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The chain of events that I'll be narrating here in parts are absolutely correct, except with the change of names. Not only the events are true and real, but also there is an extra bit of eroticism attached to it as these events in involve the most , Taboo of all sexual activities incest..The Brother-Sister Incest. Yes it is a fact that I have been involved in debauchery/sexual intercourse with my real younger sister.
Not only did I have sex with my sister literally hundreds of times, but also on many occasions we invited a third (an in some cases even a fourth) person to join us. We were involved in both types of threesome (me, my sister and a GIRL; as well as me, my sister and a boy). However here in the first part of the story, I'll confine myself only to the very first incident which ushered us into the forbidden land of Brother-Sister Sex.
The events which made me look at my sister in a way a young boy looks at a sexy bitch. The events which told me that my sister was not a decent, sweet, sober and respectable girl whose conscience tells her to keep her pure and safe for her husband, rather she was someone who can't ignore the desires of her pussy.
It was year 1999. I was 18 years old then and my younger sister was only 14 years old by then. Our family comprises of 5 person in total; my father, my mom, myself, my younger sister and a brother (youngest). My father is an Army Officer. And he had inherited quite a wealth from his father that's why we were enjoying quite a luxurious life. In 1998 he was transferred to General
Head Quarters Rawalpindi. But within a year he was promoted as Brigadier and was transferred to a lesser developed city of Sindh. Rawalpindi, being a big city had all the luxuries of life. For my fellows outside Pakistan who are reading this story let me tell you that Rawalpindi is also adjacent to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
And adjacent really mean adjacent. There is merely a Ring Road separating the two cities. So the two cities have the modern look, the color, the attraction in those. It had branches of almost all the famous brands of world, be it sportswear, food, garments etc. Also the two cities have very good, prestigious schools.
So when my father came to GHQ Rawalpindi, he got me and my sister admitted in well reputed institutions. He was expecting his promotion as Brigadier but was not expecting his posting outside GHQ. So when he was ordered to take command of a brigade in Sindh, he decided that me and my sister would remain in Rawalpindi, and he along with my mom and younger brother would move to Sindh.
As I have told earlier that we are rich enough so he got a small flat on rent and managed a young Pathan pair of Brother and Sister as servants. They were 15 and 14 years old respectively. So life was easy for us. So we started living in that flat without any elder to look out for our activities but our parents trusted us as we never compromised on our educational standards.However I realized that soon after our parents had left for
Sindh, my sister who was just growing up at that time (14 years old) had started wearing clothes that my parents would not allow had they been there. She started wearing very tight fitting jeans, trousers and despite the fact that she had little breasts at that time, she started wearing body hugging shirts. These shirts were so tight that whatever little breasts she had developed by then, her boobs were exaggerated in it.
However, I being a young, open minded fellow had no problem with it at all. Our circle of friends were all modern and open minded so it was not a big deal for me. I still took it as a "Fashion Sense" of a growing girl who just wanted to look modern.
However once I felt little embarrassed when she came to the tutor in a similar dress. This time her shirt was plane yellow. As she had little breasts so she had not started wearing Bra, but the printed designs/textures of the shits hide many a things ;)
But that day, as the shirt was plane, her nipples became way too prominent through her shirt. It didn't show anything but the tiny tents on her shirt were too visible and I noticed that the tutor (being a young boy who had just done his masters was constantly looking at my sexy young sister's breasts and nipples.
However I still thought it was innocent on her part. Although we were very frank and friendly siblings, yet being an eastern brother it was not easy for me to talk to her on the subject and tell her,"Little sister, your shirt makes your breasts too prominent and as you don't wear bra, your nipples are also visible so please stop wearing such stuff, or go with a bra". I thought that in a year when she'll gain more flesh and fats in her breasts, she'll realize that she'll have to hide her breasts from the ogling eyes.
However my perspective towards my little innocent sister changed one fateful day. She was having summer vacations (2 months off from her school). One day I was using my PC and I had to go to "Temporary Internet Files" to search for a webpage. (Remember it was 1999 by then and we were having Windows 98 with few security features).
I and my sister were using the same login and we didn't know much about computers at that time. While rummaging through different pages I opened a Hotmail page. It was a mail that Saba, best friend of my sister, had sent to her. I suddenly got curious for nothing. Except that I had hots for Saba. She was a year older than my sister but had development of a 20 years old girl.
The statement may seem exaggerated but believe me guys she had HUGE breasts. 34 I would say. 34-B Breasts on a 15 years old girl seems too hot to handle. Anyway back to that email. It was one of the sexiest email that I can imagine from a young 15 years old girl for her best buddy who is just 14 years old.
As the mail was reply to my sister's mail so I could rea both, my sister's mail and Saba 's reply. From the contents of the mail it was quite clear that Saba had lust for my sister, lesbian lust and she had been seducing my sister for some time now. I came to know that Saba had touched my sisters Breasts and Gaand many a times on the pretext of a joke, and I also came to know that my sister didn't mind it at all.
However my sister had not yet surrendered to her lusty advances. So does it mean that my sister was a nice girl??? I wish I could say it. But it was not so. My sister had little interest in lesbianism, but even at the age of 14 she lusted for boys.
My sister, named Nadia, told Saba in that mail, "Yar saba tum ne to mujhe bohat hi hot ker diya hy, mein to ab agar 3 din tak fingering na karon to ajeeb si frustration hone lagti hy" (Dear you have made me so hot that now I'm in a state where if I don't finger fuck myself, I feel strange frustration) and then she went on to tell her very mischievously, "Yar, mene to fingering karte waqt kisi bhi larkay ko naheen chora, Bhai k dost, street k sab cool boys aur mere tutor bhi J "
(Dear while fingering I have not left any boy who fucks me in my imagination, my bro's friends, all the cool guys of our street and even my tutor too J )I was stunned, My sister Nadia, who was just 14 years old girl was fingering her pussy thinking about the boys in the neighborhood, my friends and thinking about even her tutor too.
My goodness what a bitchy slut she was at the age of 14. But interestingly, I was more aroused while reading it, that I was shocked, and if you talk about anger???? Well let me admit it was not there at all. I was not angry at my bitchy sister, rather I was enjoying it.
I had a stiff dick in my trouser. Now I knew that my sister's choice of dress was not innocent, rather it was on purpose. Nadia was trying to seduce her tutor to fuck her PHUDDI. I looked at the sent date of the mail. It was about couple of weeks ago.
I knew that my sister would have surely contacted Saba in the meanwhile. So I frantically searched for other mails. And soon I got one It was just a day ago and it was even hotter. It was again reply to my sister's mail. So I first read my sister's mail and then it's reply by Saba. In this mail, my sister had written, "
Saba, mere teacher ab mujh me interest to lena start ho gaye hain, lekin problem yeh hy k meri breasts itni choti hain k shayad iss mein un k liye koi charm hi naheen, ya phir unko mein choti si bachi hi lagti hon. Agar meri breasts bhi tumhari tarha bari hoti to main unko bohat kuch dikha deti ;) " (Saba, my teacher has started taking interest in me, but the problem is that I have little breasts.
He has either no interest in smaller breasts or looking at my breast size, he thinks I'm still a little girl. Had I got bigger breasts like YOU I would have shown him A LOT) And then my sister went on to write, "Tutor bhi budhu hy, usko itna naheen pata k zara si mehnat kare to yeh problem solve ho sakta hy. 2 weeks regularly ager meri breasts choose aur pakre to breasts ka size definitely increase ho jae ga" (My tutor is a goof.
He doesnt know that with little effort this problem (of smaller breasts) can be solved. If he works on my breasts for just 2 weeks by sucking on these and playing with these, surely my boob's size will increase". And in the end she typed, "Yaar tumhain hi shooq tha mujh ko nangi karne ka aur mere jism k sath khelne ka, to phir aao, kuch karte hain because mein to bohat zyada hot aur frustrated ho rahi ho, koi program banao.
Tum bohat gandi bachi ho ;) "(Dear you were interesting in making me nude and play with my naked body, so come on, come to my place, We'll do something because I'm way too hot and frustrated by now. Make some program. You are bad girl ;) Saba's reply to this mail was also hot but the most important thing was last part of her reply. As I have already told you that she lusted for my sister.
So knowing that my sister had surrendered to her sexual advances, she was jumping with joy. She told that she was in Lahore, and just in couple of days she would come back to Rawalpindi and then she'll come to our flat. My heart raced. I could envisage a very HOT live sex treat for me. Although my own sister was to be part of it, but I comforted myself by thinking that I'll only see the rusty busy naked body of Saba.
But how could I forget that there will also be my sister, Nangi and sexy and at some corner of my mind, I knew that there is every possibility that I may not only love watching Saba fucking my sister with her finger but I may also start lusting for my own real sister. But I was ready to take every chance. After all my sister was also
HOT as hell. She was only bit younger and had little breasts, but soon when she'll be grown up girl, I knew my sister will definitely raise thousands of DICKS with the single jiggle of her GAAND or a single bounce of her BOOBS. You guys are HARD just reading it?? Have pity on me, I was living with that hot girl. Anyway, back to the story. I knew a hot sexual treat was about to unveil so I had made arran Saba ents for it.
My room had two doors, one opened in the TV Lounge, while the other door was common between my and Nadia's room. Same goes for my sister's room. So in the door that was common between me and my sister, I managed 4,5 tiny holes to accommodate a full view of the room. I was ready and was waiting for the time to come.
The very next day, Nadia told me that Saba was coming to the place and she wanted some snacks for her. I brought those with pleasure ;) I'll skip the unnecessary details to go directly to the point when they went into the room and locked it. Both were looking stunning and sexy.
My sister had again worn the same sexy shirt which she once wore infront of her tutor and Saba was in more modest dress. She was wearing Shalwar Qameez, But her dress was stitched a bit too much at all the RIGHT places.
Her thighs, her hips, her waist and her boobs, all were prominent and sexy. Normally I don't lust for girls as young as they were, but they were Hot Bitches. My sister Nadia, was bit shy and flushed (thinking about the time to come) and Saba was bold and seductive.
They were so hot that as soon as the servant left the room after bringing the snacks and cold drinks they put those things on table, and locked the room and hugged each other. My sister was bit shy so she was just hugging Saba, but Saba's hands were all across my sister's body (her back) She rubbed her hand all over her body and then her hand went down to my sister's GAAND.
She placed her full hand on her GAAND from her jeans and squeezed it. And my sister, whose innocence was losing, made such a cute and innocent move that nearly killed me. She pushed her face in Saba 's neck and hair in order to hide herself But didn't object to it at all and was enjoying it. It was only the start of it and my LUN was hard as rock.
I had also locked my room and had stripped out of my clothes. I was playing with my LUN watching the scene in front of me. Then still during hugging Saba asked my sister to unhook her jeans, which Nadia did with shy moves. Once the jeans was unhook, they again hugged each other, without first putting off her jeans.
The movement of Saba's hands on my sister's body was the same, except that this time when her hand went towards her GAAND, Saba pushed her hands in my sister's Jeans. My sister accommodated her hand by wiggling her body. Saba 's hand went in my sister's jeans fully. Man it was too hot. You guys may call me a jerk, a pervert but it was really a very sexy sight,
My 14 years old real sister was enjoying a girl's hand on her GAAND. As the jeans were pushed down a bit, I noticed that my sister was wearing a baby pink underwear and her sexy GAAND was looking very firm in it. It seemed to be bit smaller than her GAAND. Then Saba tried to put her hand on my sister's
GAAND from inside her underwear but this time Nadia became bold and released herself and Saba from the hug and with a big smile asked Saba to first show her body first before proceeding to make my sister naked and play with her GAAND. Saba smiled back and took my sister's hand in her own hand and placed it directly on her stomach and asked her to move it either up (towards Saba's rusty busty
BOOBS) or move it down (towards Saba's wanting and waiting PHUDDI). My sister wanted to take it slow so she rested her hand there and first started kissing Saba on her face, and then on her lips. It was a hot scene. Two underage girls, one 14 and other 15 were kissing each other. My sister then started moving her hand onto Saba 's big Boobs. Saba was bolder of the two so she didn't shy even to the least and welcomed the first touch of my Sister's hand on her
BOOBS with a soft moan and more forceful kiss on my sister's lips. I was watching with more interest as it was not my sister's BOOBS which were being fondled rather the busty Saba 's boobs which had always aroused me a lot. My sister kept on changing from one breast to the other and then put her hand in Saba 's shirt.
It's when Saba asked my sister to get naked. AGAIN a problem for me. Although I was loving the scene in front of me yet she was my sister. Which brother likes to see his own younger sister NANGI?? But my sister was not being NANGI to take shower, she was already having sex so I put all
MORALITY issues behind and watched with interest as Saba removed my sister's shirt. Nadia's back was towards me so I could not see her breasts immediately. But the glow in Saba 's eyes was quite visible. There was some treat for her. After playing with my sister's breasts for few moments she removed my sister's Jeans too.
Although Naida was not wearing a Bra, but she was wearing an underwear. My goodness. I could not imagine that a girl of 14 years of age could look so sexy, so ripe and so bitchy. Her GAAND was quite of a good size and I could well foresee that the crack of my sister's GAAND was quite deep. I though what a lucky chap he'll be who'll fuck my sister in her
GAAND for the first time. Her flesh was glowing coz of her white complexion. Then Saba, who was sitting on bed, asked my sister, who was standing facing saba, to turn so that Sabacould play with my sister's GAAND. It was the moment. Nadia turned around and I was treated with a pair of most innocent breasts on the most sluttary and bitchy girl.
Her boobs were small, with relatively big areola and large nipples. Surely Saba 's mouthing of my sister's nipples had made them hard and long. As Saba started putting her face in the crack of Nadia's GAAND, there was a look of satisfaction on my sister's face. It's when Saba started removing my sister's underwear.
My dick was bursting, almost. As the underwear was removed I was blessed with a delightful sight. The pure and natural look of a young 14 year old girl's PHUDDI, which was covered by a reasonably thick layer of hair. It's when I could not control and my LUN started releasing jets after jets of hot sperm on the door.
It was orgasm of immense force and even more immense pleasure. I admit it's bizarre, it's taboo and it's dirty that a brother got orgasm while watching his own real sister's naked body. But the fact is fact. I thought that after having released tension of my LUN, I would start having angry/bad feelings for my sister.
But astonishingly I didn't lose any bit on interest in watching the scene. Then my sister asked Saba to DO IT. Nadia suggested, "Yar let's first finish our first ORGASM coz I'm too much frustrated and hungry for a finger, either my own or yours but I want an orgasm right now. Forget about the romantic lovely sex advances.
First bring each other to orgasm and then we'll have romance for the next orgasm." Saba approved the idea and then she also got naked. It was fun watching her undress as she was a buxom girl even at the age of 15. She had really big breasts considering her age.
And as her shirt lost touch with her breasts, her boobs bounced a bit and my dick started becoming erect again. Saba kept on removing her dress unaware of the watching eyes. My sister too was watching Saba with lot more interest and sex desire. Soon Saba was totally NANGI. She had opted for a more clean look.
She was clean down there. Seemed like she had removed all of her Pussy hair just hours ago. My sister instantaneously put her full face in Saba 's Pussy and inhaled the smell of her pussy.It surely was nice coz she spent good amount of time on Saba 's PHUDDI. Saba then asked my sister to lay on bed in a relaxing mode as the REAL time had come. My sister, totally
NANGI and sexy, lay down on bed, and exposed her totally naked body to Saba (and to me too).I watched as my sister closed her eyes and tilted her head back. Saba started off by making love to her legs. Sister enjoying the soft touch being applied to her legs. Saba 's hands moved slowly upward, caressing and rubbing the silky white skin of my 14 years old sister's legs.
Nadia's breathing grew deeper, and a soft moan came from deep within her throat. Saba smiled, as she knew Nadia was completely a puppet in her hands now. She had taken time in seducing my sister and it was the reward day for Saba. As the contents of her mail revealed For five months now they had been flirting with each other without going this far, and without being way too serious. However credit goes to Saba who saw the Bitch in my innocent looking sister.
Saba became more daring, rubbing higher and higher. Her fingers were now rubbing my sisters inner thighs only inches from her hairy PHUDDI. She looked at the treasure that presented itself to her and stopped for a while. Probably wanting my sister to demand for more. My bitch sister didn't disappoint Saba. Higher Saba, please, move your hand high. I want this touch murmured my sister.
Her soft plea caught Saba off guard. She momentarily stopped what she was doing and looked at my sister who had lifted her head and looking down at Saba. Saba smiled softly up at My sister as their eyes met. My sisters hand moved down to touch Saba s cheek and pulled her closer to her excited pussy.
My goodness folks, just imagine it, a 14 years old naked girl was forcing her friend's face towards her PHUDDI so that her friend could satisfy her. It was way too hot. Saba s tongue lapped happily at my sister's clit. My sisters hands ran through Saba s short hair, every now and again pulling her tighter into her wetness.
Saba greedily sucked and licked at My sisters pussy, the sounds of wetness echoing in her ears. My sisters body quivered and shook as the first orgasm hit her. She held Saba s face between her legs with her hands with her legs tightly pressed on either side of them. She rocked back and forth, letting each wave flow through her, coating
Saba s lips and chin in her cum. It was the first cuming of my sister infront of my eyes. However it was not her first. I knew from her mails that at the age when almost every girl play with dolls, she would play with her pussy. My sister started fingering her pussy when she was only 12 yearls old. Again strange but true.
As the orgasm passed, my sister released Saba s head and pulled her up on top of her. My sisters lips hungrily devoured Sabas, tasting her own sweetness on Saba s smiling face. Would not you return the favor to me, atleast I'm clean shaved unlike you said Saba. My sister readily accepted. Saba had been long waiting for this moment to arrive, and not wishing to waste another single minute.
She straddled My sisters face, leaning forward over the edge of the couch. My sister licked Saba s pussy, tasting the juices that flowed freely from it. Her hands moved over Saba s bottom, pulling her closer to her face. Saba s soft moans bounced around the room. My sister, in order to make her friend more happy, darted her tongue deep into Saba s Phuddi, and tasted the first full climax erupt against her face.
Saba collapsed on top of My sister, her legs wobbly from the sensation she had been given. Her lips found one of My sisters nipples, and she lovingly flicked it with her tongue. My sisters hands reached between Sabas legs, and slightly touched her swollen clit,sending Saba into another frenzied orgasm.
She pushed wildly against My sisters fingers, her second orgasm as intense as the first. Saba s head rolled back and then forward, her tongue licking My sisters nipples savagely. They both stopped for a few moments, letting Saba recover and come up for air.
He breathing had grown shallow and deep. Sweat poured out of her, and she could barely speak. Oh my god Nadia, Mujhe naheen pata tha k agar fingers kisi aur ki hoon to kitna maza aata hy she said in between breaths. My sister was in mood again. She was super hot. She asked Saba to spread her legs. Saba did so, her legs spread, one over the back of the couch, the other dangling over the edge.
My sister lightly spread Sabas legs a little further, and gently blew on Sabas pussy, making Saba raise her bottom to her. Oh god, the 14 year old bitch was experienced to the maximum. She knew everything Kamasutra told. She would have surely seen plenty of
XXX movies even at that very tender age. My sister stood up and looked seductively at Saba, who was so easily excited that she would do anything My sister would ask of her. My sister sat closer to her now, her own legs spread,
Intertwining with Saba s. She rested her own pussy against Saba s, their juices mixing with each others. Saba instantly bucked against My sister, feeling not only the fire in her own pussy, but that of My sisters also. My sister responded in kind, and moved up and down, grinding into Saba.
The two girls moved rapidly against each other, their pussies slick with wetness smacked happily together. My sister reached her second climax just as Saba was experiencing her third. Both girls pulled each other's legs, bringing the two of them closer and tighter against each other.
They both moaned loudly as the passion took hold of their bodies. They lay in this position for some time, their pussies wet and sticky against each others, not wanting to stop the feeling of joy they both had just experienced.
My sister reached for Saba s hands, and laced her fingers with her own. Both girls continued their sexual exploration for some more time, inserting a finger each in each other's PHUDDI.
They the feel asleep in each other's arms, exhausted and content. They were now more than best friends. If you think it was all it.You are wrong. But more parts shall follow soon. Just watch out for those. And I'll welcome any comments on my story. Thanks.
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Even with March Madness in gear, Rivals.com basketball recruiting analyst Eric Bossi takes the time to open up his mailbag.
March badness?
How much does a team's NCAA performance matter to recruits?
-- Micah, Dallas (via email)
My general view is that it doesn't really seem to matter all that much, or at least not as much as I wish it did. I do think that many recruits would at least like the chance to play in the tournament, but nobody is cutting Kentucky off their list because they lost to Robert Morris in the NIT.
Kansas didn't lose traction with recruits for losing to Northern Iowa or VCU. I talk to kids all the time getting recruited by Texas who bring up Kevin Durant and what he did for the program when they lost in the second round in his year. The fact is that kids for the most part care about their relationship with the coach and playing style. Obviously, regular tournament success is another selling point so I don't in any way mean to discount that it can help. I just don't think it makes a big difference in the grand scheme of things.
Personally, I wish kids would take a lot longer look at the postseason success of teams. Especially when it comes to picking a team that has continually struggled in one league versus a team that maybe plays in a lesser league but always competes for titles and NCAA Tourney appearances.
Devalued Schilling?
Talk to me about Michigan State's most recent commitment Gavin Schilling. Why isn't he ranked?
-- Jeff, Battle Creek (via email)
Tom Izzo and his staff are on the board in 2013 now and I think Schilling is a guy who eventually turns into a pretty good player for them. However, I'm not certain that he makes a huge impact right away. In the past I have compared Schilling to Kansas freshman Perry Ellis. Of course, I don't think Schilling is as far along as the former McDonald's All-American was coming out of high school, but I see a similar game, similar size and some upside. Schilling has a nice 6-foot-8 frame with strong shoulders, good hands and he is a fine athlete. After being a bit quiet in the summer, he's taken a big step forward at Henderson (Nev.) Findlay Prep as a senior. He's expanded his game and can make 12-foot jumpers, attack some with a dribble or two and he's become a more physical rebounder. Currently a three-star prospect, Schilling is definitely going to be in the discussion for inclusion in the final Rivals150 for 2013.
Extra seasoning?
What are the pros and cons of a fifth year (prep school)?
-- @stinkypete34 (via Twitter)
I think that it can be very beneficial for a player to take a post-graduate year. However, I think it is also important for kids and their families to understand that it isn't for everybody and that going to "prep" school doesn't magically make you a player. I think prep schools can offer better competition, a chance to adjust for a year before college and are a great place for borderline players, whether it be mid- to high-major, low- to mid-major or Div. II to Div. I types to work on their game and help their recruitment.
Prep school can also give a kid a chance to improve some coursework and their test scores. However, it is important to find a reputable school and make sure that academics are thoroughly checked to be sure that questionable students can even see any benefit from prep school or if they are just delaying junior college.
Most of all, a kid has to look at himself in the mirror and decide if he's really going to be able to improve his situation. If a kid and their family aren't totally sure that spending an extra year in high school will help them and that the athlete will put in the work, well then it's time to go ahead and move on to college and pick the best option available.
Stats it
How much do scouts try to use statistical info in their evaluations? Do you use that info personally in yours?
-- @mualumnus (via Twitter)
I don't think anybody who scouts high school basketball can use stats in their evaluations as much as they would like to. I know I can't. The thing with high school is that there are such varying levels of competition and how accurate stats are that it is tough to put too much stock into them.
Myself, I like to know what a kid averages, shoots, etc., and then I can take that information when I'm watching them in person and see if what I see on the floor matches what I'm being told about stats. But I'm not going to make too much of it. I do think they are getting better, though, and we'll likely see them continue to advance and become a bigger part of scouting.
For instance, the Nike EYBL keeps pretty good stats and I find those to be valuable. I know the competition level and it helps to be able to go back and see if stats and performance match. At the end of the day, there is just too much of a variety in level of play, how coaches use players and stat accuracy to make too much of high school stats.
Under the radar
Is there anybody that didn't make the rankings during your recent updates to the classes of 2014 and 2015 that we should keep an eye on this summer?
-- Dale, Los Angeles (via email)
There are two kids in your neck of the woods from the class of 2014 that intrigue me. Seven-footer Thomas Welsh from Los Angeles (Calif.) Loyola and near seven-footer Idrissa Diallo from Los Angeles (Calif.) Cathedral. Though similar in size, they are about as different in terms of playing styles as two players could be.
Welsh isn't the world's greatest athlete, but he has good hands, a very nice level of skill and plays with reasonable physicality. Diallo doesn't have the greatest skill, but he is a big-time, run-and-jump athlete who plays way over the rim and runs the floor like a much-smaller player. Each player seems to be improving rapidly and they are both guys that I would really like to get more familiar with because I still haven't gotten to see a lot of them.
In 2015, the name that keeps coming up for me is James Bolden from Covington (Kent.) Holmes. I've only been able to watch the 6-foot-1 point guard in one game and that was one that I watched online. But the sophomore looks to be a dynamic athlete who can really score and has some vision. I know Xavier just offered and if everything I hear matches up with his actual game, then I'm betting many more will be on the way.
Good comp, bad comp
Can you compare Rashad Vaughn and Kevon Looney?
-- @tchoopsczar (via Twitter)
I can certainly compare Vaughn and Looney, but it is pretty evident that the five-star juniors are totally different types of players. A 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Minneapolis, Vaughn is an athletically explosive wing who has tremendous range and well above average natural scoring instincts.
From Milwaukee, Looney has now grown to around 6-foot-9 and is trending more as a power forward. He is not the same level of run-and-jump athlete that Vaughn is, but he is very smart, fundamentally sound and has become a big-time factor as a shot-blocker and rebounder as his game has evolved. Vaughn still has tons of untapped ability as he improves his ball-handling and becomes consistent with his effort -- an area in which he's made tremendous strides. Looney could be a little less straight up and down at times and will continue to add strength as time goes on. Both Vaughn and Looney are part of a pretty strong group of kids in the Midwest for 2014.
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'Tropp (7/25/1989, 6', 186 lbs.) led the Spartans in scoring this season with a career-high 42 points (20+22) in 37 games, and was ranked among the nation's leaders in goals, PPG (9) and GWG (5). For his efforts, Tropp was named Michigan State's Team MVP and Outstanding Offensive Player in 2009-10. A native of Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, Tropp finished his collegiate career with 70 points (29+41) in 100 games at Michigan State.'
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A gathering of area neighborhood folk sampled cuisine from The Friendly Fox, Shigs in Pit, the Affine food truck, Billy's Dug Out and more while watching area ethnic groups perform music and dance.
PAPA consists of the Williams-Woodland, Fairfield, Creighton-Home, Oakdale, Historic South Wayne, Illsley Place and West Rudisill Boulevard neighborhood associations. The neighborhoods are bounded by Calhoun Street on the east, Broadway on the west, Creighton Avenue on the north and Rudisill Boulevard on the south.


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Thanks to the generosity of someone I've never spoken to and the thoughtfulness of Ngawang Drolma I have extra tickets to the Dalai Lama's teaching in Long Beach this weekend ( Four Noble Truths ). If you'd like to go, let me know and we can arrange to get the tickets to you.
I'll be meeting Drolma there...my first meeting with a Dhamma Wheel regular.


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Wash the cilantro, dry well, and finely chop, then stir the chopped cilantro into the mixture. I let mine sit for about 20 minutes more before I served it over the halibut.
Tomatillo Salsa with Roasted Green Chiles, Cilantro, and Lime
(Makes about 4 cups of salsa, recipe adapted from Tomatillo Salsa by Mark Bittman.)
3 cups finely diced tomatillos (about 10-12 tomatillos)
6-8 roasted green chiles, diced (this was about 3 oz diced roasted green chiles, could use canned green chiles, but remember they will be hotter due to seeds)
1 T minced garlic
2/3 cup finely diced red onion (or use white onion)
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
green Tobasco to taste, or other hot sauce (I used about 1/2 tsp.)
1/3 - 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
1 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro (or less)
After the flavors have blended together for a while, add hot sauce and lime juice to taste. Wash cilantro, spin dry or dry with paper towels, then finely chop 1 cup cilantro and mix into salsa. I let it sit for about 20 minutes more before I ate it.
This will stay good in the refrigerator for about a week. I thought the flavor was even better after it was in the fridge overnight.
South Beach Suggestions:
More Recipes Featuring Tasty Tomatillos:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Tomatillo and Black Bean Salsa with Avocado, Lime, and Cilantro from Kalyn's Kitchen
Cafe Rio Style Creamy Tomatillo Salad Dressing from Kalyn's Kitchen
Black Bean and Tomatillo Soup with Lime and Cilantro from Kalyn's Kitchen
Green Beans with Tomatillo Salad Dressing from A Veggie Venture
Chickpea and Tomatillo Soup from Cookworm
Fried Green Tomatillo Grilled Cheese Sandwich from Hugging the Coast
Tomatillo and Yellow Tomato Salsa from Cheap Healthy Good
Roasted Tomatillo Gazpacho from The Gracious Bowl
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text: This news item expired on 4/16/2013, so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. The New Small Garden with Peter Loewer On Tuesday, April 16 at 7pm at the Fairview Library, local author and gardening expert Peter Loewer will present "The New Small Garden." This program will be tailored for the gardener with a small amount of space, or even limited to a wooden deck at a condominium. It is illustrated with pictures of real gardens, including many shots of the author's own garden rooms. For more information, contact the Fairview Library at 250-6484 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Cancer Genetics
Fatty Tumors and Cancer Development
I had a c-section almost 8 years ago now. Ever since it I have had a knot in my stomach area and it hurts. It is starting to hurt more severly andhas become more persistent. Can fatty tumors become cancerous and should I worry about it hurting me? What are the pros and cons to removing it? What assurance will I have that it will be gone when it is removed?
You should discuss this with your primary care physician. If you don't have a primary care physician, you should try to find one. This does not mean that there is something wrong, only that I am not an MD and am not able to give you more information about the pain you are experiencing. If you are not able to find a physician, you might contact your county health department and see if they can arrange an appointment for you.
Duane D Culler, PhD, MS
Clinical Instructor of Genetics
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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Corn conditions are unchanged for yet another week despite soggy fields in the central Plains and dry crops along the northern tier of the Corn Belt.
According to the USDA's "Crop Progress" report released on Monday, 64 percent of the country's corn is in good to excellent condition – a duplicate of last week's report.
However, while conditions may bode well for most of the Corn Belt, a trio of states continues to report the worst conditions in the country – Colorado, Kansas and Missouri.
Kansas now reigns as having the worst corn in the nation with 26 percent in poor to very poor condition. However, conditions cannot be attributed to only one meteorological factor as drought dominates as the state ranges from parched in the west to flooded in the east.
Missouri is similar, with 15 percent of corn in these same struggling conditions. Fields in the southern half of the state are soggy with crops in the northern half desperate for rain.
Other states may soon join this list, including Iowa where 17 percent of corn is in poor or worse condition. A wet June helped crops, but a dry July and August has opened the door for a return to drought.
Corn progress remains behind the five-year average. Just 5 percent of corn has dented, compared to the five-year average of 17 percent and last year's report of 39 percent.
Soybeans are handling weather slightly better with a slight shift in conditions. Fourteen percent of soybeans are in excellent condition, compared to 13 percent last week. Soybeans in Iowa and Arkansas took a hit thanks to drier weather, but overall conditions are staying steady. Twelve of the top 18 soybean-producing states are reporting fewer than 10 percent of soybeans in poor to very poor condition.
Soybeans are also progressing slightly better than corn, with 88 percent blooming, compared to the five-year average of 92 percent. Fifty-eight percent of soybeans are now setting pods, 10 percentage points below the five-year average.


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The Whitaker International Program sends emerging leaders in U.S. biomedical engineering (or bioengineering) overseas to undertake a self-designed project that will enhance their careers within the field. The goal of the program is to assist the development of professional leaders who are not only superb scientists, but who also will advance the profession through an international outlook. Along with supporting grant projects in an academic setting, the Whitaker International Program encourages grantees to engage in policy work and propose projects in an industry setting.
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By WINNELLE HORNE
Director, Quilt Museum
The Log Cabin Quilters met Thursday, Sept. 23, at the Levy County Quilt Museum. All the boxes of fabric and other sewing materials have been taken to Grace Works in High Springs and Medic Ayers Nursing Home. Now we can get back to normal. We will be going to the Sheriff's jail in Gainesville to take bags of clothes to the inmates getting out of jail that have nothing to put on.
The Cannon-Janney Reunion will be held on Saturday, Oct. 9, beginning at 9 a.m. at Manatee Springs State Park.
You and your family are invited. Participants are asked to bring family pictures, and a favorite dish or dessert. Attendees will also need to bring beverages and lawn chairs for their comfort.
R.S.V.P. to Barbara Cannon Scott at 386-935-3702, or Janice Cannon Beckham at 352-481-5510, or Rose (Donnie) Parkinson at 352-339-5619.
Megan Marlene Weatherford and Scott Christopher Snyder have announced their engagement. The couple will exchange vows on Saturday, Oct., 2, 2010, at Pine Grove Baptist Church in Trenton. A reception will follow.
The Jefferson-Sheffield American Legion Auxiliary No. 91 in Trenton is making an effort to support by fundraising, the Gainesville Fisher House.
The Gainesville Fisher House Foundation is about supporting families of wounded or injured service men and women. They help with housing for families while they are in the VA Hospital undergoing rehabilitation or treatment. Their website is www.fisherhouse.org in case someone in not familiar with it.
The Annual Gulf Hammock Homecoming and Smallwood Reunion will be held on Saturday, Oct. 9, beginning at 10 a.m. at Henry Beck Park in Gulf Hammock.
Lunch will be at 1 p.m. Plates, utensils, cups, tea, and ice will be furnished. Those participating are asked to please bring a covered dish and chairs. Friends, relatives, residents, and former residents of Gulf Hammock are invited.
For more information, please call Amelia at 352-629-4438, Abby at 850-997-5153 or Donald at 225-698-9435.
The 2009-2010 Levy County 4-H Sewing campers completed a community service project as part of the camps. They made necktie coolers for our soldiers. When soaked in cold water these necktie coolers expand and assist with keeping our soldiers cool.
And as it happens, one of the fiscal assistants at the University of Florida IFAS Family Nutrition Program is married to a soldier. He happened to be home on leave as the summer was ending and has agreed to accept the coolers and take them back to the soldiers.
Director, Quilt Museum
The Log Cabin Quilters met Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Levy County Quilt Museum. It was a great day. We had a Church group over from Hawthorne to come by and visit. Some we hadn't seen in several years.
Sometimes they come to see if I'm still here and I tell them my Lord hasn't come yet so I'm still here.
Mrs. Carolyn Cohens – Gent of Chiefland announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Katrina Cohens of Chiefland to David Williams Jr. of Gainesville. David is the son of Ms. Rosetta Joshua Williams and Mr. David Williams Sr. of Gainesville.
The next meeting of the Suwannee River Garden Club will be held Monday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m.
Haven Hospice's Healing Hearts program hosted eight children at Camp Safe Haven on July 17 at First Baptist Church in Williston. The day camp, designed for children ages 6 to 12 who have experienced the loss of a loved one, provides an opportunity to have fun with their peers as well as sharing experiences.
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When was the last time you talked with an executive from a company that has 25% of your life savings? Have you ever chatted with a seemingly low-level employee from a company over which you lose sleep, finding out how it's doing at the ground floor? Quick, what are the top three companies in Dell's (DELL) supply chain, seeing as you have owned the stock from 2007?
If my career has yielded one valuable insight, it's that the average investor is unlikely to have met an individual directly or indirectly involved with a stock in their portfolio. So -- while some finance blogger may be preparing for calls with people who have knowledge on a company's supply chain -- where should you go for such knowledge? Where can you find fresh information on stocks and markets that nobody is caring to mention?
This sounds incredibly simplistic, but go to the corporations themselves, and peruse those free SEC filings. The trick to pursuing organic knowledge is to read in large volume -- and, after a while, you'll uncover certain trends with ease. With that in mind, here are a few trends I've found as I've pounded the phone old-school style -- and from plowing through reams of company filings like a human Bloomberg terminal.
First, Yum Brands (YUM) same-store sales are up 1% in the U.S. That paints a bleak picture of the low-income consumer, much in the way that McDonald's (MCD) did a couple weeks ago. For those who jumped inside the hot-air balloon that was McDonald's, believing it to be the ultimate turnaround stock, Yum! Brands core numbers should have served as a karate chop to the gut.
Also, Clorox (CLX), Church & Dwight (CWD) -- and, to a lesser extent, Kimberly Clark (KMB) -- have pushed through pretty strong price increases on products that, on balance, are reformulated or repackaged not to last as long (which increases new-purchase frequency). Volume for consumer-product companies is growing noticeably more slowly than are price increases. That, in turn, brings into question the true health of the consumer as folks contend that the "wealth effect" will increase spending.
On that subject, I recently talked with an executive at Family Dollar (FDO). From this, I have personally concluded that -- instead of the dollar stores themselves -- the best investing option is consumer-product names (Clorox in particular) that sell into an aggressively expanding dollar sector. Dollar stores are giving brand names greater shelf space. While that hurts their profit margins, it is helpful to those consumer-product companies by way of increased distribution. Moreover, if the announcement from 3M (MMM) was a "tell," stronger-than-expected fourth quarters from consumer-product companies -- and encouraging first-quarter outlooks -- could lead to hearty dividend or stock-buyback increases.
The basic message here is that all of the above ideas have been spun directly from the companies themselves. Is it a good sign that consumers are able to buy that newly released concentrated Clorox liquid bleach at a premium price? Sure. But I really am starting to wonder if the U.S. economy is strong enough to support price increases from different walks of life -- say, products for everyday needs -- without negatively impacting other kinds of spending. For example, more outlays on basic necessities may stand to chip away at the budget for that now-higher-priced Disney (DIS) vacation package.
No, this is not a market-top call. Stay engaged. I remain unwilling to proclaim, "OMG, the sky is falling, toss in the towel" until I am hit over the head with actual facts.


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Fugitive who walked away from Yankton prison a year ago nabbed in Iowa
STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) — A 54-year-old man who'd fled a South Dakota prison facility more than a year ago has been found in northwest Iowa.
Police in Storm Lake say David Lee, originally from Minneapolis, was captured Friday. Officers had been tipped to watch for a vehicle listed as stolen from a dealership in Hermantown, Minn. It was found parked near a Storm Lake apartment building. Police say Lee fled when he realized officers were in the area, looking for him. He was found hiding under a mattress in a garage nearby.
He remains in Storm Lake custody, pending extradition to South Dakota.
Police say Lee walked away from a community transition program at the Yankton minimum-security facility on Feb. 8 last year. He'd been serving time for forgery.


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The Eureka Police Department named a suspect Wednesday in what officials believe was an intentional hit-and-run spurred by a ongoing dispute that almost killed a woman in January.
Eureka resident Darren Silva, 50, allegedly ran over Margaret Contreras, 50, while she walked on Buhne street near Pine Street on Jan. 11.
She barely survived her injuries. Contreras was airlifted to Santa Rosa Memorial in critical condition. Officials said her injuries included broken bones and bruised and lacerated organs. She is out of the hospital, but still in significant pain.
"They knew each other pretty well," EPD Detective Ron Harpham said. "There was a dispute going on between them over some stolen property."
An arrest warrant for attempted murder has been issued for Silva. The EPD has asked Silva's family and friends to encourage him to surrender.
Officials said witnesses described how a white 1987 Toyota pickup stopped on Pine, facing south at the intersection of Buhne and Pine, before making a hard right turn and driving up onto the sidewalk, running over Contreras and knocking down a fence.
Prior to the hit-and-run, Silva and Contreras had a falling out over a stolen gun, Harpham said.
The gun was stolen from a mutual friend of Silva and Contreras, who were both in the house when it went missing. The friend accused Silva and Contreras of stealing it, Harpham said. Contreras allegedly reported the theft to the EPD.
Silva and Contreras accused each other of stealing the gun, Harpham said. Both were reportedly concerned about who would get to remain friends with the person whose gun was stolen.
"I'm pretty confident what we're going to be able to prove is that he was heard expressing 'I'm going to kill Margaret' less than an hour before this incident," Harpham said.
During the investigation, EPD found surveillance video that shows Silva's 1987 white Toyota pickup driving on the sidewalk where the hit-and-run occurred.
"Next thing you know, he's driving down the sidewalk, knocking over a fence, and you can see the truck going up and going down ... which is what we believe is going to be the cause of him running over her," Harpham said.
When officials spoke with Contreras, she was able to corroborate witness statements, Harpham said.
Silva pleaded guilty in March 2012 to one count of possession of methamphetamine, according to court records. He was placed on three years probation.
The EPD has two leads on Silva's location, but the department is giving him a chance to turn himself in, Harpham said. The EPD had previously spoken with Silva regarding the incident, he said.
The EPD is asking anyone with information on Silva's whereabouts to call the EPD at 441-4044 or Harpham at 441-4305.
Lorna Rodriguez can be reached at 441-0506 or email@example.com.


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HLA-B35 Alleles and AIDS
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This study will identify variations in the genome of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) early after infection and following the development of AIDS. It will analyze genetic material and clinical data from HIV-positive individuals to assess differences in viral epitopes between patients with two different gene alleles (alternative forms of a gene)-B*3501 and B*3503. (An epitope is a molecular region on the surface of an antigen capable of eliciting an immune response and of combining with the specific antibody produced by such a response.)
HIV disease in people with the B*3503 allele progresses significantly faster than it does in people with the B*3501 allele. This study might provide information that is potentially useful in developing a successful HIV vaccine.
Blood samples and clinical data for analysis will be obtained from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; the University of Pittsburgh; the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County; the Howard Brown Health Center; Northwestern University; and the University of California at Los Angeles.
|Study Type:
|Official Title:
|Comparison of HIV-1 Epitopes That May be Recognized by HLA-B*3501 (PY) and -B*3503 (Px) Early After Seroconversion and After Development of AIDS
|Study Start Date:
|September 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2007
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Sera and relevant clinical data from properly consented HIV positive seroconverters will be provided to the LGD for analysis. No available subjects will be excluded to maximize power. We will request an accrual ceiling of 100 participants.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00340223
|United States, California
|University of California, Los Angeles
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|Howard Brown Health Center
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60613
|John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
|Chicago, Illinois, United States
|United States, Maryland
|John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|United States, Pennsylvania
|University of Pittsburgh
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15261
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|NCT00340223 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 19, 2006
|Last Updated:
|May 9, 2012
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Viral Selection
Disease Progression
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Nintendo 3DS Streetpass
Street Pass allows you to swap game data instantly with fellow 3DS players as you walk past them in the street. You won't need to stop and ask if someone has a 3DS or hold it at arm's length - as long as you have your console with you with the wireless on, as you pass people your fellow 3DS-ers you will swap data for supporting titles.
From other players' track times to beat in racing games, to inheriting fighting styles, rewards and other in-game items, there's plenty of opportunities to share with StreetPass. You can swap Miis and with other players and puzzle pieces, which, when completed, can be viewed in 3D. You can also take part in Street Quest where you use other peoples Miis to save your own from ghosts that have kidnapped your Mii.
Street Pass is fun and addictive and you'll always smile when you see the green light showing you have a Street Pass!


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tiltbillings wrote:Recall that from the perspective of the Buddha's teachings in the Pali, the 'All' {SN IV 15} is composed entirely of phassa, contact between sense base and sense object. We can only directly know phenomena within this 'world of experience', so from the Theravadin perspective, we cannot know whether there really exists a 'brain' or a 'body' apart from moments of intellectual consciousness, of seeing (the image of a brain), and so on. The discourses of the Pali describe an individual world of experience as composed of various mental and physical factors, nama and rupa. These two are not the separate, independent worlds that Rene Descartes envisioned.
"…the Buddha spoke of the human person as a psychophysical personality (namarupa). Yet the psychic and the physical were never discussed in isolation, nor were they viewed as self-subsistent entities. For him, there was neither a 'material-stuff' nor a 'mental-stuff', because both are results of reductive analyses that go beyond experience."53
The physical and mental aspects of human experience are continually arising together, intimately dependent on one another.
53 Kalupahana 1976: 73, refers to D.15{II,62}, where the Buddha speaks of both
physicality and mentality mutually dependent forms of contact (phassa).
Physicality is described as contact with resistance (pat.ighasamphassa),
mentality as contact with concepts (adhivacanasamphassa).
STRONG ROOTS by Jake Davis, page 190-1. http://www.dharma.org/bcbs/Pages/docume ... gRoots.pdf
Jake Davis seems to be all entangled in 'namarupa'.


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Vader and Chewie get supersized...
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Following their collection of 4" and 9" Star Wars Talking Plush (see our story HERE), Underground Toys reveals a new deluxe assortment. Measuring a more huggable height of 15-inches tall, this August collection includes Darth Vader and Chewbacca. Vader features heavy breathing sound effects, while Chewie stars his trademark wookie growl.


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TOP Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May surprised car enthusiasts by turning up out of the blue for Castle Combe's Japfest this weekend.
The team arrived to film at the Castle Combe race circuit for the event on Saturday, billed as Europe's biggest and best Japanese car show.
Delighted fans posted their pictures of the world-famous presenters driving Fiat 124, an MGB GT and a Peugeot on the internet and on Twitter shortly afterwards.
Amateur photographer Andy Price travelled down from Stoke for the festival and rushed round to see the filming after his 22-year-old son Simon spotted the trio.
He said: "It looked as though they were doing one of the challenges. They did a bit where James May couldn't get the roof up and down on his car and they appeared on the track two or three hours later.
"The three of them went round the track once and then it came to the next one and there was no sign of Clarkson. They were racing around against Japanese cars. They were against all sorts of cars.
"It was a very pleasant surprise to be honest, it's not one of these things you expect to see them at.
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Simon encourages Carly to get drunk.
Will and Gwen reconcile.
Monday, September 11, 2006 is the 5th anniversary of 9/11. Soapdom honors the memory of those who perished on 9/11/01 and heralds the bravery of those who lost their lives to help others.
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Pure analog electronic snares, snaps and crashes are what the new Jomox M.Brain 1_1 is all about. If your like me and have spent countless hours searching for the snap sound in Soft Cell's Tainted Love (iTunes link) then this seems like this box is for you. I know I'm going to grab one to sit next to my MBase. If you haven't already seen it be sure to check out my visit to Jomox and interview with Jürgen Michaelis: click here
Audio demo: MBrane11Demo-01Master.mp3
"Analog Membrane Modeling. Two analog T-bridge oscillators become electronic membranes. Why? Because they can be coupled. And because their dampening can be controlled. Then add a little noise, add a little envelope, and the brand new electronic percussion synthesizer of Jomox is ready." – Jomox.de
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This game was classified by the community with the following category scores - Violence=0/3, Sex=0/3, Mature Content=0/3. A fun game of Memory for the whole family. Up to 4 players take turns flipping cards to find their matches. This Xbox version saves you the trouble of laying out all those rows & rows of cards on the carpet. Small grid and rumble turn indicator make it child friendly or try larger grid for more challenge. We wrote this to play with our 4 kids and hope you will enjoy it as much as we do :)
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Couples in Context: An RCT of a Couples-based HIV Prevention Intervention
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The prevalence for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in South Africa is 18% among 15-49 year old adults and 30% among female antenatal clinic attendees (UNAIDS, 2007), indicating continuing need for effective HIV prevention. Further, recent studies in sub-Saharan Africa found 60-94% of new HIV infections are occurring within marriage or co-habiting heterosexual partnerships (Dunkle et al., 2008). These findings signal the need for HIV prevention interventions that target couples in South Africa. This study is a randomized controlled trial of a behavioral intervention to increase HIV testing among couples living in Vulindlela, South Africa.
The proposed intervention consists of six sessions (one mixed gender group, one single gender group, and four couples' counseling sessions). Using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design with 350 heterosexual couples, we will test the hypothesis that compared with a one-time mixed-gender group session, the proposed intervention will improve communication, intimacy and trust necessary for mutual decision-making about behaviours related to sexual risk behaviour and testing for HIV. Improving couples' ability and motivation to participate in Couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC) for HIV will in turn lead to reductions in sexual risk behaviour. Both of these outcomes are necessary and effective strategies to reduce the risk of HIV transmission within primary partnerships.
This intervention is informed by several qualitative studies conducted in Vulindlela and Soweto, South Africa via a K08 award from NIH, as well as other funding sources. These preliminary studies provided insight into the challenges couples face in participating in CHCT, as well as the skills they need in order to address these barriers. Our experience conducting both qualitative and quantitative studies with comparable populations (i.e. South African couples) has also informed the recruitment and retention methods in this intervention. The proposed study takes advantage of the infrastructure and collaborative relationships that the PI has developed that have enabled her to implement and conduct research within these communities.
The specific aims of the project are to test the efficacy of a theory-based and culturally appropriate couples-based intervention on the following outcomes:
- Rates of testing for HIV,
- Sexual risk behaviour for HIV (with primary and any concurrent partners).
In addition we will evaluate the extent to which hypothesized mediating factors (e.g., relationship dynamics) explain the major outcomes and the extent to which the intervention affects these factors.
Ultimately, our goal is to facilitate the outcome that members of partnerships learn their own and their partner's HIV status. This is a crucial step for effective behavioural risk reduction, yet it is a relatively uncommon occurrence for partners in Vulindlela, South Africa. Specifically, mutual disclosure of HIV status accomplishes two important goals.
First, this knowledge can facilitate risk-reduction behaviour within partnerships via effecting positive changes (e.g., condom use) in sexual behaviour with primary and any concurrent partners. Second, knowledge of HIV status can increase access to treatment and care for HIV-positive individuals, as well as reinforce behavioural choices (e.g., limiting concurrent partners) to stay HIV-negative. As couples are particularly vulnerable for HIV infection in this context, increasing testing for HIV and reducing likelihood of behavioural transmission of HIV within partnerships would be a high-impact outcome with the potential to significantly reduce the impact of HIV in an area already severely affected by the pandemic.
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|Behavioral: Couples Counselling Sessions
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Investigator)
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|Randomized Controlled Trial of a Couples-based Intervention to Increase Testing for HIV Among Heterosexual Couples in Vulindlela, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Rates of testing for HIV [ Time Frame: Up to 9 Months post intervention ]Measuring whether participants underwent Couples HIV Counseling and Testing (CHCT) through the study.
- Sexual Risk Behavior [ Time Frame: Up to 9 months post intervention ]Measuring specific sexual risk behaviors including condom use and concurrent partnerships.
- Mediating Factors [ Time Frame: 9 Month Follow Up ]The extent to which mediating factors (e.g., relationship dynamics) explain the major outcomes and the extent to which the intervention affects these factors.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2015
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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No Intervention: Control
Couples do not receive intervention (counseling sessions) during study period. They do undergo one group-based session.
Upon completion of 9 month follow-up, participants in this arm can undergo a condensed, 2 session version of the intervention.
Experimental: Couples' Counseling Sessions
4 couples' counseling sessions focusing on problem solving and communication skills for the couple. Based upon the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP.)
Behavioral: Couples Counselling Sessions
4 couples' counseling sessions focusing on problem solving and communication skills for the couple. Based upon the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP.)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- both partners 18 or older
- in a relationship with opposite sex partner (defined as: "are you currently in a relationship with a person of the opposite sex to whom you feel committed above anyone else and with whom you have had sexual relations?")
- Both partners report the relationship length has lasted at least 6 months
- Both partners willing and able to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Both partners report participating in couples-based testing for HIV with their current partner (Defined as: Both partners tested for HIV at the same time and disclosed results).
- Either partner reports current marital status as polygamous
- Either partner reports domestic violence (as actor or recipient) within the past 6 months with the current partner.
- Both partners have ever disclosed HIV test results to each other via individual or couples testing
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01953133
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|Human Sciences Research Council Sweetwaters
|Vilundlela, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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|Lynae Darbes, PhD
|University of California, San Francisco
|Responsible Party:
|University of California, San Francisco
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01953133 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 24, 2013
|Last Updated:
|October 21, 2014
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text: Live Life Fully: How can you stop obsessive negative thoughts? By Linda Arnold June 29, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- What's up with those nagging thoughts that won't leave us alone? How can we turn them off?"You have the power to turn your wounds and worries into wisdom. You just have to accept what has happened and use what you've learned to step forward. Everything you've experienced has given you the upper hand for dealing with everything you have yet to experience. Realize this -- and set yourself free."I appreciate these words of wisdom from the blog "Spirituality and Community." If only it were that easy.How do we take the first steps on this road to recovery? The path is different for different folks. And the degree to which we can, and do, let go of the past has everything to do with our ingrained patterns. It's hard to just flip a switch. Repetition is the key to changing behavior. We need to create a new belief and keep focusing our thoughts and actions on that over and over. Easier said than done though.It helps to look at the fears that drive our behavior. The biggest one is "I'm not good enough." This can play out on many levels, and it drives us to prove our worth by achieving more and more things. This can lead to "striving and not arriving," as my mentor Bill Turner used to say.Another red flag is when you find yourself paying too much attention to what other people think. Having to have someone else's approval or validation only underscores that you don't feel worthy enough yourself. Throughout my research this one keeps popping up. And you know you're going down this path when you start to set aside your own principles to please other people. Or develop addictions to escape.Remember the Stuart Smalley spoof on "Saturday Night Live" some years ago? His character would often repeat affirmations into the camera: "I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And, doggone it, people like me." It was a funny skit, but there are definitely some nuggets of reality there.Author and therapist Morty Lefkoe examines this topic against a backdrop of personal needs, obsessive behaviors and survival strategy beliefs: Personal needsNeeding to have the right answers.Needing to be liked.Needing to appear intelligent. Needing to look good.We're not just talking about the desire to solve problems and be pleasant around others. It's when you're compulsively focused in these areas -- and your life is run by these needs -- that's the danger. You're always thinking about ways to know the right answer, to control the situation, to impress others and to look good. Or maybe you've been an innocent victim in a situation and can't see any way out.Where do these compulsions come from? Lefkoe explains that each of these needs is the result of several beliefs. What belief would result in people needing to be liked? They'd likely have the survival strategy belief, "What makes me good enough and important is having people think well of me."What belief would result in someone needing to have the right answers and to look good? They almost certainly would have the survival strategy belief, "What makes me good enough and important is appearing intelligent." Likewise with the need to appear intelligent: "What makes me good enough and important enough is appearing intelligent."All three of these beliefs imply two other beliefs: "I'm not good enough, and I'm not important." Our survival strategy beliefs have us think our sense of self -- our self-worth -- is a function of achieving something outside of ourselves. And, because we "need" this thing -- whatever it is -- to feel good about ourselves, our lives are devoted to it. As a result, most of our focus can be on having others think well of us, continually striving to achieve more and more, wanting to look good and appearing intelligent. These needs put up a barrier between ourselves and others that impairs our ability to be authentic and to have close relationships. Which is the very thing that was driving our behavior in the first place. What a vicious circle!Awareness is the first step. You can't change what you don't acknowledge. When you start to see these patterns though, you can take steps to make changes. Lefkoe has developed a technique, The Lefkoe Method, that deals with dissolving destructive behavioral patterns.Another technique recently relayed by a friend is the "stop sign" technique. Whenever you start to think that obsessive thought, envision a stop sign in your mind -- and substitute a healthier thought. Repeating this process over and over will eventually "disarm" the negative charge the obsessive thought has on you. A similar process involves the snapping of a covered rubber band on your wrist. These are just little triggers that can help us be aware of when we're engaging in these destructive patterns.The bottom line is, we all just want to be loved and appreciated. In relationships, we need to remember this is a two-way street. And the most important relationship we have is with ourselves.Linda Arnold, M.A., MBA, is a certified wellness instructor, counselor and chairwoman/CEO of The Arnold Agency, a marketing communications firm with offices in West Virginia, Montana and Washington, D.C. Reader comments are welcome and may be directed to Linda Arnold, The Arnold Agency, 117 Summers St., Charleston, WV 25301, or emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com. 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SAG Awards Red Carpet Sexiest Dresses 2013
The 15 Sexiest Gowns to Hit the SAG Awards Red Carpet
There was no shortage of curve-conscious cuts, daring necklines, and high-wattage finishes on tonight's SAG attendees. Translation: no matter what "sexy" means to you, there's ample inspiration in this crew of red-carpet arrivals. Sofia Vergara didn't stray far from her signature bombshell style formula in a draped Donna Karan Atelier gown, while others, like Michelle Dockery in a sleek cutout vintage Chado Ralph Rucci, showed us a subtler kind of sex appeal. Inside, we've recapped the rest of the night's most jaw-dropping dresses. Whether embellished and sheer (we're looking at you, Nicole Kidman) or finished in a striking red palette à la Jessica Chastain, these are the looks that turned heads with the hottest kind of details. Click on for the looks that smoldered at the SAG Awards.


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OAKWORTH are four points clear at the head of Mewies Solicitors Craven League Division One after they beat Bingley Congs and Ingrow St John's lost to Barrowford.
Up at Cure Hill, Congs were put in and, thanks to a swashbuckling 91 from Neil Copping (seven sixes, six fours), they posted 186 as Adam Smith claimed 6-41 and Michael Scarborough 4-54.
The home side won by three wickets in the 43rd over. Jack Davison led the way with 37 and Smith made 36 before Joel Gallagher (26no) and Steve Filkin(15no) put on an undefeated 38 for the eighth wicket as Harry Greenhalgh took 4-72.
Ingrow St John's slipped up at home to Barrowford by 12 runs. The red-rose side staggered to 114, the next highest score being nine as Wasim Hussain took 4-18 off just 3 overs.
Butt the Saints were knocked over for 102, with Nadeem Safdar top-scoring with 34.
Thornton stay in the bottom two as they went down by three wickets to Haworth Road at Booth Bridge Lane.
The hosts managed 129 as Mansha Khan claimed 4-12 but the Baildon Bottom side also found runs hard to come by. and took 36.5 overs to get over the line, with Rob Greenwood top-scoring with 35.
Haworth are moving away from the bottom of the table.
They went to Ryshworth Park and dismissed Crossflatts for 155, with Nathan Bradley scoring 61 as Damian Rowell took 6-39. Jamie Rowell (55) and Dan Trowers (56) put on 65 for the second wicket to set the Bronte side up for a welcome six-wicket victory.
Bottom side Cowling won the toss and decided to bat at home to Riddlesden but it was emphatically the wrong move.
They were blasted out for 48 in just 19.2 overs, with Martyn Dalby top-scoring with 18 as Mohammed Shahnawaz took 6-18 and Mohammed Zulfiqar 4-29.
The Grange Road team screamed home in the eighth over for the loss of just one wicket.
Division Two leaders Glusburn were at Long Lee and skittled them for just 52.
The Golden View side, shorn of their top five batsmen, had no answer to Nick Williamson (5-22) and Mark Pickles (2-27).
The visitors cruised home in the 14th over for the loss of two wickets, with Ian Simons making 41 not out.


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Nikon has announced a memory upgrade for its flagship D3 DSLR. The service, which is already available, will increase the continuous shooting buffer from 16 to 36 shots for those people shooting 14-bit lossless NEF raw files. In most filetype/compression permutations, users can expect to see around a doubling of shooting buffer. Owners wishing to upgrade are advised to contact their local service center. The price will be £300+VAT in the UK, and $500+tax in the USA.
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Lensbaby has released two new optics for their special "optic swap system." The Lensbaby Sweet 80 Optic gives you that trademark sweet spot of focus, while the Creative Bokeh optic gives you 9 different drop in aperture plate options to play with.
TechCrunch has already posted their review of the upcoming iPhone 8 (not yet the iPhone X), and they're calling it "a look into the augmented future of photography."
Affinity Photo is a $50 photo editing software with no subscriptions. That's it – pay for it once and you're done. And we think it's actually pretty darn good.
Instagram is currently testing a major change to the app's profile layout: replacing the 3-photo across grid with a 4-photo grid... and some users are NOT taking the news well.
A report by USSRPhoto is shedding some light on the return of the famed Zenit camera brand. It seems the full-frame mirrorless camera they're working on will be made in part by Leica using components from the Leica SL.
According to a reliable Korean report, Samsung is developing a smartphone sensor that's capable of super slow motion. Translation: Samsung's next batch of Galaxy smartphones may be able to shoot 1,000fps.
This simple photograph of a seahorse and Q-tip has taken the internet by storm. We spoke to photographer Justin Hofman about how it was captured, and what it means to him.
After a massive leak last week, Profoto has officially debuted the Profoto A1: the company's first on-camera flash system that they're calling "the world's smallest studio flash."
"When the first hyperfocal distance charts were designed, someone decided that an acceptably sharp background contained some blur — enough to notice in a medium-sized print [...] After that point, nearly every other hyperfocal chart followed suit."
The Canon EOS Rebel SL2 (also known as the EOS 200D) is the company's impressively compact entry-level DSLR. Packing a 24MP APS-C sensor, DIGIC 7 processor and Dual Pixel AF, it promises a lot of bang for the buck. And while not mind-blowing, it handles most tasks very well.
Correct these four common composition mistakes and your photos will be more balanced, tell a better story, and lead your viewer's eye where you want it to go.
The rugged, compact 360° action camera Kodak unveiled at Photokina in 2016, the Kodak PixPro Orbit 360, is finally available in the United States.
iOS 11 launches tomorrow, and it'll save all of your pictures in a new high efficiency image format called HEIC. Fortunately, there's now a converter that will let you turn those photos back into JPEGs.
Photo protection company ImageRights recently released a new service that lets non-subscribers take advantage of their streamlined copyright registration system that checks for errors and fills out all the required forms for you.
What's the difference between a $200 circular polarizing filter and a $100 circular polarizing filter? Roger Cicala at Lens Rentals put six different filters through a few tests to find out.
A flurry of leaks reveal that GoPro's upcoming Hero6 will shoot 4K at 60fps, 1080p at 240fps, will cost $500, and is scheduled for announcement/release on September 28th.
Before he became the iconic director whose name we've all heard, a teenage Stanley Kubrick struck up a business relationship with New York's Look magazine. No surprise: he was an incredibly talented photographer.
WD's new G-Technology G-Drive mobile SSD R-Series is a portable solid state option for photographers who want the reliability of an SSD in a rugged water and dust-resistant package.
Fast, stabilized and affordable is an appealing combination when it comes to lenses. With its latest 24-70mm F2.8, Tamron aims to upgrade autofocus speed and stabilization. We've got a full gallery from this updated full-frame zoom.
Photographer Clay Cook tells the story of his most ambitious photographic dream and career goal coming true: photographing A-list actress Jennifer Lawrence.
In an interview with a Chinese website, Nikon Japan's Director of Development dropped a bombshell, saying that a Nikon mirrorless camera "must be full-frame."
Here's a side-by-side spec comparison of two flagship devices with particular attention to the things that really matter – at least to people who prioritize photography features.
A month and a half after revealing the finalists of the 2017 EyeEm Awards, the photo sharing community and licensing marketplace has finally revealed the winners.
Photographer Josselin Cornou tells the breathtaking story behind two beautiful photos captured while snorkeling with humpback whales in Tonga.
The Sony RX10 IV is a fixed lens camera with a 1"-type sensor and 24-600mm equivalent lens that can shoot 4K video or stills at 24 fps, but that's not what we think is interesting about it. The addition of phase detection autofocus is pivotal to all those features.
The announcement date is set! Google will reveal their next generation Pixel phones—their response to Apple's shiny new iPhone X—on October 4th. Let the smartphone camera wars begin.
Sony just debuted three palm-style 4K camcorders that steal a bit of speedy phase detect autofocus technology from the company's RX10 IV. In fact, they kind of improve on it.
Earlier today, NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn's atmosphere, ending a 20 year long mission. Here are 21 of our favorite photographs captured by this incredible machine and its makers.
Fans of film photography should keep an eye out for the widespread theatrical release of Kodachrome, a movie staring Jason Sudeikis about the final days of the iconic film stock.
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Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 1: Marian Hossa celebrated his return to the lineup with a goal and two assists, and Chicago defeated Detroit. Hossa missed five games with an upper-body injury. "He changes the look, the complexion of our line, of our team game," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "We seem to have the puck a lot more when he's out there."
Flyers 4, Penguins 3: Wayne Simmonds had two power-play goals in the first period, and Philadelphia beat Pittsburgh for the second consecutive day.
Canucks 4, Panthers 3: Nicklas Jensen scored in the first period and added the only goal in the shootout, and Vancouver earned a victory over former Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo.
Capitals 4, Maple Leafs 2: Troy Brouwer scored two goals, and Washington scored three times in the first period before holding on against Toronto.
Canadiens 2, Sabres 0: Rookie Dustin Tokarski stopped 29 shots to earn his first NHL shutout in Montreal's win over Buffalo.
Jets 7, Stars 2: Dustin Byfuglien had two goals and an assist and Blake Wheeler added four assists as Winnipeg cruised past Dallas.
Game rescheduled: The NHL announced that the Columbus Blue Jackets at Dallas Stars game from March 10 — suspended 6:23 after the start when Stars forward Rich Peverley collapsed on the bench — will be played on April 9 at American Airlines Center in Dallas.


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Be honest – when was the last time you backed up any of your computer data? And your genealogy research date? What are you waiting for – a major disaster to strike? Or perhaps a minor one? Follow all the data backup news here at GeneaBloggers where the first day of each month is Data Backup Day.
Backing Up Your Genealogy Data Webinar
Check out my webinar entitled Backing Up Your Genealogy Data! Have you ever experienced a data loss when it comes to your genealogy research? Not yet? Well if not, have you prepared for what might happen if your hard drive fails? What if your laptop is lost or stolen? Learn the basics of backing up all your genealogy data including identifying data, common backup methods and how to use free online programs to help you make sure your data will always be available! Participants will learn various methods for backing up their genealogy data including many free online programs such as DropBox, Google Docs, Picasa and more!
This class was presented to a live webinar (online seminar) audience on March 23, 2011. 1 hour 30 minutes. Plus a link to download the 6 pages of printable and clickable links in the handouts.
Data Backup Resolutions
- Take inventory of what data needs to be backed up and how often backups should be performed. Make sure you include favorites and bookmarks, blog posts, website files, etc. These days our genealogy "data" is so much more than just our genealogy software databases.
- Select a backup method that works for you. Check out online services such as DropBox which not only gives you 2GB of free online storage, but also synchronizes your data changes across many devices including your netbook and smart phone or mobile device!
- Don't put off backing up your data! You never know when a hard drive might fail or your home could be hit by fire, flood or some other disaster.
- While you're at it, also consider securing paper documents and photos in archival acid-free and waterproof containers. And make plans to attend the next Scanfest when you can scan these items to create a digital backup.
- Help spread the word about the importance of data backups for genealogists and family historians. Place a status message on your Facebook page or using Twitter. Make a mention in your genealogical society newsletter or make the announcement in person next time you attend a meeting.
Ways To Backup Your Data
"Back in the day" the ways of securing your data meant copying to CDs or "ugh" even floppy disks (remember those?). Luckily these days we have more and more devices including cheap external drives with 1 TB or more of store and online applications that will backup your data – for free!
- Hard Drive: if you have room on your hard drive, create a "copy folder" of your essential data. This not only gives you a second copy but is what you can use to copy out to CDs, DVDs or other media.
- CDs and DVDs: if your computer has a CD or DVD burner, you can create your own CDs and DVDs to store data.
- External Hard Drive: an external hard drive can connect to your computer via a USB connection and they can hold 1 TB (that's terabyte as in 1,000 GB) at a relatively cheap price (some under $100). What's also nice is the size: some can fit in the palm of your hand.
- Online Backup Services: there are a variety of sites that allow you to backup your data – some even for free!
Data Types To Backup
The main focus is your research database but think about backing up these items as well:
- blog posts and templates
- emails
- Internet favorites and bookmarks
- photos and scanned documents
Data Backup Resources
GeneaBloggers has developed a resource list of data backup methodologies and solutions. Click here to learn how you can backup almost every aspect of your blog, your browser, your computer – even Macs!
Recent Genealogy Blogger Experiences
If you think that data loss can't happen to you, see what your genealogy blogging colleagues have said recently:
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Craft Fair and Used Book Sale
Craft fair and Used Book Sale, Sat. Oct. 19th 9am – 4pm. Admission is FREE. Something for everyone. Crafts, flea market items and books!
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The Utica Lions' Auxiliary is sponsoring its' annual craft fair and used book sale on Saturday October 19th from 9 am – 4 pm. Admission is FREE!
Crafts, flea market items and books for every age and interest, including large print books. Plenty of food and drink, 50/50 raffle, bake sale and more! All Lions' auxiliary proceeds benefit "The Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired" children's programs. For more information or vendor space call 865-8011 or 724-4434.


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February 12, 2011
We were out celebrating Valentine's Day weekend. My mom was babysitting our two kids and James and I were just leaving the club after a romantic evening of dinner and dancing. We headed down the sidewalk, holding hands, to find a cab. James turned to say something to me, and — in one flashing instant — a cab found us.
Apparently, the driver of the taxi had fallen asleep behind the wheel. His cab veered off the street, onto the sidewalk, plowing into the crowd around us. In all, some 25 people were injured, some seriously. I heard voices crying, "There's a woman under the car!" That was me.
I recall the impact — and flying through the air — and falling to the sidewalk. I'm told the "falling" sensation was due to my collapsing onto the cement, when the cab driver backed away from the brick wall after pinning me. I heard James calling my name. Someone, a Marine vet, tied a tourniquet on my leg. I started chanting my children's names. I went into shock.
The next two days are a blur of fleeting impressions. I recall bright lights. I heard a nurse tell the medical staff to cut my dress. I'm thinking, this was one of my favorite outfits! Do you really have to ruin it?
At some point during those early moments in the trauma center, I heard the "amputation" word discussed by the medical staff. I was in and out of consciousness, so I didn't really "process" what I was hearing. But I did understand, early on, that my leg was in serious jeopardy.
I had two long operations in the first two days — mostly to examine the damage, assess options, and decide on a course of action. On the second day, Dr. Paul Girard took over — the orthopaedic surgeon I now call my "Angel in Disguise." Dr. Girard treated wounded troops in Iraq, so he was no stranger to "extremity trauma" as I learned my leg injury would be classified. It was Dr. Girard who first determined that my leg was not lost, and who devised the surgical approach to save it. Until then, no one was betting I'd come out of this with two legs.
Those were the first two of nine total surgeries. I was in the hospital for 5 ½ weeks. Dr. Girard led my surgical plan, and the procedures, throughout this period. He continues to supervise all aspects of my progress.
It was months in a wheelchair before I could put even a light weight on my leg. More months on crutches, before I could lean on it. Today, I'm walking short distances with just a cane. A long way from the fitness and activity level I was used to before the crash, but Dr. Girard assures me I'm "ahead of schedule" on recovery performance.
I wouldn't be truthful if I didn't own up to some occasional feelings of depression and even anger. But only moments. James and our two children have led my support team. The crash did more than change my life — it severely affected my whole family, as well. They have been so strong.
Today, I see a wonderful physical therapist three days a week for three hours. The other days, I go to the gym, trying to regain the upper body strength I lost from being inactive for so long. The plate in my leg is still very painful and there is still some swelling. It's been less than a year since the crash, and I'm told my recovery will take two years.
No one is making predictions — except me. It just seems, if I'm going to spend so many hours each day working so hard, I need to have high expectations for where it's all going.
My goal is to play tennis again.
Dr. Girard knows what I'm training for. He smiles when we talk about it. I know a part of his smile comes from hearing me talk about getting back on the court, in light of all that's happened. The other part of his smile comes from knowing I'm going to do it.
Thank you, Dr. Paul Girard. How lucky was I to have an orthopaedic surgeon with wartime experience and special insights on how to treat an injury like mine?