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How do animals survive in different climates and habitats? What physical and behavioral changes do they adopt? This program answers these questions, plus explains concepts such as niche switching, migration, and hibernation.
Making wild animals comfortable in a zoo is not easy! Learn what goes behind the design of our exhibits and how the animals' needs sometimes conflict with the public's expectations. You'll also hear about some of the sometimes funny, sometimes amazing experiences we have had with animals and their exhibits. (Available as a zoo tour only)
The Girl Scout Patch Program, offered by the Zoological Society's Education Department, was the first zoo program of its kind in the state of Michigan. Initiated during the 1990-91 school year, each program offers a different and unique Zoo patch. If you are interested in arranging a tour please call our Education Department at (517) 342-2713.
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I've heard of the Buddhist idea that reality is an illusion.
I read someone describe reality like this:
Could it be that reality is not an illusion but that our version of reality is an illusion? In other words, none of us are perceiving reality for what it is but rather for what we wish it to be.
This makes more sense to me. We're all human and each of us have a unique experience and view on reality.
But how can we possible escape this? How do you see reality for "what it is"? Even if you achieve enlightenment, aren't you still experiencing it from a human point of view, thus enlightenment was also an illusion?
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1. Second-half energy
The Hoosiers slept walked through much of the first half, but really caught fire in the second half. They had a 49-29 scoring edge in the second half.
2. Playing without Cody Zeller
Foul trouble limited Zeller to nine first-half minutes. IU used balanced offense and aggressive defense to make up for it with its 27-18 lead. Zeller had 13 points and four rebounds in the second half.
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The early pace was too slow for IU coach Tom Crean, so he went with full-court pressure. It paid off. In the first half Nebraska had no assists and 10 turnovers. It finished with three assists and 15 turnovers.
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Research involving 3,900 British men and women born in 1946 followed the participants from birth. Their intelligence was measured by a battery of tests at the ages of 8, 11, 15, 26, and 43. Increasing intelligence corresponded with increasing birth weight, until the age of 26. How intelligent the children were at 8 seemed to be the most important influence on later intelligence, the study found. Heavier babies went on to achieve higher academic qualifications. It is conjectured that well-built, well-nourished mothers tend to produce heavier babies.
- British Medical Journal January 2001
Editor's note: In the face of these sad and trying times, it seems appropriate to remember and honor the work of midwives, doulas, childbirth educators and all practitioners of goodbirth who give their time, heart, spirit and love so that our world, through peaceful birth, may learn to be a place of harmony, repose and love. I chose some peaceful stories to remind you of the high work you do.
In Switchboard you will find numerous letters received at Midwifery Today late last week, speaking so eloquently, from midwives' perspectives, of our American tragedy and how we can go forward with hope and healing. Let's do that, one birth at a time.
I tried to learn as much as I could about the customs of Siene's home, Samoa. During prenatal visits she showed me her beautiful bamboo birth mats, and we chose the special "lava-lava," a length of brightly colored fabric that must be wrapped around the mother after birth. We shopped together for the traditional food that men in the family prepare for the birthday feast.
I was called to her labor at a wee hour of the morning. Male relatives were in the kitchen cooking something that smelled wonderful. Other relatives, including children, were in the living room playing and singing to celebrate the event. When I walked into the birth room, Siene was smiling radiantly, sitting on her special mats, surrounded by the important women in her family. As another contraction began, she reclined into her mother's arms, gave me a big grin, and proceeded to voice her powerful yelling. When she was ready to push, she gave an enormous effort and we had an 11-pound baby lustily making her presence known in the world.
Later the grandmother announced that she had something important to say, so everyone became very quiet. A relative translated while the grandmother spoke to me: "When the Haoles [white people] came to our islands, they took the babies away from the grandmothers. Now we have come to this distant land, and this Haole woman has given back the babies to the grandmother." She then took my hands and kissed them and said, "Now you are Samoan."
- excerpted from "The Language of Love" by Valerie El Halta, Midwifery Today Issue 13
In the black of night on country roads with no invasive streetlights, the sky was so clear we felt we could reach up and touch the countless shining stars. In front of us was a blazing comet, streaking its path across the sky. At the same time, another incredible celestial display was occurring to the southeast, a staggeringly vivid lunar eclipse that steadily turned the friendly white face of the moon a dark, warning red. Wow. My attention was split right down the middle of two major life events--one for a family ahead expecting their new miracle of life and one playing out with unearthly glory in the sky above. I stopped the car; I just had to.
When I turned off the car and its lights, [my daughter] Marion and I stood there absorbing a sight the likes of which we will never see together again in our lifetimes....
We arrived in plenty of time, the birth went beautifully, and a few months later Marion received a thank-you card from the family addressing her as "little midwife."
- Casey Makela, Midwifery Today Issue 56
I had lunch today with a client who is moving to Georgia. She wants to become a midwife after having experienced birth at home. She had had three cesareans, two hospital births, and finally a homebirth.
This mother had a beautiful birth at home at age 41. Her 21-year-old son and her 2-year-old daughter surrounded her in birth, as did her mother, husband, and other children. Her birth was a beautiful, moving experience, one of those peaceful events that gives us strength to carry on as midwives.
She recalled that what touched her so much in labor were the small things that now mean so much to her. She remembers most the times when she would wipe her brow, and I would turn on the fan. She licked her lips, and I gave her a drink. Her husband's knee was bothering him so I gave him a pillow to cushion it as we knelt next to her while she was pushing. She remarked that a midwife safeguards normality in birth but does so much more--she tends to all the needs of the mother, be they medical, emotional, or spiritual.
- Lois Wilson, Midwifery Today Issue 50
When I arrived at the farm at 11:30 pm, the yard light illuminated the new-fallen snow. I entered the house through the creaky front door and saw a young girl asleep on the big, cushioned armchair. I took off my boots as silently as I could and headed for the only other light in the house, a faint glow coming from a nearby bedroom.
It took some time for my eyes to adjust. The room was perfectly quiet. I could see a toddler asleep in the crib at the end of the bed. The midwife smiled at me, then at the mom. Dad was on his knees next to the bed, waiting and watching. When a contraction came, mom wrapped her arms around him and they rocked together in quiet harmony.
Mom accomplished pushing as silently as the first stage....In what seemed like no time at all, the baby was crowning. Another small push and her head was with us. Then one more push and this lovely family expanded by one.
While the baby was being dried, she let out a small cat cry. The young one at the end of the bed awoke. For a short time, the four of them snuggled in the bed, getting to know each other while we waited for the placenta.
As we left in the predawn morning, the house was dark and the snow still slightly blue. When I finally reached my bed, I drifted off with the knowledge of the peace that can come with birth at home.
- excerpted from "Silent Night: A Doula's Testimony," by Debbie Young, The Birthkit Issue 25
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OUR LOVING THANKS to all who wrote to Midwifery Today this week. These letters, all of which were received by Friday afternoon, are largely excerpted--my apologies--and speak of many feelings, experiences, and outlooks. Let us remember, as Chava D. put it, that every breath is an opportunity to express gratitude for life. Blessed be!
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I am a doula and CBE in Nebraska and part of a medical response team standing by to go to New York to assist in the recovery effort. Even though I live far from ground zero, my participation in a waiting team has given me a deep heart for what is happening. My largest frustration is that the USA seems to be in such a hurry to get back to normal that we are forgetting that this is not over. We need complete healing, not just a band-aid.
- Leslie Hogberg, Omaha Rapid Response Team, CBE and doula
I pray that we won't make this horrific act even worse.
- Linda B. Jenkins, RN
America is whatever we dream it is--freedom from bondage, harsh rulers, a road to prosperity, freedom to choose who you will serve, what you will wear, who you will marry, where you will work. America was a dream to the men on board the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. It is still a dream to all of us today.
- Tabitha Hulett
I realize my problems are small compared to the people who have lost their lives and loved ones.
- Anon.
Shalom from Jerusalem, Israel. May this year be blessed with rejoicing, celebrating, joyous occasions and good health! May we all merit to bask in the radiance of a life-promoting, heart-opening year of understanding, cooperation and true peace--the kind we have yearned and hoped for throughout our long history....We in Israel can so much identify with the pain and shock in America .... We are thinking of you constantly. With immense gratitude we have acknowledged that it was miraculous that so many people were NOT killed.
We've been through the first Intifada, the Gulf War, and the loss of many dear beloved ones....But despite what you are exposed to by the media coverage of the Middle East, there is another side to life in Israel. There is the deeper perspective on life that everyone around us seems to have, that keeps us in touch with what really matters, what really counts, and makes us constantly count our blessings. Every breath is another opportunity to express one's gratitude to the Holy One for allowing us another day to try to live meaningfully. In other words, we try not to take anything or anyone for granted. And now, after the collapse of the Twin Towers I think many of you can identify with this need not to take anyone for granted....
I am overwhelmed by the inadequacy of my words in light of the staggering enormity of the loss of so many lives. I apologize for even attempting to write about something that has shocked the entire world so thoroughly, to our very core. All I really want to say is, if you love someone, tell them today! And we pray with tears from the depths of our hearts that the madness of hatred will be extinguished. Pray for Peace!!
- Chava Dumas
The hearts and thoughts of midwives in the West Highlands of Scotland go to you all in the USA, to our colleagues in all states who may have lost loved ones. Scotland and America mourned Lockerbie together, we now mourn with you for New York and Washington.
- Sue Chadney, midwife
We transported a client to the hospital last night....I don't know how to describe what I felt as I stood at the nursery window looking at this symbol of the Circle of Life that I helped bring into the world. Joy. Gratitude. Relief. Yet great sadness that little Asher (whose name means "Happy") was born into such a violent and hate-filled world.
When they came to take the baby to his mother, I felt numb. I couldn't move. As I stood there, I noticed the astounding number of babies who had been born there yesterday. I continued to feel sorrow for the world they were born into. But then I felt as if something in my soul just popped, and I saw the Hope that was placed all around the room.
There is an African-American hymn that says, "There is more Love somewhere. There is more Peace somewhere. There is more Hope somewhere. I'm going to keep on until I find it." I found some of it last night in that hospital.
My life is based on my belief that I *can* make a difference. My calling is here, with babies. I am a gatekeeper of life. I have been charged with the task of ensuring that babies are brought not only into a world of Love, Peace, and Hope, but that they are brought in *with* Love, Peace, and Hope. This is the biggest difference I can make. This is the biggest difference I *will* make.
- Kimberly Spencer
What we are all doing is vitally important. Only in a society where life and individuals are valued, where the young and the old are respected, revered and not victims, is life so treasured that no one would ever waste it. It is a privilege and a blessing to be able to worry about each individual making his/her way into this world and making the environment so celebratory and spiritual that no one would ever harm this new angel. It is imperative that we work in the U.S. to help mothers reclaim birth and serve as a model all over the world. Only when life is treasured will the killing stop.
- Barbara Hotelling, CIMS chair
Life Continues, Birth Continues
I was on my way home from a labor and birth of a first-time family. They asked us to come be with them late on Monday night. This family worked so well together, husband and wife loving and supporting each other. I tuned into NPR when I found out that, unbeknownst to me, the sky truly was falling for some families ... I thought how odd it was that as this family labored away in "birth time" all of this destruction had gone on. Life continues, birth continues.
[Later] I found to my deep sadness that Catherine Young, editor of The Compleat Mother, had lost her battle with breast cancer on Tuesday morning. My only hope is that she and her family also had no idea this was going on while they let go of each other. Our mothering and midwifery communities have truly suffered a blow. I can't begin to describe how Catherine's work affected my motherhood....
Catherine requested that in lieu of flowers, please boycott Nestle. My heart mourns both of these losses at the same time that I celebrate for a new sweet babe.
- Brandi Wood, Central Indiana
Ticime and many of the Mexican parteras are shocked for the tragedy involving so many Americans, extended to the whole world. Our sympathy, love and feelings of solidarity go to all of the members, midwives and North American friends. We are praying for the emotional recovery of those who lost family members and friends, and also we raise our thoughts for all violence to cease.
- Las Ticimes.(Maritza Balbuena, Ma. Elena Pacheco, Paulina Fernadez, Alina Bishop Lucila Garcia, Lourdes Bravo, Isabel Montes and Laura Cao-Romero)
One of the comments I heard is, what kind of a world are we bringing our children into and how can we bring children into a world like this? I think, more than ever, we need to bring children into this world. We will never know who will be the next greatest agent for peace. Who will have the gift of bringing others comfort and safety? When we bring children into this world and teach them the worthwhile and most admirable things in life and how to have strong and caring families, we do more for this world than most other things can.
- Pam Sorochan, Canada
My condolences to all the midwives in the USA and to all civilized people at the terrible disaster that has struck your country. I want you to know that many people outside the USA are in a state of shock at the terror and destruction that was perpetrated this week. Israelis learnt long ago that one cannot take a single day for granted, that we have to live out our lives as fully as possible, live ethically and help others less fortunate, and be grateful for what we have. I do not envy your president in making decisions about how to respond to this act of war. I hope that he will steer the world into a change toward peace so that our babies and children will grow up safely.
I feel sure that people will quickly regain their faith in the future, will continue to love each other and have babies, and your midwives will help them into a world where every soul has a right to live in security and freedom. Midwives, in helping the new generation into the world, must hold the flag of hope for the future. New parents must build that future with love and responsibility.
- Michele
As a Long Islander, a New Yorker, an American, a citizen of the world and a mother, the events of Tuesday are so very difficult to accept and understand. But it is new birth that will give us strength and empower us -- empower the mothers to make the world a better place!
- Deirdre Bambrick-Oriani
I am attending NYU midwifery program, my daughters and I live in the East Village and have witnessed the love and support our community has to offer. Sat. before 9/11 I was at the NYU hospital doing a clinical on the labor and delivery unit. A child was born; the mother, father, and doctor within seconds of birth were on their cell phones while the little miracle struggled to blink her eyes under the layer of antibiotics that was administered by the "nurse." I left the hospital and walked home 23 blocks; as I cried I realized it was because I felt helpless, insignificant, and alone. Tuesday morning found me in the very same hospital for a med-surg clinical. We were allowed to leave and be with our families by 2 PM, after this experience I walked home 23 blocks feeling helpless, insignificant, and alone. Keep the faith.
- Anon.
We in the midwifery directorate here at the University of Salford wish to send a message of condolence and deepest sympathy to all our colleagues and their friends and families who have been touched by the terrible atrocities of September 11. Two of us attended a Midwifery Today conference in New York and it was a heartwarming, life-enhancing experience for us which we will always treasure. We were welcomed by midwives from all over the world at the conference. We were also welcomed by the people of New York who were invariably friendly and helpful, spontaneously stopping to help us when we were lost. The shock, grief and sympathy expressed by people here reminds us how closely linked we all are and we hope that these horrific events will not result in further divisions between ordinary people of all creeds and colours.
- Sarah Davies, midwifery lecturer
As the first plane struck the World Trade Center I was helping a first-time mum ease her child into the world. For me this was most poignant--as a new life was celebrated that of so many were being mourned.
- Helen, midwife, Ipswich
Being involved in childbirth is the only thing I can think of as a possible antidote to this horror.... On the street and in the subways, you see people bursting into tears and strangers putting their arms around them. There are impromptu vigils happening everywhere....
- Suzanne Fremon, doula
I on behalf of my midwifery colleagues at United Hospitals Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland send sincere condolences for your loss in this time of grief. Having grown up in this small place where terror has gripped us for so long I believe there is not one of us who cannot identify with the terrible feeling of insurmountable grief, loss and vindication which has been forced upon you by forces completely beyond your knowing or control. As individuals and as a country you now feel vulnerable and wounded and we as fellow midwives send our thoughts and prayers to you at this tortuous time.
- Claire Greenlees
Terrorism is a part of our everyday life here [in Israel], and I feel a personal responsibility to making every birth I attend, Arab or Jewish, a peaceful hopeful birth, even though this has been difficult at times, especially following terrorist attacks. The hospital where I work serves both populations almost equally {quantity wise} and although as a midwife, a women in labour has that basic base of the ultimate human and holy experience, feelings are complicated. Our New Jewish Year started on Monday evening so I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone everywhere a year of peace, of security, health, happiness and prosperity. May we have more in common and less animosity, a year of wonderful happy and healthy births.
- Lauren
I am the director of the Metropolitan Doula Group, a support group for doulas in NYC. Many of our doulas will be looking for support. Our greatest concern right now is that we will be supporting women in labor whose partners and/or loved ones were lost in the tragedy at the World Trade Center. While many of us have taken workshops and had training in bereavement when there is a loss concerning the baby, most of us are feeling very lost in face of the enormity of what we have experienced here. We wonder how this will affect a woman's labor? Are we looking at premature births? Post-dates? Insistence on general anesthesia? Or basic primal fear that the building the woman is birthing in is about to explode? The range of possibilities boggles the mind. One birth professional I spoke with feels certain that the laboring woman's ability to reach the wisdom within will be completely unavailable to her. Another thinks some women may feel that the baby will reunite them with the spirit of their lost loved one.
I have spoken with personal contacts in four hospitals and two birth centers that are aware that doulas are available to support these women in birth on an on-call basis. Maternity Center Association has been reached as well. Doulas from all over the country are already contacting me to ask how they can help.
My initial thoughts are to set up a call schedule for two doulas a week to take
any calls that come in either through our website (www.nydoula.com) or our phone
line. Once we are organized and clear about who's on call, I will go to the press
and the proper agencies and let them know we are available. I'm hopeful that they
will spread the information that women in need can find us. I foresee that our
services will be most valuable over the next nine months.
We will provide doula services to women who've lost their partners or loved ones for free. DONA has donated $1,000 to help us pay for essential expenses. We don't anticipate a greater financial need than that. Words of support to our doulas would be welcomed at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Bledsoe Says He Knows His Role [9:54 PM]
WGR-AM reports: 'Henry also believes in Bledsoe. "Everybody is on the same page. We gotta finish drives. Number 11, he's going to take us where we need to be. We just gotta follow behind him, protect him and get this thing moving." Henry said. We expect big things out of myself, Moulds and Drew. We gotta make it happen. We gotta be the spark for our offense."'
Anchorage Backers Get Up For Every Game [5:51 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: '"There were only three of us in the beginning," McComb said. "We had a television and a speaker box on a table � but from word of mouth it's gotten quite big."'
Flashback: Jerry Butler has Record Day [3:46 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'Sept. 23, 1979: In his first three games, Bills rookie receiver Jerry Butler, hampered by a shoulder separation, had 11 catches for 162 yards and no touchdowns. However, during the fourth game of the year, at home against the division rival Jets, he nearly doubled his season total of receptions. And only two weeks after halfback Roland Hooks had found the endzone four times against Cincinnati, Butler did the same against New York, as Buffalo beat the Jets, 46-31.'
�New Attitude� Bills Risky! [12:55 PM]
PatriotsInsider.com reports: 'Can this team led by incompetent GM Donahoe, rookie head coach Mike Mularkey, and now �Iron Legs� Bledsoe possibly be digging themselves a deeper hole? I ask the question in all sincerity. Is it possible? I am not sure that it is.'
Fired-up Drew draws the line [8:51 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'The question is: Can Bledsoe and his teammates do the right things on the field and channel their conviction into a victory?'
Bledsoe refuses to buckle to critics [5:02 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: '"I haven't even thought about that route yet," Mularkey said of using Matthews. "I think our best chance to win right now is Drew Bledsoe. He has to be surrounded by a bunch of guys who are playing at a high level, too, to help him out. It's not him alone. That would be the easy way out, to make (a switch), but that's not the way we would go."'
Patriots could feast on Bills [5:01 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: 'Optimistic note for Bills fans: Buffalo is 10-5 coming off bye weeks. Pessimistic note: New England's Bill Belichick and his brilliant staff also will have an extra week to prepare.'
Inside slant [5:00 AM]
CBS Sportsline reports: '"Our guys know that, players on the team know that, the coaches know that and that's just simply the way it is. If there was a situation where Mike (Mularkey) felt we'd be (more) effective with somebody else, he would make that change, but that's not the case."'
Strategy and personnel [4:59 AM]
CBS Sportsline reports: 'Everybody heals differently and the Bills are putting no timetable on Milloy. But the St. Louis Rams said CB Travis Fisher, who has the same injury, would miss 10-12 weeks. If that proves to be the case with Milloy, he won't return until after Halloween, or about seven games total.'
Notes, quotes [4:58 AM]
CBS Sportsline reports: 'Two costly holding penalties that wiped out big returns in the kicking game won't turn Buffalo's coverage men gun shy, linebacker Mario Haggan said. Haggan was whistled for holding in the Raiders game to wipe out a 63-yard punt return by Nate Clements. Earlier, Angelo Crowell was flagged for holding to nullify an 88-yard kickoff return by Terrence McGee. "Personally, I think it was a bad call but I'm not going to blame the referees," Haggan said. "I've got to live with it and keep playing hard. They will not take away the integrity and the toughness we have on special teams. If we're going to be physical and beat teams up on special teams, we're just going to have to play through those types of calls."
No Down Time [8:48 PM]
RNews.com reports: '�Any time you start 0-2 or 0-3 or whatever you start, I think you have to come out and work a little bit harder to see where you got to do to get better,� wide receiver Eric Moulds explained. �We haven't scored many points the first couple of games and work is what we need and so that's what we got to do.�'
Defiant Bledsoe answers his critics [5:23 PM]
AP reports: '''I'm the quarterback here. And I'm going to be the quarterback here,'' Bledsoe said after practice Wednesday. ''The players on the team know that. The coaches know that. And that's just simply the way it is.'''
Turnover math adds up to wins and losses in NFL [1:17 PM]
Indianapolis Star reports: 'Levy used to post plus-minus trends on the locker room walls in Buffalo. One of his favorites was when teams had a plus-two edge in turnovers in a game, they won about 90 percent of the time. This season, teams with a plus-2 edge in games are 15-2, or 88.2 percent. "If you play well, you win the turnover battle," Levy said. "We'd stress that. But we didn't want to get them too uptight about it, either. You don't want them to be too careful or conservative. They have to be able to execute. So you don't talk too much about them, either."'
Mularkey spots a silver lining [8:51 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"We've definitely squandered some opportunities," Mularkey said. "I explained to them that, offensively, it's the inconsistency. We have moved the ball. We do have good drives and then all of a sudden we get down to the red zone. . . . Do we need to score more points? No question about it. But at least we're getting down in the area to put ourselves in that position."'
Drew may need to step aside [5:06 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: 'Bledsoe is the kind of player that even sportswriters root for, and, believe me, that's saying a lot given the depth of cynicism in my profession. Sadly, being a good guy doesn't put any points on the scoreboard.'
Old teammate is a backer [5:05 AM]
Boston Globe reports: 'Johnson doesn't buy into the thinking that this might be Bledsoe's last hurrah. "No way," Johnson said. "Drew has a lot of pride. He's an amazing competitor, a great leader, a prideful person, and his legacy means a lot to him. He wants to be remembered as a premier quarterback in this league. None of us, especially Drew, wants to leave on a down note. If his body lets him play, there's no doubt he has a lot left."'
Wacky return: Furman vs. Pitt [5:04 AM]
Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports: 'Sam "Wicky Wacky" Wyche is comin' to tahn.'
Mularkey Now Realizes Henry Did Score In Oakland [5:03 AM]
WGR-AM reports: 'The first order of business should be to fire who ever is in the booth in charge of telling Mularkey when to challenge a call. Mularkey said his coaches told him they didn't get a good enough view if Travis Henry got in on fourth and goal. I have a VCR in my house. This team has a lot of money. Why can't they invest in one.'
Hey, J.P., how's the leg? [5:02 AM]
WGRZ-TV reports: 'As I see it, you can sure put a lot of the blame for the Bills putrid offensive start on #11, but not all of it. Not by a longshot.'
Some Bills fans starting to worry, want answers [9:29 PM]
WGRZ-TV reports: 'Over the last 16 games, the Bills have one of the worst records in football. Their offense is more lackluster than it was in the dark days of the mid-1980s.'
Painful to Watch [9:28 PM]
WOKR-TV reports: 'The good news is that they have two weeks to try to figure out what is going wrong. The bad news is the Patriots have two weeks to come up with a defensive game plan. Will it really take that long?'
Another Agonizing Loss For The Bills [1:24 PM]
Erie Times News reports: 'Well, I�m a sucker for punishment, so let�s go through another epic masterpiece from those football artists known as the Buffalo Bills.'
Game Notes: Bills vs. Raiders [12:53 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'Bills Defense: Currently ranked 6th in the NFL (5th rush, 7th pass), 4th in the AFC (1st rush, 4th pass)�has allowed only 156 yards rushing in the first two games combined and has not allowed more than 200 yards net passing in either game.'
HS Football "Coach of the Week" - Week 3 [12:52 PM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'Coach Tim Bergan of Ellicottville Central High School has been named the Buffalo Bills high school football �Coach of the Week� for the third weekend of the 2004 season (Sept. 17-18).'
Bills honor Bergan as top coach [12:48 PM]
Olean Times Herald reports: 'After two games, the Bills� defense is fourth in the AFC and 6th in the NFL in fewest yards surrendered. It leads the conference in fewest rushing yards surrendered at 78 a game.'
Bledsoe is playing like a confused, gun-shy rookie [12:48 PM]
Lockport Union Sun and Journal reports: 'Am I suggesting the Bills consider benching Bledsoe in place of a younger, faster, more mobile quarterback with less experience and a weaker arm? Absolutely. In two weeks.'
Offense has Mularkey scratching his head in Buffalo [12:47 PM]
The Sports Network reports: '"I'm confident we can get it turned around," Bledsoe said. "I'm confident in our style of offense. We are committed to the running game."'
Bills' offense a throwback [8:52 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Yes, it really has been that bad.'
It's too early to write off Bills' season [8:52 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'The Jags have produced 22 first downs in two games, eight fewer than the Bills. They've scored 20 points, same number as the Bills. The Jags are 2-0 and luxuriating in possibilities. The Bills are being lathered with barbecue sauce.'
Buffalo singing Bledsoe blues [7:09 AM]
Toronto Star reports: 'The criticism, and the problem, runs deeper than Bledsoe, though. President and GM Tom Donahoe is being accused of failing to address the team's larger personnel problems and new coach Mike Mularkey is being criticized for being too conservative and low risk in his play calling.'
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Contract status for the 2012/2013 season:
Granger - 2 years left
West - expiring contract
Barbosa - Free agent
Jones - Player option/expiring contract if he exercises
Hibbert - restricted FA
George - final year with team option for the next season
Amundson - FA
Hans - expiring with restricted FA following year
Hill - restricted FA
Collison - expiring contract with restricted FA following year
Price - FA
Stephenson - team option
Pendergraph - expiring contract
Fresnko - FA
Everyone is on a short leash.
My gut tells me that Hibbert gets signed for $10 -$12M per year to start and increasing from there on a long term deal. Quality Centers are hard to come by and the team would have to replace him if they don't sign him.
My ever shrinking gut also says that Hill gets signed to a long term deal. The team gave up a valuable pick to get him and they knew his contract status at the time and they knew he would have a price tag after the season was over. They didn't give up that pick to rent the guy out for one season.
I am also inclinded to think that West stays. And might get an extension. Like Hibbert, he is almost irreplaceable.
After those three, I could see any kind of scenario playing out. The team could return almost intact or could have major changes in the offing.
George might stay, although I'm on the fence with him. The team may get an offer they can't refuse.
Same with Granger.
Barbosa is going to cost. Will the team fork over yet another big contract to go with the others?
Has Hansbrough proven he is worth an extension or is he prime trade bait? Same for Collison.
Vogel loves Amundson. Is that enough or will he price himself out of here?
Will Jones exercise his option. He would be silly not to IMO. I don't think he would do much better on the FA market this year. If so, he is trade bait with an expiring contract.
Price and Fresenko are probably done here. Neither did much of anything this year.
Stepheson and Pendergraph seem to be pet projects of Bird. And they are cheap. Maybe they stay, but who really cares?
Bird is not known for making big deals or for a lot of off season moves. I think that the starting five returns and I believe that there will be at least a significant change to one or two rotation players. And an addition via Free Agency as well as a draft pick.
But I could be way off.
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text: Despite public support, lawmakers not likely to pass cigarette tax hike By Lori Kersey March 5, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Although a poll released Tuesday says a majority of West Virginians support raising the state's cigarette tax, even some of the lawmakers who support such a measure say it's unlikely to pass this legislative session."The prevailing feeling at the Capitol is that there will be no tax increases," said Delegate Danny Wells, D-Kanawha. "That's not always a good thing, especially when the health of the people is involved."I think we by all means should increase that tax," Wells said. "It's the healthy thing to do. I see this as a splendid opportunity for smokers to contribute to the economic vibrancy of the state."The new poll, from the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free West Virginia, indicates that 67 percent of West Virginia voters favor a $1 per pack increase on the state's cigarette tax. Voters favor a cigarette tax hike to address budget shortfalls instead of other options like increasing sales, income, beverage and business taxes or reducing funding to health care, higher education, primary care clinics or child protection programs, according to the poll, the results of which were released Tuesday.The coalition surveyed 500 registered West Virginia voters using live interviews Feb. 19-21. The coalition and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded the poll.Tobacco-related illnesses claim the life of around 3800 West Virginians each year, former state senator Dr. Dan Foster said at a press conference about the survey Tuesday afternoon.Smoking costs the state more than $690 million in health care costs each year, Foster said."This horrible toll will only continue if we don't act," Foster said. More than 9,800 West Virginia kids try cigarettes for the first time each year and 2,600 of them become regular smokers, he said."If the current trend continues, 4,600 of these West Virginia kids alive today will die of premature death from tobacco use," Foster said.Advocates say increasing the price of cigarettes will lower usage, especially among young people. "The science could not be more clear," Foster said. "Virtually every expert in this country and elsewhere has concluded that raising tobacco tax is one of the most effective measures we can take to reduce smoking."At 55 cents per pack, West Virginia's cigarette tax is the 44th lowest in the nation. The national average for tobacco taxes is $1.48 per pack. Advocates say increasing the tobacco tax by $1 per pack would raise more than $140 million in new annual revenue for the state, even though raising the tax is likely to reduce tobacco usage.Proponents say raising the tax would prevent 21,100 West Virginia children from smoking, save 11,800 state residents from premature smoking related deaths and save more than $760 million in long-term tobacco-related health care costs, according to a statement from the coalition.Sen. Chris Walters, R-Putnam, said he's waiting to see the legislation before he forms an opinion about it. Walters wants to know where the funding would go, he said. But the lawmaker said he's has gotten messages from constituents who would support the tax increase, he said.Sen. Corey Palumbo, D-Kanawha, said he is in favor of raising the tax but the odds are not in its favor. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has made clear that he doesn't support increasing taxes, Palumbo said. Delegate Nancy Peoples Guthrie, D-Kanawha, said she has supported raising the tax in the past and would do so this year again. But the legislature is focused on other things this year, she said."I don't think it's on anyone's radar screen this year," Guthrie said. "It seems to me we have been focused on education and jobs and prison overcrowding but haven't focused attention on raising the tobacco tax. It's kind of an unknown. I don't know anyone who's really championing that issue."House Health and Human Resources Committee Chairman Don Perdue, D-Wayne, who has proposed legislation that would increase the tax on cigarette, called the survey remarkable. It shows that West Virginians are inclined to do what's right and what seems to be appropriate despite the national feeling of opposition to raising taxes, he said.The question is whether lawmakers can overcome the fear of raising taxes to do the right thing, Perdue said.Reach Lori Kersey at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1240. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 3 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 4 Vietnam veteran builds prosthetics in war zones 5 DHHR report: No neglect, criminal charges in death of ResCare client Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez dies at 58 Previous Story Energy company to build offices in Northgate Next Story


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Kona 2016: Jesse Thomas' Dimond Marquise
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Oct 5, 2016
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There have been spy shots floating around the web showing off some new features Dimond is unveiling. We caught up with Jesse Thomas and got detailed photos of exactly what's going on. There are two new storage compartments, including one on the beam in a bento location, and one above the bottom bracket. Both close magnetically and look like very clean solutions. Thomas also added a custom bracket right behind his TriRig Alpha X aerobars, which he hacked together from some Profile Design parts. He uses that one for trash storage!
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It appeared Wake Forest (5-5, 3-5 ACC) did not show up till it was down 17-0 at NC State (6-4, 3-3 ACC), which was too little too late as the Wolfpack rolled to an easy 37-6 win.
Deacons Illustrated breaks down Wake's lackluster performance in regard the "Five keys."
1) Turnovers
The Demon Deacons only turned the ball over twice on an interception thrown by Tanner Price and a fumble by Sherman Ragland. However, it must have felt like more after the Black and Gold were forced to punt 12 times.
NC State scored 10 points off Wake Forest's turnovers.
It is not fair to depend on Wake's defense to bail out its patchwork counterpart for every blunder it makes, especially when facing an offense with the caliber the Pack possess.
2) Running games
Going into the game the Deacs were gaining just 112.3 yards rushing per game; however, State was allowing an average of 150.2 yards on the ground, giving the appearance of vulnerability.
The Demon Deacons found no room at all, as the Wolfpack held them to a suffocating 16 yards rushing.
3) What's in a name?
Aside from yielding a touchdown on a 39-yard flanker pass from Michael Campanaro to Terence Davis NC State's pass-defense dominated, limiting Wake's aerial attack to 22-40 passes for 169 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
Also, Price was sacked five times, as he struggled to get into a rhythm throwing the football.
4) Getting to Glennon
Wake Forest sacked Mike Glennon twice and intercepted him once, but that was not enough to slow down State's senior quarterback. Glennon completed 25-41 passes for 258 yards and two touchdowns.
He could have thrown for well over 300 yards if drops were not an issue for NC State's receivers.
5) Special teams
Tobais Palmer decimated any hopes Wake had for a comeback when he opened the second half with a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to put the Pack up three scores.
The Demon Deacons struggled to cover NC State's returners, giving up a 28-yard punt return to Rashard Smith and a 26-yard kickoff return to Palmer.
Wake Forest was a few yards better than usual in the return category, but the Deacs would still be better off kneeling in the end-zone in exchange 25-yard placement to start each drive.
Alexander Kinal averaged an impressive 43.3 yards per punt, and pinned the Wolpack inside its own 20 twice. However, Kinal shanked two punts badly.
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Lobster Rolls
Some people like only mayonnaise or melted butter on their lobster rolls, but we love the added flavor that fresh herbs provide.
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- 1 1/2 pounds cooked, shelled lobster meat (about four 1 1/2-pound lobsters), chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped fresh chives (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped fresh tarragon or chervil (optional)
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice (or to taste)
- Coarse or sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 8 top-split hot-dog buns
- 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, for rolls
Stir together lobster and mayonnaise. Stir in chives and tarragon (if desired), and lemon juice; season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate, covered, while preparing rolls, or up to 2 hours.
Heat a large heavy skillet or griddle over medium heat until hot. Lightly brush outside of buns with butter; transfer to skillet. Cook, turning once, until golden brown, about 1 1/2 minutes per side.
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High school graduates and college students who are preparing for a career in managing and/or marketing Registered Jersey cattle are encouraged to apply for the Fred Stout Experience Awards.
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The awards honor the memory of Fred J. Stout Jr., Mt. Carmel, Ill., a lifelong Jersey breeder and member of the Jersey Marketing Service staff from 1978 to 1997 who believed that the best learning experiences happen in the everyday world.
To apply, submit a one-page résumé listing work experience, skills and relevant qualifications. In a separate cover letter state the option you wish to apply for (JMS, on-farm internship, or both). Discuss your ambitions, goals and career aspirations, including plans for achieving them. Summarize your previous experience with and continued interest in Registered Jersey cattle. Explain how and why the Fred Stout Experience will be of benefit to you in achieving your goals.
Applicants must also request two letters of support, one from an active breeder of Registered Jersey (excluding immediate family members), and the other from a teacher, mentor or past employer. These must be mailed directly by the supporters to the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) office.
Applications and letters of support must be postmarked no later than February 1, 2010 and addressed to Fred Stout Experience, American Jersey Cattle Association, 6486 E. Main Street, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-2362.
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Financial support is provided by a permanent endowment created in 2001 by friends and colleagues of Fred Stout. For more information on the Fred Stout Experience, contact Cherie L. Bayer, AJCA Director of Development, at (614) 861-3636.
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The Gift of Food -- Holiday Food Drive sponsored by Pontiac Board of Education and Pontiac schools provided food for meals for 325 families in the district during the holiday break.
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School principals submitted the names of families.�
Baskets were prepared by board members, community volunteers and district employees, and parents picked them up shortly before the holidays.
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Food was donated by employees of the district, trustees, Harpco, Baldwin Center, Gleaners, Cole Yoakum of Micah 6 Community in Pontiac, Reverse Church in Lake Orion, and a great number of private donations, said Tiffany Colon of board services.
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Socially active videos and how curation drives visibility
Notes from the "Man vs. Algorithm: Online Video Curation Face-off" discussion at SXSW, featuring Marc Husvedt of Chill and Neetzan Zimmerman of The Daily What:
Sixty hours of videos are being uploaded to YouTube every minute. Thinking about it differently, a century of video is uploaded every ten days. The sheer volume of video available online is why we rely on some forms of curation – simply put, people don't have the time or ability to winnow through all that content.
There are three types of curation:
– Editorial – such as the Huffington Post or Daily What
– Algorithmic, as you see on YouTube or search engines
– Social, specifically, your own personal social graph
As an example, most of the algorithms used by YouTube (which is, at its core, a search engine, and employees numerous algos) fall under the categories of search and recommendation. YouTube are trying to help answer the "unarticulated wants" of site visitors, who want to be entertained, but don't necessarily know what they want.
Neetzan Zimmerman of The Daily What (who, incidentally, is the guy who first posted the Rebecca Black "Friday" video, which is the most-watched online video ever), noted that while algorithms are great at crunching data, they are terrible at predicting what is universally funny. They don't understand humor.
YouTube curates video for users a variety of ways, but one method – the "recommended videos" – but it accounts for 60 % of all views. The recommended videos are 200% more often clicked than top rated or most viewed videos.
Not surprisingly, NZ is pitched constantly, and in his advice to PR agents on pitching him is also some great advice on making a standout video.
Simply put, the video has to offer something unique. It must be amusing in a way that's not pandering to the audience (e.g. trying to mimic Old Spice videos.) Good curators can see right through those tactics – and your audiences are curators (see "types of curation, above.) His advice: If you are trying to get a message across do it on your own terms, not in a way that you think would "work" for a site like the Daily What on purpose. It's fairly easy to see through that.
Some other notes on pitching him:
– If a video is pitched directly by a PR agent, he immediately deletes it.
– If they try a bit harder by get creative in copy or the approach, he may look at if it introduces the content in a way that would be interesting to the Daily What reader.
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