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This homemade costume for boys entered our 2011 Halloween Costume Contest.
A word from Linda, the 'The Claw' costume creator:
My son Will is dressed as "The Claw" - the game where you try to grab prizes with a claw!
We took a box and cut windows on three sides, then cut some additional pieces of cardboard to make the platform for the joystick, as well as a support "shelf" for the stuffed animals. We cut open a clear plastic container and taped it to the lower part of the front window so the animals wouldn't fall out. We also hot glued some shoulder straps inside to support the weight of the box (it wasn't very heavy.) We spray painted it black and glued aluminum foil to the back wall of the box so it would look like a mirror. We spray painted a pen and rubber ball as the joystick, and the top of a plastic toy box for the button. My husband bent some aluminum wire to construct the claw, then we printed the photos of the Toy Story aliens, the dollar bill slot and coin return and you have... "THE CLAW!"
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Disco legend Donna Summer has died after a battle with cancer, TMZ is reporting. She was 63 years old.
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We went to Mike Tenay and Jeremy Borash. They stated Taz was "on assignment.†They talked about the return of the X-Division's six-sided ring. They played it up as if Brian Kendrick was out to take the X-Division title back for the Abyss. Borash and Tenay came off pretty polished early.
Samoa Joe vs. Kazarian
Immediately, Kazarian attacked Joe in the corner. They went back and forth slugging it out with punches and chops. Joe went for a choke but Kazarian slipped out to the outside. Joe went to follow but Kazarian went to the ring. He went to take out Joe but was caught and nailed with a running kick. Joe and Kazarian battled back and forth on the outside until Joe raked his eyes.
Joe whipped Kazarian towards the ring. Kaz leapt onto the apron but Joe avoided a kick and Kazarian crashed and burned. Back in the ring, Joe muscled him into the corner and drilled him with an big strike.
Joe went for the Facewash but Kazarian broke free. Joe caught him with an inverted atomic drop off the ropes and began working him over. Kazarian battled back but was caught with a running elbow. Joe snapmared Kazarian over and drilled him with chops to the back and a kick to the chest.
Joe scored a two count. He went for the choke. Kazarian escaped but Joe drilled him with a running lariat. Fans began to chant, "Joe's gonna kill you.†He set up Kazarian for a muscle buster, chopping him hard as he was set up on the top rope. Kazarian kicked off Joe and nailed an awesome springboard dropkick.
Joe and Kazarian battled back and forth with strikes in the middle. Joe rebounded off the ropes but was caught with a slam and nailed with a springboard legdrop. Kazarian nailed a tornado DDT for a two count. Big "Let's go Joe†chant.
Joe elevated him to the apron but Kazarian nailed him with a springboard DDT for another two count. Joe nailed Kazarian and went to the second rope but was nailed with a leaping enziguiri. Kazarian went for the Flux Capacitor but Joe fought him off. Joe drilled him to the floor and nailed a great elbow suicida to the outside. Joe went for a powerbomb in the ring but Kazarian landed on his feet. He nailed Joe and went for the Fade to Black. Joe reversed it and powerbombed Kaz, then turned it into an STF.
Kazarian bit Joe's finger to break the move. He charged Joe but was caught with an Uranage in the corner. Joe went for the rear naked choke. He grabbed Kazarian with a body scissor in the center of the ring. Kazarian tried to battle to the ropes but looked as if he was fading. Kazarian forced himself forward and made it to the ropes. Joe held onto the hold despite the referee's count. Joe began arguing with Earl Hebner.
Joe went for the choke again but Kazarian slipped out and caught him with a forward roll, pinning Joe.
Your winner, Kazarian!
Samoa Joe looked shocked and upset over the loss. The storyline there is that Joe is questioning himself after all the recent failures.
Very good opener.
Before we go forward, I have to say that while I am missing Taz, as he would have been great here as an analyst. Both Borash and Tenay were great on commentary, talking about the history of both men and their importance to different eras of the X-Division. You can tell their goal is to make the division "legit†and they are treating it as very important. Borash is a hell of a lot better than you'd expect with giving out history and is more polished than you'd think while Tenay is playing more of a straight announcer (as opposed to cheerleading babyface announcer) and is coming off great.
They showed old clips of the first AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels match that featured the X-Division in the main event.
They showed Christopher Daniels arriving at the building.
We saw clips of Eric Young approaching Curry Man, Sangrieto and Suicide, who were signing for fans. He asked them to be his tag partner tonight. Curry explained he had to go to Tokyo for a match right after this, while Suicide is injured and Sangrieto doesn't have a visa, which is why they are only signing. Shark Boy showed up and said he'd be Young's partner tonight.
Douglas Williams vs. Mark Haskins
Borash explained that Haskins wowed fans on the TNA UK tour and now he would have a chance to do that tonight. Williams took the mic and said that after the tour, everyone was telling him that Haskins was the next great X-Division star and he agrees, but Haskins is no Douglas Williams. He said that it's one thing to wrestle in front of your hometown, but another to wrestle on PPV.
Williams, who sent Brutus Magnus and Rob Terry to the back, took Haskins to the mat and worked over his arm early. Haskins caught him with a forearm but Williams drove him down in the corner with one of his own. They went into a great back and forth exchange with near falls. Johnny Saint would be proud.
They did some more good mat wrestling. Haskins caught him in a front facelock. Williams muscled him against the ropes. Haskins used the ropes and leapfrogged over Douglas, then monkeyflipped him. Williams went to the outside. Haskins went on the offensive but Williams grabbed his ankle and tossed him back onto the apon.
Williams suplexed Haskins on the floor and tossed him into the ring for a two count. Williams worked over Haskins on the mat, including a sideways bow and arrow. Haskins began nailing Williams with kicks from the mat but Williams worked him over. Williams used the Gori Guerrero Especial, then rammed him backwards into the buckles.
Williams set up Haskins on the buckles for a superplex but was fought off and nailed with a missile dropkick in the corner. Haskin and Williams exchanged headbutts, forearms and uppercuts in the middle. Haskins got the better of him and nailed a running back elbow. He used the ropes for a running clothesline, scoring a two count.
Williams went for the Chaos Theory but Haskins evaded it and nailed him with an Ace Crusher for a two count. Williams drilled him with a series of strikes, then climbed to the top. He leapt into the ring but was caught with a kick as he came down.
Haskins went to the top but slipped. The crowd turned against him for that. He went for a shooting star press but missed. Williams rolled up the dazed Haskins and scored the clean pin.
Your winner, Douglas Williams!
Solid match. Lots more matwrestling and European inspired wrestling than you would usually see in the States, so it was pleasant to watch. Haskins seemed nervous.
Socal Val interviewed Austin Aries. Aries said that people are watching because wrestling matters. He said that he wants everyone who paid for the show to pay attention and for everyone watching an illegal stream to choke and die after they pay attention. He said that he's not a spot monkey and not a vanilla midget but the best wrestler in the world today. He said that he can go with anyone on the Impact Wrestling roster and while the others in the ring with him are good, they aren't great like him. He promised to get the contract.
Austin Aries, Mark Haskins and Shark Boy are trending worldwide on Twitter.
Generation Me vs. Shark Boy & TNA TV champion Eric Young
Jeremy and Shark Boy started out but Young then immediately tagged in. Young is doing his silly stuff, immediately tagging back out. Jeremy nailed Shark with several shots but was then stomped in the corner.
Shark Boy nailed him with a Thesz Press and tagged in Young. Young nailed a double sledge hammer off the ropes. Max tagged in and took over on Young. They went back and forth, exchanging arm drags and leg sweeps. Young caught Max in the head with a kick and an inverted atomic drop.
Shark Boy tagged in and took a bite out of Max's rear. Jeremy tagged in and eventually caught Shark Boy with a sleeper. Shark Boy fought out of it but Max nailed him. Boy finally caught him with a clothesline and made the hot tag to Young, who had disrobed to reveal new colorful tights underneath.
Young hit some hot offense. Jeremy nailed a Faceplant on him, then a moonsault off the apron to Shark Boy on the floor. Jeremy and Max set up Young but Shark Boy nailed Max with a stunner. Young drilled him with a wheelbarrow faceplant and scored the pin.
Your winners, Eric Young & Shark Boy!
Lots of silliness here but some decent action. OK match.
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(CNN) -- U.S. Sen. Jim Webb obtained the release Saturday of American John Yettaw, who had been sentenced to seven years of hard labor in Myanmar for visiting detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, his office said.
American John Yettaw reportedly said God told him to go to Aung San Suu Kyi's house to protect her.
Webb, who chairs the East Asia and Pacific Affairs subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will accompany Yettaw to Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday aboard a military aircraft, his office said.
Yettaw's wife, Betty, told CNN from Missouri that she had received no official word of her husband's release. She added that if there were anything positive about the situation, it is that people now know where Myanmar is. She declined further comment.
It is the second success in a day for Webb, a Democrat from Virginia, who earlier held separate meetings with Suu Kyi and Myanmar's top official, junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe.
"It is my hope that we can take advantage of these gestures as a way to begin laying a foundation of good will and confidence-building in the future," Webb said in a statement.
Webb met with Suu Kyi for nearly an hour Saturday, his office said. He described the meeting as "an opportunity for me to convey my deep respect to Aung San Suu Kyi for the sacrifices she has made on behalf of democracy around the world."
Webb is also the first American official ever to meet with Than Shwe. Webb said he requested that the country's leadership release Suu Kyi from her 18-month house arrest.
Webb is the first member of Congress to visit Myanmar, also known as Burma, in more than a decade. Though he is not in the country on behalf of the State Department, he is there in his official capacity as a senator, and his trip may indicate a shift in America's hard-line stance against the reclusive country.
"He has been very consistent in his view about the need for aggressive diplomacy with these kind of authoritarian regimes around the world," Webb's spokeswoman, Jessica Smith, told CNN from Washington.
She said Webb believes that "if we engage with Burma, it will benefit all countries involved if we speak to Burma's leadership."
Webb's discussions with the country's leaders were "very frank," Smith said.
Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Peace, was sentenced Tuesday for a May incident in which Yettaw swam, uninvited, two miles to her home. Yettaw's presence at Suu Kyi's compound violated the terms of the house arrest she was under at the time.
A Myanmar court initially sentenced Suu Kyi to three years in prison for that incident, but Than Shwe commuted it to the year and a half of house arrest.
Yettaw, a 53-year-old former military serviceman from Falcon, Missouri, stayed in Suu Kyi's home for two days. He testified in court that God had sent him to Myanmar to protect the dissident because he dreamed that a terrorist group would assassinate her. Learn more about Myanmar »
Yettaw was convicted of violating immigration laws, municipal laws and Suu Kyi's house arrest terms.
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday expressed "serious concern" over Suu Kyi's conviction and its political impact, and urged the government to "create the necessary conditions for a genuine dialogue" with the pro-democracy leader.
Also Thursday, the European Union adopted "a new set of targeted measures" against Myanmar in reaction to the verdict against Suu Kyi. Under the measures, members of the Myanmar judiciary responsible for Suu Kyi's conviction will be added to a list of people and entities subject to a travel ban and the freezing of assets.
Suu Kyi has spent 14 of the past 20 years in one form of confinement or another -- most recently under house arrest in a crumbling lakeside home. The regime rarely allows her visitors, and foreigners are not allowed overnight stays in local households without government permission.
Suu Kyi has said she doesn't know Yettaw, did not know of his plans and denied any wrongdoing. She told the court she did not report the intrusion because she did not want Yettaw or anyone else to get in trouble.
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WASHINGTON – On Thursday, June 26, 2014, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will deliver remarks to 200 high school students participating in George Mason University's Washington Youth Summit on the Environment program. Administrator McCarthy's speech will focus on climate change with an emphasis on the Clean Power Plan proposal, a vital piece of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, which for the first time cuts carbon pollution from existing power plants, the single largest source of carbon pollution in the United States.
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For generations these classic, high-octane rhymes, songs, and tales have been passed down from truck to truck. Lucky for us, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature has collected them all into one really big, noisy volume. From "Peter Peter Payload Eater" to "Pop Blows the Diesel" to "Swing Around with Rosie," all the classic truckery rhymes are here. Find out which one is your favorite!
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Loren Long illustrated President Barack Obama's Of Thee I Sing; the newest version of The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper; Madonna's second picture book, Mr. Peabody's Apples; Nightsong by Ari Berk; Frank McCourt's Angela and the Baby Jesus; Love by Matt de la Peña; and If I Was the Sunshine by Julie Fogliano. He also wrote and illustrated the Otis series and was part of the Design Garage for Jon Scieszka's Trucktown series. Loren's work has appeared in Time, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. He lives with his wife and two sons in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit him at LorenLong.com.
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Taylor selected Big Ten Wrestler of the Week
Taylor selected Big Ten Wrestler of the Week
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State Nittany Lion senior David Taylor (St. Paris, Ohio) has been named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week for the week ending Nov. 10, 2013. The honor is the first for Penn State this year and the second of Taylor's career.
Taylor, ranked No. 1 at 165 by Intermat, was simply unstoppable in his first action of the 2013-14 season. Coming off an impressive exhibition win in Washington, D.C., the prior weekend, Taylor destroyed the field at the Binghamton Open on Sunday. The Lion 165-pounder went 5-0 with four pins, all in the first period. His only non-pin was an 18-2 technical fall in the semifinals. His four pins came at 1:13, 2:00, 2:41 and 1:51 in the championship bout.
A three-time All-American and national finalist and the '12 NCAA Champion and Hodge Trophy Award winner, Taylor now has 41 career pins, second all-time at Penn State and now within striking distance of the once thought untouchable record of 53. His 105 career wins is 21st all-time.
Head coach Cael Sanderson's team opens up the 2013-14 dual meet season at Rider on Sat., Nov. 16, and at Lehigh on Sun., Nov. 17. The Rider dual will be broadcast live on The Comcast Sports Network. Penn State's home opener is set for Sunday, Nov. 24, against Lock Haven. The dual starts at 2 p.m. in Rec Hall and will be preceded by the raising of the 2013 Big Ten and NCAA title banners.
With the full season of Rec Hall duals sold out prior to the start of the campaign, a very limited number of standing room only tickets are available to a few of the seven Rec Hall duals. Also, there are still tickets available for Penn State's Dec. 8 dual against Pitt in the Bryce Jordan Center. People may purchase tickets by calling 1-800-NITTANY or by visiting the Penn State Athletics ticket office located in the BJC. Fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at www.twitter.com/pennstateWREST and on Penn State Wrestling's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling.


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We are delighted to be a community which revels in its past, plans for the future, and loves to call Jamestown 'home.'
– Ken Bergwerff, Township Supervisor
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Jamestown Memorial Day Parade Information
Visit: Jamestown Memorial Day Parade Facebook Page
JAMESTOWN's 71st MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Monday, May 27, 2019 – Parade starts at 10 AM
Lineup begins @ 8:45 AM at
Jamestown Baptist Church, 2472 Quincy St.
Awards will be given (9:15-9:30AM) for the Most Creative and Most Patriotic in the following categories: bikes/walkers, skateboards/inline skates, walking floats, motorized floats, and horses.
Also welcome to participate: dogs and other animals, tractors, antique cars, semi trucks, military vehicles, and motorcycles.
Other Jamestown Community Events on Memorial Day:
2019 Construction Projects and Timelines
2019 Construction Projects
April 15 – August 1: MDOT closure – EB I-196 at M-6, Ottawa County
Eastbound I-196 will close at M-6 starting 9 a.m. this Monday through August. Eastbound I-196 traffic will exit to eastbound M-6 and can take northbound US-131 to eastbound I-196. During this time, the ramp from westbound M-6 to eastbound I-196 will also be closed.
Project info: https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,4616,7-151-9621_11008-494718–,00.html
Project map: https://tinyurl.com/yxda5498
The work is weather dependent.
April 15 – July 4: Sidewalks
Both sides of Riley Street between 24th Avenue and Cobblestone Lane
April 22 – April 29: Permitted Sanitary Crossing and Widening Work
22nd Avenue between Jackson Street and Quincy Street
Mid Spring – Summer: Subdivision Repaving
Floyd Drive
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Highland Court
James Drive
Jamieson Drive
Sun Chase Avenue
Sunbrook Court
Sunbrook Drive
Sundance Lane
Sundial Drive
Suntree Avenue
Mid June – End of August: Center turn lane construction & then repaving
32nd Ave & Riley: 32nd Ave & Greenly (center turn lanes)
32nd Ave from Byron Rd to the city limit (repaving)
April – September: I-196 Reconstruction Grandville/Hudsonville, Kent & Ottawa Counties
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is reconstructing approximately 5 miles of westbound I-196 from Kenowa Avenue to 32nd Avenue in the city of Hudsonville. The project also includes new drainage, signs, traffic signals and bridge improvements at 22nd and 32nd avenues.
Westbound I-196 traffic will be shifted to the eastbound side of the roadway at Kenowa Avenue. Westbound I-196 through-traffic will not have access to 32nd Avenue. The westbound I-196 ramp to eastbound M-6 will remain open. All eastbound I-196 traffic will have to exit to eastbound M-6.
Westbound M-6 traffic will have access to 32nd Avenue and will also be able to continue west on I-196. The westbound M-6 ramp to eastbound I-196 will be closed.
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SPECIAL BOARD MEETING NOTICE for June 4, 2019
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Township Board of the Charter Township of Jamestown (the "Township") will hold a special meeting of the Township Board on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., local time, at the Jamestown Township Hall, located at 2380 Riley St., within the Township, regarding the use, development and possible sale of all or some of the Township-owned real property commonly known as 3801 24th Avenue, 3765 24th Avenue, and 2783 Greenly Street, and, if necessary, to meet in closed session with the Township Attorney to consider material exempt from disclosure under Michigan's Freedom of Information Act. The Township Board may make decisions with respect to the all or some of the property at the special meeting.
All interested persons may attend the special meeting. Proposed minutes of the special meeting of the Township Board will be available for public inspection not more than eight business days after the special meeting. Approved minutes of the Township Board meeting will be available for public inspection at the Township Hall not later than five business days after the meeting at which the minutes are approved by the Township Board.
The address of the Jamestown Charter Township Hall, at which the meeting will be held, is 2380 Riley St., Hudsonville, MI 49426. The telephone number of the Jamestown Charter Township Hall is (616) 896-8376.
This Open Meetings Act notice was posted at the Jamestown Charter Township Hall on May 23, 2019, at 5 p.m. This notice was posted on the Township's website (www. ) on May 23, 2019, at 5 p.m.
Dated: May 23, 2019 TOWNSHIP BOARD OF THE
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2380 Riley St.
Hudsonville, MI 49426
Phone: 616-896-8376
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FROME Town have announced the signing of former Swindon Town defender Aaron Oakley.
The tall 19-year-old centre-half was released by League One Swindon in the summer and after trialling for Colchester United during pre-season, Oakley has linked up with Adrian Foster's Robins in search of regular football as he looks to return to a higher level.
Oakley, who earned a Wales U21 cap in February 2013, is no stranger to the Southern League Premier Division after spending a number of months on loan at Chippenham Town last season.
The defender joins former Swindon team-mate Mark Francis, who has netted three goals so far this campaign for Foster's men, at Badgers Hill.
Frome go looking to get back to winning ways as they travel to Redditch United tomorrow and Poole Town on Bank Holiday Monday (kick-off 3pm).
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UPDATE: Study: Mo Ranks 46th in Smoking Cessation Funding
JEFFERSON CITY - Health groups released a report Friday stating that Missouri ranks 46th in funding for tobacco cessation and prevention programs. Missouri remains among the bottom states in funding non smoking programs with the lowest cigarette tax and one of the highest smoking rates. It remains at 17 cent per pack which is significantly lower than the $1.48 per pack average across the U.S.
According to the study, the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recommends Missouri spend $73.2 million a year toward tobacco prevention. Missouri only spends about $62,000 on efforts to prevent kids from starting and helping smokers stop.
In November, Missourians voted "no" to Proposition B which was expected to provided more revenue to tobacco cessation and prevention programs. American Heart Association representative Aaron Gresrath said supporters remain hopeful that officials find a way to decrease smoking rates in the next legislative session.
Gresrath is a heart disease survivor and reaches out to state officials to push for smoking prevention efforts.
"As a parent of a high school student and advocate of the American Heart Association, it's alarming that 18.1 percent of Missouri high school students currently use some sort of tobacco and that approximately 8,600 will begin using tobacco this year alone," Gresrath said.
Gresrath said the low tobacco tax isn't the only thing that contributes to the smoking rates.
"Youth in particular get caught up in peer pressure. But I do think when you have a low sales tax it makes it more affordable to purchase. With the increased sales tax I would think it would discourage people from continuing or reducing that habit because it's more expensive," Gresrath said.
According to the American Cancer Society, tobacco use kills more than 9,500 people each year.
The study was provided by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Lung Association, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights.


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Comfort & Speed For Couples That Cruise Across Oceans
The J/40 was the first bluewater offshore cruising boat built by J/Boats. Many J/40s are still sailing actively today with a very supportive and helpful J/40 Owner's Association.
Since the mid-1980's the J/40 has enjoyed success racing under the ORR and PHRF handicap system, particularly in offshore events. Noteworthy success has come in the Bermuda Race from Newport to Bermuda for 600nm. J/40s also won the Chicago-Mackinac 289nm race in 1984.
Deck- Deck layout for the boat is simple yet efficient with a small cabin house and a large single level racing cockpit with mainsheet traveler that separates the helmsman from the crew. Steering is by wheel attached to a balanced rudder supported by Harken roller bearings.
Interior- The layout of the interior is functional with a V-berth, head forward, and with proper settee berths in the main salon forward of the galley & navigation station. Aft to starboard is a cabin with double berth and to port is a second head. The 43hp Volvo engine is located under the galley sink.
Rig- The J/40 has a double in-line spreader masthead aluminum rig with a high aspect mainsail and overlapping headsails. Running rigging is Navtec rod with open body Navtec turnbuckles. The spar package was built by Kenyon Spars of Guilford, CT.
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4. The replica was not nearly as impressive after seeing the real thing. But bless its heart, the poor thing sure tried.
I'd say zombie is slightly more accurate.
7. Another surprise. No one knows how to work our camera. - so this is the only picture we got of us together the whole time.


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18th-seeded Stephens of US loses at Wimbledon
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LONDON (AP) -- Sloane Stephens' streak of reaching the second week at six consecutive Grand Slam tournaments ended Monday at Wimbledon with a 6-2, 7-6 (6) first-round loss to 109th-ranked Maria Kirilenko of Russia.
Stephens saved five match points serving at 5-6, sending it to a tiebreaker where Kirilenko clinched the match after a wide forehand by Stephens.
An American seeded 18th, Stephens had held the longest active run of fourth-round appearances at majors by a woman, dating to a semifinal showing at the 2013 Australian Open.
At Wimbledon last year, Stephens got to the quarterfinals, where she lost to eventual champion Marion Bartoli.
Coming into Monday, Stephens' career record in Grand Slam matches was 31-12, while she was 55-54 everywhere else.


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NASA releases new photos of Mars from Curiosity Rover
On November 26, 2011, the rover called Curiosity was launched into space from Cape Canaveral. Nine months later, after a 350 million mile journey, it landed safely on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on the planet Mars to much celebration and cheering from Nasa. NASA released new photos of the planet on Tuesday. No ideas what a rover is? Scroll to the bottom of this post. We have an awesome 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle of Mars made by Euro Graphics. Who knows - maybe we will see some new puzzles pop up now that NASA has released new photos of the planet."
While on Mars, Curiosity will be investigating the planet's geology and climate and we'll begin to look at the big question of whether or not Mars could have ever supported life — looking into the role of water and the planet's habitability. So now is a pretty good time to review what we already know about Mars because we're about to be learning a lot more about the fourth planet from the sun. If your interested in outer space and the great unknown - make sure to check out some of our educational and fun jigsaw puzzles about space. Fun Facts about Mars
- Mars is named after the Roman god of war because of its red color. Other civilizations also gave the planet names based on appearance—Egyptians called Mars "the red one" ("Her Desher") and ancient Chinese astronomers referred to it as the "fire star."
- In reality, Mars' color appearance is a result of the fact that Mars has a lot of iron in its soil.
- Mars is the only planet whose surface can be seen in detail from Earth because it is our nearest planetary neighbor
- The diameter of Mars is 4,200 miles—a little over half the diameter of Earth
- Mars is home to the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, which tops out at 15 miles high—three times the height of Mount Everest! Its diameter is even more impressive: it's 370 miles, enough to cover the entire state of New Mexico
- Mars also has the deepest, longest valley in the solar system, Valles Marineris, which can go as deep as 6 miles and runs east-to-west for about 2,500 miles (the distance from Phiadelphia to San Diego).
- The Martian "day" is about a half hour longer than Earth's day, and Mars orbits the sun every 687 Earth days.
- At its brightest, Mars loses only to Venus, which outshines it
- Mars is covered in valleys and canyons, so it's very possibly Mars was once home to large amounts of surface water which now do not exist due to its cold, thin atmosphere
- Scientists believe the climate of Mars used to be a lot like our climate on Earth—warm and wet.
- Mars has seasons just like Earth because also just like Earth, Mars has an axis that tilts in relation to the sun.
- Mars' seasons are more extreme because its orbit is elliptical and more elongated than any other major planet's orbits.
- The average temperature on Mars is about -80°F, though it can drop to -191°F during the coldest periods and rise to 70°F during the hottest at the equator.
- Mars has two moons, Phobos, meaning "fear," and Deimos, meaning "rout." In the Greek version, Mars is named Ares, and his sons are Phobos and Deimos. This is where astronomer Asaph Hall came up with the names.
- Mars holds another record in the entire solar system: it has the largest dust storms. These can blanket the entire planet and last for months!
Soon we'll be compiling an even larger list of things to know about the red planet. In the meantime, keep updated on the newest photos of Mars - we've never seen in this type of close up, high quality image. What is a Rover, anyway?
From Wikipedia: A rover (or sometimes planetary rover) is a space exploration vehicle designed to move across the surface of a planet or other astronomical body. Some rovers have been designed to transport members of a human spaceflight crew; others have been partially or fully autonomous robots. Rovers usually arrive at the planetary surface on a lander-style spacecraft. Their advantages over orbiting spacecraft are that they can make observations to a microscopic level and can conduct physical experimentation. Disadvantages of rovers compared to orbiters are the higher chance of failure, due to landing and other risks, and that they are limited to a small area around a landing site which itself is only approximately anticipated.


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|Unconditional Self Acceptance and Trichotillomania
By Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
TTM is, for a majority of sufferers, a disorder of shame, silent agony, inner grief, and isolation. It is one thing to lose your hair through some outside circumstance you do not appear to control such as alopecia (a disease that causes hair loss), normal pattern baldness, or chemotherapy. These are all extremely dislikable occurrences, but the reason for the hair loss in cases such as these is obvious to all who know the person, and is clearly seen as not being the fault, in any way, of the individual. The individual, too, cannot find any reason to find fault with him or herself. It is something else entirely, to have to admit to having lost your hair because you actually pulled it all out yourself. It seems almost incomprehensible to sufferers and onlookers alike that people who are bright, personable, and who are functioning well in the everyday world could have so little control over such a basic behavior. The obvious result of such a situation is for TTM sufferers to jump to the conclusion that they are weak and defective human beings and to blame themselves, and for others to also see it as their fault in some way. There is obviously less sympathy for someone who appears to have brought their troubles upon themselves, no matter what form they take.
It is easy to see why so many TTM sufferers feel so stigmatized by their disorder. By stigmatized, we mean walking around feeling as if you are carrying a public mark of shame or disgrace, something like Nathaniel Hawthorne's scarlet letter. The term stigma comes from the ancient Greek, where it meant a mark made by a pointed instrument or a branding iron. In ancient times, this mark was made by cutting the skin, or by branding an individual with a hot iron. It was a sign of shame and could be used to distinguish slaves, outcasts, and criminals. An unfortunate reality is that there is still a stigma that is associated with being a patient and having any type of psychological problem. People in this position are seen as being unable to manage themselves, and in need of repair. This feeling of being blameful, in turn, can easily lead to feeling somehow less than others and also to being different in a negative way. Many walk around believing that there is something fundamentally wrong with them as human beings. There are many with TTM who have lived their whole lives feeling humiliated, defective, and abnormal, as if they were some kind of social outcasts. I have lost count of the number of patients I have heard refer to themselves as "weirdoes," "freaks," or "crazies." They have either labeled themselves as such, or have been encouraged to think about themselves in this way by ignorant, misguided, or cruel family members, acquaintances, or even strangers. I know of many cases where sufferers, as children, were punished, threatened or severely criticized for their inability to stop pulling, or suffered serious ridicule or abuse from schoolmates. There are also many adults who avoid family, social, school, and work situations because they fear what others might think or say. It is not uncommon for people to make all kinds of excuses such as claiming that they have alopecia, allergies, hormonal problems, metabolic conditions, and even chemotherapy for cancer. For those of you with more severe hair pulling who have lived in a continual state of near baldness, or without eyebrows or eyelashes, or have had to live secret lives using wigs, makeup, hats, bandanas, special hair styles, etc., it would be hard to imagine not being stigmatized.
TTM embodies, for many, not only a feeling that they have lost control over themselves in an important and visible way, but also the feeling of the essential loss of attractiveness. This is true for both women and men alike. Members of both sexes are constantly being exposed to ideal images of beauty and attractiveness in the form of supermodels, actors, and actresses. Also, standards of beauty have risen over the years, and have become even more difficult to attain than in the past. There are giant industries devoted to selling products related to improving one's appearance, and people are constantly being bombarded with advertising designed to make them feel insecure about their appearance. Along with such messages, there is also an emphasis on the idea of "rebuilding" yourself according to some ideal image.
One of the worst aspects of being stigmatized is that it can lead a sufferer to even avoid seeking or participating in treatment. They may feel unworthy of getting well, or may tell themselves that someone so crazy, weak, and worthless can never recover, so why bother? There is an excellent book titled Shame and Guilt that discusses much of the research on these two subjects. In this work, Drs. June Price Tangney and Rhonda L. Dearing relate that shame is an emotion of self-blame, and includes an overall negative self-rating. It is also a self-conscious emotion, with a strong component being the desire to hide or escape. This is obviously worsened by actually having something physical to hide. These authors also report that repeated shaming experiences can gradually wear down a person's self-image. Conversely, they cite research showing that there is a connection between a tendency to feel shame and having a poor self-image. Research has also shown links between shame and depression. I have had patients who, due to feelings of shame and embarrassment about their appearance, have avoided job and school opportunities, chances at close relationships, and even family events such as weddings. I have also had patients who have concealed their hair pulling and hair loss from their spouses, for their entire married lives, sometimes for decades. They have fixed their hair in private, behind locked doors, and only been intimate with their spouses at night, with all the lights turned off and their hair clipped to cover their baldness. They have never gone swimming, ridden in a convertible, gone to a hair salon or a barbershop, sat in an amusement park ride, gone outdoors on a windy day, or participated in any activity that might have revealed bald spots and given away the secret they had always regarded as shameful.
I believe that the most important first step you can take in approaching TTM is by facing your feelings about it and yourself. When treating many TTM sufferers, I put this step before any of the behavioral or medication work because I have found that if you cannot begin to come to grips with your feelings about your general situation, it will be very difficult to find the motivation to see the task of recovery through to the end. I have heard Christina Pearson, the founder of the Trichotillomania Learning Center, say "Recovery from pulling is a side effect of right thinking." There is a lot of truth in that statement. There are numerous TTM sufferers who don't just dislike the symptoms they dislike themselves. TTM is not as easy to conceal as other types of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders. It is not as hidden a problem. Being bald, having large patches of hair missing or having no eyelashes or eyebrows can make for a rather public display. Also, it is not always easy for sufferers to conceal that they have done this to themselves. For this reason, I believe that TTM sufferers, as a group, probably suffer from greater stigmatization than those with many other disorders. I would even go so far as to say that the sufferer's feelings of shame and embarrassment, and their poor self image often require more of an intervention than the hair pulling behavior itself.
Many of those with TTM will be frequently heard to say, "I have low self-esteem." It is almost a mantra. Over the years, I have come to believe that there is something fundamentally wrong with the concept known as self-esteem. In fact, it may even lead to more bad feelings and stigmatization, and any TTM sufferers who wish to achieve some type of emotional well-being will learn to resist the temptation to esteem themselves.
If we take a closer look at the meaning of self-esteem, or self-worth, as some refer to it, it is clear that it must be based upon something. It would seem that according to this way of thinking, you cannot assign value to yourself without a particular reason to do so. What this suggests, is that in order for people to feel good about themselves, they have to look at that which is positive and good about them as people, as opposed to concentrating on the negative. This would mean that self-esteem is conditional, and that it can only exist when a person believes that they have accomplished some type of great personal achievement or that they possess positive traits. This is fine on the surface, but is flawed idea at a deeper level. First of all, those who have pulled out their hair, as well as people with other difficulties, may just not feel that there is actually anything positive about themselves, in terms of either accomplishments or traits. They may be living lives with limited social contact, hating their appearance, and being unable to pursue work, etc. Second, and even more important, self-esteem is really about rating yourself, and the overall concept encourages you to do this, in that if you have done something good, or have special talents or traits, you are entitled to esteem yourself. It really doesn't matter how you rate yourself; the idea that you can rate yourself at all is both unhelpful and illogical. This is where self-esteem, as a concept, really lets you down. People are just too complex to be given any kind of rating that will mean anything. Each individual is made up of thousands of different traits and characteristics. The idea of singling out any one of them, such as hair pulling, and rating your entire self as good or bad because of it, is an absurd idea.
Another problem with the concept of self-esteem is that it is not permanent. Unless you can accomplish some major feat that changes the world, there are generally very few achievements that will allow you to feel a permanent sense of self-worth. The sense of pride that comes with achieving many things soon dims either due to time, being surpassed by the achievements of others, or the disinterest of the public. Therefore, if you believe in self-esteem, you may well be perpetually forced to keep pursuing it, and will never be able to feel content with what you have done. Good examples of this can be drawn from sports stars, famous politicians, or entertainers who feel forced to come out of retirement to attempt new achievements in order to bolster their sense of self-esteem. Another side to this is that even if you are an achieving person with many accomplishments, you will, as a fallible ordinary human being, eventually make a mistake, fail at something, lose an election, have a losing season, get a poor grade, or just have your work surpassed by someone else. If you rate yourself as worthy, or worse yet, better than others based upon your achievements, you will not be able to separate who you are from the things you do. In your eyes, if your achievements are good, then you are good. Unfortunately, there is a flip side to this, meaning that if you do badly or fail, you will be prone to concluding not that your behavior is poor or inadequate in some way, but that you are bad or are a failure as a human being. This can only lead to depression and emotional disturbance. This is the price of pursuing self-esteem.
If you want to be able to rate anything about yourself, then try rating the one thing that can be rated: your own behavior. If you have TTM and rate yourself as bad or defective, the end result will probably be that you will feel depressed or even hate yourself. Also, rating yourself rather than your behavior can only lead to hopelessness. After all, if you rate yourself negatively due to hair pulling, you are essentially giving your total self an overall bad rating, and implying that you are bad in your entirety as a human being. How can you then face the overwhelming task of changing your entire self? If you stick to rating your behavior, and therefore give your hair pulling a bad rating, then it would logically lead you to want to change that particular behavior. This would seem much less of a tall order than having to change your total self. Such a task can only lead you to depression and hopelessness.
There are those TTM sufferers who are able to go about their business out there in the world, and who pursue their own goals regardless of whether or not they have hair. We should not ignore them. There is a lesson to be learned from them. The lesson is, that when a person stops worrying about whether having pulled out their hair, or not looking good cosmetically makes them worthless, they are truly free. It is clear then, that the self-esteem will never help you to achieve your goal of recovery, and that the only logical course is to pursue unconditional self-acceptance (USA).
What does this mean? It mans accepting yourself without judgment, uncritically, and just as you are, without having to be anything or do anything special. It means seeing yourself as the unique, imperfect, complex, and complete human being you are. If TTM is part of you, it must be accepted, too.
Yes, even TTM can and must be accepted. TTM is a chronic, biologically-based problem not a psychological problem. It has nothing to do with intelligence or upbringing. You did not ask for it, and you didn't cause it. It's not your fault! For a good deal of the time you have had it, you may not even have known what it was, or that it had a name. Having TTM doesn't mean that you are crazy, defective, or some kind of freak of nature. It does not represent some kind of weakness or failure of moral strength. It doesn't happen to people who are somehow weaker than others or who are less deserving of decent lives. You are more than the sum total of the number of hairs on your body. If others in your society choose to judge you in that way, that is because of their ignorance and insensitivity, and is in no way a reflection upon you. No matter what, you can never be regarded as a defective human being merely because you pull your hair. TTM is, in a way, mostly a problem because society places a value on having hair as a part of being attractive. I like to tell patients that if we lived in a society where it was common to shave your head and cosmetically remove all eyebrows and eyelashes, they wouldn't even be coming for treatment.
So how should you regard yourself? The best way I have ever heard it put was by Patty Perkins-Doyle, Executive Director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation. I once heard her introduce herself as, "I am a person who also happens to have OCD." I suggest that you now say of yourself, "I am a person who also happens to pull their hair."
Fred Penzel, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who has been involved in the treatment of TTM, OCD and related disorders since 1982. He is the executive director of Western Suffolk Psychological Services, in Huntington, New York, and is a frequent contributor to In Touch. He sits on the science advisory boards of both the Trichotillomania Learning Center, and the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, and can be e-mailed at firstname.lastname@example.com .
If you would like to read more about what Dr. Penzel has to say about TTM, take a look at his self-help book, "The Hair-Pulling Problem: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well," (Oxford University Press, 2003). You can learn more about it at www.trichbook.com
Please Note: Then information in this site is presented as a public service to our patients and friends. It is not a substitute for a careful evaluation by a qualified mental health professional. If you are already under treatment, do not make any changes in your regimen without consulting your doctor.
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- Call Me Irresponsible (OCD and hyperresponsibility)
- Coming To Terms With The Lost Years
- Contamination and OCD ("Stronger than Dirt")
- Do-it-Yourself Therapy: Self-Directed Treatment
- Fight for Your Rights: Getting Insurance to Pay for an OCD Specialist
- Getting the Right Treatment (Finding proper CBT treatment for OCD and BFRBs)
- Here's Looking At You, Kid: People With OCD Who Notice Things Too Much
- How Clean is Clean? (Compulsive cleaning and ordering)
- How Do I Know I'm Not Gay? (Homosexuality obsessions)
- How I Treat Violent Obsessions
- How Much Is Too Much? (Taking a more humane approach to behavioral therapy)
- How to Manage Your Parents When You Have OCD (a guide for teens)
- In Search of the Elusive Behavior Therapist
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- Intensive vs. Self-Directed OCD Treatment
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- Your Number is Up! ("Magical" numbers and OCD)
- Advice for Significant Others (Dealing with a TTM sufferer)
- Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Trichotillomania
- Coming to Terms With Your Child's Hair Pulling
- Childhood Trichotillomania (Dealing with the reluctant child's pulling)
- Fight for Your Rights: Getting Insurance to Pay for Your Treatment
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- My Parents Don't Believe I Have OCD
- Both Ends Against The Middle: When OCD Tries To Disrupt Its Own Treatment
- Driven To Distraction: Hit and Run OCD


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Greenpeace's Detox campaign is calling for a commitment from major brands to achieve a zero discharge level of all hazardous chemicals by 2020.
Greenpeace activists scale the GAP store front in Taipei, Taiwan, unfurling a 3-meter long banner reading "GAP, Detox Now!" during the company's ribbon-cutting ceremony. GAP receives the 2014 Public Eye Awards, on account of its lack of responsibility in dealing with workers' safety. In recent reports by Greenpeace, samples from GAP also found residue of hazardous chemicals. According to Greenpeace's investigation, the water sample from GAP's supplier in Indonesia also contains NP, antimony and tributylphosphate, resembling a "chemical cocktail".
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It is a sign of how seriously Americans take religion that the first general-election meeting between Barack Obama and John McCain will take place not in a university auditorium, with network news anchors as moderators, but in the sanctuary of an Evangelical megachurch with a Southern Baptist pastor playing the role of interrogator. For two hours on Saturday evening, the two presumptive presidential nominees will field questions on policy issues, character and faith (consecutively, not debating each other) from Rick Warren at his Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif.
At first glance, the decision to participate seems like a no-brainer for both candidates. Americans remain, to the continuing bafflement of other Westerners, stubbornly religious a consistent 85% tell pollsters at the Pew Research Center that religion is an important part of their life. And for the most part, they don't separate religion from the political sphere. In those same polls, 70% of Americans say they want their President to be a person of faith. For Obama and McCain, an evening spent discussing matters of faith with the country's most popular Evangelical author and pastor would seem a relatively easy way to get that particular ticket punched.
But it's been a rough year so far for religion on the campaign trail. During the primary season both candidates had to distance themselves from, and ultimately condemn, religious supporters who delivered embarrassing and intolerant sermons. Both face skepticism from key blocs of religious voters. Saturday's forum provides an opportunity for the two candidates to reassure the faithful or it could provide further ammunition for their critics.
Obama's last visit to Saddleback was in December 2006 when he and Kansas Senator Sam Brownback spoke at Warren's annual conference on HIV/AIDS. Brownback went first and joked to the crowd that the last time he and Obama shared a stage, it was at a meeting of the NAACP and he didn't receive the most rousing of welcomes. Turning to Obama, he said, "Welcome to my house." The crowd laughed, but when it was Obama's turn, the Democrat had a message for his Republican colleague. "With all due respect, Sam," said Obama, "this is my house, too."
That refusal to cede religion to Republicans has characterized Obama's presidential campaign as well. He has a larger and more comprehensive religious-outreach operation than any Democrat in history. According to an August poll from the Barna Group, Obama leads McCain in every religious demographic mainline Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Muslims except for white Evangelicals.
But those white Evangelicals are key, and so far Obama's support among them is not rising above John Kerry's numbers from 2004. One major stumbling block appears to be abortion. Nearly two-thirds of white Evangelicals in a recent TIME poll say they could vote for a candidate whose position on abortion differed from theirs. And many Evangelicals have, like Warren, broadened their agenda of concerns to include issues that should favor Obama like global poverty and the environment. But in practice, abortion continues to be a threshold issue for a large number of Evangelical voters.
Warren has already said he will raise the issue with the candidates on Saturday, and Obama could well take advantage of the opportunity. In closed-door meetings throughout the campaign, he has impressed pro-life religious leaders with his argument that measures to prevent unwanted pregnancies and to support women who want to carry their babies to term could actually lower abortion rates more substantially than purist approaches that seek to overturn Roe v. Wade and outlaw abortion.
But Obama hasn't been as vocal publicly about such an approach to the abortion issue, which has raised concerns about his commitment. The recently released 2008 Democratic platform has only fed the skepticism. While the party did insert for the first time language promoting efforts to reduce abortion rates, it dropped two phrases that had traditionally been welcomed by pro-life voters, including the Clinton-era assertion that abortion should be "rare." Large numbers of Evangelical and Catholic voters will be listening for Obama to articulate his abortion position in his conversation with Warren. A significant number of them remain undecided in the race, and their votes may hinge on his answer.
McCain will also need to ace the abortion quiz at Saddleback. Despite an unwavering record of opposition to abortion, the Arizona Senator has at times worried religious conservatives by suggesting he would consider a pro-choice running mate most recently this week while discussing former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge. Those comments, combined with McCain's support for stem-cell research, explain the relatively low levels of enthusiasm among Evangelicals for his candidacy. Evangelicals have also been waiting for McCain to speak personally about his own faith. When it comes to discussing religious beliefs, he has a low-key approach more in common with Bush the elder than with the current President. But George W. Bush's frequent use of religious language and willingness to discuss his faith have primed religious conservatives to expect that same level of openness from candidates.
In the past, when faith questions have been put to McCain, he has answered by talking either about how his father prayed for him while he was imprisoned in Vietnam or about a guard in one of the prison camps who shared his Christianity by sketching a cross in the sand with his toe. Both are moving stories, but a number of high-level Evangelicals have complained that they illustrate others' faith instead of McCain's. Warren will undoubtedly give McCain the chance to talk in personal terms about his faith. But as many a politician has learned, speaking about faith in a genuine way can be difficult. "If he tries to go out on that stage and be Billy Sunday, he's going to bomb," cautions one conservative religious leader. "If he's not comfortable saying 'Jesus lives in my heart,' then for crying out loud, don't say it."


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Monday, October 18, 2010
The Mets GM Search Continues........
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That. Is. CLASSIC. Well played, Joe :)ReplyDelete
Joe - you've done an unbelievable job with this journal and we're all looking forward to seeing even more work from you. Let's hope that the Mets can turn it around in time.ReplyDelete
Genius!! LMAO!!ReplyDelete
Haha, sadly this may be the actual occurrence as the Jeffie is clueless.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 21, 2010 at 9:24 AM
Whew- i can stop holding my breath waiting for a post.ReplyDelete
Worth the wait - very funny.
As a Padre fan and a fan of your blog, I hope that Sandy does not get hired. This is not a great place to get into detail about it, but Alderson is brutal.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the heads up Kevin, I've heard that about Alderson.ReplyDelete
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Justify yourself to the budget committee - here's how.
- Tom Pisello, Alinean
Even before the current IT budget crunch, spending on routine upgrades and maintenance monopolized 90% of total IT spending-having just 10% of the pie for innovative, strategic projects. Getting funding on new IT initiatives is harder than ever today, when projects exceeding $100,000 routinely require CEO approval, according to a recent Ernst and Young study. Even smaller IT initiatives face intense scrutiny and head-to-head competition for dollars. That's a far cry from the unbridled budgets of just two years ago, when IT spending peaked at 46.7% of all business investments. To get their share of dollars, storage administrators need to tackle the age-old budget battles with a new blend of business savvy and financial metrics.
|Cost benefit analysis for storage solutions
The first step in the budgeting process is to perform a cost-benefit analysis of individual storage projects, assessing the required capital and resource investment, along with the expected benefits. This analysis should be calculated over a three or five year analysis period. Key financial metrics include:
Return on Investment (ROI)-the ratio of the project's net benefits divided by the costs
Net Present Value (NPV) Savings-the net savings of the project brought into today's dollar terms
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)-the effective interest rate return the project's cash flows will deliver
Payback Period-how quickly the project's benefits exceed the costs, achieving cash flow positive
Initial and Cumulative Investment-the level of required commitment the company must make with regard to resources and capital
Project Risk-the schedule, budget and resources risk for achieving a successful project and predicted costs/returns
Traditional cost-benefit analysis has proved its worth for decades in corporate decision-making, but IT projects are substantially different than other capital investments. On average, technology investments have not always been as successful as other company investments because many IT projects are mandatory or strategic in nature-whereby traditional financial analysis can often overlook or discount the projects value to the company.
In a Y2K survey on IT projects by the Standish Group, only 28% of IT projects - a dismal one in four - could be considered a success: completed on time, within budget and meeting expected features and functionality. The number of successful projects exceeded the number of canceled projects by a mere 5%.
Because IT projects are inherently risky, a risk analysis should be used to discount the business case.
Also, not every IT project is justified based on quantifiable benefits. Often, IT projects are partially justified on their capability to deliver intangible or strategic benefits that are difficult-if not impossible-to quantify into absolute monetary terms.
The impact of projects that deliver branding, competitive, organizational and strategic advantage is measurable with key performance indicators (KPIs). These KPIs can include capability and maturity scores, customer satisfaction ratings, market share and position and quality rankings. By quantifying the intangible benefits, the project's strategic impact on the company can be predicted and later measured for success.
Strategically, you'd be wise to compare internal spending plans to those of peers - this competitive benchmark can be extremely advantageous in making the case for new investment.
Making the business case
With fierce internal competition for funding, even the most valuable IT projects will be evaluated alongside other non-IT company initiatives. The best investments balance high returns with low investment requirements and risk.
The key is to sell a project's strengths, both in what it delivers and how it calibrates bottom-line value. There are three things to keep in mind when making the case for any new spending:
- Show how the project will improve the overall value of IT.
- Identify whether this investment enable staff to do more with less.
- Effectively communicate the financial impact of project plans and the decision-making criteria on project selections to all stakeholders.
In a tight market, this requires a mixture of bottom-line ROI analysis and a forest-level view of how proposed storage spending will fit into the overall IT portfolio.
The key to communicating the business case for your projects is using time-tested financial metrics that the CFO will recognize. Which metrics you emphasize depends on the nature of your project-what's the main business goal? All projects should be grouped into one of four funding buckets:
- Reducing IT costs
- Improving business efficiency
- Driving strategic advantage
- Mandatory projects
The following examples illustrate the merits of typical kinds of projects for each category above, with formulas for determining potential cost savings. In some cases, projects simply hold the budget steady under increasing demands. Projects that drive productivity, reallocate IT operations and labor resources to more strategic projects and reduce capital spending on IT infrastructure fall into this category.
Increasing administrative productivity. Consolidating direct-attached storage to either a SAN or a NAS solution helps reduce the storage administration workload, as well as capital spending on storage growth and backup system upgrades.
Storage Administration Productivity= (current storage administrator FTEs x burdened annual salary of storage administrators) x productivity improvement from new solution
Avoiding additional storage investments. Storage Resource Management (SRM) initiatives can free valuable storage capacity, automate key administrative tasks, reduce storage growth needs and implement policies to assure resource availability.
Storage Purchase Avoidance=(current storage x expected growth) x expected savings with new solution
Reducing IT operations expenses. One example of such a project is a conversion to managed storage services. They provide completely managed storage capacity on a demand basis, delivering predictable growth pricing, best practices management and elimination of in-house resources for the management and support of the storage infrastructure.
IT Operation Savings=Storage growth costs + Storage Administration Staff Costs x % outsourced + Support Costs x % outsourced
Improving operating efficiency
These projects enhance users' productivity by eliminating storage-related downtime and help business units reduce operating costs and mitigate expenses on capital equipment, supplies or other services.
Reducing downtime. Consolidation, mirroring and snapshots, managed services or best practices implementations help to improve availability-reducing unplanned or scheduled downtime and resultant lost productivity. Incremental benefits here can be considerable.
Downtime Risk Avoidance=(current downtime hours per year - expected downtime hours with new solution) x typical number of users affected per outage x burdened user salary per hour
Reducing risk of data loss. Improved backup coverage and better restores increase the reliability of client or server data, either eliminating or reducing the potential recovery time for lost data, with the attendant lost productivity.
Reduced Data Loss/Recovery Risk=(data not effectively protected each year x risk percentage of data loss in a given year x value of data or cost of recovery) x reduction in risk from new solution
Driving strategic advantage
These initiatives help improve or protect a company's sales and revenue, and can pose the biggest challenge in the funding process. Storage-related projects can enable new business or service opportunities, protect mission-critical data from loss and guard against unplanned outages affecting revenue-generating applications.
Avoiding the risk of downtime. Achieving 99.999% availability for an e-business site through enterprise networked storage, remote mirroring and snapshot projects protects business transactions and eliminates the potential for lost sales and revenue-not to mention customer loyalty. The cost of downtime will vary depending on the application (see "Application downtime costs vary").
Downtime savings=(current downtime hours per year - expected downtime hours per year with new solution) x downtime business hours per year
Enabling a new business capability. Storage is a key component of an enhanced customer service-oriented application, such as providing personalized real-time frequent business data updates, rather than when time permits a large data processing and transfer. The new storage architecture improves customer satisfaction and could even enable new market or business opportunities.
New Business Capability=(number of new customers from new business/features + number of additional retained existing customers as a result of new features if any) x value per customer
Mandatory projects
These are less negotiable because they're required for legal compliance or are simply essential to the business. Good discipline still demands a consistent ROI analysis, which will ensure accountability when performance is measured. A rigorous ROI methodology will also highlight potential inefficiencies.
Avoiding risk. For 24x7 environments, where downtime is not an option, solid disaster recovery capabilities are necessary.
Risk Avoidance=(probability of disaster in given year x disaster cost + additional brand/business impact) x percentage risk reduction or recovery time savings with solution
Avoiding risk of noncompliance. Storage infrastructure is a critical component of compliance projects such as HIPAA or Gramm-Leach-Bliley, where non-compliance carries legal penalties.
Compliance Risk Avoidance=(fine from non-compliance x risk of fine + business/brand impact damage) x percentage risk reduction
Look outside
Presenting new initiatives with a strong peer comparison helps ensure best-in-class corporate performance-a top-of-mind issue for CEOs, CFOs and boards of directors. In many ways, this is the next frontier of strategic budget planning. Benchmarking proposed spending against similarly sized companies in the same industry, with similar business models, assures competitive awareness. It also makes it more difficult to slash the budget based on an arbitrary industry-accepted percentage of company revenue.
The cyclical nature of the budget process requires a long-term view and a closed-loop process. Understanding and communicating the business value that storage brings to the equation is a critical first step to getting necessary financial support. Once the investment is made, the real work begins. Tracking a project and its ability to deliver as promised, brings accountability, provides an opportunity for adjustment and reinforces the message to the CFO and team that their concerns are being heard and heeded.
Storage administrators who learn now how to draw a direct line between investment and business value-both in the heated struggle of the budget process and long after the money has been spent, will find that next year's budget battle will be much easier.
Related Resources
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