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At California State Prison in Lancaster, one of Marie Kolasinski's admirers is serving a 30-year sentence for kidnapping, carjacking and robbery.
John Williams was one of Kolasinski's "Sweetsie Babies," tens of thousands of inmates who, in the last years of her life, received her gospel while behind bars. Some were captivated by Kolasinski, as were dozens of Piecemakers who lived under her leadership in communal Costa Mesa homes.
In 2007, she wrote to Williams when he helped a disciple who had been roughed up by prison guards.
"The way she expressed her thanks was mesmerizing," Williams said recently in a phone interview.
But Kolasinski's late-in-life outreach to inmates like Williams may have been the beginning of the group's financial decline.
Roughly around the time Kolasinski finished her own seven-day stint in Orange County jail, in 2007, she began to reach out to inmates as a way to help them through difficult times. Word soon spread among prisoners that the Piecemakers would send you $20, some stationery and stamps, said Williams, who says he declined the money.
Kolasinski mailed hundreds of thousands of dollars – money mostly raised from her followers – to prisoners across the country. They used it to buy things like toiletries at the commissary, Williams said.
The prisoners wrote back. Thousands of letters arrived at the Piecemakers' Costa Mesa Country Store with return addresses from places like San Quentin. Inmates drew reverential portraits of Kolasinski, along with cartoon characters such as Tweety Bird. Today, many drawings hang framed in the Con Art Gallery, one of the shop's downstairs rooms.
Often, the Piecemakers would reply with a compilation of Kolasinski's writings. Bound neatly into eight letter-size books, her "Words of Life" series is a collection of idiosyncratic missives.
Apparently many of the books ended up in the trash, or inmates used them for scratch paper.
"They should be as prized as the Bible and should be your daily bread as you are birthed by the gospel," Kolasinski wrote to the prisoners in a letter later posted on the Piecemakers' website.
Some, like Williams, followed her teachings. But others seemingly took advantage of the group's good will. After release, about 35 ex-prisoners joined the Piecemakers' neighboring households. A few would get dental work, medical treatment or other benefits on the group's dime, then disappear, Williams said. For others, the Piecemakers bought airfare home.
Kolasinski told the members they needed to welcome them, murderers and all.
"There was no judgment," Piecemaker Katie Needham said. "She didn't even want to know what they did."
Last week, a former inmate visited the group on the one-year anniversary of Kolasinski's death. David Whitesell hugged a bundle of letters Kolasinski mailed him, he said, during five years he was in a Chino state prison.
"She's all I had when I had nobody to care for me," Whitesell said.
A few ex-cons were also invited to join the group on a permanent basis, Piecemakers say. But none was willing to completely submit and strip his or her identity, something Kolasinski required of followers.
As the prison ministry grew, the economy tanked, finances became tight, and after two years the Piecemakers stopped stuffing packages with cash.
By 2009, they also stopped paying taxes on some of their properties and defaulted on their largest mortgage, the one for their store on Adams Avenue. In December, the Piecemakers filed for bankruptcy protection.
"Like anybody, we take it a day at a time, a month at a time," said Kerry Parker, one of the Piecemakers who oversees the finances. "If we can make our payments for the next month, we're happy."
Their biggest obligations are on mortgages: for the 12,000-square-foot store, a Costa Mesa warehouse and one of their homes. Also, the Piecemakers have a 56-acre ranch in rural Colorado, which they are trying to sell for $1.2 million.
During the bankruptcy, they liquidated the office complex neighboring their store. The Unitarian Universalist Church bought the property and moved there in February.
When the Piecemakers' finances started coming apart, Kolasinski sent a letter to the group's email list asking for support. People donated antique sewing machines, fruit, fabric and other goods to the for-profit organization.
In their bankruptcy filing, the Piecemakers blame the economy for their financial troubles. Their men operate a custom construction company that hummed during the housing boom. Specializing in home remodels, cabinetry and tiling, they were in high demand. But during the recession that business dropped off by more than half, bankruptcy records show.
Other business segments – supplies and gift sales, classes, property management and their restaurant – also dropped off. Revenue dropped from $2.8 million in 2007 to $1.6 million in 2009, their filing says. Soon, they were living off credit cards and couldn't make mortgage payments.
The warehouse mortgage holder, Newport Beach commercial real estate agent Trent Walker, almost foreclosed. But he decided to work out a deal with the Piecemakers.
"It was just the right thing to do," said Walker, who was at first surprised by their unorthodox business style. "When you really peel back the layers on these people, they are a caring, loving, giving group."
After trimming salaries of employed family members, selling the office property and leasing space in their store, the Piecemakers' business returned to the black in 2011.
Today, they are looking to rent out even more space – the entire upstairs of their store is available, and they're liquidating merchandise to make room.
Piecemakers also sold one their Costa Mesa houses. They could always host teas and tours in their homes, some of the women said, if the bank did foreclose on the store. Or, they could pack up and move to Colorado.
"The reality is we're not sure if we're going to be here," said Piecemaker Jean Moller, motioning around an upstairs room where they bake apple pies. "But we will never leave. Piecemakers will always be a body of people."


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Meh.. Considering HP went through hell recently it doesnt suprise me. Massive layoffs etc. HP does suck tho, it sucks less than dell but still sucks lol. WTB a real comp maker for windows... maybe microsoft lol. But all that aside, considering apple is a hardware company and microsoft is more software company its natural for mac hardware +their own OS to perform better. Microsoft trys to supply too many while apple says do this or get a Windows comp.
if you make an analogy to the head of a car manufacturing company you'll realize that it makes a lot of sens for the HP chairman to use Apple products. If your company produces cheap cars for the working class you're not gonna drive the car that you produce and you will probably own one or more luxury cars. same with computers.. apple its a luxury computer.
The irony...
I was at Apple retail store SoHo about 2 months ago and there was a 'Genius' at the bar using a DELL., he wasn't even trying to hide it, he had it right on the counter. I absolutely had to grab a pic an post it on my Face Book page. Employees are people too, do you think guys who work for Coca-Cola don't drink Pepsi? or some girl who works at Burger King, never eats at McDonald's?
Glad he is not like B. Gates that bans all apple products from his house lol
Like why would you want everyone knowing your the Chairman of HP and using an Mac? WTHeck dude really?
Like i said action speaks louder then words.. who cares what comes outta his mouth he is using a Mac that basically say it all right there.


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In November, I promised to keep you informed about budget-related developments. To re-cap, in November, the University of Northern Iowa was required to return $1.02 million of its fiscal 2009 state appropriation. We had planned to invest those funds in information technology systems and security, library materials and building maintenance projects. Those areas didn't have to revert funds already allocated, but they did lose planned additional investments in their programs.
Since my November 24 message, several key developments have occurred that affect our budget for both the rest of this fiscal year (2009) and next fiscal year (2010).
First, in December, the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, approved our proposed tuition increases for the 2009-10 academic year -- a 4.2-percent increase for resident students and a 2-percent increase for non-resident students.
Second, the Governor issued an executive order in December calling for a 1.5-percent across-the-board state spending reduction. That translates into an additional $1.55 million in general operating funds UNI must give back this academic year.
Fifty percent of that $1.55 million (minus some special line-item appropriations) will be covered centrally, using one-time funds. The other half ($737,148) of the reversion will be distributed across the divisions in an across-the-board manner -- proportionate to their respective share of the general-fund budget. Each vice president will determine how his division will handle the fiscal 2009 reversion.
Because of our focus on students, we made a commitment not to reduce student financial aid support or campus security and safety measures. Based upon the divisions' general-fund budgets, as adjusted for student financial aid and campus security being held harmless, the distribution of the $737,148 budget reduction for fiscal 2009 resulted in following:
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Units receiving special line-item state appropriations will be asked to handle the reversion on their own. The reversion from those programs will be nearly $75,000. Affected programs include the Iowa Mathematics and Science Education Partnership, the Institute for Decision Making, MyEntreNet and several others.
Given the immediate nature of this budget reversion, we decided to make the fiscal 2009 reversions in an across-the-board manner, and take additional time to make more strategic budget decisions for fiscal 2010.
These two mid-year budget reductions, which total a 2.5-percent reduction, create significant challenges to UNI because of the timing of the announced reversions and the significance of state funds in our overall budget. We're making these decisions with a commitment to protect our academic course offerings, student progress toward graduation, and campus health and safety.
As we move forward with the development of the fiscal 2010 budget, our continued focus will be on maintaining the quality of our academic programs and the education of our students.
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Local 4-H member aims service projects to pay forward the opportunities she has been given
By Mary Stewart, OSU Extension faculty, west central region
NEWBERG, Ore.—If you can catch up with her, you might find Sasha Perez, 17, shouldering an air rifle at the National Junior Olympics Shooting championships, or you might find her behind the sewing machine constructing petite, colorful garments for the "Dresses for Africa" project. Yet another time, you might find her caring for her pigeons, poultry and rabbits or teaching youngsters new skills in her role as 4-H Club junior leader.
The busy Newberg High School junior combines the responsibilities of 4-H Club project work with the ethics of 4-H Club community service because she feels compelled to pay back the local community for the advantages she has received. "I have been doing service projects for several years," says Sasha. "It's the opportunity for me to give back."
THE FIVE Cs
Sasha's lifestyle of positive accomplishments, "ties back to the five Cs in 4-H: Competence, Confidence, Connection, Character and Caring/Compassion," says Mike Knutz, OSU Extension faculty who directs the 4-H Youth Development program in Yamhill County. "The 4-H projects are just a vehicle we use to help kids develop in these five "C" areas," he explains.
As she went through the process of selecting a service project to undertake, Sasha searched the internet until she found the international project, "Little Dresses for Africa," a charitable organization that provides relief to the children of Africa. In this program, simple dresses are made out of pillow cases or fabric remnants and distributed to little girls through the orphanages, churches and schools. "Even if it is not your community, you are doing good for the world – and helping people in need who don't have things to wear," she explains.
Sasha used the sewing patterns she found on line and organized work parties of her fellow 4-H members and school friends to cut out and sew 100 little dresses. Much of the fabric was donated by members of the 4-H Club. The dresses were sent off to Africa in May and Sasha is currently organizing another round of work parties to do it all over again this year.
Sasha started her 4-H Club experience in fourth grade and enrolled in the 4-H shooting sports program in fifth grade. She learned how to safely handle a BB gun and make her shots straight and true by practicing on paper targets posted on large bales of straw under the watchful eye of 4-H leader John Nyberg and her father, Tony Perez, who is also a shooting sports 4-H leader. Over the course of several years, Sasha graduated from BB guns to air rifles and finally to .22 rifles.
The progressive shooting sport training has taken her all the way to success in the National Junior Olympics shooting sports competition in Colorado. "I placed second overall – coming in right between two Air Force Academy shooters!" she says with a bright smile of triumph. In order to qualify to shoot in the Junior Olympics, Sasha had to score 390 points out of a possible 400 at a competition in Oregon.
"It's amazing how much 4-H has done for Sasha," says Liz Perez, who is Sasha's mother and also a leader in the Bacon Bits N' Friends 4-H Club. "For her, it has opened doors to things we didn't even think of -- she started with BB gun in the 5th grade and now she's at the Junior Olympics level and has traveled to other states and won medals qualifying for the USA Olympic junior development team for shooting." Sasha is being recruited by universities who have NCAA shooting sports teams. Most of those universities will offer scholarships and are located on the east coast.
Liz describes the transformation of Sasha from a shy 9-year-old who couldn't stand in front of people and talk: "Through the years 4-H has taught her so much. She has leaned to be a public speaker, and what to say when you are representing your 4-H Club and all the people in it."
According to Sasha, of all the hats she wears in 4-H, she enjoys her role as 4-H Club junior leader the most. Junior leaders help support and teach new skills to the younger 4-H members. "I like being able to help the kids. I remember being that old and being terrified – not knowing what to do. All the junior leaders who were there really helped me," she recalls.
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Throughout her 4-H career, Sasha's life has incorporated the five Cs: Competence, Confidence, Connection, Character and Caring/Compassion. Clearly, she is now demonstrating a sixth C, that of Contributions to self, family, community and the institutions of a civil society. Clearly, she is right on target for a very successful future.


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ACCRINGTON Stanley have announced a four per cent rise in season ticket prices for the 2014/15 season.
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The Dolan buzz is building.
At first I thought it was part of the typical hype before a conclave. After all, if you're in a big media market it makes sense to ask whether the local bishop is going to be pope.
Early-on editorials did emerge making a serious case for the cardinal archbishop of New York as someone who could be an effective bishop of Rome and head of the universal church. So, while it wasn't really a buzz, there has been a consistent low frequency hum surrounding Dolan, punctuated by media-induced exclamatory pauses like "Wow!" and "Just maybe!"
Cardinal Dolan has repeatedly pushed back against speculation–sincerely, not with a false humility. But now the Italian press has really begun to push his candidacy. As the conclave approaches, he's being seen as the anti-establishment candidate, the one who could bring the curia into line and also bring his common touch and plainspoken ways to the highly academic teachings of Benedict XVI and the mysticism of John Paul II.
Cardinal Dolan also seems to be very close to the action as the pre-conclave reaches its conclusion. In spite of the media blackout, he's continued to blog, emphasizing the hopefulness of the deliberations with characteristic optimism and down-home Catholic spirituality.
A case could be made that the stage is now set for Dolan to receive serious consideration as a contender for the Chair of St. Peter.
I personally like Cardinal Dolan very much. In November 211, I wrote an On Faith piece about his inaugural address as president of the USCCB. I wrote the piece carefully but it wasn't puff–I was a little nervous that it could be interpreted in ways that would not be to my advantage, personally or professionally. Shortly after the piece was posted, I received a favorable mention on the then archbishop's blog and also a short personal email from him thanking me. As much as I was touched, the larger point was that Timothy Dolan is a person who does go out of his way to be gracious, encouraging, and open. It is rare indeed to see such qualities embodied by a Catholic bishop in this day and age.
Cardinal Dolan has also become an intellectual leader, at least on this side of the Atlantic. His short monograph, True Freedom, has drawn praise from a variety of quarters for its clear and concise discussion of how American notions of religious liberty relate to ongoing discussions of the HHS mandate. He also carries himself somewhat like a CEO: He is plain spoken, not afraid of conflict, and he's very much focused on results and doing what needs to be done.
Most media commentators have understood that these same personal qualities play differently in different contexts—being boisterous can be good in New York, but not in Rome. Some commentators have also argued that a Dolan candidacy is a non-starter precisely because of the demographic shifts toward the Catholic South and the decline of Catholicism in the U.S. Others draw attention to how the cardinal was recently deposed in a case relating to sexual abuse suits against the diocese of Milwaukee, which he led for seven years.
But what perhaps has not been sufficiently acknowledged is how inward looking American Catholicism is. The Catholic Church in the United States seems obsessively focused on issues surrounding sexuality, gender identity, and secularism. But any pope, if he is to really address the needs of the universal church, is going to have to be aware that secularism means something different in India than in America, that the pressing issues surrounding sexuality in sub-Saharan Africa are different from those in Western Europe, and that Catholicism's relationship with Islam is different in Pakistan, compared to Indonesia or in France. Added to this perception of insularity are the negative views of the United States overall, especially when seen through the prism of Catholic values—a point made quite well by my colleague Fr. Thomas Worcester. The problem with any American pope is not simply that he has an American way of doing things, it's that he might believe that the American way is the only way.
But the American way of doing things can have a significant role to play behind the scenes. Cardinal Dolan is exactly the kind of person who can build coalitions and cut through the complex and veiled maneuvers that characterize pre-conclave papal positioning. If non-Vatican cardinals eventually come together in a serious way, it is very likely that Timothy Dolan will be responsible for it. He may not be next pope, but he could be the man who makes him.


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Firebird (Champ) - overstable. headwind distance driver.
Eagle (1 champ, 2 Stars) - champ is moderately overstable (will come back reliably when turned) and the stars are seasoned to beat. I max out at around 400', but will use them up from 250' or so if the line demands it.
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Back 10 years ago, just before Coach Levra retired as defensive line coach with the Buffalo Bills, I had the pleasure of meeting him at the Sheraton, Secaucus, NJ where he introduced me to some of his defensive linemen, who looked more like "GODZILLA," just the head planted on the shoulders with no neck! What you said now makes alot of sense. We had a great meeting reliving some of HU's football glory days back in the late 60's...Thanks for your comments!
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(13-12) Minus Gilbert Arenas and many key starters, the Wizards try to bounce back from a loss against Atlanta last night.
:thepacers (14-13) After allowing 131 points to the worst team in the NBA, the Pacers are hungry for a win tonight.
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I'd like to have as much critique as possible on my new drive form.
Last season started nicely with improved drive accuracy and distance (second video form). Somewhere along the summer months my form (or physique) started to deteriorate. The only explaining factors I could figure out was me starting to train the right pec drill and neglecting the gym hours. As I got the right pec drill down I was around 85% of my regular drive distance without reachback or run up. The thing was that this or something else messed up my drive distance. Accuracy was a bit better doing standstills, but all out drives were just not working anymore.
This season I'm planning to start from scratch with driving and would like to do things better this time. As I've managed to fix some errors new ones have emerged I'd appriciate any comments on my form as I'm sure I have missed most of the errors I'm doing and may have lost more of the good parts than I recognize myself.
The new and improved (?) form with 95-120m (330-390ft) drives on the video - the side view throws were the longest ones.
The discs are a bit too overstable for me: 1) Star Boss 175g 2) Star Destroyer 175g 3) Ch Groove 175g 4) Star TeeRex 171g
The old form in case anyone would like to see the difference:
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Springer impersonates Superman with highlight catch
ARLINGTON -- All that was missing was the cape.
Astros high-flying rookie center fielder George Springer made the kind of catch that Superman would have applauded when he crashed into the wall in the third inning of Wednesday's game at Globe Life Park to corral a fly ball off the bat of the Rangers' Alex Rios.
The catch brought oohs and aahs from the crowd and will likely go down as one of the best grabs of the season.
"It was one of those balls where it was hit and I got a good jump on it and was just able to get it," said Springer, who played the role of modest superhero.
Springer, who was in the starting lineup in center field for only the fourth start of his Major League career, was running full speed when he jumped into the wall an instant before catching Rios' hit. Springer lost his sunglasses as he fell back and rolled onto the ground, but held onto the ball for the out.
Rangers manager Ron Washington came out to talk to the umpires as if he was going to challenge the play, perhaps thinking that Springer trapped the ball against the wall, but he opted not to. The catch was as clean as could be.
"I knew I was getting close [to the wall]," Springer said. "I just didn't know how close I was, and as I jumped I could tell."
That's because his face met the padded wall as soon as he left his feet, while he reached over his head to somehow make the catch. Fortunately for the Astros, Springer wasn't injured.
"He's a tough kid, and it's padded," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "When you play the game the way he plays the game, you're going to have some crash and burn. That's what makes him special."
Rios was as shocked as everybody to see Springer hold onto the ball.
"Oh no, I wasn't expecting him to catch it," he said. "But yep. He caught it."
Springer played center field throughout his time in the Minor Leagues until this year, when he was moved to right field to accommodate Dexter Fowler, whom the Astros acquired in a trade from the Rockies. Alex Presley got the bulk of the starts in center when Fowler got hurt, but Presley was injured Monday.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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text: Cato relishes meeting USM By Mitch Vingle November 2, 2013 Story Share HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Almost every player and every team in the country would love to play now 0-8 Southern Miss.On Saturday, the Golden Eagles were penalized because their left tackle lined up in the backfield. Their quarterback was running for his life and, once, batted his own batted pass down. The team entered the game slotted No. 177 nationally in the Sagarin computer rankings. It lost to Marshall at Joan C. Edwards Stadium by a whopping 61-13 count in a Conference USA meeting before an announced crowd of 20,398.Of all the players that desire facing Southern Miss, though, there's probably none as desirous as MU quarterback Rakeem Cato.Which is understandable. See, not only do the Golden Eagles bring forth good results for Cato, but fond memories as well.It was two years ago, in 2011, when Cato, then a freshman, had his breakout game."It was my first home game," Cato said on Saturday. "I had my first touchdown pass. There was a lot of excitement."I remember the great seniors, like Vinny Curry. I threw a touchdown to Aaron Dobson."On that day he threw for three touchdowns and rallied the Herd from a 17-3 deficit to a 26-20 victory.On Saturday, Cato had four touchdown passes in the first quarter. Marshall was on pace to score 112 points before settling for about half of that. The junior had five TD passes on a 21-of-28 day for 262 yards with no interceptions. He received a rest for the first time since the Sept. 7 Gardner-Webb game."With the exception of that one [fumble] he played well," said MU coach Doc Holliday. "I think we were 300-plus [yards] rushing and 300-plus passing. That balance, I believe, helped us. A lot of that was on [Cato]. He had some great checks. "We had some calls that were actually throws, but he checked to runs. On a lot of the run-pass options he did a great job of getting us into the right call. He managed the game extremely well."Essray Taliaferro appreciated one check in particular. It resulted in the back's 18-yard touchdown run."It was actually a pass," Taliaferro said. "[Cato] saw two high safeties and checked it. It was a brilliant call.""He's grown up so much," Holliday said. "He's making great decisions and is a better leader. He's become a really solid quarterback."Indeed, criticize Marshall if you wish. There have been losses that shouldn't have been losses. On Saturday, it finally displayed the killer instinct that's been missing for a while. But check the record books. Check the ones involving quarterbacks. You'll see Cato hanging with Tony Petersen. You'll see his name listed with Byron Leftwich. You'll see him in career and single-season lists with the likes of Chad Pennington."I remember when he first got here," Holliday said. "He'd get frustrated if he wouldn't get a first down or a touchdown. I realized then how competitive he was."I started to realize he's as competitive as any player I've ever coached or been around, and I've been around some good ones: Tim Tebow, Philip Rivers and Jeff Hostetler. I don't know if I've been around anyone as competitive as Rakeem.""I've become more of a leader," Cato said. "I'm talking more to my teammates. I watch more film."On Saturday, after being replaced with 2:10 remaining in the third quarter, Cato helped backup Blake Frohnapfel."I kept telling him to keep his eyes open," Cato said. "I told him everything that was open on film was open here. I told him to watch the linebackers." Cato knew of what he spoke. The junior helped set the tone early by hitting Gator Hoskins for a 27-yard score on the Herd's first play from scrimmage. (It was set up by a Brandon Sparrow fumble recovery.)Cato rolled right on the next possession and hit Craig Wilkins for a TD. In his most impressive toss of the day, Cato rolled right on the Herd's next possession, seemingly was headed out of bounds, yet threw a strike across the field to Davonte Allen from 23 yards out.Don't misunderstand. His day wasn't perfect. There was a fumble. Also, on a Kevin Grooms rush, Cato could have thrown a lead block - but backed off."Yeah," Cato said with a smile. "I try not to do too much. I was just trying to slow the [tackler] down."Overall, though, he's been helping MU rev up. His arm seems stronger. His throws are tighter."Ever since my first [Southern Miss game] I've had a rhythm," Cato said. "I've been working on my craft."And the kid's become quite the artist.Reach Mitch Vingle at 304-348-4827, email@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/MitchVingle. 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Bice's Strawberry Tiramisu
Serves 4
For strawberries with syrup:
1 cup fresh strawberries, washed and diced
1/4 cup granulated sugar
For strawberry purée:
1 cup fresh strawberries, washed
1/3 cup granulated sugar
Juice of 1/2 lemon
For mascarpone and yogurt sauce:
1 egg and 2 more egg yolks
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 cups mascarpone cheese
1/2 cup Greek yogurt
12 pieces ladyfingers
For garnish:
Aged balsamic vinegar (or balsamic reduction)
Strawberries, sliced
Mix 1 cup chopped strawberries with 1/4 cup sugar and refrigerate until ready (the strawberries will soften and become succulent).
To make purée: Use a blender to blend the 1 cup of strawberries, lemon juice and 1/3 cup sugar until smooth. Remove the strawberry and lemon seeds with a mesh strainer. Refrigerate until ready to use.
To make sauce: Beat the egg yolks and 1 egg with powdered sugar in a large bowl. Add the mascarpone and the yogurt, mixing gently until just combined. (When mixing the cheese and egg, fold by using a spatula to smooth the cheese without breaking down the fat.)
Drain the syrup from the chopped strawberries and soak the ladyfingers in the strawberry syrup. Place half the ladyfingers on the bottom of a glass dish. Spread with half the strawberry purée mixture and half of the chopped strawberries. Cover with half of the mascarpone and yogurt mixture. Repeat layering, ending with mascarpone and yogurt mixture. Chill before serving.
Garnish with strawberries and drizzle with balsamic vinegar.
Recipe from Bice Ristorante pastry chef Francesca Penoncelli.
Tiramisu, the Italian dessert, translates to "pick me up." The traditional version is ladyfingers soaked in espresso that are layered with a custard of egg, cognac (or other liquor) and mascarpone, and sprinkled with cocoa. But at Bice Ristorante in the Gaslamp district, pastry chef Francesca Penoncelli has created a coffee- and alcohol-free spring version that uses seasonal ripe strawberries.
Bice will be open for brunch — and serving this dessert — on Mother's Day on Sunday. For information, phone (619) 239-2423.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Weight Management in Obese Pregnant Underserved African American Women (LIFE-Moms)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Washington University School of Medicine
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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First received: January 11, 2013
Last updated: August 2, 2017
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This project will test a novel lifestyle intervention to help overweight and obese socioeconomically disadvantaged African American women achieve healthy weight control during and after pregnancy and improve the health of their offspring. The treatment will be given through an existing national home visiting program, Parents As Teachers (PAT), which will facilitate sustainability and nationwide dissemination, if effective. We hypothesize that compared with standard PAT monitoring and counseling (PAT), women randomized to the lifestyle intervention program (PAT+) will have a lower percentage who exceed Institute of Medicine recommendations for gestational weight gain.
|Obesity Pregnancy Weight Gain
|Behavioral: Standard Parents As Teachers (PAT) Behavioral: Parents As Teachers Plus (PAT+)
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Weight Management in Obese Pregnant Underserved African American Women
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MedlinePlus related topics: African American Health Body WeightU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Percent of women whose gestational weight gain exceeds Institute of Medicine recommendations [ Time Frame: Delivery (when the baby is delivered) ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|March 2018
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Parents As Teachers + Lifestyle Int.
Participants assigned to this group will receive Parents As Teachers Plus (PAT+). This will be a diet and physical activity lifestyle intervention integrated within the standard Parents As Teachers home visiting curriculum. There will be a total of 28 home visits, delivered over 24 months (6 month prenatal phase and 18 month post-partum phase).
Behavioral: Parents As Teachers Plus (PAT+)
Participants will receive the standard PAT curriculum, plus lifestyle intervention focusing on healthy diet and exercise, through 28 home visits over the course of approximately 2 years.
Active Comparator: Standard Parents as Teachers (PAT)
Participants assigned to this group will receive the standard Parents As Teachers (PAT) home visiting curriculum, focusing on parenting and child development. There will be a total of 28 home visits, delivered over 24 months (6 month prenatal phase and 18 month post-partum phase).
Behavioral: Standard Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Participants will receive visits by Parent Educators, who will deliver the standard PAT curriculum. Participants will receive 28 total visits over the course of approximately 2 years.
Detailed Description:
Maternal overweight/obesity and inappropriate gestational weight gain increase both maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. In addition, offspring of overweight/obese women are at increased risk for neurodevelopmental delay, becoming obese, and developing metabolic diseases. Women who are socioeconomically disadvantaged (SED), especially from African American populations, are particularly susceptible to adverse pregnancy-related outcomes because of their high prevalence rates of obesity. Therefore, successful weight management during pregnancy in SED, African American women has considerable public health implications. We have experience in testing lifestyle interventions among SED nonpregnant women that have been implemented and sustained within community organizations such as Parents As Teachers (PAT), a national home visiting program that provides parent-child education and services free-of-charge to high-needs women, prenatally and post-partum, with up to 25 home visits per year until kindergarten. We propose to conduct a 24-month (6-month prenatal and 18-month post-partum) randomized, controlled trial in overweight and obese SED African American women to evaluate the ability of an innovative lifestyle intervention program (PAT+), delivered by PAT parent educators during prenatal and post-partum home visits, to improve maternal and neonatal/infant weight, metabolic and health outcomes, relative to the standard PAT program (PAT). A programmatic evaluation will determine the applicability of the PAT+ intervention in real world settings by measuring programmatic reach, implementation, acceptability, and sustainability. If effective, PAT+ can be disseminated through this national organization, which currently reaches over 249,000 mothers and 319,000 children participating in 2,173 PAT programs across all 50 states.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant, African American, Socioeconomically disadvantaged
- Established prenatal care at our clinic before 15-6/7 weeks gestation
- Singleton viable pregnancy
- Gestational age 9 to 15 weeks
- Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25-45 kg/m²
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of diabetes prior to pregnancy, or test results suggestive of pre-pregnancy diabetes
- Current use of certain medications
- Contraindications to aerobic exercise in pregnancy
- History of contraindicated medical conditions
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01768793
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01768793
|United States, Missouri
|Washington University School of Medicine
|Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
Sponsors and Collaborators
Washington University School of Medicine
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
|Principal Investigator:
|Samuel Klein, MD
|Washington University School of Medicine
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Clifton RG, Evans M, Cahill AG, Franks PW, Gallagher D, Phelan S, Pomeroy J, Redman LM, Van Horn L; LIFE-Moms Research Group. Design of lifestyle intervention trials to prevent excessive gestational weight gain in women with overweight or obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Feb;24(2):305-13. doi: 10.1002/oby.21330. Epub 2015 Dec 26.
|Responsible Party:
|Washington University School of Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01768793 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
5U01DK094416 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|January 11, 2013
|Last Updated:
|August 2, 2017
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
Keywords provided by Washington University School of Medicine:
Body Weight Changes
Diet Therapy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Body Weight
Weight Gain
Signs and Symptoms
Body Weight Changes
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Winter's looming with its potential for unwelcome ailments, from coughs and sneezes to full blown flu. A host of celebrities, including Victoria Pendleton, Liz Hurley and Kirstie Allsopp, give their tips on boosting health and keeping winter bugs at bay.
By Gabrielle Fagan
Victoria Pendleton
"There's nothing to beat a hot drink with a generous tablespoonful of manuka honey, which has natural antibiotic properties, and lemon juice," says Pendleton, the two-time Olympic gold medallist and world champion track cyclist, who's currently competing in BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing.
"I take that at the first sign of a sniffle or a sore throat and keep drinking it regularly until I feel OK."
She also takes fish oil supplements, a source of essential omega-3 fatty acids, which are valuable for supporting cardiovascular, circulatory and joint health.
"I also swear that by regular hand-washing and using an antiseptic hand gel you can cut down the risk of picking up cold and flu germs by around 50%."
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Gaby Roslin
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"During the winter I always start the day with porridge, which gives you slow-release energy and warms you from the inside."
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Tess Daly
"I use a B-complex supplement to give me an instant energy boost if I'm flagging.
"I rely on them if I'm really stressed," says mother-of-two Daly, co-presenter on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing.
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Sarah Harding
"Digestive health is so important. If that's working well, it means you're getting all the nutrients and necessary vitamins you need from food to keep you healthy," says Girls Aloud's Harding.
"I use activated charcoal and sprinkle it on my food. It doesn't taste of anything and apparently absorbs all the bad, damaging stuff in the body. I think it's good for hangovers, too."
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Liz Hurley
Finding time to regularly relax, she believes, is key to re-energising and ensuring a healthy immune system all year round.
"The one place I can really unwind is in the bath, once I've put my son, Damian, to bed.
"I light a candle, sprinkle in some Dead Sea salts and Jo Malone bath oil, and then read for half an hour.
"It also helps me sleep and rest properly, which is essential so the body can re-charge."
She never eats processed food, avoids all alcohol apart from vodka, and says: "I'm convinced that eating processed food encourages weight gain, so I like food in its simplest state."
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Danielle Lloyd
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It's well known that vitamin D levels can drop during the winter because of the lack of sunshine. Direct sun on our skin is one of the chief ways in which we absorb it.
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"It's natural for your immune system to be under pressure in the winter, but rather than taking supplements, I try to keep my body healthy by eating good food.
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Celebrities have been concealing their tattoos for years when they don't fit a role or detract from the glamour of the red carpet. Sarah Schofield tests a camouflage product.
What is it?
Keromask Camouflage Cream comes in 24 shades to suit all skin tones, and claims to be sweat-proof, waterproof and to last longer than a normal foundation cream.
What's it like?
Celebrities are famous for their tattoos, think Angelina Jolie and David Beckham, but some such as former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm have confessed to regretting their enthusiasm for body art.
Those names, pictures or meaningful words inked on your anatomy can lose their attraction as the years pass by.
I've been unhappy with my tattoos for a while. I had them done during my gap year when my friends and I thought they were a brilliant expression of how cool we were.
Now I'm working I particularly regret the 'moon and stars' which decorate the inside of my right wrist - immediately visible as soon as I shake hands with anyone.
I've often felt uncomfortable meeting senior colleagues who are unlikely to be impressed by the beauty of my 'tat'.
I'm saving up to have laser tattoo removal on my wrist, but that's probably going to cost around £300, so I had high hopes that as a temporary measure I could cover up with the creams.
You start by ensuring the skin is cleansed and moisturised. Larger tattoos require slightly more product and it can take time to colour match the particular area. It's also necessary to blend more than one shade of camouflage cream to get the best match.
I applied it with a brush, first putting the cream on the back of the hand to warm it as instructed. If it was a big tattoo, it would be probably better to use a sponge. A finishing powder gives it added staying power.
This is not a fast process, although it might get quicker once you've finally decided on the best shade.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get my tattoo to completely 'disappear' - perhaps that was asking too much - but it was less noticeable. You need to build up several coats of the cream to get the effect.
But I was impressed that after an evening out, dancing and getting hot, there was no sign of the cream coming off on my clothes or fading.
I'm going to keep practising with this cream and I think that combined with a bracelet it's at least a helpful visual distraction away from my body art.
:: Information: Keromask sample kit comes in three shades: light, medium and dark. Each includes eight shades of camouflage cream, three mixer creams and four powder colours, £4.99. Full size of one shade of Keromask Camouflage Cream, £14.99, from www.keromask.com


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It's the name that does it, writes Alf Bennett.
Mention Benidorm in polite company and eyebrows raise.
The reaction, invariably from people who haven't been there, is sniffy, conditioned by half-remembered impressions and lurid TV programmes.
And I shared that view – until I actually went there. So now I am here to tell you that Benidorm is brilliant.
You probably don't associate the Spanish resort with classy restaurants, tranquil beaches and style but it is all there if you look.
And to do that you have to leave aside both the English zone and the English mentality.
Benidorm is the UK's most popular single foreign destination but it is not young revellers who go there – rather it's families and the over-50s with whom it finds favour.
The majority of the resort's visitors in fact come from other parts of Spain – and they are not coming for Sky Sports and full English breakfasts.
Instead they seek out the lovely Poniente beach, clean and peaceful, where there is a free library and special provision to enable the disabled to take a dip.
They go to the 'Zona Vasca' warren of bars for superb 'tapas' or 'pintxos' of ham, fish and seafood.
They wander the narrow, picturesque streets of the old town and stop at places like the Cerveceria Malpas for a cold beer and delicious plates of 'chopitos' (baby squid), 'pescaditos fritos' (small
deep-fried fish) and stuffed mussels.
If there is a better way to spend a Spanish lunch-time show me it.
These tourists take a turn around the Mirador del Mediterraneo, once a castle destroyed by English pirates (sorry about that, senor) but now a stunning, tiled look-out where people come to stare at
the view and where local newlyweds, hot-foot from the altar, have their pictures taken.
This is a Benidorm which many British tourists don't see. When I spoke to an English couple at our hotel they had never heard of the old town.
Nor were they aware of places like the Cerveceria Victor in Calle Lepanto, a haunt of bull-fighters, home to superb Spanish food and local wines, and less than half a mile from their
And that's the problem Benidorm's tourist people have to wrestle with – a real identity crisis.
Money can't buy the publicity of having the hit television programme named after them.
But the same programme, focused on the less sophisticated aspects of Brits Abroad, also condemns them to the reputation which raises those quizzical eyebrows.
Benidorm is eager to polish its image – but, in difficult economic times, they are not about to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
There is a lot to be said for simply having a rollicking good time on your hols and the range of facilities for families who want just that is impressive.
To start with, there are four theme parks – Terra Natura, Terra Mitica, Aqualandia and Mundo Mar – which have everything from white-knuckle rides to dolphin shows to rare animals bred in
There is the much-garlanded Benidorm Palace night-club which puts on spectacular variety shows of the kind which used to be the speciality of the London Palladium.
There is the beach, cleaned meticulously every night by special machines and where the sea temperature never drops below 20C even in winter.
And of course there are all those bars, with names like the Gallowgate and the Union Jack, in the Rincon de Loix area where you never need miss a moment of British life abroad.
We spent our last night in the Tropical Fun Bar in the heart of the English strip, dancing badly and singing at full volume along with the act.
Sometimes, let's face it, you just need to party.
•Alf Bennett stayed at the four-star Melia Benidorm Hotel on Avenida Severo Ochoa (www.melia-benidorm.com ).
For details on the theme parks visit:
Mundomar www.mundomar.es
Aqualandia www.aqualandia.net
Terra Mitica www.terramiticabenidorm.com
Terra Natura www.terranatura.com
Some parks offer combined tickets (Mundomar & Aqualandia; Terra Natura and Aqua Natura)
Visit www.en.visitbenidorm.es and www.facebook.com/visitbenidorm for more information on the resort.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants manager Bruce Bochy got 71/3 combined innings out of his two starters Tuesday, but the Giants still managed a split of a doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds.
Spot starter Eric Surkamp couldn't make it out of the third inning of a 9-3 loss in the afternoon game at AT&T Park. In the night game, Barry Zito was pulled in the fifth inning, but the Giants scored early and held on for a 5-3 victory. With the win, Bochy became the 21st manager in baseball history to reach 1,500 victories.
"I'll be honest, I don't know what that number means except the fact I'm fortunate I've been doing this as long as I have," Bochy said. "I know how lucky I am. I'm very, very thankful to reach this number."
Bochy joined Reds skipper Dusty Baker and Detroit's Jim Leyland among active managers with 1,500 wins.
Surkamp, 12 months removed from Tommy John surgery, was added to the roster Tuesday. His first big league inning since 2011 was a clean one, but the next two were rough. The trouble started when Jay Bruce hit a ball to the 421-foot sign in right-center field for a ground-rule double in the second inning. Todd Frazier then hit a shallow flare to right that glanced off second baseman Marco Scutaro's glove, and Zack Cozart followed with an RBI single. Surkamp hung a slider to Devin Mesoraco, resulting in a three-run homer that put the Reds up 4-1.
"He hit it pretty good," Surkamp said. "I was just leaving balls over the middle of the plate. It's just leaving pitches up over the middle, and they were hitting them."
Joey Votto opened the third with an opposite-field homer, and the Reds continued to pile on. Surkamp hit Bruce with a pitch and gave up four straight singles. An RBI single by opposing pitcher Tony Cingrani was the final straw, ending Surkamp's day after 22/3 innings. In the seventh big league start of his career, Surkamp was charged with seven earned runs on nine hits. Afterward, he said he still is working on finding consistent mechanics as he recovers from elbow surgery.
"I feel like I'm close," he said. "Your arm just doesn't have that whip back that you're used to. I'm herky-jerky and not as fluid."
Surkamp had his parents and sister in the stands for the start and said it was a thrill just to be back on a big league mound.
"It was awesome," he said. "I was surprised I really wasn't that nervous. The last year has been a long year for me. Tonight, just being up here, I was really excited. Unfortunately it didn't turn out better."
The Giants knew Surkamp's start could be a short one and made a roster move to provide a backup. Triple-A starter Yusmeiro Petit was added to the bullpen and George Kontos, who threw 63 pitches on Monday night, was sent back to Fresno. The move proved to be a smart one; Petit threw 81 pitches in 51/3 innings to save the bullpen.
The Giants never seriously threatened to get back in the game, scattering eight hits while falling to 0-5 against the Reds this season.
The Giants and Reds took the field again 30 minutes later, with the Giants wearing their road uniforms and batting first because the teams were making up a game that was rained out in Cincinnati on July 4.
The Giants struck for three runs in the top of the first, two coming on Pablo Sandoval's double. Sandoval scored on Hunter Pence's single. The Giants added a run in the top of the second, but the Reds immediately got two back. Backup catcher Corky Miller hit a two-run double with one out in the second, picking up his first two-bagger since 2010.
The teams exchanged runs in the fifth, with both sides missing opportunities to add on.
Zito and Greg Reynolds, a Bay Area native, struggled through their short outings with neither pitcher getting into the sixth. Zito was charged with three earned runs in 42/3 innings and extended his winless streak to nine starts.
The Giants bullpen, rested thanks to Kontos and Petit, took over from there. Four relievers got the ball to Sergio Romo with two outs and two on in the eighth, and Romo struck out Brandon Phillips to end the threat. Romo gave up a leadoff single to Bruce in the ninth but struck out Frazier, Chris Heisey and Mesoraco to get his first career four-strikeout save.
"It's good to get a split," Zito said. "Tomorrow we want to go and split the series and still make it a positive homestand."
Wednesday's game
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Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie has a message for fans who want Tim Tebow to start.
"They can kiss my [butt]," Cromartie said via the New York Post, although the word Cromartie really used for butt could be found on Post writer Brian Costello's Twitter account.
"Mark is our quarterback," Cromartie continued via the Post. "At the end of the day, we could give a damn what anybody on the outside has to say. Mark is our quarterback and he's going to continue to be our quarterback. There's not going to be no division, talking about who needs to be our quarterback. Mark is our quarterback and he's our only quarterback."
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Coach Rex Ryan insisted after Sunday's loss to Seattle that Sanchez was still the quarterback that gave the Jets the best chance to win. It's possible that Ryan is right. But the way Sanchez is playing, if he's their best option, the Jets are in real trouble.


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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Kris Medlen proved to be quite efficient as he needed just 49 pitches to complete four innings in Friday's 7-1 split-squad loss to the Blue Jays at Champion Stadium. But while surrendering three runs and five hits in the process, the Braves right-hander found many of his mistakes to be unforgiving.
"When I left the ball over the plate, it got smacked to right-center and smacked to right," Medlen said. "They were putting some pretty good swings on the pitches I left over the plate. The second time through, I started mixing some more offspeed pitches, which I think helped. My fastball command today was probably five or six inches higher than I wanted it and more over the plate than I wanted."
Medlen's primary nemesis was leadoff hitter Anthony Gose, who hit a two-run home run in the third inning and began his three-hit performance with a first-inning single that helped put him in position to score on Ryan Langerhans' one-out single through the right side of the infield.
"I try to throw an excessive amount of fastballs [during the exhibition season]," Medlen said. "But if I get teed off on like I was today, I've got to mix some stuff in. I try to throw 70 percent fastballs. I pitch off my fastball and work on location. When it's there, it's there. When it's not, I still try to go there even though I'm getting hit around a little bit. I still try to find it in my head and sync it up with my body to get those pitches done when I need them. Sometimes, they are just too good of pitches to hit."
In other words, Medlen is just one of many Major League pitchers who understand they still have some work to do before the regular season begins in three weeks. The right-hander's focus during his final four spring starts will be to find more consistency with his fastball and offspeed pitches.
"You've got to find what works and try to make the adjustments," Medlen said. "Sometimes, it doesn't happen. In the regular season, you've been throwing a lot more and you know how to make those adjustments. Now, there is still a little bit of rust you need to knock off."
Medlen has allowed four runs and eight hits -- two home runs -- in the nine innings he has completed through his first three starts of the Grapefruit League season. While these are not numbers expected from a guy who posted a 0.97 ERA in 12 starts last year, they are also not cause for alarm at this point of the exhibition season.
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AUSTIN, Texas -- When a someone as cool as Dave Grohl tells a crowd "I want to BE Rick Springfield," that's a pretty heady testimonial.
The Foo Fighters leader did just that -- adding a "Please Rick. Please?" to the declaration -- during last week's final show by the Sound City Players, an ad hoc supergroup put together to help promote Grohl's recording studio documentary "Sound City: Real to Reel," at the South By Southwest Music + Media Conference in Austin, Texas. This was after the crowd went nuts for Springfield's '80s hits such as "I've Done Everything For You," "Love is Alright Tonight" and, of course, Grammy Award-winning smash "Jessie's Girl."
FYI: Rick Springfield performs at 8 p.m. Friday, March 22, at Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, 7096 E. 14 Mile Road, Warren. Tickets are $25-$85. Call 586-268-3200 or visit www.andiamoitalia.com.
In short order, Springfield has transitioned from popular star of yesteryear to Grohl-endorsed hipster status.
"Oh yeah, sure, it widens the audience a lot," acknowledges Springfield (nee Springthorpe), 63, who also appears in the "Sound City" film and recorded a new song, "The Man Who Never Was," with Grohl and company for its companion album. "I think people are really becoming aware of the documentary, and maybe some of them who didn't know much about me are checking me out now."
There's plenty for examination, of course. The Australian native has been putting out records since 1972, but is best known for his early '80s explosion, capitalizing on a starring role in the afternoon TV soap opera "General Hospital" (as Dr. Noah Drake) with four consecutive platinum albums and a run of seven Top 40 hits from 1981-83.
He's made plenty of music since then, including last year's "Songs For the End of the World," and has a rabid fan following extreme enough to be the subject of a documentary, "An Affair of the Heart: The Journey of Rick Springfield and His Devoted Fans." Springfield's best-selling autobiography "Late, Late at Night," meanwhile, comes clean about the dark side of his success, including depression and drug addiction -- though he notes that "I've always dealt with my depression and turned it into a positive thing."
Mostly, however, he's a guy who prefers to keep his gaze fixed on what's ahead rather than what's behind.
"I never was a guy that hung platinum records up on his walls or awards or anything like that," Springfield explains. "To me, that's weird. And, y'know, going back to any of that stuff, it seems like a completely different time to me. I see photos, especially from (the early '70s) and I don't even remember being that person."
Springfield's sections of the "Sound City" film provides a bit of insight into his most successful era. It's a deeply personal story for him, about how the late studio co-owner Joe Gottfried, who became his manager, helped elevate Springfield's somewhat moribund music career to superstar heights. "He really kind of got me started," notes Springfield, who in the film calls subsequently dismissing Gottfried a grave career mistake. "He gave me a real shot and helped me and gave me some space to write music and record it.
"He was a great guy. He'd be so proud of this whole 'Sound City' thing."
Nowadays Springfield is keeping himself busy on all fronts. His acting career -- which has also included roles in Showtime's "Californication" and appearances on "Hawaii Five-O" and "Hot in Cleveland" -- continues with a return to "General Hospital" next month. He's also shopping around a new TV series and is writing another book, though he's keeping the details about both under wraps.
The mostly uptempo "Songs For the End of the World," meanwhile, reached No. 44 on the Billboard 200 chart, and Springfield is happy to report that there's been some correction in the gender balance of his audience in recent years.
"I've got to tell ya, we're getting a lot of guys anymore," he says. "Now that it's OK to like me, a lot of guys come up to me and say, 'Yeah, I grew up listening to your music through my older sister's bedroom wall and I love it.' It's become a date night, too; I've heard some funny stories that 'I took my girlfriend to one of your shows and I finally got into her pants.' Well, OK. ...
"And because of songs like 'Jessie's Girl' being on 'Glee' and in movies, we get a younger crowd, too. So I'm very pleased with the cross-section of the audience now."