd and final C-17 to the Air Force in Charleston, S.C.
The decision to shutter the C-17 program was realized by Boeing officials around the same time of the last delivery to the Air Force, though the company had been considering the decision to end production for a long time, Nan Bouchard, Boeing vice president and C-17 program manager, told reporters in a conference call Wednesday afternoon.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe, who was at last week's delivery in Long Beach, said he was "outraged" to learn about the closure and added he will continue to lobby national leaders in Washington, D.C.
"The C-17 program has been synonymous with Long Beach for years and has been an economic stimulus for Los Angeles County, employing thousands of workers," Knabe said. "With a local economy that remains sluggish and the unemployment rate stagnant at 9.2 percent, now is not the time for Boeing and the federal government to pull the rug out from underneath us and put more people out of work.
"The closure of Boeing's Long Beach plant means local jobs will be lost and our region's economic recovery will take yet another significant blow. But the impact of the closure extends far beyond Los Angeles County."
Despite strong international interest, Boeing did not receive enough orders to protect the C-17 production line beyond 2015, Bouchard said, adding that 13 of the 22 remaining aircraft had no committed orders.
Seven of the orders are bound for India and two will be delivered to a not-yet-named international customer.
The "tough budget environment" faced by its international customers and issues involving U.S. sequestration — the automatic, across-the-board reductions triggered in March when lawmakers failed to agree on the nation's budget — were uncertainties that led to some "difficult decisions," Bouchard said.
Created in the late Cold War-era of the 1980s, the C-17 has evolved from fledging prototype to a military workhorse known for its ability to land and take off from short airfields and clocking more than 2.6 million flying hours in various peacekeeping and humanitarian missions.
But when the U.S. government stopped ordering C-17s, Boeing officials began seeking more foreign orders to keep the production line open.
Officials were optimistic, delivering 34 of its 257 C-17s to countries such as Australia, Canada, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates the United Kingdom, the 12-member Strategic Airlift Capability initiative of NATO and Partnership for Peace nations and India, its largest foreign customer.
But industry observers have wondered how much longer the Boeing program would survive without its bread-and-butter customer, the U.S. government.
"The C-17 is by far the best strategic airlifter that has ever been built, but trying to keep a plant running with sales only to foreigners is a tough job," said aerospace analyst Loren Thompson, of the Lexington Institute, a Virginia think tank.
Currently, 20,000 people between Long Beach and all of its more than 650 suppliers in 44 states owe their employment to the C-17 program, Bouchard said.
A reduction in the workforce will begin in early 2014 and will be done in stages, with the bulk of the reductions occurring in mid-2014 until the last aircraft moves through the facility, Bouchard said.
"We recognize how closing the C-17 line will affect the lives of the men and women who work here, and we will do everything possible to assist our employees, their families and our community," Bouchard said.
That assistance will range from providing financial counseling as well as resume and retirement help to finding employees work elsewhere in Boeing or outside of the company.
Long Beach Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske, who represents the district that encompasses the C-17 program, said this is an opportunity for other area companies to take very experienced, well-trained Long Beach workers and put them to work in technology and growth-industry jobs.
"It's important to be able to provide new opportunities for these workers while the city of Long Beach has an 11.9 percent unemployment rate as of August … and a 22 percent poverty rate," Schipske said in a statement.
Bouchard said it is too early to tell what will be done to the facility after the closure, but Boeing does not plan to move a commercial or military production program to the Long Beach site.
Meanwhile, Boeing will continue supporting the international C-17 fleet as part of a sustainment agreement, currently under contract through 2017 with annual options through 2021, Bouchard said.
Community leaders and Boeing employees reacted strongly to Wednesday's news.
While not unexpected, Wednesday's announcement "closes the chapter on production of a remarkable aircraft," Mayor Bob Foster said in statement.
"As work slowed over the last several years, we worked side by side with Boeing to extend the C-17 line for seven additional years," he said. "There's a sense of sadness to see the end of an institution, but Boeing has grown its commercial aircraft work and announced an engineering design center over the past few years that solidifies the company's commitment in Long Beach."
Meanwhile, many of the employees were caught off guard by the news, said Stan Klemchuk, president of the United Aerospace Workers — Local 148 representing 1,100 Boeing mechanics and other employees.
"This came out of nowhere," he said, adding that the union was informed 15 minutes before the company made its announcement. "We're in shock and devastated."
Klemchuk said the union hoped and was led to believe that Boeing would secure enough small foreign orders to buy the company time to figure out other job-saving alternatives. They had been encouraged by some of the international orders over the years.
"Long Beach is losing good, high-paying jobs with benefits," he said. "It's just devastating."
Staff Writer Muhammed El-Hasan contributed to this report.


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Located in Bologna City Centre, this luxury hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Montagnola Park, Communal Collection of Fine Arts, and Museum of Giorgio Morandi. Palazzo Comunale and Piazza Maggiore are also within 15 minutes.
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2 restaurants, a bar/lounge, and a rooftop terrace are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a conference center, coffee/tea in a common area, and a business center.
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All 89 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and private yards. For a bit of entertainment, guests will find LCD TVs with satellite channels, and other amenities include minibars and room service.
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Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. The property also offers a grocery/convenience store. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business-related amenities at this 4.5-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms.
Wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 2153 square feet (200 square meters) include a conference center. This luxury hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in a common area. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
I Portici Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 89
- Number of floors - 4
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- Number of restaurants - 2
- Conference space size (feet) - 2153
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- Daily housekeeping
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- In-room safe
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- Free WiFi
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
I Portici - This fine-dining restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. 1-star Michelin rating. Reservations are required. Open select days.
La Terrazza - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves lunch and light fare. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Reservations are required. Open select days.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals on site
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- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
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Check-in time ends at 3 AM
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 30 per pet, per night
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- Self parking fee: EUR 25.00 per night
- Pet fee: EUR 30 per pet, per night
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. Up to 2 children 11 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. 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.
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'While Sabres players have generally avoided Emery-bashing, defenceman Brian Campbell, a former Ottawa 67, indirectly addressed the issue yesterday morning. "There's lot to do here," he said. "It's a great city to raise a family. I just think you have to live in a city first, then make a judgment after. No, I'm not going to get involved in that stuff, but it's a pretty proud city. They support things, whether it's sports teams or the communities they live in. I would take that over a lot of things most days. It's a nice atmosphere."'
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Tonight's scheduled game against the Cleveland Indians at Comerica Park has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be rescheduled at a later date (not during this current series).
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This asserts that taken with rights to mahr and maintenance, the conventional half share of inheritance rule is more than fair to women.
This third and completely revised version of the "Knowing Our Rights" handbook is an essential resource for those taking a critical and questioning approach to rights, laws, and constructions of womanhood in Muslim countries and communities and beyond. "Knowing Our Rights" forms part of the international synthesis of the Women & Law in the Muslim world Programme and is based on some 10 years of field experience, research and analysis by multi-disciplinary teams of networkers in over 20 countries across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
The six position papers are part of eight position papers produced as part of a series on Islam, land and property, accompanied by a database, with proposed strategies which could enhance the knowledge and augment the capacity of UN-HABITAT and its partners to work more effectively in Muslim contexts. However, these papers have been written for a general audience without any assumption of knowledge regarding Islam, law or property rights and are therefore offer basic information as well as an opportunity to revisit first principles.
In this pioneering work, Siraj Sait and Hilary Lim address Islamic property and land rights drawing on a range of socio-historical, classical and contemporary debates and their practice. They address the significance of Islamic theories of property and Islamic land tenure regimes on the "webs of tenure" prevalent in the Muslim societies. They consider the possibilities with Islamic legal and human rights systems for the development of inclusive, pro-poor and innovative approaches to land rights. They also focus on Muslim women's rights to property and inheritance systems.


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Why does humor exist at all? It consumes a lot of time and energy, and some humans are arguably addicted to humor. Daniel Dennett (Tufts Univ) explores what, in biological terms, sustains this costly habit. (#24981)
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Otley Rugby Union Football Club are still waiting to hear the outcome of their appeal over a deduction of five league points.
The hearing was in Stourbridge a week last Tuesday, and Otley's secretary Marc Lawrence admitted: "I am extremely surprised that we haven't heard the result yet."
The points were taken away from Otley for playing Alexander Beaumont against Harrogate on Saturday, December 21.
The SSE National League Two North club did not realise that he was still registered with Durham & Northumberland Division Two side Whitby.
Having had their league match at Sheffield Tigers postponed last Saturday, Otley are confident that their home match this weekend against Sedgley Park will go ahead.
Lawrence said: "Of course, the pitch will be wet but it is flat and was rolled on Tuesday."
The Sheffield Tigers game has been re-arranged for Saturday, February 22.
That was the date when the sides were due to meet in the Yorkshire Cup first round at Cross Green, and Lawrence revealed that Otley had offered to stage the match then as a second-team fixture at their ground.
He added: "Sheffield Tigers refused our offer so we have contacted Yorkshire Cups Competitions chairman Keith Dyas to rule on the matter and we are awaiting his reply."
Otley prop Paul Hill, who is on loan at Cross Green from Leeds Carnegie, played for the whole 80 minutes as England under-20s went down 21-15 to France at Draguignan last Friday.
Hill has again been picked to start against Scotland tomorrow at Netherdale (7.30), the home of Gala Rugby Club.
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ST. LOUIS -- Since his demotion to Triple-A Las Vegas, catcher Travis d'Arnaud is batting .394 with five home runs in eight games.
The Mets are taking that stat line with a sizable grain of salt.
Understanding that the Pacific Coast League in general, and Vegas in particular, are famous for inflating offensive statistics, Mets manager Terry Collins has dispatched a scout with big league experience to watch d'Arnaud's plate appearances in the Minors. The hope is that the Mets will better be able to determine what is real and what might be a mirage when evaluating d'Arnaud's readiness for the Majors.
"No disrespect to the league, to the ballparks, to the players that are there," Collins said. "We have seen that at this level there's a fairly good jump. All you want to hear about is the consistency -- not that he went down and had at-bats against a club whose pitching isn't that good."
The Mets still have a bit of time to evaluate, but not too much. If d'Arnaud spends fewer than 20 days at Triple-A, the Mets will retain his final Minor League option. Though the organization will not base roster decisions solely on that fact, its ideal scenario involves recalling him before June 27.
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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New Season: Animal behaviour expert Mark Vette is back, helping to rehabilitate abandoned, abused and neglected dogs for loving new homes.
Animal behaviour expert Mark Vette and his team turn their attention to two malnourished Chihuahuas rescued from the same home.
Mark and his team step in to help Bandit a once feral dog from Wanganui, who was thought to be so wild no one could train him.
Tyson is a tiny dog with a lot of attitude. His snapping was so bad the pound had scheduled to have him put down when Mark turned up to rescue him.
Marlowe is the last dog you'd expect to see in the pound. The beautiful golden retriever was rescued by the pound after being stuck in the mud for days, making him extremely fearful of water.
Mark offers to help the owner of a border collie beardie cross who started showing signs of being a dangerous predator, including biting a child.
Mark and his team help a malnourished rescue dog who was so badly starved, he developed a very bad case of food aggression.
Joe is a heading dog that started life working on a farm. But his first owner put the pup to work too soon, which frightened Joe so badly he became scared of all cattle - even the sheep.
Orville was a 9 month old bull terrier cross just two days away from death when he was rescued. Even though he was just a goofy pup his jumping up and mouthing was a serious problem.
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Byblos Byblos today, my newly acquired old friend. Have a good week, folks!
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Top Notes: Mandarin, Bergamot, Cardamom, Nutmeg, Black Pepper
Middle Notes: Vetiver, Lavender, Sage, Amber
Base Notes: Leather, Musk, Myrrh
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
Nothing until after my test. I don't want to associate pain with my perfume.
"You smell like sunshine and happiness."
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🍷 Do less, own less, say "no" more often.
Iquitos. (Alain Delon)
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Magie. Very old-fashioned-but-lovely. Have a g'day all!
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L'artisan Jour de Fete. Wonderfully calming.
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Tianjin, China -- Global architecture and interior design firm, tvsdesign, celebrates the opening of Galaxy Mall, the retail portion of Tianjin's new Cultural Center District, which opened in October 2012. With 360,000 square meters of total building area, Galaxy Mall ranks among the top five largest retail complexes in China, and is more than 80% leased.
The complex opens out to the cultural activities and pedestrian flow of the grand promenade linking the grand Theater and Opera House to the east and the museums, art gallery and library to the south. The central lake extends into the retail site as the water feature flows down a dramatic waterfall and into the below grade retail.
The retail center features five floors rising to a height of 30 meters above ground and a single below grade level linked to the adjacent subway terminals and underground parking. Creating a concept for the interior of the Galaxy Mall organized around four distinctly unique shopping experiences with the Sun, Moon, Star and Earth Courts, tvsdesign conceived of a unique feature in each court with shopping and dining opportunities.
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It started as an innocent question one year ago to a long-time friend. Andrew Rehfeld knew the Jewish Federation of St. Louis had been looking for a replacement for the retiring president and CEO, Barry Rosenberg, and he was curious about the progress of the search. As his friend detailed the profile of the Federation's ideal candidate, the associate professor of political science at Washington University was intrigued. "It sounded exactly like the sort of thing I was really interested in doing," he says. "The building of community—trying to inspire and move a community to a healthy and robust place where they are helping themselves and one another—was inspirational for me."
Over the course of the next few months, Rehfeld met with members of the Federation, always going into the meetings with the idea that it was a "crazy proposition," but leaving with a firmer grasp on the potential of the undertaking; and at the end of June, Rehfeld was named the Federation's next president and CEO.
Although Rehfeld did not assume his new position with a traditional profile, the 47-year-old brings extensive experience and knowledge of Judaism and the Jewish community. Born in Baltimore, he moved to Atlantic City as a young child with his mom after his parents divorced. In his grandparents' household, the emphasis was on a conservative practice with a traditional framing; and after relocating to Philadelphia, Rehfeld was introduced to Jewish education, history and rituals. In high school, he returned to Baltimore, where his father's household taught him the social justice side of the religion—giving back to make the world a better place. Before entering college, Rehfeld spent a year in Israel, exploring two other forms of Judaism: one very secular and nationalistic; and the other, very religious and orthodox. "It gave me an appreciation of the multiple ways Judaism provides a way to live a life well-lived," he explains. "It's an engagement with eternal questions about giving back to the world, being a part of the community and something bigger than yourself, with a 3,000-year history that has immense value."
After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester, Rehfeld considered the possibility of becoming a rabbi. Because he didn't feel like he had the theological commitment required to be a member of the clergy, he instead chose to focus on the academic and scholarly investigation of philosophy and community, earning a masters degree in public policy and doctorate in political science from the University of Chicago. He accepted a position at Washington University in 2001; and after moving to St. Louis, he became involved as a member of Kol Rinah synagogue and as board and executive committee member of the Jewish Community Relations Council and the university's Hillel.
Now, as head of the Federation, Rehfeld has turned that community focus to St. Louis' Jewish population. "My vision for this organization is for it to become a collaborative partner, emphasizing that we all have an obligation to each other and a place at the table to help determine what the community is going to look like."
Since taking up his position on Sept. 1, Rehfeld has begun to examine the needs of the Jewish community. "We have to figure out ways to partner with the St. Louis region to help make this community an attractive one for the Jewish population."
There also is the importance engaging the current population to stop the loss of commitment to Jewish institutions, values, tradition and culture. "We need to encourage young families, the next generation, to get involved in our agencies, synagogues and programs that help show how Judaism can be a vibrant force in people's lives," Rehfeld notes.
With a full plate of responsibilities, Rehfeld has taken a two-year leave of absence from Washington University. The work of the Federation leaves him little free time, but when he is not at his office, he's with his wife, Dr. Miggie Greenberg, and their children Emma and Hoben. A passion for music has developed into a fledgling band with his son and daughter.
Just a few months into his new role, Rehfeld has a keen understanding of what it takes to lead the Federation, focusing on the principles of knowledge, respect and tolerance to address challenges and help the Jewish population thrive. "I understand the contours of this community and its existing strength, and I'm excited to see the potential for growth and the chance to build on a strong foundation."


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The spring evaluation period is underway and there's a legitimate possibility more high profile college football coaches will be making a stop at Scottsdale Desert Mountain this year than in all other years combined since its doors opened in 1995.
Over the last two decades, Desert Mountain has never had a three-star-or-better football prospect until now. Making that reality more anomalous, it has not one, but two such players this year and they aren't your run-of-the-mill Division I recruits either. The Wolves feature one of the best quarterback recruits in the country, Kyle Allen, and one of the best receivers, Mark Andrews.
Allen is the No. 4 ranked pro-style quarterback and No. 136 overall recruit nationally, while Andrews is the No. 9 receiver and No. 87 nationally. A reasonable case could be made that Allen and Andrews are the two best recruits in an unusually loaded 2014 Arizona class.
And get this, they've been extremely close since kindergarten and yet didn't even start linking for touchdowns on the gridiron until a couple years ago.
"We've been best friends since forever but we didn't always play the same sport," Andrews said. "He's always played football but I only started playing football my freshman year. I've always played basketball. Being best friends since that little, we never really thought it would come to this but it has and it's been a great experience. He's my buddy and I couldn't ask for anything else from him. He's helped me out a lot and I wouldn't want to go through this journey with anyone else. It's a great time in our lives."
Allen, who threw for 3,119 yards and 36 touchdowns last season with a remarkable 72.1 percent completion rate, knows that his value as a prospect and capability as a high school quarterback are enhanced by having a weapon in his arsenal most other quarterbacks could only dream of.
"At an elite level in high school I don't know what it's like to play without a receiver who I can count on whenever we need someone to catch a ball," Allen said. "Whenever we have to make a play I can always throw him a back shoulder ball or get him a jump ball or something like that.
"It just worked out like this. We both picked Desert Mountain for a school and we're not the kind of kids to go to a program because it's an esteemed program that's already there putting out kids like Chaparral. We both come from the mindset that we're going to make a name for ourselves."
Indeed, the Wolves have moved from also-ran to legitimate Division I contender in just a few short years due in large part to the high profile friends. After failing to win a single game in 2010, Desert Mountain was 9-3 last year, losing in the second round of the state playoffs to Mountain Pointe. It should be even better in 2013.
"We lost a lot of linemen this year so we're definitely going to need to re-up our lineman but pretty much all our back seven on our defense is back and more of our skill guys are back except for a couple receivers," Allen said. "So if we can get our line going and do what we're supposed to do we can win a state championship easily I think."
"I think we definitely have that opportunity," Andrews agreed. "A lot of the talk about Desert Mountain is Kyle and I but I think our school is definitely on the rise. We have 30 seniors so we'll have help there and I think we can definitely do it. We were good last year and fell short but we're going to be better for sure."
The attention that has come with their success has both players hopeful that this will be the foundation that allows Desert Mountain to eventually join the ranks of the elite high schools in the Valley, mentioned in the same breath as the Hamiltons, Centennials and several others.
"The attention has been definitely humbling," Andrews said. "It's really good for Desert Mountain. It helps out a lot of kids who wouldn't have been able to get seen otherwise. I definitely can't say anything else other than it's great for our school and both of us."
Allen, who is spending April on a recruiting tour that includes Texas A&M, Wisconsin and UCLA, has been overjoyed by how his passion has developed into life altering opportunity for the future.
"It's a dream come true," Allen said. "I've been playing football my whole life, our family has been watching football our whole lives. So it's almost surreal to see what's happening now. I've watched college football my whole life and thinking how I'd love to do but never really thinking about how possible it was until high school and now it's working out. I've obviously worked incredibly hard to get to this point and now it's just a weird feeling seeing it coming together.
"It's surreal but then you also have to deal with it as a professional. You obviously feel super blessed and just humbled by it but then you've still got to sit down and say, 'I know I have all these offers and it's wonderful but I've got to pick out the pros and cons of each one and be methodical about it.' You're not a kid any more when you're going through this process."
Andrews said there are some days in which he receives more than 100 pieces of mail from college coaches. After catching a jaw-dropping 81 passes for 1,494 yards and 21 touchdowns last season, it's easy to understand why. He too is on a national college tour this month, making stops at Michigan, Notre Dame and Ohio State.
"It's definitely been crazy," Andrews said of his roughly two dozen BCS offers. "I just came in trying to play the sport as a fun thing and something new to me. It's humbling and crazy and I never expected it at all. But I really appreciate it.
"Right now it's so wide open and I'm not trying to limit myself to any schools. I'm going to go through the spring and see where things are at. I think I'll narrow it down after that but for right now there's probably a good 20 schools I'm legitimately considering."
As a quarterback, Allen knows he'll have to make a decision sooner than most other players because college tend to take just one recruit at his position per class and the dominoes start to fall quickly. While he isn't making a decision based on Andrews' criteria or school list, Allen said that they have schools in common and there's a decent chance they could again team up in college.
"We've talked about it before," Allen said. "Obviously I'm 100 percent sure I'm going to make a decision before he does. He's going to see it through all the way but I don't really have the luxury of doing that. Wherever I go I'm going to recruit him hard to that school and be on him. It's not like I'm going to see him every other week or month, I'm going to see him every day, so I'm going to stay on him about it. But I'm also going to let him do his own thing is that's what it comes down to because there are places he's interested in that I'm not really interested in. I'm sure I'll have a lot of influence though."
Allen's decision will likely come after an additional round of visits in June, while Andrews is unlikely to have a verdict until at least taking some January official visits.
"We definitely have been blessed to be able to play with each other and we feed off one another 100 percent," Andrews said. "We've been very lucky to have both our talents and we talk about it weekly and it's something that means a lot to us. To be able to continue playing together in college would be pretty special. I don't know what the odds of it happening are, but I know I would love it if that worked out to be what happens."


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The title of this thread was a quote on the Pacers' facebook page. Sorry I don't have a link, I assume it was a quote from a local news source.
I was not at the game today, though if we somehow force a Game 6 I'm going to try like hell to fly out on Thursday.
But seeing the Bulls fans on TV... fandom is one thing, coming down for the game is fine if tix are available, cheering and even a bit of smack talk is all fair game. But even on TV I saw some Bulls fan behavior that I would have taken issue with had I been standing nearby in the stands.
Curious to hear from those of you lucky to attend the game. We can't have this type of disrespect on our home court. Next time we play Chicago in Conseco, whether on Thursday or next season, we need to make a statement as fans


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Apparently grounded by bad weather in the Midwest, the high-profile attorney of former county water board member Steve Collins failed to show up for his first court hearing in the case on Wednesday.
But a Superior Court judge made it clear the case will remain on schedule.
San Francisco attorney Michael Burt and his associate who did appear, attorney Muhammad Hamoudi, drew an admonition from Judge Pamela Butler that Burt should make sure to show up at the next court hearing on April 19 and be prepared for a trial date to be set in the already lengthy case.
Butler told Hamoudi and Collins, who appeared in court, that the case would not stretch on for "two or three years," adding, "We are going to get a trial date in 2013."
The judge's comments came after Hamoudi indicated the defense would file a motion to dismiss charges against Collins on the basis of insufficient evidence presented during the preliminary hearing. Hamoudi told the court the defense had just received 11 boxes of evidence connected to the case from Public Defender Jim Egar's office on Friday, and would need time to go through the records, including the transcript of the preliminary hearing, before deciding how to proceed.
The attorney said the defense had to go ahead and file the motion to dismiss to preserve the right to argue it and seek additional review from a higher court, if needed.
Such a motion must be filed within 60 days of Collins' arraignment, which occurred Jan. 11.
The motion to dismiss will be heard by a different judge than Butler, who ordered defense briefs on the motion by April 5.
Collins has pleaded not guilty to 41 charges, including felony conflict of interest allegations that he had a financial interest in key agreements at the core of the failed regional desalination project. He is accused of accepting $160,000 in payments from private consultant RMC Water and Environment for work he did on the project in 2010 while he was a public official.
The bulk of charges against Collins involve allegations that he accepted payments from Castroville artichoke grower Ocean Mist Farms for several years for public meetings he never attended or never occurred.
Collins' defense has argued he was recruited to work on the desal project by county officials and assured his work for RMC was not a conflict of interest. His defense argued his Ocean Mist invoices were never intended to be accurate representations of his actual work and simply a pro forma method to justify regular consulting payments.
Collins was represented by the well-known local attorney team of Mike Lawrence and Juliet Peck until his arraignment, when he told the court he could no longer pay for private representation.
He was assigned to the public defender's office, which declared a conflict, and Burt was assigned to the case through the Alternate Defender's Office.
Burt, an expert in death penalty cases, is one of four attorneys who serve as federal death penalty resource counsel. He had appeared in federal court in the Midwest on Monday before finding himself stranded there late Tuesday.
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Midwifery Today, Issue 110, Summer 2013
Theme: Twins
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The ecstatic and overwhelming world of twin birth is the subject of this issue of Midwifery Today magazine. Midwives who are among the most experienced in twin birth have contributed to this issue to make it a truly educational tool. Midwifery Today readers have also sent in their personal accounts of twin birth, and their stories are found within. This edition also contains a section dedicated especially to Marsden Wagner (1930–2014), who was a true friend of midwives and advocated passionately for natural childbirth.
Poetry: 9 Months
From the Editor: Homebirth and the Microbiome
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Midwife Marion Toepke McLean discusses an interesting topic: How does our way of birth affect future generations?
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As a midwife who has helped with over 400 sets of twins, I would say midwife Cynthia Caillagh is pretty much an expert on this topic. Thankfully, we got her to write an article in order for all of you to learn from her wisdom!
Why All the Fuss about Twins?
"I want to suggest that, in the case of twins, trying to give birth vaginally in an inappropriate environment (e.g., in the presence of a scared doctor or a scared midwife) is a recipe for disaster. We must adapt to our cultural lack of understanding of birth physiology."
The Wonderful World of Twin Birth
From her many years of experience, midwife Diane Goslin shares her wisdom of twin birth in all its varying possibilities from Rh-negative to surprise twins to twins born four days apart.
The Voice of Reason
The medical world has developed its own reason based on managing birth, but midwife Sister MorningStar suggests that midwives need to be the voice of another reason—the kind of reason that honors the birthing mother.
Twin Birth in Rural Nevada
What a story! This is one of those unconventional and wonderful birth stories that will keep you smiling.
Helping a Mother with Twins: Choose Your Words Wisely
We all grew up learning about the power of words, but sometimes in adulthood we forget this wisdom. Midwife Mary Cooper reminds us that it is even more important to stay away from negative words when working with a woman pregnant with twins.
Maternal Placentophagy as an Alternative Medicinal Practice in the Postpartum Period
"Placentophagy in humans has only recently been systematically investigated. Though this organ has been largely ignored scientifically, there seem to be numerous nutritional benefits for the mother as a result of its consumption. This article will review the reported effects of maternal placentophagy on iron deficiency, hormonal balancing and pain moderation."
The world lost a treasure earlier this year, but his passion and kindness will forever remain in our hearts. This tribute contains memories, stories and thoughts about Marsden from some of his midwife friends.
Twin Birth Stories
These delightful stories show us once more how twin birth isn't a complication, but merely a variation of normal: Zachary and Jack by Cynthia Flynn; Jade and Cole by Steph Landis Bernholz; Rose and Philippa by Joanne Whistler; Temperance and Genevieve by Lauren Mingus.
We love how Jane Beal continually supplies us with historical stories of inspiring midwives. Here is another for you to read!
GBS Updates from a Homebirth Perspective
Author Cassaundra Jah discusses how the vast majority of birth research focuses on out-of-home births, which sets up a unique challenge for homebirth midwives when dealing with GBS.
Easing Afterpains: Wisdom from the Midwives College of Utah
Author Mary Burgess had a chance to interview some of the midwives from a midwifery school in Utah. Their suggestions about easing afterbirth pains are insightful.
Utilizing Chiropractic for Optimal Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes
Chiropractic care has been a saving grace for many pregnant women. In this article, Joella Pettigrew shares some more reasons why it might be helpful to utilize chiropractic care during pregnancy.
Moving from Independent Midwifery to a Consultation Service
"As the future of independent midwifery in the UK became more and more uncertain I started looking for ways in which I could still effectively support women and perhaps find a way to reach even more women than I could as an independent midwife. I ended up developing my idea of offering a service to women and their partners that could provide real, individualised support and advice for pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period and created my telephone consultancy business: pregnancyandbirth.org.uk."
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I am getting very disheartened and frustrated at being stuck at the plateau I am at now. I definitely put the time in. I get out every day that I can(usually 3-5 days a week) and practice for at least 3-4 hours on weekdays, and 8-10 hours on each weekend day. I read all the stickied threads start to finish, including all 20+ pages of the incomplete secret technique thread. I feel like I'm missing something significant. When I read Blake saying that guys who "half-way" hit it are getting 425'+, then that means I'm not even hitting it. I can hit 400' on a linedrive with a nuke SOMETIMES, but I can't put my teebirds and leopards out that far on a line drive. I can't even turn my teebirds or leopards over without OAT. I've made 3 more videos trying to incorporate all the advice that has been given to me from my other videos, more critique would be appreciated, thanks for your patience.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuZsw0fNXyI (roughly 350')
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I'm still in Washington state touring tree fruit marketers, but I notice the USDA released results of its Healthy Incentives Pilot program yesterday. Find the USDA summary here and The Packer's coverage here.
Here are some highlights from the summary:
Under HIP, SNAP participants received an incentive of 30 cents for every SNAP dollar spent on targeted fruits and vegetables credited back to their SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card. The incentive could then be spent on any SNAP-eligible foods and beverages.
Targeted Fruits and Vegetables:
Primary impact: Interim results indicate that HIP participants (respondents aged 16 and older) consumed one-fifth of a cup equivalents more targeted fruits and vegetables per day than did non-participants. This represents a difference of 25 percent in consumption over control group members. The one-fifth cup brings consumption levels approximately 17 percent closer to the Healthy People 2020 objectives for total fruit and vegetable intake.
Fruits vs. Vegetables: Approximately 60 percent of the observed difference was due to a difference in consumption of vegetables and 40 percent due to a difference in consumption of fruit.
Incentive earnings: During the first half year of pilot operations, two-thirds of HIP households earned some incentive; the other one-third of households did not earn any incentives in a given month.
Perceived impacts on cost: The majority (70 percent) of HIP households felt that fruits and vegetables had become more affordable due to HIP.
Participant Understanding: Forty percent of HIP participants reported that they had not heard about the pilot when asked 4 to 6 months after implementation. Forty percent also reported that it was hard (or they didn't know whether it was easy or hard) to understand how HIP works; a similar percentage said it was hard (or they didn't know whether it was easy or hard) to remember which fruits and vegetables qualified for the incentive.
Participant Satisfaction: Ninety-five percent of respondents indicated that they would like to keep participating in HIP.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appears friendly toward the idea of expanding the pilot, particularly with passage of a new farm bill.
From the USDA news release:
"Although healthy foods aren't necessarily more expensive, many low income people face time and resource challenges when it comes to putting healthy food on the table that can make less healthy options seem more appealing," said Vilsack. "The results of the Healthy Incentives Pilot demonstrate the clear impact that promoting nutritious food choices can have on improving the healthfulness of SNAP purchases."
Vilsack also highlighted ongoing public-private efforts that provide support and incentives to SNAP participants to purchase more healthy foods. He cited a pilot project in Minnesota that offers $5 coupons to SNAP households for the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables and a pilot project in Michigan to make locally sourced produce available in corner grocery stores in metropolitan Detroit.
"Research to date shows that incentives can work, but we know that no single solution can solve the problems of poor diet and obesity among American children and families," said Vilsack. "That is why we are supporting a broad spectrum of SNAP-focused strategies that empower low-income families to purchase more healthy foods."
United Fresh Produce Association also looks to the program's potential expansion. From a United Fresh news release:
United Fresh applauds Secretary Vilsack's announcement today that USDA's Healthy Incentives Pilot (HIP) project increased produce consumption among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants. The pilot, conducted in Hampden, MA, demonstrated that providing financial incentives to SNAP recipients at the point of sale increases the consumption of fruits and vegetables. Under HIP, SNAP participants received an incentive of 30 cents for every SNAP dollar spent on targeted fruits and vegetables credited back to their SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer card.
"We're very encouraged by these results, especially in light of other successful fruit and vegetable incentive programs such as Double Up Bucks in Michigan, Wholesome Wave, and others," said Dr. Lorelei DiSogra, United Fresh vice president of nutrition & health. "All of these programs are showing that incentives to low-income families work to promote fresh fruit and vegetable consumption."
The HIP was authorized and funded by Congress in the 2008 Farm Bill. The Farm Bill passed by the Senate in June 2013 includes $100 million in federal matching funds to support fruit and vegetable incentives for SNAP recipients.
"We are hopeful that this funding will be included in the final version of the 2013 Farm Bill and support the expansion of these incentives to thousands of low-income families," said DiSogra.
On a related note, New York City also introduced a fruit and vegetable "prescription" program yesterday.
In time, these incentive programs should be expanded to all SNAP participants. Given the option of either the carrot or the stick approach to increase consumption and improve public health, the carrot is to be preferred.


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Blake_T wrote:height = distance only with slower glide based discs.
putters, mids, and older drivers.
newer drivers it's only if you can get the height out of natural lift.
if you find you get more control with a 3 finger power vs. a fork or fan, then i don't think you are doing the fork or fan grip correctly...
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I want to make all urls go to:
https://www.domain.com/page/var1/var2/ etc. (with all to https and all with trailing slash).
Also, I want index.php to receive all requests, despite the url being /page/variable/variable2 etc.
I have this, but none of it works. I must be doing something wrong.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L,NS]
Hey there,
First things first, you can most likely get rid of the RewriteBase /. Some hosts require it, but generally it is only used to undo the effects of mod_alias, and since you don't seem to be using that ...
Okay, if you want everything redirected to https, you should get rid of the first block that redirects to http, that's just doing work for nothing. Instead build redirection to www in the second rule so it fires if either there request is not for https or the request is for the www-less version of the domain. Also %{HTTPS} is either "on" or no value at all, so matching against "off" just won't work because it'll never take on that value (odd though that may seem given that "on" is a valid value ...)
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\\.com$
RewriteRule ^ https://www.domain.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L]
The second part of your code to let index.php serve everything should work as intended, although /index.php should be replaced with index.php (remove the leading slash) for performance reasons, and some might say . should be replaced with .? but since you index file probably is index.php this is not strictly necessary.
Aw, Rémon, you know better! "RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off" will NEVER evaluate to TRUE (because {HTTPS} is either 'on' or null - that's why I prefer to look at the {SERVER_PORT} and match to ^80$ or ^443$).
I know, that's why I said:
Sheech! I missed that!


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Ladanian Tomlinson is the NFL MVP.
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Ladanian Tomlinson is the NFL MVP.
Most anti climactic MVP award ever?
And apparently 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population.
Didn't our boy Manning throw for as many TD's as LT ran/caught for this season? I know LT threw for 2 also, so he was involved in 33 and Manning only threw for 31....of course he also rushed for 4, so that puts him at 35.
Didn't Manning break or set a couple different NFL records this season?
Why on earth did LT win this award and not Manning, let alone in a landslide? I guess since it is the most VALUABLE player award, maybe the rationale was that LT meant more to the Chargers than PM meant to the Colts, but I can't see that being much of a reality. Hard to have a very good season if Jim Sorgi (or anyone else for that matter, no offense intended, Jim) was the Colts QB.
Manning led the league in TD's thrown and QB rating. He was second in the league in yards passing by 21 yards, but threw 5 more TD's and 2 less INT's than Brees with 3 more pass attempts. His two top receivers finished 2-3 in the league in yards also, and all that with a rookie and a journeyman sharing the running duties and having one of the worst defenses in the league.....
Just because he has already won the award twice doesn't mean he didn't deserve the award again.
Sorry LT, PEYTON MANNING IS MY MVP. He's only made the Pro Bowl every year of his career except when he was a rookie....Call me crazy....
I don't have a problem with LT winning, but I don't think he should have. It's not an award that goes to the best player, or MJ would have won it every year. It's about who means the most to their respected team, and to me that's Drew Brees.
The Saints wouldn't be anywhere without him, even if they still had Reggie. He was a lift not to just some random team, but for a team that had the weight of a whole city on it's backs, and he gave them a season to remember.
I can at least relate to Since86's opinion about Drew Brees. When you talk about VALUE to a team, he makes a good point about where the Saints would be without him. San Diego would still be a damn good team without LT, and they could've had a couple different backs tandem to get the same or at least close to what LT gained. To me, that is a wash. Kinda like letting Edge go and then having Rhodes/Addai cover the void.
I like LT. Don't get me wrong at all. He is close to the most dominant back I've ever seen play. He just isn't an MVP. Especially not this season, records broken or not. Brees meant more to the Saints and Manning meant more to the Colts.
I think that giving the award to someone else because they didn't want to give it to Manning again for a 'ho-hum' ProBowl season, and they didn't want to give it to Brees for the deserving reasons that Since86 listed, it loses meaning for the award. If I was Manning or Brees, I would want to win the award less for how it is being dished out.
This year, the Steelers held him to 70 total yards, including 19 on one pass play.
Last year, the Steelers held him to 130 total yards, including 41 on one pass play.
He's obviously very, very, very good against the other 30 teams, but he hasn't looked like an MVP candidate when I've seen him.
LT= maybe Most Outstanding Player 2006
Manning = Defintely Most Valuable Player 2006
Polian through out a stat this morning on Mike and Mike.
The Colts this year average 3 less posessions per game then the League Average. And yet Manning was still able to put up the numbers he did.
I think there is a bias at times against Manning, like heywoode said, in not wanting to give Manning the MVP award again.
The Colts are only two games worse without Edge for one reason. Their ability to play defense. They were three close games away from being 15-1. If San Diego's defense was as bad as ours and teams kept LT off the field as much as Manning was off it this season, he wouldn't have broken any records, I can guarantee you that.
The only no-brainer around here are the fools who landslided LT to a popularity contest because they are tired of Manning being the MVP of the league for his career. I'm fine with LT winning best offensive player, but he is most certainly not the most valuable player in the NFL.
Not trying to make you mad or anything else, I just think there is no argument for Manning's performance year in and year out. Until he steps on himself for a season and stops leading the league in several categories, he is the MVP.
People have differing opinions, and I can respect your right to have your own. I just don't agree with it!
I can see that I was a little spirited in stating my feelings for Manning being MVP, and not acknowledging enough that LT had one hell of a year. He certainly did....
I'm not a big fan of the MVP either. Quarterbacks will almost always be in the best position to win an MVP because they are the ones who are the most involved in a game. I think LT kind of deserved the MVP just because he got so many TDs. Whether it was conservative play calling around the red-zone, LTs balance of power and speed, or a great O-Line; it doesn't really matter. He just simply had a phenomenal year. I don't think any other RB in the league could have put up the stats he put up, even in that offensive system.
Let's not kid ourselves, the Chargers would not be anywhere near 14-2 if you took away LT. Michael "Burner" Turner is a fine backup but San Diego's lifeblood is the amazing ability of LT.
To me, the argument in favor of Drew Brees for MVP is almost just as much an argument in favor of LT for MVP. Brees certainly staked his claim to the MVP award with his play in New Orleans. Yet the Chargers were able to let him walk and actually get better with a QB who had no prior regular season experience and who faded badly down the stretch. Yet few people truly notice the falloff by Rivers because well......they didn't miss a beat with LT carrying the rock.
Early in the season when Rivers was getting his feet wet with limited throws, LT carried the load. Late in the season when the young QB started to hit the wall, LT carried the load.
It's no insult to Peyton for LT to win this award.
I already covered the part about people having differing opinions...It still applies.
LaDainian went to my high school in Waco.
True story.


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Cuthbert rapt to receive athletics honour
In a life full of achievements and honours, this one means the most to Australian sporting legend Betty Cuthbert.
Despite her severe multiple sclerosis (MS), the four-time Olympic champion sprinter will fly to Barcelona this week to be among 24 inaugural inductees into the IAAF Hall Of Fame.
She is the only Australian on a list of massive athletics names that includes Emil Zatopek, Sergey Bubka, Carl Lewis, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Paavo Nurmi and Sebastian Coe.
"It's just the most wonderful thing that's happened for her," Cuthbert's long-time friend Rhonda Gillam told AAP.
"When I told her it had been organised for her to go, she said 'it's the climax of my career'.
"It's a very big call, but she's been in a nursing home now for three years."
Cuthbert is wheelchair-bound and will fly business class, with Gillam and two nurses to accompany her on the trip.
The 74-year-old was dubbed one of Australian athletics' Golden Girls after her three gold medals at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
She also won a gold medal in the 400m at the 1964 Tokyo Games.
Cuthbert was diagnosed with MS more than 40 years ago and, according to Gillam, she will be honoured in Barcelona almost 21 years to the day since she was first confined to a wheelchair.
Gillam said Cuthbert regularly receives invitations to events, but they decided this was something special.
"When she went in (to the nursing home), I vowed I wouldn't do anything for three years, I wanted to just leave her be," Gillam said.
"This MS is a mongrel thing, I tell you.
"The three years were up in May and all of a sudden I got word about this.
"I had no idea we would be able to go."
Gillam said the trip was made possible with the help of Athletics Australia and its former president David Prince, plus the Australian Olympic Committee and Qantas.
"This is meant to be," Gillam added.
"She's the most amazing person ... she has the most unbelievable faith."
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Wedge evaluating leadoff options
PEORIA, Ariz. -- With Franklin Gutierrez and Kyle Seager getting the day off Tuesday, Mariners manager Eric Wedge went a different direction with his lineup and had right fielder Jason Bay leading off in a 5-4 loss to the D-backs.
Bay traditionally has been more of a middle-of-the-order hitter, but he came into the game with a .500 on-base percentage this spring and Wedge put him up top, with last year's leadoff hitter Dustin Ackley batting second.
Too much shouldn't be read into Cactus League games when regulars are only playing every other day and split squads sometimes water down lineups even further. But Gutierrez has led off seven games this spring, Ackley five, Seager three and Michael Saunders, Robert Andino and now Bay once each.
"I'm looking at a lot of people up top," Wedge said. "I'm not sure where Ack's going to hit, to be honest with you. I've messed around with a lot of different lineups and we don't really need to lock anything in right now. We're giving a lot of different hitters different spots in the lineup to see how it plays out.
"We want to be a one-through-nine team this year. It'll probably be the first time we've really been able to do that since I've been here because of the way the younger hitters have come along and the addition of the veterans, too. We should have a lot more balance in our lineup and be able to sprinkle the veterans around and hopefully protect those younger kids and let them have something to work off of."
Bay went 0-for-3 on Tuesday and Ackley was 1-for-4 in the second spot, with both now batting .333 this spring. Why Bay at the top of the order on this day?
"He sees the ball, puts up a professional at-bat, hits the ball to all fields," said Wedge. "There's a lot to like there. Obviously, we've seen him drive the ball the other way and we've seen him turn pitches around, too. He sees tough pitches and gets on base. We don't have a prototypical leadoff hitter really on our team, but we have some guys we feel can do a good job with it."
Bay has never led off in a regular-season game in his 10-year Major League career. Of his 1,169 career starts, 1,139 have come with him batting either third, fourth, fifth or sixth in the order.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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DID YOU KNOW...The Most Interesting Message Board Topics of the Week: November 24-30
These days, in the new age of social media revolution, the best source of information is YOU. Each day, fans of BroadwayWorld post tens of thousands of comments on our multiple message boards (main and local), weighing in on the latest news, rumors, reviews, stars and more. Each week, we find a few stand-out threads - those that have sparked particularly interesting discussion that we've decided to shine a light on each week in our newest feature: DID YOU KNOW...The Most Interesting Message Board Topics of the Week, brought to you by YOU!
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Comments on Les Miserables movie
The big premiere of the LES MISERABLES movie is getting closer and closer and critics are beginning to see screenings of the film. Catch up on their thoughts here!
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Have you ever sailed the high seas as a part of a Broadway cruise? Share your experience!
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The 40 Hottest Guys In NY Theatre
Do you think After Elton got it right? Can you think of any Broadway hotties that were overlooked?
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How often to you get strange looks when you wear your 'Hasa Diga Eebowai' shirt out in public?
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Broadway Themed Xmas Ornaments
Looking to put up a Broadway-themed Christmas tree this holiday season? Find out where to get the best ornaments here!
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The Anarchist is currently in previews at the Golden Theatre. Catch up on how it's doing here!
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4 = S of an OLetter Equations are well known phrases or facts where the key words have been replaced with the first letter of that word. These are often in the form of an equation, which contain a number, an = sign and the rest of the obscured phrase or fact.
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Are you sitting down right now? You might want to read this standing up!
As SELF has previously reported, sitting for more than six hours a day decreases your life expectancy, and new research shows that sitting for less than three hours a day -- and cutting back on the boob tube -- might increase your longevity.
Peter Katzmarzyk, Ph.D., professor and associate executive director for population science at Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University System in Baton Rouge, La., and lead author of the study (published in the journal BMJ Open) explains to HealthySELF that his research is based on reviews of previous studies involving a total of 167,000 adults. Two of those studies tracked self-reported amounts of time spent sitting and three involved self-reported amounts of TV-watching time. ("Watching television is a good marker of sedentary behavior," he explains.)
Katzmarzyk found that the average American reports sitting for a total about five hours per day, but sitting less than three hours per day would increase the life expectancy of that average American by about two years. Cutting TV time to less than two hours a day would also increase longevity (by 1.38 years).
But is sitting for less than three hours a day realistic for those of us who aren't ballerinas and ER nurses? "Good question!" says Katzmarzyk. "If you believe that the average time spent sitting is five hours per day, that's a reduction of two hours, which seems feasible."
However, Katzmarzyk concedes, for people who have desk jobs or long commutes, cutting back on sitting is not so easy. However, the goal should still be to reduce your amount of sitting time by a couple of hours a day, if possible.
"Sitting is a risk factor," says Katzmarzyk, who compares being sedentary with other health risk factors like obesity and not exercising regularly. "It's almost on par with smoking," he says, adding that it's important to note that sitting too much is a risk factor that's independent of how often you work out. In other words — if you sit all day at the office, it's great that you spend an hour at the gym, but that doesn't diminish the ill effects of all that sedentary time.
Need some ideas to get yourself moving? Here are 10!
- Stand up at your desk! SELF has some great tips on treadmill desks and elevated work stations here.
- Find little ways to break your sitting patterns at work. "Instead of sending an email to your co-worker down the hall, walk down to her office and talk in person," says Katzmarzyk. Revolutionary!
- Advocate for standing-up meetings. (We bet this will cut down on meeting durations, too!)
- Walk up the stairs instead of taking the elevator. It seems simple, because it is.
- Cut down on your sitting time to and from work by walking or biking even part of the way; parking farther away from your office building; or — if you take a bus or subway — getting off one stop farther away.
- Use the bathroom and the water cooler on another floor in your building.
- Take a break every hour or so during the work day to get up and walk, stretch or even work for a little while standing up. Set an alarm if you need a reminder.
- Take a walk at lunchtime.
- Stand up during all your phone calls.
- Watch your fave TV shows on the treadmill at the gym rather than on the couch at home. (Double motivation for working out!)
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Sharing memories from early childhood through her life as a Carmelite nun, Therese opens her heart to us. This bride of Christ reveals her passion and longing for union with God. Her simplicity is charming and we begin to believe that we can travel the path to salvation that she points out to us.
©1957 Doubleday (P)2006 St. Anthony Messenger Press
"The Lion of Lisieux"
A beautiful account of child-like simplicity and complete dedication to Christ. Less a 'little flower' and more a lion, Saint Therese demonstrates heroic love, heroic virtue and an heroic prayer life. All primarily from her small village and nun's cell. Without this book she probably would have been unknown to the world, but she was certainly known by Our Lord.
"Extraordinary Book on Love and Christian Mysticism"
Therese's personality and approach to life are so incredible that every Christian should read this book, in addition to John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress". The two most important commandments for Christians are to love God, and to love your neighbor as yourself, and this book shows that in action.
"Loved It!"
This book and the life of St. Therese does a wonderful job of showing us how we can work for God in very small ways. All our efforts for good should be given to God.
I also found it fascinating to learn what a Saint thinks and does to become a Saint. This book caught my attention right away because it started from St. Therese's very young years.
"Surprisingly contemporary"
Honest Faithful Hopeful
Psalms as St. Therese states almost every recollection as a thankful prayer to God.
This is my first time.
All of it was inspiring in particular how I can hear the voice of the young woman come through and easily hear my young daughters and their concerns in the writing.
This is a book to read / listen to and put down to come back to over a period of a month as it is inspirational and trying to read it too quickly robs one of the full experience.
"Read and reread "
The simplicity is great. Yet with each read there is more to be found and strength to be gained.
"Inspirational with lessons for everyone"
This book recommended from two people so I read it not knowing what to expect. I was presently surprised.
Written by Saint Therese of Lisieux it starts off sharing the story of her life, growing up devoted to God and follows her short life. It offers a unique look of the actions of a Saint and share her mindset, thoughts and views. While the life she lives is challenging and requires personal sacrifice, it is not impossible and brings a relatable example of someone truly devoted to Christ.
On the surface you think it unlikely to offer guidence for a 'modern world' but the lessons and advice are timeless. Advice on dealing with life's little annoances, from people you don't get alone with, to dealing with people who talk at the theater. Shows how often it is the little things we do that have greatest affect on people and pleases God.
While you probably won't go into it or finish expecting to become a saint yourself it does give guidence and inspiration.
"An amazing woman, child of God."
That she was truly an inspired, yet afflicted, soul who considered herself blessed with affliction.
It's not entertaining. It's real life! It is not exciting. It's the reality of life on earth. There is no plot, no storyline, no climactic end. This is the real life autobiography of this young girl who tackled her life, her fears, and her disabilities with strength and courage that she realized (amazingly) were blessings that kept her from the temptations of her of her
"Absolutely Beautiful"
This is a beautiful story of a young girl whose one wish is to serve Christ. It is a great devotional for any Christian.
loved it this has moved to the top of my most favorite book, I am sure I will be listening to this time and time again. There is just so much amazing information to be found in this book
"love this audio"
Yes I have told my friend. To get this book
Therese the little. Flower
No I loved it
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Jeronimo wrote:What's the occasion?
Might want to just edit the post to remove the sold discs rather than add a supplemental post.
Lithicon wrote:I'll take $180 for all of them. Not including shipping.
$10-15 for the 9's
$15-20 for the 10's.
$50 for the CE USDGC
I think this is more than reasonable. I'm not 100% sure on prices these days. But, you can always make an offer.
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Bad push at bad time good push good time
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I'm still working on the brad maddox miz effect article so now I'll go to my next one I had
Hey it's mr.onemanband here and before I go on to begin my blog today I like to say thank you to those who read and enjoyed it.
Today in the latest addition of my blog I am talking about bad pushes at bad times and good pushes at good times.
The first will be a bad push at bad time and it goes to the real American Jack Swagger now if you remember at Wrestlemania 26 Jack Swagger won the money in the bank but if you weren't aware jack swagger was not slated to win the much as the winner was suppose to be Jeff Hardy. Jeff had been suspend at the time for the wellness test failing. Jeff would of not only went on to win mitb if he would of won it he would of came to cash in and either cena who was wwe champion at the time or he would of cashed in on y2j and start a feud with him and edge over the title. If you look at it either way would of been a great feud.
All right back on track , Jack swagger as we now know went on to win the title and cashed in on y2j to go on then on a terrible title run.
His first defense against Randy orton had no build at all and was a last minute effort the match itself was forgettable . He then went on to feud with big show , Kane , and Rey .*
What made this a bad push at bad time was a number of things. First being he won mitb by default and wasn't ready at the time.
2nd smackdown at the time was ran by a lot of heels and honestly more than desrving others to have had won it MVP or drew would have been my choice.*
3rd he really had no credibility he won the ecw title he beat Matt hardy and finley who aren't really the biggest names sure he faced a returning Christian but he lost the title and kind of lost steam if any that he had .
So in the end Swagger was bad push at bad time.
So let's look at a good push at good time.
Now looking at it there's been lots of them but I'm going to go with one of recent memory . I was going to go with John cena as he first earned wwe title but I'm going with Dean Ambrose.
The us title had lost steam I mean sure it was somewhat prestigious when dolph had it but before that you had swagger and santino r truth before heel turn and numerous others who I can't remember besides Ryder ( WWWYKI) anyway dean was a wrestler who just had that ligament feel about him someone who you could say yeah that guys is the future.
It was a good push because a he was able to win it cleanly. B because he now give the shield it's concrete cores in the wwe and C.the fans were interested he showed compassion in the ring out of it.
He defended against kofi he's had matches against undertaker Daniel Bryan Kane Christian hes proven he's got what it is.
Do you agree disagree tell me what you think.
Next blog*
Daniel Bryan shouldn't win mitb and shouldn't be in title pictures*


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I go to Winthrop U, so I love saying that Winthrop Gold is my backyard haha
Ok, so here's what I carry at the moment:
175 *Destroyer ~Pre-Avery Destroyer that's my go-to distance driver.
175 *Destroyer ~AJ Destroyer that's beat in more than the Pre-Avery, glides farther but finishes with a bigger hyzer
175 *Destroyer ~S/DS Destroyer that comes out in FIERCE headwinds. This thing can take any wind and then some! Put one in your bag!
171 *Destroyer ~AJ Destroyer that's flippy, comes out on max distance shots like a Nuke would...
174 Z Surge ~Newer, always keep a fresh one! Soft controlled hyzers to straight shots, has a cool ultra-grip
174 Z Surge ~Used back up to the ultra-grip Surge. Flies dead straight
174 ESP Surge ~Flippy controlled distance shots that need to bend around trees and come back for some longer shots.
175 *Firebird-L ~Utility disc. Spike hyzers, flick shots, tommys/thumbers, Great wind disc with a consistant finish
175 Champ Valkryie ~Turnover shots, hyzer flips in the woods, rollers even, my only understable driver that does it all
164 Champ Eagle (11x) ~This is my go-to control driver. Does what I want it to do, straight hyzer or turnover
175 Champ Teebird (11x) ~very nice flat top on this one! Use this for shorter flick approaches within 250 ft.
175 Champ Teebird ~very domey Teebird with great glide, low ceiling shots that finish right off a skip
175 Champ Teebird ~plus mold Teebird that I trust the most to finish straight and then predictably hyzer skip
166 Champ Teebird ~Used for downhill shots that need to glide for days
174 *San Marino Roc ~Overstable Roc,
180 KC Pro Roc ~Overstable Roc that can take all the power I give it, and continues to hyzer even in a headwind!
180 KC Pro Roc ~Slightly overstable Roc, straight in a headwind
176 Dx Roc ~This Roc goes straight as an arrow, enough said
180 Glow Roc ~Slightly understable, turns over gradually
174 E Demon ~Goes right, enough said. Sooo overstable! Flick to get out of trouble, rollers, spike midrange approaches
168 Champ Panther ~Turnover midrange, release it flat and it holds a nice smooth anhyzer line it's entire flight. "Righty holes" beware
172 JK Pro Aviar-X ~My main putter (yellow), my first putter and my baby haha consistent hyzer putts
172 JK Pro Aviar-X ~Backup putter (white), would love to find another yellow one! $$$
175 JK Pro Aviar-X ~slightly overstable and used for all approaches within 150 ft. besides crazy Zone shots, soft hyzer-almost-straight drives too
172 Soft Wizard ~broken in and is my straight driving putter
166 ESP Zone ~Used for headwind, hyzer approaches, flick to get out of trouble too